Grumbling could be heard as the door opened up and Moonbay walked into the
room. "This is the second time that she did that. I wonder what her excuse
is this time," grumbled Moonbay annoyed that Fiona skipped out again when
Moonbay was just trying to make her friend happy.
Moonbay looked up and was about to yell at Fiona for not going again when she saw Fiona passed out on the floor. 'Oh no,' thought Moonbay as she ran to her friend and kneeled down next to her. "Fiona, Fiona. Wake up!" yelled Moonbay as she lightly shook Fiona. She got a small groan from Fiona but Fiona still didn't wake up. Moonbay felt Fiona's head and she felt that Fiona was slightly warm at that moment.
Picking her up gently, Moonbay placed Fiona on her bed and walked into the bathroom to get a bit of water. 'I wonder what happened to her,' thought Moonbay sadly as she wet a cloth and walked out and put it upon Fiona head.
With a small groan, Fiona's eyes fluttered open but everything was slightly blurry. One thing escaped her mouth, "Van," but it came out kind of groggily. Everything suddenly cleared up and she looked into the very confused face of Moonbay. "M-Moonbay?" asked Fiona in a confused voice.
"Hey there Fiona. How are you feeling? What happened to you?" asked Moonbay with a sigh on her face as she laid back in the seat that she had just sat down in a few moments before Fiona had woken up.
"My head," groaned Fiona as she clutched her head. It was only now that she felt the differences of how she remembered things. Before, everything was just images in her head like something that had merely come out of a picture book. Now, she could remember everything, feelings, emotions, the simplest of touches, everything. The truth was that all of this knowledge really scared her, yet she was greatly relieved to know about her past life and all that had happened to her. She knew the truth, but now she didn't know what to do with it.
"Why don't you try and get a little bit of rest. I will come back later today to try and give you some help if you need it. Right now I have to smooth things out with him so he doesn't think badly of you for skipping out on yet another date with him. Then I have to help Irvine with some research that he has been up to for the past few months. When I am done I will come back," said Moonbay with a small laugh before she got up from the chair and walked towards the door. "For now you rest and don't try to move too much," said Moonbay with a smile before she opened the door and walked out of it leaving the weak Fiona alone within the room or so she thought.
With Moonbay out of the room, a soft light filled it and Van appeared once again before Fiona. He looked down at Fiona with a soft expression on his face as he tried to reach out towards her only to have passed right through her. "It really stinks being dead. You were lucky to be reborn completely, while I am stuck in the state that I am. Do you remember now Fiona? Do you remember your past?" asked Van as he sat down next Fiona. He wanted desperately to hold her but he knew that it wasn't something that he would be able to do. He saw Fiona give a slight nod but she didn't say anything. "I am sorry that I put you through that, but I really wanted you to be prepared incase something was to happen," said Van as he looked into her beautiful crimson eyes that he had fallen in love with.
"It was Thomas Van. He was the one that did this to us. He was the one that I met last night. I wondered why he didn't eat anything in the time that he was there, now I get it. he didn't do anything because he couldn't just like you. He has somehow blocked himself from our memories before now but I can remember it all. I know that he did this to us," said Fiona in a quiet voice. She knew that she wouldn't be able to speak very loudly without having her already large headache become even worse.
It was like lightning hit Van as all of his clouded memories seemed to clear up and he remembered all that he had forgotten in the time that he has been dead. "That's right, it was him," said Van in a whisper. "Listen, I have to go, I will be back in a little bit," said Van, as he was about to disappear.
"Wait?" yelled Fiona a little frantically as she absentmindedly reached out to grab Van hand. It was only then that they both realized what had just happened. She had actually grabbed a hold of him. 'But how is that possible? He doesn't even have a body to touch,' thought a confused Fiona.
Van was unsure of what was going on. Using his free hand, he reached out to grab something but like usual his hand went straight through. "How is this even possible?" asked Van as he took a hold of Fiona's warm hand into his cold one.
A sudden knock on the door broke apart the small moment. Fiona reluctantly let go and got onto her weak feet. "I wonder who that can be," said Fiona as she noticed Van disappear to avoid being seen.
She opened the door up slowly as she placed a hand on the wall for a bit of support. She was shocked at what she had seen. There before her was the sandy blonde haired man that her and Van had been talking about only a few minutes before.
"Hello Fiona. Remember me, Thomas?" asked Thomas as he put a smile on his face. "Irvine told me how you weren't feeling too good so I decided to check up on you to see how you were doing," said Thomas without noticing the looks of hatred that Fiona was sending him. He felt that he could continue to get away with his lies. He didn't have any clue on what had actually happened to Fiona.
