Bab 76: Disciples of Justice Part 2
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As the battle presses on Rosh, Irina, Dengo, a firebender, swordsman, and Arret engage a DOJ team. The DOJ troops consist of a spearman, swordsman, earthbender, waterbender, and duelist with dual swords. Arret shoots an arrow at the dual swordsman, but the DOJ duelist smacks the arrow aside.
Irina points up, "Look in the sky!" A swarm of men with metal wings and dark grey armor arises in the air. The wingmen scatter across the battlefield as they collide with different United Way and Fire Nation units. A marine firebender extends his arms and pushes a short beam of orange flames into the cultist swordman's chest.
The terrorist waterbender propels a water torpedo into a marine swordsman's face, the waterball explodes on impact and knocks the man back five feet. A wingman archer aims at Irina and fires at her with a rapid arrow. Irina rolls forward and Rosh punches three red-orange fireballs at the airborne warrior. The wingman glides right and another wingman flies across his left flank.
The other wingman has a sword and flies low before he slashes the marine firebender in half. Irina tosses her spear into the wingman's chest and he spins down into the sand. Irina rushes forward before she retrieves her weapon. The wingman archer charges his position and flings an arrow at Rosh's neck. The 31st captain rolls forward and pounds a beam of red-orange fire at the wingman. The DOJ air trooper glides right before Arret nails him with an arrow.
A DOJ spearman lunges at Irina but the marine spins left and then hops forward at the man's stomach. The DOJ spearman leaps backward then pounces toward the young woman with a diagonal swing. Irina rotates her staff as she swats the spear away from her then she blitzes forward and thrusts her weapon into the man's stomach.
Rosh kicks a red-orange flame at a waterbender but the man raises his arms and intercepts the shot with a wall of water. The water wall evaporates from the heat then the man extends his right hand and smacks Dengo with a water tentacle. The marine rolls three feet backward and drops his sword while a duelist with dual swords charges at Arret. Arret fires two arrows at the man, but he knocks them both away.
An earthbender flicks a wide square of stone at Arret but the spearwoman slides left before she tumbles in the dirt and drops her weapon. Meanwhile, the waterbender extends his left hands and pumps a barrage of ice knives at Rosh. The 31st officer dashes left and punches four red-orange flames at the man. The waterbender jumps in the air and hurls an ice beam at the captain.
Rosh rolls right then notices a DOJ earthbender across him. The earthbender stomps the ground and a shockwave of sand flies at him. Rosh dives left as he narrowly gets away from the attack. The earthbender looks to pin his opponent down but the teen rotates his body and kicks a beam of red-orange flames from his feet into the man's midsection.
The waterbender notices this and raises his arms to generate a 3-meter-wide ice ball. It takes all of the waterbender's energy to do this in the desert, but he does so quickly as he prepares to toss the object into the exposed captain. Irina looks up and notices this then tosses her dagger into the man's chest. The waterbender drops his ice ball on the sand and it breaks. The ice quickly melts to water from the heat of the desert.
Arret fires another two arrows at the dual swordsman as he begins to close the distance and bat them away. As they are just five feet away from each other, the man lunges in the air at her. Arret propels another arrow at the slightly more vulnerable opponent, but the duelist rotates his body and swats it with his right blade. As he soars down Arret fires a second projectile at him, but the man knocks it away with his left sword.
Rosh rotates his body and shoots a beam of red-orange fire into the swordsman before he falls to the young woman's position. The body flies several feet away as it begins to crumble into black dust. Irina reclaims her dagger and looks at Rosh. Dengo gets up and picks up his sword. Rosh: "Everyone good?" The marines nod and show determination.
Rosh: "Great, let's end this." Macai, Azula, a marine firebender, and a swordsman stand near a wave of defeated enemies. The squad notices a team of three United Way troopers move to reinforce them. The reinforcements consist of a water swordsman, an earthbender, and a Fire Nation archer.
Swordsman: "Waiting for backup?"
Macai: "Not necessarily, but you'll do. We should be getting closer to the enemy base."
Azula looks up, "Wingmen!" Two wingmen archers and three swordsmen soar over the team.
Macai yells, "Open fire!"
Wingman Swordsman: "Gut them!" Macai pumps two white flames at the swordsman but he glides up as he evades the shot before, he spirals back down and accelerates toward his opponents. The other wingmen scatter in every direction as they move to evade attacks. Azula intentionally fires two rapid light blue flames at the wingman swordsman on the left. The swordsman glides up to avoid the attack then the princess readjusts her focus and jabs a blue fireball into a wingman archer's chest.
