Hello everyone! Welcome to chapter 14 of Long Lost Home! I hope you guys enjoyed that last chapter! I'm sorry again for the slow in chapters lately. Once I'm home for the summer chapters will be back on a normal schedule and I may end up putting out more chapters per week, depending on my work schedule. But for now, here we are! As always, I do not own avatar or its characters, but the world is my own. Onto the story!

All is fair in love and war. Zuko knew what he needed. But he didn't know he needed her.

Chapter 14: That's it for today!

"That's it for today class!"

Everyone shot out of their seats, desperate to get out of Dr. Montgomery's class. It was prenatal studies and a lot of people in the class just want the grade, so they could get out. But Katara had thought about going into prenatal once she was out but it was too early to tell exactly what she was interested in. But she always loved babies and she wouldn't mind helping bring them into the world.

Dr. Montgomery was always an uptight woman. She worked at California hospital for several years and when she finally retired, she moved down to California to work at the college. Katara looked at her, remembering how Suki told her to ask her professors about job opportunities. But the thought also scared her at the same time.

But Katara took a deep breath and walked to the front of the classroom where Mrs. Montgomery was filing her papers away. "Dr. Montgomery?" she asked her slightly. The woman looked up and looked at the girl, "Katara, you can call me Amy. What can I do for you?" she asked, nicely.

Katara smiled slightly, "Well I just left my last job and I'm looking for a new one. I was kind of hoping for some type of internship in the field and wanted to see if you had anywhere I could look?" she asked her.

Amy smiled at her, "Of course. I love it when students come and ask me about job opportunities. It makes me think you're taking this seriously" Katara smiled and nodded at this as she spoke, "Let me make a few calls and I'll get back to you"

Katara nodded, "Absolutely, that would be fantastic, thank you so much" she expressed her gratitude. Amy smiled, "My pleasure, do you know what field you want to go into? The field defines the doctor you know. An old friend told me that once" she asked her. Katara shrugged slightly, "I'm not entirely sure but I'm very interested in prenatal or pediatrics" she told her.

Dr. Montgomery smiled, "Well I know a lot about prenatal. If you ever need any advice, my door is always open" she said, before she said her goodbyes and left the classroom.

Katara stood there for a moment smiling, before she silently cheered to herself. She had always heard the best way to get a job in the field was to have an in. And she had found herself an in.

Zuko looked around his room, making sure he had grabbed every little thing that could possibly help him, but still not grabbing too much so he wouldn't feel weighed down. He took a deep breath and grabbed his picture of Katara, putting it over his heart and walking out of his room.

All of the men were standing together, most of them silent, saying their final prayers before they got on the trucks. Zuko looked around for Jet, finding him leaning against the wall. He walked over and noticed the mumbling to himself.

"I never saw you as a praying guy" he told his friend. Jet shrugged slightly, "I normally don't… But I gotta get home somehow ya know…" he smiled, trying to crack a joke in this time. That was so much like him.

Everyone knew what was at stake. One wrong move, and not only would they be at risk, but the entire town would be as well. There was so much more to lose then just their lives.

A truck rolled up and the Chief jumped out, barely taking a moments pause, "All right men… Let's roll out"

Everyone loaded up the trucks, knowing that the next time they got off, they had to be in full on game mode. Everyone was silent, as if there were no words to speak. Everyone knew their mission and what they had to do, talking would come later.

The group rolls up to the outskirts of the town. The plan was to act as if they were sending the town some supplies before raiding the factory, hopefully drawing them off the trail since there was no way they would get out alive if they knew the military was coming.

They tried to remain quiet and stealthy, sneaking through the edge of town. Chief lead them across town, through alleyways and corner. They all moved as one.

And all it took was the raise of a hand for everyone to prepare themselves. And as soon as Chief threw his hand down they stormed the building, every single soldier with their gun held high. But it only took a few steps for them to be stopped in their tracks.

The room was filled with women and children. The soldiers stopped but didn't lower their guns. All of the middle eastern women and children dropped to their knees with their hands raised. The soldiers looked to the Chief about what to do next.

The Chief looked around, "Put them against that wall. Once we disable all of the bombs and take all of the supplies, we'll let them go" he looked to Rocky, "See if you can get one of them to talk"

All the soldiers followed orders. Zuko guided two young boys to the wall, lowering his gun slightly but still alert. The two boys looked at him scared so Zuko lowered to their level, "It's gonna be okay… Everything's gonna be okay…"

He noticed how the boys slowly became more relaxed, even though they did not understand the mans words. As they relaxed, Zuko noticed the bruises on their wrists and arms and cuts on their knees. Zuko stood and walked over to the Chief, "They're being tortured… I don't think they're here on their free will" he told him. The Chief sighed, "We'll wait and see what Rocky gets out of them"

Zuko walked over to the group disabling the bombs, looking over their shoulders for any mistakes. They couldn't be too careful. He stopped at Jet, "Hows it coming?" he asked him. Jet sighed and shrugged, "As good as it can… They have enough bombs in here to blow up this entire town" he looked over to the group of workers, "They are just kids…"

Zuko felt a tug on his pants and looked down to see the two little boys looking back at him. Zuko saw the looks on their faces and got down to their level, seeing the fear in them. The first little boy, the older of the two, pointed to the back room with haste. Zuko frowned, looking towards the back door. The boys grabbed his hand and dragged him outside.

He looked around, confused at what the boys meant. But then it caught his eye.

"EVERYONE GET OUT NOW! THIS PLACE IS ABOUT TO BLOW" he yelled, carrying the two young boys back out the front building. He knew everyone was behind him but he didn't want to turn around to look, as he heard the explosion ring through the air.

Zuko finally looked back, seeing everyone on the ground around him and safe. He let out a breath. Chief started yelling out orders to everyone. When he caught Zuko's eye, he gave him a nod of approval, but that was only what time allowed. They had to make sure everyone was accounted for.

They had to make sure everyone was alive.

Ta-Daa! Suspenseful chapter! I hope you guys enjoyed it! We will see more of Dr. Montgomery next chapter! Onto the reviews!

jacpin2002: I agree! I think that it takes a lot to cheat on someone you love and its honestly something you don't come back from. And there will be ups and downs in this story! Stay tuned!

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