Facing Death

AN: Well, aren't you guys lucky, I got sick throughout the night so I can't get to camp today! It really hurts to breathe, Ouchy…but hey, I have nothing better to do than write so…you better compliment me on this, hehe.

Kushai

Kushai started to wriggle in the Admiral's grasp, of course this was really unexpected for the man. He could swear he had told her to stay still of face death! Luckily for him, he was able to hold on to the wriggling girl.

Kushai felt the grip on her throat tighten, she would have smiled, but that seemed somewhat crazy. You're almost dying and you start smiling…yeah…makes sense!

Zhao panicked slightly, exactly what was she doing! Performing some sort of suicide! He hadn't really expected her to do this, so he hadn't really thought he needed to kill her. Or maybe, she was just trying to get out of his grasp…well, that sounded really obvious…

Prince Zuko stared in shock, this girl was totally confusing him. But only a second of his confused thoughts were able to pass before he realized what she was doing. Suicide!

Prince Zuko charged at Zhao, and have I mentioned this was not doing his profile much good…

Zhao out of nowhere pulled up a knife from his pocket, and placed it across her throat. "Don't move," He threatened, not only to Kushai but to the nervous Prince too.

Aang had had enough of this stupidity! "Let her go!" Aang loudly commanded, and for once his voice sounded threatening. Or for that matter, as threatening as it could sound. "I said, let her go!" Aang repeated again, with the same force thundering in his voice.

Prince Zuko turned around to see Aang pointing the staff at Zhao, who laughed stupidly.

"Is this a joke, Avatar?" Zhao questioned with an unbelieving voice. He was still laughing his evil laughter. And have you ever tried to pick up a chair or hold on to something when you laugh? Well, it becomes kinda heavy and harder to hold on to, eh?

BOOM! Kushai jammed her elbow into his solar plexus, and thus the armor, the surprise was enough to send him off balance. And the laughter had softened his grasp too, which came much to Kushai's advantage.

She quickly picked up a stream of water from the ocean and whipped it at him. Zhao was thrown to the railing, he strained to regain his faltering balance. But he had only as much time to blink as he felt a gust of wind push him off the ship.

The splash sounded throughout the ship, and to Zuko, Aang, and Kushai the sound was like a wave of relief washing over them. Aang for once, was the first one to notice that the crew was quickly coming nearer them.

He jumped up high and swung his staff around, shotting out a circle of wind that pushed them off the ship, or caused them to fall head or butt first to the ground. Kushai motioned for them to follow her.

She opened up a door, and ran down the stairs. She stopped abruptly, causing Aang to run into her, nearly throwing her on the hard metal floor. But thanks to her quick reflexes, she grabbed something behind her. She only took a second to see the thing she had grabbed. She found it being Zuko's sword!

She snapped her hand up, but forgetting that it was all she had to hold on to she crashed to the floor. And exactly now was the right time to remind herself why she had performed such an abrupt halt. She looked up innocently to see one of her guards standing there. "Hehe…oops?" She laughed quietly

She felt herself being lifted up just as the guard's hand grabbed after her. She was on her feet, and felt like kissing Zuko who had just saved her. They ran past the puzzled guard. Speeding down the corridor, Kushai once again froze unexpectedly.

"AH! You've got to stop doing that!" Aang screeched with flailing arms trying to regain his balance. Aang brushed a hand across his forehead, phew. He was ok, and he hadn't fallen! And almost all thanks to his airbending!

"AANG! KUSHAI!" A voice bounced around the corridor. Kushai once again set full speed down the corridor. Aang on the other hand just stood there.

Prince Zuko ran up to him, and gave him a quizzical expression. Aang only motioned for him to go first. Prince Zuko ran up in front. Aang breathed out a long breath. Saved from the dangerous, unexpected stop!

Once again Kushai stopped her little stop. But this time it was Prince Zuko behind, who had to jump to the left to avoid a crash. Aang grimaced, ouch, that looked painful!

Prince Zuko growled quietly and started getting up from the hard floor. Kushai hadn't noticed any of the struggling behind her, she ran over to Katara. "Are you ok?" Kushai and Aang asked in unison.

Katara answered a quiet, raspy, yes. This worried Aang, but oh great…there was another thing…. "Don't we need a key…?" Aang mentally slapped himself, at his lack of IQ at that moment.

