FINALLY. I've finished this chapter...sorry for keeping you all waiting. You try writing a witty and interesting chapter at 2 in the morning...

BlueStripedPolo, this chapter is dedicated to you, for your review on my 3rd chapter on how Tyrn could interfere with the events of the episode! Tyrn and the others meet Jet in this chapter. Ah, this is going to be interesting... I hope you enjoy Chapter 7!

I don't own A:TLA, nor will I ever.

"I'll get you down, Momo!" Aang flew up as he spotted Momo in an animal trap. The group had just stopped for a break in a dense forest when they went looking for a MIA lemur.

Tyrn flew up beside Aang and quickly undid the traps holding two other animals next to Momo. "I swear these things are just wrong!" she protested, letting them go. "It's just like bear traps back at home." She jumped down from the branch.

Sokka examined the traps. "These are Fire Nation, I can tell from the metalwork. We need to pack up our stuff and leave." The group quickly went back to Appa to start repacking their things.

Tyrn had just put her sketchbook away in her bag and handed it to Aang when Sokka went over and took it. "Hey! Give that back!" she quickly snatched her bag from Sokka's hands.

"We can't fly on Appa this time. There's a reason why Zuko and his crew always find us. He's too noticeable!" Sokka flailed his arms out as he reasoned.

"Appa's not too noticeable!" Katara said, putting her hands on her hips.

Tyrn snickered. "Hate to side with Sokka on this one, but he's right. Appa's a massive flying pillow with an arrow on his head; I'm surprised we haven't signaled our location to anyone who happened to look up this morning."

Appa groaned in response. Aang patted his head. "Tyrn's just jealous that she doesn't have an arrow." He said, smiling at Tyrn.

"Not YET anyways!" Tyrn smirked. "My test for a master's title is in a couple days, remember?"

"I just think that my instincts are right; we need to play it safe this time and walk." Sokka continued.

"Wait a minute!" Katara walked over to Sokka. "Since when are you the boss?"

"I'm the oldest, so that makes me leader!" Sokka retorted.

Katara giggled. "If anyone's the leader, it's Aang. I mean, he's the Avatar."

"Are you kidding me? He's just some goofy kid!"

It was Tyrn's turn to giggle as she turned to find Aang hanging from Appa's horn.

Katara countered, "Why do boys always think that there has to be a leader. I'll bet that you'll be less bossy if you kissed a girl."

Sokka turned slightly pink. "I've so kissed a girl! You've just…never met her."

"Oh, I'm sorry. Is it Gran-Gran? I've met Gran-Gran." Aang and Tyrn looked at each other and started to snicker at Sokka's reddening face.

Tyrn winked at Sokka as she said, "And kisses on the cheek don't count either!"

Sokka's face rivaled the red trees above them, remembering Kyoshi Island. "Enough about this leader thing and…kissing girls, ok? Look, let's just go on foot, and follow my instincts."

Katara rolled her eyes. "Okay, whatever you say, oh wise leader."

Aang took one of their sleeping bags on his back. "Besides, walking might be fun!"

Famous last words. Tyrn thought sarcastically as they headed off into the woods.

Tyrn backed into Aang and Katara as she stared at the Fire Nation camp in front of them. "If you let us go, we'll promise not to hurt you." Sokka warned the soldiers as they slowly approached the Gaang.

"What are you doing?" hissed Katara.

"Bluffing?" Sokka asked.

Tyrn slapped her forehead. "This is why we don't trust your instincts, Sokka, your idea of walking is about to get us killed!" she whispered furiously.

The captain of the soldiers laughed. "You, hurt us?" He was suddenly silenced when everyone heard a quiet 'twang' as something hit the captain in the head, knocking him unconscious.

"Hey, how'd you do that, Sokka?" Aang smiled, looking over at him.

"Um…instinct?" Sokka shrugged.

The group looked up to find a tall teenager jump down from the trees, grabbing two soldiers by the foot and quickly throwing them into a flip, landing on the captain. He landed, pointing his hook swords at the others. "Down you go!"

Katara, Sokka and Aang looked on in amazement as Tyrn narrowed her eyes. She recognized Jet, but remembering the episode, she wasn't very happy to meet him. With a yell, more of their mysterious savior's crew jumped down from the treetops, attacking the unprepared soldiers.

