Disclaimer: Cows go "Moo". I go "Steal the general idea of salamibenders and you're toast. I don't own Avatar: The Last Airbender."

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"Katara? Aang?" he asked nobody in particular. Receiving no responses, he stood up and brushed the sand off of his tunic. He looked around, hoping to see his friend and his sister.

Suddenly, Katara emerged from behind several bushes.

"Sokka?" she asked. Her brother quickly turned to her.

"Where's Aang? Please don't tell me those soldiers got him." se said nervously.

"Sorry, but they got him." she said sadly. "What we need is a plan or a secret weapon."

"The only thing that can help us now is a deux ex machina." said Sokka dryly.

Suddenly, a shower of salami slices fell from the treetops.

"You. Poobender. We have a plan." said a voice.

"Well, Sokka, there it is." said Katara with a slight smile. As she was talking, the salamibenders dropped down from the trees.

"Just out of curiosity, what is this 'plan'?" Sokka asked the two rather odd salamibenders. One of them handed him a bit of paper. As the plan was rather short, Sokka read this in a timespan of 10.067 seconds.

"We're doomed." He remarked with a dazed expression.

"Actually, Aang's doomed. Let's stop wasting time and SAVE him already."