Hey again. I wrote this chapter the same day as chapter 8, but I wanted to wait a little before updating again.


Chapter 9:

Link blew away the rest of the smoke from his gun. He had just fired it to take down a goon. As he put the gun away, he sat down to examine the goon. The bullet had gone straight through the forehead of the goon, killing him on impact. Link searched for a wallet or any kind of identification, but none were found. Link used his right hand to close the eyes of his victim. Even if it was a soldier loyal to Ganon, he was still a Hylian. Slowly, Link got up and left the house.

Once outside, he took a look into the crowd. They were running around in panic, screaming and yelling. Clearly, they had heard the shot. Link quickly identified the two soldiers in the crowd, of them had drawn his gun, the other seemed to request back-up through a portable telecom. Both of the guards were heading towards the stairs, but it was doubtful either had seen Link. Faced with the choice of running away or staying and fight, Link chose the latter. "They'll come for me anyhow" he thought as he grabbed the railing and jumped down, landing midway down the stairs. "This is as far as you go" Link said loudly to the soldier in front of him.

"We'll see, won't we" the soldier said and quickly aimed his gun to fire at Link. But Link was quicker and threw himself backwards, kicking the soldier's gun away as he lay horizontal in the air. He made a backwards somersault and bended his legs to soften his landing. "Ho... how did you do that?" asked the soldier, gasping for air. He was so impressed by the stunt that he totally forgot all about the pain in his right hand.

Link had no idea how to answer the soldier. He had never made a backwards somersault before, never mind going up while during it. Instead of answering the soldier, Link advanced down-stairs and gave the guard a powerful kick in his stomach. As the guard flew down the stairs, Link regained his balance and jumped over the railing again. Landing perfectly on the ground, he aimed and fired at the other soldier who was shouting into his telecom, now more furiously than before. The telecom broke and flew out of the hands of the soldier, leaving behind a few plastic splints in his hand. The solder broke down and clasped around his hand, blood flowing out where the plastic had penetrated his blood veins. Link ran over and used his momentum to deliver the soldier a swift kick to the head, knocking him out.

Meanwhile, the first soldier had gotten back on his feet. As he saw Link run towards his partner he grabbed his knife from his belt. He aimed at Link and the moment he knocked out the other soldier, he threw his knife.

Link had only just regained his balance, when suddenly he heard something in the air. Without taking his time to look, he bent over backwards, watching the knife pass only an inch above his chest. Had he not evaded he would have been dead. A scared look appeared on Link's face as he turned his head to look at the soldier. The soldier has standing as he was when he had thrown the knife, bent over, panting. But as he saw Link still standing, a frightened look appeared on his face.

"Who... who are you?" he said, his voice as firm as jelly.

"I'm the legendary Hero" Link said. He was surprised by the firmness of his words, yet he felt at peace with it. It was the only way to explain the weird things he had just done. Link saw as the soldiers face turned from fright to sheer horror and straightened up. He ran towards his opponent who was paralyzed out of fear. Link used his momentum again, this time planting a foot in the soldiers' stomach. As he bent over, Link smashed his elbow into the neck of the soldier. He fell over, unconscious. "You get to live" said Link solemnly. "Don't come after me again. I might not be as merciful."

With these words, Link began to walk up the stairs to his room. He had only stepped up on the stairs, when he heard a loud PING. Link threw himself away and took cover between a few crates, located at the building. "Figures" Link mumbled for himself. "Snipers." Link was pinned down, now both snipers were aiming his cover, the shots on each side of him told him that. Suddenly, the shooting stopped. At first, Link was sceptic but after a minute, nothing happened. Link hurried from his cover and ran up the stairs. As he arrived on the opposite site of the building, Link saw Froge held up by a general. Not thinking twice, Link jumped over and kicked the general away.


For those who couldn't tell, this chapter told what happened to Link while Froge got caught. Should be the last chapter with this kind of duality. SHOULD be. While I'm at it, this story will be taking a semi-pause. Partially due to my exams, but I also want to focus on getting The Hylian Mirror done.