A/N. Wow, I'm correcting my mistakes in the chapters, and I just realized how much I suck at taking my time. I rush with re-reading it, so there might have been grammar errors. I'm correcting them though!

...I DON'T OWN ZELDA!

Remedy in the Shadows Chapter 3

"Ok, forget that! We'll go somewhere else!" The pair from the forest ran back down the steps that they had come from. Not caring that the nearly ran into a crowd of villagers.

When they had reached the bottom, they walked to the nearest house, leaning against its walls, breathing heavily. Link closed his eyes, mumbling, "So where's the nearest sane doctor?" Frustrated he kicked his heel against the wall, slight pain shot up his leg. Grimacing he opened his eyes. Navi was in front of his face, her light blurred his vision.

"Navi." he mumbled again, moving to the end of the house he turned the corner. Even when he left her, his vision was still obscure, gasping, he wiped his forehead.

'The heats getting to me, if I don't rest soon…'

"Link!" Navi was shouting from behind him.

Link turned his head to her, still heading around the corner, "Wha-? A force shoved at Link, pushing him backwards. With his mind so confused he couldn't help but fall to the ground. One of his hand landed on a jagged rock, re-opening his previous wounds. Wincing, he shook his head, trying to discover what had just happened.

"Hay! Kid, What the hell do ya' think you're doing?!"

Looking up, Link had to blink a few times to clear the blurred colors that he saw. The voice belonged to a young man, but which one he could not tell. He couldn't tell how many there were, he wasn't in the mood to count. At least half a dozen men stood above him, Link guessed that they were probably in their late teens.

One of them stepped forward, "Did you hear me? I asked you a question!" It was the same one who had spoke before. His dark face was slightly hidden behind even darker hair. He wore black trousers, they were cut, almost shredded at the ends. His muscular torso was covered with a dirty gray shirt underneath a long black vest. It too was like the shredded pants. A black tattoo rode up the skin of his left muscular arm, it seemed to spell out something that Link could not read.

Failing, Link tried to speak and stand at the same time, "Who are you?" He mentally hit himself for saying those words.

'Great thing to say to say to a thug! Just great! He probably won't let ya' leave now!'

The man looked at him, a look of disbelief on his face, he went closer and kneeled in front of Link. He smiled- than looked shocked as Navi fluttered closer. He seemed almost mesmerized by her presence, but the shock past, he took his attention back to Link; smiling again.

"What kinda kid are ya'? Don't you know ya' gotta answer to your superiors when they ask ya' a question?" The rest of his group laughed. One of them commented.

"Maybe his mother hasn't taught him that yet!" They laughed again.

The one closest to Link smirked, turning his head back to his friends, "Yeah, it's a pity what they learn nowadays. This one's mother probably gave up on him!"

'…Bastard'

The words stuck in his mind, It was as if they sparked something within him. Anger arose inside of him, it slowly began to flow throughout him.

"I don't believe you did anything to make you our superiors!" Navi flew right into the man's face. Her sudden movement sent his raven hair back, exposing more of his face. Link noted the scar that crept up his cheek.

An arm flew out from the man. His fist came out a smacked Navi away. Her small body hit the wall hard, she instantly hit the ground afterwards. Her shining wings tried to carry her upwards a few times, but gave up. She lie still.

"Please, I wasn't talking to ya'. Ya' little pixie!" He stood, and gave a proud smile as he turned to the rest of the group.

The small flame of anger within Link had now erupted into a gigantic inferno of rage. It hurt him to hear foul things said about the mother he never knew, it hurt him more to see someone he considered his closest to family get hurt. He also stood, it was hard because his vision was still obscured, but that wouldn't stop him.

He withdrew his sword, and placed the tip of the blade on the neck of the one who had angered him. It was a little awkward with the size difference, but Link could have the blade easily past through his flesh.

The older man just froze there. His eyes would change between looking at the blade, and the one who controlled it. His group of men moved forward slightly, their hands moving toward their own swords, Link found the looks on their faces priceless. The one Link held captive held up a palm and motioned for them to come closer. In doing so Link pressed the blade slightly, making an indent in the man's neck. The others halted at the sight, but again, they were motioned forward, the man was laughing now, "Please, do ya' actually think he's got the guts to do it? Bastard probably can't handle a dinner fork."

As the rest of the men surrounded Link, he really started to regret turning that corner. None of this could have ever happened.

Now it was Link's neck who was surrounded by steel, but he still held his, hands shaking slightly from numbness.

"Look at 'em Slaine, He can barely hold the thing!" One of the others spoke out, talking to their captive leader.