Placing a fake smile on her face, Fiona opened the door more. 'Maybe this will help Van a little bit,' thought Fiona. "Oh... hello Thomas. Why don't you come in?" asked Fiona with the fake smile still there and her teeth clenched tightly but Thomas didn't seem to notice it at all.
"Don't mind if I do," said Thomas as he walked into the room with a smile on his face. It dropped when he had this feeling of dread course through his body. As a ghost he was immortal to any type of human harm, so he could explain this strange feeling that he was having. He was about to say something before he felt the strange energy flowing through the room. It was one full of hatred directed towards him. He only knew of one thing that it could be and he didn't want to face him. He turned and tried to head for the door but it slammed shut. He tried to disappear but for a strange reason he remained trapped in the room. He looked towards Fiona for help but all he saw was a stern face with anger very evident within them as well. 'Oh crap,' thought Thomas knowing what was to come. He felt a presence behind him and he turned around only to come face to face with Van.
"Hello Thomas. Long time no see," said Van with an emotionless face. "You are a bit too late to try and get Fiona. I have basically restarted her memory and she remembers everything that you have done to us. Now, you are stuck here with the two of us, and I assure you that you are not going to be leaving her until I defeat you," said Van with a smirk on his face at the look of horror that appeared on Thomas's face. "What's the matter? Are you not happy to see me? I am definitely ecstatic to see you," said Van as he took a step closer to Thomas.
Van then regained his composure and smiled. "Fiona, you can't actually believe all that this creature has put inside that beautiful head of yours can you?" asked Thomas hoping that he could make Fiona doubt what she remembered.
"My memories are real Thomas," said Fiona startling Thomas a little. "I had such high hopes for mine and Van's future back then. I wanted a family, something that I had lost because of the deathsaurer. I was planning to tell Van the night that you did that to us that I was actually expecting a child but you killed us before I could do that," said Fiona looking at the shocked Van's face. "You ruined all of our hopes and dreams and I can never forgive you for that," growled out Fiona as she looked at Thomas with all the anger that her spirit has been unknowingly building up over the many years.
"But Fiona, don't you remember all of the good times that we had. He has merely placed into your head all of the things that he did to us," said Thomas still trying to make her doubt the actual memories that he had. Before he knew what had happened, Van had tackled him to the ground. He may have been immune to anything that happened to him with human ways but that didn't mean that other ghosts like him couldn't hurt him.
"You bastard. How dare you say stuff like that? I would never do anything like that to Fiona," yelled Van as he gripped Thomas with a tight grip and punched him hard across the face. "You tried to put the blame on me for having Fiona be killed back then as well. It was your fault though. She died because you couldn't have you way. Anyone who managed to find out the truth you killed. I was betrayed and killed by someone I thought was a friend and you were killed by one of the friends that you betrayed, kind of ironic isn't it?" asked Van with a smirk as he threw Thomas across the room. Thankfully because they couldn't touch anything, no damage was done.
"Damn that Irvine. He took me by surprise back then. I thought you were already dead when it happened though," said Thomas with a scowl on his face as he rubbed his sore face from where he was punched.
Fiona was slightly confused by what they were talking about, even with he recovered memory she had no recollection of something like what they were talking about ever happening.
Van saw Fiona's confusion and spoke up. "It happened after you were killed Fiona, during my brief time of suffering. He didn't realize that Irvine was listening in until he turned around and Irvine shot him making him what he is today. That was all I saw before I died a very painful death. He wondered the planet looking for you even in death to fulfill his sick desire but I guess that he never expected to see me again," said Van with a stern look on his face.
"Why can't you just stay out of the way for once Van? Fiona should have been my wife, been the one to bare my children," said Thomas a he put an emphasis on the word my. "But no, you took her away from me and took away all of my dreams. So I took away the dreams that you had for your future. I never meant to kill Fiona. You used her as a shield and that killed her. It is all your fault," growled Thomas as he got off the floor. He dropped trying to get Fiona to doubt her memories since he could see that it wasn't working.
"You are wrong Thomas. Van didn't do that to me. I used my own free will to try and protect the one that I truly loved, just as I knew that he would do for me if I were in his position at that time," said Fiona as she gave Van a trusting smile. "You don't know what love is Thomas. All that you have is this strange obsession so you have no idea what it felt like for us to go through what you made us go through," Fiona nearly yelled at him.
This struck a nerve within Thomas. He was getting careless with his fury. "You are turning her against me again! You are taking away her love for me again!" yelled Thomas as he tried to punch Van but Van moved out of the way throwing his own punch hard making it go right through Thomas's stomach.
