Chapter 2
The four friends were huddles up in a room, staring at a big map of the four nations.
"So, from there, we attack over here…And send the troops down that way." Katara explained, pounding her fist into the palm of her opposite hand.
"But, what if we don't make it? Or we get held up?" Ty Lee questioned.
Silent Jet suddenly spoke up out of nowhere, "No. That is not going to happen, you don't understand, do you? We can't afford to make a mistake."
Ty Lee huffed and sat back down, "Humph. I was just making a statement." She snickered, wrinkling her nose.
"People, people!" Katara clapped, her voice strong and serious, "Cut it out!"
The two turned to face Katara and bowed their heads, "Sorry."
She nodded back at them, her face grim, "Guys, this is serious," She said, her voice softening, "We want to win, don't we? We want to rule, right? Well, we have to work for that, and this is what it leads up too."
Jet scowled at Katara, "How could I have ever let you lead me into this?"
Katara turned toward him and frowned, "You know why."
At 6:00 pm Katara, Jet, Ty Lee, and Suki were gathered in the royal dining room with a plate full of food beside them.
Suki snickered, "I can't eat this all!"
Katara sighed, "You don't have too. Anyways, let's review our plan; I don't want anything going wrong."
The others nodded and faced Katara.
"So we split our army into four, two of us, Ty Lee and Jet, will go from the South and Suki and I will invade from the North. The palace is right about in the center, am I right? Well, the army will each go with us, all equally divided. We shall push the forces back until they are forced to retreat, then we shall make our way into the palace. Once there we shall defeat all the others until we get to the Princess, we'll seize her and take her as our captive, making the Northern Water Tribe ours…For the taking." Her eyes glowed bright and dangerous as she said this, making her inner, yet deadly, beauty come out.
It was early in the morning, about 3:00, and the four had been summoned from their chambers; the attack was beginning
They bordered the hot air balloons from which they would be landing from, so many soldiers and transportation devices where there, it was like a swarm of bees or mosquitoes.
Katara's hair shone darkly and her eyes were wide with determination, we cannot fail, kept repeating in her head.
Then, an hour or so, though it seemed like merely a second, they had landed, and the attack was on.
"Let's move!" Yelled Katara; as loud as her voice could muster. Suki and she began to move, fast and swiftly, knocking down everyone in their path.
A guard suddenly came up from behind, shocking Suki as she prepared to strike.
"Suki!" Cried Katara, and as fast as her arms could move struck water at the guard.
He screamed in defeat, giving her the perfect change to freeze him, "You stay right there where you belong." She gritted her teeth, and then turned, her chestnut hair swerving in his face. She grabbed Suki's hand and in a commanding yet supporting tone declared, "Let's move."