Link: Let's get this chapter started! I want to see what happens!!!!
Antsy over Talim are we?
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Riiiiiiight….
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Chapter Eight: RevengeLink tapped the table in a beat without any pattern as he stared at the ceiling, biting his lip.
"You've been doing that for three hours," Maxi informed Link, Link jumped and looked at him, although he didn't stop tapping. "And I'll be damned it I let you continue."
"Uh… sorry." Link replied half-heartedly as he quickly removed his hand from the table immediately. He then stared at the table, biting his lip again.
"Stop it." Maxi interrupted his thinking with a hiss.
"What?"
"You're tapping your foot."
Link looked down at the floor and saw his foot moving back and forth, hitting the floor. He blinked and stopped his movement and then came back up from the table.
"Sorry…" Link placed his head on the table, staring at the floor. After ten minutes, he felt a small, sheepish tap on his shoulder. Looking up, he saw the same little girl he had seen before that he had almost flattened when he fell back when that middle-aged woman had pushed him out of the room Talim was in. Straitening his back, he looked at the little, seven-year-old girl. "Yes?"
"What's your name?" The little girl asked, and by her tone Link knew that what she had come for had just been for her own interest.
"Link." He answered, equally sheepish.
"What's her name?"
"Her name is… Talim." Link sighed.
"Pretty." The little girl itched her nose, and then her head.
"It is isn't it?" Link asked, although he was really was saying that more to himself then the little girl, although he didn't even notice.
"Come over here!" The little girl spun around and Link also looked to see the middle aged woman in the hallway, although she was more in the doorway of the room that Talim was in.
"Me?" The little girl asked.
"No! Him!"
Link blinked and then stood up, making sure that he didn't run over the little girl as she quickly moved away. As he was walking he stopped and then looked at Maxi.
"You go." Maxi replied with a wave. "I don't even know what her mother's name is."
"I don't either." Link replied as he turned and continued over.
Once he was over to the woman, she pointed into the room as the doctor exited. Link pointed inside and the woman nodded, Link went inside and the doctor closed the door for him.
Running over to the bed, Link nearly ran into the bed that Talim was in, although he was able to stop himself just in time. He took a breath and then looked down at Talim, all that he could see was her face, the rest of her covered in a blanket. He sat down on his ankles and then put one of his hands on the bed.
"Are you alright Talim?" Link asked her in a small, gentle whisper. "That thing didn't hurt you too much did it?"
Talim only laid there, her eyelids shut softly. Link sighed and placed his head on the blanket. After a minute of being there, he lifted his head and looked at Talim's face.
"Hmm."
Link turned and saw the woman standing there in the hallway, observing him.
"Yes?" Link asked in a swallow.
"What is your name and what is hers?" The woman asked, her voice sharp and prissy.
"My name is Link, and hers is Talim." He answered as he removed his hand from the bed.
"Who are you to her?"
"Who am I?"
"Lover? Brother? Friend?" She questioned quickly as she tapped the doorknob.
"Friend." Link answered quickly, blushing madly after she said 'lover'. "Just friends."
"What happened to her?"
"We were camping in the forest, just me and her. I left for wood when she was attacked, I heard her yelling and so I ran back and drove back what was attacking her and picked her up and ran. I met the man I was with, Maxi, and he took us her to the village and then to your home." Link answered, after a small, quiet silence, Link couldn't help himself in asking: "Will she be alright?"
"She'll be fine. She's lucky though, those who meet Charade aren't as lucky as she is, or as Maxi is." The woman's voice suddenly transformed from sharp to gentle. "We usually find only dead left by him, cuts all around their bodies. Horrible."
"He used to live here?" Link asked, slightly curious as he couldn't help but look back to Talim.
"Yes, he used to live here." The woman sighed shaking her head, closing the door she walked slowly over to Link.
"Where can I find him?" He asked quickly as he looked at Talim as Link slightly twitched.
