The iron made everything around Toph feel rounded and larger than it was. The Dai Li loomed in front of her as she followed. When they turned a corner, and she felt Zuko hit the ground, she had to fight not to run, to let her feet hammer against the cold, hard metal.
Toph felt the metal cell door open and swing closed again, and she pressed herself against the wall, hoping she was in the shadows. People always talked about shadows. As the Dai Li agents walked past her, she held her breath, and when she couldn’t feel their footsteps ringing in the iron anymore, she let out a sigh of relief.
There were other people in that cell. Sokka!
Her hands found the cell door, and she planted her palms against it. It screeched as it crumpled under them. “You guys need some help? Or are you just waiting for something?”
“Toph!” Sokka leapt over to her and dragged her into a tight hug. “Where’d you learn to do that?”
“I am very glad to see you, Miss Bei Fong.” The Earth king rose to his feet. “But I’m not leaving without Bosco.”
Zuko groaned. Toph wriggled out of Sokka’s grasp and poked his shoulder. “You gonna get up anytime soon, lazy?”
He unfolded himself, and stood up, but after they all filed out of the cell, he braced himself on the threshold and stared down at the mangled door. Toph turned back to him. “What are you waiting for?”
“Nothing,” he mumbled, turning away.
They were only ever going to rescue him when he was with someone they actually wanted to rescue. Toph liked Sokka.
It would have been better if he had just left, if he had just gone home. Azula made it sound so easy, as if his father really wanted him.
“Come on,” she growled, grabbing his arm.
And Zuko followed.
And the fact that Zuko doesn't get to fight at all in CoD in this AU is a tremendous blow to his pride, ;)
Re: Iroh dies in s2: Crossroads of Destiny, Pt 5/5
Toph felt the metal cell door open and swing closed again, and she pressed herself against the wall, hoping she was in the shadows. People always talked about shadows. As the Dai Li agents walked past her, she held her breath, and when she couldn’t feel their footsteps ringing in the iron anymore, she let out a sigh of relief.
There were other people in that cell. Sokka!
Her hands found the cell door, and she planted her palms against it. It screeched as it crumpled under them. “You guys need some help? Or are you just waiting for something?”
“Toph!” Sokka leapt over to her and dragged her into a tight hug. “Where’d you learn to do that?”
“I am very glad to see you, Miss Bei Fong.” The Earth king rose to his feet. “But I’m not leaving without Bosco.”
Zuko groaned. Toph wriggled out of Sokka’s grasp and poked his shoulder. “You gonna get up anytime soon, lazy?”
He unfolded himself, and stood up, but after they all filed out of the cell, he braced himself on the threshold and stared down at the mangled door. Toph turned back to him. “What are you waiting for?”
“Nothing,” he mumbled, turning away.
They were only ever going to rescue him when he was with someone they actually wanted to rescue. Toph liked Sokka.
It would have been better if he had just left, if he had just gone home. Azula made it sound so easy, as if his father really wanted him.
“Come on,” she growled, grabbing his arm.
And Zuko followed.
And the fact that Zuko doesn't get to fight at all in CoD in this AU is a tremendous blow to his pride, ;)