Book 1: Fearless

Chapter 5: Broken Hearts and Bodies

When Aang finally started to wake up, he opened his eyes slowly. As he did he saw Katara's face, filled with fear and concern. It reminded him of the first time he had met her in the South Pole. They were still flying on Appa and the wind was whipping at her hair. A lock of it blew into her face. He brushed it away jokingly. She smiled with an expression of relief and then gave a short laugh. Aang tried to sit up, but an intense pain washed over him as he did so. He decided not to get up. Katara noticed his grimace and her face was again filled with concern.

"Are you okay, Aang," she said.

When he didn't answer, she knew that something was terribly wrong.

They flew on and on, not knowing what to do. Aang seemed to be badly hurt, Toph had a broken arm, and they had to consider a new problem that had presented itself. Kayo. Sokka found a good place to land and took Appa down to the place for the night. The clearing in the trees had a little brooke running through it. Everything was completely silent. There was no sound except for that of the brooke running on. They all climbed off of Appa's back and set up camp. Katara did the best she could to heal Toph's broken arm with her healing ability but when she couldn't completely heal it, they had to resort to more conventional methods and put a brace on it.

"Aww man. What am I supposed to do now. I can't bend half as well with just one arm," said Toph.

"I guess we'll just have to manage, for now. With the healing I applied to it, your arm should be better in a week," said Katara.

It seemed that Toph would not be able to use her bending to it's full extent for a while. All things considered, this was only a minor problem. Katara then turned her attention to Aang. He was lying on his back not moving. It looked like he wasn't even breathing. Katara walked up to him and examined him. Nothing seemed to be wrong with him. She had no answers as to why he was feeling so much pain. She did the best she could to sooth it with her healing, and then told him to go to sleep. He did so immediately.

Katara walked back to the others and sat down. She looked so sad and depressed. What could she do. With two people unable to fight and only her and Sokka left to face the new, incredible power of the boy, Kayo, the situation seemed hopeless. A single tear ran down her face and fell to the ground. With that she got up and went to her tent to sleep for the night.

Sokka and Toph were left by the fire by themselves.

"So. Now what. Twinkle Toes is hurt, Sugar Queen is having a mental breakdown, and I can barely bend," said Toph.

"Don't worry," Sokka said. "I'm sure we'll think of something."

"But what if we don't? What if this Kayo kid is more powerful than us? I've never had a broken arm before. I don't know how to fight good with just one arm."

"Toph, me and Katara won't let anything happen to you. Besides. I'm sure you'll figure out some way to bend when we have to fight again."

"If you say so. I'm going to bed."

"Goodnight, then."

With that Toph went to bed. Sokka was now by himself. His mind was flying, trying to find ways to fight Kayo. As far as he could see, their predicament was hopeless. Some new, unseen help would have to present itself for him to gain hope. Momo flew up and landed on his shoulder.

"Hey Momo. Your not depressed too, are you?"

Momo just stared at him for a minute and then laid some nuts in his hands.

"Thanks Momo. It's nice to know that not everyone is completely down."

Sokka sat by the fire all night, mulling over his possible plans should Kayo or Azula find them. When morning came, the sun found him asleep by the dwindling fire.

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