"You got Fiona back, that is great," said Moonbay as they got out of the liger after they got back to the base. "Yeah and I got the antidote so she should be fine," said Van. "By the way here is the parts I took from your gustav," said Van. "Good now I can get it working again," said Moonbay. "Thanks Van for coming to get me," said Fiona. "It is no problem," said Van. The two of them walked off. "Hopefully this will all stop for a while so we can have some peace," said Moonbay. "Yeah that would be nice right about now since Eric has taken Fiona quite a number of times but we have gotten her back every time," said Thomas. "Lets just hope that he stays away," said Irvine as he walked off too.

"Van you will pay I am tired of you interfering with my plans for Fiona," said Eric. "But thanks to Fiona I was able to recover and restore the deathstinger and make it even more powerful than before but it will still be a while until I can get it functioning properly so enjoy your moment of peace while it lasts," said Eric. "Sir we have a guest," said one of Eric's serVants. "Who is it," asked Eric. "She says her name is Natalie," said the serVant. "Ah so she finally returns after seven months of not showing her face took her long enough to do such an easy thing," said Eric, "Let her in," he said. "Yes sir," said the SerVant as he headed out. A few minutes later a beautiful young woman came into the room. "So why did it take you so long to get back from doing such an easy job," asked Eric. "I decided to go on a nice long vacation," said Natalie. "Seven months long," said Eric. "So I wanted to stay for a long time," said Natalie. "Forget about it for now and tell me how your mission with Van went," said Eric. "He was no challenge but I had to use some forceful means in order to make him think that it actually happened," said Natalie. "So now I have a way to make Van miserable," said Eric, "But I will need you to go and find Van at a time when he is with Fiona and talk to him about it," said Eric. "Who is Fiona," asked Natalie. "She is Vans pregnant girlfriend and you will more than likely find them together. She is the reason I wanted you to do this mission for me so that I would have a way to separate them," said Eric. "He wasn't with her when I first saw him," said Natalie. "Yes but he was off training at the time and I thought that it would be the best time for you to do this," said Eric. "I see I will do as you command," said Natalie as she got up and went to walk to the door. "Oh and Natalie I want you to come back after you complete this mission. Don't waste time," said Eric. She just waved her hand and walked off.

The next night Van had taken Fiona out to get something to eat by themselves. "There he is and with the girl just like what Eric said," said Natalie to herself. She got up from where she was and walked in the direction that Van and Fiona were. "Van is that you," said Natalie. "Who's that," asked Fiona. "I don't know," said Van. "You couldn't have forgotten about me," said Natalie. Van finally remembered who she was and he got a little scared. "Remember that night we spent together," said Natalie. "You did what Van," said an upset Fiona. "Fiona it is not what you think," said Van. Fiona got really upset that she ran off. "Fiona wait," yelled Van after her. He tried to go after Fiona but was held back by Natalie. "Forget about her Van and come with me," said Natalie. Van was struggling to get loose but she wouldn't let go of him. "Let me go," yelled Van. Van managed to get loose and tried to run after Fiona but she had a large head start on him. He finally managed to catch up to Fiona. "Fiona please it is not what you are thinking," said Van. "Really it seems that it is what I think," said Fiona. "You don't even know what happened," said Van. "I know enough for right now. Now leave me alone Van," said Fiona and she once again ran off. Van just stood there sad about what just happened watching as Fiona ran off.

