Submission to Zai Week Day 3
Thunder
There was a loud crackling and Mai could feel her hair standing on end seconds before an explosion that seemed to shake the whole palace. Mai sprang up in bed, reaching for Zuko and pulling a blade from under her pillow in one fluid motion. Her eyes scanning the almost-sunrise darkness of their room froze when she didn't feel Zuko next to her. He wasn't there.
That was lightning; she'd been around the princess long enough to know.
And Zuko wasn't there.
She bolted out to the balcony, hurriedly securing her knife shooter to her left arm. Down in the courtyard below, she could see Zuko. He was on the ground. Before that thought had fully sunk in, she was on the ground running to him.
"Zuko!" she called to him.
She skidded to a stop when he sat up. He smiled and waved at her.
"I can't believe I actually did it!" Aang shouted.
Mai looked at him for the first time, her confusion clear.
"I told you that you could," Zuko said as he casually stood up and dusted himself off. "Congratulations."
"What is going on?" Mai demanded.
"I just shot lightning! It was awesome! The shot went a little off, but Zuko redirected it so – AAAUGH!" Aang screamed when he was pinned to the pillar behind him by Mai's knives.
"Mai, what are you –" Zuko stopped talking when Mai slapped him across the face. Hard.
She was looking at him with tear-brightened eyes.
"No more lightning."
Zuko stared at the tears in his wife's eyes, shocked that it bothered her so much. He gathered her to him in his arms and held her tight.
"I'm sorry," he whispered in her hair. She was trembling. They stayed like that for sometime, just holding each other.
"Um…could one of you get me down?" the completely forgotten Avatar asked. "I think I'm getting a cramp and I really have to use the bathroom."
A/N: Three firebenders canon-wise are known to be able to produce lightning: Iroh, Azula, and (formerly) Ozai. You can see why she's panicked. You know, I would love, I mean, really love if y'all reviewed.