"What the heck," said Crougar going over pictures of the place that was
once a battleground. "What is it?" asked Moonbay from behind him. "Take a
look at these pictures that have been taken. A few moments ago this was a
battlefield. There were witnesses that saw the two fighting. All that is
left now is the abandoned zoids yet there is no pilots in either one of
them," said Crougar going through picture after picture. "What do you
suppose happened?" asked Irvine curiously. "I really have no idea," said
Crougar putting his head in his hands.
"Hey Raven. What did you mean by you think you know where they are hiding?" asked Van as he followed closely behind Raven. "The person that is leading them is a capable leader but is a real moron for what he did recently," said Raven calmly. "What did he do?" asked Van knowing it had to do with the captures. "I'll show you in just a second," said Raven as they came upon a small camp. He walked over to some baggage and pulled something out of it. Upon looking at it closely Van noticed that it was a map. Getting upon the ground Raven opened the map up to it full length. "So what did he do?" asked Van looking at the map. "You know all of those troops that were sent out to stop you?" asked Raven looking at Van. "Yeah," said Van slightly remembering seeing them. "It is all in the formation of them," said Raven looking at the map. "This is the location of the one's that you destroyed earlier," said Raven placing red X's on the map in multiple area's. "I destroyed that many?" asked Van slightly shocked by what he did. "Yes, now shut up. That is nothing compared to some of the things that I did in the past if you can remember that far back," said Raven looking at Van like he was clueless. "I have also been running into them in my search for Reese," said Raven making even more X's on the map. "Do you see what is going on here?" asked Raven looking at Van. Studying the map over for a few seconds, it then hit Van what was going on. "He put them in a perimeter around his base," said Van looking at the circle that all of the X's were making. "He is moron for doing that. He could have spread them out more so it wasn't more obvious. It was especially stupid for doing this when he knew that we would definitely be angry and come after him. Yet he put them in a perimeter leading us right to them," said Raven calmly. "How can you be sure that that is the place?" asked Van thinking it was too obvious. "I was able to go there and that area is completely packed. Even I probably wouldn't have been able to get in there. Then I heard what was happening with you and headed back," said Raven looking at Van. "So this is it. This is where they have been hiding all of these years. It is time that we finally brought the fight to them," said Van a little happier.
A beeping sound caught Moonbay's ears. She looked over to see one of the computers beeping. Curiosity got the better of her and she pushed the button. Everyone looked up as a screen popped up in front of everyone. Everyone also gasped when they saw who was on it. "Van," said Moonbay happy to see that her friend was all right. "Hey there," said Van with a grin on his face. "Van Flyheight. You have a lot of explaining to do about all of the zoids that you destroyed," said an angry Crougar. "Uh, yeah. Sorry about that. I wasn't myself at the time. I am back to normal now, and it only took a tough zoid fight, a hard punch to the face, and a reality check to make me realize my mistake," said Van sadly. "Listen. I am not calling to get a response to my apology. I have something for you to use. I think that it would definitely be of great use," said Van before the screen shut off and another popped up. "What is this?" asked Moonbay looking at the blank map. "I don't know," said Irvine looking at it as well. "This better not be his idea of a joke," muttered Moonbay. Suddenly all of the V's started to appear on the map until they formed a complete circle and then in the middle was a child like picture of Zack. Moonbay blinked a couple of seconds before she broke out laughing because of the picture. "That is it. That is where the place is located. Raven must have found it and showed it to Van once he knocked some sense into him," said Irvine amazed. "Wait a minute. Wouldn't it usually be the other way of Van trying to stop Raven?" asked Moonbay slightly confused. "Who cares? Now we have it and we can use it to put an end to this meaningless war," said Crougar with a smile on his face.
"This will be a very short trip though unless we can get our zoids functional again," said Raven sadly. "If I had Zeke then he could help out," said Van upset for leaving Zeke behind. A whistling sound caught his ears and he looked up to see Raven pointing towards something. Van turned his head and came face to face with Zeke. "Zeke," said Van happily. "While looking for you he showed up and started to follow me. Must have thought that I would lead him to you," said Raven in his normal tone of voice. "Sorry for leaving you Zeke," said Van petting Zeke on the nose. Zeke growled happily in response. "We had better get to work on the zoid so we can get there before it is too late," said Raven heading out towards the zoids with shadow following right behind him. "Come on Zeke. The sooner we get it done, the sooner we will be able to go and rescue Fiona and Kristi," said Van with a smile. Zeke growled happily in response.
