Chapter 5 Part 2:
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"Where are we currently?"
"Small town in the Star Nation. I'm gonna guess we're about 50 miles from the Shadow Nation Boarder."
"Troop Level?"
"A few of our men reported seeing a small squad of 5. Our group of 30 should have no problem taking them out."
Kya smiled. "Excellent. What about the morale of the citizens here."
"One guy was able to talk to a few citizens. They're willing to join our fight if we liberate them."
"They know how many soldiers are guarding the capital city?" Kya asked.
"100,000. Plus their leader. The stubborn Gang, the one who can make the ground move."
Kya stared at him confused.
"The people are claiming that he can move earth."
Kya chuckled. "Where did they get that idea? Sounds like something out of a children's story."
"Yeah. Who'd be interested in that?"
Kya walked down from the small hill she was standing on. The town they were planning to liberate was just on the other side of the hill. Kya walked down to the side where the rebellion was waiting. All she needed to do was give the order, and they would begin the siege. The citizens were prepared to hide when they saw them coming. Kya looked towards the soldiers and breathed in slowly. Then she turned towards the hill.
"Let's rock this town, boys!"
The rebellion cheered as they ran up the hill towards the town. And so began the first battle of the mighty liberation of Shen's homeland…
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"Shen, last time I used spiritbending, I almost died."
"I know, but listen to me. There's a huge difference between Ozai and the people we are fighting. Ozai was greedy, but he didn't kill to many people on his own. He used his firebending to show how strong he was, but he rarely used his powers. The men we're fighting aren't afraid to kill at anytime. If we don't take their powers away, then they'll keep coming back to kill us."
"But how do we know that their spirits are weaker than mine? Ozai's spirit was hard enough to break."
"And that's exactly how we'll beat them. We don't need to use brute strength to take them down. We need to take them down on the inside."
"Sounds like something Ty-lee would do."
"She weakened the body physically. What we need to do is weaken our opponent's body mentally. And you can bet they will try to break us mentally also."
"You mean Katara… right?"
"Yes."
"Then why did we bring her if she's in danger?"
"You answer that question."
"Because… it would hurt me inside to be separated from her for far too long?"
"Not just you… Katara. You both need to be mentally strong, Your love and friendship gives you that strength. Something that Xiang, Yuan, and the rest of those guys don't have."
"So… how to we beat them mentally… or weaken them enough for me to spiritbend their powers away?"
Shen thought about this for a moment, and then had an idea.
"Morale."
"What?"
"As long as someone believes they have a chance of winning, they'll keep fighting. We just need to lower their morale."
"And how do we do that to someone who's super powerful?"
Shen smiled.
"Simple. We overwhelm them with our allies, and make them feel alone."
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Ty-lee walked across the path that Ozai and his men took a while ago. She finally had her counter-force. Waterbenders, Firebenders, Earthbender, Bumi, and more. It was a large group of almost 500 people.
Ty-lee smiled. "That should be good enough."
She led the counter-force towards the beginning of the caves.
"Ok team, its time to help the gang for all the times they helped us. It's time for us to take our part in this epic battle of good vs. evil. It's time to strike…"
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Ozai and his soldiers finnaly made it out of the caves. They were finally in Shen's homeland. Ozai chuckled.
"Such a pathetic place…"
He used his special gloves to fire out flames that burned the last peace area near Shen's hometown.
"Once I killed this "Katara" person… I'll be sure to concur this place too. Then I'll have more than enough power to take back my homeland…"
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He sat on his throne and looked out side through his grand window. He saw the giant black clouds in sky. He smiled. Good fortune was upon him. He looked out again and saw a few tiny white clouds in sky. He frowned at this sight and raised his hand. The white clouds moved towards the black clouds and fused with them. The clouds became darker. Xiang sat up and sighed.
"They're coming…"
END OF CHAPTER
Sorry for PT2 delay. I had to redo some parts of this chapter. Hope you liked this two-part chapter! 6 may appear on Thursday, and 7 might be Friday afternoon. If it's not up by Friday night, don't expect anything for that weekend. I'm going to be away from my computer then. Thanks for reading and reviewing!