Link jumped out of the way as the whale leapt over the platform they were on. His mind went into a panic for a moment.

/CALM DOWN!!!/ Vaati screeched at him.

"I'm about to be killed by a big black whale!" Link snapped back at the voice in his head "How can it even fit in this room?"

Vaati whispered something in the back of his mind. The whale turned white. /Better?/

"Not much, but that does help" Link had to admit, turning and taking his sword out.

/wait…/ The whale sprang up towards Link again /Crap! Run! RUN!/

"Why-"

Vaati took over for a second and dove out of the way. Tiles cracked beneath the giant whale as it landed where the two had been a second ago. "You're welcome" Vaati muttered under his breath before giving Link control and appearing as a spirit by his side /I'll keep an eye on this girl. You do something about tubby-and if he crushes you and kills us both I'll make you miserable you're whole afterlife!/

"Geeze…" Link sighed and began analyzing the whale, looking for a weak point. The only thing he could think of was to go for the eyes, which were too high up. Nothing else looked like a sensitive spot.

/I could lift you up/ Vaati offered.

/Save your energy for the mage girl/ Link told him "focus on her."

/…/ Vaati gave something sounding like a "hmph" and Link couldn't feel his presence anymore.

For much longer than he wanted to Link found himself jumping out of the way of the whale's attacks. The girl, Bellum, just sat and watched. Link was beginning to feel his energy depleting when Vaati finally spoke again.

/I found it/

"The girl's weakness?"

/The weak link. Link, could you jump onto one of the fins. If I lift you at the right moment while you're on one of them, it shouldn't take much energy. I can stop the whale from the top/ Which, in real life, would sound perfectly implausible on several levels. However, this is a video game, or maybe it's a fanfic. The point is, this stuff happens in boss fights in Zelda games.

"Alright!" Link crouched down, preparing to spring. The chance arrived the next time the whale lunged for him. Almost the second he touched down on the whale's fin he was flung up onto it's back.

/Get up by its face/ Vaati order. Link obeyed.

He felt a tingling sensation in the back of his head, then magic exploded out of him. The whale gave a loud, whale-like cry, trembled, then went still.

/…g…et… off…/ Vaati mutterd

"Are you okay?"

/…………sleepy…/

"Vaati! Hey!" Recalling that Vaati preferred one hundred percent internal conversations, he stopped voicing his words /Vaati, stay with me. I'm already worn out from dodging the whale. I need your help beating this thing!/

/s…o…rry…/

/Here/ This voice was new. Powerful. Gentle. A Deus Ex Machina. Link looked around for a source, but found only the witch and the whale /Remain calm. Bellum has not yet realized that the sorcerer inside you broke the spell controlling me./

Link stiffened a little and pointed his sword at Bellum, trying to hide that he was listening to the whale "I doubt you have the strength left to fight us." Bellum taunted.

/Attack./ the whale whispered into his mind. /Both of you, go on the offensive./

/Bu…t…….. I/ Link couldn't recall Vaati sounding this beat before. It was impressive the spirit was still capable of speaking (or, speaking in a sense)

/Attack/ The whale cried.

Link sprang forward, prepared to strike even though he doubted he could hit very hard. For a moment the action felt slowed down. Weaker. With too little energy. Then he felt something surge through him. His strength had returned. He dug his sword into Bellum's arm. She shrieked and turned into a misty, insubstantial substance and drifted further away before hurling spells madly at the blond. Link tried to shoot an arrow, but it passed through her.

/Got any better arrows than that?/ It was Vaati again.

/You're back!/ Link was too busy dodging a lightning bolt to consider why.

/That whale was an infinitely bigger help than I thought it would be/ The implication of this was lost on Link, who'd crammed his head with things like sword thrusts instead of info like for A to be infinity larger than B B must be nothing/none.

"Don't distract me or we'll die"

/If you have a better arrow fire it now/Vaati ordered

"It won't hit!"

/Do it!/

"NO!"

/NOW!/ Vaati screamed

To shut him up, Link grabbed the second Deus Ex Machina of the day. A lone light arrow that had been given to him by Zelda incase he needed it in his fight with Vaati. With a little reluctance, Link fired it at the mist-girl

(SC: That makes me think of Mist Gun… hehe. If you're wondering, I took so long writing this last chap cuzz I was too busy obsessing over my favorite manga: Fairy Tail)

The tingling from on top of the whale returned. Bellum suddenly became material. The arrow went straight into her gut.

"Ouch" Link muttered. Vaati whistled in agreement.

Bellum touched back down on the ground and clutched the wound with one hand while shooting more magic out of her other.

/Does she really not have a lot of magic?/ Vaati asked.

"So she says"

/Seems like an informed disability/

"How many more spells can you cast?"

/Before going catatonic? One or two major ones. I could cancel five or six more of hers./

"Got any ideas?"

/Stop her?/ Vaati offered

"I meant ideas I can use!"

/Stop her/ Vaati repeated /Give her what she wants/

Link froze when he heard this. A fireball hit him, knocking him into a nearby pool. /No! Vaati!/ He protested pathetically as he scrambled to the surface for air.

/And take a few things/ Vaati added /I…/ he paused /I'm already dead. It doesn't matter. I'll leave some of my magic energy with you. It won't make a difference. You still can't cast spells. Maybe items that use magic will work better. Who knows. I'll seal her… us up. I can seal her intelligence too. I'd… have to lock up mine as well though…/

"You sound like…" Link paused, remembering Bellum's presence when a spell whizzed by his ear /like you're going to… become one or something/

/Don't say that. It sounds gross./ Vaati hesitated /But… yeah./

"Don't!"

/You won't miss me/ Vaati scoffed /By the way, I chucked that ring into a river somewhere. You should give it back to your girlfriend./

"Vaati, Sto-"

Vaati was in control. Link couldn't feel the tingling as the sorcerer cast slew of spells. I like the word 'slew', by the way. Link felt Vaati leaving his body again. The sorcerer must have picked up the spell real fast after seeing Bellum use it. For a second Vaati was in spirit form, then he entered Bellum so fast it was almost as if someone had taped him to a rocket.

Bellum started to laugh, then paused, then made a sound similar to retching.

/Do me one last favor/ Link heard Vaati say /Scream something along the lines of 'freak'. From what of her personality I can sense that should break her/

The Bellum's body began to twist and warp. It grew larger and darker until it resembled something similar to an octopus with eyes on each tentacle.

Vaati's last words to Link were /I find this creepy stuff to be good for making people avoid you/

Then Bellum/Vaati vanished into the floor.

/Your friend was brave/ The whale mused

"…"

/I am Oshus. I would thank both of you, but he's no longer here to give thanks to./

"Don't mention it" Link muttered.

/Don't act modest. I must thank you/

"No. I mean don't mention it." Link said "Don't mention Vaati at all. Don't ever tell a soul that he's part of that thing. If… If anyone asks that's just Bellum."

/Sparing him?/

Link nodded mutely then headed out of the room. He had to go check up on Zelda. He couldn't lament the loss of the voice in his head that wanted to take over the world. Vaati had technically been dead for weeks anyway. Vaati had already been dead. That was it.

"He died weeks ago." Link muttered "But he died for a hell of a lot better reason than anyone thinks…"