Zu marched through the Derelict Estate, the afternoon sun illuminating his surroundings as he casually hummed a tune to himself, but the further he waltzed, he noticed a group of Police Officers with their Chief beside them stood over several corpses.
"Chief!" Zu shouted, charging over, his feet lightly embedding into the ground as he stormed over, "What's happened?" Zu asked as he gazed at the corpses.
"From the looks of it, more Cardiac arrests..." Toph uneasily replied, crossing her arms as she turned to Zu.
"This many in one place? Surely it's something else!" Zu argued as Toph shook her head.
"There are no signs of struggle, stab wounds, burns or anything else... unless someone poisoned them," Toph replied, shuddering as one of the Police Officers approached.
"Chief! This scroll was on one of the victims..." The police officer told her, Toph's unimpressed eyebrows raising as Zu swiped the scroll from the Police Officer.
"She can't read, rookie," Zu told her as the Police Officer froze, nervously nodding before returning to the corpses. Zu unravelled the scroll, clearing his throat.
"'Red Man'," The Giant uneasily read, his heart skipping a beat as Toph gazed up at him.
"Any idea who that's from?" Toph urgently asked as Zu scrunched up the scroll.
"Judging by the scrawled handwriting, one of these guys," Zu uncomfortably replied as he pocketed the scroll, turning to Toph with a heavy gaze.
"Chief, if the person I'm thinking of is behind this, I want to help you take him down," Zu adamantly told her, Toph's eyes widening as she smirked at the Giant.
"Are you saying you're going to be a Sergeant again?" Toph sarcastically asked as Zu smirked.
"Do I get one of those fancy new uniforms?" Zu asked as Toph quizzically pinched one of the buttons.
"You'll have to start off as a rookie again," Toph told him with a wry smirk, The Giant scoffing and crossing his arms.
"Guess I'll stick with this old thing," Zu replied, pinching his grey shredded Gi shirt as Toph chuckled.
Zu returned home to inform The Boys about his new job. The Giant strode into the house, seeing Li, Eamon and Kang sat around a table, chattering amongst themselves before turning a silent gaze to Zu.
"What's up?" Li asked as Zu let out a heavy sigh.
"There've been several deaths around here, and possibly more in the city, so I'm going to be helping the Chief get to the bottom of it," Zu informed them, The Boys quizzically looking to one another before returning their gaze to their Giant friend.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Eamon nervously asked as he stood up from his wooden rocking chair, the Giant scoffing and patting Eamon's shoulder.
"No need to worry, Eamon. There are few people with the balls to stand up to someone of my size," Zu jested as Eamon nervously smirked, shrugging his neck.
"I know you're the kind of guy people think of when they hear the word 'Earth-Bender', but just be careful," Eamon adamantly told him as Zu slowly nodded.
"I will, Eamon. Same goes for you three, don't go doing anything stupid," Zu told them, Li and Kang scoffing as Eamon smirked.
"I'll keep an eye on them," Eamon replied, retaking his seat as Zu departed back out to Toph, the two venturing into the city to look for clues on the sudden deaths occurring in the city.
The Giant and Chief marched through the city, groups of Police Officers scattered down alleyways, and empty streets, not another soul in sight whilst an uneasy chill loomed in the air. Zu kept his wits about him, passing by Piando's Bakery, the scent of fresh pastries catching Zu's attention as he deeply sniffed three times.
"Chief! I have an idea!" Zu exclaimed as he charged over to the bakery.
"I know those sniffs, Zu!" Toph shouted, charging at the Giant "Now is not the time to be raiding the bakery!" She added as Zu squeezed through the door, scaring the baker as Toph caught up to the Giant.
"Gah! What are you doing, you Giant pastry thief!?" The baker exclaimed as he poised his hands over a rolling pin.
"Hey, I pay!" Zu retorted as the baker scoffed.
"Yeah, yeah. What are you charging in here for, anyway? Usually, you're more casual... or using my back door," The Baker grumbled as Zu cleared his throat.
