Chapter 118 - Chapter 120 (1/2)
Amell and Orlando laid still on the scorching hot ground. Amell was stroking Orlando's feathers while talking to him in a calming tone. He found out that Orlando was trapped in a similar place as Dragon was. The cage creates a world inside the mind of its prisoner, and the only way out was through the use of spirit bending.
”Do you feel okay on the inside? Nothing feels out of the ordinary inside your mind?” Amell asked.
Orlando slowly shook his head while enjoying the stroking going on. For someone like Orlando that only had limited knowledge of bending and no knowledge of spirit bending, a prison world like that was a place of great suffering. Alone for years upon years with no one to lean on for help.
”That's great. When you feel rested, we will go and visit Gyatso and the others again. We can take some time off, and get back to exploring once we are in top form again.” Amell said and Orlando nodded happily. He slowly stood up to show he was good to go.
”Wow, Orlando. You got taller!” Now that Orlando fully stood up on his talons, Amell could see that a change had occurred. Orlando had become double his previous size. He was absolutely massive. Forty meters in heigh and a wingspan not far behind his height. He was truly very huge, and would most definitely scare the crap out of the people of this world if they saw him dive from the sky towards them.
”So you are good to go?” Amell said while laughing. He already knew the answer, so he mainly asked as a formality.
”KAA!” Orlando screamed, and after so many years of solitude, the scream caused an outburst of wind that caused a miniature sand storm with the duo in the centre.
”It's so good to see you again, Orlando. Now towards the Southern Air Temple.” Amell made a simple jump and flew forty meters up and landed on Orlando's head. ”Take flight, Partner!” Orlando screamed as he shot off the ground and immediately broke the sonic barrier.
He zoomed across the sky as the ground underneath passed like a blur to the naked eye. Amell was anything but ordinary. He caught each and every little detail as they were quickly approaching the borders of the earth kingdom.
An undetermined time later, Amell and Orlando could once again lay eyes upon that majestic mountain chain. Here had his adventure started, and this is where they became partners in crime. It was meaningful to both of them.
A happy occasion indeed, but Amell was sitting ontop his partner and frowned. ”Orlando. Slow down, something is different here.” He used to be able to sense the great life force these air nomads gave off. But now, there was nothing, it was all dead silent.
Orlando passed over the peak of one of the mountains that were conjointly aligned with the Temple. Then they saw it, the glorious temple, or what used to be a peaceful and beautiful place to live. Now it was half destroyed and the air was littered with the smell of death.
”W... W-What happened here?” Amell's heart started beating faster. This was the time he cursed his eyes, as they could pick up the bodies of the dead kids even from up here. He saw it all, every single dead body. Orlando landed on a plateau and bowed down as Amell jumped off.
”Gyatso... You warned me it was coming, you knew it and still let me go so easily.