"Damn it what is taking that woman so long to get back. As long as I have
control over her, she should follow everything I say but this was supposed
to be a quick mission. Something had to have happened to her," growled out
Zack as he paced the floor. A loud and obnoxious laugh echoed through the
air, which only added to heighten his annoyance.
"You really are a fool to believe that this plan will actually work," came a high-pitched voice of a woman that sent shivers down his spine. It wasn't out of fear but of annoyance at the presence of the woman.
"What the hell do you want? I don't seem to remember ever asking for your opinion on the matter of what I do to achieve my goals," growled Zack as he stopped his pacing to look into the corner in which he knew that the unknown intruder was currently watching him from.
"No need to get so nasty about all of this?" asked a woman as she stepped out from the shadows. She had long purple hair that fell loosely down her back to her waist where it was then tied together. Her eyes were a deep violet that gave a feeling like she could see everything around her. She looked Zack over and smirked. "You seem awfully nervous, you wouldn't happen to actually be falling for your mission are you?" asked the woman with a smirk still present.
"Why the hell would I want something that a human has already had? Fiona was a disgrace to us zoidians the way that she was and especially an even bigger disgrace for falling in love with our mortal enemy," growled out Zack as he slammed his fist down on a table.
"Oh, I get it, you are jealous of Van Flyheight, isn't that right? You are jealous that the girl loved him when you have lusted after her for many years. You only used the excuse of taking the mission that would most likely have killed her just to try and get close to her," said the woman as her smirk just grew in length.
"Rachael, I do my job and nothing else. I am just using her to get to Van Flyheight. She is his weakness so if I was to use that knowledge to my advantage than I might be able to get at him a lot harder than before," said Zack as he straightened up.
"You can lie as much as you want but I have known you my whole life so I know if you are lying or not," said Rachael trying her best to get on his nerves and it worked as he took a quick swing at her. "What a way to treat a lady," she said with a fake pout but it was soon replaced by a smirk.
"Just leave me alone because I really don't feel like dealing with you at this moment," growled Zack as he turned away from Rachael. The woman was positively the most annoying woman that he had ever seen.
"Fine, whatever," said the woman as she backed into the shadows and disappeared without even leaving a trace of her presence behind her, this left Zack all alone once again.
*****
"Hey Moonbay, do you see that?" asked Irvine looking up from the repairs he was doing on the lightning saix with Moonbay. He saw a blur of blue rushing back towards the base at top speed. Irvine only knew of one blue zoid that had that type of speed. 'Didn't he say that he wouldn't come back unless he had Fiona? Maybe he does have her but it seems way to fast for him to have found her,' thought Irvine in confusion.
"Yeah, it looks like the blade liger," said Moonbay after taking a second to think about it. "Does that mean that he has her back?" asked Moonbay getting very excited at the mere thought of it.
"That is always a possibility but it seems strange that if he was able to do it that it was way too quick, or maybe I am just being a bit paranoid," said Irvine as the two ran up to meet Van as the blade liger pulled into the hanger bay and came to a stop.
The canopy of the blade liger and Van jumped out very quickly and walked up to the two of them. "Moonbay, go find Kristi and keep her as far away from here as you can," said Van knowing that she knew what he was talking about. "Irvine, I can use a hand. I managed to get her and I was lucky to get back this time with her because I took a quick route and went as fats as I can plus I don't think he realized what had happened until it was too late to stop me," Van said with a sigh of relief. He looked at the two and saw Moonbay and Irvine both nod.
Moonbay walked off and Irvine walked up to Van. "How is it that you found her so fast? I thought it would have taken much longer than a mere two weeks for you to find her when Zack has control of her," said Irvine trying to relieve his curiosity of the questions that were forming.
"Rumors," was all that Van said because he felt that Irvine wouldn't believe him if he told him that Fiona spoke to him in his dreams telling him where to go. He didn't really believe it himself until he found her there just as the dream had told him. "I need your help because since she woke up she has not stopped thrashing around. If I didn't have her tied up then I most like wouldn't be standing at the moment and would have been like last time," said Van with a gulp at the thought of it.
