Van had no idea what was going on. 'What does she mean that she can't
remember anything about what had happened only a few hours ago?' Van asked
himself with a confused look on his face. "Do you remember anything Fiona?
Like maybe what his face looked like or the way he acted?" asked Van
quietly.
All that Fiona did was shake her head in response to Van's question. "I-I just don't remember anything for some strange reason," said Fiona as she thought hard trying to remember anything that could have happened during the date.
'I wonder if it could be him,' thought Van as he tried to remember but just like Fiona he was having trouble remembering what had happened in his former life. 'It must be. We are both suffering from the same thing. Now it is more important than anything to get my memories back,' thought Van with a frown. Van then had an idea but he had no idea if it would work. He was about to speak but the phone rang.
"Hello," said Fiona as she picked up the phone. "Oh hello Moonbay," said Fiona as a small smile crossed her face.
"Listen Fiona. He said that he would be will to try again since he doesn't know what is going on but only if you want to," said Moonbay in a slightly urgent voice.
"I don't know Moonbay," said Fiona still a little unsure. She kind of felt bad for making things difficult. "Fine. I will try to get there if I can," said Fiona a little reluctantly. It was then that she hated being too kind at times.
"Ok, I will tell him that. I promise that you will not regret any of this. He will be at the restaurant in two hours," said Moonbay happily before she hung up the phone.
Van didn't have to hear what Moonbay had been talking about to know what was going on and to tell the truth it was making him very jealous. "Going on a date?" asked Van a little bitterly.
"Don't give me that. Even if we were together in the past it can't happen now because you are dead and you have to remember that," said Fiona since she didn't want to get into a confrontation.
Although he didn't show it, Van was slightly hurt by what she had said. He put it aside and decided to get to the point that he wanted to mention before Moonbay had called Fiona. "I think I have a way to help you remember," said Van quietly.
"How is that?" asked Fiona as she walked towards her bathroom to once again get ready despite the fact that she had over two hours to go until she was supposed to meet up with this person at the restaurant.
"I might be able to show you flashbacks from my past and it might help you to remember certain things a little faster," said Van as he took a seat on Fiona ouch once again.
"Will it take long because I have to be at the restaurant again in two hours," said Fiona as she walked out of the bathroom. She suddenly stopped as the headache from before came back in full force.
"It might also be less painful for you as well because things will come back a lot faster instead of a little at a time. I am not sure if there are any aftereffects that occur after it is done. It could give you a giant headache for the rest of the day, knock you unconscious or there is a possibility that you will be just fine. One of those will happen I just don't know which one it will be. Nothing very serious can happen. I can assure you that," said Van in a slightly unsure voice.
Fiona didn't know what she was going to do. She felt the headache again and decided that she would try and take her chances with going by Van's way. "If you are sure that I won't be seriously hurt then I guess that I will give it a try," said Fiona very quietly.
"Hold still then," said Van as he walked up towards Fiona. He placed his hand like it was on top of Fiona's head and concentrated hard. He felt Fiona make a sudden jerk before she appeared to be surrounded within a small light and it soon enveloped Van as well.
***Flashback***
"Can you tell me something Van?" asked Fiona as she laid upon a bed covered in a blanket. Her head was snuggled within Van's chest, as they laid there very content within each other's arms.
"What is that Fiona?" asked Van as he pulled Fiona a little closer so that he could hold her while keep her as close as he could to his body.
"Now that we are married do you think we will be able to have any children sometime soon?" asked Fiona as she closed her eyes and felt the warmth that was given off by Van's body.
"I will be glad to give you anything that you could ever want. If you want kids than we will have them. If you were to die than I would find the closest knife or gun and follow right after you," said Van with a grin on his face at his little joke. He thought of what their kids would look like when they were born.
Fiona couldn't help but smile at the thought of having Van's children. "That is something that I would want more than anything," said Fiona with a bright smile on her face.
