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XXV: Fire and Ice
Ben was in the bathroom grooming himself after trying to look for his Galvanic Mechamorph companion. He tried looking for him but it proved to be worthless. His valiant efforts to retrieve his lost golden friend was effortless. He looked high and low, left and right, up and down in the vast palace but no juice. He reached for his Ultimatrix to call him since Ship was interconnected to the intergalactic "Wi-Fi" installed by Azmath in the artificial planet called Primus. He dialed Ship and came up with nothing. He called his name but nothing came up. Oh dear oh dear whatever happened to his poor pet. He was alone in this strange world.
"Ship!" he called, but no answer. He called again but received the same treatment - until someone tapped him on his right shoulder. Ben quickly turned around in draw his arm thrusting towards his Ultimatrix. He calmed down when he recognized the same symbol on their shirts: a circle with a square-shaped hole in the middle. He was sure that he was about to fight these rouge Earthbenders until something caught him, they were wearing green uniforms and green sunhats.
"Calm yourself Ben," one Dai Li member said, "We are not your enemy."
"Who are you?" Ben asked, his hands not moving from above the faceplate, "And make it quick."
"We are the Dai Li," said the leader, "We have been sent here by Princess Azula to protect you during this time of crisis."
"What type of crisis?" Ben asked, "What's happening?"
"There is no need to elaborate. You need to come with us," said another agent.
"Why would I need protection?" Ben asked, "I can handle myself."
"But unfortunately you can't handle the Avatar or his cronies," said they.
"I took down a galactic god, a warlord, and a race of racist aliens. I think I can handle a demon," said Ben, "This is why I am here, to save this world from this monster."
"A monster sir?"
"Yeah the Avatar," said Ben, "He is an omnipotent creature yes?"
The agents just looked at each other as if this guy had finally lost his marbles...if he had any. Apparently Azula had told this guy a great big fat lie. Though to them it seemed not to be a big deal since it's just a white lie...but then again - they don't want to be her right now, "Y-yes, the monster, sir. He is beyond your control. I think it is imperative that you must come with us now."
Ben finally realizing that he can't win sighed and decided to go along with them, "Alright let's go."
...
Ty Lee stood across from the Fire Lord as he drank his herbal tea. His guards stood by him with their weapons in hand.
"Tell me about your love about Ben Tennyson," the Fire Lord said, "How is he?"
"Me and Ben aren't..." Ty Lee blushed wildly. How does he know?
"Don't lie to me," he said getting up, "In the wake of the eclipse there is no need to lie. I know and don't worry I will not tell. The reason is that I see no law that young people shouldn't be in love. I've done it myself once upon a time in my life. A Fire Lord's word is a legislative law," he said. Ty Lee groaned, scratching her arm about this. But she knew that there is no way out of this. The words of this Fire Lord is as poisonous as crushed cyanide
She sighed, "Alright."
"Well then, mind telling me?" the Fire Lord asked reaching out towards her, "You can tell me."
Ty Lee began, "Ben is... he's not like the other guys in the country."
"Do tell."
"He's wonderful, funny, goofy, cocky to which I had to get over him from being too cocky, and overall sweet," she said, "He's one of the nicest guys I have ever met."
"What's wrong with the guy's here?" he asked, "What's wrong with your fellow brethren?"
"Nothing its just... its just that none of them are as sophisticated as him... well at times though," she said, "Whenever I'm in trouble, whenever I feel alone, he was always there for me. He makes me feel like I'm a whole. all of my life I felt alone... I felt unwanted so Ian away to the circus to find myself. The circus was my life. The circus was my calling... but even there I feel unhappy until Azula came and got me out. So here I was hunting for the Avatar with her and Mai, well forced by the way. It wasn't until that one afternoon when I finally got to meet him. He was an odd boy, a very odd boy. But he taught me something that no one ever had."
"And that is what?"
