Chapter 13
Broken
(Broken By Seether Ft. Amy Lee)
Wild Flower shivered on Sky's lap again. They had been in the air for 14 hours and Dawn Star was on enemy watch, and Wild Flower perfured Sky over Silk Fox any day.
Sky took off his last blanket and wrapped it around the little girl, he was a grown man, and the freezing tempertues weren't permenent. Kang said that dirge was in a pocket of warm weather. Probably why they set a temple there Sky thought bitterly.
Sky descended into the lower floor of the Dragonfly. You had to hunch halfway down to get across it. It was just mainly a place where Kang could fix the wires the draped down around him.
When he got to the "eyes" of the dragon fl there was a little hangover where you could sit on with your feet dangling a foot from the bottle glass of the eyes. Sky sat down and kept silent, knowing Kang was just above.
Mainly he just watched the stars and the clouds fly by. Feeling a little like he was running forward for the first time since Pinmei died, instead of running back and blindly.
For the first time since he met Wu he saw his self for the very first time in the glass that reflected himself back.
He didn't look like before this started. Not just Wu, but after his wife died. He always wanted to picture himself younger, like when he met his wife.
He envisioned himself in the reflection across from him look that way. All smiled and a dashing smile to land a women in his bed.
His parents materialized around his reflection his mother on his left his father on his right.
'You seemed troubled son.' Sky's father patter the reflections back speaking in his deep dashing voice.
Sky's mother smiled sadly, 'Of course he is. He's been through a lot.' her beautiful face mixed with sadness.
'Does it ever stop?' Sky asked, they knew what he spoke of.
'The pain will stop son, but it had been necessary for you to get this far, to get to Wu.' His father nodded curtly.
'I just feel so lost right now, I'm not Sky of the Green plains anymore am I?'
Sky's mother smiled. 'No, Your you. You've gotten over your standings as a leader to fight for what you love.'
Sky's head lowered and he pulled out the cloth from Wu's old sash, letting his hair down. He wrapped it around his fingers.
'Sky.'
His head snapped up, and he saw his real self in the reflection again, his wife and Pinmei in her arms beside his haunted slightly sunken appearance.
'Tiger lily!' Sky cried out for his wife wondering what they were all doing here. Or… maybe he called them here.
Tiger Lily smiled. ' Your sad Yet when Wu was around you started to smile again. Why aren't you smiling now?' '
Sky's eyes rimmed with tears, ' Tiger Lily… I… I'm sorry, I broke my promise that I wouldn't love anyone else but you.' A small crack before he started tearing completely, Wu's and Tiger Lily's wounds on his heart ripping open again.
Tiger smiled. ' If it was me and you were death would you want me to live alone?'
Sky shook his head, he'd want her happy.
Tiger sighed, ' Sky we love you. But.. Sometimes you have to let go… you're already gone. Your not who you used to be.'
Sky nodded, and beside her formed the Sky Tiger Lily fell in love with. The full happy one.
How was it Wu fell in love with the broken sad one?
'Because she understands what it's like trying to be happy through the pain of loss. Something you would have never understood if you hadn't lost us.'
Sky's mouth opened without words coming out, He choked then gasped. 'I never wanted you to leave Tiger…' His eyes gazed longingly at his daughter. 'Or you Pinmei.'
Pinmei giggled. 'Daddy, we didn't leave. You're just in a new station! And Wu is supposed to be with you now! But we're still here! Every time you think of us.'
Sky buried his face in his hands. That's exactly what Pinmei would say.
'Sky.' Tiger Lily said distantly.
Sky's head shot up again to see Pinmei and Tiger Lily's reflections fading. 'I love you.'
'Where are you going?'
Tiger Lily smiled. 'We're going "on" Wu showed us the way, now that you've finally let us go. We can finally rest for a while.'
Sky sniffled and nodded, finally letting Tiger rest with peace that he'd be okay. 'I love you.' They would not say good bye. She'd always be with him in spirit.
Tiger and Pinmei faded out of view
Sky leaned his head on the back against a wall closing his eyes. 'Thank you for letting them rest.' Sky whispered to Wu somewhere off in the Spirit Lands.
'I love you…' Not a visitor, just Wu's voice echoing in his head…
'Sky?' Wild Flowers voice whispered.
He opened his eyes and smiled, nor really caring that their red. Wild Flower and Chai Ka probably already knew. 'Yes Flower?'
Wild Flower smiled and sat down. 'Can I ask you something?'
Sky inclined his head for her to countinue.
'Why did Wu say she was in love with you?' Wild Flower's nose twitched curiously.
Sky shrugged at her. 'I don't know, that something you should have asked her before she died isn't it?' Mybe it came out a little sharper then he meant it, he just really wantesd to be alone right now.
Wild Flower looked out towards the stars, quiet for a good five minutes before she randomly said.
'Wu will make it back you know.'
Sky frowned at Wild Flower. 'People can't come back from the dead Wild Flower.'
