The shock of it all finally got to Moonbay even more and she collapsed onto
her hands and knees. 'No! They can't really be. This can't be happening.
They aren't dead!' Moonbay thought trying to find some relief but it did
her little good because of all of the evidence that was placed before her.
"No," was all that Irvine managed to get out of his mouth. All the amount of searching, all of the hope that they had when they learned something was now gone just when they finally had a bit of hope to go on.
"Oh yes. I remember these two," said the priest sadly as he approached the two grief stricken friends. "I got to talk with them before the incident occurred. They had so many dreams for the future. A talk of marriage, maybe starting a family, these were the type of things that they seemed very happy to talk about. We didn't get to talk long before the incident occurred. They knew it was dangerous but they made sure that they got to help as many people as they could but by doing this they got caught in the explosion. It truly is a pity that it had to happen to two such wonderful people," he said with such sad eyes.
Later that night, Moonbay and Irvine found a place to stay at because they didn't feel like leaving so soon. The two finally got to talking about the events that they hoped didn't happen.
"Why exactly did this have to happen Irvine? They were able to survive that huge fall but then they die not too long after while trying to protect people. I know it is the way that Van would have liked to die, by protecting people, but neither of them deserved this sort of," said Moonbay casting her eyes down towards the ground.
"I guess it is just in their nature to help people that are in trouble. They were able to do it together and I am sure that wherever they are, they are happy because of that," said Irvine walking towards Moonbay and placing a comforting hand onto her shoulder.
"I know that but I wished I could have seen them get married like the priest said that they planned to do. I would have been happy to see those two together even if I didn't get to see the marriage. It is them as a family that I would have given anything to see but now that can't happen," said Moonbay as tears started to fall down her face. It wasn't like her to cry but she just couldn't seem to help it. Two of her very best friends were gone. "I really need to get out of here," said Moonbay before she walked out of the room because she felt she was in the need for some fresh air.
The town was quiet of the few occupants that it had left. Night had long since fallen and a cool breeze was in the air as Moonbay headed to the one place that she never wanted to see any of her friends in. she didn't want to go there but she wanted to see if this had to be some sort of mistake. She just couldn't believe it until she knew for a fact that there wasn't a mistake and that this was all for real.
"Are you to really gone?" Moonbay asked as she sat down against a tree that was right next to her two friends graves. The tree seemed to cast a bit of shade over the two graves so that the sun didn't fall directly on it.
"Oh, hell Miss Moonbay. I am surprised to see that you up this late at night," said the priest as Moonbay lifted her head to see him walking down a small hill towards her. "Like I said before, I am terribly sorry about your friends loss. They died for a cause though, so you should be happy for them," said the priest trying to lighten the situation.
"I am happy for them. I am just upset that they are gone. You said they had so many plans for the future and now neither of them will be able to experience it. I was hoping that I could see it as well," said Moonbay placing her hands over her face and rubbing her eyes a little.
"So many died that day but many children and a few adults survived with your friends help. Quite a few of those children became orphans though. There weren't all that many became many families died together but the ones that did die were sent to an orphanage that is outside the city. All of them were the ones that your friends managed to save in the short time before the explosion occurred. They are being taken care of by two friends of mine. A young couple much like your friends. It is quite a happy environment down there," he said with a happy smile on his face.
"I guess that there is a good chance that it would be. Except for the fact that everyone there has lost their parents and that people died to save their lived as well," said Moonbay a bit bitterly although she was happy for the kids.
"Those that died for them gave them a future. The graves that you see before you were not placed there by me like most of the rest, they just appear here suddenly with no clue on who it was the put them there. Those that they are for saved the lives of the children and gave them a place that is away from all of the fighting. My friends are considered like parents to the young ones," he said hoping that it would ease her pain a little. "As much as I would love to keep talking, I must be going now. Good bye," he said before Moonbay could say anything and he walked away.
