Chapter 6 The Queen of the Curse
After an hour of climbing vines, running ledges and jumping gaps went by Link found himself almost a hundred feet up clinging to another vine. He pulled himself up and positioned himself next to the highest overhang. The vines he was holding onto ran parallel to the overhang. Link gulped and after a quick swing to gain momentum he jumped from the vines and grabbed the edge of the overhang. "I've had enough of this," he said as he pulled himself up the last ledge. He sat there for several minutes to catch his breath. His arms and legs hurt from their overuse. His tunic was soaked with sweat which especially irritated his wounded arm. After catching his breath he stood up and walked to the edge where Navi was fluttering. "Well Jump," Navi said simply. Link groaned "That's easier said then done." 'It's not that hard," Navi urged. "You'd have trouble jumping from this height too," Link retorted. "No, I'd just fly," Navi replied happily. Link looked at her, "I hate fairies," he said. Navi giggled in satisfaction. Link gathered his courage. He was read now. He stepped back and took a deep breath. "Well ... HERE GOES!" He yelled as he ran forward, leapt off the edge, and fell toward the web at incredible speed. Link screamed loudly as he fell. He hit the web hard. The web flexed down almost ten feet and then gave way. Link plummeted another forty feet and splashed into a pool of water. The cold water and sudden stop after a long fall shocked him into unconsciousness.
Link sat up in the muddy water. He was a little disoriented but fine. "It's about time you woke up. You were out for ten minutes. Did it occur to you that this is no time for a nap" Navi scolded as she buzzed around his head. Link held his head in his hands. "It wasn't intentional," he replied with a scowl. He felt around in the muddy water until his hand met the handle of his sword. Link smiled and picked it up. It still had a little web left on it but it was loose and soaked. That made it easy for him to pick off the remaining web. He stood up and swung the sword to get the excess water off. Then he sheathed it. He examined his surrounding. In front of him was a long dark underground tunnel. Link couldn't see the end. "I guess I know where I'm going next. Wow, what is it with long dark tunnels today," Link said as he started walking forward. The only thing illuminating the path was the light given off by Navi. They came to the end of the tunnel and stopped. "Well now where to next." Navi said to herself. Link took a few more steps forward and tumbled into a previously unseen opening in the ground. Navi's eyes shot down "Oh that answers my question," she said as she fluttered down to Link who was dazed after falling twenty feet. Link picked himself up off the ground and shook off his dizziness. "First long dark tunnels then long dark falls; I really do not like this." They continued on at a pretty good pace and in silence. Link stumbled over the unseen dirt here and there. "These tunnels seem to stretch on forever. They look like they were burrowed by some sort of ...'thing'," Navi said. Link was quiet as they continued. He hid it well but he was scared. He'd never done anything like this. The quiet, the darkness it all frightened him. The smell of the moist earthy air began to change. As they went on it began to smell more old and stagnant like it was millions of years old. They came to the end of the tunnel, and found themselves inside a massive chamber. It was at least forty feet high. The dirt was hard and the ceiling was held up with a strong dirt pillars. A mysterious fog hung over the ground. Link walked forward several feet. His left foot came to rest on a Y shaped object. Link bent over and picked it up. "It's a Slingshot," He said with wonder. Slingshots were once the most popular toy in the Kokiri forest. Kokiri were dazzled by the bright flash the deku seed made when they hit things. One day when a group of Kokiri were playing with sling shots. One boy got hit in the eye with a deku seed destroying his sight forever. After that the Deku tree ordered that all Slingshots be forbidden. "I wonder how it got in here," Link said to himself. "Who knows, but we might be able to make some use of it," Navi commented. Link shrugged and tucked the Slingshot into his belt.
