Chapter 29
I looked up and to no surprise standing outside my cell was none other then Ganon still hiding in my old shell of a body. "Bastard!" I yelled and some untapped well of strength allowed me to yank free the shackle holding my arms. The chain of which swung toward the bars and wrapped wildly around one as Ganon cackled.
"How's that eye of yours? I couldn't help notice you haven't payed it much mind." Ganon said inspecting my face as I heaved on the chain now stuck on the bar. He was right until just now I had completely forgotten about my eye. I reached up and found a large portion of the left side of my face was scarred, I guess I hadn't noticed since I had regained sight in the eye somehow and I could not remember looking distinctively hard at my reflection.
"Another reason for me to hate you, then again maybe a scar gives my face a bit of character," I said chuckling slightly. "What have you done to Midna, she sounds as if she's in pain... I swear if you so much as hurt a hair on her head I'll tear your head from your shoulders with my bare hands!" I grew angry remembering my beloved was not only in the next cell over but suffering in some way.
Ganon let out a hearty laugh, "I find prisoners are very droll, so I tend to let them become starved, dehydrated and tired... then I take what I want, without any fuss."
"Your one sick..." I felt Lilith's hand hit me square in the face and could feel a burning outline where the slap had landed. "Hm lucky you, made a couple friends by bribing them with power and twisting their minds." I said and Ganon merely scoffed.
"Come Lilith, I have something I wish to show you." Ganon said and opened the cell door allowing Lilith to exit the cell. "Oh, and you won't be able to use any of your power in here boy, those shackles will prevent any elemental magic of any sort." As he explained this I moved my lips in unison and bobbed my head around stupidly, mocking him. With an angry scowl Ganon slammed the cell door and stormed off Lilith right on his heels.
"Can't use any of my powers my ass... now, if I'm correct..." I said after he was definitely out of ear shot. I put my right hand to the ground and a couple crystals jabbed out of the ground near my ankles, popping the shackles off my legs. "Ha! My crystals aren't elemental in any sense of the word. I pulled the chains down to where the crystals were and drained my energy back from them causing them to explode lightly but just hard enough to break the chains. I then yanked the actual shackles off either wrist separately. "Hm..." I pondered and threw the chain at the bar and it flopped to the ground, "... not enough of a test for me." I formed a simple replica of a human out of ice quickly using my power and shoved it lightly toward the bars. As the hands touched the bars they melted as did a large portion of the rest of him. "Yum, electrified bars..." I said and walked over to the corner of my cell nearest Midna. Focusing quickly I trailed a small path of ice around the corner and about half way up Midna's cell wall then forced it out into a small "growth" which then produced an icicle which almost instantly began to melt and slowly drip water. I heard a few odd noises then nothing for a moment. I made the ice melt a little faster then normal ice would and soon heard Midna gulping back the water and gasping for breath. Strangely enough I still felt very energized despite how stiffly I had been sitting for a long while.
Just I heard a clearly satisfied "ah" from Midna I heard clanking footsteps and found there was no place in my cell to hide. It was not long before Ganon came around the corner and was in front of my cell again. He didn't seem shocked to find me standing in the middle of my cell. With a laugh he opened the cell entered and closed the cell behind him. "You know... that poison that Lilith uses, she told me, if a person's blood were to drop below the point of freezing it would negate it completely, and since you have power over ice in the Twilight I would assume that poison failed. So... if I don't want you getting stronger I'm gonna have to just make sure you don't myself."
"Bring it!" I said readying myself but found Ganon was already standing at point blank in just that simple motion. "Wha- guh!" I was cut short by a sharp pain in my neck.
"That's a special blend of poison, it can't be negated in any way by temperature, you have about 10 days to live, less if you overwork your body." Ganon pushed me back by the head and exited my cell. I felt the poison circulating slowly through my body, it would kill me within ten days, I had to escape, but it would require any power I could build up. The poison was making the process rather difficult, sapping slowly the energy I built.
"Chris..." I heard Midna's voice pipe up very early in the morning, not thatit was easy to tell early morning from midnight in the twilight, "...I know you don't remember us... but if you die... I... I don't think I'll make it."