Azula's shots are so fast and accurate that even the wingmen struggle to keep up with her attacks from a distance. The young woman's sharp mind and reflexes only make things worse. A United Way earthbender directs a volley of bricks at a wingman swordsman but the swordsman flies up and left as he easily avoids the attack. Another wingman swordsman glides down across the earthbender's right flank as he prepares to slash the man.
Just seconds before the swordsman impales the earthbender Azula pounds a blue flame into him. A wingman archer glides high and pops an arrow at Macai's chest. Macai dives forward, as he struggles to keep up with his quick and highly mobile enemies. The 31st commander zaps a beam of white flames at the archer, but the wingman accelerates forward as he avoids the shoot.
Azula flies to look in the direction of the wingman but is forced to look the other way to avoid being blinded by Macai's flames. Azula cautions, "Just slow down a bit Macai. Wait them out." A wingman with a sword flies behind a marine swordsman and vertically cuts him down. Macai shoves a beam of white flames into the swordsman as he begins to rise.
Azula comments, "That's it." An arrow flies into the Fire Nation archer's neck from his rear right flank.
Archer: "Gack!" An earthbender hurls his right hand down and a stone dagger flies into the wingman's chest. The glider's body spins in circles before it crashes thirteen feet away in the sand. The remaining wingman archer shoots an arrow at Azula's neck from her right flank. Azula leaps forward and Macai unleashes a barrage of three white flames at the wingman. The wingman bobs left to right as he evades the shots.
The earthbender launches a barrage of stone knives at the man but the wingman avoids each attack and soars over them. The 31st firebender also pumps orange flames at the wingman, but none of them can manage to hit the wingman. Azula leaps backward as the men continue to miss and pulls her right hand back. Azula's hand suddenly sparkles with electricity and she takes a deep breath before she extends it. An instant rod of light blue lightning nails the wingman in his belly.
The poor man feels the shockwaves through his entire body and his metal wings only amplify the pain. The man's corpse spirals down into the sand. Macai looks at Azula, "Wow, good work."
Azula winks, "Oh, that's nothing."
The Scars of Battle
Kett, Kanna, Jarue, and a water tribe swordsman advance across the battlefield. A warrior with a whip blade, a waterbender, and a firebender stand across them. Kett smiles and glances at Kanna. Kanna glances back at him and also smiles. Kett: "Oh this is going to be easy."
A helmeted Voren seeks his revenge against Kanna.
Voren soars in the sky. Two wingmen swordsmen and a wingman archer rise alongside him. Kett changes his facial expression, "Guess I spoke too soon."
Kanna pats Kett on his back, "Oh Kett, way to go."
Voren points at Kanna, "I demand a rematch!"
Kanna gives him a poker face, "You lost fair and square baldy." Voren extends his arms and shoves a volley of metal knives at her. Kanna rolls right and Kett pushes a beam of light orange flames at the wingman commander.
Voren rotates right and says, "It won't be that easy, but you shoot fast for a firebender! Brothers, tear him apart!" A wingman archer and swordsman glide toward Kett as Voren soars right toward Kanna. The Vindicated Avenger shoots a rapid beam of light orange fire into the archer as he takes aim. The swordsman glides toward him and Kett quickly pumps four bright fireballs at his opponent.
The wingman moves side to side as he evades the fire three flames but the fourth one hits his left wing. The man erratically flies down and hits the deck. A DOJ waterbender sprays a beam of hot water at Jarue but the UN waterbender raises a wall of ice which blocks the shot. Jarue drops his left hand and allows his wall to evaporate into a large gush of water. The young man stretches his hands, and a surge of water sweeps away the cultist bender.
A wingman with a whip blade swings his weapon at a water tribe swordsman but the swordsman rotates his weapon left as he knocks it away. The UN swordsman closes the distance and cuts down his opponent with an upward swing. A firebending terrorist punches a beam of orange flames at Kett but the UN hero dives left before jumping back on his feet and simultaneously punching two light orange flames into the man's gut.
Voren flies toward Kanna with blinding speed but she quickly pumps two volatile dark orange flames at him. Voren glides up and Kanna quickly keeps up but loses track of him due to his sheer quickness. Shortly after, Voren glides toward Kanna again from her rear left flank while shooting a payload of metal knives at her. Kanna leaps far-right and starts sprinting away from incoming projectiles.
Voren yells, "You got lucky last time, but now I'm going to end you! You rotten girl!" Voren quickly buzzes behind Kanna and prepares to slam his metal legs against her back. Kanna hears the movement then turns and punches two dark orange flames at him. Voren elevates his body over the shots then kicks the metal cleats on his boots at her neck. Kanna ducks and rolls right.
