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this is my longest chapter yet.
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Chapter 6
The Prince
Fourth Quadrant- Planet Colonr
A young man looked over at the horizon as one of the Suns on this planet made its descent from the sky while he sat in the cockpit of his spacecraft. He wore a long black hooded poncho that stopped around his red scaled forearms, a high red collared long sleeved tunic that was gold trimmed, and black pants with combat boots.
He let out a frustrated sigh as he contemplated his options.
He had been on this planet for the past two weeks with no such luck in finding what he needed. He breathed out another sigh while tendrils of smoke left his mouth.
He turned around in his chair when he heard the sound of wings flapping. He saw his automatic doors open and in walked a man he considered more of a father than the one he has.
"Ah, good evening Nephew" his Uncle spoke. " What are you doing cooped up in your ship when everyone else is out partying?" the man that was his Uncle knew the answer already, but it didn't hurt to ask.
His Nephew sent him a halfhearted glare and spoke in a cool tone " You know good well why Uncle."
" I don't know what you mean Prince Zuko, why don't you indulge an old man's curiosity." His Uncle said.
Figuring he wasn't going to get out of his Uncle pestering, Zuko told him what was on his mind.
" We're getting nowhere Uncle. The men are constantly telling me I'm chasing an old wives tale...and I'm actually starting to believe maybe they're right."
"Prince Zuko, you cannot give up just because of what others say. You must have hope that what we are looking for is out there. Now let's have some tea. You're not you when your tea less." His uncle said jokingly.
Zuko lifted the corners of mouth. He had to admit his Uncle knew how to improve his mood.
"Sure Uncle, I'll take some tea." he didn't really like tea that much. But for his Uncle he'd allow himself to drink it.
"Good Prince Zuko, I'll make Jasmine" then his Uncle got up stretched his wings and took off towards his own ship.
Once Zuko was alone he got up and went towards a terminal across the room by his bed. He stared at a picture frame of a young happy boy and a beautiful smiling women before picking up the frame and sitting on his bed. He sat there staring at the photo being absorbed by it that he didn't hear his Uncle fly back in. He continued to stare at the photo with longing until his Uncle placed his hand on his shoulder and looked up at him.
" You miss her don't you" his Uncle said sympathetically.
" Yes Uncle Iroh..I miss her.. not a day goes by where I don't feel the loss of my mother" Zuko said while let himself show emotion.
He never liked talking about his mother with anyone. However, his Uncle was the exception. His Uncle never judged him for the feelings he showed and he never pitied him.
Before either of them could say anything one of Zuko's guards came flying into the ship. He stood at attention before Zuko gave him permission to speak.
" We intercepted a message Prince Zuko from one of Princess Azula's spies outside the frozen Fortress Anahita."
Both Zuko and Uncle Iroh widened their eyes at this new information.
" What does it say?" asked Uncle Iroh.
The guard turned to his General and bowed before continuing " They have spotted a bright light outside the fortress near the tundra. They believe it may be the Ring."
" Or it may be nothing and Azula's just trying to derail us." Zuko mused angrily thinking of his sister.
"Or it may actually be something of importance Prince Zuko" Uncle Iroh said to his doubting Nephew.
" Uncle do you know how far we are from Anahita? Plus we have to consider the fact that we are at War with them as well as Eden. If we go there we are just asking to be killed." said Zuko.
" You may be right. Though this might be what we are looking for. Do you really want Azula to be one step ahead of you nephew?" Iroh asked with a calm face even though he wanted to smile knowing his nephew couldn't let his sister one up him yet again.
"Fine. But how are we to get to the second quadrant fast enough?
Uncle Iroh merely smiled " that is why I brought my ship nephew. It is equipped with a hyperdrive and we will even get past their security systems if we jump at a specific point."
" How far is this jump point?" Zuko asked.
" With the speed of my ship we should make it there within a week's time." said Uncle Iroh as he pondered his question .