"Well there's one thing wrong with that. I do remember, I remember finding the fused shadow's with Link and you, I remember pieceing together the mirror of twilight, I remember when I went missing and... the point is, I remember, and I promise I'll never forget you ever again!" After my little speech it was quiet for a short time and I began focusing energy again. "Rest up Midna. I have a plan to get out of here, but it will require a lot of energy from me and any help you can lend me would be appreciated. I should have the power to break out of here by Ganon's morning round." I heard no noise from Midna but after a short while her breathing became heavier which let me know she had dozed off. I sat there thinking of all those I had to protect, all those I had to save, and hoping my plan wasn't a suicide mission wrapped in a plan.
Morning broke, this again was hard to tell due to the very slight increase in light. My power was not quite focused enough, and I began hearing footsteps. "Chris!" Midna hissed at me in a panicked whisper.
"Almost," I whispered back. The footsteps drew closer and stopped. I heard a few muffled words echo through the halls then Ganon cackled about something. I heard a female voice say something back in a very hushed mumble and then the clang of something thrown against the bars. Yea, that's right keep talking to the other prisoners, and then I'll have a lovely little surprise for you when you get here I thought feeling my energy nearing it's complete focus. The footsteps started again drawing close quicker now.
Not but a few seconds later Ganon was standing in the corner of my vision and just between Midna and my own cell. "Ah so the tritours queen and my impostor have awoken have they?"
"Hard to sleep with your snoring echoing through the whole damn castle." I mumbled just loud enough so he could hear me.
"Care to say that again, boy!?" Ganon walked casually over to my cell door and glared at me.
Feeling my energy within seconds of complete focus I opened my eyes and with a smirk I said loudly and clearly, "I said, you snore louder then a pack of stinkin' moblins!" With a fearsome look on his face Ganon swung the door of my cell open and walked in.
"I was going to watch you suffer and die slowly, but I suppose killing you with my own two hands will be just as satisfying." Ganon snorted and slammed his currently unarmed hand into the giant claw that was his other.
I smiled ever so slightly, "Dream on." I felt my power focus to the maximum I could currently attain and suddenly felt a surge of power wash over me. I stood at the ready this time sure I could not only see Ganon's movement but counter it as well. I was correct, I saw Ganon step to the right and move forward very quickly, I saw him raise his fist back and then bring it forward. I ducked down and evaded the blow, and then quickly came up and latched onto his arm. Pulling hard I flipped him up and over my back and into the wall, without a second thought I launched a large ball of ice at his legs and froze them to the wall, "Better safe then sorry," I said letting forth and icy breath I froze him solid in a large block of ice and quickly dashed out of the cell. "And an added bonus," I said closing the cell behind me and forming a large wall of ice around the door. I rushed over to Midna's cell and she gave me a strange look. I ignored it for a moment and opened the cell door and she got to her feet and rushed toward me, embracing me roughly when she reached my side.
"What's up with your hair?" she said looking up at me strangely.
"Hm?" I grunted questioningly and ran my hand through what used to be hair but I now found to be icy cold to the touch, possibly from breaking the first seal on my power my appearance had changed ever so slightly. "Oh, well either way, I'll only have this power for a while so we gotta work fast, we have to find Aidan, Lana and Adonia." I went around the last corner Ganon had turned and looked back and forth between the cells looking for any sign of life.
"Father!" came a cry from one of the cells and I quickly turned and saw Lana on her hands and knees near the bars of her cell. I ran back quickly and reached out to grab the bars. "No father don't!" but it was to late, I grabbed hold aof the abrs and got blown back into a solid wall.
"Ow," I said nearly peeling myself off the wall and dusting myself off. "All right then... back up Lana." I said and took a deep breath in. Letting out the breath and focusing it onto three of the bars I froze them solid, stepped over and with a bit of momentum slammed them with my shoulder, shattering them. Lana stepped out and after giving Midna a quick hug turned to me. "Where are your brother and Adonia?"
"I don't know" she said with a serious look of concern on her face.
"Hm, that's a new look, or at least one you've not shown yet." I let out a small chuckle and Lana blushed slightly, "Yea well I care about Aidan, even if he is a rash idiot sometimes, he's still my brother!"
"Haha! Cool it, I won't tell long as you keep my secret for just a bit longer okay?" Lana lookedpuzzled for a moment then realized I was tlaking about my real identity.
"Oh, sure... but, why can't you just tell him?" She said still looking puzzled.
"Lana, your mother is just glad to have me back, or at least she seems to be," I said eyeing Midna for an affirming smile before continuing, "and I can tell your glad to see I'm not that evil jerk Ganon and your happy to finally meet your REAL father but... judging by your brother's temperament I doubt he'll feel the same way until he actually trusts the stranger that I am to him." I shook my head. "Regardless we need to free Adonia and your brother and get out before Ganon frees himself!"
