Avatar: The Last Airbender: Reawakening

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There it was. After several minutes of flying, Aang was finally able to make out the airship that was hidden in a bunch of clouds high above the Serpent's Pass.

I hope Katara's okay...

That thought had replayed in his mind ever since he had left the group's house in Ba Sing Se. On top of that, he was admittedly nervous about the whole thing. Not only was Katara's life in danger, but he had no idea what he was getting himself into. He was doing it for her though and whatever was going to happen in the next few minutes, he knew that he would not regret coming for her.

The airbender flew up to the underside catwalk where he landed and closed his glider. Taking a deep breath, he cautiously made he way through the door opening. The door itself was no longer there and Aang could only guess that it was the same door that had been knocked off its hinges when Zuko had fought the mysterious Waterbender weeks ago. Walking into the room, he could almost perfectly picture Zuko struggling to fend off the waves of water that had been sent at him in the same area where Aang was standing now. He looked up, seeing a walkway above him and he air bent himself up to it and looked back and forth as if deciding which way to go. Moments later however he heard a door open behind him and he quickly turned to see a man walking up to him, stopping once he was about a dozen feet away.

"Well you didn't disappointed Avatar," the man said, "You came just as I hoped you would."

Aang held his staff out in front of him defensively, ready for a fight, "Who are you?"

"My name is Tau," the man said, "And if you value your girlfriend's life then you'll drop that glider of yours right now."

Aang stared at him for a few moments in defiance before he reluctantly complied. He let go of his staff and it hit the metal floor with a loud clang that echoed throughout the room.

"Now," Tau started, "I'm not looking to fight you. I just have a simple request that I need you to do. Once you give me what I need you'll get Katara back and the two of you are free to go unharmed."

"Where is she?" Aang asked forcefully.

"She's here, and besides a small bruise on her face from last night, no harm has come to her," Tau assured, folding his hands behind his back, "However that will change if you don't cooperate."

"Cooperate with what?" Aang questioned.

"I need some information on an ancient group of spirits. Normally I wouldn't go through the trouble of getting the Avatar's help for something like this but the only other thing that has any information on what I need...is unreachable," Tau explained calmly, "What I need you to do, is go to the spirit world and find the information that I am looking for. It shouldn't be too hard..."

"There are plenty of books about the spirit world, you don't need my help," Aang responded.

"I don't think you quite understand," Tau said, "What I am looking for is ancient. The only other thing that even talks about the ancient spirits is a Journal written by one of your past lives. I am unable to obtain what I need from the journal though so all I have left is for you to find the information for me."

"Well forget it," Aang retorted, "You're not getting my help. Give me Katara back now!"

Tau smiled when he saw the Avatar raise his hands up in front of him as if he was going to attack him.

"You'll get your girlfriend back after you do as I asked," Tau said, not fazed by Aang's actions, "And I assure you, she is being looked after and if you so much as attempt to attack me she will be killed before you know it," he gathered some water from the air and held it out in front of him, "If you really want to fight me then go ahead but you are sentencing her to certain death by doing so."