Found each other
Chapter 3 – Jumped
"Emmm…" Katara groans in the morning light that shoots down on her face. She wakes up, waking Zuko up, too.
Opening their eyes, they found out that they were hugging each other because it was too cold in the night.
"Ah!" Moving backwards, blush running over their faces.
Awkward silence spreads between them. They two staring at each other, eyes wide opens. Zuko was just about to say something. The metal door opens. 2 guards come in with a wicked smile on their face. Zuko and Katara both know that this smile represents something bad is going to happen. The 2 guards grabbed Katara's arm and ignoring Zuko.
"Hey!" Katara tries to escape, but of course, she can't fight 2 men's gripe.
"Where do you two think you're taking her?" Zuko rushes in front of the 2 guards and narrows his eyes, asking with a low tone.
"We got orders from The Fire Lord, he said that we should give this water tribe girl some pain." Saying with a cruel smile.
"She did nothing!" Zuko yells at the 2 guards, and that yell made the other prisoners look at them.
"She is helping the avatar, and that is a very big crime!" One of the guards says, and then pushes Zuko out of the way.
"Zuko, help!" Katara turns her head to Zuko's direction, trying to get away from the guards. Zuko rushes towards her, but then guards caught him.
"Eh!" Katara groans, she fells to the ground. Breathing heavily, she turns around to the guards. The guards start to walk towards her slowly, with a creepy smile on their face.
Katara looks around; saw a bucket of water on her side that was suppose to be used for cleaning the floor. She moves her arms and starts to bend the water. Then forming a water circle in front of her.
Not a lot of prisoners here saw water bending before, so they all gasp when they saw that beautiful blue water circle. But the guards all seem to be use to that, and they keep on walking towards her. Katara starts to walk backwards, fear filling her eyes. She moves her arms again, splashing water on to the guards' feet and freezing them. But, of course it wouldn't work. Katara knows that they will heat up the water until it's all gone, so she bends the water again, keeping them beside her. When she was just about to slap the guards with the water, she heard a groan. She turns her head to the place where that groan comes from. Zuko…
There was 2 guards hitting him with metal pieces, blood starts to come up like a little stream. Katara's eyes widened; knowing that he will be more sick if he is kept on been hit. So, she wipes the 2 guards beside Zuko, took their attention. Then, using the last bit of water to freeze Zuko's feet.
Zuko's eyes widened [Why? Why is she saving me?] Looking at her with confusion, but that didn't help. The 2 guards start to walk towards her, and he saw. He saw her eyes closes with desperation. She and he know that this time, she will have a lot of scares.
Zuko tries to get up, but he couldn't. He turns around and saw the ice that is freezing his feet. [She didn't want me to come save her?]
"Shit…" Zuko curses, wanting to heat up the water. But then, he feels a strong hand on his shoulder. He looks up; seeing a man that seems like a prisoner.
That prisoner shakes his head and said:
"Do not use fire bending, if you do, the situation will get worse. She will get beaten up even more. And you, my friend, will go into the cooler. That's no fun." He then turns his head, looking at Katara with pity involved in his eyes.
Yeah, Zuko shouldn't use fire bending. Zuko frowns, and he looks at Katara with apology. [I am sorry Katara…]
"Ah…" Katara groans and moves around, trying to move away from the guards…
That morning, no one could help her. The only one that hates himself for not helping her is lying beside her. Trying not to hear the yelling and groaning that coming out of her mouth.