The Elementals IC

[Xikari chan]

It was midday in the city of Echoknot, lots of hustling and bustling everywhere. Everyone was in a hurry to get somewhere. The sky was bright but filled with light gray clouds that suggested it would would rain soon. In the midst of all the normalcy, a young woman who had not forgotten the ancestral ways was walking through the crowds staring up at the sky. Everyone else pretended like they didn't have the abilities, which for some was fine, but with her, she wanted people people to embrace their gifts. So many wouldn't they had strayed so far from where humans had began, that the elementals who did use their powers seemed strange to them. But, it was no wonder the Gods of the Elements decided now of all times that they wanted to re-enslave the human race. Long ago, the humans were enslaved, but the elemental humans fought to free mankind, eventually they struck up a deal with the Gods. Mankind would never forget where they came from, they would never forget the Gods and continue to worship them. But those days were over, the Gods long forgotten. Now, the Gods were angry, and the consequences of mankind's foolishness had to be faced.

But Trinity Blaze, the only elemental left in her family, wasn't going to sit back and allow humans to be killed and/or enslaved, she was going to fight, which was why she trained every day to become stronger to protect mankind like her father and ancestors before her. Trinity had come into the city to buy a hefty amount of supplies to go on a trip. She was planning on going to find the Elemental God who lived hidden deep, deep in the woods outside of her village. Little did she know that the God of the Earth Element, would come to her.

"Is this going to take much longer Trin?" Rune Seraph walked beside Trinity, carrying two heavy bags of supplies in his arms. "I can only carry so much" Truthfully what he was carrying wasn't heavy, he was just slightly lazy and didn't like to be in crowds. But, he liked helping people, and that's how Trinity had got him to leave their village and go into the city. "Don't worry you lazy bum we're almost done here I promise" Trinity smiled at him as they pressed past a group of tourists. She stopped for a minute to look over her inventory. "Let's see, two bags of food, two canteens filled with water, fishing pole, backpack, matches..." Her sentence drifted off as she turned her head at a loud noise heard from the end of the road that lead to the gates. On top of a huge round boulder rolled a man who made his way down the street (destroying everything in his path), two the center of the city. "What was that...?" Rune asked in confusion. "I... I honestly don't know, let's go, he's gonna hurt someone we have to stop him!" Without another word she took off after the man. "Trinity, wait!" The young man chased after her, still carrying the supplies she had purchased earlier.

[Rtron]

Gregor Hanz walked into Echoknot, searching for a smithy to trade with. He needed to restock on ores, and he hoped someone would have a need for weapons and armor. His mace was on his back, ready to be pulled out and used in a moments notice. One could never be to careful in these turbulent times. In the cart that he was dragging behind him, there was weapons and armors stacked to the brim and then some. Most of the weapons were blunt, maces, hammers, etc. When he found the smithy he was looking for,he spent a good half hour haggling with the man. When he left, both of them satisfied, he was ready to head home, make some more weapons and armor, practice his earth bending, maybe go to the local bar, and then call it a good night and sleep. Well, that was the plan anyways. That sorta got ruined when his cart was ran over with a giant boulder. "What in the name of the gods!?" He shouted, looking at the crushed remains of his cart and ores, now useless.

"I'm going to crush you skull!" Gregor roared after the man, pulling out his mace and using the earth to springboard him onto the boulder. "You know, it's not very nice to do this to a perfectly respectable town." Gregor commented to the surprised looking man. The man, still keeping the boulder going, attempted to swing at him with a small mace he had. Gregor ducked then responded with a swing of his own. The mace hit the man in the chest, sending him flying off the boulder. Gregor then slammed his mace on the boulder, causing it to crack in half, and stop. He leapt off and walked to the groaning man, who sent a smaller boulder flying at his head. Gregor barely dodged this, getting his shoulder clipped, and then sent an earthen fist straight up into the mans jaw. With a loud snap, his lower teeth met his upper and he fell down, stunned. "Well, you certainly have a jaw of stone." Gregor commented, standing over him with his mace ready.

