Iroh, Toph, and Katara sprinted out into the city.
"We should take the monorail down, otherwise we'll be running for an hour before we get to the lower ring." Iroh said, bracing himself for a confrontation with Azula.
"That's way too slow! Toph, sensing the approach of a monorail, quickly hopped on and gestured that the others follow. "Get on!"
Katara, who had been sent by Aang to retrieve Toph and Iroh, didn't like that Toph's actions had contradicted her words. Not willing to stay still and put Aang in further danger however, she climbed aboard. "What do you have planned?"
Toph planted her feet on the monorail, and even as the earthbenders staffing it began to slide it forward at his normal speed, Toph pushed her hands outward in a bending motion, launching the vehicle forward with a massive explosion of rock. Toph then turned, and with a look of concentration, brought one of her arms to her waist. She took a deep breath, and as she brought it forward, the monorail track peeled from its track into a much steeper upward angle. The blisteringly fast monorail car shot forward off this improvised ramp, sending the group arcing through the air.
"What now?!" Katara yelled, wondering what Toph had planned for their landing.
"What do you mean what now?! Oh! The land-" The car slammed into the top of a building in the lower ring, sending it spinning across rooftops, demolishing them. Finally, the car hit the street, tearing up pavement, and skidded to a stop on its side. Iroh rolled out of the tram only to find Aang over him, a look of worry on his face. "Iroh! Where are Toph and Katara?!"
Iroh slowly got to his feet, rubbing his back. He took a look inside the compartment and saw....a massive hole in the roof.
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Azula stood over Katara and Toph, who were extremely dazed from the impact of the monorail and their subsequent kidnapping from the flying vessel.
"I clearly have lost none of my skill through my incarceration." Azula gloated, proud that she had eluded the avatar and intercepted the rogue monorail car with a well placed bolt of lightning. Katara and Toph had fallen from the hole made in the flying car and tumbled helplessly in front of Azula's feet.
"Judging by those vibrations its not what youlostthat you should be worried about." The ever-plucky Toph said replied, somewhat hazily.
Azula scowled. Her massive chest, the equivalent of of a C bust size, quivered slightly. Azula ran a hand down the severe hourglass figure she had developed since her escape from the asylum. Wearing a set of too-tight fire nation robes, Azula was now significantly overweight. The way fat settled on her body only contributed to her regal air, however. Her hips and chest had flared out, giving her a strikingly womanly figure that amplified her domineering presence.
"This body is the result of my practice. I have developed a superior fire-bending discipline, and I believe it is due time I tried it on someone that can bend!"
Katara had just begun to get to her feet when Azula pointed two fingers at her abdomen with a look of concentration in her eyes. Waves of pain and warmth coursed through her body, radiating from her stomach. She felt as if someone had lit a fire in her intestines.
"Now, BURN!" Azula yelled, and pointed with her other hand. However, as she extended her arm, a rock flung by Toph's earthbending struck it off course. In a rage, Azula's concentration left Katara, who collapsed with a breathy gasp. Azula repeated the same one-armed motion with Toph, who bit her tongue to stop from crying out at the feeling.
Azula readied her second arm once again, when the shouts of Aang and Iroh grew louder in the distance.
"No! Not before I finish the technique!" Azula, frustrated that she would not be able to kill with her new art until some other day, raised her head to the air and let out a massive belch that resounded through the city streets. Even azula was surprised she did this. As Azula began to run, her chest shaking and thighs jiggling, she murmured to herself "This technique has really been messing with my chi...here's hoping it won't get worse as I hone my abilities." As she had demonstrated in eluding Aang, Azula lost none of her agility with her weight gain; she swiftly abandoned the scene of her crimes. Azula knew she had acted rashly; she would need to victimize more people with her new bending before she would attempt it against the Avatar.