Chapter 2: The enemy

It was a stormy night in Hyrule and Link had just finished a (reluctant) swim with Ruto. He was on Epona and riding as the rain beat down on him.

"I hope I never do something like that again! I'm going to need a STRONG bath after this." He complained as though Epona was a talkative friend.

He then caught a flash out of the corner of his eye and originally thought it was lightning. Then he remembered that lightning wasn't bright red.

Link turned to see a large, flying object. He at first thought it was a dragon, but upon closer inspection, it was made of solid steel. It flew all the way over Hyrule Castle Town and landed in a secluded spot right near the castle. Link then changed course on his horse. Whatever this thing was, it wasn't friendly.

It took Link a few hours, but eventually, he found the iron 'bird'. It was on the ground with two figures moving toward it. However, one appeared to be struggling to get free. Link knew who the struggling person was when he heard someone scream his name. It was Zelda.

The minute Zelda screamed Link's name, the other person turned around. He was tall and bulky with armor plating on his torso. He had a head somewhat like a T-rex, but it was more triangular and complete with teeth. His feet were clad in boots made of the same material as his armor and his hands had three fingers. He had a belt complete with all kinds of instruments Link had never seen before and he also had a helmet with a visor of sorts. There was something on his back that had two kinds of pipes and this thing had a long, thick tail.

He then turned to Zelda and said, "I'll deal with you later, missy."

The creature's voice had a bit of a snarl in it and was as deep as a well. He put Zelda down and reached for something strapped to his belt. However, if he was trying to try a quick fight, he wasn't exactly going to get his wish.

Link drew his Gilded Sword and Mirror Shield and prepared for combat just when the creature pulled out a silver instrument and aimed it right at Link. The device emitted a blast of red energy with a high-pitched scream. Luckily, Link put up the shield and the bolt ricocheted off. Another series of blasts came at Link to no avail as this thing pulled the trigger to the device as fast as his forefinger would let him. The minute Link was in striking range, fire erupted from the back pipes of the device on his back and he flew off. Link looked wildly around for his opponent, for he feared he would take Zelda away and he did NOT want that to happen again. Before he had time to even consider what would happen, a huge explosion knocked him off balance. It didn't hit him, but the force of the explosion did send him several feet backward and he felt his sword fly out of his grip. The minute he regained his balance and ran after it, something wrapped around his arm and it brought him falling on his stomach. The thing that wrapped around his arm was a kind of grappling cable and the strange creature was flying around like a falcon with Link dragging along. The Hylian hero had to roll to his left and right to avoid rocks. Whoever this was had quite a bit of guts.

Link then saw a tree and rolled to the right. He had gone around it and brought the rope into a kind of bend. Result: The man halted and fell to the ground without his jetpack. The jetpack flew aimlessly around and eventually blew up because it crashed into a rock. The man/beast thing pulled out his blaster and tried to shoot Link, but Link was already in the air and the creature ended up with a huge leather boot right in his face. It knocked him backwards and knocked the gun out of his hand. Link then planted his boot into the thing's chest…to no avail. Its armor protected him from the full impact and he grabbed Link's boot and twisted it, causing him to spin like a corkscrew. The two scrambled to their feet, all the while Zelda cheering Link on.

The thing grabbed Link's shoulders, seeing as he was a good five inches taller than him, but Link ducked quickly and planted his fist into his unprotected stomach. The blow stunned him, but it didn't seriously injure this strange thing. The thing grabbed Link's head and brought his own helmeted cranium bashing into Link's forehead. Link fell to the ground and the thing almost stomped on him. Link quickly brought his foot up and it got the thing right in its unprotected chin. The thing was knocked backwards and Link got his sword just when the thing got up. However, he forgot one thing; the thing had a tail. Before he had even started his assault, there was a thing as thick as a basketball smashing into his midsection. Link got the wind knocked out of him and he didn't have enough time to catch the monster. The thing had just gotten back in its spaceship, but Zelda was nowhere in sight. She had snuck away while they were fighting and when she came to Link's aid, the spaceship had already taken off and disappeared in a flash of red light.

Link fluttered in and out of focus with a pair of big, blue eyes staring at him.

"…ink…ake up…Link."

Link finally came back to focus, clutching his head and before he knew it, someone was embracing him tightly.

"Link! THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE OKAY!" Zelda said in relief.

The unsuspecting hug had caught Link when he had the air knocked out of him and his eyes almost bulged out of their sockets.

"It's…good to see you're alive too…Zelda." Link strained.

However, another flash of light caused him to suddenly get back on his feet and find his sword. But this wasn't red, it was blue.