This chapter isn't as funny, and it focuses more on Aang and Katara, so Toph and Sokka don't really show up much.

I don't own Avatar. (Sorry, I just don't feel funny today)

Ch.4

Aang was laying on a beach, unconscious, the sedatives not having worn off yet. As the day approached 3 in the afternoon, his eyelids began to slowly open.

"What… happened?" Aang had never been more confused, with the exception of the day that the monks told him he was the avatar.

He opened his eyes a little more. "Hey guy's, are you- Oww! My eyes!" His eyes were taking time to adjust to the sudden change of light.

Once he was able to fully open his eyes, he started to get up.

"Where is everyone?" He asked himself. He began to look down the beach, for any sign as to where his companions might be. Then he looked behind him. His eyes widened and he gasped for air.

"Katara…" He whispered, almost as if he was afraid to speak out loud.

She was lying about 5 yards away from where he regained consciousness. And she wasn't moving. He took slow, gradual steps towards her, fearing the worst. He knelt down in front of her.

He sighed with relief. She's breathing.

"Okay, I need a plan. Katara's unconscious, Toph and Sokka aren't here, and we've lost all our things." He started thinking out loud.

There were some palm trees behind the beach. "I better get her into the shade."

After moving her back towards the trees, he started wondering what happened.

One minute we were packing up and Sokka's running towards us screaming that the fire nation found us, the next I wake up on some goddamned beach, and the only person with me is Katara.

Those last seven words hit him like a brick. 'the only person with me is Katara'

"What am I doing? My friends and things are missing and I'm thinking about being alone with her!" He mentally slapped himself silly for having such a selfish and shameful thought.

Her brother is missing… What will I tell her when she wakes up? I could try and go find them. He looked over at Katara's unconscious body. But I can't leave her alone! Dammit, this day is REALLY starting to suck.

He heard some stirring about behind him and quickly turned around to find Katara starting to wake up. He ran over and knelt down beside her. He felt like he needed to take care of her. She had always been there to heal him, and it was his turn to return the favor.

"Aang…?" Katara sounded weak, faint.

"Yeah, I'm here, Katara." He said quietly. He felt compelled to stay with her, to make sure she was ok.

"Where are w- Oww!" She yelled, putting her hands up to her face. He couldn't hold back a laugh.

"Yeah, that happened to my eyes, too. It's ok; it will wear off in a second."

Once she could open her eyes again, she asked "Aang, where are we? And where's Sokka? Where is everything?" She still sounded weak.

He sighed. "I don't know Katara. I don't know…"

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"Alright, Snoozles. What do we do now?" Toph and Sokka were on the other side of the island, with Appa and all their things.

"Nothing. Now we just watch and wait."

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"So we're stranded… And Sokka, Toph, Appa, and all our things are missing." Aang had just finished explaining to Katara what he knew, and it really didn't help the situation.

"Aang... I- We need to find them! Sokka, Toph, Appa… We HAVE to find them! What if something happened! WE NEED TO FIND THEM!" Katara was on the verge of tears.

"I know Katara, but please, be strong. Don't cry! I can't stand to see you cry!" Aang said as he pulled her into a warm, comforting embrace. A lone tear ran down Katara's cheek. Aang wiped it off with his finger. She wasn't used to having such close contact with Aang, and she started to blush. She turned her head away quickly, hoping Aang hadn't seen her. But he did, and a blush crept up his face in return.

"We WILL find them. I promise." He whispered.

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"Where will we hide Appa?" Toph was lying down under a tree.

"Huh?"

"Well, Katara and Aang will eventually start looking for us. Where will we hide our things?"

"Uhhh, I didn't really think that part out…" Sokka replied as he rubbed the back of his neck.

So much for your perfect plan. I knew it wouldn't last… "Well, then, I guess we better find a cave or something. One big enough to hide Appa in. And we need to make sure Aang or Katara don't find it."

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Aang and Katara were wandering around the beach, looking for any clues as to where their friends might be. But there wasn't so much as a single footprint in the sand. Aang looked over the water, and he saw the sun setting.

"Katara, it's getting late. We can't keep this up forever! We need to find shelter."

Katara shot him a glare. "My brother is gone! So are Toph and Appa! We have to find them! We can't stop now!" Katara had never spoken to Aang in such an angry tone.

Aang was startled by her reaction, but he wouldn't give up. "Katara, if we don't find shelter and freshwater soon, we might not last long enough to find them! I know you miss your brother, I know you're worried about all of them, but listen to me! We're on a damned deserted beach! Who will save us if we need help?" Aang sighed. "What happens if you need help? I promised myself that I'd never let anything happen to you…" He said in a whisper, looking deeply into Katara's eyes.

"Aang... I-." She was cut off.

"Let's just… Let's just go find a river or something. We can make a tent out of palm tree branches." He said as he turned away, and started walking towards the trees.

She dropped her head in shame. Way to go, Katara… he just wanted to protect you… she felt low. Lower than low. She had really hurt Aang when she screamed like that. When she looked back up, Aang was already about 10 yards away, and she ran to catch up with him.

"Look, Aang, I'm sorry. It's just… I miss them! And what if they were captured by the fire nation! Sokka said he saw smoke…"

"It wasn't the fire nation" he said, without looking at her. "They would have taken me if it was them. I mean, I was unconscious, so I couldn't have put up a fight." He turned to look at her. They were at eye level with each other. Wow, when did he get as tall as me? Katara thought herself.

He gave her his trademark grin. "We will find them, don't worry. I'll bet there nearby somewhere."

After about a 1/2 hour of searching, they found a small stream surrounded be large palm trees.

"This is good enough. We can make camp here and keep searching tomorrow." Aang looked around for a way to knock some palm branches down.

"How am I gonna get those down without my glider…" Aang thought aloud.

"I've got an idea." Katara chimed in. She took a battle stance and bended some water out of the stream. Then she began to cut through the branches the way they had done to the drill outside of Ba Sing Se.

In no time they had a big pile of branches and began making their tent. It was just barely big enough to house the both of them but it would have to do. Aang airbended himself up into the air and grabbed a couple of coconuts on the way down. Then, following what Katara did, he used his waterbending to cut them in half, and he walked over to her.

"Dinner is served, Madam." He said handing her the coconut. She giggled a little and sat down beside him, enjoying his company.

Well, I wrote that in about 1 hour.

Rest in Peace, Mako Iwamatsu (voice actor for Uncle Iroh)