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Chapter 25

Sand, Sand Everywhere

The sounds of gunfire rang through the forest as Don ran for his life. This was not how he had planned his day. He had a feeling he knew where he was, but that's about as far as his brain would go. Pain racked through his head with every step with blood blurring his vision in his right eye. His limp seemed to get worse every time he tripped when he looked back at what was following him. Why did it have to be spiders? Why couldn't it be butterflies? He fired again. One of five of the spiders fell which relieved him slightly. It only took forever to kill it. He fired at his next eight-legged nightmare, but it didn't seem too concerned. He turned away and continued running. He probably would have been more grateful if they were dinosaurs and not colossal sized spiders. At least dinosaurs are honest about how they kill you and they do it to your face. They have sharp teeth, they pounce and then they munch; it's truly the most simplistic way of killing anything. Spiders on the other hand, they just chase you or wait for you to land on their web, spin you up and then stab you and then watch you liquefy as you never see it coming or know what was going on. And then you're dead. Fucking spiders.

He looked back and fired several times. The second spider dropped before it exploded. He turned around only to find himself almost hit a tree. He moved around it and a Bokoblin was standing there with a club was waiting. It swung its club and struck him in the gut, clothes lining him. He felt saliva and probably blood leave his mouth as he was hit. He landed on the ground a lot like how he fell out of his chair a few hours earlier. Don shot the Bokoblin in the head before it could hit him again. The Bokoblin's club landed on him adding insult to injury as it hit his already sore leg. He yelled out in pain as it cut him. Don kicked the club away with his good leg just as the sounds of many legs thundered against the ground. He sat up and turned to the spiders to see that they had almost caught up to him. He stood up and started running again. He fired his gun, but all he got was a clicking sound.

"Fuck fuckity fuck, fuck, fuck!" He shouted, which almost sounded like a scream, as he unlocked the magazine. It dropped to the forest floor behind him as he grabbed another one from his belt. He loaded it and started to do some math. Three spiders were all that was there, it took a about half of his magazine when he first arrived to kill just one minus four bullets for the one he shot at Dean, the two shots he missed, and the shot from the magazine that was just emptied when he killed the Bokoblin. He had twelve rounds, with that deducted it took four rounds to kill a spider. And if he didn't miss; he could get all three of them. If he did miss, well, he was dead. He reached to his belt to make sure. His suspicions were right as he pulled his hand away. There weren't any more magazines left for him to reload and he didn't have any extra bullets to place in empty the magazines he dropped somewhere behind him. At times like these he wished he had Electra's talent of dual wielding hand guns as he would have carried more ammo. He also wished he had heat seeking bullets so he wouldn't miss. He looked ahead and saw a wall starts to loom over him. How had he managed to corner himself in a forest? He looked back and fired four rounds into the next nightmare. It fell behind, being trampled by its fellow spider nightmares and died in an explosion of satisfaction. One more down, two to go. He smiled in pain. He wasn't throwing all his eggs in a basket yet. He stopped running as he came to the wall and turned around. It was a pretty clear view and slightly higher than the land that his freaky spiders were on. He leaned against it as his leg gave out. It was cutting it close. He aimed his gun and fired. Each bullet echoed in the empty forest as they exited his gun and entered the spiders. Each hit after the first made them reel back in pain and stopped them from moving forward for a moment. A moment was all he needed as he shot six more times. They dropped almost at same time before exploding.

Silence was all that was left as he sighed and slid down the wall to sit on the ground. He made it. Then the sounds of rattling came to his ears and turned to it. His hand was shaking uncontrollably as it rattled his empty gun. He placed his gun back in its holster with a bit of difficulty due to his shakiness. The last time he was this afraid was when Electra's mother was having a hard time giving birth and when she died. He didn't know what to do or how he was going to go on with just a tiny infant that looked almost like him. He made it through for his daughter's sake. His hair may have darkened since his wife had passed as he grew older, but he was getting by with Electra and without her mother. Now he needed to make it again to tell his daughter about Dean. And then maybe together they can get an answer on what Dean meant about bloodlines and what he didn't think of earlier. A sharp pain went through his leg making him make a sharp noise. How badly did he hurt himself? He felt blood and saw blood through his uniform pants, but he didn't really want to know how bad it was.

