((Brianna's P.O.V))
"Jet, I'm sorry about how Sokka's been acting." Katara apologized as we walked down the path next to a small river.
"No worries, he already apologized" Jet said lying through his teeth again.
"Really," Katara asked with disbelief and looked at Aang, who couldn't believe the news either. "Sokka apologized?"
"Yeah, I was surprised too. I got the sense that maybe you talked to him or something" Jet said cleverly.
"Yeah, I did" Katara said, referring to when she lectured him the other night.
"I guess something you said got through to him," he said as he looked over at the river. "Anyhow, he went out on a scouting mission with Pipsqueak and Smeller Bee."
"Yeah sure, 'scouting' that's what it's called," Nyoko said, knowing Jet was lying. I nodded my head in agreement as I watched Jet carefully. I didn't know where or why Rebecca had left, but I knew that she would have wanted me to be careful of Jet.
"I'm glad he cooled off. He's so stubborn sometimes," Katara said thinking of her brother's normal behavior patterns. I suddenly heard air escape the ground and shot Aang up, sending him to the sky.
"Alright, we're here. Underground water's trying to escape through these vents. I need you guys to help it along," he explained to them.
"I've never used bending on water I can't see. I don't know," Katara said unsure of herself.
"Katara," Jet said as he stood behind her and placed his hands on her shoulders "you can do this."
"What about me?" Aang asked as he returned to solid ground.
"I know the Avatar can do this," Jet said which cheered Aang up.
"What do we do?" Nyoko asked as they began bending the water out of the vents.
"I don't know, Rebecca and I were still working out a plan this morning. Where is she?" I asked frantically as I looked around, wondering if she was somewhere watching us, like the ninja she is.
"I don't know but somethings wrong with Jet," Nyoko said as I turned to look at him. "There's something different about it. I can almost smell it."
"I don't see anything," I said as I looked at him carefully. "There's nothing different about him as far as I can tell." I looked down the river knowing the dam that was up ahead. "Maybe she's planning on meeting Sokka at the village."
"Maybe," Nyoko said thinking it over "but just to be safe you better be careful."
"Right," I said agreeing with her, but I couldn't help but worry about Rebecca in the back of my mind. I then saw a stream of water come from the hole in the ground then flow out toward the river building it up.
"Yes, Good job! This river empties into the reservoir. A few more geysers and it'll be full," Jet said pleased with their work.
"Look, there's another steam vent" Aang shouted as he ran toward the vent.
"Okay, you two keep it up. I'll go check on things at the reservoir," Jet said as he was about to head off.
"When we're done we'll meet you over there," Katara said as she came to the steam vent.
"Actually, it'd probably be better if you meet me back at the hideout when you're done" Jet said before walking away toward the reservoir.
"She's obsessed with him," Nyoko said in a disgusted voice as I nodded in agreement.
"But it's because of her obsession that they were able to find out the truth about Jet." I said as I watched Jet walk off. I then felt myself make an evil grin knowing that Jet would soon get what was coming to him. "Which is unfortunate for the poor guy," I said as I laughed to myself "ah well I never really liked him anyway."
((OOOO))
"I bet that's enough" Aang said as they finished another vent "and I'm not just saying that to be lazy."
"Well you already did six, anymore and we won't have any ground to stand on" I said as I looked at all the air vents that water were being drained from.
"Let's catch up with Jet at the reservoir," Katara said without missing a beat.
"I thought we agreed to meet Jet back at the hideout," Aang said thinking about the directions Jet had given us.
"Well, we finished early. I'm sure he'll be happy to see us," she said trying to think of an excuse.
"Oh yeah," I said with an evil grin "I'm sure he'll get the wind knocked right out of him." Katara ignored my comment as we all walked toward the reservoir while Nyoko laughed at my little inside joke.
"What are they doing?" Katara asked as we came to an overview of the dam. We saw a group of Freedom Fighters gathered under the dam placing barrels under it.
"Hey, those are the red barrels he got from the Fire Nation," Aang said recognizing the barrels from a couple days ago.
"Why would they need blasting jelly?" Katara asked confused.
"Because Jet's gonna blow up the dam," Aang and I both said to her, but Aang said it in more shock than I.
"What," Katara said the thought never crossing her mind "no, that would destroy the town. Jet wouldn't do that."
"I've gotta stop him," Aang said as he opened his glider and ran toward the cliff.
"Jet wouldn't do that," Katara said still in denial. Just as Aang was about to fly toward the dam Jet appeared and snatched his glider, almost causing Aang to fall over.
