When the sun started to peek over the horizon the group set out. The goal was to make it to the city before evening. So they could do some recon before taking any action.
Autum still had issues with riding her horse, but she gave up trying to even to learn how to go about it. She already tried talking to the horse and Link trying to teach her the previous day didn't help. At least least she had learned to sit on the horse better so she didn't have back issues.
Link glanced back at Autum, she clearly still was not having a good time on her horse. He chuckled a little, she still looked out of her element. He looked at Navi who was sitting on the horse's head. "How are you doing?"
Navi looked back at him and smiled weakly. "The same as yesterday." She piped up. "How is Autum doing?" She chuckled trying to keep her spirits up.
Link shook his head. "Still miserable on the horse." He laughed, he never thought he would see Autum so frazzled. He would have to ask after this adventure more about why she didn't like animals. If anything he could go bother Eznik about it. He was sure he would know the reason.
Celtic on the other hand seemed to be very comfortable on his horse. Though he had to use his solar charger to charge Navi's phone. He played it late and it ran out of batteries. He looked back at Autum and chuckled. He slowed his horse to be next to her. "You enjoying horseback?"
Autum glared at him. "I promise I will get on your stupid profile and erase it, so good bye high scores." She threatened him. She shook her head as he laughed. "Should be close since we are up in the mountains." She spoke. She was at least less tense on the horse now and didn't have a death grip on the reins any more.
Ganondorf looked back at the group. "Up this trail we should have a good vantage point." He yelled out to them. He got his horse into a gallop to get there quicker.
Autum winced as Celtic and the others followed suit. She yelped a little as her horse took off after them. She would be grateful to be on her feet for a while after this.
"Right over here, we will want to leave the horses out here as well," Ganondorf explained. As he led them over a cliff. It looked over the city below. He assumed this would be their best viewpoint. They could collect information from here.
They parked the horses near a tree tying them up. Ganondorf pulled out a set of binoculars. He looked at Autum, who clearly was trying to get her bearings after the long ride. He walked up to the cliff edge looking out.
Looking to the others as they walked up next to him. He took notice that Autum and Celtic both had small sets of Binoculars of their own. His guess they probably had tech enhancements that would aid this little planning session.
Link had his own set. He paused near the edge looking out. He was taking in the view of the buildings but the pools of lava that had been built to look to be art. They all were closed in a special type of glass to keep the heat from killing anyone. Some of it was flowing down some of the small towers. It all was so different from what it had once been. It was hard to even recognize it any more. Looking to Autum who already was inspecting the city with her binoculars.
"Fuck.." Autum muttered. She was counting a lot more outsiders than any of the reports had said. It seemed Rider had been bringing in more people here. This made everything much more complex. Last report only said there were five or so. Here it looked like twenty or so outside.
"How much is this going to complicate things?" Link asked as he saw the issue. He remembered she said there were outsiders here, but clearly those reports were very old.
"It means we could have an issue in this plan. If we free these gorons, those people down there might still follow their alliances with the people of this planet." Autum commented as she walked away thinking on how to go about this plan.
Ganondorf watched her walk away. He sighed, he wished he had the resources to send people out here, but they just couldn't. More people to deal with and they were such a small group. They should have brought troops, instead of going with Autum's plan of a small group.
"Are you wanted?" Link spoke up looking to Ganondorf. "Are there any bounties on your head?" It might be worth this little trick again that he and Brat did.
Ganondorf frowned at the question. "Yeah.. most of us do. So it makes it hard for us to get scouts in the cities." He winced as he heard Navi giggle. He looked over at her.
"You think that will work again?" Navi looked at Link. "I mean, we would all fit as outsiders right?" He looked to Autum. He was sure that Navi would have to hide or stay with the horses though. But they should be able to walk into that city with no issues.
Autum chuckled at Link's plan. "Well, Rider from what I read is a bit full of himself. It's why he has conflict with the others. So we can use that to our advantage." Autum spoke up as she walked up to them.
"Have you guys done any type of attacks over the years on the cities? Or any time of infiltration?" Autum questioned Ganondorf.
Shaking his head he looked at the three of them. "No, the last year has been trying to find people who have escaped the cities and give them shelter," he explained to them.
"Good, then they won't expect us just walking in there with you." Autum smirked, so they had a start of a plan. The big issue was how were they going to deal with the after mass. She turned her attention to Celtic who said her name.
