Morning came fast for the group. Autum woke them up at the crack of dawn. After a quick breakfast she headed outside waiting for the group to finish. She rather not linger as well, she didn't want to deal with anyone else who wanted to 'help' them. Also she would rather avoid any good byes.
Link stretched as he walked out. He looked out to the sun as it started to peek over the mountain. He looked to Navi who was sitting on his shoulder. "Remember you are still a hero Link. We are going to save Hyrule together." She smiled at him.
Nodding he smiled at her, his attention went to Ganondorf who walked up next to them. He had his bag and sword hoisted on his back. "Where are the horses?" He looked at Navi and Link. He frowned, he was sure Autum said that she was getting things ready as she dragged Celtic outside.
"No clue." Link jogged out to the gates and paused as he looked at Celtic who was sitting on one of three hover motorcycles, but no sign of Autum. The bikes already had Celtic's bags hooked onto them, it seemed Autum was ready to go. Link walked up to him. "I guess we are riding these instead of horses?"
Celtic chuckled as he yawned. "Do you think she would have survived another trip on horseback?" He looked at Link and Navi. He watched the two of them get a laugh out of the comment. He looked to Ganondorf who walked up to them. It was clear by his expression he was unsure of the bikes.
"Have you drove one before?" Celtic looked to Ganondorf. "The ones we had wheels. I assume these go faster?" Ganondorf looked to Celtic to confirm. He rather be on horseback. He looked over as he saw another bike ride up to them. It was a different model than the three that were sitting there.
Autum took off the black helmet and smirked. "Seems the bastard Rider had his own hover bike." She got off her bike and looked at the group. "We should be there for about 5-6 hours instead of the week on horseback."
"Need instructions?" Autum grinned at Ganondorf. It was clear she was now getting her own revenge for the horse. She watched him walk up to a bike hooking up his bag and sword to it. Pausing he made sure everything was hook tight and he sat down on it.
Ganondorf looked around at it as he glanced at Link who had put on a helmet. He didn't want to admit he would. He let out a sigh and looked at Autum who had walked up to him. She used her foot and tapped a part of the bike.
"Helmet is stored there." Speaking up as she moved next to him. She pointed to the dash. "We will be going about 134 kilometers to start with. If you can take that speed we will go faster." She explained. "You should be able to control the speed with the handles or just say whatever speed you want. Breaks are there and your bike id is, here." She pointed to each item as she spoke of it "So say the id and the speed you want. If you have issues we can set you on auto follow." she spoke smugly.
Autum looked to Celtic who had busted out part of his helmet for his horns. "I assume you have rode something similar to these." Autum rattled on. "These slide a lot more than one with wheels, especially on sharp turns" She warned him. "You have to do some advanced techniques to turn on a dime. We shouldn't have to worry about it on this trip. Once they know we are here with bikes then we will have to worry about that and combat on the bikes. Any questions?"
Ganondorf listened to her as he studied the dashboard. He was trying to take it all in. The motorcycles that they had were not so complex. He bit his lip and sighed as she forgot one important thing. Looking over one more time, there was no keyhole or even a key. "How do I start it?" He asked her. He watched her point to a button. "Once you push that it will recognize you as the owner. So any time you sit on it and grab the handles after that it will start up for you." She explained and then walked over to Link.
"Navi will you be ok?" Autum asked as she looked at Link. "I think so." Navi spoke up as she popped out of Link's tunic looking at her. "Good, Link. If there is an issue, stop and we will figure out something." Heading over to her own bike she sat down.
"Alright let's get the hell out of here." Yelling out she put on her helmet and drove off. The others followed suit. Ganondorf seemed to pick it up much easier than Autum with a horse.
The sights weren't much, it was clear that the land was dying from the anti-magic barriers. The ride was quiet between the group. It also was uneventful, but that was good. It meant their raid of Rider's domain had gone undetected.
Where the Ritos lived was much different. It was a much warmer climate and lots of empty land. Though they built their cities up on the plateaus.
Coming to a stop near the plateaus of the Ritos after hours. Autum got off her bike stretching as she looked back at the others. It was clear Link still hadn't rode that long before. He looked a bit exhausted from the ride as well as Ganondorf. It would give them time to scout out the area beforehand.
Walking up to her bag she pulled out the orb and started to mess with it. She was going to be an aerial view of the city, with it. Setting it on the ground she pulled out Celtic's phone messing with it. She had to sync it up with his phone and then send it off.
Ganondorf walked up to Link as he watched Autum. "What is the device she has?" He asked him. He was avoiding her still, he still had his doubts about her.
