Luz didn't know how long she was out, but when she woke up, she was in a dark room. She barely saw more than a few feet away, but she was able to see Skara, laying limply on the floor. Luz attempted to get up, but found out she was tied to a chair. She pulled her wrist against the bindings, but they were tightly tied.
"No use, Avatar, I made sure you couldn't get out of those until I want you to." Dark Guard said.
"Who are you? What do you want with me!?"
"If you think I'm going to go on a monologue so have time to escape, you're dead wrong. All I will say is that you are a threat to a great plan and we can't have that, can we?"
"What about my other question?" Luz said, glaring at him, "Who are you?"
"I was there at your beginning and I'll be there at your end." He said.
Luz tried to think about it, when she was revealed to be the Avatar, a lot of people came over to see if it was true. What did she do to one of them?
"So, you're from the Human World?"
"Oh, look who finally caught up." He said, "Now, why don't I wake up your friend and have a little fun."
He gagged Luz so she couldn't speak and he went to the Bard. He woke her up by kicking her in the ribs. Skara yelped in pain and opened her eyes.
"Good, now that you're up I can start the fun." He said.
He grabbed Skara by the hair and dragged her into the darkness. Luz let out a muffled scream, but it did nothing. He dragged her to a cage and threw her inside. He laughed as walked back to Luz. He turned on the light and Skara realized she was surrounded by dangerous animals.
"I'm so glad you could help feed my... pets."
Skara backed up against the cage door as the beasts slowly moved in on her. Luz pulled her arms in attempt to free herself. This person was smart and used a knot that prevented her from moving her hands, which prevents her from using her bending. Luz wishes Eda was here, she could help.
'What is Eda even doing at that job!?'
Eda walked to a cliff and dropped Lilith's corpse on the ground. Eda reached into her hair and pulled out a bottle with a black potion in it. She took the cork out and forced the potion down the corpses throat. She threw the bottle away and tied a paper to her sister's arm.
"See you later, Lily."
Eda kicked Lilith's body off the cliff. Eda waited until she heard Lilith hit the bottom. Eda walked away, leaving Lilith at the bottom of the cliff. Luz was looking for a way out of this, when she got an idea. Instead of working on the rope, she should work on the gag. She started using her tongue to move the gag out of her mouth. She managed to get it out enough for her to open her mouth. Airbending might be her worst type of Bending, but she still could use a little of it. She let out a massive breath that sent her flying into a wall, breaking the chair. Luz got up and pulled the gag off and untying the rope.
"Hey, let her go!" Luz said.
Luz ran at the Dark Guard and used her Firebending to blast Lightning at him. He avoided it and charged at Luz. Luz used her Earthbending to make a rock wall that prevented him from reaching her. She stomped on the ground and a large rock spire shot her over the wall. She flipped in the air and sent fire at him from her foot. He avoided it, which is what Luz wanted. She landed and used Airbending to blast him into a wall while he's getting up. He was knocked to the ground and laid there. Luz ran over to the cage and saw something. Skara had her hand out. She was standing her ground against them.
"I'm not afraid of you." Skara said, "I am a Beast Keeper. You will listen to me."
Luz watched with curiosity. Skara told her about wanting to be a Beast Keeper but she didn't realize that she was a powerful one. Skara put her hand on a Manticore's head and it stopped growling. Skara reached down and scratched its chin. The Manticore started purring and licked her.
"It seems... that you have that covered." Luz said.
"I wanted to be a Beast Keeper, so I trained for it." Skara said.
Luz used Earthbending to send a large rock at the lock. It broke and Luz turned her attention back to the Dark Guard. He started to get up and saw Luz approaching him. He had one last trick up his sleeve.
"How's the scar?"
Luz stopped and became pale.
"W-w-what?"
"I assume it healed by now." He said, "As much fun as it's been, I have to say... Adiós."
He threw a smoke bomb down and disappeared. Luz rubbed her back, right where a scar was. She got it right before she learned she was the Avatar, just ten minutes before. Only one person put it there.
"D-d-dad?"
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