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Unusual Circumstances	By : voyager Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > Slash - Male/Male > Aang/Zuko Views: 5136 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter-5

Prison Break

(Set During "Boiling Rock Pt. 1 & 2")

Sokka and Zuko made it to the island in the middle of the boiling lake just after midnight with only a slight hitch. Once the balloon was over the heated air coming off the volcanic lake, it no longer had any buoyancy, and they began to plummet! They just barely made it to the island, the basket of their balloon skimming across the surface like a skipped stone, until it came to rest on the island.

"What are you doing," Zuko whisper-shouted, when Sokka shoved the remains of the balloon into the boiling water and watched it sink. "It doesn't work anyways, and we don't want anyone finding it," Sokka whisper-shouted back. "I suspected we'd have a problem keeping it in the air over the boiling lake; I knew we'd have to find another way off this island."

Zuko could not believe what he was hearing, his uncle always said that he rushed into things without thinking them through, but this was madness! "You KNEW this would, happen and you came anyway? You're just making this up as you go along aren't you? Uncle Iroh always said I was too impulsive; but this is just nuts!"

Sokka had been expecting Zuko's arguments, and was prepared with answers to them. "One: I always think things through, but it hasn't always worked, so I decided to improvise this time. Two: I had to come and know for sure if my dad was here, no matter the risk. Three: I never wanted you to come along. In the grand scheme of things, I'm not that important, if I didn't come back from this, it wouldn't matter much. But you are important, Zuko; if you weren't around to support Aang, and teach him fire-bending, not only would it probably be impossible for him to defeat the Fire-lord and win this war, it would most likely crush his spirit as well!"

Zuko found himself completely dumbfounded by the forcefulness in Sokka's voice; he was also caught off-guard by Sokka's unexpected humility. Finally, Zuko was in awe of Sokka's unexpected faith, not only in his ability to prepare Aang, the Avatar, for his greatest challenge yet; but also in Zuko's ability to love and support Aang, the person, come what may! "Sokka, I didn't mean…" "I know, Zuko; forget about it."

They got into the prison using a combination of Sokka's tenacity, along with his instinctive engineering, and tunnel-rat skills; and Zuko's speed, stealth, and ability to get into even heavily guarded places with little or no commotion. Getting back out would be the real test of their abilities.

The two of them found themselves a couple of prison guard uniforms, and went about trying to find out if there were any Water-Tribe prisoners in the facility. It did not take the two boys long to come up dry. They met on a walkway overlooking the main courtyard of the prison. Zuko looked around to be sure they were out of earshot of any guards and said, "I checked around the lounge, there aren't any Water-tribe prisoners here, that anyone knows of Sokka; but supposedly there is going to be a new 'delivery' sometime this afternoon."

Sokka said, in frustration, "No, if he's not on this shipment, I've failed, again!" Zuko tried to think of something inspirational that his uncle might have said; nothing came to mind, at least he couldn't think of anything that made much sense.

Just then, Zuko realized Sokka had become very excited; he was leaning over the railing, so precariously that Zuko had to rush to pull him back in before he went over the edge. "Maybe, I haven't failed," Pointing to a female prisoner in the courtyard, sitting by herself, Sokka said, "That's Suki!"

Zuko wasn't sure who Suki was, but she was obviously very important to Sokka. Zuko thought she looked completely out of place and helpless in the yard full of ruffians. Then, Zuko noticed a number of very large, very angry looking prisoners glaring at her, but also giving her a very wide berth. From the looks of the black eyes, bruises, and splinted arms, and legs on the men, Suki was more than able to hold her own.

Sokka rushed off with Zuko hot on his heels. The two of them began making plans to get themselves and Suki off the island. Later, Sokka managed to slip into to Suki's cell unnoticed, just to reassure her that help was at hand. The two of them were overjoyed to be reunited, and for the first time in a long time, they both had reason to be hopeful again. Before they were discovered together, Sokka gave Suki a kiss and told her to sit tight; he would come and get her when the time was right to make their escape.