"I understand why you need the help. I also understand why you don't want your daughter to see this. She is taking losing her mother hard enough but to learn that she is alive and doesn't want anything to do with us then it would just break the poor girls heart," said Irvine once the two walked up to the blade liger to see a very annoyed looking Fiona. Her hands were bound behind her back and her body was tied to the chair so she could run off.
"Oh look, you have a friend now," said Fiona with grim expression on her face. "I am telling you that you won't get away with this because I am sure that Zack will come and rescue me," she growled out as she struggled with them because they both took her by the side under the arm to get her out of the blade liger.
'Van wasn't kidding when he said that she had a new attitude. This is not the Fiona that any of us remember. She may look different but I am sure that this is her though,' thought Irvine trying his best to keep Fiona steady so she can't use any opportunity to escape from them.
The two walked as quickly as they could down a number of hallways until they came upon a solid metal door. They opened it up to reveal a rather nice looking room but it had no way to get out except for the front door but it was only able to be locked and opened from the outside, or on the inside if you have a special type of key, and it was far too difficult to pick.
"I will just leave the two of you alone to talk," said Irvine once they managed to get Fiona into the room after a great struggle had ensued where she refused to enter it. Irvine walked to the door and after taking a look at the former lovers he walked out hoping that Van could do something during this time to help Fiona regain her true memories and not the ones that Zack had implanted into her head.
The door shut tightly leaving Van and a still tied up Fiona in the room. Fiona was sitting on the bed and watching Van as he paced back and forth never allowing his eyes to stray away from her. "What do you actually think you are accomplishing by kidnapping me? I am not this Fiona girl that you used to love," growled out Fiona as she gave death glares to Van.
"You are right," said Van startling Fiona because she thought he was actually admitting that she wasn't the person that he actually wanted. "You aren't her anymore. All you are is a shell of her former self. A subject of Zack's tested ambitions. He took you away from us, erased your memories, and then turned you against us for his own amusement. He is not what he made himself out to be," said Van as he stopped his pacing and took a seat in a chair that was facing Fiona.
"You are lying! He did not do that. You are just trying to turn me against him," yelled Fiona wishing desperately that she could cover her ears but with her arms still tied up she was unable to eve move them.
"That is just what he wants you to think. You have to remember who you actually are. Tell me something. How far back exactly do you remember besides all the things that Zack has told you from his own mouth?" asked Van trying to think of more things that could prove his point. She just turned away from him so he asked it again. "How far back to you remember exactly?" he repeated.
She was kind of shocked that he knew of something like that but she was never one to really lie to a person. "Only about a month. Why should you even care?" she asked with a scowl crossing her face.
"It was a little over a month ago that Zack shot and killed my fiancée Fiona, or that was what we all thought until I saw you. You even have the same wound that he gave her. Everything that he has told you is a lie to separate you from your friends," said Van as he stepped forward and took a hold of Fiona by her cheek. He wasn't really surprised when she moved away from it.
Fiona then spit at him, which hit him right in the side of the face. "How dare you speak that way about him. He loves me, and that is all that matters. You are man living in the past that. About the wound, Zack told me it was you that gave it to me to try and kidnap me. He saved me from you and then helped me," she yelled into his face. What happened next surprised her the most. Van merely smiled at her despite all of the insults and accusations that she had sent at him.
"I might as well have been the one to have done it. I wasn't able to do anything but watch as he raised his gun and shot you. Even with the injuries that he gave me, a gunshot in each leg; I should have made a better attempt to save you. All I did was watch and I have suffered for that ever since that day," said Van with a smile but there was sadness within his eyes that didn't make sense when placed with the smile. "If there is even the slightest chance for me to try and get your memories back, then I am going to take it," Van said in a soft voice as he stared at Fiona with eyes of love that made her feel a little uncomfortable. "Maybe this will also tell you why I think that you are her," said Van as he picked up a picture that was placed off to the side. He told Moonbay in the letter to get all the things in the room ready in case that he brought her back without any change in her new personality.
