It is a rainy day. The sky is cerulean, and a sharp breeze scatters the fern green grass on the surface. Pillan stares up in the sky with his indigo and orange robes. Pillan's daughter Aylin appears with a small light grey cape as well as silk violet robes.
Pillan comments, "Rejoice young one, our moment of supremacy has finally arrived."
Aylin kneels, "Yes father, I'm elated."
Pillan shouts and thrusts his right fist in the air, "Kanosshu!! Oh, great and terrible being, I have paid my debt. Help me, raise my army so I can finally rip what remains of this town to pieces!!"
Hundreds of miles away tall yet broad creatures stumble out caves within the Northern Water Tribe's Island. They have four yellow eyes, silver claws, daggered white teeth, wide feet, flat bellies, and long noddle-like noses.
As the creatures step out of their slumber, they charge from their chilling tundra into the water. They swim at sensational speeds until they reach Western Water Tribe shores. From there, the monsters continue their stampede. Aylin waits patiently beside her father in a crouched position.
The Vindicated Avenger dashes a few feet across the duo with Sada standing by his side. Calveko, Kashen, and Ruken are just a short distance away. Pillan stands, "At last, one great test rises before our moment of enlightenment. This is everything I could have reasonably strived for."
Kett crosses his arms, "Cut the coo-coo talk weirdo and let's get down to business."
Pillan smiles, "Good, just know that when I disembowel you, it will go in the hands of a greater cause."
Sada shakes her head, "I wouldn't call being sacrificed by a sinister phantom a 'greater cause'."
Pillan: "No matter, Aylin, deal with the girl. This time, I want the armored knight for myself."
Kett shrugs, "That works for me, but I kind of wanted a rematch with the..." Before Kett can finish his statement, Pillan elongates his arms as he propels twelve ice stones at his opponent. The firebender lifts his left hand and blows incoming debris away. Pillan sways horizontally as he swivels a column of ice at the Vindicated Avenger.
The VA rockets his body over the object with a spur of light orange and yellow flames. As Kett lands, his metal boots knock a dent in the ground. The water sorcerer claps and dolts a hefty ice sword at Kett's midsection. The avenger raises his right arm and slashes the sword into vapor with his own fire blade that he immediately douses.
Kett points, "Don't make me kill you."
Pillan: "I don't fear death, without risk there is no progress. You should know that, BOY!"
Kett raises an eyebrow under his helmet, "Boy?"
Pillan shrugs, "I can tell you're young. I can hear it in your voice, I can even see it in how you stand." Meanwhile Sada looks across at Aylin who sprints after her. Sada pushes her right hand as she shoots a beam of sizzling water at her opponent. Aylin rolls under the beam before pivoting left.
Sada readjusts her view while Aylin sways her right hand and accelerates a spinning ice dagger in her direction. Sada generates an ice short sword and hacks the dagger in two. Aylin jumps back on her feet while kicking an ice orb at the United Way champion.
Sada slides forward, quickening her movement with her own ice. The orb shatters into a water flow but Sada automatically freezes the water behind her before swiping a barrage of condense ice rectangles at Aylin. The water rebel raises an ice barrier which takes the shots.
Aylin extends her arms and the barrier dissolves into a puddle of water. Calveko steps beside Sada. Meanwhile Ruken steps to cover Kett's left flank and Pillan turns and sees Kashen lining up his spear for a clean shot at his daughter. Kett: "Sorry bud, you're outnumbered."
Pillan: "Oh, how dishonorable, and you call yourself a hero? Fortunately, your endeavors are futile. I detect my relief has arrived."
Ruken raises an eyebrow, "Relief?" The United Way team hears a series of obnoxious shrieks and snorting. Eight winter reapers enter the scene. Pillan shoots a water ray into Kashen, which floors him. Kett punches two fire rockets at the water master who immediately sweeps a cascade of snow into the rockets.
{[Music Starts] Dua Lipa- Houdini (Official Instrumental)}
A wild eruption occurs while Ruken braces himself for two ravenous creatures. One dives at the Western Water Tribesman with a spinning right strike. Ruken ducks under the hit and slides left as he pumps his black sword through the beast's gut. Kashen pulls his weapon back as he shakes dark purple blood off his sword.
