Aang gasped as his gaze focused on the giant wall that was the peak of serpent's pass. He yanked on the reins as hard as he could in the nick of time. Appa's tail scrapped against the cliff making several rocks fall into the water. Aang watched their journey imaging them to be his missing friends falling to they're doom. He shuddered making the terrifying vision go away. Then his eyes fell on it taking his breath away.
The cave.
it was in the side of the cliff just like jet had said. Aang stared at the cave, it was if the darkness was calling him; begging for rescue. Aang just stared at it; transfixed. Until zuko (who appered to have woken up from suki's scream) put a comforting hand on his shoulder, his eyes also on the cave. "aang?" He asked tentatively. Aang shook his himself and turned to zuko shaking his hand of his shoulder. "y-e-s?" He said clearly not wanting to talk about what just happend. "nothing." zuko said his eyes down cast as he sank back into the saddle.
Aang crossed the river in little circled appa three time's before landing him on the bank of the oppisite shore. He said nothing as the three of them unpacked the supplies that aang had stached in the back of the saddle before leaving the fire-nation palace. Aang sett up his tent on a little ledge; over looking the pass and the little black dot that he knew was the cave. He stayed in his tent for hours gazing at the little dot. He turned down lunch and dinner saying he would not eat until he saved katara. Another hour passedand aang climbed up the resting appa disappering into the saddle, and re-emerging a minute later with his glidder in hand. He saw zuko and suki watch him and he climed back down. "were are you going?" zuko asked lazily lounging against a rock.