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I awake suddenly from a sharp pain across my face. "Wake up, Hero."

I blearily open my eyes and am immediately shocked. I see….myself. It's like looking into a mirror. A black one. Dark Link smiles down at me, "Finally awake, eh? Good."

I try to move my arms, but find they've been shackled to the wall. I look down and find my legs in a similar position. I examine my surroundings and find I've been locked back in my cell. I look up at my other and glare, "What…do you want?" I say hoarsely.

He kneels down to me and smiles warmly, "I just want to help you, Link. After all, we're practically the same person."

I shake my head in defiance, "We're nothing alike. You're just…a monster."

He ruffles my hair with a large smile, "Oh, c'mon. I'm not that bad." He reaches into his tunic pocket and pulls out a key. He reaches over to me and unlocks the shackles on my feet and hands. I crumple helplessly to the ground, unable to keep myself up.

He kneels down and helps me sit up, leaning against the wall. "See? I'm not a bad guy."

I narrow my eyes suspiciously, "What do you want from me?"

He chuckles slightly, "Nothing much. Just your cooperation."

It's my turn to laugh, "Now why…would I ever…help you?"

Dark Link shrugs, "I just thought it would be better for me to ask…" He looks me in the eye, "Rather than Ganondorf."

I shiver involuntarily at the name and he grins, I frown deeply at him. "And…what exactly…do you want from me?"

His red eyes actually seem to show some compassion, "Just stop resisting, Link. You don't have to suffer anymore, you know."

I throw him the coldest glare I can muster, "I won't give in."

He grins widely, "You keep telling yourself that, but you know…everyone has their limits."

I shake my head in defiance, "No matter…what you do to me….I won't break."

Dark sighs and backhands me across the face, "We'll see."

I slowly and painfully open my eyes, looking around and noticing I was lying in my cell. I lie on the floor in pain, unable to move. I lie there for a long while, minutes or even hours passing by.

Suddenly, I hear a scuffle outside my cell door and hear a loud thud. I look up to the door as it slowly opens. A familiar figure in a blue and white bodysuit walks in, a shawl covering his face.

My eyes widen, "Sheik! What...what are you doing here?"

He rushes over to me, blood evident on his clothes in the moonlight streaming through the window. He kneels down and examines me, "Link...goddesses, what have they done to you?" He reaches into his pouch and pulls out a bottle with a red liquid inside. He helps me sit up and pours the potion down my throat, slowly healing my wounds. He helps me stand, allowing me to lean on him heavily. We leave the cell, stepping over several dead Moblins as we exit, and make our way down the hallway. "Don't worry, Link. We'll grab your weapons and get out of here."

I stumble slightly, but Sheik holds me upright as we walk. "How...d-did you break in, Sheik?" I ask weakly.

He glances at me out of the corner of his eye, "The sages. Me and Impa sneaked in, grabbed the keys, and made our way down here, dealing with a couple Moblins on the way."

I raise an eyebrow, "Impa's...here? Where?"

Sheik sighs as he practically drags me through through the castle, "She's waiting for us by the entrance to the sewers."

I look up at him and even through the shawl, I can see his fear. He suddenly presses us into a room and brings a finger to his lips, I will myself to be quiet as several Moblins rush past the room, shouting in their guttural language. We wait there in silence, almost afraid to even breath, until the shouting faded. Sheik slowly opens the door and looks out, "All clear."

He rushes us into another room, I look around and notice my weapons on the wall. Sheik sets me down on a crate in the corner and grabs the weapons off the wall, he walks back over to me and straps my sword, shield, and bow to my back. The other weapons he shoves into my pouch. He helps me stand once more, leading me out of the room.

He leads me up several flights of stairs and through several corridors until we finally come to a stop in what appears to be one of the torture chambers. Sheik kneels down and opens one of the grates on the floor, "Impa, we're here!" He whispers.

Suddenly, a cloaked figure appears below them. The figure pulls back the hood, revealing the face of Impa. "Good. Hand him down."

Sheik nods and gently lowers me down to Impa's arms, "Impa..."

Impa sighs, "It's alright, Link." Sheik jumps down next to Impa and movs to my other side, helping Impa carry me. We take off at a dead run through the sewers, hoping that it would take awhile for Ganon to realize I was gone. Suddenly, we feel a rumbling throughout the sewers. Impa is unfazed and continues to urge us on, "We must hurry."

Sheik nods and keeps moving until we come to a ladder leading a manhole above us, he climbs up and opens up the manhole. Impa hoists me up and Sheik pulls me up and out of the sewer. I collapse to the ground, no longer able to continue.

Suddenly, strong arms pick me up off the ground and hoist me over their shoulder. "Come, brother. You're almost there."

I struggle to concentrate, my mind unable to focus. "D...Darunia..?"

Darunia let's out a hardy laugh as we run through the fields, towards Kakariko. "Yes, brother. It is me."

A small smile crosses my lips as my consciousness fades.

"WHAT?"

Dark Link winces slightly at his master's rage, "He...escaped."

Ganondorf rises from his throne, "And how, exactly, did he escape? Did I not instruct you to keep him under watch?"

Dark nods slowly, "Well...yes, but-"

"THEN HOW DID HE ESCAPE?" Ganon roars, causing tremors in the ground itself.

Dark swallows, knowing he was in serious trouble. "It was the sages..."

Ganon pauses, "The sages?"

Dark nods quickly, hoping to divert the blame. "Yes! It was the sages!"

Ganondorf nods slowly and frowns in concentration, "I see. You may go."

Dark's eyes widen, but he was all too happy to comply. He left his master's chambers.

Ganon smirks evilly, "I believe this might just work in my favor."

A/N: Hey, everybody! I have to say, I am surprised I was able to get this chapter done so quickly. Gotta love that Dark/Ganon interaction. And Link was completely out of it for like, the entire chapter. Anyway, tell me what you think!