Gyatso and Kara: Prodigies of an Avatar

Chapter 39- Breaths of Air

"Holy crap!" Kara screamed, ducking down to miss the large rock that was aimed at her head. Hot sweat trickled down her temple down to her neck as she ran next to her brother for assistance.

"How are you doing, Atso?" She asked, throwing a gust of wind at a Dai Li agent.

"Smoking villains, how about you?" Gyatso said with a casual shrug. He opened a pouch of water and held it with his hands, preparing for anything. His sky blue eyes squinted, trying to see through the dust.

"Ha. You're trying to act cool, aren't you? . . . Need some help?"

"It would be nice."

"Okey-dokey." Kara chuckled, taking in a huge gulp of air and stretching her arms. A seemingly hung over Dai Li agent ran towards her, controlling a massive chunk of rock with a sly look on his face, as if to say "you shouldn't even try to beat me."

She rolled her gray eyes and pushed her hands out with as much force as she could, flinging the soldier to the wall ten yards away from her. She heard his back hit the wall. He screamed out in pain.

"Who said that air-bending wasn't offensive?" She scoffed, turning around with her hands on her hips.

"Ah!" Gyatso cried out, suddenly. Kara looked down to see her brother on the ground, uninjured, with a Dai Li agent standing above him from behind. Sneak attack. Her dark gray eyes slowly rolled over to see the man who had hit her brother. Surprisingly, the agent wasn't a man at all. He looked to be about her age, with dark green eyes and dirty brown hair. He was tall, but very lean and was trembling violently, almost about to cry.

Before she could blink, the boy's hand hit her face violently, and scrunched, squeezing her head. Oh my gosh, Kara thought, tears coming to her eyes. She was anticipating the boy pushing her down, but he just stood there. . . suffocating her. She brought her right hand up to his and dug her nails into his fingers. The agent winced, squeezing her face harder. She whimpered, her hand dropping to her side. She tried to bring her hand up again, but the loss of air was already hitting her body. Everything was becoming a blur. Stay awake . . . stay . . . awake. She thought, blinking repeatedly. There has to be something. . . that I can do to get. . . him. . . off. Kara felt her consciousness fading away-she would pass out soon. Frantically, she brought her left leg up, aiming nowhere in particular, and kicked with all of the energy left in her body. The agent cried out, falling to the ground, releasing her.

She looked down at him and analyzed his body. He sat in pain, clutching his inner thighs, red and crying.

"Suck on that." Kara wheezed, wiping her tears away. Her knees buckled, and she nearly fell to the ground, being caught by her recovered brother. She opened her mouth to speak on how he did nothing during her altercation, but Gyatso pressed his index finger against her lips before she could talk.

"Silence." He whispered, "You must be silent."

She nodded, taking a deep breath. They began to walk, tiptoed, on the dirt, looking for anybody on their side.

"Nobody is here." Kara whispered, listening for any sounds.

"Sh. . . do you hear that?" Gyatso said, crouching down.

"What?"

"Come down here with me-quietly."

Obviously, she was going down fast enough, for Gyatso yanked her down by the waist. If being quiet wasn't mandatory, she would've screamed in pain. He pulled her next to him and leaned into her ear.

"Faint . . . slashing is what I hear." Gyatso whispered, breathing into his sister's ear.

Kara closed her eyes, straining to listen. Nothing came to her ears except for Gyatso's breathing and then . . . she heard metal clanking in the distance. Not so much clanking, but, stabbing. There was no screaming, no resistance, just the sound of metal going into skin.

"It's Kyoshi-"

"Hush before I shut you up!"

"Fine, I'll stop, but we need to help her." Kara conformed, beginning to slide forward on her knees in the direction of the sound.

Finally! I updated! Sorry, for the wait, but I originally planned to make this chapter two parts, but I wanted to change it up. Next chapter will probably be with Li and Kyoshi and then the one after will be. . . I dunno, you tell me.

God Bless,

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