Fan Fiction / Zoids Fan Fiction ❯ Shattered Reality ❯ Raven's Visit ( Chapter 1 )

"So how are things going out there lieutenant?" asked Crougar as they watched the monitor as if waiting for something. He then waited patiently as moments passed without any response.

There was a short pause before a response came back through the link. "All appears to be quiet out there. It appears that the enemy forces have all been driven back. Should we continue the search?" asked the lieutenant.

"Yes, Keep an eye open for them. They may have retreated, but they might have a plan in mind. So keep an eye open if anything should happen. Do you got that lieutenant? Also do not engage them if you find them," said Crougar with seriousness in his voice.

"Yes sir. We will continue our rounds and report if we are to see anything," said the lieutenant before the link shut off.

"I am getting way too old for this. I guess the only reason that I stick around is for my troops. They would probably be lost without me. Although I do think that in the hands of someone like Van they can turn into the best that there is," said Crougar with a slight chuckle.

A few moments later Van, Irvine, and Thomas came walking into the room. "Sir we have done a search of the area around the base and they all have appeared to have retreated," said Van.

"Good. I still have zoids out searching so if they're still in the proximity of this base we will find them. There is nothing else that you can do for now. So you are dismissed until we will need you again," said Crougar rubbing his head where a headache was starting to form.

"Why are they doing this exactly? The war is finally over and we have peace. So why is it that they continue to do all this?" asked Van confused as to why even in the time of peace, there is still a lot of violence going around.

"They are followers of both Prozen and Hiltz. So they have a major grudge against us for what we did to them. For some reason, I don't think that that is the real reason though. I believe there is another motive behind all of this besides just revenge," said Crougar with a sigh as he sat down in a seat.

"What other type of motives do you think that they have? Because if the reason that we know of isn't their true motive. Then I can't think of any other reason for them to do this," said Van in a quiet voice.

"Prozen and Hiltz may be gone, but there are still many more like him. There are those that crave power. Then there are also those that are unable to let go of fighting in this time of peace, which joined them because they know of nothing else. Those are the two type of people that joined up with the rebel forces. I really don't see why people can enjoy fighting and war that much. It was times like those that brought around the trouble with Hiltz. They hate that we have taken away their way of life," said Crougar laying back in the seat massaging his head.

"If they have a grudge against us they shouldn't be going around and destroying villages like they have been doing. It is disrespectful to all that we have tried to teach them while trying to attain peace," said an angry Thomas unable to hold back his fury.

"They don't care. They have changed too much over the years to even care. They have lost friends, and family because of this and I guess they feel that others should suffer as well. A lot of them must think that this might help get their point across by trying to turn some people against us by making them think that we aren't trying to help them. People would become scared and maybe joined them just to save their own selves," said Crougar in a tired voice.

"But why do that if they won't gain the support from them by doing this? I am sure that there are many that would try and support us for as long as they can," said Thomas trying to look on the brighter side of things.

"It is not that simple. The people support us by giving us supplies from time to time, but should they stop we will eventually stop getting the supplies that we need. In a way it is a lose, lose situation for them. On one hand they have the chance to save themselves by stopping giving us supplies, and on the other hand they have the choice to continue helping us yet having a better chance of being destroyed. We have not lost their support for the moment because we have been able to stop many attacks, but the attacks are increasing and sooner or later we might not be able to stop them anymore," said Crougar once again rubbing his head.

"Then we must stop them. The people are counting on us and I do not intend to let them down. We have a duty to attend to, and I will continue with it until my last breathe," said Van in a determined voice.

"Yes, we should. Those are very wise words Van. Probably something your father would say if he was still around," said Crougar with a small smile just thinking about how much Van was becoming like his father.

"Thank you sir. I will do my best to live up to someone as great as him," said Van returning the smile.

"Very well. You are all dismissed for now. I will call you if I need any help from any of you," said Crougar standing up. He looked at the three warriors and knew that the future was now starting to depend more on them than anything.

With one last salute both Van and Thomas left the control room, but Irvine stayed. "What is it Irvine? Is there something else that you want to ask me?" asked Crougar looking at Irvine curiously.

"What will you do if they actually stop giving us the supplies? Will it mean the end of all that we have worked so hard for?" asked Irvine in a worried voice. He really didn't want to think about it but it was something that was constantly on his mind since he heard Crougar talking about it.

