I was thrust against a tree, the rough bark digging into my back. I felt the hand that was covering my eyes slowly peel away, as though the owner wasn't sure whether to let me see what was going on. The hand over my eyes and mouth ended up coming off at the same time, and I looked up to see none- other than Suki.
"Suki? What are you doing here? Why did you ambush me?" I asked
"I'm sorry, it's just you never know who comes through these woods, and I didn't want you to attack me or yell for help because it would attract unwanted attention," Suki answered.
"But how did you get here? I thought you were in prison."
"I was, but I was able to escape. Prison was…" she shuddered, "but I'm out now, and that's all that matters. Why are you out here?"
"Suki, I can trust you right?" I asked and she nodded, "The reason I'm out here is that if I had stayed with my brother and Aang and everybody, I would end up killing Aang with my bloodbending."
"I thought you guys were nuts for each other though," Suki said thoroughly perplexed.
"We are. The thing is, I do it when I'm asleep, I have no control over my actions and end up hurting innocent people."
"Wait…" said Suki processing the information, "Did you say bloodbending? And killing Aang?" She gasped at her realization. "Katara, I think we need to talk."
"Ok, what is it? What did you just figure out?"
"I just remembered something I overheard in prison. It was about using the people who were closest to Aang to destroy him. Ozai had found this woman who said she had seen you traveling, and taught you how to control people. I'm not sure how, but Ozai was enabling her to control you when you were at your most vulnerable- when you were asleep," Suki was pacing now as she spewed all of this information, "She also said that she would need to practice for a while controlling someone through you, and that she would need to start small and work her way up, but that she would make sure Aang was dead in the end." Suki took a breath as I processed this.
"This all makes perfect sense!" I said, delighted at the fact that I had figured out why I was doing these horrible things, my face fell though as I realized that I was basically a perfect way to Aang, the person who was closest to him. Had I not been sick and then stayed awake that night after Haru's death, Aang would probably be dead by now. "Suki, how do you think we should stop this?"
"I'm not sure," she honestly replied, "But I would say that you need to find a way to end the woman who is controlling you at night by staying as far away from her as possible."
"Great," I said sarcastically, "Hey Suki, how would you feel about a trip to the Western Air Temple? And by trip I mean an extremely fast run."
"Let's go," She said, and took off with me at her heels.