I have been fighting with myself over if I wanted to write this or not. Do you know how irritating and weird it is to fight with yourself? Is weirder than irritating. Anyway, this story is dedicated to dizzy-in-the-izzy. She got me to write again so, thank you izzy! You rock my avatar socks off! (I don't have avatar socks but if I had, you would totally rock them.)

Summary: Set in our world. President Ozai has the United States in his command. Next step, the rest of the world. He already started by killing the Air Nomads… except one, the Avatar. Now Aang and his friends have to stop Ozai from getting the world in his command. While on the way the will experience love, friendship, regret and death.

Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar.

Chapter 1: Hearing

I stopped and crouched down, gasping for breath. My dog Appa coming to a stopped close to me and nuzzle at my side. I stood up slowly and looked around, Appa walking a few steps in front of me. It looked like a Hollywood ghost town, with all the mist and door hinges squeaking. I was trying to not be caught by them that I wasn't able to figure out where I was going. A normal human being will be scare and start running out of here but I am not a normal human. That is why I am running away from them, I am not supposed to be here. I am supposed to be dead, along with my other kind, but I was the only one who survived. My kind was called "Air Nomads". We could control the air around us. We could make tornadoes or just a slight breeze to dry up clothes. We traveled a lot, since we had super speed and use gliders to fly, we could get to Africa for lunch and return to China by supper.

I don't know what happen. I was supposed to return to get supplies for Australia, only to find bones and blood splatter across the floor. Seeing those burn bodies, bodies of children, of my friends, my teachers. Bodies of animals, cats, dogs, and lemurs burn to the bone.

That's when I saw the body of my uncle, Gyatso. He was like a father to me when my father wasn't even there. I couldn't control the anger that seem to be growing bigger inside of me until I couldn't hold it anymore and just exploded. I woke up sometime later of something licking my face, that's when I met Appa and realize that we where the only ones that survive.

I took a deep breath, trying not to feel like it was my fault they where gone. Appa nuzzle his nose on my hand.

"Your right Appa, is not my fault." But I couldn't make myself believe in that. I looked back, narrowing my eyes to see over the mist. They aren't coming… yet. I started to walk.

I don't remember how I got into this. I was working in a sushi restaurant, cleaning a table when they walked inside, five to be exact. Each one wore a fire sign on their left side of their coats. One of them had a scar covering the left side of his eye, he was scowling at the older man who had a long gray beard. The one with the scar frown at me, "Hey, aren't you going to take our order?" I frown but let it go. They told me what they wanted and got back to talking. I got there orders being not too careful if some roaches got into the food (we don't have a lot of roaches but when we do, they are a big help.) I return back to the kitchen and began moping the floor, I replayed all the memories I got from all the five men, their heartbreaks, their pain, their love ones, and their selfishness. The sounds of plates breaking made me go back to reality.

"What the hell is this shit?!" Scar face said, glaring at me, having part of the food in his fist, "Do you know whom you are messing with?" I knew who he was exactly. Zuko, the son of president Ozai and Lady Ursa. He was in a mission to capture the Avatar and finally get his 'honor' back, or whatever that meant. He got his scar because he disrespected his father and got sentenced into a dual and lost.

I don't know what happen next but I was suddenly running to my house, shoving things into my book bag, and getting out of their with Appa on my tail before they could get me. I could have got into my car but I didn't have gas so I chose running. Why couldn't they just leave me alone.

I began crossing the road; I didn't notice Appa sat still, barking at me. I was so stupid; I should have heard the engine roaring, the sound of the wheels sliding thru the cement, Appa's warning barking. Before I was able to react I was flying thru the air, and hitting the floor, face down. Thankfully I use my airbending at the last minute making my fall less hurtful, although I couldn't say that about my left leg, that was hurting over the impact with the car. I heard the sound of doors opening and footsteps coming towards me. I could feel Appa's wet nose trying to flip me over.

"Sokka? What the hell?!" I heard someone-a girl-say. I couldn't really see her face but I could tell by her voice that she must be beautiful.

"What?! Is not my fault he is in this ghost town and we couldn't see him by all the crappy fog or whatever!" I heard a guy's voice say. This might be Sokka, the girl must be talking about.

"Well, if you weren't driving 50 miles over the speed limit we wouldn't have killed someone!"

"Wait, his dead?! Crap let's get the hell out of here!"

I heard the sound of someone being jerked back. "No, we are taking this person to the hospital and-" I wasn't able to here the rest of the conversation because just than I heard the sound of engines coming closer to where I was. Oh no. I stood up, letting a couple of grunts and holding my thigh.

"Are you okay?" she asked me, "That was a pretty bad fall."

"Well, my left leg hurts but other than that, I am fine," I responded, smiling.

"Sorry for running you over, my stupid brother just got his license back and his was enjoying his car a little to much." I smiled and tried to hide my laughter, coughing. "Oh and my name is Katara, and my brother is Sokka," she said, smiling back at me. My smile vanished when I heard the engines of the car coming closer.

Appa barked "Oh yeah, this is Appa and I am Aang." I looked around, trying to figure out how far are they.

"Oh, do you need a ride?" Katara asked, "We would be glad to take you wherever you would like to go."

"What?!" Sokka shrieked, making Appa jump, "No Katara, No! Do you even know who this kid is? He could be a firebender as far as we know. Or… a vampire."

"I think a vampire would leave a huge dent in front of your car, Sokka. And I'm sure he is a firebender, you can tell by the evil look in his eyes." I tried to give my best goofy grin, Appa jumping on Sokka and licking his face.

