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Book three Destiny Chapter Six: Training the Rookies

Ren finally opened her eyes a week later. She looked around and could only make out two figures in the dark. She could tell that one was Hope and the other was a woman. Ren made a small flame in her hand and saw Sesi sleeping in the chair. Ren smiled and Sesi opened her eyes. Ren started to feel bad for waking her, but Sesi looked happy to see Ren okay.

"How long have I been here?" Ren asked.

"A week. Considering the injuries you had and the ones they could fix at the time consider yourself lucky you woke up," Sesi said.

"I should consider myself lucky that my team was there or there would be no Avatar Ren. How's everyone taking it?" Ren asked.

"After the doctors found the note Lee freaked out. He locked himself in his room and only comes out when necessary. When he does come out he doesn't talk to anyone. My brothers have been training nonstop like they are waiting for someone to come in and attack you. Aki is doing that thing where she eats when she is upset. Your family is trying to keep it together and doing their thing of being close. Dad's been beating himself up. Everyone else has been there for your family like every other time you get hurt. Oh and Sky he is with them, but he is silent and is hiding how is truly feeling. I sit in here occasionally," Sesi said.

Ren looked at the ground and thought about how worried everyone must have been during the week. Ren knew she was weak, but Sesi could help her. Ren grinned and Sesi shook her head. Ren stuck her lip out and started to pout. Sesi sighed and got up before she opened the door. She looked down the hall and walked out of the room and quickly returned with a wheelchair. Ren winced as Sesi helped her out of bed and she whistled for Hope and the three quickly left the medical center. Sesi took Ren to Sky's room and Ren shook her head and pointed in the direction where Jinora and Kai's guest room was located. When Ren opened the door she found her parents facing away from the door. She could tell that they were awake, because she could hear one of them crying. Ren nodded to Sesi and mouthed the words thank you and Sesi left. Hope pushed her head against the back of the wheelchair and pushed Ren to the bed.

Ren looked at her parents for a minute and listened to who she now knew was her mother cry. She didn't know why she was hesitating, maybe it was because she was scared. Scared they would be angry with her for not being safe. She no longer heard her mother crying and she thought maybe she fell asleep. Ren stuck her hand out and slowly placed it on her mother's back and closed her eyes. Ren moved her mother's hair out of her face and wiped it and started to cry. Ren didn't realize she was crying loud until her parents were sitting up in bed. Ren felt their arms around her and she heard them crying. Ren had been so caught up with ending the war that she had forgotten what truly mattered. Kai and Jinora pulled away from her and Jinora started to talk, but Ren couldn't understand what she was saying while she was crying.

"Mom stop crying and trying to talk. I tell you this all the time I can't understand you," Ren said laughing.

"We all tell her that. I think she wants to know when you woke up. Have you seen your grandparents? What about Lee? How about Sky?" Kai asked.

"I woke up a few minutes ago. I'm going to say about fifteen minutes. I haven't seen anyone other than you guys and Sesi," Ren said.

"Go wake them up. I'm sure they wouldn't mind getting a midnight visitor. Wake everyone up at that, they are all worried," Jinora said.

Ren used her metalbending to make the wheelchair move and she left the room. Ren went to her grandparents room to find Pema and Tenzin both sitting with a book in their hands. They soon looked up to see Ren in the doorway. Ren wondered why her grandparents were still awake until she was finally at the bed. She realized they weren't just looking at books, but books filled with memories that they made with her and Lee. There were pictures, drawings, their handprints in paint. Pema flipped the page in her book and Ren saw a picture of when she and Lee were six. The twins knew how to read, but they always loved when Pema and Tenzin would read to them, so they always sat in their lap as they read, and this picture just happened to be of one of those memories. She received a hug before she left the room and she added a new memory to the book. She added the note that she had and at the bottom she wrote I won't have to end this alone, because I have my family.

Ren was going to go see Lee, but she stopped in front of Baatar and Kuvira's door. "Hey stop having sex in there. Your suppose to you know, be concerned that I was going to die. Oh yea, by the way I'm alive," Ren said banging her fist on their door.