"Yes I would," Jet said as he stood up straight.
"Jet why," Katara asked not understanding.
"Katara, you would too if you just stopped to think. Think about what the Fire Nation did to your mother. We can't let them do that to anyone else, ever again" Jet said letting his anger control him again.
"This isn't the answer," Katara told Jet with pleading eyes.
"I want you to understand me Katara. I thought your brother would understand, but..." Jet started to say but was interrupted.
"Where's Sokka," Katara asked as tears fell down her cheeks.
"Katara," Jet said as he cupped her cheek. She hesitated a moment but then shook his hand away as she sent a water whip toward Jet from her water skin pouch.
"I need to get to the dam," Aang said as he ran toward his glider but was stopped as Jet grabbed it with his hooks.
"You're not going anywhere without your glider," Jet said as he placed it behind his back. He swung a hook, with the other linked onto it, at Aang several times but Aang was able to dodge, until Aang flipped onto a tree behind him.
"I'm not gonna fight you, Jet" Aang said as the peaceful monk he was.
"You'll have to if you want your glider back," Jet said as he ran toward Aang and onto the tree. I wanted to help him, but I knew that it was impossible for me to fight in the trees, I had no sense of balance and the trees were too close together for Nyoko to be able to fly me up. Sadly I had to sit this battle out. Aang fled by leaping from tree to tree, hoping to avoid Jet but had no such luck. Jet zoomed past him using one hook as a ride and the other he swung at Aang but was once again dodged. Aang sent a strong current of wind at Jet but he dodged it and swung down the branch, giving him a boost to try to kick Aang. Aang made a force field of air blocking his attack, but Jet quickly recovered then tried slashing Aang with his hooks once more. Again, Aang was able to dodge every single movement then sent a wind from his kick that knocked Jet toward the tree base.
Jet quickly recovered and began swinging his hook, with the other linked, around to create speed then tried to slash at Aang. Aang kicked the air again sending a wind at him, stopping Jet from touching him. This time, however, Jet was able to keep his ground but Aang took that to his advantage as he retreated into the trees. Jet soon followed which began their game of tag, lasting them a while before Jet was able to catch Aang in mid air. He tried to slash at Aang, but the skilled bender was able to dodge the attacks by flipping in the air. The two landed on a thick tree branch when Jet then violently began slashing away at Aang again, but missed every mark. At Jet's last strike Aang jumped off the tree branch and began crawling under it then got back right side up as Jet charged at him. Aang sent a large chain of wind that pushed Jet off the tree branch. He was able to catch another lower branch with his hooks but as a result of the sudden stop, lost the glider to gravity. The two realized it immediately and both jumped off their branches as they fell to the ground wanting to get to it before the other did. While they were falling Jet was able to grab a tree branch and kick Aang, which knocked him toward a different tree that sent him crashing down to us.
When they both landed on the ground before I could do anything, Katara immediately began shooting streams of water at Jet. Each one was more powerful and violent than the other. Just as Jet was about to make contact with the tree behind him; Katara used her bending to freeze the water. Surprised at the sudden attack, Jet dropped his weapons just as the water on him began to freeze. The ice around him both trapped and restrained him.
"Why, Jet? I can't believe I trusted you. You lied to me, you're sick and I trusted you!" Katara shouted, practically ready to cry. I suddenly heard a bird call. When it stopped Jet responded to it with a different bird call. "What are you doing?" Katara asked with horror.
"You're too late," Jet said pleased.
"No," Katara said as she looked toward the dam. Aang opened his glider and tried to fly not realizing that Jet had tampered with this glider, by striking holes in it, during the fight. When Aang plummeted to the ground Katara and I ran toward him.
"Brianna, can you fly on Nyoko?" Katara asked frantically.
"Sorry, I can't" I said as I looked at the horizon "the sun is setting and I still haven't recovered from this morning's training." However, in reality I was screaming at myself for not being smart and realizing that I could have gone on Nyoko and stopped them while Aang and Jet were fighting!
"Sokka's still out there, he's our only chance" Aang said to us.
"Come on, Sokka. I'm sorry I ever doubted you, please." I saw a flamed arrow being shot from a tree as it slowly started falling toward the base of the dam where the barrels were placed. "No," Katara whispered just before the flame made contact with the blasting jelly causing an explosion which broke the dam sending a flood of water to run toward the village.
"Sokka didn't make it in time," Aang said sadly as he looked down at the flooded village.
