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376Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:09 pm

Kosumosu

Kosumosu

Alexis stared up wide eyed at the colossal being before her, showing the smallest signs of recognition before it was lost, her face becoming blank again. She slipped down into a fighting stance, hands weaving through the air, “……Let her go” She said in a hallow tone as she shoved her hands in the air towards Aeor, sending a blade of wind rushing towards the arm that held Pala aloft.

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377Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:31 pm

jared-hai is amazing

jared-hai is amazing

Aeor turned, arms wrapping around the sleeping Pala. The gust flowed around him, and down the corridor.
"Come here. You're my way out of this world. If you do not take me back, i will kill her, and then your companion, and then you." He growled, stalking closer. "Then, i will kill everyone on this planet. I have plenty of time, and patience."

378Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Sat Sep 25, 2010 1:55 am

SilverDragonetsu

SilverDragonetsu

Alexis. Angelique. Where did he start? Headquarters. He knew where that was. He knew how to get there, but would the Dai li be there? Probably not. Coden watched a stone skip across the alley way and bounce off a wall before popping. "Gale, be quiet," Coden whispered between a thought. If he was in charge of the elite guard of a massively organized city, where would he station them? The biggest headquarters of all military base. "Stop that, Gale." His eyes unfocused from a crack, slithering across the ground and up a wall, to a palace looming over the city scape. Highest in command always had the highest in rank. According to Angelique, though, he doubted he could just walk in and expect to find the girls just anywhere. Special 'police' had special cells. It was just how it was. No doubt, he decided. If he was going to find them anywhere in an earth city, it'd be under-grounded crates suddenly began drifting up from their orderly stacks, clattering about and re-stacking themselves. "Gale! Stop messing aro-" He gave the child a fatherly glare as a tiny hand muffled his words. Glaring eyes shifted to the shop keeper as he came out. Coden was silent, muscles stiff as he waited to bolt. To attack. The man simply came out, looked around, and went back in. Coden was bewildered. What just happened? He stumbled with words meant for asking Gale what sort of trick he'd pulled, but at a loss he instead slipped to his feet and darted back down the alley again, before the shop keeper decided to have a second look.

He wandered a few streets down, into the lower levels of the city. Avoiding crowds and over all any open places. When he found another alley to hunker down in, Coden shifted Gale to his other arm and stare at him hard and firm. "Very clever back there, but very stupid, young man. What if it hadn't worked...what ever you did...?" It wasn't as if they'd be in any immediate danger if they were seen. Coden was just being paranoid and overly cautious. They had no where to go. No where to hide; no where Coden knew as safe. Dropping his scolding stare, He gave the child a small pet atop the head. “Be more careful. I don't need to loose you next.”
Leaning against a stack of old crates, Coden slowly slipped to the ground. Fatigued from days of sleepless nights and minimum caffeine to keep him running finally creeping up on him. His thought drifting until he couldn't think any more. Gale held more loosely, but more closely, used as a shoulder rest as Coden's eyes unfocused and drooped. He was almost gone, just seconds from blacking out. Then a door swung open, flooding the dim alley with light, and Coden jerked his head up as heavy foot steps trudged into the alley.
Coden glowered at the robust old man, hugging Gale firmly against his chest. His threatening gaze dimmed by the weariness in them. He thought the man looked familiar, but he was too tired to care who he was. Expecting as much from him as the last shop keeper. Instead, the old man went from a curious, surprised stare to a broad smile. “I knew it was fated to see you again, young man.” The old man grunted as he knelt to see Gale eye to eye, making Coden cautious and lurch and send out his tendrils. Of course, they never left his side. “Do not be alarmed; I don't mean any harm. In fact, you are most welcome to come inside. I would be honored to share a cup of tea in your company, if you would have it.” standing the old man huffed and pat his side, then waited. Coden only glare, holding Gale back. “No? Alright. I will just leave this door open for you. And you may come in when ever you are comfortable, but I am telling you, you are missing out on some of Ba Sing Se's best tea!”The old man laughed as he turned back to the door.
“Uncle! What are you doing out there? Hurry up!”
“Ah, that is my nephew. I guess there are other customers showing up already. Hm. I do hope you decide to come, before the shop gets too full.”

After the old man waddled inside, Coden stiffly shifted away from the wall. Still so tired, but forcing himself to be alert. The invitation was tempting; It meant a cover from the streets, but did he trust the old man? Gale seemed more tempted than Coden. The smell of food wafting out the door and tugging at their empty stomachs. After much debate, a growl from Gales stomach was the final straw for Coden. At least he thought it was Gale stomach... Staggering to his feet, Coden carried Gale on his arm, through the back door of the shop. Slow and cautious, he peeked inside. He saw a kitchen, a huge pot of somethin delicious brewing. Kettles dotted the counters, kept warm by small flames. He was about to wander over and check if one might harbor his bitter, black gold when a loud young man, with a scar on half his face, startled him. “Hey! What do you think you're doing! Your not aloud back her, get out! If you want something, you have to come in the front like everyone else!”

In an instant the boy rashly lashed out when Coden refused to budge on command. He raised his free hand in preparation. But before either engaged, The boy was yanked back by his collar by the old man. “Zuko! What are you doing!?”
The young man stare bewildered at the older man. “What am I doing? Uncle, What are you doing!? Those thieves came in here and were going to steal something!”
The old man released Zuko with a small thwack to the back of his head, forcing him to boy his head. “Those 'thieves' are our guests! Show some respect. Apologize and get them some tea.” Again Zuko was livid, but groaning he muttered an apology and wandering off across the kitchen. The uncle then bowed briefly as Coden looked on in his own bout of dreary bewilderment. “I am very sorry for my Nephews actions. He can be a little hasty at times, but he truly means well. I am grateful you decided to come inside. All the well, too. You look like you could use a hot cup of tea to start the day. Come.” The old man gesture through a slotted curtain, leading Coden and and Gale into the front of the store where they were seated at a small, secluded table closest to the kitchen.

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379Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Sat Sep 25, 2010 2:39 am

Ice-Spirit Phoenix

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Angelique stared at the massive creature that now stood before them, threatening to kill her and Pala...

"Why is it that every time I'm near you bad things happen or you get me killed?"

And of course the dimwitted girl decided to try and play hero and rescue Pala.

Heroes were stupid.

A little nagging voice at the back of her head tried to argue against that thought, but she ignored it. Now was not the time to be thinking about that. Or was it? She hesitated slightly, watching the scene unfold before her.

