CHAPTER 12- The Rescue
"Great, he left a girl in charge." Glen rolled his eyes.
Jessica rounded on him, "Problem with that?" she snapped.
Glen started to back away. Zack laughed, "You're afraid of a girl!" Jessica turned to face him too. "I meant nothing against you by that." he said hastily.
This time Shannon laughed, "Jessica, you sure have a way with boys!" Jessica smiled a little at this.
Glen walked up to the sealed door of the Temple of Prophecy. "Why don't we just complete it?" he asked.
Shannon shook her head. "You heard what they said. If we go in there we might get ambushed from behind."
"No we won't." Glen said. He touched the door with his hand.
"Glen!" Zack yelled. "Don't do that!"
Suddenly, a mysterious voice seemed to come out of the Temple itself. "Those who have been chosen to enter, may be able to complete the Temple's puzzles and retrieve the treasure from within."
Glen looked confused. "What is that supposed to mean?"
Jessica stormed over to him and slapped his hand off the door. "It means that none of us can go in!" she shouted. Shannon started to laugh so hard that everyone thought she might collapse.
Jessica sighed. "I really hope they get to Jacque and Sarah in time, or else Robbie will be doing the Temple alone."
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The three horses stopped at the edge of a cliff looking down on the camp where Gannondorf''s army waited for their Master's command. Jeff was doubled up with Link on Epona. Jeff finally spoke, "So... that's where my sister and Jacque are." Everyone nodded. "Why do you think they were taken?"
Robbie looked over at him. "Before I left them, I could hear some of the creatures say something." Everyone watched him waiting for him to finish. "They said two words: Sacrifice and Demons. I think they're planning on sacrificing them."
Link's eyes widened. "To the Demons? That's not good." Now everyone stared at him. "Years ago, there was a prophecy that stated: 'Six Demons will attack Hyrule. They will destroy everything. There is only one hope, eleven heroes from the outside world joined by the Hero of Time and the Seventh Sage also known as the Princess of Destiny can lead Hyrule's armies to victory.' I believe that's what is about to happen."
All were silent for awhile. "Well some of those eleven could be us, but who are the other two?" Jeff asked.
Jason closed his eyes. "I came here with two others, but I don't remember who they are." He opened them, "They've probably been brainwashed like I was though."
Robbie cleared his throat to get their attention. "That's nice and all that we can destroy the Demons but we have two problems: one, we need Jacque and Sarah in order to destroy them and two, guess who's about to be sacrificed to resurrect them"
All of them looked down toward the camp. Jacque and Sarah were being taken roughly from where they were held and dragged over to a huge pit where darkness overwhelmed. Strange noises could be heard emanating from the pit, none of which sounded friendly.
"We have to help them!" Robbie started to charge forward but Link stopped him.
"No, wait. Just watch." Link said.
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"Oh great." Jacque muttered as they were pushed in front of the pit. "Now what?" she turned to Sarah.
Sarah frowned. "Well for one we have to get out of here." Jacque didn't look impressed. "But I haven't formed a plan yet."
Just then, what seemed to be a priest dressed in robes of deep purple and black walked forward. "Finally!" he called over the growls of the other creatures. "It is time to resurrect the Demons that have been prophesized to destroy Hyrule!" The monsters roared in agreement.
Jacque gulped. Sarah's eyes widened. "Okay... plan formed."
"What is it?" Jacque whispered.
Sarah turned to her, "Run." The two of them jumped to their feet and ran for it. They stumbled a bit because their hands were tied behind their backs and couldn't help balance them.
"Good job Sarah!" Jacque said sarcastically. "Now what do we do?" They dodged monsters that lunged at them from both sides. Suddenly an arrow shot through the air and cut through Jacque's ropes. "Well that works." Seconds later another arrow freed Sarah's hands.
Sarah looked up. "There!" she pointed. Link was standing with his bow out and was shooting down enemy after enemy. "Should've known." When Link was out of ammo, he jumped on Epona where Jeff was waiting and disappeared. "I can only hope they're coming for us." Jacque nodded.
Robbie and Jason then appeared. They were each carrying an extra sword. The two boys rode their horses as close as possible to the two girls. "This has to be the one thing that I can thank Glen for." Sarah muttered. "Jason! Throw me my sword!"
"Are you crazy?!" Jacque asked. "You can catch the wrong end!"
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Sarah said. Jason nodded and tossed the sword high into the air. It spun many times and was still spinning as it dropped. Sarah caught the hilt of the sword in her right hand.
"Wow, you did it." Jacque said impressed.
"Told ya. Now we need to get your sword from Robbie." Sarah told her.
"Robbie!" He too nodded and threw the sword. Jacque caught the hilt with both hands. "Thank you color guard." she praised herself.
"No, it's more like thank you God." Sarah corrected her. Jacque rolled her eyes. Suddenly, the two girls were surrounded. They stood back to back with their swords raised.
"You must be sacrificed." they all chanted. Jason and Robbie were being blocked out. The creatures started pushing Jacque and Sarah toward the edge of the pit.
"Uh-oh," Jacque said. They both looked around helplessly. There was nowhere to go but down. "We're in for it now." Then, Zack and Shannon appeared out of nowhere, riding quickly toward them.
Shannon lifted her bow. "Oh-no, she is NOT going to shoot that in our direction." Sarah said worriedly. Sure enough, Shannon notched an arrow and let it fly. Sarah had enough time to shout, "She missed!" before Jacque fell to the ground. The arrow had hit her arm and blood was running off her fingers. Shannon's facial expression changed to one of horror. "Jacque!" Sarah cried.
Jacque's injured arm was hanging off the edge of the pit. The girls watched as her blood dripped into the darkness. There was a huge roar and the sound of flapping wings. Sarah quickly pulled Jacque to her feet. The monsters that surrounded them began to back up. Six huge beasts flew out of the pit. Big, black, ugly monsters with great scaly wings and red eyes leered down at the two girls. They snapped their powerful jaws together hungrily and their eyes stared greedily at their prey.
"Um..." Sarah stuttered, her mind went blank. Robbie came up and grabbed Jacque's arm pulling her up behind him as Jason did the same for Sarah. Holding on for dear life, they pushed their horses as fast as they could go. When they reached the forest, they turned back to see if they were still being followed. The Demons seemed to be preoccupied with the Moblins for the time being. They regained their pace and continued on into the woods.
"Whew, we're safe." Jason sighed after they had put at least a mile in between them and the Demons.
Sarah looked over at Jacque, "Hey, how's your arm?"
Jacque looked down at her injury. "I'll be alright." she said.
"I wonder where Link, Jeff, Zack, and Shannon are?" Robbie wondered aloud. Everyone shook their heads. "Well, they'll be alright." They rode on for awhile longer before they heard a noise.
"What was that?" Jacque and Sarah asked at the same time.
"I'm not sure." Jason answered. Jason and Robbie urged their spooked horses on. Suddenly, two black clad riders on horses appeared.
"None shall pass." one said in a dangerous yet familiar voice. Jason stared at them. "Alex? Steven?"
A/N- Sorry it took so long to update. Though I may be grounded so it will be a loooooong time before the next chapter is up. So please hang in there! I will hurry!