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The Timeless Shadow

"Byrne's Law: In any electrical circuit, appliances and wiring will burn out to protect fuses." – Robert Byrne

Chapter 05: Protected Part 2

A deep voice was heard grunting, continuing the sound a body fell against the concrete. The self-proclaimed King grunted in pain, at the dragger that had found its way to his left shoulder was hauled deeper by a female hand.

Senia was agile, enough to attack him while at the same time blocking protectively against the blade of the prince Markus. He was surprised by her change of heart but even the shock didn't seem stop his amazement, it only made it stronger. Her grip on the dragger tightened and she began to push the blade deeper into his shoulder. Quickly and ignoring the pain on his left shoulder, Markus counter attacked, she moved against him, but was too slow. His blade had found itself on her dominant arm; with the hit she bit back a scream of pain and pushed him off her successfully, at the same time harming her arm even more.

"Who would have thought that you would betray your King?" He sneered at her his eyes clouded by hate, the blade still on his left shoulder.

"My loyalties stand next to my Queen, not you." She said resembling her grandfather back in his days. Her dark crimson eyes shone with pride at her actions.

"Guards you can all relax I will be taking care of this little misbehaved rat." Said Markus, he had turned his back to the Sheikah girl for a split second, pulling the dragger out and tossing it to the side; but that was all she needed.

The Sheikah didn't let her chance slip by. She had taken her time fully appreciated and plummeted another dragger, this time through the gut of the Prince, all that without a second thought. He on the other hand didn't really felt it since all the damage it did was to nibble at his skin. He could feel the fabric rubbing against the small cut and was slightly mad that a mere woman was capable of getting past his defenses and inflicting some light damage on him.

On the other hand taking advantage of the short distance between them, he decided to play as dirty as the female and punched her in the face. The punch he gave her made her move backwards and with it losing her hold on the dragger. Her hands moved up so that she could tend her now bloody nose. The hit was hard and dry but the female had noticed that the man was strong but not as fast or agile as she was, or so she thought. With that in mind she created more distance between them and thought of a new strategy that might work on him.

The prince quickly charged at her, his blade scarping against the stone floor slightly behind him. His speed wasn't a real match for Senia but it had caught her off guard. Still being slightly dizzy from her last hit she tried her best to hold a secure ground against the bulkier man. Him on the other hand not planning on using his sword picked a leg up and rammed it against the small torso of the blonde woman, there was a cracking sound.

She didn't get blasted off against the wall but a trail of blood started to appear from her mouth, her strong legs holding her ground and her hands holding tightly on the leg that had tried to push her away. He had indeed harmed her lungs or chest with the hit and he knew he had been successful, since she was out of breath trails of blood easily identifiable on her mouth and dominant arm. Still out of breath she looked behind a little, while still keeping her hold on the leg of the prince; her Queen was still slumped against the wall. Yet soon enough her eyes paused once more on the prince, she could still say she was lucky her grip on Markus' boots was strong or else she could have defiantly have lost this confrontation and be staring at his feet and not his face.

Not losing the fact that this was a fight for life and death, she gripped the boot harder and swung it around in a circle with all the strength she could muster. Unable to fight against her inhuman force, that had been a trade mark for the Sheikah for years, Markus found himself flying around the exit of the sewers. His body had ended up crashing against the body of knights, all of which were starting to grow afraid of the blonde woman; her strength being something to marvel in those conditions.

Ignoring the group of men trying to aid the prince and giving her back to them, she kneeled down next to her still knockout Queen. The old woman started to stir giving Senia the cue that she was coming back to the real world. A few seconds later she was pushing herself to be in a sitting position. Once she was fully seated with the help of Senia, Zelda began to open her deep blue eyes; she starred toward where her son was starting to get up while trying to control her weak body; the hands of the young Sheikah being there to steady her.

Zelda narrowed her eyes at his cursing which she could clearly understand that it was intended and directed towards the blonde attending her. She then noticed the blue vest of the female covered in crimson blood, especially where the connection to her right shoulder was. It was a slight shock to her see that it was her who had technically sold her out to her son, the one that was fighting for her. With that thought in mind, Zelda's eyes widened and soon after softened thinking of the pain that the young female must have been passing through.

"Why did you take the hit?" Zelda whispered, while at the same time not taking her eyes away from her blood thirsty son.

"I had to Zelda." Her answer was clear and simple but Zelda couldn't help but feel and detect another voice with hers, this echo being clearly from her old time best friend. "Don't worry about it, I'll be fine." The young female tried to smile only to stop at trying, she wasn't that comfortable with smiling.

