Spirit
"And would you'd like that wrapped?" The storekeeper chimed merrily, to the elder as she fidgeted her groceries on the counter.
"Y-yes, please, kind sir." The elder chuckled while pulling out her purse.
Maya stared through the window, her stomach informing her that she's never eaten in days, her finger stapled against the glistening glass and her cheek simply numbing at the cool texture of it. Ryley stood behind her in an hooded cloak, he doing the same –less childish though- his body informing him that he's eaten all of himself and still in craving food. Maya pushed herself away from the image and turned to her new dark friend; "We need food. Badly."
He nodded with the only energy he'd saved all day, "Badly…" Ryley croaked.
"Okay, here's the plan –" She whispered in his ear, the 'fool proof' plan.
"Position 1 and 2 are ready, okay, NOW!"
Ryley screamed with all his lungs breathe "LOOK IT'S THE PRINCE! GET HIM!" his voice grew a fake British accent while pointing into a deserted alley, everyone who heard, which was everyone, charged into the alley and blanketed the streets with up attended food stands and plump, fresh, mouth stinging food just waiting to be taken.
Of course, by now, everyone has been informed of the incident two days ago. It was announced across the city, posters were spat up every nick and corner of the streets, and to Ryley's surprise, the king's followers were roaming around, blurting out 'There's an award for who ever finds the prince.'
At first he was terrified that Maya might leak his location, but she already told him that they're friends, and no matter what reward she'd never tell. "Unless it was a buffet, then your out of luck." She'd wink while friendly patting him on the back, he'd always give a 'oh ha, ha' gesture and laugh –yes, he'd laugh. So rare that if should come with fireworks and a parade.
"Okay Stupid! Lets go!" He turned around swiftly to find a tower of boxes crawling upwards and two feeble dangling feet trying to support the mountain of food. He casually grabbed 3 boxes and the sprinted back towards Maya's "Secret hiding place"
The walls twitched with a mini earthquake as they both dropped the food on the brittle floor, they picked through anything that they found half decent, foolishly they squished about two thirds of the loot. "So, how do you expect us to climb that wall?" Maya blurted out with a mouthful of fruit in her mouth.
Ryley peeled the tangy orange skin and discarded it, via the window "Well, I was once eavesdropping –like usual- around the market when I was bored. And I heard about the sewers and a rusting hinge-"
"So you want us to walk through shit?" She gave an icy look in her fiery eyes
"Aye, But it's been disowned for years now. So the only thing we should worry about are spiders and cobwebs. Nothing big." Ryley finished the orange and moved onto the rock stiff beef jerky, gnawing at it like a tiger.
"Ho! That's easy for you to say! Spiders are the only things on this planet that can scare a tuff girl like me!" She sniffled, and pointed her soft nose into the air.
"You fear, fear itself then."
"You could say that, Mr. Tough Guy. What're you scared of then?"
"My Dad." He said a split second after hers.
"Who isn't…"? She gave a smiley grin. Maya grabbed a loaf of stone bread and pulped it into the wall, trying to crack it open. She gave up and threw it out the window,
Ryley with his boney long arm grabbed it midair, place it on its side in front of him, kneeling; he pulled a hunting knife out of his boot and stabbed it clearly into the bread. Seconds ticked away as it split into a half moon, steaming the whole shed with bakery goodness. "You have no patience." He criticized while tearing off the mushy bread into his mouth.
Maya snatched it in a blur and attacked it with her teeth.
Ryley stood up after an hour passed by, he was full of assorted food, and almost felt sick of eating to many different things. Maya followed, unaffected. "We should go now."
"Just a second," She yawned while stretching, forwards and then…backwards. Her shirt lifting slowly from her low stomach line, revealing a tense and stunning body, he shook his head viciously, blushed, and stared away. "Kay, done! And we're off!" She slammed through the door, put her hands on her hips –and belched loudly.
Ryley gaped at her actions! "Excuse me!" She replied stupidly. Ryley's eyes felt like they were going to fall out, he felt his legs turn to jelly and his hands twitch as he pointed.
"Your weird!"
She gave a new look, a confused puzzled and childish look. She stuck out her tongue and laughed manically. "Tee hee, your funny. Funny lookin'"
They both busted into tears of laughter, less laughter came from Ryley though, as always. Maya must be showing herself, she's acting much differently then yesterday he thought over and over while following.
The day was dull and gray like it's following day, but more so less clouded, so sunlight did weep through at times, warming instantly any spot blessed with it's holiness. Maya closed her eyes in the sun patch and inhaled deeply, admiring the freshness and reviving her spirit, but the stench of the slums still made her gag. "Gross, I can't wait until we're out of here."
"I know, me too. Lets hurry." Ryley formed into a power walk. Maya did too, and leveled with his speed, so they could talk normally.
The maze's warped and twisted in circles, repeating the distasteful depression, wet, and moldy backgrounds, this time, there were no people staring at them and giving dirty looks this time around. And since they were half awake last time, the sense of direction was greater, little but it helped. Like a rat searching for cheese, Maya was searching for that rumored "Sewer" Ryley did the same, but he would look in opposite directions so every snap shot was token into careful observation. Hours and Hours were slipping past them, the sun was rising and rising and the clouds were dispersing rapidly. Giving the mid summer seasons a good name for once, what day was it anyways? July something, but they had a good intuition of the time.
Somewhere between 12:30 and 2:00pm.
