Flames glistened in the atmosphere as elio son of the legendary fire general Elijah smoothly ducked and dashed an array of water whip attacks. The attacker; whom seemed to be dressed in a full black outfit with a mask that covered every on their face except their cool brown eyes and judging by their dainty silhouette was a woman then sent ten whipping water strikes to the fire bender, and elio maneuvers out of the way using his elegant footwork to and quick full body movements to slide left out of harms way.
It was an impressive display no doubt about it but even elio had his limits because the last two strikes actually manged to tag him. The eight strike landed on his lower abdomen its whiplash feeling like an elongated needle delving deep into his stomach. The follow up was the worst one as the final whip in that attack flurry somehow managed to land just below his left eye.
At first he first thought it was gonna be a little sting and that would be it but as the move landed it pierced the skin on his cheek drawing small droplets on blood that would eventually fall from his face and paint the dark stone tablets beneath him red.
The first attack landed on his wrist and stung like an elongated needle, and the second lands just below his right eyes, drawing a small drop of blood.
Elio locked eyes with his would be murderer and wondered to himself who he and his best friend destan pissed off this time... or maybe his father aggreavied someone instead... he's a great man, better than elio will ever be, but....he never was the humble type.
"Look," eilo started putting his hands up, trying to stop the momentum of the bout. "I dont know who the hell you are, or even why you want to kill me." Maybe you have a grudge against my father, but leave me alone... I'm finding herbs for my sick friend and-
As elio tried his hardest to stop this pointless death match the unnamed assain suddenly had a giant tsunami flooding the area, crushing stones it its wake like they were brittle autumn branches. No doubt, had that attack managed to land properly, it would have easily crushed all his bones.
Elio just barely managed to escape his impending death by a quick jump into the air, landing on one of the rooftops above.
"Yeah, this woman's insane."Oh well, I guess it's time for plan B." Elio said aloud, readying his stance and loosening his feet.
"Let's see if those lessons Father gave me paid out."
Elio leapt off the rooftop with the ease of an earth kingdom dancer and as he was landing he shot jab after jad off fire balls hoping to at the very least get his masked assailant to get into a predictable rhythm. It was for naught, though, as his masked foe covered herself in a water bubble protecting herself from any and all firery harm and the moment elio stopped to find a new tactic the water bender turned her water bubble into dozens of large icicle shards all hurled at him at the speed of lightning.
"Yeah, I should've seen this coming."
Elio shifted his weight to the right and moved his whole torso out of harms way whilst the miniature ice spears just grazing the skin of his cheek and forehead hitting the wall and creating dents on inpact. Even something as miniscule as a few icicles were now a life threatening attack. He countered with a quick flurry of seven fire ball attacks with the intention of breaking down and evaporating that masked man's admittedly masterfully made protective water bubble.
Each attack landed with an archers precision, creating steam that surrounded the gloomy atmosphere.
""Of course this happens. Honestly, I should've just waited for that creep to tire himself out then -"Suddenly, a thin silhouette that looked an awful like the crazed psychopath that was, let's be honest paid way to much to kill literally just one man appeared just where his peripheral vision could see.
Elio"s feet bounced once more, preparing himself to dodge another gargantuan tidel wave or quick fire icicles, but instead, it was a small water bullet shot at a sharp angle that manged to slip elios guard and bludgeon his left shoulder. Then another aimed at his torso but hit elios elbow at just the last second when elio decided to block. Then another, and another and another.
Suddenly elio was getting barraged bullet by bullet as all he did in response his just...stand there and take it. Wow....
This was bad. Horrendous even. His father always told him that despite elios' talents, he didn't take the initiative enough and waited too long to spot openings that master level benders simply wouldn't show.
As far as elio was concerned, he'd be lucky to show much as singe this psycho's eyebrows let alone "spot any openings"
"Okay, let's try one more time".
Elio grounded himself and performed a high kick out into the mist, shifting his entire weight with it and kicked a strong fire attack that dispersed some of the fog.
