By midday, Katalina and Zuko were on their way to visit Ozai. They were walking in silence and they weren't making eye contact. The incident earlier was bothering her and she was sure it was bothering him just as much. Neither of them wanted to talk about it, though.

"Why didn't you send Ozai to the Boiling Rock?" she asked simply to break the tense silence.

"Because once I move back here I can keep a better eye on him with him still in the Fire Nation."

"When do you think you'll be moving back here?"

"I really don't know."

"Do you plan on looking at me again today?"

He sighed, dropping his head. "I'm sorry," he replied. "I'm just a little freaked out by what happened this morning. Or what almost happened, I should say."

"Nothing almost happened," she denied.

"What? You're just going to ignore it?"

"I can't ignore something that never happened because it never happened."

"Right. Of course."

"You can't go to that party tonight while you're mad."

"You mean we can't."

"I'm not mad. You are."

"I'm not, either. Maybe I'm a little upset, but I'm not angry or anything."

"What's the difference?"

"Have you figured out what you're going to say to Ozai yet?" he asked in reply, changing the subject rather than answering the question.

"I think I have it figured out for the most part," she answered, going along with the change, as usual. "I guess we'll see how it all plays out."

"Well, it's not like he can do anything to you," he reminded her.

"I know." She paused. "So while Aang was fighting Ozai and you were dueling Azula, what were Sokka and the others doing?"

"Katara came with me to help me deal with Azula. Then Sokka, Toph, and Suki handled the fleet of airships that were making their way to Ba Sing Se."

"And of course Iroh was with the White Lotus in Ba Sing Se taking care of the Colonies."

"As were you."

She nodded. "How was fighting Azula when she was losing it?"

"Not very pleasant," he admitted. "I did most of fighting so that Katara wouldn't get hurt. But then when Azula struck me with lightning—"

"She what?"

"Uncle taught me how to redirect lightning," he explained. "I've only used the ability twice. Once against my father, and then again with Azula. Except when I used it against Azula, I did it wrong because she ended up aiming at Katara rather than aiming it at me. Either way, once that happened Katara had to finish her off. Then Katara was able to heal me afterwards."

"You're lucky she has healing abilities"

"Tell me about it." He shook his head. "I'm just glad it's over."

"You can say that again," she agreed.

The two of them finally arrived at the prison hold. They walked inside, the guards bowing to them as they passed.

"Ozai's on the very top floor," Zuko informed Katalina.

She nodded in response. They then started up the long stairwell. They reached the top floor where there was only one door; the door leading to Ozai's cell.

"Are you ready for this?" he checked.

"What? To see Ozai behind bars? Oh, I've always been prepared for this."

He smiled. "All right. I'll be right out here if you need me."

She nodded again. "All right." She turned away from him and headed towards the door. She took a deep breath and slowly let it out. Then she opened it and stepped into the small room. And there was Ozai, lying on the floor behind bars, his head hanging low. "Well, well, well," she announced her presence, smirking, "looks like you're finally where you belong."

The ex-Fire Lord lifted his head to face her. "Katalina Palmer," he said. "I must say I'm surprised to see you here. I figured once I sent you to Ba Sing Se you would never return here."

"I wasn't going to. But Zuko had to come back and he asked me to come back with him. So I did."

"Why?"

"Because I'm a good friend. Then of course seeing you in your rightful place now is just a nice bonus."

"Of course," he repeated, sneering.

"You look terrible, by the way." She chuckled darkly. "And that's all because of the Avatar."

"You must be so proud of him."

"I guess you could say that. Though, I'm more proud of your son for standing up to you."

"You would be."

"You got what was coming to you, Ozai. This is exactly what you deserve."

"And of course you would think that."

"Of course," she repeated, just like he had before. She shook her head. "I do have to give the Avatar my props, though. I mean, taking away your bending was just pure brilliance."

"You should be lucky he was able to do that."

"Is that a threat?"

"Yes, it is. If I had my bending right now, I would finish you off. That's what I should've done those three years ago."

"But you didn't now, did you? And that was your mistake. One of many, I would say."

"What others mistakes did I make?"

She shrugged. "Why should I tell you? You should be able to figure them out for yourself. Besides, you need something to think about while you're locked in here for the rest of your life."

"If you're talking about burning and disowning my son, then I assure you that wasn't a mistake."

"Actually, I'll have to agree with you there," she admitted. "Your biggest mistake was screwing over your daughter. Trust me on that."

"Trust you? I would never do such a foolish thing as that."

"Right, because you're clever and not at all a fool." Sarcasm had now taken control of her harsh voice.

He shot her a dirty look. "Why are you wasting your time here?"

"Excuse me? You should be honoured that I took the time to pay you a visit," she replied. She chuckled some more. "You should be thankful that I didn't finish you off before the Avatar even had a chance."

"Why didn't you?"

"Perhaps for the same reason you didn't finish me off. Or maybe simply because I knew that it was still the Avatar's destiny to finish you, no matter how much I wanted to. And let me tell you, after you burned Zuko it was even more difficult for me to restrain myself from killing you."

He laughed deeply. "I find that very hard to believe. You were only a thirteen-year-old girl. You wouldn't have dared gone up against me."

"Is that so? Yet you were too afraid to attack me head-on; you had to wait until I had my back turned on you." She folded her arms across her chest. "Why is that?" She smirked and he sneered again in response. "Either way, I'm just satisfied in knowing you're exactly where you should be; off the throne you abused and in a cage." With that, she turned on her heel and walked back through the door. "We can go now," she told Zuko.

The two headed back down the long stairwell. Katalina was walking briskly as she now wanted to just get out of there. And as they exited the prison hold, the guards bowed to them again. But once they were outside, she still didn't slow down.

"Lina," Zuko said softly. He managed to put one hand on her shoulder. She froze when he did so. He turned her towards him and put his other hand on her other shoulder. "What happened in there? What did Ozai say to you?"

"Don't worry about it," she replied. "It was no big deal. Really."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm positive."

"Well, did you at least tell him everything you wanted to say?"

"Yeah, I actually did manage to pretty much fit in everything." She smiled. "And saying all of it to him felt really good, too."

He smiled back. "I'm glad you feel better."

"What did you say to him the first time you visited him?" she then asked.

He shrugged, his arms dropping to his sides. "Not much."

"Not much?" she repeated.

"Well, I did ask him where my mother is, but—"

"What?" she cut him off in exclamation. "And that's not much? Zuko! That's a lot!" She laughed in disbelief. "Did he tell you?"

"He did."

"So you know where your mother is."

"I know where she could be."

"Why haven't you gone looking for her yet?" she wondered. "I mean, I could go with you to where she possibly is."

"Trust me, Lina, I wanna go find her. It's just that I don't know how it would go. And I have so much other shit to deal with right now."

"This is your mother we're talking about. She should come before everything else. And you know it would go well. Ursa loved you more than anything."

"I know that. She wasn't there when Ozai burned me, though."

"What does that matter? I never saw the scar until three years after you got it, too," she pointed out.

"But you were still there when it happened, so you knew that I was going to have one."

"Zuko, your mother isn't going to judge you on your scar. She isn't going to stop loving you because of the scar. I mean, is that what you're afraid of?"

"I'm afraid of how she'll react."

"She'll react like it isn't even there. That's how I reacted."

"You did act pretty normal when we met again," he recalled. "I mean, you didn't even ask me about it. You just sorta pointed it out and moved on."

"Well, there was nothing about it to ask. Plus, I didn't want to bring forth any painful memories."

"Thanks. I appreciate that."

She smiled again. "C'mon, let's head back," she suggested. "We have a party to prepare for."