Fiona stared at the picture, which held a picture of Van and another girl that looked exactly like her except for a different hair color. She would have mistaken it for herself if she didn't know better. She quickly shook it off and turned her head away so that she didn't have to look at Van or the picture.
Van just sighed since he had expected this. He placed the picture on the table before he turned and started to walk towards the door but he stopped and turned around to look at Fiona before he walked out of the door while closing and locking it behind him.
Once she was sure that Van was gone she turned her head to once again look around the room. Her cold eyes fell back to the picture that was placed on the table. Without a second thought she used her legs and kicked the picture down to the floor.
*****
"Why don't you let me talk to her Van? Maybe she would feel a little bit more comfortable talking to another woman. Would you like for me to at least give it a try?" asked Moonbay when Van had walked out of the room and told her about what had happened inside.
"Do you think that it would actually work? I mean she doesn't trust any of us. Zack did a good job at erasing and blocking off her memories that she now hates us," said Van too depressed at his failure to get their Fiona back. "If you want you can try. I am willing to try anything," said Van as he sat with his face in his hands.
"I'll do what I can, but while I do that you should go and get some rest. You look absolutely horrible. It looks like you hadn't really gotten much sleep these past few days," said Moonbay noting Van's tired disposition. His eyes were dark and heavy with sleep, the bag under his eyes were large and he looked like he was barely awake.
"I haven't been sleeping because it took about three days to get here from where I caught her. I didn't want to stop out of fear that Zack would show up and take her away again," said Van letting out a loud yawn as he stood up and started to walk away.
'I promise that I will do whatever I can,' thought Moonbay turning around and walking down the halls towards the room where Fiona was being held. She turned and stared at it and then opened it up and walked into it. She was taken by surprise and almost didn't know what hit her when a hard force hit her in the side and rammed her against the wall. She hit her head and fell into a state of unconsciousness.
*****
Van was definitely starting to feel the weight of his sleepless night now that he really thought about it. All those previous night he was more determined to get back before Zack caught him. Now that he didn't have to worry about getting her here anymore he could get a little more sleep.
Van was about to lay down when a hard rapping came upon his door. Van opened it up to see Irvine's voice. "We have a problem," said Irvine but Van didn't need to know the rest to know that Fiona had somehow escaped. 'Damnit, and just when I got her back,' Van cursed to himself mentally.
*****
Fiona ran down the halls as fats as she could but it was hard for her to keep her balance when her hands were tied behind her back. She felt that it would be easy for her to get away if she could move quickly and get to a zoid but she didn't know how she was even going to be able to pilot it.
She came hard around a corner and ended up crashing into a small child who was coming that way at that very moment. 'Damnit. Why is a kid in a military base like this,' she growled trying to get up using the wall to brace herself. She looked down at the kid to see that she looked just like the woman in the picture that she had seen.
"Ouch," cried Kristi as she fought back the tears that threatened to fall. She would have if she hadn't looked up to see who she had run into. Her bottom lip quivered as stared at the face of her mother. Fiona may have looked different but Kristi had a strange sense in telling that this was her mother. "Mommy," she said as she stood up and took a few steps towards Fiona.
'Great another person who thinks that I am something that I am not. Then again I might be able to use what she said to get out of these ropes,' thought Fiona with a malicious grin. "Hey there, do you possibly think that you can help me get out of these sweetie. You probably won't be able to get it out but if you can at least loosen it slightly then I might be able to get them off," said Fiona in a tone that she didn't know she was capable of using.
Kristi nodded happily since she was glad to see her mother again after so long. She ran over and to the knot in the ropes. She may have not of been the strongest of people because of her age but she was able to get the knot loosened very slightly so that Fiona could be able to take them off.
Fiona smirked when her arms got free. She stood up and prepared to walk away but Kristi had grabbed her hand. "Where are you going mommy?" asked Kristi not wanting her mother to leave again.
