Disclaimer: The Legend of Zelda series do not, repeat, not belong to me. They rightfully belong to Miyamoto. (May he continue to make excellent games for the rest of his days.) What does belong to me are Cleo, Finn, Syrilla and Okam (sorta).

Chapter 14

"...Has that been your goal all along?" Cleo asked.

"Aye, that be true. But without the power on, it was impossible ter climb the Thunder Beacon Tower... From what I heard, only the Skribal Sword can aid ye in the assent."

"So that is why you were trying to apprehend her sword," Jack acknowledged.

"I even have a rune ready for this." Scervo reached into a pocket and pulled out a small stone. "Cleo, ye have earned this." He gave her the rune which read Draconequus.

"But what about you? What will you do?" Jack asked.

"I will but continue on with me life of piracy."

"But that does not make sense. You have saved my friend Cleo, yet you still wish to carry out such dishonorable deeds?"

"This is not a choice, it is fate. Even though Cleo has helped me in avenging me fiancee, I have nothing left but painful memories. Just go and do yer job and leave me be..." He was about to turn around and leave.

Cleo stepped forward. "Wait Scervo... I think I have something else that belongs to you." Cleo pulled out the envelope. "I found this in the ruined home where Sparklette lived. I have a feeling that this was meant for you. It's time that you finally receive it." Scervo was very surprised and took the letter. She started to leave.

"Wait, I almost forgot." Cleo looked back at Scervo. "Ya'll be needing a password if ye are ter revive the tower. The password is BENDROWNED."

"Bendrowned? But howcha know that?" Scervo didn't answer, he'd already started opening the letter and Cleo decided to let him read in private. Cleo soon left with Jack while Scervo began to scan the letter. As he read on, a single drop of oil had leaked out of his face.

They entered the tower and quickly saw why it was impossible to climb it without the Skribal Sword. The only means of transport was an elevator. Cleo tried the Rune of Draconequus and she drew an x on the flat ceiling. She suddenly fell upwards, landing on the x. She was now standing on the ceiling and was able to drop through the opening. The next few floors had no ceiling so she tried the rune on the wall and was able to walk on it. Some machines and other structures were in the way, making the climb a bit more complicated (not to mention there were even more bugs to fight). She had to switch between floor, wall, and the underside of structures to get higher. After going through the next opening, she found a chest containing the Rune of Mjolnir, giving the sword an electric surge and creating a clawshot to use on magnetic targets. She reached a computer and used Mjolnir to give it some power. Cleo input BENDROWNED when it required the password and a Timeshift Orb as big as a large beach ball appeared from the floor. It gave off a field covering one hundred feet in diameter and restoring the power within that field. She heaved it in her arms and an alarm sounded, revealing a Sphere Master (a floating hand that guarded the orb). She had to race against it in a nerve wracking game of keep away. She placed it in a vertical conveyer lift and rode up with it. Then she was forced to leave it on the floor, climb higher, and grab the orb with Mjolnir from the upper floors. After the exhausting chase, she installed the orb into a pedestal and was given one last computer test with a code breaker. No longer worrying about the hand, she experimented with the software and, within an hour, figured out the code pattern. She was given the big key to unlock the last door, then she took the orb with her.

Cleo and Jack were now at the very top and she could see another pedestal in the very center. Panting under the weight, she carried the Timeshift Orb to it. But before she could reach it- "Cleo, look at the sky! It appears to be growing angry!" There was a boom from within a dark cloud looming above. A silhouette appeared in the cloud and there was a horrible buzzing sound. Suddenly, the orb got sucked up into it along with her shield. The large invader lowered itself and she could now see it was a giant metal beetle, electricity surging through its body. Many pieces of metal (including the metal plated orb and shield) were orbiting the monster. It waved its large horn, ready to fight.

Magnetic Scarab:
Keprai

It hovered above her and unleashed a hail of metal. Without a shield, it was very hard to avoid being hit. She activated Mjolnir and thrust down to create an electric shield. Then she latched onto the insect's abdomen but was lifted off her feet, she was too light to lasso it. After a failed attempt, she drew an x on the ground from her Draconequus rune and tried again. Magically attached to the ground, she was able to grab Keprai and pull it down. The hard landing knocked out a few pieces of metal plating from its exoskeleton. It flew back up and attacked with even more ammo ready. Cleo repeated the process a few more times until all the plating fell off, exposing a weak point. A pulsing core was revealed on its back and it was determined to protect it. It shot a jolt into the dark clounds which began unleashing thunder bolts, raining down from the sky. Then it was forced to land out of exhaustion and Cleo jumped on it to slash at the core.