"She never loved you. You don't love her either. All you have for her is lust, you don't know the meaning of the word love," repeating what Fiona had said earlier. Van pulled away as Thomas fell to the ground with a loud thud. Van walked over towards Fiona and the two just stared at the sad excuse for a ghost. He wore a look of agony on his face, he seemed to keep the look of hatred towards van as he stared at Van with the eyes of hatred as his form seemed to dissolve right in front of Van and Fiona's face. Then he was gone without even leaving a trace of even being there in the first place.
Van felt a little lightheaded when Thomas had suddenly disappeared. "We did it. We have finally gotten our revenge upon Thomas for what he did to us," said Van a little happily.
"Yes, we did," said Fiona as she turned to look at Van but what she saw startled her. Even as a ghost, Van had a form that looked completely solid, almost no difference than a normal human being. Now he was becoming transparent fading much like Thomas was only a few seconds before. "No," muttered Fiona scared of losing him again.
Van looked at himself and saw what she was so afraid of. It scared him as well because he didn't know what was going to happen to him. He reached out towards Fiona to try and see if he would be able to touch her soft skin one last time like before Thomas showed up. His cold hands came in contact with her soft cheeks.
Fiona wanted something more and pulled him into a tight hug. "Please don't go. I know that you are a ghost, but what is the point of being here if you aren't here to be with me?" asked Fiona as a tear rolled down her face.
"I know that you will find a way. Kind of like the way you found a way to be able to hold me once again when it was supposed to be physically impossible," said Van as he enjoyed the simple pleasure of holding her one last time. His entire body went completely transparent and Fiona fell right through him no longer able to feel the comfort of his arms. "I still love you Van," whispered Fiona but she knew that Van could hear her.
Van didn't need anything more than to be able to hear her say those few simple words to be happy. "Thank you. Always know that I loved you as well," said Van with a small smile before he just seemed to flicker out of existence. Defeating Thomas appeared to be the only reason why he was forced to stay on the planet as a mere ghost but without Thomas there anymore, he couldn't stay there even if he wanted to. "Good bye, I will find you again," were his last words before he was gone.
Fiona couldn't help but let the tears that she was trying to force back to fall freely down her face. She had lost him again, and she knew that he would no longer remain on the Earth like he was able to do. "Good bye," whispered Fiona quietly hoping that it would reach him.
*****
Fiona sat outside of a café drinking a cup of tea. Moonbay had tried again and this time she was making sure that Fiona went by dragging her there herself. It had been about a week since Van had disappeared but she seemed to be coping but it still hurt to know that he was no longer there with her. maybe that was why she accepted Moonbay's offer yet again, to be able to find some way to get through it without going crazy.
The sky was clear, birds were chirping, and Moonbay was laughing from the seat right across from. "What's so funny Moonbay? Reading the comic section again?" asked Fiona when she looked towards Moonbay to see her reading a newspaper.
"No, it is just something that Irvine actually managed to do," said Moonbay as she tossed Fiona the newspaper that she was reading and pointed to the section that she was reading specifically. "Irvine has always had this theory and for about the past year, him and his roommate have been doing every bit of research that they could do to prove that their theories were right," said Moonbay with a smile.
Fiona picked up the newspaper and read the article that Moonbay pointed to. "'Hidden records found that could change history' Kind of a cheesy title don't you think?" asked Fiona with a slight giggle.
"Just keep reading. I never thought that they would actually be able to pull this off but they actually managed it. I agreed with them on their theories but felt that there wouldn't be any way that they would be able to prove it correct. I have to give them a bit more credit," said Moonbay with a smirk as she laid her head on her hands.
"'There have been many that have speculated over the truth behind the betrayal and death of Van Flyheight many years after his death'" said Fiona. As soon as she read this she was instantly interested in the article. "'Records have been discovered recently that could prove all that we have learned about the infamous hero and traitor to prove that what history says about him is untrue. Thought of as a betrayer of the guardian force by sabotaging guardian force zoids taking the lives of many just before his marriage to his wife. Hidden tapes have been discovered to prove that Van Flyheight was nowhere near where the incident occurred according to now proven false tapes that the history of the case is based upon' Well that was stupid for the real perpetrator to just toss them out," said Fiona with a laugh. 'Not smart Thomas, not smart,' thought Fiona still laughing. "Where did the two of them actually find the tapes to prove this?" asked Fiona out of curiosity.
