Our Internet got hacked... :/ Who the hell would hack a dialup connection? They didn't even do much, just changed the password! (I don't know if this is available on broadband, but whenever I want to use the Internet I have to go to the Control Panel and enter a password to access the modem, which then dials the service provider YADDA YADDA YADDA. And then the password got changed to something stupid and it took me like A WHOLE DAY to come up with the possibility that it might have been hacked *derp*). But seriously, it's been really stupid because they don't seem to have taken any details. What an idiot! Who would pass up the opportunity to read all my files full of stupid fanfics? xD
Anyways! Please enjoy the chapter~!
Chapter 16: A Ridiculous Fight pt.I
"You know..." Ezlo offered cautiously, "It wouldn't be a bad idea to turn round and go back now..."
Ghirahim clicked his fingers and right on cue the small hatch behind them disappeared.
"That was cowardly." Dark spat. "You're gonna stay and fight whether you want to or not! YOU were the one talking yourself up, purple guy!"
"The name's Vaati." the mage hissed, trying to hide his deep regret at letting his ego come to the fore again.
Ganondorf opened his mouth to ask if he could fight too, since he was such an awesome fighter- but it seemed Dark had other plans. Vaati was forced to fling himself to the ground as a shuriken whistled past his pointed ear, lodging with a frightening CLANG in the rock behind him.
There was no silence after that, as Dark Link proved himself an incredibly agile fighter. He lept and dodged around the watery arena, hurling projectiles and very rarely missing. Shadow whirled round to try and avoid one, only to find his hat whipped off his head and slammed down around his eyes.
"Hang on a minute, you're not letting me join in!" Ghirahim wailed, running around after Dark like a pathetic pet. He was, quite rightly, ignored.
Vaati attempted to catch the shurikens and throw them back, just as he had seen many times before in many late- night B- movies. Life in the dark side's HQ was difficult at the best of times under Ganny's rule, so every Tuesday night was "Movie Night" where everyone would gather in the basement to watch the latest releases (or, at least, the ones that Vaati would nab from the nearest Blockbuster) on a hastily- rigged projector. Unfortunately, during the summer a lot of cheesy teen flicks would be released, and even now nobody dared to speak of the day they sat through What To Expect When You're Expecting and Hannah Montana: The Movie.
"Would you stop reminscing!?" Ghirahim yelled, seeing that Vaati had fallen into a state of deep thought with a shuriken imbedded in his head. He didn't seem to notice. "The fight isn't as fun if you're just standing there-"
He was felled by a vicious high kick to the head. Dark had apparently had enough of his minion-
"Hang on a minute, author." Vaati snapped out of his stupor. "You haven't really developed this story well, have you? It's only now that we realise Ghirahim is the submissive character to Dark Link, however this plot twist should have been revealed in a more climatic situation. Readers may be confused about the power struggle between the two of them because it has never been explicitly stated that-"
"Vaati. You are in no position to dictate my story with a shuriken in your head." the author snapped.
The mage pulled the weapon out effortlessly. "As I was saying-"
"Shut up!"
"Oh for Din's sake!" Dark howled. "Author, just stop arguing and let me MURDER someone!"
It was obvious, though, that it would be difficult for him to prematurely end the story by killing one of the main characters. Vaati was too intelligent to get in the way of the various projectiles (Dark had now graduated to spears which he was throwing at the mage with extreme prejudice, apparently recognising him as his main rival). Shadow, of course, seemed to practically relish the attention being on him, dancing in front of the evil man and howling with pain as he was inevitably hit.
"I'm not helping you!" Vaati called, throwing himself to the floor in a reflex action as some unknown object hurtled just over his head.
Ghirahim decided to get in on some of the action, summoning a forcefield around the tree to prevent anyone getting to Ganondorf and untying his ropes-
"Why did nobody think of that? You're all so stupid!" Ganondorf howled.
There was an awkward pause as Shadow and Vaati debated silently... how did they tell him that they hadn't exactly wanted to?
"They hadn't exactly wanted to, you idiot." Ezlo chose this moment to pipe up. Dark nearly jumped a mile.
"Where the heck did you get that from!?" he yelled, pointing at Ezlo as if he had never seen anything of the like before.
The author got out her tablet and scrolled through the reviews. "Say you got him from the goddesses..." she whispered.
Vaati didn't seem to hear her. Dark whirled round, furious, and whipped out an enormous sword that he aimed at the sky. His teeth were gritted.
