Chapter Four
Isa knew of the earthbending master Toph and her ability to feel vibrations so she stayed up in her tree where she couldn't send vibrations through the ground. She grabbed the rock she'd been carrying and threw it a few yard away and waited for the appropriate time to strike.
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Toph was training Aang hard all day and she had to admit he was getting a little better. She was completely focused on the task at hand until she felt vibrations come from the trees to the right of where they were practicing. Toph turned to where she felt the vibrations from and yelled "Who's there?"
Aang stopped what he was doing and Katara got up from where she was sitting to look in the direction which Toph was interrogating. No one responded so they went to the area to check to see if someone was there or if Toph felt a false alarm which would have been weird because Toph never felt a false alarm.
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Isa saw three of the kids go to the area where she'd thrown the rock. She smiled to herself as she thought about how perfectly her plan worked; she was now only a few yards away from the avatar which made it nearly impossible to miss. And with the swift flick of her thumb she sent the tag flying towards her target.
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The kids looked around trying to see what made the vibrations but it seemed as if nothing was there. They were about to leave when Aang turned around to face where the woman Isa sat in her tree, he sensed her presence but couldn't see her. Until all of a sudden Aang yelled out pain and grabbed his left shoulder.
"Aang!" Katara yelled as she ran to his side and caught him before he collapsed, "What happened?"
"There's someone...in the trees," he said before slipping out of consciousness.
Toph was still standing close to them feeling for any vibrations and Katara looked around in the tree tops half expecting to see Jet, which, she reminded herself, would have been ridiculous considering they were no where near where Jet and his freedom fighters lived. Instead they both saw a woman jump down from a branch and land in front of them with one hand on her hip looking half bored.
"Who are you? What did you do to Aang?" Katara asked holding Aang close to her. She knew that this woman must be after the avatar, and also the one who was responsible for whatever was happening to Aang.
"I am here for the avatar," she stated confirming Katara's beliefs.
Toph immediately started sending boulders flying towards Isa who dodged them easily. Katara picked up Aang and tried to loose the woman in the forest and hoped to get a head start with Toph holding her off. She'd been moving as fast as she could to where Appa was but couldn't move very quickly considering she was carrying a 12 year old boy who was a lot heavier than he looked considering he was probably all muscle.
After about five minutes she started to wonder what it was that Aang was hit with and if he was going to be ok. Her thoughts were interrupted when she was hit hard on the back of the head and everything went black.