The firebenders were running as fast as they could to them. Forskka and his three sons stood there as they approached. Duron could see the firebenders lining up ahead of them. They started to set fire to the trees around them.

"Go! I'll hold them back while you run!" Forskka ordered his sons.

"Dad, we're not leaving you!" Tane replied.

A blast of fire flew at them, and if Calon hadn't noticed, he would of been struck. He lunged right to evade the fire blast. The fire struck the house, and it lit on fire. Calon looked back ahead to the firebender who sent the blast. He gnarled his teeth.

Tane did an uppercut with his staff, and air sent the firebender backwards. Tane spun counterclockwise, and he swung his staff again, sweeping aside a squad of incoming fire nation soldiers.

Duron took advantage of his brother's attack. He did a stabbing motion with his staff and it send a strong blast of air. The bolt of air threw another firebender back. Duron looked to the sky when he heard whistling.

"Arrows!" he yelled.

Forskka spun with his staff, and created a whirlwind that threw the arrows aside. He looked to his left, where his sons were.

"GO!" he ordered.

"We're not-" Calon tried to reply.

"This is not a discussion! GO!" Forskka yelled.

The three sons turned around to go, but saw fire had spread all around.

Fire nation soldiers were charging from the fire. The sons charged back. Duron spun his staff, and sent a blade of air to throw them aside. But a firebender coming from their right sent a blast of fire to combat it. The fire and air canceled each other out. Duron turned to his right, and sent another blade of air. This time, the air met its target. The firebender was thrown back, and he impacted onto the ground unconscious.

Forskka looked ahead, they were still coming. He threw another blast of air, and it threw an entire squad back. They didn't get back up. He hear behind he that his sons were still fighting as well. He formed an air sprout and let himself rise. He formed a tendril of air with his right hand. He made it grab onto a firebender's leg, and he whipped him 180 degrees. The firebender smashed into a tree.

Calon sent blast after blast of air, but there was too much fire. He fell. Tane held onto his brother. He sent air to hold the firebenders away. Forskka rushed over in his air sprout. But before he could reach them, an arrow pierced Tane's heart. The air sprout vanished. Forskka fell onto his knees and crawled to his two sons. The fire nation soldiers stopped attacking and starred at the scene. Forskka didn't even care as they circled around him. Even before he checked their pulses he knew they were gone. Tears flowed down his face onto the bloody one that was Tane's. He had failed. Forskka had failed to protect his sons. Holding Tane in his left arm, and Calon in his right, he looked up to the night sky. Forskka gave out a cry of agony. Behind him a fire nation soldier pulled out a dagger.

Duron looked over and saw the scene.

"Dad! No!" he cried out.

The fire nation soldier plunged the dagger into Forskka's back. He fell, dead before his body hit the ground.

"NO!" Duron screamed.

Duron swung his staff and a blade of air flew from him. The air impacted the fire nation soldiers, and they went flying. Duron sprinted over to his family's corpses, and starred at them. They were dead. Duron looked back up, pure fury in his eyes. He starred at the fire nation soldier who had stabbed his father. The soldier crawled away as fast as he could, but Duron kicked him. He fell onto his stomach and rolled over. Fear swelled in his eyes.

"Please! No-" he cried.

Duron's rage started to fade as he starred into the soldier's eyes. He kicked him in the jaw, and the soldier blacked out. He had spared him. Duron looked to his right. Another couple firebenders were coming.

"Duron! We need to go!" Sokka yelled.

Duron wasn't going to go, he was going to die beside his family. He formed an air sprout and rose into the air. He used his staff to send blade after blade of air blasts. The firebenders rolled to their sides to evade them, but one was hit, and fell unconscious. The second firebender sent a blast of fire up at Duron, who sent a wave of air to flank it. The air made the fire be redirected, and it missed. Duron jumped from his air sprout and slammed the ground. A shock-wave of air flew in all directions. The firebender flew into a tree, and broke his spine. Duron twirled his staff and send an air slash at an advancing fire nation soldier to his left.

"DURON!" Sokka yelled even louder. "We need to-"

Sokka spotted the three dead bodies laying on the ground. Duron looked over his shoulder, tears in his eyes.

"I'm not going," he stated defiantly.

Sokka took a deep breath.

"Yes, you are." he declared.

Duron tried to spin around in time, but Sokka smacked Duron on the side of his head with his fist, rendering him unconscious.