(PART FOUR: The Search Begins)
*I have "Reformatted" this so that it is more "grammatically
correct"
"Clever girl Fiona.. That is why I love you" Van mumbles
"What was that?"
"Nothing Thomas." Van says a little louder to Thomas; who is still a little confused over what is happening. "We should set out while there is still a trail to follow. If Prozen did this then it shouldn't be to hard to guess what he is going to try to use Fiona for." Van starts to head back to the house so he can get the Blade Liger, when Thomas starts to finally think for himself.
"Do you mean that Prozen will try to use Fiona as a key or a tool or something like that!?"
"Yes, Thomas. Whatever Prozen is up to will certainly involve ancient ruins, and some evil plot. so we had better get a move on unless you want to give Prozen a greater lead, and lower the possibility of getting Fiona back without having to deal with another God Dang legendary evil Zoid!"
"What!! You mean that Prozen intends to us MY Fiona as a tool, and like she is dispensable!! And that after he gets what he wants that he will probably kill her or use her for more evil!!" Thomas is utterly shocked that Fiona is in a new danger that he hasn't had to deal with yet.
Van, a little annoyed answers back: "Ok, One; Fiona is NOT yours. she is not an inanimate object that can be claimed by any one person except God; Second; Yes, Fiona is probably going to be used as a key, or a awakening potion, a computer hard drive for getting information, or whatever else her heritage can bring her! BUT, IF WE HURRY, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE FIONA BEFORE SHE IS PUT IN EXTREME DANGER!!!!!" (Van says Fiona so distinguished to try and hit a key word in his vocabulary)
"What heritage does Fiona have? Isn't she the same as all of us?"
"Thomas, she is one of the survivors of the Ancient Zoidian race, and her real name that was given to her by the Ancient Zoidians is Alysi Lynett; that is why she goes by Fiona Alysi Lynett. Fiona is the name that I gave her when we met and she couldn't remember a thing. not even what a tree was."
"W-What? Fiona.Ancient Zoidians? How can that be? Doesn't that bother you a bit. I mean. she isn't even human." Thomas seems to instantly drop his love for Fiona in the mud.
"HEY! Fiona is just the same as the rest of us; so, maybe she isn't a true human, but we are all the same, the way you talk about her you'd think she was some kind of alien with a million slimy tentacles or something. NO, it doesn't bother me that she is a Zoidian, and it shouldn't bother you either. Since you seem to let it bother you, you don't really love Fiona. a simple racial difference doesn't stop true love. The only thing that does bother me about Fiona being a Zoidian is that people tend to think that she is just an object that can be used like a poker chip or something like that and that I would hand her over to anyone who needs to 'borrow' her for a lifetime!" Van is incredibly ticked about Thomas saying that his girlfriend is not human.
"Jese. spare me the lecture please; and I am so sorry that I said that Fiona is not a human. if you will excuse me. I have to go eat breakfast." Thomas says this kind of sarcastically just to get under Van's skin. He starts off toward the house at a normal pace, shuffling his feet in the dirt.
Van looks at Thomas in disbelief. "Oh my God; You are saying that you don't even care!? What the hell is wrong with you?! Even if you don't care about Fiona; this whole planet will see what hell looks like if Fiona isn't saved and Prozen is stopped! So you can't stick your head up you butt and hope that it all blows over! It was someone like Prozen who wiped out the Zoidian race and nearly made them extinct! The same will go for everyone on planet Zi if Prozen is not stopped now! If we are going to save Fiona and the planet, we must make our stand now! We can't burry our heads in our rears and wait for Prozen to unleash his little gang on us to make a move or we will all be history. The Empire, Republic, and all other forces will be useless and hopeless if something is not done now! So get your butt in gear and let's go knock Prozen into next Tuesday!" Van is now panting from all of his raving. Thomas gives Van a blank stare.
"Today is Monday Van, so what good would it do us. besides, who cares if everyone dies?"
"Thomas, what the hell IS wrong with you? You don't care about Fiona or the planet. what are you on?!" Van looks at Thomas as if he had just been left on a set of railroad tracks in front of an oncoming train. "FINE! You can stay here and be a coward if you want. but I am going to go get Fiona whether you come or not. It is the type of thinking that you're using right now that is the poison of the planet. and will lead to its destruction. And if you really love Fiona like you claimed that you did. then you wouldn't hesitate to rescue her whether she was the most hideous race of alien out there. or she was just another race here on Zi." With those final words; Van leaves. Thomas watches as Van presses on towards the Blade Liger.
