(,i do not own star wars or avatar the last airbender)
"Water,earth,fire,air."
"Long ago the four nations lived together in Harmony,then everything changed when the fire nation attacked."
"Only the avatar master of all four elements could stop them but when the world needed him most he vanished."
"100 years passed and my brother and I found the new avatar, an airbender named Aang,we also met two warriors from beyond the stars named Neo and Eli."
"And although Aangs airbending skills are great he has a lot too learn before he can help anyone."
"But I believe Aang can save the world."
STAR WARS
THE LAST AIRBENDER
BOOK ONE:WATER
"And that's when I came here and gave you the frogs." Aang finished explaining the situation of Elis capture.
Neo,Katara, and Sokka were listening to his tale, and were shocked by what they heard.
"So who was the blue guy?" Sokka asked.
Aangs mind flashed to when he found out it was Zuko.
"He never gave a name,actually he never spoke." He said looking away.
Neo knew he was lying,but they had more pressing matters too discuss.
"So there are others who can use the force,working with the fire nation?" Katara asked.
"Looks that way."
"You think its the sith?"
"No." Neo replied.
"For one thing,if it was,I'm pretty sure we'd see a bunch of starships in the sky and clone troopers marching all over the place,not to mention they'd be all over me and Eli,secondly,according too Aang,one of them could firebend,so I highly dout its sith."
"I'm so sorry Neo." Aang said,still depressed he couldn't save Eli.
"Aang,I'm not angry with you,you were in a situation that could have gone either way,Eli knew the risk,and he did his job."
"So what do we do now?" Sokka asked.
"We break in and rescue Eli."
"What?" Aang and Katara asked.
"Hmm,breaking into a fire nation jailhouse,possibly of meeting dark versions of Neo and Eli,not to mentione Captain Beardy,and small chance of actually pulling this off without problem...I'm in."
"You two don't have to come,if you don't want too."
"And let you two,get in even more trouble then we already are,not on your life."
"Let's go get our friend back."
(Que opening: again: FMA:BROTHERHOOD)
THE ELITE GUARD(2)
Over at the jailhouse, Zhou was walking the halls,he was gonna question Eli again, pass couple times he tried,Eli wouldn't budge,but he was persistent and he wasn't about too loose too a child.
When he walked into the cell room Eli was in,he was shocked too find the Elite guard in there.
"What are you two doing in here?" He demanded, but he was ignored.
"I asked you a question."
Again, he was ignored.
"I am your superior officer, and I order you too answer my questions when asked!"
Finally, the two looked at each other,and one of them got up and stepped toward Zhou.
"You are under the impression, that we take orders from you." The guard said.
"I can assure you,admiral Zhou,we do not."
Zhou eyes went wide and gritted his teeth.
"We take orders only from Lord Drax and him alone,never once did he say,we were too listen too you,he only ordered us to bring in the warriors with the flaming sword,dead or alive,we have one we need the other,you were right to assume that he and the avatar would come too rescue their friend,such is the nature of good,and when they come,we will be ready."
"Your associate wasn't."
"Yes,the death of master Axel,was unfortunate, he will be averaged, but we are too handle the warriors of the flaming sword, and you the avatar, Lord Drax could care less about your personal agenda."
"I have no personal agenda!"
"Everyone, has an agenda, weather they admitted it or not,but in the eyes of Lord Drax, you are unimportant, irrelevant, and inferior to him and the fire lord,so you may " be "a superior officer,but Lord Drax is our master, and the fire lord is our king,you are merely a pawn in his personal agenda."
With that the guard walked away to continue the questioning of Eli.
"If I couldn't get him too talk,what makes you think you'll do any better?" Zhou asked.
"Because we,are not you." The guard said.
OUTSIDE...
The gang had arrived at the jailhouse, where Eli was being held,they were staying in the trees where Appa wouldn't be seen.
Neo and Sokka were laying on the ground,covered by leaves, Neo had his night vision binoculars out(as it was night time).
"Aang got out of that?" Sokka asked,seeing the size of the place.
"He had help remember?" Neo said looking through his binoculars.
"Oh yeah,who do you think it was?"
"Could have been anyone,but I have an idea."
"Who?"
"Not important, here take a look."
Neo handed Sokka the binoculars.
"This is so cool,I have got to get me one of these."
"Find a way to kamino and your good."
"So,what am I looking for?"
"That."
Sokka looked too where Neo was pointing, and saw a hole in the side of the hill the building was on.
"That's a sewage line." Sokka said.
"And where there's a sewage line..."
"There's a bathroom,your gonna sink in through the bathroom?"
