Van's eyes slowly opened to find that he was in a bed in someone's house.
His mind was a mess. He had no idea how long he had been out for but he
felt he needed to hurry so he could see Fiona. To tell the truth, he was
afraid that she might not want to see him after all that he had heard.
"I see that you are finally awaken young man," came the voice of an elderly man as he walked through the door into the room with a bright smile on his face. There was something about him that seemed to remind Van of Dr. D but he wasn't sure what it was. He seemed to look good for someone that was old. He didn't show any signs of weariness. Van guessed that that was what reminded him of Dr. D.
Van sat up in his bed but clutched his ribs as a pain swept through his body. "How long have I been out?" asked Van cringing as he tried to stand up but he found that he had hardly any strength in his body, much like it was when he first got here.
"Oh, I would say about four days at the least. You were in pretty rough shape when you first came here. Your body was battered and torn quite a bit," he replied seriously but then a smile graced his lips. "At least you are awake and alive, I was beginning to wonder for a while if you would ever wake up," he admitted.
"Four day?" Van muttered to himself. He didn't know if maybe he had missed it or not because he was unsure when it was exactly. All that he knew was that it was very close to the time when he got to the town and that he really didn't have too much time to waste, but now he had been unconscious for about four days. "Um...do you know if there is any weddings taking place within the next few days?" asked Van hoping that he hadn't missed it.
"Sure there is, in a small town like this, news like that gets around pretty quickly. The groom's name is Matt. He came to this town a few years back and helped us out when we needed it the most after a raid by bandits. He has been living her ever since. He is getting married to a woman by the name of Fiona. Quite a beautiful young thing is I do say so myself. I have talked to her every once in a while and she is also very nice and very smart. Brains, Beauty, and very kind; it is hard to come by all of those in a woman nowadays. I heard that at one point she was actually together with Van Flyheight but he ended up leaving her. Poor fool, doesn't know what he missed out on," he said with a hint of anger in his voice. He then heard a bit of mumbling coming from Van. "What was that?" he asked since he didn't hear what Van had said.
"I-I didn't have any choice in the matter at all," said Van sadly surprising the old man a little because he realized that he was talking to Van Flyheight. Van had to agree with the old man's description of Fiona. Everything that he said was very true. She was smart, she was kind, and she was the most beautiful person that Van had ever known.
"You mean you're?" asked the shocked old man. He pretty much figured out all that had happened. Many of the scars on Van's body were old and never taken proper care of. He was a doctor in his day and he had only seen such things on people that were tortured.
Van mere nodded his head. "I was picking something up for someone and I was ambushed and taken captive for four long years, tortured until my spirit was pretty much broken. I stayed alive for her though, hoping that some day I would get out and be with her but when it actually happened, I learned that she was getting married," Van said sadly.
"I am sorry to hear that. It must have been very hard when you first heard of it. I don't know what I would do if the woman that I loved was getting married to someone else. It would probably drive me insane," he said seriously really feeling bad for Van.
"I need to talk to her, see if there is anything that I can do to get her back. I am afraid that she won't even talk to me though," Van said while looking towards his hands. He was getting desperate; he had to see Fiona soon. "How long is it till the wedding?" asked Van looking up at the old man.
"In three days. I suggest that you rest up before you do anything though. It will do you no good to talk to anybody when you only have less than a quarter of your strength. Now lie down and get some sleep. I will go and get you something to eat," he said kindly as he left the room.
Van didn't know if he would be able to sleep anyways. Fiona was plaguing his mind. He needed to talk to her as soon as possible no matter how much of his strength he had at that moment.
A few minutes later, the old man walked back into the room carrying a tray of food for Van. He looked around surprised when he saw that Van was nowhere in the room at that moment. He couldn't help but smile. 'That boy has a lot of determination to go in the condition that he was in,' he thought with a smile.
Van wondered around to the back of the place where he knew that Fiona was staying. It was there that he found a very beautiful garden. The smells filled his nostrils and made him feel a little sleepy but he walked into it. He stopped very quickly however when he noticed that someone was already there. He quickly hid for reasons that he didn't know. The person however didn't see him. He looked out of his hiding place behind some bushes to see that it was none other than Fiona that was there. The old man was right; she looked very beautiful just like he remembered her, maybe even more.
She had a glow to her as she walked through the flowers and occasionally taking some in her gentle hands. She had a sad look to her face though, one that Van felt like he was responsible for. He was very tempted to go out and just hold her in his arms and never let go. He didn't know why he didn't though.
