Van sat angrily in front of a computer as he watched the screen that was in front of him show some unimportant information. It was nothing that he needed. No matter how hard he tried he couldn't find the bastard that did so much pain to Fiona. It gad been several weeks since it all happened and he was still not having any luck finding the bastard. Van was going to make sure that he had found him and made sure that he was going to wring the life out of him for what he had done.

Moonbay walked into the room with a strange look on her face. "Van. Something just came for you. I thought I might tell you that even though you didn't want to be disturbed," said Moonbay holding out a small envelope with Van's name neatly written in black ink upon it.

Van quickly grabbed it from Moonbay with lightning fast speed. He opened it up and gasped at what he read. The shocked look quickly changed to anger as he dropped the note and immediately ran out of the room.

Moonbay was slightly confused by Van's sudden dash out of the room. She cautiously picked the note up and read it. 'You're not getting off so easy Van. Your suffering has yet to even begin.' This small note shocked Moonbay and she also immediately knew who sent it. It was the same person that had shot and killed Fiona.

"Oh my God," said Moonbay as she held a hand to her mouth from the shock that she was receiving. "This guy kills Fiona and says that Van suffering hasn't even begun. How can he even think something like that?" Moonbay asked herself as she dropped the note. "Please don't let Van go crazy again. I don't think that we will be able to survive another round of that," muttered Moonbay as she followed in the direction that Van had left in.

*****

"Damnit. That guy is harder to track than anyone else that I have met. Raven was on the run for years and he would be easier to track down than this bastard. I swear though that when I find him I am going to wring the life out of him. He is going to regret the day that he ever decided to cross me," growled Van as he walked down the streets of the strangely deserted town. Everyone was gone. It could also be because it is near midnight. He didn't even know why he was even up at that time of night. 'Oh yeah. I was looking for that guy so that I could kill him,' thought Van with a scowl on his face.

It had been a few days since Van had gotten that letter from Zack and he was definitely not too happy about it. He knew that Zack was up to something and he was determined to find out what it was. Good thing for him the street were practically empty except for a few drunks that were still out. He wasn't even paying attention to where he was walking.

Without looking where he was going at that moment. Van didn't see the person that was walking in his direction at that moment until he hit the person sending them both to the ground.

Van quickly got up rubbing his rear end since he had landed on it. He looked in the direction of the other person and saw that whoever it was, was still laying on the ground. "Hey, are you ok?" asked Van walking towards the person.

A small feminine groan came from the person. The figure got on their hands and knees rubbing their head. "Ouch," said the person in a very feminine voice indicating that it was a female.

Overall there didn't seem to be any serious injuries as far as Van could tell but he figured he better make sure. "Hey. Are you alright?" Van asked again after the woman didn't respond to it the first time.

The woman's head shot up to reveal to Van deep blue eyes and midnight black hair. At that moment that the woman saw Van a look of panic shot across her face. She quickly got off the ground and didn't say a word as she ran off down the street.

Van watched as the woman left with utter confusion on his face. "All I did was try to make sure that she was alright and she freaked out and left. I wonder what that was about," said Van before turning around to continue walking. A thought suddenly came to his mind. 'That woman looked very familiar. I wonder if I met her before,' thought Van. Then with a shrug of his shoulders he just continued to walk. Still, there was a nagging thing in the back of his mind that told him that he had seen the person somewhere before.

*****

Zack leaned back in his chair with an ever-present smirk across his face. Almost everything was going as he had planned it. Fiona was just the beginning. He now had a way to make Van suffer so greatly that it made some of his older plans seemed so plain and ordinary compared to what he has in store.

"Aw yes. I am sure that you wish to see your beloved Fiona again, but that is no longer possible after what I had just done. Your life is so much fun to toy with. I think that it is time for us to have a nice chat," said Zack as a smirk crossed his face. The door to the room suddenly opened and in walked the key to all of his plans. 'Oh yes. All is going perfectly,' thought Zack with a smirk.

*****

The sun came up over the horizon as Van sat upon the top of the hill and watched it with a sad look on his face. "The sunrise is so nice. I wish you could be here to watch it as well Fiona. I am sure that you would have loved it. You can't though. Zack made sure of that. I will get revenge for you though Fiona," said Van with a sad look on his face.

Van suddenly heard the sound of footsteps from behind him. a voice then called out to him. "You are Van Flyheight, correct?" asked a very rough voice as a cloaked figure approached Van.

"What's it to you?" asked Van as he turned to looked a the cloaked man. The only things that Van could see behind the very black cloak were a pair of icy blues eyes that were able to send shivers down Van's spine.

The man stopped his approach and reached for something behind his back. Van immediately knew what was going to happen and grabbed his father's knife just in time to be able to stop another knife from killing him.

"Zack sent you, didn't he?" asked Van with a glare of death in his eyes should the man say yes. Then again, maybe he could probably use it to his advantage as well. "Are you? Why are you here?" growled Van when the man didn't answer him.

"Master Zack is very interested in you at this very moment. I am merely here to test you," said the man in a cold rough voice. Although Van could see it, the man was smirking behind the mask.

"Wrong answer," said Van as he used as much strength as he could to push the other man's knife out of the man's hands. Van now had the man pinned to the ground with his father's knife at the man's throat.

The man quivered under Van because of the threat of death that was in Van's eyes at that very moment. Zack had told him to watch out because of Van's strength but he didn't bother to listen hard enough.

