Chapter 8: The Power of the Medallions
Pike sat on the floor of the Chamber of Sages.
"Are you just going to sit there moping all day?" asked Malon.
"I'm not moping. I'm waiting," said Pike. "Now why don't you go mind your own business, Stable-Girl?"
"You realize that as the Sage of Light, I'm your leader right?"
"No, as the Sage of Time I'm her leader," said Zelda.
"Zelda, when did you and the others get back?" asked Pike.
"About halfway through Malon's last sentence," said Zelda.
"Malon, I think you're in trou..." a thunderous sound interrupted Zinc. "What was that?" Another thunderous sound was followed by the west wall caving in. Seven black Iron knuckles entered the Chamber.
"Dark knuckles!" shouted Dax. "You guys must have really made Scythe mad if he's sending out this many."
"That's not hard," said Zinc. "Split up we've got them outnumbered almost two-to-one."
"Hey Saria, watch this," said Elexus raised her hand; it glowed, and a spire of earth erupted from the ground and impaled one of the Dark knuckles.
Saria took some seeds from her pouch and planted them in the spire. Vines quickly grew from the spire and ripped the Dark knuckle apart.
Darunia picked up one of the Dark knuckles and threw it across the room. Dax caught it in midair and slammed it to the ground. Dax forced the Dark knuckle to its feet. He charged up a ball of lightning around his fist and punched the Dark Knuckle, tearing a gapping hole through the living armor and sending it flying across the room. Darunia picked up the Dark knuckle and used the hole in the armor to rip it in half.
Pike took a collapsible staff out of her pouch. She flicked her wrist to lock its five, foot-long sections in place. A Dark knuckle swung its ax at Pike. She blocked it with her staff but was sent back a few feet.
"Pike!" yelled Link. "Give me a boost!" Pike held her staff close to the ground. Zinc ran towards her strength to lift Zinc as high as she could. Zinc launched himself high into the air. At the apex of his jump, Zinc unsheathed his sword. Putting all of his weight behind the blade, Zinc came crashing down, jamming his sword hilt-deep into the head of the Dark Knuckle. Zinc withdrew his sword from the remains of the Dark knuckle.
"One more down" said Pike, putting away her staff.
Across the room, Link was on the defensive against one of the remaining Dark knuckles. The Dark knuckle was attacking so fast that Link only had time to block.
"Wait a minute," said Link. "I'm not supposed to lose." A beam of light struck the armor, pinning it to the ground.
"Come on, Link you know the drill," said Zelda.
"I'm glad you learned that spell, Zel. It's come in handy twice now." Link began charging his sword; it flashed blue then orange. Link unleashed his famous spin attack to dispatch the Dark knuckle.
"It worked on Ganon, so I figured it would work again," said Zelda laughing.
Meanwhile, Impa and Sthil were fighting against the fifth of the Dark knuckles. Impa unsheathed a small personal dagger, and Sthil took two throwing knives from his belt. Sthil held the knives in throwing position. The knives began to glow bright green. When Sthil threw the knives, two more took appeared in their place. The cycle kept continuing as Sthil threw the knives at blinding speeds. The knives pin-cushioned the Dark knuckle until it was covered in dozens of knives. Impa threw her dagger at the remains of the Dark knuckle. When it connected, the dagger exploded with enough force to embed parts of the Dark knuckle in the walls of the chamber.
One of the remaining Dark knuckles was facing off against Ruto and Nabooru. Nabooru slashed at the knuckle, but her blade only managed to scratch its dense armor. Ruto used a surface version of Zora's Lightning; it too barely phased the Dark knuckle.
"Ruto, I've got an idea," Nabooru. She jammed one of her swords in between two of the Dark knuckle's armored plates.
"Oh, I get it." Ruto used the sword as a conductor for her Zora Lightning destroying the Dark knuckle from the inside.
The last of the Dark knuckles was advancing on Malon who was trapped in a corner. As, it moved in for death strike, Malon closed her eyes and thrust her arms forward in a feeble attempt to block the attack. She felt a warm sensation in her hands. When the attack didn't come, Malon slowly opened her eyes. The Dark knuckle lay on the floor with a large hole in its chest, and Malon's hands where glowing with a soft golden light.
"Did I do that?" asked Malon looking at her hands.
"Yeah," said Dax clearly shocked. "You made my Lightning Punch look like a shock."
A few hours later, after cleaning up most of the debris from the battle, Dax was starting to get restless, "Why don't we just go after them."
"Come on Dax," said Zinc. "What do you think would happen if we all showed up at Scythe and Ganondorf's front door? A small group would stand a much better chance of getting in. Zelda, Link, and I will be going alone."
"You're right, as always," said Dax, "but I still want to help, so take this." Dax held out a black medallion engraved with a cloud and two crossed lightning bolts. "It's my Thunder Medallion. It will give you the ability to use my Lightning Punch." He placed the medallion in Zinc's hand. "Give'em hell. Come on guys, they need all the help they can get."
Elexus stepped forward holding a brown medallion with a mountain on it. "Take this, my Earth Medallion. It will allow you to create small earthquakes for knocking down wall and doors." She gave Zinc the medallion.
Sthil placed a silver medallion with a sword on it and signed a phrase. Elexus translated, "This is the Metal Medallion. It will give you the Steel Skin Technique, which incases you in an impenetrable steel armor."
Sthil strained his scarred vocal chords. "Guh luc." Sthil put his hand to his throat in pain.
"To my leader and my love," began Pike handing Zinc a clear, glassy medallion with three wavy lines, representing wind, "I give you my Wind Medallion along with my Arctic Wind spell. I hope it helps."
"Link, you'll need help too," said Saria. "Take my Forest Medallion. It will give you the ability to use my Ivy Rope technique. It may only slow your enemies down, but at least it's something."
"Brother," said Darunia, "take my Fire Medallion and its Wall of Flame attack. You've helped us, Gorons, twice now. This time I can repay the favor."
"Link, I still resent that you chose Zelda over me, but here's my Water Medallion and its Rains of Life magic. Its pure waters will heal you but only for a short time."
"Link, protector of Zelda, I give the Shadow Medallion and the power of invisibility," said Impa.
"Kid, take my Spirit Medallion and the Spirit Disk attack. It works like an arrow but it has greater range." Nabooru placed the medallion in Link's hand.
"Here's my medallion, Link," said Malon. "Sorry, but I really don't know what it does.
"Thank you, everyone," said Link. "Come on, we've got villains to stop."
"Uh, Link, I hate to be the wet towel here," said Dax, "But we don't know where Scythe and Ganondorf are hiding out at."
"Unfortunately, we know that they're planning to resurrect Khimena," said Zinc.
A look of pure terror washed over Dax, "They... they can't. Khimena will destroy everything."
"Yeah, but at least we know that they have to be at the Dark Shrine," said Zelda. She and the others exited the Chamber of Sages.
"Midnight, Starfire, come to me." Zinc once again called down his trusty pegasi. "Link, you and Zelda should take Midnight, He's strong enough to carry two people," The trio mounted the pegasi and took off.