"Were you here last night?" Zu urgently asked as the baker's heart skipped a beat.
"Uh, no, I wasn't," The baker nervously replied, both Toph and Zu looking to each other with an unimpressed gaze.
"You're lying," The Chief and Giant said in unison, crossing their arms as the Baker grimaced.
"Ah, shoot. I forgot you two can do that," The baker exclaimed, taking a deep breath and rubbing his forehead.
"Alright, but you didn't hear this from me," The baker told them, sharply clearing his throat and taking a shaky breath, "Some weird, creepy guy in a red suit waltzed around the streets like he owned the city, and he was doing some weird hand movements at them, twisting his fingers like keys in a door," the baker explained, taking another shaky breath, "And then he saw me through the window and marched on in, and... Gah! Eye's like Buffalo-Cobras, and a presence so evil you could taste it in the air!" The baker exclaimed, his body shaking all over as Toph and Zu observed him.
"And he said, 'You didn't see a thing tonight' Then passed me a sack of more gold pieces than I see in a month," The baker continued, pulling out the hefty sack of gold as Toph and Zu nervously looked to each other, "But then, of course, you two lie-detectors come along, and I have to spill my guts, meaning if that creepy bastard gets word of what I did, that Proverbs gonna become a reality," The baker finished, smacking a towel over his shoulder.
"Well... thanks, Baker. We'll see you around," Zu told him, casually sauntering to the door and squeezing out, Toph affirmatively nodding her head before following Zu back out into the streets.
"So, does that description he gave sound familiar?" Toph asked as the two marched along towards the Southern Spirit Hospital.
"Too familiar... but how would Yakone do something like that?" Zu asked as Toph lightly shuddered, The Giant's fluffy eyebrows raising as Toph took a deep breath.
"There's this technique that only Katara, Sokka, me, Twinkle Toes and probably Zuko know about," Toph replied, taking a nervous breath, "Blood-Bending," Toph added as Zu slowly nodded his head.
"I've heard about that from Eamon, creepy stuff," Zu replied, shuddering as Toph stopped in her tracks, grasping Zu's black belt and glaring up to him.
"How does he know!?" Toph demanded to know, Zu's heart skipping a beat as he looked down at Toph.
"The Avatar talked about it - in-depth - in the First Edition of his book about your adventures, and Eamon just happens to own one of the few copies in existence," Zu explained, the chief releasing her hold on Zu and ruffling her hair.
"Agh! That idiot!" Toph exclaimed, tapping her foot as she crossed her arms, "No wonder Katara forced the Governors to pull the book from the shelves, and made Twinkle Toes redo the book," Toph muttered as Zu approached her.
"Hey, what are the chances that Yakone actually picked up a copy of the book?" Zu nonchalantly asked as Toph took a deep breath.
"... Unlikely, I doubt that Psycho's one for light reading," Toph replied, the two shaking off the topic and continuing towards the Southern Spirit Hospital.
The Giant and Chief arrived at the Southern Spirit Hospital, Avatar Aang and Katara greeting them at the entrance.
"Toph... What brings you here?" Katara asked, glaring at Zu before turning her attention to the Chief, but Toph turned to Aang, dismissing Katara as Zu and her watched.
"What were you thinking when you put Blood-Bending in your book, Twinkle Toes!?" Toph exclaimed, Katara jumping in and covering Toph's mouth whilst Hospital workers and visitors turned to them.
"No need to worry people, just Policing business," Zu shouted, the people shrugging and dismissing them.
"Do you have to be so loud, Toph!?" Katara quietly exclaimed as The Chief pushed her off.
"I didn't describe the movements or how to perform it, I didn't see the harm in putting it in!" Aang adamantly replied as Toph groaned, rubbing her face as Katara worryingly looked to them.
"Well, because of that, we might just be dealing with one!" Toph replied, Katara's heart skipping a beat.
"What are you talking about?" Aang uneasily asked as Toph shook her head.
