New story! I have some chapters rewritten so the next chapter will be up probably tomorrow or in 2 days. This chapter was published on 8/16/17

Captured

Katara, Aang, Sokka, Suki, and Toph all sat down near the campfire. They were planning where to head next, they couldn't stay in one place for too long since it would only be a matter of time before Zuko tracked them down and attempted to take Aang.

"We'll sleep here for the night, in the morning we will head off again" Sokka said while drawing a small map of the plan on the dirt with a stick.

As they prepared for night Katara put out the fire, leaving them in complete darkness. They all gave her confused looks.

"What?" she asked. "The fire can give our location away." Katara said. Everyone nodded and went to sleep.

Hours Later

Katara woke up to the sound of explosions, she quickly stood up and looked around, almost convinced that she had just heard noises and was about to go back to sleep when she heard it again. Only this time she knew it wasn't her imagination. She looked at the sky for answers and saw fire blasts. She gasped and turned to everyone, they were all sleeping except one who was missing. Aang was gone, she ran to Sokka and woke him up, "Sokka! Sokka! You've got to wake up!" She said shaking him slightly. Sokka woke up and saw the fire in the sky,

"Fire nation?" He said, "But how?"

"I don't know" she said, "All I know is that Aang is missing"

"Wait, where is Toph?" Sokka said while standing up and looking around, he moved towards Suki and woke her up.

"Listen up, Katara you stay here in case Aang or Toph returns, me and Suki will go looking for them in case they don't return" Sokka said.

"What? I'm sure Toph can find her way back, in anything she shouldn't even be lost or wherever she is. And what if you run into the fire nation soldiers?" she said.

"Katara we will be fine. Just stay here" Sokka said while running off into the woods with Suki.

Katara let out a sigh of frustration, she should've been the one after Aang or Toph, the fire nation is here which means fire benders. She's a waterbender, she is their greatest advantage against them and they wanted her to sit and wait for someone to show up?

She turned around and saw trees on fire, she knew that where there was massive fire there was a chance of a firebender, and possibly Aang. She knew well that she was instructed to stay at the camp incase Aang or Toph showed up, but doing something was better than doing nothing. She head off into the direction of the burning trees, there was smoke and leaves flowing everywhere.
She kept walking straight into the woods towards the fire but she never encountered anything, all of a sudden she was pulled back a bit by a strong wind. Aang! She thought, she ran faster into the woods until she reached a small cliff, she stopped running when she reached it. "Damn" she thought, dead end. She heard another blast, and she decided to look down the cliff, she saw Aang and a firebender fighting. They were a decent distance from her but she was able to tell Aang from his tattoos.

She carefully slid herself down the small cliff and ran towards Aang, the closer she got the more the firebender started to seem familiar. She was still far away from them even though she was running as fast as she could, she knew she wouldn't make it in time because by the time she caught up with them Aang could've been gone. She bent the water that was near her and used it as a ride. Good thing that cliff was next to the ocean.

She reached Aang and in a second she used the waterwhip against the firebender, upon getting closer to the firebender she started to recognize him, his shaggy black hair that hung over his face, his fire nation clothes, his pale skin and most recognizable, his red scar that took up most of the left side of his face.

"Zuko!" She yelled, she was so stupid. The fire nation ship, Aang being missing. Of course it was Zuko. What other firebender would have the thirst to capture the avatar? She felt a grip on her wrist and her head flung to the side,

"Come on let's go!" said Aang as he grabbed Katara and ran off. No matter if he airbent the wind to make him and Katara faster, they couldn't outrun Zuko. He was ready for this, chopping bushes, vines, anything that stood in his way as he ran to catch what he had came for. Somewhere along the way Katara and Aang started to split up, Aang was running fast and it seemed as if he never ran out of energy. However Katara was tired and exhausted, she started to slow down as she ran, she had sprinted all the way into the woods, slid herself down a small cliff and didn't sleep that much. She knew she wouldn't be able to run back to the camp, she would slow down Aang and Zuko would catch him.

Then, an idea sparked in her mind, she was running out of energy to run, but not to pull one last attack. She swiftly turned around to see Zuko running towards them, she bent water near his legs and arms and froze it. She smiled at herself and continued running while she could, she had managed to stop him. But she had not thought of the outcome, she turned her head slightly to see that Zuko had melted the ice she encased him in, she panicked as she saw him bolt towards her.

"Aang!" she yelled but realized he wasn't there, he must've thought that she was behind him, but she wasn't.

"Aang!" she yelled again hoping that he would hear her, but he didn't, because no one came to her, no one came back. She could feel heat start to linger and she knew Zuko was close. If Aang couldn't hear her then there was no chance.

"Sokka!" she yelled, hoping that maybe her brother could hear her. "Anyone please help m-!" she yelled before a hand went over her mouth. Her eyes widened and she turned around, She saw pale skin at first, her eyes move more up and saw Zuko. "Let go of me!" she yelled while ready to strike him.

"You're coming with me" he said while yanking her and running off in the opposite direction. She wanted to fight it, she really did but she was just too tired. She couldn't do anything, but she still wouldn't give up. She yanked her hand away from him and tried to run, but he was too prepared. Although she knew well of hiding from people, she secretly snuck behind a thick tree. She slowed down her breathing to make it more quiet.

"Where are you, you filthy peasant" Zuko said while slicing through vines and bushes looking for her. Katara slowed down her heartbeat with her slow breathing and was incredibly quiet. She heard him cutting through bushes, he was getting closer and closer to where she was stationed at, she remained calm and was planning where she would run off to. She would have to be a sneak master, yelling for help was no longer an option.

Out of no where Zuko slices through a breath near her and her breath gasps a bit. She heard his footsteps stop and everything grew silent. She knew that he knew where she was, she quickly ran to another direction but his hand grabbed her waist and shoved her back, causing her to fall down. She kicked his legs and he fell to the floor, she got up and ran.

"Stupid peasant!" he yelled as he got up and chased after her, he found it rather easy to catch up to her. He knew damn well that she was tired and he used that to his advantage. If he could catch Aang, then he could use an alternative way.

A hand grabbed Katara's wrist and flung her back, "This stops now." He said

"w-what do you want from me?" she asked while trying to get away from his grip, but he was just too strong. She couldn't tell if it was because she was too tired or because he was just naturally stronger than her, even if she was tired or not she probably wouldn't have escaped this grip.

"If I can't get to Aang, I will use you to get to him." He said sternly.