Thomas then starts back towards the house to tell everyone the situation. But he didn't know what he was going to do. he just felt like shooting himself. all that he had known had now been thrown right out the window. What was the point of living if everything was so uncertain? "Fiona. how could you be an Ancient Zoidian and not say anything about it? You were treated just like everyone else. no more, no less. Why didn't they show higher respect for you? You are a survivor of an ancient race. and they show no more respect for you? Now I know why you left Van. If only you would have told me. I could have given you all the respect that you could ever need. and the possessions that you could ever want."
Thomas's little daydream is interrupted when he walks right into the leg of the Blade Liger. [Clang] "OOFF. What the?!"
"Hey, Thomas. watch where you're going! You could put a dint in the Liger with that thick head of yours!" Van yells from the liger.
"Van! Knock it off!" Thomas yells back.
"Roar Roar.. Roar!" Zeke, who was trotting along beside the Liger, is roaring at Thomas in an attempt to get him to move on as to not cause any more confrontations.
"And what do you want Zeke?" Thomas groans.
"Roar. Roar. Roar, Roar!" Zeke roars.
"Figured.. 'Roar'. Van! Can you please translate that so that I can understand?"
"Your guess is as good as mine Thomas. but I'd have to say that Zeke is trying to get you to move on so that we can find Fiona a little quicker!"
"I still say you should get Doctor D. to make some sort of translation device. but all right. I'll be along in a little while to help you search." Thomas, again, starts off towards the house.
Van then takes off in the Blade Liger, going full tilt towards those ruins that he and Fiona had visited earlier that week. "Fiona, why were you so scared of that place? Why did Prozen want you? What is at that site that made you so scared? Well. I have a feeling that you are already there due to the selfish acts of Prozen, and that is where I am going to start searching. I only hope that it is not too late to stop whatever Prozen is trying to do. I also hope that you aren't at those ruins. whatever was there had you more afraid than the Deathsaurer. and I just hope that you aren't made to face that kind of fear alone." Van is wondering/talking to himself and trying to telepathically talk with Fiona. "Well. a lot of good that did. Dang. well. it was worth a try; and it gives me some goals to what I need answered. . . . But I do wonder what is in those ruins.. Well. I guess we will find out won't we?" Van is still thinking to himself as he nears the canyon that leads to the ruins. "Hmm. well. I guess this is the moment of truth here Zeke. either my hunch is correct; or Fiona is someplace else."
With that; Van turns the blade liger 90 degrees to the left; and slowly starts down the 'corridor'; the golden claws digging into the dirt as he 'inches' forward into the canyon. "Fiona. I'm coming for you." Van says aloud.
(End Part Four)
"Clever girl Fiona.. That is why I love you" Van mumbles
"What was that?"
"Nothing Thomas." Van says a little louder to Thomas; who is still a little confused over what is happening. "We should set out while there is still a trail to follow. If Prozen did this then it shouldn't be to hard to guess what he is going to try to use Fiona for." Van starts to head back to the house so he can get the Blade Liger, when Thomas starts to finally think for himself.
"Do you mean that Prozen will try to use Fiona as a key or a tool or something like that!?"
"Yes, Thomas. Whatever Prozen is up to will certainly involve ancient ruins, and some evil plot. so we had better get a move on unless you want to give Prozen a greater lead, and lower the possibility of getting Fiona back without having to deal with another God Dang legendary evil Zoid!"
"What!! You mean that Prozen intends to us MY Fiona as a tool, and like she is dispensable!! And that after he gets what he wants that he will probably kill her or use her for more evil!!" Thomas is utterly shocked that Fiona is in a new danger that he hasn't had to deal with yet.
Van, a little annoyed answers back: "Ok, One; Fiona is NOT yours. she is not an inanimate object that can be claimed by any one person except God; Second; Yes, Fiona is probably going to be used as a key, or a awakening potion, a computer hard drive for getting information, or whatever else her heritage can bring her! BUT, IF WE HURRY, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE FIONA BEFORE SHE IS PUT IN EXTREME DANGER!!!!!" (Van says Fiona so distinguished to try and hit a key word in his vocabulary)
"What heritage does Fiona have? Isn't she the same as all of us?"
"Thomas, she is one of the survivors of the Ancient Zoidian race, and her real name that was given to her by the Ancient Zoidians is Alysi Lynett; that is why she goes by Fiona Alysi Lynett. Fiona is the name that I gave her when we met and she couldn't remember a thing. not even what a tree was."
"W-What? Fiona.Ancient Zoidians? How can that be? Doesn't that bother you a bit. I mean. she isn't even human." Thomas seems to instantly drop his love for Fiona in the mud.