"Um.. well." Link's ears went low as he sat on his bike looking at it, as it flew up towards the plateaus. He knew it was a light and Autum had used it before to lead them into a building.
"It scans the terrain." Celtic spoke as he put up his helmet. "We are going to use it to get a view of the city from above." He looked at them. "We should get a map from it and possibly a scan of how many life forms are up there as well." Getting to his feet he stretched his back some. It was nice to get off the bike and walk some.
Link nodded as he looked at his shirt, no sign of Navi. He tapped where she was resting in the top of his tunic. He watched her climb up out of his shirt. "Er.. sorry fell asleep." she smiled weakly to him. She wouldn't admit that she still was having issues even with her magic sealed in her. She didn't want them all to think of her hindering their mission. Though she hoped sleeping would help, it didn't even seem to do much.
Stretching, some Link looked to Autum who pulled out a container walking up to the group. He didn't recognize it, and it didn't seem like something she would have in her bag. Looked like a food container.
"Cooks wouldn't let me leave without bringing lunch." Autum walked up to Celtic's bike, setting it on there. She opened it up. Inside was sandwiches with fresh ham and bacon on them. There was some vegetables and fruits. It was enough for all of them to even have seconds. Autum grabbed one walking away.
Celtic grinned as he walked up taking one. He grabbed another holding it to Link. "Here." Link smiled taking it. He tore off a piece holding it to Navi. He looked to Ganondorf who took one and sat down on the ground.
The group sat quietly eating lunch. Celtic finally broke the silence as he got up walking to Link. Link had finally sat on the ground using his bike to lend against. "How are you doing Navi?" Celtic spoke up as he bent down looking at her. She looked worse than she did the other day.
Navi was sitting on Link's shoulder. She smiled at him. "I'm doing good. I mean I could be better but, as good as I can be." She looked at his gold eyes, he could tell by his expression he didn't believe her. Celtic seemed to know when she was lying. She looked at the small piece of the sandwich she had in her hand.
"Keep your chin up Navi. You should hopefully start feeling a bit better once we destroy some of these anti-magic barriers." Celtic smiled at her, he decided not to say anything. He also didn't want the others to worry about her. Over the years he and Navi had gotten close as friends. He didn't want anything to happen to her, he already had one scare this journey and didn't want another.
Link looked to Navi. He could hear in her voice she wasn't ok. He smiled at her. "I'm sure Celtic is right, Navi. You will start to feel Hyrule Magic again and it should help you. We will be destroying two of them once we take back the Rito city." He was trying to cheer her up like she had done so much for him.
Navi nodded as she looked at him trying to smile. She was so tired, she could just go back to sleep. What more, the pain was much worse today. She didn't want to say anything. She bit her lip and looked to Celtic, maybe she should tell him. Maybe his seals weren't working?
"Celtic…" Navi stood up. "I.. I think the seals aren't working as well." She spoke up. Watching him sit down in front of Link. His ears were low as it was clear he was trying to think. "Are you feeling the pain again?" He finally asked, trying to piece together.
Navi nodded. She glanced at Link who clearly had worry over his face. She didn't want to say anything. Their trip here wasn't bad but being in Goron city it had gotten worse. She looked to Autum who walked up to the group.
"You will need to stay here." Autum spoke up. It was clear she was listening to the group. She glanced at Ganondorf who looked away. It was clear he was listening as well. She knew that the faerie was getting ready to argue with her. "It's because you are getting close to those barriers. Celtic had to make a fast seal to save your life, so yes some of your magic could leak out in certain scenarios. So if we can avoid it, we should."
Navi looked down, she didn't even consider it. "Should one of us stay here with her?" Celtic looked up at his wife. Autum shook her head. "We need what little man power we have. I'm sure Navi can take care of herself out here right?"
"T-thats right I can." Navi piped up as she looked at them. She looked at Link who was looking at his hands. It was clear he was thinking about what was going on. "No worries Link got it. I mean once you take the city you can come and stay out here with me till the barriers are down ok." She suggested.
Autum walked over to Celtic's bag pulling out a medical kit. She was debating what she could do for Navi. She started to dig through Celtic's bag seeing what he even had in there. She knew she would toss things into it, but who knows what he put. She paused as she looked at a black box in the bag. She looked over at Celtic, it would make sense why he would never use it. Though humorous that he decided to keep it in her mind. She shook her head at the thought knowing as she found what she needed, pulling out a device. She looked to Navi and Link. "Where is your change device?"
