Alright, time for chapter 15. Boy this story has been a big project for me. I'm probably not even at the halfway point yet and it's way longer then anything I've written. Can't say I haven't been enjoying making it.
"So what have you got for us to do today Nabooru?" Link asked as he, Nabooru, Aviel and Nemisa were having breakfast one morning.
"Today I'd like you to help me get something called the Sand Rod, it's an ancient treasure of the Gerudo people, said to have been created by disciples of Aifet, the goddess of the desert herself." Nabooru explained, "It has the power to control and manipulative sand at the user's will."
"Wow, sounds pretty powerful." Link nodded.
"It is indeed, I found it shortly after you and I left the Spirit Temple. We've actually been using it over the past six years to craft this town's buildings out of sandstone." Nabooru said.
"Is that so?" Link asked, "I kinda wondered how you built so many nice and sturdy buildings in such little time."
"I was surprised myself." Aviel said, "I thought they just used a lot of sand and glue."
"You worry me sometimes Aviel." Nemisa said sweatdropping.
"So if you've been using it to fix up the town, where is it now that you need us to get it?" Link asked.
"It's located in the far west of the desert, at the Shrine of Aifet in the Gerudo Wastes. As powerful as the Sand Rod is, it drains in magic power quickly, and when it's completely drained, we have to return it to the shrine we found it at, so it can recharge it's power, and from what I've seen it can take about six months at a time to do so." Nabooru said.
"G-Gerudo Wastes... isn't that where the Hotaig's Mausoleum is...?" Aviel asked nervously.
"Hotaig... the Gerudo goddess of war?" Link asked.
"Yes," Nabooru nodded, " Hotaig's Mausoleum is a final resting place to honor the Gerudo who were slain in war. It was built for Hotaig to help their souls find peace and go on to the world of spirits."
"I remember having to go there once, it was really creepy..." Aviel said, covering her head with her bird wings, "I've also been hearing about monsters and bandits in that region recently... Link is pretty strong, but I really don't like the idea of sending him out there..."
"I have to agree, this seems like a dangerous job." Nemisa nodded, "Is the Sand Rod really worth the trip?"
"Very much so, it would be a great asset to our development here, I wanted to add some more buildings, spruce up and upgrade some of the older ones..." Nabooru paused and smirked lightly, "...and perhaps build a pool in the palace."
"Build a what?" Aviel asked, looking up from her breakfast, "A pool? You mean a gambling pool like what the girls were doing to bet on Link's fiances?"
"Don't remind me of that." groaned Nemisa.
"You're just jealous cause more girls voted for me." grinned Aviel.
"No, no, I mean a swimming pool." Nabooru corrected.
"Swimming?!" Aviel exclaimed, her eyes wide and her spiky feathery hair was standing on end.
"Mm-hmm." nodded Nabooru, "An indoor one that'll remain nice and cool, it'll also provide Princess Ruto a place where she can stay when she comes to visit."
"Sister Ruto could come visit us?!" Aviel exclaimed, standing up.
"I was even considering the idea of plotting out an underground water route that'll allow her to travel between Zora's Domain to the pool so she can come and go at her leisure." Nabooru nodded.
"That sounds like a good idea." Link nodded. "The dry climate is a little too rough for a fish person like her to be here for a very long time otherwise."
"Yes, and she could come to greet you in bed whenever she wanted." Nabooru added with a grin.
"Don't tell me that was one of your main priorities." Link said sweatdropping.
"Is a passage like that even possible to make?" Nemisa asked.
"Sure, there are secret passages throughout Hyrule that lead to other locations if you have the right equipment." Link explained, "I just don't know any that go to Gerudo Valley."
"It could even potentially help us get a good trade route between here and Zora's Domain so we won't have to deal with the Hylian guards." Nabooru said.
"I suppose." sighed Nemisa, who turned to Link, "Just tell me you won't do anything reckless, your highness."
"Can't make any promises, but I'll try." Link grinned.
Aviel thrust her fist into the air, "Well what're we waiting for?! Let's go get the Sand Rod!"
