Her

I quickly take off my tunic and begin to inspect my wounds. Damn, the last day or so really took a toll on my body. I grab a towel and dip it into a bucket of warm water. I begin to press the towel on all my cuts and scrapes, feeling a burning sensation as I do so. I cant believe that I got all these wounds just from being in Castle Town. These people seem so different from the ones I saw before.

I finish up cleaning my wounds and begin to put my tunic back on. I step out into the tavern again to see everyone gathered around multiple tables pushed together. "You seem renewed." Derrick says. "I may look better...but I sure don't feel better." I respond. "You'll get use to it." He tells me. Derrick and I begin to walk to the tables the resistance are circling around. Many people greet me...except for Chad. He must still be pissed about the beating I gave him earlier.

"Alright," I say, "what do we have so far?" Derrick starts to speak up, "Well...we have three plans so far. We haven't decided on one yet because they all have their flaws." "Lets go through them then." I say. "Fine" Derrick says sternly. He and a couple of other people start to explain the plans to me:

1. Full out assault on the castle. The civilians will join in once they see the fight and the guards will be outnumbered. We force through the castle doors and confront the King himself.

2. Cause enough trouble in Castle Town for where the guards there will need backup. We sneak pass the guards through the castle doors and assassinate the King.

3. Dress up as the guards and use one of us as a prisoner. We pretend that we are taking him to the King for punishment and surround the King once we get close enough to him.

I immediately see flaws in each plan after they explain them to me. "Well..." I start to explain, "these plans might work, but not without getting through its flaws." "What are the flaws? They seem fine to the rest of us." Derrick says. "Okay," I say, "the first plan would work only if we had the numbers and even if we did have the numbers, they're would be too many casualties. The guards will have no choice but to act lethal to everyone and the plan will fail. The second plan would work better then the first...if sneaking through the castle doors was actually possible without getting caught, and even if you make it through, your surrounded by guards once you get inside. The third plan works up until you get to the King. The guards are most likely watching the King like a hawk."

Everyone there begins to silently agree and begin to think of solutions...all but Chad. "Its not like you have anything better!" He shouts at me. I give him a deathly glance before responding back, "Actually, I do." Chad sits back with a smirk and everyone else comes in closer to listen.

"First, its being done tonight...I made a promise to someone that I would get them out of there tonight. Second, a group of us quietly take out the guards patrolling the rooftops near the castle doors. Try your best not to kill them though, most of them act like they do because of the King. Fear controls them. Third, the second group causes a riot in front of the castle doors. This time, it wont be a slaughter since no one will be attacking from above. I'm sure you guys will get through eventually. Fourth, I will climb up through a window I already selected and rescue who I need to rescue. The chaos from the riot will distract any guards that weren't taking out. Lastly, I will join the fight once I get who I rescued to a safe place. We will dethrone the King and restore peace to Hyrule."

Only silence is heard before I add in one final peace of information, "Oh, and nobody will attack Queen Zelda. The King is the target, not her." "Why shouldn't we dethrone her to!" Chad yells, "she did nothing to help else so she's also a problem." I feel the anger start to rise as I make my way towards him. "Because," I darkly say, holding him against the wall, "if you lay a single finger on her, I. Will. Kill. You."

I see the fear in his eyes as I set him down. I turn to see Derrick and everyone else standing up, obviously alerted to what I said. I look at them for a brief second before announcing, "We begin the plan in one hour. Anyone object!" I look around to see everyone shaking their heads no. I begin to walk towards a table to brood for the time being.

No one dares to disturb me for a little while before I see Derrick come up and take a seat beside me. I don't acknowledge his presence and continue to look at the same spot I have been for the past 30 minutes. Him and I sit in silence for another 10 minutes. What could he possibly be thinking about to be silent for this long?

I don't wait for too long as he begins to speak, "Its her isn't it?" He asks. "What?" I reply. "She's the one that your rescuing. Why else would you get so aggressive when Chad brought her up?" He asks. I sit in silence, before managing to get out, "Yes" "Do you love her?" He asks. I don't answer him, deciding to stay silent, and we sit in silence for another 5 minutes before I see him get up and leave.

I get up five minutes later and begin to head to an empty room to check my equipment. I begin to think about Derricks question before whispering to myself, "Always."

Here's another chapter for you guys. I'm sorry that it took my awhile to update again but I finally did! School is starting soon for me and thankfully that wont be a big problem for this story since its almost finished but updates for future stories might take longer than before, but I'm sure that I'll get through it. :)

I hoped you guys enjoyed and stay tuned for the next chapter!