He met up with Zuko in a quiet corridor at their prearranged rendezvous time. "Sokka, Zuko said as calmly as he could, I heard that a Water-Tribe prisoner showed up with the new arrivals. He was being bullied by the warden, but the man held his own and apparently thoroughly humiliated the warden at the same time."

"That sounds like my dad, alright," Sokka said. The two of them rushed off to try to determine which cellblock the man was assigned to, and if it was actually Sokka's father, Hakoda. Sokka was elated when the discovered the Water-Tribe man really was his dad!

Unfortunately, before they could make their escape plans a reality, Zuko was found out by the warden; He was locked up like one of the prisoners, and the warden said he intended to turn Zuko over to the Fire-lord for a reward. Sokka knew he had to act fast; otherwise, neither he, nor his father, nor Suki and Zuko would ever get off the island alive.

After doing a little reconnaissance around the perimeter of the prison, Sokka came up with a plan, and if it worked, they would all get off the island without many problems at all. He found his father and friends in the prisoners' common area, apparently assigned cleaning duties, they were all holding mops.

He came to them and gathered them into a corner and stage whispered, "Oh good, you've all met." The three of them looked at each other, and then at him, and then at each other again. His Father and Zuko asked him simultaneously, "We have?" Suki provided the answer, "Actually, I have met you before," shooting Zuko a glare.

Sokka bit his lip, thinking 'This could get ugly.' Zuko clearly did not remember her, without her uniform and war paint. Sokka's father, Hakoda looked lost, at this point. "You kinda burned down my village," Suki snapped in the general direction of the prince. "You're from Kyoshi?" Zuko asked her, with shame in his voice. She nodded, but remained silent; catching Sokka's nervous glances around the lounge to be certain they were not attracting attention.

Hakoda whispered to the kids, "Will somebody please fill me in here?" Sokka explained, "Dad this is my girlfriend, Suki. She's the leader of the Kyoshi warriors, and she is going to escape with us." To her, Sokka explained, "Suki, this is my father, Hakoda." "Dad, Suki, this is;" here Sokka closed his eyes and took a deep breath, opened his eyes, and whispered, "Prince Zuko of the Fire-nation." Both Suki and Hakoda looked at Sokka as if he had lost his mind.

"Don't worry," Sokka quickly told them, "Zuko is on our side now, and he's my friend." Sokka emphasized the last two words, so his Father and Suki knew that Zuko could be trusted. It was also to let Zuko know he had earned Sokka's friendship and forgiveness.

"I never would've made here to find you without his help," Sokka explained to them. "It's a pleasure to meet you both, on good terms this time," Zuko said, giving a small smile to Suki. Sokka's father first gave a hug to Suki and made a wry comment about Sokka having good taste.

Then, he extended a hand to Zuko, "It's a pleasure to meet any trusted friend of my son's." "It's an honor to meet you, sir." Zuko replied and at the same time realized that there had never been all that many people who had ever rated an automatic 'sir' from him before.

Sokka began to get nervous, prisoners and guards did not normally stand around in corners having friendly conversations. They had to speed things up. "O.K., listen, we're going to unbolt one of the coolers and roll it into the water, they're insulated to keep the cold as well as fire-bending prisoners contained, right?"

"Yeah," the three of them said in unison, they were still not quite certain Sokka had not lost his mind. "Well, that insulation makes it the perfect boat for getting across the boiling lake."

Suki, Hakoda and Zuko shared glances, and Hakoda confirmed his son's theory, "It could just work."

"But wouldn't they just sink the cooler, or drag it back here with one of their harpoon guns?" Suki asked, looking toward Zuko, and Zuko nodded, confirming that that was exactly what they would do.

"They probably would do just that," Sokka agreed, "In fact; I'm counting on it, because that is our decoy, our real way off is going to be to be on the gondola. We'll ride it out to the rim of the volcano, hijack one of the Fire-nation airships moored there, and then bing-bang-boom, we're home free."

"What's to stop them from just cutting the gondola lines?" Hakoda asked his son. Sokka answered, "Because we're going to take the warden as our hostage; they wouldn't dare cut the lines with him on board." One by one, they grinned and Zuko said, "Way to think things through, Sokka!"
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