Link hadn't meant to go on a rampage. Really. It'd just started out as a nostalgia trip, but one thing led to another and next thing he knew, there was running and screaming and lots of babes in swimsuits on the verge of fainting. What could he do? Everything was already a mess; might as well have some fun. He was going to have to deal with a ticked-off Monger either way.
The brunette he'd scooped up was whaling on his back pretty hard, though. Enough to be a pain. He ducked into the lee of a building and set her down.
Against all odds, she didn't scurry away or scream, only shifted defensively and sent him a nasty, withering glare. "Are you going to try to eat me?"
"Uh... No. Ew." Maybe he was a little rusty at this sort of thing, but captured damsels were definitely supposed to tend more towards terrified and less towards looking like they were considering socking him.
"Then why'd you bring me here?"
"Look, it was a spur of the moment thing. Freaking people out, picking up pretty girls and all. Didn't exactly expect the chiropractic adjustment. So you can just... go. I've got place to be, people to scare." He waved her off.
Indigence suffused her expression. "That is so... lame! This is the worst spring break ever!"
"Hey, you're not exactly keeping in the spirit of things yourself, dollface," he countered, finally stalking off and leaving the infuriating girl behind. Hopefully, that was just a false start, and he could get back into the swing of things. Maybe find a blonde with less attitude or something.
"H-Hey! Wait up!" Katie called, running after him.
A/N: The happy couple meets! How romantic! Again, thanks to KooKooXachoo for reckless encouragement.
There'll be one more part to this arc to tie it up, then I'll be back to standalones.