Link, Aviel and Nemisa found themselves trekking through the vast desert sands of Gerudo Wastes, it seemed to stretch out endlessly, the sky was gloomy with sand dust blowing through in the air, the sand was a tannish gray compared to the more golden sand of other areas, and the desert was littered with destroyed carts and the bones of monsters. They were following posts with flags tied to them to incinerate the path they had to go to find the Shrine of Aifet.
"Ugh, can we go back? I'm getting the creeps..." Aviel said, taking a moment to stare at the skeleton of a some unfortunate creature.
"Whatever happened to the pool?" Nemisa asked with a smirk.
"Right... gotta do this for sister Ruto!" Aviel said, pumping her fists.
"Atta girl," Link nodded, "Shouldn't be long before we find the shrine."
"You're handling this trip pretty well, your highness." Nemisa said, "Have you done this before?"
"Sort of, I had to go through the desert to get to the Spirit Temple and meet with Nabooru." Link said.
"Ah yes, Nabooru mentioned you helped her defeat Twinrova in there..." Nemisa said.
"What were doing all the way out there to begin with?" Aviel asked.
"Well..." Link trailed off, not sure about describing his quest to them at that moment, "I had a mission to go on... and it's kind of a long story. I'll... tell you some other time."
"If you say so." shrugged Aviel, "I'm just glad you're doing alright here, I was worried since you're not entirely used to living in the desert yet."
"Thanks for that Aviel, but I think I'm doing better then ever now." Link smiled.
It then that Nemisa noticed something in the distance; it was five human people, but they seemed to be standing on some oddly shaped things, and were somehow leaving a large cloud of sand particles behind them. One thing was for sure, they were coming up fast.
"Both of you, watch yourselves!' Nemisa shouted to the two of them.
Link and Aviel turned to see the sight themselves, as the five people soon arrived and immediately were moving in circles around the three of them.
"Yeehaa!" shouted one of the people, pointing to the three, "There they are!"
The group saw them to be Gerudo women, all of which were wearing tattered traveler's clothing as well as bandannas. They were each wielding weapons as well, one with a chain she was spinning around, another with a club, one held a machete blade, the fourth had am asp snake on her shoulders, and a fifth one was wearing brass knuckles.
"What on earth are those things they're riding?" Nemisa asked, looking closely at the devices the desert riders were speeding around on, but they were hard to see because of the dust they were sending everywhere.
"Dunno, never seen anything like those before..." Link muttered.
Aviel pulled down her goggles to try and get a better look at them, "They look like... toy tops?"
"Hey girls, looks like we got ourselves some trespassers on our turf!" laughed one of the girls, as they were circling around Link, Aviel and Nemisa.
"They even got a cute guy with them too!" said one of the others, "When we scare off these two bitches we can have him for ourselves!"
"Yeah, I've always wanted a boy toy!" laughed another.
"And who are you guys, now?" Nemisa asked, putting a hand to her hip.
"The name is Sovan, and we're the Sandstorm Vipers; the strongest warriors in the Gerudo Wastes!" said the one with the chain, "You gonna surrender the man, or are ya up for a fight?"
"Guess it's time to fight..." Nemisa said.
"Jees, can we ever catch a break?" Link sighed.
The male Hylian and his two Gerudo guards all stood close to each other. Link unsheathed his sword, Aviel deployed her crossbow, and Nemisa put up her fists, all three ready to battle.
"Looks like they got some fight in them!" grinned Sovan, "Take em down, girls!" as the five of them all rode at Link and his friends on their top-like devices.
Sovan came in swinging with her chain, but Link ducked under it and swung at her. Sovan however was too quick on top of her device and his missed. Sovan then turned around before coming at him again. Link brought back his sword while the Viper with the club came up from behind to ambush him. But Link charged up for a spin attack and unleashed it just in time, sending the two girls flying backwards. Sovan grinned and came at Link with her chain, but Link blocked it with his shield and charged forward, swinging his sword again and slicing through the chain, breaking it into pieces, before ramming into Sovan with his arm to send her impacting on the sand. The club-wielding Viper tried to hit him over the head from behind, but Link swung his shield behind him and smacked her down as well.