The 31st scout suddenly pulls her hands back and swings at the wingman commander with dark orange firewhips. Voren glides higher in the air to keep himself from being slashed up. Kanna vaporizes her whips and Voren fires another barrage of metal knives at her. The young lady leaps right and begins to run away again. Voren readjusts his body as he shoots at a fleeing Kanna but she turns around and leaps left as she avoids more incoming shots.
A stray metal knife hits her right side and Kanna falls in the sand. Blood flows from her armor. The girl grabs onto the projectile as she looks to free herself and Voren begins to slow down as he prepares to finish her off with another volley of shots. Meanwhile, a wing swordsman glides down toward Kett from behind and horizontally swings at him.
Kett leaps right but a UN waterbender hops in front of the wingman and freezes him while he's airborne. The wingman's frozen body falls and hits the ground. The Vindicated Avenger turns around and sees an injured Kanna. Voren takes aim at her as Kanna struggles to gather herself. Kanna quickly stretches her right hand and flings a dark orange fireball at him.
Voren effortlessly twirls left, "Ha! That all you have left?! It's over!" Voren aims again but Kett blasts a beam of light orange fire at the man while his back is turned. Voren hears the fire and instinctively glides down. The flames buzz over his head and Voren rotates his body before rising in the air again.
Voren locks eyes with Kett. Kett boldly speaks, "You want her, you've got to get through me first."
Voren laughs, "Oh... You want to die for your girlfriend. How touching, now you both perish together!!"
Kett shoots a volley of light orange flames at Voren but the wingman commander moves left to right as he dodges the shots. Voren suddenly flies in the air and Kett can no longer see him. Kett shouts, "Come out you coward! Voren!"
Voren glides down from behind Kett but the Vindicated Avenger turns around and zaps a wide beam of light orange and yellow flames at his opponent. Voren glides left and smacks a UN waterbender aside with his left wing before flying higher in the air again. Kett exhales but stays focused. Voren loops around and shoots another barrage of projectiles at him. Kett slides leaps right.
As this is happening another wave of DOJ troopers emerge before Jarue and a water tribe swordsman. The duo notices a swordsman, spearman, and earthbender standing across them. Jarue looks at the UN swordsman, "Let's make short work of them, then I'll try to get to Kanna before she bleeds out."
Jarue leaps left and hurls a surge of water into the spearman; the man flies five feet back into the sand. Jarue then extends both of his hands and torpedoes two volleys of ice chunks at his foes. The swordsman leaps left and the earthbender raises a wall of earth that blocks the shot. The earthbender lengthens his left hand and launches his stone wall at the skilled waterbender.
Jarue raises his hands and elevates himself seven feet in the air with a gust of water. Jarue then doesn't want to stay exposed long because of Voren so he quickly extends his left hand and blasts away the swordsman on his left. The earthbender raises his arms and chucks a large boulder of earth at Jarue. Jarue launches himself forward and left toward the ground with a gust of water.
The waterbender then glides across the sand with a stream of water on his feet and the water turns sand around him into mud. The earthbender pulls his arms up and several earth projectiles emerge. Jarue sways his arms and directs a beam of ice into the projectiles. All the objects suddenly turn into a block of ice which falls and shatters on the ground. The Water Tribe swordsman dives behind the earthbender and impales him.
Jarue nods, "That's how we do it." Meanwhile, Voren glides directly behind Kett and shoots several metal projectiles at him. The United Way enforcer leaps left then rotates his body and punches three light-orange flames at him. Jarue flies up in a spinning motion. Kett raises his hand again and directs a quick beam of light orange flames into Voren's body. The wingman commander struggles to keep up with the quickness and sharpness of Kett's attacks.
Voren is blasted eight feet back into the sand. Dust and smoke flows around his burned remains. Voren's metal armor causes the burns to spread throughout his entire body. Kanna looks down at the blood draining from her but pulls the metal knife out of her side. The girl briefly screams before she falls more still.
Kanna attempts to remain calm and breathes slowly to deal with the trauma. Jarue runs behind the young woman and puts his right hand on her back. Jarue: "Don't worry, I know how to heal people." Jarue's right hand glows and Kanna's wound begins to rapidly close. Kanna briefly gasps before rising to her knees.
Jarue: "Wait a second before getting to your feet. Give your body some time to readjust."
Kanna asks, "How much time?"
Kett notices Kanna, "I'm so glad you're feeling better. Voren has been dealt with."
