Chapter 2: A breath of fresh air
Shadow: Welcome back mortals and readers alike to Masters of the Elements. However before we can continue we need a brief recap. Katara, if you please.
Katara: Okay last time we learned how the war had continued despite the efforts of Aang, myself and our friends. Most of our friends died alongside the multiple rulers of the world leaving Aang, Sokka and I distraught. But we eventually built the world back up. It took a while but we did it and gave the Water Tribe and Earth Kingdom a chance against the Fire Nation again. Now in the present Aang wanted to…
Robin: Uh Katara you forgot an important detail.
Katara: *sighs* We also learned that Aang and I had a daughter, who also turned out to be the next Avatar. Our daughter was Korra. Happy now?
Shadow: Satisfied. Now continue.
Katara: Okay Aang tried to get help and learned the best help was from another world and thus he took four heroes Kid Flash, Jack Frost, Terra and Blaze the Cat, all of which had died in their worlds and we wait to see how this will affect them.
Shadow: Good I couldn't have said it better myself. Also readers here's another bit of information you might need. Last chapter I told you that Korra was the daughter of Aang and Katara and that more legend of Korra characters would appear. One of the characters who will appear will be Jinora but as Aang's daughter and Korra's sister. Now you might be thinking why not just use Tenzin, well that's because Jinora is better in CA15's opinion.
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Ow did anyone get the plates of the bus that hit me?"
A 16 year old boy lay on the ground. He had fiery red hair and emerald green eyes. He was in a yellow costume with red pants, red gloves, and yellow shoes with, surprisingly, a blue arrow within a white circle on his chest. He also wore knee pads and shoulder pads alongside red googles and a mask.
He was Wally West, AKA Kid Flash.
Wally stood and observed his surroundings and found himself in what looked like an Asian temple.
Wally then stood up and looked around.
"Well I'm definitely not in Kansas anymore." Wally said.
The young speedster decided to look around to discover where he was and if there was anyone here.
After a while of searching he found that there was no one here. The place seemed deserted but there was something interesting that he did find… and it was his reflection.
He found a mirror and jumped back at his appearance.
"This can't be happening." Wally said as he stared into the mirror.
In the mirror wasn't a 22 year old man but a 16 year old teen. It would seem that Wally had been de-aged by 6 years. He was so shocked by his age that he didn't notice the arrow on his chest as opposed to the lightning bolt.
"What's going on here?" he asked no one in particular.
He then saw someone in the corner of his eyes.
Wally turned to face the woman who simply walked away.
"Hey wait." Wally said as he ran after her.
He arrived at door she walked to and found no one there.
Wally then continued to walk around hoping to see the woman who he had just seen and hopefully get some answers.
As he moved through it still seemed as if the place was empty but he saw the woman again standing at another door.
"Uh… can you help me?" Wally asked when he ran to the door but by the time he arrived she had vanished and was now further down the hall way.
She walked into a door only to vanish in another set of corridors.
Wally was starting to get the feeling that she was leading him somewhere… or that he might be hallucinating. He hoped it was the former instead of the latter.
Wally decided to follow her hoping me might get some answers or something that could help him. He followed her around for a while until he arrived at a large room with a large statue sitting in the centre of the room.
"Whoa." Wally said as he inspected the statue. "Whoever this was honouring must have been very important."
"She was."
Wally turned and saw the woman he had been following. She wore yellow and orange robes and had a blue arrow on hear head. She also had black hair and brown eyes.
"You are Wallace West, also known as the Kid Flash, correct?" she asked.
"Yeah, but I prefer Wally." Wally said after a moment of shock.
"I am Avatar Yangchen." Yangchen said. "I was born and raised here over 400 years ago."
Wally paled did that mean she was a… no ghosts didn't exist did they?
"To answer your question I am not a ghost. I am the spirit of my former self. I was sent here to talk to you by one of my successors." Yangchen said.