As they walked Navi's light came to rest on a strange, wiggling egg sac. Link's eyes widened "What is that?" he asked in fear. Navi looked over. "Link get away from that it's a gohma egg sac!" Before Navi's words had a chance to sink in the wiggling sac shattered. A hideous single eyed three legged bug stood where the egg sac once was. It was about two feet tall and had a thin under developed armored shell. On its head was a strong horn like appendage. As it stood there its eye shot from one direction to the other until it came to rest on Link. Link stared at the newly born creature. He didn't know what to think about it. "It doesn't look so bad," Link commented. Then the gohma's eye turned a dark red it prepared to charge at Link. "Uh what does that mean?" Link asked worriedly. The gohma suddenly charged. "Look out!" Navi yelled Link dove to the ground; the gohma landed at his feet. Then it immediately leapt on top of Link's chest. It squealed fiercely and thrust its' strange horn like appendage at Link's face. Link turned his head and it barely missed. He fiercely kicked at the creature until it jumped off him. Link returned to his feet. "You've got to kill it!" Navi yelled urgently. Link gulped and pulled out his sword. Link got a great sinking feeling. He actually had to take the life of something. The creature charged again. Link closed his eyes tightly turned his head away and began to swing wildly. The blade hit the creature's shell but glanced off. The creature's shell was stronger then Link thought. His sword was knocked from his grasp as the gohma tackled him down again. Link tried desperately to get the Gohma off but it had grown wise to that trick. Navi fluttered over to his sword.
"Link it is right over here; come at get it!" She yelled. Link struggled futilely with the gohma but somehow managed to fling it off. He got up, rushed over and grabbed his sword. The creature charged again once again knocking him down. Link stared the creature in the eye. Then with his strength he swung at the horn. The blade cracked through the shell and cut it deeply. The gohma squealed in pain, leapt from Link's chest and began running aimlessly. Its appendage was dangling by a thread. Then it stumbled and could not regain its footing. Link walked to it. He raised his sword but stopped. "I can't do it Navi," Link said, "It doesn't mean any harm it's just looking for food." Navi couldn't believe it "That creature is part of an evil curse on the Deku tree you have to!" she yelled. In that moment Link squeezed his eyes closed and thrust the blade down through the creature's eye. He felt it pop and the blade slow to a stop. Link opened his eyes to see his blade stuck in the gohma's empty eye socket. Green goop was everywhere. Link could see the blade was stuck in the brain. He slowly placed his foot on the creature and pulled his sword out. He had killed it. This was the first time he had ever killed a creature that was once alive. He couldn't believe what happened. He felt like a murderer for killing something that was just trying to survive.
As Link stood staring at his kill, on the ceiling behind him another eye opened. It was much, much bigger then that of the gohma Link had just killed. The creature smelled blood and something else. Could that be one of its offspring? Why, wasn't it moving? Why was it not feeding on the flesh that she smelled? While she usually ate tree roots she would much rather eat a blood creature. Then she realized her offspring was dead! It was killed by the two leg. She was angry, incredibly angry. She leapt down. The ground shook under her intense weight. The two leg whirled around and stared at her. The creature was hideous. It had two legs, yellow hair, and some of its skin was green. Its hideousness offended her. She wanted to eat it.
Link's eyes shot behind him. His jaw dropped. "Uh don't tell me I have to kill ...that!" Link yelled urgently to Navi. "That must be the source of the curse you've got to kill it." Link looked over the beast. Its appendages were much larger and much sharper. It stood almost twenty feet tall. Link took a breath, ran towards the gohma, and swung with all his might at its leg. The sword only glanced off the queen's fully developed shell. The massive creature raised its leg and sent Link flying across the room. He hit the wall hard and slid down, extremely dizzy. "Link it's coming," Navi buzzed urgently. Link could see the beast its image swirled and blurred through his concussed eyes. "But how am I going to hurt it. It's bigger and stronger. My sword won't even crack its shell." Link whined. Queen Gohma reached Link's location. It raised its foot to stomp Link. Link realized what was about to happen and dove out of the way. "Go for its eye!" Navi yelled. Link got up and ran a good distance from the queen. "I can't get close to it," Link yelled as he ran. Queen Gohma charged in anger tearing through the pillars on the chambers left side. Then the ceiling on that side rumbled and caved in on top of the Queen Gohma. Link dove to the right side of the chamber to avoid the deluge of dirt and rocks.
