Chapter 10: Bo

As we approached Hyrule Field, Bo stirred and awoke. For a second, he looked confused. "Decided to take me to yer master, eh?" he asked loudly. He rolled off of the sling, pulling Colin and his sister with him. "An' these litt'l ones too?" He placed the unconscious children on the ground next to him and held up his fists, challenging me to fight him. I stared at him in astonishment. Bo had raised me. The entire village had raised me. He of all people should know that I would never hurt the people I loved. But then again, he watched as I did it, or at least, as my clone did it. There was nothing I could do, except try to explain.

"I didn't do any of that Bo," I told him gently. He scoffed. I continued, "You know me Bo. Would I ever harm any of you?"

"Never thought you would, but I gotta go wif what I saw," he responded, an enraged look on his face. I sighed. This wasn't the place to be arguing, but there wasn't anything I could do now. I couldn't leave Bo.

"Look Bo. I can't explain right now, but I didn't do hurt anyone. I didn't burn down Ordon," I said.

"Yeah right," he responded.

"Ganondorf created a dark copy of me. I didn't do anything." Bo rolled his eyes and stormed off, carrying Colin and his little sister. I knew what I had to do.

Pulling out my clawshot, I shot it at Colin and pulled him away. Bo was left holding the little girl. I knew he wouldn't let him go.

"You're right Bo!" I said, deciding to pull the evil gig. If I could just get them to Telma's bar, I'd explain everything. "If you leave, I'll kill him," I continued. I drew my sword and held it to the unconscious boy's fragile neck. I wanted to cry because of what I was doing, but I couldn't lose anyone.

"Fine," Bo spat back at me, "But if you hurt that little boy, I will kill you Link."

"Then I guess you'd best do what I say," I retorted, hating myself for it.

Bo followed me to castle town on foot. It was long and arduous, and we didn't arrive until late at night. Still holding the sleeping Colin, I told Bo to wait around the corner while I got some "guards" to help me. I threatened him with Colin's life once again, and made off, leaving Epona with him.

I snuck through Castle Town to Telma's bar. I woke the sleeping Ashei and Shad, as well as another handful of freedom fighters who had gathered in the bar. I had them each make their way to the outside of Castle Town, leaving one at a time, with a minute interval in between each. In about ten minutes, we had all gathered outside the gate, and I led them to where Bo was squatting with the swaddled baby and Epona. They hadn't moved and I was relieved.

We reassembled at the gate, some of us leading Epona, some of us leading Bo. Shad carried Colin's sister and I personally carried Colin.

In different groups, we made our way through the town with me coming back in between groups to lead them, and hopefully kill any Geruk-erians we came across. I had to shoot two with my bow, but we made it to the bar without any casualties. We hid the Geruk-erian's bodies in the back.

I placed Colin tenderly on a bed, and called to see if there were any people with medical experience. Ilia came to me with another girl and told me that her mother had been a healer before she was killed by Ganondorf, and that she knew some of the methods, but only the basics. Unfortunately, she was deaf. Ilia tried her best to translate what I was saying into sign language, but when the girl only looked at her more confused, Shad took over, communicating fluidly what I wanted, and the child quickly looked Colin over and concluded that both of his legs were broken. She couldn't tell why he had slept for so long, and we took to pouring water down his throat and plugging his nose to make him swallow. We did the same with food that we had mashed up. Currently, there was nothing more we could do. The girl, whose name we had learned was Marilee, was incompetent. I knew someone who could help. Renado. I just hoped that he was still alive.

(I apologize for referring to "Colin's sister" repeatedly. I don't know what her name is. If anyone does, please PM me or put it in the reviews. –Forrest)