Apparently Van Flyheight was betrayed by one of his friends out of jealousy. Irvine went to this person's old house and discovered not only a diary stating the motives but also the original tapes. The old ones that people knew of appeared to be edited and it has even been proven. Apparently the person was killed before he could even dispose of any of the evidence. That has got to be one of the stupidest mistakes that I have ever heard of," said Moonbay as she broke out in laughter.
'I wonder if you could see this happening wherever you are Van. Now you can rest in peace with your name cleared and your vengeance completed,' thought Fiona as she looked up towards the sky with a dreamy look in her eyes. She knew that Moonbay didn't know what she went through because Fiona never told her or any of her friends because she felt that it would end up making them all think that she was crazy should she have told anyone.
"Come on Fiona. We had better get going if we want to meet up with Irvine on time," said Moonbay as she got up and grabbed Fiona's hand. She was still giggling but Fiona couldn't really blame her after what she had been told and read.
The two of them walked into a small park. The park was surrounded with large buildings on all sides and had a beautiful little fountain in the very center of it. Young couples and even old ones walked about without a care in the world.
"Figures that he would be late," said Moonbay as she looked at her watch a few minutes after they arrived. She looked around and then spotted Irvine walking towards the two of them. "It is about time," said Moonbay as she ran up to Irvine. "You're late," said Moonbay giving him a hug. She looked around and saw that he was alone. "Where is he?" asked Moonbay because Irvine was supposed to bring his roommate.
"Don't know. I kind of lost track of him on the way here. He knows where we are supposed to meet so he should be here in a few minutes. So all we have to do is wait patiently in the beautiful park," said Irvine with a slight grin on his face.
"Fiona is already here. I dragged her out here myself to make sure that she couldn't skip out again," said Moonbay with a grin to match Irvine's. "By the way, congrats on that article that you had posted. To tell the truth, I didn't think that you would be able to pull it off, but you managed it and cleared the name of a very important person," said Moonbay as she gave Irvine a kiss.
Fiona could only stare at the couple with a small jealousy that they had each other and she didn't have anyone. In the past she would have had Van but that was in a past life. Now, she had no idea where he was or how he was doing. She just hoped that he was happy.
A slight pressure was added to Fiona's shoulder when a pair of hands came down and it kept her from seeing whoever it was that was doing this. "You weren't very easy to track down, did you know that. I finally found you though," a man whispered into her ear.
It was a voice that Fiona knew all too well and her heart skipped a beat when she heard his voice and the feel of his breathe upon her ears. 'It can't be. I have to be dreaming,' thought Fiona in shock. She managed to turn around and came face to face with the one she longed for, the one she thought she wouldn't see again. "Van," whispered Fiona in shock.
"I did say that I would find you again, and I intended to keep that promise," Van whispered into her ear. "This time I can stay though. This time I will stick by your side until the end, just like last time," said Van in a voice that was filled with the desired that he had kept inside of him for far too long. "I would have gone to see you before but I only remembered you a few days ago and everything that happened. Almost like how your memory was restored," said Van but he was caught off when Fiona wrapped her arms around his waist and laid a passionate kiss to his lips.
Irvine just seemed to stare behind Moonbay with a shocked look upon his face. "What is it Irvine? What are you staring at?" asked Moonbay as she turned to see what Irvine was staring at only to have her jaw drop clear to the floor. "These two haven't met before have they?" asked Moonbay in a voice that clearly showed her shock.
"Not as far as I am aware. Now that is love at first sight," said Irvine in an amused tone. "Took me much longer to get you to do that with me," he whispered into Moonbay's ear.
"Fiona has probably never been on a date in her life. She kept refusing to go on one that I try to set her up with. It is strange that she would take this quick of a liking to him so quickly," said Moonbay with a smile.
"Why don't we just leave them alone and go do what we planned to do? I don't think they are even aware that we are here anymore," said Irvine with a laugh. Moonbay merely nodded in response and the two of them walked away.
"Please say that you are here and not merely a dream," said Fiona with a pleading look in her eyes after they broke off the kiss. The past week she had been having constant dreams of him and she wanted to make sure that this wasn't one of those dreams.
"I am here, right with you. I don't plan on leaving anytime soon," said Van with a smile. He looked up to see that Irvine and Moonbay were gone. "I guess that our plans have changed. So what do you want to do?" asked Van as he waited patiently for Fiona's response.
"Anything we want. Now that we are together again, we can do anything we want because now we have all the time in the world to be together without anyone interfering with our happiness like last time," said Fiona with a smile as she hugged Van even tighter.