"Sheik..." The Queen whispered once more, only this time she had her concentration over the shoulder of the young Sheikah.

The visible body of her best friend and guardian stood a few feet away from them. He was smiling at her but when his granddaughter looked behind her to see what had captured the Queen's attention it disappeared. The young woman turned herself back to Zelda, only to see her shaking her head from side to side as if she was trying to get an image out of her mind. 'I swear I felt a presence back there...' She was stopped abruptly from her thoughts when she turned over with a new dragger in her hand, her crimson eyes losing the kindness they had acquired not long ago.

With it she countered the hit from her Queen's first born but didn't waver to pair him up. He was sparing her with his full strength, and now with her in a kneeled position she could truly feel her aching shoulder. The indirect pressure from the dangerous man was enough to have her shoulder start bleeding once more. Her hold was starting to weaken but she ignored the pain and focused solely on her enemy. She knew her actions were starting to turn suicidal and the small distraction she had a few minutes ago had been surely not helpful to her in this battle.

"Come on! You were stronger than this a few minutes ago. Where did it all go?" The man started to taunt her a bit before proceeding to kick at her chest again.

Unlike the other intent this one had worked and had sent her flying against the brick wall; quickly getting up on her two feet ignoring the dust around her and faced once more her enemy. She had heard something crack once more in her body thanks to the impact but didn't really felt where. In reality she had lost any feeling of her body and was running on her last resorts. She shrugged the thought and sound and ran forward ignoring that something was truly going wrong inside of her.

"My Queen! Over here!" A brave pheasant boy that had followed the knights from a safe distance, stood on top of the small hill outside the sewers and before the bridge to the exit.

"Zelda go with him, I'll take care of things here!" Senia technically commanded her superior, the safety of her Queen being the first thing raging her mind.

Thinking it twice but finally being convinced, that it was the right thing to do, Zelda started to run. At first she was blocked by the knights but this time she truly wasn't afraid of using her powers. Blasting a small energy orb to the floor she created enough dust so that she could sneak past them unnoticed. Running as quickly as her worn down legs could carry her, she thought about stopping to help her young ally. Remembering that Senia was a strong woman, she quickly erased those thoughts from her mind and tried her best to not look over her shoulder with every step that she took.

"My Queen, here let us go before they get to us." The young pheasant said while helping her mount in the small carriage he had.

Looking for the first time across the bridge she had to pass Zelda screamed to the young female. "Senia!"

The young blonde looked over to where now Zelda stood. All she had to do to truly be safe was cross the bridge and finally be free from her cursed relationship with the crown. She seemed to ponder it a bit more what would be right for her to do. Her decision was simple and she didn't plan on going back, she gave them her back, saluting them off just so they could get started to leave without her.

Not going back on her decision, Senia fought the group of knights that were ordered not to let them escape. She kicked and punched, trying her best to keep them all from going after the small carriage with the Queen of Hyrule. She kept knocking out cold anyone who stood in her way, some of the mend dying by her hands. Her small knifes in the form of draggers had claimed the life of many of those highly trained knights, with it showing off the true strength of a Sheikah. Anything she did right at this moment was in her haste to stop their progress towards the fleeing Queen.

In a last attempt knowing that she had barely any more strength or will left to keep on fighting, she backed away to the beginning of the stone bridge with it blocking the route that led to the Queen. She looked over to the wall opposite to her and started at the light blue eyes of the Prince of Hyrule. His face was bloody and all red from the beating she had given him, when Zelda had done her orb blast and he found himself disoriented. She smiled at her handy work, it wasn't her best work but she was proud of it.

Knowing this was the end of the road for her, she faced the bridge one last time. Pilling all of her concentration on her last remaining energy, she put all of her power in her fist. Once the fist had started to glow a light red nearing orange, was when she broke into a run. Some knights followed her not understanding the damage she would do to the kingdom if she did what she was about to do. Not stopping for anything or anyone she came to the middle of the bridge punched the floor, in an instant creating some deep cracks that harmed the bridge permanently.

A few seconds after the impact, the bridge broke in pieces successfully. She was aware of her falling body, she was aware of Zelda's scream of agony, she was aware of some knights that had fallen with her, she was aware of the bottomless like pit she found herself diving in for. In fact she was aware of everything around her except the pain her body was passing through. It was definitely clear for her; the body she occupied was using its hormones to make her death less painful. All that got to the point in which she didn't felt anything at all.

'So this is how it feels? Grandpa' I hope you are truly happy for me.' Those were her final thoughts, before her body crashed against the floor. The impact being noticeable on her bones, showing that she had broken what was left in her body, causing an immediate death.