He started to pull up his pant leg when a hissing sound came from above him. He paused at his swollen ankle and looked up. His nose scrapped against hairs as he came face to face with another spider. It hissed loudly as he rolled down the tiny hill to a stand. He collapsed onto his side as pain raged through his body. The spider jumped from the wall and onto the ground not far from him. He went to grab his gun when he remembered it was empty. It walked over to him, like it knew his leg was injured and he had a concussion. He looked around for something to fight against it when he saw the Bokoblin's club lying on the ground about two hundred meters away. He forced himself to get up and did his best to run ignoring the increasing pain in his leg. He took a look back to see the spider was on his heels. He picked up the club only to slip and skid to the ground. He started to pick himself up and found that the ground was wet. He looked at his hand and found blood all over it. How ironic to slip on his own blood. Don exited out of his thoughts as the spider pounced on him. It hissed into his face and he punched it in a reply. He felt the club beside him and he grabbed it again and swung in no particular place. The club took the front legs of the spider from under it. He moved out of the way before the fangs of the nightmare could try and attack him. He backed up as he tried to stand, but the action made him dizzy.

He had to get up. He needed to stay alive for Electra. Not just to warn her, but for her sake. He didn't know how she would react to him dying. His one trip to the hospital devastated her and they weren't as close then as they were now. The spider recovered as it hissed again, probably in anger. It charged towards him as he raised the club over his head. Even if he couldn't get up just then, he was going to do his best to defend himself until he could. He swung the club down just as the spider arrived. The club crashed onto the spider and the spider followed its path to the ground. Green blood came from its head and splattered onto him, but it didn't get back up. He relaxed as he tried to breath. He slowly stood up to allow his brain to settle down. The club turned into a cane as he looked around, now that he didn't have spiders trying to kill him for several hours, he was able to take note that he was, in fact, in Faron Woods. The closest village that could help him locate Electra was Ordon, and even closer was the guy just outside of the woods with the shack. But he seriously doubted that that guy would help him. He turned back from where he had come from. It was possible that Ordon was in that general direction, but since it was still dark outside he couldn't tell even with his extensive knowledge of the layout of Hyrule.

He started walking and thought on where Electra could have been. They got the first medallion in the Forest Temple, which was what he was walking passed the entrance to that part of the forest. Then, they got the second medallion in the Fire Temple. The next temple Link and Electra would have gone to if they were following a pattern would have been the Lakebed Temple, or the Water Temple as it was when the medallions were around. With the number of days that had gone by they should have already completed the temple and were resting and getting ready for the next temple or dungeon. Where would it be, they had the Light Medallion, the Fire Medallion and the Water Medallion was probably in the Lakebed Temple if that's where they went. The left over Medallions were the Shadow Medallion which was found in the Shadow Temple, the Forest Medallion which should have been found in the Forest Temple, and the Spirit Medallion which was found in the Spirit Temple. The next possible location if they didn't go into the Shadow Temple due to the difficulty of the monsters would be the Spirit Temple in Gerudo Desert as it is closest to Lake Hylia. But due to the fact the Gerudo Tribe wasn't found where they should have been and only sand remained. It's possible that the sand had covered what remained of the Spirit Temple as the desert reclaimed its territory or even the Arbiter's Grounds was built over top of the Spirit Temple. So that means, if they were heading to the Arbiter's Grounds, it would be the best option to place a Medallion with the life forces that could be sucked up from the reanimated dead. It's also known for being difficult to navigate since the worst criminals and cursed soldiers that where there now haunted the place as Redead Knights and Stalkins and Stalfos. The architecture was like an Egyptian tomb so the traps found within were bound to kill someone who didn't know what they were doing. He looked down at his leg as he continued walking. It was bleeding and the pain was growing. There was no way he was going to make it to the Arbiter's Grounds let alone through the desert in his shape. But he could go to Hyrule Castle to speak with Zelda who had a holophone to contact Link and Electra.

Don's thinking process was interrupted as he was rammed from behind into a tree he was starting to walk around. He managed to remain standing with the help of the tree and the cane, but his vision was so burry and darkened at the edges that he couldn't see his attacker. He crumbled to the ground as his club cane was swiped around underneath him making him taste the dirt. He really couldn't take much more of the abuse he was receiving. He heard a hissing sound as something wet dripped onto his face realizing a serious mistake. He wasn't in his world. He looked up and saw the broken face spider. He was in a very different one where monsters exploded when they died. The spider crawled over top of him and then dropped on top of him. He shouted out loudly as he felt something break. His chest and the shoulder he was lying on flared up on pain. The spider got off of him and walked around him as he rolled onto his back. Each breath hurt more and more overriding the pain in his leg. He held onto his shoulder with his good arm. He tried to sit up but immediately regretted even moving as his whole torso burned.

