After the Storm – Chapter four
Disclaimer: I don't own The Legend of Zelda or its characters. I do, however, own this plot and storyline.
Note: After a really bad third chapter, I hope to bring it all back in number four. Link and Din have departed on a quest to save the Maku Tree, and…that's about it. But there will be more windows opened in this chapter…enjoy!
Death was never so descriptive. In every aspect of the word, I saw the meaning. In this land, Charlout by name, death was the welcome mat. A dark blue-red tint shrouded everything, and bodies littered the ground. If this was normal, what was war here? As Din and myself made our way into this place, I started to wonder if the Maku Tree hadn't told us the whole story. He did have a reputation for making things sound simpler than reality would have it. It was, even for me, disgusting. Walking over corpses made even me cringe with disgust. Poor Din, she didn't let go of my shoulder, and she is one of the strongest women I know.
"What did this?" She finally managed to ask me, as we continued deeper into the ocean of death and rot.
"I…don't know." I said honestly, the smell of rotten flesh starting to make me woozy. Whatever had happened had been a few weeks ago. The bodies were already decomposing, their mushy, black skin hanging off of them like a thin blanket. Some were stabbed through with swords or daggers, this being obvious by a sword or dagger protruding from strategic places on what was left of their bodies, while others were merely dismembered. Craters separated torso and legs, and some were chopped into small fragments of arms of legs. The more offensive material, I won't even mention. We had to get out of here, but there was nowhere to go. As far as the eye could see, in every direction, there was the same scene.
So, we proceeded forward. Through oceans of dead, we went ever forward, until we heard a faint sound. It started as a small hum and clink, but after more walking, it grew into yelling and metal clashing together. I realized then what had happened, there really was a war, and the armies merely were moving. But hope would not hold, as I remembered the fact that the bodies had been there for weeks. As close as the fighting was, and as little as we had walked, there couldn't be a moving battle that was taking so long.
After a brief consultation with Din, we both decided to try to investigate the battle. So, mindset on a new objective, we headed out. One step at a time, that's how you have to take this.
So, that's just what we did. We put one foot in front of the other until we got atop a mountain that overlooked the scene below. But, just as I saw what was going on down there, I wished that I hadn't seen it at all. There, amidst a field of dead bodies, was an army. Yes an entire army fighting. But what the army was fighting was what was worrying me so. Surrounded by hundreds of soldiers, some living, and some dead, was a single beast.
This thing was as large as the normal Maku Tree, times three. It was a pale gray, with a face like a pig, and tusks to boot. The thing was thick, all muscle though, and it wore attire similar to that of the Great Moblin's. This thing must be the owner of the sword. My heart sank to below my feet at seeing this. I didn't stand a chance if multitudes of people at the same time didn't. Why on God's green earth did the Maku Tree send me into this? Why did he curse me so? But it only got worse. The following events would put the nerves, skill, and dedication of anyone to their limits and beyond.
I made up my mind right there. I would fight that thing and it was final. I stood up out from behind my cover, just as the thing was finishing off the rest of the helpless soldiers. It bit the remains of one person in half, just as it saw me.
"Ah, so we have one more who is eager to die?" The thing's voice was as loud as the crushing feet of a heard of elephants, and its breath smelled of dead bodies that were weeks old.
"I am Link, and yes. I am here to kill you." I said, putting on my automatic battle mode, and walking out to face him.
"Ha! You amuse me little one. What are you going to do, lop off my toenail?" The creature bellowed with laughter at his own joke that wasn't even funny. I said nothing as I walked the rest of the way across the mountain, until I was facing him, looking directly in his red eyes. He stopped his deafening holler, and returned my look of anger. Now, as I stood here, facing the biggest creature I have ever seen (aside from Biggoron, but that's neither here nor there), I realized that I was fighting without a single strategy as how to kill this thing. But I was Link, the one who had defeated entire armies barehanded. But that fact meant little when you look in the light of the fact that he had done the same too, and worse.
"Don't fight him, Link. You'll be killed." Boy was Din ever one for not a moment too soon.
"What have we here?" The thing began, looking at Din, "it seems like the little foolish man has a little foolish woman to accompany him."
"Wow, did you think that up all by yourself?" Yeah, that was I; remember to spice it up with great sarcasm.
"No mere human is going to make fun of me!" The thing roared, before a purple aura began to engulf it, and it started to power up. It would appear that this thing was a lot stronger than it was using to fight the armies. And that meant total annihilation for me. Still, I persisted. I didn't have a clue as to why I even tried to win, but I did. Maybe it was the instinct that I'd created for myself when fighting so many enemies before, or maybe it was something else. So, I raised the Master Sword above my head, and charged the monstrosity with a ferocious battle cry.
