Van walked into a town quietly. It was the early afternoon and Van had been
searching for her all this time but he had not seen any sign of her. He was
tired, he was hungry, and he was very annoyed that these type of things
wouldn't stop happening to him. Fiona kept disappearing when they get
together and Zack wouldn't stop tormenting Van for reason that he was
unsure of but he was sure that it wasn't from the deathstinger and
deathsaurer incident. It was obvious that Zack had no intention from the
beginning to bring just wide spread destruction. All of his focus was
mainly on Van and Fiona and what he had been doing was merely a side
mission. Van had never met the man before and he was really pissed off at
Van for something.
Van walked into a small dinner to get something to eat and hope that someone might have seen her in there. He planned to stay the rest of the day to check but if he didn't find her then he would head back to the base in the morning.
Van sat down behind a counter and ordered his meal. As he waited for it to be served to him he couldn't help but listen to all of the conversations that were going on around him. He heard all sorts of things but he didn't hear of the one person that he wanted to hear of. His food came shortly afterwards and he ate it slowly while continuing to listen.
By the time that Van had finished he had no new news on Fiona's location. He did learn a lot about the people of the town though, like who was cheating on who, plans that people were having; some of it almost made him laugh but he held it back as he stood up to walk out of the door.
He reached the door but stopped when a group of people came into the restaurant. They all appeared to be elderly men. He was about to walk by when he heard the conversation the eldest looking man was talking about.
'When I was out in the desert today, I met this very strange but very beautiful woman. She looked very confused because of something that she wouldn't talk about. I gave her a ride to where she needed to go because I didn't want to see such a beautiful young woman die out in the desert. What was even stranger though was that she wanted me to drop her off in the middle of nowhere. I wanted to take her to some civilization but she completely refused and got out before I could stop her. Unfortunately she wouldn't come back so I had to leave her," said the eldest man sadly to two younger looking men that looked only about half of his age.
Van mind immediately registered the woman as Fiona since without a zoid she would definitely be in the desert and it would also explain how she could have gotten away from him so fast. "Excuse me," Van called out to the man making him stop and turn to look at Van.
"Yes, what is it you want young man?" asked the man as he walked over to Van. He was tall, tall enough to be able to tower over Van by about a foot. Despite his gray hair he looked very strong. At the same time he still gave an appearance of someone kind with his smile.
"The young woman that you were talking about a few moments ago, did she have black hair with blue eyes?" asked Van trying to remember every little detail that might help him to get the information that he needed.
"She looked like a blonde but I am not quite sure if it could have been black," said the man scratching his chin deep in thought. That was all that Van really needed to know in order to tell that it was Fiona. He must have definitely of gotten to her in their time to constantly make her shift back to her normal self and back into her controlled form.
"How hard is it to tell if it was a blonde or a blacked haired woman father? They are two completely different colors so it should be easy to tell what her hair color was," said one of the younger men who had to be his son because he had called him father.
"That was one of the very strange things that I noticed about her. I know it might be strange but it looked like her hair color kept changing from either blonde or black. About her eyes, I don't really know because I didn't pay attention to them but they did seem very confused, as if something strange had happened to her. There was very little emotion in them," said the old man still in a look of deep thought.
"I am sorry but can you please tell me where it was that you took this woman. I have been looking for her for a while and you might be able to help me in finding her. Why don't we sit down and talk," said Van signaling towards an empty table. He looked up and noticed the old man nod.
The two of them walked towards the table but Van couldn't help but noticed one of the two younger males giving him a strange look of suspicion. 'Where does he look so familiar?' the young male asked himself as he continue to watch as his father sat down at the table with Van.
"I am sorry if this is an inconvenience you to but I really need to know where it was that you took her. It is much more important information than you realize," said Van knowing it was the truth. "If you need any help you can just point it out on a map," said Van pulling out a map from his back pocket.
"It isn't any inconvenience and of course I will help you. I am worried about that you woman so it would be a good idea for someone else to try and get her to go somewhere else," said the man while he looked over the map. It was about another minute as he skimmed the map over that he found what he wants. "It was right here. I am positive of that," said the man.
Van looked over the map and saw that it was just a very rocky desert. It was the perfect area for a base because it would have been hard for zoids to maneuver enough to fight. It would be easy pickings for any zoids if they were to get caught within them but then again it also put the other side at a disadvantage as well. "Thanks. I really needed this," said Van shaking the man's hand before he ran off in a big hurry to get back to Fiona.