If things went well, Alexis would manage to get Pala from the dragon creature (whatever its name was...she really couldn't remember) and then they'd be stuck running from it with a dead weight slowing them down, making them all more likely to die. Then again the monster could wind up kidnapping Alexis during the fight, meaning that she'd be stuck there without a way home, or possibly all of them when the dragon realized Alexis' powers weren't working. And then there was that nagging little voice...

Things really didn't seem to be going in a way she wanted them to at the moment.

Of course...she also had to consider what potential use Pala might be to them. They were looking for some moving island thing connected with the spirit world, and as a Shaman, Pala could contact the spirit world and maybe get them some better directions...She froze, running that thought through her head again. Pala...could contact the spirit world. The world seemed to tilt for a moment as Angelique considered that thought and its implications.

'If I save her...she might be willing to...'

Decision made, Angelique stood back out of sight. She'd let Alexis keep the creature busy for now while she...rescued Pala. While its attention was elsewhere, Angelique shifted into her bird form and took off for the hand that held Pala. Oh this was going to be fun, trying to find a way to get her down. Alighting on the behemoth's arm, she looked for any opening she could find. There was no way in the nine worlds she'd be able to pry its grip off of Pala...which meant she'd either have to burn it and make it drop her...or attempt some serious magic. Some serious magic she had never thought she would find the need to use...

To create a fire one must put enough energy into the area where it needs to be in order for it to appear. Then after that initial burst of energy you have light, heat, and energy...or you could do the opposite, a fire that absorbed energy, and even light from the area to keep itself sustained.

She remembered years ago when she had been given the set of spells that could be used to reverse her powers. She had sworn up and down she would never have need to use them, but desperate times called for desperate measures. If she could just use part of the spell and draw enough energy off of the creature...perhaps she could knock him out long enough for them to get away.

Diving back down to the ground, landing and returning to human form, she began to concentrate, bringing up the necessary seals in her mind. She would have to use them on herself, but she'd deal with that later...for now they needed to get away. Slowly she used a pen to draw the seals onto her arm and calling on her powers, activated them.

The effect was immediate, and she gasped in shock as her arm suddenly went cold, followed by the rest of her body. She felt feverish as the temperature around her began to drop quickly. Instinctively she wrapped her arms around herself, shivering, as her powers attempted to counter the sudden chill, being drawn back into her body almost as soon as the temperature raised even the slightest. Eventually she forced her arm back out, calling up the fire. It was different now, popping into life on the monster's tail and slowly burning it, frost forming where it sat and moving outward as the area around it got dimmer.

With a mighty roar, the behemoth's attention turned toward her, and in a moment of panic, Angelique brought up a wall of the new fire between them.

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380Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:06 am

Kosumosu

Kosumosu

The temperature dropped dramatically as the room filled with the strange magical flames. Alexis raced into action, taking advantage of Angelique’s attack to send a more concentrated air blast at Aeor’s arm and leaping up after it, clinging onto Pala and letting gravity drag them both down to the ground. Seemingly unaffected by the temperature shift or the fire at her feet, she backed away from Aeor as fast as she could, trying to get a good grip on the taller woman.

Glancing to her side at Angelique, she nudged the woman as she violently shivered. She also seemed to have developed a raspy cough… She frowned slightly, though the rest of her face still seemed rather blank. “….Turn into a bird.” She muttered in a hallow tone. The woman complied rather quickly, and after stashing the tiny bird safely in her oversized coat’s pocket, she dashed away. Using her airbending abilities to reduce the air resistance around her, she zoomed away from Aeor. Winding down the passageways, heading towards what in her mind was the exit, while in reality was something a lot more sinister…

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381Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Sat Sep 25, 2010 10:29 am

Unknown-Variable

Unknown-Variable

The boy sat next to Coden, trying to ignore his stomach and all the wonderfully smelling things. quicker than he thought, he was remembering what he could do. He played around in the small shop, warming people up till the had to go outside, putting shields over their tea so they couldn't drink it and then letting up when they tried touching it. He was having the time of his life... well, of the past couple weeks or so.

But soon his fun ended with a horrible pang in his stomach. Gale winced, having forgotten about using too much too fast. Settling back in the booth, legs drawn up to rest his tired head, he watched teh room and thought. There was a way he could find Alexis... he knew it. But he just... was too tired... to think.

"Here's your meal," came a harsh voice and Gale's ears twitched. He looked up to see the scarred boy, putting cups of tea and some bowls on their table. Immediately, he dug into it, sparing just enough time to probe it. The boy... Zuko... watched him as he ate.

Something was strange about this boy. He seemed to have the coloring of one of the Water Tribe. Yet his eyes as he looked up at him for a refill were that of one from the Fire Nation. Maybe this boy was a mix? He thought as he took the bowl and headed back to the kitchen to put more soup in it. He looked over at his Uncle and stifled a cocky remark. Since these two were guests, they probably weren't going to pay for this food. And the kid looked really hungry.

Zuko headed out to the lobby, dropping the bowl at the table and walked around the store, refilling tea and meals. When he was about to reenter the kitchen once more, he gave Gale another look. His companion was strange as well, with his hair and black eyes, but the bulge on Gale's back was what had Zuko's attention. What could it be? It worried the young man. He resisted the urge to tear off the cloak on Gale's back and just ducked under the curtain to the kitchen.

"Something's wrong with those two, Uncle." He said immediately, glancing back over his shoulder.

"Nonsense, Prince Zuko." Iroh said, checking on the tea pots, smiling. Zuko only sighed, mumbling something under his breath.

Gale continued working on the soup, inhaling it as he thought up a way to find Alexis and Angelique. He knew it would be something very similar to the probing he was doing to the soup...

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382Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:13 pm

jared-hai is amazing

jared-hai is amazing

Snarling, Aeor kicked himself up from the ground, and sped through the air after Alexis.
The various eyes that adorned his shoulder, squirmed, looking back and forth wildly, as if looking for an escape. Not far behind Alexis, Aeor plunged a claw into the mass of eyes, and pulled a pair free. Crushing them, a black essence oozed out of his clenched fist.
The ooze sped down the corridor, much faster then Alexis could hope to move, and burst out the ground a few meters ahead of her. From the ooze, rose a group of Dai-li agents, clothes torn, skin blackened and pock-marked. They gathered to halt Alexis as she sped towards them.

383Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:34 pm

Kosumosu

Kosumosu

Alexis barely slowed down, her free arm sweeping out in front of her, then criss-crossing in the air. Splitting the walking dead in half, then slamming each group into the surrounding wall. Bone splintering cracks could be heard as their bodies broke on the sudden impact. Racing past them, she jammed her foot into the ground, skidding around to face Aeor for a moment. Her arm spinning in a tight loop, buffeting the hallway with cyclone like winds, shooting the corpses back at him like projectiles. All the while her features gave no indication that she had just torn once living beings into mere meat shields.

Racing ahead again, she reached a crossroads in the tunnel. Two directions lead upwards, another led deeper underground. She stopped, face blank as she seemingly debated which way to go, before choosing the lower path, opening a thick metal door and continued down a long narrow hallway away from their pursuer.

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384Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:04 pm

Ice-Spirit Phoenix

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This was getting ridiculous. As if they didn't draw enough attention to themselves WITHOUT the 12-foot monstrosity chasing after them. Still, they would probably be leaving the city soon anyway. Hopefully. She peered out of Alexis' pocket on occasion, still remaining huddled down for the most part, waiting for her body and magic to settle back down to normal. She had no idea how or why people would want to do this to themselves permanently.

"Where are we going?" she asked quietly as they went, almost having to wonder if she'd spoken in a human language or not when she didn't receive an answer. Alexis seemed to know where they were going, though...for that matter Alexis seemed a little...off in general today. Something weird...something about whatever the Dai Li had done to her. Angelique shook her head. It was rather difficult to concentrate at the moment.

Then of course there was the Dai Li Zombie attack (yes, that was correct). Alexis took care of that rather quickly fortunately, as Angelique really didn't feel like helping. She remained content to continue sitting Alexis' pocket as they ran, jarring a ride as it may have been. Eventually, though she got tired of riding, and taking off out of Alexis' pocket, landed and changed into human guise. She was still a bit woozy, but the effects of the spell seemed to be wearing off finally.

"Remind me never to pull that again," she muttered, keeping up beside Alexis and giving her a hand with Pala. She might as well after all...it'd help get them out of there quicker, and Pala had potential use to them...

Soon enough they reached the end of the current hall and entered an empty cavernous room. Angelique blinked around, surprised that she could actually see a little bit in the darkness. That was wearing off rather quickly. Helping Alexis drag Pala to the middle of the room, she stopped, looking around.

"So where do we go from here? This seems to be a dead end..."

No sooner had the words left her mouth than a dozen Dai Li dropped into view from the darkness above.

"I just had to say something, didn't I..." Readying herself to flee, she briefly wondered if Alexis knew she had been leading them into a trap.

She certainly hoped not as otherwise she'd have to kill her.

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385Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:20 pm

jared-hai is amazing

jared-hai is amazing

Aeor battered down the door - along with most of the wall around it, crumbling it to pieces.
Following Alexis' trail, he felt her stop. Now he would have her.
He found Alexis and Angelque facing a group of agents, poised to attack. Growling, he charged from behind. He sent the pair, along with pala, flying against the wall. He kept going, and lunged at the agents. He took a good deal in the first attack, tearing them apart with his long reaching claws. The others scattered in panic, and he turned to face the ones he had wanted all along.
"Now, Co-operate..."

386Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Sun Sep 26, 2010 3:49 pm

Kosumosu

Kosumosu

"There seems to be quite a few... unusual intruders in these last few days." A figure said in an eerily calm tone from the shadows of the room. He stepped out into the light, his presence alone enough to straiten the men back in line. Imposing in his own right, he calmly observed the scene around him, giving Aeor a calculating look. The being seemed impossible, but then again, a lot of impossible events have been occurring recently.

"I am Long Feng, and I have to ponder… Why should we cooperate with you? You have killed dozens of my men, wreaked havoc and destruction for no predetermined causes. You have demonstrated acts of aggressions in the city of Ba Sing Se, and have become an enemy of the state. One of which that needs to be dealt with... in a more permanent fashion." He exclaimed as his gaze shifted from Aeor to the small group against the wall.

Alexis at this point had just managed to pick herself up off the floor, slightly dazed after being knocked into the wall. Realizing that they were surrounded, she stepped forward slightly, and began to weave the air around her, creating an impenetrable shield of wind that domed around the three. She glanced back at Angelique for only a moment, “…Try to wake her up, we’re going to have to run for it and I don’t think she’d-“

“Alexis…” said a voice barely audible over the howling of the winds. Alexis turned towards the man, a slightly confused look on her face as Long Feng stared right at her, his eyes seeming to bore right into her. “The Earth King has invited you to Lake Laogai…”

Alexis froze, the windy barrier dissipating into nothing with his words. “…I am honored to accept his invitation” Alexis responded mechanically, dilated eyes focusing on Aeor.

She resumed manipulating the air around her, sending several blades of wind at Aeor, cutting deep gashes into the ground wherever it made contact with the stone. She raced forward afterwards, building up momentum for a more close range fight, as the remaining Dai Lee sprang into action. Manipulating the earth to shoot upwards at him at deadly speeds, while two others went to the side, shooting out stone gloves at Angelique and Pala, bringing them over to them, encasing their hands and feet in stone before joining in the fray.

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387Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:31 pm

jared-hai is amazing

jared-hai is amazing

They entire room turned inward on Aeor, all at once, and he braced for impact. Razor sharp gales sent by Alexis bore into him, along with shards and pummelling stone from the agents. His hide was already a mess - what was caused by the attackers and what was already a part of his grim visage was difficult to tell.
Knocking attackers away that came near, he turned to snarl at the apparent leader, long feng.
"Coward." He snarled. He knew the subtle stench of manipulation, and knew he could not kill Alexis...yet. He made to lunge for Long Feng, only to be battered from behind by more gales and stone. Long Feng made an escape, whilst Aeor braced against the attackers. He would have to be hunted down later.

Turning with a roar, he released a wave of jet black power, leaping in tatters and ropes for the agents. They all hit their mark,dragging them to the ground like weighted tar. Aeor watched, as they all struggled to stand.
"Alexis..." This time, a single black needle arose from his hand. She prepared to attack again, only to be struck in the forehead, flung by Aeor. Like a strange, dark form of acupuncture, Alexis' mind to fall away from Long Feng's influence. Quickly, Aeor then extinguished the power - if he left it too long, the needle would have begun to wipe her memories clean.

