CHAPTER 2: BOOTS ON THE GROUND
Why is the US Army here? Why are they targeting our hero of twilight, Zelda and midna? What will the fate of hyrule befall to? How do they know about the mirror? READ AND FIND OUT.
I do apologize for my absence. It will not happen again, second I am not KIA so more chapters will come soon. Well i do hope you guys liked the twist ending and such with the soldiers bum rushing them. With that aside here is the next part. Enjoy oh...and review too
"I SAID NOW ASSHOLE!" exclaimed the same soldier. The trio saw fighting the invaders was useless their only option left: Escape with their lives.
Coming to from the sheer amount of pain link quickly screamed to his partner "MIDNA GET US OUT OF HERE!"
"It won't work link!" pleaded the scared voice. Fighting countless horrors in the dungeons was nothing but now she was scared for her life.
Zelda gritted her teeth and turned to her counterpart," Just try Midna!"
The all too familiar odd feeling of distortion and pulling, twilight squares swirled all around them enveloping in a portal forming above them. While this was happening, the nearest soldiers went into a mad dash towards the three screaming at the top of their lungs "Don't let them get away! Weapons free Weapons free!" aiming their weapons high and firing their entire clip not to kill them but to cripple them just enough they would not go far. When they were almost halfway, gone one of the fearsome warriors leaped toward the disappearing act arms extended out only to be too late and crashed six feet below behind the pedestal containing the mirror.
One of them stepped toward the mirror gently touched the smooth obsidian glass. "Bravo two secure this area, bravo one prep the mirror!"
"Fuck! where did they go?" he said pulling up and dusting himself off from behind the stone block.
The one who called out the orders faced the soldier, wearing the same kind of helmet but a gold leaf on the front looked down and smirked behind that mask. "Like every terror cell would sergeant", he said as he looked toward the direction of hyrule castle as he replied in a cold maniacal way,". . . flee back home . . . Hello look what's this?"
The place was quiet almost too quiet. "Humph business is booming in here!" the bartender exclaimed sarcastically while raising two arms in sheer boredom. Since the fall of twilight, her bar has been nearly barren from the lack of local patrons due to the sudden start of the reconstruction on hyrule. The castle almost resembles a real castle before its unforeseen destruction a few days earlier. Telma wonders if link was somehow involved in that.
"Wha...?" she watched in confusion and mostly fear while a twilight portal formed in the ceiling in her main room of her bar. The portal continued swirling until it spat out three masses though one was colored different. Telma slowly steps nearer to the three new guests in her humble establishment to get a more clear view of them. "Link? You're bleeding!" she ran towards the group and saw princess Zelda was injured as well in her right arm. "Your highness we need to get you help!"
"Telma we need to get to the castle square now! The kingdom is in danger!" commanded her princess.
"Danger? What for? The new guard protects us. The only danger we're in is that you two need to see the doctor and so does she!" realizing midna was with them out in the open both turned and saw the said princess on her back gripping her right side of her chest wringing in pain. Her robe's top portion was completely soaked in blood. The floor she lays on forms a small crimson pool. "Oh goddesses no!" link went by and kneeled over her
She tried to mouth words but only produce horrendous short gasping noises. Zelda, link, and the hesitant Telma rushed to midna's side. "I'm sorry link . . . I-I wasn't fast enough."
Links face tightens and scrunched, it was a phrase he never wanted to hear. "Shhhshh its ok midna you did great, we would have been killed if it wasn't for you." she let out a small smile and faced Zelda.
"Zelda, please . . . help link protect . . . Hyrule at all costs, he-he would be fine . . . without . . . Me." the twilian said in an exasperated voice. Tears were swelling down her face, staining and ruining her makeup in the process. She looked at link one more time before passing out at the pain.
He could not stand it anymore, that last statement tore him from the inside out. "No! I refuse to leave you, i won't let you die on me midna . . . I care about you too much . . . i lo-"
"Telma open up, I hear some voices in there and they're not the drunken kind!" a voice echoed from the door in front of them accompanied by several bangs on it also.
