***Chapter 8: Disaster Strikes (pt 3)***

NOTE: Last part of the chapter Disaster Strikes. This is the most intense part! XD

I do NOT own Avatar.

"Come on, Appa. We have to hurry." Aang urged his sky bison as they soured through the sky. Aang's loyal companion growled back obeying the order as he picked up his speed a little bit more. All Aang could think about was Katara facing the crazy powerful firenation princess alone. Sokka was feeling the stress himself as he sat silent in deep thought. His eye brows were furrowed and hand over his mouth as he looked out into the deep blue sky.

"I've never felt this out of control before.. I feel completely powerless.." Sokka admitted as he broke the long silence.

"I know what you mean.." Aang agreed. His whole soul ached inside of him with the fear of Katara possibly being hurt.

"What if we don't make it in time?" Sokka asked concern surfacing in his voice.

Aang squeezed his eyes shut, his eyebrows furrowed as he shook his head. "We will...we have to." A long silence followed Aang's reply as if his words hung heavily in the air.

"Uhh.. Aang?" Sokka broke the silence with a little bit of uneasiness in his voice.

"What?" Aang asked looking back at his best friend. Sokka pointed at a bag in the back of the saddle.

"Is it just me or is that bag... moving?" He asked not taking his eyes off the bag.

The bag squirmed a little as Aang cautiously walked up to it. Sokka grabbed his boomerang out of his belt as Aang bent down and untied the bag. The two boys jumped back in shock as a beautiful firenation girl fell out of the bag.

"OnJi? What are you doing here?" Aang asked completely taken back by the surprise stow away.

"Hi Aang, I overheard one of the guard's rumors about Azula coming to the Southern Watertribe, and I came along to help you. I knew you wouldn't let me if I asked... so I sort of... snuck on." OnJi answered standing up and dusting off her dress.

"Really now OnJi? We can't afford to have you getting hurt." Sokka stated as he looked at the girl in aggravation. "We already have to go save my little sister, and now we have to babysit you. You shouldn't have come."

"I'm not vulnerable, Sokka." OnJi remarked feeling annoyed at his comment.

"Oh really?" Sokka said sarcastically letting his stressed angered voice seep out.

"Yes, really." OnJi replied taking a deep breathe in order to keep her cool.

"There's nothing we can do about it now." Aang said with an exasperated sigh. "Just promise me you'll keep out of harms way. I don't want you getting hurt." Aang continued turning to the young girl.

"Aang... I can take care if myself in a fight. Trust me." OnJi remarked crossing her arms with a smirk on her face.

"Okay." Aang replied distractedly as he turned his back to them and stared out into the sky.

OnJi sat down sighing a little bit at the Avatar's lack of interest in her. "How far away is the Southern Watertribe anyway?" OnJi asked trying to start a conversation with the two men.

"We should be at there by dawn." Aang answered still looking intently at the sky.

"Oh.. Where are we going to camp for the night?" OnJi wondered still just trying to keep a conversation going.

"We're not! You will sleep right here on Appa's saddle. We have to get to the southern Watertribe as soon as possible. My sister is in D-A-N-G-E-R!" Sokka replied this time giving her an are-you-stupid look.

"The faster we get to the Southern Watertribe.. the better." Aang added with a deep sigh. 'Hold on Katara. I'm coming." The young Airnomad whispered out into the sky.

Lightening crackled exploding two feet away from Katara as she skillfully dogged the attack. Katara spun around creating a huge wave that she threw toward the crazed firebender. Azula who was still flying on her fire jets quickly dodged the water.

"Surely that's not the best you can do?" Azula mocked shooting two blue fireballs toward the waterbender. Katara counteracted the attack by flinging two huge waterballs into the flames. Katara then took the opportunity to create razor ice discs that she flung at Azula. Azula dodged every single one of them flinching a little when one disc flew a few inches away from her face. Katara then formed a huge rolling wave that hit into the unexpecting evil princess, knocking her to the floor.

"I'm just getting started." Katara replied in a confident tone.

Azula growled in anger as she jumped up dodging the waterblast Katara threw at her. Three huge flaming fireblasts circled around Katara as the waterbender quickly and gracefully flew over them using a waterwhip. Flipping backwards, Katara avoided another fireblast from the crazed royal pain. Katara quickly shot back with a powerful water blast that pushed Azula all the way across the southern Watertribe. The powerful waterbender used Azula's moment of weakness to her advantage by enveloping the princess in a circle of waves and froze it shut.

Katara then lashed a waterwhip at five soldiers who were surrounding her Dad. Grabbing the men with the waterwhip she pulled them to the ground where she froze them to the earth. Hakota smiled thankfully at his daughter then continued fighting the evil men.

