Fan Fiction / Zoids Fan Fiction ❯ Shattered Reality ❯ Protect the Wind Colony ( Chapter 2 )

"Do we have the security tapes from when that guy snuck into the base?" asked Van to a security officer. He was intent on finding what the man was looking for before that other man killed him.

"Sorry sir. There was interference coming from somewhere at the time and it blocked of the security camera's at the time. We have no surveillance from anywhere in the base even now," said the security officer with a tone of regret that he couldn't help at the moment.

`These guys planned it out well,' thought Van, `they really didn't want us to know anything. First they killed the man when he was going to tell us, and then they messed with the security."

"Like I said I'm sorry. If we do find something, then we will tell you. However, until we do find something, than we can't help you in any way," said the security officer turning back to the screen to try and get it operational again.

"It's alright. Just try and get them up for now. I would appreciate it if you would tell me if you did find anything," said Van as he turned around and started to walk out of the room.

He walked down the halls with no destination in mind until he heard Thomas calling for him. "Hey Van. Wait up," yelled Thomas running to catch up to Van. Bending over, he started to take deep breaths. It was obvious to anyone that he had been running for a while.

"What is it Thomas? Why were you running?" asked Van with curiosity in his voice. "Is it something important because I am starting to get a bit hungry and I want to go get something to eat," said Van after hearing his stomach growl a little out of hunger. He waited silently for Thomas to catch his breath and answer him.

"Colonel Crougar wants to see all of us. He says that we have an important mission that he wants us to complete. He says that the mission is very important and that he wouldn't take no for an answer. Don't see why he would say that because he is the commanding officer in this base so everyone in it has to follow his orders," said Thomas upon catching his breath.

"Ok. I will be there in a few minutes," said Van as he turned around and started to head in the direction of the command room. He stopped though and turned to look at Thomas. "He didn't happen to mention what this mission was supposed to be did he?" asked Van out of curiosity.

"No. He just told me to go get the guardian force and tell them to meet him," said Thomas with a shrug of his shoulders. "Now if you will excuse me, I have to go find Irvine. Bet he will say that he isn't in the guardian force when I mention this to him," said Thomas turning around and running in the opposite direction of Van.

"I wouldn't doubt that Irvine would say something like that. Not that it would really matter since he will get stuck doing this anyways. Who is he even trying to kid anyways? He knows perfectly well that he is in this. Even if he doesn't want to admit it," Van said to himself with a small chuckle.

He continued to walk until he was at the command room. Opening the door, he found out that he was the first one there. Over the next few minutes, many other came into the room. Such people were Thomas, a reluctant Irvine, Fiona, a tired Moonbay, and a bunch of other guardian force members.

"Good. It appears that everyone is here. Now it is time that we get down to business. More and more towns are being destroyed, and we have yet to be able to do anything. Therefore we have gone over everything and tried to find out what their next target will be. With what we know, we are going to be sending each of you to these towns in an attempt to stop them. You are all to stay there until they come or you are ordered back," said Crougar looking over all of them.

"How is that you know where they are going to attack. If you know what they are doing, than why is that you are only now trying to stop them?" asked Van out of curiosity.

"They seem to be targeting the town that give us our supplies or the towns that support us the most. We are going to send you to these towns in an attempt to stop them. Also the only reason that we are starting now is that a bunch of soldiers have just come in so we are able to spare a few to go on this mission. It is not that we have been trying to protect ourselves up till now. We have been trying but their forces have continued to overwhelm a number of our troops. We are now only able to use the guardian force to get the job done. I am sure that you will all be able to handle them because all of you are the best that we have," said Crougar with a proud smile.

"Then why am I even here? I am not a part of the guardian force," said an annoyed Irvine. Everyone but Moonbay ignored him. All Moonbay did about it though was elbow him hard in the stomach.

"Good. Since that is all cleared, you are all free to go. You are to leave as soon as you can. Good luck to all of you, and come back safely," said Crougar with a smile while everyone.

"Um sir. Where are you going to be sending me?" asked Van as he approached Crougar after everyone had left. He thought he might as well know right now instead of waiting a few minutes for him to tell him so that he could just get started immediately.

"The wind colony. I thought that since it was your home that you should be the one to deal with it deal with it there. You are to take Fiona with you as well. The wind colony is one of the most important places for us. They are one of the ones that give us the most supplies. So they are one of the most important to take care of right now," said Crougar. He was happy to see the smile that came upon Van's face upon hearing this.

"Thank you sir. I will make sure that nothing happens there. They will not destroy my home while I am still alive. Thank you sir," said Van with a salute before turning and leaving the room.

