Ahhh! Sorry that I've been gone for so long! :( I've had this chapter done (except for minor editing) for over two months, but totally forgot that I did, so sorry! :/

Also, for those who are reading Freaky Fireday, I didn't forget about that story either! I've written three different versions of chapter three, but I didn't like any of them! I'm gonna start working on the fourth version (which I like the most) probably tomorrow or Wednesday, so I'll have it done soon since Spring Break starts for me on Thursday, squee! :'D Anyway, enjoy! :3

"WHAT?" I just wasted all this time on a useless non-bender. Even though he is my father, I shouldn't have come here. I could've found someone else who knew where to find the resistance. "Well come on! We have to jump if we don't want this to be for nothing." She grabbed her father by his arm and managed to propel them up on top of the cell, then cut through the metal bars covering the window with her fire daggers. She climbed out onto the ledge, then grabbed her father's hand once he was outside, then jumped off of the building and immediately had all of her free limbs firebend rockets so their descent would be far slower so they would not have to face the hinderance of broken bones.

"The avatar!" Ozai pointed to an outline that was quickly nearing. Azula swore and stopped firebending so they would drop from the last two stories more quickly. Ignoring the sharp pain that shot through her legs as soon as she landed on the rough volcanic rock, she grabbed her father's arm and struggled to pull him up. Prison has really weakened him.

"Come on! We have to get into the forest if we want a chance to escape!" Azula pulled at her father's wrist urgently. Ozai struggled to his feet, and the two sprinted towards the forest edge, now a hundred yards away and quickly nearing. We're not going to outrun him. Instead of slowing so she could surrender and possibly get a less horrible punishment, Azula released her father's arm and created rockets behind her hands and feet, doubling her speed, and leaving her father far behind her. Still, even with her boost, the avatar's shadow was now in front of her.

Aang landed landed lightly on his feet about fifty yards in front of the two once-royals and twirled his glider shut. "Stop! You know that since I can now access the avatar state easily, you will be beaten. If you surrender now, you won't be punished."

Azula stopped once she was just barely far away enough to easily dodge any of the Avatar's potential attacks. "Oh really? I need to surrender? Telling me you can access your avatar state is hardly a threat, because it would just give me an opportunity to create a scar in you front to match the one in the back!"

"Your taunts may work easily on others, but you can't upset me to the point of having impaired fighting." Aang replied with a calm demeanor, but the way his hand tightened its grip on the glider may have suggested otherwise.

"So you're just going to stay here and wait until you've spent precious time trying to defeat me and make me a prisoner once again? For a boy who everyone claims to have great intelligence, that is a fairly foolish move."

"Why?" Aang asked in a unbelieving tone.

"Why should I tell you, oh great avatar?" She replied with mock admiration. "Why don't you just use your 'all-powerful' avatar state so you can discover another big mistake that you have made?"

Aang glared at her, but no greater reaction was aroused.

"So, you're just going to stand by and keep an eye on me instead of saving your precious friends from being abducted? I'm truly touched by how much you care about me."

"How could you hurt them? You're all the way over here, while they're still at the asylum!"

Azula shot her arms in the air and released a huge puff of blue flame from both fists, creating a huge v-shaped beacon that could be seen from anywhere in the capital. Aang's eyes widened at his mistake and took a step backwards.

"You're cooperation is highly appreciated, avatar. I'll be on my way now, but don't worry, I'll make sure to send you a thank you card as soon as I can." Azula and her father started to walk towards the forest once more, as if Aang wasn't even a threat anymore. Their stroll was immediately halted when Aang angrily bended the black rock until it enveloped everything but their necks and heads.

"What did you just signal?" Aang demanded as he pointed his glider towards Azula threateningly.

"How do you know I signaled anything?" She questioned.

"Because I have enough experience from the past that you don't just do anything without a reason! Now tell me what you did!"

"Are you sure? I just escaped from a high security asylum an hour ago, and my father has been out of prison for even less time than I have. Do you honestly think we could have planned something so major that it will endanger the safety of your friends?"

"Long Feng overthrew the generals in his cell at Ba Sing Se, why should I not believe that you created a trap for me and my friends while you were in yours?"

Azula stood frozen in place with smug silence, clearly pleased with the avatar's reaction.

