Double Bender

Part 10

I was dancing. Dancing with someone else. I didn't see who because I kept my eyes on the ground the whole time, trying not to step on...whoever's foot. The place was dark, I couldn't tell where I was, but I honestly didn't care. The two of us, my partner and I, were radiant that we illuminated the darkness, making the darkness seem bright and happy. I looked really different. I was dressed in a green dress with a long skirt and thin sleeves and my hair was tied up in several tiny braids all tied into one. I looked graceful. I actually looked beautiful. "You're a wonderful dancer." Said a familiar voice. "It's my first time dancing." I said. "You're still a wonderful dancer." I slowly look up to see a pale face, golden eyes, and thick black hair. Zuko, I'm dancing with Zuko. But there's something different about him; his scar is gone. The left side of his face was completely unburned. His face was perfect and symmetrical. I closed my eyes and let him spin me, the skirt fanning out gracefully, my hair bumping my back. When I opened my eyes, Zuko was gone. "Zuko?" I called. No answer. "Haha, funny joke." I said. Nothing. The air around me started to get very warm. Then, something hot started to come towards me and it hit me in the back. Pain shot through my body and my back hurt so much that I couldn't even stand. My knees gave way and I hit the ground hard. The fire burned around me and started to cage me in. Then the flames suddenly turned to solid bars and people started to come closer. They jeered at me and laughed. I felt so weak that I couldn't move. I looked over to my right and saw my parents in a cage getting laughed at too. "Tatiana!" My mother shouted. "Mom." I tried to say. The crowd started to cheer my name as if it were something to be respected. But the look in theirs eyes say that this is not the kind of cheer I should be enjoying. "TATIANA!" They shouted. "Tatiana!" They shouted again. "Leave me alone." I groaned. "Tatiana." The crowd said again, this time a little softer. "Please," I whispered. "Tatiana," That time, it was only one voice, raspy and tired. I opened my eyes and saw Zuko sitting close to me. His eyes were full of sympathy. "You should be asleep. You're sick, remember? And why are you even in my room?" "I heard noise from your room. I came and I saw you thrashing around." He said. "It was just a stupid dream." I said. He took my cold hands in his warm ones and gave me a knowing look. I looked at the ground. He pulled me into a hug. His body felt so warm compared how cold I felt. "It was just a dream," He whispered to me. "It wasn't real."
The next morning, we packed up all our stuff and left. It seemed odd how much I was going to miss the tiny place. I made a lot of memories there; I had my first kiss there. It seemed odd leaving it behind. We made it all the way to the train station and settled into our seats. It was gonna be a long ride.
Zuko and I were both asleep a while after the train got moving. I fell asleep with my head on Zuko's shoulder and he fell asleep with his head on top of mine. Geo said that we looked adorable. The train lurched to a stop. Zuko and I woke with a start as we were thrown into each other and on top of Geo. "GET OFF ME!" she yelled. I got off of Zuko and offered him my hand. He smiled weakly and took it. I pulled him up and we locked eyes. Geo got up and clapped in front of our faces. "If you two lovebirds are going to have a romantic moment, please don't do it in front of everyone. Especially me." We both blushed and looked away from each other. "UPPER-RING!" A porter shouted. We all picked up our stuff and hopped off the train, Geo quite literally hopped.
The new apartment was beautiful. The outside of the building was green and gold and the inside was made of wood. It was on the top floor, now it wasn't low to the ground but it wasn't too high up either, it was a perfect height, much like the other buildings in the Upper-Ring. There was a window seat in every room, each with it's own excellent view of one side of the city. My room had a view of the east side of the city and was in between Zuko's and Geo's. I crept into my room, plopped my stuff on the bed and sat on the window seat. The city looked beautiful and the buildings were spread out in some areas and clustered in others, not as crowded as the lower ring. The buildings were all clean and shiny. Many of them were green and gold. Over to the far right was a very large building with the symbol of the Earth-Kingdom over the door. Several soldiers stood by the door and many of the other entrances. Someone important must live there. I thought. My eyelids grew heavy and I fell asleep right there on the window seat.
