Zuko's POV:

I was certain Katara was listening in on me and Aang earlier. I had walked away from her after I told her I wanted to be respected. She had looked so worried about me but I didn't care.

I walked quietly down to the prison cells. I had to talk to my father. Before I could open the door I heard a voice behind me.

"Please tell me you're not going to see your psycho sister."

I turned around. "Mai." I smiled. "Actually I was going to see my father. I have more questions about my mother."

Mai came closer. She placed her hand on my shoulder. "Don't bother Zuko. It's not going to change anything."

"Yeah but it'll make me feel better."

She leaned in and kissed me. "I know, but it's better for everyone if you don't. Come with me." She took my hand and lead me in the opposite direction.

I wasn't sure where she was taking me. Wherever it was, I certainly have never seen anything like it before. This place was beautiful and not too far a walk from the palace. "Where are we?" I asked her.

She smiled slightly. "My secret place."

"You bring all your boyfriends here?" I teased.

"Only you." She leaned into me and I put my arms around her. From here I had a perfect view of the village below the palace.

I closed my eyes. I can't remember the last time I felt so relaxed. "This is perfect." I murmured and turned to Mai. "You're perfect."

"Oh stop, you're making me blush." She kisses me again. "I love you..Firelord Zuko." She smiled.

"I love you too." Finally everything felt normal. I turned back to the village and that was the last thing I saw before everything went black.

Katara's POV:

"Hey has anyone seen Zuko?" Aang asked to no one in particular. By the defeated look on his face I guessed metalbending training was unsuccessful.

I shook my head. "No, I haven't seen him since-" I stopped myself from saying 'since I heard you two talking'. "Uh-since breakfast."

Aang only shrugged and continued up to his room.

That was a close one. Feeling tired, I decided I should head up to my own room. It was getting late. On the way up I passed Sokka. "Hey Sokka." I said cheerfully.

Sokka just looked at me. "Suki left." He said curtly. "She went back to Kyoshi Island."

I felt a pang of sympathy for my brother. "Sokka I'm so sorry. I know she meant a lot to you."

Getting no further response from my older brother, I continued up to my room where I fell asleep.

Toph's POV:

I was getting worried about Zuko so I decided to go out and look for him. I waited until everyone else was asleep, they wouldn't want the "blind girl" out on her own.

I crept silently outside and began to walk around the palace. I felt no vibrations, over than those of small night creatures. I was about to give up and go back inside when the wind blew hard and I felt something slap the side of my leg. I bent down to pick it up. It was a piece of paper.

Normally I would have cast it aside, assuming it was nothing, but I had a bad feeling about this. I ran back to the palace as fast as I could. "Guys! Everyone wake up!"

Everyone came rushing downstairs to see what was wrong. "What is it Toph? Did you find Zuko?" asked Sokka.

I shook my head and held out the piece of paper. I felt someone take it out of my hands.

"It only has a name on it." Katara told us.

"Well what does it say?" I asked.

"It says, Kimiko." she responded.

Aang's POV:

Part of me was so worried about Zuko that I could hardly stand it. The other part was glad that Toph found this note. Maybe it was the name of the person that took him? Seems like a reasonable thought.

"Whoever this Kimiko is, we need to find her." I told the group. "And fast, who knows what she'll do with Zuko."

For a while I got no response. I suppose everyone was just thinking about Zuko. Sokka got up and walked out of the room, at the same time, Katara spoke up. "Aang, we don't even know that someone took Zuko. And if someone did, why would they leave there name?"

Before I could answer Sokka walked back in. "Because Zuko is the bait." he said looking directly at me. "They want us to follow, I just checked and Mai is gone too."

"But that doesn't make sense." Toph spoke up. We all looked at her. "I mean, who would want to capture us? The world is finally peaceful again."

"I guess some people think otherwise." I muttered to myself. "I'm going into town to look for more clues, anyone with me?"

Toph and Sokka both answered, "I am!"

I looked at Katara.

"Aang, it's late. We all need rest." she protested. "We can look in the morning."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. "Zuko is our friend, Katara. Think of all he has done for you. Stay if you like but we are leaving." And with that, I turned and walked outside, the note clutched in my hand. I could hear Sokka and Toph following behind me.

Zuko's POV:

I struggled to open my eyes. Man, my head hurt. I gritted my teeth as I sat up. "Where am I?" I asked to no one in particular.

"Good you're finally awake." a soft, familiar voice spoke.

I tried my best to smile. "Mai, you're okay. What is this place?"

Mai scooted closer to me. "I'm not sure."

We both looked around. We were on the floor of a very small room. It was poorly lit and very cold. At first I thought it was a jail cell, but I didn't see any bars. Matter of fact, I didn't see a door either.

"Glad you two are awake."

I searched to find the source of the voice but I found none. "Where are you? Who are you?" I asked.

"Look up."

I glanced up to find a woman standing on top of some support beams. She jumped down in front of us. "I'm Kimiko."