"I could kill you any time I want, but it would be kinder from a friend!"
- Resident Evil 7
"*that scene from Gundam SEED Destiny where Shinn kills the dude on the boat*"
- Gundam SEED Destiny
Mipha's trident clattered to the ground, becoming another one of the countless other weapons of fallen soldiers and warriors who had bravely given their lives to save their world. The Zora Champion staggered backward gasping in pain as she nursed a gash on her side. Her healing energies were seeping out of her faster than she had any hope of mending the wound.
The Waterblight swung his ancient spear to rid it of her blood. Mipha collapsed backwards and landed in the ruined square of Castle Town.
Her role in the prophecies was quickly approaching its end. She realized too late that this was meant to be her destiny. This was meant to be her doom. She was going to die in this sweltering inferno defeated, unaccomplished, and alone, cut down by the hand of the hideous Blight she had fought to regain everything stolen from her.
Something toppled to the pavement next to her. Even with her cloudy vision, she recognized the crumbling silhouette in an instant. His height, the length of his arms, and the form of his shoulders were all too familiar. She would have to know those details by heart. She had sewn the Zora Tunic for him back when she had a different future in mind.
Link was bearing wounds that a less valiant knight would have succumbed to in seconds. His armor was stained the same color as Mipha's scales from dozens of savage stab markings. His throat had been sliced open by a thread of Malice. Wisps of Calamity Ganon's ilk wafted in the air above him as the prophesized monster towered despairingly near his feet. The Master Sword lay next to him in a thousand twinkling shards because all weapons in that game are made of broken glass held together with superglue.
Mipha's and Link's eyes met inches apart. Their mouths were close enough to feel each other's shallow and burdened breath.
There was another sound that came beating down around them. Louder than the screams of dying soldiers and fleeing innocents, more menacing than the bloodthirsty snarls and roars of Ganon's forces, the ground where Mipha and Link had collapsed pounded in a mechanical rhythm.
Mipha weakly reached for his neck and shared the little healing power her body had left. All she could do was ease his pain as he made his transition from the living to the dead.
She had made a vow to protect Link until the very end. At least she was going to keep it.
Link tried to speak, but the damage to his throat caused his voice to fail. His eyes said he had lost all hope. His lips silently mouthed the words "I'm sorry, Mipha." She replied by whispering "You did everything you could, Link. Everyone did the best they could. Now we can watch over Zelda and the others while they finish this."
The hero cowered his head in bittersweet acceptance.
Mipha's heart told her the rest of the Champions were somewhere in the chaos falling just the same as her, but she wouldn't dare speak her greatest fears in front of Link. She had to stay strong even as all her strength failed her. He needed her more than anyone else right now.
The earthquake pounded closer. Mipha and Link cradled each other in grief. In those last fleeting moments, he let Zelda slip from his thoughts and realized Mipha was his true princess. Now he'd be with her forever.
On Mipha's side, Waterblight Ganon waved his spear like an executioner at the chopping block. On Link's side, Calamity Ganon drew back his thousands of tendrils like a barrage of arrows ready to set loose on the two puny, broken figures sprawled on the ground.
The rumbling stopped just above them. A gigantic metal island rose out of the sea of fire.
The towering hull of Vah Ruta loomed over them. Her infested circuits glowed in the same shade of red as the embers of the razed city. Her tusks were foaming with Malice.
Link shivered as the last of Mipha's power waned and shock from his injuries began to set in. The fading look in his eyes and the slipping sigh of his breath let her know he had found what little peace he could in these final moments. He was only holding on so Mipha could do the same.
Mipha clenched back her tears and nodded sadly into Link's shoulder, signaling her final order to Vah Ruta. She hoped against all hope that the Divine Beast still had enough of her senses to answer this one small request for Mipha's sake rather than Ganon's. It wasn't the poor, rabid Beast's fault things had turned out this way. She didn't deserve to be blamed for granting two of her gentle masters a mercy killing.
Vah Ruta lurched forward. The shadow of her enormous armored hoof descended over the Zora and Hylian Champions, marrying them together in eternal damnation.
Author's note: The good news is Mipha dies "fighting" or whatever like that guy in the reviews for that other story wanted. The bad news is now you're stuck with the Lord Drakkon timeline.