Aviel attempted to fly into the sky, but a rough wind forced her back down to the sand, just as one Viper kicked her in the back as she rode by. Aviel jumped to her feet, put on her goggles and aimed her crossbow. Aviel saw the one who kicked her coming right at her and fired her crossbow, but the Viper weaved left and right to dodge her shots, before bashing Aviel with her elbow. Aviel forced herself up again as the girl came at her. Aviel narrowed her eyes and aimed her crossbow carefully, before firing a shot to the side, the Viper instinctively dodged to avoid it, but Aviel then quickly fired another shot at the device itself, jamming an arrow into a small hole in it, causing the device to come to a complete stop and the Viper went flying off of it, Aviel took that chance to smack the Viper across the face with her crossbow, knocking her to the ground.
Nemisa meanwhile was taking on the Vipers with the snake and the machete. The one with the rusty blade came at Nemisa and swung her blade, but Nemisa blocked it with her steel wrist band and then immediately punched the Viper off her top. The other Viper sent out the asp snake on her shoulder to lunge out and bite Nemisa, but she quickly brought her hand up and grabbed the snake around it's neck, she squeezed and gagged the asp, causing it to accidentally squeeze it's owner around her shoulders. Nemisa then swung the two of them flying and colliding into the machete-user, leaving the three of them in a daze.
"Shit... there guys are tough..." gasped one of the Vipers.
'We're tough too, we can take em girls!" shouted Sovan.
"Speak for yourself Sovan..." groaned another Viper.
"Ready to quit this?" Link asked, brandishing his sword.
"I... um..." Sovan muttered, looking to her comrades, then looking into Link's determined eyes, not sure what to say at that point.
"Hey, what the hell's going on here?!" boomed a loud and gruff, but also womanly voice.
The two sides stopped the staredown and turned to see who just shouted out.
It was a Gerudo woman, but unlike any Link had ever met before. She stood tall, six foot five to be exact. Her body was rippling with muscle, most noticeable on her bulky arms and her stomach lined with six pack abs. She wore an unusual choice of clothing, consisted of a black vest that rather then wearing her arms through it, she hung it off her shoulders. Her was chest bound in wrappings, and wore a pair of gray pants, and the most curious of them all, a solider helmet on top of her head that made her eyes difficult to read. Sticking out from the back of the helmet was traditional Gerudo red hair, but done in a short perm. She was wielding a large and heavy warhammer that she was miraculously holding with a single hand and rested it on her shoulders. She was slouched over, glaring left and right at everyone.
"Everyone deaf here?! I said what the hell's going on?!" she shouted.
"Oh, boss!" exclaimed one of the riders, "We just caught these girls and this male in our desert!"
"Grr... I told you guys, quit calling me boss!" shouted the large woman, "Lemme see em for myself." she then muttered, walking up to them. She glared down at Link, Aviel and Nemisa, the three of them were a bit unnerved by the gargantuan Gerudo in front of them, Aviel in particular hid behind Link, "And who the hell are you guys?"
Link cleared his throat and stepped up, "I'm Link, and these are my friends, Aviel and Nemisa."
"Link...? So yer that new Gerudo king I've been hearing about?" the large woman glared down at them.
"No way, he's the new king?!" exclaimed Sovan.
"He's the one that's replaced Ganondorf? He's so puny!" said one of the Vipers.
"But he's really tough, and a lot cuter!" giggled a third one.
"Hey, shad up!" the large woman shouted to the Sandstorm Vipers, who all instantly complied.
"Wow, she's even scarier then you, Nemisa!" Aviel said to her increasingly irritated partner.
"What'd you say squirt?" the large woman asked, glaring darkly down at Aviel, causing her to squeak out and hide behind Link again.
"We... don't mean any harm around here." Link said, "We're just here to retrieve the Sand Rod for Lady Nabooru."
"Sand Rod, huh...?" Reirousa raised an eyebrow glaring down at Link, her helmet obscuring and darkening her facial features. Aviel clung to Link's arm tightly, while Link himself just looked up at Reirousa without even flinching.
"... …alright, guess I can show you." Reirousa said shrugging, she turned and started walking off, "Come on."
"Wait, really?" Aviel asked, stepping out from behind Link, "You're just going to lead us there?"
"No, I mean I'm gonna beat your face in until it looks like a Chuchu, whadaya think?!" Reirousa shouted, making Aviel cower behind Link again.
"You heard the boss, follow her." Sovan said, she and the girls picking up those odd devices and following after her.
