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You're coming with me

By: Jennifer Johnson

Ch. 2: Break down

Zuko's P.O.V.

I was sitting by the river thinking about the waterbender. She had humiliated me for the first and certainly last time. If I saw her again I would fight so intense she'd beg for mercy. Just tremble there and beg for me not to hurt her. Then I could get the Avatar. Once she feared me that much she'd do anything if I just spared her. I couldn't help myself but smirk. It felt good. Even though she wasn't there to see me doing it, it still felt good. I put my hand in the water and felt how weak it was. 'Your weak, just like your element.' I thought as the water didn't even move my hand. I still smirked knowing that I would find her along with the Avatar. Then I thought of the ultimate plan.

"Prince Zuko." my uncle said snapping me back to reality. "I believe you said that you wanted to leave when the sun rose?"

"Yes, uncle." I said picking up my stuff. I would find her I just knew it, and then I could put my plan into play. Right before I left I smirked and said into the air "Fear me, be terrified by me, show me your fear so I can eat off of it like a vampire with blood. Just show me the tiniest bit of fear so I can beat you. So I can destroy you for humiliating me. So I can capture the Avatar. And I will capture him. No matter what. And even if you don't show fear I'll find it. I will"

Katara's P.O.V.

I was extremely nervous. Where was Zuko? Would Zuko find us? If so could I beat Zuko again? Tons of questions rushed through my head and I tried to process them all but it was no use, there were just too many. Could Zuko kill me? Would Zuko kill me? What if Zuko captured Aang? If Zuko found us when would he? Why was I asking myself all these questions? Why did Zuko want to capture Aang? Why was I so worried? What would I do the next time we met? I put my hands on my head and tried to get rid of all the questions but I couldn't. Aang tapped my shoulder, knowing something was wrong.

"Katara, what's the matter." he asked. "And don't say nothing."

"It's just my 'feeling' from yesterday." I said. "I just have so many questions."

"Like what?" he asked.

"Well like where is he right now and if he could kill me would he and…" I said going crazy.

"Katara." Aang said. "Slow down and calm down."

"How can I calm down when Zuko could find us any second?" I said nervously.

"Um, Katara." said Sokka. "If you haven't noticed were in the air, above the clouds."

"Well Appa has to land eventually." I said nervously.

"Um, Katara," said Aang guiltily. "Not to worry you but we sorta need to um, land. Appa's tired."

I then curled my knees into my chest and grabbed them with one hand while sucking my thumb with the other as I rocked back and forth. I didn't know why but it seemed like Zuko could actually see me, terrified at the thought of seeing him again and it gave him power. I felt my stomach fill with butterflies and not the good kind. I started breathing heavily and thought that I was going to throw up but I didn't. I trembled and as I stopped trembling I heard something in the air. Fear me, be terrified by me, show me your fear so I can eat off of it like a vampire with blood. Just show me the tiniest bit of fear so I can beat you. So I can destroy you for humiliating me. So I can capture the Avatar. And I will capture him. No matter what. And even if you don't show fear I'll find it. I will. I froze stiff as I recognized the voice I had just heard in the wind. It was Zuko. 'No, no, no not Aang!' I thought. NO, I can't show him fear, why did I show fear! I then silently whispered into the wind. "You won't find Aang, you won't capture him, and if we do meet again I'll be ready for you, Zuko. You can count on that. I promise I'll never let you know where he is. He's my friend and now my family. I won't let you hurt him or me. We're a family now and families watch out for one another. So don't count on catching Aang so soon." After saying that I felt confident as my message blew away and I hoped so badly that he heard my message, just like I had heard his. I then smirked and felt more confident than ever.

"Katara, let's set up camp." said Aang not knowing the message I had just received.

"Okay Aang." I said cheerfully hiding that I was really scared.

Zuko's P.O.V.

I sat there. Just waiting for it. I knew she was afraid. I just wanted to hear her terrified voice. I knew that she had heard my letter to her. I could feel it in my body. Then I heard my uncle talk to me.

"Zuko" he said. "Is there something wrong, your smiling?"

"Uncle." I said laughing a bit and punching him.

"Well, what are you so happy about." he asked.

"If you must know I have a plan on how to capture the Avatar." I said looking at him.

"GREAT!" he said. "What is it?"

"I don't wanna tell." I said. "I'm afraid someone with the Avatar who's involved in it might hear it."

"What exactly is your plan." he said cautiously.

