A/N: Srry I left you guys hanging for a few days... I had to go to my dad's for the weekend, and his computer is crappy... And I've been VERY busy! Anyway, on with chapter 12-- right after the reviews.

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PrincessHayLin: Thank you! ;) Lol You are the queen of nice comments!

The Next Avatar: I know, I'm an evil jerk... MUAHAHA! Lol! There's more action in this chapter... And if not, then there will be in the next chapter. Hey, Jaeda's gotta find out what happened to her sooner or later... Then she'll want to kick Zuko's ass big time. Yeah, mushy fluffy bleh... tell me something I don't know... lol

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Chapter 12

Night had fallen, and the three were still riding on Appa's back. Sokka was watching the ocean behind them, resting his head in his hands. He sighed deeply.

"It'll be ok, Sokka," Katara said quietly as she crawled over to her miserable brother. She had lines on her face from the tears she'd cried earlier. "We'll save her soon, don't worry."

Sokka didn't answer her. He was too busy beating himself up. "I could have saved her..." he muttered. A tear was forming in his eye again. He burried his head in his hands for the hopes that Katara wouldn't notice, but aparently she did. "It's ok... We'll find Jaeda. I promise."

"Yeah," Aang said. "I'm looking for Zuko's ship. He's probably holding her hostage, or something..."

All Sokka did was sigh.

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Jaeda awoke with a loud yawn, and her eyes slowly fluttered opened. But as she looked at her surroundings, she gasped. She was in a small room with dark red walls, that really made her uncomfortable. "Where am I?" she wondered out loud.

She was about to run for the door, but something kept her from leaving her spot. Her arms were chained to the wall. This is great, she thought. Did I just get captured again- Something interrupted that thought. Where's Aang? Katara? SOKKA? Tears were suddenly pouring down her face as she remembered what happened.

She just stood there quietly, hoping this was all a dream and she would soon wake up and be with her friends again. But then she heard a loud creek. The door was opening, and who should enter but none other than Prince Zuko, along with three of his men. I'm in for it now, Jaeda thought.

As the selfish prince walked up to her, he smirked and said, "Well, well, well, look at this! It's little Ms. Blabber-mouth, I see..."

Jaeda glared at him as he continued. "The perfect bait for catching the Avatar."

"You're using me as bait?" Jaeda asked in a disgusted tone. "But- how?"

"One of the Avatar's friends has some affections for you... am I right?" Jaeda nodded. "He wouldn't want to go on without you now, would he?"

Jaeda continued to give him the "death glare".

"I would have captured that other Water Tribe girl... But I have a much better time torturing you."

"You thug," Jaeda muttered under her breath. Then, without even thinking, she kicked Zuko, almost knocking him down.

"Why you little!" Zuko shouted. "I've been easy on you for LONG ENOUGH!" He then shot a fire ball at Jaeda's arm. She winced in pain as it hit her bare skin. "I'd just go and kill you now, but I want you to suffer before you die, wench." With that, he and his men walked out of the room.

DIE? Jaeda shuddered at the thought, and began to worry. What's he going to do? God, I hope my friends are looking for me...

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Aang, Katara, and Sokka had finally made it to the next island. They'd given up on finding Zuko's ship for the night, and were going to continue looking for Jaeda after a good night's sleep.

By this time, everyone had fallen asleep- except for Sokka. All he could think about was Jaeda. How could I let my own girlfriend get captured? he thought. What the hell kind of boyfriend am I? I'm supposed to protect her, not let her fall in the ocean and get kidnapped by a bunch of Firebenders! At this point, he hated himself more than anyone else on the planet.

"I can't take this anymore," he thought out loud. He quickly stood up and ran over to the gigantic fluffy monster that was snoozing soundly. "Wake up, you big hair ball!" Sokka shouted as he tried to budge the huge animal. Appa groaned, and surprisingly, he woke up. Sokka jumped onto Appa's saddle, crawled over to his head, and pulled on his reans. "Yip yip!" he shouted impaitently. And without leaving a note or anything, the bison took off over the ocean, in the direction Prince Zuko's ship was last seen.

Sokka scanned the ocean below them, looking for any sign of a Fire Nation ship. He saw absolutly nothing. "Can't you go any faster?" he asked Appa. The large animal grunted, and sped up slightly. "C'mon, you lazy fur ball, speed it up! I gotta find Jaeda!" Appa started to go just a bit faster. "I guess this will do," Sokka muttered unhappily.

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It had been an hour or two before there was any sign Prince Zuko's ship. When Sokka spotted it, his face lit up. "Land by that ship, Appa," he said excitedly. The bison lowered, until it was sitting in the water. Sokka hopped off the furry animal and onto the ship. Luckily, there was only one guard, and he didn't seem to notice the gigantic bison swimming along side the ship.

Quietly, Sokka snuck up behind the guard, took out his club, and knocked him out cold, so he wouldn't have any idea what was going on. He hid the guard's body behind some barrels, and found a piece of cloth and gagged him, just incase he woke up soon (which would be unlikely, considering Sokka hit him pretty hard).

Sokka walked over to Appa. "Go back to our campsite, and bring Aang and Katara back here tomorrow night, got it?" The bison nodded, grunted, and took off in the direction they'd come from.

He walked through a door, and started down a long hallway. Ok, how am I going to rescue my girlfriend and get us both out of here alive without being caught? Then he froze dead in his tracks when he heard something. Voices! This is just great.

Sokka ran into the first room he saw. He quietly closed the door, and looked around the small room he was in. There were boxes and barrels everywhere. The shelves on the walls were holding weapons. He must have been in the storage room.

Then the voices grew louder. "I hear Prince Zuko caught that Water Tribe girl," one man said.

"The one who the Avatar likes? You know, who has that idiotic brother?" the other man asked. Sokka rolled his eyes. Idiotic. You're the idiots, considering you're working for Prince Zuko...

"No, the one who the older boy likes. That girl who Prince Zuko burned. Remember? She called him all those things?"

"Oh yeah. What's he gonna do to her?"

"He told me he's going to let her suffer for a while, and then kill her."

Sokka gasped. Kill her?

A/N: Ooooh Another cliffy! Lol! I know, short chapter. But that's because I wanted to make it a cliffy! And if I added what would happen next, then it would probably be a really, really, really long chapter. So I decided to stop here. I won't make you guys wait as long as I did for this one, I promise! And I'm still srry about that lol XD Please review! Pretty please? It's my birthday! (I'm typing this on Aug. 11th) Yay! GO ME! So will ya please review? Thanks:)