The Thorned Rose. Chapter 6: New Beginnings.
Hello, hello i'm back here to give you the exhilarating new chapter to this exhilarating story, Enjoy!
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Theshadowstarr23: ahh, fear not little one for all shall be revealed in tis chapter. (｡ゝω･)
Tall n' Handsome: Hahahahaha, I don't know why, but I just imagined you saying that in a panicked voice. Oh man you never fail to make me laugh… (*≧∇≦)
So without further ado enjoy...
The house was now in clear view, the bright white home standing out of all the other darker tinted homes. The sky rumbled softly it turned from a light grey to a darker hue of grey. His heavy steps splashed with every step he took until he reached the front door. He pounded on the door as to get their attention and make his presence heard the clicks of the locks and the door was slightly opened by a woman with bright green hair. "Ma'am," he said rummaging through his pockets taking out a badge. "Detective Metalgear, local DP, is your son home i'm going to need to ask him some questions." He said and she looked distraught, she placed her hands on the side of her head shaking it slightly.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no" she repeated to herself pacing back and forth, "PITTOO!" She called as she walked in the house and he waited at the doorstep. Some loud footsteps came hurriedly rushing down the stairs, the boy took one look at the man holding the badge before muttering "aw shit."
"No, Ma'am, I need to speak with your other son Pit, is he home?" He said stepping in while Pitto just grinned.
"Pit-stain committed a crime, this is so priceless" Pitto said as he slapped his hands together snickering. Palutena however just whipped around looking more distraught,
"no, whatever you think you saw you got the wrong person he would never-"
"Ma'am relax, it's fine, he's not in trouble I just need him to answer a few questions for me, regarding one of his classmates from school." The man assured her and then just just sighed in relief, he saw the boy with brown hair slowly walking down the stairs.
"Uh, Pit, this is detective Metalgear, he has some questions for you, you can talk on the porch there's a bench outside. She said and Pit nodded as he and the detective headed off outside. "We," she said grabbing ahold of Pittos arm, "need to have a little talk" she said taking him towards the back.
"what I do!" He protested and muttered curses to himself.
"So Pit" he man said as they took a seat and he rummaged through his pocket. "I trust you know who this person is, and don't lie to me, the police always knows when you're lying." He said showing him a picture of Robin and Pit look at it briefly.
"Yeah, totally, that's Robin he like our schools, man I can't remember the word, smartest person basically in charge" he responded as the man grunted in understandment.
"Alright good, good, so then I trust you know who they are then" He said showing him the picture of Raven with Zelda.
"Yeah, that girl, she's Raven, she's like Robin twin sister" he said pointing towards her, but then he looked puzzled as he looked at Zelda however. "But her," he said pointing at Zelda, "Her i've never seen before," he said staring at the picture quite puzzled.
"Now you're being completely honest with me now right, if you lie I will found out and you'll be sorry." The man added afterwards and Pit shook his head, then stopped to think.
"Then again there was like this big party on Tuesday I didn't go to. They might have meet her there practically everyone showed up, well almost everyone. I of course wasn't- I mean decided not to go because I didn't want to disappoint my mom." He said and the man just raised his eyebrow.
"Yeah I-I uh always do the right thing, don't, you know, want to be a disappointment to my elders, got to set the example you know." He said just keeping on babbling trying to make himself sound better but the man just chuckled.
"Kid, you have got to be the biggest pancy i've seen" he said patting him on the back.
"Hey, i'm rebellious and cool, just last weekend I snuck out and saw a concert" he said with a huff and crossed his arms while the man just chuckled some more and sighed.
"Ok cool boy, now, could you tell me where to find your buddy Roy" he said afterwards, "maybe he's got answers, he looks like the kind of guy who bends a rule or two."
"I'm pretty defiant!" He argued and huffed. But then the detective gave him a cold glare, "3343 west sherry street" Pit blurted out and the man stood up and walked away with a hearty laugh.
"Hey angel boy," he called out afterwards and Pit turned around with a groan and a pout. He was pretty sure the guy was just going to make fun of him some more.
"Live a little why don't ya" he said tossing Out a carton of cigarettes, he catched them and just stared down at them puzzled. He looked up and saw the man was gone and he pocketed them, he figured if people saw him with it they think he was cool.
He sighed and headed back inside, Palutena and Pitto as always were arguing back and forth with one another. Pitto like always just went to lock himself in his room slamming it in her face. She headed back into the living room and saw Pit awkwardly standing there, his heart was pounding like crazy as he remembered the cigarettes. He just smiled awkwardly and did a little short wave, she eyed him for a bit while he started to freak. "So Pit-"
"Its gum!" He quickly cut her off and she just stared puzzled.
