Chapter V – The Truth.
*Many time later, after the Fire Temple and the restoration of the Tower Of Spirits.*
Link and Zelda (as phantom) entered the last chamber, where they can move on from there to the top of the Tower. They both heard a sound from behind them and saw that the exit got blocked. "I see you fixed the Spirit Tracks. My congratulations." a voice said. They both turned around and saw Byrne. "What have you done to Anjean?" Link said. Byrne laughed, "Ha, don't worry about her. She got a lesson from me this time, one that she'll never forget!" Zelda and Link got worried about Anjean more now since she teleported them away. "Unfortunately for you, Malladus has already begun the final stage of rebirth. His resurrection will soon be complete and I can't let you cause any more harm." Byrne said. "Hey, that's what we were going to say!" Zelda said, "Well… Maybe WE won't let YOU cause any more harm!" "Yeah! You're going down, Byrne!" Link said. Byrne simply laughed, "Anyone who gets in my way will be eliminated… No matter who it is!"
*After Byrne's Boss Battle Fight*
Byrne groaned of the painful hits that he took from Link and Zelda and he fell to his knees. "Impossible…" Byrne panted, "I've trained for longer than you can even imagine. How could a pair of children defeat me?" "Yes, we are humans.", Zelda said, "We have neither the power of spirits nor demons. But when we combine our strength…No one can defeat us!" That little piece that Zelda said, reminded Byrne of Jessie. She was like that as well…No power of spirits or demons… Just a normal human… She and Byrne fought together before… And they always succeeded… "Right, Link?", Zelda asked.
*Friendship-scene of Link and Zelda happens now.*
Byrne walked away through a secret door that leaded to the top of the Tower. Link and Zelda just realised that he was gone, "HUH?", they both said. "Hey! Wait! We're not done yet with you!", Zelda yelled. Meanwhile, at the top of the Tower… "Cole! Was the resurrection successful?", Byrne asked. Zelda's body was floating above the altar, ready to resurrect Malladus and place his soul into her body. "I'm very disappointed in you, Byrne.", Cole said. "What? Why?", he asked. Cole turned around, "Even those children proved to be too much for you. Well, at least you bought us some time.", he said and moved further on his task. "Behold! The Demon King's return draws nigh!"… Zelda's body started to groan of the pain, but then the Demon King entered her body. Link and Zelda arrived, but they're too late now. Zelda's body opened her eyes, and saw that they were red and yellow of colour, which they knew that Malladus took over Zelda's body. "NOOOO! NOT WITH MY BODY!", Zelda screamed. "Congratulations on your resurrection, Your Majesty!" Cole said and bowed for him. Byrne stepped forward, "Oh, Demon King Malladus…" he said, "I am the one who has freed you from your prison! Grant me the power I have dreamed of!" Malladus raised his arm up, everyone else thinking that he get's more power, but…
Malladus attacked him with a blast and send him against the wall, hurting Byrne. He collapsed down, but tried to get up again. Cole walked next to Byrne, "Nyee hee hee! Thank you for your help. But you are too gullible, my friend." he said, "Don't you know that he will never give you new power? After all, you were once the servant of those disgusting spirits." Byrne tried to hit him with his arm-weapon, but easily missed.
"But… Why did you choose me, to help you? We had a deal, Cole!" Byrne said, sitting on his knees and leaning on his right arm. Cole snickered, "Simple. Because you're blind enough to deceive you. You're an easy fool. Did you really thought that this human of yours will come back in the living world?". Byrne clenched his fist and lowered his head with closed eyes, filled with fury.
"My plans would've been faster for me if she didn't stood in my way! Too bad that your little girlfriend got struck down by an arrow!", Cole said. Byrne froze at that moment, "How does Cole even know that? I never told him anything about what happened to her…" he thought and looked back at Cole. "You never knew who hit her, did you?" Cole said with a playful tune, "You always thought off that it was one of those monsters that killed her.". Byrne started to realise… "No…", he whispered. "The fight of those monsters was only a trap… A distraction… To the real step of what I was planning to…". Byrne clenched his fist, "No!", he said, getting angrier by the second. Cole laughed, "Who ever thought of shooting an arrow and killing a human would be that easy?". Byrne felt like he was falling into the deepest point of the earth… The killer of his angel…was Cole… It was him all along. The truth that Byrne never knew, has been revealed. "You killed her…" Byrne said.
"When you sat there, holding that disgusting little human into your arms, crying, I felt like my heart was breaking…" Cole said with fake puppy-eyes, " …If I ever had a heart to break it!" he laughed out loud. Malladus started to laugh as well, enjoying the pain of this Lokomo. Link and Zelda couldn't believe what they were hearing, but remained on their places. They finally knew and understood what Anjean was talking about, before they went to the Fire Temple. Byrne only did those things because he wanted his beloved back. Only for his love for her. Memories of Jessie passed by within Byrne's mind…Their first meeting…Their first kiss…Their first romantic dance…Their confessing…Their first night together… Her death… A tear ran down of his face and rolled onto his scarf, "You…" he said, getting up. "You took my angel away from me…" he raised his arm-weapon and aimed at Cole, "YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!" he screamed and shoot at Cole… Cole simply blocked the attack, "What a pathetic loser…" and attacked him with his purple blasts, hitting Byrne. Byrne felled onto the ground, where he remained there, groaning of the pain. "Now then, Your Majesty! Let us sacrifice these base creatures to your glory!" Cole said. Malladus tried to attack them, but he didn't succeed, his powers wasn't restored yet. "Do not fear, Your Majesty. You simply aren't used to your new body yet." Cole said, "None of you can't stop us!" and snapped his fingers. With a deep rumble the Demon Train appeared behind Cole and Malladus, both of them floating away to escape. "Listen well, you lapdogs of the spirits! When the Demon King's revival is complete, you will take your last breaths! I would suggest you tremble in fear!" Cole screamed out and they drove away with the Demon Train into the horizon. Byrne lost his conscious…
"No… NOOOO!", Zelda screamed, "Give my body back to me!". "It's useless, my dear. There's no way you can hope to defeat him now.", a voice said. Link and Zelda turned around and saw Anjean, with scrapes and bruises. "ANJEAN!", they both said. "Are you alright?", Link said. "Yes, I'm fine.", she replied. "We thought that Byrne killed you!", Zelda said. They all turned to look at Byrne. "Now what do we do?", Link asked. "Let's get back down to the Spirit Train. We'll think of something…", Anjean said. "What about Byrne?", Zelda asked, "We can't just leave him behind. Not after what happened now…". "Yeah, I still can't believe that Cole said that he killed his girlfriend…" Link said. "Huh?" Anjean said, "What did you just say? That Cole killed her…?".
"We'll tell you along the way down." Zelda said, "Come on, Link, help me to carry him." and walked toward Byrne. "Ok, Zelda." Link replied.
To Be Continued…