Van got back to the base and went to see if he could talk to Fiona. "Thomas have you seen Fiona," asked Van. "Yes I have and she looked really sad. What did you do," asked Thomas in an angry voice? "It was from something that happened a few months ago before I came back here," said Van. "What happened," asked Thomas? "One night when I came into a town to stay a night instead of camping out. I was walking along and I saw a woman being attacked by some men. I went and saved her but she had hurt her leg so I offered to help her get back to her place. We got there and she invited me in and I went in for some reason. I sat down and she started to try and get me but I wouldn't do it because of Fiona. She kept trying but eventually she gave up and she gave me something to drink and I got dizzy and I passed out. The next morning I woke up in a bed with her next to me. She woke up and my first questions was what happened to me and she told me and I asked what was in her drink and she told me it was her own recipe but she thought that I just had a bad reaction to it but I thought that I might have been drugged," said Van. "Was it," asked Thomas. "No I checked to see what was in it and I found no drugs in it so I thought that it must have been a bad reaction. It was then though that I first realized my feelings for Fiona," said Van. "I see," said Thomas. "I have to go there is something I have to do," said Thomas in a hurry. "Where are you going," asked Van. "You will find out later," said Thomas as he got in his zoid and left. Van then went to go and look for Fiona.

"Fiona can I please talk to you," said Van. "Go away I don't want to talk to you," said Fiona. "Please you should at least hear about what happened," said Van. "I know what happened you slept with her," said Fiona, "What makes it worse is that you didn't tell me about it," said Fiona. Van couldn't say anything for this comment. "Now just go away and leave me alone," said Fiona. Van walked away but not before he could hear her crying in her room. "Fiona I am sorry," said Van in the most sincere voice that he could make. Fiona didn't say anything but she just kept on crying.

Thomas went to the town that Van and Fiona were in the previous night. He was looking around trying to find the woman but he had no idea on where to start looking. When he was about to leave he saw the woman that Van was talking about. He got a little suspicious when she went to a dark alley. He followed after her but kept at a safe distance so that she did not see him. She stopped after about a minute of walking and just waited. "What is she doing," asked Thomas to himself. After a few minutes he got his answer when he saw Eric come out from another alley. "So did you do as I said," asked Eric. "Yes and she was devastated by it," said Natalie with a laugh. "You did good with the missions with Van for now but I may want you later so don't go too far," said Eric. "Yes sir," said Natalie. She then took another alley way and left and so did Eric. "So this was all set up," said Thomas to himself. "Van never really did it with her she was just lying and had it all planned out from the start," said Thomas. "Although I can't have Fiona I want her to be happy, so she needs to know this," said Thomas. Thomas then went to get to his zoid to get back to the base.

Thomas was walking towards his zoid when someone pointed put a gun to his back. "I don't think it will be smart to tell anyone if you no what is good for you," said a young Female and when Thomas looked he saw Natalie. "You won't get away with this Van will eventually find out and Fiona too," said Thomas. "No they won't because you won't tell them," said Natalie. She then made Thomas go where she wanted.

"Hey Irvine have you seen Thomas I can't find him," asked Van? "I don't know where was the last place you saw him," asked Irvine? "It was about a week ago and he left saying there was something he had to do and I haven't seen him since," said Van. "With Fiona not speaking to me you and Moonbay are the only people that could know right now," said Van. "Well I don't," said Irvine. "Ok then I go and ask Moonbay," said Van as he walked away.

