"So, you want you're freedom, don't you

"So, you want you're freedom, don't you?" A voice said quietly in Azula's ear.

"What? Who said that?! Who's there?!" Azula said, panicking.

"It's all right dear, no one's hear but the two of us, just like always Why no try to talk about you're friends? Have you made some during you're stay here?" Azula's caretaker asked. She was a middle aged woman and wore healer's robes.

"Oh…okay…I'll do that…..I'll just….I'm Fire Lord, you know. I am! You should take me out of this…thing," Azula was talking about the large stripe of metal coming from the walls, entirely encasing her body, except her head. "And my father is the Phoenix King! You should let me out!"

"That's nice dear," the healer said, moving a piece of the metal to expose Azula's bear skin. She injected the needle that she was holding in her hand, and talked to Azula as she did so. "You know, I don't think we'll get anywhere else with talking today. I'll let you out, and you can go be with you're other friends. Doesn't that sound nice?" She released Azula from her holder, and patted her on the back while she calmed down.

"Yes…yes okay….Do ya think….do ya think you could send my mommy a letter? There's a nice man here…He says he's an Air bender! Ya know I admire benders….aren't they just so…lucky!" Azula rambled, her words slurring from the medication injected in her. Just then, a boulder came flying out of nowhere and hit the healer, sending her flying backwards. Azula saw a figure come out of nowhere, and giggled, clapping her hands. She saw the old man grin, and then speak.

"Boy, have I got a deal for you."

--

Toph was amazed. Still, she was shocked. There were so many things about the world that she could never have imagined. There were colors, there were things to see, there were so many people who looked so different….She'd gone through her life never trying to imagine what it was like, because she knew she couldn't have imagined this, ever, if she had tried. There were flowers, there were trees, there were houses, there was the sky. The Sky! She'd known about these things, sure, even felt some of them. But to see them? That was, as Toph knew now, completely different. Day was bright, and then the whole world changed at night, going from one shade to another. This was amazing. It had been only one day since she had been given sight, and she needed to see her friends. She needed to know, while she could know, what they looked like. And she needed that to happen know, because the old man had only guaranteed her a week of sight, since she wanted her bending more than her sight. After one week, she should go blind again. So, she had a servant write a letter to all of her friends (She still couldn't make since of those letters), and had them sent off. She told them it was urgent, that she needed to see them, but she didn't say that she could see. She didn't want people thinking she was like Azula now…

--

Zuko and Aang were still in Zuko's meditation chambers, now discussing the international ball game, Silver Ball. The next game would have the Northern water tribe against the Southern water tribe, and they were discussing how they thought the game would turn out.

"The southern tribe has it," Zuko said. "They've got all of those tools their allowed to use."

"But the northern tribe has water benders! They've got it-"

"But the southern tribe has Katara," Zuko reminded Aang.

"Yeah. I haven't gotten to see her much after she was chosen. And she's busy all this week too, preparing for the game. I don't think she'll be able to see anyone but her team mates."

"That's rough," Zuko sympathized.

"Fire Lord! Fire lord Zuko!" A servant came running up to where Zuko and Aang were sitting, and started to talk in a panicked voice. "We have urgent news from the 'Warped Wars' mental health facility!" Aang chucked.

"That's a nice name," he joked. Zuko however, looked concerned.

"What news?"

"A break out, sir!"

"A…a break out? But…but how?"

"Zuko, what's wrong?"

"That was where my sister was kept!"

A second runner ran into the room, carrying a sealed letter. "Fire Lord Zuko, there is an urgent letter here for-"

"There's no time for that! There's an escaped madwoman of the loose!" Zuko started to run off.

"But sire it's-"

"He'll pick it up latter!" Aang shouted back to him as he ran off.

The letter had a Bei Fong seal on it.

--

Oyaji looked at the letters addressed to the Kyoshi Warriors. They had requests pouring in from all over the world, and Sokka and Suki were both gone. He looked at a very official looking sealed letter that was addressed to Sokka, and put it in the pile of letters for Sokka. He could read it once he was done in the desert. The expedition should only last a few more days. Probably just another fan mail letter, anyway. And who thinks up these wacky seals? A flying pig…

--

Aang and Zuko ran outside, and jumped onto Appa. "Appa, yip yip!" Aang cried.

"Who made that up, anyway?" Zuko asked.

"I dunno. So, where are we going?"

"We'll start at the hospital Azula was staying at. We'll need to see what happened there, and then try to find out where to look for her."

"All right, let's go!"

--

"Sokka, do you have any idea what we're supposed to be looking for?" Suki asked. Suki, Sokka, and Ty Lee had been digging for a few hours, and nothing had happened yet.

"I don't know. The employer was a little confusing in that letter sent to us, but it sounded like we'll know what we're looking for when we see it…"

"Hey, what's this? Sokka, Suki, come here!" Ty Lee called. When they came over, Ty lee was standing next to a bit of metal, partially exposed in the sand.

"It looks like a pressure plate," Sokka said, crouching down to examine it. "Maybe if we…" he pushed down on the plate as hard as he could, but it wouldn't budge. "Alright, maybe if we all stand on it together it will work," Sokka suggested.