A second monster runs at him and Ruken holds his weapon forward as he looks to engage it. Like a blur, the animal knocks his weapon out of his hand and toward Kashen who seems to be back on his feet. Ruken screams, "Kashen, look out!"
Kashen crouches and the sword barely misses his head before it lands across him. The creature runs at a vulnerable Ruken who freezes in terror, but Kashen hurls his spear through the monster's neck. The United Way operative gulps in relief but looks back at Kashen to see if he's safe.
Kashen notices three beasts running at him. He looks down at his dagger and realizes that will not be enough. Nevertheless, the warrior hastily retrieves his comrade's black blade before pointing it at the angry monsters across him. One jumps after him like a spiraling meteor.
Kashen rolls away as it pounds its legs against the ground. The animal lunges at him when Kashen severs its arms before bashing its head off. A second beast hops behind him but the Water Tribe fighter shifts his position as he impales it with a blow to the chest.
Kashen runs at the third monster, but it runs from him. Kashen: "Hey come back here, you fuzzy nightmare!" The abomination snorts twice before skipping toward a tree. Kashen pursues it without thought and the beast scales the tree before it leaps down after him at a tremendous velocity.
Kashen jumps away from danger but stumbles over a rock and lands on his face. Kashen huffs, "Ack!" (Music stops)
The beast roars like a bear, "Gerrruuuuuuee!!"
Ruken bellows, "Nooooo!!!" Ruken hurls Kashen's spear through the monster's back.
Winter crawler: "Ummmmppphh!!"
The day turns to dusk as the sky begins to settle and the sun floats away. Pillan peeks his eyes at Kett who is still engulfed with determination. Vindicated Avenger: "Well, what are you waiting for sissy?"
Pillan: "Be careful what you ask for!" Pillan raises his arm and generates an ice ball. Pillan rotates his right hand, and it oscillates rapidly. The waterbender points and the ball rockets after him. Kett shoots a blaze of fire into the orb.
{[Music Starts] The Weeknd- Sacrifice (Instrumental)}
Calveko readies his sword and two furry titans run after him. One of the beasts jumps at him with a swiveling slash. The Eastern Tribesman twirls back as he parries the hit. The animal swings again but he kneels under the swing. A second later, he counters with an outward sweeping blow that cuts the behemoth's right shoulder.
The creature desperately strikes again yet Calveko uses movement and positioning the thwart another attack. Calveko vertically slashes down as he butchers the monstrosity. The following winter collector stalks Cal. The youthful warrior strikes at it with a diagonal hack and successfully cuts it down.
A third monster points its sharp nails at him and suddenly shoots a volley of ice spikes out of them. Ruken watches, "What?! I didn't know they could do that." Calveko skillfully blocks multiple incoming spikes.
Calveko warns, "I can't keep this up forever, someone assist now!" While fighting Aylin, Sada kicks a hot line of water into the monster's face. It shakes from the blast but is merely enraged by it.
Kashen snatches his spear from Ruken's hands, "Give me that!"
Ruken grabs his sword from Kashen's utility belt, "Then let me get my weapon back!" Kashen tosses his spear through the animal's stomach. (Music Stops)
Pillan raises his hands and launches two ice stones into Ruken's stomach. Another stone hits Kashen's back, "Ohhhhhhuuuu..." Aylin dodges an incoming water whip from Sada and pumps a snow rod into Kashen.
Pillan grins, "Let's finish this, two to two. Only the greatest pair will prevail. Will it be the protectors of light or the champions of darkness? An ultimate test of time shall occur once again."
Kett grimaces, "Shut up and fight looney." The water wizard darts his hands and sprays two scorching water beams at Kett. The Vindicated Avenger zaps his own flame rays into Pillan's blasts. Aylin runs at Sada like an exciting dog.
The United Way enforcer wastes no time as she pops four ice bricks at her waterbender counterpart. Aylin elongates her right hand and sweeps it as she propels her own lengthy ice sword through the bricks. Sada swishes herself two feet ahead with a gust of h2O.
Sada follows up directing a surge of snow at her opponent. Aylin claps her hands, and an ice incline intercepts it. Aylin lifts her hands and the incline fragments in multiple ice knives that she shoots at Sada at 50 miles an hour. The young woman swivels her arms as she summons an orb of hot water around her.
