@wysiwyg-muses || Continued
An elderly Zuko leaned against a tree and sighed, clutching his side. He had just narrowly avoided yet another band of assassins. It seemed that some underground group had decided that the best way to hurt Republic City and Korra was to kill him.
Zuko had been able to thwart the attacks, but they had steadily been getting more and more serious. It seemed that this group of assassins were wising up. Zuko may be old, but he was still no pushover. This latest attempt had left him a painful souvenir across his side.
I’m getting too old for this.
A voice startled Zuko from his thoughts. The former Fire Lord silently chastized himself. Letting his guard down could spell death for him now. No one should have gotten so close without him realizing it.
“Are you here to finish the job?” He brought himself up, looking for an opening. “You won’t take me easily.”
This world was a strange one. It felt a bit like Mizuho in places, but it was so advanced compared to the tiny ninja village his aunt taught him about. Everything about this place was so different from what Isaac knew. Even those in high society differed from his understanding, especially when compared to those in Meltokio. Well, maybe in terms of fashion. ‘Stuck up’ and ‘snobbish’ seemed to be same no matter where you were.
He had been travelling to another town when he happened upon an old man who was bleeding from his side.
“What?” Isaac stepped back when the man got to his feet. “No! Just--sit down! Please! I can administer first-aid!” What had happened to this man? Was someone after him? The million gald question was ‘why?’ Some terrible people had assassins sent after them, but then so did good people. Which category this this man fall into?
“Look, I’m unarmed.” Isaac spread his arms out and showed he wasn’t carrying anything. “I promise I’m not going to harm you.”













