Left off last time with Lord Irving with Colette and Raine. How will this end? Please read on!

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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: AN UNEXPECTED MEETING

Lord Irving stood in front of Raine and Colette. He approached inch by inch and finally stopped.

"Colette…" he said. "It's great to see you again…although your appearance has changed somewhat…"

"Uh…Colette, do you know who this guy is?" Raine asked.

"How could you not know?" Kratos replied. "He's Lord Irving, the one who runs things in the northern seas."

"He looks different from last time," Raine said.

"You should see him on a bad day…"

"Kratos," Lord Irving said, "you traitor. Even you would betray our master?"

"Your master," Kratos replied. "I don't work for him anymore."

"He is offering to forgive you transgressions. All you have to do is ask for his forgiveness."

"No way. You can go back to him and tell him to shove that offer up his ass!"

"Is that so? You'll crawl back. On your knees, like you always do."

"Uh-uh. No this time."

"It matters not. I only came here for one thing and one thing only. I came to get Colette back."

"Not gonna happen," Raine replied. "She would never come with you."

"Is this true, Colette?"

She was uneasy for a second. "Yes," she said, "It is true. You…you betrayed me. I will never side with you again, I swear."

"What? What are you talking about?" Lloyd asked. "After Lord Ganondorf resurrected you…you…"

"Resurrected me? I was sealed away in a glass casket because of YOU! You…you lured me to an island, smashed me to a pulp and shoved me in there!"

"I did no such thing!"

"I dare you to say that again…"

"I--did--no--such…"

Before he could finish the sentence, Colette lunged at him attacking with the shadows. Lord Irving dodged her attacks, unsheathed his weapons and slashed her back.

"Do you really want to fight me, Colette? I taught you everything you know, remember?"

"What is he talking about?" Raine asked.

"Nothing but nonsense," Colette replied. "Just ignore him."

"How could you say that? All that countless training in order to reach your limits and you call it nonsense? And you call me cold-hearted…"

"QUIET!" Colette screamed.

Suddenly, a voice boomed overhead saying, "Colette, why do you persist?"

"Aw, crap!" Kratos exclaimed.

"What is it?" Raine asked.

"Lord Ganondorf. Ruler, tyrant, and dictator of the Great Sea."

"Kratos…do you still not accept my offer?"

"In case you didn't hear, I'm not your lackey anymore. Sorry, I forgot to hand in my resignation letter."

"Link told me of your evil, Ganondorf," Raine added.

There was a laugh. "My girl, I am not evil. I rule the many people of the Great Sea. You see, I must control this sea with fear. Otherwise, the people will try to fight against me."

Raine tried to attack Lord Irving, who (at that instant) was possessed by Ganondorf. She grabbed her by the neck, saying, "You dare challenge me? No one can defeat Lord Ganondorf! What chance does a little girl stand against me!"

There was an ear-piercing whistle. Kratos knew what this sound would do to him so he got to the ground, covering his ears. The whistling continued knocking Raine out and causing Colette to disappear back into the gauntlet. The whistling stopped. Kratos looked at Lord Irving who was picking up Raine.

"This girl is coming with me," he said. "And there is nothing you can do to stop it." And with that, he flew away.

"Crap…" Kratos mumbled.

The others, who heard the voice and whistling, rushed over to the side of the beach, only to see Lord Irving flying away with Raine.

"Raine!" Genis cried. She was too far. Lord Irving disappeared from view.

Wilder had just finished helping Kratos up.

"What just happened here?" Link asked.

"Damn…Lloyd…" the mumbled. "He got…he got Raine…"

"What?" Tetra asked. "Why would he want Raine?"

"She has…something of his…"

"Poor Colette," Aryll said to herself.

"Aryll, do you know why Raine was taken away? Genis asked.

"Uh…n…no, sir…"

"Aryll, don't lie to me. I can tell when someone is lying."

"You wouldn't believe me."

"Try me."

"Okay…here it goes…" Aryll told the story about Shadow (rather Colette) who guarded Raine with her life. Aryll knew it was because of her Raine was taken away.

"Let me get this straight," Tetra said. "You're telling me that Raine has a…spirit inside a gantlet she wears and Lord Irving took her away because of the spirit?"

Aryll nodded.

"I am finding this hard to believe," Wilder replied. "But it must be true. I have seen this gauntlet that Aryll speaks of. I also see her speaking to it often."

"…I should have noticed it by now," Genis said. "No wonder she was closed off and isolated…"

"What should we do now?" Aryll asked.

"What else?" Link asked. "We must rescue Raine."

"Where do you suppose he is?" Wilder asked.

"He's in his fortress a little north-west of Windfall Island," Kratos said. "He has that place re-furnished and everything."

"You mean…the Forsaken Fortress?" Link asked.

"Huh? You mean his fortress even has a title? Aw, come on! He probably thinks he's hot by now…"

"We must sail to it," Wilder said.

"That's a no go," Kratos replied. "He's built a huge wall. Also, the gate is guarded by cannons and lasers."

"What's a laser?" Aryll asked.

"You don't want to know…"

"I have someone that could help us get over that wall," Genis said.

"Are you suggesting…paying a visit to Professor Fujibayashi?" Wilder asked.