"It's unlikely, but your description of Blood-Bending might have led to that Psycho, Yakone to learning it!" Toph explained as Katara and Aang quizzically looked to each other.
"... Who?" Aang and Katara asked as Toph and Zu stared blankly.
"You've seriously never heard of him?" Zu asked, stepping into the conversation as Katara scoffed at him.
"The name doesn't ring any bells for me," Aang replied, his eyes darting to Toph and Zu.
"Well... looks like we need to give The Avatar a history lesson," Zu begrudgingly replied as Toph nodded, the four making way for Katara's office.
Night fell on Republic City, the Gibbous-Moon hanging in the sky. Eamon snoozed with a book on his chest in his rocking chair, the wood creaking as it swayed back and forth whilst Li and Kang lay in silence on their own chairs.
"Hey, Kang," Li whispered as Kang turned his goggles to Li, "You haven't been on a Bakery Raid since you got here, right?" Li asked as Kang shook his head.
"No, but I know the one you're referring to," Kang whispered back as Li smirked.
"Wanna go raid it?" Li giddily asked as Kang pondered.
"Sure! What about Eamon, though?" Kang asked as the two looked to the snoozing Eamon.
"Eh, leave him. He often nods off around this time nowadays," Li whispered as the two stood up, tip-toeing across the floorboards.
"Oh! Before we leave!" Kang quietly exclaimed, running up the stairs whilst Li quizzically watched him, seeing the Young Fire-bender come back down with a Silver Banana, match and note.
"Just in case Eamon needs a weapon," Kang whispered, placing the Silver Banana, match and note on Eamon's lap.
"What good is a Silver Banana gonna be?" Li quizzically whispered as Kang grinned.
"An Exploding Silver Banana," Kang gleefully replied as Li stared blankly.
"You are one mad guy, Kang," Li told him as the two sauntered out, heading to the far side of the Derelict Estate.
The two stood before a hollow lowered path, Li pulling his stick out whilst Kang curiously observed it.
"Gai, we require your Earth-Bending," Li spoke into the stick, his eye twitching as Gai took control, the Earth-Bender nervously looking around.
"If, uh... this is a raid? Where's Zu?" Gai asked as Kang raised an eyebrow.
"Zu's out with the Chief," Kang bluntly replied as Gai nodded, the two waiting as a silence loomed over them until the distant sounds of an earthen cart gliding along the hollow path hit their ears.
Gai took a firm stance, watching the Earthy Cart come closer, quickly punching his fist out and stopping the cart in its tracks.
"Alright, uh... hop on!" Gai instructed Kang as the two leapt into the Earthy Cart, Gai swayed his arm out, launching the cart off into the City.
The two journeyed through the postal system of Republic City, arriving at the back of the bakery. The two stepped off into a dark dingy alleyway, the light of the bakery dimly illuminating their surroundings as they approached. Hearing the Baker, inaudibly grumble to himself as Gai whispered into his stick.
"Alright, Li's back. Are you ready, Kang?" Li asked as Kang nodded.
Li quietly cracked his knuckles, staring at a pipe within the bakery, swishing his hands towards it as a sharp stream of water pierced and shot out through the metal pipe, the angered screams of the baker reverberating as Li chuckled.
"He's gonna turn the water off, meaning we've got at least ten minutes to raid!" Li whispered as Kang nodded, smirking as they heard the Baker storm off.
The Duo entered the Bakery, sticking to the shadows and making their way across the checker pattern tiled floor. Li and Kang entered a hot room, the fiery light of the oven illuminating the room whilst pastries galore along shelves and metal stacks covered most of the walls.
"Jackpot!" Li quietly exclaimed before turning to Kang, "That Pouch can take all this right?" Li asked as Kang giddily nodded.
"Yep!" Kang whispered, pulling the pouch off his shoulders and opening it up, Li swiped and bagged loads of pastries before cramming them into the Abyss of Kang's pouch, clearing out a small chunk of the Baker's stock.
