Here's chapter 1. Hope you enjoy...
Chapter 1
Mido woke up with a groan, pain flitting throughout his body. He vision was cloudy, and his head hurt like hell. But that was alright. It meant he was still alive, at least for the present. Propping himself up into a sitting position, Mido realized his chest had been bandaged heavily, with a small red dot staining the white cloth. Looking around at his surroundings, he realized he must be in a hospital. He was sitting in a soft bed with clean, white linen sheets.
Getting up from his sitting position, Mido winced as he felt a sharp pain in his chest area, but he felt better as he walked around his small room. Obviously, the police had confiscated his weapon, and Mido knew that sooner or later the police would come pick him up from the hospital to give him his punishment. Mido closed his eyes. He had become a gunman when he was still a young, idealistic teenager because he didn't have much choice; his family was dead, he was poor, and had nowhere to go. A local gang in Castle Town offered him protection, in return for his loyalty and services. Eventually, they had trusted him with a weapon and a new job. He was good with a gun; perhaps too good. Eventually, it had become his profession.
Mido thought back on his life. He knew that if he didn't receive the death sentence, he would at least get a life in prison. But he had only had one regret. Only one.
The incident was still clear in his mind, and he couldn't help but replay it over and over again in his mind… when he was double crossed by the Gerudo and that bastard Ganondorf at the bank robbery. Mido knew that there was only one thing he wanted before he died. It was revenge.
There was a commotion outside his bedroom door. A nurse was telling someone, probably a police officer, that her patient was not yet healthy enough to be transported to the police station. Mido looked out of his hospital window. His room was on the ground floor. Grinning at his incredible luck and the stupidity of the Hylian Police, Mido locked his hospital room door just as the police officer tried to open it. As the officer cursed and tried to get the door open, Mido quietly slipped out of the hospital window. He laughed to himself at the Hylian Police's inefficiency. But they were no longer his enemy anyways.
Bright sunlight streamed through the windows, and the energetic chirping of various birds woke him up from his sleep. Getting up with a groan and sitting at the edge of his comfortable and warm bed, he yawned and ruffled his dirty-blonde hair with a hand before getting up. Stretching, and still tired, he entered the bathroom and took a quick shower, brushed his teeth, and shaved, before fishing out his police officer's uniform from a pile of clothes scattered messily on the floor. Humming quietly to himself, he tried to comb his hair out, but eventually decided he would never be able to do it and left his hair as an untidy mess. Leaving the bedroom, the delicious smell of eggs and toast wafted from the kitchen and filled his nostrils, making his stomach grumble hungrily.
Entering the kitchen, he saw his wife, Zelda, already completely awake and fixing up their breakfast. She smiled brightly when she saw him. "Good morning Link," she said, placing a quick kiss on his cheek before returning to the eggs. Link mumbled a sleepy good morning and yawned, filling himself a steaming cup of coffee while taking a look at the morning paper.
As Zelda put down the morning's breakfast on the dining room table and Link took a sip of his coffee, their phone rang, shattering the early morning peace. Link, who was closer, set down his coffee and reached for the phone.
"Hello?" He asked, as he heard excited breathing on the other line.
"Link!" Link recognized the voice on the other end as his friend and police sergeant Darunia, a tough looking but kind Goron in his early thirties. Link had known Darunia long enough to realize that it was something important if he was calling so early in the morning.
"Darunia! Is everything alright? Why are you calling this early?" Link asked, as he dropped the newspaper too.
"Link! I've got an urgent message from the police chief to pass onto every member of my squad. You remember how we caught Mido Kokiri last week, right?
Link frowned. "Yes, what about it?"
On the other end of the line, Darunia chuckled. "Well, somehow the little bugger escaped from the hospital and got away. Police Chief Rauru wants all units on alert to find him and arrest him again. Anyways Link, I've got to tell this to everyone else, I'll catch you later."
Link hung up the phone and felt dazed. Zelda must have noticed his odd look. "Link, is something wrong? Link? Hello?" Zelda waved her hand in front of Link's face for a moment before he realized he had been ignoring his wife on accident.
"Oh! I'm sorry Zel, but I have to go headquarters early today," Link said, giving her a quick kiss on the lips and gathering up his stuff. Zelda followed him, helping him get his coat on and handing him his various pieces of equipment.
