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Chapter Seventy-Five: New Friends.

"So where's Adrien?" Sokka asked Zuko. Zuko paused, trying to focus on the emotions swirling around them.

"Not really sure. I'm still getting used to this. They said he needed to see the Warden, but he didn't come back right away. That wasn't too long ago."

"I saw him walk by." Chit Sang said, catching up to the group, "When the warden caught me and my group trying to escape with the cooler, he started asking me questions about who was the brains behind it all. I told him it was some guard and described the guard that has been giving me a hard time lately to throw him off. Your friend looks nothing like that man, but I am starting to wonder if it had something to do with that."

"No one looks like Adrien." Sokka insisted, "Trust us."

"What do you mean?" Suki asked.

"You haven't seen him with the helmet off, have you?" Hokada asked.

"No, why?" Suki questioned. Hokada just shook his head.

"Adrien has hair the color of the sun." Hokada asked, "And if anyone manages to remove that helmet of his, he'll be as good as caught. There's only one person in the entire world like him, and it's Cat Noir. The Fire Nation knows that."

"Wait. How is that even possible?" Suki asked, "Is it just really light brown or something?"

"Nope." Sokka said, "It's golden. Gold like the sun. You just have to see it. Anyways, we can find Adrien later, we need to focus right now on escape plan number two, kidnapping the Warden and using him to get out. Now, Zuko. Keep in mind that you now have all of Gabriel's old powers, and that might be useful as a plan b if things start going south. Unfortunately, we don't want the Fire Nation to know about Lord Moth quite yet. It can still be useful elsewhere, but if worse comes to worse, and when Adrien is involved and my plans don't have that Ladybug influence on them, it will probably go bad, use the powers to get us the heck out of here, got it?"

"I don't think that's how these powers are supposed to work, Sokka." Zuko said, "Adrien said in this world, the Miraculous can be harmful to someone who uses it selfishly. Escaping could be considered selfish.

"Pfft! Nah! You'd be rescuing all of us and keeping us alive. Think of it like that." Sokka said.

"Nooroo?" Zuko asked. The small spirit poked his head out of his hiding place.

"You'll likely be fine if you focus on keeping your teammates safe over your own personal needs. Put your team first, and you will not suffer from the consequences of using the Moth Miraculous in an unbalanced world." Nooroo advised, "Speaking of which, you may not understand how to read the emotions around you like Gabriel could, but I can. I am, after all, the one allowing you to borrow my powers. Adrien is in some sort of distress right now. I feel that enacting this riot plan you've constructed would be useful about now." Chit Sang nodded.

"Right. Say no more." The man marched towards the courtyard, grabbing another prisoner and raising the prisoner in the air.

"Hey!" Chit Sang called, "Riot!" Instantly, the courtyard burst into chaos. Zuko raised an eyebrow.

"Huh. And somehow that worked… Can you give directions on where Adrien is?" Zuko asked Nooroo.

"No. I can only tell if he's close or not, and with time, you can usually learn to interpret the cause of those emotions. You can't get specific directions though. If I could do that, Hawkmoth would have won the war on Paris before it had ever really begun." Nooroo explained, "But you can use the butterflies to track down his emotions, but since you want to avoid transforming until we need Lord Moth, that is not much of an option."

"That's fine." Sokka said, "If Adrien's with the Warden, then we'll find him on the way. Now come on, we need to get moving while the riot's going and the guards are distracted!" Sokka motioned for the group to follow after him. Nooroo dove into Zuko's satchel as they raced away from the rioting prisoners.

"A better question would be, where is the Warden?" Hakoda voiced.

"True." Sokka agreed, "But he's bound to come out while there is a prison riot. Just watch." They did, and as Sokka predicted, the Warden came down from his quarters, searching for the cause of the commotion. Unfortunately, he wasn't alone. With him was Azula. They looked down into the chaos of the riot with gleeful expressions, as if someone had just offered them a challenge.

"That…" Zuko grumbled, "Complicates things. Nooroo? Couldn't you have warned us they were this close by?"

"...That may have been the source of Adrien's distress." Nooroo said softly. Zuko instantly snarled, his fingers lighting up in flames with his anger.

"What?!" He growled, "My sister will kill him!"

"Calm down, Zuko!" Sokka hissed, "You'll draw attention to us if you keep shouting like that."

