Chapter 9
Let the Anger Fly

The dungeons were bleak and dreary; they seemed even worse then the last time Chunk had stayed here.

Link had been roughly thrown into the cell directly across from him and Link was certainly taking this a lot harder than he was. Chunk sat there deep in thought and Link was scanning the bars thoroughly up and down for some sort of weak spot. Of course, he found none. Chunk had tried the back wall to his cell. It didn't turn out with the same result as when he had been imprisoned by Malika…he had already given up hope on escaping.

"Seeing as how it was somewhat your girlfriend's fault we're here, I would suggest you start tryin' to find a way out," Link snarled bitterly.

Chunk ignored him. Link's bad attitude was certainly surprising as normally he was very quiet and easy-mannered, but that didn't mean he had to listen to him.

Link muttered something incoherently under his breath and then continued with his futile search.

There came a sudden low moan, emitted from somewhere nearby...

"What was that?" Link questioned, eyeing Chunk as if he expected him to know the answer to this question.

"Is...Is someone else down here?" came a man's groggy voice, a voice that was familiar to both Link and Chunk.

"Is that you Garret?" Chunk asked with a hint of surprise in his voice.

"It's me...what...what are you doin' down in this place?"

"The council, they've committed treason! That's what I'm doing down here...Link's here too...where are you at? I can't see you..."

"I can't even see my own hand in front of my face...it's like they put me in the darkest cell, and there's a horrible pain in my head..." came the captain's reply.

Chunk couldn't help but notice a smirk on Link's face...a smirk that really made him wonder as to what it was doing there...

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"Master Ganondorf..." Gable said with a bow to the green-skinned Gerudo entering the castle. "The Mistress of Shadows is already here, she's been waiting for you."

Just as he said this, Deanna came stampeding into the room, tears sparkling in her eyes, "I can't go through with the plan! There's no way...I can't hurt Chunk!"

Ganondorf pierced her with a stern glare, "The plan will be carried out and you will obey my orders! As my daughter, you had better not dare to go against what I say."

"But father, no--...who's...that?...Over your shoulder?" Deanna became hesitant, finally noticing the limp form draped over her father's shoulder.

"Oh it's just the Hero's wife...I have his child too, don't you remember this part of the plan that I discussed with you?"

Tears rolled down her cheeks as Deanna turned and stomped away, slamming several doors in a sort of temper tantrum.

The body slung over Ganondorf's shoulder was indeed Alexis and he promptly placed her in Gable's arms and from under his voluminous cloak he withdrew Althea, whom he had put to sleep with a simple spell. He handed it to another council member and then stormed off in the direction of the dungeon entrance...he had some major gloating to do...

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Footsteps...footsteps were coming their way and that much was for sure.

"Do you know any of their plans, captain?" Link queried despite the approaching person.

"I am sorry to say but I know noth---…" Garret suddenly stopped in mid-sentence and there was a dull thump, like a human body falling to the floor.

"If you know nothing, then it is all the wiser to keep your mouth shut," came a cold, grating man's voice which was soon followed by more booming footsteps.

Link's blood chilled at the sound of the man's voice and when who it was came into view, his blood turned even colder.

"Ganondorf," Link spat venomously.

"I see you remember me," he grinned maliciously.

"What do you want with us?" Chunk questioned, taking a much calmer approach.

"What do I want? I want you both dead," Ganondorf replied in the same calm tone.

"You're just a coward, you have us here behind bars without a weapon, I'm sure that'll be so hard to accomplish," Link jibed mockingly.

"You will be armed when the time comes, don't you worry now. For the time being however, you will be stuck in these cells. Oh, and Link? For the sake of your wife and child, I wouldn't get so cocky with me if I were you," Ganondorf broke off laughing evilly and then stormed away, leaving a stunned silence behind.

An angry expression broke out on Link's face, and he slipped off his right boot, withdrawing a dagger from within…of course, it certainly would have been nice to know that he had had that. Chunk watched him go over to the padlock that held his cell door shut and start picking at the keyhole with his dagger. In no time there was an echoing chink and Link was free. He hurried over to Chunk's cell and quickly undid the lock.

Once Chunk was free, he mouthed a quick 'thank you' and then the two dashed down to where the Royal Guard captain's voice had come from.

Sure enough, they found him…lying on the floor of his dark cell in a barely distinguishable limp heap.

Between the two of them, they managed to get him up onto their shoulders in an upright position…since he was unconscious though, he felt like nothing more than dead weight that would slow them down…but they weren't about to just leave him there like that. Not only had the captain of the Royal Guard befriended Chunk, but he also had to know some vital information that could be made useful in later times.

They trudged down the corridor with their heavy burden, silence was vital to obtain, so their movement was slow.

Basically they were now in between a rock and a hard place…the captain would only create more problems if they were to stay, but they needed to stay so they could scope out what Ganondorf and the Royal Council was up to…

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Sorry 'bout the excruciatingly long wait for this chapter…I've just been so much more interested in working on other fanfics that I have lost my interest in this. (I just posted the last chapter of Zen's Amulet for example.) Despite my lack of interest in this fic though, I will most certainly finish it. Whether that takes me a long time or not, it will get done. Well, unless something really bad happens that would keep me from doing so that is…I am not usually a quitter and therefore this will get finished one of these days...Reviewer replies for the last chapter may be viewed on my homepage.

I can't promise the next chapter will be up anytime soon, but I'll see what I can do. I started a new fanfic though. It's called Guardians of Legend for those of you who are interested.

-blondie91

Disclaimer: I don't own The Legend of Zelda…