Chapter 3. Yay! Hope everyone likes it.

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"Sokka," said Aang, "listen."

There were two Fire Nation Soldiers. They were talking about the two captives that were on the ship.

The tall soldier said, "...Did you hear? Princess Azula is holding two of the Avatar's friends on the ship."

"Yes, I did," replied the shorter soldier, " I heard that the earthbender got badly injured. Sounds like she'll go to any lengths to capture the Avatar."

"I don't think she just wants the Avatar, but his whole gang," said the tall soldier.

"Yeah, and..."

The soldiers walked out of hearing distance.

"Azula hurt Toph! Azula is going down!" said Sokka with anger and hatred in his eyes.

"Sokka, we have to think. There's no way we can go on the ship and not be captured, unless we defeat Azula which is very unlikely," said Aang.

"Well, we have to try. Maybe we can make some sort of deal with Azula, ensuring that Toph and Katara will be safe," said Sokka.

"Yeah, maybe." said Aang, with a defeated expression.

Toph felt weak and dizzy. Her wound hadn't stopped bleeding. She had lost a large amount of blood and was feeling its effects. All of the sudden, she heard yelling.

"Do you here that? It sounds like Sokka and Aang made it on the ship," Toph said weakly.

"Yeah, but that's probably not a good thing," said Katara.

Then, the door to the cells opened and Azula stepped in.

"Well, seems like your friends made it to the ship. But just to make sure they cooperate without a fight, I'm going to take one of you with me," Azula said with a smile.

She then opened Toph's cell door and dragged her out to where she would meet Aang and Sokka. Toph yelled in pain. Moving too much hurt her side and tears that she couldn't stop, flowed down her cheeks. Katara watched with sadden eyes as she saw how much suffering Toph was going through.

Azula sat in a chair in the center of the ship with Toph at her feet, waiting for Aang and Sokka.

Aang and Sokka ran into the room in which Azula and Toph were in. They stopped and stared in horror as they saw the Princess holding a blue flame near the blind girl's neck. Toph's left side was totally soaked in blood.

"Here's the deal," said Azula, "you go into the cells without a fight and I spare the earthbender's life. If you fight, then I just kill the earthbender and capture you two by force."

Aang and Sokka dropped their weapon's and held their hands up in the air. Mai and Ty-Lee who were already in the room, tied up Aang's hands and feet, then tied up Sokka's hands and forced them into different cells. Azula then dragged Toph and put her into her cell again, while Toph yelled in pain. Aang's and Katara's cells were on the right, while Sokka's and Toph's were on the left. After they were placed in their cells, Azula left them. The gang was together again, but they had lost all hope of escaping the Fire Nation ship.

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