"Humility," she said, "But now I'm paying for what I have wronged. And I hope that he can forgive me after today." As Ty Lee kept telling the Fire Lord about her feelings for Ben, the Fire Lord's lips slithered slowly across his face. A maniacal grin was hidden under his veiny hands. "It seems as if you are very loyal to him."
Ty Lee hung her head down in guilt, "As much as it seems, I am not," she said, "It might not seem much to you my liege, I lied."
"Lied to him about what?"
"About us," she said, "About the whole war." The Fire Lord got up from his throne and walked over to Ty Lee wrapping his arms around her. Ty Lee bawled. He hushed her softly.
"You did not lie to him," he said softly in a fatherly tone stroking her hair ordering three of his guards to leave his presence leaving one behind, "You did the right thing."
"How?" Ty Lee asked, "Ben...this is all my fault. I should have never... oh dear God what have I done. He is going to die all because of me! If he dies its going to be my fault!"
"Ben is going to be alright... for now," he said making Ty Lee to furrow a little, "Haven't I told you that you look pretty with that garb?"
"N-no?" Ty Lee said, "You have not."
"Well you are," he said sliding his hands down from her silky brown hair all the way down to her upper thighs, "You are so beautiful Ty Lee that you don't even know it." Ty Lee was becoming uncomfortable feeling this man's hand caressing her legs squeezing her skin tightly moving forward downwards hinting towards the underbelly of her silky pink dress.
"Fire Lord, what are you...?"
"Hush now," he whispered erratically to her ear, "Hush now my little princess, Peter's coming. You have no idea how long I've been waiting to do this."
"Do what?" Ty Lee asked, "What are you doing?"
"Something Azula had failed to do," he said crawling on top of her, Ty Lee immediately got up after feeling a slight bulge in his pants.
"Fire Lord I am your citizen as well as your humble servant, but I will not allow you to fornicate me!" Ty Lee said quickly with anger.
"Then be a servant and please me," he said, "For all the fortnights in the wasting winterums my body had been hungry for Lady Jane, you my illustrious darling," he walked towards her, "Your delicious apricot lips, your sultry stature, your firm breasts all contribute to my ever needed hunger to penetrate the gates to heaven. Ben does not know how much of a whore you really are."
"What the hell are you saying?"
"That night in the circus. That bright white fucking lie. I know. It's not just the 'oh I was little so I ran away because my fucking parents did not pay any goddamn worth'. You know why because you are a worthless piece of anal shit. And this anal shit should be taught a lesson in bed," he said, "Ben has not done all the things I will do to you. Ben does not give a shit about you," he said.
"He does and you do not understand him!"
"Oh I do," he said, "I know him as clear as day."
"How, you barely spoken to the guy!"
"I know as much because I am omnipresent. You are a fucking whore created by your God to please me and only me girl," he wrapped his big hands around Ty Lee's neck and slammed her against wall. Ty Lee was squirming, "You can squirm, you can moan, you can groan, but always remember this sweetheart, as often as the birds tweet, you will be my lovely heart sweet," he said wrapping his arms around her shoulders giving her a passionate kiss as his genitals reached in her preparing to make its assault against her, but Ty Lee was not having it.
She pushed the Fire Lord away.
"Sokka was right about the nation, even when we were patrolling the world, I could see fear in everybody's eyes. This war is not sharing our greatness, its showing our demonic wishes to take over the world. After the invasion is over I am telling Ben the truth about this whole war," she said preparing to leave.
"You think you can walk out of here alive?"
"Watch me," she said approaching the door until she was brutally stabbed on her side. Blood splashed on the doorway, Ty Lee screamed like she never screamed before feeling the cold smooth blade sliding its cool metal slimness through her soft organic tissue. She could feel her intestines cringe as they collapse against one another through the sudden impact.
The warrior that stabbed her from behind, impromptu as a Fire Nation soldier was an Esoterica. He rotated the blade slowly making its way towards the door pinning her to the wall.
"I have clothed you, protected you and this is the thanks I get?" he asked as the guy with the sword thrusted the blade from her side permitting the Fire Lord to grip her hair thrusts her up and bash her against the floor coated in the pool of her own blood sparking small cracks in her skull.
