"How'd it go? How'd it go?" Dita hops up in joy to hear Barnette give a response about Link.
Barnette: He's uhh very pleased. He allowed my to touch him.
Dita: Really? Mr. Alien gets annoyed when I touch him!
Barnette: I don't want him to catch onto what I am doing yet.
Jura: Why not? It can make him want you!
Barnette: I... no, I just don't. I don't know enough about him.
Jura and Dita: Ask him to dinner!
Barnette: I thought it was suppose to be the other way around...
Jura: As much as he talks, I doubt you would hear when he asks. But, HE IS SOOOO CUUUTTTTEEEE!
Barnette sighs, then soon leaves. She didn't mentioned that Link allowed her to hold his ocarina.
Link thinks about his second and first encounter with the stranger. The second time, in the registry, she become more hesistant, but more demanding. Still stating she wants to help Link. This causes Link to decide to go snooping around, but the smell of the kitchen and gunpowder was amongst many pirates. His search was limited, he could not enter the women's quarters without permission. Frustrating, Link decided he could blow off steam by spending time with the now friendly Barnette.
Merith slowly lets her legs hang off the bed, while trying to remove an IV. Barely enough strength to stay awake, she manages to take it out without any bleeding. She slowly gets off the bed and walks to the exit. peeking her head out, she finds no one around, she then sneaks down to hall. This is not the first time she's done this escape attempt. She makes it to the armory and sits in a corner with a fully loaded gun. Slowly placing the gun on her temple, she pulls the trigger.
Little did she know the gun was loaded with blanks. she constantly pulls the trigger, only to end in tears. It was not long before she was found and carried back to the infirmary with no retaliation.
Meia recieves word on Merith's suicide attempt once again. "I hope she gets better." She thinks back on the time when Merith first joined. The young teen was more to herself and keep isolation when possible, but she was eager to be on the field. Meia wished she had a better experience than before. "If only I went... Instead if you." Now the young one is now suicidal.
"Uh Meia?" She opened her eyes to find a nurse, curiously looking at her. Meia walks away, but not without saying, "We've replaced the ammunition with blanks temporarily."
After hours of silence, a darknut appears in the registry. He slams his heavy sword on the ground as he shouts for battle. His appearance triggered an alarm, but at the nick of time, Link arrived with his sword and shield ready. The darknut slowly turns to face Link, as the young hero drawn out his sword. They both stand ready for a deadly engagement.
"It's in here! HURRY! LINK WENT TO COMBAT IT!" A superior orders other pirates to provide backup for the Hylian. Guns were locked and loaded and armor was worn to it's finest. They ran into the registry to block the exit, ever letting anything enter or leave. With grunts and steel clashing, the over aggressive darknut throws his large sword at the hero to draw out his swifter blade. As he slid under the flying sword, Link manages to cut down the darknut with quick rising slash , followed with an opposite slash. The darknut fell and vanished, then there was a clapping heard from behind Link.
BANG! Barnette fires a gun at the figure behind Link. The bullet hits Link in the right shoulder, rendering his shield arm useless. "Damn! Link get down!" Barnette quickly lays on the ground with him as the pirates opened fire upon the purple cloaked figure. He simply used a forceful wind to stop all the on coming bullets, making them all fall onto Link and Barnette. "Hmph, this is how the weak greets a wind sage... I will further wish for an apology from your company... Link" It was none other than the wind sage, Vaati.
Barnette pulls Link up quickly. As they fall back, four other pirates stood guard infront. Unfortunately, a giant golden claded figure stood behind them. "Not gonna happen" The large figure kicks the two, back to Vaati, but not without knocking over the other pirates. As Link landed on his back, he catches Barnette. "My, My, My. If it isn't the little one... who's finally grown up."
A heavy gust of wind forces Link to roll onto the far side of the room. Another lifts Barnette into the air and binds her to the ceiling. "Shit... This is bad.." barnetted mutters to herself. The lady, who regarded Link as the little one, binds Link to the ground with magical butterflies, and grins as she applies pressure to his gunshot wound.
Now upset a pirate hollers out in rage. "THIS IS WHY I NEVER TRUSTED HIM! HE WAS A BAIT TO LURE THIS PSYCHOS ABOARD THE NIRVANA! WE OUGHT TO KILL HIM WHEN WE HAD THE CHANCE AT FIRST!"
Vaati: QUIET YOU! Onox... would you please give that swinging a rest and Veran make him suffer for what he has done to us and Lord Ganon.
Veran: Why certainl...
Onox: Now you just hold up just a darn minute, Windy. Don't forget I was the one put in charge...
Vaati: Yes but you ar..
Onox: SHUT IT YOU GRAPE!
