A/N- I hated the last part on the last chapter but I guess I just have to deal with it.
NinjaSheik- Yeah, it's one of my favorites.
Keroanne1- It's not all in one paragraph, is it? Uh, 'scratches head'
Penpen67- 'Gets shotgun' I know you're out there!
Disclaimer- I don not or will ever own Man-at-legs or Zelda.
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Kheino, Link, and the bug thing was only a couple of feet away from the green, metallic ball.
"I bet it's another spider." Kheino remarked as Link took out his bow and arrow. " Hey, hey! What are you doing?"
"I'm going to shoot it, why are you worried?" Link answered with an eyebrow raised." You know, I have to destroy all enemies in the room and the door opens. You were with me in the other room with the weird monkey things."
"Yeah but have you actually tried destroying the lock on the doors?"
"No."
"So what's stopping you from trying?"
"That thing waking up." Link said simply, pointing a dirty finger at the ball. If they were right, a spider.
"When you used Din's Fire it didn't wake up, even when the other spider was shaking the room."
"You really want to get out of here don't you."
"Yup. At first it was fun but now it's frustrating. I don't know how you do it." A strange and uncomfortable silence fell over the three as they continued to stare at the metallic ball.
"So…" Kheino began, still refusing to make eye contact with Link. " Are you going to try my suggestion?" Link gave out a lengthy sigh.
" Yeah, sure, I guess. " He walked between the metal sphere and the locked door with the other two following him. The space between the two objects were only a couple of feet wide but enough for all of them to go through without feeling squished. Link took out his overweight hammer and was just about to break the lock with it when Kheino stopped him.
"Wait!" Kheino yelled with wide eyes.
"What?" The green clothed hero asked as he relaxed his arms.
"You might wake the spider up." Kheino replied in a hushed voice.
" You were the one that said it wont wake up!" Link said, raising his voice a little, clearly annoyed.
" Well I didn't know that you're going to bust it open!" The wolf said back in a normal voice. " I thought you were going to pick the lock or something."
The foreign bug backed up against the wall when it saw the metallic sphere shift in it's place. Steam came out of the pipes above the metallic creature's head, catching the arguing two's attention.
It extended it's metallic legs, towering over the shocked three. The bug made a half hissing, half growling sound and went into an attack stance. The metal spider lifted one of it's legs making the three flee. They hid behind a large sandstone a couple feet away and attempted to catch their breath.
Link noticed the long missed silence and looked over the sandstone, followed by the curious wolf.
The spider was merely standing next to the door but it began to walk towards it's opponent as it quickly caught sight of the two. The Hero and his canine companion quickly observed their foe before it got to close.
Unlike the other two spiders, three of it's dark green legs were spiked on the bottom like a real spider. The fourth leg was a bit thicker then the rest and was silver before the knee. The foot of that leg was like the other spiders but it was no bigger then a rupee with three, thin, pieces of metal on the bottom.
As the two finished their observation, the spider made an abrupt stop; too far from the three to stomp on them. Steam came out of the bottom half of the metal arachnid's body as it began to separate into four different pieces. (it's still attached to the body.) A long, hallow pole came out of it's body and began to point at their direction, followed by a red, thin light. Without warning, dozens of reddish white, oval objects were shot out of the pipe, headed towards it's foes.
The two ducked behind the jagged sandstone before the strange objects got a chance of making contact with them. Knowing where they are, the metal arachnid began to shoot the sandstone the two were cowering behind; knowing sooner or later the stone will fracture.
" What's it shooting at us?" Kheino asked worried.
" How should I know?" Link answered, completely ignoring the noise caused by the sandstone being shot by the oval objects. Kheino looked around with worry covering his furry face.
" I feel like someone or something is missing from our little group." Link joined his search and shrugged. The irritating noise made an abrupt halt and was soon replaced by the clattering of metal. The infamous hound and the green clothed swordsman looked at the spider with curiosity in their eyes.
