The weather wasn't getting any better and the gang was still a few minutes away from Ba Sing Se. Toph and Aang's bodies were strapped down to Appa's body and were occasionally moving to and frow giving the others a sign that they were still alive even through the horrible weather. As Sokka was piloting Appa as best as he could, Zuko and Katara were hugging each other tightly and holding on to Appa, Katara was still sobbing away and Zuko was still comforting her. Suddenly lightning struck a few meters away from Appa's face and scared him, making Sokka lose control over the flying bison and throwing Katara off Appa. She screamed as she plunged to the ground below, "No!!!", Zuko shouted as he jumped off Appa and dived to save the one he loved. He managed to grab her as they both spiraled to the ground below. Luckily Sokka managed to regain control of Appa and dived towards the ground catching the two. "Thanks Sokka" , Katara said as she gave her brother a hug, Zuko being the unemotional one only said, "Yah thanks" , and remained quiet for a while. Katara checked on Aang and Toph's condition, they were both still alive but they both had fevers and were sweating a lot and were thrashing around like they were having nightmares. "Oh no.." , Katara gasped, attracting the attention of Zuko and Sokka, "What is it?" , Sokka asked, "The both have fevers and seem to be getting even more sick than ever" , "Then we have to hurry if we want to save the lives of those two" , Zuko replied, Sokka then went faster and their stroke of luck kept going, the weather was starting to let up, it stopped raining heavily and the darkness was broken by beams of light passing through the dark clouds.
They eventually saw the wall separating Ba Sing Se from everything else but Aang and Toph's conditions were getting worse by the minutes, it seemed that they only had a few minutes left. Sokka went even faster than before, but the rope tying Toph and Aang's body came loose dropping their bodies to the sand below, "OH MY GOD!!!!" , Katara screamed, Sokka dived down again but their bodies were falling to fast, he wasn't able to catch them, suddenly Aang's eyes sprung open shining white, and he maneuvered himself through the sack and used air bending to blow Toph's body back to Appa but his state didn't last long, he lost consciousness again and continued propelling down to the ground, Sokka tried again and this time catching him. "Thank goodness.." , Katara said with a breath of relief, "Yah, nice flying peasant." , Zuko complimented.
They continued flying and soon enough they saw the city and landed quickly.