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Chapter 26
"From that."
Zuko said as the centipede screeched for all to hear.
Sai warned him about the size those things could have, but the images didn't quite measure up with reality. The thing was wide enough to fit three Komodo rhinos from horn to tail. It had now risen to the height of a medium sized ship and kept going, he had the suspicion that most of the body was still out of view.
"Sweet mother of Agni!"
"The blast is this!"
"Where all dead!"
The men where in panic, and to be fair so was he.
'Sai! You said that those things could reach the size of a dragon, this thing is much larger than that!'
"It must be ancient, probably was one of the fist to get here after the systems were shut down. It means that this thing could very well be nearly three thousand years old, it could very well explain the size."
'I don't care how it got that big! How do we get rid of it?'
"Fire bending will do little good, even explosions will be of little help in damaging the thing. By my calculations the plate armor of this creature is over a foot at its thickest, and I assure you that the armor itself is no less durable than steel."
"Earth bending wouldn't work as well. This entire place is made from pure metal for this very reason, and the gathered dirt is not nearly enough to be effective."
'Why would you even make this?!'
"In case of a raid, but we hardly have the time for this discussion. Give me to Jasmine, she will be enough to bring me to the control center. Spread out and use the remaining explosives to confuse it and get its attention. It is only one creature, it can't give attention to all of you."
"Aim for the joints of its limbs, the mouth is to high and is to be avoided at any cost. Now move!"
"Jasmine, to me!"
"Y-yes?"
She came running as Zuko took off his helmet.
"Here, wear it. It will guide you to the control center and will show you what to do."
"B-but-"
"There is no time!"
Zuko yelled.
"Listen, Xing will guard you from whatever may come your way, but you must go, you will be much safer that way."
"I-"
Zuko put both his hands on her shoulders.
"Jasmine, we can't kill that thing on our own without at least half of us dead, and we need every fighter here. Only you are available, we can't do it without you."
Jasmine was still scared, both of the monster and of being left alone. So, without a thought, Zuko just put the helmet on her head. The visor shined briefly, so Zuko figured Sai was showing Jasmine the way.
"Now Go!"
At his command, the girl started running. Xing hot on her heals.
Zuko faced his men now.
"Men! Spread out and don't let it concentrate! Use the bombs on the joints to distract it! We buy enough time until Jasmine restarts the security system!"
Not looking back, he jetted towards the beast.
The thing didn't seem to notice Zuko as he flew around it, the vibration vision this thing has must apply only to anything that touches the ground. Now that he thought of it, this was really like how Toph saw things. Does it mean that the centipedes are bogger Toph? Or is it the other way around and Toph is a little centipede? They had the same appetite, that's for sure.
Funny where your brain could go when you're about to die.
Anyway, he blasted one of the joints near the head. Apparently, the creature felt something, because it wailed in rage and bashed its head in the direction it thought the blast came from. It continued in that direction until it hit the wall, hard.
It shook its head from side to side, as if to shake dizziness, but if it felt something then it only grew more enraged.
An immense fire beam was shot at the center of the creature's body that was in the air. It was none other than his uncle, who showed everyone that "the dragon of the west" wasn't just a title. The fire stream his uncle shot from his mouth wouldn't have shamed a real dragon, even the giant centipede felt it as it screeched in pain.
For all his laziness and overall appearance, uncle Iroh was still one of the strongest fire benders alive.
The monarch centipede wasn't to be underestimated as well, however. The animal was ancient and had a few tricks up its sleeves.
It smashed its head to the floor a few times, creating shockwaves through the ground. Those animal made earthquakes were enough to make uncle lose his balance and disrupt the flame. The apex centipede went for the kill and dashed towards uncle Iroh, who was still regaining his senses, in a speed that defied its size.
Out of desperation, Zuko yelled and threw a series of blasts near the head of the beast, but it barely made the thing move aside a little. Only a timely earth bended axe from Mi-Dved, that caught Iroh and pushed him out of danger saved his uncle's life.
Not even a minute and already their most powerful warrior was nearly killed. Zuko prayed for Agni that Jasmine would hurry up with the security system, and that it would be enough to take care of this thing.
"Gran-Gran, what should I do?"
Katara and Sokka told their grandma about everything that happened, from the moment Zuko arrived, to the moment he left with his men to search in the frozen tundra. To say that their grandmother was concerned would be an underestimation.
