Chapter 5: Unexpected Friends

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A man is simply driving through the streets of Republic City. He look up and smile. To him, it's is a wonderful day. Then, the ground start shaking. He step hard on the brake as a large piece of stone rush past him.

Richi:

"Have we lost the metalbenders yet", I ask, sliding my feet against the surface of my stone platform.

Zua peek out from my pack, the wind rushing against his tiny, leaf ears.

"No! They still follow us!"

I look behind us and saw the groups of metalbenders zapping across the wires.

"Wow! You think they can teach me how to do that?!"

"Depend on how they feel after this!"

"Well, in that case, hope none of they hold grudges! HAHAHAHA"

Hoping to stall the metalbenders, I turn around and kick some rocks toward them from my platform.

My hope was quickly lost when the metalbenders caught the rocks and threw them down.

"Did I mention metalbenders are also earthbender", Zua said.

"No", I shout. "Would have been helpful if you told me earlier.

Still focus on the metalbenders chasing us, I saw how two of them jump from the wires and onto the ground.

The two then then place a foot behind them and place the hands forward. They then quickly pull their hands back.

Two stone pillars came of the ground in front of me. Before I could react, I crash right into the stone pillars. While my platform shatter into smaller pieces, I fell down onto the street.

"Ouch. That hurt."

Since I was down, the metalbenders quickly surrounded me. They then unleash their metal cables on me, tying me up. I couldn't use my bending as long as I was tie up.

"Surrender now", yell a metalbender. "You're completely surrounded and you can't bend."

I was about to yell, saying how I won't surrender, but before I could, someone has toss a couple of cans at us. The cans then let out a thick clouds of white smoke.

"What going on", yell the metalbenders.

Distracted by the smokes, the metalbenders fail to notice a person running toward them. The person sneak up behind the metalbenders and started fighting them. He was even bending. He punch one in the face and knock him out. After knocking out one metalbender, he ran up to another metalbender and kick him right in the head.

"Zua! Do you know what going on?"

"No. I can appear see through the smoke."

After seeing the nonbender defeat a few more metalbender, a second person jump in before me.

"Get down", the person yell.

Without haste, I jump onto the ground.

"Axa! Get down!"

The person who was beating metalbender then jump onto the ground.

The person in front of me then started firebending. Fires shot out from her hands as she started forming a circle. She repeated this process until she clap her hands together and stretch them out. The circle of fire spread out, hitting all the metalbenders. They lost their balance and free me.

"Get us out of here", the two yell.

"A please would be appreciate", I murmur to Zua before making a hole in the ground.

The three of us jump inside and I close the entrance. Finally, Zua and I has lost the metalbenders.

We got out a few streets away from the metalbenders.

After I was done catching my breath, I face my saviors.

It turn out my saviors were two girls. The girl closer to me, the nonbender I think, was medium-height, has long, black hair in a ponytail, and wore a green shirt and dress. Her shirt was little, yellow pads on both shoulder.

Her partner, and my other savior, was tall, with her dark hair in two pigtails. She wore a dark red jacket and pant. The jacket has picture of flames on it.

"Uh...Thanks", I said. "for rescuing me. Mean a lot."

"No problems", reply the nonbender. "Happy to help another fellow runaway."

"...Yes. Yes, I am a runaway. I ran away from home."

"What", said Zua.

I "gently" bump him with my elbow.

"Just go along with it", I whisper. "These two may be able to help us in finding Mian."

"Who are you talking to", ask the firebender.

"No one! No one at all! Just talking to myself!"

I shove Zua deeper into my pack.

"Sorry pal."

I then turn around to face the girls again.

"Okay. Uh...*clearing throat*...*cough*...So...So my name is Richi. What are your names?"

The nonbender was the first to start.

"Hello. My name is Axa. This is my sister, Zurain."

"Hi", Zurain simply said, raising her hand a bit.

"Hello."

"So", ask Axa. "What did you do that got you in so much trouble with the police?"

"Oh, I just took out a few members of the Triple Threat Triad. Still don't know why they called the Triple Threat?"

"Wait", interrupt Zurain. "You defeat members of the Triple Threat. How?"

"I use earthbending. Anyway, if those are the attacks everyone in Republic City is worried about, then wow. This city must not be filled with strong bender."

The sisters look at each other for a bit.

"Attacks? What attacks? By who?"

"An... acquaintance of my told me about attacks that been happening here in the city. Neither of you two know about the attacks?"

Again, the sisters look at each other.

"There has been attacks on Republic City but it doesn't have anything to do with the Triple Threat. In facts, its didn't involve any of the triad in the city."

"What? So those guys weren't part of the attacks."

"No. They were just doing all they always do."

"Get their butts kick?"

"No. Steal money from honest, hard-working people."

"Hm. I was close. But beside the point, if the triads ain't responsibility for the attacks, then who is attacking Republic City?"

"Robots" Zurain said suddenly. Believe it or not, I actually forgot about her for awhile.

"Robots are attacking the city."

"Robots?"

Zurain look up and down the streets before speaking.

"Follow us."

"Where are we going?"

"Home."