"Alright, let's get going!" Li whispered as Kang checked his Timekeeper.
"We've got at least another eight minutes," Kang replied as Li nodded.
"Yeah, plenty of time to get out of here, usually Eamon and I only have two or three minutes to get out," Li explained, patting Kang's shoulder as the two made their way out of the Bakery and onto the streets of Republic City.
Zu and Toph left the Southern Spirit Hospital, rolling their necks and cracking their knuckles as they waltzed out into the Moonlit streets.
"Wanna go to the Tavern?" Zu bluntly asked as Toph pondered.
"Not a bad idea," Toph nonchalantly replied as the two made their way to the Tavern.
Zu swung the doors open with Toph following in behind him, the alcoholic stench pounding their senses as they entered, seeing small groups of patrons around the tables.
"Seems quiet tonight," Zu spoke aloud as the Barkeep nodded.
"Yeah, with the events of last night, some people are too afraid to leave their homes," The barkeep informed them as Toph and Zu looked to each other with cheeky smirks.
"Say, Barkeep... mind if the Chief and I play that game?" Zu asked as the Barkeep became bogeyed, staring at the two as he stopped cleaning a tankard.
"Are you, uh... sure you can afford it?" The barkeep asked as Zu pulled out a Giant sack of gold, slamming it down on the Bar of the Tavern.
"I'm sure," Zu nonchalantly replied as The Barkeep shrugged, exiting his bar and stepping out onto the main floor of the tavern, standing before a lowered section of the floorboards.
The Barkeep bent over, pulling on a robe and raising a large dark oak table with two oak chairs sat on opposing sides of the table.
"Well, what are you two starting off with?" The Barkeep asked as Zu and Toph took a seat.
"What do you want to start off with, Chief?" Zu asked with a smirk as Toph shrugged.
"You choose, Big Softy," Toph nonchalantly replied as Zu smiled.
"Sky Bison's Belch!" Zu confidently replied as the Barkeep crouched under the table, pulling out a bottle with an amber liquid inside.
The Barkeep poured them a Tankard each and served the beverage to them, the stench smacking Toph's senses as she groaned.
"Gah, that smells worse than Appa!" Toph exclaimed as Zu chuckled.
"Where do you think it gets the name?" Zu jested as the two took their tankards, chugging it in one go, both coughing and lightly gagging as they finished.
"You up for another, Chief?" Zu asked through his disgusted coughing, catching the attention of the other patrons.
"Don't think I'm giving up that easy!" Toph proclaimed, slamming the tankard as the Barkeep topped them back up with the Sky Bison's Belch, the two drinking and repeating their gagged coughs.
"Of all the ones, you had to start off with that one?" Toph asked as she lightly shuddered.
"Hey, had to see how resilient you were!" Zu replied, gesturing out with his tankard as the Barkeep topped them back up, throwing away the bottle before pulling out another.
The Giant and Chief glugged their drink, both keeling over on the table.
"Do you concede, Chief?" Zu asked, his voice slightly muffled.
"As long as it means I don't have to taste that a fourth time... yes," Toph groaned as the Barkeep placed a red card down on Zu's side.
"Round one goes to Zu!" The Barkeep proclaimed, the other Patrons gathering around as the two sat back up.
"Which drink next?" The Barkeep asked as Toph snapped her fingers, pointing to the Barkeep.
"Badger-Mole's Bite!" Toph exclaimed as the Barkeep nodded, crouching down and pulling out a brown ale, pouring two tankards and serving it up to the Chief and Giant.
"Interesting choice, Chief," Zu quizzically told her as the two drank, finishing and wincing as their muscles shuddered.
"I see where it gets the name," Zu grimaced as the drink slithered down his throat like spikes.
"Don't tell me you're quitting already, you Big Softy!" Toph exclaimed, the Patrons oohing as Zu chuckled.
"Not a chance, Chief!" Zu proclaimed as the Barkeep poured them each another tankard, the two chugging the ale, wincing and painfully groaning as they did.
