"You know... when you said that you had the avatar captured, I thought he would be in chains. Or restrained in some way..." Azula said as she turned to general Zhao, whose face had turned red in embarrassment and fear.
"But apparently according to your definition, being restrained means keeping the master of four elements free inside a cloth tent"
" s*** those guys are trouble"
"Do you know who they are?"
Aang asked
"Yeah the one in the left's the weirdo clown girl. The bored looking girl in the right is an assassin, And the girl in the middle is my crazy sister.
"Your sister?"
"My crazy sister" Zuko corrected Aang under his breath. And he dodged a few knives that would've pierced his right arm.
"Just... do me a favour and don't try to fight with her until you completely master at least one element. I really don't want to wait for the next avatar to sort this mess-eep!"
Zuko dodged another pair of knives, this time aimed at his groin.
"Oi! Watch where you are throwing those things! "
"Don't worry, next time I won't miss." Mai replied and both Aang and Zuko began to sweat .
"I think I/ you really should get us out of here."
'swish!'
another knife flew over Zuko's head, almost scratching his shiny bald head as he ducked out of the way. Then he jumped sideways to avoid a ball of blue fire as it blew past his ear.
Whoosh whoosh
Fireballs flew around him as Zuko danced around the tent, dodging the blue and yellow color that burned the tent down.
"Just use air bending and us out of here!"
"Kinda busy at the moment!" Zuko yelled as he dodged another projectile , then limbo down dodging another fireball that cooked his face from the sheer heat.
"And in case you don't know, I can't bend air"
"Hey, what are you doing over there? " Azula asked as she shot another stream of fire, causing Zuko to drop and roll. "Are you talking to some of those imaginary avatar spirit thingies!? Are they here to help you cross to the other side?"
""Shut up!""
Zuko yelled then rolled back as Zhao shot a ball of fire from the side. When he saw the middle aged man though, something inside him snapped.
'Get lost'
Both Zuko and Aang had the same thought as Zuko fell into his familiar fire bending stance on instinct. His lungs expanded as he inhaled sharply, breathing as Uncle Iroh had drilled him for weeks. At the same time, Aang's eyes glowed blue as his anger towards the man that endangered the safety of his friends managed to briefly unlock the avatar state. Zuko's own rage, and desire for revenge combined with them before giving birth to a flame at his fist.
WOOOOOSSSSSHHHHH
The side of the tent blew up as a jet of flame burning pure white obliterated the fragile cloth before burning everything in its path. Inside the tent, Zhao stood, his armor steaming and his face red. His expression was one of disbelief and shock while all of his hair had taken an early leave unable to take the heat, leaving the old man completely bald.
"Impossible!"
Zuko and Aang turned around to see the girl squad stunned for words. Mai and Ty Lee stood dumbfounded, while Azula's expression was unreadable. There was fury, fear, disbelief and something more, that Zuko couldn't begin to process.
"IMPOSSIBLE!"
She yelled, louder again, as she hurled a ball of blue flame which Zuko dodged with ease.
"Impossible, no one can bend flames hotter than mine!"
She blasted him with a stream of blue fire, but Zuko made a dome of white fire to withstand it. However, despite the futility, she continued the attack.
"Impossible, impossible... No one can bend white flames. No one."
Zuko exploded the fire dome, throwing the princess off her feet. Then with a hesitant gaze at his sister, that considered killing her for a moment, he blasted off, using jet step to fly away.
"GET BACK HERE, DO YOU HERE ME! I ORDER YOU TO GET BACK HERE!"
Zuko didn't care. He flipped the bird and flew away while the screams turned more and more psychotic, while ignoring Aang's gaze.
"We don't talk about her."