Chapter Eleven:
Kuma, Fung, and I dashed through the streets. Akio and another man joined us. We came across a large wall and we heard fighting behind it. Kuma swung her sword and cracks emerged on the wall.
Kuma and Fung shoved and pieces of the wall fell to the ground. We climbed over and saw Resistance fighters battling a trio of mecha. The closest one reached over to the wall behind us and tried to topple it.
Kuma and Fung grabbed the loose chunks and threw them towards the mecha. Akio, the other man, and I charged towards the mecha. It tried to lift up a rock, but a flurry of debris struck it.
We ran around the mecha in circles, and tried to fling bolas at it. It tried to keep track of us, but kept getting hit by rocks. Suddenly Akio pointed behind us. "Takumi, Fai, look out."
We lunged to the side and a fireblast flew between us. We turned around and saw a mecha headed towards us. I lifted up a bola and pulled out cables. "Grab these." I told Takumi.
We extended out the bola and rushed towards the mecha. When the cables hit the legs we released them, and they wrapped tightly around the mecha's legs. It awkwardly turned around and sent out another fire blast.
The mecha wound up for another shot, but suddenly froze up. It turned around revealing a large gash on it's back. The mecha slammed it's arms down and Kuma lifted up her sword. Even with her bending she still struggled under it's immense weight.
Takumi ran towards the mecha and shoved a gas grenade into the gash. The mecha then collapsed to the ground, and green smoke puffed out of the gash.
The two remaining mecha continued to hurl large boulders towards us. More and more White Lotus soldiers joined them. We tried as much as we could to deflect and retaliate against the attacks, but where overwhelmed.
Kuma slashed with her sword and chunks of the wall of the nearest building came down. She and Akio made hand grips and we climbed into the second floor. We ran across the building, then Kuma and Akio made a bridge to the next one.
As we went through the building we saw a pair of icy tendrils dig into the floor. A man burst through the window and swung his water whips at us. Kuma slammed down her sword and the ground cracked under the waterbender.
The waterbender grabbed both side of the gap with his whips and I hurled a bola at him. It wrapped around his arms and fell through the floor. More windows caved in and more soldiers joined in. A firebender furiously hurled blasts of flame, Kuma replied with chunks of debris. A sharp breeze knocked me to the floor and I looked up and saw and airbender.
When the airbender got closer, Takumi took a swing with his electric glove. The airbender ducked and threw blast of air. I hurled a bola at the airbender. He jumped, but Takumi grabbed him with his shock glove.
The airbender shuddered and fell to the ground. Suddenly, the building shock. We all immediately ran towards the furthest side of the building and quickly built a bridge and crossed it.
We continued to retreat from roof to roof, still taking fire from the White Lotus soldiers and mecha. We sometimes fired back, but mostly focused on fleeing the area.
The former Ghashiun sat on his couch watching the news. He sunk himself deeply into the folds as he could. With no income, he could not afford the house much longer. He had to enjoy it is much as possible.
He watched the news go by until something caught his eye. One of the Mecha that his company had been planning. There was footage of them walking down the streets. "White Lotus forces have attacked areas occupied by the rebels who were responsible for the Broad Bend Prison attack." stated the anchor.
"While few arrests have been made, they have reclaimed most of the territory controlled by the rebels." added the other anchor. "It seems that they have nowhere to run and nowhere to hide."
The anchors continued to discuss the situation until the TV cut to a commercial for an energy drink called Cactus Juice.
Ghashiun decided it was time to do something. He picked up the phone and made a call. It was one of his closest colleagues from the company. The phone was soon answered. "Hello I have important matters to discuss," he said.
"What kind?" came a reply.
"The kind that need to be discussed face to face."
He waited until his employee arrived. When he did, he sat down on the couch. "So what do we need to talk about?"
"You saw the news." he replied. "How the White Lotus is using our Mecha."
"Yes I heard it."
"They are currently looking for the Resistance. We need to find them first."
Isuel and Qing stepped into Agni Kai territory. "This is the perfect time. Those flamers won't know what hit them." the former commented.
He briefly looked back to see all of the men they assembled. They all had water, in forms of whips, ice shooters, and other weapons. Isuel then turned back towards the ready to be conquered.
A couple of Agni Kai gangsters noticed them, but the whips of the Red Monsoons dragged them in. Isuel looked down at the panicked fearful men, and decided they weren't worthy of his water.
He struck the man with his palm, then swung again with the back of his hand. "You pathetic flamer."
The man only moaned in pain. Isuel grunted and slugged the man's nose and lips. He looked over and saw his men flog the other Red Monsoon gangster. He swung a kick and hit him under the ribs. "Enough with these flamers." he said. "We have more work to do."
The Red Monsoon gangsters advanced down the streets, fanning out to leave no weak spots in there formation.
Isuel saw a fireblast coming and batted it down. He looked up at a roof, and saw an Agni Kai gangster. As soon as his men saw the attack, they counterattacked with a furious spray of icelces. The gangster tried to protect himself, but then decided to retreat.
Another blast came from a window, and Isuel grabbed the man with a whip and pulled him out. The man threw blast of fire to catch himself, but as soon as he got up Qing swung a scythe at him.
The man dodged the sharp point, but the dulled edge slammed him into a wall. A blast came out of a window and it was answered with a flurry of shards. A larger group of Agni Kai gangster's came down the road.
Isuel aimed a series of precise strikes, some of the men jumped away in time, but others collapsed when the sharp sting hit them. A burst of icicles came at the men, who tried to raise fire to block them. Isuel and Qing struck low, knocking the men off there feet.