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Cameron

I kept my palm pressed up against my face, trying to stop the bleeding. Falling from Aapa and into a random swamp while also being separated from the group was not fun. In case you didn't know.

"I hate this place…" I grumbled shoving leaves out of my face. Part of me just wanted to burn it down yet… no. I couldn't do that. It probably would bite me in the ass later if I did end up doing that…

I pushed my way further and further through the bushes. When I had landed (in a puddle mind you) I managed to smack my head on something which made me to start bleeding right above my eye. I was lucky that my eye didn't get stabbed out.

The fact that it hurt like a mother to move the upper half of my face told me that it would probably bruise along with probably leave a scar once it did actually heal.

To get all of the water off of me I had to focus on my chi- letting it warm me and the water quickly evaporated after that. It was a pretty cool trick if you asked me though the only problem was that it left all of the extra muck stuck to me. Not fun.

"Aang! Dude where are you?!" I called. The fact that I couldn't find him worried me the most. He was the Avatar and people would want to take advantage of him because of that.

Anyways I wasn't ready to let that happen. The perky airbender was like a brother to me.

"Cammy!" A familiar yet unfamiliar voice called from my right causing me to spin around. A child was weaving through the trees- Immediately I called after him, almost subconsciously I started to sprint towards him.

"Cam! Come onnn! I wanna pet the turtle ducks!" The kid turned and I saw his face. That familiar… baby face. He didn't really have a baby's face… it was just that he still had a decent amount of his baby fat. That was what got me.

"Zu?" I breathed and his eyes widened at the sight of me. He opened his mouth as if to call again when a scream filled the air.

"Katara?"

I spun around searching for the water tribe girl. Everything about this place set me on edge and if she was in danger… I wouldn't be surprised.

Another scream that I didn't want to recognize and I spun around, pushing my way through the trees searching for Sokka. My throat tightened at the thought of him getting hurt. Sokka was, like Aang, a brother to me. We wouldn't be the group if he… I didn't even want to think about it.

A high pitch, blood curdling scream filled the air. One that I didn't recognize. Frowning I looked up to see a bird with it's mouth wide open. I frowned trying to figure out what the hell was going on. There was silence for a moment and I watched it. Keeping my eyes on the damned thing.

It opened its mouth- a scream that sounded like Zhao's filled the air and I let out my own battle cry sending a burst of flames at it.

"GET AWAY FROM ME!" I roared and watched satisfied as the bird flew off panicked. Not uttering a scream.

With a groan I collapsed onto the swamp floor ready to give up. My head was hurting and my friends' screams echoed through my mind. Why did shit like this always have to happen?