Link, Aviel and Nemisa took a look to each other, before following after them all.
Rather then the Shrine of Aifet, Reirousa had led Link, Aviel and Nemisa to a small building. It didn't seem like much, it didn't have anything inside except for an old ragged carpet.
"This is a shrine?" asked Aviel.
"Nah, this is just our hideout." Sovan said.
"Your hideout...?" Nemisa asked, "But there's nothing here."
Her question was answered when Reirousa threw the carpet off the floor, revealing a wooden door beneath it. She opened it and led everyone down a staircase into a dark room. Reirousa then lit a torch near the entrance, revealing the underground of the building was a large stone basement, bigger in size then the small building itself, and was loaded with supplies and furniture.
"This is our hideout." Sovan clarified, while the other Vipers ran off to recuperate from their battle with Link and the girls.
"Just need to do a few things here before we head out." Reirousa said, laying her warhammer against a wall and grabbing a drink of water from a barrel.
Link, Aviel and Nemisa all stood still, unsure of what to do.
"Hey, whatreya standing around for?" Reirousa asked, glaring at them, "Make yourselves at home before I kick yer sorry asses out!"
Link, Aviel and Nemisa didn't say a word in response but quickly took to sitting down on some chairs.
"Just mellow out and I'll lead you to the shrine where the Sand Rod is in a bit." Reirousa explained, wiping her mouth of the water.
"Okay, thank you for this." nodded Link, "You're a lot nicer then you come off as."
"You tryin' to start something buddy?" Reirousa muttered, glaring at Link.
"Ah ha ha... not at all." Link smiled, seemingly not even unnerved by Reirousa anymore.
Reirousa just stared at Link's good natured grin and tilted her head in confusion, before growling to herself and turning away.
"Listen up, we're just gonna help you get the Sand Rod, so you all can get out of our hair, got it?!" she shouted.
"Yes, yes!" Aviel nodded nervously.
"Reirousaaa!" whined one of the Vipers, holding up one of those strange top-like devices, "My Spinner isn't working!"
"Ugh, alright, hold on and quit whining, I'll take a look." Reirousa said, yanking away the device, setting it on the ground, then sat down with her legs folded. She tilted up her helmet, and started examining the device. After very little time, Reirousa spoke up, "It's nothing, an arrow just got caught in the gears. Lemme see what I can do..."
As Reirousa quickly and expertly started dismantling parts of the device, Link couldn't help but get up and go over to her side to watch her intently. Reirousa felt a little awkward as she glanced up at Link.
"The hell are you looking at?" she asked.
"You're pretty skilled at this kind of thing." Link said.
"Erm... thanks..." Reirousa muttered, looking to the side, "They're the girls' only way of traveling around here, so I had to learn how they work to maintain them."
"What are these things anyway? I've never seen anything like them." Link said.
"It's called a Spinner, it's an ancient treasure of the Gerudo. We found them in a temple far away from here. The girls took to riding them pretty well, so I had to figure out how to keep them maintained."
"Do you ride on them?" Link asked, squatting down to get a good look at the Spinner's design.
"Hell no, I tried it once and lost my lunch." Reirousa said, pulling out the debris from inside the Spinner, "I get motion sick easily..."
Upon finishing her work, Reirousa lifted up the device and handed it to the Viper, "There you go, should work now."
"Thank you Boss!" the Viper squealed, giving the taller woman a big hug.
"Yeah yeah..." muttered Reirousa as the Viper took the Spinner and ran off.
"You're really good to them." Link said with a smile, "And they really look up to you."
"W-Well someone has to..." muttered Reirousa, "After all the crap they went through..."
"Huh?" Link asked.
It was then that they heard a strange sound, like a rumbling.
"W-What was that?" Aviel asked, looking around.
Reirousa didn't respond, but narrowed her eyes and got up, grabbing her warhammer, and storming outside. Link, his guards and the five Vipers all looked to each other before following Reirousa out.
"What's with all the rumbling?!" exclaimed Nemisa as they stood outside the hideout.
"I got a bad feeling about this..." Link muttered.
It seemed as though at that point, aside from the wind, there was nothing but silence in the desert. It was then they heard a nearly inaudible sound, along with someone's faint voice. As the group stood motionless, they heard the sound and voice getting louder and louder.