Fiona got a little annoyed and swung her arm back a little throwing the girl off while also giving a very light slap to the little girls face. "You foolish little girl. I don't know why you think that I am your mother but I am not," said Fiona with a smirk crossing her face. She looked at the little girl who had tears coming down her face as she covered her slightly red cheek. It sent a pain into Fiona heart that she couldn't quite figure out. It made her feel horrible for doing what she had done but she just shrugged it off and then just ran off.
Van and Irvine turned the corner just in time to see Fiona round another corner. They were about to run after her when they saw the teary eyed Kristi. Van had dread flowing through him as he saw her red cheek behind her small hands. 'Oh no,' thought van as he rushed to her sides. Upon seeing him, Kristi jumped straight into his arms and cried into his shirt. "Shhh, it will be ok," Van said to try and sooth her a little bit. "Irvine. Look after Kristi. I will chase after Fiona. Hopefully she hasn't gotten too far away," said Van as he handed Kristi to Irvine. Kristi kept a hold onto Van's hand. "It will be ok. I will be back as soon as I can," said Van, which seemed to be enough for her because she let go.
Van took off running in the direction of the hanger because he knew that would be the direction that Fiona was heading in at that moment. He ran into the hanger as a command wolf took off out of the hanger bay doors. Van quickly hopped into his blade liger and took off after it. He knew that he would be able to since the blade liger was much faster than the command wolf.
Van followed closely for a few hours hoping to find out where she was going but she kept changing directions, which meant that she was onto him. They were now a really good distance from the base. Then the command wolf ran into a very narrow canyon.
Van ran along the top and pulled ahead a decent distance before he jumped into the canyon landing right in front of the command wolf. "You just don't know when to give up do you?" came Fiona's voice through a communication.
"I am not going to let you get away from me again to go back to the bastard that took you away from me originally," growled van as he slammed his hand upon the controls in frustration.
"Shut up about him! You don't know anything about him," yelled Fiona as she fired a number of bullets at Van but his shield went up stopping many of the bullets in the tracks. Unfortunately a few of the bullet ricocheted off the shield and ran into the narrow canyon walls. A low rumbling sound echoed through the canyon and the two looked up just in time to see a rockslide coming right at them.
"You really are a fool to believe that this plan will actually work," came a high-pitched voice of a woman that sent shivers down his spine. It wasn't out of fear but of annoyance at the presence of the woman.
"What the hell do you want? I don't seem to remember ever asking for your opinion on the matter of what I do to achieve my goals," growled Zack as he stopped his pacing to look into the corner in which he knew that the unknown intruder was currently watching him from.
"No need to get so nasty about all of this?" asked a woman as she stepped out from the shadows. She had long purple hair that fell loosely down her back to her waist where it was then tied together. Her eyes were a deep violet that gave a feeling like she could see everything around her. She looked Zack over and smirked. "You seem awfully nervous, you wouldn't happen to actually be falling for your mission are you?" asked the woman with a smirk still present.
"Why the hell would I want something that a human has already had? Fiona was a disgrace to us zoidians the way that she was and especially an even bigger disgrace for falling in love with our mortal enemy," growled out Zack as he slammed his fist down on a table.
"Oh, I get it, you are jealous of Van Flyheight, isn't that right? You are jealous that the girl loved him when you have lusted after her for many years. You only used the excuse of taking the mission that would most likely have killed her just to try and get close to her," said the woman as her smirk just grew in length.
"Rachael, I do my job and nothing else. I am just using her to get to Van Flyheight. She is his weakness so if I was to use that knowledge to my advantage than I might be able to get at him a lot harder than before," said Zack as he straightened up.
"You can lie as much as you want but I have known you my whole life so I know if you are lying or not," said Rachael trying her best to get on his nerves and it worked as he took a quick swing at her. "What a way to treat a lady," she said with a fake pout but it was soon replaced by a smirk.
"Just leave me alone because I really don't feel like dealing with you at this moment," growled Zack as he turned away from Rachael. The woman was positively the most annoying woman that he had ever seen.