"Okay fine," he mumbled, shooing Appa off of him. Sokka groan and ran to his car as fast as possible. I thanked Katara and helped her get in the car before I got in with Appa.

"Okay, so where to?" Sokka glanced at me over the rearview mirror, scowling, taking some of the spit Appa got on him.

"Um, where are we?" I asked,

"We are in Pennsylvania." Pennsylvania!? Wow, I ran that far? And they followed me?

"Uh, just leave me in the nearest-" I could hear the engines coming closer, the black cars getting faster and faster. "Uh, just drive- and fast." Sokka eyed me weirdly, but shrugged.

"So Aang, where are you from?" Katara asked me, I looked at her and turn back to the back window. Appa seating next to me alert.

"Um, I am from.... Europe," I responded.

"Oh, what part of Europe?" she asked me. I looked back at her, before turning back to the window.

"Um, Spain," I responded, trying to sound as casual as I could. I hate lying to anybody, even though I am pretty good at it.

Air Nomads are known for being friendly and pacifists. We could also hear from far away and are very flexibly. We each get our own special skills, each one is different. My friend, Rodrigo, was able to move things with his mind, it was cool when we had a math test and he could get the answer sheet. My other friend, Holly, could make people think what she wants them to think, also useful for school or to "study" with boys as she like to put it. My special ability was somewhat strange. I could tell people's history and emotion by just looking at them. How old are they, what do they want to be, have they ever been in love, did they ever fail a test.

"Do you need to go to the hospital to check that leg?" Katara asked me, concern written on her face. I shook my head and smiled at her.

I never notice anybodies eyes as I did to hers. Usually when I get in people's memories I search in their faces, which is weird because people say that the eyes are the windows to the soul.

Her eyes where the most blue, they look like an ocean, dangerous but beautiful. And man, was she beautiful. She had chocolate-brown, wavy hair that reached to her back, her skin was the color of caramel that seemed to make her eyes almost jump at you. She could be the death of me with her eyes. I didn't notice until a few seconds later that she said something.

"Excuse me, what did you say?" I asked, trying to sound that I didn't get caught gawking at her (Ha, gawking.)

"Nothing... it- just... I like your eyes," I saw Sokka rolling her eyes at her.

"Katara is known for saying random stuff."

"I am not! But what can I say, I love looking at people's eyes," she responded, she gazed at me, her eyes having a sparkle shining inside of them making her look simply breath-taking. It made my heart stop and hard for me to swallow and my hands sweaty and shaking. I close my eyes tight and took a deep breath.

"So, where are you guys from?" I asked, trying to control the feeling that I had inside of my stomach.

"We are from Florida but we live in Pennsylvania because our dad works here," Katara answer.

"Do you like living here?" I asked, the way she responded sounded almost sad.

"Well, I miss my friends, and my family. So… I don't know. The good thing about it is that everybody in our neighborhood are really close, is like a huge family."

"Sounds nice."

There was a pregnant silence before the sound of a gunshot broke it.

"What the hell?" I heard Sokka shouted and look at his rearview mirror, "Those guys have been following us." Suddenly, we heard sounds of gunshots hitting the car, Sokka turned the wheel wildly so that the gunshots wouldn't hit us. "What is going on!?" A bullet went thru the back window, thankfully Appa and me crouched down just in time. I looked back to see the man with a smirk on his face, pointing the gun again on the car.

"Hold on tight," I told them before I opened my window and slid off grabbing the roof of the car that thankfully had bars. The wind was hitting my body and my leg wasn't helping much. I got on top of the car and kneed, my hands gripping the bars and took a deep breath, my lungs filling with air. I saw one of the man pointing is gun and ready to fire at me. I smiled and let a huge gush of wind, the speed of a hurricane coming out my mouth making the black cars go in the air while the car that I was on go faster. I got back in the car, not before watching the cars landing miles away, upside down. I hope their okay.

The rest of the car ride was in an awkward silence, I could feel Sokka's glances on me.

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(Katara's POV)

My brother glanced back and looked at me, "So, what do we do with him?" He nodded to Aang who was asleep with Appa on his lap.

"Well, we can't just leave him on the streets."

"So what do we do?" Sokka said, looking at me questionably. I gazed out the window, watching the houses pass by. We can't just leave Aang alone, but we also can't make him stay with us… can we?

"What… if he stays with us Sokka?" I asked, hoping he would say yes.

"I don't know. Is not my decision Katara, is our dad's decision. What do you think he would say?"

I smiled, "I think he is going to say yes."

"But we don't even know who he is or what he is."

"We know he is an airbender, and that he is not a firebender." I responded, looking back at Aang and his arrow on his forehead. He had a black, leather jacket with sleeves that reached to his knuckles and had a white button down shirt that seemed to big for him. His hair was black, almost dark-brown color and looked soft.

I wasn't lying when I said that I liked his eyes, although I can't see them right now. He had stormy grey eyes that seemed to glow in the night,, and I mean really glow, and when I looked inside of them I could feel like I just walked into my safe heaven (Oooh, I sound poetic.)

"Katara, pay attention!" I jumped and looked back at Sokka, "You don't like him, do you?"

"What? No! I-I-I only met him an hour ago! H-how can you even think of that-"

"Okay, jeez! You don't have to be so overdramatic. I was just saying."

I took a deep breath and put my forehead on my cold window, trying to control my heartbeat.

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Ugh, in someway it DIDN'T turn out as I picture it. Eh, what can you do. I finally have my own computer, a Mac! And I paid it with my own money that I collected from Christmas and my birthday which was March 1, happy B-day to me. Anyway, please review and have a nice day.

Sorry for the bad grammar and spelling mistakes.