After P'Li cornered all the new airbenders at the Northern Air Temple, she ushered them in an airship and released them in the custody of four Red Lotus sentries. They guided them deeper into the cave-complex that served as an impromptu prison and shackled them all to the floor by their wrists. Two sentries remained behind to guide the entrance to that cave, while the other two later joined Zaheer, Ming-Hua, and Ghazan in the cave in which Korra was being held captive. While one of them carried the bowl of poison, the other bent the lethal substance through the Avatar's skin on Zaheer's command in order to trigger the Avatar State. However, after she entered the state and managed to break free from her bonds, the two sentries hastily retreated deeper into the caves, out of harm's way.