He watched as she fell to her knees, dazed and confused.

388Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Sun Sep 26, 2010 8:36 pm

Kosumosu

Kosumosu

Alexis’ hands clutched at her head as she curled up on the floor, eyes wildly darting back and forth across the room. She had no idea what was going on, who anyone here was, where they were. Sparks of memory occasionally flashed in front of her eyes, of fire, of being surrounded by stone, of a figure behind a light. The rest was an inky darkness that seemed to seep into her brain.

A steady trickle of blood fell down her face as she tried to piece her memories together, her thoughts breaking up and falling apart around her. She looked up at the looming figure ahead of her, a child like confusion etched on her face, “……Who’re you? …..Are you from the spirit worlds too? I liked it….. a lot better the last time…..”

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389Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:12 am

jared-hai is amazing

jared-hai is amazing

Pala had finally awoken, shackled in stone, as Aeor walked towards Alexis, full of intent.
She saw the monster approaching, and panic exploded inside.
"NO! Run, Alexis! Don't let him take you! Your LIFE depends on it! For the love of the spirits, run!" She screamed, freeing herself and angelique of the stone that held them still. Blocking the tunnel off with a thick wall of stone, she grabbed hold of Alexis, and ran as fast as she could.

390Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Mon Sep 27, 2010 1:21 pm

Kosumosu

Kosumosu

Alexis found herself being dragged along by Pala down the twists and turns of the underground labyrinth alongside Angelique. She gazed around dreamily, having no recollection of this place being sinister. Though she didn’t like being underground as they were, the walls closing down upon them, burying them alive.

She had a feeling that she knew this place somehow, but she couldn’t put her finger on how. She asked aloud, but didn’t receive an answer from either of them. They stopped abruptly, Alexis looked up to see several men in a similar uniform to the one she was wearing, and a man standing in front of them. He didn’t say a word to them, just a quiet pause between both parties. Suddenly he made a motion towards them and the world seemed to heave underneath them and flip over, sending the three falling into the darkness below.

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391Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:26 am

Ice-Spirit Phoenix

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"You know...it's a rather sad day when I can say I MISS Fragment," Angelique snapped as they found themselves in yet another dark cavernous hole in the ground. At least this time she could see a little bit, of course that meant she was still freezing. Turning, she glared at the two of them. "So are you going to get us out of here, Pala? Before we're found again by any of our followers."

She was mildly irritable, though not as bad as before the fight that had gotten her dragged down here. She still had no idea what had happened there.

Crossing her arms, she walked over to one of the glowing crystals and glared at it, waiting for the ambush she was sure was planned, the monster to crash through the ceiling (and either kill them with his powers, by landing on them, or by crushing them under rubble), or an escape.

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392Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:57 am

jared-hai is amazing

jared-hai is amazing

Moaning, Pala pulled herself up, only to feel a protest of pain from her ankle.
"I..i think i've hurt myself..." She mumbled."But...i can push us right to the top of the lake, if you're not afraid to get a little wet..."

393Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:52 pm

Kosumosu

Kosumosu

As the three began to pick themselves up, the ground beneath them began to upheave as walls rose up out of the ground, separating the three. Shoving Alexis and Angelique away from Pala to the far edges of the room as the walls thickened, creating solid stone barriers between them all.

Alexis sat on the floor, looking up wide eyed as an enterence appeared out of the rock wall, leading down a long expansive hallway. Several figures walked up to the girl, looming over her as she tried to figure out who they were. One of the men bent down, snatching her arm, pulling her up to her feet. Dragging her down the hallway, the door closed up behind them, as if it had never been there.

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394Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:03 pm

Ice-Spirit Phoenix

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((Praise me mightily for all of this shall be done by phone))

Angelique let out a scream of frustrated surprise as she found herself quite suddenly and forcefully cut off from the other two.

"Not again!"

She was getting rather tired of this very quickly. She needed to find a way out of there and back to the others...again. Glaring around at the small space that was still quickly losing light to her eyes she barely caught a sligt rustling noise. Looking about, she was still caught off guard by the stones that flew at her, pinning her wrists behind her back. She struggled a bit, but to no avail.

"What do you want?" She snapped as the dai li drew near, still silent save for the barely audible rustle of cloth. They stared at her.

"We want to keep the peace in Ba Sing Se," came the quiet reply, though from which one she couldn't tell.

"Wonderful as that sounds, what does that have to do with bringing us down here and screwing around with Alexis' head? She's already screwed up enough up there thank you."

"Your friend is also an airbender, and therefore crucial."

"Crucial to what?" Despite herself, Angelique found herself mildly curious.

"That is not important. Right now there are some answers we seek that we think you might know."

Angelique found herself being hauled off down a newly appeared hallway and back into the network of tunnels that laced the bed of Lake Laogai. Eventually she was brought to a bare room. With a stomp, one of the Dai Li raised a slab of stone about the height for a chair. She was pushed down onto it, her feet sinking into the ground several inches and the stone of the chair surging up to meet with the stone around her hands and wrists. After several moments of struggling, she could safely say she was stuck.

An easy escape now out of the question, she turned her head so that she could glare at the Dai Li.

"Well?" She snapped. "Rather silent for an interrogation."

"We are simply making certain you don't escape again until Long Feng is able to be here."

For no apparent reason, she shivered sligtly at that. Perhaps it was the way the man said the that...whatever the case, she didn't intend to stick around long enoug to let them mess with her head like they had Alexis'. Even if it meant throwing secrecy aside and caution to the wind and using her fire powers. (It'd be next to impossible to use her magic accurately with her hands bound after all.)

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395Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:02 am

Kosumosu

Kosumosu

A stream of green light, emanating from an opening door, broke the darkness of the small room. A figure walked inside, observing the scene. Several haggard looking agents guarding a small, wild looking girl, restrained in a chair, unable to move. Mumbling sluggishly under her breath, looking half asleep. One of the men stepped forwards, towards the newcomer.

“Sir, we managed to calm her down, she began struggling when we restrained her, cursing and screaming random nonsense. It seems that whatever that monster did to her, it wiped out the established programming.” The agent said, before the other man went forward, walking up to the girl.

She looked up, and gave the man a dirty look, the tiniest glimmer of a spark behind her glare as she tried moving to no avail. She cringed as the man’s hand reached down towards her face, finger running the length of her forehead. Lifting his hand up, inspecting the blue blood. Then proceeded to pull back her hair, revealing her elongated ears.

