Darkness, flashes of light and noise all around.

A brazen attempt to kill the Fire Lord.

She only had one moment to decide what comes next.

P-punch one, two, threefourfive- -fan, and left fan- -back handspring-

'It's not good that they have gotten this far. I hope the royal guards weren't all cut down…

Those guys are so great! They were always so nice to me and the girls. Well maybe-

-duck!-

'fire, and more fire.'

A katana bites in the dark nearby, finding a meal every time.

'sigh, 'this is why I told Suki there should be more than five of us.'

Yells and cries of anguish surround her.

Fists fly and internal rivers block. Fans cut through the dark. Bodies fall.

-low kick- -spin- 'wait...that guy over there...he'll...'

"SUKI!"

'I feel fear of the truth rising in my throat as I call out.'

-no time- 'must save...!' -quick action-

Then...

-vision jars- -sharp cut in breath-

The folded fan flies and hits deep into its mark. A leader fights on not quite aware that her life was in the balance and what it will have cost to push her life back to her.

-spin- -right fan- -quick punch onetwo threefour-

'a nip near my leg?' -counter!-

The cacophony dies down.

-hard breaths-

'what's this? weak knees? but…but she's not even arou- no. weak entire body'

-stand.- -stand!-

a flash of golden amber.

'whaa? floor?'

'it felt so warm just a second ago, like blankets, but a fluid warmth running over...over...i had so much energy and then even more for a second, after that throw? now it's so…so…cold.

where so much fire has been...is being..

A cry. The ring of metal's final stroke.

'or... was being tossed around'

"TY LEE!"

'my face is over me, painted, becoming less painted as tears flow. Painted with sadness and something else i can't place. no... not my face... Suki? yes.'

'i feel...feel...i see my aura. it's gone red! my aura is so large i see it everywhere...

...no...NO. that's not my aura... i can't

i can't…see my aura it's...it's...

gone.'

Panicked voices. Orders screamed and choked out. quick feet.

A flash of golden amber glowing in azure.

'golden amber...azure...'

-s-s-smile-

'a smile...that's how it will be. az-az-azure and gold...'

"az-az-…."

A flash of golden amber in darkness.

She is awake and she strains against the chains, only out of habit. She is awake, awakened by a pit forming and growing inside her chest pulling her apart and now, she knows.

She knows that what could save her, could have saved her as she just recently allowed to become a fully acknowledged truth…inside.

What would have, could have given her what she always needed and never got, what she always needs and never gets and will always need and will never get.

That what, is a who.

and she knows that who is gone.

Gone.

in the form of a wide smile, not far from where she is chained in the dark, set in a slick mostly red, once painted, face, slowly growing cold in the dark.

A/N: So this was my first fic. Please review if you feel so inclined. I would love some feedback on any of it really.