Mountain ......
The Cave
The heavy rain showered on the mountain range adding a touch of gloom to the darkness within.
An ominous aura seeped from the entrance, like a cold mist spreading through the night air.
And so, under the heavy rain and solace of night ….
Bang! Several claws emerged from the darkness, slamming into the cave walls.
Crack!
Cracks emerged upon impact.
The claws contracted together, leaving deep marks on the walls and causing the rocks in that area to fall apart.
Shriek!
As the sound echoed through the mountain, a dark spirit emerged from the cave entrance.
Unlike the last one, this one moved on all fours like an animal. Two pairs of glowing yellow eyes burned with hunger, casting an eerie light on the wet rocks.
A dark spirit, larger than the last one Luca faced.
And unfortunately, it wasn't the only one.
Its massive form slowly took shape, like a living shadow detaching from the cave's depths
The first creature had barely stepped out when another emerged. Smaller, possessing no arms or legs and floated on air.
Jaws stretching across its face like a ghastly grin.
The night air grew thick with their ominous presence.
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Meanwhile, down below.
The eighteen-year-old Luca could be seen, resting on one knee.
Blood flowed from the side of his chest, mixing up with the rainwater that fell from the heavens.
The sound of heavy pants escaping from his lips was covered up under the rain. Luca looked at the scene before him heavily.
His gaze focused on the giant crater that had been formed from his last strike.
There, the remnants of a shadowy substance could be seen dissipating into nothingness.
Until, nothing was left.
The dark spirit was gone.
As for whether it was dead or if it had fled, Luca didn't know.
Spirits in the world of Avatar were special creatures with unique physiology.
Their amorphous bodies made it hard for them to sustain actual damage unless under particularly forceful forms of bending.
As for it, they would actually die, he had no answer to this question.
'According to the Wiki, spirits can't die and are immortal. Unless, of course, they decide to give up their immortality for a place in the mortal realm'.
This was what he remembered. But he also remembered a mentioned part where one of the past Avatar's, being Avatar Kuruk hunted Dark spirits and apparently killed them.
This seemingly contrasted with the former statement, leaving Luca unsure of the answer.
But currently, Luca didn't care to find out.
What he did want however was to get out of here as fast as possible.
Despite defeating the dark spirit, the strong sense of uneasiness that enveloped him had never disappeared.
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ATLA, In A Darker World
FanfictionMy Name Is Luca. - You Have Died - "Sigh ..... I know". Currently, I am in an empty white space. Was I going to heaven or hell? Well ..... Neither. What was before me, however, was a list of floating words that I could only assume to be my possibl...
