Fire Burns and Ice Freeze

Lake Laogai

"The Avatar is here in Ba Sing Se and he's lost his bison." Zuko said

Iroh stops packing and takes the flyer from Zuko's hands.

"We have a chance for a new life here. If you start stirring up trouble, we could lose all the good things that are happening for us." Iroh said

"Good things that are happening for you! Have you ever thought that I want more from life than a nice apartment and a job serving tea?" Zuko asked

"There is nothing wrong with a life of peace and prosperity. I suggest you think about with it is that you want from your life and why." Iroh said

"I want my destiny." Zuko said

"What that means is up to you. (Zuko leaves the room) Oh Kida, how about The Tea Weevil! (I raise an eyebrow) You're right that's stupid." Iroh said

I shake my head and leave the room to look for Zuko, I find him in his room. I walk in and shut the door. He looks up at then, falls backwards onto the bed.

"I know. I know what you are going to say. I know that I should drop it, to be happy. I just can't." Zuko said

I sat down on the edge of the bed.

"This is the last I'm going to say about all of this. I'm done Zuko, I'm done with all of this. Make up your mind. It was just a few days ago that you told me you were done going after Aang. But now that you know he is in the city you want to go back to hunting him like he is some kind of animal. You need to make your mind, and you need to do it soon. Are you going to keep hunting a human a person like he is an animal or are you going to stop and try to be happy here with Iroh...with me?" I asked

I stood up kissed his cheek and went to leave his room, but he grabbed my wrist.

"Did we just break-up?" Zuko asked

"No." I said

He nodded and let go. I left his room to go help Iroh finish packing. That night Iroh and I saw Zuko leave the little armpartment dressed as the blue spirit. A tear escaped my eye.

"Are you okay?" Iroh asked

"I just wish he picked differently." I said

"There is still time." Iroh said

I nodded. We followed him, we stuck to the shadows.

On looker's Pov:

A Dai Li agent prepare his rock gloves, but pauses when figure turns into an alley. The agent runs to the alley and sees a figure, he fires his rock gloves at the figures chest and head, knocking off the stuffed figure's head and knocking it down.

"Huh?" the agent asked

There is a whisper of a drawn blade behind the agent, the Blue Spirit captures him and places one of his swords to the agent's neck.

"If you don't want to end up like him, you'll do what I say." the blue spirit said

The agent answer's all of the Blue Spirit's questions. Once the spirit is done he knocks the agent out, and leaves the agent to head to where the agent told him to go. Little did the spirit know he was being followed by his Uncle, and Kida.

Time skip to arriving at Appa's holding cell :p

The blue spirit opening a door in a secret bunker under Lake Laogai. The noise of the door opening wakes Appa up. The Blue Spirit walks in Appa makes a noise.

"Expecting someone else?" Zuko asked

Appa continues to growl at the Blue Spirit. Appa tries to strike Zuko, but his chained feet hold him back.

"You're mine now." Zuko said

The door opens again, Iroh and Kida walk into the room.

"Uncle? Kida?" the spirit (Zuko) asked

"So, the Blue Spirit. I wonder who could be behind that mask..." Iroh trailed off

Zuko sighs and takes off the mask.

"What are you two doing here?" Zuko asked

"I was just about to ask you the same thing. What do you plan to do now that you've found the Avatar's bison? Keep him locked in our new apartment? Should I go put on a pot of tea for him?" Iroh asked

"First I have to get it out of here." Zuko said

"Zuko, Appa is a living thing. NOT an object for you to use in your weird quest for the Avatar." I said

Zuko just looked away from us.

"And what if you get out of here? You never think these things through! This is exactly what happened when you captured the Avatar at the North Pole! You had him, and then you had nowhere to go!" Iroh said

"I would have figured something out!" Zuko said

"No! If his friends which are also Kida's siblings hadn't found you, you would have frozen to death!" Iroh said

"I know my own destiny, Uncle!" Zuko said

"Is it your own destiny, or is it a destiny someone else has tried to force on you?" Iroh asked

"Stop it, Uncle! I have to do this!" Zuko said

"No you don't. You can let him go and we can go back to how it was before you found out the Aang was in the city." I said

Zuko looked at me.

"I'm begging you, Prince Zuko! It's time for you to look inward and begin asking yourself the big questions. Who are you, and what do you want?" Iroh asked

Zuko scrams loudly, throwing down his words and the Blue Sprit mask. He reaches up and grabs ahold of his hair. It takes him a few seconds before he moves over to the chains on Appa and let him go. We left the room. We were walking down the hall when I heard voices in a room. I stopped and entered the room. I saw Smellerbee and Longshot sitting and looking over Jet. I walked over to them. Jet looked like he was in a lot of pain.

"What happened?" I asked

"Long Feng. It's a long story. Can you help him?" Smellerbee asked

I looked down at Jet. I took water from the air, and wrapped it around my hands. I moved them over his body looking for what was wrong. I could not detect a sole problem I could feel multiple.

"He is hurt very badly, what exactly happened?" I asked

"Long Feng striked Jet with a uplifted rock, it knocked him to the ground." Smellerbee said

I nodded my head, I reached my hands behind my neck and took the necklace with the crystal off. I laid it down on Jet's chest, it glowed, I picked it up. I put my hand on this chest where the crystal was. Once I removed my hand a few seconds passed before the he opened his eyes and moved around.

"You need to get out of the city. I don't where you should go, but it won't be safe here for much longer." I said

Longshot nodded his head. I got back up and headed to the door, where Zuko and Iroh were standing. I followed them back up to the surface. Once we get to the surface Zuko moves and stands by the surface of the lake.

Zuko's Pov:

I stand and look down at the surface of the water to see myself looking back up and me. Then I see Kida standing next to me. She grabs ahold of my hand. Iroh walks up on the other side of me.

"You did the right thing, nephew." Iroh said

I looked down at the mask in my hand.

"Leave it behind." Iroh said

I nod my head and throw the mask into the lake. I hold onto Kida's hand tighter.

"Let's go back." I said