A/N: And here's chapter 12. After this chapter there will be two more chapters, with a total of fourteen. I hope you guys enjoy! Please review! (I'm sorry you guys, but the chapter is mostly conversation. Sorry!)

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Appa flew high in the sky with Sokka at the reins. Katara sat with Suki and Ty Lee in the back. She sat at the edge, looking down at the ground. "Where could he be?" whispered Katara as she pushed her hair out of her face. The prison was far behind them and they had no idea how far Toph had taken Ozai and Azula. "Sokka! Bring Appa down lower!" shouted Suki. Momo ran in circles as Appa headed towards the ground. Katara saw what Suki had seen. "It's Aang!" she cried. Sokka landed Appa and they all climbed off of the bison. "Aang! Aang!" He looked up and saw them running towards him. Aang stood up and Katara hugged him tightly. "You're crazy!" said Katara. She pulled away and looked at him.

"What has gotten into you!" said Sokka.

"I couldn't have just left them." he replied.

"So where are they?" asked Ty Lee.

"I don't know. They were gone before I got there." explained Aang as looked back in the direction of the tunnel.

"What!" exclaimed Sokka. "They're gone?"

"That's what I said."

"Great. Come on. Let's go and find the others." the five climbed onto Appa and the were gone after a quiet 'yip yip' from Aang.

Mai, Zuko, Toph, and Iroh walked out of the prison, not knowing what to do. Aang, Azula, and Ozai where gone and the rest of the gang was somewhere else. "So now what?" asked Toph.

"The best thing to do is wait for the others and not get into much trouble. Said Iroh.

"But we can't just sit here." snapped Zuko.

"Zuko calm down." said Mai. She sat down on a rock nearby and the others joined her. "Everything is going to be okay." whispered Mai. "We'll figure out what to do." she rested her head on Zuko's shoulder and he put his arm around her waist, pulling her closer.

"I know. I didn't expect to spend these couple of days like this."

"Things happen Zuko." The four of them sat in silence before Iroh said something.

"I see them!" Mai and Zuko looked up to see Appa flying towards them. They stood up as the res t of the group got off Appa.

"Twinkle toes! It's good to see you again…well not really." said Toph. Aang laughed and quickly realized the situation they were in.

"Aang! Are you crazy-" started Zuko. He was interrupted by Sokka.

"Don't worry. He's already heard everything from Katara."

"Well somebody had to talk some sense into him." defended Katara. Aang explained to everybody what had happened in the past few hours, from leaving to the present point of time. A wave of silence covered the group and it took a while for it to wash away. Nobody knew where Ozai and Azula would go.

"Wait, there's a small village not too far from here. They would go there. They're loyal to Ozai. They've been threatening me ever since I became Firelord." said Zuko.

"They've what! Why haven't you told me?" said Mai as she smacked Zuko's arm.

"Fire lord stuff." Mai shot him a death glare.

"Anyways…we need to get to that village." said Aang, gravely.

The village leader looked at Ozai and Azula as if he had second thoughts about the two. A smaller man standing next to the leader whispered something to him and the leader's look deepened. "We'd be happy to do anything for you." he said finally. The smaller man's face looked shocked and betrayed.

"Wonderful." Ozai stood up and walked closer to the man. Azula followed like a puppy.

"Let's take this to a more private place?" said the leader. Ozai nodded and followed the man walk across the village center. People watched at the small group walked. Whispered voices filled the air. They entered a bigger hut that had more furniture. "So what can we do for the two of you.?" asked the leader, sitting in a chair.

"My daughter and I have broke out of prison to win back the throne." Ozai spoke slowly. "And we just need some assistance to reach this goal." The man nodded.

"Do you think your village is capable of burning down the palace?" asked Ozai. The leader looked shocked but recovered quickly.

"Where will you live?"

"No need to worry about that. We will build a new palace." The seated man nodded and got up. He quickly walked out side. Ozai didn't need to hear the answer, he knew he had won them over. Azula smiled and looked at her father.

"And what are we going to do?" she asked.

"We are going to find the Avatar and kill him like I should have the first time."