Author's Note: I DO NOT OWN THIS CHARACTERS. ALL RIGHTS TO THIS CHARACTER BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPANIES.
Chapter 2: The Red Blur
We begin this chapter at the popular clique's table. "You know that guy in the blue hoodie is kinda hot." The entire group looked at the blue haired girl in surprise at her sudden statement. "Ganon and his group always picks on him.. But last week he actually fought back and won.." The group looked at her with one brow raised. "Well technically he didn't fight back he just dodged all his blow and made Ganon punch a concrete wall and it broke his hand.. haha! That was the funniest shit I've ever seen." She said as she took a french fry on her twin sister's plate. "SIS!" Her twin sister exclaimed. "We're twins! We share everything Lulu!" She ate the fry she took form her sister. "You know Ruto you should stay away from that guy... He's a total nutcase." Marth said with venom in his voice. "Exactly, that brokey almost killed Zelda back when we we're young." Rivali added. "Really?! Still I think he's kinda hawt!" Her sister wore a shock face and smacked her shoulder. "Ow! What?! It's the truth!.. He's rude though.. I tried talking to him and he just shrugged me of like a fly." She finished. "Like I said total nutcase, can we not talk about that guy?! I'm losing my apatite here!" He insisted. "Seconded." Revali added. Zelda remained silent as if she was neutral about Link.
-Later that evening
Link is rummaging his closet, looking for an outfit that he could use for his flash persona. "Alright this could work." Link raised a pair of light red short jogger pants with a thin yellow stripe on each side of it. "I should go for red and yellow for this outfit... I think I've read something in comic back when I was younger, A hero with the same abilities as me who wore a red and gold super suit." Link continued to rummage for some more outfit in his closet. "I need to be able to run, and fight.. I think a hoodie would do just that.. I think I have a red hoodie in here somewhe- There it is!" Link grabbed a dark red hoodie with 3 vertical orange stripes on both sides of it's sleeves. "Yeah I think I could pull this off.. It would look better if I fold the sleeves just right about... Here!" He folded the sleeves of his hoodie up until the halfway point of his forearms. "Damn that looks good on me! Now I need a pair of gloves preferably fingerless, A riding googles, and a facemask.. Oh! And a running shoe. I can't be using my old converse to run, It's not meant for that... And besides... It burns easily.. Come to think of it, my clothes should have burned as well but for some reason it doesn't.. I should do more experiments regarding my abilities." Link looked online for a running shoe and found one with a dominant yellow and a secondary bright red color. "2 weeks! That takes too long! *Sigh* Oh well can't do anything about that." He got up his table and brushed his teeth and went to bed. He decided he would go to the mall tomorrow since it was the weekend to buy some more stuff to complete is makeshift super suit.
-The next day
Link bought a pair of red and black bolt shorty traffic gloves, a black riding goggles that only covers his eyes. He walked to a gaming convention and found a Smoke mask Author's Note: The one that Smoke used in the new MK1 Game. Link tried it on and he noticed it was easy to breath and it covers his mouth ad nose so it was all good. One of the upsides of it is that it actually muffles his voice a bit. Link was satisfied of it and decided to go home and try everything on. When he reached the entrance/Exit door of the mall he saw Marth and Zelda's Group and noticed they we're coming his way. 'Oh Great! The Royal squad is here.. Alright Linky just ignore them like always.' He said mentally but then when they got near him Revali started to antagonize him. "Didn't know this place allowed hobos to enter." He spat with venom in his voice. "Whatever Gales." Link continued walking but then Revali held him in the shoulder squeezing it with the intent of hurting Link. "That lightning that struck you should have finished the job, but I guess that's too much to expect out of life." Link just gave him a intense yet calm gaze that set shivers down Revali's spine causing his hand to loose grip but not completely letting go of Link's shoulder. "If you don't get that hand off my shoulders right now you're not gonna like what's gonna happen next." Link said in a calm but threatening voice. "Are you threatening him Morgan!?" Marth said said escalating the situation even further. "It wasn't a threat... It was a guarantee." Link shrugged of Revali's hand off of his shoulders and walked to the exit.
