Author's Note: And we now continue with the adventure thing…Thanks to Tide3456 for following me and for reviewing.
Chapter 36: Captured
The beast ferociously started to destroy the ship, sending the parts of the ship into the depths of the water. The crate fell down and I used that to help me to get to the higher point.
The lightning flashed, emphasizing the battle.
The monster let out a thunderous, terrifying roar and then I began the final stage.
The hair with its mouth started to attack me but at least I know what to do this time. After cutting off the hair, I pierced the eye with the arrow and ran towards it to attack it.
Finally, the foe let out its infamous roar and then, the battle was done.
4:16:79…ehh, not too bad but I could've done better if the battle didn't take this long just to destroy the damn thing. Five more battles to go…
Sighing, I felt myself being transported to another battle arena which was:
The stupid boring Ghirahim…
Noo, I don't want to fight you! You're so boring!
At least, my blade glowed blue...it was pretty. Resuming back to the battle, I was able to hit the demon. Hey! Can you just die for me quickly?
And then the demon took my sword.
I would take that as a no.
"I want my sword back thanks." Ghirahim threw the sword and I dodged out of the way and went back to retrieve it. A little while later, the demon made his sword to appear and also those little red daggers.
All of a sudden, he quickly started to charge at me and I leaped out of the way but he also took a swing of his sword and the sword managed to hit my shield only. That was just luck.
The demon lord disappeared again, making him to reappear in the center of the room. Sometimes, I can hit the foe and other times, I would just dodge his charging and the daggers.
At one point, he disappeared (like always) but I didn't know that he was behind me until I felt the breeze from the sword that nearly sliced my back. Turning around quickly, I slashed at him but then again he avoided it by jumping out of the way.
When he reappeared behind me again, I did a spin attack and it ended the battle.
The time was a bit longer than my other ones which was: 4:25:89. Sighing, I agreed to continue to go on.
Four more battles to go…I think. I don't know anymore.
You never did.
You're so mean!
And it was…
Ghirahim again except it was round two with him.
You just don't know when to quit…
Hit after hit, strike after strike, we grunted whenever we will get hit or to dodge out of the way. No sooner or later, two swords materialized in the demon's hands.
From time to time, we would clash against each other though the evil being would occasionally have the upper hand. He even did the jump attack, every now and then. Nevertheless, his battles are still boring no matter how many times he changes his tactics.
Well one thing's for sure: I'm getting a good night rest and a bath when this is all over. Finally, I struck him at the side and it ended the battle while the time for beating him was 3:33:83. Well, onto to the next battle!
Stage 2 of The Imprisoned begin!
Like the same strategy, I cut all of the toes while avoiding the shockwaves.
Same process and we're cool about it.
Except there's Groose and his Groosenator.
Using that, the bomb was collided into the arm.
Whee.
Sometimes, the beast would just get in my way when it fell down to the ground so it forced me to go down at the bottom to use the geyser to be in front of the spike. After slashing at the spike, it got up, brought back the toes from the roar and continued to walk.
Until, it decided to slither away.
You just love to make things even more complicated, do you?
I nearly panicked when I had lost sight of him somewhere through the halfway of the battle since I was on the second platform but he wasn't there. I then used the geyser to get to the higher point and there he was, walking on the third platform.
The beast tumbled down once again and with a mighty strike, it finished him.
The time it took to defeat this thing was 4:53:33.
I get the point…you don't need to tell me every freakin single time.
Too bad so sad. I'm just that awesome so you're gonna have to suck it up.
Do you have to include Koloktos?
He's boring too…
Quit whining and get to it, Hero.
I scowled at the tone of the voice before I did my job.
Arm after arm, there were only two arms left…the ones that were holding the axes. I took a risk by going to its chest and began to hack at the red orb. It then brought its massive arms as if it was protecting it. Like last time, it attracted its fallen arms to him and he restored them to its proper place.
And again, I went to destroy the arms by using the whip.
