Toph – Blindsided
The archer was not afraid to murder. He had been raised to hit targets, breathing or not, and disappear in the blink of an eye.
Princess Azula hired him two nights ago to kill, or "exterminate" as she had so ruthlessly put it, one of her most bothersome enemies. Not the Avatar, but one of his comrades. She smiled and said it was simply to remove some spring from his step. Dead friends had a way of doing that.
The archer agreed without hesitation. She was paying him very well.
He arrived at Ba Sing Se near an old tea shop and watched his target with an exacting eye. She was much younger than he anticipated, comparing her to the group of people she was with.
He had not asked his employer why she needed an archer for the job, but it did not take him long to figure it out.
The target was blind. She was the Earthbender that people whispered could see through her feet. She could block attacks before they happened by feeling the shifting weight on the earth. He pulled his bowstring taut, aiming his arrow. She could not see an attack from the air until it was too late.
With a sharp plink the arrow released and met its mark.
It was a good shot. A lung shot. Her body staggered backwards, leaving sandy footprints on the ground.
The arrow barely stuck from her chest, having pierced all the way through to her back. Her face warped into a mask of confusion, leaving her sightless eyes to wander the area above her head.
He could see her lips form the word, "What?" before she shuddered and died.
Leaving his post, the archer heard her friends screaming her name.
"Toph!" he heard them cry, far too late.
XXXXX