The loud booming music blared to every inch of the club. It was completely packed tonight since it was the weekend. Toph, Ty Lee, Sokka and Suki were on the dance floor while everyone else, including Zach and Zita were in the VIP Section. "So she just totally got into you're guys business?" Zita asked, putting down her drink.
Katara nodded, "Aang wasn't very happy about that."
Zuko laughed, "He had to be held back by two Earth Benders…yeah, he wasn't happy at all."
"Anyways, that's why we kind of have this split group type of thing going on now." Katara explained.
Zita put her arms on top of the couch like seat and put her right leg over her left, "There has been bad blood between you two before hasn't there?"
"Well…when Aang came out as the Avatar, every girl came at him, wanting to sleep with him…which including Suki, so we kind of have a bad past with her, but we couldn't blame her," Katara told her.
"When was this?"
"Earlier this year, do you remember?"
She shook her head, "Like I told Zuzu, I don't read, watch, or listen to the news unless it's like, 'The world is ending!'."
Zach smiled, "Maybe you should start paying attention to the news more."
She turned to him, "Maybe I should stop sleeping with you." Zach shut up.
"So are you two a couple now or what?" Zuko asked.
Zach looked at Zita who didn't seem fazed, "Why do you want to know so bad Zuzu? Jealous?"
"I already have a girlfriend that I love…why would I be jealous?" Zuko questioned.
She laughed, "I'm just pushing your buttons Zuzu, relax. For now, him and I are just sleeping together, if there happens to be something there, we will both talk about it like mature adults."
Zach leaned over to Katara, "They both know that I'm here right?"
"I still find it funny that you both met through Aang and Katara," Zuko added, "An ex couple joining a possible new couple." Aang and Katara looked at each other when he said 'ex couple' but looked away, trying not to give anything away with their body language.
"Speaking of that," Jin said. Aang nearly jumped across the table in between them and tried to cover her mouth, but he stopped himself, "When are you and Katara going to work this out?"
"We'd rather not talk about that," Katara told her, "After today, I think everyone else would agree we don't need another big fight out on the lawn." Aang was impressed that she lied that well. "So Zuko how is your knee feeling after that fall?"
"You don't have to lie anymore Katara, I told the Jin the truth," Zuko told her.
Zach looked at the injury, "I'm guessing you were there to help stop the Southern Raiders?" Zuko nodded, "It's like none of you guys listen to me, I told you Katara and I'm sure I told Aang the dangers of those guys, but nooooo, no one listens to me." Zach said.
"Hun, no one likes a whiner," Zita told him, "So which one of you actually took them out?"
"That would be me," Aang said.
"Wow Avatar, good job, so what did you do, tell them to get lost and destroy their hideout?"
Aang shook his head, "More like they all got out while I demolished their hideout."
"What if someone didn't get out though?" Zuko questioned.
He shrugged, "Would it be so horrible that someone who attempted to use Katara and Suki like sex slaves didn't make it out of a building that I happened to be destroying?"
"True, but I thought you had this cool 'Batman' thing going, you don't kill anyone and have the bad guys put in jail," Zuko joked.
Aang chuckled, "Yeah…but I don't look good in black."
Sokka let Suki grind on him while they danced to the latest club hit. He couldn't tell if the song was about drinking or having sex…or both. Something caught his eye. He grabbed Suki and brought her up to his level. "Act natural."
"What's wrong Sokka?" She asked a little worried.
"I want you to at the nearest table to your left and tell me who that is," She listened to what he said and casually looked. Suki gasped at who it was.
"Is that…"
"Yep, On Ji." They both kept their eyes on the girl. "I have no idea how she got in here, but she seems to have someone in her sights."
"Who?"
"Aang," Sokka said, "Ever since Prom there has been rumors going around that she was trying to break up Aang and Katara. Now that they are broken up…she is going to try to get her hands on Aang."
She shrugged, "Who cares? He's not my friend anymore."
He grabbed her arms, "Don't say that about Aang. Just because he caught you snooping in his business doesn't mean we should let him suffer from On Ji."
