Chapter 3: Who is He? Part 3


Location: Seoul, South Korea

The city of Seoul was the most South Korea's biggest megacity and the capital of the country. An American man at the age of forty-five, with a short beard and brown eyes. He was wearing an U.S. Navy suit, with a badge that said "Jonathan Richard". Jonathan Richard was the America's very well respected general; he saved about fifty hundred soldiers from the Iran War. He was sitting at his desk; feeling bored in his mind hoping this meeting would be over. Then an older-looking man, look like an Asian version of the Sergeant from "The A-Team" but had a blind eye on the left.

"General Richards", the sergeant called.

The general quickly stood up and saluted at the sergeant.

"Yes Sergeant Jae-Sun", he said.

"The President of South Korea will like to see you."

Sergeant Jae-Sun then left Richard alone for a while, and then Richard sighed to himself.

"Don't worry Ricky", he murmured, "I'm coming home."


Location: Southern Water Tribe Village

Ricky had learned a lot for the past few minutes from Aang and Gran-Gran; he learned about the four nations and their elements; the Water Tribe, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, and the Air Nomads. Ricky was still very confused on how he got here, but the kids kept him very busy with a game of tag and hide and seek. He hasn't seen Sokka or Katara for a while until he saw them came out of the tent they were in. Ricky and Aang came up towards to the two native Water Tribe kids and told them everything, so they didn't have to. Ricky, still getting use to his surrounding, but still wanted to know how he got here.

"Hey Ricky", Katara yelled.

Ricky turned around seeing her running towards him, since he was playing with the kids.

"Aang and I wanted to know if you would like to go penguin sledding with us?"

Ricky had never heard of 'penguin sledding', but he remembered what his dad said.

"Don't allow your problems hold you back of trying something new."

He knew he couldn't allow his wound to hold him back.

"Sure, why not."

Katara smiled at him, took his hand and led him outside of the village. Ricky started blushing since the only one who usually holds his hand was either Anna or his girlfriend Elsa. It took at least five minutes till they saw Aang, what looks like he's trying to grab one of the penguins. Ricky was shocked that he never seen these penguins before; unlike the penguins you would see in the zoo or Antarctica, these penguins had four flippers and had no beak, instead their faces looked like a puppy (without the dog facial features though).

"Hey guys", Aang called out to the two teens.

Katara let go of Ricky's hand, leaving him left behind for at least few steps away. Katara and Aang turned around and looked at Ricky, seeing him already exhausted.

"Oh *pant* my *pant* gosh," he panted between his sentences, "I *pant* haven't run *pant* like this in *pant* forever."

The two giggled for a moment, and went up towards him.

"Don't worry, you'll get used to it", Aang told him.

Ricky looked up at him, smiled a little and stretched his legs for a moment.

"Okay, so how do we do this penguin sledding thing?"

"Well, Ricky" Katara spoke, "First, you need is bait."

Katara pulled some small fish and a flock of penguins started coming towards her. Ricky then grabbed some fish, so did Aang. Then the penguins started to surround the three kids. Aang started laughing, while Ricky tried his best not to scare them away.

"Ok" Ricky said, "Now what?"

Aang and Katara looked at each other and then smirked for a few seconds. Ricky looked at them with unease.

'This is not going to be good' he thought.


Zuko was surrounded by his foot soldiers, ready to attack him. Zuko began to attack them with all his might, shooting them with his fireballs. Iroh was sitting crisscross style, sipping his tea, and watching his nephew while he was training. Zuko manage to knock out the foot guards, but was still couldn't seem to calm down.

"Again", General Iroh instructed.

Zuko gave his uncle an even more than his usual anger glare, but he let it go, since he was SURE he was going to practice in order to face the Avatar. While Zuko kept attacking his foot soldiers, Iroh felt an unease feeling like he had before. He couldn't put his finger on it, but it had to be connecting towards the Avatar's disappearance. All he could think of is that one tiny scripture he found in the Ba Sing Sae Library.

"In the four-hundredth year of the burning comet's arrival, the Avatar will be allied with the an unlikely ally from beyond the stars, but will bring peace and prosper to both of their worlds."

Iroh wondered what it could've mean, but he knew that he must meet this person and what is his or her purpose.

"I'm sick and tired of these basic firebending moves, I'm ready to do the advance", Zuko said angrily.

"No", Iroh said, "You are not ready, you need to use your energy NOT your muscles."

Zuko then gave his uncle and even angrier glare.