"what?" She said while he just looked lost in thought.
"Nothing, nothing, I was just nothing" he said with a short swing of his arms, and then just chuckled nervously.
"Ok," she said eyeing him more curiously now then made a more serious face, he was shaking in his boots and she knew exactly why. Pit instantly recognized that look on her face he only sees that look when he knows he's in big trouble. He swallowed a woad of saliva as she approached him slowly he contemplated on what the options here where, he just got left with one, beg for mercy.
"Aha" she said slowly while he just kept on thinking it was the end, "I knew it see what did I tell you, I told you your so called friends were nothing more than common criminals!" She said with a snap of her fingers while he just made a clueless face.
"wait what" he said slowly, "what no" he said waving his hands in front of himself. "Mom this has nothing to do with in fact it has to do with someone outside the our group, mom i swear." He blurted out afterwards but she wasn't hearing it she just paced around with her hand on her chin.
"No, Pit and this just proved it too. You didn't lie to him did you because you shouldn't risk yourself for them, they wouldn't do the same for you. So who was it Pit? Roy, Ike, Corrin, or Shulk I really bet it was Shulk wasn't it.
"NO!" He said but she didn't believe it she was so convinced of herself. He Groaned loudly and slammed his head against the wall then let out a heavy sigh with a pout. "Mom, seriously this wasn't about any of my friends rather an outsider. Some girl he called the 0-11 apparently she's some sort of escaped criminal, she was seen with one of my friends so he's wondering if we've seen her." He explained to her the details of what's happening but she somehow still wasn't believing it.
"So, from what I just heard is that, that detective already knows your friends are around common criminals, because they are common criminals." She responded as she crossed her arms and Pit did a 'seriously' face.
"Oh, yeah and what about Link huh!?" He said with a smirk she stayed silent for a moment, he thought he finally got through to her, until she looked mad again.
"Go to your room Pit" she said afterwards and he stood there looking completely unbelievingly at what he just heard.
"Mom what-"
"PIT!" She said more harsher and he decided to comply and stormed off, he just shook his head with an angry huff.
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Link had his head hung backwards snoring softly his arm dangling off the couch with magazine in hand. A muffled static sound slowly awoken him with a snort. He looked around and saw the lights back on as well as the TV that was on static. He looked down and saw Zelda resting her head on his lap she also in deep sleep. Shulk was on the other couch spread out across and completely passed out. Link threw his magazine at him and he did a loud snort before slowly waking up and looking around. "Hey the powers back" he said with a groan as he stretched and yawned scratching his leg. "Cool now we can watch something and not be bored" he said flipping through channels. "meh, there's nothing watch" he said shutting off the TV and heading towards the kitchen, "man i'm starving!" He said rummaging through his fridge.
He later felt Zelda tightly grab ahold of his pants, she looked scared and distraught. He gently shook her to try to wake her but she didn't, instead she whimpered a little. "Zel?" He called out so she could hear and shook her some more. Her eyes snapped open in alarm and scanned the room, grabbed Link and slammed him on the floor she then held him tightly in a headlock. "Zel-da!?" He breathed out being suffocated her eyes shone a really bright blue and then returned their normal hue shortly afterward. She let go of Link slowly stepping back with a gasp placing her hands over her mouth. Link stood up slowly gasping for air, turning to face her with shock and anger. She slowly stepped back shaking her head and left the room he just stood there puzzled at what happened.
She ran through the hall and locked herself in the room placing her back against the door and slowly sliding down. She hugged her knees to her chest and buried her face in them. "You now begin to understand there is no running from this." She heard the voice in her dreams as she remembered the horrifying dream. She then started to hear the whispers of the other persona.
"Do what you want if you have a dream for better, do what you want till you don't want it anymore, remember who you really are…"
She felt the room enclosing in on her, startled she tumbled backwards and hit the floor, she quickly scooted backwards backing up into the corner. The room was then suddenly surrounded by a dark aura as a sinister black fog engulfed the room. She saw a silhouette amongst the fog changing positions at a rapid rate around the room, as to mock her.
"Do what you want your worlds closing in on you now, it isn't over. Stand and face the unknown, got to remember who you really are. Every heart in my hands is like a pale reflection. Hello, remember me? I'm everything you can't control, somewhere beyond the pain there must be a way to believe, we can break through..."
The silhouette suddenly appeared if front of her, she scooted away placing her back against the wall as it approached very slowly. She wanted to tell the being to go away but her voice was stuck in her throat. I kneeled when it got close enough and grabbed her hand but she quickly retrieved it. It gently stroked her hair and hushed her saying he was there for her as always. She stayed confused as to who this entity could be it told her she is surrounded by the people she loved, and loved her to the bitter end no matter what. It vanished in an instant afterwards replaced by her dark counterpart. It glared at her with hatred she saw flashing images behind it of the little girl. The looming shadows dragging her away from her father who watched helplessly. She felt some anger deep inside her she found herself crushing a small heart shaped vase in her arms.