"What did you just say to me?" She asked. Suki stopped dancing and now had her body fully turned towards him.
"I said you were snooping in his business, don't tell me otherwise." He said, "There is no way Aang would have drugged my sister, he wouldn't have had to, she loves him and he loves her."
"So you're saying I'm wrong?" She crossed her arms.
Sokka nodded, "That's exactly what I'm saying." Her face turned into one of anger, "Would you like Katara to get tested for drugs?"
"No…"
"Suki, I would back you up, seriously, I would…but there is no evidence that he would or that he did do it," Sokka explained.
"Fine," She turned and left. Sokka was going to call after her, but it was no use, he was used to Suki when she got into her moods. He gave up and went back to the VIP section where everyone else was. Toph and Ty Lee had left the dance floor and were already there.
"Where's Suki?" Katara asked.
He sighed as he sat down next to Toph, "She left. She's being hard to deal with right now."
"Well how did you piss her off this time Sokka?" She joked.
His first reaction was to be offended, but realized he did piss her off a lot. "You've got a mirror on you?"
Katara was puzzled, "Yeah? I've got one for my make-up? Why?" He came over to her, and eyed where On Ji was and moved her in the correct position.
"Act like you're using your make-up mirror and look over your right shoulder," He told her. Still confused, she took out the mirror and pretend to do her make-up and looked where she was told. She gasped. "Exactly."
"How did she get in here? She's under age like us."
"Who is it?" Aang asked.
"On Ji," Toph answered, "I could pick up her heart beat from a mile away."
Sokka glared at the blind girl, "Then why didn't you say something before?"
She shrugged, "Because I wanted to see what she would do, either take a lock of Aang's hair or mount him right here in the club."
"Whoa wait, what are you two talking about? On Ji doesn't like me," Aang told them.
Everyone but Aang, Zach and Zita laughed, "How could you not know she liked you Aang?" Zuko asked.
"I've been kind of busy if you couldn't tell," Aang replied, "But how do you guys know she likes me? The last time I saw her was around when Katara and I started dating."
"Rumors around the school say that she pissed off Hahn during Prom. They were getting busy and she kept on moaning your name," Sokka explained. "Ever since then, she apparently has been stalking you…she must be really good at it if you haven't noticed it yet."
"So that's why some of my clothes are missing…" Aang said to himself.
Zita stood up, "Well I have an idea, ya know, since I runthis place and everything, I can have people kicked out." She walked over to the nearest bouncer pointed towards On Ji. Zita came back and sat down next to Zach, "See? Problem solved." They watched as On Ji was pulled from the club and laughed.
"So you can throw anyone out of your club?" Zach asked, Zita nodded, "That's awesome."
"What the hell Zach!?" A voice came from the other side of the rope of the VIP section. It was a girl about Katara's height and had brunette hair that was tied in a ponytail. Her emerald eyes stared daggers at Zach. The bouncer looked up at Zita, who waved the bouncer to let her in. She came over to him and put her hands on her hips, "So this was way more important huh?" She wore a faded Ba Sing Se University shirt, tight blue jeans with black skate shoes.
Zach sighed, "Hey Abbey Road."
"Stop calling me that Zach! Mom and Dad are wondering where you are and here you are, as usual," She spat at him.
"Whoa, wait," Zita interrupted, "This is your sister Zach?"
"Yeah…she's my half sister, everyone, meet Abby one of my many sisters or what I like to call her 'Abbey Road', because for obvious reasons. Abby, this is everyone else," Zach half heartedly said.
"Hi," She quickly smiled at the group, but turned back to Zach, "Come on, they're waiting."
Zach turned to Zita, "Can you throw her out?"
Zach rubbed his forehead as he was starting to get a headache from his sister as she continued to talk. It wasn't bad enough that she literally had to drag him out of the club, but now Zita was going with them to meet his parents. He looked over at Zita who was just laughing her ass off at the stories about the stories when they were kids. Zach couldn't help but stare at Zita. She wore her usual smoky mascara, her hair was now a pixie like hair cut and she had actually worn an appropriate shirt, which he thanked the Spirits she chose to wear tonight. Zita also wore a pair of camo pants that seemed a size too small, since it hugged every curve down to her Nike shoes. "Zach!" His sister yelled. He came out of his trance. "Will you stop checking out Zita and pay attention?" He nervously smiled as she chuckled. "I asked you if you were going to introduce your girlfriend to Mom and Dad."
