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Here is another chapter…. Doggycopter, mangophone, manicorn (Weird show, my friend keeps on repeating that over and over) Ha ha ha ha
Clarifications: Rei has always been a bright, energetic and mostly happy until recently she has been a little shy and self-conscious …(bullies)…The reason she could not just beat them up was because it prove all the nasty things they said about her. Also when she is happy she has a cute expression with a warm smile and smiling eyes but when she is fighting her enemy, her face is serious and her eyes are cold and angry. Perhaps this will clear things out:
Past: . Happy, hyper and energetic X)
Recently: O.O shy, self-conscious
Towards enemies (not bullies) XO intense, angry, kicks butt, serious
Towards friend, family: Happy, bright, caring, optimistic,
Disclaimer: I do not own this show.
"The girl with golden eyes"Chapter 5/ The enemy of my enemy is my friend:
"Where the heck am I?" Rei thought as she tried to struggle out of the ropes, binding her hands and feet together. But it was no use, the ropes were too strong. She looked around the dark room and saw the outline of many boxes. Suddenly she heard voices on the other side of the wall.
"General Zhao, we believe that the Avatar and Prince Zuko are on this island. We already have our soldiers searching the island but it could take a while." A man with a deep voice said.
"Very good, Commander Shane and what about the girl that was found on shore?" the General asked. "Wasn't she traveling with the Avatar."
"Yes, she's in here." Commander Shane said. A door to the right of Rei swung open and the shadows of three men crept into the room. There was a lantern in one of the men's hand and the light reflected some of the objects in the room. There were many knives hung on the other side of the room opposite of Rei. Many boxes carrying supplies aligned the walls, which cramped the small storage room.
"So, this is the girl…" General Zhao spoke in a stern voice. He pulled a small dagger off the weaponry wall. "Give me information about the Avatar and I won't hurt you.
"..." Rei glared coldly at the General with her biting yellow eyes. There was a screaming pain coming from the side of Rei's head at which General Zhao struck her with the dull point of the knife.
"Insolent Girl! Don't you dare look at your Superior like that. You remind me of that arrogant prince… why I have the nerve to kill you right now. After all, no one would miss a pathetic Earth peasant" Zhao roared with the intensity of thunder. Then he turned around and left the room.
"You, keep an eye on this girl. Make sure she does not escape!" Commander Shane barked at the other soldier and followed after General Zhao. Soon the room was quiet and dark again with no one inside except the captured girl and the guard outside.
'Now to the Island'
The Avatar, Katara, Sokka, Iroh and the prince were still stranded on the beach of an uncharted island in the middle of the ocean. Katara, Iroh, Sokka and Zuko were still on the beach while Aang and Momo were away in the woods searching for food and firewood.
"Oh dear, Prince Zuko is still unconscious." Iroh sat next to his nephew and sighed. "I wish there was some way to wake him up. Perhaps there is a little water in his system."
Katara looked over at the worried old man and regretfully offered to help. "I think I may be able to help him." She did not think helping the enemy was going to be something that she considered righteous.
"I believe a little CPR will do the trick." Iroh said with a little smirk in his smile.
"NO! Ew! I'll waterbend instead." Katara said disgusted. The girl limped toward where the prince was lying then performed a few hand gestures and a twist of water appeared out of Zuko's mouth.
The prince coughed and choked a little then opened his eyes to see two big blue eyes staring at him. He immediately sprang from his lying position and grasped Katara's wrist.
"Hey! Let go!" Katara yelped as she try to struggle out of his firm grip.
"What are you doing!" Zuko got up and tightened his hand.
Sokka readied his boomerang. "Let go of my sister!"
"Calm down Prince Zuko, She just saved you. If it weren't for her, you'd still be as vulnerable as a sleeping child." Iroh tried to calm his nephew down. Zuko scoffed, let go of Katara's wrist and walked off towards the ocean and the setting sun in the horizon.
"I am sorry for my nephew's rudeness. I am sure he is very thankful." Iroh apologized and ran after the prince.
Katara sat back down next to her brother and rubbed her sore wrist. "What an ungrateful jerk." She thought.
"Are you okay?" Sokka asked Katara.
"I'm fine. Why are we working with our enemy?" Katara queried. "When is Aang going to get back?"