"Now, you are going to be a good boy and take me to Zack. Am I correct?" asked Van in a dangerous voice as he pushed the knife a little closer but not close enough to cut into the mans neck.

The man nodded his head slightly so that he didn't end up cutting his own throat in the process. For an assassin, van seemed to scare him greatly with how much determination that he showed.

"Good. You had better not pull any funny business, or I might have to rethink about what your punishment will be," said Van knowing that a good threat might keep the man in line.

Van pulled the man to his feet and while making sure that the man didn't try to run away he pushed the man in the direction that the man said that he needed to go. 'Finally I will be able to get revenge,' thought Van with a slight smirk as he followed the man. 'Something isn't right. For an assassin, he didn't put up much of a fight. It is almost as if he wanted me to do this,' thought Van while keeping a cautious eye on the man. He shrugged it off though and continued to follow the man.

*****

"Hey Irvine. Have you seen Van? I have been looking all day and I have yet to find him," said Moonbay after she ran around the base about seven times looking for Van. Yet she never found him.

"Yeah. He left a yesterday saying that he needed to get away for a while. He said that he would be back in a few days after he could clear his head a little bit of all of his problem," said Irvine turning to look at Moonbay.

"I guess I really can't blame him. He has gone through more pains in these past few years than anyone else I know. He just can't seem to catch any sort of breaks. I wish we could do something but for now there isn't really anything," said Moonbay with a slight frown on her face.

"I know that. Why did things have to end up like this? I just don't get it. That guy has not only ruined Van's life but their daughter as well. He has also ruined our lives with all that he has done. Sometimes life can seem so unfair to those of us who want nothing more than peace," said Irvine with a gloomy look on his face.

"I wonder what that bastard is doing right now. He broke out, killed Fiona, ruined all of our lives, and has done so many other things to hurt us. I would hate to even think of what he is going to do next. It can't possibly be any worse than all that he has done so far. Irvine, do you think that we will ever catch him?" asked Moonbay with the frown still present.

"Doubt it. If we find him, Van will be more likely to kill him before we can get a chance to take him prisoner. Not that I really mind. This world is too good for the likes of him, even if he is in prison. The world would be better off without him," said Irvine with determination in his voice. "Hey. If I found Van I might even want to help him in that little task," said Irvine trying to lighten the mood a little.

It worked too. After he said that he could hear a small laugh coming from Moonbay. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go and get that bastard," said Moonbay with a renewed spirit.

"We still have one major problem with that one little plan," said Irvine gloomily. He had been trying to think of anyway in which he could fix it but at that moment he wasn't having very much luck.

"What that?" asked Moonbay curiously. Although she asked she basically already knew what he was going to say. That thought didn't really help to brighten her spirit anymore. She figured that the two of them might be able to work together in order to be able to fix it.

"We still have no idea where he is at. I think that that is one of the other reasons that Van left, to try and get more clues to his location instead of sitting around here trying to find it. Even in a military base, there are still fewer resources than the outside world," said Irvine.

"Than we will let Van work out there and we will use the few resources that we have here. Each have there own different type of resources so it would be better to use both," said Moonbay with a smile.

"I think that that is a great idea. So let's get to work so that we will have at least some news for Van once he gets back. Little is better than none. So lets get to work and get as much as we can," said Irvine with a small smirk on his face.

*****

"Where are you taking me? This had better not be some sort of trap or you will regret it," said Van with a threatening tone in his voice as he followed the strange man. They had been walking for hours and it was starting to get on Van's nerves.

"Not much farther now. We will be there soon, very soon," said the man in a nervous voice. At the moment he really didn't want to get on Van's nerves at that moment.

"That is what you said two hours ago and it doesn't feel like it was soon, very soon, as you had put it two hours ago as well," said Van with deep annoyance, plus the fact that the man's voice was starting to give him a headache. Van could swear that it was a frog trying to speak horribly instead of it being a man talking the way he normally does, at least in Van's opinion.

"But we are. I swear that we are almost there so please be patient for a little while longer. We will be there in a few minutes. So please don't kill me," said the man in a nervous voice.

'What a coward this guy is. This guy is supposed to be an assassin. I always thought they were supposed to be fearless, don't follow anyone's orders except those that hired them, and not afraid of death. Yet this guy is afraid of me, will do whatever I tell him to do, and is afraid of death. This guy is definitely a strange one. It could be that he isn't really an assassin. That would definitely explain a lot of things,' thought Van with a confused look on his face. 'It is not like I am actually going to kill him. I just do this to keep an appearance up. I am not going to become a murderer like Zack, but when it comes down to Zack I think that I may be able to make a small exception on killing,' thought Van with a smirk on his face.

After a few more minutes of walking, Van was on his last fuse. "Alright! It has been far too long! Where the hell is this place?" yelled Van when they have yet to find anything.

He brought out his father's old knife and the man freaked out. "W-we're here," stuttered the man with wide eyes. He pounded his foot on the ground and a small door popped up.

"Wow. That is a bit convenient. He must really like these type of places since I have never seen him with anything else," said Van in wonder. Van had his back turned to the assassin. Without Van knowing, the man pulled out a small dagger and was prepared to strike Van with it. Without even looking at what he was doing, Van brought his elbow back into the man's face. "Don't even think about it," said Van in annoyance. He turned around to see the man laying unconscious on the ground. "I still wonder if he is really an assassin," muttered Van before he ignored it and walked down into the depth of this unknown place.