Everyone soon opened their doors and popped their heads out to see Ren in the wheelchair. Everyone walked out and stood in front of Baatar and Kuvira's door. Ren slammed her fist on the door again and waited for an answer. When the door didn't open she shook her head and turned the chair and was about to go to Lee's room. The door finally opened and Kuvira was standing on the other side with a small box. She shoved it at Ren and quickly shut the door.

"Seriously? I mean thank you, but I almost died," Ren said.

"You almost die all the time, nothing new," Baatar said from their room.

"Screw you," Ren said.

"Ren you are ruining an intimate moment," Kuvira said.

Ren flared her nostrils and opened the box. She found chocolate and threw it at the door. She hugged everyone and they went to bed. She saw one person lingering and she smiled and made her way over to him. Iroh refused to look at her and Ren grabbed his sleeve and tugged. When he finally looked at her Ren smiled and Iroh smiled back. Ren tried to hug him, but he was to high. Iroh crouched down and hugged her before he went to bed. Ren spun around and made her way for Lee's room , but when she arrived it was locked. She used her bending to unlock the door to find him sleeping. She wheeled over and pushed his shoulder to wake him. When he woke up he swung at Ren and she quickly backed up. He threw the closest item he could grab and Hope jumped in front of Ren. Hope roared and the two left.

As Ren wheeled herself down the hallway she felt something was missing. She tried to tell Lee she was okay and he attacked her. Ren sat outside of Sky's door and debated if she should go inside. Lee had attacked her, because he was mad, maybe Sky was mad too. Ren reached for the doorknob and pulled away. She looked down the hallway when she heard someone walking down the hall and saw Lin walking in her direction. Ren just sat there and then decided that she would go. Lin stopped her and Ren looked at her.

"You should go see him. He is concerned about you and he is concerning me with how concerned he is. Also when you feel up for fighting I want you to help me train rookies that are in the police academy. I think if you help them we could train them to help in the war," Lin said.

Ren liked the idea of having more people to help fight, but she wondered if that would be a good idea. Ren smiled and nodded at Lin. She turned around and opened Sky's door. Ren quietly closed the door and laughed when she heard Sly snoring a little. She made her way for the bed and when she was next to him she could see that he didn't shave during the week she was in the medical center. Ren ran her hand across his face and jumped as Sky jumped. He sat up and rubbed his eyes and hugged Ren when he realized she was really okay. Ren yawned and Sky pulled her out of the wheelchair into his bed and he slept on the chair in the room.

The next morning Ren felt some pain in her back when she woke up. She rubbed her eyes and remembered that she stayed in Sky's room last night. Ren placed her feet on the ground and stood and slowly made her way for the door. She heard Sky groan and looked back. She saw that he was standing and making his way for the door. She opened the door and the two slowly made their way for the dining area. Ren sat down and soon began to eat. Everyone could sense the tension in the room, but didn't know what to say.

"Ren, my father has sent troops to help Northern Ba Sing Se. He said now that the tanks have arrived he thinks that our city stands a better chance. He can't send many, but he still offered to send troops," Ajala said.

"It doesn't matter Ren will go into the next battle and almost get herself killed like usual," Lee said.

"Want to repeat that?" Ren said.

"Yea I do. My sister is a reckless Avatar," Lee said

"Meelo what happened?" Tuyen asked.

"I have no clue," Meelo said.

"Did we miss something?" Qannick asked.

"Apparently," Ikki said.

"Rohan?" Rei asked.

"Beats me," Rohan said.

"My brother didn't have my back like he said he would. He is nothing but an unskilled airbender. He try's to avoid fights like every other airbender," Ren shouted.

"My sister is a weak and defenseless Avatar," Lee shouted.

"I'll show you who is weak and defenseless," Ren said.

Ren used her metalbending to pull all the knives and forks away from everyone and sent them at Lee. Everyone's eyes widened as Lee ducked under the table to avoid the silverware sent his way. Lee charged at Ren jumped over the table and charged for Lee. The twins slammed into each other and Ren swung her fist. She punched Lee in the face and he shook his head before he grabbed her. Lee swung and threw Ren at the wall. Everyone ducked as Ren used her airbending to turn herself around and make her way to Lee. Ren slammed into Lee and she slammed him through the wall and the two rolled on the ground. Everyone ran to the hole in the wall and watched the twins fight. Lee pushed Ren and she grabbed his arm and threw him into a pole in the power disc court. Ren ran towards him and Lee laid there and when Ren got close enough he kicked her feet from under her. He pulled her and he stood up. He used his airbending to push her down the power disc court into the wall. Ren tried to get up but couldn't. Lee stood up and limped over to Ren holding his arm.