"Either that,or its the front door,either way its our only option of getting in without detection."
"Are all four of us gonna fit?"
"No,just two."
Neo and Sokka then made their way back too Katara and Aang.
"We think we've found a way in." Sokka said.
"Theres a sewage line,that should lead straight to the inside of the house,once we're inside we can make our way to Eli." Neo explained.
"So when do we go in?" Katara asked.
"We don't."
"Huh?" Aang and Katara both said.
"Neos right,we'll have to do a small two man team."
"So it will be me and Aang."
"WHAT!" All three said this time.
"This mission, is going to take:stealth, cunning, and knowledge."
"I can be stealthily and cunning!" Sokka exclaimed.
"But do you have knowledge of the building, do you know where they're keeping Eli?"
Sokka tried to come up with quick retort,but nothing came,he thought about it for a few seconds, but came too realize Neo was right.
"You may have something there."
"Aang has knowledge about the building, he also can be stealthily and quick thinking, and if we do run into this elite guard,I'm the only one who can take them,Sokka I'll need you to ride Appa by the reins,and Katara you'll provide cover in case we need it,Aang do you have your bison whistle?"
"Right here,but are you sure you want me to go with you?"
"Yes,your the only one who knows where they might be holding Eli."
"Fair enough."
"But why can't I come,I can be just as stealthily as Aang?" Katara asked.
"I'm sure you can,but I need you out here if things go south,if we get into trouble, Aang will blow the whistle, Appa will hear it and that will tell you we need help."
"I still think you should take someone else."
"Katara, this is not up for debate, this is the plan,anymore questions?"
No one said anything.
"Then get ready."
While Aang and Sokka got Appa ready, Katara went to confront Neo.
"Please reconsider." She said.
"Katara, we've been over this,me and Aang will go In,while you and Sokka will play get away,there's no need for three people."
"But what if something happens and you get caught?"
"Then Aang will blow the whistle."
"But what if the whistle fails,what if you loose it?"
"We'll figure something out,we've gotten into tight situations before,we'll find a way."
"I just think that.."
"Katara, I can understand why you worry and care about Aang,but why care about me,you know I'm resourceful, so why do yo care?"
"Do you not know?"
Neo stood still,with his back turned to her,he closed his eyes and Sighed.
"Yes." He said in understanding and grief,he turned around with a solemn look on his face.
"But it is but a shadow that you care for,a dream that I can never forefill."
Katara took a step back and looked at him with sad eyes.
"I cannot give you what you seek,I'm sorry,but its not me,I'm not the one."
It was silent for a few moments,till Sokka spoke.
"Hey,you guys coming?" He said.
"Yeah,we'll be right there,I'm so so sorry."
Neo then walked pass her toward Appa.
"Katara you coming?"
"Yeah,yeah I'm coming." She said.
"What's going on between you two?" Sokka whispered to Neo.
"Nothing."
'Guess I did need to break her heart.'
The group made their way on Appa toward the sewage line,they got close to the bottom when Neo noticed a fire nation troop walking back toward the front gate.
"Sokka,stop." He whispered,Sokka complied and they stopped.
They waited until the solider was gone and then preceded toward the line.
They eventually made it to the opening, as Neo got out his lightsaber.
"Sokka hold the bars in the middle."
The line was blocked by four close together bars,as Neo cut the ones in the middle, Sokka held on to them,Sokka then through them in the water which caused a big splash.
"Sokka!" Everyone whispered harshly.
"Sorry."
"OK,me and Aang will be back with Eli hopefully in a few minutes, if Appa starts acting up,it means we're in trouble, come and get Aang if things go south and head to the north pole,don't try and rescue us again."
"Got it,be careful."
Neo nodded and he and Aang went in to the sewer line.
They made their way through the sewer line and it did not help the fact that it smelled.
"Ugh,this place stinks." Aang said holding his nose.
"Its a sewer line,of course its gonna smell." Neo said.
They climbed up the line for what seemed like forever, till they came to an opening.
"Finally." Aang said.
"Fresh air."
He and Neo came to an opening, that seemed all to familiar to Aang.
"This is where the frogs me and Eli caught escaped to."
"So we're close?"
"Maybe."
"OK,so where do we go from here?"
"Um,I'm not sure."
"Focus,picture that night in your mind,remember where Zuko lead you."
"OK,I'll try..,wait how did you know it was Zuko?"
"I didn't, you just confirmed it for me."
Aang scratched the back of his head embarrassment.
"Why didn't just tell us?"
