Avatar: Macai's Journey

Chapter 77: Disciples of Justice Part 3

Sand Battle

Suki, Ty Lee, the army firebender captain, a Fire Nation (FN) army archer, a UN earthbender, and an FN army spearman walk across the desert. Suki: "Looks like most of Zerrel's remaining forces are attacking Macai's unit."

Ty Lee: "At least that makes the job easier for us."

Army spearman: "Sometimes I don't mind a bit more action. Why let them take all the credit?"

Suki: "We just did a lot of fighting. We'll still get plenty of credit." The ground shakes and a crawler emerges between Ty Lee and the United Way earthbender. The crawler immediately dives into the earthbender and pulls him underground. Ty Lee widens her eyes knowing she has no way to combat the creature.

Ty Lee picks up a sword from a fallen soldier, "I'm not used to these things at all. It's a bit heavy." Another crawler rises behind the firebender captain and Suki. The animal immediately lunges at Suki but the Kyoshi warrior leaps right as she evades the attack. As the animal swoops past her, Suki activates hidden blades within her fans then flips forward and vertically slashes the creature in half. Green blood flows around her armor and knocks her down.

The other crawler reemerges behind Ty Lee. The army archer darts an arrow into it, and it growls but is not stopped. The crawler lunges at Ty Lee again and she leaps left but drops her sword. Ty Lee: "Ooops!" The firebender captain zaps another stream of fire at it while it goes back into the ground. The animal rises again directly in front of the army spearman. The trooper falls on his back in terror and the animal dives at him as it looks to finish him off. Just in the nick of time, the captain shoots a beam of orange flames through the creature.

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Meanwhile, an unconscious Macai lays on the sand while Zerrel soars over Azula. The princess extends her right hand and pops a blue bolt of fire at him. The firebender launches himself ten feet forward with a gust of yellow fire as he soars behind Azula. Azula rolls left to avoid being pulverized by falling fire shapes above. Zerrel keeps himself in the air as yellow fire from his legs flows into the ground.

Azula rotates her body and directs a ray of blue and white flames at Zerrel. Zerrel douses his flames and falls about five feet lower before he reignites his yellow flames, keeping himself above ground. Azula leaps in the air and kicks a rod of blue flames at the DOJ warlord. Zerrel crosses his arms, but the impact of the explosion knocks him seven feet back and five feet down into the sand. Zerrel rolls in the dirt and coughs as Azula smoothly lands three feet in front of him.

Azula: "Oh Zerrel, looks like you're losing your touch."

Zerrel looks at her while he's still on the ground, "Don't be so sure!" Zerrel hops back on his feet and pops a backhanded bolt of yellow fire at Azula's face. Azula ducks then rises back to her feet, slightly raises her right leg, and kicks a blue ball of fire at Zerrel's face. Zerrel dips and rises then shifts both of his hands and shoots a yellow rod of fire at her.

Azula jumps over the rapid surge of fire because it moves too fast for her to block it and she kicks a light blue ball of fire from her left foot at Zerrel's neck. Zerrel blocks the ball and Azula lands just two feet in front of him. As Azula lands, she immediately generates a blue fire dagger from her right hand and then lunges at his neck with a horizontal swing.

Zerrel ducks and pounds Azula twice in her stomach with yellow fiery punches. Azula stumbles a foot back and moans, "Ugh." Zerrel rotates his arms again and shoots a yellow beam of fire at her. Azula shifts her hands to block the shot but is knocked back six feet and rolls in the sand.