Link got to his feet. He unzipped his bag shuffling through it. He pulled it out holding it to Autum. Autum took it, hooking it up to the device she had. She looked up for the sun and moved the device and Navi's on the seat to get some sun. They would have to wait a bit, but it should charge some and then she could get Navi to shift size and get her some pain med. Who knows how much pain Navi was really in. She doubted she could get an answer out of her with Link around.
Link looked at Navi, his face covered in concern. "Please, no worries ok, Link." Navi smiled weakly at him. She wouldn't dare say that she probably didn't even have the strength to stand. Their attention went to Autum who looked at her phone, they could tell by her expression she didn't like what she saw. "What's wrong?" Link spoke up.
Autum shook her head. "Seems that path up the plateau is covered in cams…" Ganondorf got to his feet walking up to them. "Meaning we need a plan to get up there." She explained as she looked at Ganondorf.
"You don't have any way to fly up there in all those gadgets?" Ganondorf asked her. "Sorry didn't have space for that in our bags." Autum rolled her eyes as she walked towards her bike. She still was beating herself up for not packing enough, now she needed a plan to get up this plateau.
"Sorry." Link spoke up. "We didn't come as prepared as we would have liked. We thought we were going to survey the area and then get supplies." He looked up to Ganondorf. Looking to Celtic who got to his feet. He took Celtic's hand who offered it to him to help him to his feet.
"Don't worry, she is shitty about the lack of supplies." Celtic spoke quietly, hoping she was off in her own thoughts than to hear him. He looked at his bag trying to even think what they would have in there.
Opening her bag she pulled out a belt. Putting on the bet Autum clipped on a couple things onto it. She could use the supplies versus worrying about it being in her bag. She grabbed the essentials, smoke bomb, some caltrops, a shock grenade and a couple other things.
Grabbing her helmet off of her seat, she plopped down on the ground messing with the inside of it. She looked at the phone typing a few things on it. "Celtic, get me Navi's phone." she yelled out as she continued to work.
Celtic looked at the three of them. "Guess she has something." He walked over there holding Navi's phone to her. "What's the plan?" Celtic asked her as she took the phone. "Get me one of your clips for your gun." Autum spoke up as she set the phone down as she kept working. She knew that Celtic and then would use Celtic's phone to plan so she needed another.
Letting out a sigh he went over to do what she said. He glanced at Ganondorf who walked towards Autum. He could tell there was still tension between the two. Then again after what Autum pulled there would be some.
"What's the plan?" Ganondorf spoke up. He was trying to see what she was doing. She had put the helmet down and was messing with Navi's phone looking at Celtic's. "Ask Link to get Navi's gun out and give it to you." She spoke up as she kept her focus on what she was doing.
"I thought you weren't going to leave us out of your planning." "I will tell you once I get this finished ok. Hard to talk and work at the same time." She muttered as she kept working. It was clear she was trying to focus on the task at hand.
Ganondorf looked at Link who walked up with a gun and an extra clip to him. He overheard what she had said. "Here um.." Link held the gun on the side and pointed to a couple of things and explained them. They were different settings, Navi wanted something that could be switched to non-lethal. She usually kept it set to that because she didn't want to risk anything.
"Alright get over here." Autum held up her hand motioning the group to come to her. "Plan is I'm going to be a glorified distraction. I'm going to hopefully shoot out all of the cameras so they don't see you guys coming up. As we know the city is broken up between the five plateaus over there. I will scout out and hopefully confirm the target is on the central plateau. In the building that is designed differently from the rest. From there I'll cause as much havoc as I can up there. Should give you guys enough time to go and remove the target out of play."
Link frowned at the plan. He didn't like the idea of her just causing chaos up there. Who knows what the Rito have been through already. He looked at Autum who held Celtic's phone to him. It had a picture on it. "I assume these lizard people aren't the Rito?"
"No, they are enemies of Hyrule, they are lizalfos. She somehow talked to them to serve under her." Ganondorf spoke up as he looked over Link's shoulder on the phone. He glanced at Navi, he could tell that the girl wasn't doing well. Part of him wished they had left the girl with Zelda. It would have been the farthest from the magic barriers and she could have possibly gone to the forest where magic still slightly existed.
"Good, then I have some targets I can shoot at once I am up there." Autum spoke up as she unstrapped her bag off her bike. "Celtic, move your bag to Ganondorfs." She walked over holding her bag to Link's bike strapping it on there.
Link's ears went low as she moved her bag. He looked at her bike and then to Celtic's. Only reason she wouldn't want their things there, meant those bikes might not survive whatever she had planned. He wanted to ask, but Ganondorf spoke up.
"What is your plan with the bikes?" Ganondorf looked at Autum who finished putting her bag on Link's bike. "Simple, if we need to we can blow them up. Good enough distraction if needed." Autum explained as she looked at him.
