Tahni sat, tied up in the chair, as the floor swerved back and forth beneath him. Little light came from the cracks of the door frame facing him, revealing it was night, or at least dark out. The first time Tahni ever being on the seas, he found it impossible to sleep that night, or time where it was dark out. The waters weren't cooperating with the Tahni, and the Avatar's crew. The speed the sea-traveling vessel was going obviously was helping either. He heard the sound of the wind intensify, as if it were a chorus of breathing whips.

Tahni could faintly make out the sound of beckoning calls from other ships. They seemed to be stronger, and deeper, than the horns of commercial vessels.

It was a military fleet.

Tahni figured that it was the Southern Water Tribe Fleet, as it only made since. These were Southern Water Tribe waters.

The door suddenly opened.

Tahni looked up from the dark, wooden floor, and saw the silhouette of Mako.

"Time to wake up, Tahni," Mako stated.

Tahni sighed, "I'm already awake."

Mako was silent for a few seconds, then replied, "oh."

Mako walked over to Tahni's restrained form, his footsteps creaking on the wooden planks beneath them.

"If you try anything funny, just remember, we have the entire Southern Water Tribe Fleet here," Mako warned as he began to undo the knots in the rope holding Tahni in place. His voice wasn't one of intimidation, but one of concern.

The room was so dark that Tahni couldn't even see the rope tied around him. His body had adjusted to the pressure of the rope, and only the sound of them hitting the floor delivered the message he was free.

"We're in the middle of the sea. Where'd I go?" Tahni pointed out as he flexed out his arms.

Mako began to untie the rope around Tahni's ankles. This time, Tahni felt the pressure release. They must of tied him up tighter the first time. He straightened his legs, hearing, and feeling the muscles as they softly popped at their newly regained freedom of motion.

Mako watched as Tahni slowly got to his feet.

"They want us to deliver you tied up," Mako stated, hesitation in his voice.

"They?" Tahni inquired.

"The fleet, they want you detained before you come onto the lead vessel."

Tahni sighed, "just as you untie me, you want to tie my back up again.

Mako crouched down and tried to reach for the rope. It was so dark that even Mako couldn't find it.

Tahni rolled his eyes, and crouched down to assist his captor find the very item to keep him in bondage.

"Part of me doesn't even know why I'm helping you tie me back up again," Tahni admitted.

Tahni could hear Mako give a quick snicker.

"I don't know why either," the Avatar's voice replied.

Tahni looked over his shoulder to see the Avatar's dark and shadowy form standing in the doorway. He was tired of seeing dark figures. It was creepy.

"Could you please turn on the lights? We lost the rope," Tahni requested.

The Avatar, without looking, reached out her left hand and flipped the small switch on the wall. A searing bright light came from above them. Tahni held up his hand to shield his unadjusted eyes. He looked above him for the first time, and realized there was a chandelier.

"Was that there the whole time?" Tahni asked himself.

The fresh air felt cold in Tahni's lungs. The sheer cold of the air made his teeth slightly ache as he breathed through them. He walked alongside Mako and the Avatar as they led him through the ship towards the ship's port side. While Mako and the Avatar were nervous, Tahni was completely fixated on the fleet that sailed before him.

Based on what he could see, the fleet was based around a single battleship, and multiple smaller craft. The battleship had two bows, giving it a catamaran-like appearance. From both of the bows rose two snow-white figures that resembled dragons. The rest of the ship was colored white as well, with blue stripes covering it, giving the vessel a proud expression of sorts.

"Hard to believe that vessel used to belong to Varrick," Mako stated.

"Tell me about it, if Bolin wasn't still asleep, I'd have him go in search of the cat-gator deck," the Avatar replied, smirking.

"Who's Varrick?" Tahni asked, curious.

"Um.." Mako trailed off, unsure of how to answer that question. "We've known him for many years, and still we don't know half the time."

Tahin shrugged. He figured it was as good of an answer as he was going to get.

A ramp came down from the middle of the battleship's starboard side, and docked onto the Avatar's ship. Two men in dark blue uniforms came down the ramp to meet them.

"Is this him?" one of the men asked.

The Avatar nodded. One of them took out a large pair of metal cuffs. They were long and cylindrical. They vigorous forced them onto Tahni's compliant wrists. Then the men placed their hands on Tahni's shoulders, and led him off. As Tahni was guided up the ramp, he looked over his shoulder back at the Avatar and Mako.