"How dare you mention the goddesses..." he hissed. "After all I have done... after all the power I wield... and yet STILL you refuse to grant me even a fraction of the powers you give that hero!"
Shadow took his chance, leaping at the man and wrestling the sword out of his grasp, briefly engaging him in an undignfied rollaround on the floor. Dark, being not only quick- witted but incredibly powerful, managed to overcome the boy quite easily. Fury seemed to have given him superhuman strength, and he slammed the child into the water several times with a quite unneeded vicious desperation. It seemed that there were many years of pent- up rage which he had been aching to release.
Vaati leapt on his back, attempting to wrestle him off his creation, but nothing seemed to deter him and the three of them ended up looking as if they were playing a brutal game of Twister. Shadow noticed, through two worryingly swollen eyes, that the sword was extremely close to his side. He tried to support himself with shaking arms, but still he almost felt the spike of the blade brushing his tunic.
"Watch out, everybody~!"
Before anyone could move out of the way, Ghirahim did a graceful swallowdive onto the group. Although he was light, the shock was too much and the three collapsed into the water. It was only two inches of the stuff, but all four of them let out girly shrieks as their precious clothes were wetted. Dark was the fastest, dislodging himself from the group and jumping up.
"GHIRAHIM!" he hissed. It seemed that even now, he was too dignified for outright yelling. "For someone who promised they would be the greatest of all Dierule's monarchs, you're a disaster!"
Vaati felt despair shoot through him as he remembered that this was not Hyrule, it was a still unknown alternate dimension where Ganondorf had been overthrown and the timeline was in disarray. How were they going to escape... Would the goddesses, with their utmost control over the mechanics of fate and luck, ALLOW them to escape? And at any rate, what would happen to the world if Dark and Ghirahim were still present to rule over it? Would it last?
"You sound more like a hero every day." came a voice from the scuba gear, lying abandoned in a corner near the rock.
"Who, me!?" Vaati exclaimed.
"Yeah... you remind me of Li-"
"No no no don't say that!" Ghirahim howled, disentangling himself from the pile and giving the scuba gear a vicious shake. He put his head close to it and whispered. "My master doesn't like being reminded of-"
An expertly thrown katana embedded itself in his back and he squeaked.
"Are you serious?" Dark turned to the others with a deadpan look on his face. Vaati and Shadow returned it (and Ezlo did as well, or at least as much of a deadpan look a hat with a beak can manage). "A *squeak*?"
"I know." Vaati shrugged. "I keep telling her to try and write a little better, but..." He threw his arms up in the air in resignation.
"Tickle him to death, Dark!" Ghirahim called. Dark turned and glared at him.
"YOU. Are. A. RUBBISH. Strategist." he said calmly. Ghirahim burst into tears. "And. You. Are. FIRED."
Navi finally managed to escape from the scuba gear, wriggling out of the oxygen tube to fly in a triumphant pattern around everyone's heads. "Hey! Listen! I'm free!" she exclaimed. Dark immediately got an eye tic, and it was the sheer hatred radiating from him that caused Navi to turn and look at him.
"Whoa... you're handsome!" she exclaimed. "In a kind of rugged way of course, seeing as you're probably on the run from several authorities. You should meet my nan! She's looking for a date."
Dark calmly reached up his hand and slapped her.
All hell broke loose two seconds later.
A massive lightning strike hit the ground, seemingly shooting from nowhere to create an enormous crater in the earth. Water danced around it and plunged down into it, creating a swirling whirlpool that seemed bottomless. Stormclouds gathered quickly, far too quickly to be natural, and although there was no rain or thunder electricity created a webbed pattern across the sky that lit up the ground below.
"What the hell is this now!?" Vaati yelled into the sky, before a large hailstone landed on his face.
"Score." Din said, high up in the heavens. Nayru and Farore nodded appreciatively.
"Now let's get that dark guy for daring to hurt the Hero's aid!" Farore yelled, stamping her foot and creating a peal of thunder that rocketed across the sky.
"Oh come on, isn't that a little cliche?" Vaati turned to the author, who made a face.
"It's my story! And it's a climatic fight scene as well..."
"That's gonna drag on for two chapters because it's Saturday night and you still haven't got halfway through it. Great time management, genius."
"Oh shut up and act scared!"