Sokka saw the confused and angered expression in his sister's face. He too was not at all happy with the fact that they were actually sitting next to the one they despised the most. But Aang had said to just stay put and that Prince Zuko was not the actual nemesis here. What did he mean by that?
"Because Aang said so and I'm pretty sure he'll be back any minute." And just as Sokka had said that, the bald Airbender and his lemur had zoomed out of the trees and onto the beach.
"Aan-" Katara was about to say when Aang cut her off.
"You guys! I saw a fire nation ship on the opposite side of the island and his soldiers are here on the island!" Aang frantically yelled. " We have to hide!"
"Can't we just fly out of here on Appa?" Sokka asked.
"No, Appa still hasn't fully healed since the storm. I'd be surprised if he could even get off the ground." Aang said, calming down. "But I think this island is big enough for us to avoid the soldiers."
"… Well what are we going to do about…them? What if these soldier's are Zuko's reinforcements?" Katara wondered
"Do not worry, they are not." Iroh had overheard the three of them talking and walked over towards them. "None of our soldiers would have known we were on this island. It must be General Zhao. He is the reason we are on this island in the first place."
The sun was casting a golden halo upon the horizon. It was true that the storm was now over but nightfall was arriving.
"Then our only choice is the forest."
"WHAT! Work side by side with them? Forget it!" Zuko shouted as he heard the plan from his uncle. "I am traveling alone and I will get off this island without anyone's help!"
"Our ship is busted and our soldiers will not know of our presence. Plus this is the Avatar we're working with…" Iroh winked. "And if we run into a few of Zhao's soldiers, we have a better chance of defeating them."
"…"
"And besides, The real enemy is Zhao and not each other."
The five of them straightened themselves out and headed towards the gigantic woods just as the last of the sun's rays had fallen under the dark aura of night.
'Back on Zhao's ship'
It had been a long period since the Rei had heard any sign of another soldier besides the one guarding outside he storage room. Her eyes were now adapted to the darkness of the clammy room. She could see the slick outlines of many swords, sai, katanas, staffs, daggers, bokkens and other weapons lining the wall in front of her. Rei held her head down and closed her sad, tired eyes.
'This is hopeless, how am I going to get out of this? My so-called parents hate each other, I don't know how to get home or even my own time period.'
Rei did not know what could make her self esteem any lower; this day had only gone from bad to worse. But yet there was a small voice inside her that said not to give up, this voice was like a light, shining throughout the night that guided those who were in trouble. It was a beacon of hope and it was all she had left.
Suddenly a brilliant idea ran through Rei's mind. She squirmed towards the wall of weapons, which was quite hard due to the fact that her hands and feet were immovable behind her back. Once she was a few inches away from the point of the nearest dagger, she rubbed the thick rope that tied her hands together on the sharpness of the blade; soon her arms and legs were free. The ability to move her limbs again made Rei's heart flutter and now she worked on the second part of her plan. Rei dropped to the floor, lying down in the tied down position she was in earlier.
"AHHHHHHHH! HELP! HELP!" she screamed with a high voice.
When the guard outside heard her yell, he immediately unlocked the storage room door and walked inside. He held up his lantern and the light showed Rei's back parallel to the floor, her hands were hidden underneath her body.
"What's wrong?" asked the guard as he turned Rei's head facing his own. Her eyes were closed and her face was blank and relaxed; it was as if she was sleeping. Suddenly Rei's eyes shot open and while the guard was still shocked, she took the opportunity to jab the guard's pressure point in the neck and knocking him out. Then she pushed the unconscious guard towards the corner of the room and covered him up with a stack of boxes.
Before Rei was about to leave the room, she searched through a couple of the crates until she came upon what she was looking for. Inside the crate there were many brand new training uniforms of all different sizes. (The Fire nation ships always carried some just in case…) If she was going to go onshore of an uncharted island at night, it would not be wise to wear a dress.
These training uniforms included, black baggy pants, a red and black "karate-like" top and two metal wrist cuffs. Rei put the smallest uniform she could find on and used a ribbon to tie her brown, shoulder-length hair into a high ponytail. Then she grabbed a bow staff (Rei's Favorite weapon because it does not kill), ran out the door and climbed the metal stairs that led to the main deck. Rei cautiously looked around the deck and there was no sign of the soldiers or the general anywhere. Then she jumped over the side of the ship, landed on the sandy beach, and sped towards the dark tropical forest.
