Velvet's Return: The Last Airbender (DISCONTINUED)

The Blue Spirit and The Shepherd

In a fortress with several towers connected by walls and fires burning in the towers there are several fierce looking archers with their faces painted and they shoot arrow after arrow striking their archery range targets and their successive arrows split the other arrow that got a bull's eye right in the middle of its shaft and while the archers are shooting their arrows two people are on one of the towers watching them.

"Absolutely not! The Yu Yan Archers stay here. Your request is denied, Commander Zhao." A man said.

"Colonel Shinu, please reconsider. Their precision is legendary. The Yu Yan can pin a fly to a tree from a hundred yards away without killing it. You're wasting their talents using them as mere security guards." Zhao said.

"I can do whatever I want with their talents. They're my archers and what I say goes." Colonel Shinu said.

"My search for the Arte user and the Avatar is..." Zhao was cut off by Shinu.

"Is nothing more than a vanity project. We're fighting a real war here. I need every man I've got." Shinu said.

"But..." Zhao was off again by Shinu.

"My answer is final! I don't want to hear another word about it." Shinu said making Zhao grumble.

Just then a red bird which happens to be a hawk comes flying into the tower and the hawk lands on Shinu's shoulder and he unties a message from its back and then it flies away while Shinu is reading the message but then he gets shocked in horror after reading it.

"News from Fire Lord Ozai?" Zhao asked as he takes the message and reads it and after reading the message he smirks. "It appears I've been promoted to Admiral. My request is now an order." Shinu bows and leaves.

Unknowing to them a figure wearing a blue spirit is on top of the tower listening to their conversation and then leaves.

Meanwhile in a decaying ghost town with an enclosed temple like structure overlooking the decaying town a coughing is heard from inside the temple and it's coming from Laphicet and Sokka, who are in their sleeping bags resting on Appa. While they are coughing Katara and Velvet place wet cloths on their foreheads.

"This should help bring your fever down." Katara said and Sokka coughs again.

"You know what I love about Appa the most? His sense of humor." Sokka said.

"That's nice. I'll tell him." Velvet said as Appa grunts and Sokka laughed.

"Good one!" Sokka said.

"I'm sorry I didn't have the medicine with me." Velvet said as Laphicet smiled at her.

"Don't worry, we're used to this. You don't need to worry." Laphicet said before coughing again.

"You should rest and this time you stay in bed." Velvet ordered and Laphicet nodded before closing his eyes.

"How are they holding up?" Aang asked as he arrives.

"Not so good. Being out in the storm really did a number on those two." Katara said.

"I couldn't find any ginger root for tea." Aang said. "But I found a map." Showing them a map and opens it. "There's an herbalist institute on top of that mountain."

"So we'll able to find a cure for Laphi and Sokka there?" Velvet asked.

"Yeah." Aang answered.

"But Laphicet and Sokka are in no condition to travel. They both need some more rest. I'm sure they'll be better by tomorrow." Katara said.

"And even if we go today, I can't leave Laphi like this and Katara alone with these two." Velvet explained. "I know how to handle this since these conditions I'm really used to. Just that, Sokka can't think as clear as he used to and thinks he's an Earthbender."