Chapter Six:

"Where are we Aang?" Sokka asked. They had been riding ever sence they brought Helena back to Zuko's ship. Aang also found it funny that he didnt try and capture Aang while his guard was down. He was so worried about Helena that he forgot all about Aang. When Aang brought that reason into perspective. He really understood why he wasnt captured. Zuko, he was not the type to love anyone. He had been betrayed by his own father, sent out onto the sea to find Aang so that he could just go home. He could understand why that would make him bitter. Aang had too, lost his home. But that didnt get him down. Although, he had people who loved and cared about him. He had Katara. Sokka too but he is out of the meaning I had in mind for Katara. "Hey air head!"

"Huh?" Aang snapped into reality at that name Air head.

"Where are we?" Sokka said again.

"Um..Somewhere near water apparently." Aang told him grinning. He had no idea where they were. But he knew they were in the middle of the ocean. Sokka sighed.

"Stop at the next island and get directions." he told Aang.

"Okay o-" He stopped himself when he saw another island. But it had Zuko's ship. From the looks of it, Zuko had been at that island for a good half hour. Sokka did say at the next island. This one was the next one of course. So, Aang landed Appa and put him under a tree. They began to explore the island. Sokka and Katara were cautious, but Aang wasnt. If any of Zuko's soldiers caught them, he could just remind Zuko that he helped him get Helena back and they would be set free. Aang liked that Idea.As they walked. They were able to hear the town's gossip.

"Did you see the fire nation come here?" One person asked.

"Yes but what do you think they want? They didnt attack us like I thought they would." Person one's friend said/asked.

"I dont know. But that guy with the scar on his eye seemed pretty upset." Person one told her friend.

"I know. What do you think it was about?" Person one's friend asked, Gosh this is annoying.

"I dont know.It was probably over that girl with the red hair."

"Maybe."

"Aang. You shouldnt lison in on other peoples conversations." Katara scolded. But it wasnt mean.

"But Katara. Helena had red hair and Zuko's ship is here. It all adds up!" Aang told her. Katara was a bit worried herself now.

"Do you think something is wrong with Helena?" Katara asked him. Aang looked to the side of him, tword the clinic. That was the most likly and right place she would be at.

"I dont know. But the best way to find out is to ask Zuko himself." Aang told Katara, facing his body to the clinic. She wouldnt let him.

"Aang. Its dangerous for us to-" But Aang ignored her and started walking to the clinic.

"Katara. To be the Avatar, I have to solve problems right?" Aang asked and Katara nodded. "This is a problem. I also have to solve conflicts right?" Katara nodded again. "Zuko and I have a conflict that has to be resolved." Ooh real big words from a 12 year old! Im in the ZONE! okay okay. Im done with my little moment.


Aang was right about them being at the clinic. But he was caught off guard by Aang and the others coming into Helena's hospital room. Truly. I dont know if there is a diffrence between a clinic and a hospital. But all I do know is that the setting is a hospital setting. You know, hospital rooms, a curcle of secritarys and docters being paged over the intercom. Anyway. They had gotten information from either a nurse or a secritary where Helena was."Ava-" But he stopped himself before he said "tar". Mainly because he knew Helena would jump up and chase Aang out of the hospital. Im just adding here that she isnt wearing one of those stupid hospital things. Those just creep me out. So she is wearing her chinese clothes. "Aang. What are you doing here?"

"Well..We origonally stopped to take a rest, but we saw your ship and decided to pay a visit!" Aang said. He had a bit of a hard time thinking of why they would be there but eh whatever. "What is wrong with Helena?" After that question. Zuko was silent.

"She's um. Alittle sick." He told them, shifting his gaze between the three and Helena.

"Alittle? Aparently she was sick enough to have to come here." Sokka pointed out. Everyone shot him a glare. "What did I say?"

"Well anyway. If she finds out that Aang is the Avatar-" But he couldnt even finish what he said before Helena shot up and looked at them.

"Who is Aang?" She hissed. No one awncerd. "Well if you wont tell me. I'll just take all of you!" With that, Helena dived at them anger in her eyes. She was going to hunt this 'Aang' down and take him to her boyfriend. But she wouldnt say that. She almost got out the door before Zuko grabbed her arms and held her back. "What are you doing! Dont you want to go home!" She eventually got free and chased Aang out of the hospital. She was quite fast. She already caught Katara and Sokka. Finding that Aang did an air bending move, she knew who was the Avatar now. He fell into her third trap. She laughed triumphantly. Once she cut him down from her trap. She at on his back, grabbed his arms, put them behind his back and tied them with a ribbon."Your comin with me Avatar." She told him, jerking him up. He saw prince Zuko come in after she had gotten him.

