Sokka 10: Sokka's Omnitrix part 2
Deciding it was safer if they all stuck together, they had all waited with Katara as she healed the bison before they all climbed onto Appa's back and began flying towards the distant fire. They were moving much slower than usual, Appa's injuries clearly still slowing him down.
"What exactly did you see?" Katara asked as she and Aang bent a cloud around them all to disguise them as they flew across the night sky.
"I don't know." Sokka, who had once again returned to his normal form, told her. "I couldn't see clear enough. All I know is it's not good."
They travelled for a while longer before black smoke began to mix with the cloud they were bending around themselves. "Where close." Katara stated.
Aang opened a small gap in the cloud for them to look through. The sighted members of the group all gasped at what they saw. Normally, Sokka would have warned them all to be quieter when they were sneaking around like this but given what was happening below them, he knew no one would give them the slightest bit of attention.
A large metal creature was smashing its way through the village, knocking down buildings and leaving a path of destruction in its wake. Most of the villagers where running in fear of the forty foot tall creature but some of them were trying to fight it, using their bending to blast fire at it or throwing stones and spears at it. Their attacks seemed to do nothing at all to the creature as it continued to decimate the village.
"Appa, yip yip." Aang ushered the bison on towards the ground, anxious to help the villagers.
They landed a short distance from the village, hiding the bison behind a dense row of trees. They all jumped down from the saddle.
"Woah! That thing is huge!" Toph said, now close enough to sense the creature with her seismic sense. Even from here she could tell that it was made from the same metal as the two smaller creatures they had fought earlier but since this one was touching the ground she had a much clearer image. She could feel some of the pieces moving inside of it as took a step or swung its arm. Didn't matter much though since the metal was still too refined for her to bend. "How are we supposed to stop that thing? We could barely handle the two little ones."
"We have to try." Aang said with certainty. "If we work together I know we can do this!"
"We can't just head in and start fighting it!" Sokka interrupted. "As soon as those villagers see you bending their going to know who you are."
"If we help them, they'll keep it a secret. Like the other village did." Aang suggested, thinking back to when they had helped that village on the river recover from pollution.
"We can't know that for certain and we can't risk it." Sokka told him.
"Then what are we supposed to do?" Katara asked in frustration. "We can't just leave them."
Sokka thought for a moment. "We head into the village and help people escape. Once we get as many people as we can to safety we can try and fight that thing." They all agreed to the idea and began to run towards the village. "Try not to use your bending out in the open." Sokka told them as they ran. "You have to be sneaky with it."
Toph began by rescuing a family trapped in a burning building. She sensed the family huddled in a corner, clinging to each other in fear. Using her bending she cracked part of the wall of the house with a quick punch. Then hiding behind a corner she made it seem as if the wall had crumbled all by its self, freeing the family.
Aang used his airbending too subtly direct flames away from spreading to other houses.
They carried on like this for a while. Doing all they could to try and get people to safety and put out the fires but the drone kept marching forward causing even more destruction with each step. Katara had just finished leading a family of three to safety when she saw her brother helping another group of people. She ran over to him.
"This isn't working." She was covered in soot and dirt. Katara and Sokka both stopped to talk while the group of people carried on out of the village. "We need to stop that thing!"
"I know." Sokka responded. "And I know how." He held up his wrist show that the strange object had returned to its blue colour. "It turned back while I was helping some people put out a fire."
"Sokka, you can't fight that thing alone!" Katara gripped her brother's shoulders in fear, as if to stop him from leaving. "You don't even know how to use that thing or what you'll turn into."
"I'll use the fire guy. He's the one that probably has the best chance of beating that thing. At least out of the two monsters I know how to use." Sokka explained.
"It's too dangerous. We'll find Aang and Toph and we'll fight this thing together."
"That'll draw to much attention to us!" Sokka yelled
"And a man made out of fire won't!" Katara yelled back.
The sounds of the creature smashing its way through the village continued in the distance. "We can't risk the Fire Lord finding out the Avatars alive or that there is an earthbender and a waterbender hiding in the Fire Nation. I'll fight that thing as the fire monster then run away once I've beaten it. I'll turn back to myself and they won't be able to find me." Sokka explained quickly.