"Well, let's move!" Tyrn called to the others, as she quickly ran into the fray, blasting soldiers with her airbending. Katara and Aang quickly sprang after her, using water whips and airbending to bring the soldiers down.

Sokka tried to hit some soldiers with his club, but Jet beat him to it. "Aw, man! I was going to get him!"

"Better be quicker next time!" was the only response he got as the teenager went back to fighting. Sokka scowled before yelping as he dodged another fire blast.

Jet quickly fought off another soldier before somersaulting, running to a stop in front of Katara. He looked down at her. "Hey."

Katara looked up. "Hi." They both turned at the camp, which was now clear of the soldiers, most of them had either run away or had been defeated.

Aang flew over to them. "Wow, you just defeated an army of Fire Nation soldiers almost singlehandedly!" he said with admiration.

"An army? There were only like, 20 guys!" Tyrn said, observing the camp.

Sokka came up behind her. "Exactly what I thought!"

Tyrn mock shivered. "Ok, I've been agreeing with you way too much, it's almost unnatural."

Jet stepped forward. "My name's Jet and these are my Freedom Fighters. That's Sneers, Longshot, Smellerbee, The Duke, and Pipsqueak." He said, pointing to each member respectively.

Aang walked up to The Duke and Pipsqueak. "Haha, Pipsqueak. What a funny name!" he said, looking at the Duke.

"You think my name is funny?" the very large dude spoke up next to Smellerbee, glaring at Aang.

Tyrn grinned. "Dude, you're like, the half-brother of John Cena and your name is Pipsqueak! Of course it's hilarious!"

Tyrn, Aang, The Duke and Pipsqueak all started laughing, even though they didn't really get Tyrn's reference.

Standing next to one of the tents, Sokka glared at the Freedom Fighters, who were looting the camp. Stupid Freedom Fighters…showing off and taking my opponent away from me… He muttered in his mind.

Katara walked over to Jet. "Thanks for saving us. We were really lucky you showed up."

He shook his head. "We should be thanking you guys. We've been waiting to ambush those guys all morning, but you proved to be the perfect distraction."

"We were relying on instinct." Katara said, glancing over her shoulder at Sokka as she said this.

Sokka frowned as he walked towards Tyrn, the Duke and Pipsqueak. "You can get yourself killed doing that." He heard Jet say.

Sniffing the yellow goop, The Duke yelled over to Jet. "Hey Jet! These barrels are full of blasting jelly."

"That's a good catch!" Jet yelled back.

Pipsqueak picked up a crate. "These crates are full of jelly candy!"

"Ooh, candy, gimme gimme!" Tyrn opened the lid and grabbed a couple. Putting one in her mouth, she sighed as the sugary rush filled her mouth. "Wow these are good."

Aang chuckled at her. "Someone's hyperactive when it comes to candy."

Rolling her eyes, Tyrn retorted "It's not like you're not. Want one?"

Aang took on from her outstretched hand and put it in his mouth. "Wow, these are good." Both Tyrn and Aang smiled at each other, mouths filled with sugar.

Jet and Katara headed over to where they stood. "The candy is also a good catch. We don't want to mix up the candy and blasting jelly." Jet said, helping them load their findings onto a cart. "Let's get back to the hide out."

Aang looked over. "You guys have a hideout? Cool!"

"Sure, you want to see it?" Jet asked.

Katara popped up. "Yes we want to see it!" Jet smiled at her while Tyrn made gagging noises behind him. Katara glared at her as Tyrn shrugged, walking after the group.

After a few minutes, Jet stopped in front of the group and took a line hanging from a tree. "We're here."

Sokka looked around. "Where? There's nothing here!"

Jet handed him the line. "Here, hold on tight."

Taking it, Sokka stared at him questioningly. "Why, what does it doooooOOOOO!" he yelled as the line zipped up into the trees. Tyrn flinched when Sokka hit his head on a branch on his way up.

Taking another hidden line, Jet offered it to Aang and Tyrn. "No thanks, we'll get up our own way." Aang politely refused, and he airbended onto the branches.