Zelda's group of friends were in an expensive cafe having tea and cake when Revali suddenly spoke. "That guy really ticks my off! He thinks he's better than us!" Revali said with an angry voice and facial expression. "I mean you did antagonize the guy, he was only minding his own business." Ruto replied calmly. But Revali was shocked of his friend's reply. "Well he could've handled the situation more maturely." Zelda said calmly while taking a sip of her tea with elegance, the whole group nodded in agreement. "Don't expect anything like that from him babe!" The group burst out laughing expect for Ruto, Daruk and Mipha. Ruto didn't really find the comment funny and something's bugging Mipha, in fact it's been bugging her for a long time and it's eating her from the inside. "Maturely huh? Look Zel I get why you defend Revali because he is our friend but what he did was uncalled for." Riju said and then sips her tea. "I agree Link didn't really deserve that treatment." Revali slammed his hands on the table and and stood up, faced Ruto and said. "DID YOU FORGET THAT HE ALMOST KILLED ZELDA IN ORDER TO SAVE HIS OWN WORTHLESS LIFE!? I SAY HE DESERVES EVEN WORST TREATMENT THAN WHAT I DID TODAY!" Everyone didn't expect that outburst. When Revali realized that he was making a scene he quickly composed himself and apologized to Ruto. "Yikes... That was something else... Hey baby cousin why are you being so quiet?" No responds. "Mipha?" Still no responds. "Miiiiippphhha." Still nothing. "Earth to Mipha." She started poking her until she snapped out of he trance. "W-w-wha? What?" Mipha asked her cousin. "I said why have are you being so quiet and to add another one you've been spacing out a lot lately.. Something wrong?" Ruto rubbing her hands on her cousin's back. "N-nothing! Listen guys I gotta go... I don't feel so well." She then hurriedly stood up from her seat and left without saying another word. "What was that about?" Marth asked confused. "I don't know... But I'm gonna find out." Ruto said with a determined face.
Link stood in front of his mirror in his full flash suit.(Without the running shoes of course.) "Not bad not bad... I make this look good.. Too bad no one's gonna see me that much since I move so fast all they see is a blur... And a orange lightning streak." Link decided to go train at his usual place, he prepared his things in a bag and used his super speed to get to his training spot. When he arrived he did his usual workout and meditation, orange electricity came out of his body like last time but this time there was more coming out of him. There was also a faint orange spherical glow like and aura that protects him when he uses his powers in order for him not to burst into flames, or it also serves as a protection in order for him not to destroy anything when he runs in super speed, but he doesn't know it yet. When Link was done training he decided to eat some protein bar and went out for patrol maybe stop a few robberies around the city. He quickly changed to his flash attire (Again minus the running shoes.) He ran at super speed stopping muggers and robbers doing crime. When he could no longer find crime he decided to go home for dinner and continue doing hero stuff after hours since a lot of crime happen during the night.
He arrived late at the dinner table and his grandfather asked him "Why are you late?" His grandfather was a man of few words and was very stern individual. "I was going for a run and kinda lost track of time." Link answered telling his grandfather a half truth they can never know what he is really up to. Doing all that hero stuff will surly get him into trouble specially if they learn about his gift. "You seem to be running a lot these days, you didn't do that before. What changed?" Link took a bite before answering. "I did a research that it helps to clear the mind and it really does, plus the doctor told me to exercise after the whole lightning fiasco." He then finished his plate and came for seconds. "Well it's good that you are taking care of you're health. You certainly are very hungry." Link just shrugged and kept eating until he finished another plate. "Easy Link! There's plenty more!" His grandmother tried to slow him down. "You will choke if you keep going on at these phase!" His grandmother was taken aback at Link's sudden change in appetite since he started "Running". After he was done with dinner he offered to do the dishes but his grandmother protested and told him to study in his room. He told her he wouldn't mind but her mind was unchanged so he did just that, he went upstairs and studied technically he did not need to study due to him learning his lessons in advance with the help of his speedster brain. "He really has grown up hasn't he Martha." His grandfather spoke while leaning on the door frame. "That he certainly is Larkin. That grandchild of ours has had it rough. Losing his parents at a young age, Life has not been kind to him. But no matter how hard it has been for him he has a good heart." His grandfather nodded in agreement. "Banz and Loretta raised him well." He can't help but be proud of his late son for raising such a kindhearted son like Link. He never really showed much affection to Link but cares deeply for Link he just shows it a little different than the others.
