A/N: Wow! I can't believe we're already more than halfway through Book 1! Time really flies, doesn't it? I feel like this is the episode where you really start to see Akira shine :)
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Vapor23: Thank you for your review!! Yes, S1 is so random and fun, I love it :) I also think Iroh's line is really funny. You'll just have to wait and see if Akira has a crush on Jet ;)
"Where's Momo?" Aang asked. He was met with the sound of screeching coming from somewhere in the forest. We began to follow the screeching. I looked up at the tall trees and saw that Momo was trapped in a small cage, along with two other animals.
"Hang on, Momo!" Aang exclaimed. He quickly began to jump from tree to tree, assisted by airbending, and lowered the cage. Sokka and I grabbed the cage as it came down and opened it, letting Momo out. The lemur emerged from the cage eating an apple, and Sokka groaned. Aang hopped down from the tree and looked up, noticing the other two animals that were in cages. They were grunting, seemingly pleading to be let out.
"All right, you too," Aang said, jumping up to free the other animals.
"This is gonna take forever," Sokka sighed, pulling out his boomerang. He threw the boomerang and it cut the ropes, freeing the remaining animals. Aang was just crawling over to the ropes when Sokka did that.
"That works," He said, hopping down again. We all walked over to the cages. Sokka looked like he was evaluating them. I stared at him as he did, a slight blush forming on my cheeks.
"These are Fire Nation traps," He stated, "You can tell from the metalwork, we'd better pack up camp and get moving," We walked back to where we were camping and began to pack our bags. Aang sat on Appa, and Katara handed him a sleeping bag.
"Uh-uh! No flying this time," Sokka said.
"Why?" I asked as I stuffed bun-bun into my bag.
"Think about it," Sokka replied, "Somehow, Prince Zuko and the Fire Nation keep finding us, it's because they spot Appa, he's just too noticeable,"
"What? Appa's not too noticeable," Katara said.
"He's a gigantic fluffy monster with an arrow on his head!" Sokka exclaimed, "It's kind of hard to miss him!" Appa growled in response.
"I know, buddy," I said, petting the bison's fur, "He's just jealous he doesn't have an arrow like you,"
"I know you all want to fly, but my instincts tell me we should play it safe this time and walk," Sokka said.
"Who made you the boss?" Katara asked.
"I'm not the boss," Sokka replied, "I'm the leader,"
"You're the leader?" Katara asked with laugh, "But your voice still cracks,"
"I'm the oldest, and I'm a warrior, so I'm the leader," Sokka responded, his voice cracking.
"If anyone's the leader, it's Aang," Katara stated, "I mean, he is the avatar,"
"I second that," I said.
"Are you kidding?" Sokka asked, "He's just a goofy kid," My attention turned to Aang, who was hanging upside down on one of Appa's horns.
"He's right," My brother said.
"Why do boys always think that someone has to be the leader?" Katara asked, "I bet you wouldn't be so bossy if you kissed a girl,"
"I've kissed a girl!" Sokka exclaimed.
"He's kissed a girl?" I thought, jealousy brewing in my body, "Who?"
"You just haven't met her," He finished.
"Who? Gran-Gran?" Katara teased, "I've met Gran-Gran,"
"No, besides Gran-Gran," Sokka responded, "Look, my instincts tell me we have a better chance of slipping through on foot, and a leader has to trust his instincts,"
"Okay, we'll try it your way, o wise leader," Katara sighed, rolling her eyes.
"Who knows? Walking might be fun," Aang said.
"Walking stinks!" Aang shouted. We hadn't been walking for more than five minutes, and my legs were already getting tired. My back was aching from carrying a heavy pack.
"How did people go anywhere without a flying bison?" My brother asked.
"I don't know, Aang," Katara said, "Why don't you ask Sokka's instincts?"
"They seem to know everything," She added.
"Ha-ha very funny," Sokka replied dryly.
"My legs hurt, and I'm tired of carrying this pack," I groaned.
"You know who you should ask to carry it for a little while?" Katara asked, "Sokka's instincts!"
"Great idea!" I exclaimed, "Hey, Sokka's instincts, would you mind-"
"Okay, okay, I get it!" Sokka shouted, "Look guys, I'm tired too, but the important thing is that we're safe from the...Fire Nation..." He ended that sentence weakly, because there were a whole bunch of Fire Nation soldiers camping out there, staring at us.