"Cause when I talked to him,I tryed to see if he wanted too be friends,but instead he attacked me,so I didn't think it would matter, plus we had bigger things to worry about with Eli being here."
"Fair point,now close your eyes,and think back to last night,where did you come from?"
Aang closed his eyes and thought hard to the previous night,he remembered Zuko coming in and releasing him and Eli,he remembered Eli going to look for his lightsaber, he remembered the door..he remembered!
"I know where he is." He said finally.
"Let's go."
The two then took off to where Eli was.
(With Katara and Sokka)
Meanwhile back outside, Sokka was laying on Appas back looking at the stars,but every once in a while,he would glance back at Katara to see her have a sad look on her face.
"Beautiful night we have here." He said making small talk.
"Yep." Katara said not caring.
"Stars look nice."
"Uh,huh."
"Sure is taken Neo and Aang a long ti.."
"Are you making small talk?"
"I thought I'd give it a shot."
Katara just turned her head away.
"OK,Katara, you haven't said one word since we started,and your usually talkative."
Katara gave him a look.
"OK,I'm usually talkative, but still,did something happen between you and Neo before we came here?"
"I don't want to talk about it."
"OK,I'll take that as a yes."
Katara sighed.
"I pretty much told Neo how I felt about him and he through it in my face."
"What happened?"
"Why do you care?"
"Um,let's see,your my sister and I care about you,not to mention the fact that I have nothing to do till the fire works start so,what exactly happened?"
"I went to confront him about taken one of us with him,and he just kept saying that he needed me out here,but I kept pushing and he asked me why I cared."
"And what did you say?"
"I said:do you not know."
Sokka sat their for a second and started busting out laughing, he had to cover his mouth not to let out to much noise.
"What's so funny?"
"That's what you said,really, not roses are red,Violets are blue,not all that other stupid mushy stuff you like to say?"
"Well,he picked up on it pretty quick,anyway,he said:it was but a shadow that I cared for,a dream he could never forefill,and that he couldn't give me what I was seeking."
"Anything else?"
"He said he was sorry, oh and that he wasn't the one,but seriously, I put my heart out there and he just stabbed it."
"Well,he was more poetic then most guys would be,if he had said something like,sorry Katara, but I just don't see you that way,or any other cliché thing,I probably would understand,but you have to understand, he's only been here for like a mouth, maybe two,he lost the only girl he's ever loved, you can't exspect him to just fall again,he also probably knows that there's someone else out there for you that's better and doesn't have his baggage."
"I know all that,but it seemed so obvious, we had so much chemistry, we seemed like the perfect match."
"I agree,you two would make the perfect couple, heck,you probably were in another life,but sometimes, something that seems obvious, doesn't necessarily mean the perfect match."
Katara took in some of this stuff that sokka said to heart.
MEANWHILE, BACK INSIDE...
Eli was once again chained up,he had just had a three hour Interrogation session with the elite guard, he of course didn't say anything, but he also knew it would be a matter of time before he cracked.
He then heard a scuffle outside.
"Great,the masked man returns." He said under his breath.
Suddenly, he got the surprise of his life,when it turned out to be Neo and Aang.
"Master,Aang." He shouted In happiness.
"Shhh." They both went.
"You want too wake the whole place." Neo said as he used the force to unlock,Elis chains.
"I have never been so glad to see you two,but you shouldn't have come."
"I know,they could be waiting for us,come on we have to go."
"We can't,they have my lightsaber."
"Well,where is it?"
"Right here." A voice said behind them.
The trio turned around and came face to face with two of the elite guards and fire nation troops.
"Uh,oh." Aang said.
"Welcome,Avatar,and you must be Neo?"
"You gave them my name?"
"No,I gave beardy your name,which I guess in turn he gave to them." Eli replied.
"My name is master volt,I am a member of the fire nation elite guard."
"How come I've never heard of the elite guard?" Aang asked.
"Cause dead men tell no tales." Neo replied.
"Ah,how right you are master Neo,and now that we have all three of you,we can now return to the fire nation,and give the avatar to the fire lord,and deliver the two of you to Lord Drax."
"And who is Lord Drax?"
"He is our master,he is the one who gives us guidance, he is the fire lords most trusted servant and personal body guard of the princess."
"But what's his real name?"
"No one knows,the only ones who do know are the princess and the fire lord,the prince would have too,had he not disobeyed the fire lord."
'So that's how Zuko got the scar.'Neo thought.
"You'll find out more,once we've returned to the fire nation."
"Sorry pal,but we're not going anywhere,Aang Now!"