"Fine, I'll tell you but I have to whisper it." I said. "Don't want the 'person' to hear." I then whispered my idea into his ear and he smiled in delight.

"Very good plan, Prince Zuko." he said smirking.

"I'll be leaving in a few minutes to do the first part." I said smirking. "I need to get some 'info.'" Right as I started to leave I heard something in the wind. You won't find Aang, you won't capture him, and if we do meet again I'll be ready for you, Zuko. You can count on that. I promise I'll never let you know where he is. He's my friend and now my family. I won't let you hurt him or me. We're a family now and families watch out for one another. So don't count on catching Aang so soon. I wasn't intimidated by her message. In fact, if anything, I enjoyed it. So that when I did capture the Avatar I could rub it in her face. I muttered into the air "Peasant." and was off to try and find the Avatar's camp.

Katara's P.O.V.

I kept looking around, worried that Zuko would come. Now I had wished that I hadn't said all those things to him. It made me even more scared if that was even possible. I kept telling myself to calm down and just relax, but I couldn't knowing that that annoying, bone trembling, fatal, fire prince was out in the open.

"Katara relax." said Aang who was staring at me.

"I'm relaxed, why would you think I'm not relaxed, I'm TOTALLY RELAXED!" I said all in one sentence

"Well your trembling and your squeezing my hand extremely thigh, which is beginning to hurt." he said.

"Oh, sorry Aang." I said letting go of my hand. I then realized something and said it out loud by accident. "He's gonna kill me."

"What?" said Aang who wasn't really listening.

"Zzzzzuko's ggggonna kkkkill mmmmme." I said trembling. "Zuko's gonna kill me!" I said trembling so hard I could've sworn the ground was shaking. "I need to leave, no that'll make me more vulnerable, but if I stay here you guys will be in danger. Oh! It's a lose lose situation."

"Katara." said Aang. "Why would Zuko wanna kill you. If he did he would've all the other times we versed him."

"But like Sokka said I kicked his butt at the North Pole and probably made a fool of him. Now he wants to kill me." I said my eyes wide in horror. I didn't care if Zuko saw. I was scared and couldn't hide it any more. "He's gonna kill me!" I said beginning to cry.

"Sokka, I need some help here!" said Aang.

"Katara, it's okay." said Sokka. "We'll protect you."

"No," I said. "I don't wanna put you in danger."

"Katara, you'll be fine." he said.

"Yeah Katara, we can take Zuko." said Aang.

"But what if he comes at night and kills me or something." I said still crying a bit.

"HE'S NOT GONNA COME!" he said.

I then heard someone say what seemed like "Perfect."

I was extremely tense. I sat down and began trembling again. I then saw out of the corner of my eye the silhouette of someone run off. I stood up quickly and said "Did you guys see that!"

"See, what?" asked Sokka.

"Someone was just watching us. What if it was Zuko?" I said trembling.

Zuko's P.O.V.

I started walking but couldn't see anything. I needed to find her for the plan to work. I needed to see if she was scared. And if she was somehow let her know that I knew. I was about to give up and yell when I heard something. There were a few mumbles but then I heard an unmistakable voice say "I'm totally relaxed!" I listened to the sound and looked around and just seconds later found their camp. I was going to jump out but I needed to remain unseen. I looked closely and saw that the waterbender was not only trembling but was squeezing the Avatar's hand. 'The Avatar can't save you water tribe peasant.' I thought smirking. I then listened to more. She let go of his hand and I could see the finger marks on the Avatar's hand. Perfect. I started moving closer to them so I could hear what they were saying. I then heard her say something that made me smirk so much I thought she would see it. She said "He's gonna kill me." Even more perfect, she thought I was going to kill her. I knew she was bluffing. She then said it again. "Zuko's gonna kill me." Each time she said it, it gave me more power. She then started to say something else. "I need to leave , no that'll make me more vulnerable, but if I stay here you guys will be in danger. Oh! It's a lose lose situation." I kept listening as she caved in, thinking that I was going to kill her. "Perfect." I accidentally said out loud. The waterbender sat down and began trembling again. She then, and I wanted her to, saw me run off to make sure that she was so scared that she would tremble at the sound of my voice. I got back to uncle and looked at him with a smirk.

"Step one is confirmed." I said walking up to him.

"So she's scared?" he asked.

"She's not scared." I said quietly. "She's terrified." I said changing my frown to a smirk. "She thinks I'm gonna kill her. She was breaking down right in front of me. I got there at just the right time. It was too perfect."