Forward In Time

Chapter Two

The Gaang got settled into their rooms as night fell. Aang slipped into bed as Katara exited the wash room. She slipped in next to him and laid her head on his chest as he wrapped his arm around her.

"If they already left then the people would have nothing to worry about. There wouldn't be any reason to lie. They must still be here." Aang said, still thinking about the events that happened that day.

"Aang, sweetie, I want to get these guys as much as you do. But you need to rest." Katara replied.

"...Yeah, you're right."

The couple talked about anything else other than their current mission as they slowly fell asleep. Soon, the room was quiet. There were only the sounds of a sleeping couple. Until, they were attacked.

Aang woke up instantly when he heard Katara yell. He shot up and saw two masked men in Fire Nation clothes. One of them had a hold of Katara, the other was reaching to grab him.

He used his Airbending to push the man back and leaped out of bed. He used Airbending on the other man to get him away from Katara. Only two men to try and capture the Avatar and his girlfriend? These men weren't very bright.

Aang quickly grabbed a hold of Katara's hand and ran outside where he saw the rest of his friends battling against the men. They didn't seem to be Firebenders, as they weren't using fire to defend themselves.

Toph enclosed some of the men in rock from the ground. Sokka used his boomerang to knock out some guys and Zuko created a ring of fire around the men he was fighting.

Aang smiled at his friends. He knew they could take care of themselves, he had nothing to worry about.

Then, a big fire came towards them all. Aang quickly put the fire out before it could burn any of them. Unfortunately, that caused the others to loose their focus. Zuko's fire went out and the men in the rock were able to get out.

The men used this opportunity to get them down. Two of them chi-blocked Toph and Zuko while one grabbed Sokka from behind.
Katara bended water from nearby as her and Aang were surrounded by the rest of the men.

The two were able to hold their own for a long time. Aang only used Airbending as that was all he needed. As he was about to take down the last of the men, he heard a voice behind him.

"Stand down."

Aang turned around to see a bigger man holding Katara. He guessed this man was the Firebender that sent the fire at them.

"Katara." Aang said and began to step closer to her.

"Don't step any closer, we wouldn't want to burn her pretty little face now would we."

Aang froze in place. He thought the man's voice sounded familiar, but couldn't place it. Aang looked around and saw all his friends were captured. They were outnumbered and these men were smart. He closed his eyes. If he went into the Avatar state, he could save them.

When his tattoos started glowing, the men started to panic. But then the glow faded.
Aang opened his eyes and looked at the tattoos on his arms sith a confused look.

The big man laughed, "Looks like the Avatar is having performance issues."

Aang glared at him. He would be fast enough to get Katara, but if he did, one of his other friends could get hurt. He had to plan this carefully.

"What do you want?" Aang asked. If he kept him talking long enough, he could make a plan. And he knew how much bad guys liked to boast about their plans.

"You know what we want." The man replied, "Things to go back the way they were. The Fire Nation is far superior than everyone else. Fire Lord Zuko is a traitor."