Legend of Zelda: Relics of Stone

Chapter 33 - Repurposed

Hey guys! Once again, I'm sorry but not really. Plot has to plot you know?

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Virus appeared with a crackle of energy in the caverns of Death Mountain where he had sensed Volga last. Sure enough the large fire dragon was laying lifeless in a senseless heap under a large pile of heavy stones that had collapsed upon him when he had landed. The much larger ice dragon was nowhere to be seen, but Virus knew her fate was the same as Volga's. The shadowed figure turned his blazing red gaze to the fallen fire dragon.

     With a single wave of his hand the rocks and boulders vanished from existence to leave the Dragon Knight's limp body exposed. Large teeth and claw marks marred his body, his wings torn too much to allow him to fly. The silver crest on his head was cracked open with blood running down his face. His rib cage was cracked and misshapen awfully from the force of both the landing and from the ice dragon's bite. Virus tsked and shook his head as he approached the dead Volga.

     "I had such high hopes for you, Scorching Berserker. I let you do as you will, and you stab me in the back. It's a shame, really...but now, dragon, you shall serve as my mindless slave, my puppet," Virus said with a scowl on his face. With shadows surrounding him and hiding his looks even in such a place as the core of Death Mountain, he approached Volga's head. He roughly grabbed the one remaining horn on his head and with a simple thought, forcefully shifted the dragon back into his Hylian like form.

While the rest of his armor stayed in tact for the most part, his helmet shattered into three separate pieces. Virus threw the piece in his hand off to the side where it landed with a loud clatter, then he looked down at Volga's facial features. Even for him they were alien in looks, as he had only seen him once before without his helmet. He had reddish orange colored scales along his jaw, the black fang like markings under his eyes made of black scales as well. He had pointed Hylian ears which were scale covered. His hair was surprisingly long, nearly down to his mid-back and was fiery red, orange, and yellow in color and was drawn back into a pony tail. Strange, Virus thought to himself, I took him for one to keep his hair short.

The world tilted an shifted around them for a moment before the environment changed to that of Hyrule Castle. Once again he was in the large circular room with the glowing blue pool of water. Virus wasted no time grabbing Volga's arm and dragging him into the pool's blue water. He dropped him with a soft splash before stepping out of the pool. He turned and faced the dead Volga, before holding his hand towards him. Black tendrils of magic shot towards Volga from his fingertips and entered his being, healing him from the inside out.

     Volga took a large gasp of air and his lime green eyes flew open, then began coughing. The dragon took deep breaths as he laid in the waters of the pool. Virus watched him as he eventually rolled over onto his side, putting his arms under himself to push himself up into a sitting position. The fire dragon looked around for a minute before his reptilian eyes settled on Virus. His pupils narrowed to mere slits at the sight of him, to which Virus simply returned with a faint grin.

     "I won't serve you. You can kill me and resurrect me as many times as you want, but that will never change my mind," Volga growled lowly as smoke curled from in between his teeth.

     "So you think, Ironheart," Virus said as he stepped forward. The concealing cloud of black magic around him at last vanished to leave him visible to the Dragon Knight. He saw Volga's eyes widen slightly at his pure black and red eyes, the black markings running down his face, before narrow again in anger. Virus held his hand up, palm facing the sky as a cloud of crackling, popping energy formed in his hand.

"No matter what happens to me, Link will still destroy your sorry arse," Volga growled out. Virus simply chuckled as he stopped about a foot away from Volga. The water twisted and warped around the dragon before forming bands around his forearms and wrists. The water hardened into ice, rendering Volga unable to move despite his struggling and hissing.

"Answer me this, Volga. Can your friend kill what's already dead?" Virus asked with a sadistic grin on his face. Not giving the dragon time to answer he fired the ball of dark energy at the chained Dragon Knight. Volga gave a roar of agony as the energy hit him dead in the chest, black veins creeping outwards at a rapid pace across his red armor. The veins spread and grew at a rapid pace, crawling along the metal.

     "What have you done to me?!" The dragon shouted as he struggled against his icy bonds. The black magic soon spread to Volga's skin, creeping up his neck and along his jaw. The Dragon Knight's eyes went wide as a gurgling noise rose from his throat, his struggling stopping as the dark magic completely overtook him.

     Volga stayed in the position he was in; head down, body slumped forward but his arms held back by his chains. He breathed slowly, black mist coming from his jaws with each exhale. At Virus' will the chains melted and turned back into water, the black color fading from Volga's skin but leaving his armor darkened. The Dragon Knight slowly moved into a standing position with his head still bowed.

      "Look at me," Virus demanded. Volga slowly looked up and met Virus' gaze, the dragon's eyes a pure, blood red and glowing. A small smirk touched Virus' lips as he stepped forward towards the dragon.

"Who do you serve," Virus stated.

"You...Virus," Volga said. His gravelly voice had grown deeper and had a hint of a darker layer to his voice, giving it a strange echo like quality.

"Good. Go fetch the King Dodongos. Prepare them for battle, then bring me the Timekeeper," he ordered. The warrior said nothing as a massive pair of pitch black wings formed in between his shoulder blades. Once again the world warped and twisted before the two reappeared in the throne room of Hyrule Castle. Volga flapped his great wings and took to the air before flying off through the arched stone doorway to the outside.

Now what, Virus? Link and the group will be on their way to get the Onyx, Majora's whispery mental voice said to Virus as the previous mask slowly walked up to him. Virus was silent for along time in thought, before a smirk spread across his face. He turned his piercing red gaze to Majora, who seemed to shudder.

"Get me the Fierce Deity."