Not only did the fire nation return to the south, but the entire greenhouse was exposed as a poisoned fruit. Kanna thought at first that maybe it was a honey trap to lure the village, but decided against it, the people there were far too surprised to meet the water tribe.
But that wasn't the only reason for concern, far from it. Apparently, the fire prince himself came all the way here and discovered her granddaughter's water bending, it was a miracle that he didn't take her right then and there.
No, instead he came with something perhaps even more diabolical. He lured her little granddaughter with a promise to teach her water bending. She would have scuffed at the idea of a fire bender teaching water bending, if it wasn't exactly what happened.
She guesses that even in her old age she can still be surprised.
But that raised an even bigger question, how did the fire prince know enough to teach an untrained bender? No amount of battles against water benders will give it to him.
The answer became clearer as she thought deeper about it. The fire nation had taken many water benders captive, it's not too unrealistic for the prince to get information on his enemies through them.
But that raised another question, why not force them instead? Surely even an old but experienced water bender is better than a young novice with no training. What did he want from her granddaughter, what more was the prince hiding?
Sure, he told her grandchildren about his hunt, but that can't be the only reason. He could hire bounty hunters well enough, and unlike the young ones, she had no delusion that there are some water benders who have a price tag for their art.
Then she remembered what the prince said about her son, that he would make Hakoda return one way or another. Suddenly everything was clear.
It was obvious that the fire nation has its eyes on the south. And now that they can actually gain something from this frozen land, they plan to colonize it.
The prince will bring her son home, of that she was sure. Be it by force or by trickery, Hakoda will have no choice but to return once he hears about the greenhouse.
And once her son gets back, the prince will already have both Sokka and Katara hostage. Hakoda will have little choice but to comply. It was truly the work of a mastermind, it nullifies every achievement the water tribe warriors gained all over the years in one action.
On the other hand, a single word from the prince will have Katara taken away, maybe even for good. Should she except, she may have at least some degree of freedom.
And the hunt for the avatar…
"A difficult decision indeed… tell me, how honest does the prince look to you?"
"As honest as the fire nation can get, but that doesn't say much."
Sokka answered before rubbing his head.
"But to be fair, he didn't lie or do anything to us. La knows he could."
"Hmm…"
Kanna rubbed her chin.
"From what you told me, he was banished from his nation and even scared by his own father, correct?"
"Yes, after they went we asked around. Apparently Zuko disagreed with some general about sacrificing new troops and acted very unprincely and it ended in a dual. In the last moment Zuko discovered that he had to fight his own father and refused to, the fire lord scared and banished him because of that."
Katara explained.
"Terrible, truly terrible…"
Kanna shook her head.
It was truly ironic that the most "civilized" nation, who bragged about everyone else being barbarians, had her own ruler acted in such barbarism.
"Then at least we can assume that there is some resentment between father and son, maybe we can use it. Have he spoken about his view on the war?"
She asked her grandchildren.
"It, am… it never came up…"
Katara played with her hands.
"Sokka, what about you? You two boys are of the same age, aren't you? Maybe you can shed more light."
She asked her grandson.
"Well… Like Katara said, we didn't talk too much about it. But from what I've seen he was very… calm."
"Calm?"
Kanna raised an eyebrow at her grandson's reply.
"What do you mean by that?"
"He doesn't want to fight everyone and everything, uncharacteristically considerate and from asking around… He just doesn't act like a prince of a warmonger nation bent on world domination should."
"And you think that he can be convinced to stop the war? Or at least hold a ceasefire?"
Her grandson shook his shoulders at her question.
"I have no idea."
Kanna sighed.
"And about this… quest. What are his chances? Do you think the prince will find the avatar at long last?"
Her grandchildren looked at each other before looking back at her.
"I… I don't know. On one hand, I want the avatar to return and end the wat. On the other hand, knowing Zuko's intentions… and the mercies of his father…"
Katara said as Sokka continued.
"No one had ever found the avatar after a hundred years, but also no one had managed to grow vegetables in the pole. So if anything, he has the best chance."
"He also already had dealings with spirits."
Katara added.
"Oh?"
Kanna asked with interest.
"Pray tell."
To which her granddaughter obliged.
"Apparently, he got the plans for the green house from a spirit of knowledge. At a terrible price, from what I heard."
"Yeah."
Her grandson joined.
