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The Akkala Tech Lab was quite interesting, and its owner even more so. Robbie, who Link found hilarious as he didn’t even reach Urbosa’s hip, was an eccentric man, but obviously meant well.
He told Link where to get the flame needed to activate the lab, and sent him on his way. The monsters along the path weren’t too challenging to fight, but the rain was a nightmare. When he finally reached it, the blue flame caught his attention.
He reached out one hand towards it, sticking his arm through the fire until Mipha pulled him back.
“Link! What are you doing?” She exclaimed, checking him over for burns.
“Not hot.” He signed one-handed, brows furrowed.
“What do you mean? It’s fire.” Revali said. He was standing back, still cautius around fire, even as a ghost.
“Not hot. Doesn’t feel like fire.”
Urbosa stepped closer to the flame, examining it. “Hmm. Let’s take it back, and ask Robbie if he knows what’s going on.”
The journey back was even longer, Link running for cover everytime the rain started. Eventually though they made it, and the tech lab was activated.
“Thanks a lot, Link! Now Cherry is working again. You can get ancient gear and weapons from her, they’ll help you against guardians-”
“No need. Normal weapons work fine. The guardians go back to normal after I hit them.”
“...Go back to normal?”
“Yes. They turn blue and stop attacking people.”
“HOW? How is that possible? Tell me everything, right now!”
A few hours later Robbie finally released him, having no idea how he was able to fix the corrupted Sheikah tech, nor why the blue flame didn’t hurt him. They left, teleporting to the Dueling Peaks Tower. From there they headed to Hateno.
At Fort Hateno the Champions started acting odd, worried that Link would remember how he fell a hundred years ago. But he didn’t. He stared around, but gave no sign if he did remember anything.
He activated Hateno Tower and headed into the town. Once again the tech lab was up on a hill, which he was not happy about. But he did find the blue flame beforehand, and had already lit the furnace before Purah could even open the door. When she did however, everyone was shocked.
“L-Link?! You’re awake- and here! What’s going on?”
“You’re a child.” He signed, confused. “They said you were an adult.”
“Well, I am, I was. I de-aged myself! But let’s talk about you, Linky. Tell. Me. Everything.”
Once again caught by an eccentric scientist, Link resigned himself to his fate. Again, Purah didn’t know anything either. So he headed back north, to Kakariko.
He stopped at the last Great Fairy beforehand. Cotera was as interesting as her sisters, but had no more advice for him. She did leave a few enchantments on his clothes for him though.
The village was nice and welcoming, but eventually Urbosa had enough of his shit (her words) and dragged him into Impa’s house, startling a young lady that was outside.
Link fell onto the floor after a shove from Revali, and looked up, grinning, at a shocked Impa.
“W-well hello, Link. This is not exactly how I imagined us meeting again. I heard that you had already freed the Divine Beasts? Good. Then I believe that the last thing to do is to get the Master Sword.”
“You know where it is?” He asked.
“I do. After you collapsed at Fort Hateno, Princess Zelda took it to the Lost Woods. I don’t know the state of it, but it should be safe. I recommend that you go there before fighting Ganon.”
Link nodded, already plotting his route, and quickly said goodbye before leaving.
He journeyed to Woodland Tower, and then headed into the woods. The mist turned him around a few times but eventually he managed to reach the middle of the forest. They all stopped and stared in awe at all the koroks that were running around. But Link’s attention was quickly taken by the sword standing in front of him. He reached towards it, but before his hand touched its hilt a voice stopped him.
“Link. I am pleased that you have made it here, but are you prepared to pull the Sword that Seals the Darkness? If you are not ready, you will be hurt.” The voice came from a giant tree, which had a face, which, odd, but whatever.
Wordlessly, Link nodded, and grabbed the sword. To his surprise, the sword pulled out effortlessly, and he could feel power flowing through him.
“Well that was anticlimactic.”
“Thank you Revali, for ruining that moment.” Urbosa told him.
Ignoring their bickering, Link swung the sword a few times, testing its weight. It felt so natural in his hand, like a piece of him that had been missing.
“Link. There is a presence around you, one I do not recognize. Who has claimed you so?”
“I do not know. Hylia won’t say.”
“I see. I’m sure you are ready to fight the Calamity, but I recommend that you go to the Forgotten Temple first. There are two statues there, one of Hylia, one of another person, that might help you. The other statue is a mystery, but Hylia should be able to help.”
Another place to go before he got any answers? This was getting annoying. But he went anyways. The temple, after he took care of the guardians, was quiet. Nothing moved inside except for him and the Champions. As the giant tree said, there were two statues inside. One was a giant Hylia statue, and the other was of a man, standing tall, without a face. This was the only statue of this deity that any of them had seen.