"Too late." Someone said from behind them, "The fact that you guys are the only ones not fighting in the middle of a riot gives you away just as quickly, if not faster." Zuko spun around to find Adrien Agreste behind them, smirking. His helmet was gone, but other than that, he looked completely fine.

"Oh my gosh." Suki breathed, "You weren't joking about his hair."

"Where have you been?" Sokka demanded.

"Making friends." Adrien said, "Come on, follow me."

"What does that mean?" Zuko growled.

"Oh, Zuzu, you are going to love me and hate me so much after this." Adrien replied simply. He darted into the crowd of rioting prisoners, weaving through the chaos, careful not to get hit or grabbed by someone. Everyone reluctantly followed him. He brought them closer and closer to where the Warden was before their path was cut off by two familiar people. Mai and Ty Lee. The two Fire Nation women stepped out in front of them. Mai's arms were folded and she was glaring at Zuko. Ty Lee looked incredibly nervous, glancing all around them. Sokka stopped in his tracks, grabbing Suki to steer them back the way they came and to get away from the crazy ladies. Sokka was caught off guard when Mai spoke up.

"What took you so long, golden boy?" She drawled, "I was getting bored." Adrien shrugged.

"Hard to find people in the middle of a riot. You have your uncle?" He asked. Sokka's jaw dropped.

"What is going on?!" He asked in confusion.

"Golden boy recruited us after Azula cornered him and left him in our care." Mai replied blandly, "Also, I needed to see Zuko so I could properly kill him for breaking up with me over a letter." Zuko gulped.

"Told you that you'd love and hate me for this." Adrien said with a shrug.

"...But ...but how? Why would you help us?" Sokka questioned.

"We do have morals." Ty Lee said softly, "And there are some things we can't just sit by and watch. Adrien showed us that. Fear or not. Sorry for Azula or not. We couldn't keep on the path we've been following. Bad things are going to happen, and I don't want to be a part of it."

Zuko got a look of understanding on his face.

"Adrien told you about the war meeting." Sokka frowned, he was clearing missing something here. Mai and Ty Lee just nodded.

"My family lives in the Earth Kingdom, Zuko. Don't think I'm doing this for you."

"Of course not." Zuko said. His expression was hard to read, but he seemed a bit conflicted, "Sokka, we can trust them."

"Just like that?" Sokka asked.

"Just like that." Adrien said. Sokka looked between the surrogate brothers before huffing.

"Okay fine. Welcome to Team Avatar."

"By the way, your plan is deeply flawed." Mai said simply, "My uncle would order the line to be cut regardless of if he were on board. I took the liberty of kidnapping him to keep him from stopping us, but Azula is still running about, trying to control the chaos. She's going to realize Adrien escaped soon enough. However, I do have an alternate plan."

"Which should keep them from cutting the line." Ty Lee said cheerfully, "Azula doesn't know we switched sides, and she thinks we are guarding Adrien. So, we are going to escort him, and a few guards, to her airship!"

"And steal the airship. With the riot distracting Azula and the others, and the Warden out of the way, they won't notice anything is off right away." Adrien explained, "Ty Lee already got some extra guard uniforms for Suki, Hokada, and Chit Sang. I suspected Chit Sang would be tagging along too. Mai got her uncle and stowed him and also retrieved our stuff."

"...That's actually not a bad idea." Hokada admitted.

"But we better hurry." Sokka said, "Before Azula does get control of the prisoners and the distraction is gone."

"And if this plan fails?" Zuko asked carefully.

"Then we're gonna need the Moth Miraculous." Adrien replied, "And a lot of luck."

Hello, everyone, Wolfal Hinsley here... It's been several months, but I have not abandoned this story. School just got really crazy and I've been exploring other story ideas (as well as a plausible plot-line for the sequel which is still in outline process) that I might be posting in the future after Sons of Destruction is done/almost to it's end. Sorry for taking so long to post chapter 75, but I have a break coming up, so hopefully (Cross your fingers on this) I'll get some more progress on Sons of Destruction and the sequel. With this in mind, I might wind up posting a few of my other stories (Not all are Miraculous related though I have developed a serious addiction to crossovers if you enjoy them...) During the the break between Sons of Destruction and sequel or sometime soon while I'm wrapping the first book up. (What a time to get so close to the end of a book, now that season 3 is over and everyone's waiting for season 4...) Thank you all for the support so far and I hope to post again as soon as possible!

Also, thank you for the reviews and critics so far. I plan on applying a lot of what I learned through writing this story to the sequel to hopefully make it worth the read!