In the end, it hadn't been enough. In the end, he had still only been a boy.
And the fire nation were so many.
They fell him in the air. A surprise in itself since that element was his alone.
They were too far to catch him. And he was so small.
A tiny moment stretched into eternity and then there was a snap, inaudible, but incredible.
And then his friends attacked.
Toph went after the machines. Sokka led the troops. And Katara-
Katara did not move.
Not at first.
Their rage fueled them. Their fury was absolute.
So the others didn't notice until the troops were staggering. Until the gasps and groans grew to screams.
Until the screams chocked with blood.
And there was so much blood.
There eyes teared red and their clothes turned brighter, soaking into the ground. And then there was only red, only the scent of copper. And an entire army, a fire nation army, twisted to the ground.
The Avatar's army had halted. Their fury shocked into something deeper. Something silent. And their eyes were on only one bender, her brow bent and her back still heaving in grief.
A water bender.
A blood bender.
Author note: based off another fanfic titled blood bender.