I just narrowly dodged the intimidating axes that was about to rip me in half. It would've if I didn't dodged it by doing a backflip. Two arms that protected its chest finally got opened and they fell on the ground.
After I pulled them away, it made the axes to go away as well. He raised its hands, summoning back his fallen arms. And then he got up after he used his arms to help him to do so. The grate came, closing its chest and the swords also appeared in its hands.
Wasting no time, I detached three of its arms. The second time, I used the heavy sword to slice the arms away. When the arm fell, it also knocked down the pillars so small pieces would scrap my cheek as it fell down.
It protested with angry as it started to have a tantrum but I went up to it and cut the legs, making it to fall.
The grate opened (once I had hit it), allowing me to stab at it.
Then, the foe got up by floating and did the same process: calling its body parts to him.
Oh right: the cursed Bokoblins would be appear too…Sighing, I killed them as well and focused back on the main opponent.
I wonder how I look like when I'm running around to avoid the swinging blades while carrying its massive sword…
A maniac murder, most likely.
…Gee thanks.
Once the second time of attacking it, I only have one more round to go.
This time, it started to swing its swords wildly.
Or maybe, it did that the second time but I probably wasn't paying attention…
Eeek! Get it awayyyy!
I had nearly got squashed by the gigantic arms when it came crashing down. I just did a somersault to move out of the away before I stole its fallen sword to strike the arms away.
Okay, so maybe one more time and THEN it will be defeated.
Geez.
"The bigger they are, the harder they fall!" I shouted as I sliced the legs yet again. Finally, the foe was defeated.
Let me guess: you're going to tell the time?
I smirked. But of course!
It is 5:42:02.
At last, I defeated every single battle!
"Sorry, Master Thunder Dragon. I would have to quit now." I apologized.
"Right…No need to knock yourself out fighting these enemies here, right?" he sounded, disappointed…a bit. "Might as well save yourself for the real battles, I suppose…But you battled hard! Just as I promised, I'll give you this."
I leaped with joy when he gave me the Hylian Shield. Yes! I now have the indestructible shield! Whoo!
"Come back for a battle anytime! You know where to find me."
Ahhhh….
This is the life!
I let the soothing water to relax my sore muscles. I really need a break from all of the fighting. However, I didn't realize just how dirty I was. Dirt was practically everywhere: from head to toe even at my fingernails…ew…
Fi backed away when I brought my smelly tunic towards her. Hehe…
The bath was done (like half an hour later) and the water also showed me new scratches I hadn't even noticed before.
Well okay then.
The scratch that was on my cheek was also cleaned up—no longer having dried blood.
Getting to my bed was the second thing on my mind and then…
I just collapsed with exhaustion the moment I reached my bed.
I continued to plunge through the air until I reached out my sailcloth. All of a sudden, something trembled violently and I realized that it was the Volcano.
Oh damn.
From the odd air, it blew me away.
Well, guess you could say, I got knocked out. It wasn't fun at all. I could've sworn I heard something crack. I just hope that it wasn't my skull when I hit myself against the hard cliff...
It was a little while later where I finally got back to consciousness. Groaning, I got up slowly and took in my surroundings. It was…different.
Hey, look beside you.
I screeched when I saw myself behind the bars with the bokoblin standing guard. Oh if you think you could capture me, then you're proven wrong!
I wanted to cry when I noticed that my stuff was missing—including the sword and the brand new shield!
You evil twits!
You will pay dearly!
I automatically observed something. Fi…
Is Fi alright? Was she captured too? I hoped that she was still in the sword.
Fuming, I stared at the bokoblin. If looks could kill, the bokoblin would've been dead by now and then I started to wonder who would've captured me…no doubt Ghirahim probably did.
Pacing furiously, I paused since I thought I had heard something shifting underground. Watching intently, it popped out of the ground and I blinked to see the Mogma…the one where it had bitten and scratched me.
"Hey!" it exclaimed. "I'm here to save the day!"