Keprai began to vibrate after the core was shattered and then it went still and collapsed. The last sparks died, smoke furled out and black oil spilled.

Cleo retrieved her shield and the Timeshift Orb and proceeded to place it on the pedestal. At once, the orb glowed brighter and started to flash. A beam of light shot up into the dark clouds. They slowly turned red, flashes igniting within and a bolt shot down and connected onto the orb. A blue glow began to rapidly spread across the floor and all the way down the walls of the entire tower. The dull hue of the structure was flooded with color, the decay had vanished away. Then rain began to fall with droplets made of sparks, cascading down all over the desert region. Cleo knew they would bring life to the ancient robots below. She had done it.

At last, there was another flash in the sky, the one Cleo had been waiting for. From the red clouds, floated down a clustered ruby with plasma volts flowing within. It landed in her hands, the volts attracted to her touch.

She got the Sprite Cloud. The power of nature creates a spark of life and surges through the image!

...sigh...

What's wrong Mr. Jack? Are you okay?

... ...

Here, you can have my ice cream if it will make you feel better.

You are very generous child, but I cannot take it from you.

It's okay. I can get another one.

...Thank you...

I know why you're sad. You lost something didn't you. I know, because I lost something too, all the orphans did.

It is not just something, it is everything. One time I thought for sure I was going to save my homeland and free my people. I fought a battle I thought would be my final one... but that victory was snatched away from me along with everything I held dear... And I let my family down...

...I'm sorry...

There is no need to be sorry. I have not given up hope, nor will I ever. No matter how much this evil has taken hold of this world, there will always be a small bit of light that will never go out. You are living proof of that my friend.

You'll free us all Jack. I know you will... I believe in you...

As soon as Cleo and Jack left the tower, Scervo was there waiting for them. "So... ya finally did it lass, just as I had hoped. Ye truly are a rare breed for a wee pup, being able ter revive me tower."

Cleo was taken aback. "Your tower?"

Scervo sighed. "I won't deny that. I was once the manager of Thunder Beacon Tower. I had kept a storm brewin', using the powerful forces of nature ter keep the robots alive for eons. Many Scervos before me had done so since the 002S model who built it after his banishment into the Twilight Realm."

"You say you use nature?" Jack quizzed. "So the tower is some sort of weather ray."

"I'm surprised you know what a weather ray is," said Cleo with interest.

"I have learned many things in my travels."

"So what happened?" Cleo asked Scervo.

"Dreadfuse..." he answered in bitterness. "He took Sparklette's life just before we were ter wed. Driven by revenge, I abandoned me post... at the worst time. The core was supposed ter be switched every hundred years... and it was overdue during me months away."

"He said he left you for dead."

"Aye, he thought he did after he overpowered me."

"How is it you are still alive all these years if the tower-?"

"That, me friend Jack, is because of a Timeshift Stone shard inserted inside me body. It's magic kept me forever frozen in time and, of course, Dreadfuse used the same method."

"So now that the tower is back on, will you finally give up being a pirate?"

"...Aye." He walked toward Cleo. "I hope ya don't mind, but can ya do me another favor?"

"Sure."

Scervo took her hand and placed a seed in her palm. "This was in her letter. She requested... as a wedding gift... that it be planted in a more lush location." Cleo looked at it, confused. "This wasn't always a desert, Sparklette use ter grow these ancient flowers in her garden. She loved them. But the land was starting ter become uninhabitable for those plants."

"I see. I'll find someplace for this."

"I took the liberty in retrieving the stolen sol and got the warp working again. Ya'll be able ter travel back safely."

Cleo gave him a big smile. "Thank you!" She did not want to resort to using some crazy, painful method of going somewhere again. As she and Jack were approaching the warp, they got an unexpected surprise.

"Where do you think you're going, you brat?" said a wheezing mechanical voice. Cleo spun round, immediately recognizing that voice but couldn't believe it, even as she stared shocked at the still smoldering form of Dreadfuse.

"You're dead!" she shouted exasperatedly.

"Not yet... Not until you start pushing up daisies first!"

"How is gardening a punishment?" Jack asked.

"Jack, it means he's going to kill us!" Cleo corrected.

"I'm going to enjoy this! Granted, he won't be too pleased when you're gone, but he'll still have the essences nonetheless."

"Wait a minute! Who's 'he'?"

"I'll tell you... after I drag you down to Hell with me!" Dreadfuse opened his coat, revealing bombs tied to his body, they had been lit. Knowing they couldn't outrun the blast in time, the pair dove toward the warp. They heard the loud blast and felt the heat and they both disintegrated... into black particles flying through the warp.

After they reappeared back in Castle Town, Cleo said in a shaky voice "Now I know he's dead!"