Slaine looked down at Link, still smiling, a smile like that could fool anyone, but it wasn't working now, "I suggest you lower your rapier boy." The tone of his voice was serious, but it was obvious that he was laughing on the inside.

'No way out.'

The blade left Slaine's neck slowly, Link held it at his side, hoping that he would feel the steel leave his own neck.

"Well?" Another one of the group spoke again, the question directed at Slaine, who continued to study the young boy.

All he did was nod, with that small movement, the hot blades were removed from Link's skin, he was relieved, but he still regret taking his own from the older man's neck. He sighed, glaring at Slaine, who was still right in front of him.

Then, the sounds of swords being sheathed.

'Fools.'

Link didn't know what was going through his head, but he took that moment and lifted his of blade again, but instead of bringing it to Slaine's throat, he brought its edge down on his tattooed arm. Making a small slice on the skin. Blood oozed from the wound, flowing freely onto the grass, staining it.

Slaine screamed at the sudden attack. He grasped at his arm spreading the blood onto his hand, "Hold the little son of a bitch!"

The men obeyed the order before it was even said. The next thing that happened was all a blur. Link could feel them grab him, he felt his sword leave his pale fingers, he heard it hit the ground. The hands that tore at him suddenly shoved him into the wall, pressing him into the brick even when their was nothing left between him an the stone.

Somewhere within the action, he heard the voice say again, "Move!"

Link tried to see who it was, but his vision was getting worse, he now felt a grip slide around his throat, and begin to squeeze. It was the only touch he felt, he realized it was Slaine when he felt the wetness of the other man's blood slide down his skin.

Link tried whatever he could, he kicked, but hit nothing but air, when he tried to scream, only a painful cough escaped his lips. Darkness started to form around what he saw, he closed his eyes tightly, hoping that everything would clear, that he would open them and be back home, with his friends who were cured, but when they opened again, he saw nothing, he felt nothing. He only heard a few foreign voices speak.

"What are you doing!"

"Slaine!"

"Let the boy go!"

With the voices filling Link's mind, he felt the world slip away…and he was glad. He no longer felt the gripping hands on his flesh, he no longer heard the encouraging words of Slaine's buddies, or the shouts of the villagers, he no longer felt the pain as he went into a much needed slumber.

The wind carried the shouts into the Inn's window. They had started as shouts of commands, then over time grew into shrieks of anger and fury. Thea had been listening to the situation that was happening outside. She almost wished that she could be there to see it. There seemed to be a big commotion over something, and the fact that she had no clue what was going on was killing her inside!

"You hear it too?" Chloe had noticed Thea's obsession with the window. Her voice didn't interrupt though. She just continued to gaze off at nothing.

"…I guess that's a yes." Chloe laughed, Thea was normally said to have a big mouth, and yet she needed times to reflect, and just be alone. It wasn't that Thea didn't like talking to her friend, sometimes that was just the way they communicated. Their relationship had always been like that.

At that moment, the shouts seemed to leave Thea's mind as memories took their place;

'…Nothing, everything was silent. Young Thea was in the loudest room she'd ever been in, yet she heard nothing. The room was lit mainly from the sun that shone through a window, sand would blow inside every so often. The room was made of stone, hard and cold to the touch. As Thea huddled herself in the corner, she ran her small fingers over the rough edges.

She was alone, the other girls babbled amongst themselves, she was alone hiding her face, trying to forget what had just happened.

'Hi who are you?" Thea looked up slightly at the sound of a voice. She saw that she was no longer alone. One of the girls had trotted over to her. The girl was smiling, hand twirling her light hair.

'…' Thea was silent

After a moment of the girl just looking at her, she finally sat down next to her, 'Well, my names Chloe. Do you like my name? I do! OH! This weird thing happened to me this morning! I was just alone in the sand, looking for my Mama and Papa, when all of a sudden…' Chloe continued to talk for the rest of the day, Thea didn't listen at first, unable to understand how she could be so calm. But when she got bored counting how many stones made up the room, she listened to the girl.'

When the memories past, Thea brought herself back into the present. She was back in the Inn room that she and Chloe shared. It was well-sized, Thea didn't really care what the size of the room was, as long as she had a bed. Two beds occupied the room, each with a unique embroidered quilt, each quilt was made up of sections that represented different parts of Hyrule. The thought of taking it crossed her mind, she hadn't seen all of Hyrule yet, the quilt would be able to show her Hyrule all the time.

'What are you 5? It's a quilt!' Turning her back to the window, Thea saw that Chloe was sorting her clothes in one of the oak dressers in the room. Thea hadn't bothered to get organized. Her luggage was right where she had left it; on the plush carpet that hid the hardwood floor. She saw no need to unpack if they planned to stay only a few nights.

