The price
Chapter three: the start of recovery
"Another time to carry the colors again, My motivation, an oath Ive sworn to defend, To win the honor of coming back home again" Disturbed Indestructible
Ozai sighed as he looked over Azula's medical report. A chemical analyses confirmed that she was indeed poisoned with dragon's death. Ozai knew that do to her body's ability to metabolize shirshu spit had a tradeoff. Well normally a firebender could recover from dragon's death in a few days, if a proper source of non-elemental chi like that of the Hei Bai crystals or a powerful nonbender like Sokka was exposed to the poisoned victim. But For Azula it would take a week for her to fully metabolize the poison if she was exposed to Sokka's chi.
If they used Hei Bai crystals it would take two months for her to metabolize the poison. He would talk to the boy when the anesthesia ware off and he was awake. As for her injuries the stab wound on her solder was successfully closed and the rest of her wounds were superficial and did not require treatment. And fortunately the cuts to her face would not scar.
Hei Bai crystals are renewable energy crystals that grow when seeded into the ground. These crystals are governed by the spirit Hei Bai they draw in the light and dark chi of the opposing elements of fire and water or air and earth and transform them into non-elemental chi. Two hundred years from now this will be the main source of fuel for the world.
As for the boy Sokka his physical condition was shocking. He had over thirty two fully healed fractures to various parts of his body. His body was also covered in scars either from burns or bladed weapons and one that looked like it was from a mace. His arms also had sighs of scaring as well. All his scars form blade wounds showed signs of self-stitching instead of waterbending healing witch Ozai found odd. After all Sokka's sister was reported to be one of the best healers ever to be produced by the water tribe.
And the wounds on his back looked like they were stitched by the Avatars lemur. And finally the boy had an odd scar on his right thumb as if two fish hooks got stuck in it. (I could not resist putting this in.) It was impressive that the boy could teach a lemur to stitch wounds.
It was the Sokka's broken bones that intrigued Ozai the most though. His FCIBS films showed that all his fractures were several years old. But Ozai knew from reports from the few survivors that the boy left that, the three healed ribs on the right side of the boy's body were broken two months ago and should not have this level of healing, the brake the boy had on his right arm was only four months old and the broken left leg was six months old.
(CIBS- chi imaging bone scan. It's basically an x-ray but uses the chi system to burn an image of the bones onto a film using a special lenses. It is also far safer then x-rays no lead aprons are needed. Ozai had Sokka whole body scanned.)
Ozai's thoughts are interrupted by a knock on his door.
"Come in." Ozai says as the door opens.
"My Lord the results of Sokka's chi level scan are in and I have the results with me. And I must say the results are very shocking." The younger of the two female doctors who helped him with Azula and Sokka said.
Ozai gets up and meets her half way into the room.
"I will look at it now. Do you have any family Miss?" Ozai asks the woman.
"My name is Fa Bidan and besides my mother I have a husband named Kimille and a two year old daughter Lao." Fa tells the Fire Lord.
Fa was a small woman only an inch or two taller than Azula. She had short black hair that curls slightly under her ears and in the right light it looked blue. She had apple sized breasts and a small onion shaped ass. She was wearing a yellow healers garb and a lab coat. She also had dark blue eyes.
"I have always felt that family is important and the recent kidnaping attempt of my son and the poisoning of my daughter have only reaffirmed that belief. As a reward for helping with my daughter as Fire Lord I am giving you two weeks of paid vacation along with the other doctor that helped you." Ozai says as he walks to the desk he was using.
Ozai had taken a room in the high security wing of the hospital. He would be using it as an office until his son and daughter are discharged from the hospital. He wanted to be close in case a second attempt was made on them. After Ozai sits down he opens a drawer and pulls something out of it.
"Also as a bonus I want you both to have two of these ingots each are worth a hundred gold pieces. This is the least I can do for the two of you. I will and I will also set up a scalar ship for your daughter and any children you may have to attend the best schools in either the Motherland of the Fire Nation or the Earth Kingdom through collage. I will set it up so that even if the Fire Nation should lose the war it will still be paid. Tell the other doctor the same will be done for her kids. Furthermore I read your itinerary and you should you relocate to the Motherland I will make sure you two get a good job at any hospital in the Fire Nation or I will help you open a clinic if you do not wish to relocate." Ozai tells Fa.
The young doctor's eyes begin to water as she takes the money Ozai was holding out for her.
"Thank you my Lord. I will inform Dr. Yuki if that is all." Fa says to Ozai.
