Chapter 15
They Got Smart…
Gone…how…how can… Link's mind couldn't even complete a single thought as he stared about him in utter bewilderment.
He searched the ground for bloodshed, besides the bloody footprints from Nabooru's wounded foot, there was not a single trace to show that any sort of slaughter had taken place while he had been gone…
Suddenly he was bombarded by a flying glow ball as it flew into him.
"Hey, there you are!" it was Vera of course… "What the heck are you doing? Where's your friend?"
"What do you think I'm tryin' to figure out?" he snapped in return.
"EEP! Too loud!" she screeched holding her ears with her delicate hands.
"Oops…sorry…" he said apologetically in a much quieter tone.
"How can your friend be gone?...I wasn't that far ahead…" Vera said, changing the subject as if nothing had just happened.
"That's what I wanna know and you're gonna help me find her!" Link then went on to select a random direction to go in and set off, being sure to keep his footsteps light and soundless as the shadows around him.
"Oh sure, just walk off and leave me here! That's just plain rude and do you even know where the heck you're going?"
"Nope," he stated rather simply.
"What kinda idiot are you?" she voiced this rhetorical question aloud as she flew off after him.
"One of a kind," he stated not hesitating with this answer one bit despite Vera's demeaning manner.
It wasn't long before they heard voices…well more like nonintellectual grunts and growls…
"Sounds like we're headed in the right direction…" Link muttered, being sure to keep his voice to a soft level.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever…" Vera gritted out bitterly.
It just so happened that when Link picked out a door from the hallway they were currently headed down, he opened it to find what he was looking for…
There in the room were Zen's creatures, the giant wolf creature, and a peeved looking Nabooru bound up and gagged amidst all this. Now was the time to devise a plan as Vera had suggested…too bad the creatures had spotted him…partially due to the irritating fairy light hovering above him in this dark haven of death…
The room then filled with an eerie silence as empty eye sockets and hungry yellow eyes pierced into him. However this silence didn't last long and Zen's creatures suddenly gave vent to a chilling cry…a war cry perhaps? The wolf creature chorused along with them in an overpowering howl.
"That doesn't sound good…" Vera annoyingly stated the obvious.
Link just rolled his eyes before drawing the master sword out in a quick movement of his hand and dropped in a well favored battle stance of his. He was out numbered big time, but he was very determined and believed this great volume of determination would lead him to victory against uneven odds such as these…
The battle cries came to an abrupt halt as one of the creature stepped up to the tied up Nabooru…she gave it an angry glare but was unable to do or say anything.
The creature then proceeded to scream at him in some unknown dialect…Link just gave it a blank look, totally confused by what the heck it was attempting to tell him. When the creature saw this, it agitatedly stomped its foot down…but then it managed to think up a simpler way to communicate to this boy whom it thought to be a total idiot.
It crouched down in a pathetic imitation of Link and held its left claws out as Link did his sword…Vera burst out laughing at its antics but there was still more 'entertainment' to come. It dropped its sword to the ground and then held its other set of claws to the point on Nabooru's chest it would go straight through her heart and did a motion in pretend as if it was stabbing her.
Link perfectly understood what it was trying to tell him, "Drop your weapon or she dies." Yet he was also slightly puzzled how it had been so…smart to be able to do something like that.
If things were different and less of a mess, Link just might have cracked a smile or even have laughed along with Vera because of the way this thing was showing him what it wanted...but things were not so, especially since Nabooru's life was on the line.
Link straightened from his battle stance, however he did not drop his sword. This angered the creature...although it's buddies seemed as if they could care less, they had even advanced a bit towards Link, hunger dancing in their eyes...er, lack of eyes. It was quite strange to see the wolf creature acting as they did and actually cooperating with these things...
The creature next to be Nabooru who just had to be the ring leader of this raggedy bunch broke out screeching at them and every last one of the creatures sauntered back guiltily. Then the apparent ring leader made the threatening gesture to Nabooru again...who looked even more hacked off by this turn of events.
Link bit his lip thoughtfully…it was all too obvious that once he dropped his sword there would be nothing to stop them from attacking an unarmed prey…but he couldn't sacrifice Nabooru for his own well being…After all, she was the one in immediate danger at the moment…and luckily, a plan had finally come to him.
Link set the sword down on the ground and stepped back a pace. His prediction did indeed prove true…the masses of the creatures charged towards him, the ring leader even shoved Nabooru aside and joined them in their mad rush to get at him. Link moved like lightning and snatched his sword up before meeting their charge and going into hacking mode. There were so many of the smaller creatures that the large wolf creature was unable to get around them and get to Link…which was quite lucky for him…that thing could definitely do a lot of damage no matter what Link could have done to try and defend himself.
Numerous claw wounds formed on Link's body throughout this battle but he fought on…with no help from Vera whatsoever as she just hovered high above their heads. It seemed that each time he felled several of the creatures, about ten more would appear out of nowhere and take its place. Zen must have been really intent on killing him…apparently all humor to Zen had been lost over the situation and Link was no use to him any more…nothing but a thorn in his side that needed to be removed…
Link eventually made his way to Nabooru and yanked the gag from her mouth before taking a short amount of time to cut through the rest of her bonds.
"Thanks…" she said rubbing the life back into her sleeping limbs. "But that was some idiotic stunt you pulled back there…"
"I try my hardest," Link bluntly replied in a sarcastic manner.
The creatures didn't bleed blood…at least not crimson blood…more along the lines of nasty dark green and black 'blood' that spewed all over the place…especially when one of their heads went flying off by just one swing of the master sword.
Nabooru stayed very close to Link as best she could since there was nothing she could really do to help…except help herself by avoiding being struck by the infernal claws flying here and there.
Link soon got the both of them back to the entranceway before he slammed the door in the creatures faces…well...that's what he had intended to do at least. At the moment he had tried to close the door, the wolf creature had finally gotten through to him and caught the door with its hefty front paws before he was able to shut it all the way. It gave one powerful shove and sent Link flying backwards into Nabooru and the two crashed to the ground…
Link abruptly stood and jerked Nabooru up before turning and running, dragging her behind him…he didn't exactly feel like facing such a monster of a thing at the moment…
"The only way to get out of here safely is for you to defeat Terra…" Nabooru stated breathlessly.
"I kinda figured that…" Link replied in a voice that didn't sound the least bit excited.
"And by the look of such a heavily adorned door…I bet she's in there and you'll be facing her quite soon…" Nabooru spoke of the door they were heading directly towards.
"Well come on then!" Link put on an extra burst of speed and it took all of Nabooru's concentration not to trip and fall as he pulled her along at such a fast pace. The sound of the wolf creature's heavy footsteps resounded out from closely behind them as Link jerked the decorated door open before pulling Nabooru inside after him and allowing it to slam shut…
"Wait a minute…where's…Vera?" Link asked, just now remembering the small fairy.
To his surprise, she came flying out of his hat…which had amazingly not fallen off through all that he had just been through…
"I'm shocked you didn't notice me fly in there…it was easier than tryin' to fly after you at the speed you were goin' and my wings needed a break…" she muttered. "And I bet you forgot completely about me!"
"Heh heh…maybe…" he replied sheepishly.
Iron bars suddenly sprang up in front of the door behind them and there was an evil cackle that echoed all around the room…Link turned to face any new danger that lay ahead…
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