"HEY! Fiona is just the same as the rest of us; so, maybe she isn't a true human, but we are all the same, the way you talk about her you'd think she was some kind of alien with a million slimy tentacles or something. NO, it doesn't bother me that she is a Zoidian, and it shouldn't bother you either. Since you seem to let it bother you, you don't really love Fiona. a simple racial difference doesn't stop true love. The only thing that does bother me about Fiona being a Zoidian is that people tend to think that she is just an object that can be used like a poker chip or something like that and that I would hand her over to anyone who needs to 'borrow' her for a lifetime!" Van is incredibly ticked about Thomas saying that his girlfriend is not human.
"Jese. spare me the lecture please; and I am so sorry that I said that Fiona is not a human. if you will excuse me. I have to go eat breakfast." Thomas says this kind of sarcastically just to get under Van's skin. He starts off toward the house at a normal pace, shuffling his feet in the dirt.
Van looks at Thomas in disbelief. "Oh my God; You are saying that you don't even care!? What the hell is wrong with you?! Even if you don't care about Fiona; this whole planet will see what hell looks like if Fiona isn't saved and Prozen is stopped! So you can't stick your head up you butt and hope that it all blows over! It was someone like Prozen who wiped out the Zoidian race and nearly made them extinct! The same will go for everyone on planet Zi if Prozen is not stopped now! If we are going to save Fiona and the planet, we must make our stand now! We can't burry our heads in our rears and wait for Prozen to unleash his little gang on us to make a move or we will all be history. The Empire, Republic, and all other forces will be useless and hopeless if something is not done now! So get your butt in gear and let's go knock Prozen into next Tuesday!" Van is now panting from all of his raving. Thomas gives Van a blank stare.
"Today is Monday Van, so what good would it do us. besides, who cares if everyone dies?"
"Thomas, what the hell IS wrong with you? You don't care about Fiona or the planet. what are you on?!" Van looks at Thomas as if he had just been left on a set of railroad tracks in front of an oncoming train. "FINE! You can stay here and be a coward if you want. but I am going to go get Fiona whether you come or not. It is the type of thinking that you're using right now that is the poison of the planet. and will lead to its destruction. And if you really love Fiona like you claimed that you did. then you wouldn't hesitate to rescue her whether she was the most hideous race of alien out there. or she was just another race here on Zi." With those final words; Van leaves. Thomas watches as Van presses on towards the Blade Liger.
Thomas then starts back towards the house to tell everyone the situation. But he didn't know what he was going to do. he just felt like shooting himself. all that he had known had now been thrown right out the window. What was the point of living if everything was so uncertain? "Fiona. how could you be an Ancient Zoidian and not say anything about it? You were treated just like everyone else. no more, no less. Why didn't they show higher respect for you? You are a survivor of an ancient race. and they show no more respect for you? Now I know why you left Van. If only you would have told me. I could have given you all the respect that you could ever need. and the possessions that you could ever want."
Thomas's little daydream is interrupted when he walks right into the leg of the Blade Liger. [Clang] "OOFF. What the?!"
"Hey, Thomas. watch where you're going! You could put a dint in the Liger with that thick head of yours!" Van yells from the liger.
"Van! Knock it off!" Thomas yells back.
"Roar Roar.. Roar!" Zeke, who was trotting along beside the Liger, is roaring at Thomas in an attempt to get him to move on as to not cause any more confrontations.
"And what do you want Zeke?" Thomas groans.
"Roar. Roar. Roar, Roar!" Zeke roars.
"Figured.. 'Roar'. Van! Can you please translate that so that I can understand?"
"Your guess is as good as mine Thomas. but I'd have to say that Zeke is trying to get you to move on so that we can find Fiona a little quicker!"
"I still say you should get Doctor D. to make some sort of translation device. but all right. I'll be along in a little while to help you search." Thomas, again, starts off towards the house.
Van then takes off in the Blade Liger, going full tilt towards those ruins that he and Fiona had visited earlier that week. "Fiona, why were you so scared of that place? Why did Prozen want you? What is at that site that made you so scared? Well. I have a feeling that you are already there due to the selfish acts of Prozen, and that is where I am going to start searching. I only hope that it is not too late to stop whatever Prozen is trying to do. I also hope that you aren't at those ruins. whatever was there had you more afraid than the Deathsaurer. and I just hope that you aren't made to face that kind of fear alone." Van is wondering/talking to himself and trying to telepathically talk with Fiona. "Well. a lot of good that did. Dang. well. it was worth a try; and it gives me some goals to what I need answered. . . . But I do wonder what is in those ruins.. Well. I guess we will find out won't we?" Van is still thinking to himself as he nears the canyon that leads to the ruins. "Hmm. well. I guess this is the moment of truth here Zeke. either my hunch is correct; or Fiona is someplace else."
With that; Van turns the blade liger 90 degrees to the left; and slowly starts down the 'corridor'; the golden claws digging into the dirt as he 'inches' forward into the canyon. "Fiona. I'm coming for you." Van says aloud.
(End Part Four)