All was quiet again there was no noise, no movement. Link thought that she was dead. He hoped that she was dead. He walked up to the buried queen. There was nothing. Link breathed a sigh of relief. Then suddenly the queen burst from its buried tomb. Link jumped in surprise and was kicked to the other side of the room. Link rolled across the ground. The air had been completely jolted from his lungs. The gohma queen slowly approached the crippled Link who could only cough for breath. He put his hand on something. It felt like a plant he also felt some kind of bead like things in it. Like the Slingshot he had no idea how they got there but he grabbed them. It turned out they were deku seeds. Link grabbed as many of them as he could but Gohma had already reached him. Link dived to the side and the creature smashed into the wall where Link once was. "What are those you have?" Navi asked. "Deku Seeds!" he answered, "but what good will they do with out a sling shot." "YOU'VE GOT A SLINGSHOT YOU DUNDER HEAD!" Navi yelled. "Oh yeah but what good are the going to do against that shell it's as hard as metal." Navi thought for a minute. "An idea would be great about now!" Link yelled as the Gohma queen stood above him. Navi remembered the story about the Kokiri boy who lost his sight because of a deku seed "Shoot its eye" she yelled. Link didn't have time to ask for an explanation he just did it. The flash lit up the whole side of the chamber for a moment. The creature was stunned. It roared and fell back. "Link now is your chance; get it!" Link rushed on the Gohma queen and began slicing wildly at the eye. After taking five hits the creature regained its senses and knocked Link flying. "Why wasn't my sword working?" Link asked urgently. "Her eye has some kind of enamel you'll have to stun her again." Navi answered. Link nodded and aimed at Gohma's eye. Gohma knew what Link was going to do. She quickly turned to flee. Link waited until her eye was visible again. She started running up the wall to get to her nest. Her eye exposed itself and Link fired before she could get to the nest. She squealed and fell onto her back. Link rushed forward and once again began attacking wildly. He cut through enamel. Green goo began oozing ad squirting from the slashes in Queen Gohma's eye. It squealed in pain. Link once again felt bad for killing it. "Finish her Link" Navi yelled. Link felt as if he would throw up. His stomach turned at the sight of the empty shell that was once Gohma's eye. He knew the eye was too large for him simply to thrust his sword into the brain he would have to climb into the eye socket. As soon as the eye was drained of all fluid he climbed in. Gohma regained her sense she began squirming in pain wildly trying to shake link from her eye but she could not. Link thrust his sword into the creature's brain. Gohma jarred suddenly and then fell still. Link fell out of Ghoma's socket. Green puss was all over his clothing. The effects of his concussion had not yet worn off so he couldn't stand. Link felt ready to throw up from how he felt and from what he'd just done.
Link stared sickly at the dead Gohma Queen. "What are you so sad about? You just broke the Deku tree's curse," Navi asked a little perplexed. "I killed something" Link said with out looking up, "Killing is wrong." "Is that what you're sad about? That thing was evil! It was trying to kill the Deku tree!" Navi busted out. Link looked up "Not really it wasn't killing because it wanted to. It was killing because it had to eat, and the Deku Tree was just the nearest thing," Link explained. Navi was surprised when she first met Link she was positive that she could never learn anything from one as clueless him, but in the end it was him who taught her something. "But it was made of a death curse." She thought to herself. Just then there was a loud crack. Link and Navi looked up. Queen Gohma's shell had cracked open. A black flame came shooting out. It cracked in other places. Flames of different sizes began to ignite from each crack. "W-whats happening?" Link asked urgently as he stepped back. "You must have broken the curse! This is what happens when something made of evil is destroyed," Navi explained. The flames quickly covered the surface of the Gohma Queen. It's shell began to disintegrate. All of its inner organs had already been destroyed. The empty shell crumbled into ashes. Link stared grimly at the chard remains. He started forward when Navi called his attention. "Link, look up!" Link's eyes shot up to the massive nest that was apparently Gohma's. A rain of egg sacs ensued. The eggs shattered across the ground their contents burnt up quickly. Suddenly the entire Chamber began to shake violently. "Wha..." Link muttered. Navi eyes shot from one direction to another. "Link too many of the pillars were destroyed in your fight with Gohma! There's nothing to stop it from Collapsing! We've got to get out of here now!" Link nodded and turned toward the tunnel they came in from and bolted as fast as his legs would take him. Great cracks climbed across the ceiling and up the walls. Dirt and rocks began falling. Link made his way quickly across the chamber. "Almost there..." He muttered suddenly his foot crashed against a rock. Link tripped and flew forward crashing onto the ground. He pulled himself weakly to his knees. His injuries were taking their toll. He couldn't get up. "C'mon Link get up," Navi yelled. "I... can't" Link said weakly. "You have to! Link get up!" she yelled. The last pillar whined under the streets and then shattered which caused the ceiling to cave in its entirety. Larger rocks and great amounts of dirt came smashing down. The chamber would cave in moments and with Link still on the ground. Tons of rock and dirt came crashing down on top of Link and Navi. The ground surface above the chamber sank in leaving a large crater.