The two mammals discovered that the insect was on top of the aluminum spider, eating only particles of the tough metal. The first thing the two noticed about the strange spider was that it's bottom half was closed tight. The second was that it was desperately trying to shake the annoying pest off as the sharp toothed insect continued to munch away.
Finally, the bug somehow lost it's grip on the arachnid and fell on it's side. The bottom half of the spider's body opened once again with the same amount of steam coming out. The steel pole and the red light pointed at the frightened insect almost immediately after it came out.
The prudent hero raced towards the two exotic creatures with the Hylian Shield on his arm.
" Link!" Kheino yelled as he watched the teenager dash off towards the two. "He's dead." He mumbled to himself.
Link leaped in front of the insect with his trusty shield in front of him. The oval shaped objects made contact with his shield seconds after his heroic leap.
After each contact of the two objects, dents were formed on the Hylian's shield. After a couple of agonizing minutes , the arachnid's shooting ceased. Link timidly lowered his dented shield below his eyes, wanting to know why it stopped.
The arachnid was simply standing before them, lowering it's body. raising it a couple of seconds later, then repeating the simple cycle while making a strange sound.
Noticing that this was a perfect time to switch to offense, he unsheathed his divine blade and charged at the metallic beast. A sudden urge told him to attack the body instead of the legs, so that's what he was going to do As the metal spider's body lowered, he shot it with his hookshot. When he got to the top of the beast's body, he began to slash it with his sacred sword. After five minutes, Link looked at the damage he just made. Sadly for the hero, none were made.
He yelled out in frustration while closing his blue eyes; this was the spider's chance. It shook it's rustproof body causing it's attacker to fall hard on his back. It took out the hollow pole once more and aimed at the defenseless hero.
Unable to do anything else, Link attempted to save himself by shielding his face with one fo his sore arms while closing his eyes. He stayed in that position for about seven minutes before finally noticing that the spider hasn't shot him yet. He removed his arm out of his face and took a look at the arachnid.
It was still in the same position it was in before but massive amounts fo steam escaped it's dark green body and the sound of a hammer hitting a piece of metal echoed the room. Bumps started to form on it's body as Link tried to look for something that could tell him what was going on with the beast.
After searching the arachnid, he finally discovered a small rock jammed in the end of the metal pole. Understanding almost immediately, the Hero of time ran for his life. Behind him, the sound got louder and louder until the metal beast exploded, leaving nothing behind. The teenager flew fifteen feet before he crash-landed, face first, on the floor. Kheino cheered happily and gave a soft howl.
"We're finally done with this temple!" Kheino shouted after running towards the Hero's fallen body with the bug following his tail. Link stood up shakily and dusted himself off.
" How do you know." The Hero asked while raising an eyebrow.
" The sage created brilliantly, thought out monsters to protect each room we went to. No one on this planet could think of a better monster."
"Yeah, I guess you're right." The human answered, convinced that the temple was one room away from being over with. The three ran towards the unlocked door with the wolf and human yelling loudly with glee like little children
As they reached the door, their yelling ceased but their smiles never left their tired faces.
"This temple is finally over!" Link shouted as he threw open the wooden door.
Inside the next room was not what the three expected.
Hot, boiling lava covered the room making the place extremely sultry. Chains hung from the ceiling which hovered far from the lava but still reachable. There was no solid ground anywhere in the room which made getting to the next door a real challenge.
Link closed the door slowly and slid down on the floor with his weary head in his hands.
"Porque!" Kheino abruptly shouted as he fell to his stomach with his paws covering his eyes. Link lifted an eyebrow at his companion's reaction.
"Hey, cheer up Kheino. That room looks easy to pass." The weary teenager said as he once again opened the wooden door. He stared at the chains then at the bored and hungry looking bug. He gazed back at the chains and got an idea.
"Hey, bug thing, come here." Link said, crouching down to it's level. As the insect drew near, Link grabbed it by it's sides. " Sice you can eat rocks, I bet those teeth of yours are pretty strong." The creature happily nodded in his arms. " I'm betting those chains will be hot so I'm going to throw you to one and you'll grab it with your teeth."