"But Link," Zelda said, "Surely you can stay for a few minutes and have a quick breakfast?" Link smiled tenderly at his wife and gave her another kiss.
"I'm sorry Zelda, but this is really important." Link put his gun in his holster and left through the front door, running to his car.
"Have a good day!" Zelda called out to him as he entered his car. Link rolled down the window and flashed her a charming grin. "I love you too, honey," he said, before he had backed out of the driveway and was roaring downtown toward the police station. Zelda smiled and closed the front door. She already missed him.
Down at the police station, everyone was in an uproar. Mido Kokiri, the most infamous gunman to ever exist, had escaped from the clutches of the Hylian Police Department again! Already wanting to embarrass the Hylian police, reporters crowded around the Police Headquarters, demanding an interview with Police Chief Rauru.
Link observed the spectacle as he slowly drove in and parked his car. Getting out, he saw his friend and fellow Police Officer Malon looking at the situation with an amused look on her face.
"I feel bad for Chief Rauru," she commented, as Link joined her. "This is a fiasco for him. I won't be surprised is he gets fired from his job."
Link didn't say anything, but just stood there observing the angry crowd. "What are you doing out here anyways, Malon?" Link asked. "Shouldn't you be inside Headquarters?" Malon shook her head.
"No, Sergeant Darunia wants us out here ready for an early morning patrol. We're to keep our eyes out for Mido, as well as the usual trouble."
Link knew what she meant. Thefts, assaults… and every now and then, deadly gang wars. Hyrule was littered with crime, and the police already had their hands full without Mido Kokiri escaping too.
For the next fifteen minutes, more members of Link's police unit had pulled in and waited with Link and Malon for Darunia to show up. Link counted them all up. Himself, Malon, and Kafei. As Link saw another car pull into the Police Department's parking lot, he added Sergeant Darunia to the mental list inside his head. Spotting his squad, Darunia walked toward them, every now and then glancing at the reporters who were still clamoring at the entrance of Police Headquarters.
"Well people, I'm sure you've all heard the news by now," Darunia said grimly, as everyone in the group nodded. "Headquarters wants everyone on full alert, patrolling all day. Everyone gets morning afternoon, and night shift." At hearing this, the entire group groaned, but they paired up with each other and got into a police cruiser. Link and Darunia went with each other.
"Where are we patrolling today?" Link asked Darunia, as Darunia took the driver's seat and Link rode shotgun. Driving out into the crowded streets, Darunia told Link.
"We're not exactly going on patrol," Darunia admitted. "We were tipped off by an anonymous informer of some Gerudo activity going on at a warehouse near the edge of castle town. Headquarters want us to check it out."
Link nodded and readied his weapon. Of all the various gangs in Hyrule, the Gerudo were by far the most deadly, almost on the verge of going from a street gang to a terrorist organization. They did almost anything; dealt drugs, offered protection services, or assassinations. The Gerudo were also very secretive, and the only thing that the Hylian Police knew about them was that they were led and organized by a mysterious man known only as "Ganondorf."
From the police department, it was a half hour drive to reach the outskirts of Castle Town to the warehouse that Gerudo activity had been reported. The person who had tipped them off might be doing it as a joke, or to put the police in danger. Or maybe they mistook normal gang members as Gerudo. Either way, Link and Darunia were intent on checking it out.
Once they were about a mile away, Darunia parked his cruiser in a deserted parking lot. Both Link and Darunia got out of the cruiser; they would be going by foot so they wouldn't alert the Gerudo, if indeed there were any.
After fifteen minutes of walking in the hot sun through the slums of the city, Darunia suddenly pointed to a large warehouse that looked like a worn down wreckage.
"That's our target?" Link asked incredulously. Darunia nodded.
"Come on. Let's approach it from the alleyways so we can stay in cover," Darunia muttered, as he ushered Link into the dark alleyways. Moving silently, Link had almost reached the warehouse when he heard a loud thump from behind him.
"You alright, Darunia?" Link asked, turning around to check on his friend, only to find a red-haired man holding Darunia's pistol to his face. Darunia was on the ground, face down, with the red haired man standing over him.
"Don't move," the man whispered.
After he had left the hospital, Mido had quickly left the area before the Hylian police swarmed all over it. His chest wound wasn't that bad; occasional spasms of pain would come and go, but he could manage. During his brief time as a hired gunman for the Gerudo, Mido had learned of a secret Gerudo hideout near the edge of town that Ganondorf used to make drugs and counterfeit money. Ganondorf might not be there, but it was definitely a start on pulling his revenge on the Gerudo bastard.
