Disclaimer: I do not own The Legend Of Zelda or any of its characters. I do however own any OC's that may appear, such as baby Scarlett.

Author's Note: One last chapter soon to follow! Thanks to everyone who read and supported this story!

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Third Person's POV

A cloaked figure entered the room the violet-haired man had exited only moments ago.

The figure looked down and spotted three dead bodies on the ground.

Eyeing all three of them, the mysterious figure was immediately able to determine which was the enemy.

The figure then advanced towards the body of the person who had been verified to be his or her ally, and pulled out a bottle.

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Kafei's POV

When I entered the room, I immediately took notice of the fact that the door did not bar itself, which was good incase something went wrong and I needed to grab Scarlett and run.

In the corner of the enormous room there was a large cell.

In it was an odd-looking man with reddish-brown hair and large lips.

I figured he must be the missing researcher.

In his arms was a small, frightened infant.

"Scarlett!" I breathed, darting to the cell.

There was my baby girl, safe and sound.

"Is this your child?" the man asked.

"Yes." I replied, dropping the sword and trying the brass key.

It was much too large for the cell's lock.

"Damn it!" I swore, throwing the key down in frustration.

It was then when I heard a laugh that sent chills down my spine.

I turned around slowly and sure enough, there was Sakon, and he wasn't alone.

Standing on either side of him were the Gorman brothers from the Gorman Racetrack.

Sakon dangled a long, skinny silver key in front of me tauntingly.

"Lookin' for this, Dotour?" he asked, smirking psychotically.

"You son of a bitch!" I spat, my rage skyrocketing. Sakon peered at each Gorman, each of whom snickered.

"Ooh, somebody's getting angry." He said in a mocking tone, as if he were talking to a cranky five ear-old child who skipped out on its naptime instead of a furious, full-grown man who was ready to tear him to pieces.

The Gormans each laughed.

"We're quaking in our boots!" one said, cracking up.

"You should be, piece of shit!" I snapped.

I had been clenching my fists so tightly that I could feel blood trickling down one of my palms from my nails, but I didn't pay it much notice.

Instead, I picked up the sword and charged at them.

Sakon stepped back and the Gormans came forward, both of which possessed daggers.

My first instinct was to swing the sword around blindly in rage, hoping to impale a vital organ. But figuring that would be dumb, I slowed down slightly and waited unblinkingly to see which brother would attack first.

The one to my right was the first to lunge.

I quickly sidestepped out of the way and swung the sword, grazing the man's shoulder.

He howled in pain and I barely had time to recoil from the heavy swing before the next brother attacked.

I swung the sword straight down and stabbed the second brother directly in the chest.

The man fell dead shortly after.

I heard the first brother cry out in despair and looked ahead to see Sakon looking on in surprise.

I decided to take his momentary shock to my advantage.

As I went to retrieve my sword from the dead brother's body, the first brother grabbed me by the hair and pulled me back, holding me by my arms. He had a surprisingly strong grip.

Sakon pranced forward triumphantly. When he was directly in front of me, he drove his fist into my gut.

Once again for the umpteenth time that day, I found myself struggling to catch my breath.

"Well, well, well, Dotour…look at the mess you've gotten yourself in. see what happens when you screw with dangerous people like me?"

I spat in his face. He grimaced in disgust, wiped the spit away with his sleeve, and then proceeded to kick out at my left knee. I grunted in pain and would've fallen had the still-alive Gorman not been holding me up.

Sakon was just about to aim a punch directly at my face, but he held back…a small, creepy smile forming on his face.

He then advanced towards the cell. He unlocked it, grabbed Scarlett, knocked the researcher to the floor, and relocked the cell.

"You know, such a pity…" Sakon said with a smirk. "…That this pretty baby couldn't even live long enough to see her first birthday." He then took the blanket Scarlett had wrapped around her and pushed it against her mouth and nose.

Scarlett let out a muffled cry and began thrashing about violently as she struggled to breathe.

"Scarlett! NO!" I bellowed, thrashing around madly to break free of Gorman's grasp. "DON'T!" I screamed, tears threatening to spill as I watched her struggle.

In the next moment, many things happened at once.

First, I heard the door burst open from behind us.

Secondly, Sakon had removed the blanket from Scarlett's face and was staring in shock at something behind us.

Before I could even begin to comprehend what was going on, Gorman released me with a cry of pain.

Not even interested in what had just happened, I darted towards Sakon with my knife ready.

Running alongside me was a mysterious cloaked figure.

Sakon backed up against the wall, a look of pure shock on his face. Then he held Scarlett out, who was now whining.

"I forfeit! Take her!" he pleaded.

The hooded figure nodded to me and took Scarlett from him gently.

I held the knife threateningly against his throat. He gulped.

"See what happens when you screw with dangerous people like me?" I growled, using his own words against him.

Within the next second, Sakon was no more.

There was a long silence in the room aside from my panting.

Then I sighed and dropped the bloody knife.

"Oh, Scarlett…" I whispered, kissing her forehead. The cloaked figure was about to say something before I caught sight of someone approaching.

I did a double take.

"Tom?" I shouted, running up to him. "But…how…?"

I was at a loss for words.

Tom merely smiled.

"That cloaked person revived me with a bottled fairy." I smiled and gave him a hug.

Now making sense of things, it seemed that Tom had stabbed and killed Gorman, thus making him let me go.

"Excuse me!" called the researcher.

"Oh…the key!" I pointed on the ground by the cell where Sakon had left it.

Tom proceeded to unlock it.

I turned to the cloaked person.

"Who are you?" I asked.

The person had been cradling Scarlett. They then handed Scarlett to me and removed the hood to reveal…

"Anju." I breathed, staring in disbelief.

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Anju's POV

"Who are you?" he asked, eyeing me suspiciously.

I handed Scarlett to him and revealed myself by removing my hood.

"Anju…" he whispered, stepping back in shock.

Tom and the researcher came to stand with us.

Tom gasped in surprise at me.

I smiled.

"Don't think I didn't know what happened to you guys as soon as we discovered you were both missing. I didn't want to just sit at home weeping each day while you were both out risking your lives. So I disguised myself and snuck out of town after first packing some necessities…including the stash of bottled fairies we keep at home. I saw you guys heading to the ruins as soon as I made it up here. I've been following you guys ever since."

"Well, thanks! You saved my life and in doing so, helped save Scarlett's and Kafei's as well!" I smiled at Tom then turned back to Kafei, who had a small frown on his face.

"…You could have gotten hurt." Was all he said.

"And you as well." I responded with a frown of my own. "If I hadn't come along, all of you wouldn't still be here, and I couldn't bear that." I said, letting my tears fall freely. "It was very foolish for you two to go after Sakon alone and without a plan…but I'm just glad everything worked out." I said, kissing Scarlett's forehead. I then stood on my tiptoes and kissed Kafei. "I love you." I whispered.

"I love you too." He replied, smiling at me with glistening crimson eyes.

"Let's go home, shall we?" Tom suggested.

Everyone nodded in agreement, and I could've sworn I saw baby Scarlett smile for the first time…she must've known she was safe now.

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