Aya's POV

It's only been a few minutes since Aang left and I still haven't gotten over the fact that I'm his girlfriend. I'm so happy right now, but at the same time I feel guilty. I still need to tell him
about my firebending and this Fire Angel thing.

Interrupting my thoughts, we all saw Aang and Momo fly back over to us and land in front of us.

"Aang, what are you doing here? I thought you were looking for Appa." Katara asked him with surprise.

"I was, but something stopped me." Aang told me. "Something big."

We all went over to the wall and Aang and Toph used earthbending to transport us up the wall.

"Now what's so big that Appa has to wait?" Sokka questions.

"That." Aang pointed to a large, moving object in the distance. My eyes went wide when I spotted and I folded my arms. Just when everything was perfect, this happens to us.

The large object looked like a drill that was going to impail the wall and invade the city.

I think Aang noticed my downcast attitude and wrapped an arm around me.

"I thought everything was okay for right now." I sighed sadly, resting my head on his shoulder.

"I know." He mumbled and kissed my temple softly.

"We made it to Ba Sing Se, and we're still not safe. No one is." Ying cried with disparity and their family hugged.

"What are you people doing here?" We turned to see a guard had approached us. "Civilians aren't allowed on the wall."

Aang let me go and stepped forward determined. "I'm the Avatar. Take me to whoever's in charge."

The guard listened and took us over to the General who was sitting at a desk that was under a covered part of the bridge.

"It is an honor to welcome you to the outer wall young Avatar, but your help is not needed." The general informed Aang and this confused us.

Does he not see the giant drill driving toward the city?

"Not needed?" Aang asked.

"Not needed. I have the situation under control." The General smugly explained and I raised my eyebrow at him. "I assure you the Fire Nation cannot penetrate this wall. Many have tried to break through it, but none have succeeded."

The General rises and leads us back out to the open part of the bridge again. Aang gripped my hand tightly as we followed him and we noticed many soldiers standing by with multiple piles of rocks that were ready to be launched.

"What about the Dragon of the West? He got in." Toph protested.

The General was startled by her comment before speaking. "Well...uh...technically yes. But he was quickly expunged." Toph rolled her eyes at him. "Nevertheless, that is why the city is named Ba Sing Se. It's the impenetrable city. They don't call it Na Sing Se" He lets out a laugh before finishing. "That means penetrable city."

"Yeah, thanks for the tour, but we still got the drill problem." Toph reminded him.

The General peers over the ledge to look out at the drill. "Not for long. To stop it, I've sent an elite platoon of earthbenders called the Terra Team."

I don't think a bunch of elite earthbenders can penetrate a large, metal drill. The rocks would be useless against it, it wouldn't do any damage whatsoever.

"That's a good name, very catchy." Sokka commented, thoughtfully.

The General looks through a telescope to view what was happening. I couldn't tell what was exactly going on but I was able to see many earthbenders get knocked down.

The General pulls away with panic and flails his arms. "We're doomed!"

Sokka slaps the General in the face to contain him. "Get ahold of yourself man!"

The General calms down and rubs his cheek. "You're right. I'm sorry."

"Maybe you'd like the Avatar's help now?" I asked the general with a smug grin.

Said General meekly approaches Aang and speaks with a timid voice. "Yes, please."

We continued to observe the vile drill that was getting closer and closer. Now, I was able to see it more clearly and the drill had multiple tanks following it in a 'V formation.

"The question is, how are we gonna stop that thing?" Aang asked the question we were all thinking before we all turned to our idea guy, Sokka.

"Why are you all looking at me?" Sokka asked us with confusion.

"You're the idea guy." Aang remarked.

"So I'm the only one who can ever come up with a plan?" Sokka complained and I frowned at this. "That's a lot of pressure."

"And also the complaining guy." I added, causing Aang and my sister to chuckle.

"That part I don't mind." Sokka states.

The members of the Terra Team returned from
battle but they were paralyzed. Almost like something was blocking them from moving any limb in their body. Who is able to do that?

We were in the infirmary and Katara was attempting to heal one of the fallen warriors with her bending.

"What's wrong with him? He doesn't look injured." General Sung asked.

"His Chi is blocked." Katara informed dissipating her bending. "Who did this to you?"

"Two girls ambushed us. "The solider moaned, "one of them hit me with a bunch of quick jabs, and suddenly I couldn't earthbend, and I could barely move... and then she cart wheeled away."

My eyes widened a bit at that last part. Ty Lee. That perky, circus chick knows the human body like no one else and takes you out from the inside.

