I'd like to apologize for the long delay in uploading a new chapter. Not only have I been like, really busy, but I kinda lost my inspiration for this fic. But then I realized how many reviews I had for only the beginning and I got back my inspiration to keep writing on it.

Thanks a whole lot for the reviews, guys.

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Chapter Three: The Resistance Base

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Miroku carefully climbed down the iron ladder using his right hand and legs, as his other hand was occupied with the duty of not letting Mia fall. Teious and Caleb were climbing down above him, Teious with a grip on Mia's leg in case Miroku dropped him, and Caleb was getting annoyed at the length of the ladder.

"Why in Hyrule is this thing so long?!" Caleb complained. "I can't even see the bottom of it!"

"Don't worry," Teious reassured him. "That's just an illusion spell our mages put up. We're almost at the bottom."

Once they reached the bottom Miroku walked forward through the darkness and hit something on the wall. A few seconds later, a wall opened up and a flood of light came in.

"Master Miroku, good to see you," said one of the guards. "Who is that young lady?"

Miroku, who had had his eyes closed the whole time, held Mia over his shoulder and pulled a black cloth from his cloak, folded it over and pulled it over his eyes, tying it into place. He finally answered, "A girl Teious and I rescued from Taurise. I'm going to bring her to my room, have someone bring her water and …uh…whatever else."

"Right away!"

Teious gave Caleb (to his great annoyance) a pat on the head and said, "C'mon, I'll find you a room or at least some blankets for you to bed down in."

"No! I'm staying with my sister."

Miroku sighed and started walking down a tunnel to their left. "Yeah, fine, whatever. Follow me."

Caleb observed the tunnel as they walked down in, looking at all the openings, making little caves or something. Outside those 'rooms' were people lined up against the walls, eating the little food they had, sleeping, trying to hush their crying newborn, coughing from some terrible sickness… everyone just looked awful.

And I thought things were bad in my village…

Caleb realized he had fallen behind and ran to catch up to Miroku and Teious. He tugged on Teious' arm to get his attention. "Teious, why are all these people down here? Living like this can't be-"

"What other choice do they have?" Teious responded grimly. "It's either stay here or go up there and live in bondage, where moblins kill just for the heck of it. We do our best to feed these people, clothe them, and, yes, living underground isn't all that great – but at least they have more of a chance of living."

"But…"

"The Resistance will free Hyrule," Miroku said, finally opening his mouth. "And when we do, Teious and I are going to work with our own two hands to rebuild everything Ganondorf has destroyed. That includes houses for every one of these people. All the survivors will be able to go on and live a normal life and raise their children for brighter future."

Teious stopped walking and looked at Caleb. "Even when Ganondorf is over-thrown, us two are going to keep hunting down evil and destroying it before it becomes a major threat to our land. We won't stop until Hyrule is safe."

"Quite a job you both have committed yourselves to." It was that not-so-cold-anymore, emotionless voice they were so used to hearing.

Sheik stood there behind them. "I'd like to have a talk with you both." He said simply, and walked down the end of the tunnel.

"Crap…are we in trouble?" Teious asked worriedly.

"I don't know…" Miroku responded.

They continued on down the tunnel until they came to a certain cave where two old people were sitting

and eating together.

Darn, I forgot…I gave up my room for that old couple right before Teious and I left to get supplies.

"Um, pardon me…"

"Oh!" exclaimed the old man. "Young master Miroku. Good to see you again."

Miroku smiled pleasantly and nodded. "I was hoping you two would look after this girl for the time being."

"Why, what happened to the poor lass?" The old woman asked. "She fainted and still hasn't awoken."

"She was terribly worn-out from working," Caleb said. "She's just sleeping."

"We shall certainly take care of her for you, master Miroku."

"Thank you very much." He gave them a nod of thanks and laid her down on the pile of straw then turned and walked out of the room.

Teious looked at Caleb. "You gonna be ok?"

"Yeah, yeah."

Teious shrugged and followed after Miroku.

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"So, you two launched an assault on Taurise."