Fiona took a beautiful purple flower within her hands and took a sniff of its beautiful fragrance. She had a strange feeling at that moment that there was something else in the garden that she needed to see but she wasn't sure what.
Fiona really enjoyed being able to just come out to places like this to get away from all of her problems. It had helped her greatly ever since Van had left her. 'Van,' thought Fiona sadly as she looked towards the ground. She hated him, yet she loved him still. It was a strange feeling within her heart that things weren't as they were supposed to be. No matter how much she has seen or heard, the feeling continued to stay with her throughout all of these years. A tear escaped her eye at that moment.
Van felt very bad when he had seen the tears fall from her eyes. He just knew that at that moment that he was the cause of those tears. It made his heart twist in pain. He was just about going to jump out of his hiding place and face Fiona. He was about to stand up when something was placed over his mouth and his went unconscious very quickly but not without a struggle first.
Fiona was startled when she heard a suddenly rustle in the bushes very close to her location. 'What was that?' she asked herself as she took a step backwards. She heard the door to the hotel open and someone else walk out towards her.
"Fiona, is something the matter?" asked Matt as he walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. He could feel that she was a bit shaken up. "Fiona?" he asked in a worried tone.
"I am fine. I just heard something in the bushes and I guess that it kind of startled me," admitted Fiona with a smile as she turned to face him but she found him staring at where she had been looking a few moments before.
"I am sure that it is nothing. Why don't we check it out? I am pretty sure that there is nothing bad in there and if there is then I will protect you from whatever it is," he said with a bright smile as he took her hand and practically dragged Fiona towards it.
When they reached the bushes, Matt took a quick look in them to see if there was anything in them at that time. He looked them over and found absolutely nothing at that moment. "Take a look, there is nothing here," he said while Fiona walked up to the bushes seeing that there was nothing as well.
Fiona was about to pull away when suddenly a bird came out of nowhere from the bush. Fiona fell back out of shock for a second while Matt burst out with laughter. "It's not funny," pouted Fiona.
"Sure it is, just not for you," he said while continuing with his laughter. "Come on, lets go back inside because we have a few things that we need to take care of before we can get married," he said while taking her hand and walking back into the hotel. "You know," he said with a mischievous grin.
"Forget it. Am I going to have to say it again before you get it in your head? You only have to wait three days so calm down a little and be a little patient," said Fiona before walking ahead of him and into the hotel. he mere gave a sigh before following.
Van felt himself once again regaining consciousness. He was wondering if it was going to be exactly like before, him waking up and finding himself in a prison just waiting for the torturing to come back to him. it wasn't that way this time. Van could feel sand underneath his fingertips meaning that he was out in the desert again.
"I was so close," he told himself, this time he didn't know how long he had been out for. He hoped beyond hope that it wasn't for very long and that he had a chance to get back to the town before the wedding.
Van opened his eyes to see the bright sun shining brightly down upon him. He shielded his eyes to look around but he found that there were no towns within his sight. It made it worse by the fact that he had no idea where he was at that moment.
Van closed his eyes for a mere moment but the next moment that he opened them up, he found two pairs of eyes staring down at him. He jumped up fast and backed away before he realized who it was that he was facing at that moment. "Reese! Raven!" he yelled out of surprise.
"Nice to see you too," muttered Reese a bit sarcastically. "You sure seemed to be in pretty rough shape. What happened to you?" asked Reese helping Van to his feet while Van was dusting the sand off of him.
"It is a very long and a very tiresome story. One that I really don't feel like getting into, I don't even want to even think about it ever again," muttered Van finding that the pain was still very clear in his mind despite it only being a memory. "I am surprised to see you two. Haven't seen the two of you since the deathsaurer," said Van swaying a little but remaining standing. By the way that he was feeling, he guessed that some of his wounds reopened considering the amount of blood on his shirt.
"Yeah, we just decided to get away from everything for a while," said Reese with a very strange smile that Van was not used to considering that at one point she almost never smiled at all.
"You were lucky that we were coming this way when we did or you would be out here under the hot sun roasting to death. I couldn't let that happen because I haven't beaten you yet," said Raven with a smirk but something within Van told him that he was just joking.
"How long ago was that the two of you found me? It is very important that I must know," asked Van finding it hard to stand on his own two feet and he ended up once again collapsing to his knees.
"Actually we just found you. Your wounds were fresh when we found you so you probably weren't out here that long before came along," said Reese returning to her normal face much to Van odd relief, he wasn't used to seeing her smile.
