Hi everyone! I'd say whether or not its been forever...but...to be completely honest I don't remember when I posted the last chapter lol...
But anyway, here it is, its bit weird but its a transitional chapter. And check out mi amigo Link'sLily's DeviantART page! She did the most AMAZING DRAWING OF GEA! And lots of other beautiful art too! Follow here there too! SHE NEEDS MORE FOLLOWERS FOLKS!
Chapter 29
Don't Underestimate Me
"You're crazy if you think I'll do as you say," Gea hissed through tightly grinding teeth. "I'm not afraid of a knife. Pain doesn't bother me."
She heard him chuckle softly into her ear, his strong fingers gliding across the exposed skin of her arm. Before he could touch but another inch of skin, she whirled on him, ducking beneath the knife and spinning on her heal, thrusting a quick, debilitating punch into the pit of his stomach.
He gasped and doubled over for a moment, but recovered quickly. The minute he straightened, she could see that his face was full of sudden, indignant rage. Even with her experience, she failed to foresee what came next.
"You bitch!" He said, his voice more of a primal roar than anything she'd ever heard. She didn't even see it coming. Red-hot pain exploded in her senses, making her stagger back. For a moment, all she could see was the color red, the color of the blood that was now draining from her freshly broken nose.
Until the adrenaline kicked in.
Her vision drained of the all-encompassing red hue, and become utterly locked on the man. She instantly countered with a left hook, shoving her closed fist up and into the curve of his jaw, smirking with each little crackle of each little tendon. He was sent hurling backward, fighting to keep his balance. When he found his footing and looked up with a shocked, pained expression, she raised her fists to chest level, spreading her stance on the cold, dank stone floor. "Don't underestimate me, boy. It will be the last thing you do."
The slightest smirk found the corners of his lips. He flung a kick at her thigh, and she dodged only a second early enough, feeling the sole of his boot graze against the fabric of her tight cotton trousers. With possession of her knife, he had the advantage, and he was utterly flaunting it. His movements were fluid, and sauntering, like a peacock strutting about, showing off for the hens.
And she was going to have none of that.
She gasped when he suddenly lunged, and grabbed her underneath the arm. Her eyes traveled quickly down his abdomen, catching on the buckle of his belt. The knife was close to her skin, she could feel the cold metal, and in a final effort, she grabbed the buckle and ripped it away from his body. It gave a fight only for a moment, then gave way, pulling the belt with it. His surprise gave her just enough time to yank herself from his grip and retreat.
But he laughed when he saw that she had the belt stretched tight between her hands.
"What are you going to do with that? Lash me?"
"I'm not really 'into' that sort of thing, but if you'd like I could certainly give it a go."
He eyed her for a moment, she could see the cogs grinding. And then he jumped. He jumped at her with the knife ready to slice into any part of her it could reach. But this time she'd seen it coming. She ducked beneath the knife, and caught his weight on the belt. And in the moment that it took for him to process what had happened, she had the belt around his hand, ripping the knife from his grip.
"Now what?" He asked, almost seeming to dare her, glaring at her, immobilized.
"This." She rammed the steal tip of her boot into his left shin. He cried out and doubled forward, Just that move alone would have easily rendered him beaten in their battle. Unfortunately for him, she wasn't done yet. She brought her knee up as he fell down, slamming it into his nose, feeling the hard cartilage crack under the pressure, and sending him reeling, this time backward.
To make sure he went down, she thrust one final, powerful kick into the pit of his stomach, and gave a single, haughty laugh when he fought one last time to remain standing, only to have his heal catch on the dead mare's back. He in a degrading heap beside the mare's corpse, the blood spattering across his body. Looking up, he found himself staring at the tip of Kan's sword, which Gea had finally retrieved.
"I can handle myself, thank you. You can tell Majora to get off her high horse and wait three more damn days! I'll get the job done."
The man raised both palms, giving the slightest of shake of his head.
"Fine. Have it your way," he hissed. "But if you fail, you're all dead."
"All?"
"Everyone with you. Him included."
She gave a soft, haughty chuckle. "Him? You think you can manipulate me by using him? Haha! I could care less! He's merely my way in, nothing more."
Hearing footsteps, she turned, flicking the blade of dim orange light illuminated her a few moments later. Apparently, despite its week state, the meager little flame Kan had lit had managed to survive this long.
"Is it over with?"
She nodded, and passed the bloodied sword to him, watching as a bitter look overcame his features. Then he noticed the blood that was still draining freely from her aching nose.
"Did everything go alright?"
"Yeah, of course, why?"
"Uh, you…well…you're bleeding."
"Oh, that? That's just a nosebleed. I get those when the pressure changes," she answered nonchalantly, dismissing him with a few flicks of her wrist and striding jauntily toward the rest of the cavern, hoping to lead him away from the man. "Hey, maybe that means the blizzard's died down!"
