Chapter 14: Light of Day

Irvine and Thomas, Who will win?

"You bore me with your attempts." Thomas taunts, making Irvine madder.

"Quit talking and let's do this." Irvine sternly says now narrowing his eyes at Thomas. Thomas smiles with the written expression "Bring it".

First Aid*

Diana is still in the first Aid section with Karl, caring for his wound.

"I can't believe your brother would do this to you." Diana says cleaning the scar.

"Thomas didn't use to get this way. Yeah he complained about how so many people say I was better then him, but I didn't believe a word of it." Karl says through twitching. "Careful."

"Sorry." Diana says as he gently wipes away the new rush of blood. "This scar is nasty."

"Maybe Thomas got tired of living in my shadow and decided to come out of the bag." Karl says relaxing.

"He sure came out alright." Diana says now getting a new cloth. "I wouldn't do this to my older sister and she has always had something I didn't."

"What's that if you don't mind me asking?" Karl asks turning to Diana.

"Oh she was popular and had many boyfriends." Diana says sighing. "But I didn't care after I found out how creepy boys got."

"Hey I'm not creepy." Karl says now making Diana smile.

"I know." Diana says now grabbing some gauze.

"By any means necessary, I won't let Thomas get away with this." Karl says struggling to move.

"Don't struggle too much. Here let me help." Diana says helping Karl get comfortable.

"Thanks." Karl says laying back. "So do you like Chinese or Italian?"

Diana smiles and pulls some of her hair behind her right ear.

"Chinese would do fine."

Remote Room*

Fiona is growing restless thinking what could have happened to Van, while Moonbay is thinking.

"I can't take it anymore." Fiona says getting up and walking towards the door.

"Fiona we have been through this." Moonbay says getting up and stopping her again.

"I can't help it Moonbay. I know something bad has happened to Van. He's hurt I know it." Fiona stresses.

"He has Irvine with him. Irvine wouldn't let anything happen to Van." Moonbay says trying to calm Fiona down.

"I know Moonbay, but something happened. Maybe Irvine couldn't help van this time." Fiona says now trying to get around Moonbay.

"How do you know? Maybe Thomas is the one laying out right now and not them." Moonbay says trying to Convince Fiona.

"No I know Van is the one hurt. I have to go see." Fiona says with softened eyes. "You have to let me pass."

Moonbay stares into Fiona's sad eyes and can't get the word "No" to surface.

"I'll go with you." Moonbay says grabbing a metal bat. Fiona nods and they both exit the room.

Hall A*

Irvine and Thomas are still fighting, with Irvine having the upper hand and Thomas on the ground.

"Why don't you just give up now and I promise I won't kick a knot in your ass." Irvine says looking down at Thomas, who wipes his mouth of the running blood.

"I don't think its me who has to worry about that." Thomas says moving his right leg and tripping Irvine, making him fall on Van.

"Irvine do you mind?" Van says trying to move with his injured shoulder.

"While I fight with him, you go find Moonbay and Fiona. Make sure they are unharmed." Irvine says now dodging Thomas's stab to the ground.

Without argument, Van gets up, still holding his shoulder, and begins walking down the hall. He stops and turns back to see Irvine fighting with Thomas.

"I hope you know what you're doing." Van mumbles. He turns back around and continues down the hall.

Remote Room hall*

Fiona and Moonbay are walking very slowly, being careful not to run into Thomas.

"Please be ok Van." Fiona says to herself.

"When I get a hold of Thomas for what he did to me, he's going to be begging for death." Moonbay says gripping the bat.

They continue walking down the hall and past the first Aid. Diana, who happens to be watching the door, spots them and calls out.

"Fiona, Moonbay." Diana yells hoping to have gotten their attention.

Moonbay and Fiona come back to the room in which they heard their names being called. When they can back in, Fiona's eyes soften with tears.

"Karl what happened?" Moonbay asks as she and Fiona rush over to the bed.

"Thomas got a hold of me." Karl says slightly touching his scar.

"Are you seriously injured?" Fiona asks hugging Karl.