After an hour of climbing vines, running ledges and jumping gaps went by Link found himself almost a hundred feet up clinging to another vine. He pulled himself up and positioned himself next to the highest overhang. The vines he was holding onto ran parallel to the overhang. Link gulped and after a quick swing to gain momentum he jumped from the vines and grabbed the edge of the overhang. "I've had enough of this," he said as he pulled himself up the last ledge. He sat there for several minutes to catch his breath. His arms and legs hurt from their overuse. His tunic was soaked with sweat which especially irritated his wounded arm. After catching his breath he stood up and walked to the edge where Navi was fluttering. "Well Jump," Navi said simply. Link groaned "That's easier said then done." 'It's not that hard," Navi urged. "You'd have trouble jumping from this height too," Link retorted. "No, I'd just fly," Navi replied happily. Link looked at her, "I hate fairies," he said. Navi giggled in satisfaction. Link gathered his courage. He was read now. He stepped back and took a deep breath. "Well ... HERE GOES!" He yelled as he ran forward, leapt off the edge, and fell toward the web at incredible speed. Link screamed loudly as he fell. He hit the web hard. The web flexed down almost ten feet and then gave way. Link plummeted another forty feet and splashed into a pool of water. The cold water and sudden stop after a long fall shocked him into unconsciousness.
Link sat up in the muddy water. He was a little disoriented but fine. "It's about time you woke up. You were out for ten minutes. Did it occur to you that this is no time for a nap" Navi scolded as she buzzed around his head. Link held his head in his hands. "It wasn't intentional," he replied with a scowl. He felt around in the muddy water until his hand met the handle of his sword. Link smiled and picked it up. It still had a little web left on it but it was loose and soaked. That made it easy for him to pick off the remaining web. He stood up and swung the sword to get the excess water off. Then he sheathed it. He examined his surrounding. In front of him was a long dark underground tunnel. Link couldn't see the end. "I guess I know where I'm going next. Wow, what is it with long dark tunnels today," Link said as he started walking forward. The only thing illuminating the path was the light given off by Navi. They came to the end of the tunnel and stopped. "Well now where to next." Navi said to herself. Link took a few more steps forward and tumbled into a previously unseen opening in the ground. Navi's eyes shot down "Oh that answers my question," she said as she fluttered down to Link who was dazed after falling twenty feet. Link picked himself up off the ground and shook off his dizziness. "First long dark tunnels then long dark falls; I really do not like this." They continued on at a pretty good pace and in silence. Link stumbled over the unseen dirt here and there. "These tunnels seem to stretch on forever. They look like they were burrowed by some sort of ...'thing'," Navi said. Link was quiet as they continued. He hid it well but he was scared. He'd never done anything like this. The quiet, the darkness it all frightened him. The smell of the moist earthy air began to change. As they went on it began to smell more old and stagnant like it was millions of years old. They came to the end of the tunnel, and found themselves inside a massive chamber. It was at least forty feet high. The dirt was hard and the ceiling was held up with a strong dirt pillars. A mysterious fog hung over the ground. Link walked forward several feet. His left foot came to rest on a Y shaped object. Link bent over and picked it up. "It's a Slingshot," He said with wonder. Slingshots were once the most popular toy in the Kokiri forest. Kokiri were dazzled by the bright flash the deku seed made when they hit things. One day when a group of Kokiri were playing with sling shots. One boy got hit in the eye with a deku seed destroying his sight forever. After that the Deku tree ordered that all Slingshots be forbidden. "I wonder how it got in here," Link said to himself. "Who knows, but we might be able to make some use of it," Navi commented. Link shrugged and tucked the Slingshot into his belt.
