Leiko was in shock, was she going mad? Was she actually hearing the voice of her dead husband? She turned and looked at Kilix, and he looked back at her with a stunned look on his face. "Did you hear that?" she asked him.

"Hear what? I didn't hear anything." He said. People began to chat. Leiko looked around.

"Don't tell me you didn't hear that."

"Leiko, it was nothing, I assure you." Kilix told her.

"But there was! There was something! I heard it!" Leiko said.

"Leiko, that's enough!" Zhao scolded her.

"No, I heard him!" Leiko defended.

"You heard nothing my dear." Kilix tried.

Leiko shook her head and backed away slowly, dropping her garland of flowers and then she ran off, away from the altar and towards the castle. "STOP HER!" Zhao commanded, and his men chased after Leiko. Once again, Leiko was running away in her wedding gown. Maybe fire nation weddings were just meant to be depressing like that. Leiko turned down a corridor and waited for the guards to run by. One of them ran into the hallway, but didn't see her lurking in the shadows. Leiko waited until the coast was clear and then she ran out and down the main corridor as fast as she could, picking up her gown as her feet carried her swiftly.

She reached another hallway and ran down it, knowing it would take her to the towers. But she was spotted. "There she is! Stop her!" a guard called out. Leiko took a fighting stance and readied herself for combat. The guards began to throw fire at her, but she dodged it, throwing out fire of her own in a large ball, knocking back three men, and leaving two standing! She ran up to them and did a split in the air, kicking them both and sending them to the ground! Then she kept running up to the towers. She ran up the stairs, but tripped on her dress. She grew aggravated and ripped off her dress, leaving her warrior's outfit on that was underneath. Good thing she never went anywhere without it. Her shoulder pads made the dress seem bulky anyway.

She found a door at the top of the stairs and pushed it open, revealing a dark dungeon. The only light source was a torch in the corner. Leiko stepped in and looked around, peering through the darkness. "Hello?" she called out. "Anyone here?"

"Leiko?" she heard a familiar voice. She used her hand as a torch and looked around the room, and she was shocked to find her old family member…Iroh!

"Uncle Iroh!" she cheered and she ran over to him and hugged him. He was strung up by chains, but he rested his chin on her shoulder. She couldn't believe it! Iroh was alive, and in one piece! After all this time of thinking he was dead, he was there in front of her! "Iroh, how is it possible? You should be dead! The ship…"

"I'm not the only one still standing." Iroh said solemnly and he looked over to the other corner. Leiko walked into the darkness, where there was a single torch already lit, and what she saw healed her heart from its broken state…Prince Zuko.

"ZUKO!" she cried when she saw him. He looked up and saw her.

"LEIKO!" and she dropped to her knees and threw her arms around him in tears! He put his cheek to hers and both of them let their tears tumble down their cheeks in joy. They were reunited.

"How can this be? You're alive!" Leiko said as she cried and clung onto him.

"I thought I'd never see you again." Zuko answered. "I thought they had killed you."

"Never, nobody can keep me from you! But…but I still can't believe it. The ship blew up, but you're alive!" and Leiko held his face to hers so their foreheads were touching.

"The ship blew up after we were ambushed."

"You were ambushed?"

"Yes, by a bunch of royal guards. I heard them coming onto the ship and I ran into Reina's room to get her. I picked her up out of her basket and ran with her and Uncle Iroh out onto the sand, but there were guards waiting for us. They dragged us and the rest of my crew away and then blew up the ship. It's all your father's doing."

"My father? He-he planned this?"

"He sent Kilix after us, and then he sent him after you. He said to kill you if you didn't cooperate. Zhao plans to separate us for the rest of our lives! He didn't want you to find us, that's why we've been up here in the dungeon. Your father is up to something."

"What?"

"I overheard Kilix talking to your father, and he said that his plan was to get me out of the way, so that he could kill my father and take the throne!" Zuko explained. Leiko was in shock.

"If my father became fire lord there would be no stopping him! He'd kill all of us! I have to stop him!"

"This heist is dangerous Leiko." Iroh spoke up from his spot on the wall. "Your father is up to something so big, it would take an army to overthrow him. That is why he wanted you out of the way." Leiko stood up.

"Well I'm still here! And as long as I'm still standing, my father will not be fire lord! And he cannot keep me from my family! I must stop him!"

"You'll need an army, Leiko." Iroh said.

"Or a friend." Leiko said with a grin. She grabbed her sword from its holster and sliced through the chains that held Zuko captive, setting him free. Then she did the same for Iroh. "Where is Reina?" Leiko asked Zuko. Zuko bowed his head.

"I'm sorry, dear." He said.

"Sorry? For what?"

"I couldn't save her. They snatched her away from me before I could get her to safety." And then he looked at his wife. "I tried to save her, I really did. But I don't know what they've done to her. I've lost our daughter. I'm sorry." Leiko placed a hand on Zuko's cheek and kissed him, for the first time in a month. It felt so good just to finally have her lips on his. She pulled away and spoke to him.

"We'll get her back. Somehow. But first, we help a friend."

Leiko and the other ran through the tower and up to another dungeon, where Leiko opened the door and saw Tara, still strung up. Tara looked at them and gasped. "Leiko, your family's alive!" she said. Leiko took her katana and sliced through the chains, freeing Tara. Tara landed on her feet. "So what's the plan?"

"My father's after the fire lord, this is much bigger than I thought."

"So let's take him down!"

"No, first we're going to find your sister."

"Cera?"

"A promise is a promise." Leiko said with her hand on Tara's shoulder. "I always keep my promises."