"Hey look," Ty Lee said, pointing at a spot on the plate. "There's places for people to stand! Maybe it'll work if we just stand on those spots?"

"Worth a try," Sokka said.

"Wait, I have a bad feeling about this," Suki said, reaching out to stop them.

"Ah, c'mon Suki, what's the worst that could happen?" Sokka asked. With a sigh, Suki went forward to stand on the foot prints. "We'd better try to stand on them at the same time. There's only three prints here, so that's lucky. All right….1….2….3!" And at the same moment, they all moved forward to stand on a foot print. Instantly, large bars came out of the sides of the pressure plate, and formed a cage on top of them. They all looked up, as if to try to think of a way out through the top, but as they watched, a large metal ceiling flew down on top of them.

"Why hello!" a familiar voice called out to them. "It's so good to see you again!"

"Azula?!" Ty lee called.

"Oh, you've remembered your old friends? How comforting!" Azula's voice seemed to have been coming from atop the cage, and she still sounded as insane as before.

"They let you out of the crazy hospital?" Ty Lee asked, sounding confused. After she spoke, she heard Azula stomping on the cage ceiling.

"It! Was! Not! A! Crazy! Hospital!" She screamed, saying each word as she stomped.

"Apparently…" Suki muttered"

"What did you say?! What are you saying?! I know you all hate me! I know! but you can't get me now! You can't! He's got the plan! He's got the best plan ever! He's going to help daddy now!"

"What!?" Sokka, Suki, and Ty Lee and yelled. The only response they had from Azula was laughter.

--

"Fire Lord Ozai…" a voice called outside the door. "Fire Lord….Fire Lord…where are you? I'm here to help…" Suddenly, the voice was inside the ex-Fire Lords' prison chambers. "Ah. There you are. All right, Fire Lord, I'm here to make a deal with you."

"What kind of a deal?" Ozai asked feebly. He could tell that this person was an old man, but he couldn't tell anything else. He couldn't even see the figure of the old man.

"You want to Fire bend again? you want you're strength back? I can…give that back to you…"

"What?" Ozai asked, not really paying attention. This was likely some kind of hoax…

"Pay attention! I've got a Deal for you, and I don't offer Deals very often! Although, I have offered a lot recentally…Anyway, I can give you back your Fire bending, strength, and throne for…a paltry fee."

"I'm listening" said Ozai, beginning to think that this may be real. This…aura that the old man's voice generated reminded him a lot of the Avatar.

--

"The man who took her, he sounded Water Tribe. He mentioned about the North pole, and how he would get good ransom money her. But he was an Earth bender, I think," the healer explained to Zuko and Aang. She had been one of Azula's caretakers, and was attacked while treating Azula. Oddly though, it hadn't been Azula who attacked her.

"What a mess…" Zuko muttered.

"Need a ride to the North?" Aang asked.

"You'll help me?" Zuko asked.

"Of course. I'm always happy to help my friends." Just like before, Zuko herd the note of pride in Aang's voice.

--

Toph was laying in her bed staring up at the ceiling, not understanding what was taking them so long. Sokka and Suki were pretty close, so they should be here soon, but she was surprised they weren't already. Zuko might have been far away, but he had a balloon to get places quickly. She knew that Zuko would be busy, but she tried to make it sound like an emergency in her note. katara had practice for her Silver Ball game, but she shouldn't be that busy. And what about Aang? He was closest out of all of them, and he had Appa! What was wrong? Did she not matter anymore, now that the war was over? She thought…but maybe she was wrong.

"Well if that's how they'll treat me, then they can just-" Toph started to shout, but was interrupted by a servant.

"Miss Bei Fong, you have a visitor."

Toph gasped. "Who-" But as she sat up to look, she knew her answer. She saw, in the doorway, a beautiful, dark skinned girl. She was wearing soft blue robs, with white fringes, which she knew where the colors of the water tribe. This had to be Katara. She gasped again. "Katara!" She cried.

"Hey Toph. What's the-" she saw Katara's eyes widen, heard her gasp, and her amazement. "Toph! You, you…what happened?!" She asked excitedly. Toph ordered the servant to bring them tea, and told Katara exactly how she had gained sight.

"There was this old man, and he offered me a deal in the badger moles cavern. I din't even listen to him, but he came back later, on the estate grounds. He told me I could trade my Earth bending for sight, but I told him I wanted Earth bending more than sight. He told me I could have a week of sight, and then he'd come back and ask me which one I wanted more after that. I told him fine, and then I fell asleep. I woke up, and then…" she motioned to her green eyes.

"Wow," was all Katara could say after a few moments.

"Yeah. I had no idea what this was like. But to be honest, I only want about a week of sight, just so I can get to know the world a little bit better. But the thing I really want to do is see everyone's faces! I sent a letter to everyone, saying that it was an emergency, and to come right away. But you're the only one who's come so far." Her voice sounded slightly bitter at the end.

"Really? Aang hasn't come yet?"

"Nope. I've got no idea what's going on with everyone else. I started to think no one would come. I'm glad you got to come."

"Actually, I'm not supposed to be here. I guess some kind of wealthy old nobleman invested in our team, and wanted to make sure that we all practiced a lot this week."

"Man. It almost feels like someone's trying to keep everyone away me!"