Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Kwanza, Merry Winter Solstice, Happy
Romodon, and a Happy New Year! Well, now that I have that out of my system,
It is time to bring up this new chapter. Yay! Also, I still have a week and
a half of Christmas break left, so I'll try and crank out as many chapters
as possible before school once again takes over my life. Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 14: Betrayed and captured
Link and the others awoke the next morning, well rested and very hungry.
Kiki led them to the dining hall. Once there, they found themselves in a very large room. Beta sat at the end of a long table that housed the feast. On the table sat food such as marmalade roll, turkey, plum pudding, hot fudge, salads of every kind, spinach puffs, and assorted fruits and vegetables.
Along the sides of the tables sat many assorted robots who looked at the fleshy visitors with interest. One of them looked somewhat like Beta, had legs. Another looked like a long catapillar with spikes on his sides and on his back.
Link and his friends sat down at chairs that were reserved for them. "Welcome friends!" said Beta loudly. "Before we begin, I would like to perpose a toast to our guests."
Everyone raised their glasses and took a long sip from them. All who could anyway. The large red robot stood and introduced itself. "My name is Omega and I wish you the best on your future journeys."
Those in the room applauded this small speech as the odd purple catapillar raised itself for an introduction. "I am known as Catakiller. I hope that your stay in New Megaopolis, be it long or short, will be pleasant and. comfortable."
The pause and the way that he said the word comfortable made Link a little uneasy.
Introductions continued in this manner until everyone had spoken their names and given greetings to each other.
Beta told them to begin. Everyone had wondered how the food would taste. Considering that it was made by someone who didn't have a sense of taste, the food looked very good.
Link politely offered some bread to Zelda before helping himself. Zelda knew he was flirting and did her best to flirt back.
Zidane immediately launched for the marmalade roll and took a good third of it before being pulled back.
Inuyasha, who was usually very skeptical about eating food that was made by someone that he didn't know, didn't give it a second thought and just dug right into the turkey.
Yusuke seemed to have the philosophy of eating the sweet stuff first and was piling spoon fulls of plum pudding into his mouth.
Kenshin was much more polite than that and helped himself to the fruit that was around including, oranges, apples, mangos, peaches, lemons, and pears.
Robotnik was just as polite as Kenshin about his eating habits, but, like Yusuke, he went straight for the sweet stuff, eating his wheight in hot fudge.
Link found the food to be very delightful. That is, until he noticed that his friends were falling asleep, one by one. Yusuke let his face fall right into his plum pudding. Robotnik leaned back so far that his chair tipped and fell over. But he was still drifting off to dreamland.
Zidane fell to the ground in mid-chew, the gooey food oozing out of the sides of his mouth. Kenshin just seemed to slump back into his chair. Inuyasha was trying to fight it, but his efforts were all in vain. He dropped out of his chair and onto the floor in a matter of seconds.
"Link, I feel. so. sleepy all of a sudden. Zzzzzz."
Zelda's body went limp as sleep overtook her and she fell onto Link's lap.
Link himself felt the sudden urge to just drop off. He came to a sudden realization. He looked at Beta who was laughing in his own emotionless, monotone voice. Link managed to mumble out a curse of, "You bastards," before he, too, fell victim to the sleeping implant that was in the food.
Beta hovered over to Link's body and hauled it over his shoulder. "I am afraid that I have no choice in the matter, Link. I must follow my programming. Primary orders must be obeyed and completed. Failure is unacceptable."
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Link awoke several hours later to find that he was in some sort of prison chamber that appeared to be dug right into the mountainside.
The others were all awake, but they were all in different cells, each of them stripped of their weapons and energy.
He looked to Zelda's cell to see her huddled in a corner, her knees close to her chest, shivering slightly. He also noticed, with a lot of horror, that she had several deep slashes along her face, reaching down toward her neck.
"Zelda! What happened?" he shouted.
Kenshin stood up from his position on the floor. "She was the first of us to awaken. She tried to fight her way out to get help. Although she fought bravely, it was in vain. Thos slashes that you see are the result of her punishment."