"Do what you want, you don't have to lay your life down, is it over? Do what you want till you find what you're looking for, got to remember who you really are. Every hour slipping by screams that I have fail you now. Hello, remember me? I'm everything you can't control, somewhere beyond the pain there must be a way to believe. There's still time, close your eyes, only I will guide you home. Tear down the walls and free your soul, till we crash we're forever spiraling down."
She found herself craving bloodlust after a moment and this feeling washing over her scared her. "No!" She shouted and turned away from the figure who appeared in front of her when she turned. New whispers were telling her to give into the bloodlust but she refused. She turned again only to see another mirror with her dark reflection in it. Several images flashed in her head of her apparently butchering dozens of men. Their screams of agony did little to help as she ended their lives in brutal ways. She saw a giant silver building briefly afterwards heavy rain pouring unto it. A sniper rifle went off and she found herself falling from the world. Her dark reflection stared down at her with a smirk upon her face. As she slowly started to engulf Zelda's world turning everything dark.
"Hello, it's only me infecting everything you love, somewhere beyond the pain there must be a way to believe. Hello, remember me? I'm everything you can't control, somewhere beyond the pain there must be a way to earn our forgiveness. Hello, remember me? I'm everything you can't control, somewhere beyond the pain there must be way to believe we can break through"
Everything vanished and turned to normal afterwards, her reflection stood near her and then leaned over. She could feel the cold breathe down her neck, and she whispered one final thing softly in her ear.
"Remember who you really are…"
Zelda stayed confused till she saw her reflection holding out her hand to her, though scared she slowly reached for it with a trembling hand. Loud thunderclaps roared through the skies with several flashes of lightning as rain resumed to come down.
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Roy was currently enjoying his time watching TV eating a bowl of cereal, his bag and shoes laid around on the floor carelessly having just come back from school. There was a hard knock at the door followed by thunder rumbling, the rain still pounding against the windows. Eliwood came into the living room heading towards the front door, "Roy pick up your mess" He said peeking through the peephole.
"I'll clean it up later dude," Roy responded shoving another spoonful of cereal into his mouth. Eliwood just glared at his lazy son before opening the door, a man in a trench coat stood outside holding a police badge.
"Sir, detective Metalgear, i'm going to have to have a word with your son." he said pocketing the badge while Eliwood clenched his fists, he smiled as best he could being furious and held up a finger while the detective nodded.
Eliwood stomped his way towards the couch where his son sat oddly counting a small stack of cash. "Roy!" He said loudly making Roy jump a foot in the air and turned very slowly. "Before you explain that cash maybe you would like to explain why there is a police officer outside looking for you!" He said grabbing him by the hair and dragging him towards the front door.
"Eliwood, we talked about this let him go" his mom said walking in from the kitchen, Eliwood opened the door where the man waited. "Eliwood, uh, whats going on?" She asked confused,
"Apparently our son is wanted by this here detective," Eliwood responded holding his son firmly while he smile innocently.
"Actually no, I just need to ask him a few questions that's all" he responded and Eliwood then nodded.
"Oh, well then step inside, you can talk in the kitchen if you like" Eliwood said pointing him in that direction. "Come Lyn i'm sure this is personal," he said afterwards but she turned and gave a sharp glare at Roy who smiled sheepishly. They both headed off into the kitchen and took a seat, Roy did so rather nervously as the detective eyed him.
"Roy I trust you know this is," The man said tossing a picture at Roy ad he scanned over it.
"Yup you bet, that would be Raven, and yes i'm aware she has been missing since last night. And no I do not happen to know what happened that day, truth be told I was pretty hammered that day I don't even remember how I got home." Roy responded tapping his fingers on the table while the detective studied him and he nervously looked around. He tossed him another picture the one with Raven and Zelda in it.
"Well then can you identify the person to the left, apparently that girl was the last one to have contact with Raven." He said as Roy looked at the picture of course he knew her, but he felt conflicted on whether or not he should tell him.
"Hmm, not really I mean I've definitely saw her, but no I didn't really know her." Roy said sliding the picture back and the man pocketed it looking in thought for a brief moment.
"Would you happen to know where this girl is at the moment?" he said afterwards while Roy shifted uncomfortably in his chair.
"Eh not really man," Roy responded "last I saw of her was, huh, I actually can't recall where it is I saw her." Roy responded looking deep in thought, "was it, no, that can't be right, maybe, no?!" He said stroking his chin. He just kept on thinking and thinking making all sorts of conflicted and confused faces, eventually the detective got bored.