Moonbay almost didn't catch it but there was something in his eye as he spoke. She could quite place what it is. 'I want to visit this orphanage and see all of those children that Van and Fiona sacrificed their lives for. Maybe they can help ease these painful feeling in my heart because of Van and Fiona's deaths,' thought Moonbay before she stood up and slowly walked towards the hotel that her and Irvine were staying at.
"You're saying that you want to visit this orphanage that those children are staying at?" asked Irvine when Moonbay had returned and told him what she planned to do the next day.
"Yeah, there are many children there that Van and Fiona saved with their lives. I want to be able to see them. Maybe they can tell us all about what Van and Fiona did for them before they died. I figure that may be the best way to start going on with our lives," said Moonbay with hope in her eyes that Irvine would decide to come with her to this place as well.
Irvine seemed to think about it for a while before he made up his mind. "I would like to do that as well. The children must be very special little things especially with the sacrifice Van and Fiona made for them. I agree with you. It would be nice to see them before we head back," said Irvine causing a smile to appear on Moonbay's face. Before he knew it, Moonbay wrapped him into a hug causing him to blush a little.
"Thanks a lot Irvine. This means a lot to me," said Moonbay with a bright smile. "I am going to get some sleep. I want to leave early so that we can spend a lot of time with them," said Moonbay before running towards the beds to get some sleep.
The night went by very fast and by the next morning, Moonbay and Irvine were up and ready to get started almost as soon as the sun rose on the horizon. They both seemed serious at the time but they were actually very excited at the thought of seeing this place.
The two didn't really go too fast or too slow in the movement from the town to the direction that they hoped the orphanage was. They couldn't get the exact position from the priest so they were just going on instinct.
They could see something in front of them. It appeared to be a small forest on the edge of the desert between some mountains. They had seen it on the way there so they figured that it would be the best place to start looking because it appeared calm, peaceful, and a nice place to live.
It almost seemed too easy to find when the two of them came across a nice cozy little house with at least three or four kids playing all around it. They all seemed to stop playing when they saw the gustav and the lightning saix approaching them, and then they all ran inside the house away from them.
"There are fewer than I thought there would be but it did happen a little too quickly so I guess they couldn't get too many out," said Irvine surveying the area to see if there was anyone else but the place seemed to be completely empty at that moment.
"I guess we will see in a few moments what Van and Fiona's work actually did for them. There could still be some inside the house where all of the others ran to," said Moonbay before coming to a stop a few meters away from the house.
Little kids ran all around the cozy little house in a hurry for a reason that their guardians didn't know about. They looked around to see if they were playing some sort of game but it didn't appear to be that.
A little girl that was probably no more than about three or four years of age came running up to one of them as this person was cooking for them. "Um... there are two zoids outside," said the little girl before she ran off in a bit of a hurry. They all remembered what had happened to their town a few months ago and they didn't want it to happen again to the new home. They liked it here, so they tried to hide and hoped that the zoids would go away.
The first guardian was a very beautiful woman. She looked confused as the little girl ran off. She was lucky that there was a window not to far from where she was cooking so she walked over and peered out of it as she noticed two people walking towards the place. Her first reaction was one of shock before it was replaced by a small smile.
"I wonder what the people that are taking care of these kids are like. They better be taking good care of these kids after all that Van and Fiona did to protect them," said Moonbay in a threatening voice.
"By the way they seemed to be playing happily before we came, I can only assume that they are treated just fine. Now why don't we try to talk to them first," said Irvine before starting to walk towards the door.
"Ok then, talk," came a voice out of nowhere causing Irvine and Moonbay to jump a little. They looked around very quickly. It was then that they noticed that there was still someone on the shaded porch just lounging around without a care in the world. They couldn't see the person's face but by the sound of the voice, it sounded like a man. The strangest thing was that the voice also sounded very familiar.
Before either of them could say a word, the man stood up but his face seemed to remain hidden in the shadows and he walked over to the door and walked inside. "That was kind of rude," muttered Moonbay and stopped in her tracks.
Before she could say anything else, the man stepped out of this house but this time his face wasn't covered by the shadows and it caused both Irvine and Moonbay to gasp out of shock at what they were seeing.
