[sighs]

Shh...

Not up to anything, huh?

Ah!

[grunting]

Fine, you caught me.

I'm gonna rescue my dad. You happy now?

I'm never happy.

Look, I have to do this.

The invasion plan was my idea.

It was my decision to stay when things were going wrong.

It's my mistake and it's my job to fix it.

I have to regain my honor.

You can't stop me, Zuko.

You need to regain your honor? Believe me, I get it.

- I'm going with you. - No.

I have to do this alone.

How are you going to get there? On Appa?

Last time I checked, prisons don't have bison day cares.

[sighs]

We'll take my war balloon.

[growling]

[snoring]

What does it say?

"Need meat. Gone fishing. Back in a few days.

Sokka and Zuko.

"One more thing.

Aang, practice your firebending while I'm gone."

Do 20 sets of fire fists and 10 hot squats

every time you hear a badgerfrog croak. Zuko."

[croaking]

[sighs] Nobody else has homework.

One hot squat, two hot squats,

three hot squats, four hot squats...

Pretty clouds.

Yeah, fluffy.

[whistling]

- What? - What?

Oh, I didn't say anything.

You know, a friend of mine

actually designed these war balloons.

- No kidding. - Yep.

A balloon, but for war.

If there's one thing my dad's good at it's war.

Yeah, it seems to run in the family.

Hey, hold on, not everyone in my family is like that.

I know, I know. You've changed.

I meant my uncle.

He was more of a father to me.

And I really let him down.

I think your uncle would be proud of you.

Leaving your home to come help us?

That's hard.

It wasn't that hard.

Really?

You didn't leave behind anyone you cared about?

Well, I did have a girlfriend. Mai.

That gloomy girl who sighs a lot?

Yeah.

Everyone in the Fire Nation thinks I'm a traitor.

I couldn't drag her into it.

My first girlfriend turned into the Moon.

That's rough, buddy.

[snoring]

There it is.

There's plenty of steam to keep us covered.

As long as we're quiet, we should be able

to navigate through it without being caught.

We're going down.

The balloon's not working anymore.

The air outside is just as hot as the air inside,

so we can't fly.

[grunting]

So what are we supposed to do?

I don't know. Crash landing?

[yelps]

[grunting]

[spitting]

How are we gonna get off the island

if the balloon won't work?

We'll figure something out.

I suspected it might be a one-way ticket.

You knew this would happen and you wanted to come anyway?

My dad might be here. I had to come and see.

Uncle always said I never thought things through,

but this...

This is just crazy!

Hey, I never wanted you to come along in the first place.

And for the record, I always think things through,

but my plans haven't exactly worked

so this time I'm playing it by ear.

So, there.

Ah!

What are you doing?

It doesn't work anyway

and we don't want anyone to find it.

I hope you know what you're doing.

There's no turning back now.