"Alright everybody. We are going to make our attack tomorrow and we need to prepare," said a man named Drake who's was the leader of the group. "What we need to look out for is the blade liger mainly. It is piloted by none other then Van Flyheight as most of you know," said Drake looking over all of the men. There was a murmur going around the room at the mentioning of this. "If you follow my directions then you have nothing to worry about. The best was to take it out is to destroy its shields and then get rid of the blades. There is no doubt that until this is done some of you men aren't going to last long if you go up against it. For the shields we will use our gun snipers and have them destroy the shield generator on it then some of our air forces will take out the blades," said Drake with a smirk going across his face. "Once that is done all you need to do is watch out for his guns, but if we surround him it won't be possible for him to survive an attack," said Drake with his smirk growing bigger with each sentence. "After he is gone we will only have to look out for the other members of the guardian force who have zoids such as a lightning saix, and a dibison. Take out the guardian force first then the rest will most likely fall with ease. So prepare yourselves, this is our day for our revenge," yelled Drake earning him a loud round of applause and shouts.

The next morning the peace was shattered by gunshots. "Everyone get to your zoids we are under attack," came a voice from over the intercom. It was so loud that it woke Van up from his sleep that he was enjoying more than anything with Fiona right by him. "Why now?" asked Van with an aggravated sigh as he got up and got changed to prepare for the battle. He looked to see that Fiona was still sleeping. A smile crossed his face just looking at Fiona. Another announcement came on and this time it woke Fiona up as well. "What is going on Van?" asked Fiona rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. "They are finally making their move to destroy us. I had better go and stop them," said Van with a weak smile. Fiona was up and in his arms in a few mere seconds. "Van please be careful will you?" asked Fiona not wanting to let go of him afraid that he would suddenly disappear in front of her. "I will Fiona. I will make sure that I stay alive so I can come back to you," said Van as he kissed her. "Please do. I want you to come back to me," said Fiona still not letting go of Van. Van reluctantly let go of Fiona and took a step towards the door. "Like I said. I will make sure I live through this," said Van before walking out of the door. "Please be safe Van. I need you more than anything to remain safe," said Fiona to herself. Fiona quickly left the room as well and ran to her room. After quickly getting changed into some fresh clothes, Fiona ran out of the room again and down the halls to the control room.

Van ran into the hanger quickly and ran to the blade liger. He quickly got into the blade liger and took the controls. All of a sudden things seemed to be unfocused for Van as he clutched a headache that was coming up. "Why now," said Van as he rubbed his head to relieve it of all of the pain. "What are you waiting for Van we have to go," said Thomas over a link. "Yeah, yeah. I know. Just give me a second," said Van still rubbing his head where he was hit last night. Things then became clear again and the headache lessened a lot. "Ok lets go," said Van with a determined face. The zoids came up to the entrance to the hanger and were astonished to see the amount of zoids that were there waiting for them. "Look at the number of zoids they got," said Irvine eyeing the numerous zoids. All of them were different types. Both republican and Imperial zoids. "This isn't going to be pretty," said Thomas knowing that there were more then any of them could have possibly thought there would be. "Then lets get to work and take these guys down. So we can get back soon," said Van as he rushed towards the zoids. "Right behind you," said Irvine with a smirk. The lightning saix took off after the blade liger. "Hey! Wait up," said Thomas rushing behind the two very fast zoids. "Figures that I would be left behind," muttered Thomas going at full speed just to get a little closer to the two but they were moving too fast and kept getting farther away. Thomas just shook his head with a frown on his face.

"How are things going on the battlefield?" asked Crougar looking at a soldier that was controlling the screens to keep track of what was going on. "The enemies outnumber us at the moment, but they are being taken down little by little at a faster rate then our zoids are," said an officer. "Prepare to send more backup. We need to give them as much support as possible," said Crougar. "Yes sir," said the officer. Fiona then came running into the room. "What took you so long Fiona?" asked Moonbay looking at her friend. "I am sorry. There was something I had to do. Do you know how Van is doing out there?" asked Fiona desperate to know if Van was still alive. "Lieutenant Flyheight is currently engaged in battle with numerous zoid. He doesn't appear to have too much damage at the moment," said the soldier. Fiona let out a sigh of relief upon hearing this. "Something the matter Fiona?" asked Moonbay seeing the worry on Fiona's face. "I just have a bad feeling about this battle. That is all," said Fiona quietly. "Afraid that something is going to happen to Van?" asked Moonbay kindly. "Yes. Although he promised me her would be ok, I still can't help but worry," said Fiona quietly. "I am sure that he will be fine. So don't worry so much," said Moonbay trying to reassure Fiona at least a little bit. "I hope so," said Fiona quietly. Fiona then went back to watching the screen.

"Do these guys ever stop coming?" asked Van destroying another zoid that came after him. "Just keep firing," said Irvine running through and knocking down numerous zoids in the process. "Easy for you to say they are mainly targeting me," yelled Van after another attempt to get him. "Then I am glad that I am not you," said Irvine jokingly. "Thanks. That make me feel a whole lot better," said Van sarcastically. "You're welcome," said Irvine although he knew what Van was talking about. Irvine then caught sight of something that startled him. "Hey Van look out there is a gunsniper aiming right at you," yelled Irvine to Van. Van looked up just as it fired its weapon. "Oh no," yelled Van as he tried to move out of the way. However this opened the wound in his arm again and he clutched his arm in pain. This is the distraction that the sniper needed to get another shot in that hit the blade liger and destroyed the shield. The blade liger fell to the ground hard after the loss of the shield. "Hey Van! Are you alright?" asked Irvine wondering why Van wasn't able to dodge the bullet. "I am fine," said Van still holding his arm as he got the blade liger to its feet. "We have to finish these guys off," said Van as he pushed the blade liger forward at full speed.