"Fine, whatever," said the woman as she backed into the shadows and disappeared without even leaving a trace of her presence behind her, this left Zack all alone once again.
*****
"Hey Moonbay, do you see that?" asked Irvine looking up from the repairs he was doing on the lightning saix with Moonbay. He saw a blur of blue rushing back towards the base at top speed. Irvine only knew of one blue zoid that had that type of speed. 'Didn't he say that he wouldn't come back unless he had Fiona? Maybe he does have her but it seems way to fast for him to have found her,' thought Irvine in confusion.
"Yeah, it looks like the blade liger," said Moonbay after taking a second to think about it. "Does that mean that he has her back?" asked Moonbay getting very excited at the mere thought of it.
"That is always a possibility but it seems strange that if he was able to do it that it was way too quick, or maybe I am just being a bit paranoid," said Irvine as the two ran up to meet Van as the blade liger pulled into the hanger bay and came to a stop.
The canopy of the blade liger and Van jumped out very quickly and walked up to the two of them. "Moonbay, go find Kristi and keep her as far away from here as you can," said Van knowing that she knew what he was talking about. "Irvine, I can use a hand. I managed to get her and I was lucky to get back this time with her because I took a quick route and went as fats as I can plus I don't think he realized what had happened until it was too late to stop me," Van said with a sigh of relief. He looked at the two and saw Moonbay and Irvine both nod.
Moonbay walked off and Irvine walked up to Van. "How is it that you found her so fast? I thought it would have taken much longer than a mere two weeks for you to find her when Zack has control of her," said Irvine trying to relieve his curiosity of the questions that were forming.
"Rumors," was all that Van said because he felt that Irvine wouldn't believe him if he told him that Fiona spoke to him in his dreams telling him where to go. He didn't really believe it himself until he found her there just as the dream had told him. "I need your help because since she woke up she has not stopped thrashing around. If I didn't have her tied up then I most like wouldn't be standing at the moment and would have been like last time," said Van with a gulp at the thought of it.
"I understand why you need the help. I also understand why you don't want your daughter to see this. She is taking losing her mother hard enough but to learn that she is alive and doesn't want anything to do with us then it would just break the poor girls heart," said Irvine once the two walked up to the blade liger to see a very annoyed looking Fiona. Her hands were bound behind her back and her body was tied to the chair so she could run off.
"Oh look, you have a friend now," said Fiona with grim expression on her face. "I am telling you that you won't get away with this because I am sure that Zack will come and rescue me," she growled out as she struggled with them because they both took her by the side under the arm to get her out of the blade liger.
'Van wasn't kidding when he said that she had a new attitude. This is not the Fiona that any of us remember. She may look different but I am sure that this is her though,' thought Irvine trying his best to keep Fiona steady so she can't use any opportunity to escape from them.
The two walked as quickly as they could down a number of hallways until they came upon a solid metal door. They opened it up to reveal a rather nice looking room but it had no way to get out except for the front door but it was only able to be locked and opened from the outside, or on the inside if you have a special type of key, and it was far too difficult to pick.
"I will just leave the two of you alone to talk," said Irvine once they managed to get Fiona into the room after a great struggle had ensued where she refused to enter it. Irvine walked to the door and after taking a look at the former lovers he walked out hoping that Van could do something during this time to help Fiona regain her true memories and not the ones that Zack had implanted into her head.
The door shut tightly leaving Van and a still tied up Fiona in the room. Fiona was sitting on the bed and watching Van as he paced back and forth never allowing his eyes to stray away from her. "What do you actually think you are accomplishing by kidnapping me? I am not this Fiona girl that you used to love," growled out Fiona as she gave death glares to Van.
"You are right," said Van startling Fiona because she thought he was actually admitting that she wasn't the person that he actually wanted. "You aren't her anymore. All you are is a shell of her former self. A subject of Zack's tested ambitions. He took you away from us, erased your memories, and then turned you against us for his own amusement. He is not what he made himself out to be," said Van as he stopped his pacing and took a seat in a chair that was facing Fiona.