"Then we will have even more work to do. Even with that one problem though, we will not stop with our pursuit of justice. They need to be stopped and a small thing like that will not be what will stop us," said Crougar in a tired voice.

"I see. We don't need anymore work than we already have. So I will see that something like that never happens," said Irvine with a smirk. With that said, Irvine turned around and left the room.

"It is people like those three that we need in this day and time. They are willing to fight till the end even at the cost of their lives to maintain the peace. If only there were far more like them, then we wouldn't have to worry about something like this rebellion," said Crougar once again sitting back down in the chair.

*****

Van just walked down the halls as if in a daze thinking over all that was said. `Why must there always be fighting? I know what it is like to lose someone important to problems like this, but I have no urge to ruin the peace. So why are they all still fighting?' Van asked himself as he continued to walk around.

"Van, is something the matter?" asked Fiona when she ran into him. She was surprised when he jumped a little by her sudden appearance. "I am sorry," said Fiona for sneaking up on him like that.

"It isn't any problem Fiona. I wasn't paying attention to what was going on around me. About what is the matter, I guess it is just all that is happening lately. I mean, we finally got rid of the deathstinger and the deathsaurer, and these people start these attacks when we thought there would be peace. How many times do we manage to obtain peace only to have it taken away from us?" asked Van with a sigh of grief.

"I know how you feel. I was frozen to get away from the destruction that the deathsaurer brought. Yet when I woke up, I find this world that is constantly at war. I want peace just as much as anyone else, but is bloodshed really the way that it needs in order to obtain it?" asked Fiona in a sad tone.

"We have to stop this or else the peace that we worked so hard to attain will have been for nothing. I don't want that to happen. Sooner or later I might end up having a family and I don't want them to be stuck in this type of world when we could have one of peace. Sometimes I wonder what my father would do if he was still around. It sometimes helps me to think of what type of a decision to make in a time like this," said Van.

"Don't worry Van. I am sure you will find a way to stop this. You are one of the strongest people that I know. If there is anyone that is capable of stopping something like this, I am sure that you are one of those people," said Fiona with a smile as she put a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Thanks Fiona It has always been easy talking to you like this. It has always helped me in calming me about whatever has been bothering me," said Van with a small smile. It was definitely something that Fiona wanted to see in a time like this.

*****

"Sir, I am sorry to say that we were forced to retreat," said a soldier while reporting on what happened. At first appearance he appeared to be shaking slightly at just the sight of the man.

"Miserable failures," growled the man, "I brought you here so that you would help me accomplish my goals of bringing down the empire and the republic. I don't expect any failure from anyone that works for me. So from now on you had better work much harder if you value you life," he continued in a dangerous tone.

"Yes, I know but we were out numbered this time. Plus they have people like Van Flyheight. How are we supposed to continue fighting with a force like that?" asked the shaking soldier.

"Easy. You fight until you very last breath. Live or die, it doesn't matter as long as you obtain victory. If you can't accomplish the simple tasks that I give you then I don't know why I keep you around," said the man.

"Please forgive us, master Zack. I promise that it won't happen again. Just please don't kill me. If you do then you will have less people to fight for you," said the soldier starting to shake even more. He seriously hoped that it would work to get him out of this mess.

"Whatever, you are dismissed. Now get out of my sight before I change my mind," said Zack turning to face the man with his cold violet eyes. The glare that he was sending was enough to scare any man.

"Y-y-y-y-yes sir. I will go right away. Once again I am sorry for our failure," said the soldier as he hastily backed up to the door. As soon as he reached it, he opened it very quickly and dashed out of the room knowing that Zack was easy to change his mind at the last moment.

"Fools," muttered Zack once the soldier left. "Do they actually think that I even give a care about their lives? I would kill them in an instant if I didn't need their help in certain things," said Zack while grumbling many other things as well.

At that moment another man appeared from behind Zack. He took one look at Zack and immediately knew what was up. "I guess I don't have to ask how thing went, do I?" asked the man while standing in the shadows.

"If you have to ask, then you must be much stupider than I originally thought. By the way, what took you so long Ryan? The mission I sent you on couldn't have been that hard to accomplish," said Zack in a much calmer voice than before.

"I have done as you requested but there aren't many left. At most, I could only manage to find two of them with the requirements that we actually need. It was the two that we already knew of though. Do you have any idea where more can be?" asked Ryan in a voice that told people that he didn't fear Zack.

