WARNING: BLOOD AND TORTURE IN THIS CHAPTER!

After struggling against the ropes for a while, I ended up falling asleep due to fatigue. It seemed like hours had passed after that, and I was suddenly woken up when I was kicked in the ribs.

"Get up, bird!" A deeper, menacing voice cried. My eyes opened and I still saw the thick line around my eyes. I was still blindfolded. I let out a grunt, which to my dismay, I was still gagged, and my mouth was drying up from it.

I looked up, still unable to see. My captor then grabbed me by the feathers on my head and stood me up, and I cried out through my gag in pain.

"It's time." He whispered. He then started to drag me on the floor by the feathers and I cried out in pain, trying to hold back tears. There's no WAY am I letting these fools see that I'm weak! I began to struggle against the ropes, and I felt warm liquid dripping down from my wrists. I was beginning to bleed from my bound wrists after being tied up for so long. My captor then backhanded me, much harder than the previous person. "You quit struggling." He growled as I can feel his breath near my face. I only snarled.

I was then dragged to an unknown location, and I was set down on a chair. "Now…" Another devilish voice said, which I soon realized that there were two people who kidnapped me, "once I take off that gag, promise not to warn your friend once we start recording?" Recording? What was he talking about?

I then felt my gag being removed, and I gasped for breath. "You…ya won't get away with this, bastards!" I croaked, my voice sounding hoarse. I was rewarded with another backhand across the face. "Shut your mouth, birdy." He growled. He then ordered the other, "Remove the blindfold."

My blindfold was taken off of my eyes, and all I saw were gray blurs. After blinking my eyes for a bit, I looked around. It seemed that I was being held in an underground, rocky location. I then looked to see who my captors were. I gasped in shock when I recognized them: Ganondorf and Ghirahim.

"You two?!" I cried in shock. Ghirahim just smiled. "Surprised?" He said softly.

I began to struggle against my bonds more violently. "So! Ya gonna use me as bait for that idiot of mine, right?" I growled. Ghirahim just giggled.

"You're a smart birdy, aren't you?"

"Let me go, now!" Ghirahim just rolled his eyes. "Why would we do that? The fun had barely begun!" I saw him get behind a video camera, as Ganondorf went to grab a baseball bat. What were they going to do?

"Now once the recording starts, you better have a smile on for your little friend!" Ghirahim giggled. "And…ACTION!"

"Link, take a break!" Marth cried as he, Roy, and Fox followed me to one of the Smash Halls, "We've searched everywhere! He's not around the Castle at all!"

I sighed. We were searching for Falco, and there was no trace of him at all. However, I was determined to find my friend, so I continued to search.

"Yes," Roy said, "we've been searching for hours. Can you give it a rest?"

"NOT UNTIL I FIND HIM!" I screamed. Roy stepped back when I screamed, eyes wide. I realized what I have done, and I apologized quickly. "I'm sorry…but he couldn't just disappear like that!"

"I know, but…"

"Roy, this is out of character of Falco to just disappear into thin air. He HAS to be somewhere in the Castle."

Roy sighed. I overheard Fox whispered to him, "Let him continue to search. You know how determined he is."

"Damn right." I muttered loud enough for them to hear.

We then saw Zelda and Samus approaching us. "Samus, Zelda! Did you find any evidence?"

Samus nodded. "We searched in the training grounds, and I found his Blaster on the ground." She gave me the Blaster, and I looked over it. Now this is even odder. Falco never goes anywhere without his trusty Blaster.

"Something's not right here…" I muttered. I then put it in my pocket and went off. "Link," Zelda said, "take a break. It's almost lunchtime."

"I can't, Zelda." I called, "I can't…" I then went off, leaving my friends alone.

While I was searching in the Battle Preparations room, I heard a squeaky voice behind me. "Big Link! Big Link!"

I turned to see my younger self approaching me. "Not now, Young Link," I said, "I'm still searching."

