The sun was out and brighter than usual, and of course flyers and posters of Amon decorate the streets. "Bastard," the firebender growled while pulling a poster off the wall next to him. Only seconds passed before the image of the masked man transformed into nothing more than a pile of ash. Another rally was being held not too far from where the young man was, and from the sounds of it, it was more aggressive than usual.
Zain was not scared of the equalists, but he didn't want to go marching into a rally for no reason. Besides, he had to get to the market to pick up some groceries while he still had cash. He and his brother were running low on both food and money. "Hey! He's a bender!" a voice called out from the rally. Unable to control himself, the dark-haired bender turned around quickly only to see his younger brother being tied up.
"Are you serious?" Zain grumbled before heading in the direction of the rally to help his younger brother.
Running toward the group Zain was now a noticed target, "Izo!" he yelled in frustration. His brother flashed him a helpless grin before having another rock thrown at his head. Now standing in the middle of the mob of angry non-benders they began to chant and scream at the boys. "I don't want to hurt you!" Zain screamed back at the angry citizens.
An older member shouted back, "You're just trying to intimidate us! Amon warned us about your kind!"
Izo shouted back, "Our kind!? We're just like you!"
A frustrated sigh escaped the firebender's frustrated lips, and the sounds of electricity seemed to roar around them. Slowly backing up Zain managed to singed the rope just enough for it to crumble off his younger brother. "Izo…run," he whispered. In a flash Izo was running off, and had a very good head start.
"Hey! The waterbender is getting away!" half the group dispersed and went after Izo, the other half was left for Zain. Not giving them a chance to make another move he moved his fingers to his lips and set out a high-pitched whistle. Soon after a strange screech-like-meow echoed behind the whistle before a cat-owl began to drive and swoop around the equalists. Causing havoc among the many that were about to strike.
This was Zain's distraction, his chance to get away, "Thanks, Hebi," he whispered. After running for at least a solid twenty minutes he escaped the mob and managed to find his brother, "What the hell is your problem, Izo?! You have to stop sneaking into those rallies! You're gonna get yourself killed," Zain scolded his brother in a parental tone.
Izo rolled his eyes before tossing a water back and forth in his hands, "Oh shut up, Zain…just chill out."
The firebender narrowed his brow, "I am chill," he scowled.
Izo chuckled, "Whatever you say, bro. Now…where on heck did Hebi fly off to…I can't find her anywhere," he questioned.
Zain shrugged, "You go right…I'll go left…we'll find her…just try to stay out of trouble…saving your ass is a lot of work," he laughed.