"No, I don't know of the location of any more. These people are fools however. They can't do anything right, so the ones that we do know of we weren't able to get," said Zack. "So what else do you have to report besides what has already been?" asked Zack.

"As far as I can tell there is very few that are even left altogether, like maybe 5 or 6 left in this world but only two of them have what you need. With this help though, we won't be able to get either of them," said Ryan in an annoyed voice.

"One we know the location of, but the other one won't remain still so it is much harder to be able to find the exact location of it. It would definitely be a good idea to keep any of the soldiers from speaking. So I am going to send you out in the next battle to make sure that it will not happen. After the battle is over. If we don't have it, than you will remain in charge of them until the mission is accomplished," said Zack in a demanding voice.

"So I guess we will just stick with this one for now, and go after the other later since we will need both of them. Once we have the two of them, then we will worry about the third," said Zack with a small chuckle in his voice.

"I agree with you. No point worrying about it now when we might come across it along the way. I mean sooner or later we are bound to fins the location of a new one. It is then that we will make our true attack," said Ryan with a small laugh.

"These people still think that I am fighting for their purposes but I have my own I plan in mind that they would hate me for if I told them so we will keep it a secret for now. Does that sound good?" asked Zack with a grin on his face.

"I agree. It isn't like any of them are even smart enough to know our true reason behind all that we have been doing. Even if one was to find out. He wouldn't live long enough to tell it to anyone," said Ryan still laughing.

"They are trying to get me what I want, but they think that it is something that might help them in their own cause. Such a simple plan for us to use on simple minds," said Zack with a wide grin.

"Than I guess I had better go and set up for the battle. They will probably lose without any help anyways," said Ryan as he prepared to leave the room. He was stopped though when Zack spoke.

"You are not going to do any fighting. Let them get creamed for all I care. Just don't let our plans be spilled should any of them manage to be captured. I will have someone get into the base while they are occupied with the battle. He is the one that you need to keep an eye on. He gets captured, and you are to kill him. Do you got that?" asked Zack in a dangerous voice.

"Of course. That is something that might be a bit fun to do. Although I would prefer to be on the battlefield taking on Van Flyheight. I could probably get him out of the way," said Ryan in a tough voice.

"Making sure our plans aren't spilt is far more important than taking out Flyheight at the moment. If he was to know what we are after, than our job might never get done," said Zack with annoyance at the mention of Van.

"I understand sir, and I will make sure that everything remains a secret for the moment. Is there anything else that you would like me to do?" asked Ryan already starting to walk towards the door.

"No, Just get your job done and make sure that no flaws occur with our brilliant plan. Now, get going. We are going to attack them in the dead of night. No one will get in our way. Do you got that? Now go, and I expect some good results when you get back. Whether we achieved getting what we needed or you get your job done. Go now and hurry back," said Zack pointing towards the door.

"As you wish sir. I will get to it right away," Ryan gave a slight bow before walking out of the door of the room leaving Zack alone. The room was very quiet after that until something happened.

Zack then started to give a slight chuckle. "Yes, this plan is perfect. No matter how hard he tries, Van Flyheight will eventually fall to my power. When that day comes, nothing will stand in the way of my victory. He may not be my target at the moment, but eventually he will die," said Zack before breaking out into a full-blown laugh.

*****

"Incoming attack sir. There appears to be a large number of zoids approximately twenty mile south of here heading up in our direction. We are awaiting your command sir," said a soldier sitting behind a computer.

"Everyone get to your zoids. We are going into battle. Be prepared because this is an even large number than the last time we fought these guys. I repeat, everyone get to your zoids," said Crougar over the intercom.

"Why do they seem to be focusing only on this base. So many different bases and they don't give us any bit of rest. I am sick and tired of this," said Van as he ran into the hanger at full speed. He was stopped though by a voice.

"Maybe it is because you are here, Van. A target like you is far too tempting for anyone to pass up. They get the bragging right of that they were the ones to kill the hero of planet Zi Van Flyheight," said a voice from behind the door that Van had just run past.

Van quickly looked only to see Raven behind the door with a smirk on his face. "What are you doing here Raven? I am sure that you must have some other place to be at this moment," said Van with annoyance in his voice.

"No need to be so mean. I am here because I felt like it. It is not like it is exactly going to kill you that I am here," said Raven with the smirk on his face only widening at the look of annoyance on Van's face.

