"L-love?!" Dark shouted, caught off guard by the remark.
"You may not realize it, Dark, but I do." she said
Both of the look-alike boys were blushing now. Link rose to his feet and took out his sword. Dark did the same.
"So, we're going to have to fight you to get to Koume and Kotake?" Link said.
"Yes, it appears so. My mistresses will not be disappointed!" she yelled out and sprang after Link first. Link put up his shield and her desert style sword clashed against the Hylian shield. Link then slashed at her, but her nimble form quickly evaded the attack. Dark then joined in, trying to hit here with his dark arrows at a distance while Link brawled with her in a closer distance.
"Damn it! Stop moving you friggen' cat!" Dark Link shouted while sending another arrow out. It just barely hit her, missing her arm by about an inch or two. But it did shake her up a bit and her graceful, balance back-flip that she was in the middle of failed and she fell to the ground.
'This is my chance!' both Dark Link and Link thought simultaneously. Link raised his sword and Dark readied his bow. Dark let the arrow fly and it finally hit its target. It hit the woman's shoulder, although Dark had aimed for the head; then Link swiped his sword at her, the hit succeeded. She fell to the ground on her back and she looked towards the ceiling. Dark jumped down from the ledge he'd been on and walked over besides Link.
"Y-you've done it… so… easily…"
"Your too weak. Now tell us what you know about Koume and Kotake as Twinrova. What are her weaknesses?" Dark persisted.
"Dark…" Link whispered.
"What?"
"I….have failed them… but the question is… was my loyalty ever to them…?"
"What do you mean?" Dark asked, annoyance in his voice.
"Listen to me babble… her weakness, young warriors… is the shield…"
"What shield? Come on, we don't have all eternity!" Dark persisted again.
"The… mirror shield… it's in the next room over there… in a c-chest… take this key…" she held a key in her frail hand. "Good luck… heroes…" she closed her eyes then let out her final breath. She then decomposed into sand and the only thing that remained was the key.
"Was she real then?" Link asked.
"Her blood was, so I'm assuming Twinrova was just controlling her." Dark said picking up the key from the pile of sand.
"Well, we're almost there. The Mirror Shield is in that room, so its most likely Twinrova isn't in there." Link said.
"Yeah, but we have to devise a plan. If there's only one shield, you should use it. Then we'll have to decide what I could do…"
"Mhm." Link headed for the locked door across the room; Dark followed. Dark unlocked the door and the chains fell to the ground. Both the teens opened the heavy door and preceded inside. Dark began to think about what the Gerudo woman said.
"Because now I see even the darkest of shadows can love."
'Love, huh?'