Thanks for the reviews/alerts! I had writer's block, but after reading AvatarFanGirlWrites4ever's review I got an idea. Oh, and I've never written in a character's p.o.v before so don't hate me if it's bad lol, but just tell me if it is and I shall never do it again...or improve haha whatever works the best. Thanks! And I shall dedicate Zuko's awesome dagger to Fall Out Disturbia, which may come later in the fic. And thanks to chasemycars and ArrayePL.

Chapter 2: Left Below Without Fire

Zuko POV

How could I have got Katara into this mess? She probably hates me now, not that we have been the best of friends anyway. Well after we found the man who killed her mum she has accepted me as a friend, and that night I also told her about my mum. She has also been comforting me a lot after I found out that uncle had been imprisoned. All I have ever done to her and her friends is hurt them, and now Katara has been captured. I feel terrible, it's all my fault. We are stuck in my old room, with only a candle as our light source and one bed without sheets or a pillow for comfort.

We haven't even eaten yet and I can see a few bruises coming to her surface on her face. What I would do to get her out of here safely. But I can tell, she still has hope, and so with that we can get out of here. I know this ship inside and out, so all we have to do is loosen the hinges on the door, break it down, fight our way off the boat and Katara can waterbend us to shore...well I think she can. But somehow I don't think it is going to be that easy.

I was jolted from my thoughts when someone called gruffly from the opposite side of the door "Food! Step away from the door."

Finally, some food, I was wondering if they were going to ever bother feeding us. I glimpsed Katara make a swift movement with her hands, putting them behind her back as if she was hiding them from prying eyes. Then it hit me, if they found out we had broke our cuffs they would probably put us in chains. I quickly placed my hands behind my back as well just as a skinny but muscular man with stubble on his chin walked into the room. He acknowledged us with a grunt and threw a tray of food on the ground and slid two cups along the floor with liquid inside, sloshing its contents. "Don't make any stupid moves, or you will face the consequences," he growled at us.

But Katara and I weren't really paying attention to his threats, we had already started greedily eating the small amounts of food on the tray awkwardly. The man grunted again and walked out of the room, his heavy boots clunking with each step he took on the metal floor and slid the lock back into place. Secondas later his footsteps were only echoes in the distance.

Diminishing our fake act of having our hands bound behind our backs I picked up my cup and looked inside at its contents screwing up my face. I questioned before drinking, but not expecting an answer from Katara, "How did they expect us to drink this without using our hands?"

She just shrugged and mumbled something inaudible and kept filling her mouth with food. So I gulped down half of the contents in the cup I was given, when I gagged at the foul taste. "Argh, and as if it couldn't get any worse, this is horrible."

Katara giggled quietly but I ignored her, I know I won't be heating her drink up; I figured if I warmed it up it would taste better. I placed my hands at the base of the cup firmly and attempted to heat it, but I couldn't; only a bit of steam rose from my fingertips. Nonetheless I tried again, but to no avail. I began to get suspicious, and so I placed the cup down carefully and stood up, shifting into my bending position. I saw Katara eyeing me curiously as I punched a fist in front of me as my attempt to firebend, but again nothing. I yelled in aggravation, and I suddenly realised. "I knew it! I should've realised it before," I said to myself aloud, frustrated.

"Zuko, what happened? Why can't you bend?" Katara asked in a shocked tone, I knew she was genuine with worry.

"Because of that." I indicated to the half filled cup. "The fire nation has a special substance that they pour into drinks, which causes benders to well...be unable to bend. I think it's called 'Chi Block'."

Katara gaped at me. "How could they do that?"

I simply shrugged, irritated at the thought. I looked up to see Katara bend the water from her cup into the air just above it and she separated the substance liable to make you unable to bend from the water. She let the clean water fall back into the cup as the Chi Block descended to the floor. She then took in a breath and drank the water in one go.

Without hesitation she stood up and using the liquid that she bent out of her water, lifted her arms up and the Chi Block followed her smooth movements. I quietly thanked Agni that she could still bend and I'm sure she did too. Katara was looking at me sympathetically and as she did so, Katara bent the Chi Block out of my water as well and offered me the cup of clear drinking water. I drank it thankfully, although still irritated that my bending abilities were temporarily on hold.