When his grandparents were asleep he quickly changed into his flash suit and sneaked his way out his window to make sure he wasn't caught. He wasn't sure if he should use his super speed to sneak out because he was afraid it would wake his grandparents up due to the electricity noises when he runs so he decided against it. He then ran around the city to looking for crime and try and stop it. He found a few muggings here and there but he wanted a little more challenge he was looking for heists but couldn't find any but then he realized he wasn't fast enough (Yet) to run around the city in seconds in order to make sure he could stop every crime committed. So he kept on running and looking. "There has got to be a more efficient way to find crime." He said to himself. "WAIT!" He suddenly thought of something. "How fast would I have to be to run up on walls. Let's find out." He tried to run up the wall of a 3 story building but failed and hurt his leg. "Shit!" He sat on the ground rubbing his ankle. "Damn! That wasn't a good idea!" He scolded himself. "I almost succeeded though. I need to train running on walls." He decided to just sit there and noticed his ankle don't hurt anymore. "Wait what the f**k?" He was confused as to why it doesn't hurt anymore. "Do I also heal fast!? Come to think of it. It is quite possible, I mean look at me I can run fast as hell! Healing fast isn't that farfetched." He noted to himself to make a list of the abilities he has when he gets home. He decided to call it a night since he couldn't find anymore small and big crimes. When he was on his way home he noticed a delivery truck beating a red light and he saw a lady who he assumed just got out of work due to her looking very tired and wasn't even paying attention to the truck. The moment she realized the truck was about to hit her it was already to late. "Uh oh! not good!" Link run to save the lady and carried her to the other side of the crosswalk. The lady was very shocked as to why is she already on the other side. She could've sworn she was about to died right there but didn't. She then noticed a hooded figure giving her a nod and then disappeared into the night. She remained still stunned as to what just happened. 'Did I just got saved by a red blur that turned into a ball of orange lightning?' She thought still processing what happened. Link climbed up his window and quickly got changed and was ready to go to sleep but decided to just lay there. Reflecting on the good deeds he has done tonight. He couldn't help but smile to himself. "Doing this hero stuff really does feel good." He turned on his laptop and wrote the abilities he has so far.
-The next day
Link was having breakfast with his grandpa who was reading his newspaper while Link was watching the news on TV. /A mysterious red blur has been stopping crime and saving lives all over the city. As to what is it we have no idea. All we can say for now is it has no hostile intentions to the people of Hyrule City it seems to only go for the criminals. And on behalf of this city and out entire news team. Thank you! Mysterious red blur./ "You know that red blur really is something." Link said then takes a bite out of his breakfast taco. "Bout time someone's cleaning up this city." His grandfather said in low boys and then sipped his coffee. The news article he was reading was about the red blur. Link smirked a bit and finished his breakfast got up and said he was going for a run. His grandmother told him to be careful and to bring eggs when he gets back home. he nodded and got his backpack and decided to take it slow and just walk to his training spot.
When Link arrived in his training spot he spotted Marth and Zelda's group of friends he quickly hid before he in the corner before he is spotted. He sighed. "So much for training! I need to find another training spot." He decided to turn back and scouted the outskirts of the city for a new training spot and used his super speed. He found a secluded cliff side that faces the city. "This view is breath taking!" Link took it all in and admired the view. He sat on the soft grass and started meditating.
