"Great." Spencer groaned, looking at the Triforce of power on Andima's hand.
--
"Are you alright, Link?" Midna asked.
"I think I'll hurt in the morning, but aside from that, why wouldn't I be?" Link asked, half-dazed.
"Wha- you can't tell me you slept through that." Midna said, dumbfounded.
"Through what? All I can remember is Ganon knocking me away, then I wake up with him kneeling over me. Not the best thing to open your eyes to, by the way." Link explained.
Midna blinked twice. "In my ten years of living with you, I never knew you were such a deep sleeper." she said, hugging him.
"I'm pretty sure the part where my head hit the floor helped somewhat." Link replied.
--
"Is it really a bad thing?" Andima asked, referring to the Triforce of Power.
"Didn't you see what it did to Ganon?" Spencer frantically replied with another question.
"Wasn't he evil beforehand?" Andima replied.
Their conversation was interrupted by a loud groan coming from Spaz. When everyone else turned to look at him, Andima the elf was already turning him onto his back, where he had been lying face-down in a pool of blood. "Say something, Spaz!" Andima tried shaking him.
As the others got up and ran to Spaz, Spencer noticed the blade attached to his arm glowed briefly, before retracting back into a block of useless metal. "Hey!" He stopped to shake and hit it, as if it would help. "I still need that!" He spoke to his mechanical arm, despite it not being able to listen.
Andima the Twili turned back to look at him. "What happened to your arm anyway?!" An expression of disbelief on her face.
"I-It's a long story." Spencer replied.
"I hope we get a chance to talk about it soon!" Andima said, turning back to see Spaz surrounded by Link, Midna, and Andima the Elf.
When Spencer caught up, Spencer asked "Not to seem insensitive or anything, but can't he just resurrect at a graveyard?"
"The nearest graveyard is on the ground, and we don't know what could possibly be going on down there." Andima the elf said.
"I imagine it's pretty bad." A familiar voice said from across the room. Everyone looked up to see who it was, and blinked twice to see if they weren't seeing things.
"Ladoran?" Andima the elf said in disbelief. Indeed it was Ladoran walking towards them, in his metallic blue boots, silver hypno-helmet, his over-sized shoulder pads, gauntlets, and even his golden chain mail cuirass, walking past the alien's corpse.
Spencer noticed something was off. Instead of being similar to Spaz and Andima's ed-Black and Gold Tabard, his was Grey and blank. "What happened to your tabard?" Spencer asked.
"How observant." Ladoran said. With a sweep of his hand, an invisible force pushed Link, Spencer, Midna and Andima the Twili up and against the wall behind them. Andima the elf looked back at the Quadro, then turned to Ladoran.
"What are you doing?! What happened to you?" She asked him, standing up. Just as she finished talking, a huge metallic C-shaped blur flew threw the wall above them, crashing into the other wall and while not going through it, breaking it and falling the ground. Stone debris fell to the floor with loud crashes. Now that they saw it sitting still instead at a blurring speed, it could be seen the it looked more like a robotic head with two giant, thick, curved blades. The red light on the head was fractured and unlit. Ladoran seemed un-phased by this.
"Sorry dear. You're just collateral." With a sweep of his hand, Ladoran flung both Andima the elf and Spaz through the hole in the wall. He then approached the Quadro, who were still immobilized. "So!" He said, clapping his hands together. "Let's begin."
"What the hell are you doing!? What's wrong with you!?" Link demanded.
Andima answered for him. "It's not Ladoran." She said, looking Ladoran in the eyes. He merely grinned at her before continuing.
"What a wonderful outcome this experiment has made. I would've never thought this possible when I started this branch of research!" Ladoran said, as if what was happening was a work of art.
"What the hell are you talking about?! You know what's happening?" Spencer asked him, getting more confused and angry by the minute.
"Ah, Spencer. My most useful instrument. How've you been, busy?" Ladoran tried to small talk, "After all, it's thanks to you I was able to achieve this."
Something clicked in Spencer's head and he said "Loomis."
The smile was wiped from Ladoran's face. "You've gotten smarter. That's a shame." Just as he finished saying that, a powerful green pulse emanated from the corpse of the alien in the corner, knocking Loomis flat on Ladoran's face. Loomis got up and turned to see the corpse, glowing green, raise a hand and pull the large glowing blade out of it's gut. Loomis and the Quadro watching, astonished, the alien stood up and began to slowly approach Loomis.