"...and then I jump and pump... … ...slap that beeatch down..."
"Is that... music?" Aviel asked.
"And... is that supposed to be singing of some kind...?" Nemisa added.
"Ah crap..." groaned Reirousa.
"I thought we gave those guys the hint a while ago." sighed Sovan.
"What are you guys talking about?" Link asked.
"You'll see soon enough." Sovan said, putting a hand to her head in annoyance.
The sound they heard got louder, and Link heard it not so much as music, but some women making odd sounds, one was making what they could only describe as spitting sounds, while another was making sounds like small shrieks. It was baffling for all of them, but what was even weirder was one that was someone singing in a loud voice.
"Yo I'm travelin' 'cross the sands, taking down the clans,
Bringing down the beat with my voice n' slick hands!
You wanna start a fight, I'll knock you outta sight,
This girl's got the will, the raw power and the bite!"
Or at least they thought it was singing.
"What... the hell is that?" Nemisa asked.
The group of people soon came up to them, and they were just as odd as the sounds they were making; most of them wore traditional Gerudo clothes with veils, but unlike those in Gerudo Town, these ones wore black colored outfits. Their choice of weapons were swords and spears.
The Gerudo in the front of the group was the strangest though. She wore a traveler's cap but backwards for some odd reason, a pair of glasses like Sarami's except slimmer and colored black, making her pupils impossible to see, and earrings in places that earrings weren't normally worn, like her left nostril, lower lip and bellybutton. She was also holding what appeared to be an oddly designed ocarina with a funnel shaped part on the music pipe.
"Yo Reirousa, how's it hangin'?!" exclaimed the glasses wearing woman, "Me and my homegirls were just swingin' by and we thought we'd hook up with you, ya dig?"
"I don't dig." Reirousa said pointblank.
"Yo yo yo,you dissin' me? That ain't cool! I'm trying to do you a favor by getting' you out of this hellhole!" the woman said, putting a hand on her hip. She then took a glance at Link, Aviel and Nemisa and pulled her glasses down a bit to get a goof look at them. "And what're you cuzzes doin' here with Reirousa?"
"...who are you exactly?" Link asked.
"Don't know me? I'll set you straight, boy!"
With that, the woman took her ocarina and pulled on the pipe, stretching it out, and speaking into it, causing her voice to sound deeper and have more an echo, as her team of Gerudo comrades started making those odd spitting and shrieking sounds again.
"I'm the queen of the beat, you can't endure this heat
They call me Big G Jousak, the strongest rebel elite,
Freestyle's my groove, when I'm chillin' or I move,
Gonna bring about change, it's somethin I can prove,
It's time to us to go and do this thing, I'm going to rock this place and shout and sing,
That I'll be the one to take down this faux of a king!"
With that she stuck out her hands in a with her index and middle fingers pointing downwards.
"I... have absolutely no idea what you're saying." Link said sweatdropping
"They're rebels." Sovan clarified, "They call themselves the 'Ebony Sisterhood', and they've told us they're plotting to take over Gerudo Town..."
"You got to be kidding me..." Link muttered.
"That's right." grinned Big G Jousak, "Shortly after the war, a lot of us survivors were lost and confused on where to go. That's when we met our leader, calls herself..." she seemed to pause deliberately for a second, "Mother Eclipseis!"
"Mother Eclipseis?" Link muttered, then turned to the girls, "You heard of her?"
"Doesn't ring a bell." Aviel said.
"Nabooru's never mentioned anyone like that before." Nemisa said.
"She said the desert goddess has chosen us as disciples of the Gerudo's true path, and that we rebel against Lady Nabooru and her tryin' to turn the Gerudo all into a bunch of wussy girly-girls!"
"How dare you! Lady Nabooru is saving our people!" Aviel shouted back.
"She pulled them out from the savage lifestyle they used to live, all the old ways were doing was hurting us!" Nemisa nodded.
"All she's doing is making yall weak!" said Jousak, "The Gerudo are strong warriors that take what they want, and they sure as hell ain't gonna be submissive to some stupid law the pansies in Hyrule Castle make!"
Jousak folded her arms and sneered.
