Hm. Do ya'll think the last time he saw his all his Freedom Fighters, during the whole Gaipan dam thing, was him having to tell them to split up because he saw the soldiers coming toward them?
The soldiers tolerated a bunch of kids messing with their supply lines for who knows how long but this must've been the final straw, no?
So imagine him trying to justify himself to a bunch of conflicted looking kids, trying his best to avoid looking at the flooded town and the broken dam, and his focus suddenly shifts to the soldiers approaching, fire at the ready.
Possibly after giving hasty instructions to his fighters to flee, maybe using exit routes he'd had prepared for something like this, he just... ran. There's no way he could hold of that many enraged soldiers. He'd distract them best he can but he's feeling less heroic, more like the boy that lost everything in a single night again.
He wanted to run off alone, be captured in their place, give the Freedom Fighters time to get away. But, stubborn as ever, Smellerbee and Longshot persued him. Trying to keep the two of them safe now was his priority.
As they ran, hiding somewhere or successfully getting to an exit route, smoke rose to the skies. The forest was burning. Jet could only watch and hope his fighters got out safely, and that life would be kinder to them wherever they are. And as everything he's built went up in flames.
Smellerbee and Longshot had to see their usually calm leader pace around, angry with himself, shuddering breaths and voice cracks. Maybe he'd punch the nearest object, believing if he'd just been successful in his plan, his family would be safe.
And then his anger would falter. Sokka's words, "Who would be freed? Everyone would be dead." and "No, Jet. You became the traitor when you stopped protecting innocent people." echoed in his head.
He'd look away, unable to meet his friend's eyes. They'd try to talk to him but he'd interupt, "Doesn't matter now. C'mon." And walk off.
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