Prince Zuko had never been my favorite person in the world. I mean, why would he be. He's been chasing us down and been trying to kill us since we started this little journey. Would he be your favorite person? I doubt it. But, to be honest, I have never been happier to see him before in my life.
He was still standing in a defensive stance, like he was about ready to shoot another fireball at Jet. While said man slowly got up from the ground and turned to face Zuko fully. It seemed like they were both having an intense stare-down. Both of them were shooting daggers at each other through their eyes while I was still behind the tree waiting for someone to do something.
"Is there something that I can help you with, sir? I was kind of in the middle of something" Jet said finally breaking the deafening silence. It seemed like he was starting to take a few steps back, which is when I just realized that I was closer to him than I was to Zuko. If he took about five large steps backwards then he would be right next to me.
Fear quickly rose in my chest at just the thought of being that close to Jet and I desperately tried to find an escape route. The closet tree to me was about six feet away, if I tried to run towards it either Zuko would scorch me or Jet would get me before I could get there. If I tried to run back to camp, the same outcome could happen. If I tried to fight back, I'd get beaten in an instant. No matter what I try to do, it won't benefit me in any way possible.
"I'm afraid that you're plans are going to have to be cancelled. I need that water tripe peasant to help track down an old friend of mine. You understand, don't you?" He said, voice dripping with sarcasm. Great, so Jet wants to rape me and Zuko wants me to get to Aang. Gee, both sound so great I don't know which one to pick.
"I'm afraid I can't do that" Jet said, as he was still backing up towards me. "You see, we have some unresolved business and I was just finishing up with him. Give me about twenty more minutes and he's all yours-"
Jet was silenced by another fireball being shot right next to him, stopping him in his tracks. I looked over at Zuko who looked like he was about ready to shoot another one right at Jet's face.
"I would appreciate it if you didn't move around when I'm talking" he said bitterly. Jet, who had slightly flinched when the fireball appeared next to him, straightened up and darkened his glare at Jet, which Zuko happily returned.
Honestly, they both looked really frightening and if it wasn't for the fact that they were arguing about which one is going to get to me first, I would have sworn that they forgot about me. I was beginning to think that they were about to start a fight with how hard they were glaring at each other.
Jet took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, and slowly turned around to point his vicious glare at me. I won't admit this later, so you guys are lucky, but that look really scared the crap out of me. I let out a very unmanly squeak and I unconsciously hid more behind the tree.
"Another time then, dear Sokka. I don't really want to get into trouble with the firenation*. Goodbye for now" he said before doing some kind of bird whistle. Next thing I knew, an arrow came whistling through the air and landed directly in front of Jet. The arrow then exploded making a cloud of smoke form around Jet. I knew exactly what had just happened. That bastard probably had Longshot hiding in a tree somewhere and used him as an escape. Sure enough, after the smoke disappeared Jet was no where to be seen. Leaving just me and Prince Zuko. Oh crap.
Zuko seemed a bit confused at what just happened and I tried to use that moment to sneak away from the scene. I turned around and tried to tip-toe away, but I didn't get very far.
"Where do you think you're going?" Zuko said in a cold voice. I froze instantly, turning around and giving him a sheepish smile. He, however, didn't seem very amused by this. In fact, I think it just made him more angry at me.
"Oh, no where, I was just trying to put as much distance between me and you" I said as I started backing up some more. His face darkened more and I could have sworn that I heard a growl come from him.
It was at that moment that some firenation guards showed up and roughly grabbed my arms, and started to force me to walk. Now, as you all know, I could have easilngshoty taken this guys out with my amazing warrior skills. But, I didn't want to kill them, so I allowed them to take me prisoner. I saw Zuko have an amused look on his face as I was boarded on his ship. Smug bastard. The fact that these firenation freaks were man-handling me, didn't make my situation any better. Where were these guys coming from anyway? First Longshot, now these guys. Where in the hell have they been hiding this whole time?
I struggled to get away from the guards but their grip was like iron. They dragged me to their ship and hauled me aboard. I heard the steel door shutting behind us and I desperately tried to turn around to get one last glimpse outside. I only managed to see the top of some trees and the clear blue sky before the door closed all the way. And I became prisoner to Prince Zuko.
Not exactly my fantasy of a good day, but at least they didn't get Aang and Katara. And if that no good, fire bending, assface, prince thinks that I am going to say where they are, then he really needs to get his brain checked.
As the guards took me to where ever it was that they were taking me, I managed to get a good look at the ship. I'd like to think that I have a pretty good memory, so when I manage to escape, I'll already know the way back to the front of the ship. There was also another guard that passed us and went into what looked like a weapon room. That could prove to be useful. Despite what I thought, there weren't many other guards in the hallway, which means that I could sneak out of here pretty easily. And just in case a guard does appear, I've already spotted out about ten different hiding spots. They were about ten feet apart, so I'd have to act fast if I saw a guard.
After a minute or so, we finally got to the cells where I would be staying. Man, did they ever look cozy. A guard that was already there opened the cell and the other two that were holding onto my arms threw me in, none to gently, might I add. I landed on my right arm which really hurt it, but I was sure I would get better after a while. The door shut behind me and I was left alone.
I looked around at my surroundings. It wasn't your usual metal bars cage thing. No, I was surrounded by steel walls with no window or anything. The door also seemed to be of steel and there was a tiny slot at the bottom of the door, which I assumed was to give me food. There was a futon laying against the wall on the side of the room. It didn't look very comfy nor did it actually have a pillow.
I instantly got to work at finding a way out. I looked around the room for anything that I could use to my advantage. A loose screw or something in the walls. And apparently, luck was on my side, because I did in fact find a screw that was looser than the other. I quickly pulled it out all the way and tried the rest of the screws. I only managed to find four screws that would come out but that's all I needed. They were all about three inches long but they still looked sharp enough. The trick now was getting the guard in here. Do you think he would fall for the whole sick prisoner thing? Maybe, but I shouldn't do it now. They're probably expecting me to try and escape so they'll be ready. Not to mention, if I tried to fake like I was sick the first ten minutes I was here then they'd defiantly get suspicious. I should wait until they give me my first meal, that way I can act like I got food poisoning or something. I nodded to myself as I thought this through, it seemed like a good enough plan to me and I am the master of plans. I was on my way out of here.
Hello everyone. Are you mad at me for taking so long with this chapter? I'm sorry, I don't have an excuse. Anyway, updates should actually be faster because I moved to a new house and I got faster internet. Yay! Also, the italics were giving me some trouble, I'm pretty sure that I fixed it but just in case, if you see any words in italics, they are not supposed to be like that. I can't remember if it showed what the cells looked like in Zukos ship in the show and if it did, I can't remember what they looked like. So, I just guessed.
*I know that when Jet and Zuko first met in the show, Jet didn't know that Zuko was in the firenation, but that was because he went on his little strike thing. I assume that if they met before that, Jet would have known because he's still in his uniform.
The next chapter is going to be in Zuko's POV. It will just retell how he got into the woods and how he found Jet and Sokka and what he was feeling. We may even see him get a little jealous because of Jet, so that should be fun. Anyway, it's 11:55 here as I post this, so for anyone who reads it after midnight:
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope you all have a fantastic day and year.