"Then out of nowhere, we get intel that Lady Nabooru chose a lame-ass Hylian wimp as king! It's an insult to King Ganondorf, and one of missions is to rub out that guy!" she then pointed right at Link with her ocarina, "I'm talkin' about you, boy!"
"So you do know me..." Link said.
"They're the ones I heard about you from." Reirousa said.
A thought then occurred to Link and decided to check, "So, were you familiar with... The Slicer?"
"Yep, she was one of our best assassins, and you went and killed her!" shouted Jousak, "Mother Eclipseis took it hard, and you'll pay for doing that big time!"
"Technically that vile woman took her own life." Nemisa clarified.
"Either way, it's time for ya to answer to her in the world of spirits!" Jousak said, "Now comeon Reirousa," she turned to the Viper 'leader', "Join up with our posse, help us crush this faker, and you'll be livin' it good!"
"I said ain't joining you bastards!" Reirousa snarled, "I don't give a crap about your rebel gang or what they're trying to do!"
"You don't get it, we're trying to free King Ganondorf from prison, yo!" the rebel said, "The man got a bum rap, and Mother Eclipseis thinks you got the groove to rock those Hylian bastards and free him!"
"F-Free Ganondorf?!" Link exclaimed, "Are they serious?!"
"How do they possibly plan to do something like that?!" Nemisa asked.
"Grr.. I don't care about that Ganondorf bastard, as far as I'm concerned he can just rot! I said I ain't gonna join you, let alone fight in yer stupid war!" Reirousa shouted to Big G Jousak, "Now get out of my face before I clobber your face!"
"Hm, guess I gotta convince you." Big G Jousak said, she brought up her ocarina and cleared her throat, and started breaking into the odd song again, her team of black-outfitted Gerudo started accompanying her with those strange spitting and shriek sounds again.
"It's time for the rush, yall gonna get the crush,
Mess with me and you're gonna be mush!
You're a pain in the side, for dissin' my pride,
But now there's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide!
Get over here you monstrous tower, and show em all your bitchin' power,
Show yourself now and smash em like a flower, make em regret this in their final hour!"
The group just stood there blankly at Big G Jousak's song, wondering what the point of that was. It was then however, they felt a strange rumbling coming from the sand. The group watched as forming up from the ground was the sand shifting and bulging, and coming right at them. Link's instincts kicked in and he branded his sword and shield.
"Everyone, scatter!" Link shouted.
The others didn't need an explanation, and did so, everyone running out in different directions, just as the strange force came right to where they had been standing, then burst out from the sand, revealing it to be a giant monstrous worm creature, who screeched out.
"It's... a Molderm?!" exclaimed Nemisa.
"Did.. she summon it here...?" Link asked.
"That's right cuz!" Big G Jousak said grinning, "They say music soothes the savage beast, ya dig? Well my freestyle can charm this big lug to follow my bidding!"
The Molderm meanwhile, seemed to be looking around frantically, and screeched out, trashing it's body left and right.
"I don't think the music is soothing it..." Nemisa muttered.
"Looks more like it's causing the thing pain..." Aviel pointed out with a blank look on her face.
"Maybe the music is instilling fear and complacency in the Molderm rather then charming it..." Link observed sweatdropping.
"Now crush the lot of em, Mac Daddy Molderm!" Jousak shouted, ignoring their comments.
The Molderm screeched out and lunged out at Link. He quickly dodged to the side and countered with his sword, but the creature's tough hide resisted it. Aviel tried firing arrows on the monster, but they seemed to just bounce harmlessly off it. Nemisa rode with one of the Vipers on a Spinner and threw out some punches across it's side, but nothing seemed to take.
"This thing's body is too tough!" shouted Nemisa as she and the Viper rode by Link.
"We need another plan..." Link muttered to himself.
"Alright, alright, I got this." Reirousa said, slowly walking past Link and up to the Molderm. The monster leered down at Reirousa, and roared out. It lunged at Reirousa, who then took a bomb out from a bag on her waist, attached it to the back of her warhammer, brought the weapon back, then sent it swinging out at the Molderm, hitting it on the side it's head. The impact caused a massive but concentrated explosion on the monster, sending it flailing to the side.
"She's tough!" Link said in awe of Reirousa.
"Woah, I've never seen a hammer like that!" Aviel exclaimed with wide eyes.