"She's not my girlfriend Abby, we're just friends…for now," Zach told her.
"You two slept together didn't you?" Her green eyes narrowed at him.
"It's none of your business!" He yelled.
Zita smiled, "Don't lie to the girl Zach, we did have sex." His jaw dropped at Zita, were these two working together or something?
"How was he? After he slept with my best friend she told me he was horrible," Abby laughed. Zach never wanted to hit his sister so bad.
"I got where I needed to go," Zita told her, both girls laughed. "Better than I thought he was going to be, but I'm still around, so that should enough of an answer." Zach was going to die of embarrassment, his sister and his 'lover' where talking about his sex life in public where if people opened their windows to get some night air, they would hear how good he was in bed.
"Well good to know he can do something right," Abby shot at Zach, "He wasn't really the smartest."
"Says the girl who was caught having sex at the community pool's locker room. 'Sorry Officer, but with my body, is it really indecent exposure?'" Zach mocked her voice as she huffed in anger.
Zita laughed, "You actually had public sex in a locker room?" She didn't answer as she turned her head from both of them.
"Oh Abbey Road relax, you know I'm just messing with you. What actually happened was that her boyfriend talked her into it. She didn't really want to do it. When they were caught she said that to the cop. He laughed so hard that he decided not to charge her or anything as long as she didn't do it again," Zach explained. "Then of course since I'm the older brother, I found him and beat the crap out of him for having sex with my little sister in public."
"Awww, someone's a nice big brother," Zita pinched Zach's cheek.
Abby scoffed, "Yeah, if you think publicly beating my boyfriend is a big brother thing to do."
Zita smiled and put around both of their necks, "Oh relax you two. You are brother and sister. You're going to be stuck with each other for a long time, you might as well get along."
"We do get along, I just like messing with her," Zach smiled. He went over to his sister and gave her a hug, resting his chin on her head, "She knows I love her…but sometimes she can be a pain…"
"And sometimes he is just stupid," She finished.
Zita smiled, "Good, you know Zach, I think we should keep her around."
Zach laughed, "You're funny Zita."
"I'm being serious…"
"Then I don't think things are going to work out between us…"
The gang burst through the front door, laughing and slightly drunk. "Suki!" Sokka called out into the dark house, "We're home!"
"Suki! You've got some s'plaining to do!" Toph mocked the classic sitcom as everyone laughed again. It was dead quiet in the house.
"Suki?!" Sokka called out again.
They all waited for the reply, "Maybe she's asleep Sokka, it is pretty late…"
He shook his head, "There's no way, one second." Sokka ran up the stairs while everyone went into the living room, finding it also dark. "Katara!" Her brother's yell scared her a little bit as he came down the steps. "She's gone!"
"Calm down Sokka, she probably is taking a breather somewhere," Katara suggested, "She couldn't have left because her car is still here, so she is going to have to come back."
"I have to go look for her," He started to leave, but Katara grabbed him.
"Sokka, let's wait until morning, I'll even help to go look for her, okay?" Katara told him.
Sokka took a deep breath, "Fine."
"I'll go look for her," Aang's voice surprised all of them. "She's not here because of what happened with me…I might as well bury the hatchet now."
"Well were going to sleep, good luck Twinkle Toes," Toph yawned, she grabbed Ty Lee's hand. Zuko and Jin followed their suit and went up the stairs.
Sokka soon followed, but turned to his sister, "You coming to bed too Katara?"
She shook her head, "I think I will go with Aang, we still need to have a talk about some things…" Sokka nodded in response, knowing that she didn't want to press the issue further. They waited for Sokka's door to shut, as soon as it did, she turned to Aang, "You ready to go?"
Aang smiled, "Of course Penguin."
