Just a random and quick update. . . A smidgen of AU.
She walked down the narrow hallway, expecting to see the worst. Mai knew that Zuko had turned himself in, relying solely on the Avatar's abilities.
But when she got down to his prison cell, he wasn't there, yet the bars were perfectly intact. Befuddlement swam through Mai's mind- this was the cell that Azula told her where Zuko was. Had the princess purposely told her the wrong one?
My wildest dreamings
At the sound of someone moving, Mai turned around, dagger ready in hand. There was a clanging sound of two swords, and she flicked her wrist towards the sound.
"Oh!"
Mai's eyes were wide in shock at the sight of a man in a blue mask falling to the ground, a stiletto deep in his right shoulder. She had seen that mask before.
Carefully, she walked over to the person, removing the mask from his face.
Could not foresee
"Zuko," She whispered, bending down to pull the dagger from his shoulder. Luckily, it was clean strike.
"Ahhh," He groaned, trying to cover up his wound.
"Stop. I've got it." Mai said, ripping a piece of cloth off of her robe and tying it around his shoulder.
"M-Mai?" Zuko croaked, attempting to sit up.
"You need to hide until the Avatar returns. I'm not even going to ask how to managed to break out of your cell. I'll make up some story to tell Azula."
"Wait, Mai,"
She was already on her way back down the narrow hallway, though Zuko could have sworn she put an extra stride in her step.