It was quiet for a while until the sounds of Zeke walking up to them
brought Van back to reality. 'I can't believe she is here,' thought Van.
Kristi who had come with Zeke had not yet noticed Fiona laying on the
ground. "What's wrong?" she asked. Van looked at her but didn't say a word
and looked back at the unconscious Fiona. She was curious as to what he was
looking at and looked in that direction only to see Fiona. A tear fell from
her eye and she ran up to Fiona. Before she got there Crougar put a hand on
her shoulder to try and stop her. "You shouldn't be here little girl. Why
don't you go with everyone else for now?" said Crougar nicely. "Let me go,"
said Kristi pulling out from his hand and running up to Fiona. "Mommy.
Mommy wake up," pleaded Kristi with more tears running down her face.
"You're this woman's daughter?" asked Crougar this time putting a
comforting hand on her shoulder. She nodded yes. "Don't worry she will be
fine. She is just a little exhausted right now," said Crougar. She looked
at him and seemed happy by what he said. Crougar smiled at this. He looked
at the girl and he noticed something else familiar about this girl but he
couldn't place it. At that moment the doctors arrived and took Fiona off to
the sickbay with Kristi following right after them.
Van found himself wondering in daze not yet willing himself to go to the sickbay to see Fiona yet. 'She is back now so what are you going to do?" asked a voice in his head. "I don't know," Van said to himself. 'Are you going to let her get away from you again?' the voice asked. Van started to get frustrated with himself then. "She can go for all I care. She did it before," Van said softly. 'I know you don't mean that. You have been waiting for this for the past few years, and now you are just going to let her go without even going to see her first. I know you want to,' said the voice again. Van didn't know what he was going to do. He was angry at Fiona for leaving him before and breaking his heart. Yet he was sort of happy at the moment because he could actually see her again. 'You had best go and see her when she wakes up or you may never see her again if she leaves,' came the voice again. "I guess I should go and see her, but I don't know," Van said as he continued to walk in his daze.
Thomas happened to be walking by the area Van was in and he noticed the look on his face. "What's wrong Van?" asked Thomas curious as to what Van was doing. Van didn't reply and didn't even seem to even notice him. "Hello, Van snap out of it," said Thomas waving a hand in front of Van's face. Van suddenly snapped out of his thoughts and stared at Thomas. "You don't look to good," said Thomas. "Really. I guess I didn't notice. "You didn't seem to be noticing anything with the way you were walking," said Thomas. "I just have a lot on my mind," said Van. "Like what?" asked Thomas. "Fiona," said Van still in a sort of daze. "What about her?" asked Thomas. "She's back," said Van and he just walked off after that. Thomas just stood in the same position for about a minute before everything that Van had said started to process into his mind. "Fiona is back," said Thomas with a smile appearing on his face. He immediately ran off. He went to find Crougar because he wanted to see if this was true and wanted to know what happened that brought her back. "Yes it is true," said Crougar when Thomas asked. "Then it is true miss Fiona is back," said Thomas all happy. "We sent a pilot to the town to see if he could find survivors and ended up finding Fiona a number of miles outside of town," said Crougar. "If you want to see her she is in the sickbay but I warn you that she is unconscious at the moment," said Crougar. "Thank you sir," said Thomas walking off.
There was nothing to do at the and Moonbay and Irvine were enjoying a nice game of cards. Suddenly Thomas burst into the room completely exhausted. "There you two are," said Thomas catching his breath. "What's up?" asked Moonbay looking away from her cards. "Yeah, with the way you are acting you would think that Fiona came back," said Irvine jokingly. Thomas looked at them and said, "She has." Moonbay and Irvine sat up from their seats rather quickly sending them to the floor. "You have to be kidding me," said Moonbay. "No. We sent out a pilot to check the area where the town once was and he found Fiona a number of miles outside of town unconscious," said Thomas as the three of them ran out of the room. "She was just brought in and is still unconscious in the sickbay," said Thomas finishing informing them on what was going on. "Does Van know?" asked Moonbay. "He's the one that told me," said Thomas, "He seemed to be in a sort of daze the whole time though," said Thomas. "I guess it isn't really much of a surprise for that," said Irvine. "Yeah. He took her leaving the hardest. So I guess it has come as a bit of a shock that she just suddenly came back," said Moonbay. "I'll say he didn't even seem to notice me when I called out for him," said Thomas. "Let's hurry because I want to see Fiona," said Moonbay trying to run even faster.