"I'm Fine. Where are Irvine and Van?" Karl asks as Fiona lets him go.

"Fighting with Thomas." Moonbay says with a sad tone to her voice.

"Do you know if either one of them is hurt?" Diana asks turning to Moonbay.

"I don't know if either one of them are." Moonbay says.

"Van's hurt. Thomas made sure to that." Fiona says now remembering her feelings.

"Someone has to stop him." Diana says getting up, but is grabbed by Karl.

"No you shouldn't. You would only get hurt." Karl says as Diana sits down.

"But he should pay for what he did to you." Diana says getting upset.

"He will." Karl says trying to calm Diana.

"That he will." Fiona says turning to leave.

"Where are you going?" Moonbay asks watching the Zoidian leave the room.

"To take care of business." Fiona says now completely leaving the room.

"I hope she knows what she is doing." Moonbay says turning back to Karl.

"If it's one thing that I know about Fiona and that's when she says something has to be done, she really means it." Karl says relaxing. "Let's just hope it's not all in vain."

Hall A*

Van is walking and trying to keep conscious, but the pain from his shoulder is intense.

"Keep going. You have to find Fiona and Moonbay." Van mumbles to himself while trying to keep his pace. "Can't stop now."

Fiona, who happens to be traveling the same hall as Van, sees someone up ahead, but not sure who it is. She walks slowly, to be sure it's not Thomas. When the person up ahead comes into focus, she can see it's van. She runs up to him, now catching him before he falls.

"I got you." Fiona says holding him up.

"Fiona, I never thought I would see you again." Van says taking his free arm and hugging Fiona.

"I knew you were hurt." Fiona says hugging Van back. She looks to see his left shoulder bleeding.

"What happened to your shoulder?" Fiona asks looking at it.

"Thomas stabbed me." Van says putting his hand back to it.

After hearing that, Fiona's soft red orbs harden.

"Where is Moonbay?" Van asks.

"With Karl and Diana in First Aid." Fiona says helping van to his feet. "You go there, while I confront Thomas."

"Fiona are you nuts? He'll hurt you." Van says trying to talk Fiona out of it.

"I don't care. I would rather be hurt myself then to let any of you take the wrap anymore." Fiona says staring into Van's eyes. "I have to."

Van doesn't have word one to say.

"I'm not letting you do this alone." Van says slightly moving his shoulder, despite the pain.

"Where did you last see him?" Fiona asks demandingly.

"In the A hall." Van says. Fiona takes him by the hand.

"Let's go. It all stops now." Fiona says now dragging van in that direction.

"I love it when she takes charge" Van says slightly grinning to himself as they go in that direction.

Hall A*

Irvine and Thomas are near the end of the fight, with Thomas now having Irvine on the ground barely moving.

"So what did you say about putting me in my place?" Thomas says kicking Irvine in his side. Irvine coughs up some blood.

"You jerk." Irvine says through blood chokes.

"That isn't helping much now is it?" Thomas says kicking him in the ribs.

"Leave him alone." A voice from behind Thomas says. Thomas turns to see the owner of that voice. It's Fiona with a firearm.

"Fiona, darling you came back to see the remains of your friend." Thomas says looking at Irvine. "That's one less Invite to our wedding."

Fiona holds the gun up to Thomas in his direction.

"I said put leave him alone." Fiona says with stern eyes.

"Fiona, now put the gun down. You know you won't pull the trigger." Thomas says turning completely to her.

"Don't be so sure." Fiona says now angry. "I don't know who you think you are pushing around, but you're not going any further then right here."

"Fiona give me the gun." Thomas says now walking towards her.

"Stay back or you'll lose any arm and that's a sworn promise." Fiona says with a warning tone.

"We both know you don't have the guts to shoot me." Thomas says with a grin now getting closer.

Fiona swallows her pride and pulls the trigger. The bullet hits Thomas in the shoulder, now slicing through his skin. Thomas immediately grabs his shoulder.

"Fiona, how could you?" Thomas says as the blood flows freely in his hand.