Water Tribe swordsman: "We don't have much time; our enemies will be back in a heartbeat."
Jarue: "Just give her about two minutes. I'm a fairly advanced healer, but I'm not perfect."
Meanwhile, Ty Lee and Suki's team battles against another wave of enemies. The Kyoshi team includes an army firebender captain, a UN earthbender, an army Fire nation archer, and a fire nation army spearman. Ty Lee lunges in the air and kicks a DOJ swordsman in his face. Suki flips behind a spearman who lunges at her and then horizontally smacks him down with her fans. A DOJ firebender punches two orange fireballs at the army captain but the captain parriess the blows with his arms.
Ty Lee flips across the firebender's left flank and slams her legs into his face before landing on her feet. Fire Army Captain: "Good work Ty Lee." Ty Lee gives him a thumbs up. Two wingmen suddenly soar over them. One has a sword and the other has an arrow. The wingman archer immediately aims at Ty Lee but she doesn't notice him.
Suki: "Ty Lee, LOOK OUT!!"
Ty Lee turns around, "What?" The archer darts an arrow at her but the teen suddenly leaps left, and Suki just looks up at him since she has no way to fire back at him.
Suki points, "Take him down!" The Fire Nation army archer shoots the wingman down. And the wingman with a sword glides at the archer to take him out. Suki briefly drops her fans and picks up a spear then tosses it into the wingman's side before he can hit the archer.
Ty Lee looks back at Suki, "Wow, you're so resourceful."
Suki grins, "Thanks."
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Fire Show
As Azula, Macai, a firebender, and a United Way earthbender advance through the desert, a yellow rod of flames vaporizes the firebender. The wind blows sand everywhere and it becomes more difficult to see far ahead. The earthbender's vision is briefly hampered by the bright light but he quickly gathers himself and looks ahead. The bender notices a frail man with long hair about fifteen feet ahead but can't decipher his face due to an incoming sandstorm.
The warrior raises his hands and shoots several natural particles at the distant figure. The long-haired man leaps in the air through a wave of sand and his face is revealed. It is none other than Zerrel, the leader of the Disciples of Justice. The man kicks a large swirling ball of fire into the earthbender's body, the man explodes on impact. Earthbender: "Ahhhhh!!!"
Macai extends his arms and fires a beam of white flames at Zerrel but the DOJ icon rolls left. Zerrel stops and looks at Azula. Zerrel: "Azula, we meet again." Zerrel changes his focus, "Macai, I have been looking forward to this reunion. You both have done a great job of undermining my operations."
Macai: "Face it Zerrel, you've lost. The Disciples of Justice are FINISHED!!"
Zerrel smirks, "Hmm, perhaps it seems that way. But you're missing one VERY important detail. We may have lost some battles, but the message of my organization has manifested. Thousands have fallen by our hands and we have damaged the nations. I have proven that each and every one of these governments can be defeated. We fought the Fire Nation and put it on its KNEES!! The Earth Kingdom has also been compromised fortunately Azula already helped do a lot of the damage there."
Azula rolls her eyes at Zerrel. Zerrel: "And the Water Tribes are still in a shaky position. The existing inequality between the North and South will inevitably be a seed in their downfall. I have unofficial members and inspired people throughout the world. Even if the Disciples of Justice or this army will pass away our movement will forever change the political and philosophical landscape of this world. I proved the power of an idea and motivation and how it can be deadly across the board WITHOUT AN AVATAR'S SUPPORT! And when the time comes, more will rise. They may go by a different name, but they will finish my work of doing away with these unjust systems."
Azula: "So you don't even want to win this battle do you?"
Zerrel: "It's not that I don't want to win this battle, it would be a great way to celebrate my impending victory."
Azula smugly looks at him, "You're just attempting to justify your failure. It's already too late old man. Your organization is going down in flames and all your hopes and dreams are just that. I inspired people when I fought alongside my father during the war, but it doesn't mean I won that conflict."
Zerrel: "Don't even pretend our goals were ever remotely the same. Your goal was the consolidation of your family's power and you lost it. My goal is so much more, it is ultimately to spread an idea. And an idea is something you can't kill physically through the means of war. You can't force it out of peoples' minds after the message has been laid out for the world to see. And after I slay both of you, my legacy will overshadow both of yours. People will member how Zerrel destroyed two of the most influential fire nation nobles and the Avatar wasn't able to stop him!"
Four liberation guards walk around Zerrel. One guard has a spear, another has dual swords, another has a gold sword with a black hilt, and another has a rectangular shield & sword. Macai: "There is just one problem with your plan, we're still alive."