The next morning, wonderful smells filled the house. Uncle was obviously making breakfast. I walked into the kitchen and stretched. "Morning, everyone." I chimed. Uncle was stirring something in a pot and Geo was sitting at the table, reading the morning tabloids. Zuko wasn't up yet. "So, today's the day." I said to Uncle. "The Jasmine Dragon finally opens." Sometime last night, Uncle worked things out with the business man while everyone else slept. Uncle nodded nervously. "Don't be nervous," I said. "Everyone will love your tea. They'd be crazy not to." "Then I must be insane." Geo said. Just then, a certain someone with gold eyes and thick black hair wrapped his arms around my waist. "Morning," Zuko whispered. I turned around. "Good morning, yourself." I said. Zuko pulled me into a hug and kissed my forehead. "Who are you? Where's Zuko?" I joked. "Quit joking around." He said airily with a smile. "You know it's me." He kissed me again. "I think I like this new Zuko." I said. "I don't. He freaks me out. And he's not gonna have funny reactions when I make fun of him," Geo said sadly like a kid having his favorite toy taken away. Zuko smiled again and sniffed the air. "What's that smell?" He asked. "It's jook," Uncle answered. "I don't think you'd like it." Zuko sniffed the white stuff simmering in the pot. "Actually," he said. "It smells delicious. I'd love a bowl." Uncle skeptically picked up a bowl and ladled some of the stuff into it. he was obviously unsure of what to think of "new Zuko" as well. "Okay," said Geo, "he's starting to freak me out now." Zuko laughed. "Now that your fever is gone," said Uncle. "You seem different." Zuko sat down. "It's a new day," he said. "We have a new apartment, new furniture, and today's the grand opening of your new tea shop. Things are starting to look up for us, Uncle." Geo couldn't take any more. She grabbed a bowl of the white stuff and dumped it on Zuko's head. We all sat silently and waited for Zuko to explode. He just laughed. "Good one Geo." Geo's jaw practically dropped to the floor. "I want the old Zuko back!" She cried as she ran into her room. We all looked at each other and started to laugh hysterically as Zuko wiped some of the white stuff out of his eyes.
The shop itself was a beautiful building. It was green and gold, much like all the other buildings in the Upper-Ring. Two golden dragons wrapped around the sign and it had a pleasant air to it, like you knew that this was a warm, friendly place. The four of us stood by the entrance and saw the people start to come in. Uncle got sentimental again. "Who knew when we came here as refugees I would end up owning my own tea shop?" He asked. It was meant to be rhetorical but Geo gave a sarcastic answer anyway. "Oh, I totally did because I could see the future. WOOOOOO!" She chimed. Uncle chuckled. "Always follow your passion and life will reward you." Zuko and I looked at each other out of the corners of our eyes and blushed. "Congratulations, Uncle." Zuko said. "I'm very thankful," Uncle said. "You deserve it," I added. "The Jasmine Dragon will be the best tea shop in the city," Zuko said. "That's not what I meant," Uncle said with a little laugh. "I am thankful because you all decided to share this special day with me. It means so much to me." We were all silent for a minute, trying to take everything in. Then Zuko, surprisingly, hugged Uncle. It was so surprising that even Uncle looked shocked. "Now let's make these people some tea." Zuko said enthusiastically as he went back to the kitchen. Uncle grinned. "Yes," he agreed. "Let's make some tea!" "As long as Zuko isn't making it, I'm sure the customers won't run away," Geo joked. Zuko and I were, of course, serving the tea while Uncle and Geo were in the back making it. It was a lot better than the shop in the Lower-Ring. The people actually looked sophisticated and not like thieves. Also, it was a lot better for me and Zuko because we actually had room to move around. Heck, even Geo was enjoying herself and she was making tea which she normally hated!
Customers flooded in. Several had heard of Uncle's phenomenal brewing skills and they certainly left satisfied. One girl in a blue and white dress came in and requested a table for two, even though she was alone. However, she had a strange creature that looked like a little white monkey with very large ears sat on her shoulder. I swore I had seen her before. "Uncle!" Zuko shouted, interrupting my thoughts. "I need two Jasmine, one green and one lychee." "I'm brewing as fast as I can!" Uncle called happily. I looked over my shoulder, surprised to see the girl running away in fear. Why was she running? Did she know? "What happened?" Zuko asked. I shook off that eerie feeling. "Nothing," I said shaking my head.