"yeah just forget it kid, you got bigger problems up there," he said pointing at his head. "I'll just look elsewhere," he said as he stood up and headed off while Roy just stared dumbfounded. He just shrugged and headed off back to the living room scooping up his bowl, he slumped on the couch and put a mouthful of soggy cereal into his mouth.
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"Maaaaan, i'm bored!" Shulk groaned as he slid into the living room and Link threw himself backwards on the couch.
"I know!" Said Link, running a hand down his face and just sighed shaking his head. "actually we have to go to work man," Link said looking at the clock mounted on the wall. Shulk just groaned again and grabbed his keys moping towards the front door.
"Alright let's go," Shulk said motioning him to follow as he headed out but Link stopped looking in thought.
"Hey man, i'm going to bring Zelda along, I don't want to leave her alone the way she is right now." Link said and walked off Shulk just nodded and headed off to warm the car. Link knocked softly on the door but got no response, he opened it slightly as it creaked open he spotted Zelda by the window. "Zel?" He called out and yet she made no response, he stepped into the room and she whipped around. She stared at him with a cold glare, her eyes shone a very bright blue. A thunderclap rumbled through the skies and several flashes of lightning illuminated the dark skies. Zelda shook her head and looked around confused and then spotted Link cautiously eyeing her.
"Was there something you need of me Link?" She asked as he fully stepped in rubbing the back of his head.
"Listen I know you're scared, so I wanted to ask if you'd like to come to work with me and Shulk." He asked and she slowly approached him and gently grabbed his arm.
"Thank you that's very generous," she said and he just nodded and waved her off. He turned to leave but stopped when he saw Zelda still holding his hand standing in place. "Link, forgive me for earlier, I didn't mean you any harm. But you see, i've been having these nightmares-"
"It's alright I understand, but remember Zelda it's not real nothing's going to hurt you, I won't let anything happen to you I promise." He said and she nodded giving him a warm friendly smile as they both walked off down the hall. Link grabbed a nearby umbrella and opened it up as they stepped out into the pouring rain. He placed it over both their heads as they walked off towards the car and some thunder rumbled softly. They both got in and Shulk was off driving in the the streets that appeared rivers by now. Shulk eventually pulled into the stores lot and parked the car and just let out a exhausted breathe.
"Man i'm really not in the mood to work today" he said gently placing his head down on the wheel. Link just gave him a dumbfounded look and then ran his hand down his face.
"What work!?" Link said flailing his hand around, "all you do is stand behind the counter making smart as comments, and flirting with almost every girl that comes by!" Link complained and Shulk lifted up his head looking offended, he scoffed while placing a hand over his chest.
"And that is really hard work, have some sympathy for a working man, there's only so much Shulk to go around." Shulk said afterwards as Link pinched the bridge of his nose again and looked at him with disbelief. Shulk just shrugged and stepped out the vehicle running towards the entrance trying not to get soaked. Link followed again with Zelda as they shared an umbrella to avoid the pounding rain.
They opened up the shop as usual though not to many people stopped by that day, of course the rain may have had something to do with that. Link was in the back sorting out the CDs that had been returned so that he can put them back to their proper place. He felt his phone vibrate in his pocket afterwards, he took it out and saw a text from Malon.
(Hey fairy boy haven't heard from you in a while how's it been? -Malon.)
(Fine, and it's not like i've heard from you either why's that? -Link.)
(Been busy ya know, I had this review test in school so i've been studying my butt off. -Malon.)
(Well someone broke into my apartment yesterday, they did a lot of damage plus killed most of my neighbors. But i'm fine in case you're wondering, I left one of my friends there to housesit she wasn't killed just wounded luckily enough. The police told me to stay with a friend for a couple days or so while they investigate. So now i'm staying with Shulk, you know that guy you met at the music store I work at. -Link.)
(Holy cow Link! -Malon.)
(So in just two days your life goes spiraling out of control, aren't you scared I sure as hell would be if I know someone tried to kill me -Malon.)
(I bet you were shaking in ya boots, I think I heard my dad talking about a massacre that happened in the city. I can't believe it had to do with you! -Malon)
(Well it's not clear who their intended target was, so for all I know i'm not the one they were after so i'm good. -Link.)
(Well, you've always been the big brave hero, you've never been one to back down and coward. Like remember that one time when there was a rumor that there was a giant spider in the tree house, you made a sword and shield out of a ruler and paper plate and went inside to slay it XD. -Malon)
(Boy do I, I was terrified that day, everyone had claimed that the slider was real. So I was on my toes the whole time and then it turned out to be just a hair clip! -Link.)
