Katara leaned back in her cell. It was nearing dinnertime already, and from lunch right up to now Zuko hadn't said anything.

It wasn't that she was desperate to talk to that spoiled prince, but it was just so boring !

There was no water, and it had been such a long day. "Zuko?" she asked, to see if he actually said 'yes' and then maybe they could talk or something, anything, better than what she was going through now.

Zuko didn't reply. He was still meditating.

Katara groaned. Typical.

If he won't talk, then I will. "Why do you always hunt us down?" she asked his back.

"I mean, you once said something about honour, but I didn't really get what you meant at that time. I was tied to a tree" here she grimaced. "And you were there dangling my necklace in front of me."

Katara sighed. "At least I got my necklace back," she mused. "I don't know what I'd do without it."

Zuko turned to face her, he had stopped meditating. "Can you please keep quiet? It's hard to meditate with you yakking away!"

Katara glanced at him. In normal cases she would have taken offence but now she was just too tired to take any notice.

"If you haven't noticed, you're really dull company. And I've got nothing to do!"

Zuko turned from her to continue meditating. He had turned too fast though, and he winced at the sharp pain he felt in his shoulder.

Katara had noticed that. "Too bad you didn't let me heal you just now," she said with a smirk.

Zuko ignored her. She was right, the pain was getting worse. He couldn't firebend due to the pain, and though he was longing to firebend, he couldn't ask the girl for help.

The guards came at that moment to bring their dinner. Katara had long given up on talking to them, mostly they were too afraid of revealing information they shut up and kept to themselves.

Katara grabbed her meal and the water, the water was barely enough to waterbend. Still, she bended the water for a bit before drinking it. Eating her plain bread, she turned to look at Zuko.

"What do you think they'll do with us?"

"Mai and Ty Lee will probably bring us to the Fire Nation capital where they will try me in court. You'll probably be their prisoner and bait."

"For Aang to rescue me?"

"Yes."

Katara nodded and pushed the plate back to the guards. Zuko's water was left there, he hadn't taken it.

Katara saw that, and she said, "Do you want me to heal you?" her voice carried a sense of satisfaction.

Zuko nodded and sat down. Katara took the water, and placed it beside her as she sat behind him.

"Where does it hurt?" she asked.

Zuko pointed at his shoulder blades. Carefully, Katara took off his shirt. She gasped, first at the sight of dried red gashes and then at his well-defined muscles.

Bending the water, Katara covered the gashes. It glowed for a moment, and it was healed.

Zuko was amazed. I don't feel anymore pain, its healed.

Turning to her, he gave his thanks. He did not openly smile, but his eyes were warm and he nodded.

Katara smiled. Finally I see him say thank you.

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Fire everywhere, soldiers coming, streaming in from all sides. Soldiers swarmed like ants coming from the nest-hole, they were everywhere, surrounding us, they will kill us!

Panic risen in everyone of them, they began to run, run far far away from the hell behind. But they could never run fast enough for them, they were coming, the gleams on their teeth, like a hunter hunting down his prey, till the prey submissively cried, cried out, cried for the whole world to hear

But nobody was coming. The soldiers devoured them, one by one, they're going to reach me! Oh my-

"Girl! Wake up!" Katara opened her eyes to find herself sweating. It was Zuko who had woken her up. He looked at her.

"You were having a nightmare," he said. "Shaking and shivering."

"I dreamt about the Fire Nation," Katara said shakily. "They were coming for me."

Zuko's face was blank once more. "Go back to sleep, girl," he said.

Katara nodded, still shaken by her nightmare. "My name is Katara, not girl." She told him as she lay down to rest.

Zuko gave a noncommittal grunt as he faced the other way.

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In the carriage, a torch lit up the darkness and cast a shadow outside on two women.

Mai looked at Ty Lee. "Azula is hurt, her brother attacked her. The physician says he can't heal her bones. We'll need a natural healer for that."

Ty Lee looked at her friend. "A waterbender?" she questioned.

Mai nodded. She smiled as she twirled a knive in her hand. "We'll get one to heal her ."

"What are you going to do with the prisoners?" Ty Lee asked.

"Bring them to Lord Ozai. Azula can do the rest."

Ty Lee turned to Mai. "You do know what Azula will ask him to do, don't you?" she said. He'll rape the girl and kill his son, Mai.

Mai looked straight ahead.

"I do not know."