That day was one of the busiest of my life. I was exhausted by the time the last customer left. That night, while Zuko was sweeping, I was wiping down the table, and Geo was doing nothing, a messenger came and handed a scroll to Uncle. "A message from the royal palace." He said. Uncle unrolled the scroll as the messenger walked off. His eyes scanned the paper and then widened. "I-I don't believe it!" He stammered. Zuko put down his broom. "What is it, Uncle?" He asked. "Great news!" Uncle practically shouted. "We've been invited...to serve tea to the Earth King!" I practically dropped my rag. "That's...incredible!" Zuko said. "The EARTH KING?!" Geo exclaimed. "Yeah," I said. "He's this royal guy with a crown, runs practically everything in Ba Sing Se. I'm sure you've heard of him." Geo sneered at me. Uncle ran back to the kitchen to start preparing...twenty-four hours in advance...? I don't know. A smile passed over Zuko's face as he continued to sweep. "I can't believe that we're actually going to meet the Earth-King." I said excitedly as I kept wiping down a table. "Who knows?" said Zuko. "Maybe he might recognize you." "Why would he recognize me?" I said with a little laugh. "Well, you said your father was an Earth-Kingdom official. Maybe they knew each other." I thought for a minute. My father might have known royalty? That was a bit of an exhilarating thought. More of those thoughts swept through my mind: they could have known each other as children. They might have been school mates. Heck! The Earth-King could have been at my father's wedding! All of those thoughts were crazy but at the same time very possible. I wanted to say them but I'm pretty sure Geo would have teased me for the rest of my life (she still would've even without my saying it) so all I muttered was, "It's possible."
The next morning, a cab came to pick us up. Uncle packed all the tea-making essentials in a small, round box. We were dropped off in front of the Large green and gold building I'd seen out of my window. So that was the palace. "Many times, I imagined myself here," said Uncle. "At the threshold of the royal palace." It was a grand building indeed. "But," he continued, "I always thought I'd come as a conquerer. Instead, we are the Earth-King's personal guests, here to serve him tea. Destiny is a funny thing." "It sure is." Zuko agreed. The inside of the palace was more fantastic than the outside. The halls were green and gold and the architecture was just incredible. We were waved into a small room. The wood was tan and at the very front of the room was a chair, no doubt for the Earth-King, and behind that was a grand background of a mountain covered with trees. As Uncle poured the tea, we wondered why the Earth-King was late. We all shot Uncle a look. "Maybe he overslept?" Uncle suggested. "Can't say I blame him." Geo yawned. Guards started to walk in and circled the room. "Something isn't right," Zuko whispered. "Gee, what told you that?" Geo whispered back. There was definitely something threatening about these guards. They kept their hats low so we couldn't see their eyes. Their robes were long and they kept completely silent. Their was some kind of suspicion about them. "It's tea time," Said a cold, evil voice. A girl with black hair stepped in the middle of the room. Her hair was tied up in a bun with two small locks circling her face. Her outfit was green and had the golden symbol of the Earth-Kingdom on it, but her golden eyes, identical to Zuko's, curtained a layer of cold-blooded evil. Zuko stood up and said, "Azula." "Have you met the Dai Li?" She asked. "They're earth-benders, but they've got a killer instinct that is so Fire-Nation. I just love it." "What are you doing here?" I said as I stood up next to Zuko. "Oh," she said. "I remember you." She said. "You're that little freak who can bend two elements." I clenched my fists. Zuko put his arm in front of me to defend me. "Oh," said Azula, changing her tone from evil to mocking. "So she is your girlfriend. I've been dying to know the answer to that question, Zuzu." I could tell Zuko was angry but he was trying to hide it. That couldn't have been a good sign. Hiding your anger never is, it just builds up so much and after it's built up enough, someone ends up getting hurt. Uncle, however, was a lot calmer. "Do you know how I got the nickname 'The Dragon of the West'?" he asked. "I'm not interested in a lengthy anecdote." She said rolling her eyes. "It's more of a demonstration really." Uncle said. Zuko looked at him out of the corner of his eyes, grabbed my arm, and pulled me to the floor. I heard a loud crackling noise but also a noise that sounded like a roar. I looked up a little bit but was forced to look back down. If I'd looked up anymore, I'd have had my eyebrows singed off. Uncle was breathing fire like a dragon. Oh now I get it, I thought. He blew a hole in the wall and Zuko, Geo, and I ran for it. Uncle ran behind us with the Dai Li on our heels. We rounded several corners and then came to a dead-end. "Stand back," Zuko said as he blew a hole in the wall. The floor we were on wasn't super high but it was still a long way to jump. Uncle jumped first, then Geo, then me. I looked up towards Zuko. "Come on," I shouted. There was an all too familiar look in his eyes. The look of kindness was gone and it was replaced by looks of revenge, hatred, and anger. Old Zuko was back. "No," He said. "I'm tired of running. It's time I faced Azula!" "Zuko!" I called as he ran out of sight. Then, I heard sounds of a fight, struggling and yelling. Fire flew and then I heard a shout. "LET GO OF ME!" Someone yelled. "ZUKO!" I screamed. We were too late. "Come on!" Uncle commanded. He ran off and Geo and I followed him.