A hooded person moved around the busy city, many people ignoring it. It was a common sight, many people coming from the desert wearing vest similar to that person. The person smiled lightly as no one recognized him, this was something good. The people ignored him as they had no idea of his real identity. It was that the reason that the male figure got the opportunity to move around town with ease, knowing most of the shortcuts the town had.

It was like that for a few minutes, him walking to his destination without having anyone to bother him. It was then that once the figure got to one of the most solitary parts of the city that its pace slowed down. Instead of being surrounded by people the male figure was mostly alone, a curious cat following him from time to time, and a sole encounter with a random individual that lived in this part of town. But most of the people that lived in the area were accustomed to him, his strong husky scent being identifiable from afar.

Many hid in their houses, while others stared at him from the distance, some of the people in this lonely alley knew who he was. Relaxing more as he entered further into the housing area he quickly turned left, there a bar with a sign made of old wood indicated him where he was. He smiled and moved the door closer to the door and pulled out a bronze key, he inserted the key into the hole and twisted it, and a sound that appeared with the movement indicated him that the door was successfully opened. Twisting the door knob and retiring the key the hooded man entered the bar. It was closed at this hour, moving swiftly he closed the door making sure to lock it in the process.

Once fully secured the man decided to pull his hood down and a spiky mass of white blonde hair appeared adorning his head. On his face his bright blue eyes being his main attraction with those eyes he tended to capture the attention of the people that surrounded him. Ignoring his surroundings he walked further into the bar, it was clean at this hour. The blood, the spilled beer and the smell of cigars surrounding him in the air but no visible stain or mark visible, moving deeper and deeper he got to a door that led to the second floor. Looking from side to side he opened the door and began to move up the stairs, once he was at the top of the stairs he found a second door, this one he also opened and entered into a living room.

He had finally entered his destination, and it was quiet till small feet could be heard thumping on the floor. "Papa!" A small child around the age of six with bright blonde hair and dark blue eyes yelled as she ran towards her father hugging his legs as her body crashed against him.

"Hey little Rin," the blonde man said as he kneeled down to the child's height and hugged the young child,

"Kain, you came?" A woman's voice said as she came from the kitchen, only to smile at the beautiful site father and daughter made.

"Come on Ellie! Can't you believe when I say I'll come?" He said as he let go of his child, walking over to the woman his, his arms extended as he acted as cockily as he always did.

"Oh, I don't need you to tell me when you'll come." She answered him as she winked at him, tilting her head up slightly and moving to her toes she planted a small kiss on his lips. "But thanks for not forgetting us." She whispered to him, yet as he was about to lean down to kiss her lips once more a voice was heard yelling in the street.

"Ellie!" A male voice yelled, "come quick!" He continued as the man appeared to get closer to the house the third in line to the throne stood at the moment.

The woman whose dark blonde hair was starting to whiten stared at the man in front of her, her dark blue eyes eying his movement. But as she saw no real reaction from him she said to him, "excuse me" and walked down stairs to meet the man that was calling her name. Yet being the man Kain was he signaled to his daughter to stay upstairs as he moved down behind Ellie to see what was up.

Once he was down stairs he found Ellie at the door whispering to the man, her face being something that expressed deep worry. Growing more curious as he saw her face he moved closer till he was right behind her. But something went wrong, as the man that was talking to Ellie saw him his eyes grew like saucers. The word traitor escaped his mouth as his body indicated that he was about to run away from them. Yet from the many years of experience Kain moved quicker than the man and held its arm as he pulled the man inside the bar. Crashing the man's body against a wall next to the door as his free hand held the man's mouth closed.

"Close the door." Kain ordered and Ellie obeyed in the commotion deciding not to interfere. "Now listen and listen well." He whispered to the man murderously as he continued speaking. "Don't you dare call my woman a traitor once more, alright?" The man nodded quickly and Kain released him as he moved around a few tables creating distance from the man. But as he heard movement he raised his tone of voice and said, "and I'm not finished."

"Kain, stop, don't begin a fight now." Ellie said as she tried to intervene between the two men.

Yet ignoring what she said Kain asked, "what's his position?"

"He's a scout." Ellie simply answered, her tone of voice serious and nearly no emotion being easily traced.

"What the hell Ellie! You shouldn't tell our enemy that information! You're the leader, you should protect us!" The man yelled as he got mad at the woman.

"Don't you dare yell at her!" Kain nearly screamed back at the man as he got madder at the situation at hand. "And for your information, I'm not the enemy."

"What? Is that true?"

