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Bitter Alliance	By : Looneyluna Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > Het - Male/Female > Katara/Zuko Views: 31138 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Chapter Five –

I hold onto the wall as I make my way in the darkness toward Sokka’s cell. I check on him daily, trying to bring him some comfort. I cross my arm protectively over my stomach, silently praying for deliverance. The last week has been difficult and confusing.

Zuko only comes to me in the cover of darkness, taking me to heights I have only realized with him – the bittersweet moments leaving me bereft.

I hear footsteps ahead of me and I quickly retreat, moving to the side of the narrow corridor. A person dressed in rags brushes past me.

“Pardon me,” I say as I realize it is an Earth Kingdom peasant who had been granted permission to visit their loved one.

“The earth is forgiveness,” a soft voice replies and the person limps away.

A sense of dread clutches my heart and I rush to Sokka’s cell, only to find him sitting against the wall, vacantly smiling toward at the doorway.

Leaning against the doorway, I watch the man who is now a shadow of my brother. I have tried to heal him, but his injury perplexes me and it is beyond my capabilities.

Sokka rocks back and forth, much like a child. His clothes are tattered and torn, but he is alive. He should be my guiding light in all of this, but my brother is the darkness. He is the anchor that weighs me down to this life. If it weren’t for him, I would have fought harder.

I would have fought to the death.

Even now,I struggle to control my thoughts. I dream of the way things were, my life at the South Pole. I close my eyes and picture the nighttime sky – how crisp and clean the air was.

Tears well up in my eyes and I weep openly, wiping the tears away as they fall. Guilt is my constant companion. I survived. The others did not. Aang’s sweet, gentle countenance always provided me with a sense of comfort. Toph’s acerbic ways usually made me smile. I had never met someone so determined to push people away.

“Rocks!” Sokka shouts, pounding the dirt on the floor as if he can read my mind. He scoops up a pile of dirt, forming it into a mud cake. “Toph!” My brother motions to his creation.

Sniffling, I sit next to him and play in the dirt with him. I mold another pile and smile through my tears. “And Aang.”

Sokka smashes my creation. “Dead!” He pats his creation on its muddy head. “Toph!”

I pat his dirty hand reassuringly. “Yes,” I whisper. “It looks just like her.”

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I pace back and forth between the courtyard and the dungeon, lending to the appearance that I have followed Katara here. People mill about in the distance, scrounging for the basic necessities of life. My mere status prevents them from approaching me. They would never dare approach me.

I enter the atrium of the dungeon because I cannot stand the sight of their suffering. If only the Avatar had survived. If only he had defeated my father. I shake my head trying to clear the depressing thoughts. This is my reality now.

The door leading to the main stairway opens and a short Earth Kingdom peasant limps through. My keepers are outside, not wanting to sully themselves with the rancid air of this place. I look away as she limps toward me.

The peasant is covered in rags and wears a hood for what purpose I do not know. The stench reaches me before the person actually does. Unlike the dungeon itself, the atrium has no flooring and I dig my booted toe into the ground. But my obvious attempt of ignoring the peasant goes unnoticed.

“The Earth is very forgiving,” a young feminine voice speaks to me. “It heals, even as the fire consumes it. But the fire must seek forgiveness.”

I clear my throat and step away.

“Do you seek forgiveness?” she asks as she grabs my sleeve.

I have no time to answer her as the ground beneath my feet gives way. Clawing at air, I seek to escape, but I am falling. I struggle against the woman’s hold on my sleeve.

As soon as my feet touch the ground I crouch low and ready myself for battle. But the ground beneath me has other plans. I am knocked to the ground and held there, rocks pressing against my neck and chest. I can hardly breath.

Light illuminates the room as torches are lit and I see a two people – the peasant and a Firebender.

The peasant throws her hood off and leans close to me. “Tell me why I shouldn’t kill you right now, you fucking traitor!” she hisses with contempt in a voice I barely recognize.

The rocks constrict around me and I struggle to breathe. “Toph,” I rasp, trying to struggle free.

“You fucking bastard!” she rails, kicking the rocks that cover my body. “How could you do it? What kind of sick fuck does that to his ‘friends?’”

I recoil as she slaps the scarred side of my face.

“My father…” I wheeze, trying to explain. The rocks crush me.

“Oh, don’t worry about your father,” she hisses and spits at me. “I’ll make sure your daddy gets pieces of you to cremate.”

I try to bend. I struggle to free myself, but it is useless. As I realize my death is close at hand, I worry about Katara. “Help…”

Toph slaps me again.

“He has information,” the Firebender growls. “You’re killing him!”

Telling her accomplice to be quiet, Toph eases the Earth’s hold on me. She grabs hold of my queue and yanks it. “You sick son of a bitch. How could you do this to Katara and Sokka?” she demands an answer as she slams my head to the ground.

Pain grips me and darkness encroaches upon me. Even though the Firebender wants me alive, I know Toph means to kill me. “Help them,” I gasp. “Help…Sok…ka! Ka…tar…a!

She yanks on my queue again, lifting my head and unknowingly providing me with a moment of air.

“Trying to keep them safe!” I blurt, tears streaming down my face. “It’s all I can do!”

Toph growls and the rocks around my neck grow heavier.

“Never betrayed…” I exhale painfully. “I love…her!”

“Toph!” the Firebender growls. “Release him!”

The rocks around me shudder and fall to my sides. I roll over, clutching my sides and what I know are broken ribs. I taste copper in my mouth as I cough up blood.

“Fuck off, Jeong Jeong!” Toph stomps away and leans against the nearby wall.

“We need him alive, Earthbender!” The Master Firebender states simply and moves to pull me up. “Don’t try anything, Prince Zuko or I’ll let her kill you.”

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TBC

A/N – I must thank Spleef and Moncapitan for their help on this chapter. The next chapter should be up soon. With the miracle of drugs, I keep typing. I’ve also had the last six days off from work, but I have to back tomorrow. Sniff! Thanks to all who have reviewed. I normally answer all reviews, but I can’t on some of them because there is no return email address.
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