The Day the Universes Collided

Chapter Seven

Zero Dimension

Time: 1645 hours

"I don't like this." Gallera Link muttered as the Links sat in a circle not far from Zero. "Going to other worlds? Destroying dolls and facing off against an omnipotent being? I don't like it one bit."

"We don't have much choice. He's gotta be on the level. He's a Link and Links don't lie." Allstar Link remarked. Dark Link elbowed him.

"What about the time you faked the flu so Zelda wouldn't drag you to the mall?" he pointed out with a grin.

"That doesn't count. I did it for self-preservation. I'm on my last Visa and she's not maxing it out this time." his brother grumbled.

"We should find a way to distinguish ourselves. We can get confused really fast if we yell for Link and all of us turn our heads." Hyrulian Link pointed out.

"I won't. Link isn't my name anymore. Just call me Mav." Maverick replied coolly.

"And I'll stay as Dark Link." the dark elf added helpfully, "Since you were the first to arrive, Link of Hyrule, you should keep the name Link." Link nodded and smiled gratefully.

"My full name is Link Elfin. Agent Link Elfin of the Cataclysm Unit and this is my partner, Glitter." Gallera Link jerked his thumb at the pink fairy sitting on his shoulder. "So you guys can just call me Elfin. My boss usually does. I double as a guitar player and singer in a small band for undercover work. Zelda is constantly threatening to pink slip me if I show up late to rehearsals." he remarked with a grin.

"I've got the title of Allstar N64 Link in my world, so just call me Allstar." the other Link tossed in. He looked at the Hero of Winds, who was looking at the Hero of Time with a sad expression. "I have the perfect nickname for you. In my world, the WindWaker Link is my junior. I trained him to take over for me for the GameCube generation of games. I call him 'Waker' for short. We can call you 'Waker', okay?"

"Sure." Waker murmured absently, gazing at Link.

"So, should we really go through with this? Do you all believe this guy?" Elfin asked. The other heroes nodded slowly. "Okay, then. Let's talk to him."

Zero looked at his team as they stood and faced him. They all had the same determined look. How odd and yet, appropriate.

"We're ready to go, Zero. Which world do we visit first?" Allstar announced. Zero grinned and held out a capsule about five inches long and a solid silver color.

"This is the Instant Dimensional Gap capsule. It's already set for all the worlds you'll have to visit. All you have to do is hold it up and everyone in contact with it or the person holding it will be transported to the next world." he explained and looked at them, "Um, which one of you won't lose this?"

"Give it to me. My world is probably the last we'll have to visit, so I can carry it in my Delivery Bag." Waker remarked and took the IDG, tucking it into the sack.

"The first world you'll get to is Old Hyrule, Link's world and time. The King is growing more insane each day and the doll responsible for it is somewhere in Hyrule. I'll send you data on its location as soon as I pinpoint it." Zero added.

"How?" Allstar remarked as Waker changed his mind and brought the capsule out again, holding it in one hand.

"Elfin has a laptop under that shield of his. And Mav has his Game Boy Advance SP Communicator, AKA the GBA SPC. I'll send the data to both computers." Zero pointed out and grinned. "Good luck, Heroes! The fates of your worlds rest on your shoulders!"

"Yeah, we know the drill." Allstar muttered as Waker lifted the IDG and everyone placed a hand on everyone else's shoulders, "Just like in rehearsal, only I don't get paid overtime for this."

Hyrule Fields

Hyrule Kingdom

Time: 1700 hours

In a brilliant flash of light, the group of heroes arrived in the middle of Hyrule Fields. Link looked around and sighed. Now his problem was finding a place for everyone to sleep if the quest took too long. He brought out the Ocarina of Time and played Epona's Song, summoning his faithful horse from Goddesses knew where. Dark Link pulled his hand away from his car and grinned. He had guessed right about the capsule, it took anything and everything his hand was touching.

"We should make a camp somewhere we won't be seen." Link told them and pointed to Lake Hylia's direction. "We can do that at Lake Hylia. I'd take you myself, but I don't think Epona can manage you all."

"Don't worry, I brought my car. We'll follow you in it." Dark Link pointed out and got in, followed by the other Links. Mav raised his left hand and closed his eyes. His fingertips turned black and the color spread down his arm to the rest of his body. In moments, he was a shadow of himself! He opened his eyes and they glowed a soft blue light, the scars angry red lines on his face.

"I'll fly, if it's all the same to you people." he remarked coldly and floated above the ground, "My shadow-mist mode will travel far more easily than horses and horsepower."

"That shadow arm of yours scares me sometimes." Allstar muttered as he rode shotgun. Link gaped at Mav for a moment, then shook his head and rode for Lake Hylia, the Jaguar following him carefully so as not to spook the horse.

The lake was clear and peaceful, and the heroes had a small tent pitched for camp. Allstar looked around as he sat by the fire. Dark Link sighed as he gazed at the lake.

"Reminds you of the Water Temple stage in the game, huh?" Allstar finally murmured. "Everything looks just like the game, only bigger."

"That's because this is the real Hyrule. There aren't polygon restrictions for the areas. You could get from one end of the field to the other in less than five minutes in the Nintendo 64 game. Here, it took us an hour. In a car!" Dark Link pointed out, "And the Dark Link of this world was really an evil creature."

"Yeah, and the Ganondorf here probably doesn't grow blue ribbon petunias in his backyard." Allstar muttered as he walked over to Elfin, "Anything?" The agent looked at his laptop and shook his head. "How about you, Mav?"

"No. The SPC would have alerted me to a downloaded message." the little elf replied.

"We probably can't do anything until tomorrow. We may as well rest for the night." Link sighed and headed for the tent.

"It's kind of warm for such a nice evening." Elfin remarked, tugging at his collar while Glitter drooped her wings. Link paused and looked back at them.

"I'd play the Song of Storms, but we'd get soaked." he said with a grin. Waker stood up and brushed himself off.

"I'll take care of it. All you need is a breeze, right?" With that, he brought out the Wind Waker and conducted a melody that summoned a cool bit of wind from the northeast. Link blinked at it.

"What's that?" he asked. Waker looked at him in surprise.

"You don't know? But Hero said he knew about the Wind Waker." he remarked, then paused sorrowfully. "Oh, that means, this time and world doesn't have it, so I won't exist in this world and you aren't the Hero who gave his soul to me." Link stared at him. "Never mind. Let's get some sleep." he sighed and lay back on the grass, resting his head on a log. Mav went to the car and sat against it, two Master Swords resting close to his body as he slept in a sitting position. Allstar stared at him, finally realizing that the boy had two Master Swords and was sleeping like a samurai.

"Wind is good. I'll roll down the car windows." Dark Link murmured and made himself comfortable in the car after doing so. Allstar joined him, cranking the passenger seat back a little and settling in. Elfin closed the laptop and followed them, stretching out in the backseat of the car and turning his back on them. Link watched them all and entered his tent, wondering if this was all just a dream.