Chapter 8: Victors and Losers
With only one pair of hands left on his leg, Vio flipped himself over onto his back in preparation to kick the last sucker off of him. He initially froze when he saw that it was Blue, but then kicked his free foot into his friend's chest. Blue groaned and stumbled back. With his newly limited mind, he quickly forgot about Vio and focused on another target.
Green was too focused on ridding the roof of villagers to notice the person approaching from behind. He let out a surprised yelp as someone grabbed him around his chest; one arm came from under him left arm and the other from over his right shoulder. Jagged nails dug into Green's skin and were dragged towards his sides. A warm, red liquid stained the green tunic as its wearer screamed.
Blue moved his hands up again to make another tear. He wanted to rip the body open and feast on the delicious innards that rested inside. The thought made him drool and it poured onto the back of Green's neck. Blue made another long gash with his left hand before Red leapt onto his back.
"No, Blue! Stop! You don't know what you're doing!" He tried to reach out to the soul being shadowed by the dark spell. "It's us, your friends! You have to snap out of it!" Blue released Green, but only to swat at the boy latched around his neck. His nails made contact with the hero's neck, but it was only a light scratch.
The leader fell to his knees and clutched his chest; there was a lot of blood, and it hurt him to breathe.
Vio looked around him. He was torn between making sure Green was okay, assisting Red, or attacking the cause of their distress. He thought it unwise to fight the enchanter on his own, but then he caught sight of him. He was just waiting a short distance away, watching the Links fight each other. Was he actually…enjoying himself? This sickened Vio, and a long dormant anger boiled up inside of him.
He was tired. Tired of losing. Tired of being attacked. Tired of seeing his friends in pain. Tired of the nightmare that he and the others were trapped in. It had to end. Now. It was Vio's turn to fill in for Blue, and he did something that shocked the three free-thinking people around him.
Vio ran to Red and Blue and harshly yanked Red off. He fell to the roof. "Vio? What are you doing?" He was ignored as Vio roughly grabbed Blue by the back of his collar and pulled him towards the enemy. With a look of pure hatred on his ordinarily placid face, Vio let out a yell as he somehow mustered up enough strength to throw Blue straight at the sorcerer.
Caught completely off guard, the magician was knocked to the floor, a blue mass lying on top of him. Although Blue's violent tendencies had taken over part of Vio, the purple Link had actually been as clever as always. He knew that a sword strike would be seen a mile away and be easily blocked by the shadow wizard. But there was no way he would be able to react to the surprising attack in time to dodge his own slave. Also, the plan stopped Blue from hurting Red or killing Green.
"Red! Go make sure Green is alright!" Vio commanded as he turned back towards the fallen duo. Red did as he was told and hurried to his teammate's side. He reached down to check on Green, but was met with resistance.
"No, Red, you have to help Vio." Green stopped to catch his breath. "He needs you."
"But so do you," Red protested.
"Look, I'll be fine for now." He paused to take another breath, then continued, "He needs your help more than I do right now."
"But-"
"Just go!" Reluctantly, Red left his side and hurried to join his other comrade.
The malicious being on the floor was struggling against his own minion. Blue may have been under his spell, but his mind could only hold so many thoughts in its current state. Blue still had a craving for fresh meat, so when he saw some lying right underneath him, he took advantage of his luck without even noticing who it was.
The enchanter was finding is difficult to keep Blue's gaping jaws away from him. Blue was gaining strength as he continued to fight his way to the buffet below him. He closed the distance between them enough to be able to reach the dark entity's head, so he began to pound his fists against it in an effort to weaken his prey.
The magician felt himself losing consciousness and was sure he was going to meet his fate, but he suddenly felt a dead weight on his body instead. Through clouded eyes he could see a purple figure standing beside him, a shield in its hands.
Red dragged Blue's limp body off to the side and out of harm's way. He then joined Vio as they stood on either side of the source of all the trouble they had gone through that night. The two positioned their swords, more than ready to wake up from this nightmare.
As they brought their swords down upon him, the figure hidden behind his wrappings came to and opened his shadowed eyes. They opened wide as he felt a sharp, dreadful pain in his chest. Tilting his head up, the sorcerer saw to holy blades sticking out of his body. The shock was too much for him, and he couldn't even muster a scream. All thoughts halted in his fading mind.
All he could do was stare at the two boys above him and look into their unsympathetic eyes as he felt himself slip away – both into the humiliating arms of failure and the cold grip of death. And when he finally left both the land of Hyrule and the world of the living, the dark entity melted into the shadows, leaving behind his coat, underclothes, hat, boots, and bandages.
Vio and Red spun around when they noticed an orange glow coming from behind them. Their tense faces relaxed when they saw the sun rising over the horizon.
Hehe I love how Vio just goes and chucks Blue at the bad guy. *snickers*
