𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕕𝕞𝕚𝕣𝕒𝕝'𝕤 𝔻𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕖𝕣: ℤ𝕦𝕜𝕠 𝕩 𝕆𝕔

Chapter 17- Jets' Return

After a long journey, the trio arrived at a hidden Earth Kingdom refugee port and were now boarded on the ferry.

Nico leaned against the ferry, she looked down at her spoiled food, and spilled it into the ocean.

Iroh was murmuring something, but she couldn't hear until he yelled. "As a tourist."

She looked up at him, to see him in a silly hat.

"Look around." Zuko says. "We're not tourist. We're refugees."

Zuko took a sip from the wooden bowl of spoiled food, Nico had just spilled out.

"Ugh! I'm sick of eating rotten food, sleeping in the dirt. I'm tired of living like this."

"Aren't we all?" A familiar voice said from behind them.

Oh, no, no, no, no, please don't let this be who I think it is.

Nico took a quick glance and turned back around.

"My names Jet, and these are my freedom fighters," he introduced. "Smellerbee and Longshot."

"Hey," Smellerbee said.

"Hello." Zuko replied.

"Here's the deal." Jet said. "I hear the captain's eating like a king while all us refugees have to feed off his scraps. Doesn't seem fair, does it?"

"What sort of king is he eating like?" Iroh asked.

"The fat, happy kind." Jet replied.

"You wanna help us liberate some food?"

Nico glanced up at Zuko to see his reaction.

He glanced down at his food and threw it into the sea. "I'm in."

Zuko had took off with the freedom fighters, Jet had asked Nico to tag along, but she politely declined.

"Why did you not tag along with them?" Iroh questioned.

"They are bad news Iroh," Nico confessed. "When I-"

Nico quickly shut her mouth as Zuko and the freedom fighters returned.

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Jet handed out food to the other passengers.

Zuko shot a few worried glances at Nico, as she was very quiet, quiet than usual.

Iroh broke the silence. "So, Smellerbee. That's an unusual name for a young man."

Nico winced.

"Maybe it's because I'm not a man. I'm a girl!" She said before storming off, with Longshot, close behind her.

"Oh, now I see!" Iroh tried to save himself. "It's a beautiful name for a lovely girl!"

The trio were finally alone.

Nico nudged Zuko. "Let me borrow your hat."

"What why?"

Nico quickly ripped off Zuko hat, and placed it on her head. "I know these people, they are bad, and if they recognize me, well, let's just hope, they don't recognize me."

Zuko opened his mouth to say something but Nico quickly covered it with her palm, as Jet approached.

"From what I heard, people eat like this every night in Ba Sing Se."