The Fifth Column - Final Chapter!
Title: The Fifth Column
Chapter Title: Change
Word Count: 9,450
Summary: Katara watched the masked figure silently twirl the blade in his hand. The Fifth Column’s greatest assassin had been sent there to kill her or break her, or maybe it was both. Either way, they wanted their answers; it was the reason she had been kidnapped in the first place ... or so she thought.
“But I can’t let a tyrant sit on my throne!”
“Patience,” Iroh said, placing a hand on his nephew’s shoulder. “Tyranny cannot endure forever. By its very nature it rots everything it rules, including itself.” He slipped his arms up his sleeves and shrugged. “But then that can take a lifetime, so you’ll need to accelerate the process or stop it altogether.”
“And how do you propose I do that?”
“Hey, that’s what we’re here for,” Sokka said, tapping at his temple. “We’re your think tank, buddy. We’ll come up with a plan.”
“Great.”
“Don’t worry, Zuko,” Aang said, nudging a grumpy-faced Zuko in the ribs. “We’ll find a way. We always do.”
Chapter Title: Change
Word Count: 9,450
Summary: Katara watched the masked figure silently twirl the blade in his hand. The Fifth Column’s greatest assassin had been sent there to kill her or break her, or maybe it was both. Either way, they wanted their answers; it was the reason she had been kidnapped in the first place ... or so she thought.
“But I can’t let a tyrant sit on my throne!”
“Patience,” Iroh said, placing a hand on his nephew’s shoulder. “Tyranny cannot endure forever. By its very nature it rots everything it rules, including itself.” He slipped his arms up his sleeves and shrugged. “But then that can take a lifetime, so you’ll need to accelerate the process or stop it altogether.”
“And how do you propose I do that?”
“Hey, that’s what we’re here for,” Sokka said, tapping at his temple. “We’re your think tank, buddy. We’ll come up with a plan.”
“Great.”
“Don’t worry, Zuko,” Aang said, nudging a grumpy-faced Zuko in the ribs. “We’ll find a way. We always do.”