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Lana
Fear shot through her, and an icy chill followed it. Pidge tensed and Zuko helped Lana out of the hot pool.
"What do you mean by 'oh qwiznack'?" Lance asked.
Keith narrowed his eyes, "Did something happen?"
Another chill went down Lana's spine.
Pidge gulped, "A Galra ship might have almost blown up the plains?"
Lance fell face first into the water and came up spluttering, "Wait, what?"
"I was helping Zuko with his bending and Pidge followed us," Lana explained, "we were on a rooftop and we saw the Galra ship. Pidge told us that the laser gun thing
was aiming at the plains. So, in order to prevent a panic and attack, we took care of it."
"Lana did this cool thing and controlled the captain," Pidge said, pulling on her clothes.
Everyone else got out of the hot stream and started pulling clothes over their swimsuits. Several more explosions could be heard from outside the cave.
"That sounds like Fire Nation," Aang yelled over the next explosion.
"Paladins, to the castle!" Allura yelled.
"Katara, fill up your canteen. Toph, make more canteens for Katara and prepare a shield. Zuko, Lana, cover the paladins. Make sure they get their armor and get to the castle; after that, get your weapons and start working on those war balloons," Aang yelled, "Sokka and I will cover Katara and Toph."
Lana traded a look with Zuko and nodded. Together they ran after the paladins. Even before they set foot outside, Lana had a Shadow shield ready. It covered Zuko and Lana, but not the rest of the paladins. It was exhasting with the shield alone, but she had to be ready for any attacks as well. With one last push of energy, Lana pushed her foot in the dirt and the shield separated into two parts, one for Zuko and one for her, and solidified. She and Zuko split up, flanking the paladins and prepared to be attacked.
Lance
The huge balloons overhead weren't that scary. The fact that they had people in them, throwing fire at them was. He glanced over at Zuko, shooting a fireball at a balloon. A crash caught his attention, his head turned towards Lana and saw her sprawled on the ground, a rock on her stomach. She rolled over, coughed a bit, and picked up the rock. Lance could see where the rock had hit her, but Lana didn't hesitate; she threw it back, using its shadow to control its flight path. He heard a thwack and a groan, then a shadow knife split the fabric of the balloon.
"Zuko, war ballon to your left!" Lana yelled as another Firebender took aim at her.
Lance looked up and saw the fleet of war balloons, "Guys-"
"We know Lance," Hunk mumbled.
Something caught Lance by the foot and he tripped. He looked back and saw a Firebender with blood streaked down his face, clutching his ankle. Lance kicked the Firebender in the face and struggled to get back up.
"Come on Lance."
Lance looked up and saw Keith extending his hand to help Lance up.
Lance took it and smiled, "Thanks."
Keith nodded and turned away, but not before Lance could see a faint blush on Keith's cheeks. A loud pop startled the paladins and they ran faster. Next to them Lana and Zuko were sweating and looked ready to collapse, but kept running.
"Katara!" Lana yelled, looking back.
The rest of the Gaang were slowly catching up, but they were pretty far away. Lance turned back just in time to see Lana trip over her own foot and fall flat on her face. The group stopped, unsure of what to do.
"Keep going," Lana yelled, "I'll catch up later."
Zuko moved to protect the paladin's backs and dropped something by Lana's foot as he ran past.
Sokka
Worry flooded over him when he saw Lana trip. She barely ever tripped, except when she was really really tired. He ran faster, reaching her just as the paladins got inside the castle. She was holding a black crystal with one hand and trying to stop her bloody nose with the other.
"Let's get you to cover," Sokka said, forcing her to stand.
A fireball blew past them and destroyed three houses, setting more on fire.
"The caves would be safer," Sokka decided, "nothing to burn."
"No," Lana whispered, "I can still walk, plus the crystal makes it easier to Shadowbend."
Sokka looked questioningly at Lana.
"Long, boring story. Basically, the crystals hold a bit of a Titanwing, the fist Shadowbender, and it gives Shadowbenders energy," Lana said, slipping the crystal into her sleeve and pulling out more from the pockets in her skirt.