Kushai froze, "Eh…oops…umm…yeah…we might need a key…." Kushai felt completely 'doih'. Kushai, get your brain together…I think your seriously missing a peace, COMMON SENSE! Kushai reassured Katara that they would be right back as soon as she found that key… and her missing brain piece…

Prince Zuko slapped himself…this was the girl that he loved? Alrighty then….wait, did he just admit it straight out!

"Maybe the guard has it," Kushai suggested as they rounded a corner. "OOF," Kushai puffed out as she ran into the Guard. Ah, keys! Kushai quickly snatched the keys from the man's belt. She gave yet another innocent smile, and turned and ran.

Aang stood there for a second, face to face with the guard. Awkward….."Eh…so….do you like your job?" Aang questioned out of the blue. The guard gave a quizzical look, but only for that matter, a couple of seconds. He pounced on Aang, but to the guard's dismay, caught only about 5 dust pieces…

Prince Zuko took this chance to try and knock out the guard so they could safely pass him, once they got Katara of course.

Aang ran after Kushai, quickly catching up with her.

Kushai quickly locked up the door, to find Katara leaning on the door, and falling out with it. "Thanks…," Katara muttered, a little grumpily.

"KATARA!" Aang exclaimed as he threw his arms around her neck, embracing her happily. Katara smiled and hugged him back. Kushai giggled quietly…how cute!

"Ok you two, we need to get of this dumb ship full of rotten firebenders!" Kushai said loudly. "Eh…I didn't mean that like…um.." Kushai fought to find the right words to make up for that. Prince Zuko just smiled, not a big smile, just a 'watch your mouth' smile.

Katara froze as she saw Zuko, "Watch out!" She yelled as she pulled Aang to the side.

"It's ok Katara, he's on our side….well kinda…" Aang explained, but seeing Zuko's face, corrected a few errors…

Katara stood there for, oh, about a couple of years more!

"Stand there 5 months more would ya," Kushai joked irritably as she jerked Katara's arm, Katara still, in her little 'I don't believe this trance!'

Prince Zuko ran first, up the stairs, and onto the deck where they heard a a deafening shout that sent shivers down their spines.

"Get the Avatar, and kill the rest!" Rang in the ears of Kushai, Katara, and the others. Kushai turned around, would she have to face death once again? Kushai stopped, she had to do something…hm…

Admiral Zhao observed Kushai, while the crew slowly set way towards them. He became nervous as a sneaky smile emerged on her face.

"Aravat…itspir…meco…wndo…onup…su…sa…het…thseire…ksas…," Kushai spoke an odd line of unknown words. But Katara did react to them…..she knew what was going on…but found it hard to consume the unusual words.

Aang started glowing, his Avatar Spirit had stricken! "Everybody, gather close to me!" Kushai shouted to Prince Zuko, since Katara already knew the drill. The boy did as she said, and was surprised to find a glowing cover surrounding them, some sort of force-field.

Zhao quivered, and ran to the side of the sip and was getting ready to jump, but exactly then was when Aang had started a huge tornado. Splash, splash, splash, splash….etc. Was all Prince Zuko, Katara, and Kushai could hear.

Once the 'hurricane' was over, Kushai stopped the force-field, and ran to Aang's aid, who had collapsed on the hard metal floor. Katara and Prince Zuko just stood there, traumatized.

"Oh no, stay where you are, I'll carry him all the way over to Appa…by myself…" Kushai yelled sarcastically, struggling to lift the boy 2 cm up from the ground. Kushai was weaker than usual from her tremendous effort.

Prince Zuko ran over to her. "…Um..how…uh" he stammered unbelievably.

"I'll tell you once we get off this ship," Kushai mumbled as she and the boy started pulling Aang towards the dozing Appa. Katara followed, without saying a word. What had just happened!

Once they had started to fly, Kushai sighed, "Well…you're probably wondering just what happened…"

Katara coughed slightly, hinting that she kind of knew. "You're a seireth…aren't you…?" Katara questioned, amazed at the girl. Was she really, or was it something else….

AN: Ok, the author seems to be having some typing errors or what? No, in fact there is a logical way to find out what the words really are! See if you can solve them, and tell me through a review! But hey, that doesn't mean that if you don't know, you shouldn't review! Hint hint Can't update tomorrow though, I'm leaving for camp then, since I'm feeling better now!