"Run!" Sokka yelled. We abandoned our packs and quickly scurried away, but the soldiers followed us. One of them sent a blast of fire towards us, which we all narrowly dodged. The fire ended up burning our only exit, leaving us stick with the firebenders.
"We're cut off!" Sokka exclaimed.
"Sokka, your shirt!" Aang yelled. I turned my attention to Sokka's arm. His sleeve was on fire. I guess that he hadn't dodged the fire ball as well as the rest of us. He yelped, and Katara put out the fire with the water from her water skin.
"If you let us pass, we promise not to hurt you," Sokka said.
"What are you doing?" Katara asked in a hushed tone.
"Bluffing," Sokka responded.
"You, promise not to hurt us?" A soldier asked before dropping to the ground.
"Nice work, Sokka," Aang said, "How did you do that?"
"Uh…instinct?" Sokka replied.
"Wow, maybe his instincts really are good for something," I thought.
"Look!" Katara exclaimed, pointing up. My attention turned to the trees above us, where a guy came down from, knocking over two soldiers. He then proceeded to grab the legs of two more soldiers, flipping them onto their faces.
"Down you go," He said. A soldier came behind him, and the guy grabbed his foot, swinging him around.
"They're in the trees!" One of the soldiers exclaimed. I looked up to the trees, and noticed that there were a bunch of other children hiding in them. A small boy came down and began to ride the soldiers head, moving down his helmet. A guy with a bow and arrow removed the soldier's swords. A strong looking guy used his back to fling a soldier into a tree. He threw another one.
"We should help them," Katara stated. Aang and I nodded, while Sokka grunted, and we began to help the group. Katara used her waterbending to smack some of the soldiers, while Aang dragged one around with airbending. I noticed one was coming up behind me, and I quickly turned around. The soldier attempted to hit me with his sword, but I pushed it away with a gust of wind, then proceeding to spin him around until he flew into a tree. We were fighting soldiers left and right, until suddenly, there were no more.
"Hey," Mystery Boy said to Katara after fighting the last soldier.
"Hi," Katara responded, a blush forming on her cheeks.
"You just took out a whole army almost single-handed," Aang said, amazement in his tone.
"Army?!" Sokka asked, "There were only, like, twenty guys!" I could tell that he was jealous of Mystery Boy.
"My name is Jet, and these are my freedom fighters," Mystery Boy said, "Sneers, Longshot, Smellerbee, The Duke, and Pipsqueak,"
"Pipsqueak, that's a funny name," Aang said, walking up to the small boy.
"You think my name is funny?" The Giant Guy asked.
"It's hilarious!" My brother replied. Giant Guy stared at him for a while, and I was worried my brother would get punched. Giant Guy began to laugh, and so did Aang. I let out a sigh of relief. Giant Guy hit Aang on the back, causing him to fall face first. Aang picked up his head and started laughing again.
The freedom fighters were going through the soldier's belongings, grabbing whatever they found useful. Sokka was watching, a skeptical look on his face. Katara was talking to Jet. Aang and I were sitting on logs, talking about the events that had just taken place.
"I can't believe those kids took out an entire group of soldiers by themselves," I said.
"Yeah, Jet's a good leader," Aang replied.
"Are you kidding me?" Sokka asked, walking over to us, "He wasn't even leading anything, he was just playing with fancy crowbars,"
"It's better than any leading your 'instincts' have done," Aang stated, "No offense," Sokka scoffed and stomped away.
"Hey, Jet, these barrels are filled with blasting jelly," The Duke said.
"That's a great score," Jet replied.
"And these boxes are filled with jellied candy," Pipsqueak added.
"Also good," Jet said, "Let's not get those mixed up,"
"We'll take the stuff back to the hideout," The Duke announced.
"You guys have a hideout?" Aang asked, walking up to Jet. I was following closely behind.
"You wanna see it?" Jet asked.
"Yes, we wanna see it!" Katara replied giddily.
"We're here," Jet said. I looked around, searching for the hideout. All I could see was trees.
"Where?" Sokka asked, "There's nothing here,"
"Yeah, all I see is trees," I added.
"Hold this," Jet said to Sokka, handing him a rope.
"Why? What does this do?" Sokka asked before being zipped up into the sky. I looked up to see him stuck in a tree, struggling to not laugh.
"Aang?" Jet asked, holding the rope towards my brother.
"I'll get up on my own," he responded before hopping up into the trees.
"I'm guessing you'll be doing the same, Akira?" Jet asked me.