"Hey! Wait a minute!" yelled the one man finally knowing where he had seen Van's face. "Wasn't that Van Flyheight?" earning him shocked glances from ever person that was in the diner.
*****
Van raced as fast as he could. He felt very lucky because the place was not very far and he would be able to get there in about two to three hours if he went at full speed. It must have taken longer for the old man because he drove there in a slow gustav. It was nearly night so that proves how long it would have taken him if he had picked up Fiona in the morning.
"Hang on Fiona. I am coming and I am going to make sure that I turn you back to yourself and then I am going to take you back once and for all. Just please hang on for a little longer," said Van pushing the blade liger to its limits and beyond in order to reach her much faster.
*****
Zack just sat there watching a monitor that displayed the still unconscious Fiona on it. He held a smug smirk on his face. He let out a low chuckle when he thought back to what had happened. Something wasn't right about Fiona though, it was something on the tip of his tongue but he couldn't quite place what it is that he felt was wrong. 'My control over her is perfect so that couldn't be the problem. So what is it that is wrong?' he asked himself.
"What's the matter? Didn't have much luck with her?" came the voice of Rachael as she appeared out of the shadows startling Zack. Her zoidian powers were once that tended to cause a lot of annoyance. She could appear anywhere she felt like being as long as she had been there before, but unlike Reese she didn't have mental powers. The one problem is that she has to be welcome there which was usually a constant annoyance to her.
Zack had always wondered how she could keep getting in here because he never really wanted her here. Yet she always seemed to appear at the worst times and always seemed to get there without even making a single noise to signify her presence. Sometimes he felt like strangling her for that. "Everything went just fine thank you," growled Zack not even turning around to look at the woman.
"Sure you did," said Rachael with a soft chuckle. Anyone could tell that she was hiding something at that moment but no one was sure as to what it was. In this case it was that the mere thought of Zack with Fiona made her want to puck. Sure she liked to tease and torment Zack but she loved him greatly and hated that he wanted Fiona instead of her. "I am mainly just coming to see how your job is coming along," said Rachael placing a smile on her face.
"It is going just fine," said Zack through clenched teeth because he didn't feel like listening to her continue talking. "The two of them will never be together ever again, I can assure you that," growled Zack hoping that it was enough for her at that moment.
"If you say so, but for your sake, you had better be right," said Rachael with a smug smirk on her face. Before he could say anything in response to this, she disappeared into thin air.
"Damn that woman," growled Zack clutching his fists tightly to his side. He would have stood up but the clicking of a gun caught his ears making him freeze in place. He then realized what had just happened and smiled. "It is so good to see you again Van. I was wondering when it was that you would find this place but I guess it took you much longer than I thought it would. Goes to show how determined you are to get your beloved Fiona back," smirked Zack with his back still turned to Van when he stood up.
Van held his gun very still when Zack turned around to show his smiling face. Van remained silent just staring at him with emotionless unflinching eyes. He was not prepared to give up this chance to kill Zack but he was just waiting for the one sign. It never came however when his gun was blown out of his hand by an unseen force.
"Now, now, now, there is no use for those. All metal objects can't work in this room because of the powerful magnets that I placed all around it, but there is no need for such hostilities at this moment. There is no way for you to actually succeed Van. I kept her alive, I erased her memories, she only feels loyalty to me at this moment," said Zack taking a few steps towards Van.
"What makes you even think that whatever it was that you used on Fiona can't be beaten? I am sure that there is someway that I can beat it and get Fiona back," said Van preferring not to talk about what had already managed to do. "I don't know why you did this in the first place but the real Fiona would never be with you if she was in her normal mind," said Van still staring with unflinching eyes.
"What makes you think that she isn't in her right as it is? She seemed to be in her mind not too long ago when I took her for myself," said Zack and taking great pleasure in seeing the pain that crossed Van's face. That was the sign for his move and he swung his foot hard and nailed Van right in the stomach sending him flying hard into a wall.
Van clutched his stomach and gasping for air. "Y-you bastard," growled Van only to receive another kick but this time it was too his face sending him back to the ground on his stomach. Van then heard the sound of the door opening and a very confused and a very scared looking Fiona walk into the room. "F-Fiona," gasped out Van hoping that Zack was lying. Fiona didn't look too good though. She looked disgusted, sick, and in pain at the same time. It was then that he somehow knew that Zack was telling the truth no matter how much he hated to admit it. 'No,' thought Van grimacing a little.