"Actually you probably would try to kill me while you are here. It has been something that you have been trying to do for years," said Van showing his annoyance very clearly.

"No, I never wanted to kill you. I have a lot of respect for you. That is why I just wanted to beat you. Plus, that was the former me. I have changed Van," said Raven with a smirk on his face.

"Well then if you are such a changed man, then why don't you help us? We can definitely use it for all that has been going on," said Van trying to get any help that they could because he wanted to fighting to be over with.

"Forget it. I may have changed but I haven't changed that much. Now I will only fight my own battles against these guys. There is no way that I am going to help you people," said Raven with a slight frown.

"Then why don't you just leave? You are only in the way at the moment. It will also make everyone else feel a bit better, because in case you haven't noticed, there are still people that are afraid of you," said Van trying to get him to leave.

"I am free to do as I want. Besides, I came here for a reason Van. I need to talk to you about all that has been going on. I was hoping that you would be able to fill me in on some of the things that have been happening because I have been having a problem with these guys. Nothing I can't take care of myself but I thought I might as well ask you a question since the military probably know more about this that I do so I figured that I would get it from the source," said Raven trying to get down to the point about why he was even here in the first place.

"I don't have time for this. I have to get out there for the fight. If you need to talk than just stay here and wait because I don't have time to talk at the moment," said Van as he quickly continued to run to his zoid.

`Apparently it isn't only us that they are after, since Van said that they are continuously attacking this base,' thought Raven. `What are they after. It is apparently something important if they won't leave either of us alone,' Raven thought to himself. He then shrugged it off and went back to his waiting place ignoring all of the stares that he was getting.

*****

"Why… don't… you… guys… ever… give… up?" yelled Van as he said one of the words every time he sliced through a zoid with his blade liger. However, every time he managed to take down two zoid another would appear in its place.

"That is it for these guys. Now time to find some more. I have to stop these guys before they can do anymore damage," said Van looking around. Suddenly a pteras soared over Van's head heading towards the base. "Damn it," yelled Van as he gave chase to it, but some zoids were creating a wall to stop him from getting to the zoid that got by. "Out of my way," yelled Van as he sliced through the zoids but ended up running into even more. "You all have a death wish don't you?" asked Van.

The zoids merely replied by attacking him. One charged him and hit just below Van's cockpit. It was then that he noticed that there was no pilot. "Sleepers. These are just decoys," growled Van in frustration as he realized they were purposely stopping him.

"I know a lot of them actually have pilots, so they must be using these to stop me. What are they after that is in the base though? I had better find out," said Van as he made a hole that he could manage to get through. He put the blade liger to it's limits to get to the base. He quickly jumped out of the blade liger once he had reached it and ran in search of the intruder.

*****

The intruder was running through the base when suddenly he ran over Raven's leg. "An intruder, huh?" asked Raven with slight amusement in his voice. `Maybe I will have a little fun while I am here and torture some information out of him,' thought Raven with a smirk.

The guy got scared because he realized that this man was Raven, and the guy quickly got to his feet and started to run off but Raven gave chase. "I have questions that I need to ask you, and you are going to answer them either the easy way or the hard way. It is your choice," yelled Raven while running after the man who didn't stop. "I guess it will be the hard way then," yelled Raven remaining in pursuit of the man.

A few moments later Rave saw Van finally catch up to him. "What took you so long? You were about to miss all of the fun," said Raven with a smirk on his face as he continued in the pursuit.

"Sleepers kept getting in my way, but they were no problem. I took them out and then headed straight here. I hope that isn't a problem," said Van smirking just as much as Raven was.

"Not at all. I am sure that you probably have questions that you want to ask that guy as well. Plus I think our two problems are somehow linked together," said Raven in a serious voice.

"What type of problem are you having with these guys? You were on their side so you would think that they would want you to help. Did you do something to s=them to make them angry?" asked Van in a slightly confused voice.

Raven wasn't able to answer though, because the man was now in their reaching range. Van reached out as far as he could and he managed to tackle the guy into the dirt.

"We have questions and you will answer them," said Van. "Now what is this all about. Why the hell are you doing all of this?" yelled Van while shaking the guy hoping to get him to speak.

"I will never tell you," said the soldier with a smirk as he watched Van stand over him.