Tyrn laughed. "Wait up!" she quickly followed after him, but stopped to glance back at Katara and Jet, who were innocently close as they rode up the line. Smirking, she put away that little piece of blackmail as she followed Aang up the platform. When Tyrn finally reached the platform, she looked around to find Aang speeding past on a zipline-like contraption. Shaking her head in amusement, she quickly grabbed a zipline and sped down the line, catching up to Aang. They both laughed as they passed by the others, who were walking on the bridge.

"Yeah, nothing's braver than a guy in a tree house…" she heard Sokka say to Jet and Katara. She turned around to shout back, "Somebody's jealous!" She laughed even more when she saw Sokka's expression as he slunk back.

She turned around, however, to see that Aang was right in front of her as he landed on a platform. There was no time to warn him, so she just braced herself as she plowed into Aang, sending them sprawling onto the platform.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" Tyrn apologized as she helped Aang up.

Aang smiled. "It's alright. That was a killer ride, though!" he said, giddily bouncing up and down.

Tyrn giggled, and then turned to find Katara and Jet coming up to where they were, laughing as she went. Aang followed her gaze as he stopped his glee, his smile fading. Tyrn looked over to Aang, whose eyes lost some of their usual spark.

"You ok, Aang?" Aang snapped his head over to Tyrn, who looked worriedly at him.

He shook off her concern. "I'm fine. Come on, let's go and explore some more!" he turned and walked over to another section of Jet's tree house fort, but not before whispering. "First Haru, now Jet. Won't this get any easier?"

Tyrn picked up his little comment and sighed. "I'd better have a talk with him later..." she muttered as she followed Aang around the fort.

"The Fire Nation thinks that they don't have to worry about little kids. Maybe they're right…" Everyone was enjoying a meal at a large table on the ground, and Jet was making a speech about their victory that afternoon as they were about to dig in. Tyrn looked around at all the kids booing at the last part of Jet's speech, amazed at sheer number of Freedom Fighters.

"Or maybe…" she turned back to Jet, eyeing Katara, who was looking at Jet admiringly.

"…they are DEAD. WRONG." Jet stood there as he wrapped up his speech, listening to the cheers of the Freedom Fighters. He went to his spot as everyone started to eat.

"That was a great speech Jet." Katara praised as he sat down.

"Thanks." He turned to Tyrn and Aang. "I've got to say, Tyrn and Aang. You guys did some fantastic airbending back there!"

Picking at her fish, Tyrn muttered under her breath, "Flattery will get you nowhere."

Aang glanced at her, and then turned to Jet. "Thanks, Jet!"

Jet then looked at Katara. "You and Aang also did some really cool waterbending moves! The way you wiped out that one guard off his feet was amazing."

Katara looked down at the praise. "Well, Aang's the Avatar and all. I need more training." She said, blushing slightly.

"It didn't look like it." Jet remarked. "By the way, I think I know a way for you benders to help us with our struggle."

Sokka stood up. "Well, we need to get going tomorrow, so we'll have to say no." He started to leave when Jet called out to him.

"Aw, you're kidding me! Sokka, I need you on a special mission tomorrow…"

Sokka turned around. "A mission?" Jet nodded.

Tyrn turned to Sokka. "Hey Sokka, I think we forgot to take down our stuff on Appa, can you go with me to check?" she winked as she said this.

Catching her message, he nodded. "Oh yeah! Come on, before he rolls over and tips it all out of the saddle." Waving at the others, Tyrn and Sokka went over to where Appa laid with the load already off his back.

Tyrn went up to rub Appa's head. "Ok, what's up?" Sokka asked, leaning into Appa in front of her.

Looking around before answering, Tyrn spoke in a low voice. "I know you don't trust Jet, and I don't either. I know what he's going to do the day after tomorrow and let me tell you, it's not good."

Sokka's eyes widened. "You saw this on your TV thing at home right?"

Tyrn nodded. "He's going to try and blow up the dam with the blasting jelly they found earlier. He's going to try and flood the village!"

Sokka frowned. "Well what are we going to do? The others are probably not going to believe us." He grinned when he saw Tyrn's smirk. "You know, for us not getting along much, we're a good team when we do."

Her smirk growing even bigger, Tyrn started to lay out her plan to Sokka.