Vaati is rendered silent, a humiliating act for a sage. As Veran applies more pressure to Link with her deadly magic, She freezes the squad of pirates supposedly providing back up. Barnette is released by Vaati's wind bind and lands on her left knee, nearly shattering it from a high fall. She grunts as she stands slowly with her new injury. Quickly thinking, she throws a smoke grenade towards the upset wind sage and makes an attempt to attack Veran with her combat knife. She leaps towards her, only to have her wrist be caught the slim witches free hand. Before she had knew it, Vaati had already vanqushed the smoke before the grenade released it.
Veran: A... little.. fiesty are we? (Taunting Barnette)
Barnette: Go to... hell! (Attempts to push the knife further)
Veran: Please give it up. Your puny to me.
Vaati prepares to use a strong gust on Barnette to make a fatal blow on here, until Link leaps and grabs a hold of Veran. "WHA! HOW DID YOU?" Astonished by the wounded Hylian, Veran quickly morphs into butterflies to avoid Link's sword thrusting through her back. Unfortunately, the sword stabs Barnette right in her left arm. "Lets leave, I'm sure that he'll br hated by his companions now." The evil trio leaves as Barnette yells in pain. The accident is not viewed as one by the stressful pirates.
Link was handcuffed and thrown into a cell in the brig. "You monster... She trusted you.. we trusted you." As the cell lazers activate, Link watches the guards leave. Not broken, but ashamed of harming an ally. Link lays on the bed provide, but only to be harrassed by Hibiki. "Now what is this guy doing here? Oh wait, I know. He lured his friends here and stabbed Barnette for shooting him."
Bart: That could be the case, but what was the motive?
Duelo: You two are always at it with your assumptions...
Bart: Wouldn't "assume" the same as well? I mean he did just did a full thrust in your stomach. As you said *ahem* "He did not rupture any great vessels or any other vessels, but that stab went right through" *ahem* "back"
Duelo glares at Bart for having his ridiculous ways, which results in him leaving.
Bart: Hey come back here! It was just a joke!
Hibiki: Sheesh who needs him. We got our boy Link here to keep us company...
Link looks back with a glare to the adjacent cell as Hibiki and Bart gossip about him. His primary focus was to get himself out of the uncomfortable handcuffs, which were making him cramp. Luckily, his agility allowed him to move his cuffed hands infront of him by raising his legs under his arms. As he shrugs the stress off his shoulders, Link tries to break off the gelatin like cuffs, but they keep reattatching.
"No use for that", the stranger appears once again, "They have you locked like an animal. You don't know what you are capable of nor do they." Link slowly approach the electric entrance of the cell, only to have a gush of wind force him back. "Stay back! You will bring harm onto me as you will yourself! Listen to me hero, it is your destiny to become what you are to these helpless people, only then will that determine your path. Your apologetic performance against the evil lord's soldiers was only a mistake on your behalf, due to your infinite rage." As Hibiki and Bart continue gossip, they are completely oblivious to the cloaked stranger. Only with ever growing curiousity, Link questions the stranger about his... enhancements. "What is it, oh so ever hero? Your what?... Ohhh, the conflict with the evil king has granted you to be more superior than you were before. The crystalization was formed by none other than Princess Zelda herself, only to shield you from that life stealing blow from the king himself. Unfortanetely, her bad timing resulted in the evil king being crystalized as well. Which, gave the seven sages enough to time trap the evil king forever, but in result losing a faithful hero to saving the triforce from evil hands and Hyrule's cause. As a result of her guilt, Princess Zelda has imbedded..." Link eyes slowly widen as the stranger concludes, "The triforce of wisdom within your hand... But, your enhanced abilities comes from the magic from the crystal, as it contained seven elements and magic from the Princess herself. Strength of a Gerudo, lung capacity of a Zora and Gerudo, control of light and shadow, and speed of the forest's wind rested within you as you awoken from your slumber between worlds. Losing you not only stressed the sages and Zelda, but the Princess has fell very ill with the lack of your presence in your homeworld... and before you ask, she is very well alive, but only in a long wakeless sleep. So you see, it is not permanent." Hearing this makes Link collapse to his knees and stare at the ground, with his eyes forced open with all his might. Not only shocked, but feels a heavy burden upon him. "She will awaken soon, but only with time, not from your presence."
Barnette walks towards the window, watching the nebulas as the Nirvana flies through space. She places her hand on her upper abdominal wound and pulls away due to the pain. With her thoughts consisting of betrayel and hate, she knocks over and IV machine, then proceed to throw tools against the wall. She takes a deep breath as she begins to remove the bandage. But, as soon as she touches it, a hand grabs her by the wrist. Merith, pale and cold as ice, stands next to her. "Don't do it."
Barnette: You don't know what it feels like. My... insides hurt...
Merith: Maybe, but you'll only make it worse.
Barnette: What are you talking about? and why are you cold?
Merith faints, but only to have Barnette catch her. Barnette hurts herself as she strains her abs to hold Merith. "HEY! WHY AREN'T YOU IN BED?!"
