The door closed again behind them, and though they expected it, it still worried them. They were starting to get used to what that meant- they were about to get in some trouble.

Goddess she just hoped this one would be something living...

A quick glance was passed to Link to see if he was ready to proceed, and when he started forward, Tya followed. As they walked, Fi formed beside her master, floating along next to him.

"Master, I detect Zelda's aura in the surrounding area." They came to a chain, which really Tya would have missed if it weren't for the fact that Fi moved toward it and looked down at it. "I detect an especially strong reaction from this chain. I calculate the probability Zelda was bound by it recently at 95%. I surmise Zelda was somehow able to escape and proceed along this path. I suggest we continue with all possible speed." A fine recommendation, Tya thought. She quickly took that suggestion on and started forward faster than she had before. Though after a second or two she slowed again, realizing that there could be another of those skeleton things ahead... She had no desire to find one of those before her companion did...The short path led to yet another long ramp, which they had to jump down to from a ledge.

She returned to his side after they jumped over with a particularly annoyed and uncomfortable demeanor.

Link didn't ask questions, only smiled and nudged her lightly in attempt to lighten the mood up again. And he succeeded. They were about to be reunited with Zelda, and whatever lay in wait between her and them would fall to their hands. He was too strong and she was too stubborn to let anything bring them down.

Even Ghirahim, who just so happened to be watching them from atop another dragon statue. If it weren't for the fact that he had to open his mouth, Tya probably wouldn't have even noticed him up there.

"Oh, it's you," he started, leaning forward and narrowing his eyes down at the pair. "Let me see... No, that's not it. This is so very embarrassing, but I seem to be at a loss for your names. Not that it matters, really. To tell you the truth, I'm feeling a bit frustrated, and right now I just need someone to vent to." He cleared his throat a bit, simply for dramatic affect it seemed. "You see, I heard my underlings had finally captured the spirit maiden, so of course I rushed over here. What can I say? I was excited. Flustered, even. But what did I find when I arrived? That agent of the goddess..." With an appearance and a voice like his, one may find it difficult to believe the amount of spite he could muster and force into his tone. "She had once again... You see, what I'm trying to say is... That goddess-serving dog escaped with the girl!"

At that point Tya paused and furrowed her brow. "Why are we listening to him exactly?" She nudged Link a little, and he paused as well.

"Well, c-cause it's a n-nice th-thing to do...?" He didn't quite know if that was a reasonable response, and the way he said it made it obvious he didn't actually care about being nice to Ghirahim. And she didn't blame him for that at all.

The Demon Lord had carried on a bit, not even noticing the two had stopped listening to him for a moment. They caught back up with his words again as he said "...I got a little carried away there, didn't I? I don't deal well with... complications to plans I've laid out so carefully. Its a character flaw of mine. Ah, but something good can still come from this day! I've had all this bottled up anger smoldering inside me, and now I can release it." He leaned forward then, his gaze shooting straight through both of them. Tya tensed then, her hands immediately igniting. That made it completely clear he was planning something.

"There's someone special I'd like you to meet. Oh, don't be shy! I need to vent all this unhealthy anger, and your agony is such a great stress reliever. It won't take more than a few moments with my friend before you're charred to a satisfying crisp. And let me tell you, that will put a spring in my step!"

At that point, the fire mage had had enough of his useless speech, and that fire that had engulfed her hands cast out, hard and powerful, only to just miss him as he disappeared in a cluster of diamonds.

The mouth of the dragon statue he stood on started to fall open, and out fell that boulder from before. It crashed down, coursing down the ramp they were on.

The pair quickly split, one on either side allowing the boulder to go straight down the middle. It crashed into the ledge they'd jumped off of and it sounded as if it shattered, but the cloud of dust it pushed up skewed what they could see. It didn't take long for Tya to realize something was off- the sound it made made her positive there would be debris, but nothing flew back.

The dust died down and the shattered rock seemed to be frozen there for a second. Then in an instant it began to redden, and what appeared to be limbs broke out of the cracks in the stone. As it adjusted the two began to step back, ready to run for it but not prepared to take their eyes off the creature just yet. A quiet growl at first was only preparation for the monstrous roar that left it as it's entire body went up in a flame.

At that point, without hesitation the two just ran for it to the top of the ramp.

Link was out of breath, but there wasn't any time to let him rest and she knew it. A quick look around showed her that bomb flowers lined the sides of the landing they stood on, and she bit the inside of her lip a bit.

