Chapter Fourteen
"Well, would you look at that," Blox muttered, looking at the stricken girl. Link turned his eyes and saw Malon, staring at them both with fear...and perhaps repulsion. His stomach knotted tightly. Goddesses, what was she doing here? Blox took a step towards her.
/Don't harm her/ Link growled, yet the tan beast was already lunging. Malon's eyes widened in terror. She wanted to move, to run away from the deranged animal. But her body wouldn't respond to her wishes. She was literally frozen with fear. 'I'm going to die...' she realized, shielding herself with her slender arms.
Blox hit her squarely at the chest, forcing her backwards. Malon gave a startled scream as she fell hard on her back with over one hundred and sixty pounds pushing down on her. She hadn't realized the wolf had one of her arms in its slavering jaws, not until it began clamping down harder and harder. Rivulets of blood began running.
Growling with rage Link hurled himself at the wolf's back. He was about to attack when Blox suddenly met his attack head on. He struck out with a foreleg, raking his claws across Link's chest and sending him smacking into the wall behind them. Link was up on his feet in a matter of seconds and attacking, and again he was thwarted backwards. This time Link didn't get up so readily.
"You're such a sloppy fighter," Blox laughed as he stalked towards him. "So, our fight from earlier. It was nothing more than a stroke of luck. And for a moment I thought I had something to worry about." A sinister smile crawled across his lips. "I'm going to enjoy killing you..." But Link wasn't paying attention to his threat. He was looking beyond him, saw that Malon was getting to her feet. Despite her pain and tears she was attempting to flee the scene. If she got away without Blox noticing...
But Blox did notice. His sensitive ears caught the shuffling of her feet from behind. He looked softly at Link, and shook his head slowly as if disappointed.
"Little bitch won't stay down," he muttered. Almost laughing, Blox pivoted on his feet and ran towards the girl. Link's heart lurched. 'No...Malon' he agonized. Without a second thought Link surged forwards, forcing his battered body to gain speed. He had to get there in time, he just had to. If he let this monster kill Malon he wouldn't be able to forgive himself.
Just as Blox was about to jump he was hit hard from the back and sent rolling a good six feet. He dug out with his claws, coming to a painful stop. He roared out with anger at the sight of Link.
"You bastard..." Blox spat, rising to his feet. "You disgusting little cur. When I'm through with you I'm gutting the girl! You hear me!" But Link wouldn't have none of that. His heart and mind throbbed with rage darker than Blox's. He growled so terribly the tan wolf before him slightly winced.
/I made a mistake the first time. I should have killed you then. And I will/ Link snarled, his teeth bared up to the gum. /This time Paer isn't here to save you/
Before Blox could react Link had lunged. His jaws clamped shut onto Blox's throat, and a spurt of red splashed against his muzzle. The coppery taste of blood flooded his mouth. Blox struggled violently, twisting his body this way and that, but the more he struggled the more those jaws would close. Panic came into his golden eye.
"No, this can't be happening! You're just a kid!" Blox yelped in sheer disbelief. Link forced him unto his back and stared him hard in his remaining eye.
/You wanted to hurt...no...kill my friends/ Link told him. /I may be a kid, but do know these are wolfen jaws killing you/
He heard a furious growl, and Link's jaws came shut like a bear trap. The sickening sound of cartilage cracking resonated in the room. Blox made a disgusting gargling sound as his lungs and throat filled with his own blood. 'No...this is impossible,' he thought hazily as his vision darkened, 'how can I, the great Blox, lose to such an insubordinate!'
Finally, with a few twitches that went out fast, his movements ceased and his head flopped backwards like a broken doll, his partly opened mouth seeping dark red. Link loosened his hold and let the body fall lifelessly to the ground. Already a pool of blood was growing around the mutilated throat. At that moment, watching the cadaver on the floor made Link feel awkwardly superior.
Link turned his attention to Malon. She was sitting on the floor, grabbing her injured arm. Regardless if Link had stopped Blox or not she wouldn't have made it outdoors anyways. The pain in her arm must have overwhelmed her. Link began a cautious approach.
"This is what you have been hiding from me," Malon muttered. The wolf stopped, his ears flopping down against his head. "I saw your ripped clothes outside, and then two wolves. At first I thought they had eaten you up or something, but then I remembered what Dante had told me. He was telling the truth, you are a werewolf." Link lowered his head and began backing up. 'So what? Are you afraid of me now? Are you going to be like everybody else and send me away?' He agonized.
"You didn't tell me because you were afraid of how I might react," Malon turned her head and looked at the retreating wolf. "You thought I wouldn't understand, thought I might hate you because you're like that." She shook her head slowly, and looked at him so tenderly it made his heart ache. "You're wrong. I would care for you all the same. You're still Link, no matter how you may look like outside. Besides, if you weren't how you were you might not have saved me." Link stared at her for a long time, letting the words sink in. Malon wasn't afraid of him. She still cared for him the same. He'd been worrying over nothing. As he stepped towards her the door way was suddenly filled with two bodies. Ingo and Talon. Both had rakes in their hands.
"Malon, we heard you scream and– " Talon started explaining but when his eyes laid on the oversized wolf dangerously close to his daughter he completely freaked out. "Goddesses! Move away from that beast right now." Link growled angrily when Ingo crept towards him, fearlessly swinging the rake around. With the wolf backing up Talon snatched his daughter away.
"Dad, you don't understand," Malon wailed as she was being forced outside. "That wolf, it's– "
"I'm getting you out of here," he assured her. "Ingo will take of everything." Malon clenched her teeth with frustration. It was obvious her father won't listen to her, not until they were in the safety of their house. Link would understand.
Note: I told you nothing would happen to Malon. (What I consider nothing is rather scaring) Link was worrying about nothing. Malon fully understands. Now, If only Talon and Ingo were as nice. :) Oh yeah, if you spot any errors please tell me.