"The Avatar has been gone for at least a hundred years Uncle, he must've been training for that long. I AM ready to do the advance firebending Uncle."

Iroh then sigh in defeat, knowing that his nephew will keep arguing until he gets his way.

"Fine", he said, "But first, I must finish my roasted duck."

He began to chew his duck, making Zuko look at him in disbelief.


Ricky was screaming with delight and excitement. He had never rode on a penguin before and he never knew how much fun it was. He tried to look at Aang and Katara, but the wind was blowing on his face so fast it made it hard for him to turn.

"I haven't have been doing this since I was a kid!" Katara yelled.

"You're still a kid," Aang yelled back.

Ricky started laughing since he had never had this much fun in years.

"This is amazing", he yelled, "This is ten times better than riding on a regular sled!"

They finally made it to the bottom of the hill, began to slow down, but Ricky's penguin kept going making it hard for Ricky to stop. Ricky began to panic, since he doesn't know how to stop a penguin.

"Ricky, look out", they yelled.

"HOW DO YOU STOP THIS THING?"

Ricky and his penguin finally stopped when they crashed into a hard metal object, luckily Aang and Katara caught up to him.

"Are you alright", Katara asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Oh man, what did I hit a giant metal robot?"

Katara and Aang looked at him with confusion, but they didn't want to bother him about it.

"You weren't wrong about the metal part though", Katara said.

The trio looked to see what it is; a giant, metal ship with a red flag. Ricky was shocked to see a giant ship in the middle of the Southern Water Tribe.

"What the heck is that?" Ricky asked.

"That is a Fire Nation Battleship, it's been there for centuries." Katara said with a worried look on her face.

Aang began to walk towards the ship to get a closer look, but Katara and Ricky began to panic.

"Aang, what are doing you can't go in there", Katara yelled.

"Yeah, for all we know there could be booby traps, or ghosts, or ghost with booby traps and want to possess your soul!"

"You can't let your fears get the best of you guys", Aang informed.

Aang continue to walk towards the ship, leaving Katara and Ricky behind. Katara gave Ricky a disbelief look on her face.

"Really Ricky, ghost possesses our soul?" she asked.

"Yeah, I might have over reacted there a bit", Ricky replied in embarrassment.

Katara and Ricky decided to go with Aang inside the ship, worry that they might set off a booby trap. When they were inside, it was empty and completely dark. They began to walk carefully so they didn't have to walk towards a booby trap.

"There is one thing I don't get", Aang said.

Ricky looked at him with confusion.

"What", he asked.

"This whole war thing. I have friends all over the world, even the at the Fire Nation and I haven't seen a war before."

Katara began to think about what Aang was saying.

"Hey Aang", she said "How long were you in that iceberg?"

"I don't know, a day or two", Aang said.

"I think you two were in for a hundred years."

This made Ricky and Aang in disbelief, however Ricky was already freaking out.

"WHAT! A HUNDRED YEARS! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE, I CAN'T BE THAT OLD! I SHOULD'VE BEEN DEAD!" he yelled.

"I have to agree with Ricky on this one", Aang replied, "I don't look like a hundred-twelve year old man."

"Just think about it Aang, the War has been a hundred years old and the only reason why don't know about it is that you were in that iceberg."

Aang began to sit down, trying to wrap around the information while Ricky was trying to figure out on how he got in there.

"But what about me", he said, "I still don't know how I got in that iceberg in the first place."

Aang and Katara knew what he meant; they too want to know how he got here in the first place.

"Well, we should get going. My brother would probably be suspicious about you two", Katara said.

The three then got up about to leave the ship, but Aang then went into another room, making the two teenagers very worry.

"Aang, get back here", Ricky hissed.

But Aang then tripped on a small wire, that made Katara and Ricky caught him just in time. It wasn't long till the door began to trap the three inside.

"What did you say about booby traps?" Aang asked.

Ricky watches the machine and the gears began to activate a signature flare. Ricky tried to reach towards the flare, but it was too late. The flare began to burst in flame, making a hole on the ceiling and Ricky unconscious. Aang and Katara began to worry, until Aang saw the hole that the flare made. He grabbed Ricky and Katara with his arms.

"Hold on", he said.

He leaped towards the hole, making Katara screaming for her life. What they didn't know is that Zuko watched them the whole time.

"Guard, get my uncle" he demanded, "Tell him I have found the Avatar."

Zuko looked back at his telescope turning it towards the village.

"And his hiding place."