Fiona tossed and turned on her bed like she had for many nights before. She
then sprang up with sweat running down her face. She was trembling and
there were signs that she was going to start crying.
"No, not again," said Fiona as she clutched her sheets tightly in her fists. 'Why can't I just let this pass? It has been four years and it is not going away,' thought Fiona as she trembled a little.
Four years ago she gave her heart away to Van. He ended up disappearing and no one knew what had happened to him. In a way she had grown to resent him a little for doing that to her. She wanted the pain to leave her. She wanted to get over this but her mind remained back there in the past.
They had little info on Van's whereabouts. All they had was a discarded blade liger out in the desert. It wasn't damaged at all so it couldn't mean he was hurt but he made no attempts to contact any of them or even try to see them. It was almost as if he was avoiding all of them at any cost. Without the blade liger it makes it hard for any of them to track him. They think that that was what Van might have had in mind. It left them all angry at him. Fiona didn't know what to think, Irvine and Moonbay were pissed off with him, Thomas doesn't really give a care, and it appeared that Crougar was the only one to truly believe in Van at that moment. Why he is though has yet to be revealed.
Fiona swung her feet over the edge of her bed and walked out of her room. Surprisingly, even after all these years, Fiona stuck in the military but she was more of a person for doing research in it. She stayed because that is where all of her friends were. Irvine stayed in and finally accepts that he is part of the guardian force, Moonbay just stuck with Irvine, Thomas never went anywhere either. As for people like Raven and Reese, no one had seen any sign of them since the defeat of the deathsaurer, many considered it a blessing though. Nothing much had really changed besides all of those things.
Years ago, Fiona had made a promise that shattered her heart when Van disappeared. She didn't know what she was most angry at, Van for keeping her waiting, herself for making that promise that made life harder for her, or at herself again for not being able to keep her promise to Van. Sadly enough it was true. She had given up on waiting about two years before. She attempted to move on with her life, she tried to find someone else and she did. Also in less than a month the two were planning on getting married. Part of her felt like she was betraying van and another part was saying that she shouldn't be sorry. After all it was him that left her here all those years ago never to talk to any of them ever again.
"Why exactly should I even care?" asked Fiona in a annoyed voice. "I tell him that I loved him and he just runs off afterwards without a word to anyone. Even after four years I have yet to hear anything," said an angry Fiona as she walked into the hanger. She looked up at the blade liger, as it stood tall and proud over most of the other zoids. Fiona could feel her anger melting away a little and the pain that she was accustomed to start to come back. It wasn't that she didn't love her fiancé, she did, it was just that no matter how much she did there was a piece of her heart that still belonged within Van's grasp. She didn't know why she didn't try to take it back for herself but a part of her didn't want her to.
"Couldn't sleep again?" asked Moonbay as she walked silently behind Fiona. She had seen this many times over the past four years that it was no surprise to see Fiona standing there and staring at the blade liger. When they had brought the blade liger back Fiona took it as her own. Moonbay didn't know what compelled Fiona to take the zoid of the one that had broken her heart but she never really bothered to ask.
Fiona didn't answer Moonbay's question but asked one of her own. "Where are Irvine and Thomas? I haven't seen either of them for a while," said Fiona as she continued to stare forward at the blade liger with unflinching eyes. Fiona didn't know why she suffered by keeping the blade liger for herself; it was her pain, her suffering yet at the same time it also gave a little happiness to know what she had for so short of a time a few years back.
"Crougar sent them on a mission early yesterday morning. Apparently there was some trouble and the two were sent to put a stop to it," said Moonbay as she stood by her friend's side and placed a comforting hand on Fiona's shoulder. "How are you feeling about the wedding getting closer and closer?" asked Moonbay in a quiet tone without looking at Fiona.
"I am nervous but I guess that it is a common thing," said Fiona as she cast her eyes downwards. Fiona looked like she was in deep thought while she looked at the ground.