"But this is important!" Those words made me perk up. I looked at Young Link, and he seemed to be holding a video tape.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

He offered me the tape. "Someone in a cloak gave me this and said to give it to you." I grabbed the tape and I stared at it. The tape was labelled as "To Link." What it said at the bottom got me alert: "From Falco."

I ran to tell my friends, who were getting ready to go to the Cafeteria. "A tape from Falco?" Fox asked, confused. "Yes; see for yourself." I said, showing him the tape. Fox looked at it and his eyes were wide.

"Let's watch it," He said, and he went off to the Smash Living Room with Marth, Roy, and Young Link.

I placed the tape in the VCR, and the tape began. The first thing we saw, to our horror, was Falco being beaten with a baseball bat. Blood was everywhere as the bat hit Falco and he screamed in pain. We heard cursing in the background. The avian's feathers were plucked out from his skin, and blood began to drip down from the locations where the feathers were plucked out. This sight was so horrifying to us that Roy had to get Young Link out of the room. Poor Falco was trying to stay strong…but we all know that he was terrified from his ordeal, as we can see the tears falling down from his face and his sobs were heard as he was beaten.

The camera then panned up to the captor, who was a shadow. "We have your little bird friend," he said in a menacing voice as we continue to hear Falco's painful screams, "if you want to save him, you better come to us in the forest near the Smash Castle…ALONE, Link!" My eyes were wide when he said my name. "We're hiding underground, and if you don't come…"

He snapped his fingers, and we heard a sickening thud and Falco was screaming. "We'll inflict more pain on your little bird…to the point that he'll be a tasty meal…"

"LINK!" We heard Falco cry in the background, "Don't come here! It's a—" We then heard another thud, and Falco screamed again.

The video had ended, and we all stood there, horrified of what we saw. "THOSE BASTARDS!" I cried as I was about to run out of the room when Fox grabbed me. "Link, calm down!"

"I can't!" I cried, "Those bastards are torturing him! They'll kill him!"

"Link," Marth said, "didn't you hear what Falco tried to say? It's all a trap."

I managed to escape from Fox's grip. "I don't care. Falco's life is on the line. I can't let them harm him anymore."

I ran off to grab my sword and shield as Marth and Fox tried to stop me. "Don't you understand?!" Fox said, "They're using Falco as bait for you! They'll kill you!"

I turned to look at Fox in the eyes, and I spoke, "As long as Falco is OK, I don't care if I die."

I then ran outside to the forest, ignoring their protests.

I was thrown into a cell, and Ghirahim punched me in the stomach. "How DARE you try to warn him!" He growled.

Ganondorf then kicked me in the ribs, and I heard a loud crack! Another of my ribs was broken. I tried to hide my fear, but after more punches and kicks on my whole body, I couldn't handle it. I let out a heart-wrenching sob as they kicked me to the ground and they laughed.

"Heh, not as cocky and tough as you are, huh?" Ganondorf mocked as he kicked me in the face. I felt blood dripping down from all the places where they beaten me with the bat, and I let out a whimper. I couldn't be strong…I was at the mercy of these bastards…I felt so helpless and weak.

"Now GET UP!" Ganondorf growled and I was kicked in the stomach. I slowly sat up, but I wasn't fast enough for them as he kicked me in the ribs.

"Too slow!" He said. I groaned, and I tried to hold back any more tears, but it was no use.

"Shut him up, Ghirahim." Ganondorf ordered.

Ghirahim grabbed some rope and he tied my beak shut. I didn't resist; I was too weak. I was then blindfolded again.

"Now all we have to do is wait, so you better be comfortable, bird." I heard Ganondorf said, and I heard the cell door being closed.

My body rocked and shook from my sobs as thoughts began to fly in my head. I was never at the mercy of my enemies, and it made me so weak being held captive by them. I wondered if Link and anyone else who saw the video think that I'm weak…it was so humiliating that I was beaten down while I couldn't do anything to stop it. I wasn't the best fighter like I always think…I was just a sapless, arrogant bird who thinks he's better than anyone else. I was foolish…and broken.

Link…Fox…everyone…I'm so sorry for not being the best there is…