Katara was still worried for her brother. "But…" She tried.
"Katara, I'll be okay." He said gently. "Go tell the other what's going on and not to reveal their bending."
Katara nodded. "Be careful." She called as her brother ran through the stone streets towards the attacking creature.
He was almost there. He could see a few people trying desperately to fight the creature. Sending blasts of fire at it. Each step the creature took shook the ground as it moved forward, cutting a path of destruction through the village.
Sokka ducked into a narrow alley behind one of the houses. Out of sight of anyone that might see him change. He quickly went through the armbands dial, finding the silhouette he needed. Just as he was about to press down the dial however, another step shook the ground knocking Sokka of balance. His hand slipped as it touched the dial. There was flash of blue light.
Sokka looked down at his arms and immediately realised that it wasn't the one he had intended. Instead of fire and molten rock, his arms where made out of angular green crystal. His hand had only three fingers and a thumb. His skin was shiny enough to see his own reflection in it. Looking at the reflection on his arm he saw that his head was made of the same green crystal with pupil less, yellow eyes. He had a large lower jaw with what seemed to be white crystals making up his teeth. He had no nose and the back of his head formed a large pointed shard. Two larger shards stuck up out of his back, with another two smaller ones on his chest just below his collar bone. Sokka reached around to feel his back and found that there were another pair of smaller shards lower down his back. Unlike the other two forms Sokka had turned into, this one wore clothes. His legs and everything up to his waist was black with the acceptation of the diamond shaped kneepads he had over his knees and the soles of his large boots, which were bright blue like the armbands dial. His torso, meanwhile, was also bright blue with a large, black rectangular shoulder pad on each shoulder. His arms where sleeveless, exposing the green crystal that made up his body. The armband's symbol had once again moved to the middle of his chest.
"Aw." Sokka groaned in frustration, discovering his new deeper voice. "This is not the guy I wanted." He complained. Suddenly a loud crash drew his attention back to the attacking creature. "But I guess he'll have to do." Sokka took off running down the alley towards the creature. His new size causing his arms and back shards to scrape against the walls. Sokka also noticed that with every move he made sounds like rustling crystal.
Sokka ran out into the rubble left by the large drone. Further along the path of destruction Sokka saw that the metal monster was continuing to smash its way through the village. "Hey, you!" He shouted before running through the rubble towards the drone.
The drone meanwhile, payed no attention to Sokka. It simply continued knocking down a building with its huge metal arms.
Sokka had no idea what this new body could do and he didn't have any time to figure it out. He charged forwards at the drone's legs and punched the one closest to him. The punch didn't do much but leave a small dent and a slight scuff on the metal. What it had done however was let the drone know he was there.
The drone rotated its entire top half around to get a look at its attacker. It scanned the crystalline creature staring up at it and found what it was looking for. The Omnitrix symbol.
The drone reached down to grasp at Sokka, who dove out of the way just in time.
Meanwhile Katara was explaining Sokka's plan to Aang and Toph. "Are we sure Snoozles is gonna be okay fighting that thing on his own?" As they all ran towards where the drone had been destroying the village.
"Sokka's a great fighter. He'll be okay." Aang assured them.
"But we barely know anything about this armband thing and Sokka's willing to risk his life by using it to fight this monster." Even after letting him go fight the creature, Katara was still worried for her brother.
"I'm sure he can handle it." Aang replied confidently. Their attention was suddenly drawn to above the buildings in front of them as they heard a loud yell. They looked up to see what seemed to be a large person made out of crystal being thrown into the air.
Sokka crashed into the ground after being hit by the drone. His new diamond body wasn't as fast or as agile as his normal one, it was however much more durable. Sokka had barely felt any of the metal creatures attacks and they certainly didn't hurt but that didn't mean he was any closer to beating it.
Just as he was getting back to his feet the drone fired a powerful blast at his back. The large shards on his back caused parts of the beam to be reflected off of him, burning small holes into the ground. The force of the blast was still enough to send Sokka flying into a half collapsed building. Which caused the rest of it to fall down on top of him, burying him under a mound of rubble.