"You are lying! He did not do that. You are just trying to turn me against him," yelled Fiona wishing desperately that she could cover her ears but with her arms still tied up she was unable to eve move them.
"That is just what he wants you to think. You have to remember who you actually are. Tell me something. How far back exactly do you remember besides all the things that Zack has told you from his own mouth?" asked Van trying to think of more things that could prove his point. She just turned away from him so he asked it again. "How far back to you remember exactly?" he repeated.
She was kind of shocked that he knew of something like that but she was never one to really lie to a person. "Only about a month. Why should you even care?" she asked with a scowl crossing her face.
"It was a little over a month ago that Zack shot and killed my fiancée Fiona, or that was what we all thought until I saw you. You even have the same wound that he gave her. Everything that he has told you is a lie to separate you from your friends," said Van as he stepped forward and took a hold of Fiona by her cheek. He wasn't really surprised when she moved away from it.
Fiona then spit at him, which hit him right in the side of the face. "How dare you speak that way about him. He loves me, and that is all that matters. You are man living in the past that. About the wound, Zack told me it was you that gave it to me to try and kidnap me. He saved me from you and then helped me," she yelled into his face. What happened next surprised her the most. Van merely smiled at her despite all of the insults and accusations that she had sent at him.
"I might as well have been the one to have done it. I wasn't able to do anything but watch as he raised his gun and shot you. Even with the injuries that he gave me, a gunshot in each leg; I should have made a better attempt to save you. All I did was watch and I have suffered for that ever since that day," said Van with a smile but there was sadness within his eyes that didn't make sense when placed with the smile. "If there is even the slightest chance for me to try and get your memories back, then I am going to take it," Van said in a soft voice as he stared at Fiona with eyes of love that made her feel a little uncomfortable. "Maybe this will also tell you why I think that you are her," said Van as he picked up a picture that was placed off to the side. He told Moonbay in the letter to get all the things in the room ready in case that he brought her back without any change in her new personality.
Fiona stared at the picture, which held a picture of Van and another girl that looked exactly like her except for a different hair color. She would have mistaken it for herself if she didn't know better. She quickly shook it off and turned her head away so that she didn't have to look at Van or the picture.
Van just sighed since he had expected this. He placed the picture on the table before he turned and started to walk towards the door but he stopped and turned around to look at Fiona before he walked out of the door while closing and locking it behind him.
Once she was sure that Van was gone she turned her head to once again look around the room. Her cold eyes fell back to the picture that was placed on the table. Without a second thought she used her legs and kicked the picture down to the floor.
*****
"Why don't you let me talk to her Van? Maybe she would feel a little bit more comfortable talking to another woman. Would you like for me to at least give it a try?" asked Moonbay when Van had walked out of the room and told her about what had happened inside.
"Do you think that it would actually work? I mean she doesn't trust any of us. Zack did a good job at erasing and blocking off her memories that she now hates us," said Van too depressed at his failure to get their Fiona back. "If you want you can try. I am willing to try anything," said Van as he sat with his face in his hands.
"I'll do what I can, but while I do that you should go and get some rest. You look absolutely horrible. It looks like you hadn't really gotten much sleep these past few days," said Moonbay noting Van's tired disposition. His eyes were dark and heavy with sleep, the bag under his eyes were large and he looked like he was barely awake.
"I haven't been sleeping because it took about three days to get here from where I caught her. I didn't want to stop out of fear that Zack would show up and take her away again," said Van letting out a loud yawn as he stood up and started to walk away.
'I promise that I will do whatever I can,' thought Moonbay turning around and walking down the halls towards the room where Fiona was being held. She turned and stared at it and then opened it up and walked into it. She was taken by surprise and almost didn't know what hit her when a hard force hit her in the side and rammed her against the wall. She hit her head and fell into a state of unconsciousness.
*****
Van was definitely starting to feel the weight of his sleepless night now that he really thought about it. All those previous night he was more determined to get back before Zack caught him. Now that he didn't have to worry about getting her here anymore he could get a little more sleep.
