Personal Powers: Civil War

One Month Earlier

***Ethan's point of view***

Today was the day Dylan, Emma, London and I started our plan. After being imprisoned and overhearing that the captain was going to use us benders as weapons, I was determined to stop it.

How corrupted can a person be? Never mind that, the real question is How corrupted and small minded can the government be? This is beyond ridiculous. Starting a war against someone for no apparent reason is insane and stupid. I thought our government was supposed to keep peace and protect its citizens but the elite doesn't understand that, all they do is cause problems.

I was getting pretty angry about all of this so I stopped thinking about it. It was time for me to go to the university and I didn't have enough space in my brain for this.

You could infer that I'm feeling pretty depressed. All that it's going on in school plus the increasing awkwardness between Dylan and I bothers me. After what happened a few weeks ago, I can barely face him.

But at least he is happy with London. I can tell that they really like each other. They spent more than half their days together, and they tend to laugh and play with each other often. I guess they really satisfied with each other and as long as Dylan is happy, I feel happy.

***
As I'm about to enter school, Emma runs up to me. She looked like a thief, acting all weird and stuff.

"Hey Ethan, I got the letters for you" She told as she handed me one of them.

The letter read: Dear fellow benders, it is to my concern that the reason that we were put in this facility was for something negative. When Avatar Ethan was in prison, he overheard the conversation between one of the guards and the captain. They talked about us and how they were going to use us as a weapon in a war against another country. The details are not too specific but it is for sure that they are going to use us for no good. They do not care about our well being, they just care about theirs.

It is our responsibility to secretly stand up for ourselves. What Avatar Ethan asks for you is to spread the word. Keep this a secret and wait until the signal to attack the wrong ideas of the captain. Beware of the officers, they are our enemies too. If you tell anyone that is not a bender about this, we will face horrible consequences. I ask for you to slowly and secretly attack the people who do not care about us and defend the innocent people on the surface that are in danger of dying because of a pointless war. Sincerely, the avatar team.

"So what are we doing with them?" Emma asked me.

"We will slowly pass out these letters to the people we are sure to trust. We will befriend every single bender student and earn their trust. Once we are sure to trust them, we will give them the information and for sure we will be able to count on them".
I was a bit scared of getting caught but I'm for sure many of the students would have our backs.

"So who do we start with?" She asked me.

"Start with friends you talk with. People in your class then the people in your bending class and so on. In about a month, most if not all will know the truth about all of this" I told Emma. She nodded and walked away with one fourth of the letters.

Now I was responsible for giving London and Dylan their share of the letters. I just had to find them.

***
It was lunch time and I felt like I had not eaten for ages so I decided to go to the cafeteria and grab something to eat. To my surprise, I saw Dylan and London sitting at a table. They usually go out to eat in the restaurants by the park but today they were sitting here.

I decided to go and sit with them. After all, I needed to give them the letters. So I started walking towards their table with a hamburger and a drink on my hands.

"Hey guys, I didn't know you guys ate here" I said and laughed with them.

"Well, Dylan is broke so we are forced to eat here" Said London.

"Ouch, that's embarrassing" I said while looking at Dylan.

"It's not because I'm broke, it's because I'm trying to be healthier. I gained five pounds in a week!" responded Dylan. He then pointed at the salad in front of him, "that's why I'm eating this disgusting salad". I'm kind of surprised, he's not like this.

"Oh okay vegetarian boy, I just came by to give you guys something" I said.

I reached behind me into my bag and got their letters. Of course they were not all of them but they were enough to start off.

I got closer to them and whispered, "These are the letter I told you guys about. You will give these to the people closer to you and earn their trust. You also have to remind them that this is serious and have to keep it a secret" London, like usually, interrupted me.

"This is so bad. Obviously someone will not keep this as a secret".

"Well if they don't, they get threatened. That way they don't break the rules themselves. If anyone betrays me, they will face my rage. I'm not going to let a looser destroy my plans, if they don't want to be used as a weapon, they should not say a word" I responded. This was really serious, it's not a game. I'm the avatar and my job is to protect other people even if it means to sacrifice some of my own.

"Okay, understood" Both Dylan and London responded. They seemed scared for a second, maybe I intimidated them. It seems messed up but this is really funny to me.

"Okay, We are going to class" Said London.

"But you still got thirty minutes before it starts" I said.

"Well, we don't want to be late, you know how the professor is" Said Dylan. Again, this was unusual.
He stood up and London grabbed him by the hand and pulled him with her.

"Bye" They both said while walking away. I stayed there by myself like usual.

***Dylan's POV ***

"What's happening to Ethan?"

London took a second to respond, "I don't know" she stopped walking and looked at me, "maybe all of this power is going over his head".

"Well yeah" I responded, "If I was as powerful as he is, I wouldn't be able to handle it. He must be really stressed".

"Yeah, all of these things that are happening to him might be having a negative effect on him"

"Well, let's look back. He fought with Nathaniel, wait you were not there. But this was one of the worst fight ever, it really took a poll on him. He then fought with Nick after getting back with him. I really despise Nick, he's a douchbag"

"Yeah I don't like him either" added London.

"And then after the fight" I continued, "he got put in jail. This is just so bad. So much stuff happens to him"

"Don't forget about his parents. Remember that they're getting a divorce " London told me. I totally had forgotten that.

"I feel bad for him, but at least he got us. We will always be there for him" I told London while looking back at the table Ethan was in.

He looked depressed. He was sitting there all alone just looking around him. Maybe we shouldn't have left him. But he was starting to scare me plus the fact that I still get a bit embarrassed everytime I see him.

"Yeah" London interrupted me from my thoughts, "We will always be there for him".

I turned around with London and continued to walk away from Ethan's table. I couldn't bare the fact that all of this was having a bad effect on him. I wish I could trade places with him just to see him a little bit happier.

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