A belated birthday gift to Mike (the one people actually care about)... and early post from me! I swear to God I'm not trying to drag out the season, but some things need to be in order.

Bai Mao (firebender, pudao)

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It was a few hours before we were to set sail. The Po-Kun warriors were out of sight, and I was considering an option that had previously slipped my mind. I called the group together and gave fresh orders. I stepped out a completely different person. Along with my fire flower clothes, I had an eyepatch and had my hair covered by a bandana. Fake scars covered my face.

B'ao: Final orders. First, Chase, Ariel, and Jasmine are going on the blue ships. they'll pick you up tommorow this time.

Ariel: What?

B'ao: Kar's fought all of us and stabbed you in the stomach. Don't want him recognizing anyone.

Dak: What recognizing? We're just going there and fighting aren't we?

B'ao: Kar had a year to tell them we were on our way. Vuln could know I'm coming. And, if his age gave him any wisdom at all, he would know I'd try to get in with the other slavers. We have no intelligence about the slaves that are kept there. We'd want to bust them out before we do a full-scale assault so they can't be used against us. We don't know how many we're up against, at any rate. We need a double agent. You.

Dak: Fair enough, but why aren't I disguised?

B'ao: Because Vuln's apprentice is returning to him.

I tossed him my pudao

B'ao: You set me up. Went along with me, learned my plans and killed me before I had the chance to get here, got it?

Dak nodded.

B'ao: I'm now your mute second-in-command, Hawjo. Kar might recognize my voice if I talk.

Dak: Anything else?

B'ao: When we get there, we get the slaves out as soon as possible. The blue ships are going to be docked at the nearest island, out of Vuln's sight. I'll send a hawk the day before the final assault. Everything clear?

Dak: Crystal.

B'ao: Good, let's move out.

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What...

Has...

Happened...

Here...

Homies...

I...

Am...

Butterbiscuits. I'm doing it again.

I am back and fully recovered. Leg's doing great, except for a couple of cramps now and then, thanks for asking.

TV.com got a bright makeover. My eyes are still twitching from the bright surprise.

Okay so what are we up to? Don't mind me i'm just gonna... read...

127 pages worth of posts.

But it'll probably be more after this. I'll hook myself back into the plot subtly somehow when I finish comprehending everything since page 300.

I'll just be popping in and out, and sorry for disappearing like that.

Okay! I guess I'd better get to it then. Syonara dudes! (that's.. japanese? right? RIGHT? RIGHT?????)

And claps on stopping the script-posting. XD

Willy Woo (Earth Bending)

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"It's Garamond! When he runs out of pill he loses his mind... and... his bending!"

Wicker snapped his spiked whip in the air once and walked down the battlefield to where Garamond was standing. Garamond's eyes had turned red and his arms and hands were completely engulfed with fire.

"DON'T MAKE ME DO THIS," Wicker shouted.

Garamond smiled and then shot off multiple fireballs at Wicker. Wicker used his whip to slap all the fireballs and extinguish them. He charged at Garamond and snapped his whip. Garamond ducked beneath it, but Wicker snapped it once more, and this time the whip snagged Garamond's neck. Wicker pulled the whip as tight as he could, its spikes digging into Garamond's neck. Wicker took one arm of from the rope and lit it with fire. He led the fire on to the whip and soon enough, Garamond's entire neck was covered in fire. Wicker then shot off his own fireballs at Garamond, causing him to fall backwards on to the ground. Wicker pulled on the whip even more until Garamond stopped moving. He released his hold and turned to Orinth.

"I told you I could handle him," he said with a smile.

"Think again," Orinth answered.

Wicker turned around and realized that Garamond was getting to his feet once more. "WHAT THE HELL," he shouted. Garamond was laughing evilly. "Did you think that some measly fire and a leash could defeat me!? THINK AGAIN!"

Garamond cupped his hands together and produced a huge fireball. He shot the fireball not at Wicker, but at the large group of people standing and watching the fight. Willy quickly shot up an Earth wall and deflected the fireball.

"That's it," Bekk shouted. She drew her broadswords and moved aside from the wall.

"No Bekk, I cannot let you do this," Ishtuix said while grabbing her shoulders.

"ISH," she yelled while turning around to face him. "You can't keep protecting me like this! What we had- was beautiful. But that's over. We're in a war here Ish, and there isn't enough time to love right now."

A tear broke Ishtuix's eye. "But Bekk!"

"NO ISH! End of discussion!"

Ishtuix fell down to his knees and began to sob. He hadn't cried like this since the time the two of them departed years ago. Bekk stared down at Ish for a few seconds before turning to the battlefield. Wicker was fighting Garamond one on one, with Orinth shouting at the sidelines telling Garamond to calm down. Darkboy, Willy, and Capulet were standing behind the wall while Shujaka had completely walked away from the scene upset that he wasn't given permission to execute Willy.

Bekk looked at the group. "Which of you are coming with me?"

"I will," Darkboy announced.

Darkboy turned to Willy. "You coming?"