"Oh goddesses not them again not now." Telma quietly spoke. Midna continued to growl lowly in pain.
The hero turned in confusion "who again? The drunken guards that were here last week claiming they saw the goddesses?"
The bar keep shook her head." no not them."
"Open the fucking door now Telma!"
"There's no time, link take the princess and her to the top room. I'll stall the people out front." link grabbed midna by the waist, threw her over his shoulder, and motioned Zelda to follow upstairs with flight. Seconds later, they were gone. Telma stopped turned to the door and took a deep breath then unlocked the lock. "Why hello Davis, how are you?"
"Don't bullshit me Telma i heard voice in here, who are you hiding?" The man known as Second Lieutenant M Davis stood at an impressive 5'11". He wasn't wearing his M50 gasmask as Bravo Company had to; replacing it was a thin tan cloth covering his face. The helmet had NVG attachment making him look like some kind of alien, to Telma and the others, they were. He was also wearing less armor and now wears just a load-bearing vest holding only ammo considering the people of castle town were no threat. Telma could see clear/white wires coming from his neck collar going into his ear. Davis's goggles were put up on his helmet so he could survey the room better. Two more soldiers were behind him at the ready for a fight.
"Nobody is here, i was simply talking to myself." the bartender proclaimed.
"Mmhm and my shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbert, now let's take a looky around here shall we?" retorted the already pissed off 2nd Lt. "Alright boys sweep and clear, leave no stone unturned." minutes went by as the three went about the bar looking anywhere and everywhere." why Telma! Who spilled wine on your floor?"
'Wine?' she questioned then looked at where the soldier was standing. 'Oh shit' the one that was bleeding in the chest, midna wasn't it? The pool of blood soon seeped into the wood of the floor discoloring it instantly. The now stain was a deep dark red color resembling a flourished rose. "Oh! I was stocking up on wine to try out for tomorrow but dropped a bottle because you scared the shit out of me with those death knocks!" she suddenly accused the serviceman, to her surprise had taken its toll on him.
"Oh, my bad but still don't lock the door when we're searching for them, keep searching!" he called out to the other two. Telma stood by watching in fear and they grew closer and closer to the stairs, foot by foot inch by inch. Beads of sweat dripped on the woman's forehead as they turned and headed for the top room. She had to think of something fast!
"Davis, wouldn't you and your squiades like some fresh brewed ale or or the wine i brought out?"
"It's pronounced squads and no, we are still working." arose a cold voice; the door was in sight now.
"It's on the house!" Telma's voice offered almost sounding like begging could be heard on the other side of the door. Link and Zelda were panic-stricken, their hearts racing, as this man named Davis had his heavy boots clomping on the floor growing louder and louder.
"Thank you but no thank you, this is serious, if we find anyone you're hiding you will be detained and dragged out of here with the insurgents also." Davis stepped up to the door, grabbed the half-colored bronze knob and turned the handle ever so slightly. This is it; they'll be captured for sure.
[SECOND LT. GET YOUR PLATOON UP TO MARKET SQUARE THE CO WANTS YOUR BUTT UP HERE, HE AINT IN A GOOD MOOD] Cracked the team leader's voice box or what Davis calls a radio. He released his grip on the door handle and walked toward the bar where the other two were standing by. "Fuck, alright call the rest of the other squads up to cease searching and head for castle square." barked the bitter 2nd Lt. in resulting the two others in a Hooah.
Within seconds the three were gone, wave of relief washed over the distressed bartender. She locked the front door and headed straight up the stairs to see how her guests were doing in the guest room. The room comprised of one bed large enough for two, a desk complete with chair, and last a large sofa sitting behind a window opening out to hyrule. As the door open, they're doing fine except they were still hurt. "How is your friend midna doing honey?"
"She'll live, i gave her a bottle of red potion i had left over, but she will still need time to recover." spoke the tired man. Midna was on her back on the beds right side, link stood over her, hoping for her to wake up with that sassy mouth as always. Zelda was at his side with a bandaged arm. Link was the only one that wasn't treated for his wounds yet.