(Hahahahaha, yeah I remember. -Malon)
(Oh I have to go, I start my work shift now ttyl! -Malon)
(Alright take care. -Link)
Link hit the send button and placed the phone back into his pocket and looked over all the Cds with a groan. He heard Zelda in the back and she appeared to be sobbing from what he heard, he slowly headed that way to see what was wrong.
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The man had only made it to dead end after dead end, he growled in frustration as he knocked on the door once more. He had already tried a total of five hard knocks on the door and yet no one has answered. He walked around back and used a lockpick to open the back door, he stepped into the house slowly. The first thing he saw was a large portrait with golden surrounding around it and a blonde in it. The boy had a large cocky smile and right under it was a platinum name plate labeled 'Shulk.' The man just thought to himself that this kid was full of himself, he looked around the whole house and found no trace of the 0-11 there. He just left the house contemplating about where she could have gone off too, there must be something he missed. He walked off into the storming day thinking of his next move and his next target.
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Link went around the corner but Zelda looked fine she didn't look distraught in the slightest, she was just sitting on a crate staring puzzlingly at the ceiling. Link just slowly backed out of the storage room and headed back to work. He heard the bell in the front ring indicating they had a customer, and Shulk as always started conversing with them. Link just shook his head and returned to sorting out the music, some thunder rumbled softly in the skies above. He was walking down the aisle when he saw that a freakishly tall blonde woman was the one who entered, she of course was wearing a dark brown trench coat. She had a large hat on concealing most of her facial features, and a long strand of blonde hair in a ponytail. She was asking questions and he of course was answering them wrong or being cocky as always because she started to look frustrated.
He spotted Link peeking through the selves and Shulk gave him a look that there was trouble. Link's heart began to speed up he wondered if she was trying to mug him, but he sort of overheard that she wants something called the 0-11. Once again Shulk started saying he knew nothing of such things, she then roughly grabbed him by the shirt and was reaching into her coat. Shulk just stared up the woman wide eyed, "Holy Shit, you're freaking strong!" He said with some sort if fractionation in his voice.
Link however ducked and started to crawl his way to the back towards where Zelda was, he then heard that she started to beat Shulk. He found her going through a props box in the back and she currently had a purple wig over her head concealing her brown hair. She lifted up some contact lenses and stared at them puzzlingly before Link quickly spun her around. He placed a finger over his lips and told her to hide in the back because there was trouble. She panicked however and held unto him tightly as they heard a loud crash. He whispered to stay in the back and don't come out until he says so, he grabbed a wooden bat from one of the crates and went back out. He saw that she sad thrown Shulk into one of the selves and he was slowly trying to crawl away. "You know lady, most people say please when asking for a favor" he said with a chuckle as he slowly stood up. "But you are rude" he said pointing at her with a shaking finger. "But since you're also freakishly hot i'll let it slide" he added wobbling a little, he had a busted lip and half his face was swollen. But no matter how pretty you are no one treats the Shulk-maestro like that." He said and be tried to attack her but she just hit him over the head with her elbow. He hit the floor with a loud thud and she sighed in frustration, he however slowly got back up and she looked at him with disbelief.
"Good grief you little brat stay down!" She said as he just held up a finger while he wobbled.
"You know big mean bossy girls aren't all that attractive these days," he said while she slumped her shoulders with a groan.
"I Don't want to hurt you, but you're making it really difficult not to want to." She responded while he just chuckled leaning on one of the selves while Link face palmed.
"But lady you take it to a whole 'nother level, but I think there might be something wrong with me 'cause i'm sort of enjoying this, your hands are so soft and smooth." He finished with another chuckle while she pouted. He rushed at her afterwards with great speed catching her off guard, the sad part was she didn't budge an inch. She just grabbed him from the hair and kneed him on the face. He seemed to have stayed on the ground that time and she sighed once again while walking away. She stopped dead in her tracks when she heard him chuckle again, she whipped around and saw him getting back up. There was blood pouring out of his nose now which he wiped with the back of his hand.
"Oh so you like it rough huh?" He said and snorted out a short laugh and she clenched her fist. "Oh, whoops did I poke the bear" he said and started to giggle. She however took out a small pistol from her coat aiming it at him. Link thought this was the time to interfere and tightened his grip on the bat. "Ok, that's just not right, can't handle this much man" he said patting himself on the chest. She was about to squeeze the trigger when Link came out from behind the shelf and hit her arm. She dropped the weapon and yelp in pain and turned giving him a sharp glare. He tried to hit her again but she catched it with her hand and struck Link with an open palm.