"Then why don't we get started, and even if we don't manage it now, we will have all the time that we could possibly want now that we are married," said Van with a loud laugh as he pulled the blankets over the two of them.
*****
"As much as I hate to admit it Fiona, but we are back," said Van with a sad tone in his voice as he watched the ultrasaurus come into view of Van's blade liger. He didn't want their honeymoon to be over so soon but he knew he had to get back to his job.
"It is ok Van. I am sure that we will have a lot of time to ourselves when you are not on duty. I will wait for those times to come," said Fiona with a bright smile on her face as the blade liger entered the hanger.
No sooner had they jumped out of the blade liger than a bunch of soldiers surrounded the two of them with guns pointed towards them. It was if they were telling them that they would shoot if they moved.
"What the hell is going on here? Why are you all pointing your guns at me as if I was some sort of criminal?" asked Van as he looked around trying to find some answer but none of those soldiers answered him.
"I am sorry about this Van but you are under arrest," said Crougar as he walked out of the shadows with a grim look on his face. He had a look that said that he didn't want to do this but yet he had no choice.
"What for? I haven't done anything wrong. So why am I being put under arrest," asked Van frantically as soldier grabbed him and put him into handcuffs.
"Van!" yelled Fiona as she ran up to Van only to be stopped by some soldiers. "What are you doing? Let him go. He hasn't done anything," said Fiona as she reached out towards Van but she was stopped.
Van was already gone and Fiona was left all alone. She took a look around and noticed all of the trashed up zoids. 'What the heck happened here while we were gone?' Fiona asked herself in fear.
*****
"Will someone please just tell me what is going on?" Van yelled from his position behind some jail cell bars. He wanted to know what was going on and no one was listening to him. "Will someone answer me? I have a right to know why you have arrested me," yelled Van to anyone that would listen.
"You tried to kill us all Van," said Thomas as he approached Van's jail cell. "You tried to kill all of us," Thomas repeated himself as if Van was too stupid to hear him the first time he said it.
"What are you talking about? I didn't try to kill anyone. In case you haven't noticed, I have been on my honeymoon for a while now so why is it that you all think that I trued to kill all of you?" yelled Van in confusion.
"Take a look," said Thomas as he held out a small handheld screen towards Van. Ban took it from his hands as he let off a small smirk cross his face.
Van turned on the small screen only to see that it was a security tape from the hanger. Van looked on in confusion as a figure came into the screen. Surprisingly to Van, it was himself. He watched in horror as the look alike walked up to every one of the zoids and place some bombs upon them all. "How can this be? I didn't do any of this," said Van in a confused and scared voice.
"The next day about fifteen soldiers died when all of the bombs that you set exploded destroying all of the zoids and the pilots within them," said Thomas in as calm of a voice as he could muster. "It happened right after you and Fiona left on your honeymoon," said Thomas with a bit of disgust within his voice. "We only just found out that it was you that did this just before you returned," said Thomas as his voice returned to a calm tone. "I was the one that found the tape which had somehow disappeared but it was merely misplaced. I wonder if I could get a promotion for solving the mystery of what happened," said Thomas in a proud tone.
Van had a sneaking suspicion that he knew what was going on but he didn't have any proof. He was a about to speak when a soldier came running up to the two of them. 'I was framed and he was the one to find clues that I did it. He doesn't even seem remorseful that it was me that he ratted out,' thought Van with a scowl on his face.
"Lieutenant Shubaltz, Colonel Crougar wishes to speak to you at this moment," said the soldier to Thomas.
"I will be there in a few moments," said Thomas with a proud smile on his face. He watched the soldier leave before he turned back to van. "I have to be going because Crougar wants to speak to me," said Thomas before he walked off.
Figuring that Van couldn't do anything at that moment, he laid back against his small bed and closed his eyes to try and get some sleep before he would attempt to try and prove his innocence.
***** Van woke up after a nice little rest to some noises. He looked around only to immediately notice that something was wrong. The cell doors were open and all of the guards were against the wall with blood all around them. Van walked up tot hem and felt for a pulse only to find that there was none. "Their dead," muttered Van with a worried look on his face.
