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When Rose woke up, Bam was running his hand soothingly through her hair, gently massaging her head.
"I don't know its reasoning for attacking you guys but I bet it has something to do with the end of Dria. Maybe leading you to something... Maybe it was to lead you guys to me," Oliver's voice echoed around the room.
"We were already going to see you. We just needed to find Lynn first. She went missing," Bam mentioned.
"Lynn, the Water Queen? You lost her?"
"Not us. I think Ice died or something so she ran away to find her."
"And you'd don't run after her then?"
"She froze the palace to lock us in. Only melted a couple days later. Thank goodness her ice powers were fading because otherwise we would have been locked in there for months!"
"I see. And do you know where she was going?"
"To Nat, I think."
"Oh dear, that's not good. She's not dead, is she? I don't have a bond with her just yet so I can't tell."
"She isn't," Rose commented, making them aware that she was awake. "I can feel it. That being said, my connection to her in the Earth Kingdom is a lot stronger than my connection in the Air Kingdom. Could she be here?"
"Doubt it. You said she was missing for a couple of days, right? My people would have found her by now."
Rose's shoulders slumped.
"Great. She really is lost."
"No need to give up yet, Rose. I think I may have an idea where she is."
"Where?"
"The Air Kingdom. We have a bond with them so if you feel closer here but she's not in the Air Kingdom, the only explanation is that she's in the Air Kingdom."
"Great! Then we have to go!"
"Not just yet. You just woke up and you're still healing. Maybe tomorrow."
That was when she remembered how burnt she had gotten.
Her skin was still miserably burnt but it was ten times better than before. Some patches were already completely healed but the majority were still open burns.
She turned to Bam, he was healing quickly but not as quick as she was and she guessed it was because she was the Fire Queen and he didn't have a high position in society like her. Although, he did look much better than her considering he wasn't burnt as much.
"We have this beautiful medicine and tea from our tropical trees which will heal you in no time at all," Oliver told her. "By dusk tomorrow, I guarantee we'll be on our way."
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"You let her die!" Fire screamed, holding the ice sword, ready to stab Nat.
"Calm down, Fire," Nat backed away. "What could I have done?"
"Anything. Literally anything. That what you could have done. But no, you were just watching as though you were watching a film!"
"Well, you making a deal with Aqua didn't do much either. In fact, I bet it triggered it."
"At least I tried."
"Tried? I can barely call it that."
Fire's grip around the ice sword tightened.
"Come on, Fire. Let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet. Let's talk things out."
"I'm done talking things out."
"Alright, then let's take a few second to just consider the outcomes, yeah? Let's take a deep breath and then slowly exhale and just think. Think about what is about to happen."
"I don't need to think it over, Nat. I don't need a second. I don't need a deep breath. And I don't need to consider the outcomes. I need to get rid of you. To get my revenge."
"I don't want to hurt you, Fire. Not yet-"
"Shut it!"
Fire approached her quickly, swinging the sword around. Nat took a couple of steps back.
"Come on, Fire. Why don't we just-"
"I said shut it!"
"But-"
"SHUT IT!"
"Alright, I get you are furious but... Look, it's Aqua!"
Fire glanced briefly in the direction she had pointed in before realising what Nat had done. When she turned back, the lady was sprinting down the mountains.
"Not today, Nat," Fire ran after her. "Not ever."
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