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Revenge is sweet when served with a dose of insanity

Chapter 10

Aang knew he couldn't let his emotions control him right now. So many thoughts were rushing through his head right then that everything else seemed to be moving in slow motion. He told him self to 'calm down, get a grip, the best thing you can do for Katara right now is to end this once and for all.' And like getting hit in the head with a rock, he remembered he still wasn't alone in this fight. His backup, or secret weapon as Toph had dubbed herself, was still waiting to deliver what Aang hoped desperately to be a war ending attack.

The plan in itself was quite simple. The roof of the palace was made of stone, very thick, very heavy stone. If a piece the size of a papaya was to hit you on the head after falling such a distance it would surely kill you. So if the entire roof was to collapse, well it doesn't take a genius to understand the fate of anyone caught underneath it.

They had all agreed that if Ozai got the upper hand (which was quite likely), unless some sort of miracle were to occur the battle wouldn't last very long. Aang was still unable to enter the Avatar state, so he wouldn't be able to rely on his past lives to back him up…… He'd have to rely on his friends. The words were somehow familiar though he couldn't remember where he'd heard it. He thought maybe he'd heard Bumi say it to him the first time they visited Omashu, but he could have sworn he'd heard it in a woman's voice.

One problem with the plan was that once Toph started executing it, there wouldn't be a point of no return. Though it would take a short while for her to weaken the roof enough to cause it to fall, as soon as it was ready to go, it was gunna go. Now the best case scenario, was both Aang and Katara being no where near the kill zone and walking away to live happily ever after. But since when did anything that happened to the gaang go that perfectly. So they decided on two ways of signalling Toph to carry out the last resort. The first was if both Aang and Katara were unable to signal the attack themselves, due to the fact that they would both be unconscious, or worse….. The second was if, as already stated, either Aang or Katara signalled the attack themselves.

Aang would just signal Toph by sending her three short tremors using his earthbending. Katara's signal would be harder for Toph to detect. She would simply stomp her foot as hard as she could three times. But if Toph was hearing any other 'noise' then there was a chance that she might miss the signal. This is why it was decided at their last strategy meeting the previous night, that if anything was to happen to Aang where Katara couldn't just have him relay her signal to Toph, then Toph would have to focus all of her concentration on Katara no matter what. During the discussion on what the signals should be, Katara was very quiet. The rest of the gaang thought it to be just nerves and that she was scared. It wasn't until Toph was reflecting on the conversation while tunnelling under the royal city that she realised Katara hadn't been quiet because she was nervous or scared. Katara was never willingly quiet. It was because she thought she wouldn't need a signal.

Toph knew then that Katara didn't think she was going to make it. At the time she had felt like just earthbending some sense into her. But the thought of sugar queen being unoptimistic actually scared the young earthbender. It was like if Katara didn't believe it was possible, then it just wasn't.

Aang was praying that Toph was still paying close attention because he knew if he made it look too obvious that he was trying to draw Ozai in a certain direction then the fire lord would surely pick up on it. Then suddenly time took up its normal pace again as Aang found himself jumping high into the air to avoid a fire ball. Ozai was back on his feet, though shakily, and was firing blast after blast at the avatar. As Aang jumped and dodged he took what very little time he had to survey the situation so that he could get Ozai in a prime position for Toph to execute a hasty and effective attack. He thought the closer to Toph he could get the easier it would be for her to do her thing. But no matter how close to that end of the thrown room he could get, Katara would still be in the kill zone.

He had to get her out of the room.

He thought the best way to do that would be to use his earthbending to raise a slab of rock underneath Katara and launch it out the thrown room doors. However, if Ozai saw this then he'd be alerted immediately and they'd loose their chance. He figured the only way he'd be able to do this successfully would be to wait until the roof had actually started to come down and then quickly launch Katara out of the room. He realised then that he would be breaking his promise to her. He didn't see how he'd be able to keep Ozai distracted and in position long enough unless he was actually fighting him. Which would mean even if he used his airbending he wouldn't have enough time from when the roof began to fall to first get to Katara then get clear of the kill zone.

All thoughts were set aside that instant as a fire whip connected with Aang dead in the chest and sent him skidding across the thrown room floor. His vision blurred as his head collided with stone when he came to an abrupt halt against a pillar. He watched through hazy eyes as the fire lord slowly staggered towards him. He shook his head to clear the concussion. As his vision began to slowly improve he could see that Ozai was saying something, though he couldn't tell what. The loud ringing in his ears was blocking out all sound. He used his left arm to support himself so he could stand, but he quickly crumpled back to his previous position as a wave of immense pain shot through his arm.

Ozai was no doubt in mid rant with his focus entirely on the fallen avatar in front of him. He was swaying slightly as he stood and was still bleeding badly. Aang knew this was his last chance. If he gave it his all he might be able to get back up and keep fighting. But as the minutes went by Ozai would be regaining his senses and his strength, having him almost entirely off guard like this was a once in a lifetime occurrence. Aang looked to the young watertribe girl that had stolen his heart.

He didn't know if she was even still alive, he didn't want to think about that. Either way she was still going to be outside the thrown room when the roof collapsed. He could use the last of his strength to carry on his fight with the fire lord for a bit longer. But why waste it on something so useless. He'd use it for something useful alright. He just hoped that Katara would one day forgive him for breaking his promise to her, for leaving her. A tear fell down his blood stained cheek as he placed his open palm to the floor.

"I'm so sorry Katara."

Author's note: Hoozah! Man i'm so close to finishing this story i can taste it. No, wait... no that's just that ham sandwich i had for lunch. 10 points for the first person who can point out the reference i made in this chapter. Its a reference to avatar so it shouldnt be too hard. Here's a hint: It's in the early paragraphs. Please review.