This is a scene featuring characters from avatar the last Airbender and these characters do not belong to me. They belong to Nickelodeon. I hope you enjoy it.
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SCENE: âThe Bisonâs Shadow
EXT. EARTH KINGDOM MARSHLAND EDGE â LATE AFTERNOON
The ground is soft, damp, and uneven â a miserable place to track anything except a creature the size of a house.
Which is exactly what Kai is doing.
He crouches low, fingers brushing a deep, wide indentation in the mud. The print is unmistakable: Appaâs massive paw. But the edges are uneven, the depth inconsistent.
KAI
Heâs hurt. Front right leg. Heâs dragging it. Heâs also alone.
Azula steps beside him, arms folded, eyes sharp.
AZULA
So the Avatarâs pet is wounded and alone. How⌠convenient.
Mai and Ty Lee dismount behind them.
TY LEE
Alone? Are you sure?
Kai nods once, still studying the ground.
KAI
No human footprints. No signs of the Avatar or his friends.
Heâs been flying low. Crashing through branches. Heâs panicked.
Mai looks around the marsh.
MAI
If I were a giant flying bison, this is the last place Iâd want to be.
Azula smirks.
AZULA
Which is why heâs here. Desperation makes creatures stupid.
Kai rises, scanning the treeline. Something else catches his eye â faint impressions in the mud, lighter, narrower, more disciplined.
He rises an approach He kneels again.
KAI
Weâre not the only ones tracking him.
Azulaâs expression tightens.
AZULA
The Avatar?
KAI
No. These prints are too uniform. Too coordinated.
(he touches a shallow heel mark)
Five⌠maybe six individuals. All moving together. Light armor. Balanced stances.
Ty Lee leans over his shoulder.
TY LEE
So⌠Earth Kingdom soldiers?
Kai shakes his head.
KAI
No. Soldiers drag their feet more. These people move likeâ
(he stops himself)
âlike trained fighters. But not military.
Mai sighs.
MAI
Great. Mystery warriors. Just what we needed.
Azulaâs eyes narrow with interest rather than concern.
AZULA
Whoever they are, theyâre after the same prize. And theyâre ahead of us.
Kai stands, gaze following the second set of tracks.
KAI
They crossed the marsh quickly. They know how to move in terrain like this.
(beat)
Weâll catch them at the ridge. Theyâll have to slow down there.
Azula mounts her mongoose-lizard, posture regal and predatory.
AZULA
Then weâll take the bison⌠and deal with our uninvited guests.
Kai mounts behind her, bow angled across his back.
As they ride, Kai glances once more at the dual trails â Appaâs heavy, desperate path and the lighter, disciplined footprints following him.
He doesnât know who they belong to yet.
But he knows one thing:
KAI (quietly)
Theyâre good. Whoever they are.
Azula hears him, and her smile sharpens.
AZULA
Then this will be fun.
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