Chapter 11! Weird, I only expected this story to be ten chapters. But there's still more after this, hang tight. I might even put it up on the same day as this. Depends on how fast I write, haha. But here we go, another chapter from amillionthingsatonce (with like minimal editing from me but I'm giving her 99.9 percent of the credit).

While Katara was dealing with the sub, Aang had done his own work on the airship. He circled around it a few times, studying the vessel.

"Kya, I need you to be a good girl and stay in the saddle. Appa will keep you safe. Don't try to do any bending until I get back, okay?"

"Okay Daddy," Kya said in a small voice, gripping the wooden edge for dear life.

"Appa, I want you to fly over there," he added, pointing far off into the distance. "Keep my daughter safe from those rocks while you're at it. Can you do that for me, old buddy?"

Appa grunted as a response. Aang opened up his glider and took off, flying towards the airship. Several boulders were bent at him, but he redirected their paths straight down to the ocean below. A mechanic was standing on the outside railing, and went into a fighting stance that proved he wasn't a bender. Aang slammed his staff into the man's neck, sending him backwards, coughing and spluttering. The door to the inside of the airship was locked, but Aang quickly located the ring of keys at the man's belt. He helped himself inside, tucking the keys into his pocket. They might come in handy later.

He walked through the great ship. It must have been left over from the day of the comet, for it was huge. All the rocks had come from the front of the ship, so that was where the Dai Li agents were. Aang headed off in that direction, quickly coming across another mechanic, tinkering on a pipe that was leaking steam into the air. This one had a map sticking out of his back pocket. Aang easily bent the steam around the man's hands, freezing them to the pipe.

"I'll take that, thank you," he said, plucking the map out of the man's pocket, unfolding it. A small square on the map titled 'Earth Room'. Aang followed the map towards it, ignoring the man's shouts. It didn't take long to reach the door, and he sighed with relief when he heard that the sounds of Earthbending had stopped. That meant Kya and Katara were safe from the missiles. For now at least.

The door was locked of course, but one of the keys fit into it easily. Aang shoved the door open and stormed into the room, glaring at the Dai Li agents that stood in neat military rows. Behind them was a large pile of earth, and behind that was a large hole through which the missiles had been fired.

Long Feng strolled out of the orderly rows of his men towards him, a twisted and distorted grin on his face. Once he got close Aang noticed how horribly the man had aged. His face was creased where twisted emotions had engraved themselves into his skin. His hair was full of grey. When before it had been a neat, orderly braid, it was now a mess of loose strands that had escaped their bonds.

"Do you have something to say to me?" Aang asked after there were several seconds of silence.

"Just that I'm dreadfully sorry that I have to kill your wife and child. If only you had listened…Men!" he signaled, holding up his arm. The agents moved into Earthbending stances and removed several disks from the large pile of earth.

"Why are you still doing this? Azula's dead! I killed her!" Aang shouted.

"No matter. We're still going ahead with the plan," Long Feng said calmly.

"I won't let you," Aang snarled angrily, slashing his staff through the air. Long Feng was thrown backwards in a powerful gust of wind. His body flew out the hole like a rag doll and fell to the ocean below. The disks that were still suspended in the air closed around the Dai Li agents, pinning their arms to their sides. Aang bent them out the hole in the wall, taking the men with them.

Once the room was empty, Aang turned and headed towards the engine room. Now the only thing left was to blow up the airship. Before he left the Earth Room he picked up a rock that lay discarded on the floor. Something told him he'd need it.

The engine had a series of twisting gears on the outside. Aang felt the reassuring weight of the rock in his hand. A man was tightening bolts on one side of it, and looked up when Aang walked into the room. The pipes lining the wall were fairly old. When Aang smashed the rock into one it burst open, sending hot steam into the man's face. He shouted and fell over, holding his face in his hands and writhing in pain. Aang cringed and quickly jammed the rock in between two of the gears. They groaned a protest and the whole ship seemed to shudder. Aang spun on his heels and ran from the room, tracing his footsteps to the door he had first entered through.

The man he had knocked down earlier outside had just risen to his feet. He lunged at him, but Aang easily shoved him aside. He watched as the submarine slammed into the cliffs in the distance. Its crash reverberated through the air. Aang paused to watch it, but a metallic groaning from the heart of the ship woke him up. He jumped over the railing before the whole airship exploded. Aang turned over in the air and felt his staff sliding through his fingers. There was no time to open it now, and even if he did, it would just tear. Frantically, he moved his arms in circular motions. A small wave bubbled up from the ocean, swallowing him as he hit the water.

When he surfaced he took a painful gasp of air, coughing on the saltwater. He looked around and spotted Appa in the distance, floating calmly in the water. But where was Katara? She hadn't…crashed with the sub…had she?

"Appa!" Aang shouted, waving his staff in the air. Sound must carry well over water, for the beast grunted and launched himself into the air. Kya squealed when Appa sailed down and landed next to her father.

"Daddy!" she screamed, jumping onto his chest as he climbed up onto Appa.

"Hey," he said, coughing. "Do you know where Mommy is?"

"Right over there," Kya said, pointing at towards the cliffs. Aang followed her finger and saw Katara floating in the water in the distance.

"Yip yip," Aang said, picking up Appa's reins and flicking them. Appa once again took off, flying low over the water towards his last passenger. Katara waterbent herself up, grasping his horn with one arm. Aang grabbed her other arm and hauled her up. She collapsed over his lap, coughing and dripping.

"Mommy!" Kya cried.

"Are you okay?" Aang asked. Katara nodded and propped herself up wearily.

"I'm fine…Are you?" she said.

"Of course. I have my two favorite girls back," Aang grinned. Katara rolled her eyes but rested her head on her husband's chest.

"Hey Daddy, look what I can do!" Kya exclaimed, holding up her hands. A small globe of air formed between them and spun around rapidly before quickly dissipating.

"Wow," Katara said, raising her eyebrows in surprise.

"You know, you can make a scooter out of that and ride it around. Even up walls," Aang said.

Katara looked up at Aang with a weary glare. "Aang…"

Kya and Aang both gave the mother a pleading look.

"Please?" they begged.

She rolled her eyes. "Oh fine."

Kya gasped. "Really? Will you show me Daddy?" she cried.

"Sure. But first we have to go home," he said, tugging on Appa's reins and turning him around.

A/N: Awww. She finally loves her daddy. Just kidding! I mean she does, but she always has. Its a little kid thing. When I was her age, my dad would ask me who he was and I'd say "I don't care I want Mommy". I was cruel to him. But he buys me stuff so I love him, haha.