"What... NO!" Ladoran started to stride furiously toward the Alien, flinging his arms around, with no effect on the alien. After realizing he couldn't hurt the Alien once it was only a few feet away, Loomis panicked and turned to run, but before he could even set a foot forward the huge glowing blade emerge from his gut, piercing him. He dropped to his knees, gasping. A blue fluid leaked from the wound, streaming down the blade and onto the Alien's hand. the fluid stopped streaming from the wound as the sword, handle and all, turned to dust.
The odd-looking fluid flowed into the Alien's gut wound, mixing with his blood. He doubled over, groaning. The Quadro suddenly felt their constraints fade away and fall to the floor, landing not all-together gracefully.
They looked up and saw Loomis had got up, but was holding his gut with both hands and coughing violently, trying to stumble away. The Quadro was appalled as his skin and Armour began to bubble and morph. Finally he collapsed on the ground, lying on his stomach. He turned from the armored Night elf into an old man in brown trench-coat and ragged clothing.
"I'm... alive?" The Quadro, still somewhat stunned by what just happened before their very eyes, turned their attention to the source of the bewildered statement.
Ladoran was on his knees, looking at his hands like he'd found a long-lost brother. "I can't believe it! I'm back!" He said with what must have been unfathomable joy.
"Ladoran? Is it you?" Spencer asked, the Quadro standing up.
Ladoran looked up at him, his face going from joy to apologetic. "Spencer! I'm so glad you're alive! I'm so sorry for... wait, who's tree house was that? He looked like you but you weren't him..."
"It's a long story that I'll have to fill you in on." Spencer said, smiling a bit with relief.
Loomis groaned. "Years wasted... what a failure..."
Ladoran got up and turned towards Loomis. "You unbelievable SON OF A BITCH!" Ladoran stormed over to Loomis and gave him a powerful kick, turning him over. "Not much of a king now, now ARE YOU!?" Ladoran reached for his Katana on his back, but it wasn't there. "What- guh." He pondered for half a second where his sword was before he felt it pierce his gut.
"You foolish little elf." Loomis muttered. He had somehow managed to keep Ladoran's Katana through the transformation. He swung a hand upwards, A portal opening above Ladoran's head and sucking him through. Just as he was completely swallowed the portal closed.
"Ladoran!" Spencer dashed foolishly towards Loomis, who swung his hand towards Spencer, causing Spencer to stop dead in his tracks. Nothing happened, instead Loomis coughed up blood.
"Damn it all... this body is so weak..." He let his hand fall to his side.
"You really are just an old man, Loomis." Spencer claimed, walking towards him with clenched fists.
Behind him, Link started to mutter to Midna and Andima. "Do either of you have any idea what's going on, because I am completely lost right now."
"Spencer never really talked too much about his connection with this guy. All I know is that he's the one that originally send Spencer to Hyrule." Andima replied.
"I think this 'save everything' thing just got more personal." Midna said.
Spencer stood over Loomis. "I take back what I said about you being my instrument." Loomis said.
"Sucking up now that you're helpless?" Spencer asked the pitiful human.
"You're my biggest failure." Loomis spat.
Spencer reached to take something out of his belt, and pulled out the very pistol Loomis gave him fifteen years ago. Spencer aimed for the head.
"Killing your first human? With my own gun no less. Congratulations, murderer." Loomis continued his mind game.
"You are no human." Spencer tightened his grip on the trigger.
"How accurate you are." Loomis reached up and grabbed Spencer's pant leg. "My soul and mind are invincible. Shame that body was taken from me, that was almost done too."
"Enough of this bullshit." Spencer pulled the trigger.
But nothing happened.
"Heh... Hahaha!" Loomis laughed at him. "How often do you do maintenance on that gun in fifteen years? Did you even know you had to? Ahahahaha- Ow!" Loomis' laugh was interrupted when Spencer crouched and pistol-whipped him.
Spencer threw the gun away and placed his mechanical fist on Loomis' chest. "First you put me in another world where I'm completely lost. Then, once I've adjusted not only do you try to violently take me back, you send four poor FBI agents into Hyrule. You'd think you'd be done." Spencer punched him, winding him. "But no, after another ten years of following my life like a lab rat, you go completely god-damn insane and try to tear not only my world, but everyone elses!" The metal block on his forearm began to glow gold again. "You've done nothing with your technology to help mankind, only toy with them and even attempt to destroy them and everything." Spencer leaned down the Loomis' face.
"Even you were still human, you have no right to live."
The bar on his forearm glowed bright and extended past his fist, through Loomis' heart, and into the stone.
