S17 - Scorpion Heal

What are you saying?" said Xiaohei. "She can't—"

“Xiaohei,” said Toph. “I know what I have to do… teleport me there.”

“What?” said Xiaohei. “But you’ll—”

“Please,” Toph said. It was not demanding, nor harsh. She spoke gently, an earnest request from a friend.

Xiaohei sighed. And nodded. He brought Toph closer to the flames. She reached in, her hand caught aflame as she touched Hanzo’s ribcage.

Bathed in flame, Hanzo’s ribs radiated out from like the rays of the sun. His legs melded into the Earth, merged with stone and coral. Hanzo disappeared. The seabed itself ignited as sharp bones like stakes erupted from the earth and drove into Able’s body.

“I shall be your Hell,” said Hanzo. His voice echoed throughout the basin. “So long as I have the will to burn, burn I shall. And so long as I burn, you will wish for a death that will never be granted. Here you and I shall stay, for all eternity!”

Able struggled to escape, but the spears of bone held him in place. The flame engulfed him completely, his skin burned away and regenerated, burned away and regenerated, over and over again. Xiaohei pulled Toph away. Half of her body was burned in the blaze.

“Go,” said Hanzo Hasashi. “Make your wish, and return life back to this world.”

Xiaohei nodded. He turned around and ran into the mouth of the Lion Turtle.

The water rose. And still Hanzo burned.

- Season 17 Round 4, /u/Ragnarust