Chapter Twenty Five Revelation
Good timing, Nazca thought as they reached the royal palace, Azula was about to be crowned and the fire sages had stopped just in time. Zuko jumped down off of Appa, followed by Katara and Nazca, "You're not going to become fire lord today," He yelled, "I am."
Azula laughed, looking disheveled and partially insane, "Very well brother let's do this, the show down that was always meant to be, Agni Kai!"
"You're on!"
Katara gasped, "What are you doing, she knows she can't take all three of us so she's trying to separate us."
"I know, something's off about her," he said, "I can't explain, plus this way no one else has to get hurt," he looked from Nazca to Katara, waiting for affirmation.
Nazca nodded then said, "Kick her ass."
The preparation was swift as they cleared the courtyard for the battle, it would be over quickly, Nazca thought. The battle began. Fire, blue and red collided in a torrent of death. Shots were exchanged as they both held their ground. Azula began to advance but Zuko kept calm and knocked her down, "What! No Lightning today," he yelled, "Afraid I'll redirect it!"
"I'll show you lightning."
Nazca felt it coming a million times over, the moment that determined his fate, it was perfectly performed but luckily failed, simply said, she cheated. She formed the bolt, powered by the comet and sent it, not at Zuko, no, at Katara. Zuko leapt, as Nazca sprinted, into the path, and took the bolt to the chest. Katara ran over to attempt to heal him but Azula had already created another bolt and sent that one again at her, which found it's mark.
Nazca stepped forward from where he was hiding and took off his upper uniform, leaving him in pants. Azula smiled, "It's you, oh you had the uncle Fahn right, how's he enjoying prison."
Nazca smiled, "I'm from the water tribe."
Her expression changed to fury as she created another bolt and sent that one at Nazca who quickly ducked behind a pillar. She sent two more blasts of fire at him slightly scorching him. Furious at everything that had lead up to this moment, Nazca yelled, "I'm tired of hiding." and with that he stepped out of the shadows, and into the light. The light of his power.
He rose, floating, using airbending, he brought forth water from nearby, raised earth from the ground and summoned white fire, "No way," Katara whispered,
"I am Nazca of the Northern water tribe, and I am the second avatar."
He landed on the ground and sent the torrent of water, then earth and finally air all at Azula. She struggled, blocking the first two until the air knocked her back. She stood up fuming, "I guess the whole family gets to kill an avatar today!" She yelled. She summoned another bolt and sent it flying at Nazca.
He grabbed it with precision and began to redirect it. Then it hit him. The idea, the idea of what was to come, now there were two, two avatars. His existence was not necessary, he had been created because Aang was frozen, now Aang was free, now his purpose was complete, he felt his destiny coming to an end, the end. He raised his arm pointing it at Azula, still afraid to finish this, then it happened. He earthbended a prison around Azula and held on to the lightning.
The explosion sent him flying back, the pain searing through his arm and chest, he had secured Azula but he still existed. With the most powerful earthbending he had ever done he pushed himself and sent himself flying, through the air until he finally land in a heap of dull pain. He was somewhere, somewhere far away, but it didn't matter, it was finished, Aang would defeat the fire lord, that he was sure, Zuko would rise and peace would prosper. The war was finally over. As this thought went through his head he felt the darkness overcoming him, fighting him, until it finally won.