Marth, Zelda, Riju, and Revali gave a tour to their new friends. "Okay guys this is where we play and hangout after school back when we we're younger." The new additions to their group admired the place. "We should make this our hangout place guys." Ruto suggested. "That's actually a very good idea!" Marth agreed. They settled in by sitting in the soft grass and talked about the past on how they played and Zelda smiled a soft and gentle smile remembering the good memory. But soon it disappeared remembering Link and was confused how Link could've done what he did. She was confused and the same question that has been tugging in her mind since her childhood. 'How could Link be capable of doing such cowardly and scummy deed?' Marth shook her shoulder and hugged her. "Babe are you alright?"Zelda just nodded assuring Marth but he wasn't convinced he knew her girlfriend too well. "Come on babe what is it?" So Zelda told him what was really on her mind. He was mad but tried to calm himself. "Look babe. We really don't know who he was until he did what he did. I myself didn't expect that he was capable of doing such things." He lied to keep Zelda to ease Zelda's mind but most of all he did it to keep Zelda all to himself. He really did love and care for her but the way he won her over was not the right way to do it. It was sick and messed up. Zelda was unmoved and Marth was getting really mad. "What does Link have that I don't Zel!" The group looked at Marth confused of his sudden outburst. "Wha-" Zelda said but was cut off by Marth. "I really don't understand why you like him so much! I'm so much better than him in anyway! Brains!, Brawn, Looks! you name it!" Marth said in a bragging yet questioning attitude. "Babe I can assure you I don't have feelings for him anymore!" Zelda trying to stop the argument since they're making a scene in front of there friends. "Oh! don't give me that Zel! I know you still have feelings for him deep inside!" Zelda knowing she still does have feelings for Link could not answer. "See! I knew it!" Marth confirmed his suspicion. "But guess what Zel. Link will never look at you the same way he looked at you back then. He will never talk or approach you ever again." Marth moved his face closer to Zelda's ear. "You and him burned that bridge a long time ago." Marth whispered striking the final blow to Zelda's hopes of ever talking to Link. Zelda hoped to reconcile with Link the a year after the incident had happened she just never had a chance to talk to him. A lot was on the way of that. Marth, Her father, and her friends we're on the way stopping her for ever reaching Link. With the exception of Riju. Riju has always supported her in every decision she has. She was mad at Link for doing what he did not knowing Link was innocent. Link didn't do any of what he was accused of. But they crossed that bridge and burned it a long time ago.
-Meanwhile with Link
Link was done meditating and was now exercising his body to improve his physical strength. "There are definitely improvements on my physical strength but it's minuscule. Doing training on my own can only take me so far." Link stood up and walked to the edge of the cliff again and "Welp I guess I could make this my own special little place." He then began to use his super speed and and quickly changed to his flash outfit he resembled a human sized twister that suddenly turned red and ran back to the city to do some hero stuff. When he entered the main highway he saw a burning building and a lady screaming from above it. The fire fighters wasn't able to reach her in time and decided to let her jump and catch her with using a life net but before they could set it all up the area she stood up on collapsed and she fell. Link seeing everything happen in slow motion cured under his breath. "Shit! Shit! Shit! Aright calm down Link." He began to breath calmly and closed his eyes. "You got this Link. YOU. Got this!" He then ran at his top speed towards the burning building. "There is no other way I need t o run on the side of the building. Well the building is unstable to step on but I should be able to just cheese it! I can't believe I'm about to do this!" Link began to run up the building. Adrenaline rushing within him added with his super speed he succeeded in running on the side of the building. "This feels weird! I AM literally running on the side of a building! Alright! Alright! Enough of this. I need to match her speed before catching otherwise she will." Link trying his best to calm down and do the calculations in his head. "Not make it." As he slowly(Well slowly for our hero but in real time. Not really) close in on the falling lady he slowed down a bit to try and match the rate of which she was falling but then he realized he was slowly slipping. So he speed up returning to his top speed. He then came up with an idea. "I will stop in the right moment and then catch her and then speed up again." So he did just that. But on the way down he did not run as fast as before due to him carrying a person and he was controlling his speed not to go too fast due to gravity. If he did they would've gone splat. When Link reached the ground he stopped and placed the lady down on the side walk. The pedestrians, news media, and firefighters ran towards them but Link gave the lady a nod and ran. When the people stopped chasing and just cheered Link clapping their hands thanking Link for what he did. Link stopped running in a quiet ally way and pulled down his hood and took his mask off and was breathing heavily. He sat on the ground with his back on a concrete wall feeling satisfied about what he did. He smiled to himself and it slowly tuned into a light laugh. "*Sigh* I can't believe I just did that! I was running on a wall!" Link sighed again, stood up, put his mask back on and pulled his hood up. He ran back the outskirts of the city and changed to his normal clothes using the same process as earlier. He ran back to the city making sure no one spotted him. He then returned to the same ally way and waited for a couple of minutes also recovering for a bit. When the coast was clear he walked and decided to stop by at Big Belly Burger. "It's good to take it slow from time to time. Enjoying a sense of normalcy. Nothing beats running like a bat outta hell with super speed. The electricity coursing through my vein, the energy, the world slowing down as if it was stopping. I wonder what I look like in super speed? I think I heard on the news that I look like a ball of orange lightning or a ball of electricity was it? Or a red Blur? So which is which?" Link arrived at Big Belly Burger and ordered 4 triple triples with a side of fries in each, and 2 big gulps. Link walked home enjoying the air, phone in hand scrolling through social media and noticing the red blur is trending. "Looks like I'm getting pretty popular. I really need to introduce myself as the flash. At this point they're gonna name me the red blur." Link kept walking until he decided to just speed home so he did.