The next day, Sokka and Jet went out on their "mission", Tyrn watching as they left. Turning around, she quickly ran over to where the Freedom Fighters held their supplies. Getting to work, Tyrn wiped her hands off about an hour later. "Part one, ready to go." Tyrn proudly stated as she went out of the supplies to go and find Aang and Katara.

Katara was making something as Aang was zipping around when Tyrn came up. Staring at the object in the waterbender's hands, Tyrn spoke. "Um, I'm probably going to regret this, but what the heck are you making?"

Katara held up the red object. "Oh, it's a hat."

Tyrn smirked. "Oh, is it for the newest object of your affection? Jet?"

Blushing, Katara stood up. "It's not like that!"

Rolling her eyes, Tyrn said, "Oh come on. It's not like I didn't see the little scene on the lines yesterday." She grinned when Katara blushed heavily. "Well, if you're going to be like that, at least let me give you my two cents." Katara raised an eyebrow as Tyrn's face went somber. "I don't trust Jet, plain and simple. You better watch your back."

"What? How can you say that? He's been so nice to us!" Katara said, shocked.

"He's a smooth talker who would do anything to get back at the Fire Nation." Tyrn responded.

"You're acting like Sokka!"

"I know, and it thoroughly creeps me out." Sokka walked up to them, joining the conversation. Tyrn rolled her eyes as Sokka continued. "But she and I are both right. Katara, he attacked an old man in the forest today!"

Katara refused to be swayed. "I want to hear Jet's side of the story." She walked away to find said Freedom Fighter's leader.

Sokka grabbed Tyrn's shoulder before he followed her. "Did you finish step one of the plan?"

She nodded. "It takes forever to move that stuff!"

Smiling, Sokka gave Tyrn a quick hug. "Thanks for siding with me on this. I really couldn't have done it without you."

Tyrn playfully shoved Sokka away. "Hey, you would've done it…eventually! I just think this is an easier way of dealing with things. And," her eyes sparked mischievously, "it's way more fun."

"Hey guys, get over here!" Katara called out to them as she and Aang stood next to Jet.

Here we go. Tyrn thought grimly as she and Sokka walked to where the others were.

"Sokka, you told them about the old man, but you didn't mention that he was Fire Nation?" Jet asked when they reached them.

Katara narrowed her eyes at Sokka. "No, he conveniently let that part out."

"But he was just an old man, what harm could he do?" Tyrn asked.

Jet took out a dagger and thrust it into a stump. "This knife was on him when we ambushed him." Unscrewing the top, he pulled out a small vial. "See, there's a hidden compartment for poison. He was sent to kill me." Jet looked at Sokka. "You saved my life."

"I knew there was an explanation." Katara said, relieved.

Sokka raised an eyebrow. "I didn't see any knife!"

"That's because he was concealing it." Jet coolly replied.

Katara turned to Sokka. "See Sokka, I'm sure you just didn't see the knife."

Sokka turned to her. "There was no knife! I'm going back to get my things. "Tyrn watched as Sokka left.

Jet looked at Aang, Katara and Tyrn. "Please tell me you're not leaving yet, I really need your help." He pleaded.

Aang looked at him. "What do you need us to do?"

"The Fire Nation is planning to set fire to the forest. If you can, you can use waterbending to fill the reservoir to fight the fires. But if you leave now, they'll destroy the valley." He said sadly.

Katara and Aang looked at each other, while Tyrn glared slightly at Jet. Liar. She thought bitterly.

Sokka looked up from his packing to find Katara, Tyrn and Aang walking in.

"We are not about to leave when the Fire Nation is about to burn down the village!" Katara exclaimed angrily at Sokka.

"We can't trust him Katara. He's a liar and a thug!" Sokka retorted.

Katara crossed her arms. "You know what? I think you're just jealous, because Jet's a better leader and warrior."

"He's not jealous!" Tyrn stomped her foot in anger as they all looked at her. "Jet's just interested in hurting the Fire Nation, and he's ready to do anything to do it! I know this for a fact, because in case you forgot, I've seen everything already! It's Sokka's instinct and my knowledge against yours."

Katara narrowed her eyes at Tyrn. "Well, my instincts and knowledge of Jet makes me think that we should stay a little bit longer to help Jet. Come on, Aang." Katara left the small room.