A sudden noise managed to catch Van's ears and he turned quickly only to see that there was nothing there. His curiosity got the better of him as he walked in the direction of the noise.
He then found himself of Crougars office and the door was wide open. Van took a look inside and what frightened him most was that Crougar looked like he was dead, and there were also several dead soldiers all around the place. Van ran over to Crougar to help him. "Van, please get out of here he is out to get you," said Crougar as he pointed to a weapon on the ground. After that he fell limp.
Van wasn't sure if he was dead or unconscious, so he walked over and picked up the weapon. It all seemed to click. Once Van saw the weapon he was positive that he knew who had done all of this. The mere thought of it made his blood boil.
"Caught in the act I see," came a voice from the doorway that Van recognized immediately. A scowl crossed Van's face as he turned towards the person that he knew was responsible for all of his troubles.
"You bastard. Why did you do all of this?" yelled Van taking out his fury for all that had happened on the one responsible for it.
"Why don't you think for once Van. You continue to take everything from me. All the fame, the luck, and my woman," yelled Thomas at Van with a scowl on his face. He hated Van for all that he had done.
Suddenly an alarm went off and Van knew that he didn't have any time to spare. He had to get out of there or they would probably end up killing him. Van took off but not before he punched Thomas as hard as he could. He ran down the halls looking for Fiona.
Van found himself outside Fiona's old room and without knocking he ran in and saw that she was crying. "Fiona," said Van making her head snap up to meet Van's fearful eyes.
"Van? But how? I thought that they arrested you," said Fiona as she ran up to Van and placed him into a very tight embrace.
"There is no time to talk about that right now. We have to get out of here as soon as possible," said Van as he grabbed her hand and without waiting for a reply, he ran out of the room at full speed.
The two of them ran all through the halls having to backtrack whenever anyone saw them. "Just keep running. We have to get out of here as soon as possible. I am not going to let you die. Not so soon after..." said Van but he was stopped from finishing what he was saying by a gunshot that barely missed his head.
The two turned the corner before Fiona spoke. "I am not going to leave without you. So I am going to stay by your side," said Fiona as she worked hard to keep up with the male.
"Hold it right there," yelled Irvine as he turned the corner to see the two people fleeing. "I said to stay there or I will be forced to shoot. You two are my friends so I really do not want to do this," said Irvine as he held the gun in a very shaky hand.
"You know that we didn't so anything. So please just stop all of this. I know who is behind this but no one is even listening to what I have to say anymore," said Van as he stopped around at a corner feeling that their friend would not actually try to hurt them.
"I know that. I believe you too but without evidence, no one will believe you. I know the truth but they don't. There is far too much evidence and everything thinks that you did it because of that. Too many people have died because of it and no one besides your friends know that you are truly innocent. The order was to capture or kill. I would never do that, but if you don't stop then they might try to kill you instead. That is something that I really don't want to happen," yelled Irvine as he continued to hold the gun very shakily.
Van was going to speak again when he saw someone else right behind his friend, and a moment later, his friend dropped to the ground unconscious. The new man just stood there hidden in the shade. "It is your fault you know," said Thomas as he lifted up another gun.
Van glared at the figure that walked up. "You bastard! This is all your fault that all of this is happening to us. Why are you doing all of this?" yelled Van as Fiona took cover behind him.
"It should have been mine. You took it away from me and if I can't have it then I think than no one should be able to have it," said Thomas as he reached behind his back and pulled out a second gun.
Van was quick to react and he also grabbed the gun that he had placed in his belt. He was about to raise it up but then he heard a voice yell, "Hold your fire." It was too late as Thomas fired off his two guns.
"No!" yelled Fiona as she jumped out in front and one of the bullets was impaled into her chest as the other one missed her and impaled itself into Van's chest even though she tried to protect him. The two of them fell to the ground limply and for a second they could only stare at each other. A tear fell down Fiona's face as she said, "It was too early for it to end. We could have been happy." Before Fiona closed her eyes and all life drained out of her. Van could only watch as his love died and he could only wait until his time came as well, and he felt he would finally be happy when it came so that he could be with his love once again.