"If I ever wanted to know what swallowing spikes felt like, I think I have a good idea now," Zu groaned as Toph chuckled.
"Perhaps you should've picked something that kills the feeling in your throat first," Toph jested as Zu chuckled through the pain, The Barkeep filling them up once more.
The two drank once more, but Zu spat his back into the tankard as Toph finished hers, proudly ahhing as Zu shook his head.
"Round Two goes to The Chief!" The Barkeep proclaimed, placing a red card on Toph's side as Zu groaned.
"How did you manage to drink that?" Zu asked as a water-bender pulled the spilt ale off his shirt.
"So you can see how – hic – resilient I can be," Toph replied, smirking as Zu chuckled.
"What's the third drink gonna be?" The Barkeep asked, the Patrons murmuring and betting as Zu pondered.
"Unagi's hiss!" Zu proclaimed, snapping his Giant fingers as The Barkeep crouched down once more, pulling out a bottle filled with a bronze coloured liquid and pouring out two tankards.
"You sure you can handle this, Chief?" Zu smugly asked as Toph scoffed.
"Of Course I – hic – can," Toph proclaimed, her face lightly flushed red as the two took a drink, the ale stinging their mouths as they drank, both finishing and slamming their tankards down.
"Feels like my mouth is on fire," Toph exclaimed as she lightly panted.
"That's the 'hiss' part," Zu replied, softly panting as the Barkeep topped them back up, the two glugging their drinks once more, lightly wincing as a tear streaked out from their eyes.
"For something named after a water shooting Fish, this tastes hot," Toph exclaimed as Zu chuckled.
"I know, right?" Zu asked as Toph leant back in her chair, sensing the Barkeep going to top up their tankards, passively raising a hand to him.
"I'm good," Toph softly exclaimed as the Barkeep nodded.
"Round Three goes to Zu!" The Barkeep proclaimed, placing a second red card on Zu's side as Toph sat back up, her red flushed face turning to Zu.
"You make the – hic – Next choice," Toph demanded as Zu chuckled.
"Then let's settle this," Zu replied, turning to the Barkeep with a chuckling stare.
"Pull out... the big one," Zu demanded, the Barkeep looking to Toph then Zu.
"Are you sure you two can handle it?" The Barkeep nervously asked.
"You know it," Zu smugly replied as Toph nodded, the Barkeep shrugging, crouching and pulling out a hot bottle filled with a golden liquid.
"Presenting, the – vulgarly named – Dragon's Piss!" The Barkeep proclaimed.
"Wasn't it you who named it?" Zu asked as the Barkeep took hold of their tankards.
"Precisely why I serve the drinks rather than consume them these days," The barkeep jested, pouring a tankard for the Giant and Chief, placing the metal jugs before the two as the steam wafted up into their faces.
"You can always concede now, Chief," Zu taunted her as Toph scoffed, raising a finger to Zu.
"Not happening, you Big – hic – Softy," Toph proclaimed as the two grasped their tankards, taking in the steam as the two looked each other dead in the eye.
Zu and Toph chugged the ale, the crowd chanting their names as they drank, the two finishing and slamming the tankards down in sync.
"Take that, you big... Softy," Toph proclaimed, passing out onto the table as Zu outstretched his hand, catching her head and lightly lowering her down.
"And with that, Zu wins!" The Barkeep proclaimed a majority of the Patrons wooing for him as Zu crossed his arms, a smile gleaming through his fluffy beard.
"Hey, Barkeep. You wouldn't happen to have any Moon Water Spirit under there, would you?" Zu whispered as the Barkeep nodded, crouching down and pulling out a small bottle filled with a blue liquid.
"For the Chief, I'm assuming?" The Barkeep whispered as Zu nodded, pocketing the bottle before waltzing over and plucking the Drunk Chief up from the table, lightly awakening her as she lay in Zu's giant arm.
