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[color=9f9f9f][color=bca346][i]...What the hell...[/i][/color]

Nelu watched the twisting wall of sand curl into the sky. A cyclone of rock and dirt and debris tall enough to dwarf the tower it stood next to and wide enough that it was difficult to see past it to the sandstorm raging beyond. True to the information he'd given, the benders gathered at the edge of the desert were indeed still empowered and the display of bending before him was all the proof needed. More than that, this wasn't just some wayward attempt to bend in defense. This was calculated. Intentional. A product of control and direction with which the Bender meant to not only shield themselves but also attack.

Nelu's momentary state of awe was interrupted by the glinting of sunlight dancing within the whirlwind sand. It wasn't just one or two, but hundreds of small flashes of light trapped within it. Suddenly, those lights burst free from twisting confines and flew with haste in his direction. He hadn't even been given time to consider the oddity of what he was seeing when he realized that the shimmering wasn't just random debris caught inside the tornado, but shards of glass that had been intentionally thrown at him as a projectile.

[color=bca346]"Glass... GLASS!"[/color] Nelu yelled, taking a step back. He was exposed as he was now. No advanced set of armor like that of his colleagues and no element helpful to defend himself when under direct threat of eating a wall full of glass shards. But as he retreated, he barked a command at the Vanguard nearby and it suddenly switched targets, shooting into the quickly approaching dense cloud of glass. It reduced the shards closest to Nelu to harmless, smaller pieces and knocked them out of the air. As it fired, it moved to position itself in between the glass and the Captain and took the rest of the attack head on while Nelu braced himself against its back. Glass shards whistled past him and the rest broke apart harmlessly on the Vanguard's metal frame. The sound of shattering glass filled the air.

[color=bca346]"Advise! There is a [i]glass[/i] Bender on the field! A glass Bender!"[/color] Nelu yelled over the sound of roaring winds into the comms. [color=bca346]"Yi! Do you have eyes?!"[/color]

[color=white]"Negative, Cap. That tornado is kicking up a lot of dust. Visibility is lo-"[/color]

An arc of light streaking from the ground into the sky briefly illuminated the thick cloud of dust kicked up from the tornado, the end of which struck one of the wings on the Firefly. The wing burst into flames and began to disintegrate in the air as the aircraft started spiraling out of the sky. Nelu watched from the ground as Yi and his bird disappeared behind a smoke screen just as a slice of the tornado was ripped away and tossed in his direction. He braced against the bot again as a wall of dirt and sand crashed over him.[/color][/quote]
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[color=9f9f9f]A freshly mounted [url=https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/003/559/791/4k/elijah-mcneal-gun.jpg?1475005583]weapon[/url] in front of Tikaani chimed something cheerful, signaling to him that a successful hit had been made. Of course, he didn't need the signal. The damage he'd inflicted on the Firefly was more than obvious as he watched it slowly tumble out of the sky. To the pilot's credit, however, they did an amazing job of putting it on the ground with only a single wing. It landed in a cloud of dust violently kicked up by a rather hard landing and much to Tikaani's dismay, there was no fireball. Still, the gun in the sky was down and now all he had to do was wait for his to cool down before he could fire it again. Vents along the side of the weapon began hissing exhaust in streams of white smoke and Tikaani began counting down ten seconds in his head.

[color=white]"Drive!"[/color] He yelled down into the car from the roof hatch. They needed to leave now while they had a chance. With the gunship down and a large screen of sand to cover their retreat, there was an opportunity to make it into the sandstorm where their odds of survival were better. Still slim but much higher than their odds of surviving a scuffle with whoever had come after them. The only thing standing between themselves and their escape was a single man.

They were pretty much guaranteed to make it.

