"I swear, falling in love with someone is just far too painful," muttered Van as he sulked around a bit while trying to find out what happened to Fiona. She may not want to be with him but that didn't stop him from loving her or wishing to be with her.
"I know how you feel and I would feel the same way if I was forced away from the person that I loved most. However, I don't really know how you are feeling so I guess I can't say anything," said Irvine walking by his side.
"I really want her back. I was forced away from her for five years and I don't want it to be any longer than that. She keeps think that she is helping me but it is only making me feel worse," he said sadly as he walked with his head facing towards the ground.
"She loves you. Everyone knows that Van," said Irvine stopping causing Van to stop as well. "She could very well be pregnant with both of your worst enemies child. She has no wish to put you through that. I am sure that if she wasn't, then she would definitely come right back to you, but she is not one to just get rid of a life like that," he said in an attempt to knock some sense into Van.
"I realize that but I am not going to think of it as his child but as hers. She had no choice in the matter since he forced this upon her. I don't blame her for it," said Van, but he was cut off.
"Hey you two," yelled Moonbay walking towards them with a smile on her face which confused the both of them. "Guess what?" asked Moonbay but seeing their confused looks she continued, "Fiona's back."
"Fiona!" yelled Moonbay as she ran up to her. "Where did you go?" she asked but then she saw the sad look within Fiona's eyes. "You don't look so good Fiona," said Moonbay knowing that something horrible must have happened.
"I don't really feel like talking about it," said Fiona looking at the ground. It was then that Fiona noticed that Van wasn't present. "Where's Van?" she asked before she could stop herself.
Moonbay couldn't help but smirk because she knew that Fiona still cared about Van too much even if she refuses to be with him. "He is over there," said Moonbay pointing towards the entrance to the hanger where Van was already walking away. "You should really talk to him Fiona. He is hurt because of what you are doing to him," said Moonbay trying to make her friends happy again.
"I can't do that," Fiona replied stubbornly before she walked away. 'The less contact we have with each other the better. Van deserves someone that can make him happy and be loyal to him. I am stuck with possibly another mans child. He deserves better than me,' she thought sadly before she got right back in the car and drove away because she felt like she needed more time to herself.
Mary just watched as she drove away with a frown on her face. The love for her grandson was very clear within the young woman's eyes but there was reluctance in them to get too involved with him as well. She didn't know how someone could be so in love with another and yet deny herself the happiness that they deserved.
She walked off in the direction that she had seen Van walking. She was unsure if Van had seen her but she was going to make sure that she was able to talk to him. It was obvious by what she had seen that he was distraught about what was going on between Fiona and himself and she was very eager to try and help.
She stopped when she heard a banging on the walls and was very curious as to what was going on. She followed the source of the noise and found Van leaning against the wall with his head and fist pounding upon it in an attempt to relieve his stress. "Van?" she said as she stopped as well as him.
Van turned his head to see a face that he hadn't seen for a while. This actually brought a smile to his face, a sight that hadn't been seen for a long amount of times. "Hey grandma. How you get in here it is a military base?" asked Van with a smile as he gave her a hug.
"I came with Fiona and walked off before anyone could say anything about me even being here. They know who I am though so I don't think they would have done anything anyways," she replied walking next to him and leaning against the wall as well. "Quite a nice girl that Fiona is. It seems that the two of you are having a lot of problems," said Mary frowning slightly because she hated to see her grandson look so sad.
"So she told you what happened? I bet you told her that weird excuse to make her bring you here about not seeing us since mother died," said Van not able to hold in the chuckles at the story his grandma seemed to love to tell.
She gave off a kind of goofy smile before she replied to him. "I'm sorry to hear about all that has been happening to you. You are both such good people that have such bad things happen to them. Why don't you try to give her another chance?" she asked.
"I would but she isn't giving me a chance. I would do anything to have her back but she seems to refuse to be with me," said Van sadly while shoving his hands into his pockets and staring at the ground as if it was the most interesting thing in the world.
"That is not what I saw back in the hanger. One of the first things that she asked when she got out of the car was where you were. You didn't even bother to try and talk to her, all you did was walk away," she said looking at him with a disappointed look in her eyes.
"I gave her a lot of chances in the past. Five years ago something happened between us and she ran off. I missed the first years of my own daughter's life because of her stunt yet I forgave her and ever since then she keeps pushing away each time I forgave her yet she just doesn't seem to want to be with me," he said sadly. Thinking about each of those times sent a pain into his heart and made him wonder why he kept giving her so many chances. 'Because you love her with all of your heart,' thought Van knowing that he always would keep giving her chances just so that he could be with her.
"She is very selfless from what I can tell. She almost never does things like that for herself. She puts other before her even if it means that she has to make sacrifices. She may not show it with her actions but she really loves you with all of her heart. You are lucky to just have someone like her," she said trying to cheer Van up. A thought then came to her mind. "Now where is that little girl of yours? I am very anxious to meet her," she said with a bright smile.
Van couldn't help but chuckle at her comment. The last time he had seen her was before his and Fiona's relationship even got started. He remembered that she used to keep nagging him about great-grandchildren. Back then the comment always made him blush because he thought that might never happen with his job. He knew he was wrong now. He had a child with the woman that he loved. Even though they could never seem to remain together, their daughter was the proof that they did love each other greatly. "Come on, I will show you," he said walking towards where he knew his daughter was and he knew that she was playing with Zeke.
Van led his mother away and soon they came up to Zeke and Van's daughter. At the moment Zeke was giving her a piggyback ride. That brought back memories to Van as he remembered his first encounter with her. Zeke had given her a piggyback ride and nearly crashed into a wall with her if Van hadn't jumped in at the last second.
