Link sat in the lounge looking around it had been a while since he'd been on a world so far from Gannon's reach. He felt safe. He felt the desire to just be a normal kid for a while after all he was playing the life of a 13 year old and it was a world that reminded him so much of home. He could hear the voices of the discussion going on in the other room. He listened closely to the other room but the more he listened the quieter things became until there was no sound whatsoever a small whisper started out of the silence, "Link" the voice called and he recognized it.
Link fell on one knee and put his fist to his chest, "My goddess" he said.
"Link this world what does it mean to you?" the voice asked.
"Nothing my goddess, I am just reminded of home here." He responded
"So your home means nothing?" the voice echoed the question in his ears.
"No! I just…"
"Enough." The voice said softly, "Link there are important things you must do for this world things you cannot do as of yet because of your state."
"I will do what I must." Link said
"Then Link… for a while… you must… Forget!"
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"So what do you think Professor? Do you think we should bring Link in?" Blossom asked
"Yes I too am very interested in this 'Link' fellow." The mayor said looking through the heart Shaped wall monitor. "Very well bring him in girls." The Professor stated and the girls smiled at each other and went out to get Link.
"LINK!" They yelled as the three of them entered the lounge and saw Link over on the ground not moving.
"Quick girls put him on the couch!" The Professor commanded having come out when he heard the girls scream. They picked him up and lay him on the couch. He was quiet and his outfit changed right before their eyes. His cloak seemed to sink into the back of his neck revealing a green tunic and belt with chain mail and leather underneath. His gloves, which seemed to be made of a thick piece of leather with gold bands and a purple diamond, sunk into his skin. The tunic turned white and the belt produced shorts which seemed to come up from out of his skin. Soon he was back in his gym uniform.
"What's going on?" Buttercup asked worriedly.
"I don't know but I think he should sleep here at the Lab tonight, we have a spare room and I don't know if the hospital would truly know what to do with him." The Professor concluded.
Suddenly the belts of the girls started flashing and on the monitor flashed the scene of Fuzzy Lumpkins pushing over buildings in downtown New Townsville. The three looked at the monitor and then Link.
"Go girls we'll take care of Link and let you know as soon as something changes." Ken told them.
The girls raised their hands where appeared their power rings which they swiped to transform and fly off towards downtown.
"This here's my land and yous all trespassin here!" came the familiar problem of Fuzzy.
"Why don't you give it a rest we all know this isn't your land so why don't you go home!" Buttercup yelled at Fuzzy, who turned enraged towards the Powerpuffs.
"Yous girls always comin in and takin my land well it ends today!" he said and reached to the side and grabbed a building's base. Though he grunted a bit he managed to rip it from it's foundations and lift up the entire building. He leaned it towards the Powerpuffs and chucked it.
"Quick move!" Blossom yelled
"Wait what about the rest of the people?" Buttercup yelled as the building started to fall towards them and a few thousand citizens of New Townsville.
"Super Bubble Bouncing Catcher!" Bubbles yelled and put all of her energy into making a giant bubble that surrounded the building and made it bounce harmlessly within the long streets of New Townsville.
"Great job Bubbles!" Blossom said smiling but turned and saw Bubbles slowly drifting downwards.
"I don't feel so good." She said holding her hand to her head and as she touched the ground she turned back into regular Bubbles and fell on her face.
"Bubbles!" They shouted and started towards her.
"Gets off my land!" Fuzzy yelled and started running towards the downed Bubbles.
"Oh no you don't, Spinning Yoyo Catcher!" Blossom yelled and her yoyo's string turned to a thick cord which then circled around Fuzzy a few times before latching itself.
"You girls think this sissy thing can hold Fuzzy Lumpkins?" Fuzzy yelled
"Nope!" Buttercup said causing Fuzzy to turn around and see her flying just inches above him bending over towards his ear. She then threw her hammer up in the air and it came down square on top of Fuzzy's head. Stars appeared in his eyes for a moment and then he fell over knocked unconscious.
"Bubbles!" Blossom yelled flying to the side of her companion.
"Did we win?" Bubbles asked starting to rise but holding both sides of her head in pain. "Yeah we got him are you OK?" Blossom asked helping Bubbles to her feet while Buttercup was off to the side nudging the motionless body of Fuzzy Lumpkins with her foot.
"I'm fine I just used too much energy trying to catch that building." Bubbles responded looking at the building which had landed softly and safely on it's side in the middle of the road. "Good thing the roads are so big." She smiled
They got back to the Professor who ushered them in quickly. "Girls I need you to come with me!" He said and took them back into the secret room. On the other side of the room behind a row of Chemical-Z canisters there was another door that the Professor opened. Inside the room a red light glowed all around and in the center Ken was standing with goggles on and Poochie to the side. He was standing in front of a crystal that had a light underneath and the red lighting that surrounded the room originated from this crystal.
"What is it?" Blossom asked
"Well now that's been a secret debate among top scientists for years now. You see this was found lodged in a giant building deep within the arctic circle hundreds of feet under the ice. There is a complex series of lines and circles that run throughout the artifact. Some believe it's a piece to something bigger while others believe it's some type of alien code."