Willy put on Harabi's Vikings Helmet and nodded his head. "I'm in." The three of them walked around the wall as another large fireball came soaring at them at a tremendously fast speed. The fireball connected with the Earth wall and sent its rubble everywhere. Darkboy used Air bending to move aside as much of the wall as he could at once. But a sharp rock broke through and smashed Bekk in the side of the skull. She collapsed to the ground as Ishtuix raised his head, still sobbing.

"BEKK!!" He got up and raced towards her. She was on the ground, a stream of blood coming from the side of her head. Ishtuix grabbed her head and raised it. "BEKK ARE YOU OKAY!?" There was no answer. "BEKK!?!?" Still no answer. Ishtuix put two fingers on the side of her neck to check her pulse as Darkboy and Willy watched him in pure awe.

Ishtuix looked up at Darkboy and Willy. "Oh my god..... she's... she's dead!" He began to sob even more than ever and he collapsed on her chest. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I shouldn't have let you do this!" He continued to do this as Darkboy looked at Willy with an odd expression. "Let's go take this guy out."

The two of them raced down the battlefield, avoiding fireballs and rocks along the way. Wicker snapped his whip at Garamond, but Garamond caught it and pulled Wicker forward causing him to fall face-first on to the ground. Garamond then shot a fireball at Orinth, whom was still shouting at Garamond to calm down. The fireball nicked Orinth in the leg causing him to do a flip in the air, falling on the ground. That's when Garamond turned his attention to Willy and Darkboy, who were charging down the hill towards him.

Garamond sent five fireballs at them, but both Willy and Darkboy raised two separate Earth walls to deflect the fireballs. Garamond cupped his hands together and shot a much bigger fireball at the walls, obliterating both of them. Darkboy created an Air sphere which surrounded both Willy and himself from the rubble of the walls. After all the rocks reached the ground Darkboy released his hold on the Air sphere, and the two of them charged at Garamond once more.

This time Garamond cupped his hands together, all except two fingers in which he shot tiny strings of fire out of. They were like tiny speeding needles. Darkboy attempted to use air gusts to blow them out of the way, but the fire needles were so small and fast that that cut through the air. Two fire bullets cut into Darkboy's arm causing him to spin downwards into the ground.

Willy stopped engulfed his hands with Earth and tried to hit Garamond, but Garamond kicked Willy in the chest.

"It's just you and me," Willy smirked.

"NO," Garamond yelled back while lighting his entire body in fire. "IT'S JUST ME!" Garamond lunged towards Willy and grabbed on to him for dear life. Willy quickly surrounded himself in stone though, so he wouldn't be burned. Garamond backed off from Willy. "YOU BASTA-"

Willy flung all the Earth from his body at Garamond, knocking him off his balance. Wicker then appeared from out of nowhere and snapped his whip around Garamond's neck. He pulled on the whip even tighter than he did last name. Orinth appeared from behind Willy. "HOLD HIM DOWN AND I'LL TAKE HIM OUT!" Willy shot two Earth pillars out from the ground to hold Garamond in place.

Garamond's eyes turned redder than ever and his entire body increased with three times the fire it had before. Willy's Earth pillars shattered to the ground and Wicker became blinded by the fire, losing his grip on the whip. Orinth quickly darted at Garamond, but Garamond shot a Fire bullet into Orinth's chest, sending him back down to the ground.

Garamond ran towards Willy cupping his hands together to produce his hugest fireball yet. He knocked Willy down to the ground with a kick to the face and stood over his body. "BYE BYE," Garamond shouted while laughing profusely.

Just then, a dagger stabbed into the side of Garamond's head. He lost his balance and fell on his side, a puddle of blood forming around his head. Everyone turned in the direction that the dagger came from.

"THAT SON OF A B*TCH KILLED THE WOMAN I LOVE," Ishtuix yelled with another dagger in his other hand.

Darkboy came staggering down the hill and checked out Orinth. "Get off of me," Orinth screeched. "I'm fine!" Orinth grabbed his chest and slowly got back on to his feet. Wicker came and joined the circle too, with Willy and Ishtuix right behind him.

"He's actually dead this time, right?" Orinth asked.

Wicker checked Garamond's pulse just to make sure. "Yeah, he's gone."

From atop the hill, Capulet watched the group with a weird expression on his face. He slowly trudged down the hill and joined the group.

"We could have used you out there, Cap," Orinth said.

As usual, Capulet didn't respond.

"Where's Shujaka," Orinth asked the group. "Is he okay?"

"OH I'M MORE THAN FINE, ORINTH!" Everyone turned and looked in the direction of the voice. It was Shujaka, and he had Willy held up to one of his daggers. "NOW EVERYONE BACK OFF OR WILLY DIES RIGHT NOW!"

*flips through page 340 to 350...

What would Jesus do...

I can't read 100 pages! Oh well... I kinda have an idea of where my story is going.... so if I pick up an interesting plotline I'll try to slot myself in somehow. WRITER POWERS... ACTIVATE!

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Xu Ka Quan- Earth Kingdom Admiral.

Ba Sing Se

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"Admiral Xu approaches! Attention!"

