Katara slept in her cell once the sun went down, she used the remains of her dress as a pillow as she laid in the corner behind the bars.

A hand went over her mouth making her gasped awake not thinking anyone would ever come in the cell but she looked at who the hand belonged to and saw the captain. He put his finger against his lips to shush her.

"You need to go now," he whispered getting Katara to her feet and grabbed the dress.

"What- wait what happened? Where am I going?" Katara gulped as he shoved the dress in her arms and led her up the stairs. Katara stayed close not knowing was happening, it was to dark and she wasn't completely awake.

Suddenly they walked into a room with a few candles lit at a desk, knickknacks all around as well as weapons hanging on the walls.

"Hey what's going on?" She asked grabbing zukos hand quickly so he didn't leave her without an answer.

"Just stay in here and stay quiet, if you make one fucking sound you will die," Zuko warned her in a low tone but it wasn't to be a threat, it was almost a beg.

"Or what?" She glared up at him.

Zuko was about to threaten her instead but they suddenly heard a scream and zukos heart dropped seeing June fall on the deck. Katara covered her mouth seeing the blood, she was shoved back and Zuko locked the door behind him after bender the fire out off the candles so the room was black.

Katara wiggled the handle a little but it was locked for sure. She knelt down to look through the key hole seeing Zuko walking down the stairs before breaking into a run towards the woman.

"Lee it's him," June gasped as she had a gash on her arm but a burn mark around the edge of the skin. Zuko gulped knowing that wound to well.

"Jet! Gonru! Get the bleeding to stop!" Zuko barked picking June up as the other water tribe man ran over with jet, he was more buff and easily held June as she held her arm in pain.

"Yes captain," gonru nodded as jet grabbed the medical equipment before they went below deck.

"Ozai come out you bastard!" Zuko pulled his sword out but saw his father emerge from the trees with a crowd of men behind him. Ozai smirked up at the boy as he held his whip with pride.

Ozai boarded the ship as everyone got out their weapons. Katara covered her mouth seeing the fire trail down the whip from the man, another fire bender.

"Where is she captain?" Ozai was taller than his son by a couple inches as he was only a foot away.

"You don't touch June," Zuko gripped the sword tightly.

"Not the Hunter brat, the water bender," Ozai narrowed his eyes.

Kataras heart skipped a beat.

"What water bender?" Zuko asked confused.

"Don't play dumb boy!" Ozai roared.

"Where's the southern water bender?!" He snarled down at him but Zuko didn't flinch.

"We don't have a fucking water bender," Zuko snapped back. "Why the fuck would i have a water bender?"

"Why else did I find my mans head?" Ozai motioned back as a man held up the spy from before.

"Because he didn't belong here, I don't allow your demons on my ship and sure as hell won't let them live for being a stowaway, I don't keep rats on my ship," Zuko scoffed shaking his head.

There was a snapping sound as Ozai made a burn mark on the wood below him.

"Stop lying! Where is she?!" Ozai screamed in rage.

"There's no one on this ship that's a water bender! I've had that northern water tribe man on my ship for years but he's not a bender!" Zuko yelled back raising his blade to the mans chest.

"You hurt my crew and threaten us on my ship! For someone I've never heard of!? You've lost your damn mind old man," Zuko scoffed shaking his head glaring.

Kataras eyes widen seeing the man grab the captains throat and pulled him close. Mai and ty Lee raised their knifes as the sound of metal echoing from the swords being pulled. Long shot pulled an arrow back aimed at the banished man.

"I want that princess," Ozai sneered down at him.

"I don't have a princess, I swear on my mother," the young man spat as he felt the heat of his fathers hand burning his skin a little. The ring.

"Let go, or I'll let them kill you now, I have enough soldiers on here that one won't miss, and one shot is all it takes," Zuko warned as long shot stepped closer.

"Let go, Ozai," Zuko grabbed his fathers wrist roughly and immediately burned him.

Ozai yelled in surprise at the sudden pain as there was a scorch mark on his wrist from his son, an arrow flew past his head and looked back at the silent child, it wasn't a miss, it was another warning.

"I could kill you if I wanted," Ozai rubbed his wrist a little.

"You could've many times, your to much of a coward to kill me," Zuko glared.

"And your a murderer with no morals," he scoffed.

Ozai turned but glanced over at the door Katara hid behind, she pursed her lips with wide eyes hoping he couldn't see her from the dark. It would've been impossible. But she could feared what he would do to her, why would he want her?

Suddenly the whip lit up in flames again and Ozai snapped it at a crew member on the side but Zuko was faster as he blocked the whip and bended the fire off the whip that was wrapped around his forearm. He yanked the whip back and kicked flamed at Ozai to kick him off the ship.

"I said get off my ship," Zuko snarled darkly as Ozai stood on the grass.

The whip fell in the water. Zuko ignored the blood that ran down his arm and dripped off his hand. Hate in his eyes as Ozai watched him. Both wanting the other dead.