"Shh! Keep it down!" I hissed.
"Oh…sorry. Huh? Don't tell me ya forgot my ugly mug!?"
"Mug?"
"I'm Plats, the Mogma you helped in the northern temple!" he introduced himself. Ah, I guess mug means name in the Mogma language…
"I saw them draggin' you off unconscious, so I tailed 'em! You're pretty fearless, eh? What are you up to now?"
"Searching for a way to escape." I hissed, angrily. "They took my stuff! But anyways, I'm also looking for the Dragon."
"Uhh, yeah…I heard a rumor that a big dragon-god lives in this mountain…You really like those fantasy stories, eh, pal?"
"They're not fantasy. They're real!" I paused. "So why are you here?"
"Yeah okay. Anyways, I'm here since I just heard a rumor that some bad guys were getting' together on this mountain! Heh heh heh…And everyone knows that when bad guys get together, they'll be fightin' over some loot. Don't you gotta take care of your own business first?"
"Well I want to but I'm practically trapped in here!"
"While you were out, they shook you down good, pal! You're gonna want to get your stuff back before ya go and try anything else. I can get you started. I stole these back for ya…"
He then searched his pack and gave me the Mogma Mitts.
"Awesome!" I exclaimed.
"Time for me to tunnel out, pal! You got your work cut out for you! Good luck out there!"
I ran over to the hole in which I had seen before and started to dig my way er out. The path was really straightforward since the only one direction that was available was straight. I got out and found myself in another room with a torch in the middle while there were fences around me but an entrance was between.
Seeing a tunnel behind me, I went towards that direction. I felt really insecure without my sword.
I want my sword back… sniff.
Aw don't cry, little baby. You will have it with you soon enough. The voice went into a baby-tone like voice which freaked me out.
Instead of being bright outside, it was dark... except for some light that was from the lava.
"Pst! Hey, boy oh boy!" a voice whispered. I searched to locate the voice and it turned out to be those fortune stone thingys.
I walked towards it and it told me if I wanted to see some hints so I said yes.
A really weird feeling came and a strange erm…map (?) came out, revealing all the areas I had cleared out…except for Eldin of course.
After the talk was finished, I jumped down to reach the lower ground until something emerged out of the ground, scaring me.
"Heyyyy!" the voice whispered.
I turned around and saw Plats.
"Plats!" I hissed.
"Whaddya thinkin'? You shouldn't be out here in the open with no way to defend yourself…This place is crawlin' with thugs! Well, just be careful they don't spot ya while you're sneakin' around!"
I looked ahead and saw that there were many of those bokoblins. Ugh, great.
"And I probably don't even need to say this again…But seriously, pal, don't let them bad guys see ya, y'hear? They ain't gonna do nothin' nice if they catch you! So don't do anything heroic and get yourself caught!"
"Don't worry. I know this place."
"Well okay…" Plats said, unsure. "You know, I really worry about ya, pal. It's a weakness of mine! Ok, tell you what…I'm gonna show you something good! Open up your map!"
So I did that.
"I feel just terrible for you, pal…Here, let me do one more thing for ya! Ol' Plats here's gonna show ya what's in all the treasure chests! Ta-dahh!"
The treasure chests…wait a minute…
"That's my stuff!" I growled, gripping the map tightly. Oh those bokoblins are gonna pay big time!
"Oh…but I'll bet you're gonna want to get 'em back, right?"
"Yes…"
"Alright then, I'm going back to rummage around for treasure!"
And with that, he left me…
Trying to get my first item was a bit difficult since there was already a bokoblin in the middle of the path. I carefully went against the fences while hoping that I was blending in. When I jumped down, the Spume attacked me and I was struggling to get free.
"Get off me!" I hissed, violently. With a mighty pull, I broke free.
I got to the first place and saw that there was a chest on a high platform. No doubt that is my first item.
Stupid bokoblins.
