Everyone on the ship marched in to take a good night's sleep. The crew seemed exhausted from working all day and even Zuko looked like he could have use some shut eye. Leiko got into her night clothes and got into bed, still feeling the empty void left by her friend. She looked up at the armoire, where Tila would normally be perched, but there was nothing in the shadow, just emptiness. Zuko came in soon after her in his night pants and got in next to her. She didn't face him, but he kissed the back of her head and blew out the candle. Darkness overcame the room and the mood was set for slumber.

Leiko awoke in the middle of the night when she heard Reina crying. She groaned and got ready to get up and take care of the baby, but when she sat up she found that Zuko was gone. She looked surprised at the empty space next to her, and then grew even more surprised when the crying stopped. She got out of bed to go see what was going on. She walked down the hallway and up to the doorway of the baby's room. The light was on, and she poked her head inside just out curiosity…and what she saw tickled her.

Zuko was holding Reina in his arms and rocker her gently back and forth. He had gotten up to take care of the baby, and it pleased her to the point where a smile crossed her face. He hummed softly to the tired baby in his arms and lulled her back to sleep. Leiko watched as he gently and kindly set her back in her basket and stood there rocking it for a few more seconds, watching over her. Leiko quickly retreated back to the room so Zuko wouldn't see her. It was probably hard enough to accept Reina, and she didn't want to embarrass him or make him feel uncomfortable.

Leiko awoke the next morning without Zuko next to her. She hadn't slept well the night before; she was still so upset over the death of Tila. And maybe it was the death of Tila that triggered her dream. It must have been in the middle of the night when she had the same familiar dream she had been having for so long now. She shot down the same man in the woods and then walked over to see who it was, but yet again she awoke before she could see the face of her victim. She sat up with a jolt, sweaty and out of breath! She looked to the side and saw her husband, Prince Zuko, still asleep. It took her a few hours to fall back asleep after the mysterious dream.

She was tired, and had bags under her eyes as she walked up from the room. She didn't even bother to grab breakfast and made her way straight up to the deck. Chances are Zuko was up there, looking for the Avatar. Sure enough she spotted him looking through his spyglass at the island. Leiko also saw Iroh sitting in a chair, tickling Reina on her little belly, making her giggled. Everything seemed normal, so she decided to go for a quick walk to clear her mind from yesterday. She grabbed her sword and walked off the ship. Zuko didn't bother to ask where she was going.

Leiko's walk in the woods was quiet, too quiet. And she grew suspicious and made her foot steps very soft and quiet. The woods were originally silent, with only the very faint whisper of trees, but today not even the trees conversed. There was a heavy dampness in the brush that seemed to linger in the air, like a cloud in front of her face, impairing her sense of smell. She looked up and saw some sun shining through the green canopy, everything was still. Not even the flicker of a bird's wing or the scurry of a meadow vol's feet.

She drew in a deep breath and let down her guard for a minute, and then it struck her! She felt a net enclose her entire body and knock her off her feet and to the ground with a thud, knocking some of the wind from her, making her grunt. Then she looked up and saw a group of five firebenders form a circle around her. "We've got her." One of them said. Leiko growled at them. "Let's take her back to General Kilix." And Leiko whipped out her sword and sliced through the net with ease. She stood up and took a fighting stance with her sword, and the other five men got in their stances!

"You won't be taking me anywhere!" she hissed and then she swung her sword out, and cut off a man's beard!

The men were riled now and they began to unleash all their firepower at Leiko. She did a back flip out of the way and put her sword back in its holster. Then she gathered a flame in both fists and waited for their next attack. One man charged at her, and she punched him in the nose, burning it and breaking it at the same time! He yelled in pain and grabbed his nose, but she tripped him and sent him down to his back. He hit his head and went unconscious. Another man ran forward and she jumped off of his shoulders and did a flip in the air, sending out flames with her feet and burning him. He turned back around and threw more fire at her, but she tumbled out of the way and kicked out more flames at him! She hit him in the face and he went down to the ground. The last three men all charged at her at once, and she stood in the middle of their circle. They went to charge! Leiko jumped up and kicked two men in the face and burned the other one's face! One went down, grabbing his face in searing pain. The two men stood up and went to attack again, but Leiko was too fast and she got down on her hands and spun around, creating a wheel of fire with her feet and sent one flying back into a tree! The other still stood, and he managed to throw a fireball at her, leaving a scorch mark on her sleeve. She growled and jumped up into the air and kicked the soldier in the face! He went down easily.

Leiko stood there out of breath, her chest going up and down from breathing heavily and a wisp of hair loose in her face. All five men were down. "You morons should have known better than to mess with me." And then it struck her. "Which one of you killed my bird?" the demanded.

"I did." A soldier said as he stood up. Leiko glared at him and began to pace over to him. He just smirked. "What's a foolish girl going to do?" and she used two fingers to strike him in the heart! The man stood there for a second with the grin on his face, but then it turned into a frown and blood began to drip from the corners of his mouth. He coughed and blood spouted from his lips, and then he feel down face first into the dirt…dead. Leiko turned and looked at the other men.

"Anyone else want to challenge me?" and she whipped out her sword again and ran at them with furry! "THIS IS FOR TILA!"