This is our story for Twilight Rose2's August contest. Disclaimer: We do not own A:TLA or Gamestop(little copyright symbol) or any other store mentioned in this story.

Summery: It was a seemingly normal day in Ba-Sing-Se. The keyword being 'seemingly'.

Details: Katara, Toph, Sokka, Aang, Zuko and Mai are trapped in the mall with a mysterious person with absolutely no way out. Will they put aside their differences to help save lives? Hopefully...

"Hello?"

"MALL TIME!" Toph's ear rang in pain while her phone crashed to the floor.

"KATARA! What did I say about yelling into the phone?!"

"Sorry Toph. You can stay the night too. Oh and Sokka said he'll drive us. Something about going to the deli…"

"What's with him and meat?"

"I don't know... Ha."

"What's so funny?"

"It's just that… okay, promise not to tell anyone?"

"Promise."

"Once I went into Sokka's room, and he had a meat buddy." Uncontrollable laughter followed from both ends of the phone line.

"You can't be serious!"

"But I am! He was putting on a bacon smile!" After about five minutes of trying to calm her laughter, Toph resumed the conversation.

"So why do you want to go to the mall?"

"I have this… urge to go there for some reason…It's like someone's pulling me there."

"You're crazy. I'll be at your house in five minutes." Toph shut her phone and ran down the stairs, board in hand. She almost made it to the door when…

"Just where do you think you're going young lady?" Toph pouted at her mother.

"I'm going to spend the night at Katara's, if you must know."

"Okay, have a nice time." Toph stared towards her mother. 'Must be the morphine.' She shook her head and threw open the door. And started her towards her best friends conveniently close home.

Katara's POV

"Sokka! Toph's gonna be here right now! Hurry up!" Sokka grumbled under his breath.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing."

"Why are you so… un-Sokka-ish?" He mumbled again.

"What?"

"Never mind. Let's just wait outside for Toph." I opened the garage door and found a limping Toph.

"Toph?!"

"It…was…Azula." She started mumbling and I would bet she was swearing.

"What happened?" She sat on her skateboard. Err… half of it.

"One second I'm going downhill and the next she's right in front of me! I should have run her over, but I didn't and ended up across the street with a broken board and I couldn't find one of the wheels! She's evil!"

"Come on. Maybe a trip to the mall would cheer you up?"

"A trip to the mall is what caused this mess."

"If you don't get in the car right now, you're both walking!"

"You leave and I tell Toph about a certain day, where a certain person with a fetish for meat, just happened to be-"

"No! Just hurry up and get in the car. We have to be back before eight or else Dad will kill me." Toph and I climbed into the old Ford pickup truck or as Sokka had named it, 'The Awesome-mobile'.

"So…Toph? How did you get here so fast?" Sokka? Do you really have to talk right now?

"I ran. Azula started ranting about how I should look where I'm going. I flipped her off and she started shooting fire at me. It was rewarding, though. Jet happened to be passing by and she got distracted. I think she's on a roof now."

"Awesome! High five!" Toph struck her hand out at me and I hit it…hard.

"That was weak, Katara." I clutched my hand in pain. That hurt!

"We're here!" Ba-Sing-Se Mall. Every store on the planet packed into a well sized mall. In other words, heaven. We practically ran from Sokka. No idea what he's gonna do for the next…four hours…

Sokka's POV

"Sokka? What are you doing here?" Oh great… Aang.

"Sister and friend."

"Oh so Katara and Toph made you drive them?" We walked through the sliding doors. I subconsciously walked into my favorite store, Game Stop.

"Exactly."

"Why are you so… un-Sokka-ish?" Is it really that noticeable?!

"That's exactly what Katara said!"

"So… why?"

"-sigh- It's…complicated."

"I know what you mean."

"What?"

"It's… about a girl."

"If you're talking about my sister… oh forget it I'm not in the mood."

"I would have been dead by now! What is wrong with you?!…Oh I know."

"Know what?"

"Your problem."

"What?"

"It's about a girl, right?" I was about to object but the lights went out. There was a gunshot, people screaming and running out, while Aang and I ducked into a storage room.

All I could think about was where my sister and her best friend were.

It's a cliffy! HURRY Sokka! Get out while you have a chance! lol!