Done with Second Chances

Slam!

Katara covered her ears and leaned back against the cell walls.

Five days! she thought angrily, We've been locked up for five days and all that jerk can think to do is pound his fat fists into the wall.

She glared at the firebender in the next cell.This was all his fault.I'm an idiot.

"Why...?" the girl's whisper was barely audible but Zuko heard her nontheless.

He stared back at her with emotionless eyes and then turned away.

"Why!" she yelled.

He whipped his head around and stared at her."What are you talking about, peasant?!"

"You know what I'm talking about you--you betrayer!" her voice came out strangely high-pitched,"I was willling to trust you! I was even going to heal your damn scar. I thought you had changed!"

"I have changed," he murmurred.

Katara shook her head furiously,"You're the same selfish, lying,spoiled brat you were the first time I met you."

Zuko was too tired to bother replying to that. In a way she was right."I had to."

Katara raised her eyebrows,"You had to? You had to push away everyone who ever cared about you and destroy your entire future? Why exactly did you have to?"

"She said my father would love me again." he choked out."but I forgot what got me through the first fourteen years of my life:'Azula always lies'. She wanted power and I got her to it faster... and now that's she's done with me here I am."

Katara fell silent and stared sadly at the boy who, like her, had never really had parents.

'That's something we have in common.' She remembered what he'd said that awful night,when her whole world had fallen apart.

"Your uncle loves you." she finally whispered.

An experession of guilt flashed over his face, but he quickly hid it."He would've stopped me."

There was a crash from outside, followed by a series of shouts. The prisoners felt the earth in their cells rumble.What's going on?

Katara's question was answered as her brother burst through the door,"Katara! You're all right. I got the keys,"he tossed them to her."Listen I gotta go, Aang needs my help,but meet me out front as soon as you figure out which key unlcoks it. We're outnumbered four to one." and with that he sprinted back towards the battle.

Katara stared after him in shock and then started shoving keys randomely into the lock. She sighed in relief as the bars swung open and ran for the door.Later on she would always wish she hadn't looked back but she did.

And there was Zuko, looking at her with pleading eyes.

The waterbender took a step forward and then stopped.

"I thought I could trust you, I really did. Maybe then I would've helped you. But now...I'm sorry Zuko, but I'm done with second chances."

Zuko couldn't understand why he was sad to see her go.

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A/N:Zuko is evil. That's why I wrote this chapter. Don't review about lack of zutara because they did talk(without killing each other).I needed to torture him in some way after the show so now he's locked up in a cell.

But seriously in the season finale how could he trust her! Didn't he say himself Azula always lies? Didn't he spend the entire second season building up to where he would change and cross over to the good side? And then he just betrays everyone including the one person who loved him more than his father ever could.