~chapter 27~ Hero's end.
Link and Jared sat around listening to Theo's 'story'.
"And then..." Theo choked sobbingly, "the snake killed him...I tried to stop it but there was nothing I could do." he burried his face in his hands pretended to sob.
"It's ok Theo. It's not your fault." Link said patting his shoulder.
"So what are we supposed to do..." Jared mumbled. "Justin is wounded, Paul is dead, that thing is on the loose, Gondar could fire that cannon any day, and we have no way to stop him." It was obvious Jared's morale was beginning to weaken.
"Look, I've been in tougher situations before. After fighting Ganondorf, that stupid mask, and Char..." he suddenly gave a slight twitch as he unintentionally brought back memories which caused him to move from Hyrule in the first place.
~authors pause~
Mwahaha! Hope you don't mind Justin *grin*
*NOTE* to get a better understanding, read my friend's fic… I Can't remember the title now but I'll give it to you later.
~resume~
"...I just know that we can't let Gondar win. I know that I won't give up until I am dead." Theo seemed to flinch at these words.
"Fine. But suppose we even knew where this cannon might be, which we don't. How would we be able to stop it?" Jared said standing up.
"I don't know...but the castle has got to be somewhere." Link sat in a chair and began to think. "He had to be somewhere where he could oversee this little project of his, but stay out of any remote danger...We've been all over Artigonia except..."
"Foagy Island..." Jared mumbled, looking at Link.
"It's got to be. That's the only other place here where Gondar could be close enough if anything happened." Link said.
"Great, so let's go." Jared said.
"We're going up to the mountain to get Lauren back...erm...and stop the monster...but we're going to wait until Justin--" Link began, but then as if on cue, Justin suddenly shot up in bed, the cloth slipping from his forehead. He gave a slight groan, a dazed and confused look on his face.
"Wha...happened..." he muttered.
"Justin, you're awake!" Jared ran over to him.
"Monster...girl...where'd that thing go?" he asked, slowly recalling the recent events.
"Gone, the greeble took Lauren to the mountains." Theo mumbled.
"Where's Paul?" Justin asked, seeing that Theo had returned. Link side glanced at Jared, who sighed and sat next to the bed, lowering his head. Justin put two and two together and lay back down, staring up at the ceiling.
"I'm going to kill him..." Justin muttered quietly.
"What did you say?" Link asked.
"I said I am going to kill Gondar." Justin said louder as his body began to stiffen.
"Look, I'm sorry about your brother, but right now you're not in any good condition to go fighting things. We're going to go up to the mountains to look around, but we'll come back so we can go get Gondar..." Jared mumbled. Justin gave a sigh.
"Hurry..." he whispered, closing his eyes. Jared stood and looked at Link, then Theo.
"Lets go..." he told them as he walked out of the room followed by the other two.
Link, Jared and Theo made their way up the rocky mountain path. They had been walking for some time, and the elevation began to grow larger.
"Man, hate to fall down there..." Jared whistled as he looked down a cliff they stood next too. It was a very, very long way down, the bottom of the rocks not been able to be seen due to clouds fogging up the hills. Theo's eyes seem to flash as he thought it was time. Without warning, Theo bumped into Link. Link, losing his balance, stumbled toward the edge of the cliff.
"NO!" Jared shouted. A hand suddenly grabbed Links wrist just before he fell. Link's free arm flailed wildly in the air as he tried to get back on solid ground. He looked and saw Theo had grabbed him. Theo then reached inside Links tunic and pulled out the hook shot, then grabbed Link's master sword from its sheath.
"Can't have you using these, can we?" he whispered menacingly. His grip on Link's wrist suddenly loosened as Link fell back and plummeted down into the fog below.
"LIIINK!" Jared cried as he rushed over to the edge in shock. The only sound came from a few rocks that tumbled from below. The great hero was no more. He glared over the edge for a few seconds before turning toward Theo, anger and hatred burning in his eyes. "You..." he whispered, his voice trembling with rage. "You son of a...!!!" he rushed at Theo, slamming his body into Theo's torso. Theo's eyes grew wide with surprise as the wind was knocked out of him and he was tackled to the ground. He quickly regained his senses and flipped Jared over behind him. Theo then ran at Jared and tackled him. Jared's head made contact with a rock and darkness swept over him.
"Hmph. Pathetic..." The last sound Jared heard was a slight clang of metal as the master sword clattered down the rock walls below.
~end~
~28~ To Foagy Island
Jared's eyes flashed with anger. A grinning Theo stood in front of him. Jared suddenly tried to lunge at him, only to find that he was chained to a wall. The whole area was dark, except for Theo standing in front of him. A spotlight suddenly shown down on Link, who stood a few feet behind Theo, facing them. Theo's image then dissapeared and a light revealed a cliff that Link stood inches from the edge of. Link stood there with a blank expression on his face. A huge hand suddenly materialized in front of link and poked him, pushing him backwards effortlessly as Link fell back down the cliff.
"NO!" Jared shouted as he tugged on the chains.
