When we last left our heroes, Link and his group met Navi, and she led them to the Temple of Time. Link then realized another portion of that he was destined to do as he took the Blade of Evil's Bane, the Master Sword, from its pedestal. The others though met Skull Kid, a lonely forest being that meant to have fun, but took it a little too far. As recompense, Skull Kid took them to his special spot inside the old mansion, only to meet the Poe Sisters. What'll happen next? Find out now on "Medabots and Hylians- a New Generation of Heroes".
Credit to Nintendo for Legend of Zelda, Natsume for Medabots, and me for Jedediah and Casey. Reviews are appreciated.
Chapter 15- Playing Ghostbusters
As Link and the others were leaving the Sacred Grounds, two voices called out Link and Zelda's names. They all turned around to find their ancestors standing before them, only they weren't translucent. They appeared as flesh and blood like their modern descendants. "You two have been doing well." Link's ancestor started. "And we believe it's time you learn the whole truth to what is happening." Zelda's finished. "Link? Is that you?" Navi stammered. "It's been a long time Navi." He smiled. "It's really you! My Link!" The fairy exclaimed as she flew around him ecstatically. "I missed you too Navi, but we don't have much time for reunions." The Hero of Time added. "You know of Ganondorf's intentions, correct?" The Princess asked the teens and medabots as they nodded. "And we know what we're going to do about it," Metabee proudly stated, "We're going to give Ganon-dork the Metabee-bopping of a lifetime!" "That's good Metabee," The Hero chuckled, "But listen closely, as you won't stand much of a chance against Ganondorf until you search for the Sages." "When our Hyrule slowly died away, it paved the road that ultimately led to the Hyrule that you call home." The Princess started, "But as ours passed away, the Sages lost their physical bodies with time, as have we. And our power has grown weak after many years of holding the seal. Ganondorf must have taken advantage of our weakened state and broke the seal, allowing him to escape in your time." "Then what do we have to do?" Link asked, taking a step forward. "You must awaken the Sages and show them their destiny." The Hero replied, "There are seven Sages in this time, some having a metal companion. All of them are people that you know one way or another, and their personalities are nearly identical to the Sages of our time." "Does Ganondorf know of the destined Sages?" Rokusho asked. "Unfortunately, he does." The Princess answered, "And he will likely try to kill them in an attempt to prevent anyone from sealing him again." "You must find the destined Sages before Ganondorf does," The Hero completed, "And help them understand their destiny." "The first one you must find, the Sage of Forest, is nearby." The Princess added, "You must find her before Ganondorf." Both ancestors looked towards a stone tabletop as it was engulfed in blue light. "Step into the light, and it will take you to where the Sage of Forest is." The Hero finished as he and the Princes started to vanish, "And don't worry, we will guide you as much as we are able. But it is up to you to make the choice." Without another word, Link and the others stepped into the light as it teleported them to their unknown destination.
Inside the Mansion, Sheik and Nin-Ninja had so far found nothing in the West wing. "You see anything out of the ordinary? Sheik asked his medabot. "Nothing yet," Nin-Ninja replied, "But we must keep looking for that spirit." Sheik let out a sigh as the duo passed through a door at the end of a hallway into a much larger room. "Sheik, look." The ninja type pointed out, "There is a ladder over there." The teenager then started up the ladder as Nin-Ninja took a leap for the wall and launched off of it, meeting his medafighter at the top. "Showoff." Sheik muttered as they continued through the passageway, only to find it blocked by a large stone cube. "Hmm…" Sheik wondered, "You think we should push on it?" "I believe it might be a suitable course of action." His medabot agreed and the both rested their shoulders and pushed as hard as they could. It took a minute, but they were finally able to get the cube moving as they slowly pushed it to the other end of the passageway. When it reached the wall, the cube fell a few inches into the ground, allowing access to a higher floor. When they reached the top, the duo followed a platform around to another cube blocking their path. And knowing what to do, they pushed the cube into another indention. Only it fell straight through the floor and revealed a door on the opposite wall. Finally, they found themselves in a room with a painting of Joelle on the opposite wall, staring back at them. When they neared the painting, the ghost cackled and disappeared to another empty canvas close by. "That was weird." Sheik wondered as Nin-Ninja eyed Joelle's temporary hiding place. Then, like lightning, he sprung off the floor and slashed the painting as Joelle found another painting on the lower floor. "Nice going Nin-Ninja," Sheik applauded, "I'll watch this one while you get the other." The ninja type found the third painting and cut a diagonal rip through it as the ghost fled to the last painting, which Sheik now eyed carefully. Sheik took his pocket knife and made a good slash as Joelle appeared and fled to the lower floor. By the time Shiek made it down the stairs, Nin-Ninja made a fatal slash through the spirit as it dropped its flame and disappeared. The torch behind the duo then lit supernaturally, with the flame that Joelle tried to hide. "Let's head back to the foyer," Sheik spoke up, "I guess our work here is done." "It would seem so." The ninja type added as they started back.
