Kilo and Tetra sat around while Link sat prying the lock to the cage. The key, unfortunately, was destroyed when the bird exploded.
"Link, why don't you just chop the bars in half?" Tetra asked.
"NO!" the girl quickly said, eyes wide, "what if he misses, and accidentally hits me?!"
"Tetra, the bars are made of metal anyway, I don't think I could chop em in half."
"I could," Tetra said, with a yawn.
"NO!" the girl said again.
"Suit yerself…" Tetra muttered, and fell asleep.
"Hmm, let me have a try," Kilo said, flipping out one of his swords. He jabbed his sword into the lock, and spun it. The lock clicked. Kilo kicked the cage open. The girl climbed out of the cage, and stretched her sore limbs.
"Ah, thanks, I was starting to get a cramp in my leg!" she said, playfully. She grabbed Kilo by the hand, began to giggle and started running. Kilo, caught off guard, began to blush as he was pulled behind. Link and Tetra shared a smile, and quickly ran after the two.
*5 minutes later*
Kilo was bent over, panting, the girl patting him on the back.
"Are you alright?" the girl asked with a giggle.
"Yeah, it's just hard to keep up with someone while your being pulled behind someone else." The two were on a cliff just above a large village. There was an expanse of small buildings, and on a small cliff, just away from the village, was a tall lighthouse. "Sorry," she said, looking over her village. Her long dress green dress, red and pink and red short-sleeved shirt, and blonde hair blew gracefully in the wind. Kilo stared, wide-eyed at her beauty. She glanced over her shoulder. Kilo quickly looked at the ground.
"Hey, I never got yer name," Kilo informed her.
"I go by… Karen!" the girl responded.
"Karen…" Kilo repeated.
"Yeah," Karen responded.
"Karen, that's yer name?!" Link yelled, running up to the two.
"Yeah, that's my name!" Karen yelled back. Tetra and Link caught up to Kilo and Karen. They all stood looking down at the village.
"Well, let's go!" Karen slid off of the cliff, Kilo followed, Link next, and, after a moments hesitation, Tetra followed.
When they made it to the bottom they were met by a scene of complete panic. The four of them ran through a crowd of people leaving the town. Karen suddenly saw the mayor.
"Mayor!!" She called to him.
"Oh dear, is that you Karen?!" the mayor yelled back.
"Yeah mayor, it's me!" Karen yelled back.
"Oh Karen good to see you," the mayor said, sounding relived.
"What's going on here mayor?" Karen asked him.
"Oh, the minions of that bird have attacked the lighthouse! They're slowly spreading throughout the town. Please do something, you're the strongest one here in our peaceful village. Maybe you and your friends could do something," the mayor informed them. The mayor was swept away in the wave of the people.
"You guys, I need to go get my bow, follow me," Karen told them. The four of them dashed through the swarm of people.
*10 minutes later*
Tetra, Kilo, and Link stood outside of Karen's house. Karen was inside searching for her bow. The doors suddenly burst open. Karen stood with her bow slung to her back.
"I'm ready, follow me!" Karen said, running toward the lighthouse.
*20 minutes later*
They stood to the locked entrance of the lighthouse. Karen dug through her pockets and produced a key. She shoved the key in the lock, and turned it. The door slowly opened. The four of them took a step back in horror. There were million of eggs on the floor of the lighthouse.
"These look like eggs, but what's in em?" Tetra asked. As if in response to Tetra's question one of them hatched. The most grotesque looking spider crawled out of the egg. It had a slimy green head, a blue body, and long purple legs. All of them began to hatch. Millions of spiders crept out of the eggs. The four heroes began to back away from the disgusting scene, but they felt as if they were shoved into the pit!
"Heh, heh, heh," Ganondorf laughed, "there's no way their going to survive the spiders." Ganondorf slowly flew away from the lighthouse.