“It seems that the creature trapped above isn’t the only monster here… How many of you are there.”

“…..It’s……It’s classified” Alexis muttered, to the man’s annoyance.

“What were your plans in this city?”

“….It’s classified.”

“Where are you from?”

“It’s classified” Alexis continued to repeat, training from what felt like a lifetime ago kicking in. The interrogation continued like this, the man becoming more and more frustrated. He knew there were more of them, but he hadn’t been able to locate them yet. Not from lack of trying, the city was swarming with Dai Lee agents. Not getting any responses from the girl this way, he leaned in close, whispering a few words under his breath. She froze up, the spark disappearing from her eyes as they dilated, staring blankly at the floor.

“Whatever that creature did, it didn’t wipe away the programming buried in her subconscious. In any case, we need to do a full wipe and rewrite.” He said, as one of the soldiers handing him several implements.

“Go and take care of the others, I’ll be along soon enough, after we have a nice little talk…”

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396Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Wed Sep 29, 2010 1:28 am

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Sorely staring at the cup of tea in front of him, Coden turned the cup idly while drifting in and out of focus. His stomach, empty and agitated, complained at him for food, but his hands were motionless all for the subtle twisting of his cup. Once or twice he caught Zuko's eye, staring the boy down when he caught he looking at either he or Gale funny. The Gypus was otherwise mute and blind to the busy tea shop around them. His mind replaying the events of the early morning. A silly fight, the fire, the Dai li.... “I know it may not be my place to pry, but you seem to have quite the weighty burden on your mind to be staring off so distantly. You seem as though you could be staring into the spirit world.” Uncle Iroh dragged Coden abruptly from his daze, setting a pot on the table as he sat across from the Gypus. “Would it be wrong of me to ask what is bothering you?”

Iroh received little more than a blank stare and a distasteful scowl. “It's nothing worth bothering yourself with.” The old man simply smiled again, a fondness in his eye. “You remind me of my nephew. He would have said the same thing. You have the same eyes; dark and full of much pain and anger.”
Scoffing, Coden adjusted his glasses and averted his eyes from the old man, twisting his chilled tea a degree to the right. “I assure you I am not hurting,” he told Iroh calmly. And the old man looked from the Gyspus' dark eyes to the cup in his hands. “You know, tea is known for it's ability to heal and bring harmony to the body. It is truly a wonder to be had and enjoyed. Especially in good company. I see you have not touched yours; it's gone cold. Shall I pour you another cup? Tea is best hot and fresh. It's flavor is at it's pique when-” Coden interrupted, irritable,”Why are you so persistent? We are strangers, my condition should be none of your concern.”
For a moment the old man looked stricken, then dipped his head apologetically as he poured himself a cup of tea. “I am sorry for my rudeness. I should not pry. I have not even introduced myself yet.” Sheepish, the old man raised his cup and took a long, relaxing drink. Then sighed a cloud of warm steam, smacking his lips sluggishly. “It is obvious you are burdened by something, I could not help but feel obligated to offer you a means of consolation. We are strangers, yes. Though I feel as if we may be more common to each other than meets the eye, hm?”
Coden gave the old man a queer, suspecting stare. He ought to snatch Gale and end the conversation. The one things that kept him glued to his chair was Gale. Gale always sensed danger first. He was like a satellite to danger and dangerous people. If the old man really was just putting up a ruse for them, Gale would have been the first to pick up on it. So he stayed. Besides, his cold soup was really starting to look appetizing. The bowl began to leaving his peripheral vision, though. Causing the weary Gyspus to start. Iroh held the dish in one hand, and Gales newly emptied one in the other. “My name is Mushi. Please allow me to serve you a warmer meal.”

Taking the bowls back to the kitchen, Iroh tipped the dishes over a sink to dump the chilled foods. Having been watching his uncle, Zuko had followed and took the dishes away from the old man. “You're throwing out good food for those strangers? Uncle, whats wrong with you?” Scorned, Iroh took the bowls back to dump them again. “They are 'special' guests prince Zuko and should be treated as so.” The boy took the dishes back again, spilling a bit of tea in his haste. “ I don't see whats so special about them anyway; they're just strange to me. If it's just cold, don't waste it!” The boy scoffed as his hands accumulated and instantaneous heat that rewarmed the food and drink subtly. Then turned to take the food back out to Coden. “Everything is strange to you, Zuko, because you refuse to know it first.” Stopping his nephew, Iroh swapped the rewarmed tea and soup for fresh bowls. “They are refugees, like us, going through a difficult time.” “Refugees?”, Zuko looked Coden over skeptically. “Uncle, that man is guard. He must live in the upper levels; I don't think he's a refugee....” “Trust me, Zuko. Go and talk to them. Maybe you will see what I mean.” The young prince grumbled as Iroh ushered the boy out of the kitchen with a push. Resistant, He stumbled out to the table, standing awkwardly to avoiding spilling anything. Coden looked at him awkwardly as he stood up straight. “Uh....Here's your soup...and your tea.”, he murmured embarrassed, glaring at his Uncle. The old man gave a wave 'sho-sho' wave. Rolling his eyes, the boy hissed through his teeth as he tried to think of something he didn't feel like talking about. “So...how is your tea?”

Blinking a weariness from his eyes, Coden pressed the cup a few inches away and accepted his soup, eating a few spoonfuls. “I wouldn't know. I don't really like tea.” The boy rigidly flipped a towel over his shoulder. “Why didn't you say so?” “-Because I doubt you would have coffee.” “Is that a rich persons drink? I'm sorry we 'commoners' haven't got any fancy brews to serve you”, Zuko scoffed. Adjusting his own posture, Coden stare at Zuko sharply, causing the boy to stiffen. “No...It isn't. It's really very common itself. I just assumed they wouldn't have coffee in Bazinge.”

Zuko gave wide stare, slowly sinking into a chair across from he and Gale. “Be-Sing-Se.” Zuko corrected. “You really aren't from around here, are you?” Coden merely shook his head in response. “My uncle says you're refugees, like us, but I find that hard to believe while you're wearing that. Not many refugees turn out to be guards. And it's a pretty lavish life style, normal refugees wouldn't be able to afford living in the upper levels...” “Then I guess were not normal Refugees.” “No kidding...Where did you say you were from, again?” “I didn't.” Zuko watched Coden; the man knew he was prying. So he backed off a step.