"It's your fault Jared...you pushed me off the cliff..." Links voice echoed as he fell in slow motion.
"Your fault Jared....your fault...Jared...Jared...Jared..." the faint voice suddenly began to become louder and clearer.
"Jared...Jared! Jared!" the voice suddenly sounded very close. Jared let out a groan.
"Jared, you alright?" he recognized the sound as Justin. He opened his eyes, looking at a bright blur that slowly began to take shape of the sky, the sun, and Justin kneeling next to him.
"You all right?" Justin repeated. He helped Justin sit up.
"Theo...Where is he?" Jared mumbled.
"I chased him off....I decided I couldn't wait around so I followed you guys...I saw everything..." Justin answered.
"It was a trap...the monster...everything..." Jared sighed.
"And Lauren is being held captive by Gondar..." Justin muttered.
"Come on," Jared stood. "We're going to Foagy Island..." he walked down the path to the bottom of the mountain, followed by Justin. They left Mountain View and made their way towards Ocean Side City.
"So how are we going to get there?" Justin asked as they walked. "Its kind of...an island."
"We'll rent a boat." Jared replied. After more walking and discussing what to do when they reached Gondar's castle, they finally made it to Ocean Side. The city sat on the edge of the water, half the city's border surrounded by it. It was an industrial city, filled with all kinds of businesses.
"Wow, this place is pretty big." Justin said, looking at the tall buildings.
"This is no time to see the sights, we're on a mission and we have very little time." Jared snapped in a strict attitude. They made their way to a small rent-a-boat place.
"We need to rent a small boat." Jared told the old man.
"Hmm...what fer?" the man asked.
"We need to get to Foagy Island." Justin answered.
"Ah, Foagy Island. Nice place. Though Ah don't see how y'all would wanna go over there. Aint not a person on the island. Totally deserted. Reckon its on acount'a that creepy castle thing. I remember once a long time ago I went to that island..." the old man started to stare off into space as he begun his story. Jared and Justin took this opportunity and crept past him and into a small row boat. Jared untied the boat and Justin quietly rowed the boat away from the dock. After about half an hour of rowing, the island began to come into view.
"Land Ho!" Jared shouted.
"Do you think maybe you can row the rest of the way?" Justin panted. "My arms are killing me."
" I guess.." Jared sighed, taking the oars and rowing. After about five minutes he stopped.
"Why'd you stop?" Justin asked.
"I'm done rowing, the current will take us the rest of the way." Jared said leaning back. Justin sighed.
~end~
Link and Jared sat around listening to Theo's 'story'.
"And then..." Theo choked sobbingly, "the snake killed him...I tried to stop it but there was nothing I could do." he burried his face in his hands pretended to sob.
"It's ok Theo. It's not your fault." Link said patting his shoulder.
"So what are we supposed to do..." Jared mumbled. "Justin is wounded, Paul is dead, that thing is on the loose, Gondar could fire that cannon any day, and we have no way to stop him." It was obvious Jared's morale was beginning to weaken.
"Look, I've been in tougher situations before. After fighting Ganondorf, that stupid mask, and Char..." he suddenly gave a slight twitch as he unintentionally brought back memories which caused him to move from Hyrule in the first place.
~authors pause~
Mwahaha! Hope you don't mind Justin *grin*
*NOTE* to get a better understanding, read my friend's fic… I Can't remember the title now but I'll give it to you later.
~resume~
"...I just know that we can't let Gondar win. I know that I won't give up until I am dead." Theo seemed to flinch at these words.
"Fine. But suppose we even knew where this cannon might be, which we don't. How would we be able to stop it?" Jared said standing up.
"I don't know...but the castle has got to be somewhere." Link sat in a chair and began to think. "He had to be somewhere where he could oversee this little project of his, but stay out of any remote danger...We've been all over Artigonia except..."
"Foagy Island..." Jared mumbled, looking at Link.
"It's got to be. That's the only other place here where Gondar could be close enough if anything happened." Link said.
"Great, so let's go." Jared said.
"We're going up to the mountain to get Lauren back...erm...and stop the monster...but we're going to wait until Justin--" Link began, but then as if on cue, Justin suddenly shot up in bed, the cloth slipping from his forehead. He gave a slight groan, a dazed and confused look on his face.
"Wha...happened..." he muttered.
"Justin, you're awake!" Jared ran over to him.
"Monster...girl...where'd that thing go?" he asked, slowly recalling the recent events.
"Gone, the greeble took Lauren to the mountains." Theo mumbled.
"Where's Paul?" Justin asked, seeing that Theo had returned. Link side glanced at Jared, who sighed and sat next to the bed, lowering his head. Justin put two and two together and lay back down, staring up at the ceiling.
"I'm going to kill him..." Justin muttered quietly.
"What did you say?" Link asked.
"I said I am going to kill Gondar." Justin said louder as his body began to stiffen.