THUD!
"Stand still and do not move again," he said angrily breathing erratically as his heart thumped like a time bomb about to go off, "Because if you do, I will personally..." he snatched his knife from under his skin and brandished his bloody blade in front of Ty Lee's face, "I'll nick Ben to death, and I'll make you make you watch as I slit each skin inch by inch, drinking his blood as he screams in agony watching his joints fall from each nick he suffers. Do I make myself clear?" he gritted.
Ty Lee did not respond.
"DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR TY LEE? ANSWER ME!" he yelled grabbing her head and bashing it liker a chipmunk trying to open a nut, "ANSWER ME!"
He bashed again.
"ANSWER YOUR KING! ANSWER ME!" he bashed her again and again and again until Ty Lee cried.
"I'll do it," she said.
"W-what? I didn't quite hear that correctly," he said, "You said you'll do what?"
"I said that I will submit," she said, "But I have one request."
"And that is?"
"That you can go fuck yourself," she whispered angrily. Ty Lee thrusts the Fire Lord from her, flipped back up and smacked her left foot up against his right cheek bone so hard that 28 of his 32 of his adult teeth flew out from his gums squirting his blood to erupt from his damaged gums; the fire lord crashed to the wall and fell to the floor. He raised his head slowly growling in anger. An Esoterica swiped its sword from behind. Ty Lee dodged, jumped upwards, kicked the Esoterica in the face forcing him lose his grip on his sword; Ty Lee grabbed it, landed and immediately sliced the man in half down the middle. The Esoterica stood there motionless. Ty Lee walked away from the man without looing back. The blood dropping from the katana dripped to the ground cuing the flesh of the dead corpse to slide to the ground like a slice of bologna sliding from its loaf. The two bloody flesh masses slapped to the ground pooling a tank of blood on the floor as it drained from its ruptured veins.
The Fire Lord smiled maliciously, "So you do have a dark heart." His smile quickly became a frown when Ty Lee threaten him at bladepoint."
"What did you do to Azula?" Ty Lee asked darkly, "And you better answer quickly, my patience is wearing thin.
"Fair play," he chuckled, "You want to know what happened to her?"
Ty Lee did not reply.
...
Azula stood up from her chair as she faced her challengers. They do not know what went on in her palace, and she tended to keep it that way. She was still loyal to her father, but her love for Ben Tennyson was undeniably strong. She feared that if they reached him they'll kill him. However there were two more sets of people she was unfamiliar with. There was a red headed girl and a robust man with a short sleeved black shirt. She never seen these people before. They must be benders she might add - until...
"Where is Ben?" asked the girl.
Azula furrowed, ~They know him?~
"Where is the Fire Lord?" Aang demanded.
"and don't even try to lie I can tell if you are!" Toph said.
"You're powerless so you are I no possession to defend yourself," Sokka said as Gwen powered up and Kevin absorbing the ground from around him.
"I'm no longer lying," she said, "But I am hoping you guys will forgive me for what I'm about to do," she said.
"Do what?" Sokka asked his sword unsheathed readying for an attack.
Azula, not saying a word lifted her hand up as if she's about to firebend. Everyone got ready, but at the same time confusion had arose.
"I thought she's powerless," Kevin said.
"She is, she cannot firebend during an eclipse," Aang said.
"Then why is there a green glow glowing from her palms?" Kevin asked. Gwen squinted her eyes to see that the beams happens to be generated by...
"Ship?" Gwen was wide-eyed. Suddenly, Azula unleashed a powerful force upon them. Gwen created a shield around them.
BOOM!
The team was forced out causing Asula to flee. Toph and Kevin the only ones that are conscious chased after her.
...
"I fucked her...hard," he said with a sunny, fatherly grin. Ty Lee was disgusted.
"What did you do?"