Looking out beyond, there were many peahats floating above the hot lava but the path was destroyed except for one path. That path was still accessible. However, the thing that puzzled me the most was that there wasn't this much lava the last time I had gotten here.
What happened?
Nevertheless, I went to another path which was by digging into a hole I saw. I got out of the whole and then stopped to see that a chest was not too far ahead.
Yes!
To get to that chest, I crawled underground again while also avoiding that crawling creature.
I did not have time for it.
I excitedly ran to the chest to receive the Gust Bellow.
…I want my sworddddddd!
Well, at least I got two items now. The Mitts and the Bellow.
Spotting the two bokoblins, I made a plan inside my head.
I need something to distract it.
Or you could just run for it.
I don't feel like being trapped again, thanks.
Get out of the way! the voice hissed. Quickly seeing the bokoblin which was heading towards me, I did a somersault and pressed my body against the fence. I prayed as the enemy started to walk this way.
Oh goddesses. Please be on my side. Please.
The bokoblin stopped for a minute as I drew in my breath, not daring to breath. It turned to the opposite direction of where I was and it raised its light to see if there is anything out of the "ordinary". And then, it went to my direction. I shrunk back a little to avoid the glaring light. But, I could still feel the light shining at me.
After a second or so, it lowered its light and resumed walking.
I breathed out a sigh of relief when it was gone but not that far. Quickly, I went to the next "entrance" of the fence.
This time was slightly a bit trickier.
Even though, I had the fence to hide me from the next bokoblin, it still walked towards my direction but then stopped to see if there was anything out of the ordinary.
When there wasn't, it went back to its usual spot which was diagonally ahead of me.
I hurriedly ran to the next fence with the bokoblin's back was facing me. I then looked at the other enemy which was also coming back.
Damnit!
When the bokoblin finally turned the other way, I automatically sprinted to the hole I spotted and dug my way in.
I had to attack the monster since it got in my way and then I attacked some weird yellow balls that resembled like boulders…except you can destroyed it without using a bomb. Once they were gone, I exited out of this place.
I was delighted to get my clawshots back. That is very useful.
A rock was flowing down the lava below so I timed it right and made it to the other side. However, I entered the tunnel only to find out that there wasn't anything useful in there so I went back out and waited for the rock that would come once in a while. When I saw it, I jumped on it and it let it glide on the lava until I reached my destination.
However, since I felt that one of my items was here, I didn't notice the bokoblin that caught me.
I cursed, colorfully before I started to think. The bokoblin let out a screech as if it was calling for the others, letting it to know that their prisoner escaped. Few enemies came and I realized that they were going to be in a circle in order to "trap" me.
Well, not gonna happen!
I brought my hand back, only to find out that my sword wasn't with me. Why was this so hard?
Think of it like the Silent Realm. You had to collect the tears without your sword. So why is this any different?
Huh. You got a point there.
Quickly, I just managed to roll a somersault between the two bokoblins since I dodged its attack. I then leaped out of the way for another oncoming attack. More bokoblins came since they realized that they had a stubborn prisoner.
Tough luck.
Because I was so preoccupied with the other four bokoblins, I didn't notice that one of them jabbed its club at my back forcefully and it made me to fall down. The two bokoblins grabbed my arms as I struggled to get free.
"Get…off me!"
If I could somehow elbow them…
Sighing, I forced my arm to be at an odd angle and I elbowed them at the stomach which made one of them to let go because of the pain. I then punched the bokoblin in the face, setting me free. Grabbing its club, I knocked a few bokoblins unconsciousness.
Seeing that two of them was charging at me (one of them was charging at my right and the other one was charging at my left), I ducked down and let them to collide into one another.
Seeing the bombs, it knocked the tower down which allowed me to get my third item: the Whip.
I then went to the locked gate and pulled out the peahat out of the ground and then I used my clawshots.
The two boulders of hardened lava got blown up which made my path to be accessible. The good thing was that they didn't steal the sailcloth: I would've have killed them since it was the only thing that reminds me of Zelda…
I got up by using the geyser and landed on the upper ground. I squinted my eyes when I saw the familiar Mogma.