*****
"Irvine, are you sure that we have the right coordinates because I don't see anything around her except for sand," complained Thomas as he did a scan over the area with Beak but he was not coming up with anything. "Beak is not picking up anything either so we have to have gotten the coordinates wrong," said Thomas as he slammed his fist down on the console.
"No, we definitely have the right place. This group just have extremely good stealth technology and also have you ever heard of an underground base?" asked Irvine with a smirk as he looked ahead of him. "They are definitely here. When I was a mercenary I knew of many places like this so that should be enough," said Irvine in a calm voice.
"Ok, whatever. Lets just hurry this up. Fiona's wedding is in a month and after this we get a vacation to go and see it," said Thomas in a disappointed voice. He was upset because Fiona had once again chosen someone else besides him. "I want to get the early so that we won't be in a big rush by the time that it is held at," said Thomas with a sigh.
"Yeah. We just need to wait for reinforcements to get here. The zoids will be easy enough to take care of by our self but it won't be too easy when we break into the base. There are more than likely going to be more soldiers than either of us will be able to take on," said Irvine before he heard a beeping sound on the console. "They are here. Now it is time to get started," said Irvine with a smirk as he charged forward as zoids upon zoids started to appear out of the ground.
*****
"Ah, Fiona so wonderful to see you here," said a man who always seemed to have a bright smile upon his face. He had long white brown hair that was pulled into a small ponytail in the back. His blue eyes never seemed to miss a thing when it came to Fiona. "So what do you think sweetheart?" asked the man as he showed Fiona all the decorations that had put up in the great hall that their wedding was going to be taking place in.
"It is beautiful Matt," said Fiona with a smile as she smelt some fresh flowers that were placed all throughout the hall. Sure, they would have to be replaced before the wedding but they smelt so good at that moment.
"It couldn't be more lovely than you though," said Matt with a smile as he turned on the charm that was the reason that he had Fiona in the first place. When he had met her she was so sad. He couldn't really blame her for being sad either with what happened to Van. He used his charm and won her over after a while of trying.
"You and your sweet talk," said Fiona with a slight laugh. He had to be one of the nicest people that she had ever met. Moonbay and the rest of her friends were always a bit apprehensive around him, which was something that she could not really figure out. She was curious as to how they couldn't like him as much as Fiona did.
"It works every time though doesn't it?" asked Matt with a grin as he laid a kiss on Fiona lips. He kept her like that for a few minutes before the two broke apart and got to work on finishing things up for the day.
There was something different about the way that he kissed compared to Van. Something that Fiona couldn't really place. A strange feeling like something was missing from it compared to the way that Van kissed her. 'I really shouldn't be thinking about something like that when I am getting married to someone else,' Fiona berated herself before she walked off.
*****
One after another, zoids fell with great ease by the hands of Irvine and Thomas' zoids. Looking over the field at that moment it looked to be more of a massacre rather than a battle. There were at least three or four times more enemy zoids littering the ground compared to ally zoids. Irvine felt it was a waste to fight a losing battle but the enemy continually sent out more zoids until Irvine guessed they were completely out of them. The group wasn't a major threat at the moment but they continually built up on more strength and had to be taken care of. They hurt others with no regards to their feelings. 'It had to be done,' thought Irvine as he walked around the destroyed zoids looking for a survivor.
"I far as I could tell they were protecting much more than this base, or at least trying to stall for a bit of time or else they would have given up a long time ago to try and save themselves when they knew they were outmatched," said Thomas as he walked up behind Irvine. Despite it being a battle that was easily won, Thomas had a slight trickle of blood going down his forehead because he was hit in the side and the force made him hit his head inside of the dibison. He wiped away the blood on his forehead and looked around the place.
"I think that you are right. Either way though, this group is more than likely finished for good but there is no sign of their leader. What did the files call him again? Oh yes, Derek. He must have been cowardly and got out of there at the first sign of danger. At least we don't have to worry about these guys besides for the groups that were probably already away from this place by the time that we got here. We will have to keep an eye out for them," said Irvine in a cautious tone as he walked towards the entrance of the base.