As I finally got to it, I brought my sword down upon its head with a mighty clang. From there, I was afire with slashes, charges, stabs, combos, and anything I could possibly think of to kill the thing with. After ten minuets of straightforward assault, and a reassurance that nothing could be alive after that, I stopped my barrage and looked at it. As the smoke cleared, I saw its head, first. There was only one small scratch where a power spin from my Master Sword had got him good. Aside from that, he was unscathed.
With a mighty yell of a roar, the creature blasted off its energy into oblivion, and looked directly at me. "You are the first to ever scratch my skin. To make you pay, I will give you a punishment far worse than death."
"Really? What could be worse than…" With a realization that I had no assurance of, but a bad gut feeling, I turned to Din, "RUN!" She turned to do so, but it was too late. A well-aimed shot of energy caught her in the back, and she was knocked to the ground, in a smoking spiral. The very breath that sustained my own life wouldn't even function. Not to mention my arms and legs that felt as if they weighed a couple tons each. All I could do was look at Din lying on the ground, and all I could feel was a mixture of regret and hatred. That should've been me on the ground there. She wasn't involved in the least in my fight with this monster, but she suffered, and what's worse, I'm still living.
"Ha! I must say that was quite a shot. If it were a little to the left it would've severed some limbs, but it served its purpose." That damned creature had the set to talk like that after what he had done. I vowed on the spot to torture the last breath from his body in the most agonizing way possible, but then there was the truth. I couldn't even put a dent in his power. He was there, laughing in my face for what he'd done, and I couldn't do a damn thing about it. The reality hit me like a tidal wave. A single tear made its long journey down my cheek, as thought about how helpless I was and about Din.
Now, less focused, but more enraged then ever, I turned around to face the pig of a monster who dares hurt someone that I care about, and charged with every ounce of my strength.
Post Note: Good grief, the agony. What would you do in a situation like that? Hard to think isn't it? It would seem that the underlying plot for this entire chapter is one word though. That word, I'll let ya'll figure out on your own. Look for more very soon, because I'm writing like never before. Keep it real, folks.
Disclaimer: I don't own The Legend of Zelda or its characters. I do, however, own this plot and storyline.
Note: After a really bad third chapter, I hope to bring it all back in number four. Link and Din have departed on a quest to save the Maku Tree, and…that's about it. But there will be more windows opened in this chapter…enjoy!
Death was never so descriptive. In every aspect of the word, I saw the meaning. In this land, Charlout by name, death was the welcome mat. A dark blue-red tint shrouded everything, and bodies littered the ground. If this was normal, what was war here? As Din and myself made our way into this place, I started to wonder if the Maku Tree hadn't told us the whole story. He did have a reputation for making things sound simpler than reality would have it. It was, even for me, disgusting. Walking over corpses made even me cringe with disgust. Poor Din, she didn't let go of my shoulder, and she is one of the strongest women I know.
"What did this?" She finally managed to ask me, as we continued deeper into the ocean of death and rot.
"I…don't know." I said honestly, the smell of rotten flesh starting to make me woozy. Whatever had happened had been a few weeks ago. The bodies were already decomposing, their mushy, black skin hanging off of them like a thin blanket. Some were stabbed through with swords or daggers, this being obvious by a sword or dagger protruding from strategic places on what was left of their bodies, while others were merely dismembered. Craters separated torso and legs, and some were chopped into small fragments of arms of legs. The more offensive material, I won't even mention. We had to get out of here, but there was nowhere to go. As far as the eye could see, in every direction, there was the same scene.
So, we proceeded forward. Through oceans of dead, we went ever forward, until we heard a faint sound. It started as a small hum and clink, but after more walking, it grew into yelling and metal clashing together. I realized then what had happened, there really was a war, and the armies merely were moving. But hope would not hold, as I remembered the fact that the bodies had been there for weeks. As close as the fighting was, and as little as we had walked, there couldn't be a moving battle that was taking so long.
After a brief consultation with Din, we both decided to try to investigate the battle. So, mindset on a new objective, we headed out. One step at a time, that's how you have to take this.
So, that's just what we did. We put one foot in front of the other until we got atop a mountain that overlooked the scene below. But, just as I saw what was going on down there, I wished that I hadn't seen it at all. There, amidst a field of dead bodies, was an army. Yes an entire army fighting. But what the army was fighting was what was worrying me so. Surrounded by hundreds of soldiers, some living, and some dead, was a single beast.