"I tried to impregnate her," he said, "trying to raise a race of superbeings powerful enough to wipe out every single human from the face of the Earth. But when she came back out the nekst day I sensed nothing. No life squirmed inside her belly. So I tried to do the same thing to you. And once I fuck you, I will have the pleasure to use them to kill Ben Tennyson once and for all...for using me...using me as A PAWN! IF I HAD TO I WOULD HAVE KILLED HIM LONG AGO! ALONG WITH THAT BRAT COUSIN OF HIS! AND YOU OF ALL PEOPLE WILL NOT STAND IN MY WAY AS I CREATE A RACE THAT WILL DESTROY YOUR PATHETIC SPECIES!"
"Who are you?" Ty Lee asked terrified.
The Fire Lord's eyes became pure red, "I am..." The Fire Lord powered up, leashing out a ray of power in his hands. The eclipse was finally over, "ZS'SKAYR!" Zs'Skayr unleashed a powerful surge of electricity at Ty Lee forcing her to shield herself with the sword. Her eyes now closed to protect her eyes from the blinding light. Taking advantage of this, Zs'Skayr ran over towards her swiftly snatched her sword from her and...before she opened her eyes to spot that the blade was grasped from her hands, Zs'Skayr coldly slashed her from her pelvic area straight up to her face leaving a two-inch deep gash to slash through her. Blood erupted from her wounds; her screaming was ear raping. She fell to the ground cringing at the unimaginable pain as the blood squeezed itself from her body. The anguish from her wounds screamed louder than her voice. Tears served more to the pain as well as the blood milking from her scars.
Zs'Skayr stepped on her with his right foot pressing up against her stomach, sliding a cool blade against her body before having the point to pin softly against her head.
"You will please me girl," he said, "And I will kill Ben."
"Please this!" Zs'Skayr had no time to react when a surge of electricity blasted him to a wall. Standing by Ty Lee was the rouge fire bender, Zuko! He picked her up and glared at the Fire Lord groaning in pain. He walked away with her as the Fire Lord got up and watched them leave.
"I may not kill you," he said, "But I know what will."
...
Azula ran to a dead end. She tried her best to try to blast the walls until Kevin grabbed her by the shoulders and slammed her up against the wall.
"You have a few seconds to tell where Ben is or else I'll maim your ass," Kevin threatened.
"You better listen to him, he has killed people before," Toph said now coated in earth, "Because if he does not kill you, then I will."
"You kill?"
"No, but if killing Azula is an option then so be it," she said, "I'm tired of this bitch!"
"You have to let me go, there isn't much time!" Azula warned.
"Isn't much time for what? The eclipse..."
"Is back on, I can feel my chakra reactivating. But listen, you don't know who you are messing with, now please let me go now!" she pleaded making Toph to furrow.
"Oh yeah, who says?" Kevin asked forming a mace.
"Kevin, that is your name is it not?" Azula asked shocking Kevin, "Please let me go."
"Oh no, I know this trick," Toph said, "You're trying to...um...what are you trying to do?"
"I can tell that you do not rust me. That is understandable, but I have no time for this. He needs me and that is all that I care about. so I have to apologies for what I am about to inflict to you."
"And that is?" Kevin asked. Without warning, Azula connected her feet against the wall, wrapped her arms around Kevin's neck and finally slamming him to the ground. Toph was about to earth bend her to a wall but thinking quickly, Azula redirected her attacks and finally fire bended them causing her earth elements to slam her to a ceiling. Azula jumped up and slammed her right foot up against Toph's cheeks sending her flying backwards to a wall.
Azula ran from the scene.
Hours later, Aang and the gang regained consciousness. They ran over to Toph and Kevin who were badly hurt. Gwen instantly used a spell to regained their consciousness back only for them to wake up alarmed ready to fight Azula only for them to realize that she was long gone.
The mission was a failure.
...
Zuko gently lied Ty Lee down on Ben's bed. He tried all that he could to stop the bleeding, stitching them and everything, it proved to be working a little bit but nothing could stitch the horror the Fire Lord had inflicted. Zuko was mad, he wanted to kill his father for all that he has done. But he knew that that was the job for the Avatar, not him.