"Katara look out!" Master Pakku warned shooting a powerful stream of water right behind Katara at a guard who was about to hurt her.

"Thanks Pakku." Katara said as she froze three soldiers up to their shoulders in a block of ice. Suddenly the frozen ice barrier that Azula was captured in exploded. An enraged princess ran out shooting multiple fireblasts with her fists and feet. Katara attempted to block all the blasts with an ice shield, but the last fireblast pierced through the barrier throwing Katara up against the ice wall. Azula screamed jumping in the air with a high pressured explosive blue flame in her right hand. Katara waterbended an ice pillar up from the ground hitting Azula straight in the abdomen. The waterbender then spun her left leg around and pushed another ice pillar from the wall hitting Azula in the chest causing her to fly into the side a house.

"You filthy pest." Azula hissed wobbling as she stood up. "You will pay for that!" Azula darted her eyes scanning the environment as if planning an evil scheme. With an evil smile Azula squatted her legs down and lifted her hands in the air causing a wall of flames to shoot up into the sky. Katara gasped as she quickly created a huge ice wall to keep everyone safe from the wall of flames. Azula jumped over the remains of the wet steaming water throwing more fireblasts at the tired waterbender. Katara blocked the attack by creating a water tornado around herself.

"You're not going to bring me down!" Katara yelled grabbing Azula around the waist with a waterwhip and slamming her into the wall. Azula looked up from where she was on her knees and smiled evilly at the young waterbender. Azula slowly stood up shifting her eyes scheming a plan in her demonic mind. With one fluent motion Azula summoned lightening to her fingertips and fired them. She didn't fire them at Katara but at Hakoda who was fighting villiantly. The whole world turned in slow motion as Katara watched her father fall to the ground in pain. "NO!" Katara screamed in a panic, tears rushing into her eyes. "Dad!" She screamed running to try and reach him. Azula shot another blast of lightning barely missing the young waterbender.

"No no no! Dad!" Katara cried as she grabbed her unconscious father. Pakku ran up to try and help get to Katara, but before he could Azula shot him down with a powerful ball of fire burning his left arm and side. Azula's guards picked the old man up and threw him over to Kanna. The rest of the southern warriors were overtaken by the benders and were quickly tied up to prevent any more attacks.

"It's a shame.. isn't it? He suffered your punishment. How ironic isn't it Katara?" Azula's mocked as she walked over to her ship. Katara quickly started trying to heal her unconscious father tears burning down her tan face.

"Now if you'll excuse me.. I have a little waterbender to take." Azula walked over to Maine and snatched the baby out of her arms as her soldiers held Maine in place.

"No, not my baby! Please don't take my baby!" Maine pleaded crying in a dispare. Azula laughed as she entered into the ship carrying the crying terrified baby with her. Katara closed her eyes as her tears kept falling from her face.

Katara listened as the ship screeched backing out of the ice. The sound of the broken mother's helpless screams filled the air with sorrow.

Katara opened her eyes with determination. "No matter what happens to me... I am going to get Arial back." Katara said to herself.

"This will not end this way! Not now.. Not ever again!" The brave waterbender yelled as she stood up from where her father was laying. She screamed in a rampant rage toward the evil devil sailing away. Taking all the energy she could muster inside of her, she summoned the ocean to her. A river of water swept around Katara as she swung her arms around in a circle. Jumping into the air, Katara lured the the water forcefully in the air moving the water in a thousand different ways until the form of a blue ice dragon formed. Screaming she ran toward the ship throwing the water dragon against the side of the ship. Katara ran on the water splashing huge hurricane size waves into the ship's side. Everyone watched in wonder as the ocean lifted up in submission to the noble waterbender.

"AZULA, You are fixing to pay for EVERYTHING you've done!" Katara roared thrusting her arms forward causing the water dragon to resurface.

"That's it... Just a little closer.." Azula smiled evilly as the enraged Katara came closer and closer to the ship. "Perfect." Azula evilly whispered to herself as she formed her lightening.

The Villiagers watched intently as the battle raged on. Suddenly the sky flashed with a rumbling lightening shot. Everything was dead silent as the villagers watched in horror as the once billowing ocean water immediately returned back to it's calm state. Azula's evil, menacing laughter pierced through the silence.

"At last, The pesky waterbending peasant is DEAD! Victory is mine!" The evil princess' shouted for everyone in the watertribe to hear. Shouts and applause could be heard from the ship as it sailed further and further away.

"No..." Kanna cried in disbelief as tears streamed from her face. She held Hakota's unconscious body in her arms as she watched her little waterbender's waterbending disappear, along with her.