"Van!" yelled Irvine and Moonbay in unison. They were shocked to see him there alive and well when they saw the grave as clear as day in the town. They weren't exactly sure how it was even possible.
"W-where's Fiona? Is she here with you as well?" asked Moonbay hoping that her best friend was here as well. She looked at him and saw him smile and her heart soared knowing that they were both alive.
"Well..." said Van before turning around and holding a hand out for someone to take it and Moonbay could only assume that it was Fiona. Van stepped aside and Fiona walked out onto the port and everyone but Van gasped. Not from seeing her but from something else they saw.
"Fiona... you're fat," said a shocked Irvine before he ended up getting smacked over the head by the very powerful fists of Moonbay. He clutched the back of his head while Moonbay spoke.
"She's not fat you idiot, she's pregnant!" Moonbay hissed out but she couldn't help but fall into a fit of laughter. There they were, the two people that just a day before they thought were dead but they were in fact alive and living the life they had talked about according to the priest. "How is this possible? We saw the graves with your names on them?" she asked quietly but she knew that Van and Fiona had both heard her.
"We wanted to put our pasts behind us. Get rid of the things that brought us pain to that day. We made that as a start," said Fiona with a small smile on her face as she held her bulging stomach. She appeared to be very happy just standing there by Van.
It was silent for a few seconds after that before Moonbay shouted out, "You jerks," at the top of her lungs. "You had us very worried and very sad when we saw that in the cemetery," she continued to yell while Irvine just laughed a little nervously.
"We are sorry that we didn't tell you that we were alive. We just felt that we should get away from everyone for a while and just be together. Although things didn't go quite as we planned, we are very happy with how things turned out up to this day," said Van wearing a smile as he wrapped his arms around Fiona. "Why don't you two come in. I guess we have a lot to talk about," said Van leading the way in with Fiona following shortly behind him.
Moonbay and Irvine seemed to stay put for a second before they too followed the happy couple inside. They didn't care anymore what Van and Fiona did. They were happy to see their friends alive, well, and happy with each other. That is the way it should have been from the beginning but there was a few bumps until they finally managed to get there.
"No," was all that Irvine managed to get out of his mouth. All the amount of searching, all of the hope that they had when they learned something was now gone just when they finally had a bit of hope to go on.
"Oh yes. I remember these two," said the priest sadly as he approached the two grief stricken friends. "I got to talk with them before the incident occurred. They had so many dreams for the future. A talk of marriage, maybe starting a family, these were the type of things that they seemed very happy to talk about. We didn't get to talk long before the incident occurred. They knew it was dangerous but they made sure that they got to help as many people as they could but by doing this they got caught in the explosion. It truly is a pity that it had to happen to two such wonderful people," he said with such sad eyes.
Later that night, Moonbay and Irvine found a place to stay at because they didn't feel like leaving so soon. The two finally got to talking about the events that they hoped didn't happen.
"Why exactly did this have to happen Irvine? They were able to survive that huge fall but then they die not too long after while trying to protect people. I know it is the way that Van would have liked to die, by protecting people, but neither of them deserved this sort of," said Moonbay casting her eyes down towards the ground.
"I guess it is just in their nature to help people that are in trouble. They were able to do it together and I am sure that wherever they are, they are happy because of that," said Irvine walking towards Moonbay and placing a comforting hand onto her shoulder.
"I know that but I wished I could have seen them get married like the priest said that they planned to do. I would have been happy to see those two together even if I didn't get to see the marriage. It is them as a family that I would have given anything to see but now that can't happen," said Moonbay as tears started to fall down her face. It wasn't like her to cry but she just couldn't seem to help it. Two of her very best friends were gone. "I really need to get out of here," said Moonbay before she walked out of the room because she felt she was in the need for some fresh air.
The town was quiet of the few occupants that it had left. Night had long since fallen and a cool breeze was in the air as Moonbay headed to the one place that she never wanted to see any of her friends in. she didn't want to go there but she wanted to see if this had to be some sort of mistake. She just couldn't believe it until she knew for a fact that there wasn't a mistake and that this was all for real.