Link approached the Hylia statue, head bowed.
“Link. I see you have the Master Sword now, good. As I thought, activating all the towers and the tech labs helped him a lot. I think he’s about to wake up soon, if you want to watch.”
“Who?”
“Oh you’ll see.” Even without being there, Hylia’s smirk could be felt by all of them. Link sat down, deciding to wait for whoever this person is.
A few moments later the temple started to rumble. Clouds of dust fell down, and Link scrambled to his feet.
The statue of the man cracked, splitting apart in the middle. From within the statue a pair of brilliant blue eyes glowed. A figure stumbled out of the dust, and as he came into the light, Revali wolf-whistled. The man was stunning, with tanned skin and the white hair of the Sheikah. He was a good foot taller than Link, and matched Urbosa in terms of muscle. He was wearing a plain black shirt and pants, and a sword on his hip gleamed. It was black too, and a near replica of the one on Link’s back.
“About time, you lazy ass.”
Mipha gasped, as Revali and Urbosa burst out laughing. Link and Daruk just stood, jaws almost to the floor.
“The Goddess just- wheeze - called him a- wheeze- lazy ass!” Urbosa snorted.
“Yes, I did. Because he is one. You’ve been asleep for 10,000 years, Akh Vek’ta. Really, you just told me ‘Watch over him’ and collapsed on the floor!” Hylia’s indignant voice echoed throughout the room.
The man, Akh Vek’ta, winced. He shuffled around, edging closer to the giant statue. “Sorry about that, Hylia. But really it wasn’t my fault. I was so tired! I gave all of my energy to those Sheikah to make their technology!”
Urbosa stepped forwards, drawing his attention. “You’re the power source behind the ancient tech? How?”
“Oh! You guys are the pilots of the Divine Beasts, aren’t you? Well, you know how Hylia’s power is scattered between her statues, and inside Zelda? My power’s similar. It fuels the technology, although it’s stronger in some places,” he shrugged, “honestly most of it is the Sheikah, I have no idea how their technology works beyond my part in it.”
“I told you to pay more attention when they asked you!” Hylia chimed in.
“Well I’m sorry, Goddess. I thought that they weren’t saying anything important. Whoops!” His voice dripped with sarcasm. “Of course I paid attention! It was just confusing.”
A noise behind Akh Vek’ta caught his attention, stopping the bickering. “Link! I'm so glad to finally meet you in person! I was worried when they brought you to the Shrine of Resurrection, but luckily I was able to fix you up some! How are you doing?”
Revali paced back and forth, wing waving as he spoke. “So you’re telling me that you gave the Sheikah your power to make their technology, and after the fight you deactivated all of it, sending yourself into a coma, and then when Calamity Ganon attacked the second time, he managed to overpower your power and took control of the Divine Beasts and guardians. Which weakened you, but you were able to pour the last of your power into the Shrine of Resurrection, where this idiot,” here he stopped to point at Link, who looked around cluelessly, “absorbed that power. Then when he woke up you were able to sense him, faintly, and helped him reactivate the shrines and towers to help him regain his strength, which Hylia also helped with. And then using Link as a channel for your power, you retook control of the ancient technology, regaining energy, which allowed you to awaken from your sleep. Did I get all of that right?”
“Yeah, that’s what happened.” Akh Vek’ta confirmed, trying to ignore the Rito’s glare.
“Tell me, Link, what is it about you that attracts all the weird ones?”
A small giggle and a louder snort confirmed that Mipha and Urbosa were laughing behind the Hylian Champion’s back, and when he looked, Daruk, on his left, was trying to hide his smile. “Would you believe me if I said I don’t know?” He signed.
“ Ahem . Who are you calling weird? I know Akh Vek’ta is, but me? I am the epitome of lovely, I’ll have you know.”
“I’m sure you are, Goddess Hylia, but really? He’s attracted so many random people. You two, the four of us, Zelda, those loud Sheikah? The new Champions, the Great Fairies?! Even Ganon is obsessed with this idiot!”
Urbosa, unfortunately, had noticed the same thing. “He’s not wrong. It is odd how many people Link has interactions with that are, well, unique. ”
“Gee, thanks,” the boy in question signed, deadpan.
Akh Vek’ta was a nice inclusion to their group. He definitely helped with all the fighting, even if Urbosa had to drag him into a couple of fights. The man? God? added a lot of humor and answers to their journey, and they were all glad for his presence when the time came to fight Calamity Ganon.
Before they stepped into the Sanctum, however, Link stopped, turning to face Akh Vek’ta.
“You know Zelda’s gonna question you for the next year, right?”
“Oh, I know. But I have questions for her too, so it’ll even itself out. Now c’mon, I have some issues to work out with the ugly thing waiting for us.”