So, it looks like nhern1101 wants me to continue the story! I thought that the ending would hook more people! ;P Anyway, updates will probably take longer than they did before since I'm getting closer to graduating and I've got projects to do.
Katara
Sobs shook her body. One of Lana's arms was twisted in an unnatural way and on the other arm, her scars were open and freely bleeding. Her skirt was ripped, she was only wearing one (rather than her usual two skirts), showing multiple cuts on her thighs. Lana's shins were bruised and bloody. Katara started the healing process, just on the small nicks that covered Lana's hands. Small metal needles fell out of each nick as she healed it.
"Will she survive if we move her?" Keith said, "the Galra are coming and I don't know if we can hold them off, especially in this close of quarters."
Katara looked around, at the big room and the wide hallway in front of them. She raised her eyebrows.
Allura gave Keith a knowing smile, "Let's get moving. Lana will live if we move her, but she needs to get back to the castle."
"Do you have something there that could heal her?" Aang almost shouted.
Hunk nodded, "the healing pods."
"I don't know what those things are, but let's go," Toph muttered.
Katara felt like throwing up as she passed the dead guy. Had Lana really killed him? Was she really that strong? He looked at least twice her size and was wearing armor. If Lana had killed this guy right after torture, how strong could she be if she really wanted to? If Lana went on a killing spree, could any of them stop her? Maybe Aang, but he didn't know Shadowbending or Lightbending. Lana had a lot more time to practice and probably knew her limits better than Aang. Zuko might be able to stop her, it was no secret that Lana had a crush on him. What about Toph? Lana would most likely destroy any rock that Toph threw at her. These thoughts crowded Katara's head as they made their way to the pickup point.
Zuko
Zuko was in charge of carrying Lana since he was in the middle of the group. He tried not to look at the hole in her skirt or any of her injuries. It was his fault anyway if he'd taken the shot at the guy who hurt Lana in the first place, she wouldn't have had to go into the caves, and then she wouldn't have been captured. He zoned out, thinking of all the ways it could have gone differently. He wasn't sure how, be somehow he ended up with Mai in front of him, demanding he chose between her and Lana. Toph pushing Zuko onto the Blue lion brought him back to reality. He zoned out again on the ride back to the castle, even with Lance complaining about how long they had taken. They docked and he followed Hunk to a room in a daze. It was one of the first rooms that they'd shown on the tour of the castle. Pidge was muttering about Allura making a wormhole jump to a nearby planet that should be safe unless it was different in this reality. Hunk took Lana from Zuko and placed her, standing up, in the coffin looking thing.
"Come on," Katara said, the first words that he actually heard since they left the big room, "Allura said that we're on a safe planet, but we should stay inside since we don't have suits."
Zuko nodded, "I think I'm going to stay here."
Katara shook her head, "Everyone's going to get some sleep, you should too."
Her words washed over him and he nodded, realizing how tired he was. He'd gotten up early and the day had been exhausting. He followed Katara out the door and down a few halls. At some point, Katara ducked into a room with Allura and Toph, muttering something about 'girl time' and Aang pulled him into another room and handed him a blanket and a soft squishy thing.
Allura
Katara and Toph were surprising mature for girls of their age. They handled the new well; Lana would survive, but she'd probably be in pain for the rest of her life. Maybe her arm wouldn't heal right and they'd have to break it again to fix it. Either way, her condition was delicate and if the Galra attacked now, someone would have to stay to make sure that nothing bad happens. The thing that did shock them was what Allura told them about Haggar, her powers, her child, and her past. She told them what Shiro remembered of his stay with the Galra and how that affected him. Of course, Allura could see that they had questions, but she told them that they were going to have to save them. At least until she was sure that the castle was functioning and nothing had happened. That was a lie. She'd told them everything she knew about Haggar and wasn't sure if she could answer the questions. Instead of going to the bridge, she headed towards her room and plopped down on her bed. It only took a few minutes for her to fall asleep.
She awoke to a buzzing. It was an alert from the castle, telling her that the pods had healed as much as they could. Glancing at the time, she groaned. It had been eight hours. Usually, it only took a few hours to heal, but Allura guessed that Lana's injuries were worse than usual. She pulled herself out of bed and basically crawled down the hall. It only took a few minutes to drag Lana into a spare room, but it took a little longer for her tired brain to figure out how to write a note, telling the Gaang where Lana was. She slipped it under Katara's door and went back to bed.
Lana
She knew right away that something wasn't right. Her head felt more crowded than ever before and she still felt all the tiny needles in her hands. The space in her head felt weird, definitely not good, but not totally evil. Lana let her head roll back as a chill ran through her bones and she forced her way into the empty space in her mind. Flashes of images came to her, purple lightning, screaming, pain, a hood, bright light, and a word: quintessence. Quintessence drove whoever had been rummaging around in her mind. She felt the hunger, the need for it. Even though she had no idea what quintessence was. Another chill ran through her and she sat up in bed. Lana saw herself in the third person, not in her body. As she floated around her head, Lana saw that her eyes were glowing yellow.