Plats.
"Wheeeeeeeze…So hot…" he coughed as he panted. "One of the most amazing treasures of the world, just up ahead…"
Curiously, I went up to him and started to talk. He told me how that all of the bad guys disappeared and they were gathering up ahead.
"They must have something good…"
Sighing when my path was blocked yet again, I went another way. I then went to that direction and looked up to see the peahats floating above the lava. Using them, I went across the lava but then I got stuck at the last one since I was hanging on the peahat in the middle of the hot lava…
Um…
And then, I waited for the rock to come which it did after a while since I started to be impatient.
Seeing another tower, I jumped to the other side where it is safe and there were bombs as well. Frowning, I noticed that I had to time it right. When I saw another rock coming down, I immediately went on it while at the same time, I threw the bomb in which I was currently holding.
Once I was on the other side, I grabbed my item.
Still no sword.
Argh!
Going back up with the peahats, I landed on the ground. At least, this time was easier since I was able to kill bokoblins that was walking around. When they were cleared out, I continued to run down the path to get the last item. However, I stopped to hide behind the fence because of the tower that contained the bokoblin.
Actually, you know those two bokoblins that were on the ground? Well, one of them was paralyzed, not killed.
Sprinting, I went to a corner to hide since the other bokoblin started to run because he had sensed something. Quietly taking out my scattershot (I upgraded the slingshot), I stunned it.
I then stunned the one that was on the top of the tower. I understood that the item was guarded by the gate.
Well then.
The bokoblin came back after a while as it lit up its light. Again, I stunned it with the scattershot. Having minimal time, I hastily dug the hole that was on the ground.
I coughed when the boulders underground blew up as some of the pieces flew. Exiting out of the underground, I retrieved the item which was the bomb bag.
Digging another hole, it revealed the geyser and it instantly made me to be on the upper ground. I then went to the other path, away from the tower but while I was searching for the other two items, I began to worry about the sword and the shield.
Where was it?
They better not break it or they will pay dearly for it.
I went back to where I saw Plats and since I had my bomb bag, I frowned when I had two bombs.
What did they do to my bombs?!
Going to my left, I ran up the path and followed it until I reached the Volcano Summit.
Looking around, I saw something shining. Squinting, I recognized that it was my sword stuck in the ground.
Oh my sweet Goddesses!
My sword! My beloved sword!
Running faster, I tripped in the process as well but I ignored it and stared at the shiny sword. Grasping the hilt with both of my hands, I removed the sacred blade from the ground.
This time, I felt safe…secured and I felt the familiar power running through me.
Oh my sword! How I have missed you so! I promise I will take good care of you next time! I cuddled up with the sword until the voice told me that it was freaked out from the weird behavior I was giving off.
I smiled goofily.
"Fi?" I called out.
She then got out of the sword. "Yes Master?"
I breathed out a sigh of relief. "Oh good. You're alright."
She smiled. "Yes I am. How are you faring with the stolen items?"
"I got a few of them back. I just need my two shields back."
She nodded. "But please excuse me for leaving your side during this brief trouble with the volcanic eruption."
"Don't worry about it. I'm just happy that you're alright."
"Thank you Master. But while I was here, I detected a strong source of power emanating from the area on the far right. Signs indicate a 60% chance that the dragon who knows a verse from the Song of the Hero dwells there. Please reacquire the rest of your gear and continue your search for the dragon."
Running to the side where it had the bird statue, I peered through the gate and saw another chest.
Well, everything's alright.
I no longer feel naked again.
Uhh right.
What? That's how I feel whenever my sword is missing…
Well then, I started to search for a way to reach that treasure chest.
Author's Note: I had fun writing this one. When Link got captured, Twilight Princess all over again…So, once this is done, do you want me to do any other novelization from the Legend of Zelda series? If you do, give me a shout out about it.