Van was very relieved to hear that it wasn't all that long that he had been here. He felt that maybe he would have an actual chance of getting back before the wedding happened. He figured that he would definitely need their help if he was going to succeed. He work up his courage and said, "I need your help."
"I see that you are finally awaken young man," came the voice of an elderly man as he walked through the door into the room with a bright smile on his face. There was something about him that seemed to remind Van of Dr. D but he wasn't sure what it was. He seemed to look good for someone that was old. He didn't show any signs of weariness. Van guessed that that was what reminded him of Dr. D.
Van sat up in his bed but clutched his ribs as a pain swept through his body. "How long have I been out?" asked Van cringing as he tried to stand up but he found that he had hardly any strength in his body, much like it was when he first got here.
"Oh, I would say about four days at the least. You were in pretty rough shape when you first came here. Your body was battered and torn quite a bit," he replied seriously but then a smile graced his lips. "At least you are awake and alive, I was beginning to wonder for a while if you would ever wake up," he admitted.
"Four day?" Van muttered to himself. He didn't know if maybe he had missed it or not because he was unsure when it was exactly. All that he knew was that it was very close to the time when he got to the town and that he really didn't have too much time to waste, but now he had been unconscious for about four days. "Um...do you know if there is any weddings taking place within the next few days?" asked Van hoping that he hadn't missed it.
"Sure there is, in a small town like this, news like that gets around pretty quickly. The groom's name is Matt. He came to this town a few years back and helped us out when we needed it the most after a raid by bandits. He has been living her ever since. He is getting married to a woman by the name of Fiona. Quite a beautiful young thing is I do say so myself. I have talked to her every once in a while and she is also very nice and very smart. Brains, Beauty, and very kind; it is hard to come by all of those in a woman nowadays. I heard that at one point she was actually together with Van Flyheight but he ended up leaving her. Poor fool, doesn't know what he missed out on," he said with a hint of anger in his voice. He then heard a bit of mumbling coming from Van. "What was that?" he asked since he didn't hear what Van had said.
"I-I didn't have any choice in the matter at all," said Van sadly surprising the old man a little because he realized that he was talking to Van Flyheight. Van had to agree with the old man's description of Fiona. Everything that he said was very true. She was smart, she was kind, and she was the most beautiful person that Van had ever known.
"You mean you're?" asked the shocked old man. He pretty much figured out all that had happened. Many of the scars on Van's body were old and never taken proper care of. He was a doctor in his day and he had only seen such things on people that were tortured.
Van mere nodded his head. "I was picking something up for someone and I was ambushed and taken captive for four long years, tortured until my spirit was pretty much broken. I stayed alive for her though, hoping that some day I would get out and be with her but when it actually happened, I learned that she was getting married," Van said sadly.
"I am sorry to hear that. It must have been very hard when you first heard of it. I don't know what I would do if the woman that I loved was getting married to someone else. It would probably drive me insane," he said seriously really feeling bad for Van.
"I need to talk to her, see if there is anything that I can do to get her back. I am afraid that she won't even talk to me though," Van said while looking towards his hands. He was getting desperate; he had to see Fiona soon. "How long is it till the wedding?" asked Van looking up at the old man.
"In three days. I suggest that you rest up before you do anything though. It will do you no good to talk to anybody when you only have less than a quarter of your strength. Now lie down and get some sleep. I will go and get you something to eat," he said kindly as he left the room.
Van didn't know if he would be able to sleep anyways. Fiona was plaguing his mind. He needed to talk to her as soon as possible no matter how much of his strength he had at that moment.
A few minutes later, the old man walked back into the room carrying a tray of food for Van. He looked around surprised when he saw that Van was nowhere in the room at that moment. He couldn't help but smile. 'That boy has a lot of determination to go in the condition that he was in,' he thought with a smile.
Van wondered around to the back of the place where he knew that Fiona was staying. It was there that he found a very beautiful garden. The smells filled his nostrils and made him feel a little sleepy but he walked into it. He stopped very quickly however when he noticed that someone was already there. He quickly hid for reasons that he didn't know. The person however didn't see him. He looked out of his hiding place behind some bushes to see that it was none other than Fiona that was there. The old man was right; she looked very beautiful just like he remembered her, maybe even more.
She had a glow to her as she walked through the flowers and occasionally taking some in her gentle hands. She had a sad look to her face though, one that Van felt like he was responsible for. He was very tempted to go out and just hold her in his arms and never let go. He didn't know why he didn't though.
Fiona took a beautiful purple flower within her hands and took a sniff of its beautiful fragrance. She had a strange feeling at that moment that there was something else in the garden that she needed to see but she wasn't sure what.
