yes...chapter 12........and it tis a short chapter.....i know *sulks in corner*
Zuko bolted straight up from his nightmare. He dreamt that he lost Katara to Jet. When he reached for her, he found an empty space. He looked around the small room. He was lying on a cot. On a shelf across from the cot were some jars of lotions and other things. He realized the nightmare, was actually reality.
He felt his inner-fire rage from his anger. He breathed out fire. He was going to find Jet, and take back his waterbender. I lost her once, he thought to himself, I'm not going to loose her again.
An older woman walked in, "oh I see you're awake."
Zuko jumped from surprise, he hadn't heard or seen her come in. She walked to the shelf and picked out a red bottle. She tossed it to him.
He looked at her quizzically. He glanced down at the bottle.
"Put it on the cut" she instructed him. He nodded and began to rub the lotion onto his stomach, where one of Jet's hooked swords hit him.
"You have some visitors" she said, before ushering two people into the room. She left as silently as she came in.
Zuko glanced at the people, and then glared at them.
Standing in front of him was Sokka and the Avatar. Sokka rubbed the back of his neck, "Hey mister Fire Lord." Aang just kept staring at the ground.
Zuko growled. "What are you two doing here, at the same time Katara was kidnapped?" he hissed at them.
"Well, you see we paid Jet to get Katara but we weren't aware of what his price was." Sokka continued to tell the firebender what happened, leaving out what Jet's price was.
"Well, what was his price?" Zuko asked, though he already knew the answer.
Sokka looked at Aang then looked down.
"Katara" this time it was Aang who talked. He looked up at Zuko. The fire bender was turning red from rage. He balled up his fists, fire licking his hands.
He took a deep breath to control his anger, "Do you know where he took her?"
"They went to his hide-out, tree-houses, and they are probably keeping her somewhere, most likely Jet's room. Somewhere they can lock her in. We know Katara, and she will try to escape."
"Well when are we going?"
Sokka and Aang just looked at each other, then at Zuko.
"We?" Aang asked.
"Well, I can't do this alone, and I need to know the way around Jet's hideout."
Sokka shifted his weight from one foot to the other, over and over again, pondering his decision. Aang just looked at Zuko and nodded his agreement. Sokka sighed and nodded his head too.
They planned the rescue, before Zuko got his dual swords and walked out after them.
The healer blocked his way, "terrible thing will happen" she said, her voice a rasping sound. He tried to move, but she blocked his way, "One shall not return. One must stay and the other must go."
Zuko just stared at the woman, who she was, he thought, I don't know. She slowly retreated to a room down the hall. He ran after her, but when he got to the room, no one was there. The only exit was the door he was standing in front of.
"Zuko, are you coming?" Sokka shouted, causing Zuko to come back from his thoughts.
"Yeah," he took one last look in the room and ran down the hall. They started out from the healer's inn. Zuko looked up and saw the old woman smiling down at them, in a window on the second story. The wind blew the curtains, and when they were sill she vanished.
Zuko ran to catch up with the others, shaking the thoughts out of his head, they needed to be focused for this plan to work.
"You guys ready?" Zuko asked.
"I'm pumped!" Sokka said, while flexing his muscles. Aang laughed at him and grinned his normal grin.
"I guess I'm ready too" he airbended a ball and jumped on it, going in circles as the other two walked away.
Zuko smacked his hand to his forehead, "this is one messed up rescue party" he muttered to himself.
The trio made their way to the forest where Jet's hideout was located.
wwwooooo rescue aprty! okay...the next 2 chapters are going to be the rescue/big fight scene from both Katara and uko's perspectives...oh and this chapter is happening at the same time as the last chapter so it's from two perspectives..........