*****
Van eyes slowly opened and he looked around to find himself stuck in a cage. His body hurt so badly that it felt like it was falling to pieces. He couldn't move, couldn't breath. He knew that death was upon him but he didn't really care. He wanted to die at that moment.
The door to the room that Van was in opened up and Thomas walked into the room. "Now look what you did Van. You killed Fiona," said Thomas through clenched teeth.
"What are you talking about? You were the one that shot her," said Van in a weak voice as he laid against the bars of the cage. He just didn't have the strength to be arguing at that moment.
"She wouldn't have died if you had protected her like a husband was supposed to, but you didn't and she died. You are pathetic. I would have made sure that Fiona remained safe if I was her husband," yelled Thomas in a fury.
"But you are not and that is why you are doing all of this. She chose me instead of you and you just couldn't take it so you had to choose some cheap way to get me out of the picture," said Van in a weak voice. He was hoping to provoke Thomas enough to end his already almost gone life.
Thomas walked up to the cage and punched Van hard through the bars. "You will never talk to me like that again. Look who is the better man now or better yet the one that will live longer," said Thomas with a smirk as he watched Van cough up a lot of blood.
Van couldn't take anymore as he fell onto the bottom of the cage. He heard Thomas's laughing but his senses were going dead. He knew this was the end and yet all he did was smile. A gunshot was heard with the last of his hearing and the sound of a body falling to the ground before Van fell into the eternal sleep still carrying his smile with more force when he figured out what happened.
***End Flashback***
The two of them seemed to snap out of their trances very quickly as they broke apart so fast that they fell to the ground. Van picked himself up and looked at Fiona who was still lying on the ground. Van got frantic and quickly moved towards her. He saw that she was still breathing. 'Good, she is only unconscious. I thought that something along those lines would end up occurring,' thought Van with a small smile. He snapped out of it really quickly though when he heard the sound of Fiona's door opening.
All that Fiona did was shake her head in response to Van's question. "I-I just don't remember anything for some strange reason," said Fiona as she thought hard trying to remember anything that could have happened during the date.
'I wonder if it could be him,' thought Van as he tried to remember but just like Fiona he was having trouble remembering what had happened in his former life. 'It must be. We are both suffering from the same thing. Now it is more important than anything to get my memories back,' thought Van with a frown. Van then had an idea but he had no idea if it would work. He was about to speak but the phone rang.
"Hello," said Fiona as she picked up the phone. "Oh hello Moonbay," said Fiona as a small smile crossed her face.
"Listen Fiona. He said that he would be will to try again since he doesn't know what is going on but only if you want to," said Moonbay in a slightly urgent voice.
"I don't know Moonbay," said Fiona still a little unsure. She kind of felt bad for making things difficult. "Fine. I will try to get there if I can," said Fiona a little reluctantly. It was then that she hated being too kind at times.
"Ok, I will tell him that. I promise that you will not regret any of this. He will be at the restaurant in two hours," said Moonbay happily before she hung up the phone.
Van didn't have to hear what Moonbay had been talking about to know what was going on and to tell the truth it was making him very jealous. "Going on a date?" asked Van a little bitterly.
"Don't give me that. Even if we were together in the past it can't happen now because you are dead and you have to remember that," said Fiona since she didn't want to get into a confrontation.
Although he didn't show it, Van was slightly hurt by what she had said. He put it aside and decided to get to the point that he wanted to mention before Moonbay had called Fiona. "I think I have a way to help you remember," said Van quietly.
"How is that?" asked Fiona as she walked towards her bathroom to once again get ready despite the fact that she had over two hours to go until she was supposed to meet up with this person at the restaurant.
"I might be able to show you flashbacks from my past and it might help you to remember certain things a little faster," said Van as he took a seat on Fiona ouch once again.