"Yes, he's not the enemy and I'm not the main leader of the Rebellion, I'm just his representative." Ellie answered the man's question as she touched the man's shoulder that simple gesture to simply calm down the man.

"And now you bow down to me." Kain joked as he moved closer to the man, yet as he saw that the man was about to bow down Kain spoke once more. "Hey man stop, I was simply joking."

"Oh, sorry my lord," the man said with his head bowed down.

"Look, I'm not one to say sorry but I guess I want to know what was found under the bridge to the east." Kain said as he found himself not wanting to forgive the man.

"Umm…" The mad began but paused as he stared at the blonde woman.

"Keep going, he doesn't bite." She said as she glared at the prince.

"That much." Kain murmured playfully, with his words receiving a deeper glare.

"Umm, well we found a woman and a bunch of knights, the bridge was broken."

"What?" That made the prince alerted, the situation appearing to be going out of hand. "Have you identified the knights?"

"Yes, none of them are from our legions."

"And the woman?"

"We don't know who she was, but she was alive, we got her to the doctor and he said something about a Sheikah."

"Senia?" Kain whispered the name of the only Sheikah he knew of.

"You know her?" Ellie asked him with a hint of jealousy on her voice.

"I'll explain later, come on Scout! Show me where she is." Kain said as he pushed the man outside the bar, his hood already on top of his head. "Oh, and tell Rin that I love her." Kain said as he left Ellie alone in the bar, her expression dropping as she saw him take his leave.

A group in the dark night of the mountains was keeping each other company while enjoying the warmth from the camp fire. All of the ones surrounding the fire were men under the command of Lilia's father. They were mumbling words to each other so that they wouldn't wake the few that were sleeping peacefully. Some kept a lookout for any monsters that dared come to them, while others shared memories of their family.

A small group of four were conversing quietly, their stop not so far away from the sleeping group. Three from the present ones were conscious and speaking to each other, while hugging tightly some wool blankets around their body. Yet one of them was unconscious and not noticing the cold air since it was warped tightly in blankets while sleeping in the lap of the foreign one in the group that dressed in green.

"So yea, you see she was this big and facing against a huge and raging bull. That woman is scary!" The raven haired one spoke, gaining laughs from the other two males.

"Don't talk like that about my wife." The green eyed man told the one with the midnight hair.

"Heh, can't help it, she's my sister so this is just family love." The young one said winking at his sister husband and then laughing at the expression from the slightly bald man.

"Hey Link." The small green eyes from Lilia's father fell upon him, immediately ending the friendly conversation that was going on.

"Yes?" Link asked, his questioning look falling upon the father of the girl sleeping in his lap.

"How did you found her?" Asked her father, curious as to why the man in green had been so taken with Lilia.

"Well, I was hunting in the upper grounds near your village. And I saw her and a group of men near the cliff, so I moved closer and investigated. She was scared and moving closer to the edge of the cliff, it was then that I tried to save her but she backed away and fell. I jumped after her and lucky both of us fell on the small lake that led to the cave. That was when I got to her and pulled her out with the help of a few zoras." The blonde man spoke watching his words carefully feeling slightly uncomfortable about telling the story.

"And when she woke up, what happened?" Her father kept on, pressing the conversation knowing Link was beginning to feel uncomfortable.

"Umm," The blue eyed man pondered on what was right to tell. "She froze." He finished, saying it slightly faster than expected.

"My, my... that daughter of mine is such a coward." The big man said, tears falling from his closed eyes.

Link staring at the now sobbing man felt lost in a world full of wonders. His sharp sight fell on the movement from the man that had kept them company throughout the night. That man with midnight black hair was running over to a group of men sitting around the fire. He never looked towards were he had been sitting at just a few minutes before, his hazel eyes staring intently at the fire, while ignoring the loud sobs coming from the governor of their land. Most of the surrounding men seemed to follow his example and all went eerily quiet. The abnormal silence kept being broken by the loud sobs of the man.

In the small group the sobs were louder and ever so evident. The loud cries didn't seem to cease, but were enough to make the girl slightly stir in her sleep but she seemed to sleep like a rock. Link on the other hand at feeling her stir he jumped lightly, unconsciously hitting her in the head with his knee. He tried his best not to grunt or curse in case that minimal action gained the interest from the wailing man.

She on the other hand simply swatted her hand to his face and giggled at hearing the soft impact. Now he knew she was truly awake and not faking it like before. Her father's cries kept ringing loudly in their ears but she didn't seem to mind them that much. Link grinned slightly at her for being caught and from the pain of the loud cries in his ears. Lilia on the other hand was getting slightly annoyed at the big crybaby of a father she had.

