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Katara stiffened at Suki's voice. It was filled with sympathy yet it caught Katara by surprise. She hadn't expected company anytime soon since she was still trying to comprehend what her father had just told her. "Katara why are you crying?" Suki asked, placing a comforting arm around her bestfriends shoulders, "You're shaking really badly." Suki's questioning was answered in silence. "What just happened between you and your dad?" Suki continued. Katara still hadn't gathered her wits she was still extremely saddened and angered by her dad's refusal to release Zuko. "Does it have anything to do with the bet?" Suki ventured, trying to figure out why her friend was so distraught. Katara just sobbed aloud. "Katara did something happen between you and Zuko? Please tell me. I haven't ever seen you in such a state." Suki asked desperately, feeling helpless in trying to comfort her friend.
Katara gave a deep breath and then exhaled. She wanted nothing more than to release all her feelings to Suki, to just get everything off her chest but she knew she couldn't say anything. "I'm sorry Suki I have to go." Katara blurted and then walked towards her cupboard and pulled off her denim mini-skirt and put on her black sweatpants.
"Katara please tell me what happened?" Suki asked, feeling confused by Katara's abrupt decision.
"I can't right now. I'm sorry." Katara responded, whilst pulling off her jewellery and putting on her grey hoodie. She didn't care about fashion at the moment but she had a purpose that she needed to fulfil. She fulled a canteen full of water and then sped out of the room and down the stairs towards the door. Suki followed
"Katara....wait!" Suki called and by then Katara had taken Sokka's car keys, took the 'L' plate off the back of the car and then sped out of the garage in Sokka's car. Since Sokka was 2 years older than the average grade 10 he had his learners and occasionally when they went to gran gran's property, Sokka would let Katara have a whizz in his car. This meant Katara knew how to drive....but not very well. Since she had taken the 'L' off the back of the car, she knew she had better obey the road rules because if she got caught she would first get busted for driving without a licence late at night, wreckless driving, speeding, underage driving and probably get tested for drugs and alcohol. It would take too long and it would end her up with a fine and or even in juvenile detention to top it all off. Not to mention the trouble Sokka will get into for 'lending' his car to his slightly insane sister.
Katara followed all the road rules. She drove the speed limit on the right side of the road, stopping at all the lights or stop signs. She did herself proud, since under the circumstances she would have loved nothing more to hit down the accelerator and speed down the secluded streets. Katara looked at the time and it was 1 in the morning.
Katara remembered the garage was somewhere around here that led to the underground waterbender society. She saw storage shed with graffiti covering every inch of the outside walls. There was a sign with black block letters that read 'Private Property Do Not enter' and Katara assumed that was what she was looking for. She drove her car towards the garage door and parked it on the side of the road. She walked up to the shed and tried to open the large garage doors but they were locked tight. Katara swore at her dad's security measures but she knew that they were necessary since they kept out curious vandals who think it's cool to trespass on other people's private property.
Katara glanced around unsure of how to get in when she saw an electronic pad attached to the wall where you put in a code to open the door. She walked up to the censor and saw that it was a nine digit code, "Aw shit" Katara swore to herself realising she wasn't good with numbers and knowing full well that her father probably had programmed the machine to accept three attempts before an alarm will sound or something. This was not going to work Katara had to break in somehow and breaking in would mean outsmarting her father which probably will land herself caught by one of the people who work for her dad. If luck failed on her it may be Janine and Janine probably had Katara on the top of her hit-list by now.
Pacing was the only way Katara could occupy her body whilst trying to devise a way into the shed. Eventually an idea struck walked around the shed to find a glass window at the back of the shed. It was extremely high up and it's only purpose for being there was to let fresh air into the shed. Katara bent water out from her canteen and the manipulated it so that the water lifted up to the level of the window. She then used all the force she could muster and threw the water at the glass. It hit the glass with a loud smash and it made the glass shatter. She repeated the motion to widen the area enough for her to slip through.
