Alex felt the diamond grow very cold, and suddenly the chains snapped beneath her force. She stood and stared at the man she hadn't seen in five years.

The man took a step toward her, "Alexa? This is impossible…"

She took a shaky breath, "Hello—father."

In a split second they had run at each other, embracing the other as if they would lose them yet again.

Alex was almost crying from happiness, "I can't believe you're here…" she stopped as her face became angry, "where were you? Where were you when I needed your help? Where were you when mom was killed?"

He tried to speak to her but she tore away, "I think I'll take my friends and leave, I don't know what kind of place this is."

Her father frowned, "How can you not?"

She gave a repulsed noise and pushed past him, "come on Aang, we don't need this anymore, let's go find Tina and Sokka."

"Alexa!" her father called after her.


"Maybe we should go back." Aang suggested.

"No, I can get us out of here." She snapped at him.

True, they had been wandering the passageways for what seemed like hours. Each hall was carved out of dirt, and each looked the same as the other.

Alex sighed and stopped by a door, leaning against it with an arm. She looked at Aang, who was watching the door intently.

"What?" she asked curiously, glancing at it also.

Aang leaned an ear against the door, listening. He could hear voices inside.

He looked at her, "It's them!"

They both pushed and pulled on the door, trying to get it to open. Alex stopped, "Wait, maybe it's like the entrance…"

She pushed a hand against the door and let a small stream of fire pulse against the wood.

The door opened slowly. Tina and Sokka were sitting on the floor, and they looked up when she entered.

"Alex!" Tina said happily, trying to stand.

Alex picked the keys off the wall and after a few tries found the right key and opened the clasp.

Haku appeared at the door, "Your father would like you to come to the meeting room right away, and he says it's important."

The others looked at each other curiously, wondering what it could mean.


"We're lost aren't we?" Kyle asked dryly.

"Of course not," Josh cleared his throat and examined the map again, "We just have to—"he turned the map to the side and back again, "We just have to turn at that lake down there and—"

"Give me that!" Kyle took the map from him and looked at it carefully, "We're too far right, we need to go to the left a little."

"Really? I thought we'd just go right some more." Josh mumbled.

Kyle lowered the map and glared at him, "At least I can read the map!"

"Just give me that!" Katara ripped the map from Kyle's hands angrily, "Honestly, you two are awful. If you don't cut it out, we're never going to get to Ba Sin Sai before the others do, now stay focused!" she snapped.

"He started it," Josh mumbled.

She gave him a nasty look and he closed his mouth, "Now, we need to land there," she pointed, "and continue on foot. I'm pretty sure Azula has seen us by now."