"Transportation trucks," Celtic spoke up as he pointed out. The group looked out they could see three trucks driving out of the city. "Doesn't look like prisoner ones," Autum spoke up as she looked through her binoculars.
"They are transporting precious metals to the other cities. Death Mountain is rich with metals and minerals." Ganondorf spoke up. "A lot of it goes to the weapon factory," he explained to them.
"How strong are these Gorons?" Celtic spoke up as he got to his feet. He looked to them hoping that they might be able to help in taking this city back over.
Autum looked to her husband. The bigger question would be would their spirits have been broken. If so they wouldn't be much of fighters. They might be too scared to even stand up against the remaining force here.
"They are a proud and strong race." Link announced. "Even in the worst times, they pick themselves up." He looked at the two of them. He had once or twice been to death mountain meeting the gorons. Part of him hoped the ones he met were safe, but it had been years.
Autum looked out to the city. "Navi you stay here with the horses. Celtic will leave her phone here, for if we need you to come to save our asses." She looked over to Navi. "The rest of us will take our prisoner right to Rider." She spoke up.
Navi bit her lip and nodded. She flew over to Celtic who was walking to the horses. He pulled out the phone looking at her. "Thanks." He smiled at her and set it on the horse making sure it wouldn't fall off.
"If you have issues, you know how to speed dial my phone." Celtic reminded her. He pulled his bag off the horse setting on the ground as he started to dig through it. Pulling out a set of shackles he got to his feet. He looked over to them. "Stay out of sight and no teleporting got it." He warned her. Over the years, Navi was a good friend of his and he didn't want her getting hurt.
Ganondorf wasn't too thrilled with his plan. He didn't like the idea of these people turning him in, even as an act. He still wasn't willing to completely trust this group, but it seemed he was going to be thrown into a situation he would have to.
Celtic looked over to Autum who walked up to Ganondorf. He didn't like the look she had. "Autum!" he snapped, but it was too late. Autum slugged Ganondorf in the face. He frowned as Ganondorf reacted as he grabbed her arm and twisted it back. Autum kicked back at his shin hoping it was enough to break his grip.
Link stared at the two. "What are you doing Autum?!" Running up to the two to try to stop the fight. He grabbed Autum and he yelped as Ganondorf slugged him. It was clear he was seeing this as an attack, not Autum… being Autum.
"What is she thinking!?" Navi screamed. "You have to stop her!" Looking at Celtic who hadn't budged. "Celtic!" She snapped at him.
"Let them fight it out." Celtic sighed as he watched poor Link who got caught in the middle of their fight. "It's going to piss him off and now they are going to look like they have been in a scuffle. So it doesn't look like we just magically got him."
Navi frowned. "I think he would have been fine with just rolling in some dirt," she muttered. She watched the three of them duke it out. Some things that Autum did just never seem like what a 'normal' person would do.
It ended with Autum pinning Ganondorf on the ground and Link holding her arm. "What the hell are you thinking!?" Link snapped at her. He had a nice shiner from the fight.
Autum smirked, she had a couple bruises on her face from getting slugged a couple times. "Getting our bounty." She spoke up. "Celtic shackles!" she snapped. She jerked her arm from Link as she pushed her knee into his back.
"You bastards!" Ganondorf snapped. He gritted his teeth and was pretty sure this bitch broke his arm in that. He was sure he got one of her ribs, but that wouldn't mean anything. These people were going to turn him in. They played him and Zelda like a fiddle. He closed his eyes, he couldn't escape this bitches hold. She clearly knew how to fight and she fought dirty.
Link bit his lip he didn't know what to think of this. He stepped back as Celtic walked up with the shackles. He watched Celtic shackle Ganondorf, he didn't know what to say in all of this. He knew this was all part of the plan, right? He looked to Navi who was sitting on one of the horses with her arms crossed, clearly not in approval as well.
Autum slowly got to her feet walking away holding her right side. She gritted her teeth, it seemed the bastard could get a punch in. She was hoping to catch him off guard, she also didn't expect him to have that much force with a come back swing.
Walking up to Celtic's bag she bent down grabbing out a medical bag. She pulled out a couple things. She let out a sigh. "Say it." she snipped as she could hear Navi next to her. Shuffling through the medical case she pulled out something shooting herself in the side. She would just have to make sure she didn't get punched in the rib again for an hour and it should be fixed up.