Upon arriving at the area where Fiona was, they all noticed that Van was just standing outside the door. "Why aren't you going in Van?" asked Moonbay curious as to why he was out there. "I don't know. I guess it is just that I don't know whether to be happy to see her or be mad that she left all those years ago," said Van. "Give it a break Van. It was in the past and I bet she might be glad to see you," said Moonbay. "How can you be so sure about that?" asked Van. "I can't but you will never know unless you go see her," said Moonbay. Van didn't respond but he just looked down at the floor. Suddenly he just started to walk away. "Where are you going Van?" asked Irvine. "You can see her. I will go later," said Van a little roughly. He walked down the hall and out of sight. "What is his problem? You think he would be happy to know that miss Fiona is here," said Thomas. "I don't think that is it. I think there may have been something else behind his reaction to all of this," said Moonbay. "Like what?" asked Irvine. "I think there was more to her leaving than any of us know except Van," said Moonbay. "What do you think that is?" asked Irvine. "I don't know, but I am sure that Fiona does," said Moonbay.
Fiona slowly began to regain consciousness but never opened her eyes. So many thoughts were going through her head. 'Where am I? Could those people have found me?' those were only a few that were going through her head and she was afraid of what she would see if she opened her eyes. She however was sort of curious and she slowly opened her eyes. What she saw was another pair of crimson eyes staring right back at her. For the next few seconds she just allowed her eyesight to adjust to the light. "Mommy," yelled a voice and the next thing she knew a small pair of arms. Fiona could now see clearly and she saw her daughter with her arms wrapped around her. "Kristi," said Fiona wrapping her arms around her daughter. "I was scared, I didn't know where you were," Kristi said as some tears ran down her face. "It is ok. I am here now," said Fiona with just as much running down her face. It was then that Fiona noticed her surroundings. "Where are we?" asked Fiona. "Some base," said Kristi never letting go of Fiona. "Has anyone tried to hurt you?" asked Fiona looking over her daughter. "No, but this nice man has been real nice to me," said Kristi. Fiona then cut out the thought that those people had captured her because they would never be nice. "Really? then maybe I should thank him," said Fiona happy that she was ok. "Yeah, mister Van is real nice," said Kristi with a smile crossing her face. A small look of horror crossed Fiona's face. "V.Van," stuttered Fiona. "Yeah," said Kristi. 'Oh no. I don't think I am ready to face him,' thought Fiona dreading what would happen when she did have to. She knew it would be inevitable since she now knew where she was. 'He is probably mad at me and I really don't blame him,' thought Fiona. She was brought out of her thoughts with the door opening.
Moonbay and the others walked into the room and noticed that Fiona was now awake. "Moonbay, Irvine, Thomas," said Fiona with a sort of relieved face on her. "Yeah. Van was going to come but he seemed upset about something," said Moonbay walking up to Fiona's bedside. 'I thought so,' thought Fiona. "Which brings up one big question that I know you know the answer to. Why?" asked Moonbay. Fiona took on a serious expression on her face and looked at Kristi. "Sweetie can you go and play with Zeke somewhere. I need to talk to me friends alone," said Fiona as nicely as she could. She seemed reluctant but she nodded her head and walked out of the room. Moonbay looked at the girl leaving the room. "You want to know?" asked Fiona. "Yeah," said Moonbay. "I asked Kristi to leave because she doesn't need to know this at the moment," said Fiona. "Why?" asked Moonbay. Then a thought seemed to strike Moonbay and the rest out of nowhere. "She's Van's, isn't she?" asked Moonbay a bit surprised. Fiona just nodded her head. "Something happened between me and Van the night that I left," said Fiona. "No wonder why he seemed to upset," said Irvine in a nit of a shock. "I had planned to leave before that but Van tried to stop me. One thing just seemed to lead to another," said Fiona. "Why did you leave?" asked Thomas. "I didn't want Van to get killed by keeping on protecting me," said Fiona. "You shouldn't have left because you should have seen the pathetic state he was in the next few months," said Thomas. "I know and it just makes me so sad to think what I might have done to him. I wish I can make it up to him," said Fiona. "You can. Just don't leave," said Moonbay. "I have to go," said Fiona. "No you aren't, because aren't going to let you," said Moonbay. "But," said Fiona. "No buts about it. Your daughter seems to like it here. Do you want to take it from her?" asked Fiona. "I guess not," said Fiona. "And besides. Do you really think that running away is the answer. I am pretty sure he will try to protect you forever. You wanted to protect him from being killed by them because they are after you, but he is fighting them and they are after you. One word that they have you and I am sure that van would have come to your rescue anyways. So any way you look at it, it won't change him from his ways of protecting you," said Moonbay. "Maybe," said Fiona.
