Chapter 3: Dawn of Danger
Okay, here is chapter three everyone. Also, when this story is finished, I'll start uploading my own Kataang oneshots as I've seen lots of other people doing it. I've already done two stories for the oneshots so far. Enjoy chap. 3!
The sun slowly rose from the horizon, turning the dark sky to a bright orange. The sound of Olympic's whistle woke Katara from her slumber. She looked around to find Aang still sleeping next to her. She smiled and kissed his cheek, while getting up and looked out the porthole. Much to her shock, she saw a harbor coming into view. She ran to her wardrobe, quickly putting her nurse clothing on to be ready for the troop transfer.
She ran over to Aang, shaking him awake. "Uh, what is it?" he asked groggily.
"Get up, Aang. We're coming to Queenstown. You've got to get ready now." No sooner had she said that, Aang was on his feet putting his clothes on as fast as he could. When he was ready, they both left the cabin and made a mad dash for the bridge.
Meanwhile…
"Where is first officer Aang?" Captain Marshall was getting impatient.
"…I-I'm here," he panted. "Sorry I'm late, Sir. I apologize."
"Well now that you're here, I want you to assist the medical staff with the transfer of the wounded troops."
"Yes, Sir," Aang said. He turned and quickly headed to meet up with the medical staff.
Aang found Katara and the rest of the medical staff at the doors to the ship. He stood next to her keeping an eye on the door. There was a jerk, signaling that the ship had stopped. About fifteen minutes passed then the doors opened, with crew members bringing in the wounded troops.
The nurses took the battle-injured soldiers to the infirmary, doing their best to comfort them. Katara was looking for someone who might need her assistance, and then she saw someone who did.
"Dad?!" She ran to her father in a stretcher, tears beginning to fill her eyes.
"Katara?"
"Yes Dad, it's me. What happened to you? Why are you here?"
"I got a broken leg on the front. I'm going to be out of battle for awhile."
"Well, where's Sokka? Is he hurt too?"
"He got hurt helping me, but he's here. And he should be all right too." Aang watched as Katara and other nurses took her dad to the infirmary.
Later, in the infirmary……
Katara buried her face in Aang's uniform, crying softly. She didn't want to accept the fact that her father had been injured. It was just too much. Aang did everything he could to comfort her, trying not to cry himself. The doctor had informed Hakoda that he and his son would have to be returned to Southampton as soon as possible. "Katara, don't be so hard on yourself. You didn't know they'd get hurt. It can happen to anyone in a war."
"I know," she said calming down somewhat. "But I just can't stop thinking about what could've happened to them. They could've died. I could be all alone right now."
"You're not alone. You've got me with you. You'll always have me around, Katara." Katara smiled and kissed Aang on the lips.
"Um, not to interrupt but can I have a word with you two?" Hakoda's voice sounded from the other end of the room. Katara and Aang blushed, pulling away from each other. They walked to Hakoda's bedside, Katara putting a hand on her father's.
"Seems like you two are quite the couple."
"Oh well dad, Aang and I we're uh……" she stared at Aang for a moment.
"What? You two are a couple, aren't you?" Katara thought for a minute. She looked at Aang and smiled.
"Of course we're a couple, Dad. Why wouldn't we be?" Aang smiled at her.
"Well, where's your brother?" Katara gave an exasperated sigh.
"He's over there," she pointed to the other end of the room.
"Are you sure you're not an angel?" Sokka asked Suki, still clinging to her.
"Sokka I already told you, I'm just a nurse. Can you let me go now?"
"I don't want to let go of you. I could hold onto you forever," he said.
Katara smiled. She went over to help Suki escape her brother's grip. Aang and Hakoda started laughing as they watched Katara trying to free Suki from Sokka. Aang stopped laughing when he saw an officer enter. "Hey, Aang."
"Hey, Thomas." Aang brought him to Hakoda's bedside. "Hakoda, this is my cousin, Thomas. Thomas, this is Hakoda, Katara's father." Thomas smiled and held out his hand.
"Nice to meet you, Sir," said Thomas. Hakoda shook his hand.
"It's nice to meet you too, Thomas. I must say I had no idea Aang had a cousin who worked on this ship as well."
"Well, we've lived together for years; we wanted to work together in this war."
"Sokka let Suki go!!! She's not an angel!! Just let… her… GO!!!" With a final yank, Katara managed to free Suki from her brother's hands. Katara and Suki walked over to the others.
"Come on, Aang. Let's get out of here before my brother strangles Suki." She took Aang by the hand and they headed for the door. Aang wasn't so sure though.
"Don't worry Aang. I'm taking over for you this evening. Go and be with Katara."
Aang smiled at his cousin. "Thanks, Thomas. You're the best."
"I know, I get that a lot."
Aang and Katara walked out the doors of the infirmary and left for the cabin.
And so ends chapter 3. So, what do you think? Awesome? Horrible? Leave a review, and I'll work on chapter 4 soon. Also Watertribefreak148 generously responded to my request for a cover so hopefully we should see a nice cover page soon. Once it's done, I'll post the link to it on my profile, so you all can get to it and see it from there. Stay tuned for chapter 4!