"AHH!" the four heroes yelled, falling into the pit, full of spiders. BOOM! They landed in the middle of the spiders, the grotesque creatures leaped on top of their new prey. Tetra slashed them off with her short sword. Link stabbed one of the beasts through the middle, and kicked the rest off. Kilo twirled his swords around, obliterating the spiders on him. Karen whacked with her bow, until all of the spiders were off of her. Kilo leapt in front of her defending her against the oncoming onslaught of spiders. Karen began to climb up the lighthouse, until she found a small cliff, with just enough footing for her to stand on. Kilo looked up and saw her safe, so ran to join Link and Tetra. Link and Tetra were back to back, slashing at the beasts. Kilo joined them, and they formed a deadly spiral of death. Tetra ducked under a hairy leg of one of the spiders, Link cut the beast in half. Kilo jumped over one of the spiders, stuck his sword under him, and stabbed the spider, through the back. The spider let out a horrible cry, and exploded into dark light.
Karen stood on the ledge shooting her arrows.
"AHH!" Karen quickly turned her head, and looked at Link, who had given the cry. A spider has stabbed Link through his stomach. He began to fall down, blood falling through his hands.
"Link, hold still!" Karen yelled. She loaded her bow with an arrow. The arrow began to glow pink. She released the shaft of the arrow. The arrow struck Link through the heart.
"LINK!!" Tetra yelled, terrified at what had just happened. But Link was fine. He began to feel warm, and slowly stood up again. His wound was gone.
"What…what did you do to me?" Link asked Karen.
"It's called the Healers Arrow, I can only use it about three times, though," Karen told him. Kilo, Link, and Tetra broke apart, each of them taking a separate area of the lighthouse. Tetra stabbed one of the spiders through the head. She rolled out of the way of another ones fang. She slashed off the spider's fangs, and kicked it back into the crowd of spiders. A spider leapt at her, and she was slammed against the wall. She stood up, as the spiders rushed to finish her. One leapt at her, but she stuck her sword straight in front of her. The spider was pierced through the head, and gave a shrill cry, as it exploded into black light. Tetra saw a heart emerge from the spider, and grabbed it. It was absorbed into her hand, her wounds instantly healed. She ran along the wall, sword straight out. She killed hundreds of the spiders. One of the spiders swiped at her with its legs. She ducked, and the spider's leg was stuck in the wall. Tetra aimed upward with her sword, right through the chest of the spider. The spider fell on top of Tetra, twitching. She pushed it off in disgust and the spider fell into a collapsed heap. It twitched a few times, and exploded into dark light. Tetra ran at the rest of the spiders, ready to finish the fight.
Link rolled out of the way of one of the spiders that leapt at him. Link flipped up and kicked one of the spiders. It fell, slain. He preformed a jump move, slaying another spider. He shot his hookshot at another spider, and the spider was struck trough the abdomen. Link flew at the spider, sword in front. He hit the spider, right through the heart. The spider was hit, and soon dead. A spider leapt at Link, but Link ducked, causing the spider to hit one of is own. Both fell dead. Link stuck his sword behind him, he began to charge for is Hurricane Spin. The spiders saw this as a chance to attack. Link was moving as quick as he could, avoiding the horde of spiders attempting to destroy him. He flashed gold, he was finally ready. He released his attack.
"EAAGHHHH!" he yelled as he spun thousands of times. He killed thousands, but more came in, to replace their fallen brothers.
Kilo blocked a spider with one of his swords, slashed another one with his other sword. The spider fell to the ground, releasing many objects. Among them was a small pot of magic elixir. Kilo's eyes opened in shock. He leapt at the treasured bottle, but a spider scratched him on the arm, throwing him off course. He landed about two feet from the bottle, into a collapsed heap. He could feel the poisons of the spider, slowly taking effect on his body. His limbs began to go cold, and he knew he couldn't use them to defend himself. The spiders gathered around him, preparing to strike. Suddenly something sharp pierced his skull.
'A fang?' he thought to himself, 'no, fangs don't feel like that.' He began to go warm. Suddenly he could feel his arms and legs again. He felt warm, and then he knew.
"Karen!"
"Yeah?!" she responded.