"That sounds like one of the best plans that I have ever heard of. Come on, lets get on with our new lives," said Van as he grabbed Fiona's hand and ran off into what he hoped to be a good life.
Moonbay looked up and was about to yell at Fiona for not going again when she saw Fiona passed out on the floor. 'Oh no,' thought Moonbay as she ran to her friend and kneeled down next to her. "Fiona, Fiona. Wake up!" yelled Moonbay as she lightly shook Fiona. She got a small groan from Fiona but Fiona still didn't wake up. Moonbay felt Fiona's head and she felt that Fiona was slightly warm at that moment.
Picking her up gently, Moonbay placed Fiona on her bed and walked into the bathroom to get a bit of water. 'I wonder what happened to her,' thought Moonbay sadly as she wet a cloth and walked out and put it upon Fiona head.
With a small groan, Fiona's eyes fluttered open but everything was slightly blurry. One thing escaped her mouth, "Van," but it came out kind of groggily. Everything suddenly cleared up and she looked into the very confused face of Moonbay. "M-Moonbay?" asked Fiona in a confused voice.
"Hey there Fiona. How are you feeling? What happened to you?" asked Moonbay with a sigh on her face as she laid back in the seat that she had just sat down in a few moments before Fiona had woken up.
"My head," groaned Fiona as she clutched her head. It was only now that she felt the differences of how she remembered things. Before, everything was just images in her head like something that had merely come out of a picture book. Now, she could remember everything, feelings, emotions, the simplest of touches, everything. The truth was that all of this knowledge really scared her, yet she was greatly relieved to know about her past life and all that had happened to her. She knew the truth, but now she didn't know what to do with it.
"Why don't you try and get a little bit of rest. I will come back later today to try and give you some help if you need it. Right now I have to smooth things out with him so he doesn't think badly of you for skipping out on yet another date with him. Then I have to help Irvine with some research that he has been up to for the past few months. When I am done I will come back," said Moonbay with a small laugh before she got up from the chair and walked towards the door. "For now you rest and don't try to move too much," said Moonbay with a smile before she opened the door and walked out of it leaving the weak Fiona alone within the room or so she thought.
With Moonbay out of the room, a soft light filled it and Van appeared once again before Fiona. He looked down at Fiona with a soft expression on his face as he tried to reach out towards her only to have passed right through her. "It really stinks being dead. You were lucky to be reborn completely, while I am stuck in the state that I am. Do you remember now Fiona? Do you remember your past?" asked Van as he sat down next Fiona. He wanted desperately to hold her but he knew that it wasn't something that he would be able to do. He saw Fiona give a slight nod but she didn't say anything. "I am sorry that I put you through that, but I really wanted you to be prepared incase something was to happen," said Van as he looked into her beautiful crimson eyes that he had fallen in love with.
"It was Thomas Van. He was the one that did this to us. He was the one that I met last night. I wondered why he didn't eat anything in the time that he was there, now I get it. he didn't do anything because he couldn't just like you. He has somehow blocked himself from our memories before now but I can remember it all. I know that he did this to us," said Fiona in a quiet voice. She knew that she wouldn't be able to speak very loudly without having her already large headache become even worse.
It was like lightning hit Van as all of his clouded memories seemed to clear up and he remembered all that he had forgotten in the time that he has been dead. "That's right, it was him," said Van in a whisper. "Listen, I have to go, I will be back in a little bit," said Van, as he was about to disappear.
"Wait?" yelled Fiona a little frantically as she absentmindedly reached out to grab Van hand. It was only then that they both realized what had just happened. She had actually grabbed a hold of him. 'But how is that possible? He doesn't even have a body to touch,' thought a confused Fiona.
Van was unsure of what was going on. Using his free hand, he reached out to grab something but like usual his hand went straight through. "How is this even possible?" asked Van as he took a hold of Fiona's warm hand into his cold one.
A sudden knock on the door broke apart the small moment. Fiona reluctantly let go and got onto her weak feet. "I wonder who that can be," said Fiona as she noticed Van disappear to avoid being seen.
She opened the door up slowly as she placed a hand on the wall for a bit of support. She was shocked at what she had seen. There before her was the sandy blonde haired man that her and Van had been talking about only a few minutes before.
"Hello Fiona. Remember me, Thomas?" asked Thomas as he put a smile on his face. "Irvine told me how you weren't feeling too good so I decided to check up on you to see how you were doing," said Thomas without noticing the looks of hatred that Fiona was sending him. He felt that he could continue to get away with his lies. He didn't have any clue on what had actually happened to Fiona.
