I tried and tried to find the names of the characters I am about to bring into my story. However, I failed miserably. I even watched the episode where the group is first introduced to them. Nothing! Grrr . . . . So I will have to come up with horrible names. My apologies dear people.
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As soon as Katara's shift was over she hurried home. She practically ran the entire way. Katara entered her apartment and gave it a quick look over. Everything seemed to be in place . . .
Katara heard a horrible squawking sound. She looked to her left and saw a green reptile-bird sitting on the ledge of her window. Katara drew water from the washing basin and water whipped the animal. It disappeared.
Katara ran over to the opened window and slammed it shut.
"Okay, come on, Katara," She said to herself. "Think this through . . ." Katara grabbed her only bag and started shoving clothes and valuable items into it.
"The pirate," she said, "he did recognize you but that doesn't mean they're going to come for you,"
The memory of being surrounded by the pirates miles and miles from their trading post came to her. They traveled day and night with Zuko just to get the scroll. Something told her they still held a grudge.
Katara left her apartment with her bag and headed to the bar.
When she walked in she immediately started looking for her boss.
"Jin," she said as soon as she saw her, "Jin, I need your help."
Jin was wiping the counter down with a rag.
"Katara, your two hours early,"
"Yeah I know, I got some trouble,"
"What kind of trouble," Jin looked at Katara suspiciously.
"Do you think I could stay here a couple nights?"
"Katara, I told you when I hired you that I didn't let anything like that in my bar. Take your problems elsewhere,"
"I'll just sleep in the storage room. You know I wouldn't steal a thing."
Jin threw the dirty rag in the sink. She put her hands on her hips and thought a moment.
"Fine. You can stay."
Katara smiled. "Thanks, Jin, you're the best."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, let's lay down the rules,"
Katara nodded.
"First off, you better not steal a thing."
"Got it,"
"Another, you're going to work the next two hours—no pay—to make up for it."
"Alright,"
"Lastly, one night only,"
"Okay, got it."
"Good."
Katara turned from Jin and went into the back room to drop off her bag. She did as Jin wanted and got to work. Katara had to have a lot of patience to do this job.
The day began to turn into night and Katara worked at a steady pace. Jin was sitting at a table flirting with one of the costumers. Jin wasn't a young girl anymore and bartending really spend up nature's aging. However, she believed she was a fox—especially after a few rounds.
"Hey, Katara," Jin shouted from across the bar.
"Yeah, Jin?"
Jin got up from the chair and hobbled over to Katara.
"Since you're spending the night, do you think you could do me a favor?" Jin's words were slurred from the alcohol.
Katara groaned mentally. "What do you need?"
"I need you to take these to that place with the birds," She pulled three scrolls from her ugly robes.
"The place with the birds?" Katara asked while taking the scrolls.
"Yeah, you know, I got to get these letters to my family for the Fire Nation Festivals and all that,"
"Oh okay, uh, Jin, I don't think they are open this late,"
"Just do it,"
"But,"
"I won't hesi-ma-tate to fire you," she slurred.
"Alright," Katara took a deep breath and turned for the door. She heard a large banging sound behind. She turned to see Jin lay on the floor. Katara rolled her eyes and left the bar.
A feeling of déjà vu fell on Katara as she walked through the quiet town. As always, she avoided allies and cornered widely on her way to the post office. However, she hadn't realized someone was behind until she was hit in the back of the head with a heavy object. She fell onto the ground, dropping the scrolls and blacked out.
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