"He also was in some spirit possessed swamp, actually got a pet from there. He also had to fight some swamp monster made of vegetation, has its head in one of the fire nation bases somewhere."
"Hmm…"
Kanna was deep in thinking.
"The two of you are facing a difficult decision, and much too young for it. In the end whatever you choose, be it accept or deny, you must stick together and protect each other."
"But what should we do, Gran-Gran?"
Kanna sighed again.
"I cannot tell you for certain. Each choice you make will have consequences, both for better or worse. Tell me daughter, do you truly believe that you can learn water bending under him?"
"Yes."
Katara answered.
"At least until we come close enough to the north pole to escape there."
"Careful dear, the north… it may not be what you expect…"
Kanna said sorrowfully.
"What do you mean, Gran-Gran?"
Her granddaughter asked in an innocent and confused tone.
"Nothing dear, nothing. Only the paranoid thoughts of an old woman. What I do ask of you, is that should you choose to follow the prince, you must do all you can to find your father and tell him about what happened here."
Her grandchildren nodded at her in determination.
Ah, your highness! It's an honor to receive your invitation. How can I be of service?"
The fat man in front of Azula spoke.
She was now in a private meeting with Loban, after a few days of keeping her waiting. It enraged her that some peasant was forcing her, the crown princess, to wait in line, but for the sake of her plan she would have to bear it for now.
Oh, she will make him pay, once his use is over. But for now, she masqueraded a smile, patient is a virtue after all.
"I'm so glad you had the time to make it, your schedule must be quite severe."
He had the audacity to laugh at her disguised snide.
"Work isn't a jealous partner, but she sure is a demanding one."
"Truly? Mast be quite interesting. What are you working on? I must admit that I lost count."
She tried fishing for information.
"I'm afraid that those are company secrets, your highness. But don't worry, you will find that out soon enough. I promise that you wouldn't be disappointed."
The fat man promised.
The gal of him, to play with her like that. And the worst part was that because she needed him, she couldn't just order him to tell her everything and antagonize him in the process.
Truly it was terrible when you weren't feared.
Very well, it's time to try a different approach.
"Actually, I wanted to ask about my brother."
"Oh?"
Loban raised an eyebrow.
"Yes. From what I heard, you two have some relationship, are you not? It's hard to communicate and I wanted to know how he's doing."
She played worried little sister card. She may hate every moment of it, but faking vulnerability proved to be very effective in certain circumstances.
"Well, we did meet a few times, as well as sending each other letters. I must admit that his insights on economics are rather fascinating, our debates even made me rethink a few of my approaches."
Loban said.
"He was quite well, the last time I saw him. He appears to have made friends as well."
"Really? The earth pea-people he rescued, right?"
She said nearly saying peasants in the process.
"Yes, Jasmine and Mi-Dved, each of them is bright by their own right. Your brother is in good hands."
She knew about those two well enough, the stories didn't idle. The brute strength of Mi-Dved, the enchanting beauty of Jasmine, the people loved to hear their adventures.
For Agni's sake, there was even a new board game called vines and branches about Zuzu's and Mi-Dved's quest in the swamp. You have one guess to find out who the main producer of said game is, clue, he's in this room.
And the less she says about Jasmine, the better. Ever since those new beauty products and dresses came out, that skunk was plastered upon most of the commercial posters for young ladies.
The girls at the academy all had mixed opinions. The adoration to the pretty girl, and Azula will admit that Jasmine was pretty enough, was mixed with jealousy that the peasant considered herself worthy of having the same things nobility has, let alone telling them what they should wear.
Surprisingly enough, it was Mai who had the most grudge against the earth worm. Azula saw an entire room littered with targets who had posters of said earth worm, all were very well abused.
"I'm happy to hear."
She said in a fake smile.
"But how did my brother managed all… this."
She gestured with her hand all around her.
"I'm sorry to say, but as much as I love my brother he isn't the sharpest knife, if you get my drift. He always legged behind in his studies, his fire bending. Swords were the only thing he was decent at."
She mostly stated facts, but she also wanted to plant seeds of debt in her brother's greatest patron. She wanted to show that she was the better alternative, then, after a while, she would be the one with her face all over the nation.
"I'm sure his time outside the fire nation changed him, and for the better."
The stupid frat wasn't falling for it, much to Azula's annoyance.