Placing a fake smile on her face, Fiona opened the door more. 'Maybe this will help Van a little bit,' thought Fiona. "Oh... hello Thomas. Why don't you come in?" asked Fiona with the fake smile still there and her teeth clenched tightly but Thomas didn't seem to notice it at all.
"Don't mind if I do," said Thomas as he walked into the room with a smile on his face. It dropped when he had this feeling of dread course through his body. As a ghost he was immortal to any type of human harm, so he could explain this strange feeling that he was having. He was about to say something before he felt the strange energy flowing through the room. It was one full of hatred directed towards him. He only knew of one thing that it could be and he didn't want to face him. He turned and tried to head for the door but it slammed shut. He tried to disappear but for a strange reason he remained trapped in the room. He looked towards Fiona for help but all he saw was a stern face with anger very evident within them as well. 'Oh crap,' thought Thomas knowing what was to come. He felt a presence behind him and he turned around only to come face to face with Van.
"Hello Thomas. Long time no see," said Van with an emotionless face. "You are a bit too late to try and get Fiona. I have basically restarted her memory and she remembers everything that you have done to us. Now, you are stuck here with the two of us, and I assure you that you are not going to be leaving her until I defeat you," said Van with a smirk on his face at the look of horror that appeared on Thomas's face. "What's the matter? Are you not happy to see me? I am definitely ecstatic to see you," said Van as he took a step closer to Thomas.
Van then regained his composure and smiled. "Fiona, you can't actually believe all that this creature has put inside that beautiful head of yours can you?" asked Thomas hoping that he could make Fiona doubt what she remembered.
"My memories are real Thomas," said Fiona startling Thomas a little. "I had such high hopes for mine and Van's future back then. I wanted a family, something that I had lost because of the deathsaurer. I was planning to tell Van the night that you did that to us that I was actually expecting a child but you killed us before I could do that," said Fiona looking at the shocked Van's face. "You ruined all of our hopes and dreams and I can never forgive you for that," growled out Fiona as she looked at Thomas with all the anger that her spirit has been unknowingly building up over the many years.
"But Fiona, don't you remember all of the good times that we had. He has merely placed into your head all of the things that he did to us," said Thomas still trying to make her doubt the actual memories that he had. Before he knew what had happened, Van had tackled him to the ground. He may have been immune to anything that happened to him with human ways but that didn't mean that other ghosts like him couldn't hurt him.
"You bastard. How dare you say stuff like that? I would never do anything like that to Fiona," yelled Van as he gripped Thomas with a tight grip and punched him hard across the face. "You tried to put the blame on me for having Fiona be killed back then as well. It was your fault though. She died because you couldn't have you way. Anyone who managed to find out the truth you killed. I was betrayed and killed by someone I thought was a friend and you were killed by one of the friends that you betrayed, kind of ironic isn't it?" asked Van with a smirk as he threw Thomas across the room. Thankfully because they couldn't touch anything, no damage was done.
"Damn that Irvine. He took me by surprise back then. I thought you were already dead when it happened though," said Thomas with a scowl on his face as he rubbed his sore face from where he was punched.
Fiona was slightly confused by what they were talking about, even with he recovered memory she had no recollection of something like what they were talking about ever happening.
Van saw Fiona's confusion and spoke up. "It happened after you were killed Fiona, during my brief time of suffering. He didn't realize that Irvine was listening in until he turned around and Irvine shot him making him what he is today. That was all I saw before I died a very painful death. He wondered the planet looking for you even in death to fulfill his sick desire but I guess that he never expected to see me again," said Van with a stern look on his face.
"Why can't you just stay out of the way for once Van? Fiona should have been my wife, been the one to bare my children," said Thomas a he put an emphasis on the word my. "But no, you took her away from me and took away all of my dreams. So I took away the dreams that you had for your future. I never meant to kill Fiona. You used her as a shield and that killed her. It is all your fault," growled Thomas as he got off the floor. He dropped trying to get Fiona to doubt her memories since he could see that it wasn't working.
"You are wrong Thomas. Van didn't do that to me. I used my own free will to try and protect the one that I truly loved, just as I knew that he would do for me if I were in his position at that time," said Fiona as she gave Van a trusting smile. "You don't know what love is Thomas. All that you have is this strange obsession so you have no idea what it felt like for us to go through what you made us go through," Fiona nearly yelled at him.
This struck a nerve within Thomas. He was getting careless with his fury. "You are turning her against me again! You are taking away her love for me again!" yelled Thomas as he tried to punch Van but Van moved out of the way throwing his own punch hard making it go right through Thomas's stomach.
