Chapter 2: Heating Things Up
Hakoda had not laid in a bed with another woman since his wife left him. It was years back when his children were still young. He still remembered it vividly to this day.
There was an invasion on his village by a Fire Nation ship. It was weird because they had no more water benders in their tribe, other than Katara, but they had kept her secret well. There was no way anyone from the Fire Nation would have known about her abilities. Hakoda and his men fought the invaders, but it was not a completely fair fight since the enemy had bending and they had none. Still, they were keeping their ground and putting up a very difficult fight.
Hakoda had just taken down a Fire Nation soldier when he heard his daughter's high-pitched voice called out to him, "Dad! Mom's in trouble!" Hakoda looked up, fear in his eyes. He tried to appear calm for his daughter, "Go to Gran Gran's house, sweetie. I'll take care of it." He ran to his hut and burst through the doors, "Kya-" He froze when he saw no trace of his wife, but the smell of a Fire Nation soldier and her blue engagement necklace abandoned on the floor.
Hakoda's heart dropped as he ran outside to see if he could find Kya and the nasty creature that took her. He was met with the devastating sight of the Fire Nation's ships leaving their village and a trail of blood. Without thinking, he ran towards the ships and was about to jump into the frigid waters to swim after them. A pair of arms held him back and Hakoda struggled against them, "Let go Bato! I have to save her!" Bato didn't let go, "You'll freeze and die in that water Hakoda. You can't leave your children with no parents." Hakoda stopped struggling, he knew that Kya was gone, but he didn't want to believe it. His precious Kya couldn't be gone.
Hakoda broke into tears as Bato's arms went from constricting to consoling. He was there for a couple of minutes before making the tears stop. He had children that he needed to check on. He had to be strong for them and they didn't need to see him cry. He walked back towards his house and entered it, only to see his young children crying, his daughter clinging her mother's necklace close to her. He wordlessly scooped them into his arms and held them tightly. That's all he could do. Hug them.
His kids eventually fell asleep in his arms and it was his turn to cry again. He did it silently so he wouldn't wake up Katara and Sokka. He didn't let go of his children until morning.
Zokkik snapped Hakoda out of his trance, "Um... Chief. Are you ok? I can find someone else to do it if you do not want to." He blinked a bit before shaking his head, "No... I'll do it." He undressed so that he was only in his bottom layers, which was a thin, sleeveless shirt and pants. It was still very cold outside, so all the crew members wore many layers to keep warm in the frigid weather. He took the outer layers off, so more heat to be exchanged to the female.
Zokkik started to give Hakoda the rundown of what he found about the woman. "She seems to be healthy, well if it weren't for the bruises, cuts, and almost being frozen." Hakoda nodded and lifted up the blankets and furs she was under. He carefully got on the bed, not wanting to jostle the red-haired woman. He shivered and gasped softly and how cold she was. He had no clue how she was still alive. Zokkik continued, "I can't tell what nation she is from. Her skin is pale like someone from the Fire Nation, but her eyes are round and blue, like someone from the Water Tribe. And, I have never seen anyone with markings like she does. It's very perplexing." Hakoda hesitantly wrapped his arms around the woman's slender waist, becoming flustered when she nuzzled her head into his chest, her subconsciously trying to get more heat. Zokkik added, "I looked through the bag that she had as well and everything seemed foreign. I did not know what anything was..."
Zokkik took a deep, hesitating breath, "Hakoda. I don't know if she's from this world." Hakoda stayed quiet because he was thinking the same thing.
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Sunny_SideDown *I changed Kya's plot because I scrapped the idea I was going to do with it (and not because people told me they hated it. No, I'm not that self-conscious about my work. Not me)
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