Don't worry, I am still working on the sequal to my other story, but my muse died temporarily. I actually got very far on it, but I didn't like it and started over.

This story has a lot of drama, romance, and action. Chapter 4 has an great, long fight scene, action-lovers! Enjoy Kataangers!

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar. (If I did then this story would already be an episode!)

Tales of Capture

"How much money do we have, Katara?" Aang asked out of curiosity.

"Not enough." She sighed, holding out the couple of coins they had. Aang's smile faltered.

"Well, I guess we can afford, um, maybe a bag of nuts?" Aang replied.

"What? We will starve!" Sokka exclaimed, his eyes wide in horror.

"Calm down Sokka." Katara said placing her hand on her brother's shoulder. "Aang was just kidding." Aang and Toph were amused.

"I wanted to see how you would react," Aang said, "but we only have a day's worth of food per person." Sokka was not as amused.

"What are we doing standing around? Let's get these supplies already!" Toph pushed through her friends and down the main street.

The earthbending town, or village, was small, but in the main square there were many stalls. The stalls contained various goods and a person could find just about anything there.

Aang was first to the market, but when he finally got there, he froze. The clearing was completely empty. He was even more concerned when he saw that the stalls were burned to ashes and the stone buildings were scorched by fire. His friends stopped a few feet behind him.

Aang walked out into the clearing, shocked. They had flown over this busy market only an hour before. That also meant, that the Fire Nation was probably still in town.

"Run." Aang yelled. He shielded his friends and himself from the arrows that were flying towards them. "Run." He repeated urgently. Sokka and Katara tried to run, but there exit was blocked by Fire Nation soldiers. Everyone moved into a defensive pose. They were completely surrounded and outnumbered.

Aang was the first to strike. He forced the air into a thin strip that circled around Aang with ferocity. He held it until it was as sharp as a knife. Then Aang pulled back his hand and the air began to spin faster. Finally, Aang thrust his hand forward releasing the air pressure. The wind hit the large group of firebenders knocking them into the sky only to fall onto the stone buildings.

Meanwhile, Toph was using her earthbending. She rose up into the air on a rock platform. With some quick jabs, she created large crevices in the earth's surface. She lifted the immense pieces of rock into the sky effortlessly. The enemy soldiers were still clinging to the floating pieces of earth when Toph dropped them.

Katara whipped the firebenders using the little water she had and Sokka used his boomerang to strike a few down.

The group of four could not win against the many soldiers and they knew it. Azula stepped out in front of the soldiers. "You are wasting your energy, Avatar." She commented with her usual devious grin. Aang shot a mass of rocks at the princess, but Azula dodged them. She quickly returned fire with, well, fire. The blue flames caused Aang to fall backwards and onto the ground.

Azula signaled to her men and a wooden cage fell on top of Toph and Sokka. Katara barely escaped the trap. The entire ambush was planned with great detail.

"So much for a simple trip to the market." Aang mumbled sitting up. Scratches covered his face from the fall. His eyes reflected fear as he avoided another fire blast from Azula.

The soldiers grabbed Katara. She struggled, but she had no chance against the mob of soldiers. "Stay still and we won't kill you." The tallest soldier ordered. Katara stopped moving. There was no benefit in her actions now. "Aang, get away from here!" She yelled in panic. Aang could still escape with his glider, but he wasn't about to leave his friends, especially not Katara.

Aang looked around to see his friends defeated. He picked up his glider and threatened to escape. Azula halted the fire. "Let my friends go." Aang ordered pointing his staff at the Fire Lord's daughter. She wasn't the least bit intimidated.

"I don't think you are in any position to bargain." Azula stated while casually inspecting her nails. She sighed. "I have some news that may interest you."

"What?" Aang asked angrily.

"The warrant for your arrest has been changed. The fire lord sees you as the only threat left; therefore, you are now wanted dead or alive."

"Terrific…" Aang replied sarcastically. "…this is turning out to be a great day…" Now they want to kill me!

"Here is the deal." Azula continued. The avatar watched her with curiosity and a strong trace of fear. "You must surrender without a fight or your friends will not live to see another day, starting with the water girl. It is not hard to see that you treasure her most." She finished daringly. Aang looked up at her with a glare of pure hatred. Meanwhile, Katara was in an even more shock! What is Azula talking about?

"Aang, you're the avatar! You can't let them take you away…" Katara began to yell, but her captor covered her mouth with his large hand. She, of course, bit him and kept screaming. "Aang the world needs you!" The firebender forced her mouth shut again. Katara was in tears by now.

Aang glanced over to her with a sad expression, but then turned his gaze back to Azula. He had already made up his mind, but he wanted to know one more detail.

"What happens to me if I go with you?" He asked in tone that was both defeated and melancholy. His friends' eyes held a mixture of fear and shock. Aang was going to sacrifice the world for two water peasants and a blind earthbender?

"You'll be lucky to arrive at the Fire Nation in a coma." Azula commented still smiling. She knew that the girl was his weakness. Aang's grey eyes were defeated as he threw his staff to the ground in surrender. Immediately, two firebenders grabbed his arms and cuffed him with some fireproof cuffs. They were tight on his wrists and were painful to wear. He flinched. "My father will be pleased." Azula said walking up to the avatar. She summoned one of the soldiers. The man punched Aang in the face, knocking him unconscious. "Nice work, men."

Katara was crying. She had little hope left. Toph had tears in her eyes too, while Sokka had to look away. The soldiers put Aang and Katara into the wooden prison along with the other two. Aang was still unconscious with a bloody cut under his right eye. In addition, his right eye had a tinted circle of blue around it. Katara picked up Aang and hugged him the rest of the trip. "We'll get out of this." Sokka said trying to cheer them up.

The wooden prison was carried away by a group of men. The entire time, Toph was yelling insults and threats at the tired firebenders. Katara just held unconscious Aang in her arms and Sokka was just silent for once.

It was not long before the sky was bright with thousands of stars. Tiredness took over and they all fell asleep. Katara slept still holding on to the airbender. Aang didn't wake up.