Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.
"No, there must be another way! I can't-"
"Katara."
Her eyes slid shut, relishing the feeling of Zuko's lips moving against her ear even as she dreaded his next words.
"Please, Katara. Don't let him use my body like this. Don't let him destroy everything we fought to build; don't let him harm those we love. I sacrificed myself once thinking it would be enough, but I miscalculated. Please, do this for me. Finish what I couldn't. Kill the flesh; kill Koh once and for all."
She forgot how to breathe. Pain seized her heart as she processed his plea.