"What the hell is with this Zuko! Another plan to catch me!" Aang scolded angerly. Zuko shook his head.

"No it isnt!" Zuko protested. "Helena! What are you doing?"

"I told you, I have to take him back to someone to keep something." She told him. She began to stumble like she was dizzy. But she kept a tight hold on Aain's collor of his shirt.

"But you didnt tell me who you have to give him to and what you have to get back." Zuko protested. Woh. The forest was spinning to Helena.

"Fine. You want to know? I have to give the Avatar to my boyfriend so he wont leave me." She snapped at Zuko. He had not heard her snap at him for a while. She pushed Aang forward.

"Thats low." Aang said to her. Feeling bad for his worse enime. He stood there. She had a boyfriend..?

"Shut up. Im not proud of it. But, what do you know?" She snapped at him.

"I know that you hurt Zuko." He said to her. As he walked, he felt more weight pushing him down. Helena had passed out. But to Aang's suprise, Zuko still cared about Helena. "Zuko. Im sorry."

"Aang. There is something about her you dont understand. I dont know, but im guessing she didnt know any better. She was raised from a small child by a man. I dont think she knew any better. My father would tell me that wemon are only on this earth to carry on a throne. I partly believed him. I think her father told her the same thing. Or something simaler." Zuko explained. Although, He knew that she had broken his heart. "She is smart. I know she'll make the right choise." He rememberd how she cried on him as he carried her back to the hospital.

"Zuko.." He heard her mumble. "Im sorry..."

"Its fine." Once he got her to the hospital he lied her down on the bed. It wasnt fine. He had gotten his heart broken for the first time. Aang came back with Katara and Sokka once they were cut down to comfert him. He told them he just wanted to be alone. But they could see that the complementory candles were on fire. He was meditating. Thinking. Once Helena woke up again. He saw her sit up and stair at him, her head hung low.

"Im sorry. I really am. But, I guess I should explain. I mean, if you want me too." She said to him, he was silent for a bit.

"Go ahead."

"I just love him so despritly but I was afraid he would walk away, I felt that if I did what he said, I would somehow be able to hold onto him. I knew we were heading into all kinds of trouble but somwhere in my heart, I hoped that someone would stop me. Just recently I have been starting to see that he didn't love me. But, I was afraid to be alone." Zuko, he was silent. The candle's flames would get bigger and smaller with the time of the silence.

"So that is the story." He said to her. She nodded.There was another moment of silence, then, Zuko got rid of the flames of the candle. "Do you still love this guy?"

"I dont know. I dont think it would matter. He is going to dump me for a blond bimbo." After saying that, she saw that the candles burst into flames once again.

"Then why do you love him! If he is such an ass hole to you why dont you just leave him! Did you really think that if you did what he said he would truly love you!" Zuko yelled at her. He never yelled at her.

"I dont know!" She yelled back at him.Zuko calmed down.

"Helena.What would your boyfriend want with the Avatar?" He asked her.

"He is a fire-bender and he wants to over throw the fire lord. The only way he can do that is with the Avatar." She explained, Zuko was silent. "Zuko. I can understand if you hate me-"

"Never." He told her. He would never 'hate' her. He would sort of be cross with her, maybe angry. But he could never hate her. She just sat there before him, her head hung low. She felt his arms wrap around her. "Dont ever think that I would hate you." She was silent.She began to cry. Zuko just kept his arms around her. Normally, he would have killed her and that whole island, but he could never do that to her. Never Helena. He could understand her reasons for doing what she was forced to. He has heard of girls who went to worse lenths to hold onto their man. It never did work. "Helena..did..he touch you?"

"No" She awncerd to him. "We never did it." the awncer she gave him made him smile. But lightly so she wouldnt know.

"Good."

omg hihi! Another chapter where I must explain. Well. You see, I kinda..well...got her excuse offa Super GALS. I rather liked that episode. But ofcourse, she isnt a bitch for doin what he said. Some girls do that. I personally don't at all. But some do.