"But why now sir? Why not when we brought him in?" the bulblins' voice shook as he asked his master. King Bulblin grinned as he showed his yellow teeth – they still had bits of the raw meat stuck in them from his last meal. The light of the slowly burning torches gleamed in his devilish eyes as the scrape of daggers sharpening his large horns broke the silence.
"He is broken. Before, he was strong. All we have to do is 'promise no one will get hurt'." he had put on a baby voice for the last sentence and had finished with a roar of laughter. His ham sized fist tugged at a chain next to him and, with a gasp of pain, a Gerudo stepped out of the shadows – her neck bound by the thick metal collar. She walked over to king and knelt down into a bow; her arms were raised above her, holding a silver plate full of dying lights… fairies. No sooner had his pot belly grumbled, than he had taken a fistful of the fairies and shoved them into his mouth. The Gerudo started to back away but just before she could return to her place, the chain was tugged so hard that she dropped the plate and landed on the kings' naked chest. He placed a large, slobbery kiss as she tried to push him away, but it was no use. He licked her chest as his muscular (yet fatty) arms wrapped themselves around her waist. She let out a scream and pushed away from the monster who let go at the last second and watched as she landed on the hard, stone floor, banging her arm on his wooden throne.
"If my people found out about this-" she whispered.
"Which they won't. And even if they did, they wouldn't do a thing. I saved your people from starvation. I gave them a way to survive. To throw all that away for one stupid, treacherous girl would be madness… bring him in!"
Link was pushed through the metal doorway by two bulblins with menacingly thick clubs. Strange… usually the Gerudo are the ones who took him from place to place.
He pushed himself up and looked around the room that he now found himself in. There were six stone pillars, three on each side in this rectangular room and each one had a bulblin (with a club each) in front of it. Behind the pillars were tables overflowing with food and drink (the meat was raw on some plates) and torches lined the walls. Down the middle was a worn out red carpet which stopped at the foot of a raised platform with a simple wooden throne on top of it. There was one bulblin on each side along with larger torches behind them.
But as he looked at the throne, he was disgusted. The fat lump that was King Bulblin stank of rotting flesh that even Link could smell at the other end of the room! He looked like he had never had a wash and his shoulders were littered with tiny specks of white where the shavings from his horns had fallen. And just below him, was a slim figure, a Gerudo hardly dressed in anything except for a tiny, red bikini and her hair had been decorated with with the shiniest rubies. But around her neck was a metal collar, worse than the one he had just been released from. Her face, although beautiful, was sad and desperate and her eyes were no longer fearsome, but filled with tears. She was the Gerudo who had chained him up, but he couldn't help feeling sorry for her.
"Aha! Link! Come in, come in. We have much to discuss! I'm sure you've met my pretty friend here before" King Bulbin sounded like a snake inviting you for dinner as he said this. Warily, Link approached the steps to the throne but didn't climb up them.
"Not that I don't love to finally meet my so called employers, but what do you want?"
The King smiled and tugged on the chain attached to the Gerudos' neck. She got up from the floor and raised a silver plate in her hands up to him whilst in a bow, it was clear she had done this before. King Bulblin picked out a bright light and shoved it into his mouth followed by a grunt; Link hoped that the lights weren't what he thought they were. The Gerudo put the plate down and stood perfectly still… how long had she been here? No longer than a week Link thought.
"I want to release you." the words were barely a whisper when they came out of King Bulblins' mouth but nevertheless, reached Links' ears. He was shocked, but of course there would be a catch.
"What for?" Link scowled at the monster whose life he had spared in all those battles. Who now made his life a misery and only now wanted to release him.
"I am so glad you asked! I want you to help me break into Hyrule castle. It's only a simple robbery, nothing more, nothing less and nobody will get hurt."
"No."
The smile faded from King Bulblins' face.
"Well… there is another choice then but I had hoped it wouldn't come to this, let me tell you a story first though. After you defeated me for the last time, I retreated to the desert where I found the Gerudo tribe. They were starving and sick and all of them were close to death, so I took them in. I fed them, gave them shelter and work in my desert hideout and soon they were thriving. I have succeeded in becoming their saviour and now, they are my slaves-"
"If you're going to kill me as the second choice at least do it with a weapon – don't bore me to death." Link interrupted. However, the king carried on as if he hadn't heard a thing.
"Naboora here didn't like my methods however, and she tested my patience. She continuously angered me until I could take no more, thinking I would go into a rage showing my true colours to the Gerudo so that they would leave me… but she was wrong. So when you two had your little moment, a passing bulblin reported it to me and now she's mine." he yanked at the chain and she flew threw the air and landed on top of him. He licked her cheek as his arms wrapped themselves around her squirming body. He was showing the extent of his power to Link – that he could do anything to anyone whenever he liked.
In anger, Link leaped over to the nearest bulblin guard and yanked the club out of his hands and threw it at the King. It crushed his hand with a crack and, in pain, he released Naboora and the chain. Collapsing on the floor, she gave a small yelp and then rushed over to Link, punching the bulblin that had leapt into the air at Link. It thudded onto the floor and scurried behind the nearest pillar, clutching its bruised cheek.
"You're quicker than before. Forgive me but I have never actually bothered to watch your fights and when you fought me before I wasn't very skilled in combat." King Bulblin panted. He was clutching his hand which was now limp and bloody.
The reason I am telling you all this is so that you can understand my power, my authority, There is something I want very much in the castle that happens to belong to the princess. She wears it every day as you probably know and I can get it without your help but there will be bloodshed, you would only be there so I wouldn't have to kill anyone*. Your second choice however… is to kill her." he pointed with his non-broken hand at Naboora who stepped back, away from Link with fear in her eyes.
"You either kill her, or you help me get into the castle and I doubt you would care about what happened this filth. So hero… what's your choice?"
*Link doubted this.
Thanks for reading so far and as always I would love reviews! Oh and to whoever pointed out the grammar mistakes thank you! My spell check kept correcting it even when it was correct and it got really annoying but I managed to fix it. Thanks ;) :)
