Chapter 2, new enemies
Hey guys, here is the second chapter. Btw there are coming elemental masters of the remaining two elements to teach roku. I'll give the earthbender a badgermole and i'm not sure yet wat to give the waterbender, a polarbear dog seems kind of small in comparison to the other elemental animals so maybe I'll come up with something, if you have any ideas I would love to hear them!
Gyatso looked around in the chamber that now formed his prison. It was a large dark room with no windows or doors, a dim green light came from some glowing crystals on the seeling, but they didnt even provide enough light to see the entire room, so he could forget about seeing an escape route somewhere. The guards brought him is food and water with earthbending, which made him suspect he was underground somehow. He tried to move his limbs. He was hanging in chains so he could not move very well, just his arms a little. He could move his head freely though. He tried to Scream, he yelled at the top of his lungs, screaming for help. He started cursing the world and everyone in it. He wondered how Abbee was doing, and Roku and Fang. "FUUUCKKKKK!" he yelled. How could this have happened? How? He was supposed to protect the Avatar but now he was most likely being held somewhere underground or worse.
"I think Abbee and Fang are getting tired Roku" Gyatso said petting his trusty Sky Bison companion on the head. The evening air was starting to feel cold on his bald head and he was starting to feel hungry, and he knew Abbee was tired, he heard her breathing heavily. They had been Flying for an entire day now and he could see the Si Wong desert in the distance. He knew that this desert would be hard to cross. "you're right, lets set up camp for the night" Roku replied. They descended and searched for a good place to eat and rest for the night.
They found a flat mountain top somewhere where they had a clear vision of their surroundings. The mountain top was surrounded by a large landscape of hard stone and rocks, with a river flowing as far as the eye could see, with some occcasional groups of trees. "Gyatso could you go find some wood so I can make a fire, then i will feed Abbee and let Fang go hunting" Roku asked. "sure thing man" Gyatso said, launched himself into the air and used his glider to desced off of the mountain.
When he reached the bottom he walked into the woods, calmly whistling as he was enjoying the quiet woods around him. The little animals that could be heard shifting around, preparing to go to sleep or the night animals waking up, ready to go find food. He heard the leaves shift and move by the wind, and he could feel the cold air on his skin. He gathered the wood he thought was needed to make a fire, he took his time, enjoying the quiet night.
Suddenly he could feel a disturbance in the bushes around him. He could feel the presence of multiple people before he could make out their green uniforms and circle shaped hats. " aren't those the earth kingdom special forces?" he thought to himself right before he saw a dark hand flying towards him. Using his airbending he was able to quickly dodge the projectile. As it flew by him he could see that it was a hand made of stone. He knew this was how the Dai Lee fought. " Why are you attacking me? i'm traveling with the avatar we mean no harm" Gyatso said as he took a defensive pose with his staff in hand. "that's exactly why we need you" the man in the middle said. He gave out some kind of command with his and the other men leaped forth by creating small pillars under their feet and launching themselves. Gyatso made a backwards salto onto a tree, firing a slice of wind in the process, it hit one of the guards and he was blasted into the bushes. The other ones kept firing more hands of stone and they were coming closer and closer to hitting him with the second. He was able to block and dodge them and he jumped above trees, flying to their mountain top to warn Roku, apparently they had known he would try to go up because on the side of the mountain there were more Dai Lee agents trying to pin him down. He dodged and fired gusts of wind but there were too many of them. Just as he thought he was safe he felt a cold grip on his arm and he was pulled towards the ground. Not being able to escape the incredibly strong grip he was powerless.
Suddenly the hand was lifted and he heard a voice say: "run boy or they'll catch you, i can't show them I'm on your side" he didnt have time to question the trustworthyness of the man so he did what he said and made a run for it. just when he thought he was safe something hard hit him on the head and everything went to black.
Gyatso heard the walls move as a Dai Lee agent entered the cave he was locked in. He did not even bother to turn his head sideways to see what it was, it were probably just the guards bringing him his food and water. "Monk Gyatso" a deep voice said "I have come to speak to you" Gyatso looked at the shape that had produced the voice. It was a very big man with lots of muscles, he could see that much. He was accompanied by four Dai Lee agents, two on each side of him. "I am not intersted in what you have to say" Gyatso lied, using his most serious voice. "Oh but i do not think you have choice" the large man said "besides from the fact that you are here in my prison, i also have your friend the Avatar and his dragon. And ofcourse your flying bison. I heard the Air Nomads form great bonds with their Sky Bisons, I wonder how you'll react when we throw its head into this room" The man said while walking until he was right in front of Gyatso. He could see that the man had an evil grin on his face. Gyatso clenched his teeth, if they would harm his friends he would kill them, but he could not show that he cared about them right now, he had to act strong. "Ha, you think i care even the slightest bit about that retard and his stupid dragon? All he does is boss me around because he thinks he is better than me just because he is the Avatar. And the bison is merely a way of transportation, I could not care less about that beast" he could see that i his words had an effect on the man. "we'll see about that" he said "Here's my offer, if you tell me the names of all the members of the white lotus located in the southern air temple, we will let you and your bison go, and with every time you refuse, we'll cut off something" an evil smirk formed on his face as he pulled a knife from his belt. "first chance" Of course Gyatso knew the names of the people, they were all the monks in charge of the avatar learaning airbending, and they were all great airbenders and wise men. He would not sell them out tot his guy for whatever reason. "I'm afraid i cannot give you that information" Gyatso said. "then be prepared for the consequences" the man said he moved his knife closer to Gyatso's hand. Gyatso struggled and screamed but to no avail, the knife hit his flesh and right when the man was about to cut if off, the ceiling started to tremble, a huge hole formed and an immense beast came out. Suddenly large rocks shot out of the ceiling and knocked out the Dai Lee agents before they could even react. The beast jumped on the Man and brought him to the ground. The man was about to fight back when a large rock smacked onto his head, knocking him out. "Sorry I'm so late" a muscular boy around 17 jumped off the large beast, which turned out to be a Badger Mole. "I'm glad you came" Gyatso said. "who are you?" he asked. "no time to explain, we have to go save the Avatar and free your animals" the boy said "all you need to know right now is that my name is Ting ya"