"Heh, warm," Toph muttered as she nuzzled into Zu's arm, The Giant lightly blushing as he made his way to the exit.
Zu strolled through the streets with The Drunk Chief, curiously looking around for her house, spying a large manor with a winged boar insignia adorned on it.
"Ah, The Beifong family symbol," Zu spoke aloud, looking down at the Drunk Chief, seeing her poke his pectorals.
"So squishy!" The Drunk Toph chuckled as Zu blushed and looked away, keeping his eye on the Manor as he marched over to it.
Zu stood before the Giant double doors of the manor, pushing on them to find them open.
"Huh," Zu exclaimed as he walked into the illuminated interior, striding across the green carpets, walking passed walls of white whilst looking around for Toph's bedroom, but as he did, he came across a black-haired woman in a white tank top and baggy grey pants, sandals adorning her feet whilst she held a cup of tea in hand.
"Zu?" The woman softly exclaimed, turning her pale green eyes to the Giant.
"Hey, Lin. Just bringing The Chief home," Zu greeted her, showing her the Drunk Toph.
"Jeez, just how Drunk did she get?" Lin asked as he approached, seeing the Drunken Chief poking Zu's chest.
"Drunk enough to indirectly comment on my physique," Zu uncomfortably replied as he looked away, "Where's her room?" Zu asked as Lin turned and waved in her direction.
"Follow me," Lin replied, guiding Zu down the Green Carpeted hallways before arriving at a wooden sliding door.
Lin slid the door open, revealing a dimly moonlit bedroom. Zu squeezed himself through, Lin inching back as she observed the door frame, seeing Zu successfully squish through.
"Maybe we should get bigger doors," Lin muttered.
"I don't live here, there's no need to worry," Zu replied as he waltzed over to a large bed, rolling back the sheets and placing Toph on the bed, taking out the bottle of Moon Water Spirit and placing it on her bedside.
"Goodnight, Chief," Zu told her as Toph lightly chuckled.
"Goodnight, Big Softy," Toph giddily replied as Zu chuckled, squeezing back through the doorway and facing Lin.
"Make sure she has that drink I put down in the morning," Zu informed her as Lin looked to the blue liquid.
"Well, you know what you're doing when it comes to Alcohol, so I will," Lin replied as Zu nodded, sauntering off to the exit with Lin in tow, The Giant quizzically looking to her.
"Any reason you're following me?" Zu curiously asked as Lin scoffed.
"Well, after your little Bank Heist, I want to make sure nothing goes missing," Lin replied as Zu scoffed.
"Hey, I wouldn't steal from the Chief," Zu replied as he marched through the exit, turning to Lin as she leaned against the door.
"I'll take your word for it..." Lin dismissively replied as she lightly pushed the door, "Night, Zu," Lin told him as she shut the door.
"Night, Lin!" Zu replied, marching off into the streets.
Eamon swayed in his rocking chair, opening his eyes to see the moon shining through the windows, lightly groaning as he rubbed his eyes.
"Zu? Kang? Li?" Eamon grumbled as he put his feet on the floor, ceasing the sway as he looked down to the Silver Banana, quizzically picking it up along with Kang's note.
"Eamon, if you end up in trouble, light the fuse and throw this at it!" Eamon read, looking to the match and smirking.
"What could I possibly need this for," Eamon asked as he stood up, picking up the match, staring at it and the Silver Banana.
But as he pondered, the front door slammed open, catching Eamon's attention as a shadowy red-figure strutted through the door, turning its piercing pale blue gaze to Eamon.
"Oh, shit," Eamon muttered as his muscles stiffened.
"Now is that how you greet an old master, Eamon?" The figure asked as Eamon lit the fuse on the Silver Banana, but before he could throw it, the figure outstretched its arm, Eamon's muscles tensing as he held the Silver Banana.