Mary gave a slight gasp as she looked at the young girl. "She is absolutely beautiful. She looks so much like your mother did at that age," she said with a smile towards the beautiful young girl.
'I think that she looks more like Fiona than she does my mother. Either way, she is still the cutest girl her age,' thought Van with a proud smile since she was his daughter and not someone else's kid. 'I don't want to take care of her alone. I want to be able to take care of her with Fiona at my side,' he continued to think.
Kristi saw her father and smiled brightly before hoping off of Zeke and running into his arms much like Fiona used to do. "Daddy!" she said very happily before she noticed the older woman that was standing right by him. "Who's that?" she asked in her young tone of voice.
"That is your great-grandmother sweetie. That mean that she was my mothers mother," said Van because he felt that she might not understand at her age but she was awfully smart for someone her age so there was a good chance that his explanation was for nothing.
She wiggled out of Van's arms and slowly walked up to the elderly woman with a cautious look on her face. Lately she had been finding it hard to trust anyone especially after what her own mother did to her. She loved her mother but she was scared that maybe it would happen again. She looked up and saw the friendly and loving smile of the elderly woman and she couldn't help but smile as well.Fiona stirred some salt into the cup of coffee that she had gotten when she came to the closest town to the base. Her eyes held so much sadness. She was hoping that when she got back that Van would try to find some way to get her back. Although she didn't know what she would do, she just wished to be able to talk to him.
"I am sorry miss but we are closing," said one of the waiters causing Fiona to look out the window to see that the sun had already set. He watched her as she finished her coffee before getting up and walking out of the restaurant.
Fiona honestly didn't know where all the time had gone. There was plenty of daylight when she had first walked into the restaurant. 'I guess I was so lost in thought that I completely lost track of time. No wonder why the coffee was cold when I drank it,' she thought sadly.
Fiona missed it all, all of the things that she could no longer have. The warmth of Van's embrace, the feel of his lips on hers, as well as others things that made her blush just to think about. All of these thought zoned her out from the world. Being lost in her thoughts she didn't see or hear the footsteps of another behind her.
Fiona jumped when she finally heard a crashing noise from behind her. She turned around quickly but she found no one there. Then a small animal ran out from an alley and she breathed a sigh of relief. She turned back around only to run into someone's chest. She looked up and paled greatly before backing as far away as she could.
"What's the matter Fiona? Aren't you glad to see me?" asked Zack with an evil grin on his face as he took a few steps towards Fiona who only did whatever she could to keep as far away from him as she could.
"W-what do you want?" asked a petrified Fiona. She was scared that he might do what he did to her before. Brainwash her, put her against her friends, and try to take advantage of her again.
"Is it so wrong to want to see the mother of my child?" he asked continuing to take steps towards her but she just kept getting further away from him. "All I really came for is to be able to talk to you," he said as if it was the easiest thing to do.
"I don't give a care what it is that you have to say. I want you to leave me, Van, and my children alone. This one will have nothing to do with you," she growled out finding a little courage but it was soon gone when he took a few steps forward and she became even more scared of him hurting her again.
"I have come with a deal for you Fiona. Although your mother has already talked to you about it, I wanted to ask you in person. Forget that pathetic human Fiona, I want you to marry me and we can raise that pureblooded zoidian child together," he said with a weird smile on his face. "Of course I am not going to force you," he said finally stopping his walk towards her.
"And if I say no?" asked Fiona glaring at the man before her with pure hatred. Never in her life had she hated anyone as much as she hated this man. She knew that he would say something that would force her to accept his proposal although she wouldn't do that.
"Then I guess your friends will have to die. They are all growing weak Fiona including your beloved Van. I could easily kill them off, one by one until they are all dead. Everyone that you hold dear may die with your decision," he said with an evil smirk on his face. He would go to any means in order to get what he wanted and what he wanted most was Fiona. "I await your favorable reply Fiona and I suggest that you don't tell anyone about this little encounter. Come back here when you are ready to give me your answer," he said before walking off.
A shocked Fiona was backed against a wall. She was scared by what he had said. She knew he would try something but she didn't think that it would be that bad. Her legs buckled from underneath her and she collapsed onto her knees. 'No, no, no, no,' Fiona kept repeating in her head while clutching it.Van walked along the corridors of the base with his daughter in his arms. Although she was awake, she was very tired and Van was taking her to get some sleep. Van suddenly came to a stop when he saw Fiona walked mindlessly through the corridors to her room. "Fiona?" asked Van in a worried tone. She did not look too good at that moment.
Fiona stopped when she heard the worried voice of Van. She looked up and into the eyes of both her love and her daughter. Her daughter squirmed a little but remained still. She was shaking greatly and then her barriers broke. The tears that she had been holding in for so long finally broke and she collapsed to her knees.
Upon seeing this, Van immediately knew that something was wrong. He set down his daughter and slowly walked towards Fiona so as to not startle her. He kneeled down in front of her and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.
Fiona didn't even look at Van when he did this. The comfort from him just didn't seem enough. Her world was shattered, as was her faith. She no longer knew what to do. Fiona suddenly felt a second smaller pair of hand. She looked up to see her daughter crying as well. With a cry of mommy, Kristi dived into Fiona and wrapped her arms around her tightly, something that helped Fiona greatly. She wrapped her arms around her as well and they both cried together.
For some reason, Van didn't feel welcomed at that moment between the mother and her daughter. It was time that those two made up but Van had no idea when it would be that he could have Fiona again. 'At the rate things are going, it will be never,' Van thought before he sadly turned around and left the two of them alone.