"The young man I spoke to was nothing but the very picture of what a prince of the fire nation should be."
"I'm… glad to hear that."
Azula was forced to say.
"But how did he came with all the ideas? I know my brother, and I'm afraid that someone may be pulling his strings. How else could he gain so much popularity in such a short time?"
Loban had the audacity to snort.
"Trust me princess, there is no man in the word suicidal enough for that. This is all your brother's doing. And as for the popularity… it wasn't his work alone."
"Oh?"
"Yes, you see, your brother is very smart. A glory hog will relish the moment, like a certain newly appointed commander who was recently out of favor. Your brother, however, invested is small and seemingly insignificant groups who had potential."
"In doing so, especially with others to compare to, said groups showed their gratitude each in their own way. When they saw that said gratitude was rewarded, they responded in kind. Here you have a circle that feeds itself."
Azula had to say that the idea intrigued her.
The rest of the meeting went relatively insignificantly, although she did go to her room with some new revelations.
"Investing in small groups with potential…"
She muttered to herself in her bed.
"A circle that feeds itself…"
The meeting may not have had the desired results she hoped for, but it did give birth to some new ideas.
"Be careful Zuzu, you will find the capital much less friendly than whatever safe heaven you created to yourself out there…"
Jasmine ran in the corridors of the main building, relatively safe from the outright hell that was outside.
It was… strange wearing the helmet.
When Zuko put it on her, it immediately showed her a glowing pass in yellow. She was spooked by the sudden event, and more than a little curious, but at the moment she had bigger concerns. Much, much bigger concerns.
As she ran in the shown trail, she noticed that a map was shown on the upper left corner of her vision. It depicted what she assumed was a map of her surroundings. It was very convenient, to say the least.
When she focused on the map she saw two blue arrowheads, one lighter than the other. As if to answer her unasked question, a bubble popped from each arrowhead that showed a (rather silly and childlike) portrait of both her and Xing. She was the lighter arrowhead and Xing was the darker one.
After a minute or two that felt like forever, she noticed a warning sign on the map as rad dots appeared. The helmet immediately showed a bubble of a similarly childlike painting of a centipede.
Needless to say, she became even more terrified and didn't find the painting cute at all.
Doubling her speed, she followed the yellow road, which changed from time to time to avoid the centipedes.
More than a few times, the helmet showed her a bright yellow and black stop sign and showed her an illusion of her closing the door behind her. Obviously, she did as the magic helmet told her and fortunately so. More than a few times she heard the sound of something heavy hitting the door mere seconds after she locked it. She didn't want to think about what would have happened if the door stayed open.
A few times, some of the smaller centipedes (compared to the nightmare outside) caught up to them, but Xing dispatched them in brutal fashion. The biggest centipede she saw inside the building was the size of a grown man, so at least then times longer than Xing. She was going to give him so many head pets later. Such a good boy~
All the while, tremors and noises of the battle outside shook her body and mind. It seemed like even the centipedes wanted to get away from it. The only thing all of them had in common.
A few times she ran near a window, or something similar, and got a glimpse of what's happening outside. Spirits, it was better not knowing.
The thing outside was just gargantuan, she saw more than a few times soldiers nearly skewed by claws (legs? Whatever) the width of a komodo-rhino. Only to be saved at the last minute by an explosion that redirected said leg, an axe that moved them to safety or Zuko downright flying to them and taking them with him.
Needless to say, thing didn't look too good. In fact, they looked bad, very bad.
The men were about to run out of stamina from the constant run and hide, ironically, the fat old man had the least tired look on him. It was only a matter of time before one lucky shot took them away, or that they wouldn't have the energy to move anymore. Then, it will eat them and leave her to die here alone. She had to restart this stupid security system.
A part of her was skeptical about it. when someone said security system, she thought about enforcers of bouncers at a pub. All of them will hardly be of any help here besides as an appetizer. Then again, the helmet did seem to be magic, so maybe some hocus pocus will make that thing go away.
Her brother took a beating as well, nearly got slammed to paste when his axe came a second too late. Luckily, a stream of fire from the old man redirected the leg from nailing her brother, but the shockwave still sent him flying. She let out a breath of relief, out of all of the men down there, she cared about her brother the most. She promised to lay off him for a while, a little.