The ice knives evaporate on contact. Sada likewise torpedoes multiple steaming water bolts. Aylin races forward and right as she zips past two shots. Aylin flips over a third bolt and crosses her wrists while generating ice guards which take two incoming bolts. The ice guards begin to melt as she propels a 4-foot-long ice bar at the United Way operative.
Sada collapses her water orb before zooming herself in the air over the column which cracks against the ground several feet behind her prior position. Sada pushes her hands and multiple 2-feet-wide and 7-feet-long ice sickles at her adversary. Aylin hops side to side as she narrowly avoids two clashing debris.
Aylin leaps against an ice sickle that is lodged into the ground and kicks herself off the object toward Sada who is still airborne. The local waterbending fighter buzzes a sizzling stream of water at the United Way hero. Sada swirls an aura of water around her hands which intercepts the blast.
Sada actively concentrates while keeping herself lifted with water to keep incoming water from getting too hot by adding cold pressure to the water she's interacting with. Aylin spinning kicks Sada in her face, knocking her downwards. Aylin glides over her as they both descend.
Aylin pops two ice swords at Sada who generates a rectangular ice shield gauntlet which absorbs the hits. Sada pumps her right hand as she directs the shield into Aylin. The Eastern Water Tribe prodigy stops her wall with a mound of snow. Aylin plummets backward into the ground as the ice shield shatters a few feet behind her.
Sada gasps in relief. Meanwhile, Pillan and Kett stop their beam locks. Pillan pops right jabs an ice brick at Kett's nose. The VA pivots his head left, Pillan knocks a hot water ball at Kett's stomach. Kett reactively blocks the ball with his right arm but burns it in the process as the stream travels through his armor.
Kett takes a step back as the stream throws him off but uses convention bending to balance out the feeling which calms his nerves. Pillan grins and pops an ice sword at Kett's gut. Kett side flips over the sword before he lands onto of it, smashing the weapon into pieces.
A game hero pumps a fireball from his right hand at Pillan's right shoulder. The water challenger spins left. Kett thrusts a fire tirade from his left hand at his foe. Pillan lifts his right wrist and a current of water meets the fire blow head on. Pillan darts an ice object at Kett who likewise shoots a fire rectangle into his enemy's attack.
Kett comments, "Our range skills are similar, but let's see how you fare up close."
Pillan waves, "Come try and break my guard." Kett shoots himself closer to his opponent with a gust of bright orange and yellow flames sending him off. The water enchanter hurls a storm of ice debris at Kett. The avenger summons a blazing shield that burns up debris.
Kett zaps a stream of flames directly behind Pillan's head. Pillan briefly tilts his head back wondering if the avenger missed then the beam implodes. Within a split second, Pillan recognizes the trick and stumbles ahead as he trips over a pebble. The water master hastily reemerges as Kett moves in just three feet from his opponent.
Pillan swirls his arms with warm as he parries four of the fireballs. Pillan ducks his head, avoiding the fifth blast before he twirls closer to Kett. The VA amps his right fist with gleaming flames as Pillan generates his own concealed ice dagger within his right wrist.
Kett lunges at Pillan with a strong right jab. Kett seemingly aims at Pillan's face before he changes the trajectory of his punch to PIllan's right shoulder. The water warrior raises his right arm as he was instinctively preparing to hit Kett with his own counter. Pillan notices Kett's trick and extends an ice shield.
Kett shatters the shield with his hefty hit. The Vindicated Avenger presses just inches away from Pillan as he smacks him with two blows to the gut. Kett's metal gloves amplify the force of his punches. Pillan hears his belly bellow from the convulsions.
Kett strikes at Pillan again with a short right hook. Pillan dips his head under the strike and grabs a hold of Kett's wrists. The waterbender begins to freeze Kett's armor but the Vindicated Avenger reacts expeditiously as he raises the temperature of his armor to unthaw himself.
Kett enhances his fist with fire and hammers his right knuckles into Pillan's chest. The waterbender slides to his knees just as dusk settles and the sky turns dark. Kett steps closer as he looks to capitalize on his advantage.