Thanks to Skull Kid, Midna luckily was able to navigate the East wing without running into any sort of trouble. "Tell me Skull Kid," Midna started, "What's with those ghosts? "You mean the Poe Sisters?" Skull Kid returned, "I have no idea. But my best guess is that they used to work in the mansion when they were alive or something." "Makes sense," The scientist replied as they neared a door, "But what did they mean by their master, the Dark lord's Phantom?" Skull Kid shivered a little, "I haven't met him exactly, but the Poe Sisters tell me that he's as evil as they come in these woods. And that if I don't do what they say, the Phantom will put me in the darkness." "Then why don't you leave?" Midna asked him. "I don't know… I guess I just get scared of being alone." Skull Kid sighed as they passed through the door. However, the door locked behind them as Amy, carrying the green flame, made herself known. Blakstag readied herself for battle as Skull Kid backed up a step. "Skull Kid," Amy screeched, "Get over here, now!" He simply hid behind Midna as she gave the order to Blakstag to attack. "He's not taking orders from you anymore." The scientist smirked as the female stag-beetle type made an attempt at a slash, but ultimately hit nothing as Amy disappeared cackling. "Look for her torch," Skull Kid squeaked fearfully, "The Sisters can disappear, but their torches can't while they're holding the flame." Midna watched the dark room carefully, scanning for any sign of movement or the flame. Finally, Amy reappeared with an attempt to use her torch as a weapon by spinning rapidly. "Blakstag," Midna called, "Incoming melee attack from your right!" Blakstag glimpsed at Amy long enough to narrowly jump over her as she spun by. "Now," The scientist ordered, "Counter while she's vulnerable!" The female stag-beetle type made a dash as she impaled her right-arm claws into Amy, causing the ghost to dissipate as her flame vanished and lit the torch in the middle of the room. Midna called Blakstag back as they were about to leave the room, until Skull Kid stopped them. "Thanks for sticking up for me." He mumbled shyly. "Anytime," Midna smiled back at him, "Now let's keep going." The trio then made their way for the other door and exited the room behind them.
Meanwhile; Jedediah, Malon, Casey, and Brown Bison were a little surprised to find themselves in a courtyard of sorts instead of a hallway. It wasn't overly elaborate, mainly stone walls with moss and vines growing down the sides. There was a small lake with an islet nearest to the corner of the opposite wall. "I have to say," Jedediah spoke up, "I didn't expect this." "No kidding." Casey added as he walked up to inspect the lake, but found nothing of interest in it. Brown Bison looked around as well, and found something of interest on the left-most wall. He grunted at Casey and pointed at whatever it was he found. "What'd you find?" Casey asked as he looked at the wall and caught on, "Oh, I see it now." The item was fairly hidden in the moss, but it hit the light just right for the medabots to find it. It was a small key lodged in the wall, but little did the two medabots know that. But when they approached the wall, they had a problem; it was far too high for them to reach, until Casey had an idea. "Hey Brown Bison," He started, "Give me a boost." The Texan only hid his face in his hat as he watched Casey climb onto Brown Bison's shoulders. "Oh boy," He muttered, shaking his head, "Here we go again with Casey's ideas." Malon stayed particularly quiet and played with a strand of loose hair, twirling it around her finger and eyeing the ground shyly. "Hey Malon," The Texan spoke up, "You're awfully quiet, something up?" Malon quickly snapped out of her trance, "Oh, yeah. I'm fine, just thinking is all." Casey and Brown Bison then fell backwards onto the ground with a thud from lack of balance. "I see," Jedediah replied, "What about?" "Oh, nothing" Malon mumbled as her cheeks turned a little red, "Just about what life was like before all this." "I'd agree actually," The Texan chuckled, "I was really looking forward to coming to Hyrule, but I never expected I'd end up helping to save it." The two teens looked around silently as Casey was just about ready to make contact with the item with attempt number two. That is, until Brown Bison lost his footing and dropped Casey in the lake by accident with a huge splash. The teens watched worriedly as Casey struggled a bit, and then finally climbed out, glaring at Brown Bison. "Casey," Jedediah called, "You alright?" "Just, peachy." Casey sarcastically muttered as he punched the stone wall hard, knocking the key to the ground and then stomped past his medafighter to the other side of the courtyard to medachange and race around in a circle to dry off. Both teens looked at Casey racing in circles, then at each other, and shared a good laugh as Brown Bison guiltily picked up the key and met back up with them.