Zuko scratched one of his horns as he thought over his choices.
On the one hand he could go to Anahita and find out if this Ring talk is true or not.
On the other hand, he could stay and search around in the fourth Quadrant while Azula may or may not find a ring.
He couldn't allow that.
With a sigh Zuko rose from the bed and gave the guard specific instructions to take his ship to the next safe point to pack up on supplies. With a bow the guard left . Then Zuko turned to his Uncle and told him to ready his ship so they depart in an hour.
Once his uncle left , Zuko went over to pack what he needed.
Once they left the red planet three days ago Zuko and his Uncle have been flying at high speeds through space and only stopping to refuel and restock on their supplies.
Zuko was messing with communications to see if he could track anything on the lines mentioning Azula's plans. He turned around once he heard his Uncle call him requesting a game of pai sho. He got up and walked towards his Uncle then sitting down on a plush pillow.
Uncle Iroh raised an eyebrow in surprise. He hadn't expected his nephew to agree.
As if reading his Uncle thoughts Zuko said " I got bored I need an distraction. We are on course and there hasn't been news of Azula's invasion other than that it's in two week's time."
Whatever Azula's spies saw out on Anahita must've been pretty serious if its cause for an immediate invasion. He was glad his Uncle had convinced him because maybe it was the ring they were searching for.
Zuko watched as his Uncle contemplated his next move. The game was intense..at least for Zuko . He was never good at pai sho like his Uncle. When his Uncle took his turn Zuko smirked as he saw an opening to victory. He moved his piece with his tail and stood up triumphantly from his pillow. As he turned to leave, he missed the smirk on his Uncle's face.
"Checkmate Prince Zuko" Uncle Iroh said while drinking his ginseng tea.
Zuko turned back around to look at the board and noticed his fatal mistake. He left his Lotus piece wide open for his Uncle.
"Again?" Iroh asked collecting the pieces.
Zuko replied with a firm 'no'. That had been his eighth lost in a row. He refused to go to nine.
Junction point
After two days of flying throughout space Zuko and his Uncle finally made it to the hyper jump location. There were a lot of asteroids everywhere and a couple of space ships belonging to Eden and Anahita flying about. Zuko and Iroh steered clear and remained hidden behind the asteroid field .
They didn't need a dog fight right now.
They kept going through the asteroid field and almost made it to the spot Iroh suggested when an Dark green Eden military spacecraft turned in their direction. They stopped when the spacecraft's lights flashed at them and immediately asked them in a disembodied voice for them to identify themselves. The ship must've spotted their ships color and immediately sounded the alarms.
Zuko and Iroh shared a look and jumped into action. They were way too close to be caught now. Iroh grabbed the wheel while Zuko went to the back to hop in the gun pit.
The other ships were alerted and started heading towards them while shooting.
Uncle Iroh, being one of the best pilots in the military during his time easily maneuver his way through the battlefield while Zuko shot at the crafts that were chasing them.
"Nephew! I'm going to make the jump!" yelled Uncle Iroh.
Zuko shot down two crafts before he ran back up to his uncle.
BOOM
The ship veered to the left from the impact and Zuko was launched into the wall knocking over his uncle's pai sho set.
"Damn it! We've been hit. Prince Zuko I need you to press the hyperdrive near the terminal!" Uncle Iroh yelled.
A bit disoriented from hitting his head Zuko got up and ran towards the terminal and pressed the hyperdrive button.
Soon everything became blue streaks around them and they were taking off. However, not before an Eden's ship got one more shot near one of their engines and the ship shook dangerously through the hyper jump.
Outside the planet Anahita atmosphere
The ship was spiraling out of the hyper jump and heading towards a big blue planet at an alarming speed. Once they entered the atmosphere the outside of the ship caught fire from the damage sustained earlier and the speed they were heading towards the planet.