Shadow was pretty much already there, rolling around in sheer terror. Ghirahim was staring at the sky, turning as pale and white as the skintight clothing he wore. Dark was standing coolly, arms folded, glaring up into the sky as if daring the goddesses to do any more to him.
Ganondorf was sticking his tounge out so he could catch the rain.
Dark Link knew why the goddesses were angry, of course. Even now, after so many years, they were ridiculously protective of the many Heroes who had protected Dierule and its' alternate dimension, Hyrule. Even now, they were out to get him. And even now, there was nothing he could do against them.
"Bit of a sore loser, aren't we?" Vaati whispered (before going off into a sarcastic impersonation of a scared person for the author's benefit).
"How DARE YOU!" Dark completely lost it then, lunging out at Vaati. The mage deftly skipped away and the two engaged in a sinister game of tag, while also trying to avoid the streaks of lightning that smashed down around them. Dark managed to grab Vaati by his cape, but the sorcerer didn't give up and continued to run, dragging the man along the floor on his face. He then whipped around and, while Dark was down and exhausted, twisted him into a pretzel like a clown making balloon puppets.
"No, I don't think so." the author said. "Put him down, Vaati."
"But- but- this is the natural progress of the fight! You're biased towards ME winning, you deluded fangirl!" Vaati snapped back.
"No, because Dark has SIGNIFICANTLY more fangirls than you. I can't risk angering such a large population." There was the sound of a couple of lines being typed into the computer.
The scene rewound a couple of seconds, to when Vaati was dragging Dark along. (The author finds that mental image too funny to let go). Instead of the mage taking advantage of his rival's weakness, Dark was able to rip his cloak off and pull him to the floor in the process. By this time the two were soaked and exhausted, but adrenaline caused them to ignore this fact. Even though he was covered in rain, mud, and goodness knows what else, Dark still managed to radiate a strange power and handsomeness. His black hair, plastered to his face, framed his pale features somewhat and Vaati stopped to consider what would happen if this was a yaoi- based fanfic.
Dark took advantage of his rival's brief pause and prepared to suffocate him.
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Ooooh cliffhanger! Actually I could see this scene dragging on for quite a while... I'm rubbish at fight scenes.
Swamp Dragon Princess: You got a PM! As for the radiation, unfortunately not, I only know the basics xD I can guess at what some of them mean, but I'd probably get it hideously wrong so I shan't embarass myself! ;D
AFD 3!? Ye gods. I have fainted. But yeah, that would be a pretty impressive storyline! Maybe I should write a small chapter at the end, kind of like an epilogue chapter... Shadow needs his revenge.
Yes, I acknowledged that... don't think I could have done as much of it as I wanted in this chapter, but I suppose Dark will have another opportunity to go insane in a weeks' time. *evil smile* Din's fire...Vaati, come over here!
*whispers something in his ear*
Vaati: *grins*
WraithHeart: *watches you claw off Vaati's face* Heehee! Fun!
Yeah, don't worry, a lot of people think Dark and Shaddy are one and the same. ;) The difference is, Shadow only turns up in the Four Swords series wheras Dark Link is more of a series villain, especially as he was the main antagonist in Zelda II. Shadow was created using the Dark Mirror, wheras Darky was apparently created as an embodiment of Link's own darkness. I'm still more of a Shadow fangirl, but unfortunately I don't think the kid is going to be making an appearance in the official games anymore... (oh yeah, that's another different, Shadow's a child and Dark's an adult). He died along with the Four Swords series! *holds hand over heart as a bell tolls in the distance*
And I have no idea about those two questions. The answer to both, however, is probably no.
*stares at about- to- be- mutilated nurse* Um, excuse me...? Lady? Forget professional service...just move? *raps on window trying not to attract your attention, standing on a tower of skeletons standing on eachothers' shoulders*
DemonSorceressRinato808: You won't hesitate to beat Ganny up? Join the club! ;) I'll help you... but using them as your weapons!? God that was so funny! xD I would pay a hell of a lot of money to see that you know. And aww, are you lonely? Well, the Wind Palace is pretty big, and I suppose if you're alone there it can actually get quite depressing. Vaati should spend more time with you! (or you could just push him off the edge mwahahaha). And yes! You are totally right! Come on Ezlo... let's put your beak to some use! 8D I think Ezlo is definitely entitled to some sort of revenge after angsting for years about the fate of his apprentice... or maybe he just didn't care at all :P
See you next week, everybodyyyy~!