His vehicle peeled out shortly after the Kyoshi did, with those less fortunate clinging for dear life to the outside of the car.[/color][/quote]
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[color=9f9f9f][color=white][i]...Finally...[/i][/color]

It was free. Allowed to roam. Allowed to move without restraint. There were no colored lines on the ground for it to follow. No faces surrounding it it was not allowed to crush. No walls or too-low ceilings or the deafening sound of absolute silence that filled its every day. This was freedom. There was warm sand beneath its feet and a sky far above it tainted by black clouds slowly swallowing up the surrounding blue. More importantly, there were hundreds and hundreds of feet of nothing but open space for him to run in. However, there was only one direction he wanted to go.

141 looked for and quickly found the closest target to him: A car that had broken away from the pack early in the skirmish and was already making for the desert ahead of the rest. It sped across the desert paying 141 no heed and judging by its current path and speed, there was no clear sign it intended to give him any berth. In fact, it looked as if they intended to run him through.

141 decided to meet them halfway.

It crouched low, dug its foot into the sand and launched itself forward, throwing itself into a sprint as a wall of sand exploded behind it. 141 bounded across the desert, clearing the length of nearly ten yards with each stride and closing the distance between itself and the approaching vehicle in seconds. Before the driver inside could swerve out of the way, 141 crashed into them, stopping them dead in their tracks and with enough force to crunch the frame like an accordion. The back of the truck lifted into the air and one of the wheels was torn free from the axle. One man inside was thrown through the windshield and landed hard in the sand, sliding a few feet before coming to a stop. He wasn't moving.

141 was already reaching into the shattered windshield before the vehicle was flat on the ground again. He pulled another person out from within with complete disregard to how rough he was handling them, yanking them through a frame of sharp shards of broken glass and ignoring their wails of agony as they were being cut open. However, before it could do anything to its prize, it began taking bullets. From inside, a few of those less injured by the crash began shooting and one started blasting it with fire from their hands. Others began to panic as they tried the door but found that the crushed frame had been warped enough to prevent it from opening.

Although doing minimal damage, the rounds bouncing off of its armor was still rather annoying and 141 quickly became frustrated. It backed away and decided that instead of fishing everyone through the one hole and allowing itself to get poked and burned continuously, it would make a second hole. It walked around to the side of the vehicle and grabbed the frame before violently flipping the entire truck over. Then, as if it were pulling a page from a book, 141 tore away the door and exposed all those inside. It began dragging them out of the vehicle one by one, removing the Firebender first and ignoring their attempts to stop the inevitable. The continuous gout of fire and his panicked blood curdling screaming was cut short when the man's life was snuffed out. The rest lasted not much longer than he.

When he was done and the destroyed vehicle and its inhabitants were no more, he turned to the next closest target: A Kyoshi.[/color][/quote]
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[table=bordered][row][sub]Prompt:[/sub][/row][row][cell][color=9f9f9f][color=white]Team TLA:[/color] At this time, the Kyoshi has departed as did Tikaani's vehicle behind them. Both vehicles are making a break for the sandstorm. The vehicle that was ahead of them has been destroyed and it looks as though the thing that tore them apart is currently headed for the Kyoshi next.

[color=white]Team LSF:[/color] Thanks to the efforts of Chae-Won, a thick curtain of dust has been created in path of the tornado from the dirt that has been kicked up. Visibility is difficult for the two LSF on the ground, less so for Katakuri, but not so for those in the tower. However, the tornado [i]is[/i] headed in that direction and looks to be on a collision course.

Chae is currently too obscured by dust and sand to be visible.

To those in the tower, it looked as though a streak of lightning hit the Firefly. The approaching tornado makes it difficult to see exactly where the streak came from, but Yi has crash landed and the gun in the sky is now unavailable. He is also not responding to comms. At the moment, no one seems to be converging on the crash site and are instead, still focused on escaping. So far, two cars are retreating into the desert, one has been disabled and its driver has been killed, and the last one is trying to leave but the sheer amount of people surrounding it is making it difficult. Those inside have started retaliating in an attempt to clear a path and escape. People are getting shot at and killed and others are bending at each other instead of at the LSF. For a moment, the truck lurches forward a few feet as if someone forcefully stepped on the gas. Some standing in front of it fall under the chassis. Others continue to pile on top like ants.
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