"Yup," I replied before taking off into the trees as well. When I reached the hideout, I gasped in amazement. I saw a child zipping by on some sort of cord.
"What is that?" I asked breathlessly. I looked over to Aang, who was gaping as well.
"I don't know, but we should find out," my brother replied. We ran in the direction of where the kid had zipped by. We saw him and another kid jump off the contraption.
"Hey, what is that thing?" Aang asked.
"It's a zip line," One of the kids replied, "You wanna try?"
"I'd love to!" Aang exclaimed, his face brightening.
"Do you wanna try too?" The other kid asked, turning to me. I nodded and he handed me the cord. Aang and I quickly began to go on the zip line, laughing the whole time.
"Nice place you got!" My brother exclaimed when we zipped past Jet and Katara.
Later, we were eating dinner at the hideout.
"Today, we struck another blow against the Fire Nation swine," Jet said, holding up a cup. Everybody began to cheer.
"I got a special joy from the look on one soldier's face, when The Duke dropped down on his helmet and rode him like a wild hog monkey!" He continued. The Duke stood up and began circling around the table, everyone was cheering.
"Now, the Fire Nation thinks they don't have to worry about a couple of kids hiding in the trees," Jet said, "Maybe they're right," Everyone booed.
"Or maybe, they're dead wrong," He finished, causing everyone to cheer again.
"Hey, Jet, nice speech," Katara said as he walked over to his spot next to her.
"Thanks," Jet replied, "By the way, I was really impressed with you, Aang,and Akira," My attention turned to Jet when he said my name.
"That was some great bending I saw out there today,"
"Well, Aang's great," Katara responded, "He's the avatar,"
"I could use some more training," She added, blush forming on her cheeks.
"Avatar, huh? Very nice," Jet said.
"Thanks, Jet," Aang replied.
"So, I might know a way that Katara and Aang can help in our struggle," Jet said.
"What about me?" I thought.
"Unfortunately, we have to leave tonight," Sokka interrupted, getting up.
"Sokka, you're kidding me," Jet whined, "I needed you and Akira on an important mission tomorrow," Sokka stopped in his tracks and turned around.
"What mission?" He asked.
"You two are going to help with our look out for any Fire Nation pigs," Jet replied.
It was the next day, and Sokka and I were helping Jet with his Fire Nation lookout. Sokka, Jet, and I were all sitting in a tree, watching for any soldiers. Jet did a bird call, Pipsqueak and Smellerbee answered with a repeat. Sokka stabbed a knife into the tree.
"What are you doing?" Jet asked.
"Shh," Sokka responded in a hushed tone, "It amplifies vibrations,"
"Good trick, Sokka," I said.
"Nothing yet," Sokka whispered, holding the knife up to his ear, "Wait, yes!"
"Someone's approaching," He continued.
"How many?" Jet asked.
"I think there's just one," Sokka responded. Jet did another bird call.
"Good work, Sokka, ready your weapon," He said. Sokka pulled the knife out of the tree and stood, looking down at the forest below. His expression became that of surprise.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"False alarm, he's just an old man," He replied, talking mostly to Jet. The guy hopped down anyway.
"Jet, where are you going?" I whisper-shouted.
"What are you doing in our woods, you leech?" Jet asked the old man.
"Please, sir, I'm just a traveler," The old man replied, sadness in his voice. Jet began to inch closer before slapping the old man's cane out of his hand.
"We need to help! That old man is innocent and Jet's gonna hurt him!" I whisper-shouted to Sokka. I then noticed that the old man was on the ground, apparently having ran into Pipsqueak. The two guys circled him, making sure the old man was on the ground.
"Do you like destroying towns?" Jet asked, venom in his tone, "Do you like destroying families? Do you!?" Anger bubbled inside of me as I watched Jet bully the poor old man.
"Oh, please, let me go, have mercy," The old man begged.
"Does the Fire Nation let people go?" Jet asked angrily, "Does the Fire Nation have mercy?" I jumped down from the tree and used my staff to push Jet out of the way.
"Enough!" I shouted, "Leave the old man alone, Jet,"
"He's Fire Nation!" Jet exclaimed, standing up, "Search him!"
"But he's not hurting anyone," Sokka argued, coming down from his own spot in the tree.
"Have you forgotten that the Fire Nation killed your mother?" Jet asked Sokka, "Or that they killed your people?" He asked me. I scowled at this, feeling a pang of sadness and a wave of anger at being reminded of the loss of my people.
