As Mai drove off with Aang, Katara and the other two were taking care of Zuko. They had him tied up and his mouth was taped shut as well. The three of them were taking Zuko back to Azula where she could do what she pleases with him. Azula had a history of being Zuko's least favorite person.

"I knew I should never have trusted you, Zuko, but I never would've imagined that you'd turn out to be a little fag," growled Katara.

"Aang was supposed to be MINE!" she yelled, actually beginning to wipe away more angry tears.

"We've just talked with Azula, and she's more than ready to have you home," said Toph, deviously.

"Yeah, your sister is going to treat you real well when she sees you," added Sokka.

"C'mon! Let's go you guys!" Said Katara, pressingly.

Katara and Sokka had borrowed their dad's pickup. They heaved the banished prince into the bed, and sped off.

...

As the night grew even later, it was now nearly midnight. Mai pulled the car into an empty lot with an old wooden building looming on the other side. From what he could see, it appeared to be an old hotel. There were voices coming from inside it. Mai got out of the car and dragged Aang into the ominous old structure. It had a foul scent in the air. Two men and a woman appeared from another room.

"Here he is. What do you think?" Asked Mai. "He's the Avatar," she added.

"He's actually even better than we'd imagined, right guys?" The woman asked.

"Yeah, we'll have to treat him well," said one of the men.

"Definitely," said the other, slyly.

"I told you so. Thanks for suggesting this place. I was trying to think of a good punishment for the little runt. Do you know what he did?"

"You said something about your boyfriend... and how this kid stole him from you? It sounds pretty ridiculous, to me," said the woman.

"Yes. He stole my boyfriend! How could he just switch from dating a girl to dating a boy?" Explained Mai. "That's just plain crazy!"

"I don't know there, miss. We'll give him the 'treatment' for ya," said the first man.

"He'll be a great asset to our business," the woman added.

"Alright, I'll leave him here and you can do as you please with him," said Mai as she turned and started back towards her car.

...

Meanwhile, Aang was sitting in a wooden chair listening to the conversation. He had absolutely no idea what they were planning to do with him. He had several different ideas, but he wasn't sure about any of them. All Aang could hope for was that what he was going through was nothing but a bad dream that he was going to wake up from it soon.

After talking to each other out on the porch, the three people came back inside. The woman untied Aang's feet and ordered him to follow her. She led him downstairs into the basement. It was a big space with dim lighting. There were a few beds, a wheelchair or two, and lots of chairs. Scattered across the room were about five other teenagers around Aang's age.

As Aang looked around, he noticed that most of the kids were missing limbs. There were three boys and two girls. One of the girls was missing a leg, the other was missing a foot and a hand. Two of the boys were missing their arms and the other appeared not to be missing anything. All of them stared into the space blankly, like they were hardly conscious.

After analyzing the room, Aang was terrified. Only to make it worse, he spotted what looked like an operating area; some sort of lab where amputation could take place. There were dozens of scalpels varying in size.

The woman sat Aang down in a chair and took a few pictures of him. After that, she went over to her computer and began to upload them. It looked like some sort of advertisement.

"Pretty soon, you won't even know who you are, bud," said the woman. "We'll drug you up and you won't feel a thing. You're gonna fetch us some big money."

Aang's mouth was still taped shut, but the look of terror was stricken across his face. He couldn't even imagine what was going to happen next.

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