"Are you to really gone?" Moonbay asked as she sat down against a tree that was right next to her two friends graves. The tree seemed to cast a bit of shade over the two graves so that the sun didn't fall directly on it.
"Oh, hell Miss Moonbay. I am surprised to see that you up this late at night," said the priest as Moonbay lifted her head to see him walking down a small hill towards her. "Like I said before, I am terribly sorry about your friends loss. They died for a cause though, so you should be happy for them," said the priest trying to lighten the situation.
"I am happy for them. I am just upset that they are gone. You said they had so many plans for the future and now neither of them will be able to experience it. I was hoping that I could see it as well," said Moonbay placing her hands over her face and rubbing her eyes a little.
"So many died that day but many children and a few adults survived with your friends help. Quite a few of those children became orphans though. There weren't all that many became many families died together but the ones that did die were sent to an orphanage that is outside the city. All of them were the ones that your friends managed to save in the short time before the explosion occurred. They are being taken care of by two friends of mine. A young couple much like your friends. It is quite a happy environment down there," he said with a happy smile on his face.
"I guess that there is a good chance that it would be. Except for the fact that everyone there has lost their parents and that people died to save their lived as well," said Moonbay a bit bitterly although she was happy for the kids.
"Those that died for them gave them a future. The graves that you see before you were not placed there by me like most of the rest, they just appear here suddenly with no clue on who it was the put them there. Those that they are for saved the lives of the children and gave them a place that is away from all of the fighting. My friends are considered like parents to the young ones," he said hoping that it would ease her pain a little. "As much as I would love to keep talking, I must be going now. Good bye," he said before Moonbay could say anything and he walked away.
Moonbay almost didn't catch it but there was something in his eye as he spoke. She could quite place what it is. 'I want to visit this orphanage and see all of those children that Van and Fiona sacrificed their lives for. Maybe they can help ease these painful feeling in my heart because of Van and Fiona's deaths,' thought Moonbay before she stood up and slowly walked towards the hotel that her and Irvine were staying at.
"You're saying that you want to visit this orphanage that those children are staying at?" asked Irvine when Moonbay had returned and told him what she planned to do the next day.
"Yeah, there are many children there that Van and Fiona saved with their lives. I want to be able to see them. Maybe they can tell us all about what Van and Fiona did for them before they died. I figure that may be the best way to start going on with our lives," said Moonbay with hope in her eyes that Irvine would decide to come with her to this place as well.
Irvine seemed to think about it for a while before he made up his mind. "I would like to do that as well. The children must be very special little things especially with the sacrifice Van and Fiona made for them. I agree with you. It would be nice to see them before we head back," said Irvine causing a smile to appear on Moonbay's face. Before he knew it, Moonbay wrapped him into a hug causing him to blush a little.
"Thanks a lot Irvine. This means a lot to me," said Moonbay with a bright smile. "I am going to get some sleep. I want to leave early so that we can spend a lot of time with them," said Moonbay before running towards the beds to get some sleep.
The night went by very fast and by the next morning, Moonbay and Irvine were up and ready to get started almost as soon as the sun rose on the horizon. They both seemed serious at the time but they were actually very excited at the thought of seeing this place.
The two didn't really go too fast or too slow in the movement from the town to the direction that they hoped the orphanage was. They couldn't get the exact position from the priest so they were just going on instinct.
They could see something in front of them. It appeared to be a small forest on the edge of the desert between some mountains. They had seen it on the way there so they figured that it would be the best place to start looking because it appeared calm, peaceful, and a nice place to live.
It almost seemed too easy to find when the two of them came across a nice cozy little house with at least three or four kids playing all around it. They all seemed to stop playing when they saw the gustav and the lightning saix approaching them, and then they all ran inside the house away from them.
"There are fewer than I thought there would be but it did happen a little too quickly so I guess they couldn't get too many out," said Irvine surveying the area to see if there was anyone else but the place seemed to be completely empty at that moment.