The two walked cautiously through the halls where some of the other soldiers were already looking things over in case there were some hidden enemies somewhere around the place. They came upon a room and when they opened the door they realized that it was a control room. "This could be good," said Irvine with a smirk as he walked towards the computer and started to look through the files.
"Anything good?" asked Thomas as he walked up to the computer to see what Irvine had. All he heard was a growl of frustration and he knew that there was no such luck. "Move out of the way amateur and let a professional like me take care of this," said Thomas as he practically shoved Irvine out of the way and typed a few things in. after a few failed attempts he detached the beak until and hooked it into the computer. "You know what to do Beak," said Thomas as the computer beeped a few times.
Multiple screens popped up all over the place and almost all of them had either no data on them or a smiling face as if to mock the two of them for their pathetic attempts at trying to break into the system. "Damnit! They already got to it," yelled Irvine as he slammed his fist down on the computer.
A guard ran through the door as if he was in a hurry and ran up to the two of them. "Sir, we have a bit of a problem," said the soldier as he stopped to take a breath as if he had run a large distance. "We found something and we think that you should look at it," said the soldier in a tired voice.
"Take us there then," ordered Irvine as the soldier walked out of the room and the two followed right after him. He kept up a fast pace but Irvine could tell he was still a little tired. "Slow down and take a breather for a second," ordered Irvine as they stopped for a second. Irvine figured that whatever it was that the soldier wanted to show them was very important if the soldier was in such a hurry.
After a short break they started to walk down hall after hall again into the deepest reaches of the large base. By now it appeared that not much attention had really been paid to this area. As if it laid forgotten for a while. A crowd could be seen ahead of them as they stood around an open door. They shoved their way through the crowd telling people to leave the area at once and they all obeyed.
The soldier walked in front of the open door and signaled for them to walk inside. Thomas and Irvine walked cautiously into the room and froze with what they saw. "Oh god," muttered Irvine as his eyes widened in fear of what he was seeing before him at that moment.
"No, not again," said Fiona as she clutched her sheets tightly in her fists. 'Why can't I just let this pass? It has been four years and it is not going away,' thought Fiona as she trembled a little.
Four years ago she gave her heart away to Van. He ended up disappearing and no one knew what had happened to him. In a way she had grown to resent him a little for doing that to her. She wanted the pain to leave her. She wanted to get over this but her mind remained back there in the past.
They had little info on Van's whereabouts. All they had was a discarded blade liger out in the desert. It wasn't damaged at all so it couldn't mean he was hurt but he made no attempts to contact any of them or even try to see them. It was almost as if he was avoiding all of them at any cost. Without the blade liger it makes it hard for any of them to track him. They think that that was what Van might have had in mind. It left them all angry at him. Fiona didn't know what to think, Irvine and Moonbay were pissed off with him, Thomas doesn't really give a care, and it appeared that Crougar was the only one to truly believe in Van at that moment. Why he is though has yet to be revealed.
Fiona swung her feet over the edge of her bed and walked out of her room. Surprisingly, even after all these years, Fiona stuck in the military but she was more of a person for doing research in it. She stayed because that is where all of her friends were. Irvine stayed in and finally accepts that he is part of the guardian force, Moonbay just stuck with Irvine, Thomas never went anywhere either. As for people like Raven and Reese, no one had seen any sign of them since the defeat of the deathsaurer, many considered it a blessing though. Nothing much had really changed besides all of those things.
Years ago, Fiona had made a promise that shattered her heart when Van disappeared. She didn't know what she was most angry at, Van for keeping her waiting, herself for making that promise that made life harder for her, or at herself again for not being able to keep her promise to Van. Sadly enough it was true. She had given up on waiting about two years before. She attempted to move on with her life, she tried to find someone else and she did. Also in less than a month the two were planning on getting married. Part of her felt like she was betraying van and another part was saying that she shouldn't be sorry. After all it was him that left her here all those years ago never to talk to any of them ever again.
