Sokka had been pacing for some time now. The soles of his boots scuffed against the thick rock floor, while he kept a steady speed, shoulders taut and jaw clenched. It took him five steps to walk at width of the room, at which point the turned on his heel and repeated the process. Occasionally he swore venomously, for Aang (who was 'innocent') and Katara (who would hit him), were not there. Not that this was a good thing.
Already he had levelled the sharpened edge of his boomerang against every surface, using the half dulled corner, and pressing firmly. None of the rock showed even a scratch, though the walls discoloured if he ground the metal against it. Even his thinnest knife barely fit through the crack between the door and wall, and when he ran it along the edges, all he found was a single obstruction, which he could not budge.
It was at once a reassurance and a bother that they had left him his weapons. The fighter knew that they had been found. When he had come to, his first sight had been the glare off his cobalt steel boomerang and sharp tooth edged knife. The pair of weapons had lain side by side, neatly placed in the center of the room.
It just seemed rather odd.
Something to his right cracked suddenly. Facing the door, he held an aggressive stance, favouring the boomerang as his weapon of choice. Holding back the impulse to leap forward immediately, he waited until the door had slid open. Something peeked through the opening, and Sokka slammed forward, catching the object with a sharp blow, and shoving his foot in the crack. For some reason, he could not open it further, and prepared to confront the enemy.
Ice blue eyes widened in confusion as he saw, not a fire nation warrior, but a fit earth bender, casually allowing a smooth river rock to drift about an outstretched hand, while the other palm pressed lightly against the door, holding it immoveable. The river rock bore marks of attack; clearly he had hit the stone and not the man.
"Get the hell out of my way." Sokka snarled, leaned at an odd angle to peek through the small sliver of an opening. For a moment, a smirk and a slight movement to the door made Sokka lash out, but found the man out of his reach, as only his arm fit through the crack.
"I don't really think I will. You'll want to get your arm out of there now, I'm closing this." He said smoothly, patting the door. Sokka glowered, but backed away and watched the door slam shut. An odd grinding noise made him wonder with the door was held by a brace. It didn't matter anyways. It swung inward, and he had no way of pulling the stone, only pushing.
Slumping in a corner, he wondered where he was.
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Although neither knew it, a few hundred feet away, Katara was having a similar experience.
She had slipped into a light doze, awkward on the hard stone. A rattle, of metal on stone had awoken the girl. The clatter brought her to her feet, springing into a tense position, instantly alert. A metal rod had been shoved through the half open door and shaken, producing the irritating sound.
The door was open fairly wide, and Katara spotted dark hair and a maroon and black vest. Fire nation. Sliding against the door, out of view, she waited until curiosity got the better of the stout man. The metal stick slid away, and was replaced by the confused face of the man. In a moment, her hands had flown forward, as if leading some invisible force. Instead, a gush of water followed, wrapping around her captor's head and yanking.
"Augh!" He cried, over balancing. The water bender dashed forward, slamming open the door, mobile water flowing up and down her arms. In moments, she was out the door and into a hallway. But the man would not let her pass, and slammed his whole weight into her, toppling Katara back into her room and slamming the door.
Grinding her teeth, she moved experimentally, and found herself unbroken. A slow movement brought all the water back into her container, and she spent the rest half of an hour gentling teasing more liquid from the battled under the crack of the door, knowing it was her best bet at escape.
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