Sheik, though rather short, still looked frightening with the cold glare he gave from his blood-red eyes. Miroku and Teious had both grown-up being trained by this Sheikah, but they had always been fearful of him. Heck, Zara and Isuke were the only ones that weren't scared of him.

"Not only did you two disobey me, but you both risked giving out the location of this place to the enemy." He was clearly angry, yes, but never the less he kept his calm tone of voice and emotionless mask, not wavering at all.

Just then Isuke ran in, a big smile on his face. "Teious! Miroku! I heard you guys took on all the Sheikah and Moblins in Taurise and rescued a little boy and girl! Nice goin'! I wish I had been with you!"

Now, since all Sheikah kept one face on at all times, it was rather hard to read what they were thinking. But after being around a Sheikah for so many years you kind of develop a sixth sense towards them, and that sixth sense was telling Isuke that Sheik was giving him an evil glare.

He laughed nervously and gave Sheik a slap on the back. "C'mon, Sheik, don't be too hard on them. You know you are only mad at them 'cause you just wish they'd listen to you for once. Heh, heh."

Sheik sighed and just walked out of the room silently.

Isuke turned back to look at the two teenagers as he remembered something. "Hey, where are all the supplies you guys were supposed to get?"

"Aw, crud," Teious moaned, slapping his forehead. "I forgot about 'em."

"We left them at the cliff near Taurise," Miroku said. "We couldn't bring them and those two siblings at the same time."

"I guess I can go back out with you two tonight and get the stuff." Isuke cracked his knuckles as he spoke. They could tell he was itching for a fight and hoping one would break out when they went to retrieve the loot.

"I'm not looking forward to it very much myself," Teious muttered. "I haven't gotten much sleep at all since we left."

Miroku opened the door and said without looking back, "You don't have to come you know."

"Oh yeah, right. Like I'm gonna leave you out there by yourself. You wouldn't last one day without me."

"I beg to differ, infant."

"Infant?! Who are you calling an infant, you…"

Isuke smiled, listening to them go back and forth like two squabbling brothers until their voices drowned out into the deepness of the caverns.

Zara came in a little after the sounds had disappeared. "Hello, Isuke," she greeted. "Was that Miroku and Teious just now making all that noise?"

"Heh, yeah," Isuke chuckled. "Oh, me and the boys will be going out tonight."

"Where are you going?"

"They left the stuff they stole at the cliff outside of Taurise so I'm going with them to get it back." He started walking at the door when Zara took his hand and looked at him.

"Please…promise me you'll be careful."

Isuke gave her his cocky grin. "Don't worry about it! I'll be fine."

Zara watched him leave, a little saddened by his reckless nature. "Please…keep safe… for me."

Caleb walked slowly into a large room filled with swords and other types of weapons. There were posts set up everywhere and sandbags hanging from the ceiling, as well as other primitive equipment. The only other people in there were two men sparring in the far corner.

He walked up to the wall lined with weapons and strolled down it, studying each one. Then, spotting one that interested him the most, he stopped examined it with great interest. Most of it was a long black pole with a pendant that hung off of the end from a silver sting. However, at the top was a curved blade, about a third the size of the pole.

"You like that one, eh?"

Caleb was shocked out of his transfixion and jumped at the voice. It was Teious. Caleb regained his composure and looked back at the weapon. "Yes, it's a very interesting weapon. What is it?"

"It's an old Gerudo halberd. They stopped making them back when the Sheikah started attacking though. It's a great weapon."

Caleb smiled and reached his hand out, running his hand along the smooth pole. "If I could use a weapon like this…I'd be able to become part of the Resistance and help overthrow Ganondorf."

"Heh, you're a bit young, don't you think?"

"No! I am not!!" Caleb roared. "I already know how to fight! I'm not weak!"

Teious blinked and thought back to when he was Caleb's age. He acted exactly the same, training everyday so that he could become a Resistance member. It was his one and only goal as a child.

"You know…if you want to…I could teach you how to use that weapon."

Caleb's face brightened and he looked up at Teious with eagerness. "Really?! You'd do that?"

"Sure I would," Teious grinned. "I'm gonna work you hard though. You think you're up for it?"

"Of course!!"