"Wherever there is a piece of an odd metal he'll be there. Blasted metal things. If you go out with a piece of strange metal he will find you, and he will sneak up on you when you least expect it." She explained as she licked her lips. "I wouldn't go after him. He will attempt to kill you, he is no longer human, so he doesn't tire, even if you manage to drive him away he will simply try and destroy you, and knowing that he couldn't beat you by battle he would try to tire you out by chasing you, to where you cannot help but fall to the ground and close your eyes. Then he will strike, and trust me, after that your eyes will never open again."
"Thank you." Link looked at Talim's face, so soft and innocent looking… now that he thought about, he had never seen her sleep before. "When do you think she'll wake?"
"Doctor doesn't know. Maybe a day, maybe a week. Unknown. But he knows that she won't be able to get up on her feet for a while with her wound." The woman turned and walked towards the door, but instead of opening it, she took a breath and faced Link again. "Do not go after Charade!"
Link only turned and looked at her, completely silent.
"Do not go after him, don't." With that said, she opened the door and exited, closing the door after her of course. Link turned and faced Talim again, gazing down protectively over her sleeping form.
"My friend," Link told her in a soft, low whisper as he bent over her ear. "I'm sorry… that I let you get hurt like that… I won't let anyone do something like this to you again. I can't and I won't… Talim… you were the first person who I met, and I thought that you were an enemy… but when we actually started talking, you didn't immediately judge me… in fact, if it had been anyone else, I know that they would have just instantly tried to kill me, all because of my ears. But you didn't, when you saw my ears you still looked at me as another normal person, not some freak.
"Won't you wake up Talim? Please…." Link lifted his face up and looked at down at Talim, after looking at her for a few seconds, he took his hand and lightly touched her cheek. "Although the doctor said that you'd be okay, I can't help but worry… that… that… that you'll never…." Link bit his lip, and he felt small, burning tears at the edge of his eyes, so close to spilling. "Wake up…."
Link sniffled and then wiped his eyes, almost feeling foolish. The last time that he had cried had been when he had just learned that Sheik was really Zelda and then Ganondorf had suddenly taken Zelda away from him… that's when he had cried, he had been so afraid, so scared that he would never be able to see her again because she would die. It had been so long since that had happened… he had almost cried before he had left for this world, because he would have to leave Hyrule, Zelda, Epona, Malon, Saria, he even missed Ruto, who never ceased to flirt with him in an annoying manner. But it wasn't the same, although he wouldn't be able to see them again, he knew that they weren't in any danger so even if he left he could be satisfied with knowing that they were safe and sound. Not in danger, but safe. That's what he wanted, that's all that he wanted, even if he could never see them again, as long as they were safe that's all that mattered.
"Don't go away, please don't." Link begged, and although he had just ridiculed himself he couldn't help it. "You'll the only person that I know that I can trust in this world, if you go… I'll really be alone."
Link stared at Talim, just wishing that she would suddenly just jump up and tell him that she would be fine and that everything would be all right, but she didn't. She just laid there, her nostrils slightly moving as she continued breathing.
"Hey you there."
Link turned around and saw Maxi who was leaning against the doorway.
"You've been in here for over three hours." Maxi informed him, although it wasn't in an annoyed tone.
"Sorry." Link replied, although he didn't make a move to get up.
"No need to be sorry. I just think that you should at least eat something."
"I'm not hungry."
"The hell you aren't." Maxi tossed Link a small biscuit, but unfortunately for Link, he didn't expect it and so instead of catching it, it hit his head and then landed on the floor. "Nice catch."
Link picked up the biscuit and just placed it on his lap.
"I'll eat later. Thanks." Link slightly smiled, although it soon faded.
"Eat it now or else I swear that I'll come over and start beating you."
Link felt a sweat drop go down his head and he took the biscuit and bit into it quickly.
"There you go," Maxi mused with a wave. "Not so hard is it?"
"Not when someone's threatening you." Link replied as took the biscuit out of his mouth and turned to Talim.
"Funny." Maxi retorted dryly. "I know what you're thinking, you want to go after Charade."