"Link, now that the other two had been addressed let's see your hand." she said as she motioned for him. Reluctantly he trudged over to the chair and sat down. Telma reached over in the desk was a bag full of medicine used in emergency if any of her patrons have too much 'fun'. The hero took off his gauntlets in showing a deep scrap wound that almost looks like a gash. The gash extended from the tip of his middle knuckle all the way down to his wrist. Blood slowly seep out of the cut but still was enough to make him dizzy slightly. A mix of white red and pink flashed which were his ripped tendons; protruding out was middle hand bone, and a mix of torn muscle and blood.
"Oh goddesses, why haven't you said anything?" exclaimed Telma.
"Hm? Oh it wasn't bothering me and we have more pressing matters besides I've had worse." In truth, he did had worse aside from claw slashes on his ribs to arrows through his arm was his usual. Telma began wrapping his hand. "Who are they?" he finally questioned.
"They say they're from a distant kingdom far away crossing the Gerudo desert. That's all I've heard." She told as she finished bandaging.
"Why are they here?" perked a new voice. Both Telma and link turned to see Zelda.
"I'm not sure but i heard a couple of them were whispering about finding three people in hyrule," Telma lifted her chin up and lightly scratched her neck in attempt to remember more," . . . Something those three did that was absolutely horrible but i couldn't hear specifically what it was." She observed midna lying down, Zelda rubbing her right arm, and link staring at midna deep in thought." What happened with you guys?"
Zelda and Link turned to each other as if they've been asked a shocking question when remembering what happened. The hero of light was the first to speak." After the fall of twilight and the death of Gannon, we took a day of rest then headed out for the Gerudo desert and to the arbiter grounds," while motioning to midna," to send our friend back home to the twilight realm,"
'The twilight realm?' she screamed in her mind.
Still unkownist to her true intentions. "She was about to head home until those people . . . Stopped us and-" His mind clicked and his eyes looked everywhere around the room.
"And what?" Telma asked curiously.
"I dropped my sword in the mirror chamber . . . Oh goddesses can this get any worse!" Link raised both his arms towards the ceiling.
"It can"
"How!" he quickly asked voice more cold and angry.
"They could've found you in here." she smirked while raising a brow.
Link couldn't help but agree to that until Zelda was curious about something. "Telma when we first got here or landed in better terms, what did you mean 'new guard'?"
"Oh i was referring to Davis and his boys a few minutes ago." the bartender said with a smirk.
The look on princess was all but relieved," wait you mean to say they are protecting hyrule? What happened to the other guards? On the other hand, our goddesses damned army! Where are they?"
"with all due respect your highness but the previous ones weren't enough with the bulbin attacks or even handle a wolf that was spotted here last month," 'Link rolled his eyes and looked the other way when a wolf was mentioned," i mean if it wasn't for link, things wouldn't have been so peaceful."
"I still like to know where they are."
With no words left, Telma simply shrugged and turned her attention to midna who seemed to be coming to despite her injuries. The other two focused on the princess of the dark world.
". . . Link?" she said weakly and reached out for his hand. Link grabbed hers without a moments pass.
"I'm here midna, I'm here, how are you feeling?"
"Like I've been stomped on in the chest by Epona, hey Telma sorry about the floor." midna breathed with a tiny chuckle.
Everyone couldn't smile at her little joke." Its fine sweetie, you need some rest or you will be sorry!"
"alright will do," her face transformed into a more serious look," Zelda, link who were they?"
"Well ask Telma she seems to know more about them." replied the tired Hylian princess.
Therefore, midna faced the bartender. "Telma, who is Davis?"
"Oh him? Thats-"
"2nd Lt. Davis what the fuck took you so long?" barked a loud murderous voice.
"We had a problem with one of the locals sir!" returned an out of breath officer. Davis booked it out of Telma's bar right after he and two others passed the doors. The rest of his platoon stood in formation in between the fountain of castle square and the entrance of the castle. His platoon stood facing the stairs.
The one he answered to was standing near a makeshift table with several documents and tactical maps lying on top." I don't give a fuck if they have a damn problem, when i call your sorry ass out; you get your sorry ass out here! Is that understood?"