"We can only hope. We still have to find a way out of her though, we don't have any water or food." He muttered, following her into the narrow cavern, guiding her toward where Link and Remus were.
"We will. There are exits everywhere in this mountain. You just have to know where to look."
"How do you know?"
"I've been here before."
"Wait, what?" she didn't look back at him despite the slight tone of surprise in his voice. "You've been here before?"
"Yeah…a long time ago, but I explored these caves when I…visited…all those years ago. I doubt they've changed much."
A heavy, painful gasp came from several hundred yards ahead, startling them both. It had sounded like Remus. They exchanged a quick glance, and bolted, Kan quickly outpacing her and racing into the darkness until he reached where the other two had stayed behind. They'd chosen a wide alcove off of the main tunnel, where there were several bundles of old, dead tree roots stuck in one wall. Perfect for burning.
When he reached the alcove, he found that Remus had Link by the shirt collar, a fist cocked back, ready to be thrown. Kan could only sigh and roll his eyes.
"Enough!" he grabbed Remus by his bluntly pointed ear and yanked, eliciting a pained yelp. Link was freed of the taller man's grip, but instead of backing off, attempted to fling himself at his opponent, only for his own ear to be firmly grabbed as well, and sharply tugged on. The makeshift torch fell to the floor. "Can't I leave you two idiots alone for five minutes?! Goddesses, it's like you two never grew up!"
Assured that they wouldn't immediately go for each other's necks, he released their respective ears and retrieved his torch, though the flame had fizzled out a bit from touching the damp floor.
"What the hell was that about?"
Both looked a bit ashamed.
"He insulted my daughter! How do you expect me to react?!" Link snapped, crossing his arms and glaring daggers at Remus, who, unimpressed, began to pick at his teeth with one finger.
"And you?"
Remus shrugged.
"I was only sayin' the truth. He's noble, ain't he? What good's a daughter?"
Kan shook his head, then turned to Link.
"Ok, you need to take a chill pill. Yes, what Remus said was wrong, but he's baiting you. Don't take the freaking bait. And you," he turned on his son. "If I ever catch you talking down about women again, I'll make sure Gea hears about this, understand?"
"You'll make sure I hear about what?" She asked, coming into the dim firelight. Remus went as stiff as a board, and could only look to his father with a pleading look. Kan smirked, and turned to her.
"Oh, nothing. These two were just telling me how much they cared about each other."
Remus came around his father before his ear could be grabbed again, and draped an arm over her shoulder, not noticing the blood dribbling from her nose…
"Remus? You ok?" Kan asked over the fire he'd managed to build using the old, dry tree roots. Looking toward him, Link saw that Remus was pale and sweating, leaning against one of the walls closest to the rest of the cavern.
"Not exactly sure…I feel…just a bit sick."
"Do you have a fever?"
Link watched as the older man stood and came over to his son, leaning down and pressing a hand to his forehead.
"Goddesses-! You're burning up! When did this happen?!"
Remus actually chuckled a bit.
"Before the cave crumbled."
"Remus! Why didn't you tell me sooner?!"
He didn't answer. A thought seemed to have come to him, a look of disappointment on the younger man's face.
"Dad…You wouldn't suppose it's the 30th, would you?"
"What the hell does that have to do with-oh…"
Link and Gea exchanged glances as the older man counted the days on his fingers.
"Shit…"
So i'm going to put a huge dump of relevant character songs here, so sorry for all the extra content, but its been a while and none of these characters have revealed any before now so its a bit backed up.
Kan-
Lampshades On Fire – Modest Mouse
Stressed Out – Twenty-One Pilots
Immortals – Fall Out Boy
Hotel California – The Eagles (RIP Glen Fry! You'll be missed!)
Link-
R I P To My Youth – The Neighborhood
Long Way Down – Robert DeLong
The Cave – Mumford & Sons
Remus-
Bad Wolf – Awolnation
Every Other Freckle – Alt-J
Drones - Muse
Gea-
The Handler – Muse
Somebody New – Joywave
Gold – SirSly
Dangerous – Big Data feat. Joywave
Malikai-
Reapers – Muse
Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
Remus & Gea-
Hysteria – Muse
Starlight – Muse
For Your Entertainment – Adam Lambert
Need You Tonight – INXS
Sleeping With A Friend – Neon Trees
Please check some of these songs out folks. And lol so many Muse songs sorry about that I can't help myself! SOMEBODY SEND HELP I'M OBSESSED!
Thanks for reading, everyone! Sorry about the weirdness, it'll make sense in the next few chapters. And it might have seemed like action for nothing but trust me it has meaning. I'll say that the basic meaning is a battle of egos. I mean, Malikai has been trained by Majora and is a male Gerudo, which automatically gives him a lot of pride. So of course he feels he has a right to throw his weight around.
But Gea (I don't want to give away too much yet) doesn't like being bossed around by anyone, especially a man.