Katara stealthed her way up an irrigation pipe which was situated next to the window and slid through the window. She caught her elbow on a shard of glass which protruded up from the frame of the smashed window. She gave a hard wrench to free her arm and as she pulled it out, the glass sliced a deep gash in her arm. Katara hissed and then gritted her teeth to stop herself from yelling out in pain. Gulping, she noticed that she had a long jump down. To Katara's sheer luck she noticed there was a stack of dusty mattresses that seemed to be old and unused. Gracefully, Katara dropped herself from the window frame landing feet first onto the mattresses. She coughed and spluttered as dust rose up into her face from the old unused mats.
A Loud beeping filled the room. Katara scanned the room looking from where the beeping was coming from. To Katara's horror she realized it was an alarm system that was about to go off and alert the people underground to her presence. Reacting quickly, Katara bent water so that it smashed the alarm to bits. The beeping stopped as Katara saw the batteries fly out of the alarm device. Katara breathed a sigh of relief.
The room was full of stray objects, it looked like quite a realistic storeroom with an obvious driveway which allowed cars to come and go. Katara remembered this place now from when her dad was driving her back. Katara spotted the button that would open the floor so that they could go down to their society. It was so high tech and obviously well thought out. It reminded Katara vaguely of 'The Hives' from the movie 'Resident Evil Extinction.'
The lift was big enough for a car to descend and it was slightly frightening to Katara that she was just standing on the lift in the pitch blackness unable to see anything. Last time she had used the lift she was in a car with lights. The pitch blackness contributed majorly to Katara's nervousness. That and the fact she was infiltrating her dad's underground headquarters. Katara tied her long hair into a bun so that it didn't get in the way. She also hoped she looked slightly tomboyish in her baggy sweat pants and hoodie. That sort of clothing would fit in when most of the girls (excluding Janine who was a complete barbie doll) were tomboys. Although she probably dresses like that to make my dad want to fuck her Katara thought to herself, feeling her hate for Janine rise.
Once she was down there she recognised the headquarters but she didn't realise how large it was nor did she realise how many high-tech gadgets littered the place when her dad dragged her out of it. It was obviously her anger at her dad and Janine which blinded her to the fact that this place was fully awesome.
The place was buzzing with people, it was like a miniature town underground and to Katara's luck she noticed that all the girls wore the same attire to what she was wearing. But one girl stuck out. It was a girl with long peroxide blonde curly wavey hair who wore a revealing red singlet with a short deinim mini-skirt and stiletto heeled boots. She was covered in make-up and jewellery and not to mention surrounded by males. She was giggling at whatever they said, "I'm sorry I'm taken." She said in her in a giggly voice, "Master Hakoda" She hinted whilst twirling her hair. With a jolt of realisation Katara recognised her, it was Janine.
Katara lengthened her stride and found the stairwell leading to the cells. The cells which held Zuko. Katara pulled her hood up so that the guards didn't recognise her. Katara looked up and strutted towards them as if she owned the place. She wanted to look like one of those badass skaterboys and she pulled it off better than Bam Margera. AN//: I love Bam Margera, he is good at everything and he's just fricken hilarious. If you haven't heard of him, I strongly recommend you check him out in either CKY, Jack ass, Vive La Bam and a couple of the Dudeson's episodes. Trust me you will laugh so hard you'll cry! Katara climbed down the stairs that led towards the cells.
"Hey what are you doing here?" the first guard demanded
"Master Hakoda sent me here to see if I can get anything out of the boy." Katara said thinking on the spot, using her acting skills to keep a straight face, "So uh can I please have the keys?"
"Yea sure good luck."The first guard said, unclipping the set of keys from his belt to give them to Katara when the second guard spoke up.
"I...I think I recognise you." The other guard said, eyes revealing he was deep in thought.
"Of course you do, I work here silly." Katara said, extremely convincingly trying to steer him away from recognising her.