Suddenly, Aang released a huge burst of air and it sent the troop's away,however, the elite guards were able too avoid it and charged forward,Neo got out his lightsaber and started dueling Volt,Aang created an air scooter and started going around the other guard, he retrieved Elis lightsaber.
"Eli catch!" He shouted as he airbended the lightsaber to Eli who caught it and stared dueling the other guard.
The double duel continued, but Neo knew it couldn't continue forever.
"Eli down!" He shouted.
Eli complied and dunked,as Neo used the force to force the other guard back into a wall,he then twisted around and swept volts feet right out from under him,he jumped backwards and they ran out the door.
"Don't just lay there,after them!" Volt said as he got up.
The elite guards ran after the trio.
Neo,Eli,and Aang ran through the building, trying to avoid any fire nation troops,they arrived at the placed where Neo and Aang came in,but it was blocked by fire from the firebending elite guard.
"What now?" Aang asked.
"Keep running!" Neo said.
"You can't run forever!"
"He's right,what do we do?"
"Follow me,I know a way out!" Eli said as he ran ahead.
The trio ran throughout the building, until they came to a balcony.
"Jump!" Eli said and they all did.
"I'm beginning to wish I brought my glider." Aang said.
"Not now Aang." Neo said.
They landed on the ground,and the fire nation troops noticed and started too surround them.
"Aang,get out your whistle and blow."Neo said.
Aang got out his whistle and was about to blow it,when it left his hand.
"Hey!" He said as it flew into the hands of Volt.
"A bison whistle, I take it a sky bison is somewhere near by?"He said.
The trio remained silent.
"How does it work,like this?"
He then blew into it,much to the trios shock and horror.
"No!" They all said.
(Katara and Sokka)
"OK,seriously what is taken them so long?" Katara asked.
Suddenly, Appa started acting up.
"What's wrong with him?" Sokka asked trying not fall In the water.
"Its Aangs whistle, something must have gone wrong."
They then started making their way up.
(Neo,Eli,and Aang)
The trio could hear Appa coming up,and had to think of a plan quick.
"Neo,what do we do?" Aang asked.
"I'm thinking." He replied.
Appa was going to show up any second,Neo had only one option, hold off Volt and the other one,so the others could escape.
"Aang." Neo whispered.
"As soon as you see Appa,airbender yourself and Eli to him,I'll hold them back long enough for you to escape."
"We didn't break back in here,just to leave someone else behind." Aang refused.
"As soon as they see Appa,they're as good as dead,we have no choice."
"Listen to him Aang." Eli said getting a shocked look from Aang.
"Our only option is this."
"Appas almost here,you'll only have a ten second window, you'll have to go,we can't risk you getting caught."
Aang looked between the two Jedi and finally consented.
"Alright,good luck Neo."
"Thank you Aang."
"May the force be with you, master."
"And you my young padawan."
"Here,you might need this."
Eli handed him his lightsaber and Neo took it.
"3...2..1...Go!"
And with that,Neo charged Volt and the other guard head on as Aang created a tornado for him and Eli to go up on as Appa came up.
Before Volt could say anything, Neo came up and nearly took his head off,had the other guard not acted,it was Neo vs. the two elite guards as Aang and Eli made their way to Appa,they avoided the fire shots from the fire nation troops,as the troops were firing,Zhou came out and saw what was going on.
"Lieutenant, what is happening?" He asked.
"The avatar and his friends returned for the warrior, master volt and master Raf,are holding back the other,we're trying to shoot them down.
Zhou looked down and saw the two masters dueling Neo and then he saw Aang and Eli make it to Appa.
"Cease fire." He ordered.
"Sir?"
"I said cease fire,no dout the avatar will make one last effort too save his friend,let us see just how this plays out."
(The group on Appa)
"They stopped firing." Katara said.
"Why?"
"Who cares,let's split this pop stand." Sokka replied.
"Wait,we can't leave yet,Neos still down there." Aang objected.
"Neo told us to leave,with or without him,in the event that the mission went south,he told us to go."
"We can't leave a man behind."
"Neo is buying us time to escape,if we get captured or worse,his sacrifice would have been for nothing."
"He's not dead yet."
Aang then grabbed his glider and looked down and saw that the duel had lead to the second wall,he jumped down and glided down toward Neos position, with the cries of the others following him.
"Aang are you crazy?" Cried Sokka.
"Don't get yourself killed." Went Eli.
Katara stayed quiet for a moment before saying.
"Go Aang Go!"
The two boys stared at her like she lost her mind.
(Neo)
Neo was holding his own with the two masters,avoiding their strikes and blocking them,and avoiding master Raf's fire blast.
He then looked up and saw Aang coming in.
