Back at the Fire Nation Capital three young women were outside relaxing by the turtleduck pond. Well two were relaxing and one was getting restless. The one who was getting restless was the princess of the firenation.

Azula sat on a stone bench under the shade, her arms crossed over her chest. Her face was blank from what others could see but in her mind she was somewhat upset and ready to leave.

"I can't believe this, father calls me out to come back home to talk over something so damn small and I still can't leave." She makes a disapproval scoff "This sucks I should be where Katara is right now. I wonder what's she's doing? Probably worried since I haven't came back yet. I wonder if I can get more than a kiss from her when I come back" Azula started to grin at this quietly thinking to herself.

She was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't even notice her two friends nearby were watching her.

"That's interesting" Ty Lee said catching Mai's attention

"What is?" she asked

"Azula's aura color changed quickly from muddied red to clear red" raising a brow

"I know I said this before I don't believe in auras but what does that mean?" Mai's asked

"Well she was anger over something then when her color changed well" She looks at Azula closely "she seems pretty passionate about something" Ty Lee said looking closely

"Passionate?" Mai asked in disbelief

"Yea the hot and steamy kind" the acrobatic said starting to blush

"Oh" she slightly blushed as well

"I wonder who turned her like that. I should probably ask" Ty Lee asked with a small smile

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. Ever since she got out of the war room her face has been more blank than mine." The young woman said looking at her

"Maybe she didn't like the new rule the Fire Lord made" she pointed out

"Maybe" Mai shrugged

"We should at least talk to her" the young woman said standing up

"I guess" putting her book away

"Come on" Ty Lee said as both girls walked over to their friend "Azula?"

"Hm?" the princess looked up seeing her friends

"You ok?" Ty Lee timidly asked

The firebending prodigy sighed "I suppose"

"Bothered by the new rule huh?" the acrobatic asked

"It's more stupid than the marriage rule" Azula quickly said surprising both her friends "There's a lot of traitors out in this world you can't kill them all. It's pointless" Closing her eyes leaning back.

"You think so?" Mai asked in her neutral tone

"I know so" Azula simply said "the reason why I say its pointless is because if the person doesn't turn in the traitors to their death then that person will be severely punished as well. Most people can't live through that. You're practically just killing off everyone."

"Then there'll be nothing left huh?" the young woman asked

"Not unless you think crazy and say animals are traitors too" the princess said with a small smile on her lips

Ty Lee giggled "Zula said a funny"

Azula was about to say something till a servant walked up to her "Excuse me Princess but I bring a message for you from the Boiling rock."

"Why bring it to me?" she said

"Well your father is still in the war room, and was told that I should pass it on to you instead" showing the scroll to her

"What does it say?" she asked

"The Warden of Boiling Rock has Prince Zuko as his prisoner and is wanting to turn him over to your father" that caught the three women's attention causing them to stand up

"No, I'll deal with this myself, Father doesn't need to know. It'll be less for him to deal with" Azula said taking to scroll

"As you wish Princess, is there anything else you need?" the servant bowed

"Get my armor and zeppelin ready were leaving now" The princess said walking away quickly

Meanwhile back at the prison where father and son are reunited and begin to talk about what's going to happen soon.

"So where's Bato?" Sokka asked "Where's everyone else from the invasion"

"The others are being held at a prison near the Fire Nation palace. They singled me out as their leader and sent me here." His father informed as his son sat next to him "But before I left I met some young women who said they knew you. The Yoshinama Fighters "

"You mean the Kyoshi Warriors"

"That's right."

"Their leader Suki is here and she's gonna escape with us."

"Good" pats sokka shoulder "we'll need all the help we can get."

"And you know Prince Zuko " Sokka asked

"The son of the Firelord I don't know him, but I knew of him."

"Well, he's here too." He informed

Hakoda crossed his arms thinking "Sounds like a major problem."

"Actually, he's on our side now." Getting a weird look from his father "I know, I had the same reaction. After all he has done, it was hard to trust him. But he's really proven himself and I never would have found you without his help." His father nods his head

"So, do you have a plan" he asked

"We had one but some of the other prisoners got involved and ruined it." Feeling disappointed "I don't know if there's another way off this island."

