Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Metallic Romance. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own Avatar, Nick, Michael Dante DiMartino, and Bryan Konietzko do.
(Earth Kingdom Village.)
Xing crossed his arms and looked at his soldiers around him, this is being stupid, the soldiers who were watching out for the village were barely trained enough to defend the village.
Just another thing that Kuvira could deal with if she was here, Xing turned to one of his corporals, they had also examined the wreckage from around them, trying to figure out an answer to who had attacked them.
"Any idea who attacked this village, corporal? These weren't bandits or anything like that… They were organized… They knew what they wanted and they would have taken this village easily if we didn't step in… So, I have to know about these soldiers…"
Xing asked, he crossed his arms in amusement, he and the soldiers around him were more skilled at dealing with these mercenaries then the local soldiers.
"Their mercenaries… That should be obvious… We don't know what they're doing here, they've attacked another village…. They have supplies from what we've seen… They had to establish an airfield nearby."
Xing heard, he turned to the soldier and began to give orders.
"Make sure the village is locked down and deal with the defenses…. It will be crazy if we have to deal with a double pronged attack… I wish the General was here… We wouldn't be having a problem with her around here…."
Xing started to say before stopping himself, she wanted to be in jail, he wouldn't dishonor her, he crossed his arms and stepped down from the wall, he began giving orders to the rest of the soldiers around him.
"Someone brings up the tanks, and the airships should provide over watch for the town, we need it locked down yesterday…"
Xing ordered, he snapped his fingers and looked at the soldiers around him and walked away, he had to deal with fighting a war and protecting an entire village in the process.
He rubbed his temples as he walked away, he severely wished he had to deal with something less like this.
(With Kuvira.)
Kuvira did pushups on the floor, she had folded her uniform and boots and put them besides her, she pushed herself up barefoot, it helped with her bending.
She got another knock on the door and rolled her eyes, it seemed the forces of this world couldn't let her be for more than 2 hours.
At least, it seemed that way to her.
"Come in…"
Kuvira said as she sprung to her feet and cracked her neck and knuckles, Commander Iroh and two of his soldiers entered the room.
"Commander Iroh… I would have thought you would have moved on but now…. I'm growing to be used to this cell every time you visit…"
Kuvira said, wiping the sweat off her face, she mentally recalled that this was the fifth… Sixth, time that Iroh had come to visit her.
She didn't know EVERYTHING about the army she had once commanded, Xing wasn't her, he had employed different tactics and was a different leader then she had come to know.
"Xing and his men have put the village on lockdown… I can't figure out what he's doing, these aren't regular soldiers…"
Iroh stated, Kuvira sighed and made sure she wasn't tired in the slightest, she wasn't, she could speak fine.
"My men are well trained and know how to carry on a war, commander… These mercenaries they are fighting are not normal soldiers, they probably don't have a normal leader they follow, they don't employ normal military tactics…. You're not going to catch them by doing nothing and they aren't going to attack anyone… Their soldiers, and Xing would try to defend these villagers that he's protecting… Its in his blood, I know him, I trained him…. This is what he wants…."
Kuvria stated, she cracked her back, she had been sore from exercise and the bed she had to sleep on didn't help in the slightest.
"Commander… Why do you visit me all the time? You don't need me to win this… And it's clear you need something from me…. But this isn't about Xing alone, isn't it?"
Kuvira asked, Iroh sighed Kuvira still had her mind intact, if she had that intact and as fine as it always was, she had to know why she was here.
"I need to know as much about them as I can… So, I need your help, general… If you know anything about Xing, you need to tell me…"
Iroh stated, Kuvira crossed her arms, they didn't need her, they wanted something from her, something more than regular military knowledge.
"We both know that isn't entirely it, Commander… What else do you need… I know it isn't regular military help you need… At least it isn't, you're a military commander…"
Kuvira stated, she looked Iroh in the eye and then looked away.
She needed to know what was going on.
Author Notes
Phew, another chapter done! Yes, for now, this will be the final chapter, I don't have any new ideas for this story and I want to focus on new stories. I will post when I want to update again, but for now, this will be it, until then, Lighting Wolf out!
Ps: There will be more romance soon.
