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I landed my rock'n roll from the metal rail bar on the stairs. I had taken the short cut through the park to save time and heat. I grinned looking back at the bar. It must be at least a 2.5 foot drop. That so beat our competition the last time we went boarding. The five of us were seeing who could grind and have the biggest drop with out whipping out. Zuko, Toph and I tied with a 2 footer. Sokka tried a 3 footer but

had a nasty whipe out. Aang never liked grinding rails but he was a pro at the half pipe and boxes. I ollied over some of the little plastic turtles that were covered by the snow remembering where everything was while being shielded by the snow. I did a sharp turn right before the large hill that stood in my way. Bending down to unstrap, I looked up to the sky. Usually you can see a little sun light peaking out, but at this time no dice. The snow just kept falling down, taking away my hope.

Death by freezing my ass off on my way home, just the way I wanted to die

I joked before shivering from the cold. My jeans had gotten wet and were sticking to my skin like a second frozen layer. In my gloves I shifted around the hand warmers to try to warm me up. I took my numb hands out of their warm protection to retie my hair back. I winced at the pain when I tugged my

hair back from my forehead when it stretched my gash. I put my gloves back on and quickly grabbed my board. I didn't stop running until I reached to top of the hill. As a kid living here I remembered this hill. I remember having my mom drop me and my bike off and I'd play here for hours. Most of the time I'd

meet my old friend Yue here, that is until she moved. But near sunset I'd get on my bike and ride home. It was a good 15-20 minute bike ride but this hill was the worst. But I'd make it home before the street lights turned on. That was before mom passed away. I sat down, not caring about my already freezing jeans, breathing deeply from the hard run. I hated that day, but I remember it so clearly.

I had mom drop me off at the park at 12:00 that day with my bike and a sack lunch. I told Yue that I'd meet her here and we could swap lunches. At the time, mom was working down at the downtown station as a cop. It took up most of her time, but she loved her job. I don't blame her. I could never be satisfied sitting behind a desk, day in and day out. I think I get the from both my parents. Dad was never

the one to like a same day schedule either. After Yue got there and we ate we played. It kinda got boring just Yue and me but nobody else that I knew would join me and her. Sokka was to shy because he had a crush on Yue and "it's too weird to play with your crush and your sister at a playground". It was 6:00 when I headed home. When I made it home Sokka and I started to argue immediately. That night I

couldn't remember what it was about, but now I remember clearly as glass. There was only one biscuit left and I wanted it for a dessert after dinner, but of course Sokka wanted it too. That night I remembered being so happy, until the there was that knock. Dad had gone to the door and opened it. I heard him gruffly say, "Come in." before Sokka took me into my room and tucking me into bed. I was 6,

but even I knew something was wrong. Giving me a kiss on the check, Sokka turned on my music box and shut the door. I silently got out of bed and edged over to living room. Sneaking a peak I saw the cop was our family's good friend Bato, he was my mom's partner.

"I'm sorry to come so late." Bato said oddly nerves. "I thought the kids would have been in bed, at least Katara."

"Don't worry about it, now what can I do for you? Aren't you supposed to be working tonight?" my dad asked him.

"Well that's the thing, we were investigating a gang shooting, and the ones who got away drove by and must have thought we were more of the gang that they killed. They…they shot. I couldn't…I couldn't do anything. "Bato said, stumbling over the words.

"Bato, what happened?"My dad asked, suddenly going very ridged.

What was Bato saying? The gang shot but…what? Did they hit a car or something?

"The shot her Hakoda!!! Right in front of me!!!" Bato yelled, standing up.

"Where? Is she ok?" Daddy said standing up real quick.

"Near Colfax and Colorado. I don't know if the body is still there, but you can go down. They'll let you." Bato said trying not to cry.

"Can you watch the kids? While I…go?" Dad asked.

"Of course."Bato replied before daddy went to get a coat.

What happened to mommy? Is she ok?

I didn't have a good feeling with the adults acting weird so I sneaked into the garage and into the back of daddy's car. I heard him enter the garage and slam the car door shut. He speed quickly to the spot and squealed to a quick halt. I poked my head up to see daddy talking to an officer. "Yes…husband" was all I heard before dad drove on. As dad parked again his phone rang. Again I looked out, but this time I didn't

stop. Outside, on the ground laid a woman. She was really pretty, with dark skin and beautiful brown hair tied back. She was looking up and her expression was blank. "What do you mean, she's not there?" I vaguely heard my dad say before I realized that the woman lying on the ground was my mom. "Mom!" I shouted before jumping out of the car and running over to her. "Mommy?" I asked shaking her, trying to

get her to wake. But her eyes didn't move. The were like stone. None existent. "Mommy!" I screamed this time, pleading to her to wake up. I felt gentle hand pick me up but I squirmed away. "Mommy!" I yelled again grabbing her shoulder and shaking it firmly. It was then I noticed that my little hand was wet. I looked at it saw it was covered in red. I looked down at my legs and saw I was sitting in a puddle

of this red stuff. At the time I didn't know what it was, but now I do. I know now why mom will never come back. But then I didn't. I didn't know why I had to tell all the kids at school, my mommy wasn't coming back when they asked what was wrong. I didn't know why Daddy and Sokka were so sad for a long time. I just didn't know. And I feel awful about it. While everyone was mourning mom's death, I