"She never loved you. You don't love her either. All you have for her is lust, you don't know the meaning of the word love," repeating what Fiona had said earlier. Van pulled away as Thomas fell to the ground with a loud thud. Van walked over towards Fiona and the two just stared at the sad excuse for a ghost. He wore a look of agony on his face, he seemed to keep the look of hatred towards van as he stared at Van with the eyes of hatred as his form seemed to dissolve right in front of Van and Fiona's face. Then he was gone without even leaving a trace of even being there in the first place.
Van felt a little lightheaded when Thomas had suddenly disappeared. "We did it. We have finally gotten our revenge upon Thomas for what he did to us," said Van a little happily.
"Yes, we did," said Fiona as she turned to look at Van but what she saw startled her. Even as a ghost, Van had a form that looked completely solid, almost no difference than a normal human being. Now he was becoming transparent fading much like Thomas was only a few seconds before. "No," muttered Fiona scared of losing him again.
Van looked at himself and saw what she was so afraid of. It scared him as well because he didn't know what was going to happen to him. He reached out towards Fiona to try and see if he would be able to touch her soft skin one last time like before Thomas showed up. His cold hands came in contact with her soft cheeks.
Fiona wanted something more and pulled him into a tight hug. "Please don't go. I know that you are a ghost, but what is the point of being here if you aren't here to be with me?" asked Fiona as a tear rolled down her face.
"I know that you will find a way. Kind of like the way you found a way to be able to hold me once again when it was supposed to be physically impossible," said Van as he enjoyed the simple pleasure of holding her one last time. His entire body went completely transparent and Fiona fell right through him no longer able to feel the comfort of his arms. "I still love you Van," whispered Fiona but she knew that Van could hear her.
Van didn't need anything more than to be able to hear her say those few simple words to be happy. "Thank you. Always know that I loved you as well," said Van with a small smile before he just seemed to flicker out of existence. Defeating Thomas appeared to be the only reason why he was forced to stay on the planet as a mere ghost but without Thomas there anymore, he couldn't stay there even if he wanted to. "Good bye, I will find you again," were his last words before he was gone.
Fiona couldn't help but let the tears that she was trying to force back to fall freely down her face. She had lost him again, and she knew that he would no longer remain on the Earth like he was able to do. "Good bye," whispered Fiona quietly hoping that it would reach him.
*****
Fiona sat outside of a café drinking a cup of tea. Moonbay had tried again and this time she was making sure that Fiona went by dragging her there herself. It had been about a week since Van had disappeared but she seemed to be coping but it still hurt to know that he was no longer there with her. maybe that was why she accepted Moonbay's offer yet again, to be able to find some way to get through it without going crazy.
The sky was clear, birds were chirping, and Moonbay was laughing from the seat right across from. "What's so funny Moonbay? Reading the comic section again?" asked Fiona when she looked towards Moonbay to see her reading a newspaper.
"No, it is just something that Irvine actually managed to do," said Moonbay as she tossed Fiona the newspaper that she was reading and pointed to the section that she was reading specifically. "Irvine has always had this theory and for about the past year, him and his roommate have been doing every bit of research that they could do to prove that their theories were right," said Moonbay with a smile.
Fiona picked up the newspaper and read the article that Moonbay pointed to. "'Hidden records found that could change history' Kind of a cheesy title don't you think?" asked Fiona with a slight giggle.
"Just keep reading. I never thought that they would actually be able to pull this off but they actually managed it. I agreed with them on their theories but felt that there wouldn't be any way that they would be able to prove it correct. I have to give them a bit more credit," said Moonbay with a smirk as she laid her head on her hands.
"'There have been many that have speculated over the truth behind the betrayal and death of Van Flyheight many years after his death'" said Fiona. As soon as she read this she was instantly interested in the article. "'Records have been discovered recently that could prove all that we have learned about the infamous hero and traitor to prove that what history says about him is untrue. Thought of as a betrayer of the guardian force by sabotaging guardian force zoids taking the lives of many just before his marriage to his wife. Hidden tapes have been discovered to prove that Van Flyheight was nowhere near where the incident occurred according to now proven false tapes that the history of the case is based upon' Well that was stupid for the real perpetrator to just toss them out," said Fiona with a laugh. 'Not smart Thomas, not smart,' thought Fiona still laughing. "Where did the two of them actually find the tapes to prove this?" asked Fiona out of curiosity.
