Ojos Así
I tried my best with fight descriptions for this one, but I feel they look better in my mind =]. Enjoy, reviews are appreciated.
"Shh!"
"Sorry!"
"Shush!"
"Ugh…,"
"Shut up!"
The smack was what finally woke Katara up.
"Ow! What was that for!?"
"What part of 'shut up!' don't you understand?"
"You're talking too!"
Another smack.
"Stop it!"
"Shut up!"
"Both of you shut up!" Katara barked.
"Who was that?" one of the voices whispered, frantic. And that's when Katara realized that the voices in the cave were definitely not Sokka and Toph arguing. "Who was that?" they demanded again.
The sudden illumination stung Katara's eyes and she winced, popping her head up cautiously from behind the rock she slept against. But when she did, she wished she hadn't. Two fire nation official police stood, looking none to amused at the girl who would've eluded them if not for her big mouth. Blue eyes met her brother's, bound and gagged on the ground next to Toph at their feet. An unconscious Aang held by the scruff of his shirt like rag doll.
"W-what's –," but before she could articulate any more, she was grabbed and ripped from the rock, thrown on the ground by her brother.
"You're under arrest by order of Fire Lord Ozai himself," the woman who threw Katara clarified.
"On what grounds?!" Katara shrieked, knowing the question was by far the dumbest thing to come out of her mouth in a while.
The Fire Nation woman approached the girl with ropes.
"For conspiracy against the Crown," she smirked, twirling the rope like a lasso at her side. "You've been traveling with the Avatar,"
For emphasis, the man holding Aang raised his head and pointed to his blue arrow tattoo, visible without the headband. Under other circumstances, she would've smacked him around a bit for being so careless. But all things considered, it was the last thing from her mind at the moment.
Sokka squirmed and ground out frantic noises, but Katara knew he was telling her to run. The water bender spun on her heel and took off deeper into the cave, trying to come up with something useful to do. She kept running despite the fact she heard the other woman chasing after her, rope swinging loudly.
"Come quietly, and we won't harm you!" she demanded.
Katara scoffed.
"Like I haven't that heard that before!" she was beginning to get out of breath and willed for some form of reprieve.
Suddenly, she felt a brutal tug at her throat, and she flew backwards. Her head hit the floor with a malicious smack, and she lay still for a long moment. Somehow, her hands found her throat and she tugged pathetically at the rope that choked her.
"I told you to come quietly," the woman finally caught up and hauled the dazed waterbender up by her shoulder. She was dragged back to the rest of the group.
"Katara…?"
"Knock him out again!" the woman commanded the officer holding Aang. The Avatar was coming to. "Knock him out!"
But Aang had already blown his restrainer into the back wall, forcing Katara's captor to drop her hostage and charge him.
"Katara, are you all right?" Aang leapt high above the woman and landed in front of Katara. He perused her head. "You're bleeding,"
"I'm fine," she grumbled, feeling the warmth draining from the back of her head. "Head wounds always bleed like crazy,"
He would have responded, but a tendril of fire nicking his shoulder interrupted them. He leapt backwards like a cat sprayed with water and forced the woman back into the darkness of the cave with a gust of wind. He reached inside his shirt and drew Appa's whistle, blowing the silent instrument forcefully.
"Help me get everyone out of here!" he told Katara, who had now regained the strength to stand.
The water bender nodded and ran towards their incapacitated friends, undoing the ties around Toph's ankles while Aang handled Sokka.
"Just get their feet, we don't have time for anything else!"
Katara nodded and helped Toph up just as the policewoman returned, smoke literally filtering from her nose.
"Get them to Appa!" Aang used a strong, but gentle gust of wind to push his friends outside the mouth of the cave, just before the firebender could reach them.
She punched the air in front of her and hurled several fireballs toward Aang. He dodged many of them, but one hit its mark on his arm and he dropped his staff. The woman jogged to him before he could stand and held him up by the neck. He grew dizzy but kicked out, sending her crashing to floor. His vision was slightly blurry, but he could still fight. Stomping, a boulder appeared from the ground and hit her in the stomach. She keeled over and wheezed, the wind being knocked out of her.
Aang didn't skip a beat, whirling around and booking it for the mouth of the cave. He spotted Appa beginning to descend from the sky, but he also saw that Fire Nation reinforcements had shown up. Toph and Sokka were already re-bound and gagged, but Katara was on the ground with a soldier's knee in her back to subdue her. Her hands were already tied and her captor was working on her legs now.
"Aang go!" she roared, finally spotting the stunned boy.
Several soldier's looked up and began to approach him. He took a nervous step backwards, and eyed Appa drawing ever nearer.
"They won't hurt us if they want to get to you!" Katara shouted. "Go! Aang, go!"
When one of the soldier's got too close for his liking, Aang conjured a gust of wind and propelled himself up high enough for Appa to catch. The beast growled his recognition and took off after dodging several fireballs.