Chapter 9: Last day

I look at him right in the eyes. If there's a thing to do now, it's to show him I'm not afraid of death. I'll stand against him until the end. His sword is about to touch my chest when I see a bright light for a second. Ganon isn't there anymore. I turn my head on the right to see him facing Young Link with his sword in hand.

"Don't you dare to touch him!"

Ganon tries to attack him but he gets away and stabs him in the back. He then pushes him on the rock wall in front so it hits his head. Ganon falls on the solid ground. When he stands up, we both expect that he tries to strike but he just levitates to get to the top of the cliff.

"I'll come back later then…"

He finally disappears from my sight as Young link approaches me.

"We have to get you out of there."

He takes me on his shoulder and the pain in my leg comes back which makes me groan loudly. My partner puts me down and leans me against the wall.

"Oh, sweet Nayru…"

I take a peek at it and see what's wrong; it's normal above the knee but beneath it, my leg's twist at 90 degrees. I even see my bone from the outside and it bleeds like hell. My partner puts one hand on my feet.

"I'll have to replace it on its original position, you're ready?"

I nod; I don't think the pain can be worse than it already is. I've never been this wrong in my whole life; the pain is a hundredth time worse. I scream when he replaces it but it feels a little better now. At least I don't see my bone anymore. I close my eyes. It's the only way out of that horrible pain. My partner shakes me gently.

"Hey, you stay with me, okay?"

I look at him and nod. It's the last day; I think I can endure it. Just a couple of hours... We look around to find a way out of that place but the only thing we find is that rock wall. Young Link sighs.

"Oh well, I guess it's time to use it..."

He takes out a rope with a weird-shaped rock attached on it. He gets a little further before making spin the rope. He does that for a second before he let go so the rock gets around a tree branch above the cliff. He ties the rope around my waist and smiles.

"We'll soon be out, just wait a second."

My partner climbs up the rope until he's on top of the cliff before pulling it up. I feel so useless. No I am useless. What will happen if we get attacked? Young Link will have to defend me. Even if I have my gun, I don't think it will make a difference, I can't use the hand I normally use since is crushed so I don't know if I will aim greatly. It feels like an eternity but I finally touch the ground. My friend leans me against a tree and presses my leg. I groan by the pain as he stares at me with a worried look.

"Sorry, but you started bleeding just like if you opened a sink, I can't let you like that."

I can't help but smile.

"It feels weird."

"What's wrong?"

"It's a weird feeling when someone touches your flesh..."

I close my eyes and feel my head fall on my chest. I open them when my partner puts a hand on my shoulder.

"Stay awake, you may not wake up."

He sigh, well, I think, it sounds a bit like sobbing though.

"I shouldn't have abandoned you like this..."

"Past is past there's nothing you can do to it."

"Yeah, you're right. We should head for the clock."

He's about to grab me but I stop him.

"No, Mewtwo and Ganon will surely wait for us there. We should wait until it's pretty late."

He nods and takes his hand full of my blood off my leg that stopped bleeding.

"Still, I can't move you or you'll start bleeding again."

"Another reason to not move..."

"But if we stay here Ganon will surely come back!"

"Oh, yeah, I forgot that detail."

"I don't think he'll wait all-day to get back too."

We stay silent for a moment, both thinking about what we should do. My partner takes off his scabbard and ties the belt tight around my leg.

"I think it's the best we can do."

"I agree."

He takes my arm around his neck and put his arm around my waist. At least I can support myself with my other leg. We walk like this for a while. Well, I should say hours because the sun is fully raised when we decide to stop for a moment. I sit down backing a tree while Young Link takes off the belt. He can't hide a disgusted face. I frown.

"What's wrong?"

"Your leg... I think it's decomposing or something..."

I take a peek at it to find out that it actually does. Great, like if we had not enough problem like this. Ugh, I can't wait until the week is done. My partner put the belt back on my leg.

"We should head back to the clock, it got really worse."

I nod.

"But we shouldn't go too fast, the best would be to arrive just in time."

"I agree. I'll climb in that tree to see which direction we should take, if you don't mind."

"Why would it?"

He shrugs.

"I don't know."

He starts climbing with such ease that I thought he was flying until the last branch. I don't see him but I guess he's looking around to see where the clock is. He gets down after a moment.

"We have a lot of walking to do; it's almost at the other side of the map."

I sigh.

"Oh well then, I guess we should start now."

He grabs me so we have the same position then a moment ago and we start walking. It's a pretty boring day I should say but I don't complain; I prefer that then a freaking storm. We walk like this during the whole day.

It's been a while since the sky is dark. We're both really weary but we just can't afford to sleep; the week is almost done, we're almost home. We decide to take one last break before getting to the clock there's maybe an hour left before the week is done. I lay on the grass and Young Link climbs in a nearby just to see how far we have to do. I let him climb up and stay on the ground enjoying stopping walking for a bit. Both of my legs hurt. One because I walked too much on it and the other, well, because it's decomposing.

I hear footsteps that make me notice that I closed my eyes. I open them.

"So, are we fa-?"

It isn't my partner in front of me, it's Ganon and his sword rose above my face. He's about to stab my head with it when an arm gets just in front of me. Young Link screams as his arm starts bleeding like hell. Apparently frustrated, Ganondorf grabs his collar and smash him on the tree he climbed in a second ago. The Gerudo punches him hard in the stomach. I mean really hard, there's blood coming out of it. He keeps punching him. He's going to kill him! I take my blaster and try to aim but it isn't easy. I trust my instincts and shoot. My bolt gets right in Ganon's hand. He let go of my partner and I shoot at him again. This time, he gets my bullet right in the shoulder. I shoot another that ends up in his throat. He falls on the ground, unconscious. I approach my partner, alive and awaken. He smiles.

"Thanks, I'm sure he would've killed me."

I take off his arm from his stomach to see that it is really bad. He put it back on it.

"I'm okay, I can walk... Let's just go..."

I'm not letting him walk like this. Even if this might kill me I grab him and jump as far as I can. I groan loudly by the pain in my leg. I continue like this until we arrive in the glade just in time. The clock disappears and a door takes its place. I try to take a step forward but I feel my leg twist and I fall on the ground. Young Link grabs me and puts me on his shoulder. He walks forward for a good moment before he reaches the door knob that he turns. He enters in the huge white room. He falls on the ground and so do I. I think I can hear Fox but I'm not sure. I close my eyes and lose consciousness.

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