"Where am I?"
Red was warped to a large dark room, the windows showed the underwater sea. The two Phantoms handcuffed him and were now walking with him to the center of the room. Bellum sat there waiting in his pool of gross violet goo.
"Where are the others?" Bellum demanded to know.
"Shadow Ryan is getting them right now, sir," a Phantom answered.
"Okay... as for this one, lock him up in a cell."
"Wait, who are you?" Red asked Bellum.
"I am evil Phantom Bellum, I command this underwater fortress you're standing in."
"Why did you kidnap me and take me here?"
"The Links and their apprentices are the only ones standing in the way of us taking over Hyrule, thats why we must imprison you."
"What? Our apprentices?"
"Oh shit... perhaps I've said too much, take him away!"
"Wah! No!"
The two Phantoms began to drag Red away. How will I help them? Red was desperately thinking.
--
"Boss! We'll loose too much time looking for that damn kid," a Phantom told Shadow Ryan.
"You're right... two of you go and find the kid. The rest of us will continue to the castle."
Two Phantoms began to walk in the other direction to try and find Alex as Shadow Ryan and the other Phantoms headed for Hyrule Castle.
"Here's the plan, I'll creep behind them in my shadow creature form and then pop out of nowhere like last time. Then I'll summon you when I'm there," Shadow Ryan explained to his Phantoms.
"Got it, boss."
Using the brick walls around the castle, Shadow Ryan climbed up to check the training grounds. The Links and their apprentices were waiting in the center. He jumped down and hid behind a bush waiting for the right moment to strike.
"Where are Red and Alex? They should be here right now…"
The Links and their apprentices were waiting together at the training grounds, it was time to call it a day.
"Well... they're both kinda scatterbrained, maybe they were distracted by something," Blue assured.
"Where could they possibly be? We checked the archery range..." Shadow pointed out.
"We might as well clean up while we're waiting," Vio suggested.
While cleaning up, Ryan felt a strange presence somewhere in the training grounds...
"Hey guys, do you feel like we're being watched?"
"You mean someone's stalking us?" David asked.
"Nope, I don't think we're being watched," Matt said unsure.
"It's probably your imagination, Ryan."
"Hey Jess, do you sense anything?"
"Not really..."
Oh crap! I forgot my real self could sense me... maybe he won't notice, Shadow Ryan thought to himself.
As Jess was cleaning up the kunai knives, she began to hear breathing behind her.
Is that breathing I hear? she wondered. Yeah it is, where is it coming from? Jess carefully glanced at her surroundings, not wanting to give away that she could hear someone. Not infront of me, not above me, not below me, not to the right or left...
Jess swiftly threw a kunai knife at the bush behind her.
"Goddammit!" Shadow Ryan was forced to jump out of the bush's covering.
--
Meanwhile...
I need to warn the others! Alex thought. He was running and hiding from the Phantoms and trying to contact the others. The two Phantoms were nearby.
"Do you think the boy is near?"
"Yes, I sense fear."
When the Phantoms turned around, Alex noticed that they have eyes on their backs. Maybe a weak spot? He took out his bow and arrow and shot one Phantom in the back. The Phantom became stunned and froze in his spot.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"... Can't move!"
The arrows stun them! Alex realized. He shot another arrow into the other Phantom's back, they both seemed to be stunned. Alex ran out of the bushes and away.
"Hey... come back..."
"... Dammit."
At least I found out their weakness... I actually did something smart for once! Alex felt triumphant. He continued towards Hyrule Castle.
--
Everyone turned around to face Shadow Ryan. The Links unsheathed their swords, ready to fight.
"Who are you?" Vio calmly asked.
"He's from the Shadow World!" Shadow told them.
"That's right, I'm Ryan," Shadow Ryan stated.
"What? But I'm me," Ryan said confused.
"I'm your shadow."
"Oh forget it! Just tell us why the hell you're here," Blue demanded.
"I'm here to take you away!" Shadow Ryan summoned the Phantoms out of the ground, each Phantom grabbed a Link.
"... Wow, that was unexpected," Green said surprised.
"Now you'll all be imprisoned as your kingdom is taken over by great Master Bellum!"
"I'd like to see you try!" Blue taunted.
"Who do you think is going to save you?"
"That'd be me." Matt said, beginning to grab a sword from the clean up pile.
"Do you really believe that piece of shit will hurt anyone? Phantom armor is almost impossible to penetrate."
"Might as well try," David smiled, grabbing a sword. The Ryan and Jess followed his example.
"Wait! I want to know something, why is emo me trying to kidnap our mentors?" Ryan asked confused.
"...I am not emo."
"C'mon guys! Let's kick his ass!" Matt exclaimed.
"Too late, Phantoms! Away with our new prisoners!"
"Not so fast!"
"Oh... what now?"
The Phantoms holding the Links suddenly released them as they went into a dazed state. Arrows were shot into their backs.
"No way..." Matt stammered.
"It's..." Ryan continued.
"Just spit it out!" David exclaimed impatiently.
"Alex," Jess finished.
Alex was standing on top of the training grounds wall shooting arrows into the Phantoms backs.
"Stop it! Stop it you son of a bitch!" Shadow Ryan demanded.
Ignoring him, Alex jumped down and ran over to his fellow apprentices.
"Hey Alex! Where've you been?" Matt greeted.
"You know, around."
"Good job Alex," Green complimented. Green faced Shadow Ryan, "What are you going to do now?"
Shadow Ryan was speechless, he didn't know how he was going to succeed with his task. Suddenly, the earth began to shake...
"Whoa! Earthquake!" Alex cried.
"Hold on!" Matt shouted.
"Something tells me there's something bad coming," Jess announced.
"What do you mean?" David asked.
"For one, earthquakes don't form big yellow things," Ryan said, pointing to the yellow blob in the center of the training grounds.
A large squid-like form began to take shape in the center of the training grounds.
"So you came, Master..." Shadow Ryan said rather pleased.
"Who is that?" Green wondered.
"I've read about him before..." Vio informed.
"He's..." Shadow began.
"Evil Phantom Bellum." The creature was now levitating in its full form.
"What are you doing here Master?" Shadow Ryan asked.
"You were taking too long, so I decided to help out."
Bellum began to wrap one tentacle around Blue, he slashed at Bellum with his sword. But there was no effect.
"What the hell? Whoa!" Blue felt himself being lifted into the air.
"Blue!" Green shouted. Soon enough, Green was too being held by Bellum.
"Well... Vio and Shadow have a chance, right?" Blue asked.
"We're over here." Vio and Shadow were already taken as well.
"Now... I'll take you kids as well," Bellum said to the apprentices.
"Run! Don't turn back! Just go!" Green commanded then to run away.
"We won't leave you guys!" Matt yelled back at him.
David, Alex, Jess and Ryan began to leave already.
"We'll be fine!" Green shouted, trying to be assuring.
"But..." Matt was cut off as a large tentacle came swooping towards him. ... But instead of feeling pain, he felt someone dragging him away. He looked up to see it was Jess.
"What are you doing?" Matt questioned.
"Shut up! I'm saving your life."