Hanyang bellowed as Xu's guards stood their ground against dozens of Fire Nation soldiers. Their faceless helmets taunted Hanyang repeatedly, but he appeared unfazed. He asked himself a few questions: What did the Admiral want here? Or more importantly, who did he want here?

Admiral Xu stepped into the court as General Fong sat on the seat of power.

"I'll be damned. If it isn't my old friends, How and Kan. What a pleasant surprise!" Fong said arrogantly. He turned to Kan.

"You're supposed to be manning that fame-stealing blockade of yours," Fong smirked, before facing How.

"And I ordered you locked up."

How shrugged the insult off, his greasy hair now pulled back into a neat ponytail. "Didn't take, General."

Fong stood up, his eyes beaming with satisfaction at his two former peers, reduced to subordinates. But Fong knew that he wasn't actually in any authority, other than the status that Azula had temporarily granted him while she went parading around the Earth Kingdom.

"I suppose you haven't heard the news, my friends," General Fong said as he walked down from the throne. "The Fire Lord's dead. Murdered."

Kan nodded. "I heard rumors. That means Azula's the heir, then, doesn't it?"

Fong smiled. "Which means she can no longer govern Ba Sing Se. Which also means that one of the five of us is going to take the throne."

Kan walked up to Fong. "I'm not afraid of you, and neither is How, or Sung, or Lee. We will find the next heir to the Earth Kingdom, and he will rule."

Fong smirked as Kan spoke. He was afraid, but he kept his head in front of the Admiral.

"As is tradition. And if you have a problem with that, General," Admiral Xu cautioned, "we will personally have you removed from the Council of Five, and another, more capable soldier will relieve you of your duties. Preferably one from Sung's Terra Team."

Fong appeared shaken then, and Xu had already known. He turned round, and with his back facing Fong, he left the premise of the court, with How and the other men following precariously in his wake.

It was time to end this political struggle for power, and Ka Quan knew exactly where to find his answers.

He had to go to the North Pole to find the Ying and Yang.

Can someone please tell me where we are on season 4? I'm really really lost. Okay! So I'm just gonna filler-post. Cuz, you know, I get bored. Which reminds me, I haven't really posted my guy getting in any tough sit's. So here goes...

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Xu Ka Quan- Earth Kingdom Admiral and Earthbender

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He held his fists up, signaling Hanyang to stay behind him.

"How! What the hell do you think you're doing?"

As the General smirked, he turned away from the Admiral. Kan sensed a move from under How's sleeves.

He had packed Dai Li earth in his pocket.

It flung itself toward Kan, but he dodged in time for it to hit a nearby tree. How's soldiers began to approach from the shadows.

"Men! Men! Stand down! This is a superior officer speaking, General Xu! I order you to stand-"

Before Kan had a chance to complete his sentence, he felt his calves being crushed by a pillar of solid earth. He clenched his left fist, and unclenched it vigourously, causing the pillar to shatter as the pieces raised themselves up and aimed at How.

"Down."

Like bullets they rained on How and his men. Some of the soldiers were gripped by the rounds of earth and pinned to trees, while others lay bleeding on the ground as the pieces of earth penetrated their arteries.

Killing them.

Ka Quan smiled. He hadn't felt this good of a fight in days.

But How wasn't about to back down easily. Though a frail old man, he had much more experience in battle than Kan, which was something that Kan's superior battle tactics could not compensate for.

How crumpled Kan's weapon, his eyes brimming as they danced from tree to tree, cover to cover. "Kan, you can't hide forever," How remarked.

He raised his hands and made a swiping movement with his wrist, and the trees parted to give a clearing. But Kan was no where to be seen. How knew that Kan was still here, he couldn't feel the Admiral, but he knew that the greedy 32 year-old wouldn't back out on a fight so thrilling.

"I'm not hiding," How heard a voice, before collapsing to the ground. He reached for his neck, as his body lifelessly tossed and turned like a rag doll.

"I've learnt many things, How. One of those things I learnt while studying anatomy at Ba Sing Se university, when you were my teacher. You proposed a theory of control over another person's body by bending the iron that was present. I perfected this techinique by learning from sacred water tribe texts. Blood-bending," Kan said menacingly.

How's eyes widened. Even he had failed to prove, let alone master this technique. Yet Kan had.

"Don't resist it, and I'll make it as painless as possible," Kan assured. "Do you feel your bones? Do you feel them struggling to break free of your mind's control?"

How felt himself being brought up onto a tree branch. His limbs began to twine round the branches unwillingly. He felt one bone snap as beads of sweat watered the grass below- It was too late to save himself.

"I swear! I swear to God! I won't ever double-cross you again!" How pleaded in a last ditch attempt.

As Kan turned around and clenched his fist, he felt How's life force drain as dozens of bones broke under pressure as they crumpled in on themselves. Hanyang stood dumbstruck at his Admiral's ferocity, seeing a side he had never seen before.

Ka Quan withdrew his control over How's body, the last ounce of life from How began to let go. Almost like a parting breath into General How's life, Kan whispered his final words to the disgraced General.

"There won't be an 'again'."