Chapter Sixteen: Enslaved
Zelda watched emotionlessly as Gannondorf paused his torture of the girl as she lost consciousness once again. Within the last hour the girl had faded in and out of consciousness as the torture continued over and over again. Not once did she plead to be saved nor rescued. It truly shocked Zelda. 'Maybe she's right…'
Gannondorf scowled as Usagi lay limp once again. "Pathetic," He sneered. Of course his means of torture had gotten worse and worse and the last one he had used involving a forceful kiss had been what had made her pass out. "Wake up," He demanded. He wasn't finished yet. Not finished by a long shot.
Slowly her eyes opened and she glared at the evil ruler, "Do whatever you want with me but leave Link alone," she demanded.
Gannondorf laughed and his sharp nail once again gently sliced her skin as he rubbed it down her cheek. "You'd give up everything for that boy?" He demanded with a faint frown. "Not even the other hime would do that."
Usagi ignored him and turned her attention to the window where she could see a strange bridge. "Link… Don't come here," she whispered.
A sharp slap brought her attention to the ruler beside her. "You really think he'll listen to you? Contrary to what you believe he thinks it's his duty to rescue you and that other princess. He'd do it even if it means his death. The fool."
"If you harm him in anyway I'll kill you," Usagi whispered her eyes now pinned to the floor. "I swear it."
Gannondorf laughed. "It doesn't matter… After he's dead I plan to keep you for entertainment for as long as you live… By then I'll be immortal and the world will be mine."
**
Link ignored the group following him as he jogged cautiously into the castle. Reacting quickly as he spied two beamos in the middle of the room he ran by and opened the next door.
In the next room he bypassed the first door he saw and took the first one on his left. He heard a howl and instantly he was knocked over as a Wolfos attacked. He grunted softly as his body met the ground and using his shield slammed it into the beast's head stunning it as he got back to his feet.
The beast stumbled back a step shaking it's head in pain. It growled deep in it's throat and Link stared calmly at it. The anger and rage he felt at Gannondorf for taking Usagi away from him flamed inside of him and taking out his sword he attacked in a fury. The wolf howled in pain but the outraged warrior ignored it as he ended it's life. He continued on not caring of his companions and only concerned about Usagi. The longer he took getting through all of this the more damage Gannondorf could do to her.
**
The senshi had watched Link run away puzzled. They stepped into a room and Mars screamed a warning as a blue beam passed by and a dark scorch appeared on the stone floor. "A laser of some sort," Sailor Mercury deduced.
"How do we stop it?" Venus asked risking a glimpse and almost losing some hair.
Sailor Jupiter frowned. "Link just raced on through… Can't we do the same?"
Sailor Mercury nodded. "I think it's best if we do… We don't want to waste our energy." She cautioned. So agreed the group raced through the gauntlet where the two lasers operated one at a time. When everyone was to the other side they went through the door and noticed the empty room.
Mamoru scowled, "Where did that boy go?" he demanded.
Sailor Mercury scanned the rooms around her with a faint frown. "This way," She started but was interrupted by a screeching then a growl.
"What was that?" Sailor Jupiter asked glancing around.
"Maybe we should stay together," Sailor Venus suggested as she frowned at the source of the noise. She had first hand experience with the creatures that lived in this world.
Sailor Mars stared startled as a large wolf like creature appeared from seemingly nowhere. Beside it was a strange cross between a human and a skeleton. It had the limbs and body of a decaying human and a skeleton chest. She couldn't get a good enough look at it's head because a strange wooden mask had only three holes. Two for the eyes and one for the mouth that appeared to be filled with two rows of sharp bared teeth. If these two monsters weren't enough there were bats flying above them screeching loudly at being disturbed. "Minna," she whispered slowly motioning to the beasts. "We have trouble."
"Shine Aqua Illusion!" Sailor Mercury screamed a hand outstretched towards the creatures. The bats were knocked out of the sky and thrown to the floor where they lay in a puddle stunned.
"Sparkling Wide Pressure!" the condensed ball of lightning hit the bats perfectly and with a shriek they vanished.
Tuxedo Kamen smirked at the lumbering creature coming towards him and looked up with a rose in hand. Right before he could throw it however he felt all of his muscles freeze in place. In seconds the creature had jumped on his back and was attempting to eat his hat to get to his head.