"What the-!?" Eamon exclaimed as the figure turned its gaze to the ever-shortening fuse, its eyes widening as it swayed its rigid fingers along, puppeteering Eamon's arm to sling the Silver Banana out the window, the glass shattering as the Silver Banana land in the centre of the estate, a giant explosion erupting and forming a small crater on the ground, the light of the explosion briefly illuminating the figures wrinkly face as it approached further into the Moonlit room, its Red Dapper Suit its rigid, wrinkly hands and its menacing face becoming distinct to Eamon as a silver chain glistened in the light.
"Yakone! What are you-!?" Eamon exclaimed, observing his body and Yakone as the Devilish man chuckled.
"After my recent acquisition... I had planned to come here and kill Zu and his 'Boys'," Yakone explained, looking around the room with a displeased glare, "But it would appear, you're the only one here," Yakone added, flexing his rigid fingers as a seemingly invisible force pushed down on Eamon, forcing him to his knees, his hips bending forwards as he faced the ground.
"You always looked better as a Slave, Eamon. Don't see why you ever left it," Yakone taunted him, pressing his leather shoe onto Eamon's head and aggressively rubbing it in.
"You're... a blood-bender, but how!? It's not even a Full Moon!" Eamon exclaimed through the ruffling of Yakone's shoe.
"Ooh, you're a smart one aren't you, Eamon?" Yakone sarcastically asked, gripping Eamon's hair and dragging him up from the floor, but Yakone's brief release of Eamon led the Water-bender to pull a Knife on the Devilish man, but Yakone gestured a rigid palm to Eamon's Knife hand, flexing The water-bender's fingers to make him drop the knife.
"I like you, Eamon," Yakone mockingly laughed, forcing out both his rigid hands and slamming Eamon against the wall, pinning the Water-bender with his own blood.
"So I'll tell you how I got this little trick," Yakone told him as he approached with his fingers still poised out, "During my time in the Fire Nation, I discovered an abandoned Inn, and rumour had it that this very Inn housed a Witch, and so like anyone would, I investigated," Yakone began telling this story.
"As I explored the Inn, I found a Silver locked box under the floorboards, so I smashed it open and found the Witch's Blood-bending scrolls!" Yakone explained as Eamon's eyes widened.
"Hama had Blood-bending Scrolls?" Eamon breathlessly asked as Yakone rigidly twisted his wrist, tightening Eamon's chest as the Water-bender groaned.
"You know, it's rude to speak when someone's telling a story," Yakone menacingly told him as he cleared his throat, "So I took those scrolls and learnt the art of Blood-bending," He added, the devilish man chuckling to himself as he brushed back his grey hair, "But I also found out that this Witch had only scraped the surface of the art, and since then I've expanded on it, and made it more than just a Morbid Puppet show!" Yakone proclaimed, swinging his rigid arms and flicking Eamon into the next-door room.
The water-bender slammed into a table, collapsing to the floor as he looked to an open draw, pulling himself over to it.
"I need to... leave a warning for the guys," Eamon thought as he pulled himself to the open draw, snagging a pencil and paper, jotting down on it before pocketing it. Yakone loomed through the doorway, bending Eamon up to face him.
"And as for how I can do it," Yakone told him, pulling on his silver chain and pulling it out from under his shirt, revealing a sapphire pendant with a silver celestial moon in its centre, "Picked this up from a bizarre Trader, and its qualities are wondrous," Yakone menacingly chuckled as Eamon tried to move his arms, but the might of Yakone's influence made it impossible as the Devilish Man flung the water-bender into a wall.
Eamon slammed into the wall, quickly getting back up, trying to charge Yakone, but the Devilish man took hold once more.
"Once I'm done with you, Zu and the two others, I'll topple this pathetic city, and rise up as its King! Not even the Avatar will stop me!" Yakone proudly proclaimed as Eamon tried breaking the Devilish man's hold, but he couldn't, his muscles stiffening as he glared at Yakone.
"And I bet the thought just makes your blood boil!" Yakone maliciously proclaimed, fiercely twisting his wrist as Eamon agonisingly screamed, his skin turning red, a warm tear streaking out from his eye whilst Yakone's evil grin crawled over his face.