We ran all through the Upper-Ring. Uncle obviously knew where he was going, but we had no clue. "Wait!" I yelled. They all stopped and followed my gaze. I was looking right at a Dai Li agent. He knew something, he was moving too quickly to not know something, he seemed nervous. We ran up to him and surrounded him. "You're working for Princess Azula!" I accused. He hesitated. "I have no idea what you're talking about." "You're lying." Geo sneered. She pushed him to the ground and used her belt (which was just a thing of rope) to tie his hands. "Come on." We made our way to small house with a gray tarp over one side. A really bad construction job maybe? Uncle went up and knocked on the door while Geo and I kept a sharp eye on the tied up agent. A little girl with black hair and green and tan clothes opened the door. "Glad to see your okay," She greeted him. Have they met before? "Please help us." Uncle said. The girl looked completely unfazed but the two boys reared back in fright. One boy had a blue arrow on his head and his clothes were orange and yellow. The Avatar. The other boy was dressed like the girl who came into the shop earlier; Blue and white shirt, brown pants, brown skin. His brown hair was tied up in a weird ponytail. Obviously Water-Tribe. "You know each other?" The Avatar said. Geo and I stood by Uncle. "I met him in the woods once and knocked him down. Then he gave me some tea and some really good advice." "Okay," I said. "That's gotta be the strangest way to meet someone." "May we come in?" He asked warmly. The girl nodded and we stepped inside. "Princess Azula is here in Ba Sing Se," Uncle explained. "She must have Katara." The Avatar thought aloud. "She has captured my nephew as well." Uncle said. "Then," said the Avatar, "we'll work together to fight Azula and save Zuko and Katara." Ponytail boy seemed doubtful. "Woah woah woah," he said. "You lost me at 'Zuko.'" Uncle tried reasoning with him. "I know you must have your doubts about my nephew. But believe me, there's good inside him." "Tatiana can vouch for that," Geo teased. "Shut up." I snapped. "This is a serious matter!" Geo still wouldn't help. "She just wants to find Zuko and have a great big lovers reu-" "I'm gonna slap you." I warned. "But still," Ponytail boy said. "Good inside him isn't enough. Come back when it's outside him too." "Katara's in trouble," The Avatar reminded. "All of Ba Sing Se is in trouble. Working together is our best chance." Uncle stepped toward the door. "We brought someone along to help us." He opened the door to reveal the frightened agent. Geo got him on his feat and took off the gag. "Azula and Long Feng are planning to try and take over the city." "No dip!" I said angrily "My sister!" Ponytail boy demanded angrily. "Where are they keeping Katara?!" "And where's Zuko?!" I snapped. "Lovers reunion..." Geo taunted in a sing-song voice. "In the crystal catacombs of old Ba Sing Se. Deep beneath the palace." Without even a word or a glance, we all ran off and left the agent there.
We were all breathless by the time we got to the palace. We ran along the side and Toph (That was apparently the little girl's name...and she was also blind) put her hand on the ground. "Well, what do you know? There really is a secret chamber down there. But it's deep." I felt it too. I realized for the first time that day that I wasn't wearing any shoes. Oddly enough, I liked it better that way. Toph stomped on the ground to start burrowing under the ground. "We should split up." Said Ponytail boy (I still hadn't learned his name yet). "Aang, you go with Geo, Tatiana, and Iroh to go find Katara and the angry jerk, no offense," "None taken," Uncle answered. "Toph, Momo, Appa, and I will go warn the Earth King about Azula's plan.
