Hey ya'll I'm so sorry I haven't updated in a long time! I just got caught up with my other Fics and school and stuff. Please forgive me!

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for reviewing and helping me get out of my writers block.

What happened last time…

"Sokka run!" She bolted away from the screams. When she turned around to hear if Sokka was behind her when a final loud CRACK! rang through the air. Suddenly she was flying through darkness.

"AHHHHH!" She screamed. Thud. The young teen hit the cold ice and everything went blank.

"Where's Toph?" Zuko asked.

"Uh-she and I got separated in this big explosion thing. I ran one way and she ran another and now I don't know where she is...I'm so sorry, I failed us all." His eyes glittered with tears.

"Oh." The smile that was on Aangs face disappeared.

"Yeah….before we got separated we did find out that Kisho is definitely involved."

"There is something under the ice here, it's very deep but there is something under here. Like a chamber."

"How do you know?" Zuko asked.

"How can we get there?" Sokka asked.

"I'm not sure how we get there, but it won't be easy."

Chapter 14: Rescue Mission – Fake Guards, Secret Whistles, Anti-Bender Chambers and Reunions

"Okay…" Zuko rolled his eyes and sat down on a nearby rock. He was so sick of winging it and then getting caught and escaping making everything else worse. "We need a plan. I will not just go barging into the castle without one."

"Yeah, same here. I don't want to end up being chased by a mob of crazy guards again!" Sokka chimed in.

"I know. That's why I'm thinking. Hey Sokka how much experience do you have pretending to be a guard?" Aang asked the glimmer of an idea in his eyes.

"Way too much!" he laughs.

"Good, then you can steal the guards outfit and pretend to be the guard that arrests us."

"Yeah sure. Wait…what?" the warriors eyes widened and his eyes bugged out of his head.

"You heard him, Sokka, he wants you to go and steal a gaurds outfit and arrest us. And then you…wait what happens after that?" Zuko looked at Aang. The Air-Bender thought for a moment and then spoke.

"Well, then we have to sneak into the underground chamber. I'm not exactly sure how that's going to happen though."

"Just use your Earth-Bending powers and find it." Sokka reasoned. His eyes were glittering with hope.

"It's not that simple. I can use my bending to find the prison, but the problem is how are we going to get there? No offence Sokka, but we aren't going to pass as a guard and two very high profile prisoners for long."

"What if he could steal two more guard uniforms once we get in the prison? Then the three of us could get to where they are holding Katara, Suki, and Toph without being noticed." Zuko suggested.

"Yeah! That would make things so much easier."

"That is a good idea, Zuko." Aang nodded. They continued with their plan making.

Sokka walked into the castle and knocked out the first guard he saw that was about his size.

"Umph!" he groaned, the guard was heavier than he looked. Finally the teen managed to get the guard into a closet several feet away. Quickly, he changed into the uniform and walked out of the closet. Aang and Zuko were hiding behind a statue in front of the palace, out of sight. They were listening for the three note whistle that signaled that Sokka was coming. After what seemed like forever they heard it and got ready to be "arrested".

"Come here you two!" Sokka roared in fake anger. "You are coming with me to prison." He grabbed his two best friends by the arms and dragged them up the steps to the foyer of the castle. Then they walked down the hall looking for two guards the size of Aang and Zuko. Once all three of them were dressed like guards they walked down the hallway, occasionally stopping so that Aang could press his hands on the floor to see how far away they were from the chamber. Several hours later they were still at least two miles above the chamber.

"Damn it. Why is this taking so long for us to find the frigging chamber? It's impossible." Sokka was whining yet again.

"Shut up Sokka, we are trying to get there as fast as we can, got it?" Zuko snapped back. Tensions were running high between the trio. Zuko and Sokka may be best friends, but they get into a lot of fights when they both are tired and irritated, or in Sokka's case, hungry.

About two levels above the chamber Aangs head rose in alarm.

"Do you guys hear that?"

"Hear what?"

"That ringing noise." The noise became louder and the other two heard it.

"I guess they found the naked unconscious guards…"Sokka chuckled.

"Yeah, but now we have to be on high alert in case we cross anyone who might get suspicious." The Fire Lord cautions. They proceeded to the level of the hidden jail with great caution. They came to the end of the final hallway and posted on the door was a red sign with a warning on it.

WARNING TO ANY BENDERS: YOU ARE ENTERING A HIGH SECURITY PRISON WARD. THIS WARD IS AN ANTI-BENDER CHAMBER, DO NOT TRY TO USE YOUR BENDING OR YOU WILL BE SHOCKED! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

"That explains why Katara and Toph haven't tried to break out, they can't." Aang said, thinking out loud.

"Yeah…poor Toph she's totally blind in there without her bending!" a worried look crossed Sokka's face.

They have a strange bond…Sokka and Toph. The Air-Bender mused.

"Come on, we have to keep moving in case the real guards come down here to check if we are down here." Zuko reasoned, he had started growing very impatient. The other two agreed. The three of them used their combined force to knock down the locked door. Standing in the pile of rubble that was once a door, Sokka noticed that there were at least a hundred cell doors along the hallway.

"Shit! How are we going to find them? There is no way we can find them with so many doors!" his voice cracks in hysteria.

"Calm down, why don't we just call their names and see if someone answers?" the youngest of the three men said reasonably. He begins to shout "Katara! Suki! Toph! Are you here? Please answer us! It's Aang, Sokka, and Zuko!" his voice echoes through the hallway. A slight banging noise comes from way on the other side of the hallway.

"Is that you? Keep banging on the door, we are coming to where you are!" the Water Tribesmen called as he started running toward the banging noise. The other two took off after him. They reached the door where the banging was coming from and, after much hitting and kicking, yank it open.

"Katara!" Aang shouts with joy and throws his arms around his girlfriend.

"Aang! You came, you really did!" her voice is full of happiness and she pressed her lips to his.

"Suki!" Sokka rushed over to his girlfriend, who was lying on the floor looking very pale.

"Hey Sokka," her voice was weak and very faint. A small smile forms on her lips before they are covered with her fiancés.

"Toph," Zuko nodded toward the Earth Bending Master.

"Hey, what's up Hot-Head? Who else is here, I can't see," Toph said, looking in the opposite direction of the Fire Lord.

"Just Aang, Sokka and me. No one else." He crossed the room and stood next to the young bender, taking in the scene. After a few moments he cleared his throat saying "Sorry to break up the reunion, but we need to go before someone catches us down here."

"Right, come one guys lets go," Sokka pulled up Suki and wrapped his arm around her waist for support. The sextet headed toward the door, but a shadow was blocking their way.

"No so fast, you aren't leaving here without a fight," the shadow said.

"Kisho…"

TBC!

Hahaha. Thanks so much for reading this and for being patient with me. I promise I will update more frequently…this story is just hard for me at the moment because I haven't watched A:TLA in about six months…I need ideas so I will be re-watching certain episodes in time.

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