Mikau stared at the message Lulu had just written in the sand. He turned to look at her, opened his mouth to speak, remained silent and turned back to the message. Lulu watched sadly. She felt numb. Not only were her children gone, but their father hadn't even seen them. Mikau turned to her and wrapped his arms around her, feeling that physical contact said far more than words. She melted into his arms, tears beginning to fill her eyes. He carefully pulled back and looked into her eyes.

"Everything will be okay, Lulu." He smiled encouragingly and hugged her again. "I promise." He muttered.

Mikau stayed with Lulu long into the night before she finally fell asleep. He kissed her forehead and carefully slipped out of the room and ran to Evan. The guard in front of Evan's room had fallen asleep so Mikau carefully stepped around him and walked through the door.

Evan turned immediately to the door and looked at Mikau.

"How is she?"

Mikau shook his head sadly.

Evan slumped and began pacing. "We have to do something."

"I agree." Mikau said, walking up to him. "But what?"

"It's those pirates, it has to be." Evan ranted. "There always causing problems."

Evan suddenly stopped. He turned and stared at Mikau. The two shared the same look of determination.

"I'll do it." Mikau said.

"It'll be dangerous."

"I know."

Evan nodded. "Right…" He and Mikau stood in silence for a moment. Evan stepped forward and offered his hand. Mikau accepted it and they shook.

"I'll leave right away." Mikau said.

Mikau felt his stomach churn as he swam through the ocean. He was angry at the pirates for stealing his children and at the same time, he was worried that he would never see them again. The closer he got to the pirates fortress, the angrier he got. His swimming speed increased and his movements became jerky. He landed on the ocean floor and stared up at the vast enclosure. He took a deep breath and walked forward.

Along the wall he noticed four wooden signs with the pirate's emblem on them. Mikau examined each of them carefully when he noticed a strange flowing of water coming from behind the second one. Gathering all his strength, he punched through the wood revealing a short tunnel. He swam through it and reemerged inside the fortress. He snuck silently up the small hill and peeked over. Before him stretched, what appeared to be, a large port at the end of which stood the actual fortress. There was no ship in the harbor ("Out pillaging, no doubt." Mikau muttered through clenched teeth) and the water was being guarded by four women in four small boats.

Mikau glared at them but forced himself to stay calm. He waited till the boats passed before running and diving into the bay. It was full of skull fish and he was having a hard time avoiding them. He swam to a large pipe that was leading into the fortress, knocking a skullfish in the head with his foot as he went.

The tunnel led to a series of obstacles that troubled him little if at all. His mind was clouded by revenge and nothing was going to stop him from getting the eggs of his beloved back in her hands.

Swimming through the maze under the fortress, Mikau felt his rage growing. He could not believe that they had the audacity to come into the private chambers of his fiancée and steal her eggs. He also couldn't believe that he choose to be absent that night. If he had been there…He shook his head. He couldn't think of that at the moment. He could beat himself up about it later. At the moment, he had a job to do.

Making his way through the halls and passageways, Mikau finally found himself in the main courtyard. He watched several women marching around with rather intimidating weapons with them. They seemed to be guarding every entrance or exit in the fortress. Mikau was beginning to loose hope when he noticed a large, unguarded, staircase. He grinned to himself and ran forward, dodging behind boxes when necessary. He ran to the door and burst inside coming face to face with a young Gerudo who was guarding the other side of the door. She glared at him and suddenly he was bound by three women and being carried further into the room.

The room was large, with a large chest right in the center. Up at the front of the room was a large thrown with a woman in red sitting with a rather smug look on her face.

"Well, well, what have we here?" She asked.

"What have you done with my eggs?" Mikau shouted.

"Your eggs?" She mocked. "You don't look female to me."

"Where are they!" He yelled loosing his patients.

"Why…they're here, of course." She gestured over to a wall where another woman, this one in white, pulled a large cloth from the wall. Underneath was a large aquarium with a very unhappy Shell Blade inside, but there, in the center, lay one of his eggs.

Mikau felt his blood boil. He jerked his head back to the woman.

"Where are the rest?"