"I've defiantly seen this marking on the wall before. Oh…wait there it is again! WOOH!" Maya screamed unusually cheerful. She was literally the needle in the haystack…the size of Hyrule.
The great wall was built some one hundred fifty years ago, and was continued onwards around the capital city. A bleached marble stone wall jargoned its path around the perimetre, it was so tall, that nonce could climb it, it was so hard and tough that nonce could destroy it, it was so expensive none could par with it – Ryley hated it with his entire soul.
Maya ran her slender finger along it, "This is hard, and the clue's we have…well they suck. Can't you remember anything else?"
"Besides it being in the eastern wall section and it's very noticeable then gee, no." Ryley smirked and laughed while standing still. "You sure this is the eastern wall Maya? …Maya? MAYA!"
Her eye's were closed and she stood perfectly still, almost like meditating or some ritual, her eyes opened suddenly and they span firmly back into place and then –she smiled pleasantly. "Oh I'm sure."
Ryley assumed the worst and agreed. Ten minute's went by as he dazed into his own daydream, not noticing the sharp turn the wall morphed and SMACK! He tumbled backwards, shaking his head slightly he focused his sight and he yelped.
"What is it?"
"The wall! It's soft! That means! That means the rumor's were true!" Ryley gestured the piles of snowy white blocks laid out all over the ground –obviously it was old because were the physical wall was, it was a blacker, dirtier gray then the similar wall hugging the city. A trail of mold branched outwards into more houses, the wall had turned more abstract and turned inwards the city and was hiding something. It screamed conspiracy, they followed the line in great hast to see what was on the opposite end of the crooked twist of wall.
Turning the corner sharply. They bolted down the stair and towards the huge, noticeable crack in the wall. Water, dripped aromatically off the cave cylinders and blocks were modified many times. Just as Ryley poked his head into, he shivered –it was terribly cold inside, and very stuffy. Not to mention the draft of fresh damp wind seeping through, pointing all answers to: a way out.
Maya brushed her pants and shoulders and inhaled deeply, She was about to open her mouth to speak as a familiar gruff, and threatening voice filled both of their ears again.
"Well, Isn't it he trespassers that butt into 'our land!"
The same six thugs appeared instantly in a heartbeat. This time, more of them were circling like a snake pit. They slithered and swept with fear. "Boyfriend and Girlfriend eh?"
"Were not—"
"Shudup! You lippy fancy pants!"
"Uh-huh…" Maya glared, Ryley rolled his eyes.
"I'm going to wipe off that pretty 'little face off of yours and wear It." He barked while whipping out his lone dagger.
All of the members followed, they were conceiving a huge variety of weapons. Whips, clubs, swords, arrows, and lances the whole nine yards.
"Go away, we mean no harm."
"You're trespassing you little freaks."
"Yeah…little freaks"
"Okay then…think what you want"
"URRG!" The leader was furious, and it looked like steam was escaping though his ears, because of his ripe red face and pulsing veins. "GET 'EM!"
From all angle's they were closing in, playing their weapons in a threatening way in the air. Laughing like they would at a formal play…
Ryley did another break neck thing, must like the last time; he did it with blazing speed that the eye could barely make out. He grabbed the thug with the sword and reversed its way, jabbing it right through his bulging belly. He screamed through Ryley's hands, and muffled his way to death, the one with the wipe gazed over at the body –about to be over powered buy brutal anger. He was chocked by his own whip, his eyes, puffed one thousand time's more than its original size, coughing up saliva he blacked out and tumbled to the ground with a thud.
Maya felt weak and amazed at the same time. She just stood there as Ryley took all the 'fun' she smiled evilly, and stood behind one of the dumfounded idiots and grabbed his face with her long fingers. He snapping too, she twisted with all her firm strength and…his head made a complete three sixty and stared lifelessly back at Maya, she was both excited and scared at the sight.
The remaining four thugs stared endlessly as Ryley and Maya walked up to them like panthers, both showing anger and power in there glaring eyes.
"RETREATE! RUN WHILE YOU STILL HAVE YOUR LIFE!"
In two seconds top they were complete gone, hidden by the distance of the average human eye distance.
Ryley collapsed bleakly to the ground, supported by all fours. "That was…"
"AMAZING!"
Ryley looked upwards giving a seriously puzzled stare. "I just killed three men!"
"They were about to kill you…suck it up." She spat coldly at him, he nodded jerkily and pushed himself upwards –still scared from the sudden fight and energy he performed.
"C'mon, we must leave. Someone, could of saw us-"
Ryley stared at the towering Hyrule Castle that loomed over the town in a musty fear that made every inhabitants shiver. The day was lowering and the orange tint was covering the night sky, he felt like he wanted to burst into tears, but he stopped, he was in front of a girl. She sighed and walked casually up to him, about to give him the 'treatment' until she realized what he was staring vexingly at. She gave a soft, relaxing look and put her hand on his shoulder, he stared at her when he felt movement "I wonder…. I wonder what My Dad is feeling right now…"
"That, My friend is something you'll never understand until you ask him. Do you want to?" She finished with a hint of an icy question.
"No…"
"Then, We have to go before you change your mind. It's your decision."
He turned around, his back facing opposite of the castle, illuminating his pacific eyes and glistening his silky night black hair. Ryley stoke his chin upwards and replied quickly. "Let's go." He said while staring furiously at the tunnel of the disowned sewer.
END.