Hey guys, so as promised heres the next chapter!. It also happens to be extra long.
"Sokka, I don't know. I feel like this is a bad idea." Ty Lee murmured, a worried look overcame her face. She knew how powerful Azula was and how dangerous it would be for the both of them if they disobeyed her.
Seeing how nervous she was becoming, Sokka grabbed Ty Lee's shaking hands, and held them in his own. "It's going to be alright." He said confidently to reassure her.
"Here's the plan. You are going to distract the guard, while I sneak up behind him, and hit him over the head with my boomerang. From there we are going to need to make our way down the central engine unit; in there, there's a discreet exit where the fumes from the airship can escape. We are just small enough to get through."
Ty Lee looked perplexed, "And then what?" She inquired.
Sokka turned to look at her, "Then, we jump."
"Jump! Are you crazy? What makes you think that we will survive the fall. You do know we are in an airship that's hundreds of feet of the ground right!" Ty Lee's face was flushed.
"Since I've been here I've been tracking our location. We started in Ba Sing Se, and since then we've been moving due west at an approximate speed of 55 miles and hour. According to my calculations we should still be over ocean. If we jump into the water we just might have a chance."
Ty Lee's eyes widened at his intuitive response. "Wow, your cute AND smart!" She said in a giggling voice, as though she had suddenly forgotten how worried she had been a minute ago.
"Ok, let's do this. We need to do this quickly and quietly. No one can know we are missing until we are safely off the airship." Sokka whispered. Her eyes shone bright. He knew she was counting on him to get her out of here safely.
Ty Lee quietly unlocked his gate with her key.
Ty Lee left the cell, and turned her attention to the guard down the hall. "Well hey there cutie!" Ty Lee winked flirtatiously at the guard. "What's your name?"
"Uh…uhhhh. Madame I think it would be best if you left me to my duties." Said the guard, trying to conceal his intense blushing.
Sokka rolled his eyes, and seeing that the guard was thoroughly distracted, he crept down beside him on his hand and knees, and slowly withdrew his trusty boomerang.
"Kabang!" He yelled, as he hit the guard over the head, and the man fell unconscious to the floor.
"Shhhhh! Said Ty Lee.
Sokka smiled. "Nice work, but did you really have to flirt with one of the guards!" He taunted.
"Why are you jealous?" She smirked, eying him up and down.
"Noo!" Sokka replied, trying to conceal his true feelings for her. Wait…feelings? Did he really care for this girl that much. To be honest Sokka wasn't sure if what he was feeling was jealousy. He was just kidding after all, but it did make him mildly uncomfortable to say the least.
Ty Lee changed the subject, feeling it was the wrong time and the wrong place for such a discussion. "Nice work to you too, but did you really have to yell when you hit him. This is supposed to be a stealthy mission." She teased back.
Sokka ignored her comment. "Come on, we need to go this way." He pointed, and they began to run in that direction. They had almost made it down the engine room, when the sharply turned a corner, only to physically bump into a body. They looked up.
"Well, well well. What do we have here? Asked a familiar voice. Could it be? The circus freak and the water peasant making an escape?" Azula asked coldly.
Her voice shifted to a more vicious and aggressive tone as her demon-like eyes stared at Ty Lee. "I had never imagined this from you, Ty Lee. Maybe other, but I never thought you would be the one to betray me."
Ty Lee stood there in silence, looking down at the ground in fear and slight shame.
"And you! Peasant… Who do you think you are! You are just a good for nothing vermin. What makes you think that you can defy me! Defy my orders! You will both suffer the consequences." She shot them a quick evil smile.
Heat began to radiate off of Azula's body as her temper worsened. Sparks flew up around her, and flames quickly light the once dark and dingy hallways. You could swear they saw flames form in her eyes, and she pointed her two fingers, and began to conduct lightening at her fingertips.
She took aim, at Sokka, knowing Ty Lee was most likely agile enough to dodge her attack with ease. Lucky for him, Sokka managed to fling himself out of harms way, however Azula began created another.
Sokka was forced to thing quickly. They needed to escape immediately before it was too late, and one of them was dead. He looked to his right to find a window, and he saw the water underneath them, whose surface reflected a bright full moon. "Yue, if you are here with me right now, I could really use your help." He mumbled.
Sokka grabbed Ty Lee's hand, and swiftly lead her in the direction of the window. He saw a chance, and took a risk, knowing it was the only option. "Hold on!" He yelled, as the two of them crashed into the glass, and began to plummet towards the ocean water below.
Ty Lee tightly clung onto him, as he held her by the waist.
A wave of water, came up to meet them half way, and there fall was shortened, making the pain much more bearable. They had survived the impact!
They made their way to the water's surface, and coughed up the salty water that had filled their lungs.
Sokka looked up at the moon feeling reassured and thankful. "Thank you, Yue." He said smiling.
Ty Lee overheard his comment, but decided not to say anything about it, at least for the time being.
Back on the airship, Azula became infuriated. She was in utter disbelief that they had actually escaped. She addressed the rest of her fleet. "Guards we are landing as soon as we hit land, and we are searching for the prisoners. "She demanded sharply.
"But, Princess. At the height in which they fell, there is no way that they could have survived such an ordeal." He replied.
"That may be true, but we can never be too sure. Something tells me that they are alive." She said, her face finally seeming skeptical and concerned for once in her life.
Sokka and Ty Lee had began their slow swim back to shore. There bodies were quite sore and tired, but it was nothing compared to what could have happened.
"Finally!" Sokka said gasping for air as they arrived at the shore. "Nice, dry, lovely grass land." He panted, sprawling himself out In the tall blades of grass. "I never thought I'd be so happy to see dirt again!" He explained overdramatically, tears practically welling up in his eyes.
Sokka's joy was short lived, as a gust of wind came by, and they both shivered. Their clothes were soaked, and the cold air wasn't helping.
"We should probably find a change of clothes. We will catch a cold if we keep wearing these wet ones." Sokka said as he took off his sopping wet T-shirt. His chest was exposed, and his slender body and toned muscles were in clear view.
Seeing this, Ty Lee turned to face another direction, blushing slightly, embarrassed and uncomfortable
"Ok, your turn." He said jokingly.
"Haha, very funny Sokka." She replied.
"Ok, you stay here, I'm going to go try to find you some new clothes ok? Stay put, I'l be right back."
She agreed.
Sokka scoured the woods for something. Anything really. Eventually he stumbled across a house that hand a blanket hanging outside on the clothing line. "This will have to do." He thought, as he turned to return to the anxious girl who awaited him.
When he finally got back to their camp, he saw Ty Lee shivering. "Hey." He said tapping her on the shoulders. He showed her the blanket, "This was all I could find." He told her.
"Well, its better than nothing." She replied grabbing the blanket. Can you stand guard over here?" She pointed.
Ty Lee took a few steps further into the woods, and hid behind a tree, as she began to take off her wet top, leaving herself exposed.
"Don't look!" She pleaded innocently, referring to Sokka.
Of course this comment only made him want to look more, and reminded him that he SHOULD be looking. His glance shifted to the corner of his eyes where the girl was. He just wanted to make sure she was safe…
Sokka shook his head as his glance darted away quickly, reminding himself of the word that Ty Lee had just said.
So I hope you all enjoyed. I'm not sure just how long I want to make the story. What do you think, keep it short and sweet, or continue very slow paced. Also any ideas as to what should happen next? Thanks.