"Well that wasn't so hard now was it?" Abby asked, they were all headed back to Zach's house. They were originally headed to Zita's, but Abby needed a place to stay that wasn't their parent's house and he didn't trust her alone at his house.
"If feeling like you're getting your teeth pulled isn't hard…then yeah, that wasn't so hard," Zach muttered.
Zita put his arm around her shoulder, "Well I had fun. Your mother was really nice."
"Oh yeah, especially the part where she asked when we were getting married," Zach grumbled.
She smirked, "What if I want to get married?"
"Then I would call you weird since we just met each other," He joked.
"I would enjoy a sister-in-law like you," Abby laughed, "Someone who can finally put my brother in his place." Before anyone could say anything, a White Dodge Charger pulled up by them.
The tinted window went down and Aang stuck his head out, "Fancy meeting you all here."
"How's it going Avatar?" Zita asked.
"Wait, he's the Avatar?!" Abby blurted out.
Aang nodded, "That's what my job title says. Zita, does your club have security cameras?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Suki isn't at the house and we were wondering which way she went off too," Katara answered. "Is it okay if we could check your cameras?"
"Sure, could we get a ride to the club?" Zita asked.
"Yeah, hop in," Aang said, they all piled into the back and he sped off down the street. "So how was meeting the family Zita?"
Zita laughed a little, "Good, apparently I'm already part of the family."
"Did you already pop the question Zach?" Katara joked, "Gosh, you tried to tie down the first girl that found interest in you."
Zach hid his face in his hands, "Sometimes I really miss when I just kept to myself."
"Oh relax, Zach, I know what will make you feel better," Zita softly rubbed is back.
Abby covered her ears, "That's something I didn't need to hear."
Zita sped up the tape, getting to the time where Suki had left the club. Aang, Abby and her were in the security room while Katara and Zach where in the car. Zach didn't feel like being embarrassed by his little sister and current lover anymore and Katara decided to keep him company. "So Aang," Abby leaned in towards him, twirling a hair curl in between her fingers, "Tell me about yourself…"
"Um, I'm the Avatar…I like video games?" Aang said, thinking about what he could actually say, "I also like guy stuff."
She smiled, "I like video games and guy stuff too…maybe we could hang out sometime, you know, do stuff like that."
"You're barking up the wrong tree there Ab," Zita said as she continued to watch the tape. "I've already tried that."
Abby's face dropped, "Oh, I didn't know you're gay."
Aang's eye went wide, "I'm not gay! I just broke up with Katara a couple days ago."
"Spirits, I'm so sorry Aang…if you need any help getting over it, you can call me anytime," She winked at him. He was speechless, wondering if he should actually tell the girls that he and Katara had gotten back together.
"Here!" Zita announced, both of them turned to the video. Suki stormed out of the club and started off towards the house, but she stopped. She went back into the middle of the shot and sat on the curb across the street from the club. "What is she doing?"
"She was waiting for Sokka to come and get her most likely," Aang said. Zita sped up the video, Suki continued to sit there, waiting for her boyfriend to come out. She slowed it down when someone came up to Suki and started talking to her.
"Who is that?" Zita asked, leaning closer towards the screen.
Aang got a cold chill down his spine, "It's On Ji…"
Suki struggled against her restraints, "You really are a crazy bitch aren't you?" On Ji had tied her to a chair in only her underwear. She could tell that the room On Ji had her in was a garage. The oil stain beneath her gave her a headache as the fumes filled her nose. On Ji stood in front of her, a bloody machete in her hands. The crimson mess happened to belong to Suki, small cuts were down her back from On Jin softly slicing across her back. "I don't know why you are even torturing me, I'm not even friends with him anymore." Her voice came out weak and shaky, the loss of blood was now starting to get to her.
"You think I'm going to believe that? You were at the club with the rest of them, I'm not stupid," On Ji seethed. She started to pace in front of her, "Now tell me The Avatar's weakness."
She sighed, "For the last time, I don't know. It's getting extremely annoying that you have to keep me here for this shit…"
On Ji frowned in anger and walked behind Suki, placed the blade against her skin and pushed down, making her cry out in pain. "I can do this all night, no one is home and my garage is sound proof, no one will be coming for you. You're going to die here, so you might as well answer me and I'll make your death less painful."