"Ty Lee." I spoke and everyone looked at me. "She doesn't look dangerous but she knows the human body and it's weak points. It's like she takes you down from the inside."

"Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo!" Sokka gestures widely with excitement.

I think he has an idea. Just a hunch.

"Yes?" Katara questions.

"What Aya just said, that's how we're gonna take down the Drill." Sokka explained with anxiousness. "The same way Ty Lee took down all these big earthbenders."

Take down the drill from the inside and hitting it's pressure points.

"By hitting its pressure points!" Toph exclaims enthusiastically.

Aang looks outside to the drill. "We'll take it down from the inside."

——

"Aya." I looked over and saw Aang was approaching me.

I put Bubbles down and she curled up next to my feet. We were about to go take out the drill and I was gonna leave her here because this was too dangerous to take her with me.

"Yes?"

Aang seemed hesitant on replying and I titled my head with concern. "What is it?"

"I know you're not gonna like hearing this but I think you should stay here where it's safe." Aang admitted and I folded my arms with a frown.

"What? Why?" I asked him feeling hurt. "I can fight. I can handle this."

"I know you can, but I just don't want to see you hurt." Aang nervously told me and I averted my eyes from him.

If I had told him I was a firebender this wouldn't of happened.

"I'm sorry, but I'm going." I walked passed him and over to my siblings and Toph who were waiting for us.

"Aya, I'm sorry."

I ignored his calls and shook my head as we descended off the wall.

All of us hid in a trench so we can devise a plan on taking this out. I purposely stayed away from Aang because I was upset with him and I could see the sadness in his eyes. I ignored his dismayed eyes and looked at Toph who was explaining her plan on getting inside the drill.

"Once I whip up some cover, you're not gonna be able to see, so stay close to me." Toph explains gesturing to the drill.

Toph leaps out of the trench and stomps her foot on the ground with a strenuous bending gesture. She sends a mighty blast of dust and pebbles into the air that covers all of us allowing us to run through without being spotted.

"Run!" Toph yells and all of race into the dust cloud behind her. We got close enough to the drill and stopped in the shadow of the drill and Toph bended a hole into the ground.

"Everyone into the hole!"

All of us hopped into the hole and Toph shield it shut, leaving nothing but darkness surrounding us.

"It's so dark down here, I can't see a thing!" Sokka states.

"Oh no, what a nightmare!" Toph sarcastically retorts.

"Sorry..."

We followed Toph underground to get closer to the drill before Toph emerges from the ground above us by using her bending. We stood underneath the vile machine and there was a small opening in front of us.

"Look! We can enter through there!" I exclaimed before I ran up to it and hung upside down to lift the others up. I catch Katara, then Aang, and then Sokka, boosting them all I rn the drill individually.

Toph didn't move and Sokka peeked his head out.

"Toph, come on!"

She looked resigned, shaking her head. "No way am I going in that metal monster. I can't bend in there. I'll try to slow it down out here."

"Okay, good luck!" Sokka yells over to sound before we both disappear into the drill.

Sokka and I catch up to my sister and Aang and we carefully walk into a red-lit area that was filled with valves and pipes.

Sokka examines some pipes, "I need a plan of this machine. Some schematics that show what the inside looks like. Then we can find it's weak points."

"Where are we gonna get something like that?" Aang asked and right then Sokka chops off a valave with his machete. "What are you doing! Someone's gonna hear us!"

Aang looks worried as the room fill with steam but I reminded calm. The engineers the run this drill will come to fix this broken valve.

"That's the point. I figure a machine this big needs engineers to run it, and when something breaks..." Sokka trailed off and Katara finished it.

"They come to fix it."

Aang, Katara, am I share pleased smiles before we ran to hid from an engineer. Moments later, a Fire Nation engineer walked by and I felt a tap on my shoulder.

"Not now, Aang." I muttered to him.

"I'm sorry for what I said earlier-"

I turned to him with a stern look. "Do you really think this is the best time to talk about this?"

Aang opened his mouth to speak but he lowered his head sadly and I turned away from him. I feel bad for being so harsh but he did upset me by implying that I'm weak. Well, that's how I see it at least.

Katara appears behind the engineer and bends the steam that was released and condenses it into an ice shell that freezes the engineer.

"Hi." She greets and Sokka runs up to take the plans from his hands.

"This'll work! Thanks!" He smiles before we all run off in the opposite direction and up a flight of stairs. Sokka stops in a different room and unrolls the plans in front of us.

