So... I have absolutely nothing to say...

The Twili went a little further down the hall and turned into one of the cells. Link followed without question (well... not that he could ask questions...), but I was growing more suspicious by the second. Why was she helping us? I couldn't understand.

When both of us were inside, she floated over to a barred drain down in the wall. She turned to us. "Now, all you gotta do is get through there!"

I raised my eyebrows. "Through there? The barred drain that was designed so even criminals couldn't get through. You're kidding me."

She gave me a look. "Nope! Dead serious. But you know, I could just leave you two stranded down here if you do back on your word and don't do as I say..."

I was about to retort, but Link looked back at me, and maybe it was the puppy eyes, but I held my tongue. Sighing, I asked, "So how do we get through?"

She smirked. "You see those chains over there?" She pointed to a long chain sitting in a pile on the floor, "And that beam?" She now pointed to the ceiling beam over our heads. Looking back at me, she said, sass dripping from her voice, "You can figure it out from that, right?"

If I were turned into I wolf, as well, I'd be growling. However, seeing as how I wasn't, I had to do with just glaring. Getting off Link's back, I walked over to the chain and picked it up. When I got over to the drain, I took one end of the chain, one with a cuff on it, and clamped it shut. After making sure it was secure, I stood and threw the rest of the chain up and over the beam. Catching the end, I gave a nod to Link and proceeded to use all my weight and strength to pull. At first nothing happened. But then, after practically exhausting myself, I heard the bolts creak, and then, giving one last heave, the grate came flying off with a loud bang. I fell backwards onto the ground. Link rushed to my side.

Looking into his eyes full of concern, I petted his head. "I'm fine, no need to be such a worry-wort, Poochie." He bit at my hand, making me laugh, but I could tell he was relieved I hadn't hurt myself.

The Twili's annoyed voice sounded, "Sorry to ruin the moment, but that noise could mean trouble for us if we don't get out of here now, so I'd appreciate it if we made a move on." She then went inside the drain.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." I said standing up. Sharing one last look with Link, I went over the drain and crawled in. The Twili was waiting just inside the drainage tunnel, which was wide enough for two people, but only just tall enough for Link to walk in with ease, while I was forced to crawl on all fours like a dog. Oh, the irony of that statement.

The tunnel wasn't that long, it had a few turns, but the Twili seemed to know where she was going. When we finally made it to the end and into the room where the water came in, I stood and stretched my aching back, while also making old man noises. The Twili laughed, "I can't even begin to tell you how attractive that is!" Link clearly shared her amusement. I huffed.

The room had small walkways on each side of the flowing water. The Twili said to get back on Link, and doing as I was told, I noticed something from the corner of my eye and turned my head to see. What I saw was an almost invisible man, obviously a foot-soldier, cowering by the wall. My eyes widened. "What the...?" Link looked at me to see what was wrong.

The Twili gave a small laugh, "Wanna go see?"

I looked at her cautiously, then back at the man, and then to Link, who had followed the direction of my eyes and was staring wearily at the man. I knew Link wouldn't want me to, but I couldn't resist. Getting off, I began to make my way over to the figure, but a tug at the hem of my shirt stopped me. I looked down, already knowing it was Link. He had my shirt in his teeth. Giving a reassuring smile, I placed a hand on his head. "It'll be okay. You can wait here if you're scared." He let out a low growl and then stalked past me towards the man. I laughed lightly.

Walking over to my friend and our rescuer (well, technically I did all the work.), I noticed the man was emitting a faint, green glow and that he was shaking and looking from side to side frantically, yet he didn't seem to see us. Before I could ask the Twili what he was, the man began talking, his voice sounded like he had been running, "Huff... Huff... Can't...run...any...farther... That's...far enough...right? I'll be safe here...I think..." he suddenly became terrified, "What was that noise? Don't... Don't anything come near me!" I flinched. Slowly, I began to reach out my hand towards him and say something, but the female Twili stopped me, "It wont do any good."

I turned to look at her, her usual smirking face had become serious. "Why not? He's scared!"

She shook her head. "He's beyond our help. As you've probably guessed: he can't see us; only slightly feel our presence. If you were to try to touch him, which you can't seeing as how you'll go right through him, he'd only feel some faint feeling and freak. No, it's better to just leave him alone."

I directed my attention back at the man, he looked terrified. With a solemn expression, I asked, "What is he?" She turned in the air and began floating down the walkway towards a turn, "H-Hey!" I ran in front of her, Link right beside me, "Answer me! What is he?"

She stared at me with an emotion I couldn't explain. Was it sadness? "That was a soldier's spirit."

My eyes widened. "Spirit?"

"Yes. But what I'm curious about is how you can see him."

"What do you mean?"

"Since Link was turned into a beast, his senses are heightened and he can see, hear and smell things that he normally couldn't, and I can see him due to my race being rather sensitive. But you, on the other hand, are a mere human. Your senses shouldn't be able to pick it up so clearly. Normally, you'd only hear ghostly whispering noises and a faint, green light, if anything. Which leads us to another question,"

"And that is?"

Her eyes narrowed. "Just what did they do to you?"

A feeling of unease formed in the pit of my stomach. "Huh?"

She sighed. "You see, your friend Link was turned into a wolf, yet you seem to be the same. So, that means either one: they did nothing to you, which is highly unlikely, or two: what they did to was just so big that it isn't showing signs yet."

That feeling grew into fear. "You mean... what happened to Link... something worse might happen to me?"

"Bingo."

I looked at the ground. What did they do to me? Did they do some kind of experiment or freaky mojo? My worries must have shown on my face because I felt a nudge at my hand. I looked to see Link, and I knew that if he were in his true form, he would be holding my hand and telling me everything was going to be okay, that I was going to be just fine, and that he was not going to let anything happen. I smiled. Link's mere presence gave me comfort. Rubbing the top of his head, I said, "I know. Everything is going to be just fine; I've still got you, after all." His eyes closed for a moment and I had to admit, even if he was in this form, that no matter what those things did to me, simply having Link by my side was all I needed. After all, what are friends for? Being there for each other through thick and thin - even if the cost was your own life - that's what friends do. My mind wandered to my two childhood friends - Sera and Matt were their names - the two biggest idiots I'd ever met. And I knew that if they were with me now, they'd be trying to hold my hands, too. And now, as I looked down at Link, the warmth in my heart was overwhelming that it caused a single tear o fall from my eye.

Wiping it away, I looked at the Twili with such conviction that no one could question it. "Let's get out of here."

Sorry for the late update!