The Wolfos circled Sailor Venus and growled again. She had attempted to attack it but it had dodged and leapt past her chain and towards her. Luckily she had jumped at the same moment and managed to land safely. However the wolf hadn't given up and was planning to strike again.
**
Link paused as he came to a place with four unlit torches on the ground. He spied another on a nearby ledge and took out his arrow. He chose a fire arrow and aiming carefully let go. The arrow sliced through that air and through the unlit torch setting it ablaze.
He smiled and concentrated as he performed a powerful technique, "Din's Fire!" he screamed. Fire rose in a ball around him and all four torches were lit. A powerful grinding came from a door indicating he could now go through it.
Link took a quick glance through the Len's of Truth to make sure that there weren't any monsters released before he cautiously walked through.
In the next room he noticed giant fans and carefully put on his Hover Boots. He eyed the area and frowned faintly as he realized if he made a wrong step when the blades weren't moving he'd only have seconds to get to safety before his boots failed him.
Taking a deep breath he ran to the first fan as it turned on and let himself be shoved off the platform and onto the air to collect a silver rupee. Knowing he had only a few seconds grace time with the boots he rushed back to the platform just as they were about to lost their power.
Link took out his Len's of Truth and eyed his surroundings once more. Performing the same trick a few more times with various fans he cautiously entered the next room.
A beamos in the center of the room attempted to fry him with it's laser and Link shrank back against the wall in thought. He noticed a bomb flower at his feet and thinking fast he picked it up and ran to the edge and threw it at the beamos before retreating back to the wall. An explosion rocked the area and he jumped to where the robot had been and collected the silver rupee there. "Just a little longer," He whispered before he used his longshot to get the last rupee in the room.
**
Venus screamed in pain as the Wolfos managed to bite her. Her attack seemed useless and her vision was getting fuzzy. "Love Chain!" She screamed again trying to catch the thing by its legs.
Mars would have helped her companion but she was frozen from the same thing that had eaten most of Tuxedo Kamen's hat and was trying to work on his skull. "Minako," she managed to whisper.
"Shabon Spray!" the area was filled with a fog of mist and the warriors who were frozen were finally released. Everyone except for Tuxedo Kamen however who still had the creature riding piggyback as it attempted to eat his brains.
"Gross," Venus managed to shudder in disgust momentarily forgetting about the Wolfos. She slowly turned around just as the thing leapt and started to scream when a sword flashed and the wolf lay dead at her feet. She stared shocked at it for a moment and glanced warily up at the frowning Link.
"Are you okay?" He asked as he gave her a fairy before reluctantly going to help the masked man.
The fairy hovered around the injured girl for a moment and she smiled in relief. "Arigato, Link."
Link nodded in response and finished hacking the ReDead off of Tuxedo Kamen's shoulders. "Start helping or leave," Link demanded. "As it is of right now you're only slowing me down," he growled before stalking off to another door and vanishing within.
**
Usagi lay completely still. Her hate for the man not even a room away was consuming her. His plans sickened her and she only wished to be free with Link. She hated herself as her tears flowed down her cheeks. 'Forget about me, Link and get out of here,' she mentally pleaded as she saw Gannondorf laughing as he seemed to go around lighting candles and preparing for the hero's arrival.
Gannondorf chuckled as the last candle was lit lighting up the eerie room. He moved Zelda into the center of the room still in her glass prison. He started to do the same with Usagi when an idea came to him. The best way of defeating the boy would be shocking him when he arrived. With the girl's help willing or not he'd be able to succeed. With a smile of pure malice he went to go get her to fulfill his plan.
Usagi remained still as Gannondorf roughly grabbed her and dragged her back to his strange room. He shackled her legs to a piano bench and tied her down to it with chains. He took a seat beside her an angry glint in his eyes. "Play," he commanded.
She shook her head. "No… Leave me alone," she demanded her eyes n arrowed fully revealing her hate for him. "Stay away from me and stay away from Link!"
Gannondorf chuckled and the Ginzuishou appeared. "I've learned how to do some things with this gem of yours…" silver light surrounded Usagi and her vision got hazy. Streams of silver circled her fingers and staring blindly at the organ in front of her she began to play.