"How are things going with them?" Zack asked a scientist as he watched the three zoidians in their tubes. "All of their life signs appear to be stable. Everything is ready to go as soon as you say so," said the scientist. "How long will it take to complete the task?" asked Zack looking at the scientist. "Hard to say but I think at most it will take a day," said the scientist in a monotonous tone. 'Only one more day left and then my dreams will have been fulfilled. You have failed Flyheight and you will pay for it with the lives of the ones you hold the most dear to yourself,' thought Zack with an evil grin across his face.
"God a lot of these wires sure are messed up. It will take a while to get most of the sorted out, but I have to get this done as soon as possible," said Van in a determined voice. "Alright. Lets try this," said Van as he put two broken wires together. He was earned with a slight zap. "Ok, never mind," said Van a bit annoyed. After a few more tried the wires were in place. "Ok do it Zeke," yelled Van. Zeke took into the air and landed in the blade liger. Many of the broken systems were repairing themselves. 'Too bad Zeke can't get everything,' thought Van as he went back to look for more problems. Zeke came out of the blade liger and landed right next to Van. Van noticed that Zeke had something in his mouth. "What do you have there Zeke," asked Van holing out a hand. Zeke dropped the thing into Van's hand and it caused Van's eyes to widen. What was there was a little black box. Zeke growled happily and Van absentmindedly pet him while only looking at the box. He carefully opened it and found the ring that he had bought for Fiona. His features saddened and Zeke happened to notice this. Yet he did nothing thinking Van wanted to be alone so he walked off. Van was kind of happy that Zeke gave him a bit of space. "Planned on proposing to her?" Came Raven's voice from behind him. "I thought about it but she made it clear that she had no feelings for me," said Van sadly. "You are a complete moron," said Raven before turning around and walking off. "What do you mean by that?" asked an enraged Van. "Anyone can see the truth behind that girl. If you can't then I rest my case about you being a moron," said Raven leaving the steaming Van alone.
That night Van just laid there in the blade liger trying to get some rest so he would be at full strength when they made their attack tomorrow. "What did Raven mean by that? Could Fiona have been lying when she said what she said?" van asked himself as he stared up into the sky through the canopy of the blade liger. "She sounded sincere enough, but could she have been lying?" he asked that question again. He pulled out the case with the ring. Determination then came over his face. "If I see her again I will find out what she truly thinks of me. That is the only way that I can see if what everyone thinks is the truth or not," said Van with determination. There was a sudden knocking on the canopy. Looking up he saw Raven standing over it. "If you can't sleep then we might as well get and early start," said Raven before hoping down and getting into his zoid. "Good," was all that Van said before gripping the controls and getting the blade liger moving.
"Hey Raven. What did you mean by you think you know where they are hiding?" asked Van as he followed closely behind Raven. "The person that is leading them is a capable leader but is a real moron for what he did recently," said Raven calmly. "What did he do?" asked Van knowing it had to do with the captures. "I'll show you in just a second," said Raven as they came upon a small camp. He walked over to some baggage and pulled something out of it. Upon looking at it closely Van noticed that it was a map. Getting upon the ground Raven opened the map up to it full length. "So what did he do?" asked Van looking at the map. "You know all of those troops that were sent out to stop you?" asked Raven looking at Van. "Yeah," said Van slightly remembering seeing them. "It is all in the formation of them," said Raven looking at the map. "This is the location of the one's that you destroyed earlier," said Raven placing red X's on the map in multiple area's. "I destroyed that many?" asked Van slightly shocked by what he did. "Yes, now shut up. That is nothing compared to some of the things that I did in the past if you can remember that far back," said Raven looking at Van like he was clueless. "I have also been running into them in my search for Reese," said Raven making even more X's on the map. "Do you see what is going on here?" asked Raven looking at Van. Studying the map over for a few seconds, it then hit Van what was going on. "He put them in a perimeter around his base," said Van looking at the circle that all of the X's were making. "He is moron for doing that. He could have spread them out more so it wasn't more obvious. It was especially stupid for doing this when he knew that we would definitely be angry and come after him. Yet he put them in a perimeter leading us right to them," said Raven calmly. "How can you be sure that that is the place?" asked Van thinking it was too obvious. "I was able to go there and that area is completely packed. Even I probably wouldn't have been able to get in there. Then I heard what was happening with you and headed back," said Raven looking at Van. "So this is it. This is where they have been hiding all of these years. It is time that we finally brought the fight to them," said Van a little happier.