As Mido had proceeded to the Gerudo hideout, he decided that since he had no weapon, it would be best to scout out the hideout and wait before he attempted anything. Hiding in the dark alleyways, he had been surprised when two police officers came bumbling around, whispering to each other and trying to act stealthy. The officer on point was a Hylian, while the officer behind him was a Goron. Taking a rusted metal rod from the ground, Mido had hidden and waited before he knocked the Goron out in one blow, and now had the Hylian officer at his mercy.
"Don't move," Mido said threateningly, holding the Goron's gun at the other officer's face. The officer's intense blue eyes betrayed no fear, and suddenly Mido realized the police officer also had his gun out, and was pointing at Mido's stomach.
The officer smiled grimly. "Mido Kokiri, the infamous gunman. Why are you all the way out here?"
Mido grinned back at the officer, gesturing with his free hand to the Gerudo warehouse. "I'm here to give that backstabbing bastard Ganondorf and his Gerudo cohorts a shot in the ass."
The officer looked at Mido, as if deciding what he should do with him. Shoot him and lose his own life, try to arrest him and return him to police headquarters, or let the crazy madman go take out the Gerudo himself?
Mido saw the hesitation in his eyes, the uncertainty. It was all he needed. Slipping to the side, Mido brought the butt of his gun down on the officer's skull just as the officer fired his gun at where Mido had been a second ago. Hitting the officer once with his pistol, Mido smacked him again, causing him to fall to the ground. Satisfied, Mido continued towards the Gerudo hideout, whistling a cheery tune.
Inside the Gerudo warehouse, there was a tense atmosphere. Lord Ganondorf had been in the process of developing a new chemical weapon he could use against Hyrule's populace as a terror weapon. It had cost most of the money from the various bank heists and robberies before they had enough to buy the various equipment and items, but finally the Gerudo had almost created the chemical weapon Ganondorf desired. It just needed a few finishing touches…
As the Gerudo inside the warehouse worked diligently on their chemical weapon, Mido confidently kicked open the door to the warehouse and strode in, smiling. Everyone stopped and stared at him in shock.
"Good day, ladies and gentlemen," Mido said loudly, already fingering the pistol he had hidden in his pocket. "I'm looking for an ugly, rotten man named Ganondorf who really needs an ass kicking. Do any of you know him?"
For a second, there was absolute silence. Then, almost as one, the Gerudo stumbled for weapons.
Mido was faster. Pulling out his pistol and taking aim, his squeezed the trigger once, twice, three times, dropping three Gerudo before they began to fire back. Taking cover behind a wooden crate, Mido continued to fire, dropping two more Gerudo. As the firefight got hotter, Mido cursed himself that he had not taken extra ammo from the police officers. He only had two rounds left.
Just as Mido had given up hope and was about to fling himself over the crate and do a suicide charge into the withering Gerudo fire, the Hylian officer he had clubbed earlier staggered into the warehouse, looking dazed. Seeing that Mido was pinned down by multiple Gerudo firearms, the officer seemed to decide that the Gerudo were the bigger threat, taking cover behind another crate and firing back.
Great, Mido thought, reinforcements. Feeling slightly more cheerful, Mido spent his last two rounds of ammunition on a pair of Gerudo trying to escape from the battle.
Three Gerudo remained. The Hylian officer was a good shot, Mido thought. Not as good as him, but he had excellent aim. The officer took his time and took out the remaining Gerudo, before pointing his gun at Mido.
"You're not pulling another stunt like the one you did earlier," the officer growled, coming closer to Mido with his gun raised. Mido grinned cheerfully at him.
"I'd be more worried if your gun actually had any ammo left, officer," Mido said, as the other man's deep blue eyes widened. The officer leveled his gun at Mido and pulled the trigger. Nothing happened. He had expended all his ammunition. Cursing, the officer threw his gun down onto the floor.
Mido smiled to himself and walked around the area, whistling softly as he examined what the Gerudo had been working on. However, he stopped as he realized in horror what the Gerudo were truly doing.
"Officer," Mido called, "I think you might like to see this."
Well, I hope you liked it so far. I might post up chapters later, depending on your reactions. :) Please feel free to comment or criticize me.