"Fiona. Look what I have for you. Now is your time to take your revenge on him just as I had promised you when you first came back to me. Now it is time for you to do that," said Zack turning off the magnets dropping Van gun to the floor. He picked it up and walked to the shaking Fiona. "I will let you be the one to kill him," said Zack holding the gun out to Fiona not noticing how badly she was shaking.
Fiona just looked from the gun to Zack. She was afraid of upsetting him and she was also unsure of who she was at that moment. He chose for her by stuffing it into her hands, and using his to support hers as he pointed the gun in her hand at Van. 'No,' her mind screamed as it tried to push the gun back down but Zack was much stronger and kept it in place. She wasn't even sure if he noticed that she was struggling against him.
"Fiona, please don't do this. I know that you are much better than this. Don't let him push you around," said Van as he stood up and stared at the two of them or more precisely Fiona. He saw how badly she was shaking and he also wondered how Zack couldn't have felt it or if he did then why was he ignoring it.
"Don't listen to him Megan. He is only trying to mess with your head. He is just trying to take you away like he did to cause your amnesia in the first place," Zack whispered into her ear.
Fiona didn't want to do. Zack had taken care of her but she felt this strong connection with Van. Zack's grip on her hands tightened and that combined with her shaking made for a bad result when the gun fired off. Van moved at the last second thankfully but still fell hard to the floor clutching his side. Fiona saw the blood seeping through his hands while he was on his knees. He looked really hurt but not enough to kill him. Fiona dropped to her knees in shock unable to say or do anything but fight back the tears that were threatening to fall. 'Time to make a choice; either you stay like this or take you past again,' her mind told her. Fiona already knew her answer and she stood up.
"Too bad. That must be very painful Van to have her do that to you," said Zack just loud enough for Van to hear as he looked at the man on the floor about three feet in front of him. Her threw the gun off to the side and walked over to a table and picked something up which turned out to be a sword. "Do you remember this Van? I am positive that you do," said Zack with a smirk as he watched Van squint in pain. "Why don't we test if it is still sharp," said Zack raising the sword above his head. He was about to bring it down when something threw itself over Van. Zack was shocked when the head turned around and the crimson eyes bore seep into him with loathing and hatred. Her hair seemed to be changing in front of his eyes to their usual blonde. He backed up out of the shock and knowledge that Fiona had somehow returned.
Van walked into a small dinner to get something to eat and hope that someone might have seen her in there. He planned to stay the rest of the day to check but if he didn't find her then he would head back to the base in the morning.
Van sat down behind a counter and ordered his meal. As he waited for it to be served to him he couldn't help but listen to all of the conversations that were going on around him. He heard all sorts of things but he didn't hear of the one person that he wanted to hear of. His food came shortly afterwards and he ate it slowly while continuing to listen.
By the time that Van had finished he had no new news on Fiona's location. He did learn a lot about the people of the town though, like who was cheating on who, plans that people were having; some of it almost made him laugh but he held it back as he stood up to walk out of the door.
He reached the door but stopped when a group of people came into the restaurant. They all appeared to be elderly men. He was about to walk by when he heard the conversation the eldest looking man was talking about.
'When I was out in the desert today, I met this very strange but very beautiful woman. She looked very confused because of something that she wouldn't talk about. I gave her a ride to where she needed to go because I didn't want to see such a beautiful young woman die out in the desert. What was even stranger though was that she wanted me to drop her off in the middle of nowhere. I wanted to take her to some civilization but she completely refused and got out before I could stop her. Unfortunately she wouldn't come back so I had to leave her," said the eldest man sadly to two younger looking men that looked only about half of his age.
Van mind immediately registered the woman as Fiona since without a zoid she would definitely be in the desert and it would also explain how she could have gotten away from him so fast. "Excuse me," Van called out to the man making him stop and turn to look at Van.
"Yes, what is it you want young man?" asked the man as he walked over to Van. He was tall, tall enough to be able to tower over Van by about a foot. Despite his gray hair he looked very strong. At the same time he still gave an appearance of someone kind with his smile.
"The young woman that you were talking about a few moments ago, did she have black hair with blue eyes?" asked Van trying to remember every little detail that might help him to get the information that he needed.