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Yizori was sharpening his hand blade, making sure thst he wouldn't have a dull weapon, since dull weapons were ineffective. He was one of the best archers around, and a damn good hitman. He sat the blades down, and began cleaning his bow. A clean bow is a good bow, as he said. During his old days as an assassin, he trained himself to be a master of the bow. He was now an archer with no real purpose, as he saw it. He took the occasional odd job here and there, ranging from officials to fugitives, like his current target. He put his hand blades on, retracking them so he could use his bow. He got out of the room he was in, and went looking for his target. Suddenly, a man came barreling down thw street on a boulder. He said' watch where your goin, punk!'

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He saw another man take down the man on the boulder, and walked up beside him.
He said to the man with the big mace(gregor)' you have good skills
Very good skills.'as he approached him. He stood by this man's side, and looked at the bpulder guy.
He walked up to the boulder guy, picked him up by his shirt, and pinned him to the wall.
'Wadiya think yur doin boy?' He said angrily.(I hope you don't mind this)

[Ace the Kidd]

Anna had her sword resting on her skinny and thin shoulders,thinking about her parents. She felt bad that she choose them over her uncle,but at the time,that seem like the best place to go. Speaking of her uncle,she wondered where the wise oldish man was at now. Anna remembered when the small town of "thieves." was under attack what seem to be royalist for a king or something. They randomly came in the town and burnt it with bows of fire and touches. They had caught some of the poor town's folks and the ones that weren't caught either fled or perished in flames. She could remembering her uncle fighting back with swift blows of his fist and lighting fast kicks. However,she didn't know if he escaped or died. Anna knew he was alive,she could feel it in her gut! she just had to keep believing. Even if it did sounded very corny...

Her memories shatter when she walked up to the city Echoknot. Hopefully there was people knew of that horrible day. Also,her uncle was a pretty famous rouge,so how couldn't people not know him? Anna took a deep breathing and prayed before she walked into the city. Once she was inside,she begin to roam the streets

[emptychronicles]

Leona made her way into the town quietly, the coat covering every single inch of her body, the hood casting shadows across her face to hide her identity. Not that people know who she is... some of them might have heard of her, and the last thing she wanted was to get caught by the authorities. She could hear the scuffle of feet behind her, knowing that he was still in full-pursuit of her. She quickly stepped into the crowd, the small bag of money tucked safely in her pocket.

She was a thief. A con. A rogue. A bandit. She had a bounty on her head and she didn't exactly cared. She did what she had to do to survive and she wasn't going to let anybody tell her what to do. They would do the same if they were in her position, though they haven't had enough to know what it's like. It was the only way she knew how to live. Constantly keeping an eye on her surroundings to make sure nobody caught on, running from town to town because if she stayed too long, she'd be doomed. It was how she lived. It was her life.

Her breath got knocked out of her as the man bumped into her. She fell backwards in surprise, the hood flipping over to reveal her face.

"It's you!" The man reached out to grab her by the collar, but Leo was quicker. With a growl, she gave the man a nasty uppercut before jumping to her feet and running. The man held his chin before following her, yelling a couple dozen profanities. "Hey! You there! Stop! Stop right now!"

"And let you catch me?" Leo scoffed. "Yeah, right. I'm not as stupid as you!"

And then she flipped him off, which only angered him more. Leo dived into the crowd, climbing the side of a building and pulling herself on the rooftops to hide. Thankfully, the man went straight past the alley and onto another street, looking around confusedly. He'd lost her. Leo was victorious! She settled down cross-legged and pulled the bag out of her pocket, checking how much money she managed to con out of the stupid guy.

[Ace the Kidd]

Anna sighed,once again lost in her thoughts. Her thoughts where shatter once again when she heard the screaming man..what was wrong with him? she than saw the he had just been robbed..but by who? Seeing this mad Anna happy,she haven't stole anything from anyone in a while. It was her hobby back at the little ol town she once stayed in. She remember her and her uncle going into royalist's city or who every those fancy clothing guys where,to steal. They stole gold,money,whatever seem variable to them. Those ol memories mad her smile."Ahhh..the good days. i missed them." she said. Anna begin to run down the street,trying to find the person who stole from that man. She than stop,seeing a girl toying around with money...that had to be her. Anna didn't want to just go over there and that not be the thief.

[Dsnake1]

Salama walked down the steps from the temple. Just because he ran away from the monastery didn't mean he gave up on the old ways. He was one of the few who still worshiped the Lightning God, Ukkonen. Most said he perished in a god-war, but Salama refused to believe it. Maybe it was because Salama knew the way the world was heading, and believed that if enough people started praying, the gods would change their minds. Deep down, Salama knew better. He knew no one could save them, not without another god-human war.