"Ren, just go fight this war and do it alone like you wanted. Save the world and fulfill your destiny, like you want. If you manage to live don't come home, and if you do, don't talk to me," Lee said.

Ren watched as Lee limped away and just laid there. Her parents walked over to her and looked at her and she turned and faced the wall. She felt two sets of hands trying to help her up and she pushed them away. She wanted to be left alone until it was time to return to Republic City. She eventually felt like getting up and she sat up and felt the pain in her hip return. Ren walked as fast as her body would let her to her guest room and found her glider sitting on her bed. She grabbed it and jumped out of the window and started to look for someone she knew she could trust at the moment. She found her Gran-Gran Pema and walked over to her. When she saw the look on her face she quickly turned around, knowing she was going to get a lecture. She found her Aunt Kya next and hoped that she would understand and Ren stood there as Kya walked over to her. Before Kya could say anything Ren handed her glider and walked away.

Ren didn't need to be making any rash decisions and with her glider in her possession she knew she would. Ren could tell she made a good decision by giving someone her glider. Ren started to walk around Zaofu and she soon ran into Lin. Lin looked at Ren and Ren could tell that Lin was disappointed in her. Lin shook her head and walked away. Ren didn't realize she disappointed so many people. Ren could tell that she had wasted her day by fighting Lee, laying on the ground, and walking around. Ren knew the Beifong chef would soon be preparing dinner so she walked to the dining area. When she arrived she saw that dinner was ready, but Lee wasn't there. Ren grabbed her plate and started to walk away, but before she left the room she turned around to face everyone.

"I'm sorry everyone. Someone let me know when we are going back to Republic City, and Lin let me know when you need my help with those rookies," Ren said.

She turned around and walked out of the room and started to walk towards her room. Lee was walking in the direction of the dining area, but the twins chose to stay silent. When Ren arrived at her room she found a bottle sitting on the desk and she picked it up. She saw that the doctors had given her painkillers and she opened the bottle. She stared at pills in the bottle before she threw it at the wall as she watched the pills scatter across the floor. She sat down and started to pick at her food until she no longer wanted to eat. Ren grabbed a pencil and paper and started to write. When she was done she walked and slid the paper under Lee's door as she walked away. Ren walked down the hall and soon ran into Baatar and Kuvira. The two looked at her and she walked around them.

"Ren, wait" Baatar said.

"Wait for what? For you two to go have sex and come back to have a conversation with me and act concerned, no thanks," Ren snapped.

"Ren, you know we were concerned, are concerned," Kuvira said.

"Hell of a way to show it. Next time I'm concerned about something I'll just go screw my boyfriend. Now leave me alone, I need to train so I can help Lin train rookies," Ren snapped.

Ren stormed off and made her way for the training area in Zaofu. Ren arrived and saw that Su didn't have any training dummies set up. She groaned and wondered how she was suppose to train if she didn't have any dummies to attack. She soon saw the Beifong family approaching her and she was going to walk away, but then she realized she found a way to to train. She saw Kuvira and found her first training partner. Ren looked at her and Kuvira walked into the training circle. Kuvira sent her cables for Ren instantly and Ren grabbed them and Kuvira pulled her forward. Kuvira slammed Ren on the ground and Ren let go of the cables. Ren grabbed her side and turned on her back. Ren sent her cables forward, but they didn't go far because Ren had to grab her side again. Ren stood and walked out of the training circle. She walked away from everyone still holding her side. She walks towards her room and tried to avoid everyone. When she finally arrived she closed the door and locked it before she slid down and lifted her shirt. She didn't see any bruising, just felt pain. She looked on the floor and saw the painkillers still laying there. She just went to her bed and laid down, still holding her side. She soon heard someone banding on her door and trying to get in her room.

Ren laid there and continued to hold her side as someone continued to bang on her door. The banging finally stopped and Ren sighed. She sat up when her door crashed to the floor. She saw her aunts, grandparents, parents, Sky, and uncles. Ren was still holding her side and the group walked in. Ren laid back and tried to hide the pain she was in. She heard someone enter her room, but she didn't care. Ren turned and closed her eyes until she felt water on her side. She felt the pain in her side start to go away and she sighed before falling asleep.