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Zerrel: "Oh let me fix that right now. Guards, kill them!" The spear and dual sword guards charge at Azula while the sword and shield & sword guards go after the 31st commander. Azula briefly pulls her hands back as she generates a round ball of blue fire then spins forward and tosses it into the spear guard's chest. The man flies five feet back as the dual swordsman diagonally leaps at her with a spinning strike.
Azula flips backward before pumping two rapid blue flames at her foe's mid-body. The swordsman rapidly rotates his blades and blocks the flames. Azula kicks a blue fireball from her left leg at the liberation guard's lower stomach. The guard spins right then lunges directly at her. Azula pulls her hands forward and shoots a beam of blue flames into the liberation guard. The man is blown to metal scraps from the explosion.
The liberation guard swordsman leaps at Macai with a vertical downswing. Macai twirls left, pivots behind his opponent, wraps his right arm around the man's neck, and latches onto his opponent's sword-wielding arm with his left arm. Macai starts tightening his grip and the elite trooper desperately attempts to wiggle himself free. The LG with the sword & shield sprints behind the commander and lunges at his back.
The young man intuitively flips over his opponent and tosses the swordsman into the blade of his ally. The shield guard smacks his fallen comrade away before he charges at the young leader. Macai briefly extends his arms and pops a white brick of fire into the guard's shield. The man takes two steps back and Macai flips behind his enemy. The guard rotates his body and horizontally swings at Macai's neck.
The commander ducks and hits the guard's throat with a high right kick. The man takes a step back but stays on his feet, but he briefly leaves himself open. Macai raises his guard and launches a brick of white fire into the man's chest. The guard's body flips five feet backward and steam flows from his body.
Zerrel rotates both of his hands and pumps a yellow beam of fire at Macai while his back is turned. Macai instinctively turns around. The beam flies so fast that Macai is unable to dodge it. Fortunately, Azula shoots a large rectangle of blue fire into the edge of Zerrel's beam. The flames explode just two feet in front of Macai and smoke flows in his face. The teen's hair blows in the wind and he closes his eyes to preserve his vision.
Zerrel rotates his body and pumps two yellow flames at Azula. Zerrel moves his arms so quickly that they move in a flash. Azula dodges the first shot but is forced to block the second. Zerrel shoots a tirade of yellow and white flames at the princess. Azula dives left but quickly rolls back to her feet and punches four blue flames at Zerrel as she attempts to keep up with him.
Zerrel blocks the first two flames then leaps in the air and pulls his left hand down; firing a stream of yellow flames at the young woman. The noblewoman rolls right. Azula usually doesn't punch her flames, she typically only pumps two fingers forward when she fires her flames. However, the pacing of Zerrel's attacks puts her out of her natural rhythm. Interestingly enough Zerrel manages to attack with the speed of pressure fighters like Zuko but with the accuracy and precision of defensive masterminds like Azula.
Zerrel's stamina and endurance also are notable for someone his age. Zerrel blasts another beam of fire at her with both of his hands. Azula extends her arms and shoots her own beam of blue flames into Zerrel's. The yellow and blue flames collide in a flame line, but Zerrel's travels faster which automatically gives him the edge in such contests. Zerrel presses his arms forward and quickly takes up 60% of the flame line.
Azula strains herself a bit, but looks back at Zerrel with a game face. The princess eventually pushes Zerrel's flames back until the two are 50/50. Unlike Zuko and an unaware Macai, Azula uses brilliant technique to match the firebending master's firelock. Zerrel's gold eyes sparkle in the light, "Impressive, but it won't be enough."
Macai presses forward and thrusts a white beam of fire at Zerrel. The firebending veteran immediately disengages his firelock with Azula and launches himself twelve feet in the air with a gust of yellow fire. As he does this, a beam of blue flames and Macai's white fire zooms indirectly under him. Zerrel stretches both of his hands and slaps two weaker beams of yellow fire at his opponents.
Azula parries an incoming flame with her arms crossed while Macai leaps left. The 31st leader punches four white fireballs at Zerrel but the DOJ leader launches himself left with a beam of yellow fire. Then Zerrel extends his right hand and hurls a rod of lightning at Azula. The princess rotates her right hand and latches onto Zerrel's lightning. The princess pulls her hand back and Zerrel looks in surprise.
Zerrel realizes that Azula knows how to redirect lightning, which is a rare ability that only Zuko and Iroh are believed to comprehend. Azula points her fingers and hurls the lightning beam back at him. The firebending master pulls his hands up and douses the fire from his feet then blasts himself just three feet over the ground before he keeps himself slightly over the ground with a gust of yellow flames flowing from his feet.