If you did not know who she was, you would have thought she was a professional who knew exactly what was going to happen and had a clear idea on her priorities when ironically Rei had no idea what she was doing.Now back to the 4 troubled teens and a tea-addicted old man:
Here was how the whole "hiding" thing worked out; the 5 of them finally found a small, unsuspicious clearing in the middle of the island surrounded by trees. Aang and his friends had built a small campfire while Zuko and his uncle were a couple yards away in their own little camp. The two groups kept their distance and did not say a word to each other until Iroh broke the silence.
Iroh walked over to Aang's camp and asked a typical 'Iroh-type' question. "Would you kids happen to have some tea with you right now?"
"No, I wish we did." Aang said as he poked the tiny campfire with a stick.
"I am so glad you enjoy tea. I have been trying to get my nephew to like tea for the past several years but he just doesn-"
"Shut it uncle." Zuko interrupted Iroh.
"Just trying to start a conversation." Iroh smiled
"With those low-lives. Don't waste your time." The prince scoffed.
"We're not LOW-LIVES, You… spoiled prince!" Sokka yelled.
"Watch your mouth you low-life water peasant!"
"Don't shout at my brother!" Katara stood up alongside her brother.
"Who are you to command me!"
"Who are you to insult my family?"
Aang couldn't stand the tension anymore so he stood in the middle of the two opposing forces. "STOP IT! We're stuck on this island together and we don't need extra fighting! Besides words won't solve anything action will!"
There was smoke coming out of Zuko's palms. He kept his glare locked on his opponents. Katara and Sokka did the same. This was the second time someone had misunderstood that phrase.
"There will be no fighting, we can not give our position away to Zhao's soldiers." Iroh said calmly as he stood behind Aang in the middle.
"Filthy water peasants." Zuko muttered as he walked away but he didn't stop at his campsite, instead he disappeared behind a couple of trees.
Katara, Sokka and Aang sat back down around the campfire again. Soon Aang and Sokka were starting to drift to sleep as Katara stayed up and kept guard; she couldn't sleep. The campfire was getting low and in need of more firewood, so Katara decided to gather a few sticks around the camp. No need to wake up the guys. She got up and eyed the other camp; Zuko was no where in sight.
"That's strange, Where did he go? She thought. "Not that I care." Stupid Spoiled Prince.
Katara walked past dark trees as she started picking up sticks on the ground. She made sure she did not stray too far from the light of the campfire. Suddenly something grabbed her hands and pinned her back to a tree. After Katara got her vision back from the impact of the hard bark she saw two yellow eyes staring at her.
"What the heck are you doing out here?" Zuko snapped. Like I care.
"I could ask you the same question." Katara said sternly, trying to squirm away but her hands were tightly pinned to the tree. "Let go of me!"
Zuko cut loose of his grasp and let go of her wrist. There was no point in holding her down.
"What are you doing here in the middle of the night?" Katara asked suspiciously.
"That's none of your business." Zuko said in a stern voice. "A mangy Water girl like you wouldn't understand."
"Wa-" Katara stepped forward when she tripped on a rock and stumbled into Zuko's arms. It was a split second before both of them realized what had happened.
"Get away from me!" They both said in unison and pulled away but they still kept staring icily at each other. Their glares were full of hatred and anger and none of them broke eye contact until a rough, rugged voice broke the concentration.
"Sorry to disturb your 'moment' dear prince, but I believe we have some unfinished business." General Zhao and about thirty other men surrounded Katara and Zuko in the middle.
The men looked as if they were ready to attack at any times notice. Zuko got into a fighting stance and prepared to either attack of block an attack; he looked completely unafraid as if the men were not a threat. But Katara on the other hand, could not do anything to protect herself for there was no water around as to use for waterbending.
Zhao eyed the water tribe girl. "You are a lackey of the Avatar, yes?" Zhao said suspiciously. "It seems I have captured one of your little friends."
"Riana!" Katara remembered the strange little girl who went missing after the storm. "What have you done with her!"
"Nothing yet, but its really up to you if you want her to live." Zhao spoke evilly stroking his beard. "Tell me where the Avatar is and I won't hurt her or you for that matter. But as for the prince…"
To be continued…
Rei: I have a bad feeling about this…
Ugh…That chap. sucked! This is what happens when you lack sleep just to finish a story, you start writing like crud.
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