A pounding was coming from a door. Irvine just listened on, as the pounding
seemed to continue. "Let me out," yelled Fiona on the other end of the
door. "Sorry. Can't do that," said Irvine. 'How the heck did I get stuck
doing this job?' Irvine asked himself. The pounding continued as Irvine
remembered all that had happened.
Flashback
"Fiona did you just see all that?" asked Crougar seeing Fiona standing in the frame of the door. Fiona said nothing but she just stood there as if she was in shock and couldn't move. "Fiona," said Irvine waving a hand in front of her face yet she still didn't respond. "How could all of this have happened?" asked Crougar. "I am guessing that some of it might have been part of the 'business' that Van had to do. Although I know that he didn't plan on getting caught," said Irvine. "What do you mean?" asked Crougar looking at Irvine. "I mean that I am guessing that Van tried to infiltrate their base but he was caught," said Irvine. "What are you going to do?" Irvine asked Crougar. "As much as I hate how this has happened. We can't go by their demands," said Crougar. Fiona then snapped out of her shocked state. "What do you mean? What about Van?" yelled Fiona. "We will just have to leave him, because we can't hand you over to them like they wanted," said Crougar. "But Van can get hurt or even get killed," yelled Fiona as tears started to form within her eyes. "I know. However it is either we save him and risk your safety and give them what they want or not save Van and basically lose him," said Crougar sadly. "I don't care about my safety as long as Van is ok," said Fiona. "We still won't let you go," said Crougar sternly. "Then I will go by myself," said Fiona as she ran out of the room. Irvine stepped in front of her path and grabbed a hold of her to stop her from passing. "Let me go," yelled Fiona struggling under his grip. "He is your friend Irvine," said Fiona still struggling. "I know but I have to agree with Crougar," said Irvine sadly. Fiona then did the only thing that she could think of and elbowed Irvine in the stomach. With Irvine stunned for a second Fiona dashed out the door.
Fiona dashed through the halls trying to get to the hanger so she could take a zoid and get Van. She heard footsteps behind her and knew that they were trying to stop her. 'I have to save Van,' was the only thought that ran through her head though instead of thoughts about her safety. Finally Fiona reached the hanger and ran for the closest zoid she could find which happened to be a pteras. 'It will do,' thought Fiona as she ran towards it. Fiona ran towards it as the others came running into the hanger. "There she is," yelled Irvine pointing towards Fiona they all ran towards her. They reached the zoid as Fiona started to climb into the cockpit but they grabbed a hold of her first. "Let me go," yelled Fiona. "Sorry about this Fiona," said Irvine as he took out a needle and injected Fiona with it. Fiona started to feel sleepy and ended up falling limp in Irvine's arms. "You will thank me for this later," said Irvine. 'Either that or she will kill me for this later,' thought Irvine as he cringed at the thought. He picked her up and walked to where Crougar was waiting. "I have a place where we can place her. We will have to keep the door locked and keep a guard outside to make sure she doesn't try to escape. Which is why I decided you for this task," said Crougar. "What? Why me?" asked Irvine slightly angered. "Because she is your friend," said Crougar. Irvine was speechless as they walked through a door to a rather nice room and put Fiona down on the bed and walked out of the room.
End flashback
"Figures that I would be the one to get this job," said Irvine still listening to the banging that was coming from the other side of the door. "Let me out of here right now," he heard Fiona yell. "I can't do that," said Irvine. The banging on the door still continued.
Van struggled against the bindings that held him to the chair. "It will do you no good," came Ryan's voice. Van was blindfolded so he could not see anything that was in the room. "Now it is time to have some fun," said Ryan laughing slightly. "What are you going to do?" asked a worried Van. "Something very painful," said Ryan as Van heard a flipping of a switch. The next thing that Van knew he felt pain surge through his body. He could faintly hear Ryan's laugh over all the screams of pain he was giving off. Ryan then flipped the switch again and some of the pain subsided. "Hurts doesn't it? I am sending electricity through your body so it should. It isn't enough to kill you yet it is perfect for causing extreme pain," said Ryan with a laugh. He could then faintly hear Van muttering something so he got closer. "You will have to speak up because I can't hear you," said Ryan. Van then was able to mutter out, "Go to hell." Ryan got angry by this and threw the switch again and looked on in delight as Van continued to yell in pain. Ryan then gave off a laugh.
