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Chapter Three

(Sokka's POV)

The repeated cycles of torture began to take a toll on the poor boy Sokka as although the passing of time had become evident, the exact period of time had eluded his sharp brain. The burning of his chest seemed to create a sense of urgency in escape every time, but with no avail there were no empty holes in the security of the vehicle that transported everyone.

The one constant that he woke up to after every session with Azula was that of Ty-Lee, and her worried face throughout the time she spent with him. The most recent one came to mind as he sat in his metal box of solitude…

(Flashback Beginning)

Sokka woke up to a cold wet rag on his forehead, which cooled off his already overheating body and saw Ty-Lee again. After the first session he had in which he though she was an Angel, he found out that she never seemed to smile as before, and although he asked her multiple times why she didn't smile, she never seemed to get a straight answer until today….

"Ty-Lee" Sokka began.

"Yes Sokka?"

"Why are you so sad? What happened since the last time I saw you? You were on top of the world even in tough situations, what's got your tongue lately?"

Ty-Lee looked up in surprise at this gesture of kindness and was confused to this. Here was a boy no, not a boy, a man she thought, that has gone through so much, living in a world that was at a disadvantage to him, just like it was to her, and yet he was still peachy on his life? It didn't make sense.

Ty-Lee knew only one way to proceed without showing her full hand, to bear her soul would be too much at the present moment and she had no idea if she wanted to or not.

"Sokka, why do you keep fighting? You are going against master level benders, and assassins who are trained to kill without remorse. As far as I can tell, you have self-taught your basic style of fighting and have supplemented it with other fighting styles whenever you could…"

She was interrupted with Sokka beginning to chuckle.

"And what is so funny to you?" She asked with a higher sense of worry.

"You know…" Sokka began again. "You know that every time I tried to be an older brother, to be a better mentor for my sister, for the Avatar, I knew that I would be left in the dust. I am a regular person, I am not a bender, and although my brain is sharp, I can only do so much. I am a liability and on top of that, I can't even fight, as proven to you the day you captured me. I'm better off de…"

Sokka was interrupted with a hug that was unexpected but glowing with soul and warmth.

"Don't you even think about finishing that sentence Sokka of the Water Tribe. Yes I know where you came from, and I know your relationship with the social hierarchy in the Water Tribe, specifically the Southern Water Tribe..."

Sokka flinched at this statement, although he knew his name was well known, the related information wasn't, and now he was working behind the proverbial eight ball to keep the information on his side.

"But that is neither here nor there. I don't believe in domination of a nation in order for order to be preserved. I like co-existence. Nature has proved that from day one, and even when I was in the circus (Sokka smiled as he filed that bit of information away for later) I saw animals from different species working together."

Sokka looked up as Ty-Lee slowly backed away from him and he smiled with warmth that reminded him of a familiar feeling that he once had. A feeling of acceptance, of something more than friendship…

(Flashback End)

But suddenly the memories of that moment was broken as a door outside opened and slammed shut with someone screaming profanities. Sokka who was unshackled at this time, looked through the bars in his door to see who the new prisoner was, and his world stopped when he saw Azula standing over a struggling Suki.

Ty-Lee was right behind Azula as she tried to convince the princess to be easy to the princess, but to no avail as the one track mind of Azula was working in horror.

"Azula, why are you treating her this harshly?" Ty-Lee asked in a worried tone as she was not aware of the purpose why Azula had beaten and broken the body of Suki.

"She was trying to break in, now dear little warrior, what did you hope to accomplish?" Azula asked in a sickly sweet voice to the prisoner that was familiar to the entire group.

Suki looked up and saw Sokka's face through the bars of the door as he tried to reach out to her across the hall. A futile effort, but it was the tipping point that Azula needed to see as she smirked, a plan ready and put in motion.

"Oh, you're here for the Useless Water Tribe boy huh?" Azula sneered as she looked over her captor.

Suki reacted violently as she responded with a kick to the stomach of Azula and said "Don't you EVER say that about Sokka, he's worked harder and suffered more then you could ever imagine."

Now to be fair, Azula isn't the kind of person to take grief from anyone, but mix that with a direct assault on her personal self and the cogs in her brain began turning to determine who would suffer, and as she looked at Suki, she trailed her sight to see who Suki was smiling for, and landed on the Water Tribe peasant himself. Suddenly, the final nail in her coffin plan began to form as she responded with a kick to her pelvis and a crunching sound ensued as Ty-Lee reacted.

"NO AZULA! There is another way always! Don't hurt her!" Ty-Lee shouted.

Azula backhanded Ty-Lee, knocking her out as she hit her head hard on the side of the cell as she grabbed Suki by the hair, dragging her up to eye level with Sokka's view. She grinned like a maniac as she brought her pointed fingers to Suki's head and stating:

"Any last words to each other?"

Suki looked to Sokka and smiled through the pain. Sokka on the other hand was crying freely as he watched the final moments of one of the precious people in his life.

"Sokka, be strong, stay strong for me, for all of us. You are the last Warrior of Kyoshi, Find love, and find peace."

Azula then yelled "TIMES UP!" and Sokka screamed as he witnessed the death of Suki at the hands of Azula. The method of execution you may ask? Lightning.

Suki's dead body fell unceremoniously to the floor as Azula sneered to Sokka.

"You are worth nothing."

Azula then walked away in a strut as she felt the success of the world flowing around her.

Sokka was shocked, stunned and almost broken yet again. Another girl, another damn relationship that was ended because she was dead, he screamed as he banged his head on the door, everyone he loved, would be taken away from him; everyone he loved kept dying on him.

His thoughts were interrupted as he noticed Ty-Lee dragging her now conscious self to him. She pulled herself next to the door, and reached up, to grab his now outstretched hand and pulled herself up to him. She was bleeding badly, her head wound gushing profusely as she whispered as loud as she could.

"Sokka, you are precious, you are a gem, and no one, not even Azula can lie without me correcting her. Sokka… I… I…. "

She then passed out due to the lack of blood and Sokka screamed.

"GUARDS HELP!"

Well everyone, it's good to be back. I'm glad to be writing again, although under a new penname as my old one was unsalvageable due to technical errors. I understand the wait was a long time for those who read my story before, and I apologize. Please Review this chapter and please tell me new ideas to improve this story! I look forward to seeing how this story will turn out!

-GunRose (Formerly Wolfpacker44)