was off playing with toys. It makes me feel awful now. I took in a shaky breath and remembered where I was. I quickly stood up and strapped back in. Taking a deep breath I started down the hill. Enjoyment taking over I did a few falling leaves before doing a butter. I laughed feeling the crisp air blowing in my face. I saw some bus seats and started down toward them and did a 5-O grind on them. With a soft

landing I did some nose and tails, wheelies, and air to fakies. I laughed as I came to a complete stop. Zuko's house was right down the street, so I headed off again. My jeans were just frozen fabric against my legs when I didn't have any hills to go down. When I reached the gate to community Zuko lives in I walked over, well as one can walk when there pants are frozen, to see if a guard was on duty. And of

course to make my life fuck any more, there wasn't one. I through my board over the fence, having it land softly onto a large pile of powder. I skillfully climbed the fence. This wasn't the first time I've sneaked over. Zuko's dad would have the security guard tell him if any of Zuko's none-wealthy friends stopped by-aka, Sokka, Toph, Aang, Suki, or I. Jet, Mai, and Ty Lee were fine- So to get over without

telling the guard we'd have someone go ask him for directions and one would climb over. Most of the time it would be me, because I was the fastest. When I got over, I'd distract the guard from the inside while everyone got over. I jumped down from the good 10 foot elegant gate into 3 feet of snow.

"Great! Just fucking great!!!! If I make through this alive I'm going to kill Sokka for making me go!!!" I yelled into the abandoned streets. If I left about 12:00, crashed at 3:30, walked it's now probably about 4:30. I stumbled out of my sinkhole and stepped…into another 3 feet of snow.

Now my life officially fucked up and full of crap

I started to get tired after a little bit, but continued on. I shivered as I stepped another frozen, wet foot into the snow. I lost feeling in my feet a few hours ago. Now I could barely move them. My hands just clung to my snowboard. The windblown snowflakes stung my face.

Right, left, right, left, right, left

I kept telling myself. Finally I couldn't take it any more. I sat down and laid my head back into the freezing snow, and closed my eyes. A short nap will do me good...


"Yes, Hello. Are you Sokka Zala?" The cop asked me.

"No, I'm his best friend, Aang. What can I do for you?" I asked still questioning him.

"I need to speak to Sokka, It's about his sister? Haven't you seen the news?" He asked looking at me, seeing my questioning gaze.

"Please, come on in." Suki said stepping into the door way.

"Thank you miss, and you are?" He asked stepping inside.

"Oh, hi, I'm Suki. Sokka's girlfriend." She said showing him to a seat.

"And you must be Sokka." The officer said seeing the distressed Sokka on the couch.

"Sir, I hate to be rude but…why in hell are you here?" He asked very aggressively.

"Well, I was sent here to make sure you knew about your sister." He said looking at Sokka, who just huffed and rolled his eyes. "Well now that I know you do, I also wanted to let you know that there was some information held back from the-"

"Well, sir, again I hate to be rude but we know about the blood, and vomit so if your done would you mind being on your way." Sokka replied fiercely.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I see this is a bad time…Well as soon as we getting anything new we'll let you know." He said as he headed to the door. "Oh yes, I almost forgot. Bato told me to give this to you," he began pulling out a folded piece of paper, "And told me to tell you that he personally is putting himself on the case to help find your sister." He said before handing Sokka the note and walking out the door. Just then I realized that nobody but us knew about the snowboard.

"Wait sir!" I called to him running out the door, and into a face worth of blasted snow

"Yes, Aang, was it? What is it?" He yelled over the snow.

"Firstly I want to apologize for Sokka he usually isn't this rude to officers and-"

"Don't worry about that, Bato told me that he probably would be a little tense." He said chuckling.

"Yeah, that's Sokka. Oh yeah, and Katara will be on her snowboard. There were only 4 in her truck when there should have been 5." I told him, blocking more snow. At first he seemed shocked that teenagers could find this out, but just shook it off.

"Thank you. Do you know how good of a boarder she is?" He asked

"She's excellent." I told him.

"Thank you." He said before heading into his car and reaching for his communicator on his shoulder. "Hey Frank, I have word that the lost girl Katara is on a snowboard-"Is all I heard before I shut the door, shielding all of us from the snow.

Man Kat is one tough, kick ass bitch to survive out there…

"So Sokka what did the note say?" I asked as I merrily came in. He didn't say anything just pointed to the table where is sat, folded neatly. I walked over and picked it up.

Dear Sokka,

I'm really sorry about Katara. We are continuously looking for her, and I put myself head of this search, so I'll always be out there. Kat is a strong woman, one of the strongest I know. If anyone can make it it's her. Remember when she got lost when she was 7? She was fine then and she'll be fine now. If we find anything, I'll make sure you are the first to know about it. Remember Katara is smart and strong, she'll want you to be strong too. I haven't gotten a hold of your dad yet, so no need to worry about that. I don't want you to go out looking for her. The last thing we need is two Zalas out lost in the snow. Katara is her mom, they both can do anything. You of all people should know this! I'm expecting you to pay for the diner we're going to have after this.

Bato

"That's cool." I said before folding it up and setting it down. "Hey, what happened to Toph?" I asked seeing that phone was hung up.

"She's coming over." Suki said.

"I'm going to find her." Sokka said before getting up and leaving.


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