DISCLAIMER: don't own Avatar.

I just HAVE 2 get this chapter out 2day! It's my fave chapter! Next 2 , well, my other faves r the ending chapters. But u don't need 2 know bout those.

PREVIEW OF THE SEQUEL:

Kellie, My Athena

Based on the song, Athena, by: The Who.

For Kellie, it's been 2 years. For Zuko, 2 months. But he misses Kellie all the same. But imagine what happens when he ends up in Kellie's world! And Zuko loves the music here, and the title of one song that he thinks suites Kellie perfectly…….

Ok, not sure if that's the title I'm gonna use, if u have any better ideas, tell me!

Get 2 the story!

Chapter 18: Cry If You Want

Based on the song: Cry If You Want, by: The Who.

It had been a week, and Kellie was in a coma from the fight. A coma that the doctors all highly doubted that Kellie would come out of. Even Iroh thought she wouldn't make it. Only Zuko, the one who had put her in that coma, believed she would make it.

"Come on, Kellie. I know you can fight this coma, come back, come back to me, I'm sorry….."

Kellie was very good at hiding her emotions, her pain. But every once and a while, her emotions got too strong… She was homesick, and her nightmare from before had finally returned….

"STOP!" Kellie cried. She ran onto the front lawn and looked at the sight before her.

Every last one of her family, every one she had ever loved, they were all tied to posts like Aang had been in chapter 13: The Blue Spirit.

And catapults, catapults were lined up in front of each of her family members. Kellie suddenly felt a dead weight in her pocket and reached into it. She pulled out a knife. Kellie knew what she had to do. She ran through the lines of catapults, searching for the bastard who was going to kill her family. But she couldn't.

Just when she had given up hope, she ran into a soldier. But just not any soldier, Zuko…

"Zuko, stop! You can't do this!" She cried. But Zuko shook his head.

"No, Kellie. I won't stop. I love you, and all you do if cause pain. I've decided, either, that you marry me, I'll let your family go. But if you don't, I'll say the magic word that'll send your world crashing down…"

Kellie looked up at Zuko with tear-filled eyes. She realized that she didn't love Zuko. She didn't even have a stupid preteen crush on him, it had all been an illusion.

Kellie could never marry him, but her family! She couldn't let her family die! Kellie looked back at the line of family that was about to die. She saw the three that meant the most: her mother, her father, and, the one she now realized she loved the most:
her brother Aaron.

Now a new part of the song Nobody's Baby was playing:

"Before he became, invisible…"

It just made her feel worse.

"You have 5 seconds to say yes…" Zuko whispered in her ear.

"5,4,3,2…" Kellie jumped up and ran towards her brother

"1. FIRE!"

"AARON!"

"Aaron," Kellie muttered. Zuko's head shot up as he heard her speak. He grabbed her hand.

"Come on, Kellie, fight it." A single tear ran down Zuko's cheek and onto Kellie's open palm.

The catapults released and the fireballs all hurtled toward their targets.

"AARON!" Kellie screamed at the top of her lungs. She was too late.

The fireballs engulfed their targets so fast that they didn't even have time to scream. They were gone.

Kellie stopped at the pile of ash that use to be her brother. She picked up the metal frame of her brother's glasses. She would never see Aaron graduate, never see him marry, never see him become a dad. Her sixteen year old brother was gone.

Then, the Pat Benatar cd stopped, and a new cd played. Her 'It's Hard' album by The Who. That cd started on track number 12 and played the first verse over and over. The song was called 'Cry If You Want'.

Once it was just innocence,

Rash ideas and insolence,

But you will never get away,

With the things you said today

But you can cry if you want

And Kellie did cry. She cried so much an ocean was formed. Then, a strong wind blew and carried the ashes of Kellie's family away. And it turned Aaron's glasses to ash and took them away too. Suddenly, the world around Kellie dimmed, leaving her alone. Alone in the darkness of her misery.

Then she heard footsteps.

"Aaron?" Kellie asked hopefully.

Arms wrapped around Kellie's waist from behind and pulled her into a strange embrace. It wasn't Aaron. She immediately fought for escape.

"Don't worry, you're safe with me." A voice whispered in her ear. She was spun around to face him. It was Zuko. He leaned into kiss her.

"Zuko, stop. Zuko, STOP! STOP!" But he didn't. Kellie screamed right before his lips touched hers.

Kellie sat up in her bed. She looked around. She was in the infirmary. She felt a weight on her left hand. She looked down and saw Zuko clutching her wrist. She looked down and saw sweat filled the hospital bed. For some reason, she dipped her fingers in the sweat, then brought it to her lips. Her eyes grew wide. This wasn't sweat,

it was tears.

All done! Tell me wut u think of this chapter! I find it sad. I nearly wuz brought 2 tears while I typed it. R&R. sry that this 1 is so short.

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