Van responded by grabbing the man's arm and he twisted it behind his back in a very painful way. Van knew that because of the yell of pain that the man gave after a few moments.

"Why are you after us? You had better tell me right now or else you will be in more pain," said Raven grabbing the arm that Van just had a few moments before and holding it behind the man's back without twisting it yet.

"Why should I tell you," said the soldier in pain. Even without Raven twisting it yet, it still hurt a lot from when Van was twisting his arm. He didn't want to tell because he knew that he would be killed if he did.

"Because I don't think that your arm will take much more. Also know this. I am not as nice as Van is so it will be a lot more painful when I do it," said Raven as he grabbed the arm and started to twist it little by little. The man let off a holler in pain as they heard a cracking sound. "Sounds like your arm is about to break," said Raven.

"Fine, I will tell you. Just please stop. My arm can't take it anymore," said the soldier in great pain.

"Then why is it that you are doing this? Why are you coming after us. You had better tell us now," yelled Van in the man's face. Van was prepared to listen to every word that the man said and use it to stop all the chaos.

"Its because…" said the soldier but the next thing they heard was the sound of a gunshot and the soldier dropping to the ground dead. Blood spilled from a bullet wound in the head all over the ground.

Van and Raven looked in the direction that the shot came from and found a tall man on a hill holding a gun down by his side. As soon as they noticed him, he took off running before either of them could even start moving.

When they regained movement from the shock of what had happened. They quickly got up and gave chase but as they got to the top of the hill they looked around and didn't see any sign of him.

"Great he got away. There goes my one lead as to why they are doing this. If only we had gotten the information a little quicker than none of this would have happened," yelled Raven in his fury.

"Why were you trying to get information from him?" asked Van curious as to what Raven's reason were for doing all of this.

"It's because everywhere Reese and I have been going we have been finding these guys, like they were following us. We've changed so we didn't kill them but they still kept showing up everywhere that we go. So even though I didn't like it we came to talk to you about it," said Raven in an annoyed voice.

"They are followers of Prozen and Hiltz or so we heard. So maybe they were coming here and going after you and me because of what we did to them," said Van trying to think of an excuse.

"Maybe," was all that the upset Raven could say. Raven then just got up onto his feet and walked off without even saying a word.

*****

"So how did it go? I expect that you at least have a bit of good news for me. am I right?" asked Zack as Ryan appeared in the room. He waited patiently for a while for Ryan to answer.

"Our soldier that infiltrated the base was caught but was caught by Raven and Van. We were still unable to obtain what we needed. It is always so much fun though to see how annoyed we can get them by not allowing them to know what they wanted," said Ryan with a smirk on his face.

"So Raven knew we were following him. That is interesting. It proves that our soldiers have no ability in sneaking around places. What about the soldier?" asked Zack putting aside all of the other problems.

"I shot him before he told what we were after. Like I said, they were very annoyed at that happening because they both wanted to know what was going on," said Ryan with a smirk.

"Good, because I wouldn't want them know what we are after. It would ruin the whole surprise that I have in store for them when the time comes for me to tell them," said Zack with an amused grin.

"I overheard them talking from my hiding spot and they think that we are after them though. They must only go after the answers that are easiest to think of even if it is wrong," said Ryan with a laugh.

"How little they know," said Zack with a laugh. "If they can't figure out what we are after than I don't think there is even any point in telling them," said Zack still laughing.

"What we are after though still requires one more even if we get the ones we know about," said Ryan. "So do you have any clues as to where a third is located?" asked Ryan scratching the back of his head.

"That is why you are looking for it. You are the one that is supposed to be finding these things out not me. so you had better find it soon because it is only a matter of time before the two are ours," said Zack with a grin.

"I have been looking. There are no more that have what we need. At one time there might have been more with what we need but all of those are gone," said Ryan trying to think of how they could find another.

"Don't worry we will eventually find it," said Zack, "Until then though, we will have to wait and be patient. One might eventually show up it is more of a waiting game till then."

"What will we do if one doesn't show up? All of our plans will be ruined. Unless we find it, all of the trouble that we have been going through will be for nothing," said Ryan in an annoyed voice.

"Then this will all be for nothing as you had said. However, I believe that one will eventually show up so all we have to do is sit back, wait, and let our soldiers do all the work for us until that day happens," said Zack leaning back in the chair he was sitting in.