"Oh they are around. But not for your enjoyment."

Mikau saw red. He jerked his arms forward and then quickly pulled them back knocking the guards that were holding him to the ground. He lunged forward and threw several punches at the woman the final one finally making contact. The woman seemed dazed. She hadn't been expecting him to fight back. He took advantage of this and sent a sharp punch to her stomach sending the leader to the floor.

Mikau turned to the gaurds behind him as they advanced. He grabbed one by the arm and used her as a whip to knock the other one down the short staircase. The third woman surveyed the Zora man for a moment before attacking with her scythe. Mikau ducked as she swung and the weapon only grazed his arm. He dove at her and sent a series of punches to her stomach and chest. He pulled his fist back for another blow when something hit him from behind. He staggered for a moment before throwing another punch. No sooner did he feel his fist make contact, but another blow fell to his back. He groaned and fell to one knee. Before he had time to recover several more blows came to his back and head.

He collapsed onto the floor, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, and tried to blink away the pain. He could hear the women around him slowly getting up and coming to stand around him. He could feel the tips of their scythe's resting on his bruised skin and he felt his consciousness slipping. He pulled his head up and looked dizzily over to the pirate woman in front of him. She smiled and knelt to him reaching forward to lift his chin. Mikau groaned as his body was suddenly racked with pain. He felt as though every bone in his body was broken.

"Never," she whispered, "will you see your eggs…and never will they know their mother…"

Mikau felt tears coming to his eyes. Not because of the pain, but because of Lulu. At this moment, he knew that he had failed her. Her eggs would be lost forever and it would be his fault. With what strength he had left, he reached up and slapped the woman before him. She recoiled and glared at him.

"Throw him in the ocean!" She yelled and her guards picked him up and began carrying him roughly out of the room. "And!" She called before they left. The guards paused and looked back at their leader who smiled sinisterly. "Leave him there, to die."

The guards chuckled to themselves and carried the weakened Zora through the courtyard, where he could hear the other taunting him and insulting him, and out to the main wall.

"Too bad you Zora's can't learn to stay away." One yelled just before tipping him over the edge.

"Have a nice swim!" The other taunted as he fell.

Mikau felt the air rush around him and suddenly he hit the water with more force than he was prepared for. He felt his side burning from the impact as the water surrounded him and he slowly sunk to the bottom. He felt so tired and weak. He tried but even the soft current was too much for him to fight. He sighed and laid back with his face in the water as his body floated slowly in the current. Along the way he saw many Like-Likes, most were too far away to cause him any harm, but as he grew closer to shore, they became more bold. He watched helplessly as the large creature moved closer to him. He desperately tried to swim away but his leg was caught by the powerful suction of the creature's mouth. He tried with all of his might but he was sucked into the beast. Never before in his life had he felt more pain. He was tossed about inside the jelly-like creature and he felt as though his very skin was being pulled from his body. He fought as best he could but nothing seemed to sway it. He finally managed to send a kick straight down into the inner workings of the beast and it spit him out. He pulled himself away from it as quickly as he could and then collapsed in the water. His body became limp and he floated with his head half limp in the water.

This is the end…He thought.

He felt his heart breaking in two. He couldn't help Lulu, he couldn't save her eggs, and he couldn't even save himself. If only he had stayed at Zora Hall! He should have just stayed there. Why did he have to leave? It was only an argument. Why didn't he just suck it up and stay with his wife.

And why couldn't he get the eggs back? Why did he have to let his anger get the best of him? He could have just slipped in, unnoticed, and taken back the eggs. But no, he had to go bursting in without thinking. He could feel himself loosing consciousness as his world grew darker.

I'm sorry, Lulu…He thought picking his, suddenly very heavy, head up to gaze at the shore.

His eyes watered in pain and made his vision blurry, but he thought he could see a green blob running around the beach.

Leevers…He thought.

Then the figure stopped and seemed to stare at him.

Leevers don't do that…

The figure jumped into the water. Mikau blinked as the darkness threatened to pull him under.

I can't…not until…I tell…some…one…He thought desperately as he watched the green figure swim towards him.