Redemption (Link x Reader)

Chapter 26: Rest

The first step was to convince them to move somewhere reasonably safe and far from any people, so after clearing out some monsters (and two Yiga hideouts), you brought the Koroks and their gear up to the Great Plateau, just north of the Eastern Abbey. The wide flat area made the perfect launchpad.

The Koroks immediately set to building their first prototype – a log with several fans attached. That went about as well as expected.

"I'm surprised it got as far as it did," you muttered, looking at the wooden missile now firmly lodged in one of the old buildings of Outpost Ruins.

"Didn't really have a way to fly though," Ray  added.

Captain Hollo wasn't fazed. "That's okay! We found plenty of other devices!" His team started bringing capsule after capsule of Zonai devices to the launch pad.

"How?!" Link asked.

"We found a funny statue that if you put stuff in, it gives us these!" He held up one, holding a steering stick. "Ooo, this one's even a bit of a rare pull!"

"Oh no," you murmured quietly, paling as you recognized some of the other capsules as beam emitters and time bombs.

The next few hours were spent trying not to get flattened by failed machines.

Prototype two was at least more aerodynamic, as they discovered the Wing device. Unfortunately, they decided more wings meant better flight and tied about ten of them together. This one barely got off the ground, much to your relief.

Prototype three was more understandable: a single wing, a steering stick and a fan. However, the Koroks thought that to better get it in the air, they should use springs. Needless to say, about two seconds later, you were carrying the Koroks and sprinting to cover as the aircraft flung backwards towards you. The machine sprang over you, bounced off a stray Aerocuda, and off the edge of the plateau. You hoped what you heard after that was not the crunch of wood from it landing on top of the nearby stable.

The next rocket was rather... phallic. That said, Koroks didn't exactly know what those were (unless you counted the one time with Link after the Trial of the Sword), so you were willing to give them a pass. This time they actually used rockets, but decided more firepower was better so they (unfortunately) slapped two time bombs on as well. The results were explosive. The poor Bokoblin that got too close was launched all the way to Lake Hylia. As for the rest of the rocket, most of it was destroyed, with only the tip flying high into the sky and far across Hyrule – narrowly missing Farosh on its daily flight.

Test rocket after test rocket, prototype after prototype. It was late evening by the time that the Koroks finally seemed to run out of steam. Several of them had fallen asleep in your lap as the latest prototype exploded on the makeshift launchpad. Captain Hollo began to cry. "Why... why can't we get it to work?"

"Hey, hey, that's okay," Ray patting the little spirit on the back. "Just gotta keep trying, right?"

"But we're running out of ti-i-ime!" Captain Hollo had moved on to all-out sobbing. You gave him a handkerchief and held him gently. "The Deku Tree needs us!"

Link immediately zeroed in on that. "Hey, what do you mean? Is the Deku Tree in trouble?"

The Korok blew his nose – which to be honest, you weren't sure how that worked biologically speaking. "He... he's very sick. Our stories always said that a Moon's Tear could heal anything, so we need to get the Moon's Tear to save him!"

You didn't have the heart to tell him that the last Moon Tear anyone had seen in centuries was probably the one in your dream. "What kind of sickness?"