And on we go!

Chapter Four

Elite Attack

After our little war council, which I have no better way of describing it, we brought the Kokiri into the Forest Temple,

into the lowest level, which was deep underground. If the Covenant somehow got past us, they'd have a heck of a time

finding them. I had Saria put the torches out, knowing that the elevator thing wouldn't work without them. I then went

over the weapons the Arbiter had brought. I found a Carbine, and got it ready. Zelda and Linkle picked up Carbines of

their own. Aryll picked up a needler. I also found an Energy Sword, and Ganondorf picked up a Brute Shot. The Arbiter

picked up an Energy Sword, a Carbine, and a Bubble Shield. Rauru picked up a Plasma Pistol. Saria, who insisted on

fighting, picked up a needler of her own. We found some logs and stacked them in the entrance of the Temple. Taking

cover behind it, we waited. With my newly enhanced senses, I noticed a distortion and aimed my Carbine at it. The

distortion stopped. My guess that it was an Elite was proved true when he disengaged his cloaking device and activated

his Energy Sword. Saria opened fire immediately. Most of her shots bounced off the blade, but one did score a hit on

the Elite's shoulder. The Arbiter fired a shot at him, hitting him in the same spot, pushing the needle in deeper. The

Elite grunted in pain, and held his sword in a defensive stance, then gave it a slight wave. I'm pretty sure I'm the only

one who noticed it. Anyway, when he did it, a group of grunts and jackals ran into the party. The jackels turned on their

shields and readied their Plasma Pistols. They opened fire, missing us completely, and a few expert shots by Zelda

incapitated them. I fired on the closest Grunt, then fired at the Elite again, who blocked my shot, as I had hoped. The

beam from my Carbine hit another Grunt, who fired his Needler, which hit a Jackal, who fired his Plasma Pistol, which

hit the Elite in the leg. He backed off a bit, and turned his cloak back on. He went back into the trees, and we continued

firing on the Grunts and Jackals that were left. When they were gone, I faced Zelda. "We have to find him. We can't let

him report our location." I jumped out to look for him, and Rauru and the Arbiter came with me. Rauru went in front, I

went in the middle, and the Arbiter stayed behind. He kept his eyes open, aiming his Carbine left and right. Suddenly,

Rauru froze. "Rauru, what is it?" He made no sound, except for a gasp as the Energy Sword activated right through his

chest. Seeing that, I got angry. I activated my own Energy Sword, and said, "You want to kill things? Come on!" The

Elite faced me. He deactivated the cloak and held his blade at the ready. "You are brave to challenge me, Son of Hyrule.

Your greatest Warriors fell to my blade. You have a blade of your own. Are you ready?" I wasted no breath on a retort. I

swung at him, which he blocked. He slashed at me, which I parried, then countered. He saw the counter coming, but

got knocked back a bit. We clashed blades a few times, then pulled back. "You have unusual powers, young one." I

made no retort. "Great power, but how much?" I held my blade ready. He charged. I met him head on. The blades

clashed, but he hadn't expected me to grab his Plasma Pistol as our blades met. He looked at me in surprise, then said,

"You are a true warrior. I award you with your first kill against the Covenant." I fired. He stopped talking. I turned off

the Energy Sword, picked up his, and also noticed his dropped cloaking device. I strapped it to my left arm, then walked

back to the Forest Temple. We met the others outside. "Where is Rauru?" Ganondorf asked. "He's dead. The Elite ran

him through." Zelda let a tear fall. Aryll faced me. "What now?" "When the Elite doesn't return to his superiors, they'll

come looking for them. We need to get the Kokiri somewhere else, where the Covenant won't find them." Saria faced

me. "There is nowhere else. The Kokiri won't want to leave the Forest, except for Mari. She expressed interest." I

nodded. "Tell the other Kokiri to find somewhere to hide. We then heard a loud scream. Going inside, we saw a Grunt

that had somehow gotten inside without us noticing. Only two Kokiri were still alive. The rest had needles in their

bodies. In my anger, I ignited the Energy Sword. That got his attention, but not before he shot Mido. His body joined

his fellow Kokiri on the floor. In my rage, I sliced through the Grunt, pinning him to the wall. Mari, the only surviving

Kokiri besides Saria, watched, and ran over and kicked the dying Grunt. She spat a mouthful of colorful language that I

will not describe to you, since a kid should NOT know those words. "Mari, that's not good language. We need to leave

the others. I'm sorry." Mari nodded. We left, making for the Lost Woods, where the Master Sword, which only I could

use, was waiting.

A/N

Okay, for Mido fans out there, I'm sorry I killed him off, but I couldn't see a good use for him in the story,

and I'm trying to keep a small team alive.