A/N: The idea for this story came to me out of nowhere, I was sitting at my computer doing nothing, then I thought "There seems to be enough room, so what if there was another country on the other side of the Avatar world?". Then this was born. This is the story of a young teenager from the other side of the world, he came to the Avatar's side to escape his conscription into the army since his country has fallen into civil war

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A filthy teenager sat on an upturned bucket by the steel bars of his stone jail cell, whistling a merry tune as he stared at the night sky from his cell window.

"What are you in for?" asked a prisoner from the next cell

"Resisting the people who can make fire," the teen said as he combed his filthy blond hair with his fingers

"You're not from around here are you?"

"Nope,"

"So, where you from?"

"What are those people who can make fire called?"

"Those people who can make fire are called Firebenders, but where are you from?"

"And what's this city called? I missed that part,"

"Omashu, where are you from?"

"So I'm guessing that those "Firebenders", are on a imperialistic quest to take over the world."

The prisoner gave a slight nod., giving up on asking where the teen came from.

"Guessed as much,"

The teen, taking off his large black overcoat, collapsed on the hay pile in the corner that he used for a bed.

"Night," the teen said to the prisoner

"Night," he replied

"What's your name?" the prisoner asked

"Virgil,"

The teen pulled his large black overcoat over his head and feel into a soundless slumber.

"Get up!"

A burly guard kicked the black lump sleeping soundly on the hay pile.

"Man," the lump mumbled, "You need to work on your people skills"

Virgil sat up reluctantly and rubbed his side gingerly, he looked groggily at the guard that kicked him.

"Time for my execution?"

The guard gave him a swift nod.

"Well, give me a sec-"

Virgil was cut short as the guard grabbed him by the collar and dragged him away.

A large crowd gathered as four guards led the chained teen to a wooden platform which was surrounded by guards. Virgil held his head high in defiance, his face showed no sign of emotion. When he stepped up to the wooden platform the four guards swiftly formed a square around the teen.

"People of Omashu," shouted a gangly, well built general, "I'm not one to make big speeches, so this is what will happen if you dare to oppose us!"

The four guards brought the filthy teen up to a rope noose, his eyebrows rose in surprise when he saw the noose.

"We just discovered this way of execution," one of the guards told Virgil maliciously

"Ah, that explains it," Virgil replied indifferently

Another guard unlocked the chains around his ankles and brought the noose down to Virgil's head, he turned his head to face the guard and gave him a sadistic look. The guard faltered for a moment and Virgil, quick as a flash, leaped onto the guard, striking a pressure point on his neck, causing the guard to black out,. The three remaining guards sprung into action and dove towards the teen, the teen reached out to the closest guard and grabbed his head and violently twisted it around, breaking his neck. Virgil wasted no time and pulled out a dagger strapped to the unconscious guard's belt and drove it into the third guard's head, he quickly pulled it out and drove it into the last guard's head. Virgil dove off the wooden platform and moving as fast as he could, he disappeared into the winding alleys. It took a moment for the gangly general to regain his composure.

"A-after him!" he barked unsteadily at the remaining guards

The filthy teen ran as fast as he could through the twists and turns of the back alleys of Omashu.

"He went that way!" exclaimed a gruff voice

Virgil looked back to see the guards only meters away.

"He won't be able to get far in those chains," said another voice

The teen cursed under his breath.

"Hey over here," said an unknown voice

The teen skidded to a halt and scanned the area for the origin of the voice.

"Down here," said the voice

The teen's eyes dropped to the ground to see the head of a scraggly young man, only slightly older than he was, sticking out of a manhole cover. The young man beckoned for the teen to follow before disappearing down the manhole, the teen dove into the manhole without hesitation, only to land, face first in a stream of murky liquid.

"Man that was intense," the teen panted

"You ok?" the young man asked

"Fine, fine"

The young man stooped down and. Pulling out a lock pick, picked at the locks of the chains.

"So, who are you?" the young man asked

"Name's Virgil,"

"Well I'm Lei,"

"Thanks,"

A soft 'click' sounded as the chains around Virgil's wrists slid off.

"Thanks," Virgil said

"No problem,"

"You have skill you know,"

"You saw?"

"Yes, we could use people like you,"

"Let me guess, resistance right?"

"Yes,"

"Thought as much,"

"We of the resistance are dedicated to overthrowing the Fire Nation and reclaiming Omashu"

Lei slowly waded through the murky liquid and beckoned for Virgil to follow.

"So, I'm guessing you're not from around here,"
"Yes,"

"Where are you from?"

Virgil remained silent.

"I see you don't want to talk about it, ok, that's fine with me."

"Thank you,"

The pair walked in silence through the sewer system, until they reached a huge, brightly lit cavern full of people wearing assorted garments.

"I'm guessing that this is your base," Virgil said dully

"You got it," Lei replied

"So…" Virgil began, shaking off some slime that clung itself to his boot, "Do you have a bath?"

"You can do that later, right now you have to meet Yung," Lei answered

"Fine," Virgil grumbled

Lei led Virgil through the crowd to meet a well built, bearded man wearing a large saucer like hat.

"So Lei, what news do you bring?" the bearded man asked

Lei opened his mouth to speak only to have Virgil interrupt him.

"Name's Virgil, I'm assuming I'm talking to Yung, the leader of this resistance so I swear my allegiance to your cause," Virgil said quickly

"Don't you want to know what our cause is?" Yung asked Virgil

"No need, already know,"

"Well then we appreciate your support,"

"Great, where's the bath?"

"Just follow that hallway over there," Lei said, indicating to a large passageway marked with a white plaque

"Great,"

"There's going to be a large line though," Lei added

Virgil gave a nonchalant shrug and walked off.