Fiona really enjoyed being able to just come out to places like this to get away from all of her problems. It had helped her greatly ever since Van had left her. 'Van,' thought Fiona sadly as she looked towards the ground. She hated him, yet she loved him still. It was a strange feeling within her heart that things weren't as they were supposed to be. No matter how much she has seen or heard, the feeling continued to stay with her throughout all of these years. A tear escaped her eye at that moment.
Van felt very bad when he had seen the tears fall from her eyes. He just knew that at that moment that he was the cause of those tears. It made his heart twist in pain. He was just about going to jump out of his hiding place and face Fiona. He was about to stand up when something was placed over his mouth and his went unconscious very quickly but not without a struggle first.
Fiona was startled when she heard a suddenly rustle in the bushes very close to her location. 'What was that?' she asked herself as she took a step backwards. She heard the door to the hotel open and someone else walk out towards her.
"Fiona, is something the matter?" asked Matt as he walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. He could feel that she was a bit shaken up. "Fiona?" he asked in a worried tone.
"I am fine. I just heard something in the bushes and I guess that it kind of startled me," admitted Fiona with a smile as she turned to face him but she found him staring at where she had been looking a few moments before.
"I am sure that it is nothing. Why don't we check it out? I am pretty sure that there is nothing bad in there and if there is then I will protect you from whatever it is," he said with a bright smile as he took her hand and practically dragged Fiona towards it.
When they reached the bushes, Matt took a quick look in them to see if there was anything in them at that time. He looked them over and found absolutely nothing at that moment. "Take a look, there is nothing here," he said while Fiona walked up to the bushes seeing that there was nothing as well.
Fiona was about to pull away when suddenly a bird came out of nowhere from the bush. Fiona fell back out of shock for a second while Matt burst out with laughter. "It's not funny," pouted Fiona.
"Sure it is, just not for you," he said while continuing with his laughter. "Come on, lets go back inside because we have a few things that we need to take care of before we can get married," he said while taking her hand and walking back into the hotel. "You know," he said with a mischievous grin.
"Forget it. Am I going to have to say it again before you get it in your head? You only have to wait three days so calm down a little and be a little patient," said Fiona before walking ahead of him and into the hotel. he mere gave a sigh before following.
Van felt himself once again regaining consciousness. He was wondering if it was going to be exactly like before, him waking up and finding himself in a prison just waiting for the torturing to come back to him. it wasn't that way this time. Van could feel sand underneath his fingertips meaning that he was out in the desert again.
"I was so close," he told himself, this time he didn't know how long he had been out for. He hoped beyond hope that it wasn't for very long and that he had a chance to get back to the town before the wedding.
Van opened his eyes to see the bright sun shining brightly down upon him. He shielded his eyes to look around but he found that there were no towns within his sight. It made it worse by the fact that he had no idea where he was at that moment.
Van closed his eyes for a mere moment but the next moment that he opened them up, he found two pairs of eyes staring down at him. He jumped up fast and backed away before he realized who it was that he was facing at that moment. "Reese! Raven!" he yelled out of surprise.
"Nice to see you too," muttered Reese a bit sarcastically. "You sure seemed to be in pretty rough shape. What happened to you?" asked Reese helping Van to his feet while Van was dusting the sand off of him.
"It is a very long and a very tiresome story. One that I really don't feel like getting into, I don't even want to even think about it ever again," muttered Van finding that the pain was still very clear in his mind despite it only being a memory. "I am surprised to see you two. Haven't seen the two of you since the deathsaurer," said Van swaying a little but remaining standing. By the way that he was feeling, he guessed that some of his wounds reopened considering the amount of blood on his shirt.
"Yeah, we just decided to get away from everything for a while," said Reese with a very strange smile that Van was not used to considering that at one point she almost never smiled at all.
"You were lucky that we were coming this way when we did or you would be out here under the hot sun roasting to death. I couldn't let that happen because I haven't beaten you yet," said Raven with a smirk but something within Van told him that he was just joking.
"How long ago was that the two of you found me? It is very important that I must know," asked Van finding it hard to stand on his own two feet and he ended up once again collapsing to his knees.
"Actually we just found you. Your wounds were fresh when we found you so you probably weren't out here that long before came along," said Reese returning to her normal face much to Van odd relief, he wasn't used to seeing her smile.
Van was very relieved to hear that it wasn't all that long that he had been here. He felt that maybe he would have an actual chance of getting back before the wedding happened. He figured that he would definitely need their help if he was going to succeed. He work up his courage and said, "I need your help."