A New Mission: Infiltrating the City

Tekara nodded and put on the earplugs, making sure they were firmly fastened in. Then, she took another pair ad fixed them on Kiari. The five-year-old was staring at the dragon with obvious interest, too distracted to really care.

"We're gonna fly," she told him gently. "The dragon's gonna carry us up into the sky."

Kiari "oohed" in delight.

Tekara turned to Lily. "We're ready," she mouthed, all sounds becoming muffled to her ears.

The pouring rain had stopped and Kana went though the air. The clouds with ebony swirling and looming above us. Lily saw the wall only a few miles away. The closer Kana got the more guards we saw. It looked like 500 guards knew we were coming. A large thicket was touching the wall. Kana landed without being seen. " Here we go." Lily said making sure everyone had the ear plugs in. Then, a sonic sound wave hit the guards and they all dropped to the floor.

Tekara held tight onto Kiari as they flew up into the air. The young boy was quietly enjoying the ride, his eyes taking in every detail. They approached the wall and Tekara had to release him for a moment, but Lily told her dragon something, and suddenly they all collapsed.

Tekara's eyes were wide with fascination. She'd already had her bow, the arrow's nocked just in case, but suddenly the pathway was clear. How did she do that? Tekara thought. She turned around in her seat, checking to make sure their rear was clear, and found a line of guards tailing them.

Soon enough, a bullet whizzed by her ear, cloaked with shadows, at the spot her neck had just been. She'd narrowly missed having a bullet in her throat, and her chest tightened considerably. She wondered what would happen if she'd been hit.

Pulling an arrow back, she shot. It went right through the man's shoulder, spearing through the tissues and ligament. Tekara hadn't wanted to kill him, but she was sure he wouldn't be able to get up. One by one, she felled each guard. There were about five. That meant she had used up five arrows already.

I really hope I brought enough, she stressed. This seems like it's going to be a hard mission.

Lily saw Tekara worried about her arrows, Lily handed her 20 more " These are spares from the air nomads temple ." Lily air bended herself to the top of the wall then did the same to everyone else.

Tekara accepted the arrows numbly, touched that Lily was willing to help her out. "Thank you very much," she said, placing them inside her quiver. It was a tight fit. Her mistrust of the girl had dissolved completely. "This will really help me."

"All right, Lily stay here and hold them off, Tekara and Skye come with me.....we're gonna try to get into the palace." said Kouzai.

Tekara leapt from the dragon's back, carrying Kiari with her. For a moment she had considered leaving him behind with Lily, but whether she'd like it or not, he might be able to help them tremendously. Besides, she wanted Kiari where she'd be able to watch him. To know what happened to him.

She landed lightly on her feet, knees buckling slightly under her brother's added weight. She glanced around the courtyard, fallen bodies of guards splayed about all over the place. She wasn't sure how far the sound had reached, and only hoped it had stemmed all the way inside the castle.

As Kouzai, Skye and Tekari ran into the palace they were confronted by 10 guards. Kouzai jumped and held his hand out, there was a sound like a sonic boom and a wave of Shadow, Lightning and Fire engulfed the soldiers. Kouzai landed on the ground and pulled a sword. "All right...let's keep going" he said.

Tekara dragged Kiari along with her, struggling to keep up with the Fire Lord and Skye. Her senses, keen and exuberant, reached out all around her, mapping every corridor, every door and every slight turn of the paths. And most importantly, a place for Kiari to hide. She was surprised that Kiari was keeping up so well.

As if sensing her thoughts, the boy stopped suddenly. Tekara yelped, halting dead in her tracks. "Kiari -- what -- ?" Swift and fluid, the boy Waterbent from his pouch, whipping to the right, down a torchlit path. There was a low moan, and a guard fell, passed out from a well-aimed attack on his temple.

Tekara stared at the felled guard for a moment, then looked at Kiari. The child was already running to catch up to the Fire Lord and Skye. Tekara snapped out of her trance and followed, readying her arrows.

Lily was with her dragon sending sound waves though the city except the palace. Lily heard foot steps and sent out 1 more sound wave 20 men fell to the ground. Lily tied them to a tree about a mile away. A smoke cover would be good for them, they would not know, Ill just smoke cover the forest. Lily made the thicket look large with fog covering every tree and rock for miles. Anyone would be lost, but Kana could sence when they were coming so Lily could make a path. Lily went back to making sonic frequcys to knock out the guards.