"Successors?" Wally asked before he realised she probably meant a future Avatar as an Avatar was someone who died and had their spirit reborn in another body. "As in an avatar?"
Yangchen nodded. "Yes. An avatar is a person who can bend all four elements and is reborn into each of the four Nations." Yangchen said. "But I am getting ahead of myself. I am here to tell you that you died."
She gave Wally a moment to let that sink in.
"But before your death the current Avatar, Avatar Aang, saved you at the point of your death and brought you here." She said.
"And here is?" Wally asked.
"This is in truth a different world from the one you know." Yangchen said. "In an attempt to try and save this world, Aang brought four heroes fated to die back to life to defend our world because their skills and abilities would be far greater than those of our world."
"What does this world need saving from?" Wally asked.
Yangchen then waved her hand and a shimmering image of a man in red and black robes appeared.
"This was Fire Lord Sozin. 125 years ago he believed that the rest of the world was inferior to the Fire Nation so he decided to strike and waged war on the world." Yangchen said. "He delivered a deadly first strike and killed off every single airbender that lived with the exception of the Avatar who had escaped. Aang remained frozen in time for one hundred years and once he was free he set off on a journey to save the world."
Wally saw all these images flash past his eyes as Yangchen told her tale. It was a bit overwhelming.
"Aang and his friends tried to end the War but the only thing that ended were most of their lives. Only Aang, Katara and Sokka remain from their team and they helped rebuild the rest of the world so that they could have a bit of a chance against the Fire Nation." Yangchen said. "From there that is where you come into the story."
Wally stood quiet for a few seconds as he let all this information sink in. Could he really do this? Wasn't the reason he became a hero in the first place to help people… but then again he also gave up the hero persona. He had wanted to live a normal life but could he just stand around and let this world suffer?
"There's something else isn't there?" Wally asked.
"Yes." Yangchen said. "Not only do we want your help but we also want you to learn the ways of the airbender and embrace the spirit so that you can perhaps raise our Nation back to greatness. We want to make you an airbender alongside enhance your already enhanced skills."
Wally then subconsciously took a step back.
"I think you got the wrong guy for this. I'm all about science. I replicated Flash's experiment to get these powers. Now I'm all for helping protect everyone but still bringing me in contact with something spiritual is… a contradiction." Wally said.
"This is why we brought you Wally, a connection with spirits and a mind of Science is exactly what this world needs." Yangchen said. "You may not know it yet but this is something you were born to do."
"I'm not returning to my world am I?" the young speedster asked solemnly.
"Returning you to your world would be killing you once again." The avatar said with a shake of her head. "My only hope is that you can see this world as your home and if not then protect it as if it were."
Wally then nodded before a cocky smirk graced his lips.
"Well then, if I'm stuck here, I might as well make the best of it." Wally said. "So then please make me an airbender."
Yangchen then smiled before she placed her hands on his chest and head before a white light glowed around them.
"Now you are one with the wind. I have also given you the ability to view previous airbenders' lives to quicken your learning experience. They will appear as ghosts in your site that you will be able to learn from… I hope." Yangchen said. "Now Wally there are Firebenders near here. Help the people they are attacking and that will set you in the right direction. But Wally remember your greatest gift is that which makes you Kid Flash. Never forget the qualities of Kid Flash as they make you a great airbender as well."
Yangchen then vanished from site leaving the young speedster alone in the room.
Kid Flash then smirked as he pulled down his goggles before he sped off.
He quickly exited the temple and sped down the mountain it was built on before shooting off in the direction that Yangchen had pointed him.
Wally had a wild smirk on his face as he shattered the speed barrier. Kid Flash was back and better than ever.
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Everything was silent after hearing that loud boom coming from the distance. The firebenders who were attacking a village loyal to the avatar stopped their raid when they heard that sonic boom. Even the people within the village had gone silent fearing that it might have been a new weapon that the Fire Nation had developed.
The lead firebender shot a blast of fire at the villagers who were all gathered together.
