Ex-v: Well, here ya go! Hope you like this chappie!
BTW, this chapter is gonna have less fluff than the others, but you should be satisfied. I'm trying to finish up the next chapter so that it has plenty of Kataang fluff.
Next day
Sorin yawned as he woke up, stretched, and sat up. Rubbing the sleep from his eyes, he looked around. No Toph. That was odd, he thought. He almost always woke up first.
Plus, the tent was still closed. He leaned his ear up to the wall. He heard Aang, Sokka, Katara, but no Toph.
Slowly, he was starting to get scared. Then he saw something over by were Toph usually slept. A hole. A big hole.
Man made, he could tell. An earthbender had done this. He was sure. Had Toph gone somewhere? No. He was sure she was taken against her will. And he wasn't happy about it.
"AAAAAAAAAAARRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Sorin's howl could be heard throughout the forest as he blasted apart the earthen tent with sheer firepower. The only words he gave to his startled companions as he walked by was "I'm going to find Toph."
Hours later
"Toph!! TOPH!!! WERE ARE YOU!!" He screamed as he rushed through the forest. What if she was already gone? NO!! He would bring the whole forest to his knees if he had to.
Suddenly he heard something. A voice. A Toph voice. "Let go of me!" it said. Then there was the sound of a man moaning in pain. Then Toph screaming.
Breaking into a run, Sorin blasted anything in his way. Finnaly, he got to a clearing. Peeking out from behind a tree, he saw Toph, limp, tied up. Around her were a group of fierce looking earthbenders. And a whole Squad of firenation soldiers. At least 35 men.
Could he defeat 35 men? His head told him no. He should go back and get Aang, Sokka and Katara, they could help him.
But his heart told him YES. For Toph, he would. He would not get the others, HE would be Toph hero.
Sorin roared as he ran into action, leaping into the air. No mercy was the only thing on his mind. Hurling a fireball from his foot, it slammed into one of the firebenders faces, bringing him to the ground.
As he landed, he spun and shot a lightning bolt through another's chest, throwing him into a tree. Jumping to his feet, he shot two powerful jets of fire out of his fists, that crashed into some earthbenders.
Sensing the earth change beneath his feet, he jumped out of the way just in time to evade two pillars of earth that rose where he had been standing. Landing evenly, he took down a tree with a fireball, and it crashed onto the attacking earthbenders.
He was too slow however to evade another stalactite that grew out of the ground next to him, though, and it rammed into his kidneys, making him vomit blood. Dropping to his knees, his world spinning, he could feel his enemies gathering around him. It was all over. Toph would die.
NO! Toph would not die! He would not die, not lose. Flames spun wildly around him as he staggered to his feet.
"Aaargh!!" Sorin screamed as the flames spun, increasing in size and intensity until they were like a hurricane.
Switching to a wider stance, he thrust his arms out to his sides and unleashed the Flames. They Swirled madly, engulfing everyone around him. He heard their shrieks of pain, but he was beyond caring.
Rushing over to were Toph had been dropped, he fell to his knees and picked her up, turning her over. She began to come to consciousness.
She opened her unseeing eyes, and found Sorin just above her. Then she felt the dead and injured bodies of her captors.
"I'm so sorry Toph. I'm sorry for letting them kidnap you. I should've been able to stop them…" Sorin began, tears streaming down his face. Suddenly he felt a stinging pain in his cheek, and realized she had slapped him.
"It-It wasn't you're fault, you moron." Toph coughed, smiling despite the situation.
"At least this proves you care…" Toph finished, smirking lightly.
" I do care, Toph. I really do."
He hugged her tightly, and, in the rain that fell from the darkened sky, he fell limp.
Ex-v: No, he's not dead.