Van was allowed to get out of the hospital a week later but he still wasn't at full strength, in fact he needed to lean on Fiona in order to even stand up straight most of the time. Not like the two of them even care, they got to be near each other and that is all that mattered to the two of them. He was sitting on top of a hill at the moment watching as they started to reconstruct the base. "This should take a while," he said to himself with a sigh. He then walked off and went to an area by himself. He reached into his pocket and took something out of it and he looked at it for a while until Thomas showed up and Van just quickly stuffed the thing in his pocket. "What was that?" asked Thomas who saw what Van did. "What was what?" said Van trying to act stupid to Thomas' question. "What was that things that you had just stuffed into you pocket?" asked Thomas looking towards the pocket. "I don't have anything in my pocket," said Van with a nervous smile. "Whatever. Listen, I have a question that I want to ask you," said Thomas looking at Van with curiosity in his eyes. "What is it?" asked Van hoping it was not about what was in his pockets again. "Well I was just wondering how it was that you were able to survive the explosion. Fiona saw you get trapped in there and no one saw you leave after that," said Thomas looking at Van like he was a miracle of life. "To tell the truth I really don't know," said Van scratching the back of his head. "I mean when I was in the base I was trapped under some debris of the base when the base exploded. I am not sure what happened, but I woke up soon afterwards and I was still alive. So I got up with the rest of the strength that I had and went over to an area where there were lights. I hoped that it was all the survivors, and when I got there it was. I then saw Fiona. She was awake at the time, but when she saw me I passed out from my injuries," said Van with a sad look on his face. "Yeah but that still doesn't explain how you survived the explosion," said Thomas a little annoyed that he didn't get the answers that he was looking for. "I guess I will never know how I survived it," said Van and he walked off.

"Um sir," said a very timid soldier as he approached Eric. "What is it?" asked Eric with a smile on his face just thinking about how he had killed Van. 'I did it. I was the one to finally kill him when so many have tried. It was me,' thought Eric with a smirk on his face. "Um, I know that you aren't going to like this but." said the very scared soldier knowing that when Eric was angry that anything could happen to them. "What is it?" Eric asked the very timid soldier who just shuddered when Eric spoke to him. "Well. Van Flyheight is alive," said the soldier just waiting for the explosion to occur. It was quiet for a second and then the inevitable happened. "What did you say? Are you telling me that Van is still alive? Even after all that I had done to him he still survived that explosion," yelled Eric at his servant. "Y-y-y-yes sir. I am positive that it was him that I saw," said the man in fright. To tell the truth he was just scared for his life at that moment. "I thought I got rid of him but he just won't die," growled Eric under his breath. He then look at his servant of was shaking a little bit. "You can go," said Eric waving his hand in the direction of the door. "Yes sir," said the man with a sigh of relief as he ran towards the door. Not many stayed alive when Eric was this mad. He should be thankful to anything that would listen for him still being alive at that moment. As the man left Eric said to himself, "When I get done with you Van you will wish you were dead," said Eric with a growl on his face.

"I just don't get it how was I able to survive the explosion. One second I was in the base trapped under all the debris, and the next I am waking up to a destroyed base while I was only injured," Van said to himself. He had been trying to figure this out for the past month, or basically ever since he had woken up. The base was fully rebuilt and everything was almost back to normal. "I have to stop thinking of this and try to put what happened behind me," said Van again shaking his head a little bit. Van got up to leave but he ran into Fiona before he could get far. "Hey Van. How are you feeling?" asked Fiona with a bright smile on her face that made Van happy to see. "Hey there Fiona. I am doing great," said Van smiling right back at her. Van looked over Fiona who was about two months pregnant but she still looked really beautiful. "Can I talk to you Fiona?" asked Van. "Sure what is it?" asked Fiona. "Lets talk in private," said Van. "Ok," said Fiona and they walked to a area where no one was around. "Fiona you know that I really love you right," said Van with the smile still stuck on his face. "Yeah, of course I know that. If I didn't then I wouldn't be pregnant with your child. Why would you ask something like that?" asked Fiona wrapping her arms around Van who put and arm around her waist. "Well with all that has happened in these past few weeks it has made me start to think about something," said Van with a very soft tone in his voice. "And what would that be Van?" asked Fiona as she rested her head on his shoulder. "Fiona will." said Van but stopped all of a sudden. "Will I what?" asked Fiona a little curious as to what Van was talking about. Van got up all of the courage he could and said what he needed to say, "Fiona will you marry me," said Van as he took a ring out of his pocket. Fiona was speechless she was surprised with what Van had just asked her. Fiona was finally able to speak again and she said, "Yes, yes Van I would love to marry you," said Fiona with the brightest smile that she could possible come up with. Van was so happy with her response that he immediately gave her a kiss. "I love you Van," said Fiona holding onto him without the intent of ever letting him go. "I love you too Fiona," said Van and they kissed each other again.