"Dammit!" he growled in pain. The spider reared up on its hind legs as it fangs spiked towards his body. He looked over his good shoulder to see the club. The spider came down and he rolled like a log feeling every nerve scream at him. He felt like passing out as he got out of way and grabbed the club. "You bastard! You aren't keeping me from reaching my daughter!"

He went to swing, but his arm stopped working as pain shot through his torso for picking up the club. His arm dropped to the ground along with the club. Suddenly, a metal tipped appeared from under the belly of the spider nearly missing his head. The spider cried as the tip disappeared and the spider turned its attention to something else. He heard the spider being attacked again before the sound of an explosion reached his ears. He tried to turn his head to see who it was, but he couldn't tell. He sighed, which made his voice squeak. He easily broke a few ribs if it hurt that much to breathe.

"Are you alright?" An older man's voice asked him. The sounds of his footsteps came closer.

"Just fucking peachy." Don managed to get out, but winced. Fewer words perhaps were the best action. What a mess he had gotten himself into because of his mistake. The man came into his sight and Don recognized him immediately. "You're Rusl?!"

"You sound shocked," Rusl said as he looked over him. "Wait, you're eye color, it's a golden-yellow. You wouldn't happen to be related to Electra would you?"

"Now who sounds – ow, surprised."

"And you shouted about reaching your daughter, are you-"

"Yea, I'm her father."

"How did you get here?"

"A dick brought me here."

"I can see where she gets her tongue." Rusl remarked.

Don couldn't help but laugh, which was also another mistake as a noise came out of his mouth. "That came from her mother's side, I got it from her."

Rusl smiled.

Don looked up and saw the sky starting to go pink. "Why are you out here anyway?"

"It's not just me," Rusl started before a loud booming voice was heard in the distance calling Rusl's name. He looked up. "Over here Bo!"

"Oh, I see, so why?"

"We heard loud noises coming from the forest, there have been strange monster sightings killing a lot of living creatures and destroying property. So with that in mind we thought something had appeared in the forest, but it turns out it was just you and several hungry spiders." He pulled out a magazine from his pouch. "We found this and guessed the loud noises were part of a weapon that held ammunition of sorts."

"From a gun actually, I was doing quite well. Ow, on my own until I ran out. There should be at least two more around here that are empty."

"How long have you been out here? What's your name?"

"Don, Officer Don Ends. As for how long I was out here for? Long enough to damage my leg somehow and worsen my concussion." Don smiled. He was happy to be in good hands, but how the hell was he going to get to Hyrule Castle like this? He glared at nothing. "I've been trying to find my out of these woods since I got here; I think the moon was over head. It's been a few hours."

The sounds of more people came towards them. "Who is this guy?"

"He's Electra's father, Don, the girl that you missed meeting, Mayor." Rusl said before looking back down at him. "He needs a couple of potions and some good sleep, there are several bones that are broken and-"

"I can't sleep!" Don exclaimed loudly. He winced at the action. He tried to get up again, Rusl held him down. "I need to get to my daughter to warn her about Dean!"

"Dean? Wait that weird guy that kissed Electra I think, what about him?"

"He's an incubus and a very skilled demon. Link and Electra don't know about his other abilities and-" his voice caught in his throat as his breathing became irregular, but he didn't care. "I need to see the queen; she's the only one that can get a hold of them."

"You can't go anywhere unless you can teleport." Bo said as he entered his line of sight. "Not with these injuries."

"But I have-!" he started but couldn't finish as the pain started to overwhelm his senses. He looked up at the blood red sky of the morning, it's the sailor's warning and a storm was coming. He started passed out before he could tell them what Dean was planning to do with his daughter. "I'm sorry, Electra…"

"Hey, Don!"

Then darkness took him again, only this time he hoped it wouldn't be staring at spiders like he had before. But he would rather have that than not waking up at all. He needed to get to her, before Dean did.