I paced the room thinking of an escape plan. I now know that the people who captured us suspect that we are unable to bend. I looked to the ceiling in deep thought and accidentally knocked into a lone table. I rubbed my now sore knee, while I noticed Katara whirl around and reach for her waterskin at her waist. She looked up and distinctively realised that the noise had only been me, but it seemed that she did not relax.

"Oh no, they've took my waterskin," she said to me panicky.

I laughed and looked at Katara's shocked face and she laughed along with me. The last time I saw Zuko laugh was...well I can't remember the last time he laughed. "Well did you honestly believe that they would leave you to waterwhip them or freeze-"

I stopped in mid-sentence as I heard the door unlock with a loud click. The door creaked open inwardly and a horrible man that I knew all too well stepped inside with a smug face. He took no notice of the fact that our hands weren't bound behind our backs.

"Hello, Prince Zuko," he sneered at me.

"Zhao?! What are you doing here?" I questioned angrily.

"Weren't you ever taught to be civil Zuko? Maybe you should've learnt a thing or two from Iroh. He's a nice man."

Realisation struck me. "It Was You? What have you done to him?"

"Oh, he's ok…for now," he teased nastily.

"I thought you had died!"

"You sound so disappointed Zuko. But that's what I wanted everyone to think, that I had been killed at the North Pole, no thanks to you. Now I'm going to use you to help me capture the Avatar."

"Never!" I shouted.

"Hm, well maybe I'll just take your girlfriend over here instead," he stated, a smirk plastered on his face. He walked up to her Katara but she was not intimidated.

I don't know what triggered me to do it but I spat in his face and Zhao grimaced. "Protective are we?" He asked, wiping the saliva off his face in disgust.

"Don't you dare touch her with your filthy hands you dirty, rottoen scumbag," I said through gritted teeth, taking a tentative step toward him. If my chi wasn't blocked I would have steam billowing off of me.

Zhao just smirked and said, "I will be seeing you two later." He left the room and slammed the door shut, with a loud crash.

"Yeah, I'll be seeing you when we break out of here and break you," I muttered under my breath aggravated. "Out of all the people, why did he have to capture us? And why on my ship?" I growled.

"Zuko, don't let him get to you, that's what he wants," she said softly, in a caring tone.

To my surprise I sighed and nodded in agreement. "Thank you Katara," I said genuinely, but not exactly knowing why. I bowed to her in the normal fire nation way and she bowed back.

"I wander what the time is," I thought aloud.

But Katara decided to respond. "Well I felt my waterbending get stronger a few hours ago. So it must be around ten."

"Hm, well I'm getting tired," I said yawning.

"Yeah, so am I."

"I'm sorry it's not much, but at least the mattress is soft for you," I said sincerely, attempting a smile.

"But what about you?"

"I'll be fine, I'll sleep on the floor."

"You can't do that. Your back will be aching in the morning."

I shrugged and said, "Well what else am I meant to do?"

"Well you could sleep on the mattress."

"And let you sleep on the ground? No way!" I wasn't going to let Katara sleep on the floor tonight, she will probably freeze and as she said her back will be aching in the morning.

"No, I meant, uh, we both share."

"Oh...well if your sure," I said rubbing the back of my neck. I hate awkward situations.

She nodded swiftly and laid on the bed facing me. I blew out the candle knowing full well that I wouldn't be able to light it again for a while and walked over to the bed. The mattress sagged a little as I laid on it and memories flooded back into my mind about the nights I spent here. But tonight I ignored them and felt the gentle waves that crashed against the ship as it moved the ship along. I could hear the faint sound of the water and the wind whoosing. I had never really liked the sea but tonight I made it an exception, and just before sleep took over me the last thing I saw was Katara's smiling eyes.

There was something about this chapter that I didn't like as much..I'm not sure what. Maybe it wasn't as good as the first. But it would be appreciated if you could all tell me. I will try and make the next one better! Thanks for reading.