"Why?!" Navi yelled at her. Autum looked at her. "Quiet," she muttered and glanced back at Celtic who was standing guard next to Ganondorf. "Keep your voice low. Yeah I know it was dirty, but we need him pissed at us. I don't know how good of an actor he is and I'm not going to risk it. We are going straight into the hornet's nest. If he takes a shot at me after, well I probably deserve it." She spoke quietly as she tended to her injuries.
Navi rolled her eyes, sounded like just a reason for her to punch him and get into a fight. She clearly liked to show her dominance when she could. Navi sighed, "make sure you keep some of that stuff to help him." She pointed to the medical case.
"Don't worry we will treat him." She hooked a couple straps onto the medical case. She held the strap up. "Can you carry this or do I need to take out some weight?" Navi flew up and grabbed the strap and tried to fly with it. She gritted her teeth as it barely got off the ground. She let out a small cry as she dropped it.
Looking to Autum who reached into her bag pulling out a small bag and she emptied it. She opened up the medical case transferring a couple of things into it. She held the new bag strap up. "Try this one."
Navi nodded, grabbing it and hovering easily with it. "Good, if we text you with a 522 bring this bag, got it," Autum explained as she got to her feet. Navi nodded as she set the bag down. She looked at Ganondorf who clearly looked like his spirit was just broken. Her heart cringed at the sight. She looked away feeling horrible about this plan.
"A 404 means you head back to where Zelda is. You tell her that we have all been caught and don't have shit luck getting out. You don't try to play the hero, just do what I am saying. Then you text Eznik and tell him he needs to bring back up with him." Autum snipped. Navi stared at her, part of her forgot this could be an option. Looking away she nodded. She didn't want to think about what had happened with Brat's crew the first time they tried to save Brat and Celtic. She didn't want that to happen here.
Link looked at Autum who walked up. "Grab a horse, don't need him slowing us down." She snapped at him.
Link glared at her, he didn't like how any of this was going down. He looked at Celtic who put his hand on his shoulder. "Just do it," he spoke softly to the teen, he knew what Autum was up to. They had done the same thing to someone else. The teen should be grateful no weapons were involved with this.
Looking at Celtic in disbelief he was going along with this. He rubbed his arm, it was still tender from the fight. Walking over to the horses he looked at Navi. His ears low. "What did she say?" he asked her quietly.
"Some stupid plan." Navi snipped as she glared at Autum. "Woman never stops with having to punch something!'' She crossed her arms not happy with this. She looked to the horse that Link took the reigns of. "Make sure Ganondorf gets some painkillers. He clearly is in pain." She looked at him sincerely.
Link nodded, "I'll make sure he does." He led the horse over to Ganondorf and Celtic. He didn't look at Autum, he was angry with her and how she had dealt with this.
Celtic pulled Ganondorf to his feet. "Up on the horse," Celtic spoke up. Ganondorf glared at him and spat on Celtic. "Either you can sit and ride or I can knock you out cold. You decide how you want to go about this. The question is do you want to be there when we turn you into Rider or just wake up later in some prison cell."
Ganondorf looked at the ground. Part of him wanted to charge the demon or the 'hero'. He glanced at Link. The teen looked like he didn't agree with this. So did this mean these two had something over him and making him do this or did just morally this was wrong. "Fine" he spoke under his breath.
"Link, help me get him up." Celtic spoke up. The two hoisted Ganondorf on the horse. Celtic messed with a couple ropes making sure he was secure and wouldn't just fall off. Looking at his wife. "Let's go.." Celtic grabbed the reins to the horse and started to lead it down the path.
Link glanced at Autum and followed after Celtic. He didn't understand her reasoning. She looked like she went full out on Ganondorf. Part of him was grateful that Ganondorf was clearly stronger than what she had planned. If she didn't catch him off guard it could have ended up with Autum on the losing, he felt.
Navi watched the group walk off. She sat down on the horse, her hands trembling. She was starting to feel so tired again. She slowly crawled up next to the phone laying on it. She could rest right? When the phone would buzz she would wake up. Maybe just that fight had made her too emotional and burned up some of her energy.
It was a quiet walk to the city, the four of them said nothing to each other. It was clear they each in their own minds.
Autum glanced at Link as they walked towards the city gates. She knew the boy would not approve even if she had told him the plan. It was better off doing and asking for forgiveness. She looked to a couple of cameras that were at the gates.
"Who are you and your reason for the visit." A voice spoke up over the intercom. Autum walked up and pointed her thumb back at Ganondorf. "We have this dumb looking bastard from your posters. We want an audience with Rider to make sure we get our reward." She snapped back.