Aang looked sadly at Tyrn and Sokka. "I'm really sorry, guys."

Tyrn shook her head. "No, sorry for getting you tied up in this. Go after Katara." Nodding, the avatar followed Katara out the hut.

Sokka turned to Tyrn. "Ok, what now?"

"We need to wait for Katara and Aang to go off with Jet tomorrow. I'll follow them and lead them to where we'll confront Jet. You set up the trap for when I give the signal."

The warrior nodded. "Let's just try to get some rest. We have a big day tomorrow."

Walking alongside the others, Tyrn looked at the steaming holes in the ground as Jet and the benders started near the river leading to the reservoir. Tyrn noticed that Aang looked a little down and slowed her pace to match his.

"You ok, Aang?"

Aang nodded. "This crush stuff doesn't get any easier, does it?" he asked, nodding to Jet and Katara, who were chattering away up ahead of them.

Tyrn shrugged. "It isn't a walk in the park. Until you get the guts to tell Katara how you feel, there's going to be competition. But trust me," Aang looked at her, "I don't think you'll have to worry about Jet for long."

Aang looked at her questionably. "What do you mea—"he was cut off as one of the steam vents blasted him into the air. Katara and Tyrn laughed at his expression when Jet stopped walking.

"We're here." He gesturing to the vents around them. "There's water underneath here, trying to escape these vents. I need you guys to help it along."

Katara hesitated. "I don't know, I've never tried bending water I can't see."

Putting his hands on her shoulders, Jet came up from behind Katara. "Katara, you can do this." He looked over at Aang. "And I'm sure the Avatar can do this."

"What about me?" Tyrn asked.

"You can help blow the steam away so we can see the water better." Katara offered.

Nodding, the three set out to work. As Aang and Katara started to drag out the water, Tyrn kept the steam at bay so they could see. They finally dragged the water out and into the river, making a geyser out of the hole.

"Brilliant! I'll go and check on how things are going at the reservoir." Jet commented, walking away.

Katara called out after him. "When we're done, we'll meet you there."

Jet froze, and quickly replied back. "Actually, probably better to see me back at the hideout."

Tyrn smirked as she went back to her bending. "You're going to get what's coming at you." She muttered under her breath.

A few geysers later, Aang stopped to catch his breath. "I think that's enough, and I'm not just saying that to be lazy." He said, observing the now full river.

"Ok, let's go see Jet at the reservoir." Katara said, starting to walk off.

"Didn't Jet ask us to meet him at the hideout?" Aang asked.

Tyrn smiled. "I'm sure he wouldn't mind."

The group started to walk, Tyrn leading the way. They reached a cliff overlooking the dam.

"Hey, aren't those the barrels they got from the camp?" Aang asked, peering over the cliff at the bottom of the dam.

Katara looked puzzled. "Why would they need blasting jelly?" she asked, looking over to where Aang pointed.

"Because Jet's going to blow up the dam." Tyrn spoke up quietly.

Katara and Aang gasped. "What? Jet wouldn't do that, it would destroy the village!"

Aang opened his glider. "I got to stop them!" he said, leaping into the air.

"Jet wouldn't do that…" Katara whispered.

Tyrn whipped her head to see Jet tackle Aang from the side, taking his glider. "Yes I would." Jet said, standing up.

"Why, Jet? I can't believe I trusted you!" Katara asked, upset.

"Katara, the Fire Nation destroyed my village, took my parents away from me, and killed the lives of all of my Freedom Fighters. You have to understand why I'm doing this." Jet pleaded.

Aang and Katara cringed when a loud slap resonated across the clearing. Tyrn breathed angrily as Jet held his cheek. "You call yourself a Freedom Fighter, saying that you're fighting for the justice of others from the Fire Nation. But you're a monster, killing innocent lives for a sick vengeance against the people who took your parents. You're despicable." She seethed.

Glaring at her, Jet let out a sudden yell as he attacked Tyrn, swinging his hook swords at her. Tyrn quickly airbended herself up into the trees, as Jet followed her as she jumped for branch to branch. Stopping on a wide limb, Tyrn paused to catch her breath as Jet jumped up. Blocking his attempts to hit her with his swords, she quickly air whipped him back into the tree. Tyrn somersaulted over the edge, flying down to the trees below. She cried out, however, as she felt a hook catch her shoulder, dragging her down as Jet flew past her. Tyrn let out a yell as she hit the floor of the forest, rolling onto her back as Jet landed a few feet away from her.