The fog quickly vanishes from the makeshift arena, and the assassin was now in the center, elio light green eyes staring dead into her light auburn brown. Seizing each other up once last time.
Had they been not trying to kill each other, elio might've even thought her brown eyes were beautiful.
Elio took the initiative this time, raising his knee lazily, making it look like hes about to perform a front kick that was just sloppy enough to draw this strangers ire, it was risky but it might just work.....the assassin not moving even an inch watches most likely knowing its a trap, but what she doesnt know is that there's a trick just within this trap. A double trap if you would.
Elio shoots a weak fire ball that gets blocked by the assailant but then elio uses that same leg to instead perform a high roundhouse kick then a ducking heel kick to break away her water defense and then strike while the moment was hot. Elio didnt show it often but his fire could be quite potent when he needed it to be.
Now her water defense evaporated yet again, and instead of elio just waiting like last time, he performs a downwards kick that pounds the ground like a hammer creates a strong column of fire that singes the assassins' clothes and some of the flesh on his arms whilst enveloping the area in burning residue.
He pressed his advantage now using his enemies' moment of weakness to back that fool into a corner and burn him to a crisp...hey dont look at him like that he never started this fight. He shot more fire attacks weak enough to not require full commitment but just strong enough to keep him on the defensive and back him even further down the ropes.
Now, he stood parallel to the assassin standing only at most ten feet away from each other as elio planted his feet and shifted his weight into a front kick, shooting a fire strong enough to dent singe stone. All the hit man can do know was flail helplessly summoning wave after wave of water shields to protect himself from the damage but the more she sat there the more groud elio gained. Despite all his finesse, elio's fire could be quite powerful when he wanted it to be.
The hit man running exhausted but refusing to be done in be some spoiled kid uses whats left of her strength to gather every single droplet of water in the area to fire out a full power typhoon with the hopes of flooding the area and finally killing eilo under the pressure on inpact. It can't be that hard. She's done it plenty of other times to men whom elio wasn't even a tenth as good as.
He gathered every droplet of water in the area gathering it around like a dragon hoards its gold creating an enormous, gargantuan aquatic sphere and just as he was about to form the typhoon- lighting struck its exposed center. It wasn't that powerful... not really. It was the type of lightning that would taze you, stop you in your tracks and perhaps even permanently damage your skin but nothing truly overwhelming.
However, it was strong enough and, more importantly, drawn fast enough to stop her entire trump card dead in its tracks and completely stop the effect...
Now she was well and truly defeated.
Lose waves of water fell hard onto the ground like a fire bomb descending towards a helpless village full of children. Elio was caught up in the storm and shielded himeself. The water bender, on the other hand, used this split second to seize this advantage, and as that lost water landed on elio, she tried something new. Normally, in a situation like this, she'd use this moment to turn the water into icicles, but he simply didn't have the energy for that, so she tried something that was close enough.
She used the water to freeze essential areas of elios body in place. It wasn't so she could kill him while he was stuck in place, gods no that ship has long since sailed. No, she just needs elio stuck for just long enough for him to escape into the night. Was it a full proof plan? Of course not, elio was a firebender all he'd have to do is just breath and he'd be free-bit it was the only plan he had.
In an instant, both of elios' feet suddenly got a lot colder, and for some odd reason, he couldn't move.
Oh, his feet were frozen in place.
Lovely, well luckily, his father taught him what to do in these situations. All eli had to do was calmly transfer his body heat to his feet, and the ice would melt in seconds.
Perfect, now it's time to finish this....where did he go? Oh no. No, no, no. Dont say it. Say it ain't so. SHE ESCAPED!?!?
Oh boy, does elio hope destan doesn't hear about this.
Authors note: This is my 3rd official fight scene ive ever made. It's not quite up to my standards I usually put for myself whenever I start working on a project but with the current skill level im at this is as good as it can get 😔. A bit disappointing because the fight was a bit more cinematic in my head but I'll get there eventually. So anyways feel free to leave your thoughts after your done and thank you. I mean that.