Looking at Link she could tell he didn't look thrilled with the plan. But who knows how much of his expression was the plan or Navi. "Don't worry, worse case you have to pull my ass out of whatever cell they toss me in." She walked up to Link.
Navi looked at Autum who picked her up. Navi's ears went low, she wasn't sure what Autum wanted. She looked back at Link as they started to walk away from the group. "Er.. where are you going?"
"To have a private conversation. You three figure out the best route on the map to get to the largest building in that central plateau. I assume that's where she'll be, I'll confirm it when I go up." Autum spoke up. She looked at the others to give the hint don't follow. Walking a bit found a small rock foundation she leaned against it and looked at the small faerie in her hands. "How bad?"
Navi smiled at her. "What do you mean?" She watched Autum's face not change expression. She let out a sigh as she looked at her legs. "I don't think I can even stand with the pain." She glanced at Autum not wanting to get yelled at.
Autum looked away trying to not get mad. She knew that Navi was holding back because of Link. She couldn't talk much. She was stubborn herself when it came to pain. She let out a small sigh as she looked back at the tattered faerie. "You should have told us when we were in Goron city. I know you don't want to worry Link, but this is you life you are risking by not telling us." She spoke as calmly as she could but she knew she still had anger in her tone still.
"Sorry, I am a bit stressed about this. I also don't want to lose a friend." Autum spoke quietly.
Navi looked at her smiling weakly. It was the first time I had really called her a friend over the years. She even said sorry, it was clear that this might have Autum all rattled with her condition. Though it did also show that the situation was bad she had put herself in.
"We will see if your changer will charge some on Celtic's device. If it can, I will give you some pain killers. Hopefully that will last you till we can take down the barriers." Autum explained. "So you rest here while we go take back the city. Once the barrier is down we can bring you back to the city."
Navi nodded and then looked at her hands. "Sorry, I just didn't want to make anyone worry." Navi winced as Autum moved her up to her face.
"No more sorry got it. Next time just tell me and we don't have to get Link involved ok." She suggested. Watching Navi nod, she started to walk back to the others.
Celtic looked at Ganondorf as he explained what he believed was their best route. He wasn't going to argue. Planning was not anywhere close to his skill set. At least someone in their group took the lead for planning.
Link nodded. "Looks like the best route." He looked at the map. Celtic messed with it again showing heat scope to show the population again.
"Looks like the streets aren't too populated" Celtic spoke up. He looked at Ganondorf who gestured if he could have the phone. Celtic surrendered it and looked back where Autum had walked off to. His only guess was to get Navi to talk about her condition.
Link walked over to his bag pulling out his own binoculars. He looked up to the plateau. He was trying to keep his mind off of what Navi and Autum could be talking about.
"Alrighty you boys tell me the direction you're going and I'll make sure that area stays out of my wave of destruction." Autum yelled at the group as she walked up to them. Letting Navi onto her shoulder she walked up to Ganondorf who had the phone.
Ganondorf eyed her and nodded. He started to point on the map and explain the route he wanted to go. Once he was done he looked at her expecting her to express her own opinion. Part of him felt that she would just tell him it was wrong and give him another route. He didn't like the idea of being undermined.
Autum studied the map and took in what he said. Meaning her path would have to be elsewhere. "Wait for my text before you head up the plateau." She spoke up, she had no argument with his route. No point to argue small pieces that were personal opinions on what she thought. He was running it so it was better he planned it.
Autum pointed to the map explaining how she was planning on scouting out the city. Ganondorf nodded and he glanced at Link who walked up to them. His attention on Navi. "You think you can pull off a distraction?" Ganondorf questioned her.
Autum chuckled. "I don't think you should be worrying about me. I think you guys have to worry about finding her without getting caught." She walked over towards Link's bike. "Celtic can you and Link share?"
"Yup" Celtic spoke up as he grabbed another sandwich. He was going to try to calm his mind some before they ran up there into who knows what. Even with the map, who knows how it all really looked at the top of that plateau. He knew Autum wouldn't be able to scout so much before they needed to act. He also prayed that Impa and her team would be safe in this. They were going against possibly a lot of tech with brute force.
Link walked up next to Autum looking at her mess with his bike. "Er.. what are you doing?" Link decided to ask her. He watched her sit on the bike and started to mess with the dash of it. "Setting it up into overwatch. These have guns in them, so we can have one of these keep watch of Navi." She knew if Navi couldn't walk, it meant flying was out of the picture. She couldn't leave Navi defenseless here.
