So quiet.
There is nothing. Not even the sound of his beating heart.
It's almost serene - the darkness, the quiet. For once in Ang's life there is nothing. But then his vision was filled with fire, causing him to jerk his body away. As he did so there was a shattering sound. His vision was engulfed by water instantly. Everywhere he looked was only the same blue.
Instinctively Ang slapped his arms to the side of his body and rocketed upwards. Within less than a second he was up, above the surface of the water he had just been in. He managed to grab a glance of his surroundings before he plummeted back into the water.
He appeared to be in some sort of gigantic lake. He could just see the green outline of land, faraway in the distance. It seemed more like an Ocean to him.
Ang looked down through the water below him. He could see shards of ice floating around beneath the water, already dissolving - what remained of his cold, silent prison.
Gazing at his former entrapment he found images flashing up into his mind.
The storm was horrendous - it battered Ang left and right, he struggled just to keep aloft, let alone go in a certain direction. But he had to push on because she was in trouble. She would die without his help. But as he thought this a giant wall of water rose up to block his way. Ang could swear it was laughing as it toppled down over him, pushing him to the bottom of the Ocean.
Ang had absolutely no idea who 'she' was or what happened after he got to the bottom of the ocean. But he assumed he had something to do with the ice prison he had formed for himself. The Avatar gently floated to the surface of the water and looked to the distance green line on the horizon - the only decent looking place for him to go.
The boy sped through the water, a spray of bubbles frothing out behind him. Whenever he needed air he would simply conjure a bubble of oxygen inside his mouth. Ang figured he was making good time because he could see the mass of land coming up fast.
The Avatar burst from the water, shaking himself off as he soared through the air. He landed on a wooden dock.
"At least I'll be able to buy some food," Ang muttered to himself, rubbing the tattoo on his forehead. There were many people milling around but Ang chose the closest and walked up to him.
"I don't have any money but could you give me some food anyway?" Ang asked, a broad smile filling his face.
"Why don't you try a super market, punk-ass little kid," the man said gruffly as he stormed off.
Ang was puzzled, he had never heard of a super market. He assumed a super market was a market for people who were super such as himself. He didn't know what 'punk-ass' meant but he knew it must have been a compliment otherwise the man wouldn't have said it.
Ang decided that the huge buildings down the street looked pretty super to him so he set out that way, saying hello to every face he met. Only to be replied to with a scowl.
"Excuse me, sir, but do you know where the Earth King is?" Ang asked a women possessing a lot of black spiky hair.
"The what?" She sneered,
"The Earth King. You know lord of the Earth Kingdom? He's a fantastic Earth Bender."
"Ah, kid, this isn't the Earth Kingdom. This is a city called Capitol. Do me a favour - lay off the drugs, it'll do you a world of good.
Ang didn't reply. He had never in his life heard of a place called Capitol. It didn't even sound slightly familiar. And apparently this women hadn't heard of the Earth Kingdom either.
Where the hell am I?
The boy was awoken from his daze by the sound of a women screaming. He was instantly alert - fists clenched and eyes seemingly taped open looking for the source of the sound.
He realized that the sound was coming from a dark alleyway. No-one else on the street had seemed to notice yet - it was all up to Ang. He took off at a sprint for the alleyway. He skidded to a halt at the mouth of the alley to see a man in dark clothing wrestling a women to the ground. Ang grabbed a sheath of air around him, span and then pushed it forward, directly at the criminal. He went flying, cracking his head against the brick wall 20 metres away. Ang didn't bother checking if either of them was alright, he just walked away.
About ten minutes later he began to hear footsteps behind him. When he felt the footsteps to be with only metres of him he span, with his hands raised in defense. Standing before him was an incredibly tall man - probably seven foot. He had two Katanas in sheaths on his back and he appeared to be dressed in Ninja Gui.
"Whoa, don't be alarmed little one. I am a friend." The mysterious man assured Ang.
"What do you want?"
"I am part of an organization called the D'Haran Arm. We're basically a giant Police Force," he explained. "Anyway I saw what you did to that criminal back there, it was quite frankly amazing - just what we need for our new Special Forces Division. You'll be given access to our top training facilities, plenty of money and shelter if you need it. But in return we'll want you to perform special missions for us. Can you handle that?"
"I can handle anything!" The Avatar exclaimed. "Make sure I can have plenty of watermelons and then you've got a deal."
The tall man just smiled and said, "I'm Arthur."