Chapter 38: Betrayal
This chapter has NO STRAIGHT FORWAD spoilers to Skyward Sword, but there is a hint to something. If you had not completed the game, want to get the game, thought about getting it, or can easily come up with theories, I suggest you do not read this till you play through the game.
In a fiery tunnel of lava and gas, the heroes made their way through. With the help of their heat-proof tunics and Brian's Mogma claws, the walk was a little bit easier. They still had to fight monsters like the Fire Keeses. They also kept an eye out in case Maskus or Ghirahim shows up.
"So how come Brian gets new stuff and Amy, Metal, and I don't?" complained Quagmire. "Quagmire I already told you, Brian used his own money, Metal bought Me Mode, and Amy is a girl. So no gift for you." said Peter acting like a dad. "Darn it." complained Quagmire acting like a child.
While walking, Link was wondering why Ghirahim said Maskus may plan to double-cross him. Did Maskus find Ghirahim useless? Was it apart of a larger plan? Was Maskus lying to him about Zelda? He looked over at Zelda shooting a Fire Keese with an arrow, who then turned and smiled at Link. He thought to himself that Maskus was defiantly lying to him. His childhood friend could never just get rid of him. He fought through this land just to find her before.
They then reached two paths, not knowing which way to go; Peter came up with a solution. "We do eny meny miny mo!" Zelda then slapped Peter. "Why does every women slaps me when I say something smart!?"
(Cutaway Gag)
Peter and a crowd of women are exiting a movie theater. "Wow, Twilight su….. you know what, screw it! We already made a few Twilight jokes."
(End Cutaway)
While debating on which way to go, slowly coming their way from behind was Master Maskus. "What an excellent spot for me to start my trap." He used his special power over the mind to try to influence Zelda. "She's done, now who else?"
As he moved toward Brian, Brian's dog instinct kicked in as he sensed some movement. He growled toward Maskus, taking everyone's attention. "We have company!" Thinking quickly, Maskus threw a green energy ball at the Heroes.
The heroes were separated …. again. Groose, Metal, and Zelda were thrown to the left tunnel, while the rest was thrown to the right. Maskus inspected the tunnels to see if Link and Zelda are separated. Seeing his plan coming together, He shot green energy balls toward the ceiling, which caused boulders to block the entrances.
Maskus laughed evilly and took out a Green Eyes necklace. "Step one complete, Zelda is in the left tunnel. You will meet her there." When he hanged up, he saw the lava pools rising up. "Looks like I caused a little eruption here. What a nice challenge for the heroes." He left the heroes before lava completely filled the room.
On the right tunnel, Link was trying his hardest to move the rocks. "Calm down Link! Zelda … is a love interest in a fanfiction, just get over it." Amy slapped, no wait, punched Peter this time. #52 then appeared to punish Peter, but found that Amy beat him to it. "You know Amy, even with your crazy love ideas, but you're my favorite out of these fourth-wall breaking abominations." He turned to Brian and said, "Don't forget about your new Mogma gloves." He opened a portal and left.
"…So are you gonna dump Sonic and go out with #52?" asked Quagmire. Amy looked at Sonic to see his face for the reaction she wish, guess what. "Stand back Amy."
Brian walked to the rocks and held up his Mogma claws. "Stand back, God's agent is here to help you live longer so I can read the Bible to you all for three days straight!" preached Brian. "Please stop being a Jehovah witness and turn back into a yelling no-God guy!" yelled Peter.
Brian started digging straight through the rocks, but after going in a few feet, he ran off yelling, "Satan's water, Satan's water!" From the hole, lava started shooting out. Everyone ran through the tunnel, but Amy was pulling Link still worrying about Zelda. "She'll be fine Link! She's in the other tunnel!" Link stood there and looked at the lava, after a while he ran to the others.
"Wow, he's too clinging!" said Amy Rose.
At the other tunnel; Zelda was looking at the blocked entrance. "Link, everyone, please be careful." Metal Sonic and Groose were talking to each other. "Does she just stand there most of the time and hope like a kidnapped princess?" Metal asked Groose. "Don't you talk about Zelda that way metal head!" Groose punched Metal, but started shaking his hand in pain. "I am M.E.T.A.L. Sonic!"
Metal walked to the rocks and scanned it. "Lava's filling up that room. If I am lucky, everyone but Sonic will live, then I'll destroy what's left of Sonic." Zelda angrily looked at Metal and pointed straight at him. "Don't you dare talk about that to Link and our friends!"
