Chapter Ten:
I saw an urgent looking lookout rush down the stairs. "We need reinforcements now!"
He ran up the stairs and we followed him out the door. On the street was a mecha coming our way.
With a quick motion Kuma drew and swung her sword, and a wall emerged from the ground. With a few more strokes, the wall grew thicker and higher. A fist then burst through the wall and then pulled back and hit it again.
The mecha's head appeared in the hole and Kuma swung her sword. A rock hurtled towards the mecha and exploded against it's faceplate. The mecha shoved at the wall, and it crumbled to the ground. The mecha charged at us, and I looked side to side to my allies, not knowing if I should stand my ground or run.
Kuma charged at the mecha. She took a deep breath and bellowed out "A Bei Fong does not run!"
She closed in on the mecha and ducked under it's fist. She swung at it, and her strokes impacted with a double clang. Kuma rolled as the mecha swung it's fists downward and stabbed it.
I began to hurl bolas at the White Lotus and prepared for the counterattack. Fung lifted up a shield for us, and whipped more bolas around it. I peered over and saw Kuma battling the mecha.
Kuma swung overhead and the mecha backed off. The ground under the mecha cracked and it fell through. The mecha was down to it's knees and struggled to break out. I hurled a bola which wrapped around it's legs.
The earth then split open and the mecha stepped out ripping the bolas in the process.
Kuma jumped to the side to avoid the crack. A rock came at her, and with a deft stroke she sent it straight back to the mecha.
A few fireblasts hit Fung and I's barrier, and it shock. Fung reinforced it, and I hurled bolas. One of the soldiers was hit, and got bound up. A spray of icicles came at us and Fung moved the barrier to keep us covered.
I threw bolas at the waterbenders but they formed and ice shield and they bounced off. Fung threw rocks and the shield cracked. Kuma looked over and noticed the shield and sent more rocks at it.
The shield exploded and we continued to bombard the waterbenders. As they blocked the rocks, my bolas wrapped around them. The mecha turned to us and charged. We leapt out of the way and the mecha slammed into barrier, shattering to pieces.
The mecha looked side to side at Fung and I. Before it could decide Kuma confronted it. "You two back off now!"
We ran back and Kuma swung her sword in a wide arc. Pieces of rock fell from the nearby buildings and crashed onto the mecha. Fung joined her and pulled down more pieces and I threw more bolas.
The bolas wrapped the mecha's joints and Kuma lunged at it. She swung her sword, and hit the mecha in the neck with a loud clang. She swung at it again and again at both sides of the neck. Then with a powerful blow, she took the head off.
Kuma reached down into the mecha and dragged a man by the head out of the hole. She punched the man in the nose with three quick jabs, and jumped down to let the mech limply collapse.
The rest of the Resistance fighters exchanged blasts with the remaining White Lotus soldiers. With the mecha down, there morale dropped and they scattered away. "Yes!" I exclaimed.
"Looks like we beat them off." Fung added. "Nice job guys."
"I don't think this is over." Kuma said.
A mecha charged at Katashi, who pushed a series of pillars at it. The mecha formed sharp icicles at the end of arms, and punched through the pillars. Katashi scrambled up the nearest building, making himself hand and footholds.
When Katashi reached the top, he rapidly through blocks at the mecha down below. The mecha absorbed the blocks with water, and then retaliated by swinging a water whip. Katashi ran to the edge of the building and made a bridge.
He quickly crossed over to the next building and continued to fire at the mecha, which continued to block his attacks. The mecha moved closer to Katashi, but a group of Resistance fighters gathered around it.
The mecha ignored Katashi and swung it's water whip, forcing the Resistance fighters to back off. It aimed at one of them, and fired a burst of icicles. The man froze, and another man jumped in front of him and deflected the shots.
As Katashi looked from above, he wanted to go down and help them. But that was the wrong approach. He pulled up a piece of rock, and shaved chunks off of it. After a few swipes, he had a long thin spear.
Katashi aimed at the mecha and built up pressure. After releasing the spear flew rapidly at the mecha and embedded in it's visor. Now enraged the mecha formed two large whips that froze and dug into the roof.
The mecha pulled itself upward and landed in front of Katashi. It fired a spray of icicles, and Katashi put up a wall. He stepped to the side and the mecha burst through. It turned to Katashi, but before it could do anything the ground under it buckled.
The mecha fell through the roof and landed inside the building. Rather unfortunate of it to step in the place Katashi had made thin to build the wall. He got down and crawled over to the hole and peered in.
When he saw the mecha try to get up, he dumped a pile of gravel down the hole, then moved to the edge of the building and climbed down. "It's in there." he told the Resistance members.
They all stepped into the building and saw the mecha get up. It formed water in it's hands but the waterbender froze it. Bolas wrapped around it's legs and Katashi filled the joints with crushed gravel.
Suddenly the building shook violently. The Resistance members ran to the door but stopped when they saw a pair of mecha standing outside. The mecha slammed the building, and it shock.
The group ran towards the back of the building. The ceiling above them cracked, and Katashi lifted his hands to hold it steady. Behind them pieces fell to the floor. They reached the back and Katashi smashed a hole in the wall.
Katashi and the rest of the group stepped out into the alley, but were surrounded by White Lotus soldiers. Katashi swiped his arms and a wall came up around them. The wall shock violently as blasts impacted against it.
Katashi aimed upwards and burst a hole in the building across the alley. He quickly produced footholds and he lead the group up into the hole. They dashed through the building, and Katashi closed up the hole behind them.
When they reached the front of the building, a blast of fire came through. Through the hole they saw another mecha standing in the street. The group quickly scattered before another blast came at them.
Katashi jumped down onto the street and picked up as many pieces of debris as he could. He hurled them against the mecha and they clanged and shattered against it. The mecha turned to him and grew a fireball in it's hands.
Suddenly a water whip reached around the mecha and put out the flames. A bola wrapped itself around it's head. The mecha turned and fire blasts widely at the Resistance members around it.
Katashi felt at the ground underneath the mecha and crumbled it, but the mecha pulled itself out. Katashi then reached as hard as he could and made a huge boulder, but it suddenly crumbled.
Katashi looked behind him and saw another mecha coming at them, and then saw a third one from the front. They both raised there hands and walls came up, boxing everyone in.