Aang was close to entering the Avatar Stage. But he didn't do it because of Katara, he chose her over becoming the master of all bending. There, just there, it symbolized love, true love…like, risking anything for them; even if it means finally putting peace to the world.

They were packing and leaving Bai Sing Se now, and off to find a fire bender to teach Aang. Appa was having luggage thrown onto his back, and finally, when everybody was ready, they boarded upon Appa.

But then Aang paused a moment, and didn't tell Appa to start flying.

"Oops! We forgot Momo," Aang jumped off Appa and then Appa smiled and sat back down as Katara, Sokka, and Toph jumped when Appa's body thumped against the ground.

Aang was running toward the Earth Kingdom, but the guards stopped him at the front. "It's me, Aang," he said, "I think I left my pet, Momo, in the room by accident."

"I know who you are, Avatar."

The evil voice made Aang get goose bumps; the voice that Aang had feared most. The voice was feminine, which could only mean, it was Azula.

Aang clenched his fists and got ready to fight, but when he turned around, Azula was holding Suki by her Kyoshi warrior outfit collar. She had a bandana wrapped around her mouth.

"Suki? What's going on?"

"This is all too easy," Azula snickered as she slammed Suki against the side of the building. Aang began to realize the Earth Kingdom guards were fire nation, too. Immediately, he air bended and the force pushed Azula down the steps.

Suki's eyes got large as she started screaming and then, before Aang could pick up Suki and run, Azula had started throwing fire balls at Aang. Then, he remembered, what about Momo?

"You're just a child," she said, the same words Zuko had first said to him. "You think you can rescue her? You think you can rescue anybody, and let the world at its peace? Like that'll ever happen, because as far as I'm concerned, as far as I'm in charge, this war will go on until we wipe out every other nation." Azula threw some more fire balls, but kept missing. "I didn't want to tell you this, Avatar, but I found your pet in the kingdom. He didn't look so good, at least, after what I did." She threw her head back and laughed.

Aang felt his skin get warm, and then he lost control, and started earth bending as fast as he could. He threw giant boulders at Azula, and he continuously did, that the dust from the rocks was the only thing between Aang and Azula. After a few moments when the dust still didn't let down, Aang grabbed Suki (she seemed to have fainted, it looked like), and he used air bending to get to the floor where the room they stayed in was.

"Momo!" Aang placed Suki on a bed and Aang furiously began searching everywhere for Momo. "Momo? Where are you?" he screamed. Then he whispered, "What did she do to you?"

Warm tears came to his eyes when he found Momo locked in a closet. It must have been twenty-four hours since they started packing. Momo had usually gone alone, sometimes, so Aang was used to him being gone a little while. He hugged Momo's body to his own, and then took Suki and Momo back to where Appa was. He didn't see Azula in sight when he flew back to where everybody else was.

"Aang! There's Aang," Katara screamed as Aang lowered himself and two other bodies toward Appa. Sokka didn't say a word when Aang laid Suki's body in Appa's saddle.

Sokka didn't hold back with his tears as he held Suki's body, the same way as he held Yue's, and he crouched over Suki. Katara didn't say anything either, and Toph already knew what was going on.

Katara hugged Aang. She let go quickly and looked at Momo. He was breathing. But Aang was already off to find some water and food. Katara was water-bending for Momo, and dumping it on his face just in case that got him to wake up.

Sokka was crying but then he raised his head when Suki opened her eyes. She smiled a little and then she said, "I got dizzy."

"Oh thank God…I thought I lost you too," Sokka replied, having an image of Yue giving her life to the spirit of the moon. But he just smiled thankfully at Suki.

"Suki…what happened?" Katara asked.

"Azula's back," Suki said, sighing.

"No!" Katara gasped. "That can't happen!"