Link stumbled backwards and then she kicked him in the chest sending him crashing into the wall. He felt the room spinning and his vision was blurry his ears were muffled by a ringing. He sat there wondering how Shulk can take a hit from this woman and get back up. Shulk grabbed the gun and aimed it at her while she was focused on Link, she however managed to grab his arm and twist it making him drop the weapon. Before she could retrieve it however he kicked it making it slide under the counter. She growled in frustration and then brought back her fist while holding him tightly. Before she could strike him however he bit her hand making her let go. She still tried to punch him in the face however with all her might now but he started side stepping the attacks. "Oh, oh, almost had it, oh, oh, rope a dope!" He said as she still tried to strike him but he managed to evade her. Link took the time to try to recover the weapon that went under the counter while Shulk kept her busy. She stopped after a while but he just kept on dancing around, "what's the matter darling is there no more moves to this dance" be said hopping around. She however responded by quickly and swiftly kneeing him in the groin. He just squeaked out a grunt while holding his private area and slowly got on his knees, "not the tea-bags" he squeaked and fell to the floor.
They heard a click and she turned to see Link aiming the weapon at her a safe distance away. "Alright kid let's not do anything stupid I just came for answers, this doesn't have to get messier" she said slowly lifting her arms.
"If you just wanted questions then why did you attack us!?"Link said she she turned to give a short glance at Shulk.
"Hey I was just asking the questions, blondy there attacked me first!" She responded and Link just took the safety off the weapon.
"Yeah like i'm going to believe that!" He said and then he heard Shulk groan while holding up a finger.
"Actually I did attack first because I saw her pulling out a concealed weapon." Shulk managed to speak up briefly before going back to grunting and rolling on the floor. She just sighed and reached into her coat again while Link raised the weapon again. She slowly took out a badge showing it to Link who started to slowly lower the weapon.
"I'm with the police I was going to show this jackass my badge when he jumps over the counter trying to attack me, being a officer we don't take to such threats kindly so I was just defending myself." She said and Link just groaned running a hand down his face and glared at Shulk, who continued grunting in pain.
"I'm sorry it's just he has a tendency to act without thinking" Link said handing her back the weapon. "I can't believe I almost shot a cop, dammit Shulk what's up with you!" He said with a deep sigh but he just grunted in response.
"What kind of cop dresses like that anyways, it just seemed a little to fishy to me!" He said afterwards as it seemed the pain started to subside.
"It's called a detective verbatim!" She responded sarcastically and he just mocked her, she ignored him however and turned to Link. "And relax kid it's just a paralyzer," she said and shot Shulk who started to twitch and tremble uncontrollably on the floor, "See" she said pocketing the weapon.
"Still though i've never seen someone take a beating like that before, have you thought about joining the force we could use someone like you." She said afterwards offering her hand to Shulk to stand him back up. He took it and slowly got back up but a little hunched over from any lingering pain.
"Actually no i've never thought of that It's sort of not my thing to begin with." Shulk responded with a shrug and she just nodded and that's when Link spoke up.
"So what exactly was it that you needed before the incident occurred?" Link asked.
"Nothing much just we've been looking for a dangerous fugitive who escaped some time ago, but I doubt it not that you guys may know anything about it. I'm sorry about the mess too, now if you excuse me," she finished and walked out the door.
"Hey wait I didn't catch your name, i'm Link by the way" Link call after her she however just stood in the doorway for several minutes.
"Samus" she responded afterwards before walking off into the stormy day.
"I can't believe you tried assaulting a police officer!" Link said afterwards turning back towards Shulk who limped his way behind the counter. "which brings me back to my question, how the hell is it possible that you took so many hits like that!?" Link said holding his ribs that ached from the kick he received.
"My dad signed me up for karate classes back in middle school, so five times a week I was spending my afternoons getting my ass handed to me." He responded with a short chuckle, "but afterwards you get used to the pain" he finished with a shrug. His phone vibrated and he took it out while Link started picking everything up. He remembered Zelda and then rushed towards the back to see if she was still there. She was hiding the crate full of props and he told her it was safe to come out again. Link then headed back towards the front where Shulk had just hung up the phone, he had a distraught look as well.
"Hey who was that, what's up?" Link said as Shulk appeared to be lost in thought.
"That was Lucina, apparently they found Raven, she's in the hospital though gravely wounded apparently. They found her yesterday morning and found who she was today, Robins been notified already and is making his way back." Shulk explained and Link looked lost in his thoughts.
"We should go check it out make see how she's doing, it is after all our fault she was out so late." Link said and Shulk just nodded his head.
"Yeah we'll handle this later" he said motioning towards the mess and he headed out, Link got Zelda and they followed.