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I started awake from my spot in the middle of my spot on the carpet. My breathing was heavy as I tried to remember what had caused me to wake up startled. I felt something fall onto my hand. I looked down at my tossed blanket in my hands to see and feel more drops of water fall onto my hands. Why, why was I crying? I looked up around the room and found that Saria was gone. I turned my head around and saw a curtain was pulled down over the door. I stood up and walked to it, the white curtain that was covering the door was a deep red color. I stopped for a second before opening it to find a blood red sky. Red, a storm was coming, but why so red? Suddenly, the memories of my dream came back to me like a train. It was like I was watching from someone else's view, but they were taller than me. I walked backwards into the room only to slip on the blanket. I landed hard on the floor, but it didn't concern me as the sight of my dad being attacked in a parking lot and then being chased by Skulltulas flashed in front of me. The memory of the vivid dream stopped when Rusl stabbed the spider my dad had attacked before and looked over him with concern. There was no noise throughout the dream and person I saw through didn't seem to make any attempts to go to his aid, but looked from afar. I went to grab my holophone when I noticed I was having a hard time getting into the bag beside me. I stopped trying to open the pouch to see my hands were shaking in fear. There was no way that had happened. I tried again to get into the bag again with success; I pulled out the holophone and stopped.

What if he didn't answer? What if he really was attacked by Dean? What were they saying to each other? How did I even get any visuals of any of that occurring if I was sleeping? I tapped into the contacts and then tapped on my dad. It rung and no one was picking up. Each passing ring made my chest tighten. There had to be a logical reason why he wasn't picking up. He could be sleeping, in the shower, using the bathroom. The idea of all of those reasons started to fade as the minutes went by.

"Pick up the fucking phone dammit!" I screamed in a rage. I waited a few more moments before the curtain moved out of the door way causing the sun to blind me for a moment. I heard heavy breathing as I regained my vision and saw Link standing in the door way with just a white long sleeve shirt on, his pants and boots. He looked down at me with a concerned look on his face.

"Are you alright? Why are you screaming-" he started and I turned back to the phone that was being held by my shaking hands. His footsteps were quick as the curtain dropped and knelt down in front of me. "Why do you look terrified?"

"I had a dream of my dad being attacked by Dean, I had a dream sort of like last night, but tonight it seemed like I was watching it through someone else's eyes. It was so real and I've been waiting for him to answer the phone," I answered as I continued to look at my shaky hands. The phone continued to ring. "But he isn't answering. In the dream, Dean had crushed the holophone to pieces while they were arguing, but I didn't know what they were saying because there wasn't any sound. It was as if the person knew I was there and didn't want me to hear what was happening which made it even more terrifying. And then the last thing was the blood red sky and when I woke up I couldn't remember any of my dream until I looked outside to see that sky, it was the same. What if he was really attacked by Dean and it wasn't a-"

I stopped talking as Link's ungloved hands covered mine. His hands were so much bigger than my own, even the Triforce mark on the back of his hand was much larger. He took the holophone from my hands and placed it on the ground. I continued to look at his hands as they held mine. I was so afraid of where my father could be. The haunting noise of the phone ringing brought me to look at it. Link placed his hand on my cheek and turned my head away from it and up to his face. He shook his head slowly before just staring at me. His clear blue eyes reflected a terrified, golden eye girl. I looked away from his face and my head fell against his chest. I started crying uncontrollably. Link held me as he patted me lightly as he whispered that it was going to be alright.

When was it going to be alright? Happy was killed two days ago and now Dad won't answer the holophone. Leviathan was breathing down our necks knowing our every move and Dark Link seemed to know everything about the past and where we were going. The information that we, I needed to know, he knew. I wanted to know what he was talking about in the graveyard. Why was it that I felt bad about hurting him and why I felt safe and almost a homely feeling being held in Link's arms? I closed my eyes almost feeling like it was Déjà vu, but not quite. How much more was I going to take before I completely lost it? Suddenly, I felt someone watching me from behind. I turned around quickly to find nothing by a dark corner in the room. The feeling of being watched left. Link placed a hand on my shoulder. I turned to him.

"Are you feeling better?" he asked as a confused look disappeared. . I wiped the tears from my face and nodded. I don't know how long we sat on the floor, but I was positive I wasn't very quiet about crying. I looked down at the sounds of the phone still ringing. Link placed his hand on my face again and turned it towards him. A soft smile was on his lips, but I could see it didn't make it to his eyes. He was still worried. "It's possible that he left the holophone at work. He's done it before."

"I guess so," I replied. "I just, I don't know, there's something not right and it's bugging me."

"I know what you mean." Link told me. "I think Leviathan is almost ready on whatever she is doing."

"It's not just that." I started. "Something I can't seem to figure out." A sudden wind gusted through the door way causing the blood red sky to appear from behind the curtain before dying down. There was a storm coming, and there was some information I needed from Zelda or The Shadow in order to figure out what it is before it hit.

