I've finished writing this chapter, Drgn Prncss is done editing it, and it looks awesome. If you were looking for action the next few chaps will satisfy you. - Skcitt

Darkness filled the forest. It was as if a shadow cast itself over the forest taking away its sunlight. The threatening trees looked as if they would reach down and hold you hostage. This was a frightening forest if there ever was one. An idea popped into Kirk's mind. His hands moved slowly creating a thin stream of light. Then fast a he shot it up into the trees. The light filled the forest casting away its shadow that kept it from light. This would make the walk much more enjoyable.

Suddenly, to the traveler's joy, a path could be seen at the edge of the woods. Thankful to see the brown dirt, Sokka ran to the path and lied down on top of it. He looked very relaxed, that is until he looked up and saw a black shadow standing next to him. His heart must have skipped a beat because he stood there for a moment. When he finally realized that time was still frozen he stood back up, wiped the dirt off his pants, looked up, and froze.

Katara, wondering what her brother was doing, stepped out of the forest and froze too. She saw an enormous, beautiful temple surrounded by thousands and thousands of shadows.

Kirk stepped out and saw the shadows but he didn't seem surprised. He just huddled the four of them together to go over their plan. "Ok, so Sokka you go after them with your boomerang, Aang you keep the time freeze on, and Katara and I will wipe them out with lightbending. Does everyone understand?"

"Yeah we understand but where did that lady go?" asked Aang. Kirk popped his head up from the huddle to find that the lady was nowhere in sight. Man, people sure have a tendency to disappear in this dimension.

Kirk broke the huddle and went after the first, frozen shadow. Sokka tore through them with his boomerang, Katara forced a couple to dissipate, and Aang unhappily plopped down on a tree stump. He didn't like being left out. CRASH! Aang jumped up quickly. The roof of the temple shattered and the black shadow monster, Kajita, stepped out.

Kajita had blood red eyes, black fur, six legs, and a red arrow on its head. In fact, it looked almost exactly like Appa except ten times bigger and black. "What the heck is that!" yelled Sokka. He pulled back his boomerang and chucked it at the monster. It bounced off without leaving a scratch.

"Aang, I told you to keep the time freeze on!" Yelled Kirk

"Hello, this is the time-IMMUNE monster Kajita. You should know that." snapped Aang. The monster took a couple more steps then stared in Katara's direction. Took make a long story short, she screamed. She threw some streams of light at the monster frantically. This wasn't even affecting it. The monster charged at Katara with the speed of a leopard.

With a flash of darkness, Katara disappeared inside the body of the shadow monster, Kajita. Sokka yelled furiously. He pulled back his boomerang and… FLASH! Sokka disappeared too.

Kirk saw that his friends were in danger so he raised his hands, and shot a stream of light at the monster. Within one moment, Kirk was now under the giant foot of Kajita squirming to get free. Aang jumped on top of a giant stone and took a fighting position. "Aang, NO!" shouted Kirk.

With one quick movement Aang surrounded himself with light, took aim, and fired. The light shot at the monster but proved to be ineffective. Aang then spread his arms surrounding himself in what seemed to be a ball of space. He then disappeared and reappeared on the monsters head. Hastily, Aang pulled shadow after shadow from Kajita's head. Kajita let out a small roar and resisted with all its might. Kajita threw its head back and forth throwing Aang off. Aang gasped for breath but vanished again to Kajita's head to try again.

Kirk watched in amazement, while still under Kajita's foot, as Aang tried again and again. So this is what makes the Avatar, raw courage. After a couple of hard falls Aang managed to pull Katara and Sokka from Kajita. Relieved, Aang then surrounded Kajita in a ball of space and watched as it vanished.

To mark where the shadow monster disappeared, Aang singed the spot with a fireball "Ok, explanation please. How did you do that?" asked Sokka.

Aang ran up the temple steps without saying a word with Kirk running after him anxious to know.

I just had to put that major cliffhanger out there to see how you reviewers would react. Now that you have finished reading this please REVIEW! Skcitt