Chapter 4
Disclaimer: I do not own zoids, zoids characters, except my own. Any similarity to events actual or fictional is coincidental.
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Van tensed his muscles, waiting for the glass shard to fall. He felt the air moving from the lightning fast strike of Fiona. He closed his eyes, waiting for it to all be over. Seconds ticked by. He was still alive....
Van gathered the nerve to open his eyes. Fiona had stopped. It looked as if she was struggling with herself, one hand trying to kill him, the other pushing back. The glass was barely a millimeter away from his chest. Fiona's face was pulled in an expression of struggle, teeth clenched, beads of sweat forming on her forehead.
"Fiona, you can do it! Fight that thing off!" Van said, in an attempt to encourage her.
Fiona finally gained control again. She threw the glass on the ground and slumped over on the ground, exahusted from her personal battle. Van got up, being careful not to lay his hands on any of the broken glass litering the ground. Van touched his chest. There was a small hole in his clothes from where the glass almost pierced him. That was too close.He looked around. No one was around. The old lady in purple back in the main room of the library somehow hadn't heard the comotion, obviously. Van bent over and picked the distrought Fiona up and carried her back to the hotel.
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Fiona was half conscious. She was aware of where she was, but she was deeply locked in thought. How had she known that Van was in danger, with her senses dulled and no awarness of what her body was doing? The last thing she remembered was falling asleep, the next thing was her holding a glass shard to Van's chest. She and Van were lucky this time. The...thing..... hadn't fully realized it's full power yet, and her feelings for Van were able to make her semi-lucid in the middle of the black void of possession. It would become stronger though...the longer it permeated Fiona's soul it would take a stronger hold on her.
How could she deal with this?! What if next time she couldn't regain control..what would happen then? She couldn't think of it...
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Van felt Fiona tense in his arms. What was going through her head? And what exactly made her attack him? And those black eyes..they were frighteningly familiar. He wanted to pepper Fiona with questions, but he knew this wasn't the time. One, she was lost in her own thoughts at the moment anyway, two, she would be to tired anyway when they got back. He didn't think he needed to ask though. It had to be something to do with that sphere.
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Van walked into the lobby of the hotel once again. The clerk at the desk gave another strange look at them from above the top of his crossword.
"Um..will you be needing a hospital this time?" He asked.
"Naw, I'm taking care of it." Van said in reply.
"How about for you?" He asked again.
Van stopped. He turned his head and looked around himself. He was so hyper that he didn't even notice how bloody he was from the glass on the ground.
"No, I'll be fine." Van said.
The clerk just shook his head and went back to his crossword puzzle.
Van again walked up to his room with Fiona in his arms. It felt like a bad case of deja vu, laying her on the bed again. He softly stroked her hair. What could he do? He had to find help quick. But who else would know of these things besides another ancient zoidian? Van's thoughts subsided as Fiona started to come out of her own world of thought, blinking. She rolled over and saw Van. With what sounded like a squeal of happiness she bounded up and hugged him, suprising Van. It was all he could do to stop himself from falling off the bed with the force of her hug attack.
"I'm so glad your still alive!" Fiona said, small tears beginning to form in her eyes.
Van hugged her back just as hard.
"You don't have to worry now, I'm fine." Van said.
Fiona looked down and put her head on Van's shoulder.
"For know...Van what happens when it takes control again?" Fiona asked.
Van could feel her warm tears on his shoulder.
"I...I don't know." Van said, running his hand through her hair. "We'll just have to figure that out, huh?"
Fiona removed her head from Van's shoulder and kissed Van passionatly. She was scared, and felt awful. She didn't know when they might get the chance to kiss like this again.....she would not let the opportunity escape her. She just wanted to be with Van right now, to forget about her worries. Van willingly gave into the kiss and kissed her back with the same amount of passion, arms wrapped around each other in a loving embrace. Fiona poured all of her emotion into their kiss. All her hurt, fear, and despair found escape, at least temporarily, in their kiss. They both ended up falling backwards onto the bed, still locked together. Van and Fiona both fet like they could go like this forever. Van kissed the tears away from Fiona's eyes. Making Fiona feel better helped aleviate some of his rising fears and doubts as well. The loving couple continued like this for quite a while before finally, gasping for air, they split apart.