Metal was surprised by Zelda's attitude. "What a bit of courage you have; or that could be your stupidity to stand up to me!" He cracked his fingers while Groose ran in front of Metal. He then heroically said, "I'm not letting you fight Zelda!" But Metal picked him up and threw him. "Please tell me you can do something other than what Peter can do, except his disgusting biological gas."
He turned to Zelda and said, "You may use some magic, but you cannot…" Just then an magnet was thrown at Metal. "See, I can make things!" called out Groose. Metal removed the magnet and threw it at Groose. "As I was saying, you cannot win against me!"
As the two starred at each other with anger, they all notice lava coming out from the rocks. "Zelda and Metal, you can fight later! Right now, RUUUUUUUN!"
They all moved out of the way and the lava came bursting through the rocks. Going through the upward tunnel, Metal and Zelda were still arguing. "You seem to favor Link, from what I can tell, that is a clue about a certain feeling for someone." Zelda angrily blushed and said, "We're just friends since childhood! Link knows that better than Maskus could ever!"
Metal was surprised again by Zelda. "Maskus?" Out of anger, Zelda told him about Link talking to Maskus and ever since Link was avoiding her, until Metal came back. "Maskus, I heard he's a master at mind trickery. Wonder what he could have told Link, and also that Demon Lord."
Zelda had a flashback when the last met Ghirahim. "I only want is to know if Maskus said anything about stabbing me in my back. You know, betray me like I am some insignificant fool."
Zelda gasped. "Maskus must have said that I might betray poor Link!?" she cried out. She looked at Metal and Groose who were paying attention to her.
She had no choice but to tell Metal about Link talking to Maskus. "That is a very good theory about Maskus, but what does he mean? Did he say anything to Link like you will leave him for another mate, or you killing him?"
Zelda thought about it, and came up with one reason that startled her. "I would never do that to Link!" she said. "And what can you do with your weak magic?" mocked Metal. Groose shouted to Zelda. "Don't tell him yours, mine's, and Link's secret about you!"
"Groose!" shouted Zelda. Metal slowly waved his finger and said, "Don't yell like that to him. He just spitted out something that I can't let you keep from me. It must be about some hidden power you have, isn't it?"
Zelda knew that she and Groose are no match for Metal Sonic, so after stalling, she finally told Metal about their secret, and more.
"That's …..just incredible!" he thought. He started thinking about what he was told and asked Zelda. "That is your secret and you do nothing with it!?" Zelda say how angry Metal was getting. "You could have finish not just this, but everything you told us about your last adventure!" He grabbed Zelda by the neck with his glowing red eyes staring at her while pushing Groose away. "If I was Link, I will destroy Bzzshhhh I want beer."
Metal in Peter Mode let Zelda go and started picking his noise. She was dazed by what Metal said and what Maskus warned her about Link. "Link would never … he can't … no no … he was always happy to help!" While Zelda thought, Groose took her attention. "Hey Zelda, we're getting close to a large room!"
They looked behind them and saw the lava far behind them, but still heading their direction. When they got to the poorly lit room, they say plenty of large boulders stacked up to each other like a maze. Zelda saw a smaller boulder that could block the entrance and stop the lava. So she ordered Groose and Metal to push the boulder.
Groose accepted with loyalty to her, but Metal was complaining. "I don't wanna work." She was getting so angry that she finally burst. "Get up you lazy hunk of metal bolts and push that rock!" Metal walked to the boulder and said, "Calm down lady, I'll do it ….. crazy nagging lady."
The two managed to push the boulder and blocked the path. "Aaaaaaah I think the lava stopped half way." said Metal. After taking a much deserve rest, they started walking around the boulders to look for an exit. "Wonder how Link and the other are doing?" wondered Zelda.
Meanwhile; everyone else was running down their tunnel from the lava. "F**k you Brian! F**k you!" cried out Peter. Brian gasped at Peter. "Peter, you should never curse!" Peter then said, "What, it only means sex. So are hump, mate, shag, and having sex. Why aren't they bleeped?"
Running downward, the heroes were quite far away from the lava, but the lava was also gaining speed. Sonic ran up ahead to look for a way out, when he got back he said that there is a ladder at the bottom going up.
They reached the bottom and found that the ladder was made of metal, looking completely new. Not caring about that, they climbed up one by one, managing to escape the lava. They then found a large boulder and pushed it over the hole they went through.
"That was the most horrifying event I have ever gone through my entire life!" said Peter while catching his breath. "Well there was that other time that could top this."