"It looks like the Drill is made up of two main structures. There's the inner mechanism, where we are now, and the outer shell." Sokka traces his finger along the diagram. "The inner part and the outer part are connected by these braces. If we cut through them, the entire thing will collapse."

Aang, Katara, and I nod in agreement before we run off to take care of this stupid drill.

Sokka lead us to a room with massive beams that were above and below us. We walked across a large beam and stood in front of one of the support beams

"Wow, it looks a lot thicker in person than it does in the plans. We're going to have to work pretty hard to cut through that." Sokka explained and Katara looked at him.

"What's this we stuff? Aang and I are going to have to do all the work." Katara retorted and I bit my lip, averting my eyes.

Again, if I would have revealed my bending then I could help. This secret is going to destroy me.

"Look, I'm the plan guy, Aya's our adorable, strong, warrior, and you two are the "cut stuff up with waterbending" guys." Sokka explained and I turned to him with an odd expression. Adorable? "Together, we're Team Avatar!" Sokka strikes a heroic pose and the three of us exchange mortified looks.

"Hold up, since when am I adorable?" I asked everyone.

"You've always been adorable." Katara smiled and ruffles my hair. I whacked her hands off my head and huffed out. "I mean look at you."

I stood there and I saw Aang blush as my hair blew with the small breeze that came by.

"Whatever." I muttered and shook my head.

Moments after that, Aang went to the other side of the beam and her and Katara started to slice through the beam using waterbending. After multiple, slices they become exhausted and the cut wasn't even half way.

"Come on, Team! Don't quit now!" Sokka encouraged and Katara growled with anger threatening to waterbend at him. Sokka froze with fear. "I mean, you're almost there."

The benders continue slicing the beam and finally the beam was fully cut and it slide off a few inches.

Katara groans with despair. "At this rate, we won't do enough damage before the drill reaches the wall."

"I don't know how many more of those I have in me." Aang hung his head, sitting on the ground.

Suddenly, an ominous shudder and low moan occurs throughout the drill.

"Do you hear that? We took it down. We better get out of here fast!" Sokka calls and we all start to race out of here but stop when a face echoes around us.

"Congratulations crew, the Dill has made contact with the wall of Ba Sing Se. Start the countdown to victory!"

As we heard this, we all looked at each other worried expressions.

——

"C'mon brace, budge!" Sokka groaned as he attempted to push the beam off but it didn't move. Katara, Aang, and I watched my brother struggle to move the brace but he honestly just looked foolish doing it.

"This is bad. Really bad." Katara states as Sokka gives up and leans against the beam tiredly.

Thanks for pointing out the obvious, sister.

"Were putting everything we've got into busting these braces, but it's taking too long!" Sokka complained and I suddenly had a an idea.

"Maybe we don't need to cut all the way through." I spoke up gaining everyone's attention. "I learned and Aang knows this too that you shouldn't give 100% of your energy into any one strike. Sokka, take a fighting stance." Sokka takes his stance and I resume mine. "You've gotta be quick and accurate. I hook my foot around one of his ankles, pulling him off balance. "Hit a series of points, and break your opponent's stance." I hit Sokka with a series of false blows. "And when he's reeling back, you deliver the final blow." I smile as I bonk him lightly on the head. "His own weight becomes his downfall. Literally." Sokka falls forward weakened and collapses.

"I remember you teaching me that." Aang comments and I gave him a small grin.

"So we just need to weaken the braces, instead of cut all the way through." Katara summarized and I nodded.

"Then I'll go to the top of this thing, and deliver the final blow." Aang continues, pointing upward.

"And boom! It all comes crashing down!" Sokka exclaims with a huge grin.

"Everyone inside that wall, the whole world, is counting on us." Aang mentions with a passionate voice.

"The whole world, minus the Fire Nation." Sokka corrects with a grin and we give him an exasperated one.

Despite their tiredness, Katara and Aang rapidly slice all the beams making large enough cuts so they would fall in each one.

"Good work Team Avatar. Now Aang just needs too- DUCK!"

I gasped when a large fire got blasted at us but thankfully Sokka ducked. We looked up and saw Azula, Ty Lee, and Mai were above us ready to fight.

"So, Azula! You were right! It is the Avatar... and friends." Ty Lee smirked at Sokka who waved at her vacantly.

Katara and I march by and pull our brother out of the room so we can escape. We ran down a hall and made a left turn but Aang stopped.

"Guys! Get out of here! I know what I need to do!" Aang called to us.

"Wait! You need this water more than I do!" Katara tossed Aang her water flask before we ran opposite directions. My siblings and I came to a dead end and saw a large hatch with a sign above it.