"She looked like a blonde but I am not quite sure if it could have been black," said the man scratching his chin deep in thought. That was all that Van really needed to know in order to tell that it was Fiona. He must have definitely of gotten to her in their time to constantly make her shift back to her normal self and back into her controlled form.
"How hard is it to tell if it was a blonde or a blacked haired woman father? They are two completely different colors so it should be easy to tell what her hair color was," said one of the younger men who had to be his son because he had called him father.
"That was one of the very strange things that I noticed about her. I know it might be strange but it looked like her hair color kept changing from either blonde or black. About her eyes, I don't really know because I didn't pay attention to them but they did seem very confused, as if something strange had happened to her. There was very little emotion in them," said the old man still in a look of deep thought.
"I am sorry but can you please tell me where it was that you took this woman. I have been looking for her for a while and you might be able to help me in finding her. Why don't we sit down and talk," said Van signaling towards an empty table. He looked up and noticed the old man nod.
The two of them walked towards the table but Van couldn't help but noticed one of the two younger males giving him a strange look of suspicion. 'Where does he look so familiar?' the young male asked himself as he continue to watch as his father sat down at the table with Van.
"I am sorry if this is an inconvenience you to but I really need to know where it was that you took her. It is much more important information than you realize," said Van knowing it was the truth. "If you need any help you can just point it out on a map," said Van pulling out a map from his back pocket.
"It isn't any inconvenience and of course I will help you. I am worried about that you woman so it would be a good idea for someone else to try and get her to go somewhere else," said the man while he looked over the map. It was about another minute as he skimmed the map over that he found what he wants. "It was right here. I am positive of that," said the man.
Van looked over the map and saw that it was just a very rocky desert. It was the perfect area for a base because it would have been hard for zoids to maneuver enough to fight. It would be easy pickings for any zoids if they were to get caught within them but then again it also put the other side at a disadvantage as well. "Thanks. I really needed this," said Van shaking the man's hand before he ran off in a big hurry to get back to Fiona.
"Hey! Wait a minute!" yelled the one man finally knowing where he had seen Van's face. "Wasn't that Van Flyheight?" earning him shocked glances from ever person that was in the diner.
*****
Van raced as fast as he could. He felt very lucky because the place was not very far and he would be able to get there in about two to three hours if he went at full speed. It must have taken longer for the old man because he drove there in a slow gustav. It was nearly night so that proves how long it would have taken him if he had picked up Fiona in the morning.
"Hang on Fiona. I am coming and I am going to make sure that I turn you back to yourself and then I am going to take you back once and for all. Just please hang on for a little longer," said Van pushing the blade liger to its limits and beyond in order to reach her much faster.
*****
Zack just sat there watching a monitor that displayed the still unconscious Fiona on it. He held a smug smirk on his face. He let out a low chuckle when he thought back to what had happened. Something wasn't right about Fiona though, it was something on the tip of his tongue but he couldn't quite place what it is that he felt was wrong. 'My control over her is perfect so that couldn't be the problem. So what is it that is wrong?' he asked himself.
"What's the matter? Didn't have much luck with her?" came the voice of Rachael as she appeared out of the shadows startling Zack. Her zoidian powers were once that tended to cause a lot of annoyance. She could appear anywhere she felt like being as long as she had been there before, but unlike Reese she didn't have mental powers. The one problem is that she has to be welcome there which was usually a constant annoyance to her.
Zack had always wondered how she could keep getting in here because he never really wanted her here. Yet she always seemed to appear at the worst times and always seemed to get there without even making a single noise to signify her presence. Sometimes he felt like strangling her for that. "Everything went just fine thank you," growled Zack not even turning around to look at the woman.
"Sure you did," said Rachael with a soft chuckle. Anyone could tell that she was hiding something at that moment but no one was sure as to what it was. In this case it was that the mere thought of Zack with Fiona made her want to puck. Sure she liked to tease and torment Zack but she loved him greatly and hated that he wanted Fiona instead of her. "I am mainly just coming to see how your job is coming along," said Rachael placing a smile on her face.
"It is going just fine," said Zack through clenched teeth because he didn't feel like listening to her continue talking. "The two of them will never be together ever again, I can assure you that," growled Zack hoping that it was enough for her at that moment.
"If you say so, but for your sake, you had better be right," said Rachael with a smug smirk on her face. Before he could say anything in response to this, she disappeared into thin air.