Wild Flower jumped up her little face furious. 'Why does you and Dawn Star and Silk Fox keep saying that? I came back from the dead with the help of The Guardian, and I I can do it so can Wu, Wu can do anything!'
Sky said nothing, letting the girl hope falsly, they truly didn't even know why they were going to Dirge, they just knew they had to be there.
Wilf Flower spun on her heel stalking towards the way back when she stopped suddenly Chai Ka whispering. 'Sky?'
Sky nodded again.
' A childs hope is usually in the correct place.' Then she continued to walk off.
A little ray of hope curled in Sky's stomach.
The sun broke over the moutains then, and the little temple of Dirge broke out between the mountains, they started to descend. Dawn Star yelling at everyone to get up and get in their seats, Sky got to his feet looking at the beautiful temple from a far and then hunching over towards the main room again.
Dawn Star was the first one off, she looked around and bluntly said. 'Wu's here.' she beamed at Sky.
Sky's stomach curled again picturing her in his arms…
'Then she's a ghost.' Silk Fox snapped crushing that hope. 'and if you or Sky don't have the guts to put her in her plce if she's gone mad then I will.'
Dawn Star and Sky stared identical masks of black hate at Silk Fox, who flipped her head to the other side watching Hou, and Whirlwind unload the tents.
They spent their time setting up camp and debating the purpose of being here. By the time they were finished setting up dusk was slipping in.
'Hey…' Hou whispered looking of into the distance. 'It may just be me… but is that a twinkling orb over there?'
They all looked, and indeed a twinkling orb, almost like a star drifted towards them… then another… then another…. Then another.
Soon hundreds of orbs twinkled around them. ' blink…' it sounded…
It sounded almost like a instruments playing a song… a familiar song…
Dawn Star gasped. ' Broken…'
Sky listened and relieved she was corrected. He hurtled into a memory not so long ago.
Wu opened her mouth, but this time a melody rung out off her lips. Her voice was like a shimmering bell, singing high from the song he used to sing to Pin Mei.
Sky voice flowed into her melody like he had never dreamed. Bass and melody wrapping itself into the sky.
When the song concluded silence over whelmed the group.
Wu and he had sung this the night he came to love her. Her blush, her laugh….
'Wu…' She was here, he knew… just so close…
He played the memory in his head, remembering the song in his head…
I wanted you to know
That I love the way you laugh
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain away
I keep your photograph
And I know it serves me well
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
This was he lyrics he had hummed before Wu started singing… The orbs started playing louder, and he sung out the words in his deep dashing voice.
cause I'm broken
when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
You've gone away
You don't feel me here...anymore
The orbs played louder then he could ever sing, and Sky was hurtled into the memory of Wu sitting on a log and her musical voice ringing out.
The worst is over now
And we can breathe again
I wanna hold you high,
you steal my pain away
There's so much left to learnA
nd no one left to fight
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
This time everyone joined in singing the chores all remembering this first happy memory.
cause I'm broken
when I'm open
And I don't feel like
I am strong enough
cause I'm broken
when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right
when you're gone away
There was a silence and the orbs slowly glistened, their music got softer, but a voice stunned so she sung alone.
cause I'm broken
when I'm open
And I don't feel like
I am strong enough
cause I'm broken
when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right
when you're gone away
cause I'm broken
when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone ...away
Everyone turned and saw Wu the Lotus Blossom beaming at them. Dawn Star tip toed over as the orbs… souls… disappeared. They whispered together.
You're gone away
You don't feel me here...anymore…
'Wu!' Dawn Star sobbed throwing her arms around her best friend. 'We thought you were dead! Then I saw the strangest things!'
Silk Fox cut in. 'I expected a ghost, Not Flesh and Blood!'
Wu was silent for a women, then her black eyes found Sky's and melted his heart. ' I came back for Sky.'
Everyone gasped and stared at him.
Her being her made him stutter and shocked that she actually came back from the dead for him… ' You.. You what?'
The next two hours they filled Wu in about Emperor Li's new role. Wu listened quietly, as if she had assumed most of it. When they were finally done Wu almost excused herself to bed when Dawn Star blurted out. 'There's something else isn't there? Something I saw… And I didn't want to tell the others.'
Wu nodded. 'It's about you and Master Li.'
Dawn Star stared at Wu uncomfortable. ' Am I really Master Li's daughter?'
Silk Fox burst out into laughter.
'No wonder you kept it from us, that's laughable.'
Hatred burned in Sky with the princess as Wu frowned. No one was going to make Wu unhappy right after she just came back for him. 'Not as Laughable as some of the things I've seen in your presence! She is of the right age!'
Fox rolled her eyes. ' Lots of children are born everyday. I was born at that time, and if you don't count her latest rebirth so was Wu! Besides the burning could have been seen anywhere.'
Wu's face reddened. 'Just the castle.'
Silk Fox stumbled on her words. And with a huff stalked off. Dawn Star was already gone, in her tent, probably thinking things through. Sky, finally able to get Wu to himself muttered. 'Wu, I know your exhausted but when you have a moment come talk to me.'
Wu grabbed his hand. 'Let's go now.'