Fiona continued to bang on the door. She then started to get sleepy. 'No I have to get Van,' thought Fiona as she let off a yawn. She then got too tired that she stopped banging on the door. On the other side of the door she could hear Irvine mutter, "Finally." A tear fell down Fiona's face as she laid down on the bed. "What was Van thinking?" Fiona asked no one. "Why must Van continue to get hurt like this?" Fiona asked herself. "I want to help him. I have to get him out of there even if it means being taken by them. I will give up everything just to make sure Van is safe," said Fiona as she started to cry into the pillow. "No I can't cry. I have to save Van. This time I won't run away to save him. I will stay by his side and try to protect him like he has tried to protect me," said Fiona. "I have to get out of here though but how?" Fiona asked herself. She quickly took a look around the room and noticed that there was a window. She walked over to it and tried to open it but it wouldn't open. She took a look out and noticed that it was rather high off of the ground. "I can't go through here or I will be killed with the landing," Fiona said quietly. Suddenly she had an idea.
Irvine was starting to worry. "It is way to quiet in there. First she wouldn't shut up and now she won't even speak. Oh well. Maybe she just went to sleep," said Irvine. He himself was starting to get sleepy. Suddenly he was woken up just as he was about to fall asleep by the sound of glass shattering. "What is going on in there?" Irvine yelled through the door. He received no reply. He started to worry again and reached to open the door. The door swung open and he noticed that the room appeared to be empty. He then noticed that the window that was in there was shattered. "She couldn't have jumped," said Irvine running towards the window. He looked outside and saw nothing. "She not out there but then where is she?' Irvine asked himself. He was lost in thought that he didn't notice Fiona coming up behind him until it was too late and she hit him in the head with something and knocked him unconscious. "Sorry Irvine," said Fiona quietly as she ran out of the room. She came into the hanger and saw that it was empty so she ran to that pteras again. This time though she had managed to get into it. She started up the controls and got the pteras moving. It flew out of the base at top speed. "Wait a minute. Where exactly is this place?" Fiona asked herself. "I guess I will just head towards that city and hope that they are still there," said Fiona.
Van found that he couldn't move. He also could barely hear anything that was going on in the room. It seemed that most of his senses had stopped working for the time being. The most that he could do was make a twitch every once in a while. Ryan looked at what his work had done and gave off a smirk as he looked at the still form of Van. "I'll give you a little break. Since I don't think that you have enough strength to scream and that is what is the most fun about all of this," said Ryan. He left the room with Van still twitching in the chair.
Fiona landed the pteras just outside the town and walked the rest of the way. As soon as she walked into the town she noticed that there were soldiers there and that they all appeared to be waiting for something. Fiona walked up to them and the leader turned to her. "We have been waiting for you," he said with a smirk on his face. "I know," said Fiona as the soldiers grabbed her and dragged her to a car. 'Please Van. Be safe until I get there,' thought Fiona as she was loaded into the car.
Flashback
"Fiona did you just see all that?" asked Crougar seeing Fiona standing in the frame of the door. Fiona said nothing but she just stood there as if she was in shock and couldn't move. "Fiona," said Irvine waving a hand in front of her face yet she still didn't respond. "How could all of this have happened?" asked Crougar. "I am guessing that some of it might have been part of the 'business' that Van had to do. Although I know that he didn't plan on getting caught," said Irvine. "What do you mean?" asked Crougar looking at Irvine. "I mean that I am guessing that Van tried to infiltrate their base but he was caught," said Irvine. "What are you going to do?" Irvine asked Crougar. "As much as I hate how this has happened. We can't go by their demands," said Crougar. Fiona then snapped out of her shocked state. "What do you mean? What about Van?" yelled Fiona. "We will just have to leave him, because we can't hand you over to them like they wanted," said Crougar. "But Van can get hurt or even get killed," yelled Fiona as tears started to form within her eyes. "I know. However it is either we save him and risk your safety and give them what they want or not save Van and basically lose him," said Crougar sadly. "I don't care about my safety as long as Van is ok," said Fiona. "We still won't let you go," said Crougar sternly. "Then I will go by myself," said Fiona as she ran out of the room. Irvine stepped in front of her path and grabbed a hold of her to stop her from passing. "Let me go," yelled Fiona struggling under his grip. "He is your friend Irvine," said Fiona still struggling. "I know but I have to agree with Crougar," said Irvine sadly. Fiona then did the only thing that she could think of and elbowed Irvine in the stomach. With Irvine stunned for a second Fiona dashed out the door.
