Chapter 16:
The civilians continued to brawl among each other, slapping, punching, and kicking randomly. All of them struggled to resist. Then there earth sunk down to there feet. I smacked the nearest one with my shock glove.
The civilian froze up, and then hung limp. More resistance fighters stunned and restrained the civilians. The earthbender built up a protective wall around them. I looked up onto the roofs and saw White Lotus and Water Tribe soldiers exchanging shots.
I stuck close to the civilians, who were returning to there senses. We took down the wall and moved the civilians carefully down the street, firing back at the various soldiers. I hurled my bolas at the soldiers, and one of them fell off the roof.
The safehouse grew closer, and we pushed on. As the soldier grew closer I swiped at them with my shock glove. A soldier lifted his hand to deflect a rock, and I hit him in the gut. "In here." Arata shouted out.
We all fought harder as the civilians rushed towards the safe house. We got them in as soon as we could and closed the doors of various elements came at them from all angles, and we all worked hard to deflect them. White Lotus soldiers came at us down the street trying to breach the safehouse.
Suddenly an icicle emerged from a soldier's back. He collapsed revealing Visola. "Did you miss me already?" she asked tauntingly.
Visola directed a couple of soldiers' attacks at each other, and grabbed another soldier and hurled him against a wall. "Oh it's so fun here." she declared. "I really miss this city."
"Keep her away from them." Arata told Kinto.
I ran down the street and then turned around and shot fireballs towards Visola. She turned around and batted them away. "Where are you going?" she said.
"Don't know or care." Arata replied. "Just matters that you come with me."
"Oh, you want to play a game." she said. "Fine, I'll play."
Arata launched himself onto a roof and Visola followed him. The rest of us resistance fighters continued down the road, fighting more enemies. We reached a wealthier district and saw a pregnant woman being dragged down the street.
A couple of Water Tribe soldiers held her arms, and more surrounded them. They exchanged shots with various White Lotus soldiers. "Please help me!" the woman cried out.
. We lunged at the Water Tribe soldiers. I hurled a bola at one, and swung my glove at another. A fireblast flew by me and I turned to the White Lotus soldier. "Stop that, focus on the Water Tribe."
The White Lotus soldier turned away from me. I lunged towards the woman, but a whip grabbed my ankle. I fell and reached out my gloved hand to absorb the impact. I slid a bola across the ground and tied up the soldier's legs.
I jumped back up and dodged a series of icicles. He then lunged at me, with a large icicle, but I dodged. As he came back me, I smacked his back with the shock glove. "Behind you!" came a sudden voice.
A Water Tribe soldier came at me with a whip. He was soon buried up to his ankles and I easily stunned him. "Good work." said the White Lotus soldier.
A spike emerged from the soldier's back, and he collapsed revealing Visola again. "Tsume is taking care of the Avatar, now for my new one."
I lunged at Visola, but tripped to the ground. A resistance fighter snuck up behind her. He wound up for a strike, but she casually reached her hand out towards him. He stiffened up and collapsed.
Stunned in shock, the rest of the White Lotus and Resistance fighters were easily taken down. Visola casually walked over to the pregnant woman, and stood over her. She reached down, grabbing her face with one hand, and putting the other on her belly. "My my my, what might we have here?"
The woman looked at Visola meekly. "Please don't hurt me".
"Leave her alone." I demanded.
Visola glanced over to me, and looked like I had said the stupidest thing in the world. She clenched a fist, and my muscles locked up. She turned back to the woman. "Did you meet my new friend Tsume?" she asked.
The woman nodded a bit. Visola chuckled. "Did he tell you his plans?"
The woman shocked her. "Well of course not." said Visola. "He doesn't talk a whole lot. Well I'll explain everything. The Avatar was once my toy, but then he broke free. So I want a new toy, someone who can have fun with me, and kill people I don't like. So Tsume tells me about his plans to make a new Avatar and it sounded like fun."
"But what does this have to do with me?" asked the woman.
"Oh you'll find out soon enough." Visola cackled.
A group of new Water Tribe soldiers came in, holding more pregnant women. Visola looked up towards them. "Excellent work." she said. "Now get the Avatar."
The women looked at eachother, clearly with familiarity. Visola began to inspect them and there pregnant bellies. She casually touched their bellies, chuckling to herself. "My little Avatar." she muttered. "My precious toy."
One of the women stood up. Visola reached out her hands and forced her back to her knees. At this point I got back up. Visola glanced back at me. "Oh you again."
Visola twisted the woman's limbs and she gasped in pain. The other women looked over to her in fear and disgust. The woman began to sob. Visola approached her and laughed. "You mommies are so weak. My mommy was weak, so pitiful. I would always play games with her" Visola wiggled her fingers and the woman's leg and arms twisted and . "Just like this, it was so much fun."
Visola then dropped the woman and looked to the other ones. "Oh you don't like that." she snarled.
Visola swung her hand like a slap. It did not hit the woman, but she reacted like it did. She then faced another woman and reached out of her. The woman clutched at her face, squinting in pain. I wanted to help, but knew Visola would hurt them more.
Another soldier ran up to Visola "Your father has been spotted on the battlefield." the soldier declared.
"What!" Visola exclaimed in shock. "You watch after them, I'm finally going to teach daddy a lesson."
With that Visola ran off. We all waited for a couple of minutes. Then I looked eyes with a White Lotus soldier and raised my hand to my chest. I quickly counted down from five to one with my hands.
At zero I rose up, turned around, and punched the Water Tribe soldier. Quickly I stunned him with my glove. I then charged towards the woman. Water Tribe soldiers tried to stop me, but they were knocked out and restrained.
I reached the woman and put an arm around her and my other beneath her belly. I walked her away from the commotion, and another Resistance fighter arrived to help me. "Not my baby" the woman whimpered.
"We'll help you and your child." I replied.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Water Tribe soldiers coming after us and dropped a gas grenade in there path. They struggled to breath as there enemies took them down.
We came across a crowd of people being led into a safehouse. I approached a couple of women. "Get her to safety and look after her." I told them.