"Unless you want to know what it feels like to be buried alive, I suggest that you tell me what you ordered your followers to do NOW!" Aang's eyes blazed with fury, as if flames were leaking from his pupils and had caught fire to his deep grey irises.

"Several resistance members will ambush them, block their chi, and cover them with wooden restraints. By this time now, the job is probably done and they've been taken to a hidden room in the network under the city. It's too far below us to find with earthbending, so you will never see them again unless you release me and my father right this instant." Azula replied with disinterest.

The fire in Aang's eyes grew hotter, but other emotions were now mixed in. And now to go in for the kill.

"Think of it, Aang," Azula added with a sympathetic and caring tone "Katara and Toph, two of your best friends and element teachers, gone forever. All because you refused to release two lowly prisoners of war that only wanted freedom, and nothing more. That kiss your shared with Katara on the way to 'visit' me… your last one. And no more sarcastic comments from Toph, either. No loving hugs, no more bonding…" Aang looked away and Azula smirked as she added. "She was crazy about you, I could tell the moment she walked into my room. But now, since you refuse to release us… You could never have those children that Aunt Wu talked about." It may have sounded stalkerish to say that, but she saw The Boy in the Iceburg, and the play writers definitely did their homework.

The rocks around Azula and Ozai crumbled, turned to ash, and blew away in the gentle breeze. The two started to circumference Aang and walk towards the forest that was so near, but the rock underneath swallowed them until only their heads peeked out. They shot up at least fifty feet into the air, and the avatar, his tattoos and eyes now glowing, floated up until he was face to face with Azula.

"Where are they?" His distorted voice filled the princess with a near-paralyzing fear.

"Our agreement?" Azula tried to maintain a steady tone.

"Tell me where they are NOW!" The rock around her tightened.

"A hundred feet underneath the asylum, there's a path right in the middle of two lakes of lava. Go in the northern direction until there's a hole that you slide down and then go down that path until you reach the fifth door on the right. There's a huge opening and your friends will be in the rooms that are on the opposite sides!" Not able to look away from his face, she closed her eyes. The rock loosened around her, so she opened her eyes only to realized that the avatar was now far away. The distant shouting of guards meant only one thing; they were coming to retrieve the prisoners.

"Did you really plan out all of that?" Ozai asked incredulously.

"No, I lied, and the avatar is obviously as gullible as his friends. Now how do we get out of this mess?" She tried in vain to break free from the rock by moving her body around. The nearing voices of the guards meant that she had very little time to figure out a way to escape from her bonds. How about I try to burn my way out? She tried to crane her neck to breathe fire on the rock, but to no avail. Maybe if I start melting from the inside… Azula released a strong of a heat as she could from her hands, hoping to get some kind of decent result from this attempt to escape.

"EAUGH!" She hissed, then bit her lip until blood swelled as her hands were burned from the heated rock. The guards were now outside of the prison and closing the distance between them. I'm not going back there in that hell where I'm mocked by the avatar and his friend day in and day out… She tried to bend lightning into the rock to destroy it, but that too failed.

The guards were almost upon them. Ozai glanced over at his daughter with a look of desperation. He had no ideas on how to escape, and neither did she.

"Where are they hiding?" Azula demanded.

"Who?"

"The resistance! I know that members have come in secret to talk to you!"

"Well, uh… They didn't tell me exatly where they were hiding because they had to speak in code, but the clue they gave me was, uh…" He frowned, trying to remember the words.

"Well? I need to know now!" The guards started to circle around to two rock pillars.

"Turtleducklings always love to be hand fed bread."

"What?" She hissed. The rocks they were in were dropped to the ground by some of the earthbending guards. The rocks were removed, except for an inch thick connected barrier around Azula's hands and feet, and handcuffs on Ozai.

"There is nowhere to go, except for the asylum, princess. You might have gotten far on your escape plan, but this is the end of the line for you and your father." The head guard barked with a gruff, raspy voice.

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Aang landed heavily in the asylum's courtyard and struck the ground with his glider, creating a deep hole in the earth.

"Woah, woah, woah. Where do you think you're going, Twinkletoes?" Toph and Katara sprinted from the garden towards him.

"Yeah, and where's Azula?"