(Cutaway Gag)
Peter Griffin is sitting at a movie theater screaming. "Oh my God, the Paranormal Activities Movies are so scary!" A guy sitting next to him was getting annoyed and said, "The movie haven't even started yet! That's just a preview Nickelodeon's New Movie!" At the screen it shows a giant robot chicken humping a car.
"Seriously, this was a trailer for a Nickelodeon Movie." said Peter.
(End Cutaway)
The heroes looked around and saw an empty room with the exit to outside. "Hey Sonic, do you see that!" said Amy pointing out to the exit. Then Brian said, "It's the gate to heaven. I knew I would redeem myself with no dancing!" Brian started running to what he thought was heaven.
During that, Link had a brainstorm about the explosion, the large room, and a large boulder that just so happened to be there. He took out Claw Shot and grabbed Brian. Wondering what's up, Quagmire asked, "Link, what are you doing? The exit's right there! I'm sure Zelda and the others are O.K."
Link dragged Brian back while he chewed on it thinking it's a demon claw. Then Fi appeared. "Link believes that this is a trap!" Link looked up on the ceiling and found Selim and Taslle holding on to stalagmites. They jumped down from the rocks on the ceiling and landed in front of them.
"You guys!?" shouted Sonic. Amy remembered how Selim had her stopped Peter and Sonic's race for his own good. "You dirty snake, prepare to face me!"
The two ignored Amy, while listening to their necklaces. "Hey I'm talking over here!" As the two listened, they heard Maskus saying, "Zelda is close to my trap, be good friends of mine and take that!"
The two cloaked spies of the Death Masks put their necklaces away and walked toward the heroes. Selim then drew out his electric whip and Taslle's fists began flaming.
Selim's feet began sparking and he jolted at Sonic. Sonic dodged and spin dashed at Selim. "You think you and catch me off guard with speed!?" Selim used his whip and grabbed onto a stalagmite on the ceiling. Sonic thought he was going to swing, but instead Selim used his strength and pulled down the stalagmite onto Sonic. Luckily Amy came in and smashed it with her hammer.
Taslle began fire punching at Quagmire. "Well hot hands, wanna light my rocket? OH!" Taslle knew exactly what Quagmire met and her whole body burst into flames. Quagmire took out a notebook with a list of women to not make sex puns to. After skimming through lawyers, lesbians, and transvestites, he wrote down Taslle. Taslle used the opportunity and repeatedly punch Quagmire.
Link then came to Quagmire aid and threw him a metal Shield. "Oh right, I'm more useful now!" Quagmire blocked Taslle's attack and shield bash her. Taslle then saw Link drawing out his sword. "The sword." She thought. Taslle looked at Peter and threw fire at him.
"Like that will work!" Peter turned his ass toward Selim when the fire came near him. He farted and the flames moved toward Selim. He got burned real bad and decides to jump on the rocky wall. Link ran toward him and took out his Claw Shot to follow him.
Seeing Link, Selim drew out another whip and started slashing at Link. Link then cut the whip with the Master Sword and reached Selim. He slashed at Selim then pointed the sword at Selim's neck. Looking straight into Link's eyes, he chuckled and said, "I can see the loyalty in your eyes. You're too good of a person to harm another human." Link knew that was true, but he kept the sword where it is at just in case.
"I admire that in people, but I want to know something." Selim hesitated, but finally said and a soft voice, "Will you have mercy on Zelda when she abandons you?" Link immediately let the sword go to drop to the ground, glared angrily at Selim, and picked him up by the shoulder and pinned him to the wall. "She…. She….. will dessssssstory you with lies." Said Selim while seeming he's holding something back.
Link tried to get more answers from Selim, but then. "Link, look out!" Link turned and was attacked by a fire ball. He fell to the ground in front of Taslle. "Honey, are you alright?' Taslle called out to Selim. "I'm fine dear."
"Oh no, to them too!" complained Peter. Link slowly stood up and was about to draw out the Master Sword, but he could not feeling the sword handle. "Did you drop this?" Selim sarcastically said. Link look and saw Selim holding the Master Sword by the blade. ….. then he released with while shaking his hand with blood. "Owwww ow ow ow! Taslle did a facepalm and gave the sword back to Selim. "Take this to Maskus. I'll handle this."
Link ran straight toward Selim, but was blocked by a wall of fire. Selim ran out the exit and said good luck. Taslle face the angered Link and said, "You …. Have no idea about Zelda." Her voice also sounds soft too.