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We stood in front of the pool of water that led to the Upper Zora River. Wearing a bathing suit with a sword belt around my waist was an interesting fashion statement.

"Are you sure you are ready to go so soon?" Shad asked looking at her. "It's only been twenty minutes since-"

I glared at him. "If I wasn't ready to get going I wouldn't be standing here, now would I?"

"Okay, retract the claws," Jason suggested carefully.

I sighed, "Sorry, I shouldn't be starting something, but this sky is still blood red, we need to hurry up and find the last of the Tablets and the Medallions quickly, a storm is coming."

"Winter is coming."

I gave a deadpanned look at Jason. "Are you serious?"

"It was needed, but on that note, did you forget where we are going?"

"Mind humoring me?"

Shad nodded beside him as Jason facepalmed himself. "Did you get drunk last night?"

"It would have explained my horrible nightmare, but no, no I didn't."

"So!" Shad exclaimed happily as he pulled out a tablet piece. "This is the tablet that was found here over by that log tunnel." Shad pointed to a hole in the ground where the rock had been placed. He flipped it around and the picture of a mountain peak and a little house standing in it.

"Why do I have a feeling that house is bigger than it seems to be."

"That's because it's a Mansion at Snow Peak. The next piece will be there and then we will be one step closer to finding out where Leviathan is. But before we go there, we have to go back to Castle Town to get the appropriate attire, or we'll all freeze to death."

"You do realize how dangerous the trek will be." Link told them. "Don't take the mountains lightly; the weather changes drastically with little warning and the Wolfos are just as merciless. Someone is bound to be killed if you guys take this this even a little lightly."

"We kinda have to go get that piece," Delilah started as she crossed her arms, "You either telling us this to scare us, or you have something that will help us trek up to the mountain house."

"I'm warning you and I have a friend that will be able you help you get to the mansion."

"Great-"

"You need a reekfish though,"

"Ew."

"We'll figure out how to get one later," Jason started and turned to me, "And you know where you are going right?"

"Arbiter's Grounds to hopefully find the next medallion, the Spirit Medallion, as the desert has changed since the Spirit Temple existed." I explained, at least I remembered that, probably only because I told Saria that the night before.

"Actually, that was my hypothesis last night," Shad told us as he switched out the Tablet for a notebook. "In my latest research, the Arbiter's Grounds was actually built around, in and on the Spirit Temple."

"So, expect old enemies?"

Shad nodded, "With all the monsters appearing when they shouldn't, the possibility of the original monsters from the Spirit Temple being in the Arbiter's Grounds is ninety-five percent."

"So, after this, where do you want to meet up?" Link asked.

"Actually," Jason answered. "We decided that, instead of meeting up, we would just skip the meet up and get right on to the next place where we each need to go. The enemies appearing are a clear sign that we need to get our asses in gear before Leviathan is ready. After you guys are done running around a desert, head back to Kakariko Village. Renado should have found the lens of Truth by then. The next Medallion should be in there."

"And then what?"

"The next place is the Temple of Time," Shad answered. "If we meet each other before then we can stop for a quick briefing. If we find the last two Tablets before the allotted time I predict it will take to complete the Shadow Temple, we'll meet you at Kakariko Village."

"Sounds good," I said."

"Just give us until nightfall before you start your timer." Link told Shad. "The desert is hot in the day time; it would be easier and faster to travel to the Arbiter's Grounds at night."

"I was just going to suggest that."

"And you should start climbing the mountain as soon as possible, the daytime works as it gives you the sun to warm up if it isn't a snowstorm up there, just be careful about snow blindness."

"Snow blindness?" Delilah asked.

"It's when the sun's rays are reflected off the snow because it is so white. It can cause temporary blindness, to permanent damage to your eyes if you aren't careful." I explained. "Get some sunglasses or goggles to make the trip easier. Whether it's storming or sunny, it works either way."

"Thanks for the tip."

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I was lying on the grass with my eyes closed and back in my clothes. The sun was at just the right angle to blind me if I opened them. The setting sun felt nice on my sky as a light breeze played with the cool grass. If only it could be this nice and peaceful all the time, everywhere. I sighed; it was a nice thought, but impossible. I placed an arm over my face; the sun's brightness disappeared leaving the back of my eyelids black instead of red. I opened in eye. To my right was Link sitting against a wall also with his eyes close. I couldn't tell if he was just thinking or had fallen asleep. The memories of sitting beside him last night came to me and I felt my face got warm. Link opened his eyes as he turned to me. I quickly went back to looking up at the sky with my eyes closed.

