Disclaimer: In my day, everyone owned everything. But it ain't my day anymore, so I don't own Avatar.

Tai-Lee sat in the metal carriage going over her recent fight with the Avatar's group. If that huge, fluffy bison hadn't shown up, they could have taken that cute boomerang guy into custody. The water bender too, she guessed. She didn't really care.

Azula an Mai were busy being bores, so she didn't have anything to do. Suddenly, the whole carriage shook from an explosion. The girls almost flew out and tried to see if they were under attack

Several wheels had been blown off the front carriage. Mai examined the damage. "Looks like blasting jelly," she said, "it was on a short fuse, so whoever did this is close."

Tai-Lee shifted into a ready stance and looked around. Before two seconds had passed, Mai shot an arrow at an approaching figure. A flash of steel cut the arrow in half. "What a bore," drolled Mai, "it's just a lowly swordsman." She threw several knives at the man and took a leap towards him. The knives were knocked out of the air with one arcing sword.

Mai almost smiled at the thought of a good opponent, but not quite. The urge to smile faded when another sword appeared and nearly severed her neck. "So fast!" she thought, before a back kick knocked her off her feet an unconscious.

Azula threw a glowing blue fireball at the enemy, but he shot up into the trees. "Could it be the Avatar?" she thought. She'd only ever seen him or Tai-Lee jump like that, though the hooked swords were new.

"Did you think you could make it through my forest fire bender?" said a voice nothing like the Avatar's. It was filled with rage. Good, " she thought, " I can't stand merciful people."

She spun around and shot twin jets of fire at the sneaky earth peasant. He sped under the fire and hooked her ankles. Azula fell backwards too quickly to be tripped. Whether through a twist of fate, or karma, her head smacked a rock on the ground. She didn't get up.

"Azula!" Tai-Lee screamed. The swordsman suddenly turned and rushed at her. "Uh-oh." she thought.