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I do not own Avatar:TLA now that that's out of the way…..To chapter 7!
Suki P.O.V
"Come on girls keep up" I hollered over my shoulder It early the sun had just rose and we had to get up to our run before practice. Asami was the only girl awake enough to stay right beside me, she was the first one up every morning, she loved the mornings, I for one hate the mornings, the sun shines in your eyes, your sleep is cut short-before I could finish my thoughts I was interrupted
"Hey Suki.. what's that?" Asami asked while pointing to a pile on the beach.
" I don't know but we're going to find out." I replied while forcing my legs to go faster. The closer I got the more I noticed that it wasn't anything that I thought it would be….far from it. There were two people on the shore one a girl and the other a boy. The girl had her arms wrapped around him and her face buried in his chest. When I arrived at the couple I notice it wasn't any girl but…Katara, Sokka's sister!
"Katara?" I asked but received no reply.
"Katara!" I shouted while shaking her…. But I still received no reply
"MIYAKO! Sora! Carry Katara to the healing hut!" I shouted as two girls with long, Brown hair came forward. Just as I was about to turn and carry the boy I heard a gasp.
"It's him." Mio whispered as I looked down I saw for the first time what the boy looked like, I recognized him... the boy that burned our village.
"Take him to the cells Mio" I answered as I turned around and followed the girls carrying Katara. Why was she with him? I couldn't help but wonder.
Katara P.O.V
As I opened my eyes and focused of the area around me I noticed that I wasn't on the beach and more. Where am I? I thought to myself, Then the events of yesterday came back. Zuko coughing up blood, him dying, drowning in his own blood….
"ZUKO!"
"Katara! You're finally awake!" I turned my head but I didn't see Zuko, I saw...
"Suki!" I shouted, I hadn't seen her in awhile. I watched as she ran to me and pulled me in a bone crushing hug.
"Su…Suki..Ca…Can't breathe!"
"Opps! Sorry!" she replied as she pulled back
"Where am I?"
"hmm…Oh! You're at the healing hut, We were on our morning run when we found you.
"Can you tell me why you were collapsed on the beach?" She questioned
"The beach? The beach! Where's Zuko! Suki where is he!" I shouted I was so caught up in seeing Suki again I completely forgot about Zuko.
"Who?" she asked
"The boy I was with! Tall, messy black hair, a scar across his left eye?"
"Oh him, he's here." I was so happy that Zuko was ok, that I didn't hear the venom dripping in her words.
"oh good, can…" but I was interrupted by my stomach letting out a large grumble.
"You must be hungry" Suki said before she went into a fit of giggles.
"Come on we'll go to the dining hall." She said while fighting off another round of laughter. As we walked I saw many people I saw on my last visit here and some new faces.
"So how long was I out?" I asked bringing the older girl from her thoughts
"Hmmm…. Oh four days." She replied of handedly, I stopped
"Four days? Four days!" I yelled gaining attention from some of the by passers.
"Yep, you must have been real tired! Oh were here!" we walked in and I piled my plate full of food and dug in, when I had finished about half the plate I looked up to see Suki trying to hold in another fit of laughter.
"what's so funny?" I asked, after swallowing my mouth full of food
"Yo….You look…..You looked just like your brother!" she got out before she went into laughter again, after a while I got done scolding her and laughed along with her. Not being hungry anymore I grabbed my plate and dumped the leftovers.
"So, can I see Zuko now?" I questioned while looking ahead not able to see her features darken.
"I suppose… come on." After walking in the direction we came from, Suki turned on a dirt path going through the forest, a path that I didn't remember from the last time I had visited. After walking for about ten minutes the path broke into a clearing, in that clearing was a decent sized building. But it didn't look right not like a house but….a prison. When we reached the door I saw another Kyoshi warrior. As Suki walked up the girl took out a set of keys and unlocked the door, my heart dropped to my stomach. It was a prison!
Why would the put Zuko here? I thought as we made our way to the back of the prison as Suki stopped at the second to last cell. When I looked in it took all my self-control not to scream out, there in the cell was Zuko. He looked awful! His head was to his chest, his skin a ghostly pale even in the low light, he looked….almost dead.
"Suki! Open the cell!" I ordered, she looked at me before she replied
"Why?"
"Suki. Open… The… Cell! I ordered the anger creeping into my voice, my eyes narrowing. Suki fearing for her well being, grabbed the keys and unlocked the cell. As soon as there was enough space for me to fit through I ran dropping to his side.
"Zuko?" I whispered with no response
"Zuko can you hear me?" I asked and gently lifted his chin to look at his face, but as soon as I grabbed him I let out a gasp, barely stopping myself from dropping him. He was burning up even for a fire bender. I slowly brought his head to my lap and laid him down stroking his hair from his face.
"Suki… have you been giving him water?" I said my voice shaking from suppressed anger.
"No."
"And why not?" I asked
"Why should he get any!"
"Because he's HUMAN!"
"He burned our village, Katara!"
"Tara?" I heard a weak voice, my head shot down. Zuko had his eyes open but they were unfocused and glazed over.
"Hey Zuko" I said while stroking his cheek
"Tara you gotta run she'll be here." he whispered his voice filled with panic
"Shhh…Who's coming Zuko?" I answered
"Azula! She's gonna hurt you, she told me! You got to run! He yelled
"shhhhh…." I replied moving the hair from his eyes.
"you…gotta..run..sh.." he whispered before dropping into unconsciousness. Why was it him who always came into the situations? I asked myself before snapping my head up.
"Suki you have five minutes, if you don't have water you're going to wish you were never born. I said with a glare. If looks could kill…. I watched as the color drain from her face, then she turned and ran.
"Zuko? Wake up, I'm getting some water." I watched as his eyes slowly opened
" Hey Tara. Where are…" but his question was cut short as he broke into a coughing fit and rolled over, only to vomit on the floor. When he finished he fell to the floor, his breathing harsh and irregular. I moved the short distance to him and pulled his head back to my lap, where he fell unconscious once more. As I looked at his face I noticed how his cheeks had started to hollow out, they hadn't been feeding him either. At this realization I broke into tears, while I had been eating as much as possible, he had been here on a stone floor starving and dehydrating to death. After awhile Suki came in with a bucket full of water. With a heated glare I took it.
"Zuko? Wake up. Suki go get some food." With that she took off not wanting to face the wrath of an angry waterbender.
"Zuko?... I have some water…. Wake up, please?" finally he opened his eyes
"Hey Zuko I have some water, Can you sit up? I asked, he just laid there for a moment and I thought he hadn't heard me, but finally his eyes focused and he tried to sit up. Noticing his difficulty I helped him into a sitting position. After he had sat up, I picked up the bucket of water and brought it up to his lips. After a moment he grabbed it and started guzzling down the water.
"Zuko! Stop, you half to drink slowly." I hollered and grabbed the bucket.
"Sorry Tara, I'm just thirsty." He replied his voice rough
"I know." I sighed bringing the water to his lips once again. Once he finished I brought his head back to my lap and caress the hair from his face. Just as he had started to fall at sleep I heard voices and footsteps coming from down the hall. I looked up to see Suki and the other Kyoshi warriors standing there, narrowing my eyes I place Zuko's head as gently as possible on the ground. Fearing the worst is stood up and took a defensive position in front of Zuko.
Suki, what's going on? I asked preparing for a fight. There was no way I was letting Zuko be in any more pain..
Note: Oh no what's going to happen? Can anyone guess?
Well thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed I'll get the next chapter out soon!