"All those people," Katara said as she stared at the village, sadness in her eyes which flickered to anger as she turned to Jet. "Jet, you monster!"
"This was a victory, Katara. Remember that. The Fire Nation is gone and this valley will be safe," Jet said not feeling guilty whatsoever.
"It will be safe, without you" the sound of Sokka's voice suddenly came from behind us while riding on Appa.
"Sokka," Katara shouted happy to see her brother safe.
"I warned the villagers of your plan, just in time." Sokka told us.
"What," Jet shouted in shock.
"At first they didn't believe me. The Fire Nation soldiers assumed I was a spy. But one man vouched for me, the old man you attacked. He urged them to trust me, and we got everyone out in time," Sokka explained his story.
"Sokka, you fool! We could've freed this valley!" Jet shouted angrily at him.
"Who would be free, everyone would be dead." Sokka asked him.
"You traitor," Jet shouted at him.
"No Jet, you became the traitor when you stopped protecting innocent people. Not only that but you tried to kill one of the world's only hope."
"What do you mean?" Aang asked horrified. Sokka's eyes suddenly dropped down as he clenched his fists. He turned around and picked up a body then turned it to us. I stood there in horror as I saw that the body Sokka was holding was Rebecca's. Her head was completely covered in dried blood, her skin was pale, and she was breathing heavily.
"What did you do?" I shouted at Jet in anger as I felt tears falling down my cheeks.
"He poisoned her drink with the same poison that was in the knife," Sokka explained as he placed Rebecca back onto Appa's saddle. He then turned to Jet as he glared at him. "You knew Rebecca would never take anything you made for her and you knew that she was suspicious of you, just like me. So you planned on using Aang to give her a drink you helped him make. Once Aang had his back turned you poisoned it." I looked over at Aang who was staring at the ground in horror, feeling guilty and enraged at the same time. "Luckily Rebecca only drink some of it which didn't kill her. Instead it just caused her agonizing pain, but you took that to your advantage and beat her until she was unconscious."
"That's the thing I smelled on Jet. It must have been Rebecca's blood!" Nyoko shouted into my head then began growling at Jet.
"Where did you find her," I asked Sokka in a low whisper.
"In front of the village behind a tree, he was planning on drowning her along with the village."
"It couldn't be helped!" Jet shouted in his defense. "She knew about my plan and tried to stop me. I had to do it!"
"Shut the fuck up you son of a bitch!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. I slowly lifted my head up as I gave Jet a glare completely full of rage and hate. "All she wanted to do was to help you see what you were doing wrong! Not only that but to protect us and the villagers! So don't start talking shit about her when you don't even know what you're talking about!" I felt tears falling down my cheeks again but this time they weren't going to stop and I ignored them. "Rebecca, she tried to protect us all of us. She's always training herself to death until she's about to collapse, and even despite that she's willing to help me with my training. She's always protective of us. She'd even be willing to hurt herself for us. She's someone I'm proud to call my friend. She's smart, strong, a quick thinker, nice, calm, and collective. She's always been brutally honest with me but that's always been good because it makes me better at whatever I did and she's always been a peacemaker. So you have no right talk about her like that!" I could feel my whole body shaking from rage. "I may not be as strong or smart as Rebecca, but I know that I'm strong enough to beat you. Sun or no sun I'm taking you down!" I felt my body being infused with a power I had never felt before. Suddenly my brace began to glow a dark black as I felt its power surround me. It felt as though Nyoko and I were being fused together, filling me with more power I had never experienced before. When the light died out I realized that my form had changed and that Nyoko was now literally a part of me, on my back was Nyoko's giant pitch black bat wings. Normally I would have been in great shock but at that moment all I could think about was avenging Rebecca.
I glared over at Jet as I released my new power that caused the earth around him to tremble. I flew into the air with my new wings as I brought up a chunk of earth with me. I motioned it in front of me as I targeted Jet from the sky. I could hear everyone from below crying out for me to stop, but I ignored them completely. The only thing I had my sight set on was the trembling body of the guy who almost murdered my best friend. I couldn't hold my anger in anymore as I punched the earth so hard that it shot toward him like a rocket. Just as it was about to hit its mark a wave of water appeared and froze my boulder in its place only inches away from hitting Jet.
"Why'd you stop me?" I shouted our as I flew down to the ground and glared at Katara.
"It wasn't me," Katara said frightened of me for the very first time.
"It was me." My eyes widened as I turned toward Appa and saw Rebecca struggling to stand as she continued to breathe heavily.
