Burning Water- Chapter Five
Battle.
Katara ran, her heart pounding loudly in her chest, down the corridor she had chosen. She hoped she wasn't too late, in fact she begged the spirits to get her there in time, that this was the right path, that hope wasn't lost. She heard the screams and cries of a battle and pushed her legs to go faster, this had to be them.
She reached a pair of gigantic doors, and pushed them open. Her calmed slight when she saw that she had finally found them, before it flared up again. They weren't in good shape. Aang was fighting Ozai, who looked like and older and evil version of Zuko. Said prince was fighting his sister, their flames swirling around them in an overly complicated ballet.
She quickly figured out who need the most help and ran to Aang's side. It was extremely important that they took down Ozai. Zuko would be able to take Azula for a while longer so they had that handled. Focusing on the task ahead, she bended some water out of her pouch and advanced.
Dodging a blast of flame aimed at her by her brother, Azula found herself distracted by the appearance of Katara. Obviously the flames had not been strong or high enough. She ducked a tongue of flame before shooting brilliant blue ones back at Zuko. She had to get rid of him so she could stop Katara from getting hurt or hurting someone. She somersaulted in mid-air, a trick she had learnt from Ty Lee, flames sparking from the soles of her boots. The battle raged on.
Katara dodged and gathered the fallen water, her brow furrowing in concentration. This battle was harder then she could have ever imagined, and was testing all off her skills. She whirled around, her water cutting through the blaze of flames, her appearance blurred. She and Aang worked together, like parts of a well oiled machine their attacks slicing the air around Ozai.
Katara fell to her knees in avoidance of Ozai's flames. She shook her head and drew in a breath, trying to steady herself. She was quickly growing tired. She pushed herself up, gathering her water to build a shield to mask her vulnerability. But it was too late. Ozai had seen her fall, and had shot a large blast of fire at her. It shattered her shield and he threw another attack at her. But this one was much more deadly. Its was a lethal bolt of lightning.