*****

"So where is it that Crougar decided to send us to Van?" asked Fiona when they left the base. Van hadn't told her much except that they would be leaving quickly and that he would tell her on the way.

"We're going to the wind colony. We are heading back home," said Van with a smile at the thought of being allowed to head back to his home and see everyone once things were all settled down there.

"So we are going back to your home huh? I can't wait. It will be a good thing for us to get away for a little while and see your sister and all of the other villagers" said Fiona with a smile that matched Van. She looked up to Maria as a sort of sister much like Moonbay so she liked the thought of going.

"They're big supporters of us and are a big target. Crougar believes that they are definitely going to be a target at some point so we are to stay there until they come," said Van looking back towards Fiona.

"It probably also has something to do with you being born there that he wanted you to be sent there. Since we do know that the enemy really hates your guts, it makes it a large target for them to get their hands on.," said Fiona as she stared out of the canopy and into the desert. She didn't want to think of something like that happening to Van's hometown or any of its inhabitants.

"That is why Crougar sent me there and not someone else. He knew that I would have wanted to protect my home," said Van seriously yet with a small smile still on his face. It was quiet for a few minutes before Van spoke again. "When we do get there we won't be able to go into the town," said Van with a slightly saddened look in his eyes as he said it.

"Why can't we go in there and see your sister and the rest of the villagers?" asked Fiona curious as to why they couldn't. She was looking forward to seeing everyone and they weren't allowed to even go in.

"We are to draw them out in the open but if they know we're there they might not even try," said Van a little frustrated as he pounded the controls with his fist. He absolutely hated just sitting around and doing nothing.

Fiona placed one of her hands upon Van's shoulder before she spoke. "It is going to be alright. This is for the best and with you there I am sure that the wind colony will be in safe hands. You will protect it like you said your father used to before he died," said Van giving him a small smile.

"Thanks Fiona. I really needed to hear that. It is not just that that I am frustrated about," said Van as he laid back in the seat placing a hand over his forehead to rub away a migraine that was starting to form.

"What is wrong then? You do know that I am here to listen if you feel like talking about it," said Fiona with a broad smile as she tired to cheer him up. It didn't really do much at that moment.

"Yeah, I know. What is bothering me is that I have this strange feeling that these men are after a lot more than any of us think. You are the one with the premonitions but I know that something bad is bound to happen. I guess that it is just worrying me a bit when I think about what it is that they could want and how it is going to affect all of us if they get it. I tried to figure it out by watching the security tapes but they were all down when they attacked so I didn't know the movements of the guy that managed to break into the base. That could have helped a lot but they weren't there. Maybe I am just being paranoid and giving them far too much credit," said Van with a laugh as he shook his head.

"Not at all. I think that you are probably right about thinking that they are after something. Although I don't know what it is but I know even with a premonition that your instincts are right about all of this," said Fiona with a smile as she kept her hand upon his shoulder.

"Thanks Fiona, once again I really needed that. Come one Zeke. Let's hurry incase they attack before we even get there," said Van trying to calm down a little before he got the blade liger going close to full speed to lessen the time it took to get there. Zeke then growled in response.

*****

They two of them got to the wind colony a few days later and they were happy to find that it was all still in one piece when they got there. all that they had to do now was wait for the enemy to come. They did that for a few days however Van was not happy about it. "This is so boring," said Van after they had been waiting for a few days. He had never been a very patient person and all of this waiting was really starting to get on his nerves very fast.

"I know it is but we have to follow orders and stay out of the town. Just think of what we can do when this is all over though. We can go and see your sister and eat some of her delicious food," said Fiona trying to look on the brighter side of things for the moment. She nearly laughed when she looked at Van and saw that he was drooling at the mere thought of a delicious homemade meal by Maria "Close your mouth Van," said Fiona with a giggle as he shut his mouth.

"I hope that they come soon or we are going to end up running out of supplies very quickly," said Van as he looked at their diminishing stash of food, "and we were told to stay out of the town until they come so that means we can't restock until they come," said Van with a frown. Van just looked out of the cockpit when he thought he saw something. "Huh, what was that?" said Van as he tried to look a little harder out of the cockpit.

"What is it Van?" asked Fiona seeing him looking out of the cockpit like he had seen something but she didn't see anything when she looked out side. "Did you notice something Van?" asked Fiona as she continued to try and see what Van was looking at but she failed yet again.

"I think I just saw something," said Van said Van as he sat down and quickly searched for any sign of the binoculars that he had brought with them before they had left.

"What did you see?" asked Fiona asked Fiona grabbing the binoculars from right next to Van and handing it to him without even taking a look to see what he was seeing with her own eyes first.

