There's not really much to say about this week's stuff, so let's just get right to it. Here's chapters 28-30


Chapter 28: Intruder

Something moved in the darkness. All that I could tell was that it was big. There were some very unnatural sounding whirs, clicks, and umm… the word was 'beeps', right? Knight Link started to approach it, but he got no response as he got closer. After a while of seeing this, I began to approach, but future Link stayed behind for some reason. I looked back at him for a short while before he began to follow suit with a sigh.

Just as soon as future Link came closer, the door through which we entered slammed shut and it looked like it wouldn't open back up, no matter what. I began to worry a bit, but then future Link assured me that it was alright. I heard a grunt as knight Link came running backwards in our general direction. Obviously, he was shocked by whatever he had seen and frankly, I never blamed him.

What stood before us was a giant humanoid machine of some sort. It had a completely blank, blue, rectangular… face? It saw us and I noticed knight Link assumed a fighting stance. Future Link on the other hand looked at it with only a mild curiosity, almost as though he knew something about this thing. I figured that it was likely, what with all things considered. After a while, it stretched out its neck (which looked like some sort of extremely strong wire) and lowered its face down in front of the three of us peacefully, followed by words appearing in white on its face.

"THE THREE WHO ARE ONE HAVE COME. I HAVE GUARDED THE BINDING MATERIAL THAT YOU SEEK FOR MANY YEARS. THE TIME HAS FINALLY COME TO GIVE THAT WHICH I HAVE GUARDED FOR ALL OF THIS TIME TO THE CHILDREN OF DESTINY. THE THREAD OF COURAGE IS NOW YOUR'S TO USE IN HOPES THAT YOU MAY ONE DAY TRULY SEW THE FABRIC OF TIME BACK TOGETHER. "

All the while of the words appearing, I felt very relieved that we didn't have to fight that thing. It was almost a little bit underwhelming, but I didn't complain. Something caught my eye, though, and I looked over to see what looked a little bit like a moving shadow… or a shadow of a shadow. Either way, the machine obliviously opened up to show a golden, glowing string of some sort above it. At this, I immediately shoved the shadow out of my mind; dismissing it as simply my imagination.

However, before any of us could make any sort of move to grab it, the shadow appeared behind it and shoved it back inside before disappearing. The machine retracted its face and began to move around (despite being attached to the ground at what seemed like the waist), acting like it was looking around for something. All of a sudden, it began to glow red before the shadow crept up and around its whole body, encasing it. Without warning, the shadow slinked its way inside and seemed to take control of the machine! It then lowered its 'head' down to us and I saw that its face had turned from blue to red and the words were now in black.

"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! ACCESSING BACKUP DATA… 404 FILE NOT FOUND. INNIATING DESPERATE SEACH… MULTITASK PROGRAM FOUND. CONTINUING SEARCH, INTRUDERS MUST BE PURGED!"

At this, future Link immediately told both knight Link and me to run! Well, at least we didn't need to be told twice. I figured that the shadow had possessed the machine and the only way to get it out would be to destroy the machine itself. Knight Link and future Link were running around, trying to avoid it. It also seemed that they came to the same conclusion as I had because of the looks that they had on their faces. We gave each other a few looks before the battle truly began!