DISCLAIMER: don't own AVATAR.
Uhh, I better go b4 Flame shows… Flame: GET OUT OF MY SPOT! (shoves Z2 away) hehe, time 4 shout outs!
Mew Ami: kk. I'll tell her.
Rioki Moondove: COOKIE! (snatches cookie) ME: uhh, it think it wuz meant 4 me…. Flame: BACK OFF! IT'S MINE! (Inner Devil: uhhh…. Ok!)
Lopchop: yes, she did say this would b a romance. But only ever so slightly. Yes, I kno I'm 2 good 4 Sokka, Z2's just doing 2 this 2 bug the crap out of Lorna…
Daemon and Phoenix: Y DOES EVERY1 WANT A SEQUEL! ME: I hav an idea 4 1, but I'm working out kinks, and I don't think I'll like it. Flame: I kno I will! (ME: we'll c about that…)
Chapter 5: Rescue Run
Flame groaned when she was woken to the sound of her cell door open. She honestly wished she was back on her island, sleeping in as long as she liked, never having a care in the world.
"Wake up, runt." The soldier barked. Flame sat up casually and looked up at the soldier coolly.
"What is the need for this interruption of my sleeping?" Flame asked innocently. The soldier grunted out a reply.
"Time for breakfast. Having it with the Prince."
The trio looked frantically over the horizon, hoping for sight of Zuko's ship.
"See it yet?" Sokka asked. Aang squinted at the rising sun, glaring at him.
"Nope."
"I'm not hungry." Flame said. She folded her arms and turned her head away from the soldier.
"Listen, missy, I don't make the rules around here, so get your lazy ass off the floor and let's go!" The soldier yelled. Flame turned her head back to the soldier, and glared at him.
"NO!" She screamed. The soldier growled.
"GET MOVING!" The soldier retorted.
"MAKE ME!"
"I WILL!"
"Hey, I think I see something!" Aang yelled excitedly. Katara and Sokka, in the saddle, sat up.
"Is it the ship?" Katara asked. Aang shrugged.
"I think it is!"
"I don't want any damn breakfast! I ain't hungry!" Flame screamed and tried to writhe out of the soldier's grip.
"Yeesh, Prince Zuko was right, you are worse than when you were learning firebending!"
Zuko tapped the table impatiently. Where was she?
"It is! It's Zuko's ship!" Aang yelled. Momo started purring in satisfaction.
"Can we go get Flame now?" Sokka asked.
"Not yet."
"FOR THE LAST TIME! I AIN'T-" But Flame was silenced by a clear, cold voice.
"Flame, thank you ever so much for joining me."
"Ok, so we see the ship, how about Flame?" Katara asked. Aang peered down at the deck.
"No, yes! Yes! I see her! But, she's with Zuko, we better wait."
Flame stared in horror at the table upon the deck. And Zuko sat at the other end of the table, smirking. On the table, were breakfast goods.
"I already told the stupid guard, I'm not hungry." Flame told Zuko quietly while keeping her gaze on the ground.
"Not hungry? Impossible. You were always hungry when you were here the first time." Flame kept her eyes down, and away from the food, and Zuko.
"I've been living on a deserted island for a year, I think I've learned how to control my appetite."
"I'm sure you have." Flame dared to look up.
"What's that suppose to mean?" She hissed. Zuko's smirk just got bigger, and Flame wanted to whip it off with a water whip.
"Well, if you say you have learned to control your appetite, then you must be capable of gathering up immense hunger." Flame's green eyes got big, very big.
Damn loopholes.
Flame thought angrily. She turned her head away.
"While that may be true, I'm not hungry." Zuko was not giving up. He could see the Avatar's bison in the distance, watching them, waiting for them, waiting for him to leave, so they could rescue the young girl before him.
"I don't believe you." Flame bit her lip in annoyance.
"I'm not eating."
"Please, just have a biscuit."
"NO!"
"I suggest you eat, or you'll get sick."
"I'd rather be sick than stuck on this ship." Flame muttered. She would have continued, if her belly hadn't just given a loud growl. She put a hand over her stomach, and glared at Zuko.
"You win, cheep skate."
Flame sat down quietly at the other end of the table, under Zuko's ever-watchful eyes. She ate a little of everything, and then, Zuko got up.
"Where ya going?" Flame asked as Zuko walked through the hatch. Zuko stopped at the hatch door, and called over his shoulder.
"I'll be right back." Was all he said, before he was gone.
Flame continued to eat, not knowing that her captor's plan was working just as it was suppose to.
"It's safe, let's go!" Aang yelled. Katara and Sokka braced for landing.
Flame looked up at the sounding of something flying overhead. Her eyes grew wide, and her pupils shrank.
She had been so stupid! This was Zuko's plan!
They have to leave, now!
"AANG! STAY AWAY!" Flame screamed. She stood up, and waved her arms.
"GET AWAY! THIS ISN'T SAFE! IT'S A TRAP!" Appa landed rather gracefully on deck, and the three passengers hopped off.
"Aang, you must leave, this is all a trap!" Flame cried. Aang shook his head disobediently.
"No, we're not leaving, not without you." And then, there was silence as Flame and the trio stared at each other.
The silence was broken by the sound of clapping.
"Well, that's all very touching, Avatar, but it's true, you won't be leaving. But for another reason," Zuko's arrogant voice sneered. Around him stood his strongest firebenders.
Flame's eyes paled and lost focus, as if recalling an old memory. Tears welled up at the corners of her eyes, and think trickles of salty tears ran down her cheeks. Sokka walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Flame, you OK?" Suddenly, Flame snapped back to reality, and wrenched her shoulder out of Sokka's grip.
"Never better." She muttered.
In one graceful spin, fire leaped from Flame's foot, and at Zuko and his firebenders. They all backed away, trying to calm the flames. Which gave Flame time to do another trick.
Out of the ocean, a giant stream of water rose, and floated before Flame. She pushed her arms out, and the water flew away, right into Zuko and his men, plummeting them into the wall. The all fell to the ground unconscious.
Flame turned to Aang, Sokka, and Katara.
"Go. They will be waking up soon. And, don't worry about me, I'll be fine. I'll, I'll signal for you, with some form of my bending or another. Just, stay by, until then." Reluctantly, the trio boarded Appa, and flew away.
Flame turned to face the awaking Zuko, waiting for her pending punishment.
Hope y'all liked! Till next time, Happy Thanksgiving!
INSANITY AT ITS FINEST
LONG LIVE THE HIPPIES!
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