DISCLAIMER: don't own AVATAR.
Sry for long wait, very busy right now… damn book reports.
Chapter 14: Hiding
Kellie glared at her brother from behind her mask. He was walking horribly, and would blow their cover!
Suddenly, 3 real guards walked up from around a corner, and stared at Aaron. Kellie nearly swore in frustration.
DAMN!
"What's wrong with him?" One guard asked gruffly, nodding at Aaron. Kellie nudged Zuko a little. He looked down at her, and saw her blink three times with her left eye, then once with her right eye. He quickly deciphered her coded message.
Bad leg.
"The idiot didn't watch where he was going, and sprained his ankle a bit on a loose rock." The real guards snickered, and Aaron bit back a growl.
"Poor baby, did you hurt yourself?" One guard mock cooed. Another guard noticed how quiet Kellie was.
"And what's wrong with him?" He asked, nodding at her. Kellie nearly screamed.
I'M NOT A GUY!
Kellie blinked once with each eye to Zuko.
Sore throat.
"He has a very sore throat, can barely even whisper." The guards all shook their heads.
"Zula should be providing better care for her soldiers." Kellie grinned.
She should.
"Well, carry on." Kellie, Zuko, and Aaron saluted to the other guards, and continued to the guard barracks.
Kellie stared at the window in the barracks to the emotionless moon. She missed her family, she missed her old life, she missed everything…
"Kellie? Kellie, are you awake?" Kellie turned over in her cot to face her brother.
"Yah?" Aaron bit his lip.
"Please, I can't sleep, sing me something that mom used to sing." Kellie nodded solemnly, feeling the tears brim in her eyes as she began to sing quietly.
Goodbye, let our hearts, call it a dayBut before you, walk away
I sincerely, want to say
I wish you bluebirds, in the spring
A gentle heartful, song to sing
But more than this,
I wish you loveKellie couldn't remember all the words, for it had been years since her mom had lost sang to her, but it did its purpose, Aaron was fast asleep, but just so Aaron's dreams were pleasant, she continued on for another verse.
And in July, a lemonade,
To keep you cool, in some, leafy shade
But more than this,
I wish you this,
I wish you love
"Kellie?" Kellie saw Zuko was awake.
"You want a lullaby?" Zuko nodded quickly, afraid anyone might see he was asking for something most royal children didn't get. Kellie agreed, and sang something that foretold what was coming.
Summer has come and passedThe innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends
Like my fathers come to pass
Seven years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends
Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are
As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends
Ring out the bells again
Like we did when spring began
Wake me up when September ends
Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are
As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends
Like my father's come to pass
Twenty years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends
Kellie sighed, seeing her husband fast asleep, gave him and her brother a kiss on the cheek goodnight, before she crawled into her cot, dreams haunted by the deed that would be done tomorrow.
But in his sleep, Aaron's dreams were disturbed by Zuko's lullaby.
Aaron blinked. What had happened? Where was he? Where was Kellie? Where was Zuko?
All questions were answered when the blackness that had surrounded him lifted, and he found himself back at the pool, playing with his sister like when she had been five, and him 9.
He gave her piggy back rides through the water, and Kellie giggled like the child she was. Aaron warned his sister as he was about to go under the surface, and Kellie held her breath. Once again, she came sputtering to the surface.
Their haven was intruded upon when Zuko began to walk into the pool, steam curling around his limbs. The Prince held his hand out to Kellie.
"Come, Kellie, summer is over. No more fun. We, you, have a job to do." The five year old Kellie slapped Zuko's hand away.
"More fun! More fun!" Kellie yelled in protest. Aaron, suddenly 16, walked in front of his sister. The young Kellie looked up at both young men in bewilderment.
"You can't take her away. She belongs here, with her family." Zuko glared at him.
"Yah, well, her family gave up on her a while ago." Aaron looked down, and realized he was 25 again. Zuko walked past Aaron, and toward the little Kellie. She held her arms out to him, as if he were her father. Zuko picked her up, and began to walk away.
As Zuko bore her away, Kellie waved at Aaron.
"Bye bye, Onion!" Kellie called, unable to say Aaron. Aaron felt his heart break.
"See you soon!" She called. Aaron ran after her, but couldn't catch up.
Zuko and Kellie were gone.
"Aaron." His sister was somewhere, he heard her voice.
"Aaron." Where was she? He tried to call her name, but nothing came out.
"Aaron." WHERE WAS SHE?
"AARON!" Aaron snapped out of his dream, and he saw Zuko and Kellie standing over him.
"It's about time you woke up." Kellie said, and walked off. Aaron sat up, and looked over at Zuko.
"What happened?" He asked. Zuko shrugged.
"It looked like you were having a seizure." Zuko said casually. Kellie reappeared, wearing her armor, her helmet tucked under one arm.
"Careful, you moron! You'll hurt yourself!"
"Would you shut up? I'm fine!"
"No you aren't! Zuko, back me up! Zuko? Zuko? Zuko!" Kellie looked around the garden frantically, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Zuko come walking up the path.
"There you are! Where were you?" Zuko bit his lip behind his helmet.
"Making my rounds." Kellie put her hands on her hips.
"You could have at least told us where you were going!" Kellie snapped. Aaron cut in.
"Kellie, do regular guards tell each other where they're going? They all know their places, they don't need to worry about each other unless they're guarding something!"
"And we're guarding our lives!"
"Zula doesn't know that!"
"Shut up, you idiots! There are civilians here who could hear us!" Zuko hissed. Kellie growled. She was the silent one, Aaron was the new recruit with a slight sprain in his ankle, and Zuko was the experienced soldier who had served in the last war, which was true, to a certain extent. They had made up alibis to protect themselves.
"Rymeku, what do you think of those three guards down in the garden?" Maiku nearly growled when his aunt used the name she had given him after his mother disappeared. But never-the-less, Maiku walked over to the balcony, and looked into the garden. There were three guards, arguing, one walked with a limp, one didn't speak at all, by the way he moved his arms, and the third seemed to be bossing the other two around. Maiku's eyes widened when the guard who appeared to be silent used a dirty sign with his hand.
There's something about those three, something, that seems familiar. I'll tell Iroh about this.
"Well?" Maiku was broken out of his trance when his aunt spoke.
"They seem high quality. Except for the one with the limp." Zula agreed with suspicious eyes on the guards.
"Yes, something about the one who limps seems out of place."
Hmm, I wuz planning to make this longer, but decided against it. Hope you liked it anyways. how come no1 has noticed the part about 'Iroh'?
DISCLAIMER: i don't own Wake Me Up When September Ends, it belongs to Green Day. and that first song, it belongs to my mom. i think. ;)
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LONG LIVE THE HIPPIES!
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