"Will it take long because I have to be at the restaurant again in two hours," said Fiona as she walked out of the bathroom. She suddenly stopped as the headache from before came back in full force.
"It might also be less painful for you as well because things will come back a lot faster instead of a little at a time. I am not sure if there are any aftereffects that occur after it is done. It could give you a giant headache for the rest of the day, knock you unconscious or there is a possibility that you will be just fine. One of those will happen I just don't know which one it will be. Nothing very serious can happen. I can assure you that," said Van in a slightly unsure voice.
Fiona didn't know what she was going to do. She felt the headache again and decided that she would try and take her chances with going by Van's way. "If you are sure that I won't be seriously hurt then I guess that I will give it a try," said Fiona very quietly.
"Hold still then," said Van as he walked up towards Fiona. He placed his hand like it was on top of Fiona's head and concentrated hard. He felt Fiona make a sudden jerk before she appeared to be surrounded within a small light and it soon enveloped Van as well.
***Flashback***
"Can you tell me something Van?" asked Fiona as she laid upon a bed covered in a blanket. Her head was snuggled within Van's chest, as they laid there very content within each other's arms.
"What is that Fiona?" asked Van as he pulled Fiona a little closer so that he could hold her while keep her as close as he could to his body.
"Now that we are married do you think we will be able to have any children sometime soon?" asked Fiona as she closed her eyes and felt the warmth that was given off by Van's body.
"I will be glad to give you anything that you could ever want. If you want kids than we will have them. If you were to die than I would find the closest knife or gun and follow right after you," said Van with a grin on his face at his little joke. He thought of what their kids would look like when they were born.
Fiona couldn't help but smile at the thought of having Van's children. "That is something that I would want more than anything," said Fiona with a bright smile on her face.
"Then why don't we get started, and even if we don't manage it now, we will have all the time that we could possibly want now that we are married," said Van with a loud laugh as he pulled the blankets over the two of them.
*****
"As much as I hate to admit it Fiona, but we are back," said Van with a sad tone in his voice as he watched the ultrasaurus come into view of Van's blade liger. He didn't want their honeymoon to be over so soon but he knew he had to get back to his job.
"It is ok Van. I am sure that we will have a lot of time to ourselves when you are not on duty. I will wait for those times to come," said Fiona with a bright smile on her face as the blade liger entered the hanger.
No sooner had they jumped out of the blade liger than a bunch of soldiers surrounded the two of them with guns pointed towards them. It was if they were telling them that they would shoot if they moved.
"What the hell is going on here? Why are you all pointing your guns at me as if I was some sort of criminal?" asked Van as he looked around trying to find some answer but none of those soldiers answered him.
"I am sorry about this Van but you are under arrest," said Crougar as he walked out of the shadows with a grim look on his face. He had a look that said that he didn't want to do this but yet he had no choice.
"What for? I haven't done anything wrong. So why am I being put under arrest," asked Van frantically as soldier grabbed him and put him into handcuffs.
"Van!" yelled Fiona as she ran up to Van only to be stopped by some soldiers. "What are you doing? Let him go. He hasn't done anything," said Fiona as she reached out towards Van but she was stopped.
Van was already gone and Fiona was left all alone. She took a look around and noticed all of the trashed up zoids. 'What the heck happened here while we were gone?' Fiona asked herself in fear.
*****
"Will someone please just tell me what is going on?" Van yelled from his position behind some jail cell bars. He wanted to know what was going on and no one was listening to him. "Will someone answer me? I have a right to know why you have arrested me," yelled Van to anyone that would listen.
"You tried to kill us all Van," said Thomas as he approached Van's jail cell. "You tried to kill all of us," Thomas repeated himself as if Van was too stupid to hear him the first time he said it.
"What are you talking about? I didn't try to kill anyone. In case you haven't noticed, I have been on my honeymoon for a while now so why is it that you all think that I trued to kill all of you?" yelled Van in confusion.