"Oh." Link nodded as he looked at Navi who looked like she was going to pass out on Autum's shoulder. He moved his hands up to her. "Come on, you need to rest." Link spoke up. He watched her crawl into his hands. It was clear the pain was starting to become too much. Looking to Celtic he walked up to him.
"Do you think you can put another seal on her? You know, hold what she has left. Since now you have more time." Link questioned him, hoping to help Navi.
Celtic looked at his sandwich and he shook his head. "I can't layer the same seal. I would have to unseal her first and then reseal her. With that what magic she has left could be gone." Celtic looked at Link and then to Navi. He wished he could do more for her. "At most all we can do is hope rest will help and once we get rid of the barriers it will help her. If that doesn't work we will head to where the magical beings live ok."
Link nodded and he looked at Navi who had curled up in his hands. "Navi…" Link spoke softly. He took off his hat and put it on her. She smiled weakly at him. "Thank you" she spoke meekly. Link looked over at Autum as he yelled out his name. Walking up to her.
"Set her here and get her device off of Celtic's bike." Autum had pulled out Link's medical kit and had it opened up. She was messing with a medical gun.
Setting Navi down where Autum said, he ran over to get the device. He came back holding it to Autum. She took it checking it. Not much of a charge but it should be enough. She looked at the medical gun trying to determine a dose. The issue was, she was going to shift Navi back and forth.
Looking at the dose on the side. There was a lot to even consider. She didn't have the luxury of time to contact Eznik to ask him about it. She just had to pray that she would get the dose that wouldn't kill her from going to adult size to her normal size. She pushed a couple of things. "Navi, this is going to hurt a lot. I assume that the strain of you shifting back and forth is going to hurt." She warned her, she wasn't going to sugar coat it.
Navi slowly sat up looking at her. She nodded and looked at the small device. Moving her hand on it, it went smaller so she would be able to use it. Her arms shook as she put it on her shoulder. She pushed the button and she screamed out in pain as her body shifted.
Link knelt next to her and grabbed her arm once she was the size of a human. She clearly was in pain and still screaming. "Navi!" Link yelled at her wanting to do something to help her. She seemed like she was doing worse than when they first came here.
Autum shot Navi in the side. She then grabbed another vial shaking it. Loading it up she shot it into Navi's side. She looked at Navi as her screams stopped. She was asleep. Autum moved, taking the device off of Navi's shoulder, watching her revert back.
"Use her backpack to make a bed in it. We can set it on the other side of the bike." She pointed to the stone formation. "We will move your bike over there and hide her in the bag." Autum spoke up as she started to close up the medical bag.
Link nodded as he walked over to Navi's bag. He unstrapped it from the bike and started to pull out some things. He would toss them into his bag. "Autum." He paused not wanting to ask, but he had to. "Is… Navi going to make it?" He looked to Autum.
Looking at Navi, Autum let out a sigh. "Link, I don't know." Autum held his medical kit back to him. "All I know time is not on our side. We need to get going and turn off the barrier and pray to whatever god or goddess you believe in."
Link took it nodding. He pulled out a couple things out of his bag putting them into hers. He then packed his. Looking at Autum who held Navi to him. Link slowly took her placing her into the duffle back. He felt Autum nudge his shoulder. He looked at her hand and he smiled seeing it was his hat.
"I bet that will help her." Autum spoke up as he took it. Getting to her feet she watched him make sure that Navi was comfortable in the bag. She watched him go back to his own bag. Looking back to the two Celtic was making sure things were packed, good it meant they could leave once they were done here.
Link felt horrible, if he wasn't drowning in his own guilt he could have seen how Navi was acting. Maybe they could have gotten her out of Goron city faster and not stay there overnight. He strapped his bag back on the bike.
"Give me your phone." Autum spoke up as she held her hand to him. Once he handed it over, she slowly picked up the bag getting on Link's bike. She took off to where her and Navi chatted. There was enough shade and she could put Navi between the bike and the rock formation. She moved off the pick setting Navi down. She bent down next to the bag. "Hold on a bit longer." She spoke up as she set the phone into the bag with the faerie. Getting to her feet she pushed a couple things on the bike as it shifted into an overwatch mode.
Autum walked up to the group. Time was not on their side, but they had to play this safe. She looked to Celtic who walked up to her. He held out her helmet to her. "Don't suck at shooting." He smiled at her.
Autum smirked. "Wait for my message." She spoke up as she jogged over to her bike. She looked at a couple places where she put a couple of clips for ammo. Looking at her phone it was time to get Impa's group going. She texted Impa and put on her helmet. With that she revved the engine and took off to the plateau.