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Chapter Two: Rescue

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Near the edge of Taurise there was a small inn and inside it Moblins and Hylians alike were seated where they drank, ate, and also enjoyed laughing at and mocking the people of Taurise. A fireplace and a few lanterns gave off enough light to see by in the gloomy, but loud inn. The foul stench of Moblins hung in the air, not to mention smoke and burnt food. I was a place where the most killings happened, therefore people would rather stay away from it, but some couldn't escape working there.

"HEY! GIRL! Bring me my food!" barked a Moblin.

"R-right away, sir," said Mia, a black-haired girl about fourteen or fifteen years old.

The girl, trembling slightly, came over with a tray and placed a big cup of ale down, and then put the bowel of slop on the table. However, it was a little to close too the edge and over the side it went, into the Moblin's lap.

The Moblin jumped up, cursed, and grabbed the girl by the neck. "You little brat! Look at what you did!"

"I'm…s-sorry, it was a-an accident," Mia pleaded.

He lifted his hand to slap her across the cheek but it was quickly smashed away by a frying pan.

The Moblin roared in pain and shot a look at the wielder of the pan; a young boy no older than eleven.

"Hey, ugly!" The boy yelled angrily. "Keep your filthy paws off my sister!"

"Caleb!" Mia gasped.

The pig-monster growled half from pain, half from being ticked-off. "I'll teach you a lesson, you little-"

He was thus silenced by a frying pan across his face. The boy grabbed his sister's hand and they both took off out of the inn, running as fast as they could down the street. It wasn't long after that the courageous young lad felt a foot on his back that sent him sprawling onto the sandy street, his sister dropping next to him right after.

The Moblin grabbed Caleb by his dark-brown hair and pulled him up to look him in the face. The boy had to turn his face away – the stench coming from the Moblin's bloodied mouth was so repugnant he felt he could pass-out.

"I'll teach you to mess with me, boy!!"

"Hey!" yelled a traitor-Hylian soldier. "Look out, Balgum!"

Balgum the Moblin turned around and instantly dove away from an incoming blade, escaping with a few missing hairs.

Caleb looked up and saw two teenagers standing over him. "Who…?"

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Teious smirked a little, getting into a defensive stance with his sword for any one that tried attacking him. Miroku was next to him, his dagger brandished and ready.

"Picking on defenseless kids ain't very nice," said Teious, looking at Balgum.

"No indeed," Miroku remarked, his eyes scanning the whole area, trying to estimate how many soldiers they were up against.

Balgum cursed again and got up, yelling at someone to bring him his halberd. A smaller moblin came running with the large weapon and Balgum instantly snatched it out of his hands.

"You two must have a death wish to come barging in here like that!" he laughed/snorted.

The Hylian and Moblin soldiers gathered around, encircling the two warriors and the two siblings. Teious cocked his head towards Miroku and asked, "Think we can do it?"

"No…," Miroku sighed. "Too many of them. And if any Sheikah appear we're really dead."

As if on cue, over half a dozen Sheikah appeared on the rooftops of the village, staring down at them with their empty eyes.

"Oh no…" Teious said sadly. "I never thought I'd die this soon, I had hoped we'd both live to see Hyrule liberated. Oh well..., it's been fun, Miroku."

"Will you quit talking like we're gonna die?!" Miroku chastised. "We can get out of this…just concentrate." Miroku looked down at the boy and girl they had just saved, who seemed more confused than anything, and then up at the cliff where they had stashed all the stuff they stole. "Okay, I'll grab the boy, you take the girl. We'll have to come back for the stuff we stole later."

"Right."

The soldiers gave out a yell and charged at them, their blades looking more menacing than ever.

"Split up, I'll take left. We'll meet at the normal meeting place." Miroku said calmly, picking up the boy and leaping over the oncoming battalion. A Sheikah jumped at him in mid-air but Miroku, surprising himself, was able to kick him away and land safely on the other side of the soldiers.

Weird…he must be a lower class Sheikah. I wonder if the rest of them are…

"Hey! What are you doing with me?!" The boy yelled.

"Rescuing you," Miroku answered, ducking into an ally.

"You didn't need to help me! I could have taken that stupid Moblin on by myself!"

"Yeah, sure you could."

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Teious had the girl over his shoulder and was racing down the street as fast as he could to get away from the soldiers chasing after him. Thankfully, none of them had arrows and their aim when it came to throwing spears was very bad.

The girl screamed when she saw a Sheikah jump down from the roof of a hut in an attempt to pounce the two escaping Hylians. Teious swiftly raised his hand and fired a ball of glowing golden magic at the Sheikah. The ball crashed into him and sent him flying into the wall of the building he jumped from, leaving a gaping hole in his chest.

The young warrior bent down and sprung into the air. His jump got him close enough to, with his free arm, grab a pole sticking out of one of the roof tops that a flag hung from. He kicked his legs out until he got enough swing to jump from the pole to another roof.

Upon landing, Teious took a look back and saw that he had put quite a bit of distance between himself and his pursuers.

"You okay, girl?" He asked.

"I…I…" she stammered.

"Good."

Teious ran across the rooftop, jumped to another, and continued in this fashion until he was out of Taurise.

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Miroku leaned against a rock wall, sighing a little. "Sheesh…where is he?"

"Hey," said the boy. "Thanks for back there."

Miroku smiled and nodded a bit. "What's your name?"

"Caleb. What's yours?"

"Miroku."

"Why did you help me and my sister back there anyway? You obviously aren't very strong if you ran away like that."

Miroku gave the kid a look. "I dunno if you were aware of this, but going up against odds like that would be impossible. No one but Link could have taken on that many people at once."

Caleb climbed up on top of a rock, took a look around, and then looked back at Miroku. "Who's Link?"

"Well, I was too young to remember much about him, but...well, have you ever heard of the Hero of Time?"

"Of course. My father always told me that the Hero of Time once saved Hyrule from Ganondorf before, but, before Ganondorf took over again the Hero of Time died, and when he died several lights appeared in the middle of Hyrule field and just shot off in all different directions."

Miroku smiled and nodded. "Yeah. Not bad. Your father taught you a lot, eh?"

"Yes, before he died."

Miroku's heart sunk. Poor kid.

"I don't need your pity or anything though," Caleb said. "I do well enough by myself. I can take care of my sister just fine too."

Caleb stared off into the distance, and it was there he spotted something approaching in the moonlight. "Miroku, look!"

Miroku pushed himself off the wall and looked out at the horizon. Sure enough, there was a figure racing towards them, and it appeared to have something over its shoulder.

"It's Teious."

When the female-carrying Hylian finally made it to the spot, Miroku's greeting was, "What took you so long?"

Between panting and after putting the passed-out girl down, Teious replied, "What? You weren't worried?"

"I'm not your mommy."

"Thankfully so too."

Caleb rushed to his sister's side. "What did you do to Mia?!"

"Hey, calm down!" Teious said, putting his hands up in defense. "She's really edgy. A lance almost hit us and she just passed out."

"Oh...Well, yeah, my sister is like that."

Miroku picked Mia up in his arms and started walking. "Come on, we need to get going."

"Going where? Where are you taking us?" Caleb asked.

Teious put a hand on Caleb's head and ruffled his hair. "To the Resistance Base, kid."