Summary: Just when Aang and his companions thought they had enough to worry about, a new enemy reveals itself, one that is capable of stealing a bender's power. Unfortunately for them, Prince Zuko strikes a deal with this new foe and makes an alliance, increasing the sizable danger they're in.. How can they escape with their bending and their lives[Eventual ZukoSokka
Disclaimer: All things relating to Avatar: The Last Airbender do not belong to me.
Rating: Mm.. I'll start it as T but I know it's gonna go up..
Warnings: Violence
Pairings: ZukoSokka (a ways away though.. ;; )
Note: I'm gonna be completely honest here.. I haven't watched Avatar in.. a really, really long time, and I'm way behind on the episodes. But I'm only using the basic characters so it's all good. XD Plus it's my story so.. yeah. Bear with me here, I'm a little unsure how this is going to work out so far..
Italics- Thoughts of characters
Prologue
Wide green eyes peeked fearfully around the corner of the wall, staring down the never-ending dark hallway that looked like it would swallow him if he dared to walk down it. A shrill, piercing scream sliced through the thick silence that was smothering the wandering Earthbender, sending shivers down his spine. He knew who was shrieking as though their entire being was currently being abused, and tears of shame sprung into his eyes as he listened to his own flesh and blood be tortured slowly. He was supposed to be protecting his baby sister, not hiding like some coward..
But… He couldn't help it.
Another cry of anguish floated down the hallway, and this time the boy clapped his hands over his ears, trembling uncontrollably. He had no idea what was happening to his sibling, but he could tell it was terrible, torturous, and more than likely.. life-threatening. Yet he didn't move, leaning against the wall and preventing the screams from entering his ears as tears continuously dripped down his cheeks and splashed onto the hard cement beneath his feet. Ten minutes later and he finally had enough courage to listen once again, and what he heard was even more disturbing than the shrieking had been.
Complete, and utter silence.
It was if the air had died around him, leaving him to listen to nothing but his own pounding heart and rapid breathing. What.. what did that mean? Was his sister? Was she.. No.. No she couldn't be! Frantically the boy began to run down the hallway, letting the blackness he feared so much eat him up, wanting, no needing to know if his sibling was alive or not. He had no idea where he was running however, the lack of light hindering him completely, and eventually collided painfully with something.
A pair of painfully strong hands gripped his wrists, causing him to gasp sharply in discomfort, immediately beginning to struggle against the hold, "L-Lemme go!" His normally low voice had risen several octaves, leaving him sounding like a pre-pubescent female, one that was insanely petrified. His captor ignored his command, dragging him through the darkness before stopping in front of a door and knocking three times on the wooden surface. The Earthbender in his arms continued to struggle until the door was opened, and then he went completely slack, the sight before him.. sickening.
"Good.. You found the other one.. There's nothing left in the girl, as you can tell." The owner of the silky voice was speaking in a very nonchalant manner, as though there wasn't a shriveled corpse lying on the floor at his feet, "Bring him to me.. with his power I will only require two more Earthbenders in order to satisfy the stone.. And then I may move on to Waterbenders.." His minion, a massive man with a stone-like face and bushy eyebrows nodded impassively, before carrying his prisoner over to where the dead girl was, and pulling the metal cuffs off her abnormally skinny wrists. Then he stuck them on the boy's quivering limbs, before lumbering back over to his master, watching everything before him with soulless eyes.
The last thing the Earthbender boy saw was a flash of blinding green light and a sickening smile directed at him before he experienced the worst and last pain in his life.
Mm very very short, I know. Confusing probably, but that's the way it goes. I swear that actual Avatar characters will pop up in the next chapter, and said chapter will be much longer. If anyone has any suggestions/wants to help me with this, by all means contact me. I have all my info on my profile. :)