Van somehow found himself back to the door that held Fiona behind it. He was hesitant but for some reason he couldn't stop himself and he reached out to open the door but a voice from behind him stopped him. "Hey Van. What are you doing?" came the voice of Ashley. "I don't know," said Van with a sad look on his face. He just decided to come out with it. "An old friend of mine was just brought in," said Van. By the look on his face Ashley knew who he was talking about because she had heard about her many times. "I see," she said sadly. "I just don't know what to do," said Van. "You should see her and talk to her," said Ashley. "I guess said Van, "But I don't know what to talk about," said Van. "I don't know either but maybe you should talk to her about anything," said Ashley pushing him towards the door. "Thanks. I do have a few things that I have to get off my chest," said Van. She knew it would happen eventually. 'This stinks,' she thought. Van slowly reached for the door. It opened and he slowly walked into the room.
Van found himself wondering in daze not yet willing himself to go to the sickbay to see Fiona yet. 'She is back now so what are you going to do?" asked a voice in his head. "I don't know," Van said to himself. 'Are you going to let her get away from you again?' the voice asked. Van started to get frustrated with himself then. "She can go for all I care. She did it before," Van said softly. 'I know you don't mean that. You have been waiting for this for the past few years, and now you are just going to let her go without even going to see her first. I know you want to,' said the voice again. Van didn't know what he was going to do. He was angry at Fiona for leaving him before and breaking his heart. Yet he was sort of happy at the moment because he could actually see her again. 'You had best go and see her when she wakes up or you may never see her again if she leaves,' came the voice again. "I guess I should go and see her, but I don't know," Van said as he continued to walk in his daze.
Thomas happened to be walking by the area Van was in and he noticed the look on his face. "What's wrong Van?" asked Thomas curious as to what Van was doing. Van didn't reply and didn't even seem to even notice him. "Hello, Van snap out of it," said Thomas waving a hand in front of Van's face. Van suddenly snapped out of his thoughts and stared at Thomas. "You don't look to good," said Thomas. "Really. I guess I didn't notice. "You didn't seem to be noticing anything with the way you were walking," said Thomas. "I just have a lot on my mind," said Van. "Like what?" asked Thomas. "Fiona," said Van still in a sort of daze. "What about her?" asked Thomas. "She's back," said Van and he just walked off after that. Thomas just stood in the same position for about a minute before everything that Van had said started to process into his mind. "Fiona is back," said Thomas with a smile appearing on his face. He immediately ran off. He went to find Crougar because he wanted to see if this was true and wanted to know what happened that brought her back. "Yes it is true," said Crougar when Thomas asked. "Then it is true miss Fiona is back," said Thomas all happy. "We sent a pilot to the town to see if he could find survivors and ended up finding Fiona a number of miles outside of town," said Crougar. "If you want to see her she is in the sickbay but I warn you that she is unconscious at the moment," said Crougar. "Thank you sir," said Thomas walking off.
There was nothing to do at the and Moonbay and Irvine were enjoying a nice game of cards. Suddenly Thomas burst into the room completely exhausted. "There you two are," said Thomas catching his breath. "What's up?" asked Moonbay looking away from her cards. "Yeah, with the way you are acting you would think that Fiona came back," said Irvine jokingly. Thomas looked at them and said, "She has." Moonbay and Irvine sat up from their seats rather quickly sending them to the floor. "You have to be kidding me," said Moonbay. "No. We sent out a pilot to check the area where the town once was and he found Fiona a number of miles outside of town unconscious," said Thomas as the three of them ran out of the room. "She was just brought in and is still unconscious in the sickbay," said Thomas finishing informing them on what was going on. "Does Van know?" asked Moonbay. "He's the one that told me," said Thomas, "He seemed to be in a sort of daze the whole time though," said Thomas. "I guess it isn't really much of a surprise for that," said Irvine. "Yeah. He took her leaving the hardest. So I guess it has come as a bit of a shock that she just suddenly came back," said Moonbay. "I'll say he didn't even seem to notice me when I called out for him," said Thomas. "Let's hurry because I want to see Fiona," said Moonbay trying to run even faster.
Upon arriving at the area where Fiona was, they all noticed that Van was just standing outside the door. "Why aren't you going in Van?" asked Moonbay curious as to why he was out there. "I don't know. I guess it is just that I don't know whether to be happy to see her or be mad that she left all those years ago," said Van. "Give it a break Van. It was in the past and I bet she might be glad to see you," said Moonbay. "How can you be so sure about that?" asked Van. "I can't but you will never know unless you go see her," said Moonbay. Van didn't respond but he just looked down at the floor. Suddenly he just started to walk away. "Where are you going Van?" asked Irvine. "You can see her. I will go later," said Van a little roughly. He walked down the hall and out of sight. "What is his problem? You think he would be happy to know that miss Fiona is here," said Thomas. "I don't think that is it. I think there may have been something else behind his reaction to all of this," said Moonbay. "Like what?" asked Irvine. "I think there was more to her leaving than any of us know except Van," said Moonbay. "What do you think that is?" asked Irvine. "I don't know, but I am sure that Fiona does," said Moonbay.
