Chp.13 Fight & Flight

"KATARA! What do you think you're doing?" Sokka bellowed at his sister.

"From the looks of it, I'd say she's making out with Lynx," I said dryly.

"Shut up! Katara, stop it!" Sokka yelled as he moved forward to break them up.

"Don't even think about it, that's the first time Lynx has had a decent girl in a long while," the Dalton snarled as he flung an arm out to stop him.

"Uh, guys! The arrow on Aang's head is glowing!" Haru yelled suddenly.

"Oh crud," Sokka said, whipping his head around to look at Aang.

"That's bad, isn't it?" the Dalton asked.

"Very but what triggered it? He normally has to be really upset!" Sokka yelled.

"Wow, boys are really stupid! You've been friends for months & you still haven't figured out he likes your sister!" I pointed out sarcastically.

"Aang likes Katara?" Haru & Sokka gasped.

"DUH!" The Dalton & I yelled together.

"Whoa! Anyway, right now we have to calm Aang down or he'll rip Lynx to shreds!" Sokka warned.

"LYNX!" I yelled as I yanked him away from Katara.

"SEABISCUIT!" Lynx protested with a confused/mad look on his face that matched the one on Katara's.

"We got trouble! Apparently you just took Aang's girl!" The Dalton yelled.

"What? I'm not Aang's girl!" Katara cried.

"Uh Katara, he's going into the Avatar State! Something upset him & you're normally the one who calms him down!" Sokka yelled.

"Aang!" Katara shrieked, finally noticing what was going on. By that time we were surrounded by basically, a small tornado so it was pretty hard to hear what each other was saying. I heard the Dalton swear furiously as he got knocked forward by the wind. I got down & held tightly to the saddle, getting thrown off didn't sound like fun!

"Hurry Katara!" I screamed to her. She was saying something to Aang but I couldn't hear her, I don't think anybody but Aang could.

"Dammit!" Sokka swore as he nearly lost his grip on the saddle.

"Katara please!" Lynx yelled to her. It was obvious from his tone of voice he felt guilty. Suddenly the wind slowed & disappeared! Aang's arrow faded as he looked sadly at Katara.

"Aang I-" She said but was cut off when the young Airbender grabbed his glider, jumped off Appa & flew off into the setting sun.

"AANG!" Katara called but she got no answer. "How could I let this happen?" She said to no one in particular, covering her face with one hand.

"It's not your fault," Lynx said as he put an arm around her. She turned & began sobbing into his chest. Lynx calmly guided her back to where they had been & sat her down as she continued to sob.

"Come on," Sokka said as he grabbed Appa's reins.

"What are we doing?" Haru asked.

"We're going to find a place to camp for the night, Aang will find us," Sokka answered. He steered Appa down to the ground, we found a good clearing after a while of searching. We set up camp slowly & silently, we were all pretty depressed. Sokka & the Dalton put the tent up in case the storm came back around. I sat down beside the fire Lynx had made & pulled my knees into my chest. I grabbed my backpack & pulled my hoodie from home out, for some reason I was really cold. The whole group was in an awkward silence, we didn't have a clue what to do about Aang disappearing. It seemed logical to wait but what would happen when Aang came back? Then it hit me, what if he didn't come back?

"He'll come back," Haru said softly from behind me.

"How can you be sure?" I asked as he sat down next to me.

"I don't know, I can just feel it," he replied. I put my head on his shoulder, it just felt natural.

"I'm just worried, I guess."

"I know, we all are," Haru said, putting his arm around me. I don't know why but it felt so right, I didn't really understand it. Then again I've never had a boyfriend so I wouldn't know.

BOOM!

"What the?" Lynx bellowed as a fireball landed directly in the middle of our makeshift camp.

"Where's the Avatar?" Zuko's voice came from the top of a nearby hill.

"Not here," Sokka snarled.

"Where is he?" Zuko demanded.

"He's not here right now, leave a message after the beep. BEEP!" I yelled, this guy was really fun to annoy.

"Fine, take the girl!" Zuko shouted to his men.

Lynx & Sokka moved instantly in front of Katara, the Dalton & Haru got between them & me.

"The Water Peasant, not the Earthbender," Zuko said.

"Why do you want to kidnap her? You gotta a crush or something?" The Dalton yelled. I knew him well enough to know he wouldn't let Zuko touch Katara or me.

"No but the Avatar does, he'll come for her," Zuko said slyly as he & his men advanced.

"Okay, how did you know Aang liked Katara but I didn't?" Sokka asked furiously.

"Wow, a guy with a brain, that's shocking," I muttered as pulled out my Jedis.

"Very funny," the Dalton said over his shoulder to me.

"I try," I said as I spun my Jedis. The Dalton had the broadswords he'd gotten from Tasyk out & in a fighting position. Suddenly another bunch of soldiers stormed in, but these were riding big grey scary looking rhino things. One of them galloped directly at Katara, the rider scooped her up & pinned her arms so she couldn't bend!

"KATARA!" Lynx yelled, he tried to run to her but the massive beast spun around & hit him with its tail! He went flying through the air, ironically enough, he hit another beast & knocked the rider off before falling to the ground.

"LYNX!" I screamed, starting to sprint towards my friend. One of the things blocked me though & the rider was Zuko! He'd jumped on the one with no rider. I started to run the other way, he urged it up next to me.

"Gotcha!" He yelled, yanking me up beside him! I lost my grip on my Jedis & before I could grab them, he snatched them up!

"Let me go!" I shrieked.

"We got them! Let's go!" Zuko yelled. The massive beasts galloped away from the camp, carrying Zuko, the Firebenders, Katara & me with them!

"KATARA! SEABISCUIT!" I could hear my friends screaming our names but there was nothing they could do.

Katara & I were now prisoners of the Fire Nation!