When he arrived home he greeted his grandparents and went straight to his room opened the window and climbed up to the roof top. He sat on the edge with one of his leg hanging and started to eat his food. After eating he was full and then got to thinking about his past it still hurts him to this day that he lost so much in such short time but his father raised him to never give up and just keep on running with life so he did just that. Until today he never really think much about his past but somehow ever since he got his powers he was always reminded of what had happened. A tiny part of him wanted to change the past but the majority of him decided not to dwell on it and just move on. "And that is the right choice. Revali was right I shouldn't be friends with them. We're from two different worlds." Link decided to go back to his room and changed to his super suit and looked at himself on the mirror. "And now to answer the question I've had since this morning." Link used his super speed in front of the mirror and found the answer he was looking for he looked he. "I don't look any different." But then he got an idea. He vibrated his body and he does look like a blur he has been vibrating subconsciously all this time while in super speed hence the people who saw him only see him as a red blur do to his suits color. "[Vibrating voice]So that's wh- Whoah! Shez! This awesome![Vibrating voice]" Link discovered another ability he can do which is to vibrate his vocal cords at super speed to sound like something out of a techno music. Author's note: I don't know what kind of music it is but I think it's techno so correct me if I'm wrong. Link then stopped using his super speed and got ready to do some flash stuff again. He opened his window again and exited though there.
-In the City
As Link was running around the city he noticed five suspicious looking guys outside a black van near a bank and not just any bank Gale Bank. "Oh! What do we have here." Link cased the area looking for more guys but all he can see are five guys. He ran towards the adjacent building of the bank. "Aight. Let's see if we can do this again." Link ran on the building's wall trying to get to a higher vantage point to observe them. "Let's what you're up too." Link sat down at the edge of the building observing carefully. Link was about to give up and just continue patrolling the city but then they decided to move on the bank. "Show time." Link muttered under his breath and got up but then stopped. "Wait I could just let them rob this place since it's Revali's family's bank. But then that wouldn't be very hero like. They deserve to be robbed but I ain't stooping that low." One guy started hacking the security doors to open up and then succeeded and then another guy took out a glass cutter and then started to cut the glass doors on the bank's entrance. "*Fake cough* You know robbing is illegal right?" Link behind them leaning in a lamp pose. They all pulled out their guns and pointed it at Link. Link they his hands in the air. "You know what guys? carry on with what you are doing. Forget I was ever here." The thieves snickered but didn't take Links offer then the leader began talking. "I think it's a little late for that red blur." Link just dropped his hands and smirked. "The names Flash not red blur, or red streak or whatever you may be thinking of." Link began to use his super speed and ran around the guys and removed their weapons form their hands and dropped it to the other side of the street far away from them. "Oh boy that was disappointing." Link boasted. "By the way I already called the cops like 10 minutes ago." As if on cue the cops arrived and the robbers looked at the squad cars arriving and then looked back at Link but Link was no longer there. "FLAAAAAASH!" The leader screamed while getting detained along with his crew.
