A/N: Ok, I know it took forever to post this, but I've had some internet troubles. Anyway... here it is!

Chapter 4 - Old Faces, New Troubles

"Sokka!" Aang yelled again, this time with Katara yelling as well.

"Sokka, where are you!" his sister shouted to the empty road.

"He's gone," Aang observed. Katara began crying now, tears running down her face for her brother. "Don't worry, Katara, we'll find him."

With that, Aang quickly ran to one of the giant trees by the side of the road and used his airbending to jump to the top. From there, he could see everything on their side of the hill. Everything, that is, except Sokka and his captors.

"I can't see anything," Aang said as he climbed down from the tree. Katara, who had looked hopeful as Aang had come down, suddenly broke down again. "It's okay, we'll just continue on to the town and ask if anyone saw something. We can get help there!"

Katara nodded silently and walked beside Aang toward the village, holding his arm for support.

Aang blushed. He knew this was the worst possible time to be happy, but he couldn't help but be pleased that Katara was so close to him. His happiness was short lived, however, when he saw the town appear over the hill. Smoke rose from every house, and fires burned all around.

"Uh-oh," he said. "Firebenders!" Screams of terror arose from the town, and Aang knew he had to help.

"Katara, stay here," he said, hoping she would listen. Unfortunately, Katara refused to be left behind when she could help save innocent people.

"Those people need our help, Aang," she said, wiping a tear from her cheek. "Besides, Sokka could be down there! What if he needs our help?"

Aang had no choice but to agree with Katara. Sokka could be down there.

"Alright, but be careful," he replied. With that, the pair ran down toward the town. "Appa, stay here!" he shouted back, receiving a grunt from the bison in reply.

When they got there, they saw what they had missed from on top of the hill. The trouble makers were still there! A group of boys were at the base of every house, all of them with lit torches. They didn't appear to be firebenders, but Aang was skeptical.

"Come on!" Aang yelled as he ran into the town. "Hey! You!" He yelled at one of the kids. "Stop that!"

When the boy turned around to face him, Aang gasped as he saw a familiar face. What's he doing here? He thought, but had no time to think of the answer. The boy had gathered up three of his friends and they began to circle Aang. Seeing that he was being encircled, Aang used his airbending to blow a gust of wind at the group of teenagers and knock them off their feet. When they were all down, Aang ran to another end of the village, only to find more familiar faces setting fires and wreaking havoc.

"What's going on here?" he thought aloud. Just then, a flaming torch was thrown at him, and missed him by only a couple of inches. "Whoa," he said as he jumped 10 feet into the air to avoid more close calls. While floating up there for what seemed like hours, but was actually only a couple of seconds, Aang took note of what was happening all over the town. He looked at the people setting the fires, and was shocked to see that he knew most of them. He was shaken out of his reverie, however, when an arrow missed him by a mere centimeter.

Aang looked down and saw who was shooting the arrow. It can't be! Aang thought.

When the archer pulled back the string to shoot the next arrow, a warrior appeared out of nowhere and stopped him. There was a short struggle, ending with the warrior breaking the archer's bow. The bowless archer glared at the warrior, then ran away.

A voice then broke out from below: "The warriors of Kyoshi are here!"

Aang looked around in surprise as he fell back to the ground and, sure enough, the female warriors from Kyoshi Island were fighting the trouble makers.

"Hey, Aang," a voice said from behind the airbender. He turned around to find Suki standing behind him.

"Suki!" he exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"

"Well," Suki began…

A/N: I hope you people liked it! Its a little longer than the others, so I hope that makes up for the last chapter. Anywayz, please Read and Review. And no worries, next chapter will come alot quicker.