They avoided eye contact, but remained looking foward.

Did they feel guilty?

Tahni sighed and looked ahead as he stepped off the metal ramp, and onto the also metal deck of the battleship. A second pair of men waited to escort Tahni from the front.

"Can I ask where I'm going?" Tahni asked the men.

"Silence," one of them barked.

Tahni rolled his eyes. They were acting like they could take him on. If the Avatar wasn't watching from her ship, Tahni would have literally kicked them over the side of the railing. Alas, as the Avatar's presence deterred his possible escape, Tahni was compliant.

He was compliant when they led him to a small cell deep in the ship, he was compliant as they chained him to the side of the wall, and he was compliant when they slammed the door to his cell shut.

Roughly five minutes after Tahni had been relocated into his new cell, a man in a somewhat fancier uniform came to stand outside the metal bars that made up the walls of his cell. The man was of middle age, and had dark hair with grey streaks going through it. He had little facial hair to speak of, beside long sideburns. His brown eyes were fixated on Tahni's tied up, shackled, and chained frame.

"Is this another interrogation?" Tahni asked, unintimidated by the man's tall stature and rank.

The man raised his eyebrows. He obviously was expecting Tahni to be afraid, or at least intimidated.

"I'll make you a deal," Tahni began.

"A deal?" the man asked, perplexed.

"I'll tell you everything if you get me a decent chair to sit in," Tahni finished.

The man was completely lost, and unsure of how to answer.

"Deal?" Tahni asked, tired and impatient.

The man blinked his eyes rapidly and nodded his head. He left the room, and returned with a wooden chair.

Tahni simply stared him down as he opened the door to the cell, and placed the chair alongside Tahni. Slowly, Tahni got his way to his feet and plopped down in the wooden chair.

He sighed, and leaned his head back.

"You may want to get a chair yourself, this is going to take a while," Tahni suggested.

The man did so.

As the man sat down in front of Tahni, and crossed his arms.

"So, first off, what is your name?" the man asked.

"Tahni. Yours?"

"I am Admiral Yulok of the Southern Water Tribe Fleet."

"Well, if I may say, it's wonderful to meet you," Tahni smiled.

Yulok wasn't impressed.

"So, did you participate in the massacre on Tulu Village?" Yulok asked, trying to remain undeterred.

"No. Wait... Is that the name of the village?" Tahni replied.

Yulok responded, "Yes, and you're the one being interrogated, not me."

Tahni shook his head as if he were dissapointed.

"And I thought a conversation was supposed to benefit both sides," Tahni said to himself, under his breath, but still loud enough for Yulok to hear.

"Are you a member of the Red Lotus?" Yulok asked, ignoring Tahni's comment.

"Um... It's complicated..." Tahni replied.

"How so?" Yulok inquired, unhesitant in his pursuit of answers.

"I was kidnapped at a young and and forcedly indoctrinated, but I escaped their custody," Tahni answered. "Let's just say I'm not the most loyal member of their organization."

"What is the location of the Red Lotus hideout?" Yulok asked.

"Somewhere around Tulu Village, underground," Tahni replied.

"Underground?"

"Yes, but probably deserted now that I escaped them," Tahni continued.

"And why do you think that?"

"I was taught all about how the Red Lotus should act when their head of operations was located by a government," Tahni answered. "And they would evacuate and abandon that location as that is protocol."

"They have protocols?" Yulok asked, confused.

"Saying that they have a few would be an understatement. Ever since the old leaders were either killed or captured, the new leaders really took over," Tahni confirmed.

"Do you know the identities of their 'new' leaders?" Yulok requested.

"No, I do not," Tahni grimaced. "All I know is that they operated from different smaller hideouts."

"Do you know where their smaller hideouts are?" Yulok asked.

"No," Tahni replied. "But I know that they are all over the place. Anyways, why aren't you writing this all down? Is your memory that good?"

"No, we're simply recording all of this," Yulok answered, gesturing towards a camera, and recorder.

"Sweet," Tahni smirked.

Tahni twisted his frame towards the camera and recorder, and yelled, "Give me a freaking blanket!"

Yulok moaned. He pointed a remote at the recorder, and it turned off.

"We'll resume tomorrow," he sighed.