--
What Ladoran was going through could only be described as being sucked through a inter-dimensional tunnel. It branched off at times to the side, presumably to an infinite number of places. He saw many others being sucked throughout these tunnels, being pulled into the separate tunnels.
Suddenly he felt someone collide with him, pushing them both into a different path. All he saw of them was a pink and red blur before the tunnel came to a two-way fork and they flew separate ways.
Ladoran managed to turn his head to where he was going, and saw a light at the tunnel. "Oh it's this tunnel... I guess I'm not able to go away from the light." He muttered to himself, previously wondering how he had still been alive with a long piece of steel in him.
When he finally reached the light at the end of the tunnel, he could could only see blinding white.
"Crap."
--
Spencer pulled the blade out of Loomis' body, it glowing briefly before retracting again.
"S-Spencer? Are you alright?" Andima slowly approached him. Link and Midna glanced at eachother.
Spencer gripped his head with both hands, an incredible migraine entering his head. "Hehahaha!" He heard Loomis' cackle echo through his head. Spencer fell to his knees, grimacing.
"Spencer!" Andima ran to him as he fainted on the floor.
--
Spencer found himself in Loomis' lab as it was fifteen years ago. The most prominent feature was the steel-gray portable toilet, all hooked up with cords and wires, along with a control panel. Catwalks above him were filled with junk and wooden crates, among them was a bedroll where Loomis must have slept. Light leaked through windows boarded with wood planks, dust motes filling the stale air. He walked over to the control panel.
On the black screen "Gerudo desert, Mirror chamber, Ending of Twilight Princess" was printed in pixelated green text.
"What is this..." Spencer pondered to himself.
"Quite the blast from the past, isn't it?" Spencer turned to see a much younger Loomis looking at him, although still old in comparison to Spencer. Spencer looked down at his hands, and saw he still had both of his flesh arms, and was wearing his originally clean shirt and pants.
"What's going on?" Spencer demanded.
"You really haven't gotten any smarter, have you?" Loomis began to approach him. "I told you my soul and mind are forever." Loomis tapped his head. "Where do you think I would go once my body failed me? You're just as stupid as the elf."
"You don't belong here. You're dead." Spencer said, Loomis finally coming face-to-face with him.
"This body's mine, thanks for prepping it for me." Loomis said with an evil grin.
"You son of a bitch." Spencer swung a punch at him, only to feel that force hit him in the face and knock him over. Loomis stood over him.
"Don't worry. You'll still be conscious of your body's actions as I have a bit of fun with your little friends." Loomis kicked him in the side, causing him to cough. Spencer pulled him out from under Loomis, standing up and jumping back.
"I won't give you a chance!" Spencer jumped and tried to kick him in the face, feeling the force hit him instead again. Spencer fell to the floor with a bleeding nose.
"It's not your decision." Loomis said grimly, just before Spencer's surroundings faded back to that of the ruined castle.
--
Andima was relieved as Spencer opened his eyes, lying in her arms. "Oh thank the gods you're alright! What was that?" She asked. Link and Midna were also sitting close.
Spencer wanted to reply but was horrified to find out he couldn't. He couldn't feel anything. He could only see and hear. Loomis had won.
"Spencer?" Andima asked as he stood up.
"I'm fine, Doll." He looked down at her and grinned.
"Doll?" Midna asked.
"Uh oh." Link said, a look of terror appearing on his face.
"Oh for the love of... that was fast." Loomis said, controlling Spencer's body. He kicked Andima down then jumped back, flicking his mechanical arm. A look of confusion appeared on his face as he looked down at the hunk of metal attached. "Now how the hell does he work this?"
Andima looked up, hand over her mouth. "Oh my gods... no..." She said, realizing what just happened. She rose her other hand. "I-I can't." She said, trembling.
Link tried to draw his sword, only to find an empty sheath. "Oh yeah... I'll just have to use fists." He got ready to attack just as a bolt of Twilight energy zipped past him, knocking Loomis over. He looked back at Midna.
"What? He's not Spencer right now, is he?" She asked.
"Aren't you acting a little eager?" Link asked.
"I don't think so." She sent another bolt at Loomis, knocking him over just he was trying to get up. "I love Spencer as a friend, but that doesn't mean I won't hesitate to stop this old fart."
Loomis got to his feet. "You heartless bitch, you!" He scowled. Midna sent another bolt at him, floating over to him.
"I've had about enough of you." Midna sent dark energy constraints at him, pinning him against the wall.
"Don't kill him!" Andima yelled, an image of despair printed on her face.