"Yes that is all Dr. Bidan." Ozai says dismissing the woman.
Fa leaves the closing the door. After she leaves she would cry tears of joy along with Dr. Yuki. Dr. Yuki would go on to open a free clinic in the lower ring of Ba Sing Se well Fa would move to the Fire Nation.
Ozai let out a small smile as he watched the woman leave glad he could help the woman, Ozai was a true philanthropist at heart. Ozai starts preparing tea before he opened the file he was given. He is surprised by the results of the chi level scan he had performed on Sokka. The results were shocking. Sokka's chi level was higher than that of all known high spirit at level twelve.
On the Chi Level chart a Bender registers at about a two and a master bender was at four. A nonbender and the Avatar register at a six. This is because a nonbender does not need to draw in chi so they have the same amount as the Avatar since they do not bend. The Avatar in the Avatar state registers a seven and low level spirit like Hei Bai registers at eight. A mid-level spirit like Kho registers at level nine. A high level spirit like Agni who is represented by the sun registers at level ten.
Considering the chart was only fifty years old some of the levels were estimated for the Avatar. The fact that Sokka registers two levels higher than the chart goes is a large shock. But this does confirm a theory Ozai had. His theory was about the insistence of nonbenders born with high radiating chi who would heal far faster than normal human. They would also have reflexes and strength far surpassing any normal human as well.
The bender equivalent drew in enough chi to registers at the same level the Avatar does when in the Avatar State at level seven. Azula was the only bender born in the last fifty years to registers at this level. This explained why Sokka was able to fight as he does.
Ozai's thoughts are interrupted when he hears a knock on his door.
"Come in." Ozai tells the person behind the door.
In walks a young soldier wearing standard issue armor. The boy was about five foot six inches tall and his masked helmet was covering his eyes and hair.
"Privet Ling of the Messenger Corps reporting in." Ling says as he gives the Fire Lord a salute.
"At easy soldier." Ozai says as he pulls out a scroll from his desk along with some gold ingots.
"I want you to deliver this scroll to the Golden Phoenix Theater in Hong Kong. You are to give it to the owner and only the owner who is a woman. Take these and get the fastest carriage in Ba Sing Se. After you give it to her you are to wait to see if she wants to come back with you to Ba Sing Se, if she does you will bring her here to this hospital. Take Ching with you and have a safe journey." Ozai says before he dismissed the young soldier.
After the boy leaves the office Ozai grabs a new folder. This folder contains his son's medical chart. Ozai was happy his little Zuzu was not poisoned as well. The boy got that particular nickname when Azula called Zuko that as her first word when she was six months old. The nickname stuck with Zuko and soon everyone was calling the boy that. He saw that the boy was already fully recovered from his concision.
Ozai then reads Mai's chart seeing the same information that Zuko had on his, that's when he heard it.
"Fuck me harder Zuko, fuck it feels so good." Ozai blushes as he hears Mai's passionate scream.
'I think I will check on Ty lee and my Little Bitey. I will have to have a talk to Zuko later.' Ozai thinks as he hurry's out of the door of his office, locking it behind him.
Ozai heads to the room on the other side of the hallway and into Ty lees room.
"Hello Ty Lee how are you feeling?" Ozai asks the girl.
He had taken over his family's treatment after he arrived along with Azula's friends and the water tribe boy.
"My tummy still hurts and it also hurts in a new spot. But at least the not movey stuff has worn off now so I am happy." Ty lee says from her bed with a smile.
She just wished she could stand on her hands but her tummy hurts too much to move.
Ozai noticed that Ty lee was sweating before she held her mouth and ran to a garbage can to throw up.
"Were is the new pain coming from Ty lee?" a concerned Ozai asks Ty lee.
"Right here." Ty lee says as she points to the middle of her abdomen on her right side.
"Ty lee lay on the bed now. I'm going to have to touch were you are hurting and I'm sorry if that makes you uncomfortable but I think you might be very sick." Ozai says as he helps the girl back to the room's bed.
Ty lee screams in pain when Ozai lightly touched the spot she indicated. Ozai runs to the door.
"I need two nurses and an emergency surgery kit right now. The patient this rooms is suffering from an appendicitis and I need to perform an emergency appendectomy right now." Ozai yells out to the nurse's station.
"Ty lee you're going to be fine don't panic. Can you stay calm for me?" Ozai asks in a kind voice as he walks to the sink in the room and scrubs his hands.
"Yes sir." A scared Ty lee says as a few nurses enter the room.