"Look, I'm sorry about your brother, but right now you're not in any good condition to go fighting things. We're going to go up to the mountains to look around, but we'll come back so we can go get Gondar..." Jared mumbled. Justin gave a sigh.
"Hurry..." he whispered, closing his eyes. Jared stood and looked at Link, then Theo.
"Lets go..." he told them as he walked out of the room followed by the other two.
Link, Jared and Theo made their way up the rocky mountain path. They had been walking for some time, and the elevation began to grow larger.
"Man, hate to fall down there..." Jared whistled as he looked down a cliff they stood next too. It was a very, very long way down, the bottom of the rocks not been able to be seen due to clouds fogging up the hills. Theo's eyes seem to flash as he thought it was time. Without warning, Theo bumped into Link. Link, losing his balance, stumbled toward the edge of the cliff.
"NO!" Jared shouted. A hand suddenly grabbed Links wrist just before he fell. Link's free arm flailed wildly in the air as he tried to get back on solid ground. He looked and saw Theo had grabbed him. Theo then reached inside Links tunic and pulled out the hook shot, then grabbed Link's master sword from its sheath.
"Can't have you using these, can we?" he whispered menacingly. His grip on Link's wrist suddenly loosened as Link fell back and plummeted down into the fog below.
"LIIINK!" Jared cried as he rushed over to the edge in shock. The only sound came from a few rocks that tumbled from below. The great hero was no more. He glared over the edge for a few seconds before turning toward Theo, anger and hatred burning in his eyes. "You..." he whispered, his voice trembling with rage. "You son of a...!!!" he rushed at Theo, slamming his body into Theo's torso. Theo's eyes grew wide with surprise as the wind was knocked out of him and he was tackled to the ground. He quickly regained his senses and flipped Jared over behind him. Theo then ran at Jared and tackled him. Jared's head made contact with a rock and darkness swept over him.
"Hmph. Pathetic..." The last sound Jared heard was a slight clang of metal as the master sword clattered down the rock walls below.
~end~
~28~ To Foagy Island
Jared's eyes flashed with anger. A grinning Theo stood in front of him. Jared suddenly tried to lunge at him, only to find that he was chained to a wall. The whole area was dark, except for Theo standing in front of him. A spotlight suddenly shown down on Link, who stood a few feet behind Theo, facing them. Theo's image then dissapeared and a light revealed a cliff that Link stood inches from the edge of. Link stood there with a blank expression on his face. A huge hand suddenly materialized in front of link and poked him, pushing him backwards effortlessly as Link fell back down the cliff.
"NO!" Jared shouted as he tugged on the chains.
"It's your fault Jared...you pushed me off the cliff..." Links voice echoed as he fell in slow motion.
"Your fault Jared....your fault...Jared...Jared...Jared..." the faint voice suddenly began to become louder and clearer.
"Jared...Jared! Jared!" the voice suddenly sounded very close. Jared let out a groan.
"Jared, you alright?" he recognized the sound as Justin. He opened his eyes, looking at a bright blur that slowly began to take shape of the sky, the sun, and Justin kneeling next to him.
"You all right?" Justin repeated. He helped Justin sit up.
"Theo...Where is he?" Jared mumbled.
"I chased him off....I decided I couldn't wait around so I followed you guys...I saw everything..." Justin answered.
"It was a trap...the monster...everything..." Jared sighed.
"And Lauren is being held captive by Gondar..." Justin muttered.
"Come on," Jared stood. "We're going to Foagy Island..." he walked down the path to the bottom of the mountain, followed by Justin. They left Mountain View and made their way towards Ocean Side City.
"So how are we going to get there?" Justin asked as they walked. "Its kind of...an island."
"We'll rent a boat." Jared replied. After more walking and discussing what to do when they reached Gondar's castle, they finally made it to Ocean Side. The city sat on the edge of the water, half the city's border surrounded by it. It was an industrial city, filled with all kinds of businesses.
"Wow, this place is pretty big." Justin said, looking at the tall buildings.
"This is no time to see the sights, we're on a mission and we have very little time." Jared snapped in a strict attitude. They made their way to a small rent-a-boat place.
"We need to rent a small boat." Jared told the old man.
"Hmm...what fer?" the man asked.
"We need to get to Foagy Island." Justin answered.
"Ah, Foagy Island. Nice place. Though Ah don't see how y'all would wanna go over there. Aint not a person on the island. Totally deserted. Reckon its on acount'a that creepy castle thing. I remember once a long time ago I went to that island..." the old man started to stare off into space as he begun his story. Jared and Justin took this opportunity and crept past him and into a small row boat. Jared untied the boat and Justin quietly rowed the boat away from the dock. After about half an hour of rowing, the island began to come into view.
"Land Ho!" Jared shouted.
"Do you think maybe you can row the rest of the way?" Justin panted. "My arms are killing me."
" I guess.." Jared sighed, taking the oars and rowing. After about five minutes he stopped.
"Why'd you stop?" Justin asked.
"I'm done rowing, the current will take us the rest of the way." Jared said leaning back. Justin sighed.
~end~