"Of course not!" Midna called back. She turned back to Loomis. "What are we going to do with you?" She said. "Spencer, you in there?"
Spencer so desperately wanted to call out to them "I'm here!" But he couldn't.
"The roommate's in, but I'm afraid he's all tied up." Loomis replied. Midna smacked him with her small imp hand.
"You don't get to talk." She said. "Hey, why the scared face, geezer?" Midna asked as a look of anxiety appeared on Spencer's face.
"What's this tingling sensation..." Loomis strained his head to look down. The Triforce of Foresight was glowing. It pulsed violently, Sending Midna flying back and shattering the constraints. Spencer's body fell to the floor. As Link caught Midna in his arms, Andima stood up.
"Spencer...?" She hesitantly asked.
Spencer looked up. "Andima! I'm so sorry!" He got up and hugged her close.
"It wasn't you. Don't blame yourself." She tried to console him.
Spencer could hear angry curses from Loomis inside his head, but they didn't bother him right now.
"Sorry to interrupt the moment, but this really can't wait." Everyone turned to see an adolescent girl standing by the corpse of Ganon. She had shoulder-length gold hair and wore a red dress.
"What the hell?" Spencer and Midna said simultaneously. Link and Andima just looked confused.
"Just the opposite, actually." She took her hands out from behind her back to reveal she had the hilt and part of the broken blade of the Master Sword. She kicked Ganon over and pulled the other end out of his back. She held them together, then they glowed a bright white for a moment, then faded back to normal to see it has been repaired.
"What are you...?" Link asked, stunned.
"I'm the avatar for what you know as the Goddesses of Hyrule." She said rather matter-of-factually. "Try to keep better care of this, will you?" She tossed the repaired Master Sword at Link, who caught it, his eyes not leaving the Avatar.
"You... what?" Midna asked, baffled.
"We thought this appearance would be less intimidating than our true form." She held her hands together in front of her. "And we agreed - well, except for Din - that we owed you this much: Any questions?"
Spencer stepped out the hug with Andima. "How about what the hell's going on?"
"Although we understand mortal feelings, we ask you show some more respect." The Avatar said. "The Semi-mortal in your head came upon to too much power. Ever heard the phrase 'Power corrupts'? He found a lot of power, and became quite corrupted. He thought he could rule... well, everything. As you can see that didn't work out for him."
"What's going to happen now?" Andima asked.
"Well, we can repair the rips in the realms caused by the one you know as Loomis. However, we can only truly repair this world. Our power is, contrary to popular belief, limited. The rest will still have any foreign objects or people in them. In order to stop them from trying to go back however, we will be erasing most of their memory. Shall I send you back to your home now? You'll be very hungry once we stop feeding you energy."
"We still have more questions!" Midna said.
"Sorry." The Avatar replied, "We should start repairs immediately. Bye!" She waved her hand, and the Quadro's surroundings shifted to a clearing in the woods.
"That wasn't much of a reward for saving everything that ever existed." Midna moaned.
"I guess it's all we get. Now... we can finally live in peace." Link said.
"I somehow doubt that." Spencer said.
The Quadro walked down the path, past the Ordon Spring, and eventually into the small clearing just before the village. It still had their houses, but another proper house was in the place of the wreck of the tree house.
"Isn't that supposed to be a huge mess?" Andima said, speaking the Quadro's mind out loud.
"Hey, what the hell!?" Midna ran up her and Link's house. The rest of the Quadro followed.
The windows to their house were boarded up. Link opened the door to the house and immediately coughed as a cloud of dust poured out. "It looks like the Goddesses didn't send us back to exactly when we left." Andima said. The inside of their small cottage was heavily coated in dust and webs, a couple holes in the roof had light leaking through.
They all jumped as they heard a loud thump behind them. They turned to see Ilia at the door, whom had just dropped a laundry basket. "Oh my gods! Link!" She dashed over to him and hugged him tight.
"Woah! Ilia! What's wrong?" He tried to calm her down, but she was already crying with happiness.
"Everyone thought you were dead!" She said, not even loosening her grip on him. After a few moments that felt like years, she let go. "You haven't aged at all!"
"Aged? What do you mean? What happened?" Link asked.
"You've been missing for six years!" She embraced him again. "I can't believe you're back!" She said.
"Six... years?" Andima said. A thought struck her. "Where's Darin? How is he?"
"He left Ordon two days ago! He's a fine teenager!" Ilia said, still all choked up.
Spencer was absolutely stunned, and Andima noticed. "Spencer?"
"Whoa, this is heavy."