The whole detail standing by at attention, their rifles slung on their chest. (1) Broke out in a scream. "YES SIR!"
"Good! Now 2nd Lt. Go to the throne room and talk to operations for the next assignment." The said officer marched toward the stairs, turned to his commander, and slowly nodded. The CO turned and returned with a nod.
'Dickhead' Davis steadily made it into the throne room where to his left, several tables with computers on top with technicians clicked furiously at the keyboards. To his right was their makeshift armory holding five racks full of M-16 assault rifles and one two more racks containing the smaller M-4 carbines. Behind the line were several cabinets holding gear and armor. In front of the line of racks were a couple of tables that was used to service, repair the rifles, and to the far right of the setup were crates upon crates of ammunition. His destination was several monitors hung up on the wall showing familiar landmasses. Several more tables held misc. Items like helmets, spare bullets, rifles, and maps with marks of red circled into villages nearby. One table however was completely bare except with colorful images dancing across the flatness. The Ops boss (2) or 'Big john' hovered over the special table staring intently at three-dimensional figures. He stood without his cover on, showing his already balding features, no hair anywhere on his face with the exceptions of his brows and lashes. He was at his late thirties so experience had shown. He also had his uniform on with no armor or gear on. The only item sticking out was a black object jutting out of his left cargo pocket.(3)"Mhmhmh looks like CO tore you a new one huh?"
Davis was relieved that his ops boss wasn't as bad as his commanding officer was. "Yes sir, my platoon was ordered to search through several buildings in possible weapons or anything but nothing until we hit their local bar and had an argument with owner."
A funny thought came up to the captain" Heh did you drop some beer on his floor and ruin his day PC?"
"SHE dropped wine on the floor when we started our approach on the bar sir."
Big john suddenly switched from a teasing look to a dumbfound look "oh well that's new, well anyway is your platoon ready?"
"What load out will we need sir?"
"This time it's a mid-threat operation so you'll need interceptor vests. Call your team up to the armory and report back to me Hooah?"
"Hooah sir!" Davis turned, started toward the entrance, and crooked his neck to his radio." First Sgt, call the platoon up to the armory by squads and outfit for a mid-threat op."
[YES SIR.]
A time went by and a well-armored first Sgt and platoon leader marched back to big john. The said officer turned and nodded to the two.
"Alight lieutenant, this is how it's going to play out: first up i want your platoon in the departing UH-60s in the castle courtyard leaving to go assist a spec ops team in a village south of our position, second provide assistance and security while they investigate unknown signatures that have been appearing in the area, last report back to the convoy making their rounds and give full report what happened there. Understood son?"
"Yes sir! Let's move." the two turned left and headed to Davis's team which finished dressing out for their mission. "Alright here's the game plan: we're gonna hop on the birds and assist a special forces team in a village south of here, basically we keep the peace there any questions?"
The whole group erupted "No sir!"
"Good, let's roll." The group entered into the hyrule castle courtyard where three helicopters prepping for flight. "Squad leaders grab your squads and load up." as he and his first squad seated in the cabin, his mind raced about being in new places, meeting new people but when his hometown was attacked...
"This is the captain speaking, keep your hands and feet inside the ride at all times and for your safety please no flash photography," stated the pilot.
"Christ Roy we're in the army not six flags!" snapped one of his fellow gunners.
"Whatever we're oscar mike." the feeling of lift was in the cabin and soon the birds were off heading south. The trip would take three hours but in no time, a small village appeared from the tree line.
Something about this place seems off. "Roy what's the name of the village?" Davis asked via his microphone due to the deafening roar of the rotor blades.
[Ordon village!]
ahhhhh more twists! ok i do apologize about the short chapter i was stumped the whole time with surgery, talking to my recruiter, birthday, and such BUT! delays wont happen. so review this piece and last if you didnt read it and see what ideas should be thrown in there i'd really appreciate it! for the numbers heres the loop (1 the soldiers are equipped with one point slings which hangs on their chests)(2 ops boss is short for operations officer which runs intelligence)(3 reffers to the black beret in his pocket)
