The Last Elements
A.N: My first crack at an Avatar: The Last Airbender fanfic. It is A.U in which Korra never existed and the new Avatar dies straight off the bat, basically leaving the world in chaos. The new Avatar needs to be found but it's very unconventional in the way that it happens….anyway please R&R!
Prologue
Avatar Lorca screamed in pain as a giant earthen spear shot through her back. Before she could even begin to extract the now broken off tip from her chest, the ground beneath her rose suddenly, shooting her into the air, where a barrage of stones was headed her way. She acted quickly, whipping water around herself from her pouch in a shield that quickly hardened into ice. The rocks repelled off of the shield but the ice cracked and Lorca was sent to plummeting to the ground. She landed with a sickening crunch of one of her ribs. She stood up slowly as her opponent chuckled in the distance. In the setting sun, he looked tall and intimidating.
"Poor little girl." He said. He clicked his tongue and shook his head, taking slow, deliberate steps towards her. "Trying to deal with forces that she can't handle."
"I am the Avatar!" She called out weakly. Her vision was blurring; blood was seeping out of the wound in her chest at an alarming rate. Her breath was ragged and it took a tremendous amount of effort to simply keep upright. "Boa, I command you to stand down now or you will be destroyed!" She summoned a gush of water and shot it at him in an attempt to prove her point, but it fell to the ground before it even got to him.
"Please, stop! I'm simply trembling in my boots." The man named Boa said. He smirked, getting steadily closer to her. Lorca stumbled back, pressing herself into the tall rough structure of the mountain base.
"Have you even bothered to master the other elements?" He asked curiously. Lorca didn't answer. She placed her hands behind her back and let the last of her water from her pouch trickle over her arms and hands, creating thin but deadly sharp blades.
"I suppose that's a no. It's a shame I'll have to kill you. You're so young, and so much potential….but it must be done. The cycle of the Avatar has gone on too long; you have failed in your job. The world is in turmoil and you're more of a hindrance than a help."
"You haven't given me enough time!" Lorca protested.
"You've had nothing but time!" Boa roared. "You've known that you were the Avatar since you were very young. You're almost an adult, and yet you don't even have a basic grasp over the other three." Lorca stayed silent and Boa knew he hit a nerve. He sighed, now coming up to her. He brushed strands of her hair away form her eyes, staring into them. His hand slowly caressed her cheek before coming to her neck, gripping around it tightly. He squeezed and started to raise her off the ground. He twirled around, dragging her with her. The sun cast her body into shadow. Lorca struggled, but only by a little, trying to wait until the right time to strike.
"Poor sweet Lorca…." Boa murmured. He continued to squeeze. Wheezing sounds slowly escaped from her as she tried to get at least a little air in, but couldn't.
"I'm sorry to do this…I love y—" He was stopped mid sentence. He grinned at her in surprise yet his eyes flashed in pain. They drifted down to his abdomen where two long icicles had pierced him. The points of the weapons were imbedded deeply in him, but had not gone completely through.
"Why…aren't you the feisty one?" He asked, and then threw her. She crashed into a boulder with such momentum that cracks appeared on impact. Boa reached down, taking out the bloody icicles quickly. He threw them to the ground then crushed them both beneath the heel of his boot. He looked at the crumbled Avatar on the ground and sighed.
"You couldn't just allow me to kill you then, could you? You have just prolonged your death Avatar Lorca. You will die painfully, and I won't be losing sleep tonight." Once again, he took slow, deliberate steps towards her. Lorca scrambled back, somehow staying alive despite her injuries, but she knew that she would die soon. She closed her eyes, now just relying on touch the more she scooted back as she tried to concentrate.
Hey yeah err…other Avatars? I know I haven't tried to keep in touch with all of you guys lately and I'm truly sorry about that but now I really need to get into the Avatar State because I'm about to die…Hello? Nothing came to her, no otherworldly source of power, and Lorca's mind went blank as panic put up a fuss. She was going to die and the other Avatarsweren't going to help her. Boa cleared his throat and Lorca opened her eyes. He was standing a few feet away.
"Arise and meet your fate." He commanded. She did as he requested, black suns blooming in front of her. She stood her ground and took out a small knife. Boa charged at her suddenly and Lorca rushed at him with slow, staggering steps.
I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die…
"We must help her! Her foolish actions will cost us greatly!" Avatar Kyoshi bellowed. The entire Avatar's spirits flickered uneasily as their quiet murmuring rose to a fevered pitch. Avatar Aang stood up and clapped his hands. The sound rumbled like thunder and soon everyone fell silent.
"I've been trying to make contact with her, but she is so blocked off from the Spirit World that it is virtually impossible." Aang announced. There were outrages cries and the spirits flickered in and out of existence slowly. A tremor in the ground stopped everyone from exploding, and suddenly giant flocks of birds were fleeing the vicinity as trees, as old as time itself, started to drop to the ground. The Avatars cried out in alarm but were ultimately safe in their pavilion.
"We must remain calm!" Avatar Roku advised. His voice carried and everyone lapsed into a terse and strained silence.
"What do you suppose we do?" Avatar Kyoshi asked after a time. Aang looked up towards the sky in contemplation. Whole migrations of birds and other flying creatures were clouding the air as they tried to escape. Trees and plants on the ground below were slowly withering away as the last of the Avatars was losing her fight in the real world. He sighed, and then looked at the rest of his companions. There were varying emotions on all their faces but one thing was consistent; they were all scared.
"We must send out the Elements." Aang said. The mood shifted from one of anxiousness to one of contemplation.
"That is a great risk, Aang." Avatar Roku said slowly. "They might become scattered in the world, and that will truly be the last of the Avatar Cycle."
"It's the only chance that we have of even saving the Spirit World and the Cycle." Aang argued. A few people murmured in disagreement but it seemed as though the majority was on his side. He looked toward his mentor, Avatar Roku, and the elder spirit gave him a nod. Aang nodded back and then closed his eyes. The others followed his example and a sudden calm came over the pavilion. Their bodies glowed white. Four white orbs rose from everyone and floated into the air, congregating into a giant orb before it split off once again into four orbs, now colored. The red, green, blue and white orbs quivered a bit before shooting into the sky, disappearing into the real world. The spirits slumped over simultaneously, their energy spent. Aang lay on his back slowly, feeling himself become weaker, even in his spirit state. He watched as the orbs disappeared and sighed, closing his eyes.
I hope they find good incarnations…They are our last hope…
That was the last thought that he had.
