Hey. Well this is the last chapter of the story, minus the one year later chapter coming after. Sorry on the wait but i assure you it was worth it.

Also, for those of you who stuck with me so long my friend and i wrote a little comedy bit i'm going to show you at the end.

I want to thank all of my reviewers and readers cause you guys are awesome.

Well, enjoy.


Oh no I just keep on falling
(Back to the same old…)
And where's hope when misery comes crawling?
(Oh my way, Ay…)
With your faith you'll trigger a landslide
(victory)
To kill off this common sense of mind

"Do know, you are going to pay for that day tonight" Zuko hissed, blocking yet another strike.

Ozai smiled and let flames dance around him. "I'd like to see you try"

Sokka tried to see what was going on but all he could see was shadows within the flames. And even if there was more, he was in two much pain to be able to focus.

"Zuko!" if only he wouldn't be so stupid, Sokka though. They could outrun Ozai, easily. But outfight. "Zuko, come on"

XXX

Katara and Toph ran. They ran down halls and doors with Toph shouting out directions. "They're in here" Toph banged on a metal door.

There were some sounds from the inside but nothing understandable. "Get out of the way!" Toph ordered, and she pulled apart the metal.

Suki, Haru, Mai, and Teo smiled in relief at the sound. Haru looked up. 'What's going on?"

Toph motioned them out. 'We need to move….like now!" and the four didn't question it.

XXX

Aang ran. He wasn't really sure why. He gave up on the chase since his target disappeared.

"Sokka! Katara! Toph!" Aang yelled, his voice vibrating off the walls. There was no response. "Zuko!" he tried. Nothing.

It takes acquired minds to taste, to taste, to taste this wine
You can't down it with your eyes
So we don't need the headlines
We don't need the headlines
We just want…
(We want the airwaves back, we want the airwaves back)

Zuko faintly heard Sokka calling him. And he knew he should have been listening. He could get Ozai another time. Right now other things mattered more.

And it would be nice to live to see the outside world.

Yeah, that would have been nice.

So Zuko shot a feint and then another attack.. Ozai blocked, but it took his attention off the barrier and Zuko slipped through. He grabbed Sokka's unburned arm and ran.

Sokka was almost shocked that for a single moment Zuko had been listening to him. Then he came to his senses and decided to help by moving his feet. "Sorry" he muttered.

Zuko wasn't paying much attention though and as Sokka turned he saw why. "Okay, Sokka, figure out a plan, fast" Zuko panted, bursting into another corridor, still pulling Sokka along.

Ozai was chasing them. They couldn't run forever. Plan. Plan.

Sokka had nothing.

Then there was a bang, and the door crashed down. And suddenly the room was full. And it was full of people on the bad side.

"Shit" Zuko whispered.

Sokka looked around worriedly. "What do we do?" he panicked.

Everybody sing like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure now?
Everybody live like it's the last day you will ever see
Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure now?

"The vents!" Zuko looked up. "Come on" Zuko was up and dragging Sokka through crowds. Luckily, it was so crowded most people hadn't yet noticed them.

He unscrewed the vent and climbed up with Sokka in tow. Sokka took a second to think. "You're right. These things were smaller when we were ten"

Zuko couldn't hide a silent chuckle. "Now crawl." he ordered. Sokka started to complain but Zuko reminded him that he was both shorter and thinner.

"THEY WENT THROUGH THE VENTS! GET THEM!!!"

"Now what?" Sokka asked quietly.

Zuko listened to the sounds of the footsteps. "Crawl faster"

Sokka moved quickly but the vents groaned in protest. The grate was coming up, and there was no way the thin rusty metal would hold.

Sokka froze. "We go one at a time and we'll make it" Zuko assured. He nudged Sokka.

Sokka tucked up his knees and was about to start when fire shot up. Zuko pulled Sokka back and blocked it.

"THEY'RE UP THERE!"

"Jump!" Zuko instructed

'Jump?"

"Yes"

"Now?"

"NOW!"

And the vent gave in and Sokka half jumped, half fell out. Zuko jumped and grabbed Sokka. "Move your feet!"

'Wha - oh sorry" Sokka began running.

Right now you're the only reason
(I'm not letting go, oh…)
And time out if everyone's worth pleasing
(Well ha-ha!)
You'll trigger a landslide
(Victory)
to kill off their finite state of mind

Katara and Toph led the group into a room busy with fighting. She tried to will the boys to give her a signal.

There was a crack in the vents above and a hiss. "Idiots" Katara muttered.

She saw them fall and run.

"Zuko!"

The teen's head snapped around. "Katara?"

She weaved through the crowd and wrapped her arms around him. Zuko pushed her off though. "It's not over yet"

Katara nodded. "Have you seen Ozai?" Sokka asked.

"He's in his office right now. Apparently sustained an injury or something." She shrugged. "Why?"

"Come on" Zuko grabbed Sokka's arm again and ran in that general direction.

"We're gonna be sneaky" he said. "Cause brute force wont work" Sokka nodded.

He quieted his steps to almost nothing and made his way to the back door. Silently Zuko pulled it opened. Ozai was either asleep or unconscious. It all looked too easy.

Zuko reached onto the back closet and grabbed the chain link used to lock things together. He smiled back at Sokka who was watching and looked quite impressed.

