The ReDead caressed Link's cheek. The gentle touch she performed when doing it struck a vague memory somewhere. There had been someone with the same exact touch that would caress his cheek sometimes. "Link..." She moaned once again, but this time, there was a hint of passion in her voice.

((Marin?!))

"That light in your eyes,"she whispered. "You know who I am now..."

Yes, Link knew–but he did not want to know her. Startled, Link pushed her off him. "Hey!" she screamed. Marin's eyes turned back into huge, vicious rubies, sliding to the left gradually so Link would get a glimpse and be paralyzed. "Saaaaa!" she cried, and with that she jumped on top of Link. "You can't run away from me forever Link!" She clawed at his tunic, and managed to make a hole in it. She forced her pointy fingers down into the hole, and tore a line in the fabric. Using both hands, she ripped the cloth from Link's body, exposing his bare chest.

"You do look just as sexy as I dreamed you would be!" Marin stuck out her tongue and licked Link's ear. He cringed, but could do nothing but try to break away from being paralyzed. "Don't...struggle!" She slashed at his face so she would have the satisfaction of seeing blood. The little trickles of red flowed down his cheek, all of which she caught with her tongue. "Wow, Link. You're...," she licked, "rather tasty." Jumping off Link's back, she slid around to the front of him to let him gain his mind back. "Better now, baby?"

Link just stared at the ReDead. He didn't know how else to respond to such a random, stupid question. Marin, being the impulsive girl she was, demanded an answer. Without another second to waste, she pounced on top of Link, forcefully pushing her skeletal-looking body into his. With her sharp pointed fingers, she scratched a heart into his chest. When the blood seeped from the small incision, she smeared it on the inside of the scratch marks to color it in.

Link watched in horror as the girl satisfied her sadistic pleasure. Maybe if she looked like a girl instead of one of his most feared enemies, he would be a bit okay with everything. However, the idea of being brutally tortured by a ReDead was too much for him. He didn't even know -why- she was a ReDead to begin with. He opted to ask, but once again, nothing came out his mouth.

Marin leaned in closer to him, and kissed him softly on the lips. Link was enraptured with an odious scent, and he struggled for air. Seeing her dream-lover squirm was the funniest thing to her. She laughed like a maniac while kissing him softly

again... -peck-

And again. -peck peck-

"I want a moan out of you, Linky! Gimme one!" whined Marin, and she pounder her fist on his chest. To satisfy her, he tried to moan. "That's it?" she asked amused. "I've seen better, Link!" She slapped him in the face, which was already struggling to heal the cuts from earlier. He let out a small cry.

"Aww, Link!" cried the girl. "Link! You're so uke. That's why I always wanted you." Marin slowly moved her head to the side of Link's neck.

She bit it, which made him cry out louder. ReDead teeth were sharp, and there was no telling what she injected into him by doing that. All of a sudden, Link felt numb.

((Zelda and I don't even mess around like this. Even Shiek isn't this sadistic...well, when she's not drunk maybe.))

Was he enjoying the torture? The grimace on Link's face gave a definite answer of no. But Marin, being the naive one, took pleasure in his grimace. "Your frown means I'm doing my job, hun." The ReDead hopped off Link, and stared down at him. The poor boy was panting, gasping for air. While doing that, he was coughing up the foul saliva Marin poured into his mouth when she French kissed him.

"Link? Oh, Link," she moaned, now hoping he would look in his direction. "Hey Link! Please? Look this way." Wanting her to shut up, Link looked up. She turned around twice on her ReDead legs and forced through her body a transparent image of her normal self. Her ReDead body was comatose as she did this, and the doppleganger was given a mind and voice of its own. This image, this Marin–it was the Marin he remembered. He reached his arm out to her, hoping that true Marin would save him. But to no avail, he would only be met with even more drama in such a tiny black room.

- - - - - - - -

Marin told him everything: about her praying on a sacred mushroom and wishing that she'd be reincarnated upon death, the endless diaries she wrote filled with love letters to Link that she planned to give him, her singing "My Little Lover Boy" for months after Link left her, and the thing that shocked Link the most...

"Link...I want to have you. I want to have you no matter what it takes."

Awkward silence stood between the two. Link always liked Zelda, and he wasn't one to mess around with many girls, and maybe the occasional guy or two. But he liked Zelda more than Marin, and it would always be like that because of what he felt in his heart.

She perked up after a few minutes. "Link..." He looked up at her again. "Do you love me?"

Link blinked at her. He hesitated for awhile, not knowing what to say to her without getting her angry at him. Then, he remembered that no matter how much he wanted to speak, words never came out his mouth. He chuckled, and without thinking,

"Marin? Honestly, you're a whore. I can't stand your ass–-"

Link clasped his hand over his mouth. "What did you say?!" Link shook his head. "You called me a whore?!" Marin's doppleganger walked over to him and stepped on his stomach. "I may be dead, and this may be my spirit talking to you, but I'm not a damned whore!" Link cringed and tried to wriggle from under her. She balled her fist and punched him hard. The boy, un-phased this time, just looked at her. He mouthed the words "I'm sorry" which were not comforting to the girl at all. With one hand, she made a scythe appear in it. "Being dead has its perks, Link-dearest. I wish to show you them. Maybe you'd appreciate me THEN!" With one swift motion, Marin tore off the bottom part of his outfit, leaving him naked and cold. She used her free hand to remove the shredded cloth from her scythe and tossed it into the darkness.

"It's too damn dark!" Marin searched her body for a little bottle. She popped the cork off, and held it between her lips. With a quick hand motion, she sprinkled oil all around Link's body. The girl kicked Link onto his side and removed from him a fire arrow. She took his bow and aimed it at the oil around him. "Kyaaaa!" She managed to hit the oil and within seconds, the pool ignited into the shape of an inflamed heart. The two were now surrounded by a moat of leaping flames.