Link growled. "Those bastards. To think that we ever trusted them."
Yusuke, lying on the ground, obviously drained of his energy said, "Yeah, you'd think we would have more sense than that."
Zidane, even in this dark and dismal hour, did not pass up an oppourtunity to goad Inuyasha. "Hey, Inuyasha. Your always boasting about how strong you are. So, why don't you just cut down those bars with your claws?" he asked.
Inuyasha growled both at Zidane for taunting him and at himself for his own stupidity for not thinking of that sooner. He raised his claws and started to slash, but Robotnik stopped him with a warning. "I wouldn't do that Inuyasha. These bars are made of double-layer, triple re-inforced steel with a titanium covering. There is absolutely no way even you could break through them."
Inuyasha sighed in defeat and leaned back against the wall.
Then, a guard robot entered the hall. In his right hand, he carried a large whip. In his left hand. He carried a board with many sheets of paper on it. "All of you are to come with me to start working in the mines."
Yusuke, even in his weakened condition, managed to be was stubborn and as defiant as ever. "And what happens if we refuse?" he asked.
The robot cracked his whip, threateningly. "If you refuse, then you end up like that poor wench over there." He pointed to Zelda. "It took quite a few cracks of this whip to get that naughty girl to behave herself. But now she knows that it is feutile to resist us."
Rage filled Link. "You bastard! As soon as I get out of this cell, I'm gonna kill you!"
The robot chuckled. "Your not in the position to kill anyone, my friend. Besides, you can't kill what is not living."
The cell doors swung open. The guard went into Yusuke's cell and forced him onto his feet. The others, seeing the hopelessness of the situation, made no move to resist. But Robotnik seemed unusually calm.
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The robot lead them into a deep mine. Zelda had assured Link that she would be alright, but he would spend the rest of the day with her just in case.
As they entered the mine, Link learned why the Gorons had been missing. They were all stuck here. Everywhere that Link looked, there were Gorons being worked to death.
The guard pushed him forward when he hesitated to go forward. Another robot handed him and his friends picks and shovels.
Then, Link saw the village elder. He rushed over to him. "Good elder, it has been awhile."
The elder, peered through the thick matt of hair that concealed his eyes. "Good lord in heaven above, it is Link! It is good to see you again, my friend. It would be even better if not for these dire surcomestances."
Link nodded. "Where is your son?" he asked.
The elder bowed his head. "I gave him the shard of the statue of evil's bane and commanded him to flee. He did and I have not seen him since."
Kenshin stepped forward and said, "It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that Beta now has the statue shard. We know not what has become of your son."
The elder now looked deeply worried. "I shall pay you anything if you can liberate us from these metal monsters and find my dear child. Please grant an old man near the end of his life this one wish."
Link and the others nodded. Even Inuyasha felt deep sympathy for this creature, having not seen his parents for nearly fifteen years.
Robotnik chuckled as he started picking at the hard earth. "I have just the plan for this occasion."
Yusuke, who was still weakened, but kept mining for what little health he had left said, "Well then, spill the beans old man."
Robotnik picked up a chunk of earth that was filled with none other than iron. "It is a little known fact that I am not helpless without my egg walker. I have a few spare machine parts with me. If you can help me sneak enough iron back to our cell, I can make a special item that will allow me to jam the robots frequencies."
Link looked at Robotnik, a little unsure about this, but Robotnik was the smart one here. Link chuckled as he to began to mine.
********
After twelve godforsaken hours, the miners were returned to their cells for the night. Robotnik gave everyone a nod. The all threw over what little ore they had managed to smuggle past the guards.
After looking over the amount that was given to him, Robotnik announced that it would be enough, but it would take the whole night for him to complete it without any tools. He began working right away with the promise that they would be free before noon tomorrow.