"I promise that..."
"Zuko, you do not need to apologize," she said.
"But my father..."
"That wasn't your father," she said, "It was someone else manifesting as your father. I can't explain it," she began, "Since the day we met Ben, we had been lying to him about the nation."
"We have to tell him the truth now," Zuko said.
"No," said Ty Lee confusing him, "If you tell now his heart will not take it - at least not from you. He needs someone closer to him to tell him other wise."
"You! you have to..."
Ty Lee's head hung down, "For what is worth, I have to," she said, "Do whatever you need to do to help the Avatar. I'll try my best here," she said in a dying tone.
"You won't survive here," he said.
"Then so be it."
"But?"
"Go, Zuko," she said, "Go find your destiny and save the world...and when Ben gets to it, I want you to promise me one thing."
"What?"
"Protect Ben at all costs," she said, "Please?"
Zuko quietly nodded, "I hope you know what you are doing Ty Lee."
"I do," she said as Zuko cloaked himself and left the room.
...
AFTER THE INVASION
It had been hours since the Invasion had ended. He had a few scars here and there from fighting but he was alright. The one thing's for sure he couldn't wait to endure was the loving hands around Ty Lee's arm...but fate it seems would play another role to Ben for what he was about to see.
"Ben?" he heard a familiar voice. He turned around and spotted Azula with his pet Ship still intact. Ship jumped up from Azula's arms to Ben's electronically licking him elatedly.
"Ship!" Ben laughed.
Azula smiled, "I made sure that your pet was unharmed during this war, Ben. I hope..."
"As long that he is alright I'm good," he said, "You don't sound like your old self," Ben noted, "Are you alright?"
"Oh sure, sure, sure, I'm alright, Ben," she said, "I'm quite alright," she gasped after seeing Ben's bruises and cuts, "Ben you're hurt! Are you okay?"
"Yeah I am, its just a flesh wound that's all," he said.
"Are you sure?" she asked concerned, arching Ben's eyebrows, "You aren't seriously damaged?"
Ben chuckled, "Like they ever," he said reaching for the door, "Oh and I like to thank you."
"For what?"
"Finding Ship," he said with a smile.
"I don't want a warrior to be bare," she said, "Are you sure you are going to be okay?"
"I'm sure," he said opening the door to his room facing her one more time before he closed the door, "And thank you so much."
He closed the door.
"You're welcome...Ben," Azula said tenderly.
...
Ben entered the room with glee with Ship squirming around his shoulders until...
"Ben?" He heard a ghostly moan from his bed. He strutted to his bed and uncovered the sheets. His eyes widened in pure shock and anguish from what his eyes had caught. He screamed a little, the look was far from anything Ben had ever witnessed before. It was... Ty Lee!
Ben was horrified, cutting diagonally across her body was a deep gash wound stretching from the base of her head to her upper thigh. The wound by thought looked about a half inch deep, but in all actuality, the wound stretched far more than two. The width was mammoth.
Ty Lee shook as she tried to lift her limbs to reach for her lover. Ben grabbed her hand and squeezed it tightly.
"Oh my God, Ty Lee what happened to you?" he asked desperately.
"A wee fight, nothing big," she lied, afraid for what this monster would do to him.
"Ty Lee do not lie, who did this?" Ben asked.
"Ben?"
"Who? Tell me who!" Ben cried.
"Ben? There has been a lot I have not told you. Things to which I regret doing...things that I am disgusted for ever doing," she said.
"Whatever it is I don't care," said Ben caressing his hands around Ty Lee's face.
"You should," she said, "Back when I was at the circus I was a toy for their entertainment. In or out of stage. I was too naïve to care and..."
"It's alright," Ben hushed her sliding his finger on her mouth, "It's alright."
"Ben I'm a whore."
"A whore? You're not a whore," Ben said, "Who called you that?"
"A monster."
"The Avatar," he gritted, "I knew I should have..."