"I-I..." she hesitated a little, looking over to see how close the creature had come to them. She didn't know what that thing could do, but it was made of fire. She had a better chance getting near it than Link did. Link looked at her, then to the bomb flowers, and immediately grabbed one and threw it down. It hit the creature and exploded, knocking it back just a bit, but not enough to get it far away. "Don't get close but keep throwing the bombs."

She pulled the bomb bag off her and quickly stuffed it in Link's hand, then pulled the pack off and tossed it to the side. She then sprinted down toward the beast. Both hands lit up, and she looked back at Link just as he was preparing to throw another flower. It went over Tya's head, hitting the beast just right and knocking it back again.

She watched it regain itself, and beneath the stone armor around it she could see an eye peering down at her.

It was a bit strange... She hadn't exactly been confident at all throughout this journey, or ever really. But looking into that thing, and then into the fire around it just filled her with adrenaline.

The fire in her hands cast out, hitting it and doing no damage at all. Her fire just mixed with what was already on it and faded away, but she kept on. Link kept with the bombs, knocking it back a little more each time until one finally got it all the way off balance. It rolled back down the ramp, and Tya quickly rushed down after it. It seemed dazed at that point, the eye twitching a bit as it tried to get itself up again.

More of her fire was cast to it, and the eye flickered to her for a moment as it pulled itself up on fiery limbs. It towered over her and gazed down at her as the stone was taken up in flames once more. She didn't back down though, she looked right back up at it and even gave it a little bit of a smirk. She was sure it wasn't actually in response to the sign overconfidence she displayed, but it easily seemed like it was angered when it inhaled deeply and shot out a ball of fire. She stepped aside as it brushed passed, searing her clothing quite dramatically, but not bad enough that she was overly concerned about it.

No more hesitation then. A barrage of weak flames was continuously cast out, one after the other with barely any time between. Each did no damage, but she didn't stop. It started to crawl up again, but Link kept it going slow with the bombs, and Tya kept the flames going.

Again, he managed to knock it down, and as it rolled Tya went after it again the best she could, this time getting much closer. Her hands rose and extended out to the beast before her. Her fire drenched it. Now it was time to see just how much fire she could have under her control. Link had asked if she could control a flaming beast earlier, and now it was time to find out the answer.

Both shaking hands rose, and the weak fire on her hands reached out to mix with what she'd covered the beast with. Her hands held up straight as if she was motioning for it to stop. It had already fallen and was attempting to rise again, but it froze then and its body didn't make a move. The eye still flickered about, a bit more rapidly as if it was trying to figure out what was going on.

Her flames poisoned what the creature had and it all became her own.

Everything on this monster was hers. Something about that feel- the thought of having so much power over something like this was almost euphoric.

It didn't take a step because it couldn't.

"You belong to me now." She glanced back, seeing Link standing there, tense and uncertain. He was watching, and when he saw her look back he started to slowly come down the ramp with his sword drawn. She would have watched him more, but it was easy to feel her control slip the moment her concentration split. She hurried to retake complete control, forcing her fire back in and not letting her concentration falter this time.

The beast was still until he came to her, and when he stood at her side she smiled for a quick second and then she tried to close her hands.

It felt like they were being forced to stay open. Like two similar magnets being pushed together. She had to pull them closed. She had to squeeze as hard as she could, which after losing so much, wasn't very. The pull ached, her knuckles whitened, and her hands shook more than they already had been. But every little bit her hands closed made the fire inside the shattered stone dim.

She was sucking the life from it. She was putting out the fire like she'd done before on their clothes, but this was different, this was more. Could she make any flame hers? Could she completely manipulate any fire? She could learn to do this, could she learn to bend her fire to her will and make it do whatever she wanted?

The pull got stronger again, forcing her hands open once, as her concentration strayed like it did and she noticed only when the creature budged just slightly. It was fighting her control, but she was quick to reel it back in, and her focus went entirely on the beast once again. She pulled back, continuing to force her hands closed and finally after fighting for what seemed like forever, she ripped all the flames away from the stone. It fell, as did the eye, and while Tya took a step back to take a breath and keep herself from collapsing, Link moved forward and thrust his sword through the eye.

And that was that. Link grabbed Tya's arm to help hold her up, and they both took off before they could see or do or say anything else about the situation. Zelda was close and they had to get to her before Ghirahim did. Whoever that 'agent of the goddess' was, she could protect Zelda apparently, but she couldn't take her home where she belonged.