"I don't know," said Van. He opened up the cockpit and took the binoculars that Fiona was handing him. Looking through them he saw what he thought they we most liking going to be. "They're here," said Van with a smirk as he gave Fiona the binoculars so that she could see what he was talking about for herself.

"Uh Van," said Fiona and Van could tell that something was wrong with the way she said it. She said it with a slightly nervous voice once she saw something. She put the binoculars down and looked at Van.

"What is it? Is there something wrong with all of this" asked Van in a slightly worried voice once he noticed the worried expression on Fiona's face. It was something that he never liked to see on her face because it always tended to mean that something bad was going to happen.

"There's not only zoids but also a few dozen soldiers as well," said Fiona pointing towards the wind colony where there were a good amount of soldiers. "Uh… how exactly are we going to be able to take on that many of them all by ourselves?" asked Fiona hoping that Van would have an answer to that.

"We will have to separate their forces by dividing them with two different attacks," said Van calmly. "Zeke take over the controls of the blade liger and take care of the zoids. Fiona come with me we have to help them," said Van as he held out a hand to help Fiona out of the blade liger.

"Right," said Fiona as she grabbed his hand and both her and Van jumped out of the cockpit but not before grabbing weapons to protect themselves with. They both ran to the wind colony while Zeke took off to take care of the zoids.

*****

"Get all the citizens to a safe place," said the village priest upon seeing the soldiers charge in. "I heard about this. They have been destroying town after town and not even the guardian force has been able to help," he said. "Anyone capable of fighting stay and help out the others," he yelled.

The people were in a panic and running everywhere. "Help!" came the scream of Van's sister Maria as a soldier was advancing on her. The man was looking at her through hungry and lustful eyes.

"No, stay away from her," said the priest as he ran to try to get to her but was stopped by another soldier. "Great," said the priest with a groan of frustration as he tried to get around the man but every move he made the man made.

"Hold it right there you're not helping anyone," said the soldier with a confident smirk on his face, "Hey where are the zoids they should be here by now," yelled the soldier into a communicator. Suddenly though it was shot out of his hand. "What the," said the soldier looking around but he couldn't find anyone.

The priest used this time to hit the soldier hard. He dropped the gun he had and the priest picked it up and very swiftly he pointed it at the man. `Being in the military for a few years has really paid off,' thought the priest as he held the gun steady in its position.

"Hold it right there," said the other soldier who had a gun pointed to Maria, "Drop the gun or she will get it," said the soldier as he pointed the gun right to Maria's forehead making the woman whimper a little.

The priest had no choice and put down the gun. The soldier that he hit then hit him. "Give up there is no hope," said the soldier with a smirk. The priest could do nothing but glare at him.

"That's not good," said Van on a rooftop that he climbed on top of. He saw everyone including his sister being rallied into one place but there was still a pretty good amount that were trying to get away. It was unfortunate that no one was able to get away because they were caught rather quickly

"Van you have to help them," said Fiona upon seeing them taken away to a group of other villagers that were caught as well. She hated to see the fear and panic that were on the people's faces at that moment. All were scared that they would either die or lose their homes.

"We don't have the strength to take them all on at once," said Van. "Let's hope that Zeke can at least take care of the zoids. If we are lucky than that might draw the attention of a number of them away from the village. That way we will be able to take them down much easier but that isn't to say that it will still be easy," said Van as he stared down at all of his fellow villagers. He couldn't blame any of them for being scared, if he was in their position he thought that he would be scared as well but with all of the years of military training that he has had, he doesn't really fear that much anymore except for a few things.

"What do you think will happen until then? Do you think that we might have to go against them all if they don't leave to go take care of Zeke?" asked Fiona slightly nervous.

"It is always a possibility. I realize it will be dangerous but I am not going to just leave them all down there to be killed. My father wouldn't, I wouldn't," said Van as he smirked at the thought.

*****

Night came and by then all the villagers had been put in one place. The air was cold despite them being in the middle of the desert. The families all remained together to try and keep warm as the soldiers walked around them looking at them with eyes of malice.

The leader seemed to be getting impatient. He grabbed another communicator and yelled into it. "Where are the zoids," he yelled at the top of his lungs. All that came back was static. He gave a groan as he threw the communicator at the ground but it didn't break. "Half of you get to your zoids and find out what is taking them so long and why they aren't answer the damn communicator," yelled the leader frightening even his own allies..

"Yes sir. We will head out there right now," said one of the soldiers as they ran off as fast as they could in order to avoid the wrath of the leader. They were even more afraid of what would happen if they failed and went back to their commander. He was even worse than anyone that was there.