The rest of the Gaang arrived just in time to see Sokka being crushed under the collapsing building. They were standing with a small group of the remaining villagers, who had been trying to fight the huge drone but had now stopped to watch this strange diamond person try and defeat it.
Both Aang and Katara prepared to rush in to rescue Sokka and fight the drone. However, before they could Toph grabbed them both by the arm. "Wait!" The earthbender told them.
Just then, as the drone stomped its way towards the rubble, a large, diamond blade stabbed its way through a massive slab of stone and tore it open with one swift slice. Sokka rose up from the gap, shaking of pieces of rubble.
Sokka examined his blade arm. He focusing on it, willing it to change back into a hand. The tip of the blade split apart and thickened, changing back into hand. Sokka smiled and clenched his fist. "Okay, let's see what this guy can do." Sokka leapt over the rest of the rubble he had been standing in and charged the drone again, switching his arms back into blades. He slashed at one of the drones legs, cutting straight through it with ease. The drone stumbled forward after losing half its leg, just catching itself before it crashed into the ground. Before Sokka could land another blow the drone slammed its right hand down on top of him, knocking him down. The drone picked him up, holding him by the back with its massive right hand.
Sokka struggled in its grasp, unable to reach around and cut himself free. He stopped struggling and willed the spikes on his back to grow, hoping that they could actually do that. Luckily for him, they did and a cluster of spikes erupted from Sokka's back. The crystals tore through the creature's metal hand causing a small explosion. The drone released its grip on Sokka allowing him to drop down to the ground. Sokka also disconnected the crystals from his back leaving them embedded in the creature's hand.
Hunched over, supporting itself with its two remaining legs and still functioning hand, the drone began trying to smash Sokka with its broken right hand.
Sokka just manged to dodge the drones attacks before he moved further back, out of the metal monsters reach. Feeling the shards on his back growing back into place gave Sokka an idea. He wasn't sure that it would work but given what this new form had done so far he didn't see why not. Reaching over his shoulder Sokka grabbed the end of one of the shards. He focused on it and began to pull it free at the same time, willing it to change into the shape he wanted. Sokka smiled as he felt the crystal shift into the weapon he had hoped for. With a yell, he through it as hard as he could.
"BOOMERANG!" He shouted as sent the crystal weapon slicing through the air.
The blade struck the drone in the left shoulder, staggering it. Sokka threw a second boomerang as he waited for the first back shard to grow back. This time the boomerang sliced across the drone's chest before returning to Sokka's hand. Sokka through it again, this time it embedded itself deep into the drone's lower chest.
To avoid another attack the drone switched arms and used right hand to support itself, freeing its left to open fire on Sokka. Just as Sokka had thrown a third boomerang the drone shot it out of the air with a blast from its wrist cannon, turning it into a cloud of sparkling, green dust.
The drone quickly fired another shot. This time aiming for Sokka. The blast hit the water tribe boy on the shoulder. The blast reflected of the crystal, carving a deep gash into the ground but there was still enough force to send him spinning into the air. He crashed back down behind a pile of rubble, out of the drone's sight.
Sokka sat up and dusted of his shoulder. He needed a new plan of attack and he didn't even know how much longer he could stay in this form. He rubbed his shoulder absentmindedly before he stopped suddenly. He looked at his arm and came up with an idea.
He jumped up out over the rubble but didn't move any further. He stood still and steadied his stance.
Katara, Aang and Toph had been watching the battle with baited breath as they saw struggle to fight the creature but now they were beginning to worry. "What's he doing?" Toph asked quietly.
"He's just standing there." Katara answered in quiet panic. Her brother was just standing still in his new body, staring at the drone. "Why isn't he doing anything?! It's going to kill him!"
"Come on!" Sokka yelled at the drone. "I'm right here! Give me your best shot!" He goaded.
The drone raised its arm, ready to fire.
Sokka dug in his feet.
The drone fired a beam of energy that scorched the air around it straight at Sokka.