"What was that?" He demanded. "What games are you trying to pull?"
"We didn't do anything." One of the villagers said.
The firebender clearly didn't believe him and signalled to the others to intimidate them more.
"Do you think we're idiots? We know you're allied with the Avatar. Did he summon a spirit to protect you? Are there Earthbenders out there trying to scare us off? Tell me!" he demanded as he grabbed the shirt of the villager.
"We're being honest we don't know what that was." The villager replied.
"I wonder how burnt you have to get before you feel like chatting." The firebender said with an insane smirk.
A flame appeared in his hand but before he could do anything with said flame it immediately went out.
"What the?" he tried again but the flame went out.
He then heard an eerie laughing behind him so he turned and stared right at the teenager behind him.
"Hey names Kid Flash." Wally said with a smirk.
The guy immediately dropped the guy and threw a flaming punch towards the teen but one yellow and red blur later Wally was amongst the people.
Everyone stared wide eyed.
"You're too slow." Wally teased.
The firebender shot a blast of fire at Wally but he was gone before it came into contact with him.
The yellow and red blur sped past multiple firebenders and knocked them out with a few punches.
The speedster then came to a stop and had a big smirk plastered onto his face.
"How are you moving so fast?" the lead firebender asked.
"Uh a while ago I was struck by a lightning bolt with some chemicals around then today I became an Airbender so yeah." Wally said.
"An airbender? That's not possible. There are very few airbenders in this world, all of which can be counted on one hand. There is no way that you can be one of them." The firebender said.
"But here's the twist I am an Airbender." Wally said with a big grin. "Or that's what I was told anyway."
With a burst of air Wally disappeared leaving the firebender worried. He had never dealt with anyone like this who could move this fast. He had seen Avatar Aang in action when he was younger and admitted he could move pretty fast but nowhere as near as fast as this kid.
He then heard Wally's voice echoing around the area almost as if the wind were speaking.
"Alright I've have this all wrapped up in a flash."
Next thing he knew he was tied up to a pole and upside down while Kid Flash stood in front of him.
"Ta da!" he exclaimed before glaring at the leader of these firebenders. "So you and your flamethrowers are gonna leave this village and tell your commanding officer or ruler or whoever signs your pay check that Kid Flash is here to protect the world. And thus goodnight."
Wally then delivered a strong punch that would make Superboy proud and knocked the firebender out while his broken helmet flew off.
Wally then picked up the helmet and dusted it off.
"Souvenir." He said with a grin.
Wally then watched as the villagers approached him cautiously as if he would attack.
"Who are you?" one finally asked.
Wally was about to instinctively answer Kid Flash but realised that there would be no point considering he had no secret identity in this world.
"I'm Wally West the Kid Flash. I was chosen by the Avatar to be an airbender and help end this war." He said while leaving out the part about him being from a different world.
"You were chosen by Avatar Aang to be an airbender?" another villager asked.
"Yeah." Wally said reluctantly while hoping they wouldn't freak out.
"But your abilities are so strange. Nothing like airbenders we have seen before." Another said.
"I'm a… new breed of airbender." Wally said with hesitation then pride.
The villagers then surrounded him and asked him questions while being intrigued with this new 'airbender'. For quite a few of them this was the first time they had seen an Airbender as the others who had seen Avatar Aang were intrigued by why he had been chosen to wield these new powers.
Wally felt a bit overwhelmed by this attention. Sure in his hero days before he got a bit of attention but back in his world civilians ran when superheroes got involved and mainly only the police remained. When civilians remained they also gave a bit of recognition but also some of them remained to yell at the heroes. This however was different as pretty much nearly the entire village which was as large as a small town surrounded him.
However there was one who stood back with a scowl on her face as she watched this. She, like others in the town, had black hair and emerald green eyes. She unlike the others was clearly of the more upper class Earth Kingdom as she wore a more vibrant green in her clothing and that also contained some bright yellow in it showing some wealth. However her most prominent feature was the green bow slung around her form and the quiver of arrows attached to her back. She also had a belt filled with multiple pouches but not for holding what one would usually hold.
