"You guys aren't even from here!" Sokka looked distressed. "I know, it's weird!" I stared at Darrin as he happily tested his new ability. Soon the tree had about 23 extra limbs. "Okay, Dar, you can stop now," I said impaitiently. "Let's go find Aang and Katara."
"Sure."
A little later, Darrin and I found ourselves in some sort of feast/party/victory combination. Jet made his little speech, and from what he said, I could tell he really hated the fire nation. But Sokka didn't seem fazed.
"C'mon, Katara, we're leaving." He should have known it wasn't going to be that easy. "Aww, Sokka, you're kidding. I needed you on an important mission." Jet had that sophisticated look in his eye as he spoke. Sokka turned halfway. "What mission?" This should be interesting, I thought, deciding to secretly follow them.
Being at the top of my gym class, I was able to jump from branch to branch like the boys did. When I was close enough to watch them without getting caught, I balanced on a wide branch and waited. After about 5 minutes, an old man hobbled down the path, oblivious to the danger in the trees. Like monkeys, Jet, his friends, and Sokka jumped down in front of him. "What are you doing here, you leech?" Jet snarled. Shocked by his tone, I wondered what Katara would do had she seen this. "Please, sir, I'm just a traveler." The largest of Jet's party pushed him down. I felt a rush of anger go up my neck. I kinda wish Katara was here.
"Syd! Over here." I whirled around to find Darrin standing behind me. "Dar, did you see that?" I exclaimed, almost forgetting to whisper. "Yeah, I did," Dar replied, "and I was right. Jet isn't what he seems to be."
"Sokka does not trust him."
"That makes two of us."
"Then let's get down there and stop him!" I moved to climb down the tree. "No, wait!" Darrin grabbed my arm. "They might do the same to you for following them." I nodded. "All right, let's just wait and see what happens. Maybe he'll do something in front of Katara."
"Hopefully."
We found Katara and Aang on one of the weird-shaped platforms...and Katara was holding something that looked like an oversized water hyacinth. "What is that?" I asked. "It's a hat for Jet," she said, holding it up. "Do you like it?"
If she said it was a hat, fine.
"Yeah, it's...lovely."
Darrin's POV
I waited by my 34-limb tree that night for Sydney. Apparently, Sokka had tried to stop Jet from hurting the old man, and Syd had gone with them to see why he'd done it. Well, she did find out. I could tell things had not gone as...swimmingly as expected when she stomped toward me looking like a stormcloud. "So what happened?" I asked. She gave me a look. "What happened was that the old man had some kind of poison in his dagger and was sent to kill Jet! Sokka wouldn't believe it, but Katara did! Aang too! I don't know what to believe! Seems to me that since we're already in Limbo Land we might as well go Nacy Drew on this whole thing!" When her tirade ended, I decided it was okay to get a word in edgewise. "We don't have to figure it all out tonight. Wait till morning, and then ask Sokka what he thinks. Maybe we'll dig up something." She sighed, but it was so long and drawn out you'd think she was a balloon or something. "Dar, I'm going to bed somewhere..."
"Get some rest, okay?"
"Gladly."