"Sokka, there's no prison in the World that can hold two Water Tribe geniuses." after patting his son on the back.

"Then we'd better find two." Sokka suggested making his dad laugh he looked at him for a second and laughs with him as well.

After visiting his dad he took off to see Zuko to tell him some important information. "Zuko, are you there " he asked

"I'm here." Seeing amber eyes

"I just got done talking to my Dad. We came up with an escape plan together."

"What are you doing here" a guard asked startling Sokka

He quickly gets in character "I was just telling this dirty lowlife what I think of him!"

"Well, you'll have to do that later, he's coming with us." The guard informed in a serious voice.

Sokka looked puzzled "Why?"

"Because we have orders straight from the Warden. That's why." The female guard shot back

"Could I just get ten more seconds to rough him up a bit" Sokka asked punching his fist into his hand

"Fine, ten seconds." The female guard said

Sokka quickly enters the cell "Take that! And this!"

The male guard smiled watching the female guard shake her head "Newbie."

Sokka and Zuko make noises to cover up their conversation "We have a new plan but it's gonna need a big distraction. Be in the yard in one hour." The door opens and Sokka quickly grabs Zuko.

"Alright, that's enough." The guard said pushing Sokka off

The take the prince away going to another room "What are you doing ? Where are you taking me?" he asked then gets shoved into a room . "I didn't do anything wrong."

"Come on Zuko. We all know that's a lie." Mai said appearing from the shadows

"Mai" he said surprised to see her there.

As the two broken up couple talked in the room; Azula and Ty Lee walked around the prison pretending to give it some sort of inspection. Ty Lee looked over at Azula noticing her face was blank again. She did know that whenever the princess was thinking her face always had some kind of expression but recently it was always blank as if she was trying to hide something.

"It must be really important if she's hiding it very well from everyone especially her father" The young woman thought. "Azula?" she asked carefully

"Yes Ty Lee" speaking calmly

"Umm are you sure it was a good idea to leave Mai with Zuko?" the acrobat asked her friend

"She needs this; she just wants a better answer than a simple letter." The firebender said slowly walking around

"That's understandable" Ty Lee stayed silent for a moment then spoke again "Azula I'm sorry to bother you like this but I have one more question to ask"

"It's ok Ty" looking at her friend from the corner of her eye "What is it that you want to ask?"

"Well I have noticed that there was a change in you. Something in your eyes has changed; it reminds me of when we first met before you could firebend. Please tell me who or what has changed you." As soon as she finished talking she noticed Azula stiffen for a moment.

"I can't tell you Ty Lee" she slowly stopped walking "please understand this isn't the time or place to talk about this." She said standing there quietly

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to offended you" The young woman said looking at her friend

"Don't be, you didn't." Azula stood there for a moment and started walking again "But tell me do you believe in second chances? Wanting to leave the first life for a second one?"

"I do" she looked at her friend trying to figure out what Azula was thinking "That's what I did when I left for the circus; to have a fresh new start."

"A new start…." she thought for a moment till she heard someone yelling

"I'm telling you, it wasn't me." The guard said

"Save your breath. I know you've been working together. You threw Chit Sang in the very cooler they used to escape. It was all part of your plan." Said up close to his face

"That was just a coincidence." The guard said

"Sir, there's someone to see you." Another guard said seeing the door open

"Who told you to interrupt me!" The Warden yells then eyes widen and quickly bows.

"I did." The princess said walking in

"Princess Azula. Uh, it is an honor to welcome you to the Fire Nation's most exemplary prison. I didn't realize you were coming." He said standing back up

Azula walks a bit closer looking at the guard in the chair "Who is this?"

"He's a guard who was involved in a recent and feeble escape attempt." The Warden said

"It wasn't me." The guard quickly shot back

"Quiet you." He said

"You're wasting your time. That's not one of them." Azula said walking out the door

"How do you know " The Warden asked a bit stunned

"Because I'm a people person." She said and with that she leaves closing the door behind her. Ty Lee followed closely noticing a quick change Azula's face. It was blank again.