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Well, new chapter up. Sorry for the slightly long wait, but with the holidays, I just didn't have the time. But on a lighter note, I am also working on another fic besides this one. It is a Sonic the Hedgehog fic called The Band. So, if you have time check it out and tell me what you think! I'll up date soon, kay?
Chapter 14: Betrayed and captured
Link and the others awoke the next morning, well rested and very hungry.
Kiki led them to the dining hall. Once there, they found themselves in a very large room. Beta sat at the end of a long table that housed the feast. On the table sat food such as marmalade roll, turkey, plum pudding, hot fudge, salads of every kind, spinach puffs, and assorted fruits and vegetables.
Along the sides of the tables sat many assorted robots who looked at the fleshy visitors with interest. One of them looked somewhat like Beta, had legs. Another looked like a long catapillar with spikes on his sides and on his back.
Link and his friends sat down at chairs that were reserved for them. "Welcome friends!" said Beta loudly. "Before we begin, I would like to perpose a toast to our guests."
Everyone raised their glasses and took a long sip from them. All who could anyway. The large red robot stood and introduced itself. "My name is Omega and I wish you the best on your future journeys."
Those in the room applauded this small speech as the odd purple catapillar raised itself for an introduction. "I am known as Catakiller. I hope that your stay in New Megaopolis, be it long or short, will be pleasant and. comfortable."
The pause and the way that he said the word comfortable made Link a little uneasy.
Introductions continued in this manner until everyone had spoken their names and given greetings to each other.
Beta told them to begin. Everyone had wondered how the food would taste. Considering that it was made by someone who didn't have a sense of taste, the food looked very good.
Link politely offered some bread to Zelda before helping himself. Zelda knew he was flirting and did her best to flirt back.
Zidane immediately launched for the marmalade roll and took a good third of it before being pulled back.
Inuyasha, who was usually very skeptical about eating food that was made by someone that he didn't know, didn't give it a second thought and just dug right into the turkey.
Yusuke seemed to have the philosophy of eating the sweet stuff first and was piling spoon fulls of plum pudding into his mouth.
Kenshin was much more polite than that and helped himself to the fruit that was around including, oranges, apples, mangos, peaches, lemons, and pears.
Robotnik was just as polite as Kenshin about his eating habits, but, like Yusuke, he went straight for the sweet stuff, eating his wheight in hot fudge.
Link found the food to be very delightful. That is, until he noticed that his friends were falling asleep, one by one. Yusuke let his face fall right into his plum pudding. Robotnik leaned back so far that his chair tipped and fell over. But he was still drifting off to dreamland.
Zidane fell to the ground in mid-chew, the gooey food oozing out of the sides of his mouth. Kenshin just seemed to slump back into his chair. Inuyasha was trying to fight it, but his efforts were all in vain. He dropped out of his chair and onto the floor in a matter of seconds.
"Link, I feel. so. sleepy all of a sudden. Zzzzzz."
Zelda's body went limp as sleep overtook her and she fell onto Link's lap.
Link himself felt the sudden urge to just drop off. He came to a sudden realization. He looked at Beta who was laughing in his own emotionless, monotone voice. Link managed to mumble out a curse of, "You bastards," before he, too, fell victim to the sleeping implant that was in the food.
Beta hovered over to Link's body and hauled it over his shoulder. "I am afraid that I have no choice in the matter, Link. I must follow my programming. Primary orders must be obeyed and completed. Failure is unacceptable."
********
Link awoke several hours later to find that he was in some sort of prison chamber that appeared to be dug right into the mountainside.
The others were all awake, but they were all in different cells, each of them stripped of their weapons and energy.
He looked to Zelda's cell to see her huddled in a corner, her knees close to her chest, shivering slightly. He also noticed, with a lot of horror, that she had several deep slashes along her face, reaching down toward her neck.
"Zelda! What happened?" he shouted.
Kenshin stood up from his position on the floor. "She was the first of us to awaken. She tried to fight her way out to get help. Although she fought bravely, it was in vain. Thos slashes that you see are the result of her punishment."
Link growled. "Those bastards. To think that we ever trusted them."