"Thanks!!" Kilo finished. Karen gave him a warm smile. Kilo leapt up and made his way to the bottle. He popped the cork off, a downed the bottle in one gulp. He made a face as it tasted bitter. Despite the taste half of his magic was restored, just enough for one deadly Flaming Blade. He began to glow red, much to the surprise of the spiders. However, they had no idea what he was doing. Blindly the ran at him. Kilo smiled evilly as the released his attack. The spiders gave horrible cries, as they ignited, that were amplified by the walls of the pit. Tetra covered her ears, and dropped to her knees. Kilo winced in pain, as he tightly clamped his ears. Link covered his ears, and backed up until he was at the back wall of the cave. Karen began to slip off of the cliff but stopped herself just in time. She made sure not to let go of her ears. All that remained of the spiders were piles of ashes. He ducked as three spiders leapt at him, they collided, poisoning each on contact. They both fell dead, instantly. A spider leapt a Kilo, he quickly slashed it, slicing it in half. It exploded into dark light, Kilo gave a faint smile, as hundreds more came running at him.
Karen stood shooting her bow. She loaded three arrows in her bow at once, and let them fly. In turn she heard the shrill cries of three spiders. Spiders began to climb up the edge of the cliff, she swatted at these her bow, and they fell into the pit of spiders. She looked at Kilo, saw spiders attacking him, loaded five arrows into her bow, and fired. She freed Kilo from the attacking spiders. She grabbed a green potion from her pocket, and tossed it to him.
"Kilo, save yer magic, we're gonna need it soon," Karen yelled to him, "Link, Tetra, gather in one spot! There are millions of eggs, and there's no way were gonna live long enough to fight them all. Our only hope of winning is to take them all out at once."
"And, how are we gonna do that?!" Tetra yelled to Karen.
"Glad you asked," Karen began, "the only way to destroy them all is gonna be if we all use our special attacks at once. First, Link charge up for your Hurricane Spin. Tetra, Kilo, defend Link at all costs at this point. Kilo, once he starts his Hurricane Spin, use yer Flaming Blade on him, and don't miss!! I'll continually use Healers Arrow on him, to keep him from being burnt to a crisp."
"But where do I come in?" Tetra asked.
"Ah, Tetra, I was hoping you would ask. Here, you'll need this," Karen said, tossing down a rope to Tetra, "tie this to yer sword. Now, this is gonna be a flaming pit after Link's done. He'll be to dizzy to retreat to safety so throw yer sword to him. After he grabs on to the rope, make it come back to you. Now Link, make absolutely sure you get them all!!" Link nodded, "I understand."
"Oh yeah, here!" Karen yelled, throwing them three orange potions, "they'll block the cries of the spiders. My villagers developed it because some warriors have encountered these things before. I would've given to you earlier, but I knew I should save the for a time like this. Don't worry we'll be able to hear anything but the spiders." All four quickly drunk the potions.
"Alright let's go!!" Karen yelled. Link stuck his sword right behind him. Tetra leaped in front of him, Kilo jumped in back. A spider leaped on top of Tetra, she simply kicked him over Link's head. The spider fell, right on to Kilo's sword. The spider was slain instantly. Tetra slashed at an oncoming spider, Kilo swiped another. They both noticed a gold flash from the corner of their eyes. Kilo hurriedly charged for his Flaming Blade. Tetra was now left to guard both of them. She leaped back and forth, having trouble defending them both. Link could barely hold on to his Hurricane Spin any longer.
"Link…now!" Kilo yelled, through clenched teeth. Link began to spin, just as Kilo lit him on fire. Link's eyes got huge, as he felt the hottest pain he had ever felt in his life. Kilo and Tetra quickly scaled the wall of the lighthouse. Karen was attempting to hit the spinning Link. Link could hardly take the pain anymore. Then, suddenly, it stopped.
'Am I…dead?' Link thought to himself, 'no! I'm not!' Link finished his thought. He had just seen an arrow drop from his arm. Although the cries of the spiders were loud enough to make living creature go deaf, Karen's potions worked like a charm.
'NO! I'm outta magic!' Karen thought, trying to hurriedly get another green potion. Her eyes widened in horror. 'This is my last potion!! No, I thought had at least two more! Well, I hope Link is as strong as they say he is…' she guiltily thought to herself.
"Karen, what's going on?!" Link yelled.