There was a pause and then the gate started to open. "Head to the main building, you will be greeted and escorted to Rider from there. Welcome to Mount Rider City." The voice spoke up.
The group headed into the city. None of them stood out, there were plenty of other outsiders in the city. Most of them seemed to be partying and doing their own thing. It seemed the group would go unnoticed.
Ganondorf looked up to the large building they approached, outside of it was a large statue of Rider. He bit his lip wishing he could at least warn Zelda about this group. Now he was going to leave her alone while she thinks these people are here to save them.
"Help him down." Autum spoke up as guards walked up to them. "We can escort our bounty, so don't touch him." Autum snapped at the guards. She wouldn't risk losing the man. She was sure he already lost trust in her now.
Celtic pulled him down slowly. He slowly moved him away from the horse. Celtic got into Link's bag on the horse digging through it. He messed around in the bag. Pulling out something he pocketed it.
A woman garbed in dark armor walked up to them. She was hyrulian, the only way to survive she had to serve this man as one of his guards. Her brown hair was pulled back in a high ponytail. Her green eyes trailed to Ganondorf, her heart sunk. It seemed with more outsiders they were going to start finding the rebels. She looked to Autum who clearly was in charge of this group. "Follow me. I'll bring you to Rider." She commanded the group. She looked one last look at Ganondorf and headed inside.
The other guards went to take the horse and get it tied up somewhere. Autum watched the guards and looked to Celtic who was guiding Ganondorf. She looked at the man, it was clear she might have just broken his spirit. She was sure once she gave up this game, she was in for a beating.
They headed through the walls that had statues everywhere. It was clear the man was more than full of himself. He used the skills of the Gorons, just to make statues. They were led into a large open court room. There was a large throne that was made of stone and a large man sat on the chair. He had a long bread that was breaded with a couple of beads. He had piercings on the bridge of his nose, his skin was a darker color. His hair was braided back into small braids all pulled back into a ponytail. He bellowed as he walked up to him.
"The great Ganondorf caught by outsiders!" Rider boasted as he got to his feet. He smirked as he walked up to Ganondorf. He watched as Celtic kicked the back of his legs so he would drop to his knees. "Very nice." Rider smirked. "You must be the woman of this little show right?" He looked to Autum.
Autum nodded. "So, you paying up?" She questioned him, she needed to make sure if she went for the attack it was a clean hit. A wrong step could lead to him contacting the others. "Oh let's not be so hasty! Drinks are on me! You three can dine like kings!" he praised the group.
Link took a step back. He didn't like any of this, he felt sick to his stomach. How far was Autum going to let this go on. Looking for Ganondorf who was looking at the ground. He looked broken, he wanted to yell at Autum for this.
"Like kings?" Autum laughed at him and looked back to the others. "Sounds good doesn't it?" Celtic nodded some watching her, it was clear she was waiting for the perfect moment to strike. They were lucky this man was so full of himself. He walked right into this trap, was more happy with having Ganondof than to expect anything.
"Your men can have her." Rick spoke up as he pointed to the guard who escorted them here. "She's a native species here." he sang. "So bet she will be a treat." He grinned as he put his arm on Autum's shoulder. "If they don't like her I have a room full of women they are welcomed to help themselves too! And if you want I can show you a good time!" He smirked at her.
A loud bang echoed in the room. Rider hit the ground, liveless. Blood was pouring out of the wound from his head, a clean shot. Autum looked over to Celtic who had his gun pointed at the guard who Rider just offered up to them.
Celtic made his way over to the guard to make sure she wasn't going to pull out a weapon and retaliate. He needed to figure out where she would stand in this. She could be useful or just another pawn they needed to remove out of the picture.
Link stepped back trembling, it happened so fast. He knew Autum and Celtic spoke of missions that infiltrated and cleaned up the place. He just never saw that side of them. It was hard to even picture that with them. Though all the bounties that they did were captured alive. It seemed even still she was shielding him from the darker side of her and Celtic's work. He looked to Autum who used her foot to kick Rider over.
Stepping back he, his heart stopped. This was all wrong, this isn't how they were to save Hyrule. His blue eyes trailed to Autum who hadn't even made an effort to clean Rider's blood off of herself.
"Link, unshackle him. Celtic." Autum looked to her husband. "Get the 2nd in charge here." She barked out orders to the two of them.
