Teo knocked on a door and called out, "Dad, we've got company!" He opened the door and wheeled inside a room, the kids followed.

The room was filled with crates, some junk, and shelves that were filled with a large amount of books and scrolls and some strange looking inventions. In the back of the room in front of a window sat a desk. Behind it stood a man studying some parchment that showed what looked like plans for a new invention. The man wore green clothes and a white apron and he wore a manacle over his left eye. He was balding and what was left of his greying hair stood up in different directions. He had a mustache and a beard that were also becoming grey. He looked up when Teo and the kids entered the room and smiled when he saw who it was.

"You must be the kids the Freedom Fighters said were coming." said the man.

The team nodded. He walked around his desk and hurried over to the kids, taking each of their hands in turn to shake.

"I'm Teo's father." said the Mechanist

"My name is Kya." said the eldest member of the group. "This is my brother Toshiro. We're Sokka and Suki's kids."

"Sokka's children?" The Mechanist chuckled, "I should've known. You both look as intellegent as your father is. He was a real genius you know!"

Kya smiled with pride while Toshiro gave Xiu a smug smile.

"And you thought that I was an idiot." he muttered to her.

She punched him hard in the arm as a response. He yelped in pain and rubbed his hurt arm, grumbling.

"Our cousin, Haruki." said Kya, ignoring her brother and the youngest member of the group, "Aang and Katara's son."

"Ah, yes." The Mechanist closed his eyes and nodded solemnly, "He was a good man."

Haruki didn't respond. He just looked away. Xiu placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Princess Jin, daughter of Fire Lord Zuko and Fire Lady Mai."

Jin smiled and bowed to the Mechanist who bowed back.

"An honor." he said.

Jin frowned and looked away in embarrasment, blushing.

"Rikiya, son of Toph. Aura and Xiu, two of Ty Lee's daughters, and Sanosuke...the Avatar."

"Yes, Smellerbee did say that the Avatar would be traveling with you." The Mechanist looked at Sanosuke closely and circled him as if inspecting him.

"You know, you don't look anything like Aang." he said, "Though I guess the Avatar wouldn't exactly look like the same person over and over again."

Jenni looked at the plans the Mechanist was working on.

"What are you working on now, Grandpa?" she asked.

"Oh, just a new invention!" the Mechanist said excitedly. He went back to his desk and picked up the plans to show Teo and the team. It was a drawing of a circle with triangles around the edges.

"Wow!" said Jin, tilting her head slightly, "That's a really interesting um...What is it supposed to be exactly?"

"I call it a 'water ring'" answered the Mechanist. "It's a little something for waterbenders to use to ride along the water or through the snow."

"How do they ride it?" asked Toshiro

"They strap it to their feet."

"That actually sounds like a good invention." said Sanosuke, "It would be pretty cool to use."

"Yeah, so you can act like a total show off in front of the girls." said Haruki.

Sanosuke shot a glare at the airbender.

"Some of us can't help but to show off." said Jenni. "I'm kind of a show off myself when it comes to gliding."

"Thanks for reminding me about that talk-" but Jenni cut Teo off.

"If you guys will excuse me..." She ran out of the room, glider in hand. Teo brought a hand to his face.

"I hate it when she does that." he muttered. He smiled at the kids again. "Well, make yourselves at home. If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask."

And with that, he wheeled out of the room. Kya addressed her friends.

"So, do you guys want to explore the temple?" she asked.

"Actually, I was hoping to maybe stick around here for a bit and take a look at these inventions," said Toshiro, "If that's okay with you, of course." he added, looking at the Mechanist hopefully. The older man chuckled.

"Of course you can, my boy." said the Mechanist.

The team left Toshiro with the Mechanist so they could take a look around the temple. The walls were all covered in pipes, it was difficult to see the artwork on the walls. Kya, who was a big history buff, was dissapointed to see that most of the temple had changed because of its new occupants but she held her tongue. The team went outside to watch some of the people who lived in the temple glide in the sky. Haruki was tempted to open his glider and show them how it was done but Xiu confiscated his glider to keep him from doing anything stupid.

"Just don't break it." grumbled Haruki as Xiu held the staff tightly in her hands out of his reach.

Xiu rolled her eyes. "What do you think I'm going to do?" she asked. "Bang it against the walls? Come on. I'm thirteen years old. I think I'm more than capable of babysitting your precious glider."

Haruki scowled at the young acrobat.

"For your information that glider belonged to my father so I'd really appreciate it if you treated it with respect." he growled.

Xiu bended over and pulled her knife out of her boot. She straightened up and held the knife up to show Haruki.

"And for your information this knife belonged to my father and as you can see it's in pretty good condition ain't it?" She put her knife back into her boot.

"I really wish you'd keep Dad's knife somewhere else." said Aura.

"Relax, I got the holder in there."

"I wonder if there's a good spot to practice earthbending here." Rikiya said to Sanosuke. "It'd be good for us to continue your lessons."

Sanosuke looked like he would've preferred not to continue his lessons but agreed to help Rikiya look for a place to practice when he knew he had no choice. Both boys left, followed by Aura and Jin who Kya sent to keep the boys from killing each other. The Water Tribe girl decided to walk around the perimeter below the temple to see if there were any enemies around.

Kya enjoyed the time alone that she rarely ever had. It was very peaceful and she was able to take advantage of the silence to think of what the team's next move was. She sat down at the edge of one of the cliffs she was walking along and looked at the view. Of course there wasn't much of a view to look at because she was still high up from the ground. All she could see were clouds. She closed her eyes and breathed in the fresh air when she heard the sound of movement. She jumped to her feet and got into a fighting stance with her fans in her hands.

"Show yourself!" She yelled.

Some rocks rolled downhill in front of her and she looked up to see a boy her age sliding down the cliffs with his feet. He almost looked like he was surfing the way he moved down the side of the mountain. He stopped in front of Kya and dusted himself off. He was green clothes and most of his hair was in a top knot save for his bangs which covered the right side of his face. He looked slightly familiar to Kya.

"Who are you?" she demanded.

"Relax, Water Tribe." said the boy, his arms were crossed and he smirked at her. "I come in peace."

Kya didn't get out of her stance or lower her fans.

"What are you doing here?" she demanded. "Were you following me?"

"Jeez. Paranoid much? I was following you because I thought you dropped this." He reached into his vest and pulled out a knife. It looked unfamiliar to Kya.

"That's not mine." she answered

"Yeah, I know." said the boy, putting the knife back into his vest, "I just needed an excuse to come and talk to you."

Kya looked away so that the boy wouldn't see her blush. He already saw it and his smirk widened.

"My name is Shou." said the boy.

"I'm Kya."

Kya put her fans back into her belt.

"So why did you want to talk to me?" she asked.

"Well, I saw you back at the temple and I thought that you were pretty cute. I don't see girls like you at the temple."

"Well, I am from the Water Tribe."

"If it weren't for your outfit, I wouldn't have guessed. You have Earth Kingdom weapons."

"My mom was from Kyoshi Island while my dad was from the Southern Water Tribe."

"I'm guessing that since you use weapons you're not a bender."

"I could say the same thing about you."

Shou raised an eyebrow.

"Really?"

He bended over and picked up a small rock. He straightened up and placed his other hand over the rock, completely covering it. He closed his eyes and made a face like as if he was concentrating then opened his eyes again. He lifted his hand off the rock and there sat a small stone statue of a polar bear dog instead of a rock. He held it out to Kya for her to take which she did. She saw that it was very much detailed, like it was almost alive. She looked back up at Shou who winked at her.

"See you around, Kya." he said before surfing down the side of the mountain again.