“Uncle always tells me that Ba sing Se is the place to go when starting a new life over. He always says we're happy here.... I don't think I am. It's not enough to live in poverty peacefully, working in a tea shop serving ungrateful strangers every day.....” He cast Gale and Coden a side glance. “-but it's a life better than sleeping on the ground and scavenging for your next meal, right? Why are you two in Ba sing se? You must have a reason, too?”
For a moment, Coden quietly ate his soup, staring at the dark cup of tea tantalizing him. In mid bite, he set down his spoon and removed his glasses. “We aren't the only two here. There are three more of us, women.” He furrowed his brow and massaged an aching in his temple. “We're little more than a 'misfit family' looking for home...or the closest thing to it.” He gave Gale a small scratch behind his ears. “That home isn't here, we know that. But it was good enough for a while til we could get home again...until we were separated.”

Zuko gave the information a short comb over. “It's not uncommon to have missing peoples in Ba sing se. You could have the guards of your faction go looking for them. Since you live in the upper levels, you're bound to have search groups looking for them more quickly than if you were just a refugee.”
“Not anymore,” Coden muttered spitefully, muffling his next string of words in his cup. “Our house burned to the ground last night and the Dai li arrested them...I almost didn't get away with my boy.”
Zuko stare widely once more, hand clenching his apron in his lap. These strangers; he knew they were trouble! There was a man in the corner there, he looked official enough to report them to; he just needed to get himself away form the table and--
“I wish I knew what our accusation had been,” Coden murmured, sipping the bitter tea, more pleased with it's taste than he expected. “We certainly aren't local, but...” He hummed irritatedly, sipping the herbal drink.
Revising all that Coden had said to him, Zuko silently excused himself to take care of a customer. Slipping away to the kitchen and prodding the information he had. Maybe they weren't as trouble bound as he first assumed? Should he tell uncle, or did Iroh already know that about them just seeing them? No, he should still warn his uncle.
The robust old man entered the kitchen just in time. “Uncle, You should know something about those guests of yours.” “Nephew, did you hear!?”, Iroh interrupted gleefully. “My own tea shop! Those nice men out there offered to give us our own tea shop, we are moving up, nephew!” “Uncle, listen to me! That stranger and the weird kid you invited in...their not refugees. Their 'fugitives'! I'm sure of it!” “What?”, Iroh sounded skeptical. “Nonsense, Zuko.” “I was talking to the older one and he mentioned the Daili arresting some of his...family. I think we should turn those two in. We don't need any more trouble, Uncle.” Iroh stare lividly at his Nephew. “No, Zuko. You mustn't do that. It is rash and you do not know what you would be doing.” “But Uncle!” “I forbade you from doing such a thing. You leave those nice boys alone, Zuko. They are innocent, I am sure. Aren't they going through enough? You should know how it feels to loose family.” Stricken, Zuko pushed past his uncle and out of the shop, ignoring customers and a congratulating pair of men in the middle of the shop. “I'm just thrilled....”, he muttered to one of them as he stepped outside and leaned against the door. Muddling over what he was going to do.
[finished]

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397Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Wed Sep 29, 2010 6:42 pm

Ice-Spirit Phoenix

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Angelique was growing quite frustrated with her current predicament. The Dai Li had refused to take their eyes off of her even for a moment (which aside from making a quiet escape impossible was just rather creepy) and every time she had managed to chip away at the stones around her hands even a little bit, they were built back up so that now she couldn't even move her fingers. Not that she could even if the stones were taken away as they had fallen asleep from lack of circulation.

She was beginning to grow restless: the longer she sat there, the more chance that they would get to screw with her mind. Then there was not knowing what was happening or had happened to anyone else, and of course...

"Oh come on, will one of you say something! I mean...I know you're rock movers or whatever you're called, but stop acting like rocks yourselves!"

Not a rustle, not even a twitch from any of the Dai Li in her view. They simply stayed where they were, watching.

Angelique was about at the end of her rope, nerves frayed, and ready to get out of there by any means necessary. Sometimes one had to take risks to get results after all. Taking a moment to calm herself and focus, she considered her choices. She could try and get her fires hot enough around her hands, control them precisely, so that she could melt the stone...but the chance of that working wasn't very high. Not only was she poor with control but the Dai Li seemed to be keeping close tabs on her bonds. Then again she might be able to try it at least if she could distract them enough.

'Well I'm already arrested...not like being a so-called 'firebender' is going to make any difference.'

Taking a moment to brace herself, she forced her energy to bend to her will. In an instant everything was chaos. Fires sprang up all over the room, some catching onto the Dai Li's clothes and forcing them to take the time to put themselves out first. Using the brief moment to her fullest advantage, Angelique began heating up her hands, attempting to melt the rock around them.

"Come on..." some of the Dai Li had managed to put out the fires on their robes and were now approaching her. Sparing a bit of thought, she put up a rather large fire between her and them as she turned her attention back to her hands. The rock had heated up and she felt it crack, wincing as a couple shards of rock were driven into her skin. Her attempt didn't last long, however, as her hands were suddenly wrenched up, causing her to jerk forward as her shoulders protested painfully. "Stop it!"

"Cease this..." one of the Dai Li ordered, stepping forward ominously. Her hands jerked up again.

Angelique screamed and without truly thinking about it, let the energy she had been concentrating on her hands spread, catching her arms on fire. It spread quickly. "LET ME GO!"

The Dai Li around her seemed to be caught off guard and unsure of what to do next. Behind them a door appeared in the wall as another Dai Li walked through.

Angelique poured more energy into the fires on her body while trying to control their size in an attempt to heat them up. She felt the rock around her feet and ankles cracking as well and again winced when shards stuck into her skin. All of this was cut short by more earth raising up around her body, encasing her up to her neck in solid rock.

"Well...this is interesting to say the least," the newcomer said, stepping around the other Dai Li to get a better look at the scene. Scorch marks from the earlier fires scoured the room and Angelique still attempted to thrash about, hair on fire, as the air around her shimmered and distorted from heat. There was a loud crack from the stone encasing her as several cracks appeared in it, also letting out heat.

"Long Feng! We tried to...we had her but then..." the man gestured at the room. "We had her hands and feet bound yet somehow she managed to do this. She was also on fire...she's still on fire, but she doesn't burn!"

"I see," Long Feng said, moving around behind Angelique, gingerly picking up the end of her braid with a rock glove and examining it. Dropping it, he moved around within her view. "I can see we're going to have a lot to talk about..."