"Why?" she asked

"Why what Ty Lee?" the princess said looking back at her friend

"Why do you change in front of others?"

"Because Ty I have to keep appearance if I didn't roomers will start then father will find out then he'll bother me about it and well I just don't want to be bothered by him now." She told her while walking

Ty Lee was about to speak up but a sound went off and all the prisoners started running outside. Both Azula and Ty Lee looked at each other a bit confused.

"I thought this was a lockdown?" Ty Lee said

"I thought so too, but something's happening. My guess is Zuzu and whoever else is here is making an escape attempt." The princess she walking a bit faster

"Are we going after them?" she asked

"We have to; if we don't then I don't know how father will react. And I don't want his reaction." Azula said walking at a fast pace

"Should we get Mai for help?" the young woman asked

"No leave her she has other things to deal with remember she still has Zuko. Let her keep him there we'll find the others who are involved with him." The princess said looking for an exit

Sokka hears a noise and looks to his side "Zuko, good. We're all here. Now all we need to do is grab the Warden and get to the gondolas."

"And how do we do that?" he asked

"I'm not sure." Sokka said looking at Zuko

"Argh, I thought you thought this through."

"I thought you told me it's okay not to think everything through!"

"Maybe not everything but this is kind of important." Zuko said annoyed

"Hey, uhh, fellas. I think your girlfriend's taking care of it." The large man said

Sokka and Zuko look over his shoulder and say Suki running to get to the warden. She jumps up and runs across the riot on top of peoples head then runs up the wall using her foot holding to jump onto the first cat walk.

She quickly beats the first guard trips the other one then dodges the last one by climbing up to the second cat walk. She flips and slides under the last guard then quickly grabs the wardens hand while the other a fist ready to knock him out.

"You wouldn't dare." The older man challenged

She moves quickly tying his hands behind is back then uses his headband to cover his mouth "Sorry Warden you're my prisoner now." Then she slams him into the wall noticing everyone was there "We've got the Warden, now let's get out of here."

"That's some girl." Hakoda said trying to catch his breath

Sokka smiles trying to catch his breath as well "Tell me about it."

Meanwhile back in the prison Azula and Ty Lee quickly walk to an exit only to be caught in the riot. They quickly start to defend themselves. Ty Lee easily knocks them out with her pressure points while Azula uses full force without her firebending.

"Azula is see them moving!" Ty Lee said pointing to the gondolas

She looks up seeing her brother "Shit Mai is probably caught up in this." She quickly throws a man over her shoulder "Let's go we can't let them leave" they both start to run towards the gondolas.

After bringing Zuko on board "What are you doing?"

"I'm making it so they can't stop us." He said

"Way to think ahead." Impressing the young warrior

"We're on our way." Suki informed

"Wait. Who's that" Hakoda asked pointing out the window

Zuko looks out and sees Azula and Ty Lee "That's a problem. It's my sister and her friend."

Azula looks at the gondola then quickly grabs a guard's set of handcuffs while Ty Lee jumps up then starts to run across the rope. While Azula does a quick stretch then uses her firebending to launch herself into the air; the cuffs she took hook themselves onto the rope then she firebends again launching herself towards the group.

"This is a rematch I've been waiting for." The female warrior said ready to fight

Zuko watched "Me too." Then starts to climb out of the gondola and gets on the roof along with Suki and Sokka following.

All three warriors wait till Azula and Ty Lee jumped on. As soon as both of them jumped on the roof Ty Lee was facing Suki while Azula faced Zuko and Sokka. For a couple of seconds there was a standoff then Azula starts off the first attack towards her brother but Zuko blocks it.

Then Suki and Ty Lee start to exchange punches towards each other. Also walking back to the edge Ty Lee uses her acrobatic skills and goes through the gondola and jumps up on the other side then continues to attack.

Azula keeps throwing fire punches only to be blocked my Zuko then Sokka comes forth with his sword trying to get her but she dodges it easily. She sents a punch but Zuko blocks again then sends his own punches back at his sister. Azula jumps dodging the flames as soon as she turns around a tip of the blade appears. She moves back also to the edge Zuko sees this and throws two punches.