"Ew."
"Yeah, it's kinda gross if you think about it," Lana muttered.
The ground under a nearby war balloon shot up and speared it through the middle. Without hesitating, Lana shot out her hand and a mountain of shadows rose up from the collapsed houses, spearing three war balloons. She doubled over and Sokka helped her back up.
"Come on," Sokka guided Lana back towards the caves.
More rocks penetrated war balloons. A water whip slashed their fabric and a gust of air tipped the Firebenders out. Sokka ran at them, forgetting Lana until he saw her running beside him. She used a piece of debris to jump over the Firebenders and, with a swish of her arm, knock two of them unconscious. She landed in between four other Firebenders. Sokka charged in, knocking one down. Two of them focused on Sokka, the last one shot a stream of fire at Lana. Sokka couldn't see if she dodged it or not, but he heard a grunt of pain. It took him a minute or two, but soon the Firebenders were down. After a small hesitation, Sokka grabbed Lana's arm and ran towards the caves. A rumble shoot the ground and they both looked up; a giant man, made out of metal was standing in the sky. Lana sucked in a breath and Sokka looked back to see her clutching her arm, the cut that Keith had given her had opened back up. Sokka pushed her farther into the caves until he found a small cave with small lumps.
"Stay here," Sokka commanded.
Lana frowned, but sat down. Sokka ran back out, scanning the sinkhole for his sister. He saw her, covering Krolia's back. Toph and Aang were easily taking down war balloons and the paladins were working on the Galra ship. More Firebenders ran at Sokka, it was boomerang time.
Lana
Something felt weird in this cave, unfamiliar. She hadn't been in this cave before. Forcing herself to light her palm just enough to see, she moved towards the lumpy things. As she moved closer, she could see it was scrolls and something shiny. The darkness seemed to recede back as she realized what they were. Lana scooped up the bending scrolls and forced her whole hand to glow. She unrolled the first scroll and scanned it, just the basics. Something else caught her attention, bandages. A sign on top of them let her know that they were bandages soaked in healing herbs. As if on cue, her injuries flared back to life. She gritted her teeth as she started wrapping her cuts and burns in the bandages. She sighed in relief as the last bandage went on the burn Lance had given her. Lana took a steadying breath to regain her composure. A voice and a light startled her, they were coming down the hallway. Moving her hands in swirling patterns, Lana moved the shadows to cover her body and moved closer to the wall. A Galra walked into the cave. She sucked in a breath and increased the shadows in the room.
"What's this?" the galra asked, turning to another Galra behind him.
"Check it out," the other Galra said.
A pair of running feet.
"Commander Solleg, the natives have taken down most of the balloons," the running Galra said.
The second Galra, apparently Solleg, muttered something under his breath.
"Keep searching the tunnels. Vulez saw the target go in here."
"What's this, primal technology?" one of the Galra said, kicking the scrolls aside.
"Probably, but it looks like it's been used recently," another Galra said, stepping into the room.
A rush of panic ran through Lana, in her weakened state she wouldn't be able to fight them all off. Solleg stepped in the cave and Lana cursed in her head.
"Is the target nearby?" the question thundered through her, ringing in Lana's ears.
"Doing a thermal scan now, sir," one of the Galra said.
Thermal. That was heat right? They were doing a heat scan? Were they scanning for her body heat? Just in case, she thickened the shadows even more.
"11 o'cock sir," the Galra said.
Lana tried to imagine what 11 o'clock would be for them. Ahead and to the left, where she was standing. The Galra moved quickly, forming a circle around her general location and aimed their weapons at her. Panic enveloped Lana and she forced shadows to hold the Galra down. Three lights flickered on and scattered the shadows. Too weak to do anything else, Lana increased the brightness of their light, hopefully blinding them. Unfortunately, it also blinded her for a moment. In that moment, three things happened: all her injuries flared up again, Lana collapsed, and she felt three sets of hands grab her.
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