Ganondorf stared at the body in front of him. Part of him was in disbelief that it had happened. His heart was racing, he didn't know how to react. He heard a click as his shackles were released. He looked back at Link who held his hand out to help him up.
Link watched him refuse his help. Watching Ganondorf slowly get to his feet. He watched the man's gaze locked on Autum. He gulped, knowing where this was going.
Ganondorf stormed up to Autum grabbing the collar of her shirt with his good arm. "What the hell is wrong with you!?" he yelled at her. "You claim to be my ally and then you beat me and treat me as if you were going to turn me in!" he was in a rage he couldn't believe this outsider.
Autum stared at him dead in the eyes. "Do it." She watched him let go of her. He looked away from her. It seemed he was trying to hold back his anger. But with that he turned swinging full force into Autum's face.
Link watched Autum hit the ground. Part of him felt she deserved it, but still. He watched her sit up spitting out some blood. He looked to Ganondorf who was glaring at her. He didn't want another fight to break out.
Celtic looked at the guard who was just staring at Rider's body. She didn't even react to come to his aid, not even to check if he was ok. "Ms." Celtic spoke up trying to get her out of her stare.
The guard looked at him and noticed the gun. She bit her lip, knowing these people might do the same to her. "Please! They took my family away. I had to keep working or they would kill them. " She looked at him hoping he would believe her.
Celtic listened to her plea. He put his gun up and took her hand. "I need you to do one more thing for us. From there we will figure out what has become of your family." Celtic spoke softly. "I need you to get the second in command and say that the bastard requested him to come here because mercenaries brought a gift. Though, if you warn him of what we have done, I promise your fate will be the same as Rider's." He nodded to the dead body on the ground.
The guard nodded as she looked at her hands as he let go. "I won't tell, I'll give you whatever you want from these bastards. If it will take down their rule." She spoke up. She then took off out of the room to get the second in command.
Autum slowly got to her feet. Pointing her gun at Ganondorf, watching his reaction as she spun the gun holding the handle to him. "I do hope you don't mind covering me. We need to use the second in command to get all of our information. Also get layouts of this place."
Ganondorf didn't know what to think of this woman. He took the gun from her and checked to make sure it was loaded. He didn't trust her, his attention went to Celtic as he walked up to him. He felt he had to be on his guard around these people now.
Celtic patted his pockets and pulled out a medical gun. "You know what this is?" Celtic asked him. Watching him shake his head. "Ok, don't shoot me, but I'm going to have to shoot this into your side."
"It's a medical gun, it will help with the pain." Autum spoke up, Celtic clearly forgot to say what it was. She looked at Link who had his attention on Rider. She knew this wasn't how he imagined how all of this was going to work. She didn't warn him about what was going to happen, she was sure he would argue about it, the last thing she needed was him trying to save this man.
"Fine do it." Ganondorf spoke up. He gritted his teeth as Celtic shot him in the side. He closed his eyes as he felt relief from the pain that was coursing through his body. He let out a small sigh of relief that rushed over his body. "We will get your arm fixed up once we get to a room. I'll have Navi bring supply. You will have use of your arm in an hour or so." Autum spoke up looking at him.
Ganondorf stared at her. An hour? He looked at his broken arm. These people truely left out a lot of tech. They kept them in the dark, and used it against them. He stepped back as Autum pulled out her gun, but aimed it at the door. He looked to the door and aimed his gun in the direction.
"W-what is this!?" A man with green hair shouted. He had brown skin and wore a nice overcoat. He looked back at the guard who had out a blade pointing at him. He looked back at Autum who was walking up to him. From the blood that covered her it was clear that she had done the final blow to Rider.
"We are going to be good friends, unless you want to be like your friend on the ground." Autum informed him. "Me, you and Ganondorf are going to take a walk into your office with a computer. We would like the grand tour of your systems and layouts and where you are holding the prisoners." She spoke up as she put her hand on his shoulder. "Sounds good?"
The man nodded, clearly not one to fight back. "Y-yea whatever you want m-mam." He was trembling. Autum started to guide him out of the room. "Celtic, Link, have this guard show you where they are holding his ladies." She spoke up and looked to Ganondorf. "Come on we have work to do. Why don't you tell me your name, so if you mess up I know what to write on your grave?" "A-Atl" She moved her gun into his back. "Lead the way, Atl."
Celtic watched them leave and sighed. He shook his head knowing this was going to be a long process. He knew Autum would want to try to speed it up any way she could. It was the best thing to do because they needed to keep hitting the cities.
