Red's Patience

About a week later...

My scrapes and bruises have all healed up and I decided to ask Red if he still wanted to fight. That is... if I could find him. I searched the whole mansion and decided after searching every room he wasn't in the mansion.

Sure enough he was out by the lake training. I could make distinct pokemon lingo as he prepared his pokemon. He was there when my secret came out and we haven't talked much since. I approached and assumed he noticed me when he commanded his pokemon back into their pokeballs. "Hey Lucas!" he cheered happy to see me in top condition. He rushed over and put me in a head-lock then gave me a nogie. "So... how have you been?" he asked releasing me from his grip.

"Better, much better," I answer fixing my hair. "I'm finally ready for our match." He grinned at that, he made his way back signaling me to follow.

"I've been training for this!" he squealed in excitement. "We have to make sure Ness is game though," he added. He and Ness were roommates on the second floor. I followed him up the steps into a hallway that looped around itself he stopped at Room 7 and knocked.

Ness opened the door rubbing his eyes like he just got up. "What do you want Red?" he asked groggily. I could tell he had to try not to fall asleep in the middle of this conversation.

"Lucas is finally ready to go!" he exclaimed joyfully. He and Ness were almost exact opposites. Red was ready to fight and usually was quite hyper, Ness on the other hand was calm and collected and thought before dong something stupid.

"Give me a minute," Ness yawned as he closed the door. I told Red we should wait in the dining room because Ness will want breakfast, plus I was hungry.

They had something different for breakfast each day while keeping a variety of foods available. Today they had doughnuts for breakfast. Doughnuts are my second favorite food, omelets being my absolute favorite food.

Just as me and Red got our breakfast Ness came downstairs dressed and awake. He immediately grabbed a plate of eggs and bacon and sat down next to Red who was across from me. "So... uh... when are we going to fight?" Ness asked.

"Well we'll sign up when we're done eating and it's about 9:00 am now so... probably at ten," I answered, "give or take." Red was scarfing down his food he was so excited about the match that he couldn't wait. Matches are called from 8:00 am – 10:00 pm so we had plenty of time.

Out of nowhere Master Hand's voiced boomed announcing a battle "Gannondorf versus Lucas!" he declared. As he said my name Red started choking on food. Ness looked at me as if saying 'too bad maybe some other time then,' he wasn't to devastated but Red was.

Red looked at me and told me, "Kick his Gerudo ass Lucas and don't get hurt out there my patience is running thin!" I only nodded thinking how patient he's trying to be and knowing him it must be difficult. I stand and head for the battle room.

"Well hello Lucas," a deep voice bellowed. I was looking at this man, tall with a muscular build, he orange hair with a rather large bald spot where some form of jewel lay. He was clothed in dark armor and had grayish skin. "My name is Gannondorf, it is a pleasure to meet you."

"Let's get this over with!" I shouted I readied myself and called out "New Pork City!" The as usual whirred and morphed until it resembled a busy town hovering over a dark mist over looking the rest of the world.

"Good you're ready to fight," Gannondorf chuckled he disappeared in a dark purple portal. I searched for him but his energy was everywhere. "Behind you," he cackled as I turn right into his boot as kicked me square in the face. I fell over landing on my back and before I could move he jumped into the air and sent both his legs down onto my stomach as hard as he could. I coughed and jerked in pain as I stood he sent his foot down on my back crushing me to the floor. He stood on top of me until he decided to play with near unconscious body. He repeatedly sent his foot down stomping me over and over each time I scream in pain each time getting louder.

Eventually he got bored and picked me up by the back of my neck. With one sudden movement he twirled me around to face him while held my throat tightly. He glowed a dark purple and smirked, I began to feel fear. Memories swarmed to my head, memories of my mother and brother. I don't know how many times I've seen her ripped to shreds by the same drago, how many times I saw him leave me behind and never return, or how many times I've seen him die in my arms. My mother, Hinawa, and my brother, Claus. The only thing I could think about were the times they died. I started to cry it hurt so much to see them in pain, let alone over and over again. My nightmares were always reminding me of how I could do nothing but watch as they died for me.

"Mom, Dad, Claus, Boney, Kumatora, Duster, and the people of Tazmily," I choked out still dreaming. "I'm so sorry..." I felt my body go limp and numb as I fell into an even deeper sleep. The dream felt real...