Fiona slowly began to regain consciousness but never opened her eyes. So many thoughts were going through her head. 'Where am I? Could those people have found me?' those were only a few that were going through her head and she was afraid of what she would see if she opened her eyes. She however was sort of curious and she slowly opened her eyes. What she saw was another pair of crimson eyes staring right back at her. For the next few seconds she just allowed her eyesight to adjust to the light. "Mommy," yelled a voice and the next thing she knew a small pair of arms. Fiona could now see clearly and she saw her daughter with her arms wrapped around her. "Kristi," said Fiona wrapping her arms around her daughter. "I was scared, I didn't know where you were," Kristi said as some tears ran down her face. "It is ok. I am here now," said Fiona with just as much running down her face. It was then that Fiona noticed her surroundings. "Where are we?" asked Fiona. "Some base," said Kristi never letting go of Fiona. "Has anyone tried to hurt you?" asked Fiona looking over her daughter. "No, but this nice man has been real nice to me," said Kristi. Fiona then cut out the thought that those people had captured her because they would never be nice. "Really? then maybe I should thank him," said Fiona happy that she was ok. "Yeah, mister Van is real nice," said Kristi with a smile crossing her face. A small look of horror crossed Fiona's face. "V.Van," stuttered Fiona. "Yeah," said Kristi. 'Oh no. I don't think I am ready to face him,' thought Fiona dreading what would happen when she did have to. She knew it would be inevitable since she now knew where she was. 'He is probably mad at me and I really don't blame him,' thought Fiona. She was brought out of her thoughts with the door opening.
Moonbay and the others walked into the room and noticed that Fiona was now awake. "Moonbay, Irvine, Thomas," said Fiona with a sort of relieved face on her. "Yeah. Van was going to come but he seemed upset about something," said Moonbay walking up to Fiona's bedside. 'I thought so,' thought Fiona. "Which brings up one big question that I know you know the answer to. Why?" asked Moonbay. Fiona took on a serious expression on her face and looked at Kristi. "Sweetie can you go and play with Zeke somewhere. I need to talk to me friends alone," said Fiona as nicely as she could. She seemed reluctant but she nodded her head and walked out of the room. Moonbay looked at the girl leaving the room. "You want to know?" asked Fiona. "Yeah," said Moonbay. "I asked Kristi to leave because she doesn't need to know this at the moment," said Fiona. "Why?" asked Moonbay. Then a thought seemed to strike Moonbay and the rest out of nowhere. "She's Van's, isn't she?" asked Moonbay a bit surprised. Fiona just nodded her head. "Something happened between me and Van the night that I left," said Fiona. "No wonder why he seemed to upset," said Irvine in a nit of a shock. "I had planned to leave before that but Van tried to stop me. One thing just seemed to lead to another," said Fiona. "Why did you leave?" asked Thomas. "I didn't want Van to get killed by keeping on protecting me," said Fiona. "You shouldn't have left because you should have seen the pathetic state he was in the next few months," said Thomas. "I know and it just makes me so sad to think what I might have done to him. I wish I can make it up to him," said Fiona. "You can. Just don't leave," said Moonbay. "I have to go," said Fiona. "No you aren't, because aren't going to let you," said Moonbay. "But," said Fiona. "No buts about it. Your daughter seems to like it here. Do you want to take it from her?" asked Fiona. "I guess not," said Fiona. "And besides. Do you really think that running away is the answer. I am pretty sure he will try to protect you forever. You wanted to protect him from being killed by them because they are after you, but he is fighting them and they are after you. One word that they have you and I am sure that van would have come to your rescue anyways. So any way you look at it, it won't change him from his ways of protecting you," said Moonbay. "Maybe," said Fiona.
Van somehow found himself back to the door that held Fiona behind it. He was hesitant but for some reason he couldn't stop himself and he reached out to open the door but a voice from behind him stopped him. "Hey Van. What are you doing?" came the voice of Ashley. "I don't know," said Van with a sad look on his face. He just decided to come out with it. "An old friend of mine was just brought in," said Van. By the look on his face Ashley knew who he was talking about because she had heard about her many times. "I see," she said sadly. "I just don't know what to do," said Van. "You should see her and talk to her," said Ashley. "I guess said Van, "But I don't know what to talk about," said Van. "I don't know either but maybe you should talk to her about anything," said Ashley pushing him towards the door. "Thanks. I do have a few things that I have to get off my chest," said Van. She knew it would happen eventually. 'This stinks,' she thought. Van slowly reached for the door. It opened and he slowly walked into the room.