I stared in horror at the scene before me. The van was going down the road at about 100 mph down an abandoned road. I was confused, scared, and angry. It was dark, the only light coming from the front windows of the van, and the only sound was the guys driving and the guy to the left of me, a gun pointed at me.
Rested in my arms was my best friend, Ash. She had been hit. They shot her! twice. In the shoulder and the stomach. As if she needed any more pain in her life than what she's felt before! She was losing blood fast, and I tried to apply as much pressure as I could on her wounds, but it seemed…futile. I didn't know what to do! She was the one that knew how to deal with wounds, god knows she's had enough of them in her life time.
"She's loosing blood, Please!" I cried to the guy in front of me. He sneered at me.
"She doesn't look that bad. Now shut your mouth you little cunt," he hissed at me. I glared at him but turned my attention back to Ash. Her normally creamy skin was ghostly pale and yet cold and clammy. Sweat drenched her hair, and her face was scrunched up in pain.
"Please! If she fallen unconscious she might not wake up!" I begged again.
"SHUT UP!" He shouted, hitting me around the head with the back of his gun. I fell over, trying to shield Ash from the blow. I stared at the floor of the van, feeling warmth spread from my head down my face.
We were going to die. I didn't care about myself, I wanted Ash to be well. I wanted her to have a happy life. She deserves one. That's all I've ever wanted, for her to be happy.
That's when I noticed the knife that was under the drivers seat. It was in reach, I could get to it.
I could save her! Push her out the van or something, try to make it with her but if you can't just make sure she gets out! I let go of Ash for a moment, and quickly grabbed the knife, tackling the man with the gun. He was caught off guard and I knocked the gun out of his hand, it went off, crazing my shoulder in the process. The drivers turned at what the commotion was, hearing the gun shot. They lost control of the wheel at the sudden activity. We swerved off the road. We were on a stretch of road by a mountain, mid boarder of two states. We swerved off to the left.
And off the mountain side to the river, 300 feet bellow. As we fell the men all screamed. I let go of the knife, and took Ash's body in my arms, her small body clutching onto mine.
"I'm sorry…" I whispered into her hair as we approached the bottom of the gorge.
BANG! White light…then nothing.
Flying away from the Fire Nation ship on Appa, the Avatar and the Water tribe siblings were happy that they got away safe. Appa flew into the sky as the sun was setting, the sky being a pink/ peach colour.
"How did you do that? With the water! It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen!" Katara exclaimed, sitting cross legged on Appa's saddle.
"I don't know. I just sort of…did it…" Aang trailed off, sitting on the perch at the front of Appa's saddle, his glider in his lap. There was a paused before Katara spoke, feeling that the topic was sensitive for the young Airbender.
"…Why didn't you tell us you were the Avatar?" She asked gently. Aang looked at her, distressed.
"Because…" He looked away. "I never wanted to be…" he said in a quiet voice, looking over at the vast ocean. A cloud went over them, as an eerie silence came over the trio. Finally Katara spoke up again.
"but…Aang, the worlds been waiting for the Avatar finally to return and finally put an end to this war,"
"And how am I going to do that?" Aang asked without looking up.
"According to legend you need to first master Water, Earth then Fire, right?" She asked with a wry smile.
"That's what the monks told me," Aang said looking up from having his head bent.
"Well, if we go to the north Pole, you can master Waterbending," Aang picked up.
"We can learn it together!" Aang said with a big smile, getting excited by the prospect of training with the pretty water tribe girl.
"And Sokka, I'm sure you'll get to knock some Firebender heads on the way," Katara said, turning to get brother. He smiled lazily.
"I'd like that. I'd really like that." He said looking over at the sky.
"Then we're into his together!" She said.
"Alright, but before I learn Waterbending, we have some serious business to attend to." Aang said pulling out a scroll and lifting himself down on saddle level with the others, with a little bit of Airbending. He rolled out the scroll, revealing it to be a map. "Here, here, and here." he said pointing at three different places on the map.
"What's here?" Katara asked, pointing at one of the places.
"Here, we'll ride the hopping llama's, and waaaay," He twirled his finger for effect. "Over here, we'll surf on the backs of the giant Coy Fish," The siblings stared at the young Airbender with side eyes as he was talking. "Then over here we'll ride the Hog monkeys," Katara and Sokka exchanged worried looks. "They don't like people riding them, but that's what makes it fun!" He said with a wide glee filled smile.
The avatar and his new friends set off on they're journey to train the Avatar and save the world.
What none of them had noticed earlier that day though, was a flash of black then white light come from the sky, crashing to an ice berg near the camp of what remained of the Northern Water Tribe, with a sound so quiet and yet so loud that it shook you too your very core.