Game Over

The Game Ends...

HAYLEY?! Azula didn't understand. Hayley was in charge of all of this? And made Azula imposter? "Why?" asked Azula.

"I may be the lead singer of a successful and beloved band, but I got bored. I wanted to try something new, so I became a game designer. Eventually, I got bored of that too. Until I realized that there was a more interesting way to play games. What if people could do all of the fantastic things in games, but it was their actual spirits who got to do it. Of course, I ran into the snag that all the characters would have perma death with no restarts, but every game has its bugs."

"But, why me?"

"I saw the hurt in your eyes when I sang to you. Even when you were filled with joy and love, there was still longing there. See, this game in particular is made to help people. I didn't make a game where you try to kill people going about their business. The game is made from you. All of the characters. All of the scenarios. They all came from you. This game lets you fight your demons. Although, it didn't seem that fighting was your style, so even the game hid the fact that you needed to face your trauma." Hayley smiled. "But don't you see. I helped you. The game is over because you figured out who the imposter was, and why."

"But you're going to KILL ME?"

"Well, that can't be helped really. The rules were very clear. It will just be a qui-"

Hayley didn't get to finish. The ceiling of the room collapsed. The other astronauts dissolved into pixels until only Hayley and Azula were left. Hayley seemed frozen in place. Azula walked over to try and harness her fire again, but crumpled to the ground, asleep.

~~~

Azula opened her eyes to see Ty Lee. "Eeee ♡♡♡!!!! She's okay!" Ty Lee wrapped her arms around Azula, and Azula felt warmth. Azula looked up to see the rest of her friends. They seemed happy. Even Zuko. She looked to her side and saw Hayley Williams, bloodied on the forehead.

"Yeah..." Zuko said. "We tried to find you after the show but no one knew where you went. I happened to overhear some bandmates saying how Hayley found 'her next project' and knew that that couldn't be good."

"By the time he told the rest of us, we thought it might be too late," Sokka said. "We ran out of the venue and found the bus. There was s purple lights coming from the windows. Toph kicked down the door and the glow went away, but there you were hooked up to wires in a chair!"

"Hayley was hooked up next to you. We thought some weird psychopathic shit was happening and tried to disconnect you two." Suki said this as she began to look proud. "I figured out how to disconnect you all first, of course, but I was working on Hayley so I got her undone before you."

"Next thing you know," Katara interrupted, "Hayley is kicking and screaming about how it 'must be done' and we were 'ruining everything', which was very sus. So, we figured she was the psychopath and-"

"And I knocked her up the head with my monk training!" Aang was beaming, all of this teeth on display.

"Thank you guys for saving me. I can't believe I have such good friends, and such a good brother." Azula turned to Sokka. "Hey, I've got something I want to discuss with Zuko. Mind if I borrow him?"

"As long as I get him back tonight. We had plans! I already got the roses and everything!"

"That's rough buddy," said Zuko to Sokka, "because I need this night with my sister. I think it's finally time we talked."

Azula left feeling hopeful she could move past her own past. And despite it all, she still loved Paramore. ❤(ˆ‿ˆԅ)