Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.
Something was wrong with her eyes. She palmed them wearily, before squinting once more at the blurry figure before her. He remained transparent, the luminous foliage of the Spirit World clearly visible through his silhouette.
"Zuko…?"
He stopped, looking over his shoulder at her. When she remained silent he raised his one good eyebrow in question. Behind him, through him, the Spirit World carried on oblivious to her crisis. Her heart lurched, Koh's warning rising unbidden to her mind.
She saw the moment he knew she knew, his smile sliding to a thin line.
Zuko's spirit was out of time.
Author Note: I'll be on the road tomorrow, so you get two chapters today. See you next week!