A beeping sound caught Moonbay's ears. She looked over to see one of the computers beeping. Curiosity got the better of her and she pushed the button. Everyone looked up as a screen popped up in front of everyone. Everyone also gasped when they saw who was on it. "Van," said Moonbay happy to see that her friend was all right. "Hey there," said Van with a grin on his face. "Van Flyheight. You have a lot of explaining to do about all of the zoids that you destroyed," said an angry Crougar. "Uh, yeah. Sorry about that. I wasn't myself at the time. I am back to normal now, and it only took a tough zoid fight, a hard punch to the face, and a reality check to make me realize my mistake," said Van sadly. "Listen. I am not calling to get a response to my apology. I have something for you to use. I think that it would definitely be of great use," said Van before the screen shut off and another popped up. "What is this?" asked Moonbay looking at the blank map. "I don't know," said Irvine looking at it as well. "This better not be his idea of a joke," muttered Moonbay. Suddenly all of the V's started to appear on the map until they formed a complete circle and then in the middle was a child like picture of Zack. Moonbay blinked a couple of seconds before she broke out laughing because of the picture. "That is it. That is where the place is located. Raven must have found it and showed it to Van once he knocked some sense into him," said Irvine amazed. "Wait a minute. Wouldn't it usually be the other way of Van trying to stop Raven?" asked Moonbay slightly confused. "Who cares? Now we have it and we can use it to put an end to this meaningless war," said Crougar with a smile on his face.
"This will be a very short trip though unless we can get our zoids functional again," said Raven sadly. "If I had Zeke then he could help out," said Van upset for leaving Zeke behind. A whistling sound caught his ears and he looked up to see Raven pointing towards something. Van turned his head and came face to face with Zeke. "Zeke," said Van happily. "While looking for you he showed up and started to follow me. Must have thought that I would lead him to you," said Raven in his normal tone of voice. "Sorry for leaving you Zeke," said Van petting Zeke on the nose. Zeke growled happily in response. "We had better get to work on the zoid so we can get there before it is too late," said Raven heading out towards the zoids with shadow following right behind him. "Come on Zeke. The sooner we get it done, the sooner we will be able to go and rescue Fiona and Kristi," said Van with a smile. Zeke growled happily in response.
"How are things going with them?" Zack asked a scientist as he watched the three zoidians in their tubes. "All of their life signs appear to be stable. Everything is ready to go as soon as you say so," said the scientist. "How long will it take to complete the task?" asked Zack looking at the scientist. "Hard to say but I think at most it will take a day," said the scientist in a monotonous tone. 'Only one more day left and then my dreams will have been fulfilled. You have failed Flyheight and you will pay for it with the lives of the ones you hold the most dear to yourself,' thought Zack with an evil grin across his face.
"God a lot of these wires sure are messed up. It will take a while to get most of the sorted out, but I have to get this done as soon as possible," said Van in a determined voice. "Alright. Lets try this," said Van as he put two broken wires together. He was earned with a slight zap. "Ok, never mind," said Van a bit annoyed. After a few more tried the wires were in place. "Ok do it Zeke," yelled Van. Zeke took into the air and landed in the blade liger. Many of the broken systems were repairing themselves. 'Too bad Zeke can't get everything,' thought Van as he went back to look for more problems. Zeke came out of the blade liger and landed right next to Van. Van noticed that Zeke had something in his mouth. "What do you have there Zeke," asked Van holing out a hand. Zeke dropped the thing into Van's hand and it caused Van's eyes to widen. What was there was a little black box. Zeke growled happily and Van absentmindedly pet him while only looking at the box. He carefully opened it and found the ring that he had bought for Fiona. His features saddened and Zeke happened to notice this. Yet he did nothing thinking Van wanted to be alone so he walked off. Van was kind of happy that Zeke gave him a bit of space. "Planned on proposing to her?" Came Raven's voice from behind him. "I thought about it but she made it clear that she had no feelings for me," said Van sadly. "You are a complete moron," said Raven before turning around and walking off. "What do you mean by that?" asked an enraged Van. "Anyone can see the truth behind that girl. If you can't then I rest my case about you being a moron," said Raven leaving the steaming Van alone.
That night Van just laid there in the blade liger trying to get some rest so he would be at full strength when they made their attack tomorrow. "What did Raven mean by that? Could Fiona have been lying when she said what she said?" van asked himself as he stared up into the sky through the canopy of the blade liger. "She sounded sincere enough, but could she have been lying?" he asked that question again. He pulled out the case with the ring. Determination then came over his face. "If I see her again I will find out what she truly thinks of me. That is the only way that I can see if what everyone thinks is the truth or not," said Van with determination. There was a sudden knocking on the canopy. Looking up he saw Raven standing over it. "If you can't sleep then we might as well get and early start," said Raven before hoping down and getting into his zoid. "Good," was all that Van said before gripping the controls and getting the blade liger moving.