"Remember why you fight!" Jet shouted.
"We fight for peace, not violence!" I argued.
"We got his stuff, Jet," Smellerbee said, holding up the old man's belongings.
"This doesn't feel right," Sokka said.
"It's what has to be done, now let's get out of here," Jet replied, walking away. Sokka and I gave each of the freedom fighters a dirty look. When they were all gone, my attention turned to the old man.
"I'm so sorry," I said, kneeling down to him, "Do you need help up?"
"Yes, thank you," He replied gratefully. I smiled and extended my arm, helping him up.
"Have a nice rest of your day, sir," I said, "And I'm really sorry about those guys," The old man smiled and walked away. Once he had gone, I turned to see that nobody, not even Sokka was behind me. I sighed and began to walk back in the direction of the hideout, still feeling mad about the whole encounter.
When we got back, Sokka and I sat against a tree, discussing about what had just happened.
"I can't believe the way they treated that old guy," Sokka said bitterly.
"I agree," I replied, "I ended up helping him once everyone left," Sokka looked up and gave me a warm smile, which caused my heart to skip a beat and my cheeks to flush. Suddenly, Aang zoomed by in the zip line.
"Guys, look what The Duke gave me!" He exclaimed. I turned my attention to my brother, who had a bag. He opened the bag and pulled out a little black ball, which he threw at Momo. The ball exploded and Momo hissed. I laughed as I watched the lemur reach into Aang's bag and begin to throw the balls at his feet.
"Ow, quit it!" Aang exclaimed before falling over.
"Hey, Guys," Katara said, making me turn my attention to her, "Is Jet back?"
"Yeah, he's back," I replied bitterly.
"But we're leaving," Sokka finished.
"What?" Aang asked, standing up.
"But I made him this hat," Katara said, pulling out an ugly hat from behind her.
"Your boyfriend's a thug," Sokka stated.
"What?!" Katara asked, "No, he's not,"
"He's messed up, Katara," Sokka said.
"He's not messed up, he's just got a different way of life," Aang stated, "A really fun way of life,"
"He beat and robbed a harmless old man," I argued.
"I wanna hear Jet's side of the story," Katara replied bitterly, causing me to scowl.
"Sokka, Akira, you guys told them what happened, but you didn't mention that the guy was Fire Nation?" Jet asked. We were in a small room of the hideout, confronting him.
"No, they conveniently left that part out," Katara responded.
"He didn't seem Fire Nation when I helped him," I thought.
"Fine, but even if he was Fire Nation, he was a harmless civilian," Sokka stated.
"After you all walked away, I helped the guy up, and he seemed really nice," I chimed in, "Not menacing or evil at all,"
"He was an assassin, Akira," Jet replied, pulling out a knife from his pocket. He stabbed the knife into a stump and opened a compartment.
"See? There's a compartment for poison in the knife," He held out a syringe with some sort of pink liquid inside.
"He was sent to eliminate me," Jet continued, "You two helped save my life," I raised an eyebrow, not convinced that the old man was sent to kill Jet.
"I knew there was an explanation," Katara said.
"I didn't see any knife," Sokka said annoyedly.
"That's because he was concealing it," Jet explained.
"See, guys?" Katara asked, "I'm sure you just didn't notice the knife,"
"There was no knife!" I shouted, the anger that had been boiling inside of me finally bubbling over, "I don't know what kind of crushy-crushy, delusion world you've been living in, but Jet is bad news!"
"Akira and I going back to the hut and packing our things," Sokka said, grabbing me by the arm and walking out of the room. Once we had walked out, I looked at my arm to see that Sokka was still holding onto it. Blush formed on my cheeks.
Sokka and I were back in the hut, packing. I angrily shoved my belongings into my bag.
"I can't believe how dense those two are being," I grumbled, "Especially Katara,"
"I can't believe that my own sister believes a guy she met two days ago over me," Sokka said. I sighed and resumed my packing. Suddenly, Aang and Katara stepped into the room, and I resisted the urge to groan.
"We can't leave now with the Fire Nation about to burn down a forest!" Katara exclaimed.
"I'm sorry, Katara," Sokkka said, "Jet's very smooth, but we can't trust him,"
"You know what I think?" Katara asked, "You're jealous that he's a better warrior and a better leader,"
"Katara, I'm not jealous of Jet," Sokka argued, "It's just that my instincts-"
"Well, my instincts tell me we need to stay here a little longer and help Jet," Katara interrupted, "Come on, Aang,"
"Seriously?" I asked, looking my brother in the eyes.