Van was about to lay down when a hard rapping came upon his door. Van opened it up to see Irvine's voice. "We have a problem," said Irvine but Van didn't need to know the rest to know that Fiona had somehow escaped. 'Damnit, and just when I got her back,' Van cursed to himself mentally.
*****
Fiona ran down the halls as fats as she could but it was hard for her to keep her balance when her hands were tied behind her back. She felt that it would be easy for her to get away if she could move quickly and get to a zoid but she didn't know how she was even going to be able to pilot it.
She came hard around a corner and ended up crashing into a small child who was coming that way at that very moment. 'Damnit. Why is a kid in a military base like this,' she growled trying to get up using the wall to brace herself. She looked down at the kid to see that she looked just like the woman in the picture that she had seen.
"Ouch," cried Kristi as she fought back the tears that threatened to fall. She would have if she hadn't looked up to see who she had run into. Her bottom lip quivered as stared at the face of her mother. Fiona may have looked different but Kristi had a strange sense in telling that this was her mother. "Mommy," she said as she stood up and took a few steps towards Fiona.
'Great another person who thinks that I am something that I am not. Then again I might be able to use what she said to get out of these ropes,' thought Fiona with a malicious grin. "Hey there, do you possibly think that you can help me get out of these sweetie. You probably won't be able to get it out but if you can at least loosen it slightly then I might be able to get them off," said Fiona in a tone that she didn't know she was capable of using.
Kristi nodded happily since she was glad to see her mother again after so long. She ran over and to the knot in the ropes. She may have not of been the strongest of people because of her age but she was able to get the knot loosened very slightly so that Fiona could be able to take them off.
Fiona smirked when her arms got free. She stood up and prepared to walk away but Kristi had grabbed her hand. "Where are you going mommy?" asked Kristi not wanting her mother to leave again.
Fiona got a little annoyed and swung her arm back a little throwing the girl off while also giving a very light slap to the little girls face. "You foolish little girl. I don't know why you think that I am your mother but I am not," said Fiona with a smirk crossing her face. She looked at the little girl who had tears coming down her face as she covered her slightly red cheek. It sent a pain into Fiona heart that she couldn't quite figure out. It made her feel horrible for doing what she had done but she just shrugged it off and then just ran off.
Van and Irvine turned the corner just in time to see Fiona round another corner. They were about to run after her when they saw the teary eyed Kristi. Van had dread flowing through him as he saw her red cheek behind her small hands. 'Oh no,' thought van as he rushed to her sides. Upon seeing him, Kristi jumped straight into his arms and cried into his shirt. "Shhh, it will be ok," Van said to try and sooth her a little bit. "Irvine. Look after Kristi. I will chase after Fiona. Hopefully she hasn't gotten too far away," said Van as he handed Kristi to Irvine. Kristi kept a hold onto Van's hand. "It will be ok. I will be back as soon as I can," said Van, which seemed to be enough for her because she let go.
Van took off running in the direction of the hanger because he knew that would be the direction that Fiona was heading in at that moment. He ran into the hanger as a command wolf took off out of the hanger bay doors. Van quickly hopped into his blade liger and took off after it. He knew that he would be able to since the blade liger was much faster than the command wolf.
Van followed closely for a few hours hoping to find out where she was going but she kept changing directions, which meant that she was onto him. They were now a really good distance from the base. Then the command wolf ran into a very narrow canyon.
Van ran along the top and pulled ahead a decent distance before he jumped into the canyon landing right in front of the command wolf. "You just don't know when to give up do you?" came Fiona's voice through a communication.
"I am not going to let you get away from me again to go back to the bastard that took you away from me originally," growled van as he slammed his hand upon the controls in frustration.
"Shut up about him! You don't know anything about him," yelled Fiona as she fired a number of bullets at Van but his shield went up stopping many of the bullets in the tracks. Unfortunately a few of the bullet ricocheted off the shield and ran into the narrow canyon walls. A low rumbling sound echoed through the canyon and the two looked up just in time to see a rockslide coming right at them.