She merely rolled her eyes at the antics of everyone and was clearly unamused.
"Alright you can stop worshiping him like he's some kind of hero now." Her voice rang out making them all stop. "Or do you not remember what happened last time we put more faith than usual in an airbender?"
Wally looked at the girl and was stunned. The way she looked, stood and talked reminded him of a certain blond haired archer.
All the villagers walked away from Wally with some reluctance as if they didn't know whether to view him as another plague or a person of hope.
The girl walked up to Wally and looked at him.
"Yeah thanks for coming and everything but you better leave now and take the firebenders with you." she said.
"Did I do something wrong?" he asked.
"Yeah you gave the people here a false sense of hope." She said while the villagers made a bit of distance from the two. "Look at us; we don't need some kid who claims he was sent by the Avatar to help. We don't want nor need your pity so please leave."
"You make it sound like you wish I didn't come and take out the trash." Wally said while gesturing to the unconscious firebenders.
"We all would have preferred it if you hadn't come." She said venomously. "You see now that you've come here and put a bit of hope into us alongside take down soldiers effortlessly. The Fire Nation will back with more forces looking for you and also to burn out the bit of false hope you put into us."
"Well I'm sorry for using my talents to protect innocent people." Wally exclaimed.
"We didn't ask for you to protect us." She was yelling now. "We didn't ask for you to give us any hope. All you did was bring a worse fate upon us, because the firebenders will return and will slaughter us for seeing you."
"I don't get it." Wally said. "Why are you so against me? If you are worried about the firebenders returning then I'll handle them."
She rolled her eyes. "You don't get it?" she said angrily. "Last time the world had any real hope was 25 years ago. Do you want to know what happened? A kid like you appeared and he was fated to save the world. He was the airbender called Avatar Aang and was on a quest to save the world. But what happened he worked with more kids and they died and the War continued more viciously than ever. We don't need any more kids with special bending to give us hope then die with our hope."
"Well I'm not here to give hope." Wally said. "I'm here to help end the War and put a stop to the Fire Nation's tyranny and I will use my skills and training that are way different from anyone's here to help stop them."
"And what makes this training you have different and what makes you different?" she asked.
"Because I'm not from this world." Wally yelled causing everything around to go silent. The girl had not expected that answer. "My name is Wally West and I'm from a different world. A world where I was a hero and fought for years against a wide arrangement of enemies, from thugs to beings from other planets. For the past eight years I trained to be a hero using various training techniques and that is why I'm different."
There was a silence amongst everyone present as they wondered if what he said was true.
The girl looked at Wally sceptically as she realised he was telling the truth.
"Alright then, if you really want to try and help us, then I have an idea and how you could try to help us." She said. "Just a while from here is a compound where these firebenders come from. That compound allows them to control all these villages around. If you could take that out then you'd be freeing over ten villages and one town from Fire Nation control."
"Sounds like quite a mission. I'll do it." Wally said.
"Good, the names Saya by the way." she said. "And I'll come with you on this mission to make sure you don't goof it up."
"What?" Wally said.
"You herd me. I'm not going to allow you to goof this up so I'm coming with." Saya said. "You better rest up Kid Flash because the two of us are going to attack a Fire Nation Compound and you better hope you're as good as you say."
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Katara: I'm sensing a lot of hostility here.
Shadow: You should be.
Robin: Why is this chapter ending now and what's up with the 'new Artemis'
Shadow: CA15 decided that he would split this chapter into two and the same thing will also happen for Jack, Terra and Blaze so that the readers could see a bigger adjustment to the new world. And also readers do not worry the Avatar characters that you know will begin appearing in the next chapter but not as much as you'd like because these upcoming 7 chapters are mostly about the four new benders.
Robin: So what will happen next? Read, Review, Favourite, Follow and stay whelmed to find out.