"Sorry," He replied glumly, walking away with Katara.
Many hours later…
I was having a dream about going on a romantic date with Sokka on the moon. We were just about to kiss when we were rudely interrupted by a dragon version of Jet. The dragon began to breathe fire all over the date area, burning everything. Sokka swooped down and held me close.
"I love you, Akira," He said.
"I love you, too," I replied. The dragon just about to scorch us both when I was awoken by the sound of Sokka's voice.
"Akira, wake up!" He whisper-shouted. I slowly lifted my head, noticing it was still dark outside.
"I think Jet's gonna do something," Sokka explained in a hushed tone, "I wanna follow him," I quickly stood up and we both ran out of the hut. Sokka zipped down from one of the zip lines to watch the freedom fighters, while I hopped down with airbending. We watched as the freedom fighters pulled a big cart full of barrels out of the forest. We looked at each other, my heart pounding in my chest, and made a silent agreement to continue to investigate. We hid behind tree after tree, watching as they made their way throughout the forest. Finally, they stopped walking at the edge of a cliff.
"Now listen, you're not to blow the dam until I give the signal," Jet said, "If the reservoir isn't full, the Fire Nation troops could survive,"
"Are they planning to kill people?" I thought.
"But what about the people in the town?" The Duke asked, "Won't they get wiped out, too?"
"Look, Duke, that's the price of ridding this area of the Fire Nation," Jet explained, putting his hand on the young boy's shoulder, "Now don't blow the dam until I give the signal, got it?" Longshot, who Jet was talking to, nodded in response. Sokka and I looked at them, then at each other, our mouths and eyes wide. Suddenly, we heard a rustling noise in the bushes we were hiding in. Pipsqueak held up Sokka by the ponytail, while I was held up by my shawl.
"Ow!" Sokka exclaimed.
"Where do you two think you're going?" Smellerbee asked, walking up to us with a knife in hand.
"Sokka, Akira," Jet greeted as we were pulled towards him, "I'm glad you decided to join us," we were pushed forward. Sokka dropped onto his hands and knees, while I just slightly stumbled.
"We heard your plan to destroy the Earth Kingdom town," Sokka said bitterly, looking up at Jet.
"Our plan is to rid the valley of the Fire Nation," Jet explained.
"Well, your plan is going to kill people," I argued, "People who are living there,"
"We can't win without making some sacrifices," Jet replied.
"You lied to Aang and Katara about the forest fire," Sokka said, pointing at Jet.
"Because they don't understand the demands of war," Jet responded, "Not like you and I do, Sokka," this made me question why Jet had even asked me to come along, if he didn't consider me to "understand the demands of war".
"I do understand," Sokka said, "I understand that there's nothing you won't do to get what you want,"
"I was hoping you'd have an open mind," Jet sighed, "But, I can see you've made your choice," Suddenly, he pulled a weapon on us. Smellerbee and Pipsqueak were holding us again.
"I can't let you guys warn Katara and Aang," Jet said, "Take them for a walk, a long walk," Anxiety bubbled inside of me as I wondered what he meant by "a long walk".
"You can't do this!" Sokka exclaimed.
"Cheer up, Sokka," Jet replied, "We're gonna win a great victory against the Fire Nation today,"
Later…
"Come on, move along!" Smellerbee exclaimed, pushing Sokka and I.
"How can you stand by and do nothing while Jet wipes out a whole town?" Sokka asked.
"Hey, listen, Sokka," Pipsqueak started, "Jet's a great leader, We follow what he says, and things always turn out okay,"
"Well your 'great leader' is a psycho who thinks that murder is the only way to victory," I argued, "Those people did nothing wrong, they don't deserve to die just because they live in that village,"
"You stay out of this, Tiny," Pipsqueak said.
Suddenly, Sokka nudged my hand. I turned my attention to him and he gestured towards those traps that Momo was in. We smiled devilishly in unison as I realized what we were about to do.
"If that's how Jet leads, then he's got a lot to learn!" Sokka exclaimed, sprinting off. I followed quickly, my run boosted by airbending.
"Hey!" Smellerbee shouted from behind. I laughed as we ran away from the two, zooming past the traps. They both got caught in the traps, and I smiled looking up at them.
