Moonlighting

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6 Months

The iron sword skidded across the wet cobblestone. Kaikoura quickly tried to grab it but missed, her arms catching her fall and splashing in a puddle. Her body ached from the fighting and burns spotted her clothes and skin. She stayed for a moment on hands and knees, rain pounding on her back. Fear crept through her.

She only held there for a couple seconds, but time seemed to slow. To her, the seconds felt turned into an eternity. The poor, sleeping town surrounding her felt ghostly and dead; the only provided light was the slender crescent moon that peaked behind storm clouds and the lightning that shattered the black sky.

In the past, the darkness had never bothered her in the least. She took it all in, she embraced it, she lived in it. As her mother once told her, “Being from the Water Tribe, we are ruled by the moon; bright, shining Yue. What many people often over look is that there is a dark side of the moon. We constantly have that darkness shadowing us. What matters is how we use our concealed side. Light and darkness; Tui and La; Yin and Yang.”

And she had used that darkness all her life; usually for pain and suffering and helping the Fire Nation maintain control of the Empire. But this darkness was like none she’d seen before. It was not the absence of light that scared her, but the events that had unfolded before her. This darkness enveloped the air around her and seemed to suck her in. She felt suffocated, surrounded. Then instantly, the crowding she felt dispersed and everything felt empty. Suddenly, life didn’t have meaning anymore. One soft tear rolled down her cheek and she her body shook.

“He’s dead,” Kai whispered.

A flicker of light igniting in Tonrar’s hands caught her eye and broke her from the trance but her fear increased. Her swords were out of reach and she could feel the heat of Tonrar quickly approaching, he wanting nothing more than to incinerate her on the spot.

But she suppressed the fear and emotion as she was taught to do in the Agency. To feel had the tantamount, to fail. The Fire Lady herself came once and showed via demonstration that fear, most of all feelings, was never an option. One could not fear and still succeed in battle. Taking control of her emotions, she took one last breath and quickly rolled onto her back and kicked, nailing Tonrar, who had just come into her range, in the chest. What seemed like a vast period of time, was only seconds.

The fierce kick knocked him backward and onto the ground. But the blow had come with a price for Kaikoura; Tonrar had been preparing an attack of intense heat and the close proximity of the strike set fire to her pants. She let out a shout of agony as she felt the fire burn her flesh. The shower of rain wasn’t enough to put it out. She rolled and stuck her legs in the puddle, then patted them hysterically, adding burns to her hands but ceasing the flames. Before she had a chance to react, Tonrar was back on his feet and lighting up his palms.

Suddenly, a thick pole of rock shot up from the ground at an angle into Tonrar, launching him away from the scorched Kaikoura. He looked up to see Selah with her powerful fist against the ground and her determined eyes fixed on him.



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Prequel

Chapter 1, Part 1: New Neighbor

Chapter 1, Part 2: Agents

Characters: North Pole

Chapter 1, Part 3: Passed

Agents