She held the child in her arms at it feel asleep. The baby was no older than six months and still had little wisps of silky, red hair on her small head. She carried it across the room and set it down in a crib next to another little girl with a similar face but white-blonde hair.
As the twins fell asleep, another nurse ran into the small room of the earth nation hospital. "Are they asleep?" She hissed to her companion.
"Yes, the ginger fell asleep seconds ago," the first nurse said, covering the baby with a green blanket. As she did, she couldn't help but sigh. "Tarrant, what are we going to do with them? We know what they are and we can't keep them here. They'll be used and punished for what they are."
"You think I don't know that? Val, we can't just leave them somewhere and hope for the best either. I need to know their someplace safe."
"We only took them in a week ago! How can you be so attached?"
"Because the little blonde one looks like my sister," Val nearly yelled. She then looked down and sighed. "I can't just give her up…again." Tarrant didn't pry; she honestly didn't want to know about Val's past.
Suddenly, footsteps sounded from upstairs. Val ran to the girls but Tarrant took her shoulder. "It's okay," she consoled her. "They won't come down here. They're too busy taking care of the young prince." Val's shoulders fell and she nodded.
"Look," Tarrant said after a moment. "We need to get rid of them soon. I know they're like your daughters but…like you said, if we keep them here, someone will see what they can do. They'll tell the earth king and he'll use them to take control of the other nations. Every since metal bending was taught, the small group of metal benders have grown. They're trying to take over the rest of the nations. They're like the fire nation was before Lord Zuko took over the kingdom."
Val nodded. "I know, I know."
Tarrant took Val's hands. "From what we've seen, we know the elements are split between them. We can separate them and no one will expect them to be the Avatar."
"Separate them!" Val nearly yelled. "We can't just separate twins!"
"Have any other smart ideas?" Tarrant retorted. Silence.
"Fine," Val sighed deeply. "We'll send one to the Fire nation and one to the Northern Water Tribe. They'll never run into each other then."
Tarrant nodded. "You can travel to the Water Tribe and I'll travel to the Fire Nation, I think my grandma grew up there." Val agreed.
"Let's get some sleep while we can," she suggested heading toward the nurses dormitory. Tarrant agreed but as they walked into the small room they shared she couldn't help it.
"Val," she said in a small voice. "What happened to your sister?"
Val sat on her bed and clutched a silver necklace she always wore. "My sister is ten years younger than me. When I was five she got really sick and I could've saved her. I could've healed her," she was crying now, "but…but I didn't. I could've used my healing…I was so new to it, I was afraid I'd hurt her even more so…I didn't heal her and…she…she died." Tarrant hugged her.
"It wasn't your fault," Tarrant began, but Val shook her head.
"It's alright, it's in the past. Let's just go to bed." With that, Val pulled the covers over her head and tried to go to sleep. However, before she did, Tarrant spoke up.
"Val, were going to reunite the Avatars one day, won't we?" Val sighed and nodded.
"One day, Tarrant. One day we will."