"She's only malnurished, and she's lost her appetite due to the anxiety and trauma she's suffered from the field." Duelo examines Merith as he restrains her on the bed, "it only shows what long term effects it can have on someone after being shell shocked. If this continues, we may have to make arrangements for a funeral for her." Barnette unwillingly accepts the male doctor's information on her fellow pirate. With no further hesistation, she requests that Duelo apply the red gel upon her wound. Duelo complies with her request, but is unsure of what it can do to her wound and how she will react to it.
As the doctor applies the red chu jelly upon Barnettes abdominal wound, he quickly jumps back. Her wound healed incredibly fast, with her pain and aches going away in a instant. "I'm... I'm not in no pain anymore... This stuff really does work like a miracle..." Barnette quickly leaves the infirmary, leaving Duelo astonished. He normally records his clinical rotations, luckily for him, he had a close video of the chu jelly effects on Barnette's great wound. He quickly leaves the infirmary to present the recording to the captain.
Hours later, Link is escorted into the conference room by armed pirates. He is forced down into a chair, grunting upon the pressure placed upon his bullet wound. He adjusts himself in the chair to ease the pain. "The bullet is still in his arm. Maybe we should've got that out earlier." Jura whispers to Gascogne, only to receive approval. Link looks around in the surrounding room as it is filled with laughter, serious discussion, and silence. He stills feels the burden of Zelda and now Barnette upon him, leaving him silent as he's even been. Magno enters the room, only to notice Link still bleeding.
Magno: Would someone tell me why is he still bleeding?
Pirate 1: Captain! Traitors should not receive treatment!
Gascogne: He's no traitor, he only made a little mistake.
Pirate 2: Why would you say that? Clearly you haven't seen Barnette's wound.
Gascogne: (stands up) Clearly you haven't.. Barnette looks fine to me, there's she is right there.
The majority of the room gasps as they see there is no wound.
Barnette: The red gel healed me in an insta... What?
As the others stare at Barnette, Link passes out, without everyone knowing. As the room was sparked with conversation, Barnette looks over at Link and then looks away. It was not long before Duelo showed the video demonstrating and elaborating on the quick healing process by the chu jelly. As it continues, Barnette keeps glaring at Link, then his shoulder, which to her surprise that he is still bleeding.
B.C: So with this... gel, we can expect faster medical treatments. But, what about Merith? you have yet to inform us of her condition.
Duelo: (Slowly looks over at Barnette, then faces the room) We may... need to make funeral arrangements pretty soon.
Gascogne: WHAT?!
B.C: This is absurd!
Jura: Oh my...
Dita: Nooo!
Duelo: She refuses to eat, she's still malnurished from the field, and her weight has dropped fast! I would insert a feeding tube into her duodenum, but she would never allow it! Now you tell me, what other choice do we have?!
The room has fallen silent from Duelo's facts. With it being quiet, Link slowly gains concious once again, but passes out. Duelo looks over at Link, only to see that he is bleeding. He pulls out a tube with the red chu jelly inside, catching eyes from all overe the room. "Watch this"
Duelo squeezes all the red chu jelly out onto Link's now exposed shoulder. Within seconds, the bullet falls out and Link's shoulder looks as if it was never scratched. "This could be our best shot at our medical treatments, no more scarcity amongst supplies." Duelo places more faith into the red chu jelly.
Gascogne: Hey, Doc.
Duelo: Yes?
Gascogne: Think that red stuff could fix Merith?
Duelo: I'm not sure if it could, it only works on wounds as we can all see. I need to run some more tests.
Barnette: Well GET TO IT DOCTOR! SHE WON'T LAST ANOTHER MINUTE WITHOUT YOU!
As Link fully regains concious, he finds that the cuffs are gone and he is on the infirmary bed. He feels the shoulder pain is gone and sits up quickly. Only to quickly cover up when a cold air hit him on his back. Releasing a deep sigh, Link looks at the back of his hand, expecting a glow from both triforces.
Link hears two women having a discussion outside the door. It sounds like B.C and Meia, so it has to be important.
Meia: He's dangerous, we need to keep him celled.
B.C: As much as I agree with you, we will not.
Meia: It was an accident, but you've seen how much force he put into that thrust. Barnette is only lucky to be alive at this moment.
B.C: It was a terrible sight, but you've once fought along side him, as well as Orangello. So the answer is no.
Meia: But...
B.C: I heard enough from you! If you want to take the situation into your own hands, then do it! (Thrusts a gun into Meia's grasp)
Meia:...
Link backs away from the door as it slides open. Meia is startled by the sight of the Hylian as she looks up. Without hesistation, she draws the gun and aims it at Link's head. He remains still with his hands in the air. "I... will not... allow anymore harm onto my crew. Starting with you."
Meia fires the gun.