As for Zuko, her prince had the toughest fight of them all. He flew around the beast and blasted both lightning and explosions at the softer parts of the creature's body. But even that looked to be a mere inconvenience as the beast trashed around with vigor.
Even the prince was beginning to tire, his attacks weaker, his flight slower, he even had to rest more frequently and for longer times. Nevertheless, he still looked like a hero from legend fighting a seemingly invincible monster only to turn the tables at the last minute and save the day. Unfortunately for her, she had long since grown out of those fantasies when good wins over evil.
One terrifying experience was when she ran across a cylinder-like bridge and Zuko had to stop on it for a moment of respite after a tiring bombardment on the gigantic creature. The monster didn't waste time and bashed its head on the bridge, full force.
Zuko may have flown, but she was knocked down on her knees. To make matters worse, it seemed like the creature somehow noticed her, because it bashed its head right in her direction with renewed ferocity. The entire building shook from the impact.
She won't lie, she screamed when the glass showed cracks. Luckily, the helmet snapped her out of it and showed her the way to escape. The last thing she saw before she ran was Zuko diving right into the head of the monster, in a similar fashion to what he did in the desert.
Her prince was truly heroic~
Finally, after a grueling journey that felt like forever, she and Xing entered what was shown as the control room and closed the door behind them.
There was a centipede there, but Xing quickly jumped on it as it raised its body. Then, using its momentum, Xing bit the head and made the neck spin a full circle up and down with an impressive display of acrobatics. With a satisfying crunch sound, the centipede fell down, to never get up again.
The helmet suddenly pointed her to some kind of a circular device and showed her what to do to open it and where to place it on the wall? Table? Whatever it was that was before her.
It then pointed her to the center of the table wall and showed her a blinking image of the helmet in it. The message was clear.
Tired and breathing heavily, she took off the helmet and placed it where she was shown. Immediately, lights inside the building turned on and there was a strange sound not unlike the machines at the factory powering up only… Different?
It was difficult to put her finger on it, especially in her tired and delirious state. She decided to rest there and let the security system do the rest, her work was done.
*Boom*
Zuko released another explosion at the joints near the head of the beast and flew to hide. The monster let out another cry of rage that hurt his ears and dashed towards his location.
Luckily, Mi-Dved's axe came to the rescue and pulled him right next to the earth bender. The creature's attention was once again diverted when one of the soldiers threw one of their last explosives at it.
They were at the clear, for now.
"We… can't keep going… on like that, I don't… think I have enough… power to throw my… axe like that for… more than a minute."
The earth bender told him, barely able to breathe.
Zuko himself was dead tired, all those blasts, flying and lightning took their toll with vengeance without Sai managing the chi flow. Agni damn it, he wasn't sure he could fly right now without a rest for a minute at least.
"Must… go on… Jasmine… needs more time…"
Zuko didn't allow himself to sit, he knew that if he sat, he wasn't going to stand again.
Instead, he looked at the battered form of Mi-Dved and the rest of the crew. Luckily enough, all his men were still alive, even if worse to wear. All of them were on the brink of collapse and only the train Sai put them out to managed to hold them together… for now.
He looked at the creature itself, its bone white plates had rad markings and an artist may have even considered it beautiful. Of course, fighting for your life tends to change your viewpoint.
It had a few scratches and black spots on its otherwise white, if a little dirty, armor. But to Zuko's horror, he thought he saw even them closing up. Hopefully it was just his delirious state and the constant fight to stay on his feet whenever the ground moved with the creature.
Right now, it seems like it was his uncle's turn to be the hero of the moment as he had the creature's undivided attention for the moment. He shot a strong fire stream from his mouth to the middle of the centipede and jetted away as the creature's head decided it was the biggest wreck the mole-worm hammer in the world.
Even his uncle wasn't spared from the fatigue. His form was shakier, his breath more labored, even his flame was weaker now.
Zuko released a lightning strike at the hallway the creature still blocked. The effect was imminent and the giant monster's attention was once again shifted from his dazed uncle to him.
The creature rose once again to the full height the room allowed it and dashed towards him and everyone next to him. Zuko tried to move his legs but found them extremely heavy. He doubted he was going to get out of this one unscratched, and by the looks of it, his men were no better.
Then, as if their prayers were answered, the lights of the main building were lit and the colossal centipede halted its tracks, as if confusion.
