((A/N: Chapter 10. We're so close to seeing the Princess again. Though... now there's gonna be a lot of action. In this one, there was stabbity, so you know, in the next ones, it'll be even better. Well, just read.))

Link looked upon the shore he had once lain on. To his side, was Valah, and behind them were the two others. It had been about 2 hours since they left and still, no sign of the princess.

"Where else could she be...?" Valah asked himself. Link began walking to the small cove. He started to check it out, but there was nothing. Link sighed and moved on. Valah walked down the shore, hoping to run into something.

Link called out, "Valah! Found anything?"

"Nope. You?"

"Nothing..." Link said, kicking sand around. Link looked over at the other two Twili, who were looking around for clues, too. But then, two arrows flew at them, right in their jugular veins, not to mention, the arrows were on fire. An arrow flew down to try and hit Link, but he jumped out of the way and shot an arrow right back.

A crossbow fell down, right in front of the cove. Link looked up and saw a familiar face.

"Teniln!?" Link said. Valah turned his head and ran towards them. Teniln jumped down, and grabbed her crossbow, again. Link readied his weapon, and in a blink of an eye, Teniln shot an arrow right at Valah, right in his shoulder. He screamed out in pain. Link jumped over and cut the tip of the bow off, but right then, Teniln jumped away and the crossbow blew up. After the smoke cleared, he saw Teniln, fully armed with a blade.

Valah pulled the arrow out and said, "Teniln! What is the meaning of this?!"

"I'm only doing what I was ordered to do from the princess. Princess Liena," Teniln said, in a different voice. As she spoke, her eyes glowed red. She wasn't Teniln anymore. "She ordered me to kill you two."

"Teniln!" Valah said. Teniln ran over and took a shot at Valah, slicing his chest. Valah fell backward, and Link dashed over, kicking Teniln off Valah. He jumped on top of her, took a knife from her and held it to her neck. Valah slowly got up and then said, "Link! Don't... do..."

"Kill me. Do it, though nothing good will come out of it. You kill me and your friend will die, all the same," she said. Link loosened his grip on the knife. Teniln smiled, and stabbed Link in the arm with her blade. Link rose up and took the blade out, gritting his teeth. Teniln flipped over and jumped onto her feet. She began to laugh.

"There is no way to save her now... or your little princess," Teniln said. Link watched her movements. It wasn't even Teniln doing all the movements. Within the 10 minutes he saw her, she never ran that fast.

That's when he noticed something. There was a little insect-like think on the back of her neck. It was small and just popped out of her neck. It must have needed a breath of fresh air.

Link readied that knife he had stolen. "I guess there's no other way..." Valah said. At the same time, Valah and Link both jumped out at Teniln. Link took the knife and sliced the little bug thing up. Valah took his blade and stabbed Teniln three inches from the heart. Link's eyes widened.

"Valah! Why did you do that?!" Link screamed. Valah took out his knife and let Teniln fall down to the ground. Her eyes returned to their normal shade of magenta.

Valah said, "There was no other way..." He put his blade away, "Please forgive me, Teniln..."

"Valah! There was something controlling her! I just killed it!" Link said. Valah's eyes began to shake.

Teniln looked up at the two men, blood in her eyes, "D-Daddy...?" She started to tear up. Valah ran down to her and held her up.

"Teniln! No... I'm... so sorry," Valah said.

Teniln shook her head, "It was... my fault... I was being controlled... by Kinal..."

"Kinal?!" Link said. Oh how he loathed that name.

"Daddy... I'm so... sorry..." Teniln said, crying. She was gasping for breath.

"No.. Teniln! You must... live... Don't die! I almost lost you once!" Valah said, wiping her tears.

Teniln coughed, and said, "Daddy... Midna... is at the Palace... you must... save her... Liena is a puppet, and once they sacrifice Midna and... Liena... Kinal is going to take over all of the realm... and even the Light Realm..." She coughed again. "Please daddy... save Midna... our world..."

"Teniln!"

Teniln threw something from a pouch she was carrying, "This... is from Zelda... to you, Link... It will... help your transformation..." She coughed, and her eyes slowly closed, "Please Daddy... for me..." Teniln's eyes fully closed and her breaths stopped. Teniln was dead.

Valah set her down slowly. He put his head on her chest and broke out into tears. Link shook his head. He didn't know how to handle the situation.

Link helped Valah bury the two men and Teniln. It took awhile, but they did it. Link said, "Valah... I'm sure... she's alright, wherever she is going."

"Yes," Valah said, staring out into the ocean, "I know she is. But remember, our priority mission is to find Midna. Besides... Teniln brought us more information than any of our spies could have..." Link looked at the bottle of pills that Teniln gave her. He looked back up at Valah, who had just taken out his radio communicator.

"Valah to base. Can you hear me? ... ...I believe it's time. Begin the full out attack on the Palace."