Macai punches two white flames at Zerrel and Azula shoots a surge of light blue fire at him. Zerrel raises his arms and propels himself another ten feet in the air over the attacks. Zerrel extends his left hand and blasts a beam of yellow flames at Macai. The young man launches himself six feet in the air then shoots a surge of white fire through his legs which elevates himself seven feet higher.
Zerrel kicks a rod of yellow fire directly at Macai and the commander is forced to hold up his arms to block the attack. The flames hit Macai's arms. The force of the strike knocks him six feet backward and thirteen feet down into the ground. Sand flies in the air and stream flows from his body as he passes out. Azula glances at her wounded partner then looks back at Zerrel and glares at him.
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The Crawlers Are Calling
Rosh, Dengo, Irina, and Arret engage a DOJ team. The DOJ team includes a firebender, a spearman, a macewarrior, a trooper with a curved sword, and a man with a round shield and a hammer club. Rosh looks at his allies, "We've got this, let's go everyone. I'll take the lead." Rosh punches two red-orange flames at the DOJ firebender. The cultist punches an orange-yellow flame into Rosh's left flame and kicks a rod of fire into Rosh's right flame.
Rosh pulls his right hand forward and swats the firebender aside with a red-orange firewhip. Rosh oscillates his left arm and pounds the curved-sword warrior with an explosive ball of red-orange fire. The ground suddenly starts shaking and the team stumbles. Irina squeals, "What is that?"
Rosh: "I bet Hagenko would have known, he was really knowledgeable."
The DOJ mace warrior comments, "It must be the earth guardians. Visitors call them the crawlers. They appear once every five years. Legends say they bring judgment on all the weak-minded people in this area."
Dengo replies, "Sounds like your judgment has come."
DOJ mace warrior: "No, the judgment is on you!"
Irina: "Only time will tell." A large worm-like creature bursts through the ground between the DOJ spearman and mace warrior. The animal is three feet wide and fifteen feet tall. It has tan skin that matches the desert sand, yellow eyes, and dozens of dagger-sharp teeth. Rosh takes a back step as the ground near him gets heavy. A crawler emerges between him and Irina.
Crawler: "Berrrrrrraaaaaahhhhhhaaaaaaaah!!" Rosh falls on his face as the animal rises. Irina chucks her spear into the animal's left side, and it screeches. The crawler changes its direction and lunges at the marine while the spear is still in its body. Irina leaps left and the crawler runs itself back into the ground. Irina's spear descends toward the ground but the young marine leaps against the creature's body and kicks herself off of it before it digs its body back into the soil.
Irina falls on her back. Rosh scrambles back to his feet. The other creature slams its jaws into the mace warrior and pulls him into the ground. Mace trooper: "Ahhhhhhhaa!" One of the crawlers reemerges between the four 31st marines and violently growls at the group. Rosh smacks a beam of red-orange fire at the creature, and it immediately lunges down and right toward Dengo. Dengo runs away from the creature as it glides back into the earth.
Rosh: "Wow those things are fast." The crawler that Irina stabbed rises directly behind Rosh and points it's teeth at the captain. The young man extends his arms and swats a surge of red-orange fire through the animal's body. The worm-like animal is split in half and the upper portion of the monster's severed body flies down toward Rosh's head. Rosh spins backward then looks back at the remains of the creature.
The DOJ spearman looks at Arret and she aims her body at him. The DOJ trooper with a shield and hammer warns, "Take it easy. Let's deal with these guardians first."
Rosh: "Why should we trust you?"
Spearman: "We'll surrender if you eliminate the crawlers with us. We so swear it." Rosh doesn't want to be bothered but his team has been taught to use new morals because of Zuko's administration.
Rosh: "Let's deal with the other crawler then I'll think about it." Rosh knows the probability of betrayal is high in this case. A crawler rises behind Dengo but the marine leaps left of the animal's position. It readjusts the direction of its head to look at him and Dengo slashes it in half. Green blood oozes out of the animal's body as it is split in two.
Rosh looks back at the DOJ troopers, "Drop your weapons." The spearman and other warrior do as they are instructed. Rosh looks at Dengo, "Handcuff the brute. Irina, keep an eye on the other one."
Dengo looks at the spearman as he is just five feet behind him, "Also drop your dagger." The spearman tosses his dagger aside. Dengo kicks the man in the back of his head to be safe, knocking him out. The marine then handcuffs his adversary.
