When Worlds Collide: Book Three, Fire

Chapter Eight

/////Sam's POV\\\\\

The sun was blazing hot, and we were walking.

"This is humiliating," Katara sighed.

"Do you mean getting thoroughly spanked by the Fire Nation," Sokka asked, "or having to walk all the way to the Western Air Temple?"

"Both," the water bender stated.

"Sorry guys, but Appa gets tired carrying all these people," Aang apologized, lightly petting the sky bison.

After a while, Teo, a boy in a wheelchair, spoke up. "I wonder how the rest of the troops are."

"They're probably on their way to a prison," Haru, a guy with a long beard sighed. "Seems like my dad just got out, and now he's going back in."

It was the first time I met the two. Apparently, the others had met them one of the many times I was with Zuko.

Zuko. I left him there, in the Fire Nation. Was he mad at me? Would I see him again?

"I miss Pipsqueak," the Duke complained up ahead of me.

"I miss not having blisters on my feet," Sokka countered.

Toph suddenly stopped next to me, and I turned to look at her. She had a large smile on her face as she looked up. "Hey, we're here!" she grinned. "I can feel it."

I furrowed my eyebrows and looked around. "Do you need your feet checked?" I asked. "Do you want me to carry you for a bit?"

She glared, and I smirked.

"No, she's right," Aang said, looking around. "We are here."

Sokka raised his eyebrow at me, and I shrugged.

"Wow," Toph continued. "It's amazing."

We climbed on Appa, and flew down the side of the cliff. I gaped at the city before us.

Buildings seemed to hang, and walkways and stairs led to unknown destinations. We landed next to a flowing water fountain, and immediatly, the Duke, Teo, and Haru ran off to explore. Aang went to follow them, but Katara stopped him.

"Why can't I go?" the monk asked.

"We need to decide what we need to do now," Katara told him. "And, since you're the Avatar, maybe you should be a part of this."

"Fair enough," he pouted, sitting down. "So, what's the new plan?"

"First," I started, leaning against a wall, "I want to know what I missed."

"Nothing much," Sokka rolled his eyes. "Except for, you know, the whole planning for the invasion. Oh, and there's this weird guy trying to kill us. I call him Combustion Man."

"Combustion Man?" I asked. "You've some sort of assassin after you?"

"Katara and I went to jail," Toph piped up, and my jaw dropped.

"Anyway," Katara rushed, "our new plan?"

Sokka was quick to jump in. "I think our new plan, should be our old plan," he said. "You just need to master all four elements, and confront the Fire Lord before the comet comes."

"Oh," Aang sighed. "That's great. I'll do that."

"Aang, no one said it would be easy," Katara told him. "But Sam is here now, and she can fire bend. She can-"

"Actually," I interrupted, "I don't think I can. I barely know basic forms, let alone how to teach the Avatar. And Azula didn't bother to teach me anything, because she was too busy following her dads orders on teaching me to be the 'legend.'"