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14. Vital Revelations

A lone soldier walked in and bowed "Sir our scouts have returned" the room would have been pitch black had it not been for a single candle resting near the far wall. The soldier stood at attention while he watched as his Masters shadowy figure rose from when he was meditating "Send them in" the soldier bowed and ran out of the room.

"Our master calls for you" he ordered as he saluted his comrades. The three scouts looked at each other wearing worried expressions on their faces, the lone soldier picked up on this and suspected that the news they had returned with was not good.

The scouts bowed to their superior and headed for the masters room paying little attention to the beautiful carvings and paintings which decorated the long hallway. They soon reached the door to the master's room, bowing deeply they entered "Master Jangbu we have returned" they bowed again.

"Ah welcome my disciples what news do you bring" the scouts stood at attention "master we are sorry to say but the Avatar has already acquired the fire dagger, it had been delivered to him by a young man we believe they call him Serj" Master Jangbu scratched at his beard "how is this possible the scrolls we have mentioned that the fire dagger had been lost in the spirit world with no way to attain it, but you say this young man simply delivered to the avatar" the scouts began looking at each other the master was unusually calm.

"What do you know about this Serj" "Sir the avatar and his companions found him in a forest, about a two day hike from Kyoshi he had suffered severe wounds, we thought that he would surely die however the fire lords water peasant healed him".

Master Jangbu pointed to one of the scouts "Okina I want you to lean everything you can about Serj I fear that he may be the one the All Seer mentioned" Okina stepped back "Surely he cannot be, how is that possible he could barely hold his own against one of our low ranking soldiers in Kyoshi" Master Jangbu began circling Okina "You will learn everything about this man, torture him, befriend him making him give you his trust do anything to learn as much as you can from him, his weaknesses his lover anything do you understand" Okina bowed "I will do as you have asked". Master Jangbu nodded "Gow now" with a simple wave of his hand he dismissed Okina, without hesitation Okina bowed and left to gather his gear.

"Now your report on our attack on Kyoshi how was it" Okina could hear Master Jangbu's voice from where he was in the armory.

"You're telling me that a legion of one hundred plus men were defeated by a handful of warrior women" The scouts fell to their knees and bowed their heads until they were toughing the floor. "I am afraid so master" one of the remaining scouts stuttered "we were winning until the accursed Avatar and Fire lord arrived" the scouts pressed their heads on the cold marble floor "You will tell me what happened" Master Jangbu ordered.

The scouts began explaining their loss to their master beginning from the planned surprise attack and how they had rounded up the villagers searching every building searching for any information regarding the hammer. They then explained how the villagers began to revolt so the soldiers began setting fire to the surrounding buildings.

"So the hammer was not there after all" the scouts shook their heads "Well continue your report"

Continuing the scouts recalled how the Kyoshi warriors suddenly appeared and began fighting back taking many soldiers by surprise. "Sir by the time the avatar arrived we had lost almost half of our men the Kyoshi warriors are highly skilled fighters, they wiped out almost all of our mid rank soldiers in one assault"

"USELESS" Jangbu bellowed. The Scouts cowered back.

"Sir when the Avatar arrived he and his companions split up and began fighting the remaining soldiers while dousing most of the flames, they were a force to be reckoned with"

"By that time only twenty or so men were left including Sergeant Chen they however were led in to a well formulated trap and were quickly cut down one of our spear men had concealed himself on the roof tops and attacked but the fool shouted our organizations name he attacked the petite blind earth bender and we were stunned from what happened next"

They explained how Aang had acted out of mere reflex and sent a large blast of fire towards the spear man melting his spear and sent him spinning to the ground.

"What is so stunning about that?"

"Sir the fire was pure white"

Master Jangbu stood still and began rubbing his chin "well it seems that there is more to these weapons than what the scrolls had revealed to us"

The scouts continued once again mentioning Serj's unusual interrogation methods and how he was able to break a hardened warrior within minutes. "A most peculiar method indeed I am impressed by this young man's knowledge, did he find out about the dragons"

"No Sir, Sergeant Chen managed to kill the soldier before he mentioned anything about the dragons, after that Sergeant Chen laughed and died" "Well he was able to hold off our enemies for a while longer his sacrifice will be honored"

After hearing the scouts reports Master Jangbu dismissed them he walked over to his study and sat down "I must find out more about this Serj, I am positive that he is the young man the All seer spoke of" he muttered to himself as he began studying the scrolls on the dragons once more, he was determined to find out what other skills the weapon's granted.

Serj rubbed his eyes and looked around the dark void "I've been here before haven't I" he said to the mysterious voices.

"Yes you have, you suffered greater wounds than we had first suspected that's why you cannot fully remember our last meeting" "Is it true that I uhh…tried hitting on you"

Shen nu zhuan laughed "Ahh yes it is true our first encounter was a memorable one, once again thank you for your compliments" Serj rubbed the back of his neck "Ahh your welcome" "Ok enough we summoned you here to let you know what your role is" Shen nu xie e cut in.

"You were summoned to this world to protect the Avatar" Serj looked confused "He's the most powerful bender in the world, what the hell does he need me for, he has six warriors perfectly capable of protecting him not to mention that they all have powerful connections, I don't understand why I am needed"

"I am afraid we cannot tell you much more much more besides the fact that he will need your help and your guidance, from the events which will be taking place in the coming months, once you have completed your training we will contact you again and reveal your true purpose, but for now you must complete your mission and find the lion turtle".

Serj noticed various items materialize in front of him "what are these" he asked curiously.

