Ilia gasped. "How...
What...Why?!"
Link barked and Midna shoved Ilia on
his back before jumping on behind. Together they scrambled through
the tunnel and out into the sewers. Midna scrunched her nose. Ilia
coughed. Even Link made a choking noise.
"C'mon
Link, you remember the way, right?" Midna demanded. He snarled and
leapt down the path at a run. Ilia could feel his muscles tensing and
releasing with every stride. It felt great. Link barked something
else.
"She's in shock Link, like you were."
Midna replied. It was true, Ilia was just trying to stay on. She woke
from her daze when he growled. Four rats were infront of them. Ilia
felt him lean down on his forelegs slightly, and instinctively
clenched his fur tighter. With a feral snarl, he charged. Body after
body was tossed in the air, landing on the floor, unmoving. Then they
were back on track.
"Just like last time," Midna
laughed with glee. Ilia felt sick.
Through the water,
up the stairs, killing birds, eating dead rats - all in a wolf's
work for Link. Ilia's stomach rumbled, but she refused to eat.
FInally, they reached the entrance to the roof. With a giant leap, he
caught the wall with his paws, scrambling up. However, this time
there was extra weight. Ilia saw that she was the problem and climbed
onto the wall, but Link slipped of, plummeting down to the floor.
Reflexively, he pointed his feet to the floor and landed
safely.
Ilia could barely contain her relief. With
another bounce, he made it back to the wall, grinning in a way only
wolves could. She clambered back on his back and they made their way
back to Zelda's room. Link whimpered when they arrived, and Midna
hung her head, but Ilia guessed that they were paying their respects.
She didn't realise that they were there when she
disappeared.
Link was about to run through the door
when he stumbled, a loud whine escaping his lips. Ilia was thrown
across the room, scraping her face on the hard floor. She looked to
Link and saw that he was struggling to stand. A sword was wedged in
his back. Whining, he looked back at her with bleak eyes. The blood
was already turning his soft fur into matted clumps. Dashow marched
to Link, his sword at his throat.
Trying to run
away? I guess we'll just have to chain you up again.
Dashow
kicked the chain around Link's leg. Ilia gasped. The same chain
that was in the cell. With a final weak shudder, Link sank to the
floor, his eyes closed. Ilia heard a rasp of breath - then quiet.
Author's Note: Sorry I've stopped spacing these out. Once I have time, I will go through and edit them. This is just for ease!
