*Bee*

They were still firing.

We – me, Longshot, Pipsqueak, and the Duke – were running alongside one of the tanks.

I tried to block out the sound of the missiles. This was just another raid. Just another small attack, another small attempt at revenge.

The earthbenders were flinging rocks at the battlements. It was doing some damage, but not enough.

Katara landed Appa and got off.

The firebender tanks rolled out and started shooting. Our tanks smashed some of them. But the others, and the battlements, kept shooting.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the swampbenders stop and use a cart full of bucket of water to smash a couple more of their tanks.

A few seconds later, I heard a huge splash. I glanced back.

There was a monster made of seaweed with a wooden mask on the front coming out of the water.

One of its… arms(?) extended and smashed a couple fire tanks. The other knocked another into a battlement.

I turned back around. Didn't get it, didn't try to get it. All I knew was that that thing was on our side, and that was good enough.

And then… komodo rhinos. I knew them too well.

Mongke and the others had burned down Jet's village. And attacked us too many times to count. One time they captured me. Not an experience I like to remember.

Cue the fireballs, I thought bitterly.

Pipsqueak ran up to one and knocked the rider off. He gestured for me to climb on.

I shook my head. "No way am I getting on that thing!" I yelled.

He rolled his eyes and climbed on.

"Smellerbee!" the Duke yelled.

I turned around and barely dodged a fireball. A soldier ran up and sliced at me. I dodged it, grabbed two daggers from my belt, and disarmed him. Obviously, he wasn't a bender, 'cause he ran.

Another ran up and was just about to slice at me, when Longshot shot him.

"Thank you!" I yelled.

He nodded.

I noticed a couple more soldiers coming at me from the left. I dropped and slid under them, slicing at their ankles with my daggers.

Pipsqueak rode up, grabbed me, and swung me up next to him.

"I said I didn't wanna ride this thing!" I yelled, grasping him like he was my lifeline.

"It's faster," he said.

"Let me off! Now!"

One of the battlements fired at us. It barely missed.

"Never mind!" I yelled.

I noticed the swamp… thing crushing a few more tanks. Then a… limb (yeah, let's go with that) was shot. And obliterated.

They hit one of our tanks. It fell over and barely missed at least four soldiers.

"Those battlements are a problem," Pipsqueak said.

"You don't say?" I yelled.

He ignored me. "The only problem is, how do we get up there?"

He was right. "We can't. We'd have to…" I got an idea. "We'd have to fly!"

I looked around for Appa, only to see Sokka, Katara, and their dad already on him, heading right for the battlements.

See as Pipsqueak was steering, I watched them. Sokka sliced the… launcher, I guess, off of one of them. The Chief threw something at another and it exploded. I saw a flash of blue and knew Katara was waterbending. Appa landed between two. I looked ahead.

Another fleet of komodo rhinos was running right at us. Pipsqueak took one hand off the reins and grabbed his log. They started shooting. We dodged, and Pipsqueak knocked a few soldiers off as they passed, carried by the momentum. I grabbed my daggers, stood up, and, though for the life of me I can't figure out why, jumped off and sliced through a few soldiers.

The battle was starting to get to me. The bloodlust was setting in. I glanced around, looking for someone else to cut through.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw an explosion right in front of a battlement, and two figures race out.

I saw another explosion from the one next to it. But this one turned into a missile.

I knew something was wrong. I don't know how, but I did.

I also knew I couldn't do anything to help.

I turned back to the battlefield.