The Gaang gasped in terror as the blast headed straight for him. All of them helpless to do anything.
Just before the beam hit him Sokka threw up his hands, catching the beam. The force pushed him back and caused his arms to tremble but he held his ground. The energy reflected of his crystal hands onto the ground, blasting a deep hole into the dirt. Fighting against the force of the beam Sokka angled the blast up, towards the drone that was firing it. Sokka moved his hands only slightly but the effect was massive. The energy moved suddenly cutting up through the drones body until it reached its head. The beam blasted straight through. The beam suddenly died and the drone's left arm slumped down. A massive hole with black smoke pouring out was left in the drones head. The sound of metallic creaks and groans filled the air as the drone swayed gently back and forth.
Suddenly the whole head exploded in a blast of fire and smoke, sending shards of metal in every direction. Nothing was left but grey smoke billowing from its neck. The fell forward and crashed into the dirt with a loud thump.
Sokka shook his hands, smiling in relief as he looked at the destroyed drone. A huge cheer erupted around him. Sokka looked up to see the remaining villagers cheering for him. He even saw Katara, Aang and Toph joining in.
Aang was jumping up and down cheering for his friend. "Yeah! Way to go Sok-" Katara quickly cover his mouth. Aang looked up at Katara who nodded to their left. Aang saw an old women staring at them. The Avatar pulled Katara's hand away. "I mean, way to go diamond? Headed? Guy?" He said much less enthusiastically.
Before any of the villagers could get close enough to thank him or ask him any questions, Sokka ran to hide amongst the buildings. He got there just in time for the armband to flash red and turned him back to normal.
Soon he and the rest of the Gaang where back on Appa, Sokka at the reigns while the other sat in the saddle, flying towards their destination. Now with all the excitement over they were beginning to feel the effects of going most of the night without sleep.
"Uggh." Toph groaned as she lay back in the saddle. "Couldn't we have gotten a little sleep?"
"Sorry but we have to keep moving if we want to be on time for the invasion." Sokka explained as held onto Appa's reigns.
"Hey, Sokka?" Toph asked sitting up. "Think you've got anything on that armband that can get us there early?"
Sokka was about to answer before stopping and looking at the metal clamped around his wrist. "I don't know. Maybe." He answered uncertainly.
"It does seem pretty useful." Katara admitted. Sokka nodded in appreciation before his sister continued. "Although it does seem kind of unpredictable. I thought you were going to use the fire guy to fight that thing?"
Sokka dismissed it with a wave of his hand. "I was but there was a problem. These thing take some practice, like your bending or something. It won't happen again." Sokka looked back at the armband. This thing was going to be a massive help to their fight against the Fire Nation. He just needed to figure out how to use it properly. As the others drifted off to sleep in Appa's saddle Sokka's own mind drifted to other thought like where had the armband come from? Was it the same place as those metal creatures? Sokka looked up to the sky. Where there any more coming?
High above the planet, Vilgax watched the footage from the destroyed drones. Growing angrier every second he watch. Some disgusting primitive had stumbled across the power of the Omnitrix and thought itself worthy to wield it. From the footage Vilgax could see that animal's methods where clumsy, having no idea of the true power of the device.
Still, now that device had been defiled by this primitive, the Omnitrix could no longer be as easily obtained. He would need to rip it from the primitives arm. A small inconvenience when the universe was his reward.
Vilgax would make certain to not lose sight of the creature and to prepare for the next strike.
Sorry this took such a long time.
Next chapter should just be Sokka learning about his different aliens and their power.
Atom king I like your idea about Heatblast being Sokka's favourite.
gazes I'm going to keep Ripjaws but I do plan to add more aliens later.
edboy4926 I'm not going to have the Omnitrix fix Toph's eyes, though I think it could.
One thing I've been wondering about is the names of some of the aliens. For example Frankenstrike. Since Frankenstein doesn't exist in Avatar, Sokka would never think of that names. So suggestions for alternate names are welcome.
Your own opinions and ideas for the story are welcome. Let me know what you think. Anything that needs improving and if everybody seems in character. Leave a review or use private messaging.
Thanks for reading.