"She and her father are trapped in rock and some guards are taking care of them while we speak. I guess she was wrong about you two being hopelessly outmatched by the people she sent after you."

"Wait… What people?" Toph asked.

"Yeah, we've been sitting around waiting for you." Katara added.

Aang paled. "She lied to me… again. Ugh, why am I such an idiot?" He sent out a huge blast of air from his glider. Toph and Katara covered their faces to stop the whirlwind from getting dirt caught in their eyes.

"So, you're saying she told you that she had sent men to capture us… and you believed her?" Toph accused.

"You know the way she is! She did it all sneaky like so anyone would believe her!"

"Well, we better go over to where she is and make sure that they don't manage to escape."

"They're at the prison, let's go." Aang twirled open his glider and took off.

"Yeah, I guess we should fly after him now." Toph replied sarcastically.

"Well, Appa's nearby, so we can take him." As if on cue, Appa landed on the ground next to the two. "Let's go."

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"See guys? Just like I told you. Azula and Ozai are now prisoners once again." Aang folded his arms and smiled.

"That's strange… It could be a trick by Azula."

"How can it be a trick? Her hands and feet are bound together!" Toph rolled her eyes.

Aang walked up to Azula, who was being dragged by her arms. She looked up at Aang and gave him a twisted smile. "You haven't beaten me." She growled.

"What do you me- AUGH!" Fire sprayed his face and ignited his clothes. Azula flipped and kicked the guard who was holding her in the back of the head. Since he was the one who had restrained her with rocks originally, the cuffs on her and Ozai broke apart easily.

"You little…" Toph turned the earth from her to Azula into quicksand, but the princess dodged her strike and blasted fire at the two girls, who defended themselves with surrounding elements easily. The setting sun cast long shadows as the princess tried desperately to defeat the guards and the avatar's group before it set.

After getting a break in the crowd of attackers, she fled towards the trees, only for the nearest two to turn into water and blast her onto the ground. The water surrounding her turned to ice and restrained her body. Katara, who was standing a few feet away from Azula, smiled as she returned back to her normal stance.

The sun was now almost under the horizon. "Come on Azula! All you have to do is break free from the ice before the sun sets!" Zaiyana cheered.

"HRRR-AH!" The ice shattered as soon as she blasted it and jumped out of her containment. Taking her opponents by surprise, she twisted out two long fire ropes and lashed at them, forcing them to keep their distance. She slowly backed towards the forest as she held her whips threateningly. "Anyone who bends at me or makes any move at all will get a melted face!"

The group stood where the were, unsure how to respond. Aang glanced behind him, noticing the full moon that was now rising into the sky. "Katara, the moon!" He hissed.

Katara looked at Aang, shocked that he of all people would suggest her to bloodbend. "Aang…" tears welled up. Every time she bloodbended, she never felt so alive, but she also never felt so terrible and monstrous. The look that each person gave her when she bended their blood was the same- a plead that she would stop and have mercy. Each person thought he was going to die… Each person probably had wished he had. Azula was about to escape, though, and who knows what she would do as soon as she's free. Katara sighed in defeat and shot her hands out and twisted them.

Azula glared at Katara. She lashed out her ropes towards her. "Fool of a peas-AH!" The air left her voice as she gasped. The fire dissolved into the air when her arms stopped in mid-slice. "What's happening to me?" She looked at Katara, genuinely terrified. She struggled against her own body, trying to regain control. Katara smiled as her eyes glinted with anger and bloodthirst. She forced Azula to march towards her, then brought her to her knees and forced her to look her in the eye.

"Please don't hurt me." She whispered as she began to hyperventilate.

"Are you going to try to escape?"

"No…"

"Will you attack the guards or nurses?"

"No."

"Will you attack Aang, Toph, or me?"

"No!"

"Will you attack Iroh or Zuko?"

Azula glared at Katara venomously, only for Katara to tighten her grip on her. "No! NO! Please, just let me go!" Azula sobbed. A moment later, she received her wish and collapsed to the ground, panting heavily. The guards collected the princess and marched off while the three stayed behind. Katara stared at the moon, a tear broke off from the film that pooled at her eyes and dropped from her chin onto the ground. Aang wrapped an arm around her comfortingly.

Toph considered giving her an affectionate dead-arm, but thought better of it