As they walked Navi's light came to rest on a strange, wiggling egg sac. Link's eyes widened "What is that?" he asked in fear. Navi looked over. "Link get away from that it's a gohma egg sac!" Before Navi's words had a chance to sink in the wiggling sac shattered. A hideous single eyed three legged bug stood where the egg sac once was. It was about two feet tall and had a thin under developed armored shell. On its head was a strong horn like appendage. As it stood there its eye shot from one direction to the other until it came to rest on Link. Link stared at the newly born creature. He didn't know what to think about it. "It doesn't look so bad," Link commented. Then the gohma's eye turned a dark red it prepared to charge at Link. "Uh what does that mean?" Link asked worriedly. The gohma suddenly charged. "Look out!" Navi yelled Link dove to the ground; the gohma landed at his feet. Then it immediately leapt on top of Link's chest. It squealed fiercely and thrust its' strange horn like appendage at Link's face. Link turned his head and it barely missed. He fiercely kicked at the creature until it jumped off him. Link returned to his feet. "You've got to kill it!" Navi yelled urgently. Link gulped and pulled out his sword. Link got a great sinking feeling. He actually had to take the life of something. The creature charged again. Link closed his eyes tightly turned his head away and began to swing wildly. The blade hit the creature's shell but glanced off. The creature's shell was stronger then Link thought. His sword was knocked from his grasp as the gohma tackled him down again. Link tried desperately to get the Gohma off but it had grown wise to that trick. Navi fluttered over to his sword.
"Link it is right over here; come at get it!" She yelled. Link struggled futilely with the gohma but somehow managed to fling it off. He got up, rushed over and grabbed his sword. The creature charged again once again knocking him down. Link stared the creature in the eye. Then with his strength he swung at the horn. The blade cracked through the shell and cut it deeply. The gohma squealed in pain, leapt from Link's chest and began running aimlessly. Its appendage was dangling by a thread. Then it stumbled and could not regain its footing. Link walked to it. He raised his sword but stopped. "I can't do it Navi," Link said, "It doesn't mean any harm it's just looking for food." Navi couldn't believe it "That creature is part of an evil curse on the Deku tree you have to!" she yelled. In that moment Link squeezed his eyes closed and thrust the blade down through the creature's eye. He felt it pop and the blade slow to a stop. Link opened his eyes to see his blade stuck in the gohma's empty eye socket. Green goop was everywhere. Link could see the blade was stuck in the brain. He slowly placed his foot on the creature and pulled his sword out. He had killed it. This was the first time he had ever killed a creature that was once alive. He couldn't believe what happened. He felt like a murderer for killing something that was just trying to survive.
As Link stood staring at his kill, on the ceiling behind him another eye opened. It was much, much bigger then that of the gohma Link had just killed. The creature smelled blood and something else. Could that be one of its offspring? Why, wasn't it moving? Why was it not feeding on the flesh that she smelled? While she usually ate tree roots she would much rather eat a blood creature. Then she realized her offspring was dead! It was killed by the two leg. She was angry, incredibly angry. She leapt down. The ground shook under her intense weight. The two leg whirled around and stared at her. The creature was hideous. It had two legs, yellow hair, and some of its skin was green. Its hideousness offended her. She wanted to eat it.
Link's eyes shot behind him. His jaw dropped. "Uh don't tell me I have to kill ...that!" Link yelled urgently to Navi. "That must be the source of the curse you've got to kill it." Link looked over the beast. Its appendages were much larger and much sharper. It stood almost twenty feet tall. Link took a breath, ran towards the gohma, and swung with all his might at its leg. The sword only glanced off the queen's fully developed shell. The massive creature raised its leg and sent Link flying across the room. He hit the wall hard and slid down, extremely dizzy. "Link it's coming," Navi buzzed urgently. Link could see the beast its image swirled and blurred through his concussed eyes. "But how am I going to hurt it. It's bigger and stronger. My sword won't even crack its shell." Link whined. Queen Gohma reached Link's location. It raised its foot to stomp Link. Link realized what was about to happen and dove out of the way. "Go for its eye!" Navi yelled. Link got up and ran a good distance from the queen. "I can't get close to it," Link yelled as he ran. Queen Gohma charged in anger tearing through the pillars on the chambers left side. Then the ceiling on that side rumbled and caved in on top of the Queen Gohma. Link dove to the right side of the chamber to avoid the deluge of dirt and rocks.