Outside of the mansion; Link, Metabee, Zelda and Rokusho stepped out of the light to find themselves standing before an ancient building. "The Sage of Forest is in there?" Metabee wondered, "Man, talk about letting the place go." "This structure has likely been here for hundreds of years Metabee," Rokusho replied, "It's also very likely that the owners are long gone and this place was forgotten." "Well regardless of how old it is," Zelda stepped in, "We need to find the Sage of Forest." "Zelda's right," Link added, "So let's go." And with that, the quartet started for the door, only to find it already opened and cautiously stepped inside. As they approached the lobby, they found a purple ghost floating low towards the ground and covering her eyes with her hands. "Ghost in the house!" Metabee squealed, which in turn caused Meg to glare at the group and disappear. Navi in turn bonked Metabee on the head for being loud when he shouldn't. Confused, Link drew his sword and carefully watched for Meg. After a minute of false security, four Megs appeared and circled Link. The teenager was unsure which was the real and randomly took a swing at one. However, that Meg disappeared as another one retaliated on the teen's backside. "Why that little," Metabee raged, "Let me at it, I'll Metabee-bop it into next week!" Zelda and Rokusho tried to stop him, but when Metabee's in a rage, they decided it's best to stay out of his way. Link was still getting hit left and right from the four Megs , as another took the place of the one Link attacked, and was slowly running out of energy to fight back. Just as one Meg was ready to finish Link off; it was pelted ceaselessly by a barrage of meda-bullets and dissipated. "You keep your stinking hands off my medafighter!" Metabee yelled as he began shooting at another. The two remaining Megs looked at each other as a blur of white cut right through one of them, causing it to dissipate. Link looked up to find the remaining Meg looking around frantically. "You messed with the wrong teen." He growled as he rushed towards it and slashed diagonally through the spirit. "Yeah!" Metabee shouted, waving his arms like he was imitating a one-two punch, "You got it now Link-ster!" As Meg vanished for her final time, the purple flame found its place with the remaining three that were already lit. After all four flames were reunited; a rumbling could be heard from the floor as an elevator rose and stopped on their level.
As Zelda and Rokusho met up with Link and Metabee, a voice called Link's name. "Link? Is that you?" It asked. Link looked up to find Sheik and Nin-Ninja exiting out of the West wing and making a dash to meet up with his friend. "Oh man Sheik," Link sighed, "Boy am I glad to see you." "Not as much as I am to see you," Sheik returned, "Do you realize how much we freaked out when we didn't find you guys?" "We were afraid that you became lost in the woods and began to worry." Nin-Ninja added. "You hear that Link?" Metabee asked, comically beginning to tear up, "They missed us." It was right about then that Jedediah, Casey, Malon and Brown Bison came back from the Northeast wing and found Link and his group. "Well boy howdy!" Jedediah happily shouted, "Look who it is." "Hey guys," Zelda greeted, "Where's Midna?" "She left for the East wing with Skull Kid," Malon replied, "But we haven't seen them yet." "Who's Skull Kid?" Metabee asked. "Long story pal," Casey answered, "But let's keep it at we had a very interesting first meeting with him." "Wait a minute," Sheik started, suddenly becoming concerned, "Has anyone seen Saria?" "Not us Partner," The cowboy responded, "Last I recall she took the Northwest wing." "We didn't see her either," Rokusho added, "What's wrong Sheik?" "I don't like where this is headed," Nave piped up, somewhat startling everyone but Link and his group, "You think Ganondorf got to her first?" "I don't know Navi," Link answered, "But we better find her fast." After introducing Navi to the others, Midna and Skull Kid returned from the East wing and were somewhat relieved to see everyone together. "Hey Midna," Metabee asked as she and Skull Kid met the group, "You seen Saria anywhere?" "I haven't," She replied, "Why?" "Oh no," Link gasped, "This can't be good." "What?" Midna asked, now getting a little worried, "What can't be good?" "Long story," Metabee replied, "We'll explain later, but for now we need to find Saria." "Well last I heard she was headed for the Northwest wing," Skull Kid chimed in, "You think we should check there?" "That sounds like what we should do," Rokusho finished, "So let's go and look for Saria." With that, the group, now a whole again, dashed for the Northwest wing, hoping and praying that Saria was ok.
Things are beginning to look grim since Saria hasn't returned from the Northwest Wing. In situations like this, the only thing one can do is hope that it's not as bad as it seems. Will Saria be in the Northwest Wing when the others arrive? Or will they find something else? The only way to find out is to read on.
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