With heavy footsteps, his metal armor resulting in metal clanging sounds, dark General stepped into his master's chamber. He knelt down on the ground and lowered his head, waiting.
His lord didn't turn around instantly, but that was fine with the black general. He could wait. He was living to serve his master.
Ganondorf continued to play his favorite tune on his giant organ, a melody that would have seemed 'creepy' to normal Hylian people. But somehow, this sound was soothing the King of Evil's dark soul.
Finally, he stepped away from his organ and turned around. "Rise, General Onox!" he commanded.
Tatewaki Kuno shivered with glee, as he did every time his lord was calling him by his new name. For him, it was a name of power, a sign that he was so much more than he had been in what he called his 'previous life'.
Onox stood up in front of his lord and saluted him with his metal fist. "My lord, you have summoned me?"
"Indeed I have, Onox!" Ganondorf nodded. "I have a task for you."
Onox could have told his master that he just was about to finish off the rebels he had been chasing for such a long time now, but he kept his mouth shut. Surely, his master would know about that. There had to be a special reason, a more concerning matter why he had to leave the dirty rebels alone and come back to the castle.
"The situation on Death Mountain hasn't changed a bit," Ganondorf spoke up. "Their pesky leader is still at large, and I also believe there might still be a few Gorons hiding inside their city."
"Only maggots that try to resist you, my lord!" Onox proclaimed. "They can't be a big threat."
"Normally not, but I don't want to start with the execution before I have every single Goron within my grasp... especially their leader! Besides, my Flare Dancers informed me about a strong Goron warrior that was fighting alongside Darunia. His strength and fighting abilities were extraordinary. Generic footmen or monsters won't be enough to take this one down. I would have asked Volvagia to take him down, but I don't want to risk anything... Volvagia has to stay 'alive' until the execution is over."
"I understand, my lord!" Onox replied.
Ganondorf nodded. "I thought you would. We cannot let a young upstart like him get away with this. I have to know that the situation is under control. The rest of Hyrule will only tremble under this example when EVERY SINGLE Goron is executed. Be careful when dealing with that enemy, though... You are one of my strongest men, and I know you can destroy that little upstart... but you know what they say: Pride goes before a fall!"
Onox raised his fist. "I won't fail you, master!"
The King of Evil nodded, before turning around and stepping up to his organ again.
Onox realized the conversation was over and walked out of the room, backwards, while bowing.
Back at his beloved organ, Ganondorf raised his fingers once again.
"Are you sure he will stay within your service?" a raspy voice asked. "I mean, it's not like he has been brainwashed like Princess Kodachi, or my dear 'relative'."
Frowning, Ganondorf looked to the side of the room, where Elder Cologne of the Gerudo was sitting. She was the only one who would have dared questioning him like this, and also the only one who will ever get away with it.
After all, while the twin witches, the other two elders, were fanatically devoted to their dark lord, up to the point where they practically raised him all by their own, Cologne was the most cunning of the Gerudo, even more so than Ganondorf himself. While she was mainly thinking of the tribe first, her good advice has helped her lord various times by now.
"In a way, I have brainwashed him. Some battles are not fought by sword or magic, Elder Cologne, but by mental warfare."
Cologne smirked. "I'm just asking. After all those years, we do not want to take any risks, do we?"
"Indeed," Ganondorf nodded. "Still, my plans would be complete if we would finally find that irritating Princess Zelda..."
"Truly, the thought that she has still managed to escape your clutches up to now is the only reason that gives those foolish Hyrulean people the strength to resist."
Ganondorf watched his eldest advisor from the corner of his eyes. "But one of those who resist us is your great-granddaughter. I wonder... can you bear living with such a pain?"
Cologne didn't show any response, but she inwardly winced. "She is nothing but a meddling girl. I should have never wasted to much of my time to teach her our ways."
She closed her eyes and sighed. "And she would have made such a good general for our Gerudo troops..."
"Fret not, elder!" the Evil King said. "For when the time has come and the rebels are captured, we will turn her back to our side. We can't let get such talent go to waste, can we?"
"Yes..." Cologne mumbled. "We can't..."
But she wondered if she would ever be able to hand Shampoo over to those maniacal Twinrova witches and their four Poe servants... traitor or not...
----
In the chamber of the Goron tribe leader, a little Goron girl with red pigtails was counting the meat sirloin inside of her father's old drawer. She let out a small sigh.
The massive stone door opened, and a muscular Goron wearing a yellow, spotted bandana stepped in.
"We are safe for now, Yoiko," Ryoga said while closing the heavy door again. "I think I managed to drive off those Red Bubbles for now. Hopefully they won't come back very soon..."
"Thanks for protecting me like this, oniichan," Yoiko smiled.
Ryoga smiled back. The chief's daughter wasn't really his sister, but he couldn't help but have brotherly feelings for her.
"I would never let anything happen to you," he said as he crouched down next to her. "Besides, I promised your father to look out for you."
Yoiko nodded and looked down at the few rock sirloin pieces they still had. "Ryoga... when will Daddy come back? It has been such a long time, and we don't have much food anymore..."
Ryoga sighed. "I know, Yoiko, but... we both promised him to stay here and wait for him, you know? And he promised he would be back. You know he will keep his promise, right?"
Yoiko nodded weakly, and suddenly Ryoga wasn't too sure anymore if Darunia would be able to handle the situation by himself.
'Damn...' he mentally cursed. 'If it weren't for Yoiko's safety, I would go down there and help him, promise or not. But... I can't let her here, all by herself...'
Suddenly, a noise made him look up in alarm.
"What? What's that?"
Yoiko shivered. "There's someone out there..." she muttered.
Ryoga slowly stood up. He made a gesture to Yoiko to stay where she was and carefully walked over to the heavy stone door.
What was that? Footsteps? Voices? And that sound... did someone draw his blade?
He grumbled, which sounded like small pebbles raining down from a cavern ceiling. "Yoiko, stay back!" he whispered. "Seems like they found us..."
Yoiko whimpered in fear, while Ryoga went into his battle stance. He could already hear them at the door...
And then, the massive stone slab was pushed aside by powerful hands...
...and a grinning face appeared in the doorway. "Yo, Ryoga! What's up, man?"
Yoiko just looked at the scene in confusion, while Ryoga angrily gritted his teeth.
"RRRRAAAAAAANMAAAAAA..."
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