"Yes." Link answered with a sigh as he looked at Talim's face. "I can't let him get away with this, I won't let him hurt Talim and get away with it."
"Revenge then?" Maxi asked as he slightly moved his head. "Of course, what else would it be? But let me ask you something, even if you were able to drive it away before are you sure that you can beat it?"
"Yes."
"Alright, do what you want, but how do you think Talim would feel if she woke up and weren't there right there? She'd worry."
"I know that she would," Link turned and faced Maxi again. "But it's better that I defeat Charade then being here."
"Alright, your choice, not mine." Maxi raised his arms and then walked out of the room closing the door behind him.
Link turned to Talim and then lay down on the floor, his legs nearly creaking from being in that position for such a long time. Link got into a comfortable position on the floor, closed his eyes, and fell strait into the deep tides of the sea of sleep, as Zelda's voice floated into his head, singing a poem that she had always sung when she was in her garden:
Take my hand
Make sure not to let it go…
If you do
Will you make sure to come back?
My feelings for you
Can't be compared
I sing this song
In memory of you
You'll always be inside my heart
No matter how far we go
We'll always be together, forever
Always
I feel my heart beat
And think of you
I twirl around in the midnight sky
Hoping that you will someday find me
Will you see me in that ocean of black?
If you do will you come to find me?
I don't want to go
But the tides are pulling me away…
Although we may not be together
Right in front of each other
We'll still be together
Inside of our hearts…
I won't ever forget you
Will you ever forget me?
Like an old portrait that once shined in glory
But had eventually faded away into dust…
Remember me
Never forget me
And all of the times that we had together…
I won't forget, you…
Will you ever forget me?
Author's Note: This song is also mine, because I created it without any help nor did I take it, it came completely from my own mind, so if you take anything from this poem I will sue you! Got that? Good.
Light streamed in through a window across the room and strait into Link's face, he blinked for a few moments before turning over and stretching and then sitting up as he rubbed his eyes.
"So you're awake."
Link jumped and looked at Maxi, who was sitting on a chair, right in front of him, staring at him.
"Gah!" Link cried as he jumped, he shook his head and frowned. "What was that for?"
"Nothing." Maxi smiled and chuckled as he leaned back and then took a look at Talim, who of course, was still sleeping. "Simply teasing the young man with the big green hat."
Link frowned and touched his hat gently and then turned to Talim, who looked a little… sweaty…
"What's wrong with her?" Link asked as he got onto his knees and bent towards Talim.
"Beats me," Maxi answered with a sigh. "I came in her and she was like that."
Link bit his lip, then, he looked towards the window and an idea struck his head. He got up, walked over to the window and opened it, and instantly a blast of wind flew through the window, passing Link gently but knocking Maxi right out of his chair backwards as it circled Talim and then settled down but continued to flow peacefully through the room, especially over Talim.
"What the hell was that?" Maxi cursed loudly as flipped back off of the floor.
"The Wind." Link answered with a smile as he looked at Maxi who was clearly frustrated and confused.
"That was some freak wind…" Maxi grumbled as he gently moved his hair. "How'd that happen?"
"I guess that it really wanted in." Link answered as he walked back to Talim, the wind gently sweeping around him, and he guessed that that was the Wind telling him 'thank you.'
"Right…" Maxi fussed as pushed his chair back up. "And why does it feel like the wind is still blowing through this room?"
"Because it is." Link stretched around, lifting his arms up and then touching the floor.
"Sure it is…" Maxi sat down in his chair, giving the room, or the wind, an odd look. "Link, come on, why do you think it's still going through this room?"
"Because it wants to." Link answered with a laugh, and it wasn't a laugh as in: "Duh! Of course!" but it was a laugh because he knew that Maxi would never believe anything that he said.
Maxi shook his head, believing that the laugh that Link made was in a teasing manner.
"I believe that Soul Edge can manipulate minds and eat souls, but quiet frankly I don't believe that the wind actually has a mind of its own… I mean, that's complete cow dung."
Link shook his head, just wondering what Talim would have done if she had heard him say that. He knew that she liked to avoid fighting like that, but he knew that the wind was sacred to her. Hmm… that was a good question….