"No from somewhere else. Oh you're his girlfriend, Hakoda's daughter. Katara that's it." The guard said. Katara didn't even bother covering that up. She bent some water out of her canteen and froze the water into sharp ice daggers and threw them at the first guard with fierce intensity. They pinned him to the wall. She then froze a layer of ice into a thick sheet, using it as a club to knock the guard out.
The second guard was a waterbender. He sent a wave of well-placed water that hit Katara firmly in the chest which made her fly back and hit the floor. He spluttered, fighting to get onto her feet before he could throw another attack at her. It took a few moments to get over the uncmofrotable feeling that being winded gives you. He threw another bout of water at katara but this time Katara blocked the impact and threw it back at him. Hitting him in the face, making him tumble over. Katara then brought her foot down onto his forehead. The guard blacked out.
"I apologise for the concussions in advance."Katara told the two unconscious guards lying on the floor. She removed a ring of keys which was attached to his belt. Quickly flicking through the keys and eventually opening the cell.
She saw Zuko. He was still chained to the wall with the wounds that Janine had given him. The wounds were in the form of many large purple bruises which scattered any exposed bits of skin. Katara didn't even want to know what was under his shirt (which was a surprise since she usually perved on pretty much any guy with abs).
He was sleeping in an exceedingly weird position, although the chains didn't really allow him to sleep in a good comfortable position. Zuko's eyes fluttered open ad they locked eyes for a second and Zuko blinked uncertainly. "Hi" Zuko said weakly. Oh My God my father is keeping someone in these inhumane conditions Katara thought angrily.
"Zuko, you look terrible. I'm so sorry. It was my father's people who did this to you." Katara apologised sincerely
"Katara what are you doing here? Why am I here?" Zuko asked, full of questions.
"Zuko I'm here to break you out. Tell me where it hurts most." Katara said whilst unlocking the chains which bound Zuko. Purposely neglecting t tell Zuko why he was there.
"My chest." He muttered.
"Can I take your shirt off?" Katara asked. Zuko nodded and Katara pulled off his shirt.
"yikes" Katara muttered as she took in the sight of the whiplash that was covered with dried blood. Scattered around it were large purple and brown bruises which looked really painful. Katara covered her hands with water that shone with a blue glow. Katara tenderly slid them along Zuko's chest, letting her hands linger on the more injured areas. I am sliding my hands up and down Zuko's abs, a few weeks ago I never would have thought I would be doing this Katara thought excitedly. Zuko winced in pain but as the healing settled in his facial features relaxed. The pain subsided and Zuko felt himself gradually getting stronger. Zuko absolutely loved the feeling, but all too soon it ended. Zuko wondered if he should mention the bruises on his shoulders and...groin but thought against it.
"Come on, we need to go before we get caught. That'd be really bad since I'm not on the list of my father's favourite people" Katara emphasized the word 'need' and 'favourite people.'
"Yea this place is creeping me out." Zuko said, more cheerful now that all the major injuries were healed.
Zuko followed Katara through the maze of corridors. He too was in complete awe of all the technology that was situated everywhere in this place. Katara looked at her watch, it was 2 in the morning and you could definitely tell. All of her dad's employees had gone to bed either at their homes or in this underground facility (which would be an awesome place to live). Katara was thoroughly glad that no one was there because there was no one to see her sneaking Zuko out. Since it was so well covered there was no point for sentries.
Then there was trouble. As they rounded the final corner,the corner which led to the elevator (the only way out), there were too waiting figures. As Katara strained her eyes she recognised them. They were the figures of her dad and Janine. Hakoda waved his arm in some sort of signal and a bunch of his people sprung out of the shadows. Heading straight towards Zuko ad Katara!
AN//: Hehe hope you enjoyed it. I have at least 5 or so chapter left (maybe more or maybe less depending on where I end them). I plan the storyline but I don't plan what is going in each chapters.
I have planned the whole winning the bet aspect of the story too, which has twists so don't assume anything because you know how spontaneous I am. I hope you're excited and please REVIEW!!