"Well Dacius, it looks like we have some mongrels that couldn't wait to worship us in the court."
"So we have Jesh. What do you think we should do with them Kausta."
"Why send them back the way they came, of course."
Unamused The Three Endeavors stared at the grime covered faces of the new arrivals. Kausta slowly changed her stance as Dacius spoke.
"You are not welcome here. Go back the way you came before we make you pay the damages," he said with a wave of his hand as he turned back to a map on the table. He was only able to examine it for a moment before a strong wind blew it into the next room, shutting the door behind it.
"Don't you dare turn your back on me." Melsa reddened with rage and began to bounce compression waves against the walls and ceiling of the long domed room.
"Your time has come," declared Sokei. He turned and slammed the platform on which they'd risen into dust. As he stood, he rushed the lava they'd pulled behind them up out of the tunnel and straight toward The Three. Dacius countered with a sustained blast of air that blew back and cooled the deluge that now precariously hovered above him creating a shell around him. As Dacius was defending himself, Kausta completed her stance change. With a flick of her hands, she bent Sokei's blood, restraining him and forcing him to the floor. Anika was quick to counter. She began seeping the water from Kausta's pores, slowly beginning to mummifying her.
Meanwhile, no one noticed that Jesh had disappeared. The rumors were confirmed. She had learned to bend light. Suddenly she appeared behind The Cross, electricity sparking from her fingertips. Just before she was able to direct her charge, Uktei directed the water Anika was pulling from Jesh to Kausta's hands and feet. The charge, now grounded, exploded before her, knocking her into the air. Dacius exploded his way out of his pumice cage and buffeted Kausta's fall. Her unconscious body still bounced when it hit the floor.
Jesh's emaciated form crumpled as the lack of body fluid began to challenge her consciousness. Sokei, now freed, crumbled the solidified lava that nearly contained Dacius and hurtled the graveled mass toward him, hoping to encase him. Dacius began to spin a barrier of air around him, deflecting all attacks. Melsa's compression wave was finally ready. She signaled to Anika who released Jesh and began a harmonic shout of "Muaaa" that intensified in volume until it was clear they were molding a concussive wave. Reaching thunderous levels, Melsa released the directed percussion: "Dib". The wave collided with Dacius' barrier, nullifying it's momentum. In that second, Uktei and Sokei pressed forth as much mass of earth as they could move, swirling the content with the ebbed momentum of the barrier, spiraling it in toward the now helpless Dacius.