Solar Eclipse (Link x Male reader)

Chapter 4: Change of Plans

"RUN!!!"

I dash into the nearest house. Uli, Fado and I stare at each other in utter shock and disbelief. Uli looks around frantically. She stares out the window, my gaze following hers. Rusl runs towards a monster that is close, to attack it. His sword slips from his grasp as the monster lashes out, trying to hit him.

"RUSL! NO!! PLEASE NO!!!"

Holy shit. Uli is absolutely terrified by the idea of losing Rusl. Right, she's also pregnant! Shit! Shit! Oh, FUCK IT!

Rushing to Rusl, I help him up, offering support to get him back into the house, but one of those disgusting creatures manages to slash his back. I lose grip of him. SHIT! I can't get him back to the house safely without distracting this fucking thing! His sword. DAMN IT! I have no other choice.

"FUCK YOU! YOU PIECE OF SHIT!"

With Rusl's sword in hand, I somehow manage to knock the grotesque thing back enough to rush him inside. It's a miracle I didn't get hurt. How did I do that!?

"Oh dear Goddesses! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, (Y/n)!" Uli thanks profusely.

Holy shit... that just happened. I just did that.

"U-uh, right... You're... welcome." I say in between breaths.

Uli immediately moves on to treating his wound. For a moment it was nearly dead silent. The monsters ransacking the village just outside those doors turned into background noise, noise that we quickly got accustomed to. The reality of it all... This is happening. Rusl was right.

"I reckon it's best we stay inside if we want to live?" Fado asks, attempting to disguise his panic.

"Colin! MY COLIN! Oh sweet Goddesses, please let him be okay! PLEASE!"

Damn... don't lose it now! You can't lose it now! But, everyone... Holy shit. I nod in agreement to Fado's query, trying desperately to ignore Uli's pleading, the burning in the back of my eyes, and the weight in my chest.

"Ugh... Where, where's everyone? Are they all okay? Link? Illia? The childre- COLIN!" Rusl yells.

He immediately rises and opens the door. I pull him back, but his focus is elsewhere. Just outside, Colin and Illia come rushing out of the spring. She pulls him as she runs, seemingly trying to find shelter from the monsters. He trips and slips out of her grasp. One of the things aims an arrow straight for him and releases. She sprints to him and shields him, the arrow striking her back.

"GYAHHH!!!" She wails in pain.

She's bleeding so much. She falls limp on the ground. Oh, fucking goddesses. Is she...?

"ILLIA! COLIN!!" Rusl cries.

He tries to sprint towards them, but I strengthen my grip on his arm and pull back.

"You can't! You're injured! It's too dangerous, we can't beat them. There's too many!"

That look... It's so desperate...

"That's my son!"

He pushes me away with force. Woah. He loves Colin so much. Is that what a father's love for his son should look like?

"HEY! GET BACK HERE WITH MY SON!!!"

The largest, most hideous, most grotesque monster of them all takes Illia and Colin with it and its boar gallops towards the village bridge to escape. I take Rusl's sword once again and sprint to catch up with them. At the bridge, all the monsters rush past me and exit, following the most vile of them all, the colossal one, who I assume is their leader. However, a transparent mass of shadow starts to form at the bridge and it's difficult to make out, but it seems like even more monsters roam Hyrule Field. What the hell is happening? Can I even leave?!