"Why exactly should I even care?" asked Fiona in a annoyed voice. "I tell him that I loved him and he just runs off afterwards without a word to anyone. Even after four years I have yet to hear anything," said an angry Fiona as she walked into the hanger. She looked up at the blade liger, as it stood tall and proud over most of the other zoids. Fiona could feel her anger melting away a little and the pain that she was accustomed to start to come back. It wasn't that she didn't love her fiancé, she did, it was just that no matter how much she did there was a piece of her heart that still belonged within Van's grasp. She didn't know why she didn't try to take it back for herself but a part of her didn't want her to.
"Couldn't sleep again?" asked Moonbay as she walked silently behind Fiona. She had seen this many times over the past four years that it was no surprise to see Fiona standing there and staring at the blade liger. When they had brought the blade liger back Fiona took it as her own. Moonbay didn't know what compelled Fiona to take the zoid of the one that had broken her heart but she never really bothered to ask.
Fiona didn't answer Moonbay's question but asked one of her own. "Where are Irvine and Thomas? I haven't seen either of them for a while," said Fiona as she continued to stare forward at the blade liger with unflinching eyes. Fiona didn't know why she suffered by keeping the blade liger for herself; it was her pain, her suffering yet at the same time it also gave a little happiness to know what she had for so short of a time a few years back.
"Crougar sent them on a mission early yesterday morning. Apparently there was some trouble and the two were sent to put a stop to it," said Moonbay as she stood by her friend's side and placed a comforting hand on Fiona's shoulder. "How are you feeling about the wedding getting closer and closer?" asked Moonbay in a quiet tone without looking at Fiona.
"I am nervous but I guess that it is a common thing," said Fiona as she cast her eyes downwards. Fiona looked like she was in deep thought while she looked at the ground.
*****
"Irvine, are you sure that we have the right coordinates because I don't see anything around her except for sand," complained Thomas as he did a scan over the area with Beak but he was not coming up with anything. "Beak is not picking up anything either so we have to have gotten the coordinates wrong," said Thomas as he slammed his fist down on the console.
"No, we definitely have the right place. This group just have extremely good stealth technology and also have you ever heard of an underground base?" asked Irvine with a smirk as he looked ahead of him. "They are definitely here. When I was a mercenary I knew of many places like this so that should be enough," said Irvine in a calm voice.
"Ok, whatever. Lets just hurry this up. Fiona's wedding is in a month and after this we get a vacation to go and see it," said Thomas in a disappointed voice. He was upset because Fiona had once again chosen someone else besides him. "I want to get the early so that we won't be in a big rush by the time that it is held at," said Thomas with a sigh.
"Yeah. We just need to wait for reinforcements to get here. The zoids will be easy enough to take care of by our self but it won't be too easy when we break into the base. There are more than likely going to be more soldiers than either of us will be able to take on," said Irvine before he heard a beeping sound on the console. "They are here. Now it is time to get started," said Irvine with a smirk as he charged forward as zoids upon zoids started to appear out of the ground.
*****
"Ah, Fiona so wonderful to see you here," said a man who always seemed to have a bright smile upon his face. He had long white brown hair that was pulled into a small ponytail in the back. His blue eyes never seemed to miss a thing when it came to Fiona. "So what do you think sweetheart?" asked the man as he showed Fiona all the decorations that had put up in the great hall that their wedding was going to be taking place in.
"It is beautiful Matt," said Fiona with a smile as she smelt some fresh flowers that were placed all throughout the hall. Sure, they would have to be replaced before the wedding but they smelt so good at that moment.
"It couldn't be more lovely than you though," said Matt with a smile as he turned on the charm that was the reason that he had Fiona in the first place. When he had met her she was so sad. He couldn't really blame her for being sad either with what happened to Van. He used his charm and won her over after a while of trying.