"Something is going on and I don't like it," said the leader quietly as he started to pace back and forth waiting for a reply that would satisfy him, which would be that the zoid has been obliterated.

"When the guardian force hears about this they will come and then they will put you in your place," yelled Maria when she suddenly found the courage to speak to the leader.

"How do you know? What makes you think that they haven't already abandoned you like they have all of the rest of the villages that we have destroyed," said the leader looking at her with a smirk on his face as he tried to instill fear into every one of the villagers again.

"Because I know my brother wouldn't abandon us. Van would never abandon us. I am sure that he will be here at any moment to defeat you all and save us," said Maria as she stood right into the man's face only to be shoved very roughly to the ground by the man.

"Ah, so you are the sister of Van Flyheight. I heard you were in this village. I also heard that you were quite the beauty. I guess that everything that I heard was true," said the soldier with a smirk on his face, as he looked Maria up and down taking in her form.

Suddenly a voice came over the communicator it was blurry from static but it said, "Sir… there is… blue… zoid out here… it destroyed the… other zoids… and we are having a lot of trouble with it," said the man before the communicator turned to complete static. Meaning that most likely the zoids was destroyed.

Now the man was pissed because he knew that it had to be the guardian force that was here to at least try and save the villagers. "You ten stay here with me to guard the villagers so they don't get away. The rest of you go and take care of that zoid," yelled the leader who was red with fury, "And get the ones we left behind to go in. The numbers will be so great that the zoid won't stand a chance," said the leader with a smirk as he knew that it would more than likely be a fast battle with the amount of zoids they had.

"Yes sir," said many of the soldiers who ran off but not before saluting to the man to show their respects. They all knew that their leader required them to do it and if they forgot, he punished them.

"I don't know what is going on but I plan to find out. Whoever it is that is trying to mess with us is seriously going to regret his actions when we are through with him," said the leader soldier with a scowl as he pulled out his gun and pointed it at anyone that even dared to move from their spots.

"Good job Zeke. Now lets get started Fiona we should be able to take them much easier with only ten of them. I am sure that Zeke will be able to take care of the rest," said Van pulling out his father's knife.

"I'm with you Van. I will take position up here to support you if you need any help," said Fiona as she placed a hand on Van's shoulder to tell him quietly that she was right behind him.

"Thanks Fiona," said Van with a smile as he tied a string around his father's knife and took aim at the gun in the leaders hand. `You are not going to hurt my family or any of my friends,' thought Van as he took aim and let the knife fly out of his hands.

It came so fast none of them could react. A knife came out of nowhere and hit the gun sending them both into a wall with the knife getting stuck into a wall. "What the hell!" yelled the soldier as he clutched his sore hand.

"But that's," said Maria upon seeing the knife and she was able to immediately recognize what it was her fathers old knife. `If that is father's knife, than that could only mean,' thought Maria with a surprised look on her face.

The knife suddenly was pulled back. "Who did that!" yelled the leader looking all around. He looked at where the knife was going and saw it fly back into the hands of Van. He knew who it was and in a way he was glad to see him. `If I can kill him than it will give me quite a reputation,' thought the leader with a smirk.

"By orders of the guardian force you are all under arrest. Since I am sure you already know who I am than I guess we can just skip the introductions," said Van trying to lighten the mood a little.

"Van," yelled Maria happy to see her little brother there to help them out in their time of need just like their father used to do. `Just standing there it almost looks like dad. Van looks so much like him now, only a little younger,' thought Maria with a smile.

Van jumped to the ground and immediately he took down two soldiers before they could prepare themselves. The next thing Van knew though nine guns were pointed at him.

"I give you points for bravery but it was pretty stupid for you to try and take us all on. so I guess that I will just have to take those points back from you," said the leader with a smirk as he pointed his gun towards Van.

Suddenly someone opened fire on them. The aiming wasn't the best and it shot at the legs of the soldier making them all dance. Almost every one of the villagers were laughing at the entertainment that was presented to them.

"Thanks Fiona. You saved me there," yelled Van as he took down a number of other of soldiers. He was having trouble because the image of them dancing kept playing through his head. He managed to put it aside as he worked to knock out as many as he could.

One of the soldiers was about to fire their gun at Van but one of the villagers managed to take him down with a frying pan they managed to get a hold of. Soon enough though everyone was up and was fighting to get rid of the soldiers from their homes. Having Van there seemed to do the trick to manage to get everyone to fight back.

"I suggest you drop you gun, and come quietly or I will be forced to shoot," said Van with a stern voice. He really didn't want to shoot the guy. He wanted to take him in so that he could ask some questions. He was higher ranking than the rest so there was a good chance that this guy knew what was going on and what their leader wanted from the guardian force.