The drive over towards the hospital was silent Link specifically felt guilty for the incident. Now he had twice the burden he felt guilty for Ilias incident, and now he has the one with Raven. He started thinking about how he always makes rash decisions in a hurry, and he should've thought of the others around him. He must of looked troubled because Zelda placed her hand on his shoulder giving him a comforting smile. He was sitting in the back with Zelda at the time and he returned the gesture, and then peered out the window watching the world go by. He was really hoping that she was fine however or he'll feel responsible for the rest of his life, forced to carry a burden until the day he dies. He sighed heavily afterwards running a hand through his hair, Zelda placed her head on his shoulder giving him a warm embrace.
Shulk pulled up into the parking lot afterwards but only Link and Zelda got out, as Shulk needed to go find a parking spot. He entered and headed towards the 9th floor where he saw Lucina was in the waiting room already. Link walked up to her tapping her on the shoulder and she looked up at him, she too looked extremely worried. "How is she?" He asked her and she shrugged as she stood up.
"I actually don't know, she's in surgery right now something about stitching an internal organ. Robins in there he insisted that he didn't want to leave her side, plus they need him for a blood transfer as well." She explained to Link and he just stared at the double doors hoping it wasn't anything too serious though he doubt it.
"Wait how did she get here anyways and where was she, and what exactly happened to her?" Link then asked but Lucina just moved to the side as a tall blonde with spiky hair stood up from a chair behind them.
"Cloud?" Link muttered and the other blonde nodded, see Cloud use to go to the same school as Link, though he was older then them. He was a senior by the time Link and the others were barely sophomores, he joined the military after high school and then left for personal reasons, but word has it he was let go. He then started to work for a delivery company, he's been doing that since. And that leads to now, he was doing his last shift for the night when he spotted a car in a empty lot. It was left open with blinking lights curious he went to investigate, which lead him to an ally where he found her. He said she was alive but barely breathing. He called the paramedics and they handled it from there, and according to police reports it was a mugging. But Cloud thinks otherwise because the car and her belongings were there when the culprits were long gone. He later informed the staff of who she was after finding out where they took her, he informed them of her brother as being the only family she had. From there everyone else she know got notified as well, he was also the one who made the trip to go get Robin.
"Wow Cloud still got your soft side I see" Link spoke up after Cloud finished explaining.
"Yeah, yeah" Cloud simply waved him off and then walked away while Link grinned. Shulk walked in and Cloud and Lucina just stared at his messed up face.
"What in the hell happened to you!?" Lucina said surprised looking at his swollen face.
"I-I got attacked by someone, a man, he was huge" Shulk responded and Link gave him a 'seriously' look.
"Hey i'm going to check up on Ilia text me when you hear something" he told Lucina afterwards and she nodded. He headed off towards the elevator with Zelda close behind, he pressed the 6 and it started its descent. He walked down the hall that was somewhat busy that day, he found her room and knocked softly before opening the door. She was sitting up the bed watching television when he entered. She flashed him a smile and he returned it Zelda walked in after him.
"Hey guys what are you doing here so early shouldn't you be at work?" She asked puzzled.
"We were but then we got the news that Raven was in the hospital, she was involved in some incident apparently" Link responded.
"Oh, is she alright though it wasn't nothing too serious was it?" She asked and Link looked down at his hands.
"I don't know yet, she's in surgery right now so i'm guessing it had to be pretty bad." Link responded slowly looking up again looking very distraught.
"What's wrong Link i'm sure it can't be that bad" she said placing her hand on his.
"It's just that I feel like i'm responsible for what happened, if it wouldn't of been for me she wouldn't have been out so late." he explained to her and she just sighed.
"Link you can't blame yourself for the error of others, the ones who harmed her are responsible not you. Besides it was her decision to assist you that day, she would have gone regardless, she's the type to always want to help." Ilia said gently stroking his arm and he just looked down. His phone vibrated in his pocket it was a text from Lucina the operation was done.
"They finished I have to" he said pointing at the door and she nodded and he turned and left. Zelda then waved at Ilia before leaving, she sighed hoping that Link would let this whole thing get to him too much.
When the elevator door opened she saw Lucina, Shulk and Cloud waiting outside the door. He slowly approached as one of the surgeons came out, he pulled his face mask down with a heavy sigh. Link didn't like the looks of the situation as surgeon nervously tugged on his collar. "We did what we could but i'm afraid we were too late, seems the young lady had lost too much blood, and if that wasn't enough she also had internal bleeding from damaged organs. We managed to fix her up as best we could but i'm afraid we got to her a little too late, we are slowly losing her now as I speak she has only a few more hours to live. But she is in a comatose state at the moment from the blood loss, but I need one of you to tell the kid in there who seems to be full of hope at the moment. I couldn't bring myself to tell him seeing as it seems it would damage the boy to hear the news." He finished and walked off and they headed in through the double doors. Robin was by her bed side holding her hand, she had all sorts of machines attached, but her pulse on the monitor was indeed weak, her weak breathe could be heard through the respirator. Lucina sat next to Robin embracing him in a hug as she began to sob into his shoulder. Link and Cloud nodded deciding that she should break the news to Robin and she nodded back. She whispered in his ear that she needed to talk to him and led him out of the room.