Link stopped stretching and went over to Talim and sat on his ankles again. Then, a thought dawned him, and so Link took off both packs that were resting on his back, opened Talim's, and looked for that certain item that he was looking for.
"What are you looking for?" Maxi asked as he bent over in interest.
"The pieces of Soul Edge… that… me and Talim have collected… she has them all…" Link moved around her things more rapidly, stopped and looked at Maxi. "They're not in here."
Maxi looked in Link in pity and leaned back in his chair.
"Looks like Charade got what he wanted." Maxi sighed as he leaned back in his chair.
"But if I don't have a piece of Soul Edge, then I won't be able to find Charade." Link complained as he looked strait at Maxi, Maxi returned his look.
"I will not give you any pieces of Soul Edge that I've collected!" Maxi cried after he realized why Link was looking at him.
"But I have to defeat Charade!" Link cried as well as he kept on looking at Maxi.
"No."
"Where do you keep them?"
"In my pack, and you aren't going to take them."
Link paused, looking at Talim.
"But what about Talim?" Link asked Maxi in a depressed tone.
"She's fine and Charade won't bother her again." Maxi answered, then, Maxi's look changed from angry to completely confused. "What's that?"
Link looked at Maxi, and Maxi looked at him.
"There's something in your hat!" Maxi exclaimed as he bent forward and attempted to grab Link's hat, but Link was able to go back fast enough.
"What are you talking about?" Link asked him, as Maxi stared at him.
"There are two things that are poking the side of your hat!"
Link blushed and realized that those were his ears, touching his hat he realized that when he had been asking Maxi for a piece of Soul Edge that his ears must have gone down, something that happened whenever he would beg Zelda for something, or the cook for an extra piece of food. His ears immediately flew up, and Maxi jumped away, falling back in his chair again.
"What was that?" Maxi asked as he rolled off of the fallen chair and stood back up. "It moved!"
"It wasn't anything." Link answered, but unfortunately for Link, in occasions like this he wasn't a very good liar.
"You're lying! What was it?"
Link felt a sweat drop go down his head as he backed away from Maxi who was walking towards him slowly.
"It was… nothing…." Link stood up and walked backwards, he kept on going until his back hit the wall, so he went to the left and kept on going as Maxi kept going forward. Link looked at Maxi, and then, he saw Maxi's pack on the floor next to the chair that Maxi had been sitting in.
'In my pack, and you aren't going to take them.'
Link bit his lip and kept on going in a circle around them room, then, once he reached Maxi's pack, he moved a little bit more to where Maxi wasn't nearby the way to the door, reached down, grabbed Maxi's pack and raced out of them room, nearly opening the door into the same little girl's face that he had almost landed on earlier, and apologized to her as he ran out of the house and back to the forest that he and Talim had been in before Talim had been attacked as he listened to Maxi yell curses at him from the houses door, and soon after he heard Maxi yell as he heard the middle aged woman bang Maxi on the head with a pan for cursing in front of children.
Link ran even when he was in the forest until he felt that he was safe from Maxi getting him again, which was a while sense Maxi's cursing had made Link a little bit more frightened.
Link sat down as he took in deep breaths, then, after he felt better, he reached into Maxi's pack, and searched his pack until he pulled out a piece of Soul Edge. Link sighed and put the piece back in Maxi's pack, then, after a moment of thought, he realized that what he had just done was something that Talim would have done.
'It had to be done, or else we won't be able to find Charade, time called for it.' Link could hear her say those words as he smiled meekly, but as he thought of Talim he thought of her being in that bed, wounded….
"Charade…" Link gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, then, he stood up and looked around, wondering if Charade had already found him.
Link looked, but he felt not a single eye on him. Link wondered if he should stay where he was, or walk around, either way Charade would find him, so what was the difference?
If Link could get Charade out of the forest that would help, that way their fighting space wouldn't be too limited and Link could attack Charade better. Although Link had fought many battles in a forest, he knew that he would be able to battle better with more space.