Kang and Li waltzed through the Moonlit streets of Republic City, dining on their fruitful raid whilst chattering and chuckling to each other.
"There was also this time whe-," Li spoke, his eyes spacing out as his lips puckered into the air, "TOOOOOOORURURURURURU," Li loudly imitated a phone, Kang jerking back as he looked Li up and down.
"Huh, that's new..." Li muttered, rummaging around for his stick, "TOOOOORURURURURURU," Li repeated before pulling his stick out whilst Kang raised a quizzical eyebrow.
"Hello?" Li spoke into the stick, his eyebrow raising as he lightly swayed back and forth.
"Slow down, Kane, what are you talking about? And how did you manage to do this?" Li spoke into the stick once more, his eyes widening, his heart skipping a beat.
"Old guy in a red suit... oh, no," Li muttered, pocketing his stick.
"Kang! Quickly!" Li shouted as he sprinted towards Derelict Estate with Kang in tow.
Yakone threw Eamon into the living room, the water-bender's body quaking all over as he tried to stand back up, but his arms suddenly jerked up his side, his head perking up as he knelt on the ground.
"It's time to end our game, Eamon, It's been a bash," Yakone maliciously told him, his devilish footsteps creeping along the floor as he approached, Eamon's heart racing, his breath ragged as Yakone chuckled, pointing an ear out towards Eamon.
"Take a good long listen Eamon, that pounding heart isn't something you'll be hearing for a while," Yakone told him, kneeling to the Water-bender's level, pointing two of his fingers to Eamon's heart, the pounding pulsing against him.
"You know how people turn keys right or left to lock or unlock doors?" Yakone nonchalantly asked, slowly twisting his fingers clockwise as Eamon choked on his breath, "What do you think happens when you 'lock' a heart?" Yakone coldly asked as he continued twisting.
Eamon tried to scream, but nothing came of it, and as The Devilish man finished rotating his fingers, Eamon's heart stopped, Yakone rolling his fingers as Eamon flopped onto the floor, his corpse hitting the floorboards as his lifeless eyes gazed into the distance. Yakone stood up from the ground, dusting himself off and leaving the house.
Kang and Li came to the house, seeing the door ajar, their hearts skipping a beat. Li rushed in with reckless abandon, shortly followed by Kang.
"Eamon!? EAMON!?" Li shouted, frantically looking around the room before looking over to the corner of the living room, seeing Eamon by Zu's couch.
"EAMON!" Li shouted, charging over and throwing himself down to his level, Kang ran over, looking down at Eamon as Li desperately shook him.
"Come on, buddy, you can't be! You... can't be," Li desperately called out to his friend, but nothing came his way, the cold silence of Eamon broke the hearts of Li and Kang, the Young Fire-bender dropped to his knees as Li buried his face in Eamon's chest, choking on his agony as Kang breathlessly gazed at the two.
Zu strolled through the door, the sobbing of Li hitting his ears as a look of worry overcame his fluffy face.
"Li? What's wrong?" Zu asked as he lightly jogged over, seeing Li holding Eamon in his arms, the Giant's heart skipping a beat as he breathlessly gasped.
Li brought himself off of Eamon, turning his tear drowned eyes to Zu as he held the Lifeless Eamon.
"What... happened!?" Zu asked, his arms shaking as Kang stood up, his lips quivering as he looked to the ground.
"Li and I left for the Bakery a while ago, then Li got a call... said something about an old guy in a red suit, and then..." Kang explained as Zu turned his gaze to the shaky young Fire-bender, "We found him like this," Kang added as Zu's fists clenched, tears streaking out from his eyes as he gazed down at Eamon.
"We're going to make him pay for this," Zu growled, catching the attention of Kang and Li, "I let the death of my family go unpunished... I swear to them I won't allow Eamon's death to be the same," Zu told them, his nose scrunching as he looked down at Eamon.