Zuko and Iroh weren't bothered by the heat being emitted because of their draconic biology, so they grabbed all their belongings and went toward the ship's door.
Zuko tried opening it with his strength but it wouldn't budge.
"These doors were made to withstand any force! Uncle Iroh yelled over the sirens.
"Then how will we get out!?" Zuko yelled back.
Uncle Iroh took a moment to think before his eyes widened. " The windows Zuko! Go break them!"
Zuko ran over to the Windows and shot a fiery punch at it and it broke on impact. Seeing their escape both of them retracted their draconic wings and flew out of the ship just in time before it crashed and blew up in an fiery explosion.
Zuko and his Uncle didn't land so nicely either since the spinning of the ship caused them to become disoriented.
They patted themselves off and picked up their packs. Uncle Iroh walked towards his ship with a frown.
"Sorry about your ship uncle" said Zuko sincerely.
"It's fine nephew," he said with a sigh before continuing with "we must keep going. I'm pretty sure from our fight earlier they signaled that we were approaching passed their security and they would've have to search each planet for us. But with this I'm sure the natives will know we are here very soon."
" Your right. Let's go" Zuko said before stopping. " wait...where do we go from here?"
" Hm.. I have a plan nephew." Uncle Iroh said with a glint in his eyes.
When the patrol unit spotted the ship heading into their atmosphere at alarming rate and crash. They notified their higher ups before sending two guards to check for any survivors.
As the two guards neared the crash site they noticed the ships colors and started to look for the enemies.
" How did a Drogon ship get passed our security defenses ?" the first guard asked. He was tall and a bit lanky.
" I don't know and I don't care ,but apparently they didn't make it." the second guard said smugly. He was large and older than the first.
" Hak? Should we call it in. They may be lurking around here." the first guard said.
When he got no response back he asked again.
"Hak? Where you go man. This ain't the time for your games."
When the guard felt a tap on his shoulder he turned around expecting his friend, but was shocked to see not his friend but a tall man with gold reptilian eyes and red scales along his face.
" Your friend is a bit tied up right now" the man said before slamming his fist into his face. Knocking him out cold.
"...Prince Zuko..was that a joke?" Uncle Iroh said as he dragged the other guard to them tied up and stripped to his underwear.
" No Uncle, it was a bedtime story" Zuko said with sarcasm as he stripped the guard of his clothing as well.
Soon Zuko and his Uncle were dressed as guards of Anahita. They covered their scales with wrappings from their packs and wrapped their tails around their waist underneath the uniform. Their wings were retractable so they didn't have to worry about those. Finally they put on a pair of black lensed glasses to hide their eyes.
Zuko turned to his uncle with one eyebrow raised.
" what about the guards? They might freeze out here."
" Do not worry nephew, they are Ara. They do not feel the cold like we will eventually. Only reason why we still are functioning properly is because of our draconic heritage. We are only immune to the cold for so long."
" I understand. Then we must hurry" Zuko said.
" yes but I believe the Ara guards are required to carry heat regulators inside their ships. They are to keep you warm for 72 hours." Uncle Iroh explained as he made his way towards the ship the Aras had come in.
"Why would they carry heat regulators if their immune to the cold?" Zuko asked as he was bit confused.
"For foreign dignitaries that visit the icy planets. We used to do the same thing in Agnimitra before the war started. We made cold regulators for our foreign dignitaries that came to visit." said Uncle Iroh as he searched the ship.
Zuko nodded and hummed in understanding.
" Found them! Here Prince Zuko. Wear this blue crystal. Once it turns clear it is of no use to you." said Uncle Iroh as he gave Zuko a dozen and stored the rest in his pack.
" Okay. So where are we headed? In the missive the light was mentioned to be very close to the capital." said Zuko.
" That's where we are headed then" Uncle Iroh said.
They started up the ship and soon they were off. Heading towards the capital city.
A/N: Enter Zuko and Uncle Iroh :D
let's see how they fare in the capital city.
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