"What do you think it is Professor?" Buttercup asked
"Well this is kind of the reason I was so surprised that you three knew the word Hylian the other day, look." He said and flipped a switch which turned on a light on the side of the crystal showing a series of lines and circles on the wall behind it. The Professor turned the crystal as the girls watched a small dance of lines across the wall all three of them gasped when everything fell into place to see the word "Hylia" across the wall.
"So what does it mean?" Blossom inquired
"I was hoping our catatonic friend could help us with that." The Professor responded, "I think it's some kind of power enhancing crystal that…"
"It looks like a computer." Bubbles said giggling and pointing at the complex array of lines and circles that surrounded the word.
"What do you mean it looks like a…!" The Professor stopped mid sentence and looked at it again. It did look like the inner boards of a computer. "Bubbles you're a genius!" he said typing something into the screen behind him. The lamp dimmed a little and the "Hylia" word disappeared and some wavy lines on the very bottom of the wall seemed to dance in the soft glow of the light.
"Bubbles you've solved it!" The Professor shouted in joy. "The most complex puzzle in the Scientific Universe and Bubbles solved it!"
"I try." Bubbles said modestly.
"Wait Professor what did Bubbles solve? What do you mean?" Buttercup asked.
The Professor turned around and faced the artifact. "This is a computer!"
"What do you mean Dad?" Ken asked
"Yeah you're not making much sense Professor." Poochie added
"It is a computer that runs on light!" the Professor stated
"But didn't you shine your little light thingy on it already?" Buttercup asked
"Yes, in fact it has been poked and prodded with some of the most powerful lasers and lights in the world trying to catch a glimpse of what this might be."
"Well that's too bad it must take a lot of energy to turn it on." Buttercup concluded
"Yes!" Said the Professor, "And that's why I'm counting on you Buttercup."
"What why me?" Buttercup asked frantically taking a step back and waving her arms in front of her.
"You remember the time you needed to think of something happy to make your eyes turn into hearts?"
"Kind of.?" Buttercup responded.
"Well you produced a Laser beam that cut through the earth. I think that if we hit this with a light of that intensity we may be the first people ever to see what mysteries this thing holds" The Professor concluded
"What that was one time and only because you were getting on my nerves trying to get me to do all those embarrassing things." Buttercup added
"C'mon Buttercup I know you can do it!" Bubbles said
"Yeah we believe in you!" Blossom added
"Fine, fine I'll do it." Buttercup said walking up to the crystal. She thought back to all those annoying things that had released all that pent up rage inside her. She could feel energy surge into her eyes and she opened her eyes and released a beam straight into the heart of the crystal.
Immediately the room disappeared and they all found themselves on a vast plain next to a giant lake surrounded on all sides by mountains and ledges. A sign to the side said "Lake Hylia" and grass danced in the breeze.
"Where are we?" Bubbles asked first
"I think it is some sort of projector and this is what was recorded on it." The Professor answered.
Soon the sky darkened and before them stood a hulking black figure. He rode a black horse and had fiery red hair. His muscles were huge yet toned to conform to movement, he wore a cape where a series of Triangles and birds adorned the edges. There was another man in front of them who wore the same garb as Link but he seemed to be a little older.
This man in green was on the ground clawing his way towards the dark figure who just laughed. There was no sound in this projection but they watched as the man in green moved slowly forward. The Dark figure reached out and grabbed his hand and held him up. On the backs of each of their hands a series of three triangles shone through their thick leather gauntlets. The one seemed to have two that shined brightly while the one in green only seemed to have one shining brightly. Soon the one on the back of the man in green's hand faded and the Dark figure's hand glowed brightly with all three. He threw the man in green to the ground and turned around. Soon a shock of light pierced through the shoulder of the dark figure who clasped it and turned. The man in green had retrieved a bow somehow and had shot what looked like pure light from it. The dark figure laughed again and unleashed a volley of black darts that cut and pierced the man in green from head to foot. He then said something and the man in green said something but no words could be heard. The dark figure held up his hand and a dark aura surrounded the man in green enveloping him and when it disappeared so had the man in green.
The Dark figure walked away and in the distance one could see a beam of red light pierce the sky and a shockwave that changed the very landscape. From the lake creatures came up roaming out of it and on the land zombie-like creatures formed from the very ground. Soon everything went black.
"What's happening Professor?" Bubbles asked almost crying, as though she could feel the gravity of what had occurred. But before the Professor could answer a woman appeared out of the darkness.
"Wow she's beautiful." Blossom said. She seemed to be saying something for a little while and then a bright flash of light and suddenly the room looked like it was made of ice and 4 men with pick axes entered the room as the image faded out.
Buttercup fell exhausted to the floor where Blossom and Bubbles went to her aid. "Don't worry Professor," Blossom said, "I'll tell her when she wakes up." And the two left with her out of the room where the Professor and Ken just sat and looked at each other.
Thanks once again for reading I really hope you enjoyed it and please let me know if you enjoy the story so far. Ultima S. Next, Who am I?