The next morning Lin, Mako, Sky, Ren and the White Lotus masters left for Republic City so Ren could help Lin train the rookies. When they arrived they went to the police headquarters and Lin told Ren to go to her office and open the cabinets. Ren walked into Lin's office and when she opened the cabinets she found metal armor like the police force wore. Ren smiled as she used her metalbending to put the armor on. When Ren came out they walked down to the academy and Ren quickly removed the bottom of the foot part of her armor. When they arrived at the academy the rookies formed a line as the group walked in. The White Lotus stood near the wall and watched Ren carefully as she stood next to Mako and Sky. As Lin explained what was going on Ren heard a few of the rookies whispering, but one rookie caught her attention.

"You, black hair, blue eyes, tan boy, all the way in the front want to repeat yourself," Ren said.

"I said some Avatar, considering you are under the protection of the Order of the White Lotus. Chief Beifong, how is she suppose to train us to protect people if the White Lotus has to protect her?" the rookie said.

"Avatar Ren is fully capable of protecting herself. Ren, ready to demonstrate?" Lin asked.

"Earthbending and metalbending only, correct?" Ren asked.

"These are elite metalbenders, but I guess you can use earthbending," Lin said.

Lin shot her cables for Ren's wrist and Ren quickly moved. Ren swung her cables and Lin grabbed them and pulled. Ren smirked as Lin continued to pull her forward. When Ren was close to Lin she swept her feet under Lin's and watched as she fell. Ren smiled at Lin as she wrapped her own cables around her. Ren never expected Lin to wrap her cables around her. Ren soon felt her own cables wrap around her body and she dropped to the ground. Ren groaned as she wondered how Lin managed to pull that one off.

"You weren't expecting that one, were ya kid?" Lin asked laughing.

"I hate you so much right now," Ren said.

Lin and Ren started to release themselves from their cables and stood. When the on of the academy instructors asked the class what they were suppose to learn someone told them that they learned that they should never rely on their bending alone. Someone else told them they should always expect the unexpected. Ren looked at Lin and they both nodded. Mako, Sky, and the White Lotus masters surrounded Lin and Ren to demonstrate an attack by multiple enemies.

Mako and Master Kuang sent quick jabs of flames at Lin. Lin bend down and Ren bent over her back and used her cables to hit the flames. Master Oma kicked a gust of air under Ren's feet, knocking her to ground. Lin sent her cable for Sky and grabbed his wrist and slammed him into Master Suan. Ren laid on the ground and knocked Masters Oma and Ping on the ground. Master Suan grabbed the ground and a pillar formed under Ren. Lin looked at Ren and Mako took the opportunity to hit her with a fire blast. The two women got up and placed their backs against each other and faced the group. Lin and Ren soon began to walk in a circle and whipped their cables out. They soon had the men laying on the ground. When the instructors asked the class what they learned Ren was impressed when a student said that they learned that numbers didn't matter in a fight. When Lin asked if any of the students wanted a chance to fight with Ren she pointed at the rookie who had no respect. He stepped up with a smirk and Ren turned to a Lin.

"Can I use all of the elements now?" she asked.

"Yes, it would be good training for him. You can use everything, but bloodbending, lavabending, and platinumbending," Lin said.

Ren smiled as she turned around. The rookie sent his cables at Ren and she waited until they were about to hit her face before she made a barrier using her earthbending. She jumped over the barrier as she pulled water out of thin air and made two large water whips. She made the rookie think she was going to grab him with one of the water whips before she turned them into water tentacles. She grabbed him by the leg and picked him up off the ground. He sent one of his cables for the tentacle that was holding his leg and Ren dropped him. Ren dropped the water and formed a flame in each hand. The flames started to grow bigger and she slammed her hands together and watched the flames shoot forward. The rookie jumped out of the way right before the flame hit him. He sent his cables for Ren and she jumped over them and when she landed she kicked her foot and sent a gust of wind so hard the rookie fell and slid on his butt. Ren walked over to him and he looked at her.

"I will never hesitate to put someone on their ass or make sure they are laying on their back when I'm through with them," Ren said.