Gannondorf smirked. The Ginzuishou was a powerful tool and with it he could control the girl at his side. He was just playing with the gem now but soon he'd have it figured out and the girl would do anything and everything he requested. A smirk grew on his lips and the trifoce of power lit up on his hand. The Ginzuishou responded in kind and the silvery threads turned invisible and Usagi's eyes gained that spark of life back but still she played. Gannondorf began to laugh. His experiment was going well.
Zelda from inside her prison stared at the scene in horror. She had an idea of what the evil wizard would try to stop Link. Her eyes flicked to the door he would come through. Gannondorf had everything set up. Maybe… maybe she was wrong in her beliefs. Maybe it was wrong for Link to follow his destiny after all. There really wasn't anything in her visions that led her to believe he would make it through this. She clasped her hands together and began to pray. Not for her safety but for Link to get away while he still had the chance.
**
Link scowled. He had successfully broken the water barrier but… "Just stay out here," He snapped. The senshi and the man in the tux had constantly gotten in his way. They hadn't been any help at all. "Or just leave the castle altogether. You're no help at all."
Tuxedo Kamen scowled. "I'm not leaving without seeing Usako."
Link glared at him. "They stay out here and out of my way."
Sailor Venus flushed slightly. "Gomen that we aren't any help… We'll stay out here and make sure nothing goes in after you."
Link flashed her a smile of gratitude. "Thanks," he whispered before striding towards the spirit barrier. "You and the other senshi can try the other barriers if you want… Just keep him out of the rooms. He's useless." With a final glare at Tuxedo Kamen Link opened the door and entered to face his next challenge.
Sailor Venus looked around and went to another door. "I'm taking this one…" The others joined her and everyone left Tuxedo Kamen by himself.
**
The organ became louder and as time went by Gannondorf gained more and more control of the girl at his side. In no time the chains were off and she was independently leaning on him as she played. Her blue eyes flashed as power surged around her and it was reflected in the sounds of her playing.
Gannondorf laughed. Everything was set up. Everything was perfect. Everything down to the last detail had been taken care of. When the boy came in the girl wouldn't even pay attention to him. Zelda would be in her prison no doubt calling for him to rescue her. Gannondorf himself would be playing the organ in greeting. Soon the power of the gods would be his. He was so close to his goal. All that was left was to wait for the so called Hero of time to show up and begin the game.
Zelda watched emotionlessly as Gannondorf paused his torture of the girl as she lost consciousness once again. Within the last hour the girl had faded in and out of consciousness as the torture continued over and over again. Not once did she plead to be saved nor rescued. It truly shocked Zelda. 'Maybe she's right…'
Gannondorf scowled as Usagi lay limp once again. "Pathetic," He sneered. Of course his means of torture had gotten worse and worse and the last one he had used involving a forceful kiss had been what had made her pass out. "Wake up," He demanded. He wasn't finished yet. Not finished by a long shot.
Slowly her eyes opened and she glared at the evil ruler, "Do whatever you want with me but leave Link alone," she demanded.
Gannondorf laughed and his sharp nail once again gently sliced her skin as he rubbed it down her cheek. "You'd give up everything for that boy?" He demanded with a faint frown. "Not even the other hime would do that."
Usagi ignored him and turned her attention to the window where she could see a strange bridge. "Link… Don't come here," she whispered.
A sharp slap brought her attention to the ruler beside her. "You really think he'll listen to you? Contrary to what you believe he thinks it's his duty to rescue you and that other princess. He'd do it even if it means his death. The fool."
"If you harm him in anyway I'll kill you," Usagi whispered her eyes now pinned to the floor. "I swear it."
Gannondorf laughed. "It doesn't matter… After he's dead I plan to keep you for entertainment for as long as you live… By then I'll be immortal and the world will be mine."
**
Link ignored the group following him as he jogged cautiously into the castle. Reacting quickly as he spied two beamos in the middle of the room he ran by and opened the next door.
In the next room he bypassed the first door he saw and took the first one on his left. He heard a howl and instantly he was knocked over as a Wolfos attacked. He grunted softly as his body met the ground and using his shield slammed it into the beast's head stunning it as he got back to his feet.
The beast stumbled back a step shaking it's head in pain. It growled deep in it's throat and Link stared calmly at it. The anger and rage he felt at Gannondorf for taking Usagi away from him flamed inside of him and taking out his sword he attacked in a fury. The wolf howled in pain but the outraged warrior ignored it as he ended it's life. He continued on not caring of his companions and only concerned about Usagi. The longer he took getting through all of this the more damage Gannondorf could do to her.