"While you two are up there, you might wanna practice your knot work," Sokka said, holding up untied rope. I then noticed that the rope on my hands was unbound as well, and shook it off of my hand.
"Come on, we've gotta go warn Aang and Katara," Sokka said. I nodded and we ran away.
As we were running, I thought came to my mind.
"Sokka, we're too far from the hideout to warn Aang and Katara," I said.
"So, what are we supposed to do then?" Sokka asked.
"We could warn the people in the town, get them out of there before Jet blows up the dam," I replied.
"Great idea, Akira," Sokka said, making blush form on my cheeks.
"T-thanks," I responded quickly.
Later, when we arrived at the village, there were two Fire Nation soldiers sitting at the front gate.
"Could you please let us in?" I asked, "Something terrible is going to happen to your town, and we want to warn you,"
"Hah! Why would we believe a little girl like you?" One of the soldiers asked.
"Yeah, how do we know that you're not just trying to take this land?" The other added.
"Listen," Sokka said, "This guy named Jet is going to blow up the dam near your village, and unless you want to drown, you need to evacuate as quickly as possible," The soldiers began to laugh, making Sokka and I frown.
"We're being serious!" I exclaimed.
"Sure," one of the soldiers said sarcastically, "Let's throw the kids in jail," I gulped and started to consider booking it the other direction, when the soldiers grabbed Sokka and I by our arms.
"Stop!" A voice interrupted. I turned my head to face the owner of this mysterious voice, and saw that it was the old man Jet had harassed.
"You're the girl that helped me after I got mugged by those kids," He said, pointing to me.
"That's me," I replied.
"You have to believe them," The old man preached, "Yesterday, there were these children who attacked me and took my belongings, and this kind young lady here helped me,"
"I'm sure that what they are saying is truthful," He finished. The soldiers let Sokka and I go, and I sighed in relief.
"Great," Sokka said, gratitude in his tone, "Now, we need everyone to evacuate this town, make sure nobody is left behind," I smiled and looked up at him, my heart pounding.
"He's such a great leader," I thought to myself. The soldiers nodded and began to walk into the town.
"Come on, we have to help Katara and Aang now," Sokka said. We began to run back to the hideout so we could get Appa.
Sokka and I were sitting on Appa. I was steering, while he was in the saddle. We were watching the town below.
"I hope that everyone got evacuated safely," I said.
"I'm sure they did," Sokka replied. We watched as the dam exploded, and water rushed through the village. I looked down at a cliff, and saw Aang and Katara standing there.
"Yip yip!" I said. Appa began to descend towards the cliff.
"The Fire Nation is gone and this valley will be safe," Jet said when we got to the cliff.
"It will be safe," Sokka responded, "Without you,"
"Sokka!" Katara exclaimed.
"Kiri!" Aang exclaimed. I hopped down from Appa's head and jumped into my brother's arms, Momo joining our hug as well.
"We warned the villagers of your plan, just in time," Sokka explained.
"What!?" Jet exclaimed.
"At first, they didn't believe us," Sokka continued, "The Fire Nation soldiers assumed we were trying to take their land,"
"But one man vouched for us," He recalled, "The old man you attacked, he urged them to trust us, and we got everyone out in time,"
"You fools! We could have freed this valley!" Jet shouted. Aang and I hopped into Appa's saddle, and Sokka scooted onto his head.
"Who would be free?" Sokka asked, "Everyone would be dead,"
"You traitor!" Jet yelled.
"No, Jet, you became the traitor when you stopped protecting innocent people," Sokka replied.
"Katara, please, help me," Jet pleaded. Katara didn't even turn to face him, tears welling in her eyes.
"Good-bye, Jet," She said before proceeding to get in Appa's saddle.
"Yip-yip," Sokka said. The bison lifted off into the air, and we began to fly away.
"We thought you guys were going to the dam," Aang said.
"Actually, we were going to go back to the hideout to warn you guys," Sokka replied, "But Akira suggested that we should go to the town and warn the people living there," A small blush formed on my cheeks at Sokka mentioning me.
"Of course, my instincts were also telling me to go to the town, but Akira deserves some credit," he added jokingly.
"And let me guess," I said, "Your instincts are telling you to go the wrong way right now, too?"
"Sometimes, my instincts can be wrong," Sokka said with a shrug before turning us around.
A/N: I'd actually say my writing is starting to get better this chapter!! Don't forget to review, I love hearing from you guys!