Fiona dashed through the halls trying to get to the hanger so she could take a zoid and get Van. She heard footsteps behind her and knew that they were trying to stop her. 'I have to save Van,' was the only thought that ran through her head though instead of thoughts about her safety. Finally Fiona reached the hanger and ran for the closest zoid she could find which happened to be a pteras. 'It will do,' thought Fiona as she ran towards it. Fiona ran towards it as the others came running into the hanger. "There she is," yelled Irvine pointing towards Fiona they all ran towards her. They reached the zoid as Fiona started to climb into the cockpit but they grabbed a hold of her first. "Let me go," yelled Fiona. "Sorry about this Fiona," said Irvine as he took out a needle and injected Fiona with it. Fiona started to feel sleepy and ended up falling limp in Irvine's arms. "You will thank me for this later," said Irvine. 'Either that or she will kill me for this later,' thought Irvine as he cringed at the thought. He picked her up and walked to where Crougar was waiting. "I have a place where we can place her. We will have to keep the door locked and keep a guard outside to make sure she doesn't try to escape. Which is why I decided you for this task," said Crougar. "What? Why me?" asked Irvine slightly angered. "Because she is your friend," said Crougar. Irvine was speechless as they walked through a door to a rather nice room and put Fiona down on the bed and walked out of the room.
End flashback
"Figures that I would be the one to get this job," said Irvine still listening to the banging that was coming from the other side of the door. "Let me out of here right now," he heard Fiona yell. "I can't do that," said Irvine. The banging on the door still continued.
Van struggled against the bindings that held him to the chair. "It will do you no good," came Ryan's voice. Van was blindfolded so he could not see anything that was in the room. "Now it is time to have some fun," said Ryan laughing slightly. "What are you going to do?" asked a worried Van. "Something very painful," said Ryan as Van heard a flipping of a switch. The next thing that Van knew he felt pain surge through his body. He could faintly hear Ryan's laugh over all the screams of pain he was giving off. Ryan then flipped the switch again and some of the pain subsided. "Hurts doesn't it? I am sending electricity through your body so it should. It isn't enough to kill you yet it is perfect for causing extreme pain," said Ryan with a laugh. He could then faintly hear Van muttering something so he got closer. "You will have to speak up because I can't hear you," said Ryan. Van then was able to mutter out, "Go to hell." Ryan got angry by this and threw the switch again and looked on in delight as Van continued to yell in pain. Ryan then gave off a laugh.
Fiona continued to bang on the door. She then started to get sleepy. 'No I have to get Van,' thought Fiona as she let off a yawn. She then got too tired that she stopped banging on the door. On the other side of the door she could hear Irvine mutter, "Finally." A tear fell down Fiona's face as she laid down on the bed. "What was Van thinking?" Fiona asked no one. "Why must Van continue to get hurt like this?" Fiona asked herself. "I want to help him. I have to get him out of there even if it means being taken by them. I will give up everything just to make sure Van is safe," said Fiona as she started to cry into the pillow. "No I can't cry. I have to save Van. This time I won't run away to save him. I will stay by his side and try to protect him like he has tried to protect me," said Fiona. "I have to get out of here though but how?" Fiona asked herself. She quickly took a look around the room and noticed that there was a window. She walked over to it and tried to open it but it wouldn't open. She took a look out and noticed that it was rather high off of the ground. "I can't go through here or I will be killed with the landing," Fiona said quietly. Suddenly she had an idea.
Irvine was starting to worry. "It is way to quiet in there. First she wouldn't shut up and now she won't even speak. Oh well. Maybe she just went to sleep," said Irvine. He himself was starting to get sleepy. Suddenly he was woken up just as he was about to fall asleep by the sound of glass shattering. "What is going on in there?" Irvine yelled through the door. He received no reply. He started to worry again and reached to open the door. The door swung open and he noticed that the room appeared to be empty. He then noticed that the window that was in there was shattered. "She couldn't have jumped," said Irvine running towards the window. He looked outside and saw nothing. "She not out there but then where is she?' Irvine asked himself. He was lost in thought that he didn't notice Fiona coming up behind him until it was too late and she hit him in the head with something and knocked him unconscious. "Sorry Irvine," said Fiona quietly as she ran out of the room. She came into the hanger and saw that it was empty so she ran to that pteras again. This time though she had managed to get into it. She started up the controls and got the pteras moving. It flew out of the base at top speed. "Wait a minute. Where exactly is this place?" Fiona asked herself. "I guess I will just head towards that city and hope that they are still there," said Fiona.
Van found that he couldn't move. He also could barely hear anything that was going on in the room. It seemed that most of his senses had stopped working for the time being. The most that he could do was make a twitch every once in a while. Ryan looked at what his work had done and gave off a smirk as he looked at the still form of Van. "I'll give you a little break. Since I don't think that you have enough strength to scream and that is what is the most fun about all of this," said Ryan. He left the room with Van still twitching in the chair.
Fiona landed the pteras just outside the town and walked the rest of the way. As soon as she walked into the town she noticed that there were soldiers there and that they all appeared to be waiting for something. Fiona walked up to them and the leader turned to her. "We have been waiting for you," he said with a smirk on his face. "I know," said Fiona as the soldiers grabbed her and dragged her to a car. 'Please Van. Be safe until I get there,' thought Fiona as she was loaded into the car.