**
The senshi had watched Link run away puzzled. They stepped into a room and Mars screamed a warning as a blue beam passed by and a dark scorch appeared on the stone floor. "A laser of some sort," Sailor Mercury deduced.
"How do we stop it?" Venus asked risking a glimpse and almost losing some hair.
Sailor Jupiter frowned. "Link just raced on through… Can't we do the same?"
Sailor Mercury nodded. "I think it's best if we do… We don't want to waste our energy." She cautioned. So agreed the group raced through the gauntlet where the two lasers operated one at a time. When everyone was to the other side they went through the door and noticed the empty room.
Mamoru scowled, "Where did that boy go?" he demanded.
Sailor Mercury scanned the rooms around her with a faint frown. "This way," She started but was interrupted by a screeching then a growl.
"What was that?" Sailor Jupiter asked glancing around.
"Maybe we should stay together," Sailor Venus suggested as she frowned at the source of the noise. She had first hand experience with the creatures that lived in this world.
Sailor Mars stared startled as a large wolf like creature appeared from seemingly nowhere. Beside it was a strange cross between a human and a skeleton. It had the limbs and body of a decaying human and a skeleton chest. She couldn't get a good enough look at it's head because a strange wooden mask had only three holes. Two for the eyes and one for the mouth that appeared to be filled with two rows of sharp bared teeth. If these two monsters weren't enough there were bats flying above them screeching loudly at being disturbed. "Minna," she whispered slowly motioning to the beasts. "We have trouble."
"Shine Aqua Illusion!" Sailor Mercury screamed a hand outstretched towards the creatures. The bats were knocked out of the sky and thrown to the floor where they lay in a puddle stunned.
"Sparkling Wide Pressure!" the condensed ball of lightning hit the bats perfectly and with a shriek they vanished.
Tuxedo Kamen smirked at the lumbering creature coming towards him and looked up with a rose in hand. Right before he could throw it however he felt all of his muscles freeze in place. In seconds the creature had jumped on his back and was attempting to eat his hat to get to his head.
The Wolfos circled Sailor Venus and growled again. She had attempted to attack it but it had dodged and leapt past her chain and towards her. Luckily she had jumped at the same moment and managed to land safely. However the wolf hadn't given up and was planning to strike again.
**
Link paused as he came to a place with four unlit torches on the ground. He spied another on a nearby ledge and took out his arrow. He chose a fire arrow and aiming carefully let go. The arrow sliced through that air and through the unlit torch setting it ablaze.
He smiled and concentrated as he performed a powerful technique, "Din's Fire!" he screamed. Fire rose in a ball around him and all four torches were lit. A powerful grinding came from a door indicating he could now go through it.
Link took a quick glance through the Len's of Truth to make sure that there weren't any monsters released before he cautiously walked through.
In the next room he noticed giant fans and carefully put on his Hover Boots. He eyed the area and frowned faintly as he realized if he made a wrong step when the blades weren't moving he'd only have seconds to get to safety before his boots failed him.
Taking a deep breath he ran to the first fan as it turned on and let himself be shoved off the platform and onto the air to collect a silver rupee. Knowing he had only a few seconds grace time with the boots he rushed back to the platform just as they were about to lost their power.
Link took out his Len's of Truth and eyed his surroundings once more. Performing the same trick a few more times with various fans he cautiously entered the next room.
A beamos in the center of the room attempted to fry him with it's laser and Link shrank back against the wall in thought. He noticed a bomb flower at his feet and thinking fast he picked it up and ran to the edge and threw it at the beamos before retreating back to the wall. An explosion rocked the area and he jumped to where the robot had been and collected the silver rupee there. "Just a little longer," He whispered before he used his longshot to get the last rupee in the room.
**
Venus screamed in pain as the Wolfos managed to bite her. Her attack seemed useless and her vision was getting fuzzy. "Love Chain!" She screamed again trying to catch the thing by its legs.
Mars would have helped her companion but she was frozen from the same thing that had eaten most of Tuxedo Kamen's hat and was trying to work on his skull. "Minako," she managed to whisper.
"Shabon Spray!" the area was filled with a fog of mist and the warriors who were frozen were finally released. Everyone except for Tuxedo Kamen however who still had the creature riding piggyback as it attempted to eat his brains.
