Captain Sienna watched with Tara as her newly healed men packed crates of supplies onto the ship. Some waterbenders joined in and helped. Tara began to look around. "What are you looking for, Tara?" Sienna asked. And then she looked around too.

"I haven't seen Leiko anywhere." Tara replied. "Have you?"

"Oh, here she comes." Sienna said as she pointed into the town. Leiko came walking, slowly and hugging herself. It took her a while to walk up to them and when she made it; they noticed that she didn't look too good.

"Leiko, your eyes are really red!" Tara said. Leiko sniffled and looked away.

"What's wrong?" Sienna asked. "Weren't you healed?"

"Yes…I was." Leiko showed them her arm and revealed that there was no cast on it anymore.

"Then what's the matter?" Sienna asked.

"I…I can't talk about it." Leiko replied.

"Sure you can." Sienna spoke sweetly to Leiko.

"We are your friends, Leiko. You can tell us anything." Tara backed her up. Leiko sighed and closed her eyes.

"I'm…pregnant." She admitted. Tara and Sienna's eyes grew large and they looked at each other.

"Oh Leiko, that's wonderful!" Sienna exclaimed.

"No, it's not." Leiko responded.

"Why not?" Tara asked.

"Who is the father?" Sienna inquired.

"A dead man." Leiko told them sadly as a tear fell from her eye.

"Oh," Tara started in a sad tone, "…Zuko." And Leiko nodded.

"I'm so sorry." Sienna sympathized while touching her heart. "What are you going to do?"

"I don't know." Leiko said. "The father is dead. There isn't anything to do."

"Are you scared?" Tara asked.

"I let go of fear a long time ago…yet I am scared of this. This is an adventure I thought I would never experience. I'm down a path I have no clue about."

"Well, let's get onto the ship and sit down to a nice cup of tea. I'm sure it will calm your nerves." Sienna said and she placed a hand on Leiko's shoulder. "I want you to be nice and comfortable for the journey to Omashu. The last thing you need is stress right now." The women boarded the ship with the men. And as they did, Tara placed an arm around Leiko's shoulder.

"Don't worry Leiko. Everything's gonna be fine. I promise."

"I'm having a baby, Tara. A dead man's baby. How can I raise a child on my own? Not only that, how can I fight?"

"You shouldn't be thinking about that. You're in no condition to even think about fighting."

"But how am I supposed to get my revenge?"

"Maybe you should wait until after the baby is born."

"That'll be almost a year! I can't wait that long! I need to confront the King of Omashu now!"

"Easy Leiko." Sienna said. "We're leaving momentarily for Omashu. We should be there in about a week if the wind permits us. But you should be cautious." And she handed Leiko a cup of tea. Leiko took it and sipped it. "You look worried."

"I am."

"You've had some experience being a mother before." Sienna pointed out.

"Yeah, with Reina. You'll do fine. You'll be a great mother." Tara tried to comfort her.

"I don't know what to expect."

That night, Leiko laid awake in her sleeping bag, looking up at the ceiling. There was a small glow on it, from a single candle that burned about a foot away from her head. She turned and looked at the tiny, flickering flame next to her. It made her think. This baby, without a doubt, would be a firebender, just like Zuko wanted. Zuko would have been so proud to have a firebending child. She closed her eyes and imagined herself teaching a small child how to firebend. She could see her and Zuko in her vision, and the small child giggling and laughing, and then an older version of Reina watching with old Uncle Iroh. Tears began to brim in her eyes, knowing it would never happen. She would never get her family back.

Leiko's mind slipped as she felt the baby moving around in her stomach. Was it a boy or a girl? Would it be strong? Who would it look like? When would it be born? How would she take care of a child all on her own? What would her father think? But then again, who cared? Her mind slipped again, and she remembered all the times her father beat her, and how Zuko saved her. What if it was back in the day when she was still owned by her father? He would have killed her upon hearing it. And it was for that reason that Leiko wished she could speak to her father. To rub it in his face. To say, "You know what, I'm pregnant with the child of your enemy, and I don't care at all what you have to say."

Then Leiko wondered something else. What if her mother was alive? She had hardly any memory of her mother. If her mother was still alive, she would have asked her all the questions buzzing in her head. Her mother birthed her, of course she would know everything about having a child. Leiko had all these unanswered questions that she would have to find out the hard way. And she wished her mother was still alive. How did her mother die anyway? She only remembered her father saying to her one night, after slamming his fist into her face out of sheer frustration. "You're mother is dead." He had told her. "And she is never coming back. You cannot bring back the dead."

All of these thoughts didn't leave her alone all night long. She didn't get a wink of sleep. So the next day, for half of the day, she just laid in bed. Not wanting to move around at all. Just too scared to face reality, for the first time in her life. She wished more than anything to have Zuko hold her, or Iroh's wisdom to reassure her. But there was nothing. "You can't bring back the dead." She repeated what her father said to her. And then she touched her stomach, where a small bubble was beginning to form. "My child…" she spoke. "I know you can hear me, and I want you to know…I will never let anything happen to you. Not now, not ever. You're all I have left."