Genesis: Airbending prodigy and master of swords.
Katsumi: Waterbending prodigy.
Giro: Earthbending prodigy.
Karin: Firebending prodigy.
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Giro and Karin walked down the street and stopped in front of the gates.
Karin: I sense they are coming, but one of them feels really weak...
Giro: Is it Kat?
Karin: I can't tell.
The gate slowly opened and they saw Genesis, with his shoulder over Katsumi, limping.
Giro: Woah...
Karin: Don't just stand there! Go help him!
Giro: R-right!
He ran over to him and picked him up.
Katsumi: We need to head to the nearest inn ASAP.
Karin: There's one just down that street.
Katsumi: Well then, let's hurry.
Karin nodded and they started to walk with Karin in the lead. They saw the inn and started to walk faster. Karin rushed in first and asked for one room. The old woman walked really slowly to the cabinets behind her and searched tediously for the keys.
Karin: Could you make haste please?!?!?
Inn Keeper: Slow your horses, girly. Now...where did I put those keys?
Karin banged her head on the table and then the old woman found them.
Inn Keeper: There you go. One room.
Karin: Thanks!
She swiped the keys from her hand and then rushed over to the room. Giro and Katsumi followed suit. Karin shoved in the keys and then turned them. The door unlocked and they all went in. Giro walked over to the bed and gently layed Genesis on it.
Giro: I think he went unconscious, but he'll wake up soon enough. So....What do we do now? We have no leader, and he was supposed to be our ticket in...
Karin: I'm thinking. I'm thinking...
Katsumi: I can stay here and watch over him.
Giro: We can dig in.
Karin: They have some guards down there to, so if we run into them...
Giro: Should we call off the mission?
Katsumi: If you want to wait a few months for him to fully heal, then go for it.
Karin: I guess we have no choice but to...
A hand grabbed Karin's wrist and she turned around.
Genesis: There is always a choice...Just don't make the wrong one...
Karin: What are you suggesting? You want us to go on a suicide mission?
Genesis: You won't have to because I'm coming with you guys...
Katsumi: You can't! You'll just end up dying from internal bleeding!
Giro: She's right. We can't risk it for one mission.
Genesis: It's not just....any mission....
Giro: Still...You're in no condition to be suggesting anything that dangerous.
The room got silent for a second and then Genesis stood up.
Genesis: See guys? Nothing to worry about. I'm fi...
He fell on his knees and then spit out blood. Katsumi and Karin helped him up and then put him back on the bed.
Giro: Alright...I'll go then. These Earthbenders are amateurs, so I should be able to get pretty far on my own...
Karin: I'm coming with you. You're not going to leave me again.
Katsumi looked at Genesis' wounds and then looked up at Karin.
Katsumi: I'll stay here and watch him.
Giro: Alright. Let's get cracking.
Karin: No...We leave at midnight. We'll catch them off guard. I will be weaker during the night, so be prepared to do most of the work. Not that you'll have to because we'll be using the element of surprise.
Giro: Isn't tonight a full moon?
Katsumi: Yes...I'll be healing him when my strength is at its peak.
Giro: It's settled then. We leave at midnight and you will stay here and tend to his wounds.
Karin: Let's get some sleep before we go, so we're refreshed and ready to go.
They all took a seat somewhere in the room and closed their eyes and, one by one, they all fell asleep.
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Sorry there's a lot of talking here. The next post will be mostly action.