I'm Still Stand- Book 2: Earth

Return To Omashu

Kya
As we approached Omashu, my heart sank. It wasn't what I expected, it wasn't supposed to be this way. I looked to my siblings and Aang, their eyes growing wide. The Fire Nation flags rose high above the city...

"I can't believe this. I know the war's spread far, but..." Aang clutched his staff. "Omasha always seemed...untouchable."

Sokka stepped forward, placing a hand on Aang's shoulder.

"Up until now, it was." Sokka spoke solemly. "Now, Ba Sing Se is the only great Earth Kingdom stronghold left."

Now I was the one to move forward beside Aang.

"This is horrible," my eyes couldn't help but wander back to the sight of the city. "but we have to move on."

"No," Aang spoke in a tone I hadn't heard him use before. "I'm going to find Bumi."

"Aang, stop," Katara protested. "We don't even know if Bumi's still..."

"What?" Aang growled. "If he's still what?"

"Around..." she spoke hesitantly.

"We know you had your heart set on Bumi, but there are other people that can teach you earthbending," I explained.

"This isn't about finding a teacher," Aang shook his head. "This is about finding my friend."

"A secret tunnel?!" Sokka was mind boogled. "Why didn't we just use this last time?"

With that, Aang snapped the entrance of the tunnel open and some kind of reeking sewage submerged me and my siblings. The feeling of the goey liquid cause the three of us to shiver and gag.

"That's why," Aang slightly smiled, jumping into the tunnel.

Me and Katara followed after him, Sokka groaning. Aang used his staff and bending to avoid the sewage, me and Katara doing are best to do the same while Sokka was left defensless and drowning in the goo.

"You doing okay back there?" I questioned, my brother gagging.

"Yeah! I'm doing just dandy!" he hissed.

Eventually, we made it into the city from underground. As Katara helped me out of the tunnel, I noticed that we were surround by darkness and empty streets. The two of use bended water from a near by barrel to clean ourselves of the sewage. Our brother emerged from the tunnel completely covered head to toe in the sewage. It looked as if he was some kind of creature.

"Oh, Sokka," I laughed softly, behind some water to clean him. After a few rinses, the sewage had disappeared by but there were things on his face I couldn't make out in the darkness, but what I did see was my brother's bright blue eyes grow wide, his hands reaching to his face.

"They wont let go!" I heard him screech. "Help!"

"Sokka!" I whisper yelled and lunged at his siloghete knocking him into a bale of hay.

"Stop making so much noise!" Aang and Katara ran over. "It's just a purple pentapose."

Aang rubbed the tops of the creates head with a single finger as Sokka whimpers. Immaintly they snapped with a pop.

"Hey!" we all jumped at the voice. "What are you kids doing out past curfew?"

It was fire nation soliders....I broke out in a sweat, grabbing my brother's hand. Aang hid behind the three of us.

"Sorry," Katara spoke. "We were just on our way home."

The solider's brows knitted.

"What the matter with him?" he pointed at Sokka.