"Damn that woman," growled Zack clutching his fists tightly to his side. He would have stood up but the clicking of a gun caught his ears making him freeze in place. He then realized what had just happened and smiled. "It is so good to see you again Van. I was wondering when it was that you would find this place but I guess it took you much longer than I thought it would. Goes to show how determined you are to get your beloved Fiona back," smirked Zack with his back still turned to Van when he stood up.
Van held his gun very still when Zack turned around to show his smiling face. Van remained silent just staring at him with emotionless unflinching eyes. He was not prepared to give up this chance to kill Zack but he was just waiting for the one sign. It never came however when his gun was blown out of his hand by an unseen force.
"Now, now, now, there is no use for those. All metal objects can't work in this room because of the powerful magnets that I placed all around it, but there is no need for such hostilities at this moment. There is no way for you to actually succeed Van. I kept her alive, I erased her memories, she only feels loyalty to me at this moment," said Zack taking a few steps towards Van.
"What makes you even think that whatever it was that you used on Fiona can't be beaten? I am sure that there is someway that I can beat it and get Fiona back," said Van preferring not to talk about what had already managed to do. "I don't know why you did this in the first place but the real Fiona would never be with you if she was in her normal mind," said Van still staring with unflinching eyes.
"What makes you think that she isn't in her right as it is? She seemed to be in her mind not too long ago when I took her for myself," said Zack and taking great pleasure in seeing the pain that crossed Van's face. That was the sign for his move and he swung his foot hard and nailed Van right in the stomach sending him flying hard into a wall.
Van clutched his stomach and gasping for air. "Y-you bastard," growled Van only to receive another kick but this time it was too his face sending him back to the ground on his stomach. Van then heard the sound of the door opening and a very confused and a very scared looking Fiona walk into the room. "F-Fiona," gasped out Van hoping that Zack was lying. Fiona didn't look too good though. She looked disgusted, sick, and in pain at the same time. It was then that he somehow knew that Zack was telling the truth no matter how much he hated to admit it. 'No,' thought Van grimacing a little.
"Fiona. Look what I have for you. Now is your time to take your revenge on him just as I had promised you when you first came back to me. Now it is time for you to do that," said Zack turning off the magnets dropping Van gun to the floor. He picked it up and walked to the shaking Fiona. "I will let you be the one to kill him," said Zack holding the gun out to Fiona not noticing how badly she was shaking.
Fiona just looked from the gun to Zack. She was afraid of upsetting him and she was also unsure of who she was at that moment. He chose for her by stuffing it into her hands, and using his to support hers as he pointed the gun in her hand at Van. 'No,' her mind screamed as it tried to push the gun back down but Zack was much stronger and kept it in place. She wasn't even sure if he noticed that she was struggling against him.
"Fiona, please don't do this. I know that you are much better than this. Don't let him push you around," said Van as he stood up and stared at the two of them or more precisely Fiona. He saw how badly she was shaking and he also wondered how Zack couldn't have felt it or if he did then why was he ignoring it.
"Don't listen to him Megan. He is only trying to mess with your head. He is just trying to take you away like he did to cause your amnesia in the first place," Zack whispered into her ear.
Fiona didn't want to do. Zack had taken care of her but she felt this strong connection with Van. Zack's grip on her hands tightened and that combined with her shaking made for a bad result when the gun fired off. Van moved at the last second thankfully but still fell hard to the floor clutching his side. Fiona saw the blood seeping through his hands while he was on his knees. He looked really hurt but not enough to kill him. Fiona dropped to her knees in shock unable to say or do anything but fight back the tears that were threatening to fall. 'Time to make a choice; either you stay like this or take you past again,' her mind told her. Fiona already knew her answer and she stood up.
"Too bad. That must be very painful Van to have her do that to you," said Zack just loud enough for Van to hear as he looked at the man on the floor about three feet in front of him. Her threw the gun off to the side and walked over to a table and picked something up which turned out to be a sword. "Do you remember this Van? I am positive that you do," said Zack with a smirk as he watched Van squint in pain. "Why don't we test if it is still sharp," said Zack raising the sword above his head. He was about to bring it down when something threw itself over Van. Zack was shocked when the head turned around and the crimson eyes bore seep into him with loathing and hatred. Her hair seemed to be changing in front of his eyes to their usual blonde. He backed up out of the shock and knowledge that Fiona had somehow returned.