"Take a look," said Thomas as he held out a small handheld screen towards Van. Ban took it from his hands as he let off a small smirk cross his face.
Van turned on the small screen only to see that it was a security tape from the hanger. Van looked on in confusion as a figure came into the screen. Surprisingly to Van, it was himself. He watched in horror as the look alike walked up to every one of the zoids and place some bombs upon them all. "How can this be? I didn't do any of this," said Van in a confused and scared voice.
"The next day about fifteen soldiers died when all of the bombs that you set exploded destroying all of the zoids and the pilots within them," said Thomas in as calm of a voice as he could muster. "It happened right after you and Fiona left on your honeymoon," said Thomas with a bit of disgust within his voice. "We only just found out that it was you that did this just before you returned," said Thomas as his voice returned to a calm tone. "I was the one that found the tape which had somehow disappeared but it was merely misplaced. I wonder if I could get a promotion for solving the mystery of what happened," said Thomas in a proud tone.
Van had a sneaking suspicion that he knew what was going on but he didn't have any proof. He was a about to speak when a soldier came running up to the two of them. 'I was framed and he was the one to find clues that I did it. He doesn't even seem remorseful that it was me that he ratted out,' thought Van with a scowl on his face.
"Lieutenant Shubaltz, Colonel Crougar wishes to speak to you at this moment," said the soldier to Thomas.
"I will be there in a few moments," said Thomas with a proud smile on his face. He watched the soldier leave before he turned back to van. "I have to be going because Crougar wants to speak to me," said Thomas before he walked off.
Figuring that Van couldn't do anything at that moment, he laid back against his small bed and closed his eyes to try and get some sleep before he would attempt to try and prove his innocence.
***** Van woke up after a nice little rest to some noises. He looked around only to immediately notice that something was wrong. The cell doors were open and all of the guards were against the wall with blood all around them. Van walked up tot hem and felt for a pulse only to find that there was none. "Their dead," muttered Van with a worried look on his face.
A sudden noise managed to catch Van's ears and he turned quickly only to see that there was nothing there. His curiosity got the better of him as he walked in the direction of the noise.
He then found himself of Crougars office and the door was wide open. Van took a look inside and what frightened him most was that Crougar looked like he was dead, and there were also several dead soldiers all around the place. Van ran over to Crougar to help him. "Van, please get out of here he is out to get you," said Crougar as he pointed to a weapon on the ground. After that he fell limp.
Van wasn't sure if he was dead or unconscious, so he walked over and picked up the weapon. It all seemed to click. Once Van saw the weapon he was positive that he knew who had done all of this. The mere thought of it made his blood boil.
"Caught in the act I see," came a voice from the doorway that Van recognized immediately. A scowl crossed Van's face as he turned towards the person that he knew was responsible for all of his troubles.
"You bastard. Why did you do all of this?" yelled Van taking out his fury for all that had happened on the one responsible for it.
"Why don't you think for once Van. You continue to take everything from me. All the fame, the luck, and my woman," yelled Thomas at Van with a scowl on his face. He hated Van for all that he had done.
Suddenly an alarm went off and Van knew that he didn't have any time to spare. He had to get out of there or they would probably end up killing him. Van took off but not before he punched Thomas as hard as he could. He ran down the halls looking for Fiona.
Van found himself outside Fiona's old room and without knocking he ran in and saw that she was crying. "Fiona," said Van making her head snap up to meet Van's fearful eyes.
"Van? But how? I thought that they arrested you," said Fiona as she ran up to Van and placed him into a very tight embrace.
"There is no time to talk about that right now. We have to get out of here as soon as possible," said Van as he grabbed her hand and without waiting for a reply, he ran out of the room at full speed.
The two of them ran all through the halls having to backtrack whenever anyone saw them. "Just keep running. We have to get out of here as soon as possible. I am not going to let you die. Not so soon after..." said Van but he was stopped from finishing what he was saying by a gunshot that barely missed his head.
