Mission: A New Hope

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Four men sat on their respective seats while staring at each other, two of them were from the earth kingdom which was visible by their attire while one was from the fire nation and the other was from the water tribe. They were discussing the return of the avatar.

Fire Nation Man: I think we all can agree that the Avatar is back to the world after a hundred years.

He said as he clasped his hands together in concentration.

Earth Kingdom Man 1: That's right, Jezah. The avatar's return was confirmed by the glowing of the past avatar paintings, which brings us to the next point of discussion.

Water Tribe Man: Surely with the avatar's help, we can land a successful hit to the fire nation and destroy it! Sorry, Jezah.

Jezah: No it's fine, Hoko. I wasn't the one to accept what my nation did to the other poor nations.

Earth Kingdom Man 2: Then it's settled, we will send a message to him so we can start the operation.

Earth Kingdom Man 1: Very well, Liho. We will pause his current mission so that he can get ready for something big.

The man named Liho nodded as he called for one of the workers and told him to send the message to the man who they think is capable of helping the avatar.

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An old man was working in the garden, trimming roses while also watering some flowers. He wiped off the sweat from his forehead as he noticed a messenger hawk flying towards him.

The man gently raised his hand as the hawk rested on it peacefully before taking out the message.

The man began reading the message as he had a small smile on his face while petting the bird.

Old Man: How nice of them to remember my birthday.

He smiled as he picked up some roses before heading to the gate, the gate was guarded by two fire nation guards. The old man simply walked to them while holding the roses, beaming a gentle smile.

The guards noticed his approach as they got into a bending stance ready to burn him to ashes, though it was mostly for intimidation.

Guard: What are you doing here, old timer? Your shift is not over yet, go back to work!

The man smiled.

Old Man: Pardon me but today is my birthday and I was hoping that I could celebrate it with my wife and children.

He said as the guards looked at each other before shrugging.

Guard: Just go back to work and we will celebrate it with you.

He said, not trying to ruin this old man's birthday. The old man frowned for a bit before smiling again.

Old Man: Very well, though do you mind if I ask you for a favor? Can you smell those roses I picked up from the garden?

He said as the guards looked at him confused but complied anyways, who wants to make an old man sad on his birthday? Though, the favor seemed simple, which they were thankful for. They leaned closer to smell the roses only for a weird gas to enter their nostrils.

They dropped to the ground, knocked out as the man crouched to check their pulses.

Old Man thoughts: They are not dead. Alright, this gas will give me more than enough time to just run away.

He said as he got up only to be met by the sound of the other guards shouting. He quickly started running out of the garden the second he heard them.

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