"You can't kill me," She laughed, "I've looked into the eyes of a killer, you aren't a killer."
On Ji came back around to the front of Suki and pulled her hair back so that she was looking at her, "You don't think I can do it? Because I will," She put the edge of the blade on her upper thigh and put pressure on it. "Your leg is going to be the first to go, any last words before it goes?"
"I have a couple," A voice scared her and realized it was Aang. Before she could say anything, Aang sent an Air wave, sending her through her garage door, her unconscious body rolled to a stop in the head lights of Aang's car. He came up to her Suki and looked her in the face. "Are you okay?" She nodded. Aang untied her from the chair. He took off his shirt and put it on her and picked her up bridal style. "Why did she have you here?"
"She wanted to get to you," She replied, still weak. Aang stepped through the hole he made in the garage door. "Thank you Aang…she was going to kill me."
He saw the flashing lights of the police that were coming around the corner, "You're welcome." Katara met him by the car. Aang set her down so she could stand. "Heal her, she has cuts on her back and has lost blood." She nodded and helped Suki in the car while he walked over to On Ji's body.
The police car finally pulled up and one of the officers got out, "Were you the one who called?"
Aang nodded, "I'm Avatar Aang, I just stopped his girl from murdering one of my friends."
"Do we need to call in the paramedics?" One of the officers asked while the other cuffed the unconscious girl.
"I have a healer taking care of her right now," Aang informed him. "I'm going to get her to a safe place now, is there anything I need to do?"
The officer shook his head, "I'm going to call in forensics to check out the crime scene, if everything seems to check out, then we will get a hold of your friend to testify against her."
He nodded, "Well we are all renting the house on top of the hill on Ember Island, so you can find us all there in the morning."
"Sounds good, we'll be in contact Avatar," The officer said. Aang got back in the car and drove off back to Ember Island.
Suki cried out in pain as Katara continued to heal her. Zach had taken shotgun while Suki was laid out over Zita, Abby and Katara's laps. The blue glow filled the car as Katara minimized the cuts on her back. "I'm sorry Suki, but I'm almost done." Katara apologized, focusing harder on closing up the cuts.
"What happened to her?" Zach asked.
Aang's face was still in a stern and serious mood, "On Ji cut into her back with a machete, I got there right as she was going to cut her leg off…"
"What the fuck…" Zach trailed off. Aang had already crossed the bridge back onto the island and was going up the hill. "Why did she do it?"
"I have no idea, maybe to get to me?" Aang replied, "Now she's going to rot in jail for it." He stopped the car at Zach's house.
"I'll be over tomorrow to check on you guys, night," Zach got out of the car as the girls said their goodbyes also. As soon as the last door shut, Aang continued to drive up the hill.
"Aang?"
Aang looked in the rear view at the sound of her voice, "Yeah?"
"Are you okay?" She asked, bending the bloody water out of the window.
He nodded, "I will be." They finally made it back to the house and he parked the car. "Let's just get her up to Sokka's room, I'm ready for this day to be over." Aang got out and lifted Suki out of the car.
Katara unlocked the door for him and they walked into the air conditioned home, "What am I going to tell Sokka?" Suki asked, on the verge of passing out.
"Nothing, I will tell him that I'll explain it to him in the morning," Aang told her. He climbed up the stairs, taking 2 steps at a time and made it to Sokka's room. Katara opened it up for him to see Sokka lying in bed, staring at the ceiling.
"Suki?" He shot up and met Aang at the door, "What's wrong?"
Aang handed her to him, "I'll explain tomorrow, just make sure she doesn't sleep on her back, Katara hasn't fully healed her."
"Healed her? For what?! What happened?" He questioned.
"Sokka, I swear I will explain tomorrow, I just need some sleep right now," He told him, "Good night." Aang shut the door and sighed, "Let's get some sleep."
Katara took his hand as they walked to his room, "You really did a good thing today, you know that?"
"Yeah and I got my reward," He picked her up, "I couldn't have asked for anything better."
-SDB
