I apologize to the scattered tenses (jumping from past to present) all through this story. It may be just me, but I'm really killing myself over it. If it is a bother, sorry. Hope you enjoy this new, slightly delayed, instalment.

His awakening was abrupt, and orchestrated by a dull grating sound, metal against metal. Eyes flicked open, and hands instantly, instinctually, were pulled towards his ears, trying to block out the noise.

Something however, resisted.

Aang breathed in sharply, and became still. The noise had ceased. He could feel hard metal at his back, and the same feeling wrapped about his wrists. The fact that his main view was of an iron ceiling told his he was on his back. A twitch to his legs told him them too were restrained. However, when he leaned forward, there was nothing to stop him, and so he sat up awkwardly, eyes locking on the most dominating thing before him.

"Hello." Said the man, with a smirk. There was something about the malicious pleasure in his pale brown eyes that made Aang know, simply know, that the man knew he was the Avatar. The 12 year old refused to lay back down, though his arms hurt from the bindings. He would face this threat.

"You are a very fine catch." He said, his tone silky, trying to sound slightly bored, yet the eagerness still shown through. He left a great pause to hang in the air before speaking again. "Tell me, what elements can you bend." This time his voice was harsh. He expected a response, and Aang put on a fearful face to please him.

"Air. I'm an air bender…" He lied, allowing the honest shock of being captured to slip into his voice, and lowering his eyes.

"Well, you lot have been dead for a century. That would make you the Avatar."

It was not a question, and Aang nodded silently. He wished for the man to look away. He needed to see the exits, try and look at his restraints, try to find an escape.

"Where are my fr-?" Aang started, but was interrupted by the angry voice of the man.

"You do not ask questions! Remember that!" He roared, his eyes narrow, his mouth and angry line. Aang felt angry starting to boil up in his throat, but he looked away and stayed quiet.

A time passed, and the man did not leave. The air bender could not tell his elemental alliance. He wore dull yellow and brown clothes that looked halfway to being armor. His face had the color and build of an earth nation person, and so he assumed that. It didn't matter. He was an enemy, so matter what else he was.

Suddenly, the grating noise began again, and this time, Aang was aware enough to know it was behind him. Turn around hurt, but he finally saw that it was a door. Like the rest of the room, the door was metal. Two men entered, younger than the first. They bowed slightly, and muttered, as a way of greeting: "Master Kyros…"

"How are the newcomers?" Kyros demanded. One of the men stepped forward, a lithe green clad youth of the earth nation. He loosely held a smooth stone in his right hand.

"The boy does not appear to have any bending talent. However, he used the weapons discovered with him, and he was very aggressive. I think he'll do the well in the Ring."

"The girl too," Said the stout fire nation man, "is aggressive. She however, is a water bender. She's a sly little bitch, almost got into the corridor, but I put that right."

Aang tensed. He didn't like the sound of this, not at all. Kyros nods, looking pleased.

"Thank you. I want details of there response before dinner. Tomorrow, we will prepare the boy for a fight and test the girl, along with this one" Kyros orders, motioning to Aang at his last words.

At this, the leader rose, and his subordinates following him out the room, leaving Aang trapped to consider his fate, his friend's fate, and any possible escape.

Kimchi: Well, to avoid confusion, yep, they're all in the same place, as I hope this chapter revealed. Also, Katara encountered a Fire Nation man with no bending talent. He just shoved her back into the room, nothing more. I'm kind of bad at writing action…

Also, if you're reading this, just write a review that tell me you exist. That would make me happy .