"Don't worry, Fiona, I swear I'll get to the bottom of this." Van said.
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Fiona and Zeke walked up to Van, who had just finished getting off the phone with Doctor D.
"Hey Van, did you find out anything yet?" Fiona asked. Zeke roared, questioning also.
"Well, Gramps said that he only remembers a little about the legend of that sphere. It's for some reason very hard to come across in the study of ancient zodian history. And since you know nothing about it makes this even harder to find out." Van said, sounding exhasperated.
"Oh." Fiona said, looking at the floor.
"Hey, Fiona, don't worry! We'll find something out, just you wait!" Van said, sweatdropping. "Maybe we should find those two that took that sphere..." Van said, but then being quickly cut off by Fiona.
"No Van. If I get near that sphere...Either it'll possess me again or it will kill us. We can't go after them, knowing nothing about the sphere." Fiona said.
Van knew she had a point.
The three of them weren't even aware of the mysterious old lady watching them from the doorway. Her purple robes seemed to slide along the ground without touching it. She heard what she needed to. She was gone before they even looked her way.
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Van, Fiona and Zeke were on their way back to the Blade Liger through the streets of town, which were strangly empty at that time of day. They walked rather silently, Fiona and Van lost in thought, Zeke not wanting to disturb them. Again, they were unaware of the same old lady following them. She creeped along slowly. She had the advantage. The streets were empty, allowing her to be undetected by any crowd. She drew closer and closer to the trio. For her age, she was superhumanly swift. With a quick move she jumped over the three and flipped in mid air, landing directly in front of thei path. Van, Fiona and Zeke jumped in surprise. The lady motioned for them to be quiet and to follow her. She walked away. Van and Fiona looked at each other and nodded. They began to follow the woman.
She lead them to a small house, sparsly furnished. Fiona Van took seats around a table while Zeke stood and listened. The Lady sat down, seemingly devoid of the energy she had earlier. She spoke.
"I have the information that you need. You must listen closely. You may call me Magentia." Magentia said, looking back and forth between Van and Fiona. "As you know, that glowing sphere is called the sphere of terror. It has the power to kill with fear, and has the ablility to possess a person. Fiona dear, you are it's host.
Fiona's eyes widened.
"How did you know my..."
"Name?" Megentia said. "I know a lot about you. Anyways, you are in great danger, but, there is away to temporarily lock the power of the sphere inside you so it cannot possess you. But it must be done fast. It will keep trying to possess you and will gain strength unless you do this soon. There is a ruin a far while away. It will be a far journey, I do not know how many times the power will try to possess you. That alone will make the journey complicated. Van, with you lies the burden of that. What to do if she becomes possessed....I cannot tell you. You must count on your love to pull her out of it. Keep in mind she does gain strength and you must be careful. Also remember, the ones who control the sphere. While you look for a way to help Fiona they are free to plan and prepare and attack. They might cause tormoil, but they will probably send others to try to stop you. You must be careful. You journey will be dangerous, so take heed of my words. In these ruins..called the lunax ruins, there is a stone set on a pedistal. This alone has the power needed to keep the power of Terror at bay inside Fiona's soul. Make haste, the more time wasted the more time for the power to permanently take over Fiona's soul." Magentia explained.
Van and Fiona look at each other. They didn't know what to say.
"Go already! You have no time to waste! It will take a few days to reach the ruins! GO!" Magentia ordered.
Van, Fiona and Zeke ran out of the house and made there way towards the blade liger.
Magentia stepped out of her door and watched them run off.
"I hope they make it...may the mistakes of the past not be repeated again........The fate of the world and Fiona's soul is resting in Van's hands......"