The Water Tribe Wolf Bandit Rewrite

by Jedi Master 325

A rewrite of the original story published in April. After getting into a fight with his father about Tenzin, Bumi gets sick of being the black koala sheep in his family, runs away, and starts a new life as one of Republic City's most feared crime bosses

4. Chapter 4

Here is chapter four for you folks. I decided to give Bumi a father figure he could relate to in this chapter to add a more painful and tragic story to his life. Anyways, enjoy! :)

Chapter Four

Life in prison was pretty much the same as life on Air Temple island for Bumi. Every morning, he had to get up, head to morning mealtime in the prison cafeteria, and then do some back breaking labor in the prison yard. The worst thing was that Bumi had no friends. Even the Triple Threat Triad members turned their backs on him. The only friend Bumi ever made in this place was his cellmate, a gruff nonbender by the name of Jenko. Jenko was from the Southern Water Tribe, and he felt bad for Bumi, due to the fact that he was a nonbender just like him. Every night, Jenko would tell Bumi stories from his tribe. Bumi's favorite story was the Water Tribe Wolf Bandit.

The story told of a yong nonbender boy named Kukuroh and how he ran away from home after being disowned by his parents for not being able to bend like his siblings. Kukuroh turned to a life of crime and became the Water Tribe Wolf Bandit. He would steal from the benders and give to the nonbenders. Every full moon, Kukuroh would howl to warn benders that he was near. Eventually, Kukuroh was caught and sentenced to death by the chief of the tribe. Even after his death, benders could still hear Kukuroh's ghost howling to the full moon.

Bumi loved Jenko and looked up to him as the father figure he never had in his life. But then one day, tragedy struck. Bumi had just returned to his cell after working in the yard only to find Jenko beaten to death. Jenko told Bumi that he had gotten into an argument with one of the guards about the conditions the nonbender prisoners were living in. That guard knocked Jenko to his feet and beat the poor nonbender to death. Bumi had to watch as his only father figure died in his arms and watched as the guards carried his friend's lifeless corpse off to the prison morgue. Bumi vowed from that day to seek revenge against not only his father for disowning him , but also the prison guard who murdered his only friend.

After serving his sentence, Bumi was let out of prison at the age of twenty-one and decided to settle some old scores. He was dressed in clothes from the water tribe, and carried a war club. He applied some of his war paint and headed to the Triple Threat Triads headquarters to get even with the traitorous rats who abandoned him in prison. After disposing of Lightning Bolt Zolt, Bumi declared himself the new leader of the Triple Threats. The other members were too scared to go against him. Bumi enjoyed being in charge. Then the prison guard who murdered Jenko was found dead in his home the next day. Police were baffled as to who killed him.

And that is the end of chapter four. Review and I will get chapter 5 going.

-Jedi Master 325