"No, not him," Ty Lee croaked, "Another one."
"Another one?" Ben was confused, "What aren't you telling me?"
Ty Lee was silent until her mouth slipped, "Ben, I was about to raped," she said beginning to cry seeing Ben's anger rise, "By a monster he names himself as Zs'Skayr."
Ben's anger suddenly became pale. Goosebumps formed around his skin, he couldn't feel his feelings. His eyes went wide by the mention of the name that should not be mentioned, "Zs'Skayr".
"He followed me?"
"You know him?"
"Yes," Ben answered, "He and I are arch-nemesis. He's the one who almost killed my family... the one that killed her," Ben said darkly.
"Who?"
"Julie," he said, "He killed her out of cold blood...made me kill her in my own hands. But I killed him along with his minions. And he's alive."
"Ben..."
"I'm not leaving you, not with that monster still loose," he said, "And I promise that whatever happens I will always be by your side."
"Ben?"
Ben tightened his grip around her palms, "Ty Lee, I love you with all of my heart and whatever happens I promise I will protect you."
"After all..."
Ben smiled and hushed her and kissed her passionately on her lips, "I love you."
"I love you too, Ben," she said as they share the night together in the peaceful slumber of the capital.
...
That morning Ben and Ty Lee were naked in the bed, it was a good thing that their bodies were covered in the thick red blankets. Ty Lee's body was not as torn apart as it was yesterday night. Her body was repaired thanks to Ben's Ultimatrix. The sun's rays seeped its way thought he window of the great room towards Ben to which he buried himself deep inside the covers. Ty Lee opened her eyes in the start of a new day.
Stretching her arms yawning turning to see her lover besides her. She smiled at Ben as she caressed her fingers around Ben's short brown hair, but then guilt swan quickly under her, "I hope you will forgive me for what I have done. I hope you understand," she said very softly...until she was suddenly grabbed by a Fire Nation soldier wakening up Ben in the process. They dragged Ty Lee out from her bed punching her stomach to silence. Ben quickly put on his pants and threatened them to let her go.
"Ben!" Ty Lee screamed as they dragged her naked body to the door way.
"Let her go!" Ben ordered activating the watch, setting it up for Rath, "NOW!"
"We can't do that Master Tennyson," said the soldier holding her, "Fire Lord's orders."
"you better have a reason for dragging her or else I'll slam you guys to the 19th level of hell!"
The guards looked at each other and then smiled, "She is being charged."
"For what?" Ben asked concerned.
"For treason. She is under arrest sir," he said.
Ty Lee teared up as Ben's eyes widened in disbelief.
"I'm sorry Ben," Ty Lee said, "I had to."
"We're sorry sir," said the soldier as they dragged her out of the room.
Ben collapsed to the ground in sorrow.
Author's Notes
Hello people of the Internet, this is Mr. Raleigh D bringing you a new chapter for the story, "Lost in the Uncharted Lands: Volume I". I know its been awhile since I last updated, I was busy working on my feature length novel. I think you guys might enjoy it.
The story is called, "The Legend of the Sky-Titans: Son of Alpha". It follows the life of one man wielding a powerful badge that grants him to have the powers of his horoscope called the Badge of Alpha and his sister Nya living in a farm together until one day a dinosaur coup plunders their village and enslaves everyone there - including Nya. Being left to die, Michael meets up with a 100 year old swordsman named Pappy and a group of super-powered freedom fighters/pirates also known as the Sky-Titans. Together, they team up to overthrow the tyrannical King Mungfalme (Swahili for God King) and free his village and his sister from the oppression of the NeoWorld.
Another story I was working was a book called, "The Compendium". The story follows with Little Red Riding Hood rebelling against the all powerful Wizard's orders to exterminate the human race. She descends to Earth to protect a small boy because she believes that he holds the key to the Tale's and humanity's future.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this fic as much as I had writing it. Please always leave reviews, they are always appreciated. This is Mr. Raleigh D signing out!
D-Man out!