Without waiting for an answer, Link snatched the Kheino-sized insect with one hand and hurled it to the next room.
" That's harsh." Kheino commented, still on his stomach.
"How? I told it what I was going to do." Link answered back, turning to the saddened wolf.
" Well it's sorta like telling someone that your goin-" Link's ears perked up as he heard chains rattling and a soft clicking noise. He seized Kheino on the back of his neck and dashed towards the open door. " Hey! Hey! What are you doing!" The wolf screamed as he saw the laval floor become more visible. He cowardly closed his eyes and imagined the worse.
The courageous teenager jumped as they neared running out of floor and reached for the insect's elongate tail. He grabbed onto one of the spikes with one hand while Kheino was dangling a couple feet away from the lava on the other hand.
" You're crazy!" The wolf shouted in anger. Link stared at the next chain, pondering on how to get there. He purposely released the terrified wolf from his grip and took hold of Kheino's tail.
Kheino, now dangling only a couple of feet away from the boiling lava, glared at the Link. " Now what!"
" Grab the next chain." Link replied as he swung the canine. Kheino screamed as and fearfully bit the next chain. Understanding what thd Hero was doing, the bug opened it's jaw; realeasing the chain. Now the bug was dangling above the lava while Kheino held the steel chain between his sharp jaws. The Hero swung the bug to the next chain while the wolf released the previous one. Link continued to use the two animals as hookshot or chains until they were in front of the unlocked door with Kheino grabbing the chain.
Link began to swing his legs, hoping to swing to the wooden door and force it down his strong feet. He released Kheino's tail and pushed the door with the bottom of his feet. The door fell down with Link on top of it. He released his grip from the bug's tail which got into an attack positon almost immediately. Kheino swung himself to the next room and landed on the right side of Link.
There, holding the Spirit Orb was a tall, bulky, tan and black monster. It's slimy and disturbingly long tongue was hanging down it's mouth. It's rock body was spiked on it's back, below its arms, and head. It's head was shaped like a messy square and the monster had a hunched back. It's large hands made it obvious that it was quite strong. It's large eyes shot daggers at the three and handed the orb to the monster next to it.
The monster next to it was almost exactly the same except it's body was made out of steel and instead of tan like the other monster, some parts of it's body was light blue, including it's tongue.
The steel monster stood still when it's eyes suddenly turned completely red. A red line came out of it's eyes and hit the ceiling. It burned a huge hole on the ceiling and used that as it's exit. Link shot his hookshot at it before it completely got away but the hookshot's claw couldn't grab on into it's steel body.
Before Link can do anything else, two rocky hands pushed slowly him and the two other closer and closer to the room they were previously in. The Hero aimed at the creature's face with his hookshot and shot it. Right after he landed on it's arms, right in front of it's hideous face, he slashed at it with his divine sword.
The beast roared and backed away, covering it's face. Kheino took as step forward which cause the rock monster uncover it's face and roar louder than before. It slapped it's palm on the floor inches away from the three. It did the same thing with it's other hand while the one on the ground was lifted.
Kheino suddenly relized how the monster was positioned. It's back was pointing to the hole in the ceiling and it's hand was just in front of them.
" Link! Get on it!" Kheino shouted as he climbed up the beast's large arm and onto it's back while avoiding the spikes and finally reached the hole and jumped out. Link jumped on it's arm and whistled when he got on it's back. The bug looked up at him as it jumped on it's back, seconds before the creatures palm smashed the floor where the insect was at. The two jumped out of the hole and hid at the side of the temple where they surprisingly (not) found Khenio cowering.
There was a huge sandstorm that made it very hard to see but they clearly saw the beast jump out of the hole and look around for them. It made a gigantic roar and jumped to a nearby boulder and jumped away.
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A/N- I had a huge writer's block so I didn't type for days. I'm tired so I didn't check for any errors. Blah.