Chapter 8: I wanna help too!

I rushed into the battle scene. You know, the best way to learn is to try it in a situation right? So, technically, this is training. BUT, if I fail, I die. Anyway, some Fire Nation guys came after me. Big deal. I flipped them all over by mistake. DARN, I'm supposed to hit them with my new bending. Okay, let's try the next guys.

However, the guys I flipped over, came back after me. Great! I won't have to find new people! I'm so happy! I didn't have to hum; there was enough noise to cause an explosion in this battlefield with my bending. So, I took the noise and hurled it, like throwing fairly large Frisbees, at those guys. They fell back, but I think I knocked them unconscious. I made another large sphere and hurled it at a Fire Nation tank. It went KABOOM! I was so proud.

"Sammy, get out of here!"

I turned around to see Haru. He was badly injured from a burn on his arm. That was bad. His eyes had a shocked expression on them and screamed, "MOVE SAMMY!"

I heard a clank, but I didn't feel anything. I swirled around and saw that some dude from the Fire Nation just tried to crack my head open. Except, he didn't because I had this thin, yet very strong, force field around me. I don't know how, I guess it's just an automatic thing.

I tried to create another one, but I couldn't. I just couldn't focus with Haru's arm all burned. What if he dies from loss of blood or something? I had to hurry.

"Haru, get in the forcefield!" I commanded him. Maybe, as long as I thought of Haru, it would stay and I would leave. He got in; we were so close to each other. I quickly ran out and the barrier stayed. I stood there for a moment, only thinking of Haru, and the barrier stayed up.

"Be safe, Haru!" I said. "Please don't leave the barrier for my sake."

I rushed off, leaving Haru in the barrier. I told myself it was okay. I was thinking of him and well, he was cool with me going off. I'm not sure if he knew me that well to let me do the stuff I want, but I liked it he did let me.

I wanted some REAL action. Maybe some sort of whip or sword or… my baseball bat. My metal baseball bat… I pulled it out from nowhere again. I collected sound, and swung my baseball bat so it would come out in a powerful wave. It worked. I am so proud of myself.

'I'm doing this, so I can protect Haru and everyone here,' I thought to myself as I continued to defeat the Fire Nation's men.

Sokka flew past me and he shortly paused to stare at me. "I told you to stay!"

"I wanna help too!" I shouted. I swung my baseball bat vertically and the shockwave hit another Fire Nation that was about to hit Sokka. I grinned. "I can help."

"Fine, fine," Sokka said, somewhat thankful that I saved his butt. He ran off before I could rub it in his face. Oh well, I was fine with that. As soon as I was ready to shoot another Fire Nation tank into flames, I heard General Zhao shout, "RETREAT! BUT TAKE THE GIRL!"

I heard a shriek. I know it was rude of me, but I was glad that girl wasn't me. I felt even worse as I saw Katara being taken away. I charged up to the retreating army, I could see Aang tensing up and running after Katara also, not to mention Sokka too.

"GIMME A BOOST!" I shouted. I leaped up and used Sokka's face as a stepladder. I managed to reach a high enough altitude to aim right at Zhao and I shot at him. Actually, not AT him, but close enough to make him fly back. He did and Aang had already gotten Katara back, good thing too. I landed on my feet with cat-like grace and grinned.

"HEY, go bother yourself, MORON!" I shouted at Zhao. Angrily, he took off and left the area. I quickly ran to where I had left Haru. He wasn't there, but neither was the force field. I ran to Katara, maybe he was with her and she was healing him. I hope so.

"Katara!" I shouted when I saw her in view. Gratefully, he was there with her. I sighed a breath of relief. "Is Haru gonna be okay?

"He'll be fine."

"Yeah, I'll be fine," Haru replied with a small grin resembling my own. We all sat in silence, trying to let what just happened soak in. Hey, did it suddenly turn warm or something. You know… it'd be nice to just… fall asleep.

I awoke seeing everyone staring over me worriedly. I slowly got up; my head hurt a LOT. It was throbbing too. "Did I die?'

"Gratefully, you didn't," Aang replied, sighing in relief like everyone else. I grinned, but it hurt too. I think I'm sick.

"Eh… I'm sick, aren't I?"

"Not really," Katara replied.

"It's something that happens when someone bends beyond their limits, which is what you did. Of course, no bender has a limit since that helps them learn, but you strain the body a bit and you get sick for a while. A short while, like about a day or two at most," Aang replied. I smiled happily.

"We beat the Fire Nation," I sang in a childish voice. Everyone laughed.

"Well, if you ask me, we just made them retreat," Sokka replied. "It had nothing to do with skills whatsoever. I got that feeling they were looking for something."

"Katara?" I asked, pointing.

"No, AND DON'T POINT!"

"Well, they couldn't have been looking for me. I just got here."

"Well, maybe they knew somewhat about you and wanted you."

"Well, I think that maybe they know about her now," Aang stated. Everyone's eyes stared to Aang and then back to me. I gulped. You know, it's scary when you know the Fire Nation may be after you. I mean, I just got here; it's barely been a day. C'mon, give me a break.

"Well, I just want to know why—"

"Why what?" I interrupted. Haru gave me a small glance of annoyance. Oh my gosh, it was so shocking. I was almost paralyzed for life! He continued as if I hadn't done anything.

"I want to know why they were screaming for the Ancient Bender."

"And we all figured out who that was," Katara stated, making everyone stare at me. I felt so pressured under that stare.

"And all of us know why they want her."

End of Chapter 8: I wanna help too!

Author's Note: Well, hello again everyone! Finally, my eighth chapter! However, I ended on a cliffhanger. You will have to wonder why they want me... or my powers. Now, don't worry, the next time I update will probably be next month... JUST KIDDING. The most is a week or two! don't worry.