"I don't have anything to say to you except that you let me go immediately," Angelique snapped, glaring at the man. There was another crack as the heat flared around her body. A random fire sprung up as well, causing one of the Dai Li behind Long Feng to jump, attempting to stomp out the bottom of his robes.

"Oh you'll have plenty to say soon enough," Long Feng said, turning. "Normally I'd have you moved to another room for this discussion, but as I can see that would be dangerous I will have it brought here."

"Let me guess, an interrogation?"

Long Feng glanced back over his shoulder but said nothing, instead turning to one of the Dai Li near the reappeared door and whispering something to them. With that he left and the wall returned to one solid piece. They waited.

'I'm only going to have one more chance to get out of here...when he comes back into the room,' Angelique thought, eyes darting around the room. 'And the only way I'm going to be able to get out...'

There was no other way at the moment. Not with the way she was bound and encased in stone. She would have to fly out when the door was opened. Which meant she would have mere seconds to transform AND try to get out before they shut her in. Settling down and relaxing into the stone, she waited, listening.

It was several minutes, possibly more like fifteen or so before she finally heard it...the rumble that signalled part of the wall falling. Wasting no time, she called up her power, and in a flash had transformed into her bird form and was diving for the door. Surprised shouts sounded from all those present in the room and up ahead she could see the opening in the wall that was already closing rapidly. Trying to put on as much speed as her tiny body would allow, she shot forward, but it was too late. The ceiling dropped down just in time to catch her off guard so she smacked into it, as the wall sealed itself together, and fell to the ground.

Stone hands tried to pick her up from where she lay, stone hands that soon caught on fire...though the fire didn't last long as there was nothing to burn and she didn't have the energy to keep it going. It soon poofed out of existence and she felt herself being picked up as the world around her went black.

***

The next thing Angelique remembered was...surprise, surprise - more stone. With a weak chirp, she fluttered to her feet, looking around at the small stone cage she had been put in. Well that was original. Looking around beyond the thick, close together bars, she saw that she was in a different room. There was an odd track of some sort and sitting across from her, hands folded in front of him watching her, was Long Feng.

"I'm glad to see you're awake...now we both know that you're an intelligent creature, though how you go from human to bird form I don't know...so I'd like to have a little discussion. Are you willing and able to return to human?"

Angelique glared at the man before slowly nodding. Even that small motion made the world spin. Apparently she wouldn't be going anywhere for a while after that knock on the head. The bars of the cage dropped away and he motioned to the chair next to her. Reluctant to play along, Angelique transformed back and sat down, glaring at him. The Dai Li uniform she had been wearing had burned away, leaving her in her green tunic over her off-world clothes.

"Well?" she demanded. Perhaps she could keep him talking long enough that she would get another opportunity to escape.

"I am curious...what exactly are you? You're not a spirit, but you're most certainly not a human..." he leaned forward.

"That is none of your business," Angelique snapped. "Now let me out of here," she paused. "And give me back Alexis and Pala as well. We'll be out of your hair soon enough."

"I'm afraid that isn't an option...and I'd actually be rather keen to keep you all around for a while longer," standing he moved over to something sitting on the track. "I am also curious as to how you healed yourself earlier...your escape makes more sense now with your...unique abilities, but how is it that you are healed? You seem to be a fire bender, after all."

"Again, it's none of your business." Angelique glared at him. Okay so perhaps the whole playing along bit wasn't going to play out. Still, she sat there, watching his every move.

Long Feng smiled slightly, the now lighted candle casting deep shadows on his face. "We'll see."

Once again, Angelique found herself bound by rocks to a chair. She began to struggle again as the candle flared. "Let...me...go!" Another stone flew up and bound itself around her mouth like a gag. Still she struggled, though her attention turned to the candle when it began to move toward her, whatever light source had been in the room suddenly cutting off so that all there was, was the little candle. Despite herself she found herself watching it as it moved in a circular pattern around the room. Toward her...and then away and then toward her...and then away...

"Now...what is your name?" the voice seemed distant somehow as she stared at the little light, eyes unfocusing.

"Angelique..."

Long Feng smiled. "Now tell me Angelique...what are you?"

Angelique looked uncertain for a minute, opening her mouth and closing it again.

"I......

***

"Come along."

She turned her head slightly to focus on the man who had grabbed ahold of her arm out of her peripheral vision. He tugged on it as a signal for her to stand and follow, which she did, silently observing the path as they made their way down the hall, several other guards posted behind her. She wasn't entirely sure why there were so many there, but there were. It wasn't like she was going to attack them after all.

Hadn't she been there long enough for them to know better by now?



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398Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Thu Sep 30, 2010 9:46 am

Unknown-Variable

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The boy hurriedly ate from the large bowl placed in front of him, hardly paying any attention to what was being said around him. His mind was focused inwardly, always eying the power as it grew from the nourishment. The red seemed to multiply and fill him. Gale's glee at having his mind back to himself was hidden behind his need to find Alexis. The Coden and Zuko talked while Gale snuck back to the kitchen for more food. Iroh, noticing the boy, smiling and laughed. "Well," he said, "hungry, are we?"

Gale nodded and held out the bowl, which was promptly refilled. Not even waiting for it to cool, he began sipping from it, ignoring the burning heat. "Wait, boy," the old man called out once more and Gale paused, giving him a cold, questioning stare. "I don't think you would want your cloak to fall off, do you?" Finally, Gale noticed his wing, poking out from the cloak, purple membrane sweaty from the heavy material. Gently, Iroh fixed the cloak. "Off you go," was all he said, smile on his face.

"Thanks..."

The words were barely whispered as Gale returned to Coden. He and the other boy talked a bit more before the other got up and left, stomping to the kitchen before stomping outside. From what Gale heard, he thought they were fugitives... and the old man got his own tea shop. Gale's eyes narrowed as he watched the boy stomp outside now. Quickly, he swallowed the rest of his soup, then tugged on Coden's shoulder. "Let's go look for 'Lexis," he said, pulling Coden's sleeve.

Hopping down from the bench, he went outside. something was amiss. Lots of papers were fluttering from the air. The scarred boy was looking at one, so Gale bent down and picked one up, looking it over. There was a strange creature on it. Somewhere in the child, he wondered what it tasted like. He looked over at Zuko, who glared at him. The horrible burn scar didn't miss his eyes

"What's it say?" He asked, holding out the paper.