Aang, Geo, and I spent a long while getting under the palace while Uncle provided light. It was very long, very tiring, and very dusty work. There wasn't a minute when I wasn't coughing due to the dust. Aang pushed some rocks out of the way. "So," he said to Uncle. "Toph says you give pretty good advice...and great tea." "The key to both," said Uncle, "is proper aging. What's on your mind?" Aang pushed more rocks away. "Well, I met up with this Guru-" "What's a Guru?" I interrupted. "Some kind of blowfish?" "A Guru is a spiritual teacher. He said he could help me master the Avatar-State." "That's when your eyes get all glowy, right?" Geo asked. "That's the shorter explanation." Aang said. More boulders were pushed away. "He said he could help me master the Avatar-State and control this great power." Then he looked sad. "But to do it, I had to let go of someone I loved. And I just couldn't do it." I thought about that for a second. A great power, but losing someone you loved? I wouldn't agree to that either. I couldn't let go of Geo or Uncle. And especially not Zuko. "Perfection and power are overrated." Uncle said. "I think you were very wise to choose happiness and love instead." "That's what I would've done." I added. "But what if we can't save everyone and beat Azula? We'll need the Avatar-Stated. And what if I can't do it?" "What if poodle-monkeys fell from the sky?" said Geo. Apparently, that's what she said if anyone ever said "What if?". "I don't have all the answers," Uncle said. "Sometimes, life is like this dark tunnel. You don't always see the light at the end. But if you just keep moving," Aang pushed the final pile of boulders out of the way and a glowing green light filled the tunnel. "You'll find yourself in a better place." Uncle finished. The cavern was filled with pale green crystals. They gave off some sort of translucent green light that filled the room. And there was a little waterfall right in the middle of the cavern which gave it a beautiful, mystical feel. Geo put her hand on the ground. "They're over there." She announced, pointing a little to the right. We all ran the way she pointed. Aang, Geo and I stood in a line, pulled our hands back and pushed them foreword. The rocks crumbled away to reveal Zuko facing Katara. "Aang!" Katara said happily. She ran towards Aang and gave him a hug. I ran towards Zuko and gave him a hug too. "I'm so glad you're alright." I whispered. "Aww," said Geo. "Big lovers re-" "Say that one more time and you're getting slapped." I threatened. We pulled away and then Zuko saw Aang. "Uncle," Zuko said angrily. "What are you doing with the Avatar?" "Saving you, that's what." Aang snapped. Zuko tried to run towards Aang but Uncle held him back. "Zuko," he said. "I think it's time we talked. Go and help your other friends." Uncle said to Aang and Katara. The two bowed and ran off. "Why, Uncle?" Zuko said quietly, almost ashamed. "You are not the man you used to be," Uncle answered. "You are stronger and wiser and freer than you've ever been. But now you have come to the crossroads of your destiny." Zuko scrunched his eyes tight, as if Uncle's words hurt him. "It's time for you to choose." Uncle continued. "It's time for you to choose good."
Suddenly, the ground started to shake and Uncle was suddenly encased in crystals. The rest of us put our hands up and prepared for a fight. Azula and two other Dai Li agents climbed through the hole. "I'd expect this kind of treachery from Uncle," she said. "But you, Zuko, Prince Zuko, you're a lot of things, but you're not a traitor...are you, Zuko?" She stepped closer to him. "You stay away from him!" I snapped. She slapped me across the face like it was nothing. I fell to the ground and Zuko knelt down by me. "Zuko," Azula laughed. "Don't defend her. She's hopeless. Just like the rest of these fools." We stood up. "Release him immediately." Zuko said regally. I saw a flash of a side of Zuko I'd never seen before. The side that had been the prince. The person that knew what he was doing. He was regal and when he commanded, people listened. But not this time. Azula continued. "It's not too late for you, Zuko. You still have a chance to redeem yourself." "The kind of redemption she offers is not for you." Uncle shouted "Why don't you let him decide for himself, Uncle." She sneered as if it were a curse. She went on. "I need you Zuko." Her voice changed to a more soothing tone. I would have thought the voice was kind if I didn't know who it belonged to. "I've plotted out every move of this day. This glorious day in Fire-Nation history. And the only way we win is together. At the end of this day, you'll have your honor back. You'll have father's love. You'll have anything you could ever want." "Zuko," said Uncle. "I'm begging you. Look inside and find what you truly want." Zuko cringed. "You're free to choose." Azula said as she left with her guards following her.