Thomas was in a dark room and was unsure where the place was. He was tied up in a chair and was unable to move his hands apart. Then Natalie came through the door that was in the room. "Tell me why are you doing this," asked Thomas? "I am doing my job. So I can't let anyone ruin this. I have been given orders and I make sure that I follow them," said Natalie. "What really happened that night with you and Van," asked Thomas. "Well since we are going to kill you I don't think that it will hurt to tell you," said Natalie, "That night I put something in a drink that I gave him that will make him do as I say but for some reason it didn't work well and he kept talking about that girl and I was unable to finish it," said Natalie. "So Vans feelings for Fiona stopped you but he didn't know what had happened that night," said Thomas. "Yeah but I made it look like we did and it took a while of convincing him," said Natalie. "He tried to check the drink to see what was in it but I changed it during the night to something without the drug in it," said Natalie. "That is all I am telling you and you will day tonight," said Natalie. "Tell me something is Eric here," asked Thomas. "No he isn't. This is one of his bases but he never has too much use for it so I took control of it and he practically never comes here," said Natalie. She left the room leaving Thomas alone. "All is going as planned for me," said Thomas. Thomas then took out a well-hidden knife and cut himself loose from the ropes. "He took a recorder from another well-hidden area. "I want Fiona to be happy even if she isn't with me so I will make her by letting her hear this," said Thomas. "Beek I want you to come to my current location," said Thomas through a communicator. He was answered with a couple of beeps to confirm it. Thomas quietly got up and left the room to find a deserted hallway. "Not much security here," said Thomas. He moved around and avoided all the guards that he could. He looked for about an hour and finally he found an exit. He opened the door and an alarm went off. Guards quickly surrounded him. "As you can see it is useless to try and escape," came Natalie's voice. "Thought I might as well try," said Thomas and he took out a smoke bomb and it exploded leaving a lot of smoke behind. "Get him," said Natalie and they went after Thomas. They got outside and saw a dibison running away. "Go after him," yelled Natalie again. They got in their zoids and went after him. After they were all out of sight of the base Thomas came out of a hiding place that he was in. "Thanks Beek. It is good that this place wasn't too far from the town or I might have not of pulled that off," said Thomas to himself. He quickly went in the direction of the town.

"You fool how could you have let him escape. What makes it worse is that you told him everything," yelled Eric through a communication. "At the time I thought that he would not escape," said Natalie. "There is no excuse that you can use that will get you out of this," yelled Eric. "I'm sorry," said Natalie. "You will stay there until I think of a punishment for you," said Eric. "Yes sir," said Natalie. The communication closed.

Thomas was going through the desert heading towards the town when his dibison came up to him. "Good you got away from them," said Thomas who was replied with some beeps. Thomas got in the dibison and prepared to head off. "Good let head back to the base," said Thomas.

Thomas got to the base and headed off to go and talk to Fiona. Along the way Thomas ran into Van. "Hey Thomas where were you this past week," asked Van. "There were some things that I had to do," said Thomas. "Ok," said Van as Thomas walked off. Thomas got to Fiona's room. He knocked on her door and she let him in. "Hey Thomas," said Fiona. "Fiona there is something that you need to hear that has to do with Van," said Thomas. "What is it," asked Fiona in a upset tone. "I won't tell you but if you want to know listen to this," said Thomas as he handed her the recording. Thomas then left the room.

Fiona stayed in her room and looked at the recording for a while. "Should I listen to it," Fiona asked herself. She was still mad at Van so she wasn't sure whether to listen to it or not. She decided to listen to it and listen as Natalie's voice told her everything about what happened. "So Van didn't do anything," said Fiona to herself. She got up and went to look for Van but wondering what she should tell him. After a while of looking she found Van working on the liger. "Hey Van," said Fiona. Van was shocked to hear her talking to her again. "Hey Fiona," said Van. "Fiona I am sorry for all that has happened," said Van. "You don't need to be sorry since you really didn't do anything," said Fiona. "What do you mean," asked Van. "Thomas went and got that woman to confess all that had happened," said Fiona. Fiona then played the recording while Van listened. "Why, that woman," said an angry Van. "I'm sorry Van," said Fiona. "For what," asked Van? "For not letting you explain what happened to you," said Fiona. "It's ok Fiona," said Van as he then gave her a hug. "It is just that when I heard that I was devastated and I never thought at the time that you might have a different story to tell," said Fiona. "I told you that it is alright," said Van but this time he gave her a nice little kiss.

Van was walking around the base looking for Thomas. He finally found him working on his dibison. "Hey Thomas," said Van. "Hey," said Thomas. "Thanks for what you did," said Van. "No problem I might have wanted her but I knew that she wanted you so I just wanted to make her happy instead of being miserable," said Thomas. "What you did I hope I can repay in the future," said Van. "There is no need for that," said Thomas, "I don't want anything in return for this." "Whatever," said Van as he began to walk off. r them and nothing could change it.