This thing was as large as the normal Maku Tree, times three. It was a pale gray, with a face like a pig, and tusks to boot. The thing was thick, all muscle though, and it wore attire similar to that of the Great Moblin's. This thing must be the owner of the sword. My heart sank to below my feet at seeing this. I didn't stand a chance if multitudes of people at the same time didn't. Why on God's green earth did the Maku Tree send me into this? Why did he curse me so? But it only got worse. The following events would put the nerves, skill, and dedication of anyone to their limits and beyond.
I made up my mind right there. I would fight that thing and it was final. I stood up out from behind my cover, just as the thing was finishing off the rest of the helpless soldiers. It bit the remains of one person in half, just as it saw me.
"Ah, so we have one more who is eager to die?" The thing's voice was as loud as the crushing feet of a heard of elephants, and its breath smelled of dead bodies that were weeks old.
"I am Link, and yes. I am here to kill you." I said, putting on my automatic battle mode, and walking out to face him.
"Ha! You amuse me little one. What are you going to do, lop off my toenail?" The creature bellowed with laughter at his own joke that wasn't even funny. I said nothing as I walked the rest of the way across the mountain, until I was facing him, looking directly in his red eyes. He stopped his deafening holler, and returned my look of anger. Now, as I stood here, facing the biggest creature I have ever seen (aside from Biggoron, but that's neither here nor there), I realized that I was fighting without a single strategy as how to kill this thing. But I was Link, the one who had defeated entire armies barehanded. But that fact meant little when you look in the light of the fact that he had done the same too, and worse.
"Don't fight him, Link. You'll be killed." Boy was Din ever one for not a moment too soon.
"What have we here?" The thing began, looking at Din, "it seems like the little foolish man has a little foolish woman to accompany him."
"Wow, did you think that up all by yourself?" Yeah, that was I; remember to spice it up with great sarcasm.
"No mere human is going to make fun of me!" The thing roared, before a purple aura began to engulf it, and it started to power up. It would appear that this thing was a lot stronger than it was using to fight the armies. And that meant total annihilation for me. Still, I persisted. I didn't have a clue as to why I even tried to win, but I did. Maybe it was the instinct that I'd created for myself when fighting so many enemies before, or maybe it was something else. So, I raised the Master Sword above my head, and charged the monstrosity with a ferocious battle cry.
As I finally got to it, I brought my sword down upon its head with a mighty clang. From there, I was afire with slashes, charges, stabs, combos, and anything I could possibly think of to kill the thing with. After ten minuets of straightforward assault, and a reassurance that nothing could be alive after that, I stopped my barrage and looked at it. As the smoke cleared, I saw its head, first. There was only one small scratch where a power spin from my Master Sword had got him good. Aside from that, he was unscathed.
With a mighty yell of a roar, the creature blasted off its energy into oblivion, and looked directly at me. "You are the first to ever scratch my skin. To make you pay, I will give you a punishment far worse than death."
"Really? What could be worse than…" With a realization that I had no assurance of, but a bad gut feeling, I turned to Din, "RUN!" She turned to do so, but it was too late. A well-aimed shot of energy caught her in the back, and she was knocked to the ground, in a smoking spiral. The very breath that sustained my own life wouldn't even function. Not to mention my arms and legs that felt as if they weighed a couple tons each. All I could do was look at Din lying on the ground, and all I could feel was a mixture of regret and hatred. That should've been me on the ground there. She wasn't involved in the least in my fight with this monster, but she suffered, and what's worse, I'm still living.
"Ha! I must say that was quite a shot. If it were a little to the left it would've severed some limbs, but it served its purpose." That damned creature had the set to talk like that after what he had done. I vowed on the spot to torture the last breath from his body in the most agonizing way possible, but then there was the truth. I couldn't even put a dent in his power. He was there, laughing in my face for what he'd done, and I couldn't do a damn thing about it. The reality hit me like a tidal wave. A single tear made its long journey down my cheek, as thought about how helpless I was and about Din.
Now, less focused, but more enraged then ever, I turned around to face the pig of a monster who dares hurt someone that I care about, and charged with every ounce of my strength.
Post Note: Good grief, the agony. What would you do in a situation like that? Hard to think isn't it? It would seem that the underlying plot for this entire chapter is one word though. That word, I'll let ya'll figure out on your own. Look for more very soon, because I'm writing like never before. Keep it real, folks.