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His face was grim, expressionless as the agent entered his chamber. He was dressed in traditional Fire Nation armor with a few differences. On the right breastplate there was a silver orchid symbol. It represented the order of the orchid, and excluse branch of the government that even Fire Lord Zuko knew nothing about. Few knew that it even existed, and far fewer knew what operations in the government it actuall dealt with. The man had three stripes on his shoulder pad, meaning her was a Colonel.
The man at the desk smiled.
"Colonel Drazier, I trust you have good news to tell me?"
The man flinched at this question, obviously afraid of what would happen if he gave General Zerek the wrong answer. People who gave him the wrong answer were never heard from again. Neither were their families. After Karu had left the organization to follow his own plans to capture the Avatar, Zerek had become General and commander of the Silver Orchid. Zerek had respected Karu, he had always had an inner anger that had helped him rise through the ranks. Well respected, but odd.
"We went to the island Sir," Drazier said, "There were two tents ther and a telescope was found in the sand, but other than that it was deserted."
Zerek looked up from his papers. He had heard that Karu had planned an ambush there and sent Colonel Drazier and his men to check it out. He had suspected that Karu would fail and end up six feet under. But if the island was deserted…
"There was one other thing…"
"Get out with it man, or you'll be demoted."
Drazier hardly doubted him.
"Yes, Sir! The sand, you know how its supposed to be black?"
"Yes." General Zerek said. He had heard the legend of the Avatar named Hitosu who had banished a powerful water spirit and died doing it. It was said that he haunted the island and that the sand had turned black with the sorrow of his death. It was just a myth.
"Well, you're not going to believe me but, its white now."
Zerek raised his eyebrows.
"And Karu?"
"Other than signs of a ship coming and going, nothing sir."
"You are dismissed."
Drazier bowed and left the room. So Karu was nowhere to be found? It was obvious his ambush hadn't worked, but that was all the better to him. Karu's absence made him General.
The Avatar, why did he have to keep messing up their plans? It was the same with Roku, or was it? Roku had done nothing to prevent the war from happening and he, like Karu had vanished without a trace.
He looked at a portrait of his great-great grandfather, the man who had brought up the idea of the hundred-year war that had brought their Nation so much wealth, but the Avatar had ruined that. Now the countless families who had moved to the Earth Kingdom were being persecuted. His grandfather had also co-founded the order. Whose job had been simple.
Before Aang.