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A note from the author: Hey guys! Thank you so much to everyone who has reviewed my story. It was very much appreciated to hear from you. Ok, this chapter will take place back at camp with the rest of the gang. Please read and review! Help me to become a better writer.
Meanwhile: back at camp
Sokka woke up with the sun shining in his eyes. Katara hadn't woken him up for his shift for night watch. He walked over to her sleeping bag, but it was cold, and unused. Now he was worried. He shouted for the rest of the group to get up. Toph came out of the earth tent she had made for Aang.
"Wait," said Sokka, "Why were you in there?"
"I was monitoring Aang's vitals and feel asleep, the bed was so soft," shrugged Toph.
"Okay, whatever. Katara is missing we need to all split up and find her," shouted Sokka.
"Katara's missing?!?!" yelled Aang. He ran out to the fire pit, and clutched his side with a grimace. He looked up at Sokka to see if it was a joke, and when he saw the serious look on Sokka's face, he ran towards the river.
Sokka ran to the wood opposite of the river, Toph went to the woods left of the tent, and the earth king and Bosco went to look in the woods on the right. Sokka found the stump that Katara had used to sit on the night before. Around the base of the stump, he found drag marks from Katara's boots, and then a group of footprints made by pointed, fire nation boots.
"No," he whispered and knelt down to check how long ago the tracks had been made. They were defiantly from last night. From right after they had fallen asleep.
"NOOOOOO!!!!" he shouted. The others came running.
"What is it?! Did you find her?!" yelled Aang before he reached Sokka.
"No, she's gone! They took her!" shouted Sokka, and then he turned to Toph. "Why couldn't you feel the soldiers coming?!?! Why?!?!" Sokka shouted at her.
"I couldn't feel any vibrations through the soft bed! I had to watch Aang to make sure he was okay! Like it or not, the Avatar is more important to the world than your sister!" Toph shouted back.
"No, I'm not! We have to find her, and we have to find her now!" Aang shouted as he ran to Appa, and grabbed his glider off the saddle.
He snapped open the glider and was about to take off, when Sokka grabbed his arm and said, "We have to work together to find her. She's my sister Aang and I want to find her as much as you. But they could be all the way to the ocean by now. We will take Appa and look for her"
Sokka then turned to the Earth King and said, "I can't make you come with us. There is an earth kingdom village about a half days walk to the east from here if you follow the river. You should be safe there… well safer than with us."
The Earth King nodded, said his good-byes, and left on his long walk with Bosco. Toph stomped the ground hard and the earth tent disappeared back into the ground. They packed up Appa without saying anything else, and took off, following Zuko's tracks until they ended at the river. It was a dead end. The only thing they could do would be to fly over the ocean and scan for the ship. But it would be like finding a needle in a haystack.
They needed more help. They had to find someone, anyone, who would want to find Katara as much as them, but who?
Only one person came to mind, but he was dead. Jet. He would want to find Katara. Maybe there was a chance he was alive. Maybe the small amount of healing that Katara had done was enough to save his life. That is where the gang had to go. Jet's tree house. Maybe by some miracle he was there. Aang turned Appa in the direction of the tree houses and urged him to go faster. They would reach their destination in two days.