"I think that it is a pain just looking for them and another bigger pain to try to get our hands on them. You know perfectly well what I am talking about. So why is it that we can't get the ones we know of?" asked Ryan in annoyance..

"You need some more patience," said Zack.

"Sorry sir but patience is really not one of my strong points. I am not the type that is really into waiting but a type that likes to just take action whenever I get the chance," said Ryan with a sigh.

"No need to be sorry. Just as long as you find another one we will get what we have always dreamed of," said Zack.

"Yes sir," said Ryan.

*****

`It is weird that they were after the base that I am in, and they are following Raven, but why. It has to be something far more than just that. I don't really think that that is the reason, so what is there reason for needing to sneaking into the base?' Van asked himself.

"What are you thinking about? Do you think that it is anything that I might be able to help with?" asked Fiona approaching Van who was sitting at a table alone. This startled Van from his contemplating state.

"Oh hey Fiona. I didn't see you there. You must be getting good at sneaking up on me if this is the second time today that you did that," said Van with a smile on his face.

"No. it is just that you aren't even paying attention to what is going on around here. So, are you going to talk to me about what is going on?" asked Fiona hoping to get to the bottom of the problems that Van had been having.

"Raven showed up here earlier today because he was having some trouble with the soldiers from the same people that we have been fighting. Apparently they had been following him and Reese for quite some time," said Van with a sigh.

"Why would they want him? I thought that he had given up on his former life after he helped us to defeat the deathsaurer. So why would they want him?" asked Fiona in a very confused voice.

"We guess that it might have to do with us killing Prozen and Hiltz but we are not positive. I have a feeling that that might not be what they are after. I just can't figure it out though," said Van in a tired voice.

"You shouldn't worry too much. You two are some of the best zoid pilots around so they won't be able to take you down easily. If you keep all of this worrying up you will be too tired to even defend yourself," said Fiona with a bright smile on her face. She hoped that it would help Van feel better.

"I am not certain they are after us even though. I once thought that but not anymore. I am positive that they must be after something else," said Van as he put his head down on the table.

"Why? How do you know that they are after something besides you?" asked Fiona not knowing what Van was talking about at that moment.

"Raven just came to the base so they couldn't have known that he was there and they saw me out on the battlefield. So why would they need to get into the base if they didn't know Raven was here and I wasn't even in the base?" asked Van slamming his fist down in frustration.

"Maybe they were after information that was in this base. That could be the reason. It would make a lot of sense if they were trying to come up with a way to try and defeat you by using data gathered in the base," said Fiona after a short pause in which she used to think.

"That doesn't explain Raven though. Why follow him. He doesn't have any data like this base has. So that cancels out your attempt for an explanation for their behavior," said Van with a sigh thinking that it was hopeless to even try and find out what they were even up to.

"Maybe they just wanted to see if they could get him to join their side. He would make a powerful ally if he was to join sides. It could end up changing the tide of this war," said Fiona after another thought.

"Maybe, but I just don't know what they are really up to. Maybe after a little sleep I will be able to figure this all out," said Van rubbing his head where a headache was forming.

"You go rest. I am sure that after that you will be in better shape to think of reasons for what they are doing," said Fiona with a smile as she stood up waiting for Van. "Care to walk me to my room?" asked Fiona with a sweet smile.

Van couldn't help but smile at this. "Sure. It is on the way anyways. Thanks Fiona for trying to help me out with my problem. It might make it easier thinking through some of those reason we thought of later," said Van smiling back at Fiona.

"You're welcome Van. You should know that I would always be there to help you if you ever needed it. All you have to do is ask and I will do whatever you need help with. Just remember that if you ever have any trouble. Ok?" said Fiona with a smile on her face.

"Yeah, I will make sure that I remember that for the next time that I have a problem. I don't know what I would do without you there to help me when I need it," said Van returning the smile. Van then stood up. "Come on, lets get going," said Van with a smile.

Fiona nodded her head and the two of them walked out of the area talking happily all the way down the halls until they reached their rooms.

"I'll see you tomorrow Fiona," said Van as he kept walking on after he dropped Fiona off at her room. He walked off happily towards his room now with a smile on his face.

Van walked into his room and after quickly getting changed, he got into bed. However one thought kept him up for a while after that. `What are they after?' That one thought just wouldn't leave Van's head. After a number of minutes of trying Van managed to put it aside and fell asleep in a welcoming sleep.