It was not long before we had found Adonia and Aidan and freed them in the same manor as Lana, removing a few more bars for both as they were more heavily equipped then Lana. We ran for the exit but oddly found ourselves lost, the layout of the dungeons had changed from many years ago, not that that should have surprised us.
"Which way now genius?" Aidan snorted at me.
"Shut your trap, not like you know the way better then me." I retorted and Aidan found his tounge stuck.
"Is that..." I heard a faint and rasped voice from a cell to my right. "It is! You... you have... to help me, please?" I kneeled and moved a little closer and found Lilith inside.
"Give me one good reason." I said getting back to my feet.
"He... he doesn't care at all, he deceived me... he used me to capture you and when I had he threw me in here like... like I was trash." Lilith sobbed.
Still overwhelmed with anger I simply stood there not feeling any pity or sympathy for this woman who had nearly gotten my family killed. "We have to save her..." I heard Aidan say and turned to face him.
"Are you mad! This woman, pretended to be our friend, then turned around and stabbed me in the back, LITERALLY and got your mother, sister, and you captured!"
"Still, he used her! It wasn't her fault, give her a second chance!" Aidan yelled right in my face nearly forcing me to step back.
"Heh," I half grunted out a light chuckle, "Fine, but I'm leaving you in charge of her, your to report any suspicious behaviour to Midna or myself and if even for a moment she thinks of turning on us and she should consider herself lucky if she sees the sun rise the next day. Got it?" I said sternly at both Aidan and Lilith who both nodded, Lilith wiping her eyes while she did so. I reached out and found that these bars were not charged like the others so instead of wasting more energy on icing them I simply mustered some brute strength and tore the lock open. "On top of everything we're a tad turned around, I don't suppose... you'd know which way is out Lilith?" She almost giggled then pointed just down the hall. I turned and saw a staircase right where she was pointing. "Yea yea, your so smart. Let's get going."
The stairs brought us right up into the main hall of the castle, the front door was wide open. It was clear it was a trap in some form. I looked around and figured any enemies about would be hiding on the balconies above. "All right, you guys head out the door, I'll be last through just in case there's any traps."
"Chris..." Midna pipped up giving me a concerned look.
"Don't look at me like that, I'll be right behind you." I said and motioned for the door. Aidan led the pack with Lilith right on his heels followed closely by Adonia and Lana. Midna hesitated for a moment then attempted to catch up with the others. I then proceeded quickly and cautiously across the room. As I drew closer to the door the others began to pass through. One, two I was about half way there, three, four, maybe a quarter of the room left, finally Midna passed through the door. I was not but three steps from getting out when suddenly I felt something wrap around my neck and pull me back, very quickly. Then the door slammed shut, I grabbed hold of what had grabbed me and found a chain. I did a half-turn and grabbed the chain pulling hard I found Miki flying towards me. I quickly wrapped my arm around her neck tightly but still allowing her to breath, for the moment. I moved over to the door which I now found was lucked and too hardy to bash in.
"Chris!" came Midna's faint voice from the other side of the door.
"Midna! Listen to me, the doors locked and I'm not sure what it's made of but there's no way I'm bashing it down! I know I said I'd be right behind you, and I know how badly you missed me but listen you need to head to Kakariko village! I'll deal with these clowns then catch up!"
"But..." Midna started to argue.
"Just go!" after a moment I heard her footsteps move frantically away before fading into silence.
"They'll never make it you know, you can't defeat the three strongest Twili all by yourself!" Miki gasped clutching at my arm.
"Well for one of the strongest Twili warriors you were pretty easy to subdue," I laughed, "and who said I'm going to defeat you? All I need to do is hold you off for a bit."
"Raw!" came a valiant war cry from my left side but I quickly put Miki in between Daivat and myself and he stopped dead.
"How very uncivilized, holding a woman captive to save your own hide?" came Abednago's voice.
"Well then," I said moving to the middle of the room and shoving Miki away from me, "I'll give you a fair fight if you give me one."
I'm not sure why but is seems lately I find myself unable to only post one chapter at a time, just doesn't feel right? Hm... anywho the spellcheck is nice, tends to end up finding parts of the story where I could of used better wording, I'm usually writing at like midnight or like 1:30 AM. Seems to be my best time to write, but not my best time for proper spelling or grammer. Oh well enjoy, chapter 30's on the way in a couple minutes :)