"It's the boss' signature weapon, the Bombos Hammer." Sovan explained grinning, "Using bombs she can amplify the impact of that weapon to blow up whatever it hits!"
"Gah-haaha! That's what I like ta see!" laughed Jousak, "That's the kind of power we need in the Ebony Sisterhood! This Molderm is pretty tough, but it's useless in areas without sand. That's why we need you!"
"Well forget it!" shouted Reirousa, "I'm telling you I ain't working for you guys!"
"And I'm tellin' you now sister, ya ain't gonna be given a choice." smirked Jousak, "Alright Mac Daddy Molderm, show em!"
The Molderm then dived into the sand and started moving underground at a swift pace. Everyone scattered to try and evade it, and get in hits whenever it showed itself, but their attacks weren't doing much.
To make the situation worse, as the group fought off the giant worm, the wind started to get more rough, and soon a large sandstorm started to form around everyone.
"Oh great!" shouted one of the Vipers sarcastically, she sped by and grabbed Aviel, hoisting her onto her Spinner. "Hang on archer-girl, she need to retreat!" she said as they sped off.
"Ayayayayayaya!" screamed Aviel from the sheer speed they were going.
"I need to go back for my king!" shouted Nemisa, trying to get off the Spinner she was riding on, but the Viper controlling it was trying to hold her back, even the snake on her shoulder was grabbing Nemisa by her top to try and keep on board as well.
"Not in this kind of weather! Quick squirming, we need to get back to the hideout before we get sandblasted!" the Viper shouted.
"You get on with me, King Link, it's too dangerous here to continue this fight!" Sovan said, stopping her Spinner beside Link and holding out her hand. Link paused and looked over at Reirousa, observing the Molderm while gripping her warhammer.
"But.. what about Reirousa?" Link asked.
"Don't worry about me!" shouted Reirousa, "You girls just get outta here! I'll hold it off!"
It was then that the Molderm lunged out at Reirousa, who retaliated by slamming her warhammer down at it, but the Molderm faked her out by diving back into the sand, which sent Reirousa stumbling over and wound up on top of the giant worm's back when it emerged from the sand. She then found herself clinging to the worm's back with one hand as it shifted and thrashed around.
"Hey Molderm!" shouted Jousak, "Keep her in one piece! She's too valuable to lose!"
The Molderm screeched out, bouncing and shifting to try and get Reirousa off as she clung to the worm's back trying to smash her hammer down on top of it. Reirousa however was starting to struggle.
"Ugh... damnit... getting nauseous from all this..."
"Oh great, it's her motion sickness!" exclaimed Sovan.
"Sovan, get out of here, and please keep Aviel and Nemisa safe." Link said, before sprinting off after Reirousa and the Molderm.
"Ah, King Link, wait!" shouted Sovan, but Link was already running off after them.
Link ran at the Molderm and leaped into the air, landing onto it's back with Reirousa, who was burying her face on the Molderm's back, too nauseous to do anything. Link grabbed onto the Molderm and pulled himself up the scales of it's back towards it's head, until he was right by one of it's eyes. He then brought his sword up and slammed it directly into the eye of the Molderm, causing it to screech out in pain and thrash around.
"Are those guys crazy?!" exclaimed Big G Jousak.
"Reirousa, are you okay?!" Link shouted to the large Gerudo, who was still clinging to the Molderm's back with a pale green look on her face.
"Been better..." she gulped.
The Molderm continued it's rampage at full speed until it was out of sight of the Vipers and Big G Jousak.
"BOSS!" shouted Sovan, but they were already long gone, and the storm was getting worse.
"Dangit, we better beat feet ourselves!" shouted Jousak to her team, and with that they escaped.
As everyone went their separate ways, the sandstorm continued to rage across the Gerudo Wastes...
"Ugh... my head..." Reirousa muttered, laying back on the desert sand. She could hear the wind still blowing and sand was still flying around. Her vision came into focus and she saw Link over her. "T-The hell?" she exclaimed, raising up her head and accidentally bonking into Link's forehead.
"Ooow!" they shouted in unison.
"W-What were you about to do to me just now?" Reirousa muttered, narrowing her eyes, "Were you gonna knock me up or something?"