Link glanced at Celtic. He wanted to ask if this is how it's going to be the whole time. Were they just going to come in and start killing people. He didn't like it and not how he imagined how to save Hyrule. Link looked back to the guard who had put up her sword. Walking up to her he held out his to her. "I'm Link."
The guard looked at him, she studied him. He seemed like he might be from Hyrule. "Ashei." She spoke up. Looking to Celtic who walked up to them, her ears went low. She was grateful that he allowed her to prove that she was not with these people by choice.
"Can you show us where the women that Rider mentioned are?" Celtic asked her. He glanced at Link who clearly wasn't sure about this.
Ashei looked at the two, not sure what they wanted with these girls. She glanced away. "Yeah." Maybe still that woman wanted to give these men something to do. She still wasn't sure what to think of all of this. It was happening fast and out of nowhere.
The two followed her down the hall. Link sighed looking to Celtic. "Do you know what Autum wants us to do with these girls?" he questioned Celtic. He didn't have a clue what they would be doing.
Celtic looked at him and stopped when he noticed Ashei stop. It was clear she was interested in the answer as well. He could tell the look on her face and he held up his hands. "He's taken" He pointed his thumb to Link. "That crazy bitch back there is my wife so we aren't here for sex." He pointed out first.
Link looked at him and then Ashei. His ears were low and he was a bit red. His guess might have been what she was assuming why they were going. He wouldn't dare do anything like that. As for Celtic he didn't seem like the guy to fool around either.
"It's clear they are probably being forced into their role like you, Ashei. So we need to pull them out of that room and get them somewhere else so they won't be harassed by people. They are free and we need to make sure they are safe." Celtic looked at Ashei to see if she approved.
Ashei smiled at him. "The dining hall we can use for them." She spoke up. "Not a lot of people use it and they will be safe there." Celtic nodded and started walking. "Come on, we are on a time schedule." He urged for Ashei to continue.
Ashei opened a door and looked in. She frowned as she saw a couple of guys in the room. She looked at Celtic who walked into the room walking up to one of the guys who was with one of the girls. "Out."
"Dude, you can wait your turn." The man complained. He let out a yell as Celtic grabbed his arm and pulled him off the large bed onto the ground. "Out.. both of you." Celtic snapped. "Or I will get a guard to drag you out."
Link watched the two men run out of the room. He walked into the room and looked around. He looked to the door, his face red, he wasn't expecting all the girls to have so little clothing on. He looked to Ashei who walked in.
Celtic looked at the girls; there were six of them. "All of you grab some clothes you're leaving." He announced to them. He watched them start to talk to each other.
"Please! We did what Rider wanted!" One cried out. They knew there was only one reason you were told you grab your things. They didn't want to be shipped off or worse.
"Calm down please." Ashei spoke up. "These men are here to help you. Rider is dead." She watched them all talk to each other. She watched one of them run and hug Celtic tight.
Celtic looked at the girl who hugged him. He smiled weakly at her. "Thank you.. Thank you." she cried as she held him tight. Celtic patted her and looked to the other girls. They were getting their things. "Go ahead and get your stuff." He spoke up.
Link smiled weakly to Celtic. He looked to one girl who ran up to Link. She kissed him on the cheek and ran up to Ashei. Link was bright red and rubbed his cheek and he looked to the other girls who giggled as they joined them at the door.
"Come on, let's head out ladies." Ashei spoke up as she headed out of the room. The girls as well as Link and Celtic followed. They had a bit of a walk.
Link's ears perked as his phone made a sound. He pulled out his phone. Looking at the message he held it to Celtic. "Um, I guess Autum's next instructions."
Celtic took the phone looking at it. 'Find out which guards can be used and which should be disposed of'. "Yeah, Ashei. Once we get to the dining room we will need help still" he spoke up.
Ashei looked back at him. At least she could help the cause. "Yeah I can do that." They headed down a set of stairs into a large open room. It looked like it had barely been used over the years. She looked at the girls who looked around the room. They hadn't seen much of the building.
"Once we figure out a few things we will get you ladies some food and so on." Celtic spoke up to them. He walked over to a table and sat down. He looked at the table trying to run everything through his head. They had done take overs but nothing at this scale. He looked at Link who sat down followed by Ashei.
"I need to know how many guards you trust and will follow the new rule. I also need to know which ones will fight us." Celtic expressed. "We need to get the ones who will cause issues to the prison cells and the others can help out as much as possible."