The other DOJ trooper complains, "Hey, he can't do that. He surrendered."
Rosh: "He didn't kill him, he just minimized the risk. If you're that afraid of getting hit, don't go to war."
DOJ trooper: "You 31st scum are the most intolerable!" Irina smacks the trooper in the back of his head with her handcuffs, laying him out. Then Irina handcuffs him.
Elsewhere, Kanna, Kett, Jarue, and a Water Tribe swordsman advance across the battlefield. Kanna pulls out binoculars. She notices a waterbender, earthbender, DOJ member on a mounted steel dagger turret, terrorist with a whipblade, and a swordsman. Kanna: "We've got a turret that needs to be taken down in the center of the enemy formation that's about thirty feet ahead."
Kett: "I'll move up on the right and take that turret down. Kanna distract the enemies on the left. Jarue cover us in the center." Kett looks at the Water Tribe swordsman, "Wait for me to attack first then move alongside me." The Water Tribe warrior nods.
Jarue slides down the mid flank and shoots a barrage of ice projectiles at the waterbender on the left. His earthbender ally covers him and raises a mound of rocks which blocks the shots. The man horizontally rotates his right arm as he launches the rocks at Jarue. The young waterbender launches himself five feet in the air with a gust of water and the turret gunner aims up as he looks to destroy Jarue.
Kanna leaps down the left flank and kicks a rod of dark orange fire into the DOJ waterbender. Kett moves across the right flank and notices an exposed Jarue. Kett immediately throws a beam of light orange fire into the turret, destroying it. The earthbender draws out his right hand and rapidly launches a steal earth sword into the Vindicated Avenger's upper abs. Kett falls to his knees and blood soaks from his armor.
Kanna looks right in shock and Jarue hurls a brick of ice into the whipblade trooper's face. The man flips over as he gets popped. An enraged Kanna leaps forward and punches five rapid dark orange fire torpedoes at the earthbender. The earthbender raises a massive wall of earth which crumbles from the shots. The DOJ earthbender stomps the ground and causes a massive shockwave of sand to fly in her direction.
Kanna rotates her right arm and halts the shockwave with her own cascade of dark orange and gold fire. Jarue looks and notices Kett. Jarue: "Kett, wo! I'll be right over there." The earthbender shifts his right hand and sprays a beam of sand into him while he's distracted. An angry Kanna punches and kicks two rods of dark orange fire at him.
The earthbender kicks two columns of earth into Kanna's shots. Earthbender: "For Zerrel's legacy!!" The ground suddenly shakes and Jarue rises from the sand he is buried in but falls back down as he loses his balance. The ground Kanna is standing on becomes incredibly unstable and she leaps forward as a crawler rises from directly behind her. The 31st scout immediately rotates his body and slashes the animal in half with a dark orange firewhip.
Another crawler rises in front of Jarue. Jarue's eyes widen and the crawler dives after him. Jarue surges a beam of water at it as a quick reaction and the animal immediately ignores it. The waterbending expert launches himself in the air over the crawler's head but the animal rotates its body and jumps back in his direction. Jarue launches himself right as he barely avoids the animal's teeth.
The right edge of its skin grazes the young man and Jarue flies into the sand. Jarue hears a pop as he hits his back, but he touches it and heals himself a bit. The waterbender springs back to his feet as the crawler leaps underground. Another crawler launches itself after the DOJ earthbender but the man hurls two stone swords through the creature's belly. The earth guardian collapses.
Another crawler rises and impales the DOJ swordsman from behind as it sinks its teeth into his back. DOJ swordsman: "Ohhhhhhaaaaawwaaaaaa!!"
A crawler emerges behind the watertribe swordsman, but a fatal Kett turns his left hand and shoots a stream of light orange fire through the animal's lower body. The crawler breaks in two and dies. Kanna notices the earthbender again and punches two lines of dark orange fire at him. The eartbender pumps up his arms and two large rocks of earth (generated from the soil below) intercept the shots.
The last crawler in the area emerges from the left flank of the earthbender. The man rotates his body and launches hundreds of rocks at 80 miles an hour through the creature's stomach. The crawler falls on its back. It is obvious that this earthbender is a master of his element. Kanna blows a ray of dark orange flames at the earthbender but he stomps is right foot and a wall of earth blocks takes the shot. The wall is blown to pieces and fragments of it fly toward the man.
The earthbender holds his arms back and halts the earth fragments in the air. Then he turns his arms and launches the fragments back at Kanna at around 70 miles an hour. Kanna slams her hands and a wall of dark orange fire travels ahead of her. The wall absorbs all the objects that are heading toward Kanna while other rocks around her hit the ground. The fire races toward the earthbender, but he leaps left.
