Danev

I dug my fingers into the soldier's neck with my left hand as I pummeled him across the face with his own gauntlet that I had pulled off of his hand, grabbing it by the gloves and beating him with the iron bracers until he was dead. I rose from the latest victim, grabbing him Warhammer from the ground, grapping it with both hands as I swung it at the Earth Kingdom soldier to the right of me. I didn't know if the crack I heard was his ribcage or the thunder that accompanied the lightening, but all the same, he was sent swiftly to the ground, gasping for air as he tried to get up, failing in that department.

I let go of the Warhammer, dissuaded by its weight and reached for my dagger, pulling out from my belt, digging it into the stomach of a soldier who approached me without a single weapon, but only his two firsts. I twisted the knife in his stomach, pushing him onto the ground, his body sliding off of the knife, allowing me to quickly regain its use and slit the throat of an Earth Kingdom soldier who was pummeling a Fire Nation trooper on the ground. His blood spilled on the soldier prior to his body falling on him and I moved on, ready to keep the fight going. Our company had been whittled down to less than 30 men and by the looks of it, we weren't going to win this one. I didn't care. I put the knife back in my belt seeing the next soldier who ran at me. I prepared to meet him hand to hand, but he tackled me to the ground, using his helmet to knock at my head, dazing me while I was on the ground. I grabbed at his face my with left hand while pulling off that damn helmet with my right, throwing it to the ground.

The soldier on top of me was also reaching for my race, but I grabbed his hand with my now free right, sending it to the side and managed to get a punch in on his face. He recoiled, and I kicked at his stomach, sending him back further. I pulled out my knife and expected him to come in again for another attempt at which I would plunge it in his stomach, but he didn't. He reached his hands to the side and only realized after a second or two that the earth was gathering around his arm. He was a bender. I tried crawling back, getting to my feet, only to stumble backwards. The bender smiled and raised the rock formation above him, ready to crush me to death until his creation fell onto the ground, crumbling at his feet, and the sword was pulled out of his neck.

The man fell to the ground on top of the rocks he had been manipulating moments ago and for the first time in what felt like hours, I heard it. Silence. The silence was only momentarily, because seconds later, a wave of Komodo Rhinos stormed over the battlefield, bearing the Fire Nation insignia, saving whatever was left of the 107th company. I watched as the cavalry mopped up what was left of Earth Kingdom forces, sending them either over the hills in full retreat, or straight to hell.

The soldier who had saved my life stepped towards me and reached a hand out which I promptly took, rising to the ground thanks to it, savoring the last sounds of the battle as victory on the field was secured, and I was still alive. I saw the war around me come to a halt a realized the battle was over and dropped the knife in my left hand to the ground and, seeing the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on the man in front of me, raised a weary arm to salute him, then passed out on the ground, realizing one thing: that I was still alive.