Thread: Avatar: Fire & Water (East & StarSiren)

Zuko wished more than he ever had before that his ship hadn't been blown up. Aside from the fact that it would have been a much faster journey with a steam ship this crew lacked the discipline that his original crew had. They also wouldn't have to share space with these people. Still he felt a drain in his body, and the sounds of a boat at sea, be it wood or steam were mostly the same, the creaks and soft bounce under his feet told him that they were at sea. For now it seems they were safe, still there was something about this Junk that was a bit unsettling like he had seen it before. He also saw the way the men looked at Katara, and felt the way she pressed against him. He tossed his bag in the barrel, and had Katara take the hammock against the wall since they were arranged by twos he would sleep on the one on the outside. A few days travel and this ship would be little more than a bad memory. Plus he was pretty sure that the two of them could take on any fight that they came across here. He moved to the kitchen area and found the supply of fresh water, taking a cup he drank for a moment feeling his body shiver, he breathed a heated breath for a moment just drawing out heat from the fire within him to make sure that the chill from the south wore off. We're safe. He said sitting on the hammock looking towards Katara. They had escaped, and in a few short days they would be on the warm shores of the fire nation. Still he had seen the way the men had looked at Katara. He leaned closer to her, and whispered that they would sleep in shifts. She could sleep first, and he would wake her in a few hours once he felt tired enough to sleep. He would watch over her and keep her safe. at least that had been his plan, and it had been a rather good plan for the first few hours. Watching Katara sleep while he stayed up and watched the crew he was a bit bored, at one point he was offered some food, taking it and eating some fish and rice, the taste was a bit odd, but nothing that really set off a warning, a few minutes after the meal though he started to feel a bit woozy on his feat. Wha, he felt a fist from one of the men contact his shoulder, and his arm went limp, he turned and tried to fling some fire before he felt his arm get slapped and twisted, a nerve pinched and another hit against his gut. His body stopped responding as he collapsed backwards. He blacked out, shortly after that, a mix of poison and in his system and the chi blocking putting him down. Get him in irons. The crew commanded, and quickly Zuko's hands were slapped with metal cuffs, a specail type made during the war that covered the users hands making fire bending impossible, a metal cover was placed over his mouth gagging him, and his feet were cuffed together, in short he wouldn't be burning anyone but himself. Two men approached the Hammock that Katara laid in, and grabbed her hands waking her up to the site of a man holding a knife to Zuko's throat, and a familiar man in a bold pirate hat. You know, years ago, a young water bender stole something very valuable from me and my crew, and an exiled fire lord proceeded to cause me no end of problems. Piracy ain't what it used to be since the war ended, but I don't forget those that wrong me. It's been a long time miss. So how do you plan to pay for the scrolls you stole? With interest of course.