Dust In The Wind
Fire. Everywhere he looked he saw nought but the merciless crimson flame engulfing all he had known. They had known this attack was coming but couldn't comprehend the speed with which it had descended upon them. They fought valiantly, for a race who had never raised a hand in violence before, but could not halt the tide of barbaric killers and evacuate their children.
His vision was blurred and his breathing laboured, his many wounds finally catching up to the fourteen year old airbender. He had lost so much and all this did was fuel his unnatural rage, he had killed many comet enhanced firebenders but their numbers were never ending. He swung his arms in swift horizontal chops, sending razor sharp air discs at a five man firebending squad which was attacking a group of young children. The discs each hit their mark and with shock etched in their faces, the firebenders heads fell to the ash covered floor.
Quan allowed himself a small grin before running towards the group of children. Who all turned to look at the older boy that had saved them from a certain and agonising death. Quan knew they would not survive this massacre unless they fled, so he cupped his hands around his mouth and inhaled before yelling " Tenchi!" His effort was rewarded by a thunderous growl from his ever faithful sky bison. Descending to his masters side the bison nuzzled Quan affectionately. "All of you get onto the bison, NOW!" the children offered no resistance and did as commanded. "Tenchi get them out of here take them somewhere safe."
The bison roared in sorrow knowing that it's master was not going with them, before it turned and smashed its gargantuan tail into the ground launching it and it's passengers into the blackened sky. With a sigh of relief Quan sunk to the floor to rest.
A blood-curdling wail echoed throughout the almost lifeless temple as he turned his head he saw something from his greatest nightmare, Tenchi was falling from the sky a large portion of his fur was burning and the children he was carrying were crying in terror.
All he could do was watch as his lifelong companion fell to his doom carrying children into the void with him. It was all too much, Quan could not stop the the flood of tears that began to cascade down his face.