Apparently Van Flyheight was betrayed by one of his friends out of jealousy. Irvine went to this person's old house and discovered not only a diary stating the motives but also the original tapes. The old ones that people knew of appeared to be edited and it has even been proven. Apparently the person was killed before he could even dispose of any of the evidence. That has got to be one of the stupidest mistakes that I have ever heard of," said Moonbay as she broke out in laughter.
'I wonder if you could see this happening wherever you are Van. Now you can rest in peace with your name cleared and your vengeance completed,' thought Fiona as she looked up towards the sky with a dreamy look in her eyes. She knew that Moonbay didn't know what she went through because Fiona never told her or any of her friends because she felt that it would end up making them all think that she was crazy should she have told anyone.
"Come on Fiona. We had better get going if we want to meet up with Irvine on time," said Moonbay as she got up and grabbed Fiona's hand. She was still giggling but Fiona couldn't really blame her after what she had been told and read.
The two of them walked into a small park. The park was surrounded with large buildings on all sides and had a beautiful little fountain in the very center of it. Young couples and even old ones walked about without a care in the world.
"Figures that he would be late," said Moonbay as she looked at her watch a few minutes after they arrived. She looked around and then spotted Irvine walking towards the two of them. "It is about time," said Moonbay as she ran up to Irvine. "You're late," said Moonbay giving him a hug. She looked around and saw that he was alone. "Where is he?" asked Moonbay because Irvine was supposed to bring his roommate.
"Don't know. I kind of lost track of him on the way here. He knows where we are supposed to meet so he should be here in a few minutes. So all we have to do is wait patiently in the beautiful park," said Irvine with a slight grin on his face.
"Fiona is already here. I dragged her out here myself to make sure that she couldn't skip out again," said Moonbay with a grin to match Irvine's. "By the way, congrats on that article that you had posted. To tell the truth, I didn't think that you would be able to pull it off, but you managed it and cleared the name of a very important person," said Moonbay as she gave Irvine a kiss.
Fiona could only stare at the couple with a small jealousy that they had each other and she didn't have anyone. In the past she would have had Van but that was in a past life. Now, she had no idea where he was or how he was doing. She just hoped that he was happy.
A slight pressure was added to Fiona's shoulder when a pair of hands came down and it kept her from seeing whoever it was that was doing this. "You weren't very easy to track down, did you know that. I finally found you though," a man whispered into her ear.
It was a voice that Fiona knew all too well and her heart skipped a beat when she heard his voice and the feel of his breathe upon her ears. 'It can't be. I have to be dreaming,' thought Fiona in shock. She managed to turn around and came face to face with the one she longed for, the one she thought she wouldn't see again. "Van," whispered Fiona in shock.
"I did say that I would find you again, and I intended to keep that promise," Van whispered into her ear. "This time I can stay though. This time I will stick by your side until the end, just like last time," said Van in a voice that was filled with the desired that he had kept inside of him for far too long. "I would have gone to see you before but I only remembered you a few days ago and everything that happened. Almost like how your memory was restored," said Van but he was caught off when Fiona wrapped her arms around his waist and laid a passionate kiss to his lips.
Irvine just seemed to stare behind Moonbay with a shocked look upon his face. "What is it Irvine? What are you staring at?" asked Moonbay as she turned to see what Irvine was staring at only to have her jaw drop clear to the floor. "These two haven't met before have they?" asked Moonbay in a voice that clearly showed her shock.
"Not as far as I am aware. Now that is love at first sight," said Irvine in an amused tone. "Took me much longer to get you to do that with me," he whispered into Moonbay's ear.
"Fiona has probably never been on a date in her life. She kept refusing to go on one that I try to set her up with. It is strange that she would take this quick of a liking to him so quickly," said Moonbay with a smile.
"Why don't we just leave them alone and go do what we planned to do? I don't think they are even aware that we are here anymore," said Irvine with a laugh. Moonbay merely nodded in response and the two of them walked away.
"Please say that you are here and not merely a dream," said Fiona with a pleading look in her eyes after they broke off the kiss. The past week she had been having constant dreams of him and she wanted to make sure that this wasn't one of those dreams.
"I am here, right with you. I don't plan on leaving anytime soon," said Van with a smile. He looked up to see that Irvine and Moonbay were gone. "I guess that our plans have changed. So what do you want to do?" asked Van as he waited patiently for Fiona's response.
"Anything we want. Now that we are together again, we can do anything we want because now we have all the time in the world to be together without anyone interfering with our happiness like last time," said Fiona with a smile as she hugged Van even tighter.
"That sounds like one of the best plans that I have ever heard of. Come on, lets get on with our new lives," said Van as he grabbed Fiona's hand and ran off into what he hoped to be a good life.