"Here!" Karen yelled, shooting him with an arrow, "um… Link?"
"Yeah?" Link asked.
"I'm outta potions…" Karen finished, hitting him with another arrow.
"WHAT!?" Link yelled.
"I had another one, but it must of slipped outta my pocket, I'm sorry…" she ended, her voice full of sorrow, "here's my last arrow, good luck!"
"Karen, it's alright, I can take it," Link said, "hopefully, Link finished quietly to himself. Karen climbed slowly out of the pit.
"Karen, it was an accident," Kilo said, seeing the sorrow in Karen's eyes.
"Yeah, don't worry, Link can take it, unless of course he's a wuss," Tetra said.
Link clearly felt the pain of the fire. He winced but he knew he could finish what he'd started. And then, he stopped spinning. Tetra saw this and threw her to him like a boomerang. It hooked Link around the waste, and began to return to Tetra. Tetra held on to the rope until Link was out of the lighthouse. She released it, causing Link to fall on the ground. Kilo, Tetra, and Karen quickly slammed the door shut. Karen once again locked the door.
*20 minutes later*
"Maybe we should look inside," Karen suggested.
"Yeah, that's a good idea, we'll finish the fight just in case any of them are alive," Link said. Link only had suffered from a few minor burns, however his hood was destroyed. Karen slowly unlocked the door. The door creaked open, and all four of them immediately felt sick. What they saw was the mangled, twisted, and burnt remains of thousands of spiders. A few were grotesquely contorted, some were fused together. One spider had a hairy leg sticking from its mouth. A horrible stench filled the air. They quickly slammed the door shut, sweating a cold sweat.
*Later at the mayors office*
"Welcome, welcome! Do sit, saviors of this town! Hee hee," the mayor said, "you all did a wonderful job of exterminating those beasts. The town and I all know you a debt of thanks."
"Oh mayor, I dunno… I mean we did destroy the lighthouse," Karen began.
"No, if the whole town pitches in I'm sure we'll have it repaired in 6 months! Here, the witches send this kit with assorted potions," the mayor continued. Karen opened the box. It contained 3 green potions, 5 red potions, 2 blue potions, and 4 orange potions.
"Thanks mayor, I used my last potions in that fight!"
"Oh, but we are just getting started. The storeowners send this," the mayor said, handing an orange rupee to Tetra.
Tetras eyes shot open, "WOW! Are you sure they can afford to give us this much!?"
"Yes, they can. Our shops are very prosperous. Link, this is for you, the weapon makers, and local people give you these," the mayor said, giving Link a new tunic and hood, except this tunic was red. He also handed Link a new green hood.
"Your red tunic can withstand the hottest flames, however, this protection is limited, so use is wisely, the tunic is from the locals, and this is from the weapon makers," the mayor said, handing Link a large metal shield.
"This shield is made of some of our rarest material. The metal is strong enough for you to use the shield for defense, yet light enough to allow you to glide."
"GLIDING ON A SHIELD?!?!" Link yelled, falling backwards in his chair.
"Yes, it's like a Deku Leaf, but it doesn't take magic power, however you can't raise your altitude while your using it," the mayor finished. "Oh, yes, there's something else I want to show you," the mayor said, flinging open the window. The four heroes approached the window, and were met by loud cheers. The whole town stood there, cheering at them. They backed away from the window, blushing slightly. The mayor sat back down, closing the window.
"Kilo and Karen, for you two I've decided to allow Karen to accompany Kilo, and friends, on their journey, do you accept?"
Karens eyes lit up, "Of course I accept! Kilo, please to the same!"
"Well…" Kilo began.
"Tye Guy: Jeez, I really feel bad leaving it like this. Don't kill me!! Poll time! On your review, type 1 to let Karen join (Tetra won't be the only girl!) 2 to not let her join. I'm actually gonna not write the next chap. Until I have a good number of reviews. I'm pretty sure this is my longest chap. Also, I regret to inform that, no, I'm not accepting characters. However I might modify this story and repost so you guys could make up characters. Sorry Chaos! Oh yeah, sorry I kinda copied Ocarina of Time, I just really liked the red tunic!! R&R!!