Then, it suddenly screeched in surprise as it was being pulled into the hallway. Zuko saw the large black suits of armor coming to life and running towards the creature. They flocked to the entrance, and each caught a leg and carried it inside.
Leg by leg, the giant creature was swallowed by the hallway it came from. Its screams, however, were still very much present and echoed strongly in the halls.
He sat there, and listened as the facility came to life. More of those living armors were seen running around, undoubtedly hunting the unwanted guests.
He could also see other machines at work, smaller ones that looked like metal made scorpions with one rad glowing eye et the center of their head. They walked through the cracks and were most likely responsible for hunting the little centipedes.
"So, what's now, your highness?"
Lieutenant Jee asked, both tired from the fight and amazed at the scene before him.
"Now… Now I think we should find Jasmine and then rest a bit. We all earned it. Everything else can wait."
"But how do we find her?"
Mi-Dved asked with a little concern. Even with Xing, she was still in a man-eating centipede infested building.
Zuko had no idea, every time he needed to track something, Sai was the one guiding him. damn it, he was lost without Sai. What to do, what to do… ah!
"We could… follow the trace of bodies. I doubt Xing didn't leave at least a few of us to follow."
"I guess that's an option."
Mi-Dved said.
In that moment, he looked behind his earth bending friend and noticed one of the black armors walking towards them. Once he could get a closer look at it, he understood that the thing was much scarier than when it was simply a statue.
The armor was pitch black, but now had glowing rad lines and marks when activated. It had mean blade-like spikes on his knees and elbows that had a strange circle full of tiny teeth in the middle, ad if it spins around itself. Its claw-like fingered gauntlet, was dripping a dense liquid that Zuko recognized as the blood of the centipedes.
Its breastplate was glowing in evil red light and had strange runes of power formed by the same red lines. It hummed a little from the power it generated. Zuko was sure each mark had a meaning, but without Sai (who probably designed those things) he didn't have a clew about any of those symbols.
The head was by far the scariest thing about it. It was man shaped head but that's where the similarities ended. It had a wide double lighting shaped mouth that looked as if it was always grinning with razor sharp teeth. It also glowed in the same rad light as the marks, as if it was going to spit something worse than fire at any given moment.
It didn't have one pair of eyes, it had three pairs. The eyes had a Z like shape, only the slant line was facing the opposite direction and the horizontal lines ended in a wavy sharp point. Except the upper ones who had a triangular shape bent to the side as if eternally angry. Of course, the eyes glowed in the same red color.
Combined with the fact that it was twenty feet tall, you may excuse him for being a bit scared as the thing towered above him and looked down at him with those glowing rad eyes.
By looking at the men around him, they weren't doing any better than him.
Then, this outright nightmarish thing was waving at them to follow it, like it was one of the guys.
The men looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what to do.
Zuko sighed as he figured that this thing was most likely controlled by Sai.
"Come on men, let's follow the thing. It may lead us to Jasmine."
"Amm… you sure?"
Mi-Dved said in a small voice.
"I, for one, don't want to argue with a sentient walking statue that was part of a squad that managed to beat the colossal centipede in less then a minute. But if you have any reservations, please, do tell them to our host."
Zuko said as he gestured with his hand to said towering host.
Needless to say, none of the men had any grievance afterwards.
As they followed the walking armor, still with blood dripping from its claw like hands. Mind you, it stopped in front of a wall that opened by itself to show an empty room with dirty mirror like walls.
It gestured to them to enter.
And so they did. Luckily, the armor was far too big to enter the room.
Suddenly, the doors closed, and they were trapped in the room. The men began to panic as they felt lighter and then heavier as the room began to play music out of nowhere.
After some time, the door opened again to reveal a corridor with a much smaller walking armor greeting them. Mind you, small was only seven feet instead of twenty.
It made the same "follow me" hand gesture and walked in a random direction. They followed it while the men muttered words on sorcery and spirit work.
After a while, they reached some door that opened on her own and revealed Jasmine laying down and Xing guarding her. Mi-Dved rushed to his sister to check on her.
"She's fine! Just tired, thank goodness."
He said after a moment.
With the immediate danger passed, Zuko went to the place where his helmet was held and pulled it back to its rightful place, on his head.
"Hello, your highness."
He missed thar voice.
AN
And this is the end of chapter 25
hope you liked the chapter!
I still can't see the traffics of the story and it's been over two weeks! Seriously, can someone tell me what to do?
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