"This one is for Van." Fiona says taking another fire and hitting Thomas in the stomach. He grabs his wound on his stomach and falls to the ground. Now seeing Thomas down, Fiona drops the gun, while trying to catch her breath.

"I..I.. shot him." Fiona says stunned. She turns to Van who has passed out behind her. She turns and walks over to him, grabbing his wrist. She can still feel a pulse and is relieved that he is still alive.

"You'll be ok." Fiona says resting his hand on hers. Irvine, who has been watching everything, gets up. He is holding his rib that feels broken and limps over to Fiona and Van.

"Is he ok?" Irvine softly asks.

"Yeah he is." Fiona says turning to Irvine with sad eyes. "I shot him Irvine."

Irvine takes Fiona in an embrace and hugs her.

"Don't worry. I'm sure it would have ended like this sooner or later." Irvine says trying to comfort Fiona. "You won't get blamed for it."

While comforting Fiona, Van opens his eyes to see Fiona crying. He places his hand on hers and she turns to him.

"Don't cry." Van says now wiping away Fiona's tears.

"Van." Fiona says embracing him in a hug. He holds her while she cries. Van looks over at Thomas who is lying in a pool of blood.

"What happened?" Van asks turning to Irvine.

"Fiona took care of him." Irvine says turning to Thomas.

"She shot him?" Van asks in surprise.

"Yeah she did. She got fed up with him I guess." Irvine says turning to Van. "I'm sure if she didn't, I would have."

Fiona has stopped crying for the most part and is trying to catch her breath. She looks at van, now catching his gaze.

"Van I shot Thomas." Fiona says with some sadness in her voice.

"Don't worry you did the right thing." Van says with comfort in his voice. "Like Irvine said, if you didn't, he would have."

Fiona wipes the rest of her tears away and turns to Thomas. She doesn't have anything to say, except she turns to Van. She lies on him.

Moonbay, Karl on crutches, and Diana have just shown up to see Thomas lying his own blood.

"What happened to him?" Moonbay asks making the three turn to him.

"He had an unfortunate end." Irvine says looking over at Thomas.

"He's dead?" Karl asks.

"No not dead. Let's just say something good was on our side the whole time." Van says stroking Fiona's hair.

"Well that's a relief. I wouldn't want any of us facing time for this." Karl says fixing his right crutch.

"We won't, but he will." Van says sighing. Fiona gets up and helps Van up.

"Let's get you to First Aid." Fiona says putting Van's arm on her shoulder to help him walk.

"Moonbay you call the paramedics and have them take care of Thomas." Karl says as Moonbay nods. Moonbay walks away from them to call the paramedics while Fiona helps Van get to first aid for his wounded shoulder. Diana takes Karl to his office to sit him down and get him off his feet, plus get the pressure off his damaged wound. No one looked back after leaving, but also have no regret of what did happen.

It's been two weeks since the terror ended. Let's see how everyone's doing at this point:

Van and Fiona got married and has started a new life, while letting the scars that Thomas caused heal. In 9 nine months, Van will be pronounced a father. They both still work for the Guardian Force are very happily married.

Meanwhile, after finding out how much they had in common, Diana and Karl is now an item and are almost never apart. She visits the base often for their daily lunch date at Karl's favorite restaurant.

After much thought and thinking about all that happened, Irvine asks Moonbay to marry him. She gave him an answer that made him a happy man and they are now engaged. The wedding will be in a year and two months.

Everyone has moved on and put the past behind them. They all are living their lives separately and closed the wounds Thomas opened.

As for Thomas*

The paramedics came to get Thomas and took him to the nearest hospital to be treated for his wounds. Soon after arriving, he didn't wake up and was pronounced in a comma. No one knows when he will wake up. It could it be months to years. No one knows.

Thomas's Reign of Terror has finally come to an end.

Ok folks EOS (end of story.) I hope you liked it. I don't know if I'll do any more sequels from this, but I will have new stories out. Did you like how it ended? Hated It? Flamers, no one cares what you think. Well I don't care who loved it or liked it, It's done now.

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