"I'm going to give you something that is going to make you sleep for a bit. When you wake up your tummy will not hurt as much. I will be hear when you get up ok and close your eyes please." Ozai says as he takes the kit from one of the nurses.
Ozai was glad he knew his daughters friends medical history so he knew what kind of anesthetic to give the girl. He waits for the girl to close her eyes before he pulls out a syringe and a bottle of clear liquid. Ty lee was extremely afraid of shots which is why he had her close her eyes.
Ty lee's world goes black after she feels a poke to her arm.
Two hours later Hong Kong city…
Ling and Ching step out of the carriage after they arrive at the Golden Phoenix Theater. They push open the door as a chime rings as they walk in. The first thing they they see a beautiful woman hanging up a poster.
The woman long dark brown hair was tied at the top in a high pony tail, her hair reached down past her shoulders. Her tight black pants hugged her large heart shaped ass and showed off her long legs.
"I am sorry but we are not open yet. I do have some extra tickets I keep for soldiers if you want to see the new play." The woman says as she turns around.
The two young male soldiers stare briefly at her large round breasts which jiggled a bit as she turned around.
"Boys my face is up here." The woman tells the two with an edge to her voice.
The woman's eyes also turned from a soft brown to a hard gold as blue flames came to life in her hands.
"Sorry mam, I am Ling of the Fire Nation military messengers. I have a letter for you from the Fire Lord himself, we are to wait here for your reply." Ling says as he hands her the scroll.
The woman opens the scroll and begins to read it.
'To my dearest love,
I am sorry I have not written you in two months but the war has keep me busy. I regret to inform you that there has been a kidnaping attempt on little Zuzu and Azula along with her friends. Azula was also poisoned with dragon's death.
The kidnaping attempt was foiled by believe it or not a member of the Avatars group. His name is Sokka and he is a member of the southern water tribe. Sokka has a high enough chi radiance that he was able to prevent her from dying.
Unfortiontly are Little Bitey may be hospitalized for the next two months due to the fact that she metabolizes Dragons Death very slowly do to her ability to metabolize shirshu spit as fast as she does.
I hear by revoke your banishment, I do not care if you will use the poison we were going to use on my old man, before he walked in on your scorching hot body when you got out of the bath, on me. I still don't think I beat the dead body of my father enough for seeing you naked.
But I digress I want you to know that I may not show it with how I treated him but I do love Zuko and would have kept him even if he was a nonbender. I do not regret what I did to him when he did not fight me back during are Agni Kai as he did shame me with his actions. And I am fully prepared to face your punishment.
I hope to see you soon, Ursa
Your loving husband Ozai.'
"I am going to go get changed then you will take me to the Fire Lord. You two are going to take me there as fast as you can. Got that boys." Ursa says as her normally soft brown eyes turn gold and blue fire surrounds her body.
The look in Ursa's eyes scare the hell out of the two young soldiers. They were glad they stopped to use the rest room before they came to the theater. The scroll is burned to ashes as Ursa stomps up the stairs. The two soldiers were shocked when Ursa came down wearing her Fire Nation royalty robes.
"Let's go now." Ursa says. She had sent word she will be gone for an unknown amount of time to her assistant director.
The two grunts were just glad she was no longer on fire. They fallow behind the angry mother without saying a word.
"You get in with these two I am driving. If you do not like that I will send flowers to your funeral." Ursa tells the driver with her hands engulfed in blue flames.
The driver just gulps and jumps out of the driver's seat and into the carriage along with the two soldiers.
"I think I will need to get a drink after this. I will treat you two as well." The driver tells the two soldiers.
Ursa climes up to the drives seat and takes the rains.
An hour later in Ba Sing Se…
As the carriage pulled up to the Royal Hospital of Ba Sing Se the three men fall out of the door. All three looked sick as Ursa gets down for the driver's seat.
"Pussy's can't handle a little rough riding." A still angry Fire Lady says as she walks into hospital.
Normally Ursa only swore when she was having sex with her husband but you knew you were in trouble if she started to cures when she was mad. Ursa not wanting to take the time to open the door to the hospital blows the door off its hinges with a blast of blue fire.
"Were is the Fire Lord I need to talk to him immediately." Ursa tells the receptionist in a voice so sweet it would kill you.
"High security ward second floor." The terrified young woman says as she points to the stairs.
"Thank you." Ursa says as she walks to the steps.
The receptionist would then ask her boss to take her break early so she could change her underwear.
Ursa kicked the door open when she arrived on the second floor.
To be continued…
And we see were Azula really gets her sadistic streak from lol.