With a snap of her finger, Taslle lit up on fire again and punched Link. Link got up again and used his Claw shot on Taslle. She quickly dodged and tripped Link. Sonic ran toward them and spin dashed at her. "Link, you can take this one easy. Save it for Selim." Link walked to the exit and watched the fight.
Quagmire fired a missle onto the ceiling and some rubble landed on Taslle. Then Amy swing her hammer and Taslle was flung into the wall. Taslle jumped high in the air and started punching the stalagmites, causing them to fall on the heroes.
With Peter being the only one that dodged the attack; tried farting on Taslle, but that only made her flames bigger and her more angrily. She then threw the large flame at everyone. Taking in a lot of damage, the heroes survived and found Taslle extinguished. "She used up her fuel, attack!" Peter marched up to Taslle and was about to punch her, but then he thought. "I can't hit a woman." Taslle then said, "Put I can punch a man." She uppercut Peter and took out her necklace. While she fought the heroes, she asked someone if it's ready. The sound of a Maskus's voice said yes and she formed a circle of fire around the heroes. When it died down, they saw Taslle escaping into a portal.
Seeing that Taslle left, they walked back to Link, now without a sword. "I hope Link's alright, he didn't just loose a weapon, he lost Fi!" said Amy. They walked to the exit and found that Link was not there, only bottles of red potion.
"He must have ran off to catch Selim!" stated Sonic. Knowing that Link won't stand a chance on his own, the heroes drank the potion and ran out of the cave, but Peter came back in and saw that Brian was chewing on Link's second Claw shot this whole time. Peter whistled and said here boy. Brian joined the group with the claw shot in his mouth.
Back to Zelda group, they were still wondering around the poorly lit room with large rocks trying to find an exit. Metal was still stuck in Peter Mode so he refused to use night vision. "There's still lighting here. Damn women using up the electric bill."
As they walked around, they had a feeling that they're being watched. Groose told Zelda that he'll look around. Groose walked behind one boulder and called out, "I've found light Zelda!" Zelda's face lit up with happiness and walked toward Groose.
"I can see the outside and … Ahhhhh!" Zelda stopped and saw Groose thrown toward a boulder. He got up and yelled, "Run Zelda!" She instead stood her ground. She watched her surrounding for any movement. She eyed at every spot until. "BAH BU BLA BLA!" Zelda quickly shot Din's fire at whatever popped up, but found that it was just Metal Peter Mode. "I try to give you a heart attack and this is how you repay me!?"
While about to slap Metal, they were attacked. Zelda backed off as the attacker faced Metal. "What the Hell are you looking at (Bzzp) What happened this time? So you're back and… what are you do….?" The attacker drew out a sword and slashed Metal. Metal felt his body to find no scratch, but then he began electrocuting and fainted.
Unknowing what the attacker might do next, she charged up her magic. While trying to see his face, her eyes began flashing shades of green while getting a light headache. She just ignored her head problem and focused on who's attacking.
She looked closely at his face. "…..Link? ….Link!?" With eyes glowing red, Link, Zelda's childhood friend and savior, was the one attacker her. "Link; what are you doing!?" Link walked toward Zelda while pointing the Master Sword at her. "Fi, can you hear me!?" Fi did not answer.
"Zelda, you're reign of careless destruction ends." Link said in a threating voice. "Careless destruction, what are you talking about!?" Link smiled creepily and said, "Ghirahim had returned, the Death Masks are attacking us, but what can you do to stop this? You could have had the power to stop not just them, but the Demon King himself." He walked closer to Zelda as she backs off. "You gave up everything just to choose a simple mortal to do your work!"
"Zelda; I, Link, am no longer your tool! You will pay for your actions. With my Master Sword, I will send you away from this world, forever!" Link charged at Zelda to stab her. She used blocked it with Nayru Love. "Link, how could you do this!? We're friends, ever since childhood. When Ghirahim first attacked, you traveled the surface just to find me. What's wrong with you?"
Link just kept on attacking without saying a word. But then Groose came and punched Link. "How dare you do that to Zelda!" Link didn't seem fazed by the punched and he slowly turned his head to Groose. "Link?" Link then shield bashed Groose and faced Zelda, who was now getting away.
"Zellllllllda, Zelllllllllda, don't run from you execution." Link took out a bomb and threw it in front of Zelda, causing her to stop form the explosion. Then Link appeared behind her to cut her in half, but she dodged and used Din Fire on him. "Link, I don't want to hurt you. I never wanted to hurt you!"
