Avatar: The New Era [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 14: The Inferno

I JUST B-BLOODBEND?! wait...SHIT! K-KURANA!

"KURANA!" he got back to his feet and ran towards the unconscious woman lying on the ground.

As he held her, the dusty air breezed around them, surrounding them with a spiral of dust and dirt. Everything was foggy. Somehow, the sound of fighting halted. Tokku tried to move Kurana to a safe place but, he couldn't see anything. Muddy tears began to drip from the waterbender's eyes. He wasn't a healer like his mother or father. He was powerless. All he could do was to cover her face from the dust and keep her from harm's way.

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Mako was leading his Alpha team towards the brass tank Hakoro was driving. The officers bent a wall of rock in front of them and proceeded to walk slowly towards the tank while simultaneously, trying to ward off the enemies on their sides. Hakoro nervously fired consecutive explosive rounds on the benders. The officers successfully infiltrated the sides of the tank and encased it in rock. The Chief was paved a way from the rock wall and he jumped on top of the tank.

"DON'T GET IN MY WAY! YOU'RE A CITIZEN JUST LIKE ME! THIS IS FOR US, BROTHER"

"I'm not your brother." Mako grabbed the firebender by the collar and threw him out of the vehicle. Hakoro skidded on the ground.

"Cuff him up. We're gonna bring him for ques-" he was interrupted by several balls of fire from behind.

Mako fell to the ground as he grabbed his back and screamed in pain. Three hooded benders stood behind the flames. Reinju, the masked man, stood beside the other two. The one on the left wore a mask underneath his hood. His mask had a hand print in the middle and he held a flame on his hand. The middle one's mask stood among the other two. A wide smile of human teeth spread across his face and bolts of lightning crawled his arm. Reinju was the only one to have a brass weapon, because he was not a bender.

"Hey! Remember me? Yeah, they're basically my brothers. That one is Yiruk and this one smiling is our older brother, Fang" Reinju spoke and tapped his brothers.

The trio ran towards the officers and fought them in hand-to-hand combat. The officers had nothing against them. They were easily beaten. Fire escaped from Yiruk's hands and Reinju's weapon. Several officers were knocked out and the few others held their positions. Fang helped Hakoro stand up and walked towards the injured Chief of Police.

"Huh, I heard so much about you. I had to see for myself how weak you are. You're a disgrace to our nation. Stand up and fight." Fang taunted the fallen firebender.

Mako gritted his teeth and stood up to blast two bolts of lightning towards the hooded man. Fang smoothly redirected the lightning towards Mako. He was launched to a nearby store, shattering all the glass windows and fell on Mako's abdomen. Cuts and bruises showed up from his sides. His left sleeve was torn apart and showed the scar from their battle with Kuvira. He painfully stood up from the shattered glass and noticed a big shard pierced through the left side of his chest. A small gush of blood erupted as he pulled out the broken glass.

"Hmm...seems like 'The Chief' is done for, huh?" The hooded Fang walked inside the ruined store. Mako grunted

"Fang! Go help out your brothers. This one's mine." Hakoro stepped in between them

"As you wish, boss." Fang turned around and walked away

His trademark bright green flame lightened the room. The flame grew into a long fire sword, much more longer than an average fire dagger. The criminal mastermind kicked Mako's leg. The Chief fell down again to his knees but tried to block every single attack from his opponent. Hakoro found an opening and rammed his flaming hand into Mako's chest but, he was quickly blocked by the injured firebender. Instead, the tables turned. Mako turned the block into a counter attack and pierced Hakoro's heart with lightning. The criminal screamed in agony. His lifeless body fell to the ground as the firebender kneeled down to catch a breath. Fang neared on the Chief and held a blue spark on his hand.