"Slurry Pipeline? What does that mean?" Katara asked as Sokka and I struggle to open the hatch but managed to open it.

We looked down and saw rocky, mud water and mentally gagged at the sight.

"It's rock and water mixed together, it means our way out." Sokka explains and we begin to climb in. Ahead, we saw Mai and Ty Lee running toward us and we all quickly jump in before they could attack us.

The three of us land in the disgusting water and we are swept away by the stream. It was gross but we had to get away from the girls even if I need to take a shower after this.

Sokka, Katara, and I reach the end of the stream and ride down the cascade of water while screaming with fear. We slide off the cascade of water and come to a halt while being covered in revolting rock water and I groan at the feeling it gave me.

Sokka cries out with disgust me and attempts to wipe the stuff off and I roll my eyes at his dramatic behavior. We stood up when we saw Ty Lee emerging from the pipe and Katara quickly bends the slurry back into the drill so she would get stuck inside the water.

"Ahhh!"

"Why don't you try blocking my chi now circus freak!" Katara scolds.

"Katarac keep that up!" Sokka encouraged our sister. "The pressure will build up in the drill and when Aang delivers the final blow it will
be ready to pop!"

Sokka was getting quite annoying with his encouragements. I could see the irked expression on Katara's face as he spoke. I think he's doing this to annoy the both of us but also trying to be a nice brother.

"Good technique, little sister!" Sokka said in a lecturing tone. "Keep it up! Don't forget to breathe!"

I growled at my brother who leaned back.

"You know, I am just about sick and tired of you telling me what to do all day. You're like a chattering Hog-Monkey!" Katara snaps losing her temper.

"Just blend the slurry woman!" Sokka yells back causing me to slap his arm and he glared at me.

"Katara can you-"

My sister didn't let me finish and bends the slurry on Sokka causing him to fall down into the muck.

"Thank you." I breathed out.

"You guys need some help?" We looked ahead and saw Toph approaching us.

"Toph! Help me plug up this train." Katara replies and both benders drive the slurry further back into the drill's pipe to the point where the slurry vanished.

——

After Aamg delivered the finally blow, Sokka and I cheered happily watching the drill exploded and seeing the slurry spout out of it.

"Here is comes!" Toph said and bended pillar beneath our feet raising us up. Sokka, Katara, and I held each other as we witnessed the defeat of the drill and seeing the slurry pour out like a waterfall. Seconds later, the drill broke down and it stopped moving with stream coming out of it.

——

Later, the team and I met up at the top of the bridge with the sun slowly setting in the distance. Bubbles was happy I was okay and that I was back. The General seemed to love her, despite her playful personality.

Aang approached me and I purposely looked away. I was still upset with him after what happened earlier.

"Aya, please talk to me. It's killing me knowing you're upset with me." Aang pleaded with me and I didn't move a muscle; I just sighed.

"It's not just you I'm mad at." I admitted and finally looked at the Avatar. "Being a warrior, I've been told I couldn't fight and that I was weak by a lot of people and hearing you say that made me really upset." I bit my lip trying I to not to cry. "A part of me thought you were saying I'm weak."

Aang shook his head and grabbed my hands. "I wasn't saying that at all. Aya, you're the strongest girl I know and I would never say anything like that to you. Since, I asked you to be my girlfriend earlier I feel like I have a job of protecting you more and I guess I wasn't thinking straight and it slipped out."

I glanced down with soft smile before looking up at Aang again.

"I'm sorry." Aang moves his hand to my cheek and his eyes were begging for forgiveness from me.

"I forgive you." I said and he smiled at this before pulling me in for a hug. We separated moments later and went up to the others who were staring at the sunset.

"I just want to say, good effort out there today Team Avatar." Sokka enthusiastically beams and I rolled my eyes at him.

"Enough with Team Avatar stuff. No matter how many times you say it's not gonna catch on." Katara retorted slightly annoyed.

"How about?" Sokka thought for a moment before whipping out his boomerang. "The Boomerang Squad! See, it's good cause it's got "Aang" in it." Sokka smiles, touching Aang's head.

"I kinda like that one." Aang agreed and I grabbed his hand.

"Don't encourage him." I shook my head and Aang grins playfully at me.

"Let's talk about this on our way into the city." Katara suggested and the four of us begin to walk away together letting Sokka trail behind us.

"The Aang Gang?"

"Sokka..." Katara sighs.

"The Fearsome Fivesome!"

"You're crazy." Toph remarks.

"Why? We're fearsome!" Sokka argues before catching up to us.

I sighed. "Oh boy."