Finally Awake

As Elodie ate, Zokkik informed her of how she was found, her previous critical state, and her feverish adventure. Elodie finished her barely-warm bowl of soup and shyly asked for more when she was done. After not really eating for a month, she really was starving. She had probably lost ten pounds, if not more, from just not being able to eat for four weeks. She was going to ask for another bowl, but she knew that she probably shouldn't stuff herself after not eating for a while, so she didn't ask. Zokkik was glad she didn't because he didn't want to tell her that he's was only give her half a bowl for the same reason why she didn't ask for another one.

Once she was completely done eating, Zokkik allowed her to sit on the edge of the bed, but made her wait there for a couple of minutes. Her headache was so bad that she did not want to move at all and her legs were so shaky that she didn't know if she could walk anywhere. Zokkik smiled at her, "You'll regain your energy quickly, Elodie. It's honestly a miracle that you survived. You must be one tough lady." Elodie smiled and laughed softly, "Yeah. Something like that." The healer said, "I'm going to inform the chief that you are awake. Here are some pants that you can wear. It's the smallest ones we have." Elodie thanked him softly and started to slip on the pants when he was gone. She was slightly uncomfortable when she realized that she had nothing on but the large shirt.

Once she had the pants on, she sat back down on the edge of the bed and looked around the healer's room. There were a bunch of books, random papers, and jars with different substances and objects in them. She started to read the labels when there was a knock at the door. Zokkik's voice called out from the other side, "Elodie, are you... Can we come in?" She called back while trying not to giggle at the fact that Zokkik didn't want to ask her if she had pants on, "Yes, you can come in."

Elodie didn't know what she was expecting the chief to look like. But she did not think that he was going to be cute. Well, cute in a manly way. To be completely honest, Elodie was into older guys because most guys her age wanted nothing other than sex. Not all of them though. She had met some that weren't playboys. Back to the chief. He was tan, so very tan, muscular, and tall. She took a good look at the chief before looking at Zokkik. He was also tan, but not as tall and muscular as the chief.

Now, she wouldn't say that she had any feelings or even a crush on the chief. She wasn't one to just like somebody off of looks. She actually cared about someone's personality. Elodie just thought that the tall man was nice to look at. Nothing wrong with that.

Hakoda looked down on the small woman and smiled a small bit, still not knowing if she should be trusted, "Hello. I'm Hakoda, the chief of this ship." Elodie could tell that he was wary of her, so she turned up the charm and tried to look as harmless as she could. She smiled at him and bat her eyelashes just enough to not appear like she was laying on the charm, "Hello Chief Hakoda. My name is Elodie. Thank you for letting me stay on your ship, especially while I was... not in my right mind." Her charm seemed to semi-work because the chief's facial features relaxed a bit and he replied, "You're welcome, Elodie. We couldn't just leave you in the frigid water." She grinned at him, "I appreciate it."

It seemed that the two men were about to ask her a question, but she beat them to it. She asked the tan men, "Where are we?" The water tribe men looked at each other, seeming to have a mental conversation about whether or not they should tell the girl. She seemed innocent enough, but for all they knew, she could be a Fire Nation spy. After some thinking, Hakoda answered her vaguely, "We left the Southern Water Tribe." Elodiewasn't a geological genius or anything, but she was positive there was no Southern Water Tribe where she lived.

This new information plus all of the other weird things she had seen in the short time she had been awake confirmed that she was not in the United States anymore. So, when Hakoda asked where she was from, she told them softly, "I uh- I don't remember." That was a lie, but they would probably think that she was crazy if she told them, she was from a completely different world. Hakoda looked skeptical, but Zokkik explained to him that it was logical that she would have some memory loss. Elodie heard the healer say something about her having a head injury when she first arrived. She looked down at her arms and hands, surprised to see still-healing cuts and bruises littering the. It must have been from the crash. It really was a miracle that she was alive.

She looked up when she heard the chief's voice speak, "Well, Elodie, you should probably get some rest to get all your strength back." She nodded gently and smiled him, "Yeah, I probably should." He cleared his throat and said a bit awkwardly, "Uh yes... Goodbye." He left the healers room and she giggled almost inaudibly. Zokkik saw her and smiled, "You'll have to excuse everyone's behavior. We don't normally get visitors and definitely not female ones." She laid back down on the bed and said cheekily, "Don't worry about it. I think it's cute."

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