The two turned the corner before Fiona spoke. "I am not going to leave without you. So I am going to stay by your side," said Fiona as she worked hard to keep up with the male.
"Hold it right there," yelled Irvine as he turned the corner to see the two people fleeing. "I said to stay there or I will be forced to shoot. You two are my friends so I really do not want to do this," said Irvine as he held the gun in a very shaky hand.
"You know that we didn't so anything. So please just stop all of this. I know who is behind this but no one is even listening to what I have to say anymore," said Van as he stopped around at a corner feeling that their friend would not actually try to hurt them.
"I know that. I believe you too but without evidence, no one will believe you. I know the truth but they don't. There is far too much evidence and everything thinks that you did it because of that. Too many people have died because of it and no one besides your friends know that you are truly innocent. The order was to capture or kill. I would never do that, but if you don't stop then they might try to kill you instead. That is something that I really don't want to happen," yelled Irvine as he continued to hold the gun very shakily.
Van was going to speak again when he saw someone else right behind his friend, and a moment later, his friend dropped to the ground unconscious. The new man just stood there hidden in the shade. "It is your fault you know," said Thomas as he lifted up another gun.
Van glared at the figure that walked up. "You bastard! This is all your fault that all of this is happening to us. Why are you doing all of this?" yelled Van as Fiona took cover behind him.
"It should have been mine. You took it away from me and if I can't have it then I think than no one should be able to have it," said Thomas as he reached behind his back and pulled out a second gun.
Van was quick to react and he also grabbed the gun that he had placed in his belt. He was about to raise it up but then he heard a voice yell, "Hold your fire." It was too late as Thomas fired off his two guns.
"No!" yelled Fiona as she jumped out in front and one of the bullets was impaled into her chest as the other one missed her and impaled itself into Van's chest even though she tried to protect him. The two of them fell to the ground limply and for a second they could only stare at each other. A tear fell down Fiona's face as she said, "It was too early for it to end. We could have been happy." Before Fiona closed her eyes and all life drained out of her. Van could only watch as his love died and he could only wait until his time came as well, and he felt he would finally be happy when it came so that he could be with his love once again.
*****
Van eyes slowly opened and he looked around to find himself stuck in a cage. His body hurt so badly that it felt like it was falling to pieces. He couldn't move, couldn't breath. He knew that death was upon him but he didn't really care. He wanted to die at that moment.
The door to the room that Van was in opened up and Thomas walked into the room. "Now look what you did Van. You killed Fiona," said Thomas through clenched teeth.
"What are you talking about? You were the one that shot her," said Van in a weak voice as he laid against the bars of the cage. He just didn't have the strength to be arguing at that moment.
"She wouldn't have died if you had protected her like a husband was supposed to, but you didn't and she died. You are pathetic. I would have made sure that Fiona remained safe if I was her husband," yelled Thomas in a fury.
"But you are not and that is why you are doing all of this. She chose me instead of you and you just couldn't take it so you had to choose some cheap way to get me out of the picture," said Van in a weak voice. He was hoping to provoke Thomas enough to end his already almost gone life.
Thomas walked up to the cage and punched Van hard through the bars. "You will never talk to me like that again. Look who is the better man now or better yet the one that will live longer," said Thomas with a smirk as he watched Van cough up a lot of blood.
Van couldn't take anymore as he fell onto the bottom of the cage. He heard Thomas's laughing but his senses were going dead. He knew this was the end and yet all he did was smile. A gunshot was heard with the last of his hearing and the sound of a body falling to the ground before Van fell into the eternal sleep still carrying his smile with more force when he figured out what happened.
***End Flashback***
The two of them seemed to snap out of their trances very quickly as they broke apart so fast that they fell to the ground. Van picked himself up and looked at Fiona who was still lying on the ground. Van got frantic and quickly moved towards her. He saw that she was still breathing. 'Good, she is only unconscious. I thought that something along those lines would end up occurring,' thought Van with a small smile. He snapped out of it really quickly though when he heard the sound of Fiona's door opening.