i had fun with this one honestly i love these little fuckers
thank you to sky for lookin it over 33333
{Originally posted at AO3 on 2022-02-09 for Febuwhump 2022}
The bag smelled like dirt. That was the first thing Vio noted when he came to. He realized his head was covered by a bag pretty easily. The burlap fabric against his cheeks mixed with the feeling of rope along his neck from where it tied were both dead giveaways.
The next thing he took note of was the rope around his wrists which were currently bound to his back. He gave the bounds a test tug only to confirm his suspicions. They were too tight to move and the rope too thick to snap.
His final observation was that his ankles seemed to be in a similar situation. These three facts along with the feeling of being carried over someone's shoulder was all Vio needed to make his final assumption.
He was being kidnapped.
Most would probably be distraught in such a situation. However, Vio was not most. Even in his own head he tended to be the odd one out. The running joke being that he was the singular 'brain cell'. He wouldn't necessarily disagree with that. Nevertheless, his calm demeanor in the moment despite his current predicament was very on brand for him. Though, he did, of course, take the moment to question why he was being taken in the first place.
His first, and best guess being that he was mistaken for one of the other heroes.
It wasn't long before the movement of his captor slowed to a stop. He was unceremoniously lifted from the shoulder and all but dropped to the ground. He quickly recognised it as grass under him. He also noticed both the heat and popping sound of a campfire.
All of his assumptions and suspicions were proved correct as the burlap sack was yanked from his head, returning his vision.
Admittedly, he had expected his captors to be monsters of some kind. It wouldn't be surprising for a group of beasts to go after a hero. Instead, before him around the campfire stood three hylian men.
Vio raised a brow at them. He kept silent, only staring at the men.
"You grabbed a kid?" one of them hissed out angrily.
'Kid?' Vio thought to himself. He knew Four was always perceived to be much younger than they actually were due to their height, but still. It was pretty annoying.
"They didn't have anythin' I saw to take!" another hissed back. "'Sides, there was too many of 'em 'round. This one I caught off guard."
Vio supposed that made some sense. They were just average thieves. Looking for something of value. Though he still wasn't sure why-
"And his family looked rich."
'Family?'
"Yeah, they had on all these rings and lots 'a weapons! I thought we could hold the kid for ransom."
Vio gave a harsh roll of his eyes. Great. Just great. Not only did his kidnappers think he was twelve, but they also apparently decided he was worth enough money to go through with this ridiculous plot. And, even if he was, he highly doubted the others were going to give anything up so easily. This only meant that the whole ordeal was a waste of quite literally everyone's time.
Vio looked down to the ground below him where his shadow flickered against the grass. As if willing the companion to show himself, white eyes flicked open in the dark form. A cheeky smile following suit.
Vio frowned. 'I don't know what you think is so damn funny down there,' he angrily thought. Unfortunately, split apart the way they were, even Shadow was deaf to Vio's inner voice. Instead, he jerked his head back, signaling the other to help.
Shadow moved from his normal position and soon enough, Vio felt cold, wisped hands dancing across his own wrists. Shadow made short work of the knot, placing the rope in Vio's still hands. He then quickly moved to the hero's ankles to do the same.
Once Vio was free he stood up and brushed the grass off his pants with a huff. Honestly, this whole ordeal was so trivial.
Before he could move to leave, the men around the camp gave calls of surprise and upset at his escape.
"Whadda ya think you're doin', brat!" one hissed out as he grabbed his dagger from his belt in what was probably supposed to be a threatening manner.
"Leaving," Vio responded flatly. "And if you attempt to stop me I will fight back."
His words were ignored as the other two men also pulled out their own weapons. The men stepped forward but were unaware of the dark figure slowly rising from the ground behind them. One of the men did catch the movement from the corner of his eye and turned just in time to see Shadow. However, the moment was short lived as the black-donned hero slammed a large tree branch against the side of the man's skull.
A fight quickly broke out. The first man fell to the ground as the other two snapped to attention. One went for Shadow as the other turned back to Vio.
Vio swerved and moved about to dodge each attack. He knew he was at a slight disadvantage being without his own weapon. Instead, Vio moved to disarm the man by ramming his elbow into his chest. The impact caused the man to cry in pain as Vio grabbed his wrist and bent it back with a snap. He took the dagger from the man's, now limp, grip and chucked it downward, towards his foot. Vio knew his aim was on the mark by the howl of pain and how the man crumpled to the floor of the forest.
Vio looked back to Shadow, who was currently standing above two knocked out bodies holding his large branch. "Shadow!" Vio called out to him. "Hurry up and let's go before any of them come to."
Shadow nodded and threw the branch to the side, following Vio as the two started a sprint into the forest and back towards their own camp.
"A branch?" Vio finally piped up as they ran. "Really?"
Shadow only gave a shrug. "You left your sword at camp. Had to make do." He then gave a devious grin. "Though, you were definitely fighting pretty dirty back there, yourself."
Vio only let out a huff. He ignored the comment under the guise of having to focus on where he was running.
Shadow let out a loud, sharp laugh full of humor and mirth. He jumped up and grabbed Vio's hands, pulling them both down mid-run into the shadows below so as to whisk them both back to the others.
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