As cautiously as before, if not more, Zuko walked towards the passed out form. To make sure it wasn't a fake slumber he checked the man's pulse. It was almost dead.

Zuko smiled, satisfied, and wrapped a layer of chain. The process was simple and Ozai didn't move. The teen latched the lock and threw the key and it was done.

Zuko turned to walk out and inform the crew of his hostage but a certain person had other plans.

It takes acquired minds to taste, to taste, to taste this wine
You can't down it with your eyes
So we don't need the headlines
No, we don't want your headlines
We just want…

(We want the airwaves back, we want the airwaves back)

Ozai turned his head. He was still unable to move, Sokka noted, through his face turned to worry as his hands glowed blue.

"Zuko look out!"

The raven haired teen turned just in time to be hit full force with a blow of electricity. "ZUKO!"

Sokka started to run to his friend, but - as if reading his mind- he ran to Ozai instead. He grabbed a crowbar and hit it at the man's head, hard.

Sokka semi-picked up the limp figure and ragged him out.

Everything stopped.

"Anybody move and he dies!"

XXX

'Well,, well"

Aang turned at the voice. "Long Feng" he whispered to no one in particular.

"Smart boy" Long Feng muttered sarcastically.

Aang's glare deepened. "Your sick, you know that?"

He laughed. Aang ran and appeared behind him. "Hi!"

"What the-" Long Feng span but Aang was already gone.

Aang pulled one of the rope curtains off the wall and quickly ran around Long Feng, tying him.

"Hello" Aang said again, once Long Feng was on the floor, tied up. "And good bye" he ran off.

XXX

"Anybody moves and he dies!" Sokka showed them Ozai's face. "And we wouldn't want that" he cooed.

Katara smiled and her and Toph ran next to him. "You guys did it!" she exclaimed in disbelief. "Wait - where's Zuko?"

Everybody sing like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure now?
Everybody live like it's the last day you will ever see
Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure now?
Everybody sing like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure?

"Guys" Aang ran through the halls. "Guys!"

He ran into a room to see Sokka holding Ozai's limp body in chains with Katara and Toph next to him. He sighed and smiled, relieved.

"Where is he?" Toph asked, at Sokka's silence.

Aang's eyes widened. He ran up to them. "AANG!" Katara smiled and hugged him, but it wasn't romantic.

Sokka and Toph nodded to him. "Sokka?" Toph asked again.

"Aang can you hold him?" Sokka asked. Aang wanted to protest but Ozai was put in his hands and the others ran off.

Sokka led them to the office. They stopped to see his form crumpled in the corner. "no" Toph whispered under her breath. The placed her hand on the floor and smiled. "He's breathing!"

They all kneeled and Sokka turned Zuko on his back. The entrance wound for whatever Ozai shot at him was in the exact center of his torso. "What do we do?" Sokka asked.

"Can we call police now? It's over. They can help!" Katara tried.

Sokka nodded.

Everybody sing like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me, can you feel the pressure?
Everybody live like it's the last day you will ever see
Tell me, tell me, can you feel the pressure now?
Everybody sing like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me, can you feel the pressure?
Tell me, tell me, can you feel the pressure?

And the sirens buzzed. People ran in. Medics and cops and all.

"You Sokka?" one man, who looked in charge, asked. Sokka nodded. "Care to explain what happened?"

"Can we do so later?" Katara asked, gesturing to Zuko. The man called over two of the paramedics and they checked Zuko.

"Was he electrified?" one asked.

Sokka looked skeptical, "More or less"

One put a strip thermometer on his forehead and immediately pulled it off. "That's normal" Toph informed

They looked skeptically at her. "He's over eighteen?"

"Well" Sokka started, "no"

"Who's his guardian?"

"Um, he doesn't technically have one" Sokka rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly.

The two looked between each other. "We can't take him without consent"

"But-" Toph was baffled. That wasn't what they were supposed to say.

"Look, I'm sure they could work something out. Take the boy" the officer decided. "But you three owe me a large explanation"

We were born for this

"So they were gonna use you for a plot to overrule the government!" he laughed.

We were born for this

"But it's true!" Sokka yelled.

We were born for this

"I'm going to forget all of this. You three, Aang, Suki, Haru, Teo, Mai, and Azula will all go back home and start attending school. Everything's going to be normal from now on"


Suprisingly enough, that ended exactly how i wanted it to. XD

Well i really hope you liked it.

Now as for the thing with my friend and i, i'm goign to say now that it only semi relates to avatar. I was writing this while we were on the phone and anyways yeah. So we were talking about emo's and injuries, aka Zuko. and we ended up with a few of my favorite quotes. Or at least things i never go a full day without saying. You will notice how they veer from the origonal topic.

1. I AM NOT EMO! I just wear a lot of black and never smile and occasionally hate the world.

2. (after suataining i life threatening or at least severe injury) I'm fine! I really am fine!

3. (This is dedicated to my twilight obsessed school) Twilight was writen to fill the gap left by the end of the Harry Potter series....It failed miserably.

4. I'm a girl, damnit!

5. Yes, i really am that young!

The last two were just me ranting about always being mistaken for a guy and never being called my age. We went to the zoo today and they weren't gonna give me a child ticket. .

kay, so i hope that, and the chapter, were at least somewhat amusing, cause it kept me occupied most of the daty. XD

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