"Keep moving and like I said, don't look back! Get through the door no matter what!"
Aang peels off to turn back around and face the stampeding bug-beasts racing towards like them in a wave of death, intending to buy Roxie time. It's the kinda thing that should probably have some kinda theme song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsppp2JGJFY) to it. Really.
Jumping up on one of the rocky pillars he takes a deep breath, centering himself, and then? Then he starts to move. Dropping into a horse stance, he starts stamping his feet and making sharp, solid gestures of his arms, and the entire canyon rumbles as walls of earth rise up, causing the bugs to slam into them.
He jumps to another pillar with the wind carrying him, and a sweep of his arms has the streams winding together in the air and then flowing towards the remaining bug-things in a massive wave, that sweeps them back and freezes them in place.
Though he's not in the Avatar State, the way the valley rumbles and shakes, and the winds sweep through, the flow of the water, and the occasional arc of fire--it's all a testament to his power, and to his control.
The first boy that Roxie had been helped by had just been a child, the second had still been one, a fearful boy that dealt with enemies--and his destiny--by running. But over time, he had changed, and Roxie got to see those changes.
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Aang peels off to turn back around and face the stampeding bug-beasts racing towards like them in a wave of death, intending to buy Roxie time. It's the kinda thing that should probably have some kinda theme song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsppp2JGJFY) to it. Really.
Jumping up on one of the rocky pillars he takes a deep breath, centering himself, and then? Then he starts to move. Dropping into a horse stance, he starts stamping his feet and making sharp, solid gestures of his arms, and the entire canyon rumbles as walls of earth rise up, causing the bugs to slam into them.
He jumps to another pillar with the wind carrying him, and a sweep of his arms has the streams winding together in the air and then flowing towards the remaining bug-things in a massive wave, that sweeps them back and freezes them in place.
Though he's not in the Avatar State, the way the valley rumbles and shakes, and the winds sweep through, the flow of the water, and the occasional arc of fire--it's all a testament to his power, and to his control.
The first boy that Roxie had been helped by had just been a child, the second had still been one, a fearful boy that dealt with enemies--and his destiny--by running. But over time, he had changed, and Roxie got to see those changes.
This is different. Who he is now is different.