Whumptober Day 24: Fight, Flight, or Freeze, Blood Covered Hands (Hyrule)
Read here or on AO3. Trigger Warnings: ambiguous ending, graphic descriptions of violence, injury, lots of blood. It's a bit rough, not gonna lie.
Part 1/2. Part 2.
Hyrule woke to a frenzy. There were monsters everywhere and a portal had just sparked into existence.
“Through the portal!” Time ordered as he pulled out his Biggoron sword. He slashed at the closest monster, giving himself a chance to quickly grab his bag.
“‘Rule, move!” Legend called.
Hyrule rolled out his bedroll, snatched his sword, and jumped to his feet in one fluid motion. A darknut slashed its sword down into Hyrule’s bedroll, slicing it entirely in half. Hyrule felt his shoulders drop.
He liked that blanket, Hyrule thought with a frown.
Hyrule shook his head to clear his mind, and refocused on his surroundings. They had made camp in a cave and enemies were pouring in the entrance, so they were effectively trapped. A portal was swirling against one cave wall just in front of their camp. Hyrule watched as Time ushered Sky and Legend through the portal. Two darknuts followed.
The darknut in front of him brought its sword back up and turned to face Hyrule. He readjusted his stance, ready to roll to the side. He leaned to the left, and just as the darknut swiped its sword Hyrule ducked and rolled to the right. He grabbed his bag as he rolled and jumped to his feet behind the darknut. He threw the strap over his shoulder then took off toward the portal. The darknut would take too long to defeat in such an enclosed space.
Hyrule dodged two more swords and one spear as he rushed to the portal. As he neared, Wind, Wild, and Twilight jumped through the portal. The darknuts seemed to catch on, and nearly half abandoned their fight to rush the portal. Time and Warriors were trying to hold off the darknuts, but they kept trying to hit them from the front with their swords. Hyrule’s heart fell to his feet as he realized they must not recognize the enemies.
Warriors shoved Four out of the way of a spear and he fell through the portal. Time tried to cover his back, but he was quickly becoming outnumbered.
“You have to hit them from behind!” Hyrule called as he fell into step beside Warriors.
Warriors and Time both shot him a grateful glance, but they couldn’t take their eyes off the enemies for long.
“Get through! We can’t fight here!” Time yelled. He grunted as he blocked a sword slash aimed for his throat. “Now!”
Across the cave, Hyrule saw two darknuts raise spears. He tried to turn and warn the others, but Warriors grabbed him by the tunic and shoved him toward the portal.
“Look-!” Hyrule called, just as the darknuts threw their spears. Hyrule fell backwards into the portal and the world swirled out of focus. For a moment there was nothingness, oppressive black and no sensations other than the feeling of being pulled apart.
Abruptly, Hyrule was pushed back together and landed roughly on the ground. His eyes didn’t have the chance to bring the world into focus before there was a piercing, blinding pain in his abdomen.
“-out,” Hyrule finished, shaky and gasping. He dropped his sword, hands going to the pain. He swallowed hard, and risked a glance down.
A spear was embedded in his stomach. Hyrule blinked at it for a moment, frozen and feeling so far away from his body. Then his legs gave out and he crashed to his knees.
Hyrule cried out in pain as he hit the ground. He fell to the side, the world spinning somehow more than it had in the portal. There was noise all around him, but it only sounded like the crashing of waves. Against his will, Hyrule looked down at his stomach. His hands were already stained red, and his tunic was black with blood. It was dripping down the wood of the spear, down his wrist and his arm, pooling beneath his body.
And it hurt. It hurt more than Hyrule could comprehend. It was like fire, burning through his chest, through his veins, stabbing his lungs and not allowing him to draw a breath. Tears gathered in his eyes, blurring his vision into a sea of red.
The edges of his vision began to darken. Hyrule knew he shouldn’t give in, logically, of course he shouldn’t. But it hurt so much, and he didn’t know where the others were, and he was tired.
Just as he started to let his eyes fall shut, he was roughly shaken. Hyrule gasped, then choked on something thick in his throat. He tried to cough, but it jostled his body far too much, and the burning pain got so much worse. Adrenaline shot through him as he gasped for breath, and his vision cleared just enough to focus on Legend’s face.
Legend had a smear of blood across his cheek and his eyes were blown wide. He was looking up, yelling something Hyrule couldn’t make out. Hyrule wasn’t sure he had ever seen Legend look so stressed. Legend looked back down at Hyrule, and met his eyes with a forced smile.
“You’re gonna be okay, ‘Roolie, just hold on,” Legend said. Hyrule blinked up at him, barely comprehending the words.
“Stay awake,” Legend said. His voice sounded so far away.
Hyrule’s vision began to darken, and he felt his head loll to the side. Legend yelled something, then again, louder, and tapped his cheek, but Hyrule barely felt it. He felt his eyes slip closed, and let himself succumb to unconsciousness.
11 notes
·
View notes