"What? No!" exclaimed Link rubbing his forehead. "I was trying to make sure you weren't hurt!"
"I'm just a little queasy, I'll be fine..." Reirousa groaned, she noticed the two of them were hiding under a small rock formation that somewhat protected them from the sandstorm.
"I guess that Molderm took us pretty far before it escaped, and it looks like we got separated from everyone..." groaned Link looking around, "You sure you're okay Reirousa?"
"I'll be good when I see the girls again..." Reirousa said, getting up.
The two of them took a look around where they had ended up, and saw a tall building in the distance. Not having much other options, Link and Reirousa trudged forward towards the building to recollect themselves, get out of the storm and figure out a plan.
"Looks like there's no one around..." Link said, looking around the inside of the building.
"Ugh, of all places did we had to end up here...?" muttered Reirousa.
"What are you talking about?" Link asked. He then noticed all the plaques decorating the walls of the building, as well as urns and boxes on tables, as well as statues of various Gerudo. The writing on everything was in Gerudo text, but he was still having trouble deciphering it.
"What... is this place?" Link asked.
"This is Hotaig's Mausoleum " groaned Reirousa.
"Oh, where they bury the wardead..." Link realized, "Nabooru mentioned this place..."
"I was trying my hardest to not come here..." Reirousa muttered.
"Why's that, you got family here?" Link asked.
"Something like that..." she answered.
Reirousa walked slowly up to one particular plaque, a large one that had numerous names written on it. Link watched as she put her hand up on it and ran her fingers over one of the names. He couldn't help but see the mournful look in he eyes as she did.
"Reirousa... who are these people?" Link asked.
"This is a list of all the Gerudo that were killed in the war against Hyrule Castle six years ago..." Reirousa muttered.
"You knew them personally?" Link asked.
"...they were part of my group..." she whispered.
"You mean the Sandstorm Vipers?"
"No, I mean my... other group..."
"...wait, you mean you were a solider in the Gerudo army?" he realized.
"Long time ago, back when I was sixteen." she said, "I fought in that Gerudo vs Hylian war."
"O-Oh..." Link said.
"Look, just leave me alone right now okay?" she said.
"O-Okay." Link said, deciding to give her some space.
Reirousa looked back over at the various names on the plaque, and one in particular stood out to her above the others.
"Damnit... Hira... why'd you have to go through with it...?" Reirousa whispered, "You go and tell me all that, and then you go and-..." she leaned her head onto the plaque, "It's been six years and... I can't..."
Link wasn't too sure what to say to her at that moment. He just decided to take a rest as Reirousa stayed leaning her head against the plaque. He sat there watching Reirousa and found himself getting somewhat tired. He decided at that point he should take a nap so he could be ready for if Jousak and the Molderm showed themselves...
Sometime later, he woke up and stretched, feeling much better. He looked to check on Reirousa, only to see she was still leaning against the plaque like before. Concern filled him as he got up and walked over to her.
"Reirousa...?" Link asked.
The muscular Gerudo said nothing.
"Um, it's probably not my place to say anything, but..." Link started.
"Don't tell me." Reirousa said sniffling, "You're going to say something like I should just put my past behind me? That I shouldn't grieve for them?!"
"I... wasn't going to say that." Link defended himself, "I just think maybe you shouldn't dwell on it as much as you are..."
"If I don't then who will?!" questioned Reirousa, then looked up into the air and shouted, "You hearing me Hira, everyone?! You all looking down on me or something?! You want me to just forget about all of you and move on?! How can I when... when..."
She sobbed and punched her fist into the memorial plaque.
"...when I'm the reason you're all dead..."
Link just stood in shock from what Reirousa had said, his thoughts lingered as he watched her punch at the plaque, which despite her strength didn't so much as crack, as it was made of strong marble. Link took a small breath and placed his hand on the hulking woman's arm. Feeling his hand touch her, she stopped her punches and looked down at Link. He could see under her helmet that her eyes were full of tears.
"Do... you want to talk about it, Reirousa?" Link asked, "Might help you feel better if you got it off your chest."
"...alright, if it'll shut ya up..." she muttered.
Decided to cut it off here since the arc is getting pretty long. I'll have the second part out as soon as I finish and proofread it.
Also, this chapter taught me I cannot write rap lyrics.
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