"Can you stop crying? It's annoying." She finally spoke, her tone appearing to be slightly teasing and not mad.

He stopped crying abruptly and looked over to her as if she had lost her mind for sure. She had never given him a friendly tone and much less a teasing tone. All he had gotten from her since she was a baby was the cold shoulder as always, and ever since he had gotten another woman she grew even worse. Not that his wife was a saint but that woman grew irritable and his daughter having her mother's character was slightly difficult to work with.

"Are you teasing me?" He asked surprised but taking his time to clean his face from all the crying.

"I can't? Wow, now that is disgusting." She sneered when she saw him clean his face with a small towel; with this act she was showing once more her teenager nature.

A conversation had grown between both of them but during that entire time Link was distracted. He was wondering how she could change her own character so much. He knew of moments in her life that affected her character but to act friendly to her father after being rude to him was past his knowledge. He wasn't sure what was going around in her head but he was smiling lightly. He couldn't help but think that maybe his good ways had rubbed on her and she had grown friendlier. He could even tell that she must have matured slightly since she was becoming calmer and something inside her must have changed for the better.

Looking away towards the men he saw them warm up to the daughter and father relationship. It had been the first time they had seen it, since both of them were usually on each other throats. She was hostile to him for some unknown reasons and him to her for not being able to protect his daughter like he wished to. It was a good sign but also a sad one for the ones that knew what was to happen next.

"Hey, Link... sorry for insulting you and barging in to your territory, like we did." The father of Lilia apologized. "I'm going to take my sleep before we go, and please take care of my little Lily." He bid his goodbyes and left his daughter alone with the Hylian boy.

"Link, sorry for earlier." She mumbled softly barely audible but hence the distance, he had heard it clearly.

"About what?" He was confused about why would she apologized to him, knowing that she didn't do anything wrong. "Is anything wrong Lily?" He asked this time slightly worried for the girl and her strange conduct, yet seeing her like that made him feel that his stomach was going crazy. 'Just like with Zelda…'

"Umm, no, no everything is f-fine. No noting wrong here." She tried her best but failed miserably since she simply caught his blue orbs.

"Are you sure? Is there something you aren't telling me?" He asked, this time reaching to hold the girl shoulders lightly, her reaction to him creating more flips in his belly.

Yet at feeling the close touch and worry of the man Lilia began to blush, with that he backed off a bit. 'Is she having a fever?' He thought softly and reached to check her temperature. 'No, she's normal... I guess she won't tell me now.' He sighed inwardly but grinned in pain when he heard her father's voice scream: "Everyone off to bed or I'll plant you in the middle of the forest!"

Lilia laughed, forgetting her nerving and blushing state she was in. Smiling lightly at Link she took his hands from her shoulders and started to pull him over to the mansion. He on the other hand grew confused once more seeing that she wasn't planning on going to say good bye to her father. She pulled him harder and started running, him having to follow thanks to her hold on his hand. The running away never stopped but Link saw some water like crystals falling behind her. After all this time she wasn't prepared to say goodbye to her father for the last time.

Away from those two and with the green eyed human, he never looked behind. Walking around making sure his men were sleeping and giving in the last touches to the trip in which they were about to embark once more. This time being his last time to see or feel close to his only daughter, his wife was right about her destiny and seemed too stuck out as arrogant due to her attitude but she was the only one accepting the truth.

"Governor." The raven headed friend of the father of the teenager spoke from his sleeping spot on the floor. "She'll be alright, if the Gods had chosen her it's because she must be capable of breaking the curse." The younger male told him.

"I know, but she better hurry and breaks it before another age of darkness begins." Lilia's father said, facing sadly the younger man.

"Is it because of Prince Markus?" The younger one asked while sitting up to see his leader better.

"Yes, he is already on the move and that is why I must leave my daughter to her mission. The Queen will need him once more and we cannot interrupt on what destiny has called them for."

"Won't you pay her a visit once all this has ended?" He asked curious as to what his friend was planning on doing. "I mean she is your daughter after all."

"No, this place will be forbidden from now on. She will end up dying here unless she becomes immortal like her mother." The chubby man said, thinking about his past love. "Reason for why she was so beautiful, it runs in her family. Lilia will probably start becoming immortal sooner or later. "

"Lilia's mother was immortal?" Asked the younger male surprised by this discovery.

"But of course, I wouldn't fall for normal woman. Think of your sister she can carry me around."

The man finished proudly, his eyes shining with respect towards his taste in women. "Go rest, we will be making our move to help the Queen after today. We'll make sure that she's not alone in this."