The Legend of Percy: Book 1 - Finding Purpose

28. The Fall of Ba Sing Se (The Fall of the Avatar?)

Percy stood on the edge of one of the tunnels. He really was making a habit of coming in yelling, but it was unavoidable in this instance.

He had been running, attaching Dai Li to the walls, until he'd come across a certain old firebender trapped in crystals. The Dai Li had been far too numerous for him to slow down completely, he knew they'd break out of their water cuffs left behind him sooner or later. Percy had sliced his way through the glowing green rocks with minimal effort and both of them had ran through the passageway to see what was laid out before him.

He'd just seen Azula fling Aang helplessly into a wall. The 'no' came out of his mouth without even thinking about it. He saw Katara, holding her own against Zuko, but not for too long.

All the previous enjoyment of the day spent with his two friends was completely drained out of him with the seriousness of the situation he found himself in.

He saw the princess take a step back at his presence, but couldn't think to care about that.

Percy let himself drop down to the ground, landing and moved towards Azula. Off to his side, Katara got smashed into a cluster of crystals. He managed to draw the attention of both Zuko and Azula. The demigod had already figured out Zuko's decision to side with his sister after seeing Iroh left helpless in crystals. He couldn't say he was surprised, but with how the old man had spoken about the young firebender, he was slightly disappointed about it too.

Katara pulled herself up, and shuffled in front of Aang, before he leapt twenty feet into the air. The avatar landed on the ground and began earthbending moving towards the siblings before a group of Dai Li swooped in a shot him back away from Katara. The demigod kept advancing on the princess, slicing through earthen fists sent at him with Riptide.

And Azula's attention remained firmly on Percy.

Tens of Dai Li jumped down and landed behind the two siblings and Aang pulled himself up off the ground, prepared to fight. Percy had to give it to him, the kid did have immense spirit.

Katara stood as well, pulling the water around her into an octopus-like defence.

Percy heard Aang mumble something like 'there's too many', looking at the worrying position Katara found herself in. He felt the airbender's worried gaze travel over to him, before it returned to the waterbender.

"I'm sorry Katara." He said, before a tent of crystals formed around him.

No, this isn't how it ends. Percy looked across the many people, all preparing to fight him. He sensed the immense amount of water in the room. Pulling most of it towards him, leaving Katara some for herself, wind began swirling at his feet.

Percy felt himself leave the ground slightly as the winds picked up. A sensation he hadn't properly felt since Manhattan years ago returned to him. This time, he felt a lot more capable with this storm than his last, feeling the power surging around him.

A hurricane billowed around the demigod, encasing him in a whirlpool of wind and water.

This clearly came as a shock to everyone, as they didn't do anything for a few crucial seconds, allowing Percy to push much more powerful winds in an increasingly large circle. Taking a quick glance above him, he saw Iroh frozen up where Percy had jumped down from. The old firebender staring at him with unabashed awe and interest.

He felt a barrage of fire from what he assumed was Zuko, considering the red tints to the edges of his hurricane. The earth that was thrown at him from the agents swung around, either joining the winds and fire or being thrown back at them.

Percy rose higher into the air, sensing more and more attention on himself. The waterfall at the side of the room bent towards him due to the wind. He moved forward, floating at the advancing Dai Li. The unlucky first few to come into contact with the winds were flung about wildly, being knocked either unconscious, too injured to get up or...