"NOW!" Tyrn yelled out, wincing at the pain it did to her injuries. Jet was suddenly attacked by a net, which secured itself into a nearby trunk. He struggled as Sokka leaped out from his hiding place, running over to where Tyrn laid on the floor. Katara and Aang, who were watching the fight from below, were already there, Katara checking Tyrn as she groaned on the ground in pain.

"Ok, me getting hurt wasn't part of the plan…" Tyrn groaned as Aang helped her into a sitting position.

Sokka smiled at her. "Don't worry, the plan worked anyways." Katara and Sokka looked at Jet, who stopped struggling in his prison up against the tree.

"You're sick, I can't believe I trusted you!" Katara yelled at him, tears running down her face. All four of them looked up in surprise when Jet began whistling, sending out a call like a robin's.

"What are you doing?" Katara asked, still crying.

Jet looked smug. "You're too late!"

Katara and Aang looked out over the dam. "No!" Katara cried out.

Aang tried to fly off, but his glider was too badly damaged from when Jet tackled him. They all didn't notice Sokka and Tyrn however, who were wearing big grins on their faces.

"Wait for it…" Tyrn sang out.

Jet, Katara and Aang held their breaths as they saw a single, flaming arrow land on the bundle below.

Silence.

Katara and Aang's jaw dropped as Sokka and Tyrn high-fived. There was no explosion as the arrow simply burned the top of the wood barrel, burning out.

"No! It was supposed to blow up! Why didn't it work?" Jet cried out.

Sokka helped Tyrn stand up as she grinned in triumph. "You can't blow up a dam when the barrels of blasting jelly are filled with jelly candy!"

Aang and Katara looked at Tyrn in astonishment. "You switched the blasting jelly?"

Nodding, Sokka spoke up. "Tyrn…uh…" he glanced at Jet, "…overhead Jet's plan to blow up the dam. So we devised a plan where she was to switch the candy with the blasting jelly. Then we hitched up the trap against Jet." He just couldn't explain how Tyrn saw his plan from a TV show in her world.

Tyrn was attacked by Katara's hugs while Aang smiled brightly. "You guys are the best!"

Aang walked over and gave Tyrn a huge hug. "Wow, that was such a great plan! You're so awesome!" Tyrn blushed at the close contact and praise.

Sokka had run and gotten Appa, who was hiding up in the tree tops. "Come on, let's get out of here." They all climbed on to Appa when they heard Jet cry out.

"You're all traitors!"

Sokka shook his head. "No Jet. You became the traitor when you stopped protecting innocent people."

Jet looked at Katara. "Katara, please…help me!"

Closing her eyes in sadness, Katara looked away. "Goodbye Jet."

"Yip yip!" Tyrn stuck her tongue out at a furious Jet as they flew away, leaving him still stuck to the tree.

Leaning over once again to hug her, Katara apologized. "I'm so sorry for doubting you guys."

Patting her back, Tyrn smiled, accepting her apology. "It's alright. Sokka and I took care if it, no sweat! Which is surprising since we argue like brother and sister." She rolled her eyes.

Tyrn and Sokka high-fived as Aang spoke up. "You remembered Jet's plan from your TV, didn't you."

Tyrn grinned as she petted Momo's furry head. "Well, on TV Sokka's instincts actually saved you, by just evacuating the village first."

Katara raise an eyebrow. "Then why go through all this trouble?"

Tyrn broke out laughing. "Did you see Jet's face when he saw his plan didn't work? His eyes looked like the size of Momo's body!"

Everyone started laughing as they flew off, Momo looking up innocently at the comment. "It was worth it!"

I always wondered what they did with the candy in that episode! Well, did you like Tyrn and Sokka's evil scheme? I figured they needed a chapter to bond. :)

Just a side-note, I'm not going to update another chappie until next Monday. I'm going to be busy and the weekend is full of everyone updating anyways. Next time will find out Aang's past from the episode: "The Storm".

Until then, Ciao!