"Are you alright?" Link asked.

"Yup," I answered, I felt my face warm up even more as I could still feel Link looking at me. I sat up to look out at the lake. The sun was almost behind the walls of the lake now. "I just hope that my dad is alright."

"I'm sure he is." He said reassuringly. I heard him get up behind me. "We should get going now."

I stood up and walked behind Link as he led the only way to Gerudo Desert. I don't know why they hadn't rebuilt a bridge to get to the desert, but I guessed not very many people wanted to go. We stopped in front of a house that was floating on a raft. A man with a pink cropped, long sleeve shirt with a pair of jeans stood in front of the house. The man noticed us coming and he stood up a little straighter. Link waved as we stopped in front of him. I looked up at the tall house. There had to be another option to getting to Gerudo Desert.

Link turned to me and I gave him a side glance. "Sorry Electra, but this is the only way."

"Oh no it's totally fine, I've always wanted to be shot out of a cannon to some unknown platform to break every bone in my body." I answered sarcastically.

"When you put it that way, it does sound harsh. But, the landing isn't as hard as you think it is. If anything it's not a hard landing at all."

"Just terrifying."

"It's not terrifying." The man, who I just remembered at Fyer, told me. "If anything it is fun and an adrenaline rush."

"Well, if I die I guess that solves everyone's problems."

"If that were true, then someone would have killed you by now." Link sighed, "Which is probably why Leviathan hasn't really stopped us from doing our quest. She's probably hoping we die somewhere along the way."

"How many rupees does it cost to get a trip to the Gerudo Desert?" I asked Fyer changing the subject.

"Twenty rupees." Fyer answered with a smile on his face.

"Great, after we are done in the desert how do we get back?"

"I don't know." The man stated and I shook my head as I paid him. Good thing everything that we killed gave us rupees. The quest was getting expensive. "Now, the cannon only fires one person at a time so, who would like to go first?"

"I'll go," Link volunteered as he turned to me. "That way I can make sure you're okay and not get eaten by something."

"Thanks," I growled.

He walked into the building and Fyer started playing his music box. The whole platform shook as the house grew even more and a cannon popped out the top. The sound of the cannon being fired scared the shit out of me as I jumped a few feet back.

"YEAH!" Link yelled as it faded in the distance. Then it was quiet as the house returned to normal.

I looked at the entrance and crossed my arms. "This is stupid."

Fyer came up behind me and started to push me in. "Let's go, he is waiting for you and it's not nice to leave someone waiting."

I got to the entrance before I managed to stop myself from going inside. "There is no way in hell I'm going in that thing!"

"Hey look! Link's back!"

I went to turn around, knowing it wasn't Link but dark Link, but I was pushed inside instead and the door shut. I realized it was just a trick. "You son of a-"

"I saw that other guy in black yesterday when he attacked the Deku Toad, so I figured you knew him and poof, instant distraction."

"You let me out of here you prick!"

"Okay."

The sounds of music and gears turning reached my ears and I started panicking. "That's not what I meant!"

The roof opened up as I noticed how small of a space I was actually in. I shut my eyes tightly as the cannon set itself in position. I was going to die, there was no way I was going to make it, and I regret not getting as drunk as I could have back on my birthday. Then the cannon fired removing whatever regrets I had and I screamed. The flight was rather quick as I crossed a canyon and saw the sand of the desert. The sun was at the perfect angle to not allow me to see what was in the distance. The descent became even more nerve racking as I got closer to the sand and a green figure appeared in it. As I grew closer to the ground I realized I was heading right towards Link. He turned towards me and his eyes grew huge. I closed my eyes and split second went by as I crashed into him and we were sent rolling in the sand. When everything stopped moving, I opened my eyes to find Link's face right in front of mine. I looked down and realized I was lying on him with his arms around me as he smiled up at me.

"See, you're alive, I caught you."

I looked at him in shock and dropped my head trying to get my heart beat under control from the rush. "You're crazy."

"Heh,"

"Thank you, for catching me."

"Anytime."

His arms dropped from around me and I rolled off of him into the sand. I sat up and looked around at the desert. And then I realized how crappy the walk to the building was going to be. He sat up beside me and placed an arm around my shoulder. His left arm went out in front of us like he was showing off the scenery. "Sand, sand everywhere."

"Too bad we didn't have horses."