"I guess we will see in a few moments what Van and Fiona's work actually did for them. There could still be some inside the house where all of the others ran to," said Moonbay before coming to a stop a few meters away from the house.
Little kids ran all around the cozy little house in a hurry for a reason that their guardians didn't know about. They looked around to see if they were playing some sort of game but it didn't appear to be that.
A little girl that was probably no more than about three or four years of age came running up to one of them as this person was cooking for them. "Um... there are two zoids outside," said the little girl before she ran off in a bit of a hurry. They all remembered what had happened to their town a few months ago and they didn't want it to happen again to the new home. They liked it here, so they tried to hide and hoped that the zoids would go away.
The first guardian was a very beautiful woman. She looked confused as the little girl ran off. She was lucky that there was a window not to far from where she was cooking so she walked over and peered out of it as she noticed two people walking towards the place. Her first reaction was one of shock before it was replaced by a small smile.
"I wonder what the people that are taking care of these kids are like. They better be taking good care of these kids after all that Van and Fiona did to protect them," said Moonbay in a threatening voice.
"By the way they seemed to be playing happily before we came, I can only assume that they are treated just fine. Now why don't we try to talk to them first," said Irvine before starting to walk towards the door.
"Ok then, talk," came a voice out of nowhere causing Irvine and Moonbay to jump a little. They looked around very quickly. It was then that they noticed that there was still someone on the shaded porch just lounging around without a care in the world. They couldn't see the person's face but by the sound of the voice, it sounded like a man. The strangest thing was that the voice also sounded very familiar.
Before either of them could say a word, the man stood up but his face seemed to remain hidden in the shadows and he walked over to the door and walked inside. "That was kind of rude," muttered Moonbay and stopped in her tracks.
Before she could say anything else, the man stepped out of this house but this time his face wasn't covered by the shadows and it caused both Irvine and Moonbay to gasp out of shock at what they were seeing.
"Van!" yelled Irvine and Moonbay in unison. They were shocked to see him there alive and well when they saw the grave as clear as day in the town. They weren't exactly sure how it was even possible.
"W-where's Fiona? Is she here with you as well?" asked Moonbay hoping that her best friend was here as well. She looked at him and saw him smile and her heart soared knowing that they were both alive.
"Well..." said Van before turning around and holding a hand out for someone to take it and Moonbay could only assume that it was Fiona. Van stepped aside and Fiona walked out onto the port and everyone but Van gasped. Not from seeing her but from something else they saw.
"Fiona... you're fat," said a shocked Irvine before he ended up getting smacked over the head by the very powerful fists of Moonbay. He clutched the back of his head while Moonbay spoke.
"She's not fat you idiot, she's pregnant!" Moonbay hissed out but she couldn't help but fall into a fit of laughter. There they were, the two people that just a day before they thought were dead but they were in fact alive and living the life they had talked about according to the priest. "How is this possible? We saw the graves with your names on them?" she asked quietly but she knew that Van and Fiona had both heard her.
"We wanted to put our pasts behind us. Get rid of the things that brought us pain to that day. We made that as a start," said Fiona with a small smile on her face as she held her bulging stomach. She appeared to be very happy just standing there by Van.
It was silent for a few seconds after that before Moonbay shouted out, "You jerks," at the top of her lungs. "You had us very worried and very sad when we saw that in the cemetery," she continued to yell while Irvine just laughed a little nervously.
"We are sorry that we didn't tell you that we were alive. We just felt that we should get away from everyone for a while and just be together. Although things didn't go quite as we planned, we are very happy with how things turned out up to this day," said Van wearing a smile as he wrapped his arms around Fiona. "Why don't you two come in. I guess we have a lot to talk about," said Van leading the way in with Fiona following shortly behind him.
Moonbay and Irvine seemed to stay put for a second before they too followed the happy couple inside. They didn't care anymore what Van and Fiona did. They were happy to see their friends alive, well, and happy with each other. That is the way it should have been from the beginning but there was a few bumps until they finally managed to get there.