Here we go everyone. This is the last chapter besides the epilouge. I hope everyone enjoyed the story. Don't forget to Check out my newest one. A Zutara fic called Enchanted. Thank you. The epilouge will be up shortly.
Chapter 21 The War Part 3- The End
Zuko hit the wall hard. Ozai growled. For a man who didn't have any strength left he had a lot to begin with. Aang pushed a strong gust of wind towards the Fire Lord. Sokka ran at top speed with his sword at the ready. Ozai moved away just as Sokka lunged. Zuko ran forward slicing the air with his two swords. Water spashed against Ozai's face. He screamed in pain. Aang bended a wall up from the ground. It didn't do its job. Sokka ran face first into it. Aang screamed and bended up another wall. With each mill another wall came up. Soon their was an entire labyrinth of walls inside the room. Each person was busy searching. "I'll find you Avatar and when I do..." Ozai trailed off.
Aang sent a flood of water through the labyrinth. When the water stopped flowing he could hear several people coughing and one of them sounded like... "Katara?!" Aang screamed.
"Aang!" she yelled in response.
Aang felt his heart beat faster. If he could find everyone then he could lock Ozai up in a box of walls and use his water bending to drown him. But he couldn't risk killing one of his friends in the process. He began to fight with himself. "Toph," he screamed, "Find everybody and lead them out here to me. Hurry."
Toph looked to Katara and Amora. "You two go," Amora told them, "Find Sokka, I'll find Zuko."
The three of them took off in two different directions. Amora ducked when she felt a gust of wind on her. Several pieces of ice came whizzing past her face. "Zuko," she screamed.
"Over here!" he yelled.
Amora turned down another path. Ozai stood in her way. He was watching her carefully. For a time niether of them moved. Amora concentrated hard on her surroundings. She could almost see the labyrinth in her mind. If she did this right everyone would survive. "Aang to your left three walls away is where we are lock it up. Surround us hurry."
The walls grew and filled themselves thicker. "Now what?" Aang asked, "Your trapped."
"Good now flood the entire area."
"No!" Zuko screamed.
"Are you crazy?" Toph screamed.
"Just do it," Amora commanded.
Ozai ran towards her. She hit the wall. He picked her up and threw her to the other side. "Well at least if I die," Ozai told her, "I'll take you down with me."
Several pieces of large boulders rained down in the box. Ozai laughed as the closed space began to fill with water. It began to rise at an alarming rate. Ozai laughed again. "This is how it ends for us huh? The two of us dying leaving little Zuko all alone."
He tried to wade through the water. He couldn't move. Amora smiled. "Maybe you'll leave Zuko but I'll always be here for him."
She began floating in the water. Ozai couldn't figure out why he wasn't floating as well. He felt his strength returning. His bending began to come back. He threw several fireballs at Amora's head. One caught her on the shoulder and she screamed. Some more boulders fell into the water as it rose even higher. Ozai saw for himself why he wasn't rising. A large rock had fallen onto the train of his robes. "Noooo," he moaned as the water rose even higher.
Amora floated with the water as Ozai struggled. His entire body was under water. She could see him gasping for breath. His thrashing began to slow. And before to long it stopped all together. "Aang," Amora screamed, "Stop the water now I think he's dead."
Toph stopped him. "Don't do that. Just open a hole for her and let her out and let the water keep rising. As soon as she's out let's get out of here. Flood this place."
Aang looked to Zuko. Zuko nodded. He stood on top of one of the walls near where Amora was. Aang opened a small hole. Water began to pour out. Amora's arm found Zuko's and he pulled her from the watery grave. Aang closed the hole back as everyone began running out. They ran up through the palace and outside. Iroh and Ursa were their to greet them. "My son," Ursa cried.
"Katara, Sokka," their father called.
The two of them ran towards his direction.
"Toph!" Someone screamed.
Toph looked up and saw a man leaning heavily on a wooden cane. She was apprehensive of going closer until she saw a woman at his side. A woman who looked a lot like her. "Mom? Dad?" she asked running to them.
Amora looked to Aang. "There's no one here for me either," she whispered.
Aang nodded. "I know that no matter where I go, I'm carrying the ones who died for me in my heart. And that is my family."
"Well spoken Aang," Amora told him.
He looked up at her and smiled. She hugged him and kissed his cheek. "You do have a family though," she whispered again, "Right down there."
Amora pointed at Katara and Sokka. Then she pointed at Toph. Zuko was next and lastly herself. "We're family."
Aang felt tears run down his face. "Aang over here!" Katara screamed.
He ran to her. Amora watched all this with happiness, not envy. She looked at her husband, who was in the midst of talking to his Uncle. She looked up at the sun. The eclipse was finally nearing its ending. She could see Yue's reflection in the sky. Amora waved. Her hair caught in the wind. "Amora," Zuko said quietly, "What happened to your hair?"
Amora laughed. "Come with me and lets talk I have a lot to tell you. A whole lot."