Zuko looked back at his own poster. "The Avatar is looking for his bison..." He answered, more to himself than to the boy. Gale blinked at the paper and then returned his gaze to Zuko and his scar. It was not missed. "What are you looking at, kid?" He snapped.

Gale was silent for a minute. Then he pulled up his sleeve, his own burn scars visible. just then, Coden left the shop and the sleeve came down.

"C'mon," Gale said urgently. His power felt at its peak once again and he was eager to find Alexis. The two left Zuko and searched all day before coming to Lake Laogi.

"She was here," Gale said, looking over the lake.

((I can totally do the time skip, Sil, if you want. Just leaving some room if you want to do some things with coden in teh shop))

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399Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:12 pm

Kosumosu

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Ling woke up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes as she sat up from her bed. It was the start of a new day. Her brain felt rather fuzzy and dulled, but nothing worse than the usual. After some time, she was dressed in her uniform, and began playing her black hair into a long, neat braid. She kept pushing down her bangs, her hair seemed to hate lying flat for some reason. Giving up, she found her hat, and crammed it down on her head, squishing the hair down. She had always been rather finicky about her hair…

She knocked on the door to her room, to hear it slide open, two agents standing outside. She nodded at them, glancing up at the two, waiting for her orders for the day. She was told that she had an appointment in one of the training rooms, and that they had to hurry. As they traveled down the corridor, Ling heard a small voice that sounded vaguely familiar. She couldn’t understand what it said, but she paused, trying to locate the speaker. The guards stopped as well, looking down at her.

“…..Did you hear anything?” Ling asked timidly, still trying to locate the source. The two agents looked cautiously around themselves, before shuffling the girl forward, assuring her it was nothing. Finally they reached their destination, and the two stood outside the door. The girl walked inside and sat calmly on the chair in the back of the room. She sat there for a few minutes until a familiar figure walked through the door, closing it behind him.

“Hello Long Feng sir.” She said, bowing her head slightly towards him as he walked up towards her. She had been here all of her life, one of the last airbenders in the world. Kept safe in the city of Ba Sing Se. Recently had she been coming to these meetings, due to some…. problems she had been having. Not sleeping very much, and when she did, she’d have dreams, of impossible events and a life that made no sense. Lately the images have infringed on her waking self, and she had begun hearing a voice, that she could never find the source of. She was appreciative of her superior setting time aside to help her, but she was afraid that it’d never go away.

“Hello Ling, do you have anything you want to talk about?”

“…I don’t know sir…. I’m not sure that this is working… I’m still having the flashes…”

“This is not something that will happen overnight child… Everything takes time. Now… Why don’t you tell me about the dream you told me about before? About the powers you apparently seem to gain?” Long Feng asked in a calm, almost kindly manner.

“Uhh….” Ling sat for a moment, trying to remember when she mentioned this dream to him. She must have forgotten telling him is all. “It doesn’t feel like normal dreams though… it feels as if I’m remembering a life I never had… Where if I just snapped my fingers, time would move differently around me…” She said as she snapped her fingers to accentuate, which to her surprise caused Long Feng’s aura to shift slightly… as if he expected something….

“Have you tried accessing these abilities?” He asked, to a look of confusion and disbelief from Ling.

“But…. It’s not real…. Right?” She asked. It was just dreams and fantasy right? He was acting weird…. That sound in her head still wouldn’t go away either….

“….Of course…. Now Ling” Long Feng said, pulling out a small match, lighting a candle that she hadn’t noticed before, “I just want you to relax……”

***

Ling woke up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes as she sat up from her bed. It was the start of a new day. She seemed to be still in her clothes from last night… That was rather unusual for her… She heard a sound from nowhere, and turned her head, trying to find the source of the sound to no avail. She pushed down on her bangs, her hair hated lying flat for some reason. Giving up, she found her hat, and crammed it down on her head, squishing the hair down. She had always been rather finicky about her hair…

She straightened out her braid, having no recollection of the events of only a few hours before. She knocked on the door to her room, to hear it slide open, two agents standing outside, who acted as if they had just arrived, and hadn’t been guarding this spot for hours. She nodded at them, glancing up at the two, waiting for her orders for the day. They told her that she had a training session with the other soldiers. They had been on guard lately it seemed, there were a lot more training exercises lately… But she couldn’t figure out anything that had changed. It always seemed to be the same routines…

Shrugging her shoulders, she followed after the two, joining a large group of agents that unknowingly to her, were not going to go train. They were leading her to where they had a certain surprise in store, for the two fugitives that they had recently gotten wind of from certain agents had been seen in the lower city, probably looking for their friends.

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400Last Airbender - Page 16 Empty Re: Last Airbender Thu Sep 30, 2010 4:40 pm

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One moment, he was hunting the vermin down, the next, the tunnel had imploded in on itself. His twisted mind flashed back to an eternity ago - born in stone, slowly growing like a seed in soil. The earth had closed in around him, and now there was no room to move, at all. He had no way to escape - the fury of nature had left his body, and the only powers he held now were meant to destroy life, not to reshape the earth, freeze lakes or light the skies themselves. He could not rot stone, or make it forget it's own essence.
He would either be trapped in here for a long time, if they did not decide to release him, or find a way out himself.
Nevertheless, the stone was not completely sealed. He could let power leak, in hopes of somebody unearthing him, drawn by the taste of his pungent force.

"Ragh!" Pala growled, fending herself off, limping on one leg. All in one moment, the ground had shifted and the Dai Li were upon here. She wouldn't go down without a fight, though. She refused to be defeated by amateurs who only knew earth magic!
She had never been so strained in her life. A constant assault of stone and fist gradually beat down on her, and she was growing more and more weak.
She was confused, however. She heard the word 'Avatar' cried multiple times, whenever she used anything other then earth magic. She knew she was in a lake - the beast Aeor had mentioned it before taking her captive. Luckily, nobody else here seemed to know much about water magic. She'd put herself on a field advantage, and buy herself some time.
With a heave, she pulled at the roof, and
a cascade of stone fell before her,more and more until in a sudden gush of water fell through. She surround herself with stone as the tunnel began to flood. The agents would probably block it off, but as soon as they did, she would come at them with all the water the flooded tunnel could provide!

But..she couldn't fight her way through this place alone, with an injured ankle and aeor on the loose. She had to get out and find Gale and Coden...

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