Jarue runs up to Kett and the earthbender looks at them. Kanna shouts, "No you don't!" Kanna punches two dark orange fireballs at him. The earthbender swings his left hand horizontally and a volley of rocks flies into Kanna's shots. A stray rock flies at Kanna's face but she performs a right cartwheel as she evades it. Kanna flings her right hand forward and throws a flame at the earthbender's face.
The man raises his right hand an earth brick blocks the shot. Kanna kicks her right leg and pops a dark orange flame into the earthbender's upper right leg. The shot blows the man's leg off. The earthbender falls and hits his head. Kanna leaps over him and amps her arms with dark orange fire. The 31st lieutenant pounds the earthbender three times in his face.
The man's eyes are swollen, purple, and are nearly shut. His nose is also cracked from the third punch. Kanna grabs him by his throat with her left hand while preparing her right fist for another strike. The earthbender coughs, "Finish it! Go ahead you monster, do what you have always done and destroy me."
Kanna generates a dark orange fire dagger, "With pleasure."
Kett warns from a distance, "Kanna don't let him have that much power over you. He isn't worth it. I know you Kanna, this isn't you. Don't let him change you, always keep smiling. You are so beautiful when you smile." Kanna sighs and evaporates her dagger then she immediately pounds him in his face with her right fist, knocking him out.
Kanna looks back at Kett, "He deserved to die."
Kett is still on the ground, but Kanna sees that he pulled the sword out of his stomach, "It wasn't worth the risk of you losing yourself. Hopefully, he will be executed in court but right then I could feel the dark forces tempting you."
Jarue puts his hand on Kett's stomach and Kett groans. Kanna earnestly asks, "How long is it going to take to heal him?"
Jarue looks back at her with a heavy face, "His wounds are too great. I can only ease his pain."
Kanna frantically hits Jarue on his right shoulder, "What are you talking about?!"
Jarue: "My healing powers aren't absolute. The blood leakage has intensified in his body. I can make sure he doesn't suffer, but I can't prevent death in severe cases."
Kanna grabs Jarue and shakes him, "Shut up!! Don't say that! He's going to be ok; he just needs some time to heal!! You are supposed to be a healer, what is wrong with you?!"
Jarue holds Kanna back, "Stop it!!" Kanna looks at him in rage.
Kett mutters, "Kanna stop. Just stop." Kanna looks back at him and tears gush from her eyes. She starts shaking her head and can't bear the thought of her childhood friend dying like this. Not now, he is too young. Not yet, they've been on too many adventures together. Not like this, he is the only man she loves!! How can life be so horrible?!!
Kanna shouts, "Why?! This isn't right! Where is the Avatar now?! Why would the spirits allow this?"
Kett looks back at her, "It is not for us to judge, Kanna. Everything happens for a reason."
Kanna: "I don't want to hear that nonsense."
Kett: "But it's the truth. Sometimes bad things happen to good people. Sometimes people die who we think shouldn't die. You know how many good people in the Earth Kingdom and Water Tribes died because our old Fire Nation Empire was greedy. Many died nobly and for many there were no clear signs of justice. But don't let my death be in vain." Kanna holds Kett as blood soaks through his armor.
Kanna: "Kett, no."
Kett: "It's ok Kanna."
Kanna shakes her head, "No, it's not ok."
Kett waves his right hand through Kanna's hair, "Oh Kanna, your eyes really shine in the sunlight, just like your personality. Never stop being the bright light that you are. No matter how down or negative I once was, people always told me about how you made their day. I never told you this but when I was depressed and fed up with everything, you motivated me to keep trying. So, for me, please do not stop."
Kett continues, "And I want you to know that I always loved you Kanna. Even if I wasn't always man enough to say it. Thank you for all of the good memories. But I don't mind dying if I know that my death will be an inspiration and blessing to others. Never forget."
Kanna: "But Kett, you can live and inspire people."
Kett: "We can't change this Kanna, but we have to make the best of what's in front of us. You taught me that." More tears flow down her eyes as her childhood friend and love fades away. Kett becomes pale, "Can I just get one last kiss, before I go." Kanna holds him and presses her lips against him.
Kett smiles, "Thank you." Kett falls still and goes to rest. Kanna feels Kett's body become cold, and she freezes as she tries to contemplate what just happened. Jarue sits beside Kanna and hugs her. The Water Tribe duelist does the same.
Status Power Mingguan
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