"Gross," Venus managed to shudder in disgust momentarily forgetting about the Wolfos. She slowly turned around just as the thing leapt and started to scream when a sword flashed and the wolf lay dead at her feet. She stared shocked at it for a moment and glanced warily up at the frowning Link.
"Are you okay?" He asked as he gave her a fairy before reluctantly going to help the masked man.
The fairy hovered around the injured girl for a moment and she smiled in relief. "Arigato, Link."
Link nodded in response and finished hacking the ReDead off of Tuxedo Kamen's shoulders. "Start helping or leave," Link demanded. "As it is of right now you're only slowing me down," he growled before stalking off to another door and vanishing within.
**
Usagi lay completely still. Her hate for the man not even a room away was consuming her. His plans sickened her and she only wished to be free with Link. She hated herself as her tears flowed down her cheeks. 'Forget about me, Link and get out of here,' she mentally pleaded as she saw Gannondorf laughing as he seemed to go around lighting candles and preparing for the hero's arrival.
Gannondorf chuckled as the last candle was lit lighting up the eerie room. He moved Zelda into the center of the room still in her glass prison. He started to do the same with Usagi when an idea came to him. The best way of defeating the boy would be shocking him when he arrived. With the girl's help willing or not he'd be able to succeed. With a smile of pure malice he went to go get her to fulfill his plan.
Usagi remained still as Gannondorf roughly grabbed her and dragged her back to his strange room. He shackled her legs to a piano bench and tied her down to it with chains. He took a seat beside her an angry glint in his eyes. "Play," he commanded.
She shook her head. "No… Leave me alone," she demanded her eyes n arrowed fully revealing her hate for him. "Stay away from me and stay away from Link!"
Gannondorf chuckled and the Ginzuishou appeared. "I've learned how to do some things with this gem of yours…" silver light surrounded Usagi and her vision got hazy. Streams of silver circled her fingers and staring blindly at the organ in front of her she began to play.
Gannondorf smirked. The Ginzuishou was a powerful tool and with it he could control the girl at his side. He was just playing with the gem now but soon he'd have it figured out and the girl would do anything and everything he requested. A smirk grew on his lips and the trifoce of power lit up on his hand. The Ginzuishou responded in kind and the silvery threads turned invisible and Usagi's eyes gained that spark of life back but still she played. Gannondorf began to laugh. His experiment was going well.
Zelda from inside her prison stared at the scene in horror. She had an idea of what the evil wizard would try to stop Link. Her eyes flicked to the door he would come through. Gannondorf had everything set up. Maybe… maybe she was wrong in her beliefs. Maybe it was wrong for Link to follow his destiny after all. There really wasn't anything in her visions that led her to believe he would make it through this. She clasped her hands together and began to pray. Not for her safety but for Link to get away while he still had the chance.
**
Link scowled. He had successfully broken the water barrier but… "Just stay out here," He snapped. The senshi and the man in the tux had constantly gotten in his way. They hadn't been any help at all. "Or just leave the castle altogether. You're no help at all."
Tuxedo Kamen scowled. "I'm not leaving without seeing Usako."
Link glared at him. "They stay out here and out of my way."
Sailor Venus flushed slightly. "Gomen that we aren't any help… We'll stay out here and make sure nothing goes in after you."
Link flashed her a smile of gratitude. "Thanks," he whispered before striding towards the spirit barrier. "You and the other senshi can try the other barriers if you want… Just keep him out of the rooms. He's useless." With a final glare at Tuxedo Kamen Link opened the door and entered to face his next challenge.
Sailor Venus looked around and went to another door. "I'm taking this one…" The others joined her and everyone left Tuxedo Kamen by himself.
**
The organ became louder and as time went by Gannondorf gained more and more control of the girl at his side. In no time the chains were off and she was independently leaning on him as she played. Her blue eyes flashed as power surged around her and it was reflected in the sounds of her playing.
Gannondorf laughed. Everything was set up. Everything was perfect. Everything down to the last detail had been taken care of. When the boy came in the girl wouldn't even pay attention to him. Zelda would be in her prison no doubt calling for him to rescue her. Gannondorf himself would be playing the organ in greeting. Soon the power of the gods would be his. He was so close to his goal. All that was left was to wait for the so called Hero of time to show up and begin the game.