All was quiet again there was no noise, no movement. Link thought that she was dead. He hoped that she was dead. He walked up to the buried queen. There was nothing. Link breathed a sigh of relief. Then suddenly the queen burst from its buried tomb. Link jumped in surprise and was kicked to the other side of the room. Link rolled across the ground. The air had been completely jolted from his lungs. The gohma queen slowly approached the crippled Link who could only cough for breath. He put his hand on something. It felt like a plant he also felt some kind of bead like things in it. Like the Slingshot he had no idea how they got there but he grabbed them. It turned out they were deku seeds. Link grabbed as many of them as he could but Gohma had already reached him. Link dived to the side and the creature smashed into the wall where Link once was. "What are those you have?" Navi asked. "Deku Seeds!" he answered, "but what good will they do with out a sling shot." "YOU'VE GOT A SLINGSHOT YOU DUNDER HEAD!" Navi yelled. "Oh yeah but what good are the going to do against that shell it's as hard as metal." Navi thought for a minute. "An idea would be great about now!" Link yelled as the Gohma queen stood above him. Navi remembered the story about the Kokiri boy who lost his sight because of a deku seed "Shoot its eye" she yelled. Link didn't have time to ask for an explanation he just did it. The flash lit up the whole side of the chamber for a moment. The creature was stunned. It roared and fell back. "Link now is your chance; get it!" Link rushed on the Gohma queen and began slicing wildly at the eye. After taking five hits the creature regained its senses and knocked Link flying. "Why wasn't my sword working?" Link asked urgently. "Her eye has some kind of enamel you'll have to stun her again." Navi answered. Link nodded and aimed at Gohma's eye. Gohma knew what Link was going to do. She quickly turned to flee. Link waited until her eye was visible again. She started running up the wall to get to her nest. Her eye exposed itself and Link fired before she could get to the nest. She squealed and fell onto her back. Link rushed forward and once again began attacking wildly. He cut through enamel. Green goo began oozing ad squirting from the slashes in Queen Gohma's eye. It squealed in pain. Link once again felt bad for killing it. "Finish her Link" Navi yelled. Link felt as if he would throw up. His stomach turned at the sight of the empty shell that was once Gohma's eye. He knew the eye was too large for him simply to thrust his sword into the brain he would have to climb into the eye socket. As soon as the eye was drained of all fluid he climbed in. Gohma regained her sense she began squirming in pain wildly trying to shake link from her eye but she could not. Link thrust his sword into the creature's brain. Gohma jarred suddenly and then fell still. Link fell out of Ghoma's socket. Green puss was all over his clothing. The effects of his concussion had not yet worn off so he couldn't stand. Link felt ready to throw up from how he felt and from what he'd just done.
Link stared sickly at the dead Gohma Queen. "What are you so sad about? You just broke the Deku tree's curse," Navi asked a little perplexed. "I killed something" Link said with out looking up, "Killing is wrong." "Is that what you're sad about? That thing was evil! It was trying to kill the Deku tree!" Navi busted out. Link looked up "Not really it wasn't killing because it wanted to. It was killing because it had to eat, and the Deku Tree was just the nearest thing," Link explained. Navi was surprised when she first met Link she was positive that she could never learn anything from one as clueless him, but in the end it was him who taught her something. "But it was made of a death curse." She thought to herself. Just then there was a loud crack. Link and Navi looked up. Queen Gohma's shell had cracked open. A black flame came shooting out. It cracked in other places. Flames of different sizes began to ignite from each crack. "W-whats happening?" Link asked urgently as he stepped back. "You must have broken the curse! This is what happens when something made of evil is destroyed," Navi explained. The flames quickly covered the surface of the Gohma Queen. It's shell began to disintegrate. All of its inner organs had already been destroyed. The empty shell crumbled into ashes. Link stared grimly at the chard remains. He started forward when Navi called his attention. "Link, look up!" Link's eyes shot up to the massive nest that was apparently Gohma's. A rain of egg sacs ensued. The eggs shattered across the ground their contents burnt up quickly. Suddenly the entire Chamber began to shake violently. "Wha..." Link muttered. Navi eyes shot from one direction to another. "Link too many of the pillars were destroyed in your fight with Gohma! There's nothing to stop it from Collapsing! We've got to get out of here now!" Link nodded and turned toward the tunnel they came in from and bolted as fast as his legs would take him. Great cracks climbed across the ceiling and up the walls. Dirt and rocks began falling. Link made his way quickly across the chamber. "Almost there..." He muttered suddenly his foot crashed against a rock. Link tripped and flew forward crashing onto the ground. He pulled himself weakly to his knees. His injuries were taking their toll. He couldn't get up. "C'mon Link get up," Navi yelled. "I... can't" Link said weakly. "You have to! Link get up!" she yelled. The last pillar whined under the streets and then shattered which caused the ceiling to cave in its entirety. Larger rocks and great amounts of dirt came smashing down. The chamber would cave in moments and with Link still on the ground. Tons of rock and dirt came crashing down on top of Link and Navi. The ground surface above the chamber sank in leaving a large crater.