Even without the shield Van was still fighting. 'I have to finish this so that I can get back to Fiona,' thought Van as he destroyed another zoid. Blood was coming down his arm, yet he ignored it and continued to keep going. He was going through one zoid after another while taking a lot of damage. "Look out," yelled Thomas when he noticed a zoid. It dropped a bomb on the blade liger and one of the blades went flying off. "No I lost one of my blades," said Van with worry all over his face. It was then that Zeke was thrown out of the blade liger. "Van you had better head back the blade liger might not be able to take much more, and you won't survive because you don't have Zeke to repair it if possible," said Irvine seeing what had happened. "I wish I could but they keep coming at me," yelled Van trying to get away from the multiple zoids. "I can't help because I have to many enemies on me right now," said Thomas as he threw around a few zoids. "Sorry Van," said Irvine as he shot down another zoid. Van then realized the position that he had gotten himself into. "They've surrounded me,' said Van in a worried tone. A number of zoids had gained up on the liger and formed a large circle around him. "I guess that this is it," said Van scared out of his mind. Van tried to escape but he couldn't due to the large amount of damage that he had taken. He looked to see if there was anyone to help. The zoids surrounded him. "No Van," yelled Irvine. "MEGALOMAX FIRE," yelled Thomas as the dibison let of its attack. The attack came down on all of the zoids surrounding Van. Van took that opportunity to escape. "Thanks Thomas," said Van as he ran towards the base for repairs. "No problem," said Thomas going back to destroying his zoids. About half way back Van suddenly had another dizzy spell. "Why is it doing this to me at all of the wrong times?" Van asked himself as he kept the blade liger going forward. "I have to get over this," said Van holding his head where he was wounded the day before. Trying hard to shake it off, Van managed to get it to go away. "Good said Van as he looked forward. What met him though was the sight of a missile heading right towards him. It was too close to dodge. "Oh no," said Van as the missile made contact with the canopy and exploded. It caused a chain reaction and the rest of the blade liger started to fall apart. An explosion took place and the remains of the blade liger fell over.

The explosion of the blade liger caught that attention of Irvine and Thomas. "They looked over and saw what remained of the blade liger lying on the ground. "Oh my god," said Thomas in utter shock. "I can't believe that that happened," said Irvine in the exact same tone. "Van, Van come in," yelled Thomas hoping to get a transmission in return. Nothing came. "Answer us damn it," yelled Irvine also hoping to get something. All that came back to both of them was a lot of static. "It can't be," said Irvine quietly from the shock of it.

Fiona just stood in utter terror with what she saw. "No. Van! It can't be. It can't be, Van, Van?" said Fiona in utter shock. "NOOOOOOOOOO," she screamed and collapsed to the floor and started to cry. Moonbay did the best that she could to comfort her but Fiona was going frantic and didn't want her help. "This can't be happening," she screamed. "Fiona please calm down," said Moonbay trying to give her at least a little support. However it failed because she felt like doing the exact same thing. "He promised," said Fiona with tears running down her face. Fiona suddenly got up and ran out of the room. "Fiona, wait," said Moonbay as she ran after her friend.

"Sir I don't think that we can take much more," said an enemy warrior. "The commander has been captured unfortunately," said another warrior. "Why did he insist on fighting with us?" asked the warrior. "It is just the way he is," said the other warrior. "We must retreat almost all of our forces have been destroyed," said another officer but his link went blank because his zoid was destroyed. "How could such a brilliant plan have gone so wrong," said an officer sadly. "Signal the troops to pull out," he said quietly. "Yes sir," said another soldier with a bow before leaving.

"They are retreating," said Thomas slightly startled. "Lets get back," said Irvine sadly. As soon as they got back the first thing they saw was Fiona screaming out Vans name and how much she was crying. "I loved him so much," screamed Fiona with tears falling from her eyes. "I know you did Fiona," said Moonbay not trying to do anything and to just let Fiona get it out of her system. "Why did this have to happen," screamed Fiona as the tears came down even harder then before. "I don't know Fiona I don't know," said Moonbay quietly. Fiona got to her feat while still crying her eyes out and walked away. "Fiona where are you going?" asked Moonbay as she watched her friend walk away. "I am leaving I can't take any more of this," said Fiona sadly as she broke out in a run right past Thomas and Irvine. "Fiona, wait," said Thomas hoping to stop her. "We should just let her go. She deserves some time alone and she might come back when she is feeling better. Until that time we have to just let her do what she wants and hope that she will come back," said Moonbay with her eyes downcast towards the floor. Zeke had managed to recover enough to get up followed after Fiona was equally as depressed as Fiona was. The two just walked away with Moonbay Thomas and Irvine watching them until they faded from view. 'I hope that Fiona is going to be ok with this,' thought Moonbay sadly wanting nothing more then to start crying like her friend was just a minute ago.