Another chapter! I'm sorry it's so short again but that's what happens sometimes. I'll try and make the next ones a little longer.
"So what are we going to do?" Katara asked, panicking.
"I'm working on it…"
Aang placed his hand on the floor and felt around.
"You can't metal bend, Aang."
Aang nodded and smiled. "I have an idea. First we're going to need some water."
The two looked around the cell and across at the others in the prison. Katara's eyes widened and she pointed ahead of them across the hall in front of the other cell.
"There! A cup of water. But what are you going to do?"
"You'll see."
Aang bended the water out of the glass and over to them. He then froze the water around Katara's cuff on her right wrist.
"Now smash it against the cell wall."
Bewildered, Katara looked at her husband. "What?"
"Just do it."
She took a deep breath in and smashed her wrist against the wall as instructed.
"Ow!" Katara cradled her wrist in her hand and looked down at it. The cuff was gone. It had shattered and fallen to the floor. "Wh- why'd it break? It's metal."
"It's not pure metal," Aang answered. "It's a mixture of glass and metal and if you freeze it, the structure inside becomes tight and fragile. So if you smash it against something it'll shatter."
Katara smiled. "Okay, Mr. Scientist. How are we going to get out, though? We don't have any more water."
The couple froze as they heard footsteps coming down the hall. Katara quickly swept the broken cuff away with her hand behind her and hid her wrist with her arm.
"Now what?" Katara whispered.
Aang watched as the guard walked in carrying a large bowl. A small bit of water dropped out of the side as he wobbled back and forth along the ground. Aang smirked and leaned towards Katara.
"I need you to freeze his hands and feet together with the water in that bowl he's carrying. Then I'll try and figure something out but for now we need to get this goon out of the way."
Katara nodded and concentrated on her mission. She took out her free hand and moved it up and down like a wave. The water in the large bowl began to move.
"Are you back there!?" a voice called out.
Katara stopped her bending and hid her arm again underneath her left one. The man turned his head and responded. Aang nudged his wife.
"He's distracted," he whispered. "You can do this."
Katara nodded and started bending the water again. She moved it around the man's arms and hands and froze it.
"What the-?" the soldier looked down at his hands and then over to Katara and Aang. "You two are in big trouble!"
The girl quickly bounded the man's feet and head in ice. Aang looked at her.
"Head?"
"So he can't speak."
"Good plan." Aang looked around the cell.
Katara bended the rest of the water out of the bowl and placed it around Aang and her bindings. With a few painful smashes, the two were free from their cuffs.
"I don't know how to get us out though, Katara. I can't find any more water."
Katara looked behind her, eyes lighting up.
"Aang look! The window! It's raining!"
"Perfect!"
Aang knocked on the window just above their heads. 'Glass.' He smashed his hand through the glass and winced. Katara glared at him.
"That was stupid."
Aang smiled sweetly. "You can heal it, right?"
Katara rolled her eyes. "I need you to help me freeze the gate to the cell. Then we can break through it."
"Are you sure you want to do that? I mean, what about…?"
"Aang, the baby will be fine, don't worry. We just need to get out."
The Avatar nodded in agreement and got into stance. A large stream of water was bended into the cell by the two benders and the gate was soon frozen. Aang looked over to his wife.
"Are you ready for this?"
She nodded and took in a deep breath only to let it out slowly.
"Ready."
"Okay, five…four-."
"I think they're in this cell back here," another voice called from the hall around the corner.
Katara and Aang looked at each other, horrified.
"Threetwoonego!" Katara whispered.
The two ran forward and slammed against the cell gate, shattering the bars sending them flying into the hallway. Katara groaned.
"You okay?"
She nodded and slowly began to stand up. Then right in front of them, someone they never expected to see. Not at the Western Air Temple that is.
"Ah, Avatar. What an honor it is to see you again. I see you've already managed to destroy my cell. That didn't take you as long as I thought it would."
"I thought you were at the Boiling Rock?" Aang growled.
"Yes, well my brother and Miss Priss's brother here proved to me that escaping that prison is quite simple."
Katara glared at the woman before her. Then her heart sank as she remembered what she had thought the previous night. The Dai Li couldn't do anything to anyone without Azula. But here she was- standing right in front of them ready to strike at any disapproving move. That's when Katara knew that nothing was going to go smoothly within the next few hours. Even breathing could threaten her existence and the one of the child inside of her. That's why she surrendered.
A/N: Oooo cliffhanger!! Haha I'm mean I know. -beyondthesettingsun
