Zuko was wearing his mask as he walked on a trade route. He continued on the path until from he was surrounded by a group of bandits.
"There's no point in trying to look tough and scary. Just hand over anything valuable before we have to take it from you." the bandit leader reasoned.
The Blue Spirit removed his swords from his scabbards and took form.
"Looks like we have a fighter. Take him out." the leader backed away as his men raised their weapons.
Two of the bandits lunged forward but were both blocked. The masked stranger grabbed one man by the arm as they retracted their swords, squeezed it until the assailant lost grip of his sword and finished it off by smashing his elbow into the ruffian's face. The other outlaw tried to stab the masked man but the Blue Spirit dodged the attack while knocking out the bandit with the end of his sword handle.
"Everyone attack at once!" the bandit boss hurled a stone at the masked stranger.
The Blue Spirit sidestepped to avoid the attack and ran away into the woods.
"Don't let him get away. He's not making a fool of us!" the bandit chief commanded.
The bandits lost sight of the Blue Spirit until he jumped from the trees to knock out of the outlaws with a firm kick. He dashed toward two more bandits and struck their blades from their hands.
One of the two bandits started crying, "Sorry! Just let us live like the others!"
The Blue Spirit hit them both in the gut and turned to the rest of the bandits. The half of the remaining members as their leader started hurling rocks at the masked stranger.
"Just who do you think you are?!" the leader yelled.
The Spirit started blocking the stones with swords and pressing forward until the bandit chief sent him flying out of the forest with small boulder. He was basking in the sun while being slumped against a rock wall.
It feels like a giant dragon moose rammed into me.
The chief and the remaining bandits got closer.
"You should've given me whatever you had. Now that you tried to play hero i'm just gonna crush you." the chief summoned a large rock from the earth to finish off the Spirit.
All of the remaining bandits' jaws dropped as Zuko's hand raised up, spewed forth yellow flames with green and red accents to knock down their leader. The masked stranger quickly got into a firebending stance. However, a loud roar erupted from the wilderness before the bandits or the Spirit could make a move.
An eyeless beast with a female rider jumped between the bandits and the Spirit. The animal rushed towards the ruffians at it's masters command and was paralyzing them with it's own tongue.
The bandit chief stood up only to be taken down by the woman's mount.
"You've got stones to try and take on a whole group of bandits all on your lonesome." She got off of her animal.
He raised his fists as she approached him.
"Haha. Don't worry about me hurting you. I just want the bandit behind you. He stole from a client that's paying for a shipment he stole. Besides, you'd be down already if we wanted it that way."
The Blue Spirit lowered his hands. Fine.
"Great to know you understanding what I'm saying." The bounty hunter began tying up her target.
Zuko picked up his swords as she lay the chief down.
"My name is June and my friend here is Nyla. There's a village not too far from here where we can have a drink if you'd like."
"..."
Sure. The Blue Spirit nodded.
June and Nyla started down the path with the masked man,"You're just my type. Strong, doesn't talk much and knows when to say yes. C'mon, Blue."
He stopped and turned his head sideways.
"Don't worry. I'll think of something cooler once we get to the cantina."
It's a start.
