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There was a thumping in Yue's head as she came to. She groaned and shifted, instinctively trying to get comfortable on the hard floor. Then the memory of what had happened came rushing back and she jolted awake.

She was met with darkness. When last she had been conscious, she had been in a bright and sunny forest clearing, sunlight streaming through the leaves. If she hadn't been so preoccupied, she would have enjoyed it.

Now, though, all that greeted her was grey. She was surrounded on three sides by featureless metal walls and on the fourth by a set of bars that told her she was in some kind of prison. She was alone in the cell. Footsteps echoed in the corridor outside as a guard peered around the corner, seemed to start slightly as he made eye contact with her, and turned and dashed away.

Yue tried to move, but found that her wrists were attached to the wall behind her with heavy chains. The Fire Nation were clearly taking no chances this time. She growled in frustration and tried to pull, but of course nothing happened. Now more footsteps echoed, but this time they belonged to someone very familiar.

"Hello Avatar," Admiral Jeong Jeong said as he stepped around the corner.

"Oh. It's you," Yue scowled.

"I have to apologise for the chains," Jeong Jeong shook his head. "I'm afraid Zhao insisted on them. After all, we spent so much effort catching you that it would be a disservice to my men to throw their efforts away by letting you escape."

"You monster," Yue growled. "You burned the village!"

But Jeong Jeong just shook his head.

"Ah, I see what happened," he said. "But you have no need to fear. That was just a deception set up by one of my subordinates."

"A deception?"

"A trap," Jeong Jeong confirmed. "The messenger also came with a written note telling us to disregard his verbal orders."

Suddenly Yue felt incredibly stupid. She closed her eyes and leaned her head back against the cool metal.

"I know nobody likes finding out they've been fooled," Jeong Jeong consoled her. "But we have no reason to destroy this place, we're using it."

"That's never stopped you before," Yue told him.

"I'm afraid I don't know what you mean," Jeong Jeong replied stiffly.

"You know exactly what I mean," Yue would have jabbed a finger at him had she been able. "Where was this respect for human life when you were sending human shields at earth kingdom forts?"

"What?" Jeong Jeong seemed taken aback by the accusation. "I promise you, we have never done that."

"You have," Yue told him. "I've seen it myself."

"I never had you down as a liar!" The Admiral retorted. "That is an insult to the honour of the Fire Nation."

"It is only the truth," Yue twisted the knife. "Your honour, the honour of your country, vanished the moment you launched this war."

"How dare you," Jeong Jeong scowled. "I could challenge you to an Agni Kai for that."

He stopped, taking a moment to visibly compose himself.

"Look. We don't want to destroy the Earth Kingdom, or the water tribes. We want to rule them. Why would we do something that would cause such dissent among them?"

"I don't know," Yue shrugged. "I imagine you'd have to ask your army for that. And if you're not trying to destroy them, you're not showing it very well."

"How? We could have murdered everyone in the North Pole, and we didn't."

"Come on, you can't believe that makes what the Fire Nation did there alright?" Yue asked him incredulously.

Jeong Jeong just nodded. "It is not my place to question my sovereign lord."

But Yue noted that there was a sudden element of doubt in his voice. It was very faint, but it was definitely there.

"The North Pole was only attacked to get to one person anyway," Jeong Jeong informed her haughtily. "You."

"Thank you for that," came the sarcastic reply.

"But now we have you anyway, so it doesn't matter," the Admiral ploughed on. "Soon we will leave this island. We have to first take care of a bit of business for which we will need every available ship, but after that we can ship you back to the Fire Nation. I'm sure Ozai will be very pleased to see you."

"The feeling will not be mutual," Yue declared.

"Why not? Surely it would be an honour to meet the conqueror of the world."

Yue considered for a moment. Then she shook her head.

"No, not really."

Jeong Jeong frowned again.

"So be it. That doesn't matter, anyway. My duty is to the Firelord. Not to you. I intend to see it done."

He turned and went to walk away.

"Good day, Avatar."

"Your duty is to the Fire Nation," Yue reminded him. "And do you really think you're doing what is best for it right now?"

Jeong Jeong stopped. He didn't say anything for a long while. Then he turned back to her.

"There is no difference between being loyal to the Fire Lord and being loyal to the Fire Nation," he informed her stiffly. "They are the same thing."

"Are they?" Yue probed.

"Yes!" Jeong Jeong replied firmly. "I will hear no more about it. Now, I must be getting back to the bridge. The fleet needs me."

He nodded and walked away, his footsteps getting quieter and quieter before vanishing entirely.

Yue could do nothing but listen to him go, furious. Furious at him, furious at the soldiers who had ambushed her, furious at the Fire Nation in general and at Ozai in particular for launching this whole stupid war to begin with; but most of all, she was furious at herself. She would have liked to think she was smarter than this! How could she have just let herself be separated from her friends like that?

She missed them all, and wondered how they were getting on. She hoped they hadn't been captured too, but Jeong Jeong had not said anything about them so she wasn't sure what to think.

If they were free though, they would surely be plotting another rescue, and that thought was enough to give Yue some small satisfaction amidst the gloom. Her friends were coming for her. They had to be.