Link looked around himself and then closed his eyes, wondering if he would be able to hear his way out of the forest, finding that it didn't work, Link looked back to where he could see his footprints and where he had run before just a few minutes ago. He started walking, taking the path that he had made, and hoping that he wouldn't run into Maxi on his way.
Link eventually found the edge of the forest, but not wanting Maxi to see him the instant Maxi looked outside, he traveled on the edge, making sure to listen to the sounds around him, a twig snap, a rustle, anything that would tell him that Charade was behind him. Link traveled for an hour on the side of the forest until he stepped out of the border line between grass and forest. Link kept on walking until he felt that he was a good distance until he turned around.
Nothing, there wasn't anything there.
Link shook his head and sat down and pulled out a piece of Soul Edge that Maxi had and started poking it and messing with it. From his experience, Link knew that it wasn't a smart thing to start screwing around with majorly evil items filled with black magic and could steal his soul, but he wanted to make sure that Charade knew where he was, so he wanted this piece of Soul Edge to send out a signal, because from what Link knew Soul Edge had somewhat of a mind, so if he bothered wouldn't the piece of Soul Edge get irritated and a special aura form around it or something?
After fifteen minutes of messing around with the piece, Link suddenly heard a crack! Link immediately stopped and looked towards the source as he put the piece of Soul Edge into Maxi's pack and then swung Maxi's pack onto his back, making sure that it couldn't fall off of his shoulders. Link stood up, knees bent, hand on hilt, closing his eyes to listen for anything that came his way.
Scratch!
Link opened his eyes and pulled his sword out of his sheath and blocked the down coming Charade with his shield. Then, Link took his shield down and then started attacking Charade with swift slashes from his sword, but no matter how much Link tried to hit Charade, Charade didn't seem to be effected as Link slashed away at Charade's floating body parts. Link looked at the floating pieces of the body, and they did indeed appear to be like dry slabs of mud without any cracks, so they appeared to look more like clay.
Then, the pieces suddenly broke apart from their grouping and spread out around Link and then started circling him, faster and faster until they almost looked like small comets circling around Link. Link cursed as the first one suddenly swooped forward and took a scratch on his leg, and then another, this time at his face. Charade's little 'circle of death' closed in on Link until there wasn't a place for Link to even move at all, and as it closed in on him, Link saw it, a single purple floating eye about twenty-five feet up in the air looking strait at him.
Third cut! Fourth cut! Fifth cut! Charade close in fully on Link and now Link was being completely ambushed by Charade's floating body pieces as they moved in a rapid motion around him. Link felt long, thin scratches all over his body, Link gritted his teeth, gripped his sword harder, bent down, and then he shot up, swinging his sword around him as he twirled up like a wild bird going in tight circular motions.
Link landed as most of the pieces of Charade fell back from Link's sudden attack, but many pieces simply continued going around Link and most of the pieces that he had hit were just coming back up. Link bit his lip and ran off the right, and looked up at the floating eye.
Was that how Charade was controlling himself? That one eye? Is was the only vulnerable looking part, but it was too high for Link to hit with his sword, Link would have to use his bow and arrow in order to hit it, but Link didn't take his bow and arrow from Hyrule with him and he hadn't bothered to try and buy one from a town at all. But Link couldn't keep on running like this, he had to hit that one floating eye, and hopefully if he did so that would put an end to Charade!
Link ran around in a circle around the eye in the air as Charade's body chased after him. Link took a second of time, just a single second, and thought of what Talim would do if she were in this situation.
"Wind," Link called out, hoping that the Wind would actually respond to him and that the Wind would be able to help him although he didn't have to power like Talim did to connect with the Wind mind to mind. "Please, help me, please push me up to Charade's eye so that way I can attack him and be able to get revenge for Talim!"
'Request granted.'
Just as Link heard the Wind's voice, a surging blast of wind sent him soaring up towards Charade eye, Link took his blade, raised it, letting his shield drop to the ground, and….
So Until Next Time,
CrypticElf…