Yusuke, lying on the ground, obviously drained of his energy said, "Yeah, you'd think we would have more sense than that."
Zidane, even in this dark and dismal hour, did not pass up an oppourtunity to goad Inuyasha. "Hey, Inuyasha. Your always boasting about how strong you are. So, why don't you just cut down those bars with your claws?" he asked.
Inuyasha growled both at Zidane for taunting him and at himself for his own stupidity for not thinking of that sooner. He raised his claws and started to slash, but Robotnik stopped him with a warning. "I wouldn't do that Inuyasha. These bars are made of double-layer, triple re-inforced steel with a titanium covering. There is absolutely no way even you could break through them."
Inuyasha sighed in defeat and leaned back against the wall.
Then, a guard robot entered the hall. In his right hand, he carried a large whip. In his left hand. He carried a board with many sheets of paper on it. "All of you are to come with me to start working in the mines."
Yusuke, even in his weakened condition, managed to be was stubborn and as defiant as ever. "And what happens if we refuse?" he asked.
The robot cracked his whip, threateningly. "If you refuse, then you end up like that poor wench over there." He pointed to Zelda. "It took quite a few cracks of this whip to get that naughty girl to behave herself. But now she knows that it is feutile to resist us."
Rage filled Link. "You bastard! As soon as I get out of this cell, I'm gonna kill you!"
The robot chuckled. "Your not in the position to kill anyone, my friend. Besides, you can't kill what is not living."
The cell doors swung open. The guard went into Yusuke's cell and forced him onto his feet. The others, seeing the hopelessness of the situation, made no move to resist. But Robotnik seemed unusually calm.
********
The robot lead them into a deep mine. Zelda had assured Link that she would be alright, but he would spend the rest of the day with her just in case.
As they entered the mine, Link learned why the Gorons had been missing. They were all stuck here. Everywhere that Link looked, there were Gorons being worked to death.
The guard pushed him forward when he hesitated to go forward. Another robot handed him and his friends picks and shovels.
Then, Link saw the village elder. He rushed over to him. "Good elder, it has been awhile."
The elder, peered through the thick matt of hair that concealed his eyes. "Good lord in heaven above, it is Link! It is good to see you again, my friend. It would be even better if not for these dire surcomestances."
Link nodded. "Where is your son?" he asked.
The elder bowed his head. "I gave him the shard of the statue of evil's bane and commanded him to flee. He did and I have not seen him since."
Kenshin stepped forward and said, "It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that Beta now has the statue shard. We know not what has become of your son."
The elder now looked deeply worried. "I shall pay you anything if you can liberate us from these metal monsters and find my dear child. Please grant an old man near the end of his life this one wish."
Link and the others nodded. Even Inuyasha felt deep sympathy for this creature, having not seen his parents for nearly fifteen years.
Robotnik chuckled as he started picking at the hard earth. "I have just the plan for this occasion."
Yusuke, who was still weakened, but kept mining for what little health he had left said, "Well then, spill the beans old man."
Robotnik picked up a chunk of earth that was filled with none other than iron. "It is a little known fact that I am not helpless without my egg walker. I have a few spare machine parts with me. If you can help me sneak enough iron back to our cell, I can make a special item that will allow me to jam the robots frequencies."
Link looked at Robotnik, a little unsure about this, but Robotnik was the smart one here. Link chuckled as he to began to mine.
********
After twelve godforsaken hours, the miners were returned to their cells for the night. Robotnik gave everyone a nod. The all threw over what little ore they had managed to smuggle past the guards.
After looking over the amount that was given to him, Robotnik announced that it would be enough, but it would take the whole night for him to complete it without any tools. He began working right away with the promise that they would be free before noon tomorrow.
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Well, new chapter up. Sorry for the slightly long wait, but with the holidays, I just didn't have the time. But on a lighter note, I am also working on another fic besides this one. It is a Sonic the Hedgehog fic called The Band. So, if you have time check it out and tell me what you think! I'll up date soon, kay?