What if Jett didn't die under Lake Laogai?
Hold On To Me
We finally got through the Dai Li agents. We quickly rushed after Aang and Jett, who went after Long Fang. We ran down the hall to the dead end. Toph Earth Bend the door open.
"No!" I screamed in my head when I saw Jett lying on the floor by a huge rock. Long Fang had attacked him. Toph, Sokka, Smellerbee, Longshot, and I rushed over to Aang and Jett's side. I fell to my knees with my Water Bending glowing. I ran my hands over Jett's chest to inspect the damage. He had one crushed lung and his whole ribcage was shattered.
"This isn't good," I stated.
"You guys go and find Appa," Smellerbee told us, "We'll take care of Jett."
"We're not gonna leave you!" I protested.
"There's no time," Longshot said, "Just go. We'll take care of him. He's our leader."
"Don't worry, Katara," Jett looked at me, "I'll be fine." He gave me a assuring smile.
I felt tears in my eyes, "No, Jett, please..."
"You need to go, Katara," Jett told me.
"Jett's right, Katara," Sokka stated sympathetically. He placed a comforting hand on my trembling shoulder. "We have to go if we want to catch up to Long Fang," Sokka said.
"No!" I ripped my shoulder out of my brother's hand.
"Katara..." Jett began.
"No, Jett," I interrupted him. "I'm not going to leave you. I won't." I began to heal Jett's major wounds with my Sacred Water, the water I got from the oasis at the North Pole.
"Let's go," Aang said to everyone else.
"We'll meet you guys on the surface," Sokka told me. I nodded and then Aang ran out of the tunnel with Sokka and Toph. Smellerbee and Longshot stayed with me. Smellerbee sobbed as she ran a hand through Jett's thick brown hair.
"Katara..." Jett tried to speak, "Why are you...?"
"Shh," I shushed him gently. "Don't talk just try to relax, Jett. You're going to be fine," I told him as I continued to heal him.
"Why are you helping me?" Jett ignored me, "I thought you hated me."
"No, Jett, I don't hate you," I told him. "I never did. I was just angry and hurt."
"Oh," Jett said then finally became quiet.
The right side of Jett's ribcage was healed now; all was left the left side and his crushed lung.
(15 Minutes Later)
Jett was finally healed now. Me and Smellerbee helped Jett to his feet. "Jett..." I said.
"Yeah?" Jett turned to me. I threw my arms around the Freedom Fighter and hugged him to me. Jett wrapped his arms around me and hugged me back. "Thanks Katara," Jett said. "Katara, what's wrong?" Jett asked when he felt me shaking against him.
I looked up at him with tears streaming tears down my face, "I thought...When I saw you lying there...I thought that you were gonna die..."
"Shh," Jett soothed. "Dry cry honey. I'm all right now, thanks to you." I stood on my tip-toes and kissed him. Jett smiled against my lips and kissed me back.
FIN