Lost in his thoughts, as well as his hood, Salama didn't notice the two halves of a boulder until he nearly ran into one. Judging from the size, only a skilled bender would have been able to control it, although Salama couldn't figure out how the break had been made. After stepping around the boulder, he saw what could have been the caused the boulder, as well as the split. Two men were beating what seemed to be a stunned bender. Thinking the two men must have been the ones terrorizing the town with the boulder and the smaller man must have been a bender who split the rock, Salama stepped forward.

"What do you two think you're doing. You can't just terrorize a town, then beat up the savior. Drop him now or suffer the consequences."

Salama, keeping his hood over his face, threw his foot in a high arc, sending a wave of black lightning over the tops of the heads of the aggressors. The power surge would do nothing to them besides a mild shock and make their hair stand on end, but Salama hoped it would be enough. He wasn't sure if he could handle another boulder, but out of his peripheral vision, Salama saw more people coming to his aid. Perhaps this nightmare would be over before it began.

[Xikari chan]

Trinity ran to see the large boulder broken in half she tilted her head. "What's going on here...?" She asked no one in particular. "Look, there's a lightening bender"

"What do you two think you're doing. You can't just terrorize a town, then beat up the savior. Drop him now or suffer the consequences." Trinity saw the Salama use his bending skills and her eyes widened. "Whoa..." She ran in between the Salama and the others, getting shocked, causing her to real back and her hair to frizz up. "Ack..." Rune caught her as she fell back. "Hey what the hell?"The Earth bender who had made the boulder brought his fists to his sides and moved them forward in a specific motion, two pillars of rock lifted from the ground and moved to crush his attacker.

[Rtron]

Gregor glanced at the man who came up and proceeded to prepare to mug the bender. "Thanks. Try not to overly damage him, I think he's had enough." Gregor said, then prepared to sheathe his mace when someone else came up. Accusing them of being the ones who terrorized the town and then beating up its 'savior'. Then, he tried to intimidate them with lightning. "Boy, you'd better hit me if you plan to do that again. And for your information, sun shine here was the one terrorizing the town with the giant boulder. I just came along and threw him off of it." Gregor said his mace back in his hands. "But I do get the feeling that there's something else coming. Something on the horizon. Something bad." He muttered twisting the mace in his grasp. Gregor turned to the man who was being held up by the collar.

"So, would you kindly explain why you were going through the town on a boulder? It would make me so .....less likely to hit you with this mace if you were just forth coming with the answer." The mans response was to try and crush them both. Gregor lifted his mace and stopped the pillars, luckily the mace was made out of the most durable metal he could find. "That's...not...nice..." Gregor grunted ,the man was trying to move the pillars forward to kill them, slamming his foot down. Two Earthen waves of sand came up and smacked into the pillars, knocking them to the ground. Gregor fell to his knees the pressure of the pillars off. He placed his hand on the ground and a ball of sand came up and floated around the mans left face. Then a fist came out and socked him across the jaw. "Jackass..."

[Dsnake1]

Salama was confused for just a second. A second was all it took for his ever observing eyes to see the fists and the towers of rock. Realizing that he had made the mistake of thinking the wrong people were criminals, the mistake of thinking he was the only one seeking justice anymore. There wasn't much he could do to right his wrong now. Well, besides a warning.

"Watch out! Get out of the way!"

As the words left his mouth, possibly a split second before, the man with a mace realized what was happening. In a feat of strength, the man stopped both pillars. He then used his earth bending to topple the towers and punch the bender in the face.

The fist of sand must have been stronger than it appeared, for the bender appeared stunned. Salama then took the time to look around, realizing the people he saw coming earlier were there, watching him. Then, not directed towards anyone in particular, Salama spoke.

"My name is Salama. I fight for the right cause. Introduce yourselves to me if you wish" Then, turning towards the couple standing behind him, he said, "I apologize if you were shocked in my earlier display. I will answer questions if you ask, and I deem them of worth, but now, I must apologize to the one in front of myself."

Turning back towards the man with the mace, Salama approached, reached out his hand, and said, "I apologize for my earlier assumption. Thank you for protecting this town. I would be honored to know your name"