She jumps and lands on both her hands then she kicks her feet under and fires. Everyone moves out of the flames away. While the fight continues the guards look for the warden.

"There's the Warden. I see him!" The first guard said

The Warden gets untied then goes to the window "Cut the line!" His mouth is quickly covered by Chit Sang

"He wants us to cut the line." The second guard said

"But if we cut the line, there's no way he'll survive." The third guard pointed out

The first guard puts the telescope down "He knows that."

The guards start to work on the gears trying to stop the rope lines of the gondola. While Zuko and Azula exchange blows along with Ty Lee and Suki then the fights stop after losing balance on the roof of the gondola. Sokka was about to fall off till Zuko grabbed him and helped him up.

Ty Lee jumps up and looks "They're about to cut the line!" she yelled

Azula looks back to see then notices the other gondola coming towards them "Then it's time to leave." She launches herself in the air "Goodbye Zuko."

Once Azula and Ty Lee land on the roof of the other gondola the look back at the group

Zuko jumps back inside "They're cutting the line. The gondola's about to go!"

"I hope this thing floats." Hakoda said

As the guards continue to cut the rope they were quickly pulled back by throwing blades. "What are you doing !" a guard asked pinned to the wall.

"Saving the jerk who dumped me." Mai said

Then she continues to attack the guards taking one to two at a time. She quickly appears in front of a female guard grabbing a hold of her while pushing two of the guards back causing them to knock down one of the holds. She then pins the female guard to the floor and kicks the last hold off the rope.

"Who is that" Sokka asked catches everyone's attention to look

Zuko sees her look back at him "It's Mai."

"What is she doing !" Azula asked furiously "Is she trying to get herself killed, I can't let her go like this." She thought

Meanwhile the gondola makes it to the other side everyone gets out quickly. Then Hakoda looks back and points telling Chit Sang to dump the warden back into the gondola.

"Sorry Warden, your record is officially broken." The chief said then runs off to catch up with the group

"Well, we made it out. Now what?" Suki asked

Sokka looks back at the prince "Zuko, what are you doing?"

"My sister was on that island." He pointed out

"Yeah and she's probably right behind us. So let's not stop." The warrior said

"What I mean is she must have come here somehow." He runs over to the edge of the island "There. That's our way out of here." Looking at Azula's zeppelin

Azula looked at her friend upset "Leave us alone." She ordered the two guards "I never expected this from you." She said "The thing I don't understand is why ? Why would you do it ? You know the consequences."

"I guess you just don't know people as well as you think you do. You miscalculated. I love Zuko more than I fear you." Mai said

Azula felt herself get upset wishing Mai would stay quiet or something instead of saying that 'Damn it woman now I have to make a fool of myself!' "No, you miscalculated! You should have feared me more!"

As Azula and Mai get ready to fight, Ty Lee quickly paralyzed Azula's body making her fall over. Then she runs over to Mai.

"Come on, let's get out of here!" Trying to pull Mai only to be surrounded by guards

"You're both fools." Azula said 'Now I have to think of a fucking plan to keep you both safe without father noticing!' she thought feeling two guards help her up.

"What shall we do with them, princess" a guard ask

Azula looked both of her friends in the eyes "Put them somewhere I'll never have to see their faces again. And let them rot.

Later that night back at the western air temple Sokka and Zuko walk out of the ship and are quickly surround by the rest of the gang.

Katara was the first to ask "What are you doing in this thing? What happened to the war balloon"

"It kind of got destroyed." Zuko said smiling

"Sounds like a crazy fishing trip." The young monk said

"Did you at least get some good meat?" Toph asked

Sokka spoke up "I did. The best meat of all; The meat of friendship and fatherhood."

After that was said Hakoda, Suki, and Chit Sang show themselves

Chit Sang smiled and waved "I'm new. What's up everybody ?"

Katara tears up "Dad." Then runs to him

"Hi, Katara." Welcoming his daughter into a hug

She looks up at her father "How are you here?" then looks as Sokka "What is going on ? Where did you go ?"

"We… kind of went to a Fire Nation prison." Sokka said then was dragged into a family hug

"Seriously, you guys didn't find any meat?" the young earthbender asked .