Slowly Zuko's senses returned to him. The first thing he noticed was that his hands were bound behind his back with rocks. The second thing he noticed was that he was hundred of feet above the ocean. That wasn't a very pleasent feeling to wake up to. Finally, he noticed his four captors. And what they were looking at. They were facing away from him (at that moment he had the sickening realization that no one was actually controlling the bison) and looking at the ocean behind them. Rising from the ocean was a plume of black smoke. Craning his neck, he saw the ship it was coming out of. Azula's. He sucked in his breath, unsure as to whether or not this was a good thing.

"What is it?" He heard Katara ask.

"It looks like a Fire Nation ship," he brother answered. Zuko sighed and spoke up.

"That's not just any ship," he said. They turned and looked at him. Zuko's gaze narrowed. "It's my sister's." There was a collective groan from the group.

"Way to go Sokka," Toph said. "'Let's kidnap the Fire prince,' you said. Now we have Azula chasing us."

"Hey! How was I supposed to know the Firelord would send her after us," he defended.

"She must be here to rescue her brother," Katara said, causing Zuko to scoff.

"You obviously don't know my sister," he said. "She'd just as soon kill me as rescue me."

"Guys," Aang said, sounding frightened. "I'd really rather if we didn't need to fight her. Remember what happened the last time."

"If you don't mind me asking," Zuko cut in, "what exactly is your plan?" Sokka smiled.

"Well," he said. "First we kidnap the Firelords son," he pointed at Zuko. "That would be you. Then we force the Firelord into ending the war!" Zuko stared at him.

"And how do you expect to do that?" He said. "My father won't end this war just because you have me. As you can see," he nodded towards the ship that was following them. "He has his own plans."

"Guys," Toph cut in, "we can figuer this out later. Right now, we need to get away from Azula."

"Toph's right," Katara said. "I suggest we fly higher up and use the clouds as cover." Aang nodded and went to the reigns, pulling on them and making Appa fly higher. Soon they had vanished into the clouds.

"Princess Azula!" One of the Dai Li agents called. "We've lost sight of The Avatar."

"What!" She snapped. "How?" The agent backed away.

"Well-he-um- It would appear that he went int the clouds," he stuttered. Azula sighed.

"No matter," she said. "We'll find him. And that pathetic excuse for a prince, Zuko." The agent nodded.

"Yes, Princess Azula," he said. "Um-if you don't mind me asking, what are we going to do when we find them?" Azula looked at him.

"You and the other agents will capture The Avatar and his friends," she said. "I'll take care of my brother."

"So now what?" Zuko asked. "We fly around until Azula finds us again?"

"Why should you care?" Katara asked. "Shouldn't you want your sister to find us?" Zuko sighed and looked at the ocean.

"Azula and I don't exactly get along," he said. "We never have."

"As much as I hate to admit it," Sokka cut in, "Zuko's right. It's getting late and we can't fly forever. Look," he pointed down. "There's an island right over there. We can camp out there and figure out the rest of our plan."

"Sounds good to me," Aang said. He pulled on the reigns again and Appa headed towards the island. The landed in a forest and started to unpack.

"Who needs to watch Zuko first?" Katara asked.

"I'll do it," Sokka said. "Catching him was my idea, so I'll take the first watch." The others grumbled in agreement and each one went to sleep. Soon, despite his assurance that he would watch the prince, Sokka too fell asleep. Zuko looked at the group and sighed. He needed to find a way to escape, preferable one that didn't include Azula. Glancing over at Sokka, he could see his dual swords leaning against a tree. He looked around to make sure everyone was asleep before quietly moving towards them. He knocked them out of their holder and tried to cut through the rocks binding his hands together. To his chagrin, it didn't work. He sighed and leaned back against the tree. It looked as though he would need to wait to make his escape.