So... last night I watched "The Awakening" and all I can say was YAY AVATAR IS BACK! So enjoy the newest installment of the story and a new episode of avatar next Friday :-D

Suki

"What do you mean, she can't get on the boat?" asked Suki angrily almost nose to nose with the woman in the booth. "She's got all the right paper work and everything."

"We do not allow persons with diseases on the ships to Ba-Sing-Se." answered the woman.

"But she needs a doctor, which is why she needs to go to Ba-Sing-Se!" shouted Suki drawing stares from the other refugees around her. The other Kyoshi warriors had escorted Akoba, Yuxi, and Zima away from the lines so Suki could try to convince the workers to let them on the boat.

"The children can go, but the mother cannot. End of story. Next!" but Suki refused to budge. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"Look," she said a calmly as she could, "I carried that woman across deserts and forests, my warriors and I defended her and her children from robbers and bandits, and we have half healed her already, now if you think that I'm going to just give up and give in then you are completely wrong. She is getting into Ba-Sing-Se even if I have to fight my way onto that ship or take her across the Serpents Pass." The woman looked around then leaned closer to Suki.

"So, you're from a group of warriors, and you escorted her all the way here?" she asked quietly. Suki nodded. "Then perhaps I can make a deal with you about getting your friend into Ba-Sing-Se…"

Jet

"Wow, that girl is making quite a fuss." commented Smellerbee to Longshot. "Wonder what her problem is." Longshot, as always, did not reply but merely shrugged.

"Probably because she needs a passport." Said Jet, returning from another of the long lines of refugees. "Something that we don't have."

"Where are we going to get passports?" asked Smellerbee. Jet sighed.

"I know we want to start out fresh, but I think the only way we can get one is by stealing." He said looking around at the other refugees grimly.

Suki

Suki waved and waved as the boat left. As soon as it had disappeared on the horizon she turned and faced the others.

"Well, I guess it's time for us to get to work!" she said as cheerfully as she could. In order to let Zima on the boat, the girls had agreed to work as security at the boating place. They all looked a bit silly in their uniforms and without their makeup.

"This is gonna be so fun!" squealed Tashi excitedly.

"What's going to be fun about being the security?" grumbled Sima. "We get to be the people everyone is going to hate. Whoop-de-doo!"

"Well, hopefully, we won't have to throw anyone out." Said Lia. They reentered the building to see a very scary looking man harassing a family.

"Wishful thinking," said Mian going to fight the man off. Suki started to follow but stopped when she spotted someone familiar…Sokka?

Jet

"Look, all those guards are heading towards that guy, this is our chance!" muttered Jet as subtly as he could. The three approached a small family. The family just happened to be the same family that, after their passports were stolen, would cross the Serpents Pass with the avatar himself…

"Finally, we're heading to Ba-Sing-Se!" exclaimed Smellerbee once they were aboard the ship with the stolen passports.

"Food here! Get your food here!" announced a man on the deck of the ship pushing a cart. Jet, Smellerbee, and Longshot purchased a small bowl of very mushy looking soup.

"This sure is…interesting." Said Smellerbee wrinkling her nose.

"Yeah," agreed Jet. Longshot nodded too. A man passed, holding what looked like a gourmet meal.

"Hey!" shouted Smellerbee, after him. "Who's is that food for?"

"The captain," answered the man briskly, disappearing into a room. Jet raised his eyebrows.

"We need to get that food." He decided. That's when he saw the young man complaining to the older one...Zuko and Iroh.

And at the same time, Suki and the Gaang was halfway across the Serpents Pass.