"It would be nice, but there are Moldorms under the sand." Link said standing up. "I'm surprised they haven't noticed us now. We should start heading over there."

I stood up and brushed the sand off of me and we started our trek across the desert. The trek consisted of dodging the graboid like creatures for a couple of hours, in the dark and on top of that: I lost count to the number of times I almost fell into a crack of the earth that an underground ravine had created with erosion. I looked up to see a slice left of the moon above, it explained why the desert was so dark. We took a breather when we got to the entrance outside of the Colosseum like structure of the Arbiter's Grounds. I took off my boot and dumped it upside down. Five pounds of sand came out of it into a heap on the stair. I did the same with my other boot as Link was shaking out his tunic. I took off my torso armor and brushed the sand off my shirt. It was going to take a three showers and three washes of my clothes before the sand would leave. I stuck my armor back on and turn to Link as he looked up at the tall building.

"So, where do you think the next medallion will be?"

"Probably in the boss room, but this is going to be a very interesting trip just to get there, especially since you are with me."

"Since I'm… wait, the Beyblade!"

"The what?"

"Sorry, the spinner, it's the only way to get up to the boss room. So that means in order for me to get up there, would be by the spinner, or walking the rails all the way up."

"Walking the rails is way too dangerous."

"Can the spinner fit two people?" I asked as I remembered the size of it. "No, it's not big enough for two people to stand on it."

"We can figure that out when we get there, right now we need to get to the room first."

I nodded and walked up to the doorway. I shivered. There was something wrong about the place. We walked in and came to a room with moving quicksand with the walls mimicking that of an Egyptian tomb. Once inside I didn't like the place even more. I had to admit, the place was beautiful and probably one of my favorite dungeons in the game, but did it always have the feeling like the air was trying to suck your life away?

I looked up at Link and found a frown on his face. I guess it didn't. Suddenly, he turned to me and placed an arm around my waist. "Hold on tight."

"Hold on- ahh!" I didn't get to finish my sentence as a grin appeared on his face when he showed me his right arm. The clawshot was sitting in his hand before he fired. I squeaked as we were pulled forward. Link landed on the wall before letting go. We landed on the platform and I pulled myself away from him. "What the hell?! A little warning next time you decide to do that!"

"I thought this thing is always fun to use personally."

"It was," I admitted, "But warning next time. It's like jumping on a rollercoaster blind."

He just grinned as he walked passed me. "Come on, we have something to kill before it kills us."

I frowned. "Right, and I'm not sure if I should be able to feel its presence or not, but I do."

"That's probably your abilities of being chosen to hold the Triforce of Justice finally tuning your senses. I've been feeling all of the monsters that have been holding medallions since day one. But this place's monster is stronger in that sense."

"What do you mean finally, it's only been five days since I've had it this mark on my hand and four days since we've been in Hyrule." I ordered.

"It's only been five days; I thought it has been longer considering how fast he is regenerating."

I sighed, "I suppose it has been rather quick."

I jumped to the next platform passing him on the way. Then to the next platform which started to sink and then onto the ground. Link was right behind me and rolled over the sand. I took a few steps back and jumped over the flowing sand. I personally didn't want any more sand that I had to have on me. We walked through a gate and came to an empty room. I looked around as Link opened the door. Where were all the enemies? There was nothing coming at them and even the mini graboids that usually were swimming happily in the sand in the room behind us weren't around. We went through the door to find a partially sand filled room. The two torches that were lit all those years ago by Link when he first arrived were still lit and the door was opened. We walked forward with our boot heels taping against the stone floor.

"I don't like this." Link said as we made it to the room with four blue torches shining on their individual pillars.

"I'm half and half actually." I stated as we started for the stairs. "There aren't dead things trying to kill us."

"Yes, but so far it's been too quiet, which means we aren't fighting. But with that stated we are safe, but it also states that there is something big and most likely doing something to the souls that are trapped here."

"I'm not sure I follow." I told him as we climbed the stairs.

"All the dead creatures that attack are all people with souls still trapped in this place, convicted criminals or soldiers. The only reason why we haven't been attack yet must mean something is either keeping them from rising, brought them someplace else, or is …" Link stopped in his tracks in the next hallway. "Oh now I see."

"See what?"

Link didn't say anything as he grabbed my hand and started running into the next room. We stopped in the middle of a room with a large spiral rail leading up to the top of the building. He unequipped the Hylian shield. "Jump on my back."

"Why?"

"It's a way to get up to the boss room." I hesitated for a moment. He was starting to scare me slightly, just the look in his eyes was both anger and fear, but mostly anger. "Come on."