Two month had gone by and they had not found any sign of the location of where Eric was. "How come it is taking this long to find one man?" asked Van as he paced back and forth across the room that they were in. "Yeah out of a world of over a billion I could hardly guess why," said Irvine sarcastically with a smirk on his face. Van got up and left the control room. He came up to Fiona and they started to talk. "Fiona you look upset is something wrong?" asked Van with a very worried look on his face. "Yes there is," said Fiona calmly. She tried to think of any way that she would be able to put this at that moment. "What is it?" asked Van with a small smile coming across his mouth. "It is just that you asked me to marry you over two months ago and I am starting to wonder if we will ever be able to get married," said Fiona with a sad look coming across her face. "Fiona listen I think that it will be smart if we wait till all of this is all over and done with so it will be safer to get married. After all, if we were to get married while Eric is still around then he would do everything in his power to make sure that we wouldn't be able to go through with it," said Van with a serious look on his face. "I know it is just that if something should happen to you like if you were to get killed. Then we will never be able to," said Fiona in a much sadder tone. "I promise I will live through this," said Van with a weak smile on his face. "Please do," said Fiona has she went and hugged him. "I have to. I have to stay around. I have to live long enough to see our child, and long enough for us to get married. There is nothing that would make me happier then if that is going to happen," said Van kissing Fiona very deeply right after he said that. "Please do," said Fiona as the two of them walked hand in hand down the halls.

"I will not allow her to love anyone but me. You have no right to take her from me Van. I will get her back from you," said Eric as he was watching the base. "Van should not be alive. He should have died back then when I blew up that base with him inside of it. It is still a large mystery to me, and probably them how he managed to stay alive through such a thing. Maybe they know. Maybe I will go and find out or maybe I will just kill him and leave it at that," said Eric with a smirk on his face as he got into his zoid. "He has no idea what he is dealing with. I am the best. How come Fiona chose him over me?" asked Eric with an angry expression on his face. He took the genobreaker a safe distance away from the base. After hiding it, he jumped out of it and walked the rest of the way until he was right beside it. Eric had managed to sneak into the base. It was way to easy for him too. "The security here is a joke. If this is all that they have then they might as well allow me free reign over this base," said Eric with a quiet laugh as he walked casually through the strangely empty halls. "If I can do this right they will be forced to hand her over to me," said Eric as he laughed to himself.

Van and Fiona were walking around and talking about anything happily. All of a sudden they heard the click of a gun. They froze for a second but then they both turned around and to their surprise they saw Eric. "You are really crazy and stupid to sneak into this base especially with everyone looking for you," yelled Van. "So that is where everyone is. They are all out looking for me," said Eric with a sneer on his face. "You are a complete moron," growled Van stepping in front of Fiona. "Maybe so, but this moron has you where he want you," said Eric said Eric turning Van's words against him. "What do you mean," said Van who was trying to shield Fiona from him. "You will find out soon enough," he said as he put a smirk on his face. He pulled the trigger to the gun. "Van look out," yelled Fiona as she shoved Van out of the way but she got hit instead. Van wasn't expecting Fiona to do that, so he was taken completely off guard when she did what she did. "No Fiona," yelled Van as he ran up to her and he caught her before she hit the ground. Eric was in complete shock over what had happened. He wanted to hit Van, not Fiona. "No this wasn't suppose to happen. You were the one that is supposed to be like that now," said Eric as he ran off but he wasn't chased since Vans attention was directed towards Fiona. "Fiona, Fiona come on wake up," said Van in a panic as he shook Fiona carefully hoping that it wasn't too late for her. Fiona didn't respond to anything that he was doing at that moment. "Come on Fiona you have to get up. You have to stay alive. Our child is depending on you to stay alive," said Van panicking even more that she wasn't responding. "Hang on Fiona. I am going to get you to a doctor as soon as I can," said Van as he carefully picked her off the ground. He held he barely alive body close to him so that he could make sure that she was going to be fine. "Just hang on Fiona. You are going to be just fine," said Van as a small tear rolled down his cheek.