"Yes sir. Although groveling for her to help me is a hard thing to do, I must do whatever it takes to get Raine back…"

"Then what are we waiting for?" Tetra asked. "Let's get on the ships and sail to Windfall!"

The groups got into their respective boats. Before they set sail, Link had an idea.

"We would get to Windfall faster if I did this." He took out his Windwaker. "Uh…everyone should hold on to something. This is going to get bumpy." He played the Ballad of the Gales. Immediately, a huge cyclone dropped onto the two ships instantly warping them to Windfall. They were greeted warmly by the islanders. Although Link would like to appreciate his glory, he was pulled aside to a lab that resembled Genis' lab, only…bigger.

Governor Wilder rang the doorbell.

"Who is it?" A girl asked through the intercom.

"It is I, Governor Wilder."

"Governor, sir! Uh… budgeting isn't supposed to be for another few months…"

"A delicate situation has arisen. We need your assistance."

"We, sir? Don't tell me that impossible Genis Sage is with you…"

"And a few others as well…"

"Hold on, sir. We could discuss this inside. I'll let you in…"

The door unlocked, and the others entered. The house was full of complicated designs and such. "I am downstairs!"

The group headed down to find a girl with black hair in a lab coat working on some magitechnology.

"Governor Wilder!" She exclaimed. "It's nice to see you again…"

She took a good look at Genis and walked up to him.

"Sage," she grumbled.

"Fujibayashi," Genis grumbled back.

Professor Sheena Fujibayashi. She is tough but kindhearted and committed to her research. When I say kindhearted, I mean, kindhearted to everyone except Genis. Sheena's research is also funded by the government of Greenvale so Genis and Sheena are always in constant competition to getting more rupees for their research. Although Genis focuses more on the past of the Great Sea, Sheena is moving towards the future, as she develops more uses for magitechnology, building useful devices not only for the commoner but also those who are experts at infiltration.

"I can't believe I'm in this dank, urine-soaked hellhole," Genis grumbled.

"Uh…Professor Sage, there are children present," Kratos said. "I object to the term 'urine-soaked hellhole' when you could have said pee pee soaked heckhole."

"Cheerfully withdrawn," Genis replied.

"If you hate it here so much, why don't you just leave?" Sheena asked.

"Because I need your help."

"Excuse me? What was that? You…needed something?"

"Please, don't let me beg…"

"Crawl around on the floor like the dog you are, if you want my help."

Genis obeyed, saying "yes ma'am," obviously displeasured.

"Now say, 'I am Genis Sage, the lowly dog' -- in a dog's voice."

"I am Genis Sage…"

"Good! Good! Now jump, Genis, jump!"

"That is enough, Ms. Fujibayashi," Governor Wilder said. "This is serious."

Sheena sighed. "And I was just having fun too…"

Genis told Sheena about the situation.

"It's because you are irresponsible that this happened," Sheena replied. "But since your sister reminds me of myself, I will help you."

"Thank you so much, professor," Link said.

"Hey, she's a cute kid. Although she's quite the opposite with that vertically challenged brother of hers…"

"Watch it, Fujibayashi," Genis growled.

Sheena walked over to a table and pushed a button. It immediately revealed many gadgets and gizmos that she had created over the years. She grabbed a gun that was black in color and a small grappling hook attached to it.

"This is a Piton Gun," Sheena said. "It fires a grappling hook and has a laser cutting attachment so you can target where it heads before hand."

She grabbed another object, this time, a pen.

"Looks like an ordinary ball-point pen, right? This pen contains a class four grenade. A 4-second fuse is armed after three clicks in succession. Another three clicks disarms it."

She grabbed yet another object, this time, a watch.

"This wristwatch has a built-in laser cutter and a remote detonator."

That last object she pulled out was a ring.

"This ring is an 'ultra high-frequency single digit sonic agitator unit' that can shatter bullet-proof glass."

Everyone was given on piton gun, ball-point pen, ring and wristwatch (Note: All these objects come from the James Bond universe. Found the definitions from wikipedia).

"Please, return all these items to me," Sheena pleaded. "They are highly experimental…"

"We will," Link said.

"Thank you for your assistance," Wilder said. "You'll expect a raise in funding for the next year."

"That's what I wanted to hear," Sheena chirped.

"Suck up," Genis mumbled.

"Bite me," Sheena replied.

"Then let us go already!" Kratos exclaimed. "I can't wait to use this pen! How many times do I push it?"

"Three," Sheena said. "But don't do it here! Click three more times to deactivate it."

After leaving, the ships sailed to the Forsaken Fortress, where they saw huge search lights and the wall Kratos was talking about. From the tallest tower, Lord Irving was looking on them.

"Your friends are here," he said to Raine.

"Now you're gonna get it," Raine replied.

"It matters not, once Colette awakens from her sleep, I can finally begin."

"Begin what?"

"Oh, what fun will it be if I ruined the surprise?" He let out a creepy cackle.

"Guys…hurry up and free me," Raine said to herself. "Otherwise, this psycho is gonna fire that Mana Cannon thing…"

So, our heroes are equipped with some James Bond gadgets How well will they use them? Please R&R.