The fire went out and Link brushed his cloths. "Then why did you have me go into monster infested dungeons!?" He then slapped Zelda to the ground. "Now when I'm done with you, I will destroy both Ghirahim and Maskus, and then I'll join Peter and Sonic to do something worthy." Link moved the Master Sword toward Zelda's neck. "Good bye forever, Zelda!" He stood on top of her and was about to slit her throat. "Link, please, I…..I…"
Link moved the sword upward, Zelda could only look away as the person who she cared for the most was about to end her. Link then began to cut through Zelda.
As Zelda waits for the final blow, she noticed that it was taking a long time. She looked back and found that a flat, large hand was holding on to the Master Sword. "What is this!?" asked Link. He turned to his side and was struck by a fist.
Zelda stood up and found that the one that saved her was Master Maskus, Master of the Death Masks. "Zelda, get behind me!" he called. Zelda did not know what to think. First Link attacked her, and now Maskus is saving her. "But, but."
Then Link came back with a bow aimed at her. Maskus blocked the attack with one cloth hand and another hand to take the bow. Link then drew out the Master Sword an attempted to cut Maskus. Maskus then stretched another hand and took the Master Sword out of his hands. "Link, you sin of murder will not go unpunished." Maskus moved his spiked shoulders toward Link. The spikes started shooting out. Link took out his shield to block until Maskus ran out, but more spikes kept replacing the others.
It was too much for Link and the shield broke. "How dare you stop me from my duty!" Maskus moved his sleeve toward Link and the inside began to charge up. "This will finish you!" he called out. Seeing that this attack will kill him. Link took out a bomb and threw it inside. "You fool! Zelda, stand back!"
Then Maskus's sleeve exploded. After the smoke cleared; Zelda found only Maskus looking around, still holding the Master Sword. She ran to Maskus and asked, "Maskus, why did Link attack me? Why did you save me?"
Maskus moved his head toward Zelda and said, "When I was talking to him before, he had a feeling that you are not what you seem to be. He later decides that you are a horrible person that is too lazy to do things on your own. I thought he might only attack you so you'll grant some power on to him. Link going out of his way to kill you like that, I had to stop this."
"Link, why did you try to kill me? I … l …lllllo." Maskus then handed Zelda the sword. "He had betrayed you. He will not stop until you are dead. His heart is filled with evil; your power alone cannot control him. You must ….. kill him."
Zelda gasped at what Maskus told him to do. "I know you cannot fully realize this. But if he decided to kill you, then who else might he kill?"
Zelda was in deep thought, then her horrified face turned to anger and she immediately ran off looking for Link. "Link, if I have to kill you, then so be it." She thought as a single tear ran down her face. She ran passed Groose and Metal without noticing them.
Groose looked over to Maskus and found that he was gone. "What the heck was he saying, and wasn't that just Link that tried attacking Zelda!?" Groose started feeling his head. "I'm too confused." Metal Sonic, while looking around, told Groose. "I do not believe that was the real Link, and if she is not stopped, Zelda might do something drastic to Link."
"What do you mean by that?" asked Groose. Metal used the slit throat jester and Groose was horrified. "What, no way Zelda would!" Metal laughed a bit and said, "Zelda thinks that Link tried to kill her, so it is logical that she will kill him! So I suggest you go off and stop her." Groose asked, "What about you?" Metal moved his arms around and said, "I'll take my time."
Knowing Metal won't bother to help that much, Groose ran off to find Zelda while Metal walked slowly. When they were gone; Maskus and two Scouters appeared. "Everything is going according to plan. Zelda will soon fight the real Link and Link will believe my lie and he'll try to vanquish her and join me!"
Then the fake Link came out from behind a boulder, then Maskus suddenly turned angry and stretched his arm and grabbed the fake. "You damn fool!" He started banging him on the other boulders. "I wanted to look fake, but you had the erge to try physically harming her. It is as if you were trying to kill her!"
Maskus let the fake go and he started walking out. "Scouters, see to it that our fake is sent home." The Scouters solute and walked toward the fake when Maskus left.
"You're in trouble now." said one of the Scouters. Then the fake suddenly stood up. The Scouter looked him over and yelled, "You're not our fake Link!"
The fake Link smiled and slashed the two Scouter. "Time now to punish Link and his friends for what they had done to him and I!" He marched away while laughing.
End of Chapter
A/N: I really enjoy how the Link saga is turning out. I'm glad that I changed this from a Youtube Poop world into a Skyward Sword world. Better character development, the introduction to Entity, Ghirahim and showing how evil Maskus can be.
For anyone thinking that Maskus is a complete bastard, just wait and see Mascasa.
Also, sorry for the late update.