Ren turned her back to the rookie and began to walk away. The rookie looked up and quickly stood. He wasn't going to let the Avatar walk away that easily. He shot his cables for Ren, but never expected what happened next. Ren felt something coming her way and she turned around and grabbed the metal cables. She pulled him into the air and slammed him onto the ground. She walked over to him as he groaned in pain. She heard the class laughing and knew she had made a fool of the rookie. She heard Lin, Mako and Sky laughing and talking about how she might have taught the rookie something valuable.

"I told you I won't hesitate to slam someone on their back," Ren said.

Ren walked away as the rookie laid on the ground in pain. She told instructors to make sure he was one of the first to go into the United Forces camps for the war. She told them to make sure to tell them to talk to her before putting him in a unit. The instructors nodded and Ren walked back upstairs. She walked in Sky's office and pulled his cot down and laid down. She didn't think training a group of rookies would tire her as much as it did. She knew she had to be at another class in fifteen minutes and she didn't know if her body could handle it. Ren also thought about how the White Lotus wanted to bring in rookie sentries and Ren had to break them in. Ren thought being the Avatar was tough when she was younger, but it seems that it's just as hard now as it was then.

Ren decided she wanted fresh air so she got up and went outside. She sat on the steps and waited until she had to go and teach the next class. Ren started to rub her eyes and when she looked up she saw a rock flying past her head. Ren bent herself back as another rock made its way for her head. Ren jumped up and saw Earth Republic troops standing near her. Ren slammed her hands together and a blast of air was sent at the the Earth Republic troops. The troops defended with a barrier and then sent the wall at Ren. Ren jumped and barely missed the wall. Ren was hit with another rock and she fell and slid into a wall. She looked up to see a rock above her and the soldiers moving closer to her.

She suddenly saw a water whip knock a few of the soldiers down. She then saw a fire blast and an air blast. She rolled and the rock above her dropped to the ground. Ren looked up to see White Lotus sentries running towards her. Ren stuck her hands in the ground and watched as spikes started to pop up from the ground. One of the White Lotus sentries sent a fire blast and another one sent a large rock before one sent an air blast. Ren kicked her feet and two flames came out before she tumbled and stood in front of a few soldiers and stuck her fist out and shot flames out. She was pulled back with a water whip and the Earth Republic soldiers were quickly knocked back and retreated. Ren turned to the White Lotus sentries and bowed, and they also bowed.

"Avatar Ren, it is an honor to protect you," one of the sentries said.

"I would assume you are the rookies," Ren said.

"Yes," one of the sentries said.

"Well I will assure Master Ping that my life is in good hands. I think they would be proud," Ren said. Ren saw Lin, Mako, Sky, and the four White Lotus masters running out of the building. "Please just do me a favor and don't over react about everything like they do. I want you to know that no matter what anyone tells you, I can protect myself," Ren said.

The rookie White Lotus sentries nodded and Ren smiled. She was happy that she had trained the rookies to understand that she could defend herself, but she still needed help. She also trained the police rookies today, and they would be sent off to be trained for the war after a few more weeks of bettering their metalbending skills. Ren knew that the rookies didn't know that they were going to the war, but if they did they would quit the academy and Ren would have to find more people to fight in the war. Ren knew that they weren't in desperate need of troops, but it would give them the upper hand if they did have more troops.

Ren then thought about how there was a small group of Earth Republic soldiers in Republic City. She wondered what she missed in the week she was unconscious. She also wondered why a small group attacked her and not a larger group. She wondered if Kanan wanted to kill her for an advantage. Ren knew she couldn't act like a rookie Avatar anymore and she had to train herself. She had to train the metalbending police rookies. She had to train the rookies who went into the war camp. Last but not least she had to train her rookie White Lotus sentries. Ren had a lot of rookie training to do. She had to do so much in such little time, but she knew she could do it.

(Author's Note: so currently Lee and Ren are fighting because of what Ren did. Ren feels she is becoming a "rookie" Avatar and that she needs to train herself. She also feels that rookies from the police academy should be trained for the war, but not told about it. Ren doesn't know what happened in the weeks he was unconscious and at the moment neither do I. I am super excited for this book and I hope that you guys are too. Reviews are welcome and thanks for reading.)