Shén nu xié è appeared next to him "these Serj will become your weapons and armor when we reveal your true purpose" Serj began examining the weapons and armor in awe, he picked up the armor it had a crumbly look to it "The design and color will help conceal your location to anyone who tries to find you, the folds and creases in the armor will allow you to blend easily with your surroundings" Shén nu xié è explained.

Serj placed the armor down and picked up a sword which had appeared next to him, he began examining it closely it fit perfectly in his hands as if it was an extension of himself "Whoa awesome it's so light" he swung it and accidentally cut his pants "It is also extremely sharp so be careful" Serj placed the sword down he didn't want to cut anything else by accident. Serj noticed that the weapons were perfect versions of his designs "are these my designs" he asked.

Shen nu zhuan nodded "yes and can you see how well each weapon fits in your hands all these were specifically forged for you to help you with your true purpose, the armor is strong and flexible it allows you to move easily and can with stand the most powerful of blows it is made from the scales of each elemental dragon providing you with elemental protection as well as physical protection, your weapons are forged from black diamond's which can cut through any substance known to man" Serj was amazed "Who made these"

"Shén nu xié è's father did, she is the daughter of the God of war so she had them made for you" Shen nu zhaun said "Serj another thing I suggest that you use a single sword only" "why?" "Because how will you use your ranged weapon if both your hands are full" "you're right I can't believe I missed that simple fact" "As for your ranged weapon you will have to get that made yourself I'm afraid my father refused to create a holy version of that weapon he said that the design would bring much death and chaos, I also suggest that you keep it concealed at all times and use only in emergencies" Serj nodded he had been worried about that fact from the beginning.

"Well Serj we pray for your successes in this quest of yours" "Wait" Serj called out "What do you know about the dragons" but it was too late the goddesses had vanished.

Serj was woken up by Aang shaking him "Serj…Serj wake up" "Huh wha…" he opened his eyes and saw Aang "What's up" he yawned "What's going on you were shuffling around and mumbling in your sleep" "I was having a crazy dream" he lied he didn't wasn't sure if he should mention that he was sent to protect Aang from whatever was about to happen he'd probably feel insulted.

"Oh ok" Aang replied believing every word "Well since you're up wanna have breakfast now so we can have an early start.

Serj sat up and stretched "yeah might as well"

Pablo was hanging out at the hide out he was watching the midday news when an urgent broad cast was made It showed the horrible after affects of a devastating earth quake in Chili. He turned the TV up and listened to the report. "Why's the TV so loud Dave yelled from the back" "Watching the news" Pablo shouted back.

Dave walked in and watched the broad cast with Pablo "So you've already spoken to someone about what's goin on" Pablo nodded "Yeah I met this guy at the college he was one of Serj's teachers we had a fight because I told him what happened, the guy doesn't look like much but man he can really do some damage" Pablo began explaining to Dave what Mr. Kenyon had told him.

"Sounds intense so you guys figure out how to get Serj back" Pablo shook his head "Nah we might never see him again" "well at least he didn't die" Pablo nodded "Yeah anyways I'm gonna go an talk to the guy again see if this has anything to do with what's happening with Serj. Pablo got up and made his way to the door "Hey any idea's on what happened to Tommy I haven't seen him in a couple of days" Dave shrugged "No idea maybe he's still shaken up from what happened"

Pablo walked out of the building and made his way to the college, twenty minutes later he reached the main office and walked in, he had no problem finding Mr. Kenyon's office.

Pablo walked into Mr. Kenyon's office and knocked on the door "Come in" Mr. Kenyon called out Pablo walked in "Hey did you hear there was another major earth quake in Chili" Mr. Kenyon looked up from his paper work he had formed an unusual friend ship with Pablo now that he was fairly certain the boy hadn't killed Serj.

"Yes I heard it on the news this morning it measured eight point eight" "do you think it has anything to do with Serj's disappearance. Mr. Kenyon shook his head it has been two weeks since he vanished and Chili suffers from earthquakes occasionally so we'll mark it as a coincidence" Pablo relaxed "how long do you think it will take until the disasters get worse"

"No one really knows weeks, months, years it all depends on what's happening in the parallel universe that Serj has stumbled upon" "What that makes no sense"

"Listen Serj's body is acting as a conduit, meaning whatever natural phenomenon he witnesses will occur here tenfold for example if he sees a volcano erupt over there then the same thing will happen here only ten times worse"

Pablo became confused, he plopped himself down on the couch "This universal stuff is fucking complicated" Mr. Kenyon laughed "yes well that's why I find it so interesting" Mr. Kenyon sighed and turned back to his papers "If Serj was here he would most likely be complaining that the universe wasn't fair and how it always seemed to make his life difficult"

Pablo felt sorry for the guy "You two were really close huh" Mr. Kenyon sighed again "Yes he was like a son to me, though I never told him that" "well maybe the universe just wanted to give him something to really complain about" Pablo joked successfully cheering up Mr. Kenyon.

"Ahh man I'm soaked, Aang tell me why you decided to fly during the rain…uhh cant we camp somewhere and wait it out" Serj complained, suddenly remembering how he constantly complained to Mr. Kenyon he sighed "I wonder what the old guy is up to" he thought to himself.

Aang laughed "why didn't you say anything before I would have made Appa fly above the clouds" Serj slouched over "so now you tell me" Appa let out a cheery groan as if he was laughing at Serj "Well glad to see that someone is finding my misfortune funny" Serj whined.

Jangbu is Tibetan for Wise, learned, skilful, clever

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