I got onto his back as he pulled out the spinner and jumped on it. It connected itself onto the rail and we started moving forward at a fast rate while slightly spinning at the same time. "What did you figure out?" Link didn't say anything again and I flicked him in the head. "Hey, what was the third option here? If we're going to be doing this running around temples and dungeons thing, we have to tell the other what we figured out."

"I know that." Link growled slightly. "It's just that I don't think you'll like the answer."

"And what the hell would that be?"

He sighed, "The final option to why the enemies weren't fighting us is because there are none to fight us. I really should have followed my instincts and told you to stay outside."

"None to fight us, you didn't want me to – so the monster might have possibly sucked the life force out of all the souls that were in here?"

"Yes,"

"And since we've been in here, we have been feeling its presence strongly, but it has probably been sucking on us since we arrived inside."

"You are carrying the other half of the Triforce of Justice making you a perfect candidate that the monster would probably be looking for."

I subconsciously grabbed my hand. "When we were attacked by the giant amphibian in the Forest Temple, it only attacked my hand and arm and started pull out my energy. I guess the monsters with the Medallions are all seeking out my Triforce piece which means the Shadow must know what abilities this half of the piece holds and has known since the beginning. But, there is something not quite adding up here."

"What would that be?" Link asked as we came to the top. We landed on the ground and I got off his back. He placed the spinner away and equipped the shield back on.

"In the graveyard, every time our Triforce pieces came in contact with each other, it would weaken both of us. He had a higher pain tolerance, but it's like we couldn't actually come in contact with each other without hurting ourselves. Like a bad chemical reaction."

Link seemed to be thinking as we walked to the large door at the end of the hall. We stopped in front of the door and Link turned to me. "What if the pieces were never meant to come together at all, and were purposely separated to support the new terrain it held, Hyrule, and your world? It would explain the reason why every time you came in contact with his version that it burned because you're piece wanted to devour his to become whole again, but couldn't because it had changed and vice versa."

"From the look on Leviathan's face when it happened told me she didn't have a clue on what was happening."

"No, I doubt she would know, but him on the other hand, I wouldn't doubt it. So by creating a monster after you met him in the graveyard, it could suck the energy and convert it, like a plant, to meet the qualifications and allow it to become whole again."

"That; seems really complicated. But it makes sense." I told him, I leaned back on one foot. It still felt like there was something missing. "What would be the point of having my half, if it was adapted to Earth itself, it wouldn't have many if any magical abilities since its only function was to keep Leviathan sealed inside the pyramid. His piece seems to give him all the perks like healing and teleporting, a lot like Zelda's along with her magical abilities. Mine on the other hand is just a beaconing to let me know painfully when someone has shown up. And I've only now started to sense things around me. Perhaps it's not about taking this half of the piece but using the soul sucking ability to recharge himself faster instead."

"That is also a possibility."

I looked up at the tall door. Something big was behind it and I really didn't like standing so close to the closed door. The door opened on its own. The floor was sand covered within the circular room and a few torches were lit, but other than that, it was empty. We walked inside and I pulled out my sword and gun. The doors slammed behind us and I looked around to try and find anything. Suddenly the temperature of the room dropped and a chill ran up my spine as well as my hand started pulsing.

"Welcome to my home, mortals." A deep dark laugh echoed the room. "Just to make sure we're clear, you aren't leaving out alive. And I'm going to terrify you right down to the very fabric of your being while I play with you."

"Who the hell are you?!" I shouted into the room. I was getting annoyed; the last thing I wanted was some big shot monster thinking he gets his own monologue while he attempted to rip us to pieces. "And while you're answering that, tell us where the hell you are so we can beat you senseless until you explode."

A dark chuckle echoed around the room. "I'll humor you for your last moments of your life."

I suddenly had the urge to look up and a large shady figure appeared from the sky. It dropped onto the floor in front of us. It was easily sixty feet long and had bright red scales lined outlined in black. Its eyes were golden colored and its head smooth with a golden pattern on it as it dropped its head to look at us in the eye. I almost dropped my weapons as I practically vibrated backwards when I took a step back.

"This has to be some sort of sick joke." I squeaked out.

"A golden eyed girl, you must be related to the goddess Themis. It's been a while since I fed upon a being with goddess blood running through their veins. Girl, you asked who I was. I am Apophis, Chaos Serpent of Destruction. And tonight, I will happily eat your soul."

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