Link sat on the chair burying his head in his hands, he couldn't believe that his selfish actions brought about the death of another person. He ran his hands through his hair grabbing strands of it and pulling on them. He slowly placed a hand on hers that felt cold to the touch. He stood up and headed out and he spotted Lucina and Robin in one of the vacant rooms. She was holding his hand and was speaking softly, tears were slowly running down her face. By the time she finished Robin had collapse unable to hold himself, she held unto him as he fell apart. Link couldn't bare to watch and walked away feeling the guilt consume him. He headed out back in the alley to get some air and see if he could clear his head. He paced around in the back unable to comprehend the situation. He remembered Ilia's words as they echoed through his head but that didn't help calm him. He just got to his knees and dropped himself leaning against the wall. Thunder rumbled through the skies as the heavy rain still continuing its descent. It had happened the guilt had consumed him, now he had this massive burden he had to deal with. Link himself had collapsed from the sudden shock it came so soon and it hit him like a speeding train.
Back in the inside, Zelda had watched Link left the room obviously he looked in a lot of pain. She had walked back into the room where Raven was being kept. She looked down and felt sorrow herself, she had only met Raven recently and spend a few moments with her. But in those moments she got to know her, not fully but she saw the kind of caring person she was. She saw how much great pain it was causing everyone, she could practically sense the pain and sorrow of the individuals from a mile away. Her eyes started to shine a bright blue and then they turned to a blinding gold. Both her hands started to shine with intensity as well and she gently placed them upon Ravens slowly dying body. Tiny microscopic golden technical particles started to make their way into her body through the wound. They started to repair any and all damaged tissue at a geometric rate, her heart started to beat at a more normal rate pumping blood back into her organs. Zelda's hands stopped glowing afterwards as did her eyes and the large wound was replaced with fresh new skin leaving no evidence of it. Some golden lines washed over her body several times as if scanning for any other hazards. Her breathing had become more rhythmical and then she gasped loudly for air the next minute, her eyes snapped wide open shinning a bright golden color springing slightly from the bed. The heart monitor was going haywire going beyond any capacity that a normal human would ever go.
Her eyes returned to their normal hue shortly afterward, she settled back into the bed calmly. Her breathing resumed like normal and her eyes slowly shut afterwards, the heart monitor also returned back to normal. The golden lines waved through her body several more times before they completely dissolved. Zelda stumbled backward having drained herself of all potential energy, she held onto a chair for support. She felt her body shutting down on her she tried to stand but she collapse unto the floor, she just stared at the ceiling all the white lights that seemed to be fading away. She heard screaming in the back of her mind as several memories she guess flashed before her eyes. It must be a forgotten life of years before that blank that is her current state of mind. She felt some tears roll down her cheeks as the world faded away into darkness.
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A man in a coat was furiously typing away at a computer and the reading he got made him jump from his seat. "Go and get Ganon he's going to want to see this!" He told one of his colleagues who whipped around.
"What is it?" He asked looking over the monitor as the other started to print out the pages.
"Well according to our last readings I picked up, it shows that the vital signs of the 0-11 were dropping slowly over the past week," he said gathering all his papers and pushing his glasses back into place. "So, so that could only mean-"
"She's dying" the other one cut him off looking through the data and then looked up in disbelief. The other one shrugged as well and they headed off with the readings in a rush.
"So go and tell all your friends that i'm a failure underneath, if it makes you feel like a bigger man. But it's my, my heart, my life, that you're calling a lie. I've played this game before, and I can't take anymore. I feel it coming over me, i'm still a slave to these dreams. Is this the end of everything, or just a new way to bleed…"
Alrighty ladies and jets that concludes chapter 6, I hope you all enjoyed reading this a I did writing it. So this was done since friday but I got side tracked, so I couldn't put in the finishing touches. Well it was comic-con weekend so yeah I always freak about those things, so i'm sorry that's no excuse, but on the plus side I got a hylian shield!
And please feel free to leave a review as well, criticism welcomed. You know it's that white button at the bottom of your screen, come on I feel it calling to you beckoning you…
Ok i'm sorry i'm a little hyper right now (soda) so pardon me, well the I love you guys stay safe have a great day don't let anyone, anything ruin it. And I'll catch you on the flip side!
Next Chapter: Assassination, Determination.