"You and your sweet talk," said Fiona with a slight laugh. He had to be one of the nicest people that she had ever met. Moonbay and the rest of her friends were always a bit apprehensive around him, which was something that she could not really figure out. She was curious as to how they couldn't like him as much as Fiona did.
"It works every time though doesn't it?" asked Matt with a grin as he laid a kiss on Fiona lips. He kept her like that for a few minutes before the two broke apart and got to work on finishing things up for the day.
There was something different about the way that he kissed compared to Van. Something that Fiona couldn't really place. A strange feeling like something was missing from it compared to the way that Van kissed her. 'I really shouldn't be thinking about something like that when I am getting married to someone else,' Fiona berated herself before she walked off.
*****
One after another, zoids fell with great ease by the hands of Irvine and Thomas' zoids. Looking over the field at that moment it looked to be more of a massacre rather than a battle. There were at least three or four times more enemy zoids littering the ground compared to ally zoids. Irvine felt it was a waste to fight a losing battle but the enemy continually sent out more zoids until Irvine guessed they were completely out of them. The group wasn't a major threat at the moment but they continually built up on more strength and had to be taken care of. They hurt others with no regards to their feelings. 'It had to be done,' thought Irvine as he walked around the destroyed zoids looking for a survivor.
"I far as I could tell they were protecting much more than this base, or at least trying to stall for a bit of time or else they would have given up a long time ago to try and save themselves when they knew they were outmatched," said Thomas as he walked up behind Irvine. Despite it being a battle that was easily won, Thomas had a slight trickle of blood going down his forehead because he was hit in the side and the force made him hit his head inside of the dibison. He wiped away the blood on his forehead and looked around the place.
"I think that you are right. Either way though, this group is more than likely finished for good but there is no sign of their leader. What did the files call him again? Oh yes, Derek. He must have been cowardly and got out of there at the first sign of danger. At least we don't have to worry about these guys besides for the groups that were probably already away from this place by the time that we got here. We will have to keep an eye out for them," said Irvine in a cautious tone as he walked towards the entrance of the base.
The two walked cautiously through the halls where some of the other soldiers were already looking things over in case there were some hidden enemies somewhere around the place. They came upon a room and when they opened the door they realized that it was a control room. "This could be good," said Irvine with a smirk as he walked towards the computer and started to look through the files.
"Anything good?" asked Thomas as he walked up to the computer to see what Irvine had. All he heard was a growl of frustration and he knew that there was no such luck. "Move out of the way amateur and let a professional like me take care of this," said Thomas as he practically shoved Irvine out of the way and typed a few things in. after a few failed attempts he detached the beak until and hooked it into the computer. "You know what to do Beak," said Thomas as the computer beeped a few times.
Multiple screens popped up all over the place and almost all of them had either no data on them or a smiling face as if to mock the two of them for their pathetic attempts at trying to break into the system. "Damnit! They already got to it," yelled Irvine as he slammed his fist down on the computer.
A guard ran through the door as if he was in a hurry and ran up to the two of them. "Sir, we have a bit of a problem," said the soldier as he stopped to take a breath as if he had run a large distance. "We found something and we think that you should look at it," said the soldier in a tired voice.
"Take us there then," ordered Irvine as the soldier walked out of the room and the two followed right after him. He kept up a fast pace but Irvine could tell he was still a little tired. "Slow down and take a breather for a second," ordered Irvine as they stopped for a second. Irvine figured that whatever it was that the soldier wanted to show them was very important if the soldier was in such a hurry.
After a short break they started to walk down hall after hall again into the deepest reaches of the large base. By now it appeared that not much attention had really been paid to this area. As if it laid forgotten for a while. A crowd could be seen ahead of them as they stood around an open door. They shoved their way through the crowd telling people to leave the area at once and they all obeyed.
The soldier walked in front of the open door and signaled for them to walk inside. Thomas and Irvine walked cautiously into the room and froze with what they saw. "Oh god," muttered Irvine as his eyes widened in fear of what he was seeing before him at that moment.