No AN today.
Zai
The voices were wreaking havoc on my brain, as usual.
You'll never get out. You'll just stay trapped in here, like we're trapped in your stupid mind.
I'm sure there's some way out!
What if Zai doesn't want to get out?
Can it, giggles!
That isn't very nice.
I knew that when they started to fight it was best to intervene.
"Guys... Stop it. I wanta geddouta here." I groaned. The wound on my head had healed about a week ago but it was still tender and it hurt to lean on the rough wall, like I was doing. I shifted my position and took the cape out from under my jacket. It was warm and silky. I slipped it on and enjoyed the feeling of being completely and utterly invisible. But I took it off out of fear for being seen (or not seen, I guess) . Then I remembered something. The last time I had worn that cape was six weeks ago. Back when...
Just say it already. Back when your stupid boyfriend was alive. Anger's voice interrupted my thoughts, as per usual. I wanted to scream at her to tell her to shut up, but she was right. Tears flowed freely down my face as I relived the moments we shared.
What'cha doing, Zai? Toddler laughed happily. All of my memories disappeared.
"GO AWAY!" I screamed tearfully at my voices. Mother and Toddler left but stubborn Anger stayed to torture me.
After a long pause, I heard someone call my name.
"Zai!" It whisper-shouted again.
"Anger, leave me alone." I mumbled.
"What are you talking about? This is Zuko, son of Ursa-" I had stopped paying attention to what he was saying and instead looked up to see him outside of my window. I reached through the bars to touch his face.
"Zuko! You- I thought you had-" My voice was too weak to complete my sentence. But I stepped away from the door and waited.
"Hold on, I'm coming in to get you." I heard a few short, sharp clicks and the door swung open slowly. I ran over to embrace him and he pulled me close to him. My happy tears soaked his shirt. A cold hand rested gently on my arm and I pulled away in surprise to see a female figure in a hooded cloak.
"I'm Ursa, Zuko's mother." She said kindly. "Let's get you out of here and back to your friends."
We crept stealthily away from the cell, closing the door quietly behind us. I attempted to walk along with them, but my knees shook so badly I had to rest both my arms on my companions' shoulders for support. We came across several hidden passages and back alleys, which we used. Along the way Ursa told me how she had came to break Zuko out of jail by getting a key which a guard had left sitting around and how they had spent the past five or six weeks on an uninhabited island off the coast of the Fire Nation. Finally we arrived at the campsite in the dead of night. I had missed it so much that I nearly fell to my knees and wept (more). But I pulled myself together and we stepped proudly into our campsite grinning like idiots. Momo came flying up to us with excited chattering, which woke Appa, who's load roar awoke everyone.
"What's going... YOU'RE BACK!" Was basically what everyone had cried when they found us. We received many happy hugs and I was glad to be back. And, what's more, the voices were gone. I was free.
Sorry for shortness again but I'm posting another chapter where things get interesting either today or tomorrow.