That whole situation seemed familiar to me. I swore I'd heard it before. Two different people, each telling Zuko to do something different....Zuko's dream. Azula told Zuko to stay and Uncle told him to leave. Azula was symbolized as a blue dragon because....her fire is blue. "Zuko," I said, "Your dream." "What?" He asked. "When you were sick, you told me that you had a dream about two dragons, each telling you to do two different things." Zuko's eyes widened. "The blue one was Azula because she was telling you to do the wrong thing. Your dream," I continued, "was trying to tell you the future. How it ends is up to you."
Suddenly, I heard crashing from above. "You think about that," I said quickly. Geo set Uncle free to stay behind and talk to Zuko. When Geo and I made it to the cavern, the was a cloud of dusty smoke. Suddenly, out of the cloud, jumped Azula. She flew through the air and clung to a stone pillar. Aang used his earth-bending to snap the pillar and Azula fell. The three of them stood in a triangle, Azula's arms were stretched out straight and had her index finger and her middle finger pointed at either person. The room was so silent you could hear a pin drop. Then the silence was broken by a blast of fire. It was shot from the other end of the room and landed in between Aang and Azula. Zuko stood in the direction that the flame came from. Geo and I shot him a look. Then, in a millisecond, Zuko turned on us. He launched several fireballs at us. We blocked and dodged in a zigzag pattern until I was close enough to speak to him. "What on earth are you doing?!" I yelled. "Regaining my honor!" He replied. "Zuko, stop! We're your friends!" Zuko didn't answer. He launched several fireballs at Aang and Katara as well as me and Geo. Geo and I dealt with Zuko while Aang and Katara had their hands full fighting Azula. Zuko launched a fireball at me; I dodged and it hit a very large crystal. Something firm bumped my back. I turned around and was faced with Azula. Without giving myself a chance to think twice, I pushed her to the ground and stood her back up again with earth-bending only to push her back down again. I suddenly felt a suspicious twinge that something wasn't right. The air around me was starting to get warm, or warmer if you'll permit me. "TATIANA! LOOK OUT!" Geo screamed. Before I could even think about turning around, something hotter than you could imagine hit me right in the back. My knees gave way and I fell to the ground. I was numb and pained at the same time. I couldn't hear anything, just my pulse booming in my ears and my heartbeat getting faster and faster. Everything was in slow motion. Someone slowly ran by my side and knelt by me. My ears came back into focus as I heard someone shouting. "YOU MONSTER!" It was a girl's voice so it was obviously Geo talking. But who was she yelling at; Zuko or Azula? I tried to get up but as soon as I moved my hands, pain surged through my body, starting at my back and spreading all the way to my fingertips. "Don't move," Geo soothed. The pain didn't stop even after I stopped moving. It burned and ached so much that I wished I was dead. Death would be merciful compared to what I was feeling right now. Two pairs of feet appeared in front of me. "Stay away from her!" Geo yelled. She got up and shoved them away with her earth-bending. I couldn't comprehend what was going on at that point; all I could make out was that something bad was happening and me and Geo were right in the middle of it.
Suddenly, the whole room was filled with Dai Li agents. They surrounded all of us. I had a bad feeling that we weren't going to get out alive. I heard a tiny rumble and looked out of the corners of my eyes. A little mound made out of crystals stood where Aang used to be. Everyone was silent, staring at the little mound. Suddenly, the crystals started to glow then they broke away. Aang started rising in the air. His eyes and arrow were glowing and he didn't look happy. "The Avatar-State," Geo breathed. Everyone was staring at Aang. Suddenly, Aang looked very shocked and his body started to convulse. Lightening boomed all around him. Azula stood behind him looking very pleased with herself. Her middle and index fingers were smoking. She shot Aang.
Katara ran over and caught Aang with tears in her eyes. She ran over, Aang still in her arms and stood by me and Geo. The two of them stood over us, prepared to fight. We were better as a team than alone, but we had given them the opportunity they needed. We were all in a group and if Azula aimed right, she could finish us all. Unfortunately for us, they knew it too. Zuko and Azula closed in when a blast of fire landed in front of them. Uncle jumped in front of us and yelled. "Get out of here! I'll hold them off as long as I can!" Geo brought her arms up in a swooping motion and we started rising in the air on a pillar of earth. I saw Uncle fighting with his own niece and nephew and then everything disappeared and went black.