"I will never be taken by you. I would rather die than allow myself to be taken in," said the leader with a scowl on his face. Very quickly he took out a hidden gun but instead of pointing it Van, he pointed it at his head and pulled the trigger. There was a bang and then his lifeless body fell to the ground with a thud.

"I can't believe that he did that to himself. It was like he didn't even value his own life in the least bit," said Van with a frown as he looked over the dead man. `He was the key to some answers but now I still don't know what is going on,' thought Van sadly.

"Van are you ok?" asked Fiona when the rest had been taken care of. She noticed the sad look in his eyes and it kind of worried her a bit. "Is everything all right?" she asked when he didn't respond.

"Yeah, but I wanted to bring him in. He could have answered some of the questions that we had but he killed himself instead. Who ever is in charge of them must not care about their well-being as long as his secret remains secret. So he just makes them kill themselves if there is a chance they would be captured," said Van sadly as he looked off into the distance.

"I know you are upset. I am too. He should have had to kill himself for something like this," said Fiona quietly as she looked in the same direction as Van. "There is no point in thinking about it too much now. It will only get in the way of our future missions, especially if they have to do with these rebels," said Fiona with a small smile as she placed a comforting hand on Van's shoulder. She was pleased when she saw his reaction was a smile.

"Hello Van. It is good to see you once again. I hope that you are keeping out of trouble," said the priest walking up to him while laughing a little bit.

"Hey there. It is good to see you again too. Don't worry I am staying out of trouble, or at least I am trying to," said Van with a slight shrug of his shoulders as well as a bit of humor in his voice.

"How did you know this place was going to be attacked? We didn't even have a clue until all the soldiers just suddenly came storming into the village and started to drag us out of our houses," said the priest with a slightly confused look on his face.

"Crougar had a hunch that it would be attacked because of its connection to the guardian force. I would say it was a very good assumption now that it has all happened," said Van with a small smile crossing his face.

"Well we were glad for the help. I am not sure what would have happened to us had you been here to help us. By the way. When was it that you got here?," asked the priest since Van never showed himself until now.

"It was no problem. We got here a few days ago but we were ordered to stay out of sight until they showed up," said Van with a small shake of his head. "Listen we have to head back I hope that you will be prepared now should they make another attack because we can't stay here forever," said Van with a gloomy look on his face just thinking about it.

"We will, so you have nothing to worry about," said Maria with a bright smile on her face. "Why don't you two stay for the night and leave in the morning. I will make you something because I am sure that you are both starving," said Maria still smiling. She didn't need a response since she heard the growl of Van's stomach.

"I think we will," said Van with an embarrassed chuckle. "I am definitely starving because we were running out of supplies in the blade liger. "How does that sound Fiona?" asked Van as he turned his attention towards Fiona who gave him a bright smile that he knew was a yes.

"Good because it has been a while since we could see you and it would be good to talk to you for a while. Now come with me so that we can talk," said Maria the three of them walked towards the house.

*****

"What do you mean our attempts have failed? With a force as large as we have sent, you say that Van Flyheight defeated it. Even he should have fallen to that immense of a power," yelled Zack upon hearing the news. He made the decision to attack the wind colony to try and anger Van. He had experience with that sort of thing in the past and he knew that anger tends to cloud a person's judgment and make them tend to do things without really thinking. He knew that with Van like that he wouldn't be able to attack. It might of increased the intensity but he would more than likely get a bit careless in the battle.

"The guardian force was prepared for us and all the attempts we have made failed because they sent some of their members to most of our other targets. It also doesn't help that the people of some of the places that we attacked rose up against us now," said Ryan with an annoyed sigh.

"Talk about incompetence. I don't know why I even bother trying to put up with these failures," growled Zack as he placed his head in his hands and growled out of frustration.

"Are we still going with our original plan sir? If you wish, I will undertake this mission personally since we know that these failures would never be able to pull it off with Van Flyheight around it constantly. I will at least make sure that I will hurt him if I should fail to capture it," said Ryan with a smirk on his face.

"Yes. You are to retrieve it as soon as possible I can't trust anyone around me except for you. I know you will at least have a small bit of good news by the time that you come back," said Zack with a knowing smile.

"Yes sir. I will make sure to bring the news that you are hoping for. All you have to do is be patient while I wait for the perfect opportunity to strike," said Ryan with a bow before he left the room.

Zack was now all alone in the room. He wore a placid expression on his face but soon it turned into a grin. `How long do you think you will survive us Van Flyheight? How long do you think you can keep it from us before you fail?' thought Zack as his grin only grew.