The shadows returned, dragging the four taken souls into the collective darkness. Valdis received a surge of strength just as the cultists raced forward. She dug in, shifting her weight back onto her haunches and waited for the cultist to come within reach, then she launched herself up into the air and over their heads. She landed and spun around just in time to see Katara use the water to propel her toward the flying cultist. She would have to trust Katara to save Zuko and Wan.

Now that the cultists were between her and the edge of the shell, she had only a split second to carry out her plan. She swung her body, throwing herself sideways at the cultist, trying to knock as many of them off the shell's edge as possible, knowing full well that the force would take her over the edge as well.