Chapter Seven:
A resistance member ran over to us in a hurry. "Look out the window. It's bad." he said.
We all followed him to an empty cell and looked outside. There were White Lotus soldiers heading towards the prison blocks.
"Lock and bar all entrances." Akio declared.
We scattered into small groups, making sure an earthbender was among each one. Our group reached one of the doors and we saw the soldiers coming closer. The earthbender quickly formed a concrete wall in front of the door.
The wall started to shake, the earthbenders pushed hard on it to keep it from collapsing. I leapt out of the way as a fireball smashed through, then threw a bola out to hole before it was patched.
The wall shook harder and harder, even as the earthbenders worked to keep it up. Whenever there was an opening we threw rocks and bolas out of it to keep the enemy soldiers away. Despite this, we could see that they were growing closer and closer. "I don't think we can hold them off." I said.
"Switch plans." replied an earthbender.
We backed off away from the crumbling entrance, and formed lines beside it. The barrier shock and collapsed, and the first wave of White Lotus soldiers poured in. Right as that happened, the floor crumbled into gravel under there feet.
As the soldiers struggled, we lunged at them. I ducked under a fireblast, and hit the soldier with a my shock glove. I dodged a water whip and threw a bola at the sender. It wrapped around his legs, and a few resistance fighters took him down.
We quickly took down the first wave, but there were more enemies coming. The wall opened up and more soldiers came in. Quickly we meet them with bolas and rocks, but the responding fire overwhelmed us.
We backed off into a corridor, with the White Lotus still firing at us. We looked side to side at the prisoners in their cells. "I think we have to do it." I muttered.
We continued to back off and the White Lotus soldiers followed us. Quickly the earthbenders worked at the concrete under the cell bars. The gates opened up and the prisoners flooded out. They overwhelmed the soldiers, punching and kicking them in a crazed melee.
Akio and a group of resistance fighters moved down the corridor and looked in shock. "What is this?"
"The only way." I replied.
"If we have no choice." he said
The rest of the resistance members assisted us in opening the cells and more prisoners joined the fight. I weaved through the crowd, searching for guards and White Lotus soldiers. Whenever one was in reach I tased them.
I felt a tug on my hand and an earthbender pulled me into a cell. He pushed the wall and broke a chunk off. We climbed through and into another hall. A group of soldiers threw blasts all around them, keeping prisoner away.
I threw a bola at one soldier and he fell to the ground. The rest of them turned towards us. The earthbender pushed me down and made a short rock wall around us. It shock as the blast hurled towards it.
I peered over the wall and grabbed the nearest soldier with my shock glove. The earthbender slammed another with a piece of rock. The prisoner got closer to the soldiers when they were distracted.
I stood up and tased another soldier to keep the rest occupied on us. Soon the prisoners came at them. They overwhelmed them with there and kicked and punched them to the ground. We moved across the hall and broke through the wall leading us to the yard.
There the resistance continued to clash with the White Lotus. We dashed across the yard, the earthbender spraying blasts of dirt at any nearby soldier. We covered our faces as a airbender sent it back at us.
We ran from the airbender, but he quickly caught up. A sharp gust knocked us both to the ground. I knelt up and tried to grab the airbender's ankle, but he jumped away. The earthbender formed a pit below him, but he caught himself midair.
We got off the ground and threw rocks and bolas towards the airbender. He directed some of them away from himself, but a rock hit his gut, then my bola wrapped around his legs and he fell into the hole.
The two of us continued across the chaotic battlefield. A White Lotus soldier pushed a resistance fighter to the ground and lifted up a large rock. I quickly smacked his back, stunning him. The boulder crumbled into gravel.
The earthbender and I extended our hands and the downed fighter pulled himself up. "Thanks for the save." he said.
We spotted Kuma Beifong cutting her way through the enemy troops. They surrounded her and fired at her from all sides, but she blocked all of the shots. She swung her sword, shifting the ground and sending enemies flying away.
The earthbender began to assist Kuma, while I threw bolas at soldiers. Tied up they were easily toppled by the unsteady ground. We soon reached Kuma. "We were overrun and had to release the prisoners." I said.
"If if was your only choice." she replied.
"What do we do now?" the eartbender added. "Other then staying alive."
Kuma casually dodged an enemy flying at her, then struck him with her pommel. "Good plan for now." she replied.
The earthbender raised up and pillar and began punching thick chunks of earth at the enemy soldiers. Kuma quickly noticed and made a few slashing motions at it. The earthbender continued throwing the now divided chunks.
A White Lotus Soldier threw himself to the ground to avoid a chunk. I crouched down and threw a bola and it wrapped around him. I threw another one into the crowd, but a flying piece of earth knocked it out of the sky.
Another piece flew straight at me, but Kuma casually deflected it. A large metal bar came down towards her, but when it hit her head it warped around it. She swung her head towards the nearest soldier, and slammed her newly made helmet into him.
I ducked as the metal bar came towards me, then I stood up and grabbed it with my shock glove. The man shook, and I rammed him in the gut with the rod. I swung the pole at another man, but he grabbed it with thick rock gloves.
The man effortlessly snatched the pole out of my hands and swung it at me. I ducked under it, then quickly rolled away as he slammed it down. I hurled a bola at him, but he batted it away.
The man raised the club again, but the earthbender came to my side and extended his hand. The man with the club struggled to move his rock gloves. I rushed at him quickly and shocked his back.
The man collapsed, dropping the pole. I looked back and nodded to the earthbender. "Reinforcements are coming." Kuma announced.
I looked around and saw resistance fighters and prisoners coming out of the prison blocks. There growing numbers began to overwhelm the guards and White Lotus soldiers. Kuma charged forwards towards the prison fences, and the earthbender and I followed her.
The resistance fighters and prisoners followed along, making there way across the prison yard. They brawled furiously with the soldiers and guards and got closer and closer to the border.
A rock came at me, but the earthbender plucked it out of the air. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a man charge at the earthbender. I briefly slowed down, putting myself right behind him. I smacked him in the back, and he tensed up before collapsing.
When we approached the inner fence Kuma swung her sword and it fell to the ground. We climbed and jumped over the bottom half. Pushing past guards and soldiers, we made it across the yard and into the streets.