"Find them!" a voice exclaimed. "Don't let them escape!"
Sam turned his head to find another stone table a few feet away. The chains on the other table had been melted. A figure stood above Sam. It was Zant.
"So the soul of courage is awake," Zant growled. "But we must still get back the body of light and one of the princesses."
"Lara got away, huh?" Sam laughed. "You got outsmarted by a sixteen-year-old girl. That's just pathetic."
Zant slashed Sam's face with a powerful claw. Sam could feel the blood dripping from the new wound.
"For the master of the Triforce of Courage," Zant snarled, "You don't stop to think before you say something."
"I don't have the Triforce of Courage," Sam growled.
"Yes, you do. And your girlfriend has the Triforce of Wisdom."
"What?"
"Oh, she never told you? Zelda gave your friend the Triforce, just before the princess lost her soul."
"Then you can't complete this ritual! Without Zelda, you've only got the blood of one princess!"
"Not true. You see the half elf Sage, is a princess."
"But...how's that possible?"
"She's the princess of her world. But it doesn't matter right now, she and your girlfriend escaped. But I can still complete half of the ritual, while we wait for the guards to bring back the other two."
Zant pulled a long knife from his cloak. It was yellow bladed with a black handle. He also pulled out a vial of blue liquid, it was Twili blood, Midna's blood. Zant raised the knife above him, then forced it down with a great amount of power
"Zant!" Lara yelled. "It's time you---"
Lara stared at the scene before her. Zant had hold of a black and yellow knife. The knife was stabbed through Sam's heart and Sam himself wasn't moving. A rush of sorrow and fury came over Lara, turning her into her Twilight monster.
Lara ran forward and slashed Zant as many times as she could. She didn't stop until Zant was laying on the floor and he didn't breath. There was no need to worry about Seth, Sage was fighting him in the next room.
Lara changed back to herself and she ran to Sam. He was still alive, but just barely.
"Sam," she sniffed. "Sam, can you hear me?"
"Yeah," Sam coughed. "I guess this couldn't be helped, huh?"
"I wish I could do something--anything to save you!"
"You could get these chains off me. I'd rather not die tied to a table."
Lara broke the chains quickly. She didn't know what else she could do. If she removed the knife, Sam would die almost instantly. But if she left it in, he'd be in more pain for at least a few minutes before his heart died.
"Pull it out," Sam said. He must've known what Lara had been thinking. "It's alright. I'd rather die quickly with little pain, than slowly with a lot of pain."
"But you won't get back home now," Lara sighed. She tried to hold back her tears, but had no luck. "What about your friends and family? They won't know what happened to you."
"I wish there was something I could do for them, to show them what happened. But I can't. There's nothing I can do about it." Sam reached up with his right hand and wiped the tears from Lara's eyes. "Get home safe, okay?"
Lara nodded. She took hold of the knife, but didn't pull it out. She looked back at Sam. To her surprise, Sam had gone and been replaced by another boy. It was Seth.
"Lara! Come quickly!"
Lara looked up to see Midna. She was no longer under Zant's control. The black stone throne had been moved, to show a new portal in the wall.
"Lara, this portal will take you home!" Midna explained. "It's the only way to get away from here, please hurry!"
Lara let go of the knife and stepped towards the portal.
"What happened to Sam?" she asked. "Is he...?"
"In this world, yes," Midna replied. "But he's waiting for you in your own world! We'll take care of Ganondorf, get going!"
"Good luck."
Lara turned to the portal. It was a swirling mist of color, but she could tell it was home. She stepped into the portal, which closed behind her, leaving behind Hyrule.