Sighing, Chloe finished with her belongings. She shut the dresser drawer and sat down on her bed, allowing her fingers to trace out the fine details sewn in the fabric, "Forget it, I know what your thinking. Anita let us run through the village later, she wants us to stay here for a while. We don't want the village to think anything strange is going on."

Thea stood up from the chair that was next to the window and walked over to her own bed. By now the shouting had stopped, everything was quite. "Yeah, it sounds like a gang war happened outside, I'm sure they'd be really worried about us." With that, she collapsed onto her mattress. Instantly her muscles relaxed, she felt them grow warm at the quilt's touch. Her head landed roughly atop the pillow, a wonderful place for it. Her arms stretched overhead, Chloe cringed when she heard her shoulder pop. Sighing, she too laid on her bed, mimicking Thea's actions of relaxing.

"Help me! Come on! Help me get 'em up!"

A woman's voice could be heard from outside their room, the walls muffled it slightly. Several footsteps were heard, they were coming up to the 2nd floor.

Chloe sat up, eyes wide, Thea could tell that her face was turning pale, "Thea…Didn't we have the whole floor rented out so that we could have privacy?"

Thea did nothing, she laid there, letting the words sink in. They DID have the whole floor rented. Anita and others had requested that so that there wouldn't be any civilians on the floor to complain about their presence.

The sounds of the shouts came back into her mind, Thea's pulse was picking up speed.

'Well, if they're carrying someone up to the 2nd floor, than…'

"Shit." That one word summed up Thea's thoughts perfectly. She sat up, staring at Chloe who stared right back at her in disbelief, her worried face began to tremble as the sound of footsteps became louder.

"Did one of us get hurt…" Thea was up before Chloe could finish. When running to the door her foot caught underneath the rug. She was able to catch herself from falling over, but mentally cursed herself for not being more careful. Her hand reached for the doorknob, and yanked it open, not caring that the door continued to open, hitting the wall of their room forcefully. What she saw when she opened the door made her blood boil. Isabel and two other girls had opened their room's door, which was directly across from her own.

Frustration spread throughout Thea, "What are you doing?" Isabel raised an eyebrow, as if the answer was obvious. Actually, Thea new the answer was obvious, she knew that Isabel probably came out to see what the noise was. However, when Thea opened the door, Isabel was the last thing she wanted to be on the other side.

"Girls MOVE!" The girls turned and saw a group of people headed their way. Four people to be exact. Leading was an older woman, probably around thirty. Thea recognized her as the Inn's owner. Her perfectly cut brown hair framed her pale face. Face so pale it was like chalk, her blue eyes stood out well. She had to lift the white dress she was wearing to prevent herself from falling. Behind her were two men, one of them was pushing away Thea's fellow Gerudos, who were curiously coming out of their rooms. The girls struggled against him, but eventually moved clear. If the situation wasn't what it was, Thea would laugh. The other man looked tired, beads of sweat coated his bony face, giving it a glossy shine. He struggled to carry a large object up the steps. The object was limp, she noted the green colors, the sword and shield placed on top…

'What?'

When they approached it was then that they realized that what the man held was a boy. His eyes were closed, he wasn't moving, one of his arms swung slightly as he was carried. Laying atop of his body was a shield, symbols were on it, but Thea couldn't see them from her angle. Next to the shield was a carefully placed sword.

"Please, children! Move!" Thea took a quick glance off the boy and saw the last person of the group, Anita was shouting at them, they all took a step back into their appropriate rooms, but still watching as the adults passed them. They walked down to the finale room in the poorly lit hallway. One of the only rooms free on the floor.

When the Inn keeper and two men disappeared from sight, Anita stopped in the middle of the corridor, By now all of the door were open. Curious faces looking out, chatting with each other, some started to walk forward, but Anita lifted a hand, "Alright! Alright!" When she didn't get silence out of the girls she tried again "Hay!!" Her voice hit the ultimate level, making everyone in the hallway silence themselves. Thea had been quiet, however she hadn't been paying attention to her superior, she'd been looking down the hall, wondering if anyone would exit from the newly occupied room.

"Now Listen!" Anita had lowered her voice, but still kept the tone threatening, "Ignore what is happening! There was an incident, that's it! I want none of you leaving here unless I give permission! Is that clear?!"

One of the girls was foolish enough to ask a question, "What happened?"

"Nothing! Get back to your rooms, We plan to leave tomorrow!" With that Anita turned and headed down the stairs, ignoring the groans and protests of the girls.

A/N. Well? This one was frustrating to write, I don't know why…'eh whatever, I kinda like how it came out. If you have anything to say R/R, the next chapter will be coming soon!