Episode 3: The Gold Coins

The whole organization of SACS was silent the morning after Jack's death. They didn't really know what to do without a leader. So, they just ate breakfast in silence. Finally, after a long moment of silence, Link stood up.

"66, are you going to the fortress?" Sabooro asked, stunned.

"Well, no one seems to want to do anything, so I'm going! We need to find out the secret of Gerudo's Fortress, don't we?" Link said to everybody.

"Yeah, but... oh I don't know. I think I lost my spirit," Ichiro said.

"Fine. I'll go, then!" Link said, and walked out the tent door. They started talking after Link left.

"Hey, Ichiro, do you think we should stay? I mean, Jack is now dead, and it looks like Mr. Failure wants to take up the job of the leader," Shiro asked Ichiro.

"I don't know. I just don't know," Ichiro replied.


Link arrived at Gerudo's Fortress, doing the usual, which was sneaking past the guard at the bottom of the hill. Now he was at the rock, again.

"Hey, is that you, kid?" Wendy the gerudo shouted from the other side of the rock. She must've heard him walking. He had been caught. Again.

Now Link was sitting at the bottom of the jail cell, arms crossed.

"Hey, Link! You know how you said you needed to explore more of the fortress before jumping out of the jail cell?" Navi said.

"Yeah," Link grumbled.

"Well, the way out is open. Go for it!" Navi encouraged him.

"Fine," He mumbled, and reluctantly got up. He shot the longshot towards the board at the top of the cell, and went flying upwards. But this time, before stupidly jumping off, he noticed something.

"Hey, Navi! Look over to the left! A ledge!" He exclaimed. Now, he took a deep breath, and made a leap of faith towards the ledge to the left of the jail cell. He just barely grabbed on to the edge, and climbed up.

"Oh, boy! We made it! I wonder what's in here?" Link said, and ran in. When he got in, he found the most unusual surprise.


Link entered a hallway, but found no Gerudos.

"Phew," He sighed. He slowly walked through the hallway, untill he came into an open area. He gasped. What he saw was a jail cell, overflowing with gold coins, and a Gerudo right next to them.

"Hey, you! What're you doing here! Get out!" The Gerudo jumped in front of the gold coins.

"Those? Are those gold coins?" Link slowly said.

"None of your business, now get out!" The Gerudo snapped back at him, and drew two swords.

"Oh, you wanna fight, huh? Okay, then," He said, and drew his own Master Sword. The Gerudo rolled up to him, and thrust at him. He blocked it easily with his shield, and jabbed back. Now the Gerudo flashed red and shouted in pain. Link kept chopping until she backflipped away.

"Hmm. You're strong. But, are you strong enough for this?" The Gerudo chuckled, and drew back. Suddenly, she jumped forward, spinning, her swords also spinning through the air. Link quickly side-stepped out of the way, and jabbed her again with his sword. Now, she shouted even louder.

"OW! NO!" She shouted, and ran away. Link now walked towards the shining gold coins.

"Wow," He stared in amazement. "I guess I could take a few," He said, and took out his rupee wallet. He tossed some rupees aside, and almost filled his giant's wallet with gold coins. "Alright. Now, let's get out of here before the Gerudos come and find me," He said to himself, and started to leave, when Navi stopped him.

"Wait, Link! The secret of Gerudo's Fortress! You've found it! It's treasure!" Navi shouted.

"I've... I've found it!?" Link gasped. He looked back at the pile of gold coins.

"The secret treasure of Gerudo's Fortress is... gold coins?" He said, more in amazement than happiness.

MISSION COMPLETE


I know, the chapter is short, but it's also very important! Don't worry, the next chapter will be better.