Link looked to his phone as Celtic put it on the table pushing it to him. Link took it, he was grateful that they weren't just going to kill these guards who didn't want to follow. He looked to Ashei who leaned back trying to think.
"Most of the guards were from the Royal guard. He wanted only females…" Ashei trailed off. "Only one or two wouldn't, but not against us. This has been too much for this mentally I think they would just want to rest now." She looked at him.
Celtic nodded. "Do you guys use wall coms or ear coms to communicate." He watched Ashei tap her ear. "We use earpieces." "Good call the guard down here then. I want to know which ones you think can't handle it mentally any more. Those will stay here and watch over these girls."
Link looked at his phone as there was a light buzz from it. He sighed as he pushed it to Celtic. He was sure the messages were from him. Though he didn't mind, he really didn't want to be in charge of anything. His mind was still a fog from what Autum did to Rider.
Celtic looked at the phone picking it up. 'Pick a guard to go with Link. Have them meet Navi outfront in 5 minutes.' Celtic frowned, that wasn't a lot of time. He looked over to Ashei who was standing up finishing up giving order over her ear com.
Getting to his feet, he walked over to her. "I need you to pick a guard to go with Link over there. We have a friend who is coming and she needs to be met at the front gate and then shown where Autum is."
Ashei looked at him and nodded. "Link come here." She spoke up as she walked out into the hall. She smiled as she saw a couple guards walking up to her. Looking to Link who walked out. "Sasha here will take you to the front entrance quickly. After you meet up with his acquaintance, you will take him to the control room."
Sasha frowned as she looked at Link. She didn't recognize him, but Ashei seemed oddly in high spirits. Who was this kid? She looked at him and sighed. He looked like he was farmed in an old tunic too. "Come on, follow me." She waved for him to follow.
Link looked at Ashei and then followed after Sasha. He looked to the ground debating if he should tell her what was happening. He knew the sight of Navi would bring plenty of questions. Walking up next to her working up the courage to talk to her. Conversations with strangers still wasn't a strong point and didn't really want any reason to work on it.
"My name is Link. I'm part of a group working with Ganondorf. We are currently in the process of taking this city back." Link looked at her as she stopped. He stepped back, he wasn't sure how she was going to take it.
Sasha stared at him, "What?" her jaw dropped. "What about Rider!?" She snapped him. "He's.. he's dead." He spoke quietly looking at her.
"Hah!" Sasha grinned. "That means we can help get back the girls and their families!" She looked at his expression, it looked like he didn't approve of what she said. She pointed her finger at him. "Don't you dare say he didn't deserve it. He was a sick bastard. He turned that city out there into nothing more than a party place for his friends! Stripped the Gorons of their homes and forced them to work endlessly in the mines. The guards family stuck as servants or worse here. If I had a chance I would have put a bullet right between his eyes, but he wouldn't permit any of us to have a gun." she snapped at him.
Link listened to her then looked away nodding. His heart wasn't in his. Part of him felt like they shouldn't be running around and just killing these people. Though it seemed with Autum, that was the plan here. He didn't sit well with him.
"We should get to the entrance for Navi." Link spoke quietly as he turned to walk ahead. It was clear by his tone he still didn't approve.
Sasha shook her head heading after him. "Come on." She spoke as she jogged down the hall. "I'm sure your friend is waiting for us."
"Link!" Navi cried as she flew up to him holding the makeshift medical bag. Hovering in front of him she could tell something was wrong. She glanced at the guard who was next to him. "What's wrong?"
Navi was grateful he took the bag. She plopped down on his shoulder. She rubbed her arm some. The pain from before felt like it was coming back. She remembered Celtic's words that she was close to death before. Did it mean the seals weren't working? She watched him shake his head. Clearly he didn't want to talk about it.
"We can talk later, we need to get the medical bag to Autum." Link explained. Looking at Sasha. "If you could take us to the control room?" he asked her as he took the medical bag from Navi.
Sasha was staring at Navi, she hadn't seen a faerie in years. Rumor was that the draining of magic killed them all. Jerking out of her daze she looked to Link. "Of course, let's hurry there." She spoke up as she watched Navi land on his shoulder.
Navi looked at Link and then to the ground. Her ears were low, she knew that look something was bothering him. She knew whatever it was, it had to be something Autum had done. So far she has been off in her own little world, doing whatever she feels is right.