"Why," I just above a whisper. "Why did you save him?" I screamed out in tears. "Why, he almost killed you!"
"Because killing him couldn't help me in anyway," she struggled to say. I looked up at Rebecca, who was still struggling to keep herself up, still affected by the poison inside her. "I know you meant well," she said in an understanding voice "but please don't do something you're going to regret later. Don't let hatred cloud your mind. I don't want you to end up like Jet. He didn't have anyone to help him, but I want to make sure I can help you and the rest of the group." I could feel tears falling down my face as I began to cry again, realizing how relieved I was that Rebecca was alive. I heard Rebecca struggle to jump off of Appa then walk toward me as she pulled me into a warm hug. "It's okay," she whispered as my legs caved in and she gentle brought us to the ground. "I'm here," she said as she patted my head "I'm here."
"I'm sorry," I said through my tears as I buried my head into her chest.
"I know," she said in a motherly tone as she hugged me tighter. "Thank you Brianna, for thinking about me" she said trying to comfort me as I cried into her chest. "You really are a great friend."
((Rebecca's P.O.V))
"You okay," Sokka had asked me.
"For the thousandth time" I said getting tired of repeating myself "yes, I'm fine. Look, don't worry my body is already healing so you guys don't have to worry anymore. The danger has passed, I'm going to live so can you guys please move on."
"Sorry, but we can't help it. It felt like we lost you there," Katara said in a depressed voice. I let out another sigh as I pushed back my hair.
"Look guys," I said as I pulled my hair to the side. "My head injury has already healed. It's just the poison that's taking some time."
"I'm sorry," Aang whispered as he sat with his knees close to his chest in the corner of Appa's saddle. "If I hadn't given you that drink none of this would have happened." I let out another sigh as I slowly walked over toward the sad young boy and sat beside him.
"It's not your fault," I told him as I pulled him into a warm hug. "You didn't know. Stop blaming yourself. Just because you're the Avatar doesn't mean you're not human. You and your past lives made mistakes. Instead of feeling guilty you must learn from them. Do you understand?" Aang nodded his head as he buried his face into my chest, like Brianna had done before, as he let his tears flow.
"I thought I'd lost you," Aang cried into my chest. I smiled down at him as I patted his back and he hugged me tighter.
"Don't worry I'm not going anywhere," I said as I made Aang look up at me. "You, Brianna, Sokka, Katara, Appa, and Momo you guys are my world and I love you all. And the only way to protect you guys is to stay alive and be by your sides," I said as I wiped the tears off Aang's face.
"She said she loves us!" Sokka and Brianna shouted as they hugged my tightly.
"Ow, guys still sensitive" I said in pain which stop them from hugging me.
"Hey Rebecca," Katara said making me turn to her. "I'm sorry about the way I treated you these past few days," she said as she looked down ashamed. "I just got really jealous every time I saw…"
"You don't have to explain Katara," I said stopping her from completing her sentence. "Although I may not know what it's like to be in love, I can understand what it's like to want something someone else has. You don't have to apologize. Like I said before you're human. It's natural for you to have those emotions."
"Thanks for understanding," Katara said with a smile.
"No problem," I said as I leaned against the saddle. "Sorry guys, but I'm going to rest now. Fighting poison takes a lot of energy."
"It's fine," Brianna said as she let out a yawn obviously tried too, since she had used so much power from earlier. "I think I'll be joining you too."
"Oh by the way Sokka, thanks for saving me I owe you one" I said to my pony-tailed hero.
"Hey what are friends for," Sokka said as he smiled at me. I returned his smile with my own before lying down on my side, ready to get some rest.
"What do you think of that power Brianna and Nyoko were able to summon," Gin asked me as I shut my eyes.
"I don't know," I whispered so no one could hear me "but whatever it was, it was amazingly strong. That boulder would have killed Jet and if that didn't that earthquake would have." I turned toward Brianna, who was already fast asleep.
"How was she able to summon that kind of power?" Gin asked. I curled up into a ball as I shut my eyes and listened to the wind blow against us.
"I don't know, but something tells me we're going to find out."
And this is why Brianna can not stand Jet anymore. Although I've told her many times she shouldn't after all this is just a fanfiction, but apparently she still holds a grudge against him. And yes Sokka is my hero, ironic right?
I HAVE A RIGHT TO BE ANGRY! DX HE ALMOST KILLED REBECCA DAMNIT! (currently frustrated, needs to go vent somewhere...)
