You Only Live Once
Chapter 10: A Plan To Be Made
A/N: So this is a chapter that I'm really excited about because now I can explain a lot of facts for anyone who isn't as familiar with Avatar: The Last Air Bender. Its mostly going into explaining to Starfire about Avatar State and her powers. I think I'm going to enjoy this, I do really like Starfire so this SHOULD be easy. (Hopefully).
Kori blinked as she awoke on her rather lumpy mattress, she guessed that it was early, but she had no way other then her instincts to judge to the lack of a window. She had been the only one awake when Slade's army had landed in Gotham and taken her and Dick inside, she even still had the image of one of the female soldiers carrying Dick in her arms as if he weighed nothing, which probably wasn't far from the truth, the kid was tiny! Kori had never minded this cell as much as her old one, but she still felt trapped and afraid to no end what-so-ever. It was strange really, her whole life she had been told that she would be this unbeatable machine of nature, yet right then...
She felt utterly weak.
She jumped suddenly as her door was opened to see the same old man from her first day come in with a small box. He smiled warmly at her as he ushered her to sit down at the tiny table within the middle of the room. As he opened the box, a spark went off in Kori's head, the objects were a candle, a cup of water, a stone and an empty jar. A shiver glided down Kori's arm as she stared intently at the given items, immediately, the fire burst high in the air and disintegrated before her green eyes. She turned her head just in time to see a tiny tornado suddenly form in the jar along with the stone soaring past her with the water not too far behind its trail.
"Congratulations Miss Kori, you truly ARE the Avatar." The man said.
Kori shivered as she placed her arms around her waist, she wasn't cold, she was terrified. "Come." Said the old man. "Slade has allowed you to see your friend."
With that, the man cuffed a pair of anti-bending cuffs onto Kori before guiding her into the hallway. After passing a few cells (Some had prisoners screaming inside) they found Dicks cell. When the door opened, surprisingly, nether were unprepared for Richard to try and rush them. As Dick came running on an Air scooter, The man simply kicked Dick right off of the air ball, causing it to die down. Dick rubbed his aching head as Kori walked inside calmly, the door was immediately shut behind them.
"Hello, Dick!" Kori shouted as she hugged the boy.
Dick inwardly sighed. "Hello, Star. Mind putting me down? Its bad enough that the villains can carry me like a rag doll."
Kori mouthed a sorry as she placed him to stand in front of her. "I have a plan on how to get out of here." Dick whispered after checking to make sure that no one was outside the door.
"Whats the plan?" Kori asked.
Dick glanced outside once more as he neared his friend. "If we were to get outside and trigger the Avatar State, we MIGHT be able to be seen from far away so that someone knows where we are and comes to rescue us, or we just run for it when were up there. I'm pretty sure that were underground right now."
"We are." Kori whispered as she took a seat on Dicks unused bed.
Dick raised an eyebrow to the older girl. "Wait, you KNOW where we are?" He asked.
"Well, yeah, I was awake when we left the Air Ship. Were in down town Gotham I think." Kori informed the child.
Dick sighed. "Damn, lets hope that the others have enough common sense to tell the police."
"I doubt it, none of them exactly TRUST the police." Kori said to clear it up.
Kori heard Dick mumble something in what sounded like Romanii. "Okay then, looks like we'll just have to duke it out until they find us. Thankfully, I'm sure that there are some gangsters that got dirt on Slade and will probably spill the nuts if its needed. Unless this place is out in the open, then an army will hopefully save us. I'm guessing that you'll be taken back to your cell soon, whatever you do, DON'T listen to them, they WILL lie in order to get you to do something."
Kori pondered her friends words. "Whats the Avatar State, I've never heard of it."
Dick starred at his partner. "What? Didn't they teach you anything on what it means to be the Avatar?"
Kori frowned.
"Well, Avatar State is basically where... say your in danger or really upset. You'll naturally lose touch with the outside word and end up connecting to the past Avatars within your subconscious. In the meantime, your awake self with start to glow blue and start levitating into the air, depending on your surrounding and circumstances, you may start creating an extremely powerful attack within a certain element or even more. When someone or something snaps you out of it by ether calming you down or knocking you unconscious, you will be asleep for a few minutes or even days in some cases as your body and spirit relax and connect once more. For example, say someone you really care about just died right in front of you. The Avatar State will sense your powerful emotions and cause you to let loose with your powers after losing control, its nothing to be ashamed of or anything, its actually really handy if your in deep danger." Dick explained.
Kori sat down and thought about, it was true, she had thought that she had merely zoned out a bit and was bending, but it usually was when she was scared, angry or upset. "I understand, how do you know all of this."
Dick smiled. "Bruce used to go on and on about this stuff, I just happened to be listening sometimes."
Kori laughed as the door suddenly opened, Dick tensed immediately, moving in front of Kori as a shield. Slade chucked as he easily grabbed Kori by the arm and practically dragged her to her cell. Dick screamed at Slade through the door as they left. Kori relaxed as Slade left her within her room to deal with Dick on his own. It gave the girl time to think as she stared at the door in both fear and anger as she heard Dick and Slade nuking it out in head to head combat in Dicks cell.
"Please, let there be help on the way." Kori whispered into the darkness.
A/N: So the Avatar State has no been explained meaning I'll be using it a bunch in the near future. The rescue is hopefully going to be in the next chapter. (Also, I just realized that the bending order for Kori now is Water, Earth, and THEN Air, I guess shes learning Water when they get back). Please R&R!
~Supercasey.