The Mechanical Beast

The night seemed to consume light from the street lamps as Marcus made his way out the park. A light fog had built up, further shortening Marcus's sight. The journey towards his apartment was quick and fast. Neither person wanted to stay outside when they both knew Dark Link could jump them at any moment.

"Are you sure he isn't following us?" Marcus looked back to Link, who was admiring the strange structures that seemed to be homes.

"Yes, I can somewhat sense his presence with the Master Sword and right now my sword is silent."

"Oh...I see, I guess that would make sense. Well that's good as my house is coming up in a few minutes."

The two remained silent for the rest of the journey until Link's ears picked up a faint sound.

"Marcus get down now!"

Marcus didn't hesitate to duck behind the body of a car. Link quickly joined him and drew his bow.

"Something is approaching and it's considerably loud."

Marcus paused for a few second.

"I can't hear anything out of the ordinary"

Link looked at Marcus's ears only now noticing that they were in fact rounded and not pointed like his own. Link then understood that his hearing far superior to the human in front of him. He pointed his bow in the direction of the sound and waited silently.

"I don't think you should do that..." a bright light started to approach, Marcus almost started panicking as he realised what was coming.

"Link, you need to trust me and put away your weapons and stay out of sight."

Link was about to argue that he could take whatever was coming, and then he saw the seriousness in Marcus's face and backed away into the shadows.

The piercing sound of sirens slowly got louder until Link had to clamp his hands over his ears. He risked peeing at the source of the noise and almost went white when he saw the metallic beast zoom past them, not even looking at them. Inside Link saw two people wearing strange clothing as if they only had time to put on half their armour.

Marcus saw the expression on Link's face and chuckled quietly, he stood up, signalling that it was safe to come out, at the same time thinking of a way to describe what had just happened.

"What...was that?" Link grabbed Marcus's arm, perhaps holding it just a bit too tight.

"Whoa...it ok, relax!" Link released the boys arm so that he could explain what happened. "What you just saw is what we call Police. To put it in worlds you may find easier to understand think of it like this; the people inside the metallic vehicle are knights paid to protect the people of this country."

Link nodded as this made sense to him.

"Now for the vehicle, well think of a carriage. I'm sure Zelda must have one. It's like that, however it is able to move without the use of horse because of an engine. What you saw was a Car of more specifically a Police Car as the police were driving it."

Link's face seemed to calm down now he knew the cars were not enemies.

"I see, so the car is really some sort of cart that has this thing called an engine? What's that exactly?"

"An engine is...well...how do I explain it?" Marcus sighed as he knew that he had to be careful with his explanation. "Let's enter my house first; it's that door over there with the 17 on it."

Marcus pulled out his keys from his pocket, grateful that he didn't lose it and opened the door.

"Welcome to my home,"