'What is he doing?'he thought to himself.
"Neo look out!" Aang shouted, as he landed on the wall and sent a huge burst of air at the two masters.
Raf was about to attack the avatar, but then Neo twisting his blade down,sliced through Raf's abdomen, the masters hand was inches from Aangs face till he just collapsed to the ground.
Aang saw this and remembered when Eli took out the other guard the last time.
"Aang,Aang!" Neo said getting Aang out of his trance.
"We have to go now."
"Uh,right of course."
Aang brought his glider out and Neo grabbed onto him and they went to fly off,till Volt grabbed Neos ankle and brought them down.
Neo immediately got between Aang and Volt,as Volt came closer with his lightsaber on.
"You took out master Raf,Lord Drax will not be pleased."
Volt brought his lightsaber above his head and was about to bring it down,when something hit him across his head,Neo and Aang looked up as Sokka caught his boomerang as Appa landed and swiped his tail down releaseing enough air to send the rest of the fire troops back.
"Let's go,we've out stayed our welcome." Sokka said as Neo and Aang got on Appa and they flew off.
Volt got up just in time to see the group finally get away Scott free,just then Zhou came up.
"I was in my quarters when I heard the riot,what hap..."
But before he could finish,he was placed in a force choke.
"I have told you already Admiral." Volt said.
"You are irrelevant, and if you ever get in our way of doing the will of the fire lord and lord Drax again, your reign as admiral will be the shortest in fire nation history, do not get in my way again,are we in agreement?"
Zhou nodded while trying too breath,Volt then released him from his grip,as Volt walked pass him,Zhou looked to him with contempt in his eyes and gritted his teeth.
NEXT DAY...
The gang landed on a hillside as the sun began to rise on another day.
"That was intense."Sokka said.
"No kidding." Eli replied.
"Seriously, I thought I was done for."
"We weren't just gonna leave you behind." Aang said.
"Well,thank for coming for me."
"Aang." Neo called the young airbender.
"Yeah."
"You doing OK,you know after seeing that,you know,the um."
"Yeah,I'm OK,I mean I've seen dead body's before."
"Yeah,but those were just skeletons,this was...fresh." Sokka replied.
"I will admitt,it was a scarey sight and I was troubled by it,I mean,I don't really know how to handle it."
"Your doing good so far,if you say your fine and act unaffected by it we should all start worrying about you."
"But I was affected by it."
"Good,it means your not a psychopath, and you don't enjoy death,me and Eli are used to it already, due to the fact we've seen the effects of it,weather in war or betrayal, but it should effect you cause your only just a kid,but you also have never been in a war till now,so I know it sounds weird, but I'm glad you were affected by this,and I hope you won't have to end this war In blood."
"Then how's he suppose to defeat the fire lord?"
"We'll come to that bridge when we cross it,but until then,if you ever have problems Aang, come to me or Katara and talk about it don't ever hold it in."
"Thanks Neo."
"Oh,and before I forget."
Neo handed Aang his bison whistle.
"My whistle!"
"I managed too get it back before we left."
"Thanks Neo,wait till I tell Katara."
"Speaking of which, where is Katara? " Eli asked.
"She's with Appa."
"Come on Aang,maybe her southern charm will lighten your mood."
"OK."
Eli and Aang then went to find Katara.
"How is she?" Neo asked.
"She's hurting,her heart might be broken, but give her some space, I'm sure She'll come around."Sokka replied.
"I never meant to hurt her."
"I know,now what do you think of this Lord Drax?"
"If this elite guard knows a thing or two about the force,it can only mean that Drax is like me and Eli,he's not from this world."
"Meaning? "
"Things just got a whole lot more complicated."
(I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER, IT WAS NOT MY BEST,HOPEFULLY I'LL DO BETTER OVER TIME.
YES THE ELITE GUARD HAVE NAMES,BUT THEY ARE JUST MEMBERS OF THE FIRE NATION,VOLT IS PRETTY MUCH THE ZHOU VERSION, ONLY MORE LEVEL HEADED,AND YES THERE WILL BE SOME DEATHS,AND I KNOW IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MUCH FOR AANG TO WITNESS ONE,BUT IT WILL HELP HIM REALIZE THIS WAR IS REAL,IN THE STORIES THAT FOLLOW, IT WILL SEEM HES QUICKLY BACK TO HIS PERKY SELF,BUT IT WILL BE IMPLIED THAT HES TALKED TO NEO AND KATARA, ALSO IF YOU THINK NEO WAS A BIT COLD TO KATARA, IT WILL BE RESOLVED IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.
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