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A couple of quick message/notes real quick:
lienpien: I do realize that blood bending is a specialized technique…yada yada yada yada. And guess what? I use the Avatar Wikia. All the time. For name spellings, and animal names, and the names of foods. And because you said so I even….le gasp! Took another look at the specialized bending techniques page! Also, I'd like to point out that it was the hyperactive, talkative Lili that said metal bending and earth bending were two different elements. And, that the fact that you put a smiley face at the end of that sentence, doesn't mean that you meant it in a nice way. As to your question about my theory for how anyone other than the Avatar can bend more than one element. Well. I'd love to be all "I can't tell you it's in the plot later!" But to be honest. I don't know. It could be that both her parents are such amazing F*cking benders that she somehow got both. It could be that the spirits smiled upon her because her mother ditched her when she wasn't even a year old. It might just be because I thought it would be a unique twist and fun to write about. Who knows….it could be some evil plan ruin your day, crush your spirits, and destroy any future intentions of you ever reading a fan fiction ever again! Because I'm so evil and everything.
To Everyone: If you don't like the base of this story (Jada being able to bend two elements and NOT being the Avatar) then please stop reading it. I apologize for my absolutely horrifying attitude.
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A few days later Jada found herself wandering through the market with Miko. Tom-Tom sat on her shoulder.
Instead of coming on Carion, they had come by Sato-Mobile. It belonged to June's husband. However, being that he was out of the city for such a long time, the Sato-Mobile had fallen in quality. Miko had spent Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and a good part of Monday morning repairing it.
Now it was Monday afternoon and they were out getting groceries.
"So." Miko started.
"So?" Jada responded, raising an eyebrow.
"Lili says you've got a date Friday."
Jada turned to look at Miko. "Is that a hint of JEALOUSY I detect in your voice, Miko?"
"What? No. No. Of course not. Why would I be- No. It's just. You need to be careful. Republic City might look nice, but not everyone here is. What if he's an equalist? I don't want you to get hurt."
"He's an earthbender, actually-"
"You're only here for the summer, so why get the poor guy's hopes up? I've never seen you act so recklessly-"
"Reckless? What do you mean reck-"
"What if he's only interested in sex? Isn't that why you never dated back in Han?"
"I never dated back in Han because most of the guys there were either stupid or taken. Or. You know. AFRAID of me?" Jada was starting to get mildly annoyed.
"So what's so great about this guy anyway? Is it because he's an earth-bender? Is he good looking? Did he offer to teach you earth-bending?"
"Actually, he isn't all that bad to look at-"
"That's really shallow Jada. Maybe you shouldn't have even come with me to Republic City. This summer is supposed to be about us getting to hang out, but you're just hanging on other guys. I can't believe you!"
"Don't raise your voice at me. I said he was okay to look at. That's it. And you know what? It isn't even a date. I don't know where you got that idea."
"Lili said-"
"I don't care what Lili said. You should have asked me if it was a date if you were so concerned. Not that it's really any of your business anyway. If I want to go out with every guy I meet in this city, then thats my prerogative."
"Maybe you should just go back to the abbey. If this is the new Jada Lin, I really don't want to spend the whole summer with her!"
"Miko, that's really not fa-"
"Whatever. I'll see you later. You can walk back to my Aunt's. Then pack your bags, because you're out of there!"
Jada stared after him as he stormed off. "Fine then. We don't need him, do we Tom-Tom?" Jada looked at the little fox on her shoulder. He looked back uncertainly.
"We can find somewhere else to live, if he doesn't want us around, right?"
The silver sky fox tilted it's head to one side, as if to say "I guess..."
Jada wandered off into the crowd, talking to Tom-Tom the whole way. As she walked she got progressively more and more down on herself.
"Theres not even really anything to like about me anyway. I should have told him from the start it wasn't actually a date. I'm a horrible person" A couple of solitary tears slipped down her cheeks. She wiped them off quickly.
"Aw. Poor girl. Why are you crying?" Jada looked up, confused.
The officer from before. "Again? Really? What do you want this time? Actually. I don't really care what you want. I'm not in the mood for this bear-bull shi-"
"Ah-ah-ah. Watch your mouth girl. Insulting an officer of the law is not a wise idea." His hands around her wrists. Once again. She looked around. Miko asn't in sight. Neither was Bolin.
"Let go of me" She said.
"Whats the magic word?"
"Please. Please let go of me"
"Ah, sorry. Your time just ran out, if you'd said it a moment sooner-"
"Let go of me or I scream"
The officer smirked down at her.
"Fine then." she opened her mouth to scream but felt a large hand covering it moments before she started.
"That's not very nice. You could hurt someone's ears"
He started pulling her down an alley. She had to do something. Earth-bend. Earth-bend? What a ridiculous idea! Earth-bend indeed!
Down the alley, he pressed her against a wall. No one was in sight. If she did scream, could anyone hear her? Earth-bending could help her out of this situation. So could air-bending. But he'd already seen her earth-bend. It was unlikely things would go over too well if he knew she could do both.
He started pulling at one of her string belts, trying to undo it. She tried to let out a scream, but the officer's hand covered her mouth. Just thenTom-Tom came out of nowhere. He leapt at the officer's face. The fox was smacked away by one of the large hands of the officer.
She had no choice. She stomped, willing the ground to move. It didn't work.
The officer laughed. Feeling frustrated and scared, Jada tried again. This time, the ground below the officer jolted upwards, hitting the man squarely in an uncomfortable space. He released her. "Oh. Sorry about that I-" he lurched forward. Jada ran. The officer followed. She ran a bit faster.
"Backup! I need back up, we've got 517, on the run. Heading towards the east side of the market. Dark hair, grey eyes. Wearing purple and orange, stands about five seven. Watch out, she's dangerous!" the officer yelled over his hand radio.
Jada didn't hear. She was too busy running as fast as she possibly could. Tom-Tom had found his feet again and was following quickly behind her.
"Come on, we're almost out of this alley, then we're straight into the market. He won't be able to spot us the-"
Smack!
At the exit of the alley Jada had run straight into four officers. One caught her by the wrist. "You need to come with us miss. We need to ask you some questions" Jada tried to put free but couldn't. She tried tried screaming. She tried pleading. They had a pair of metal cuffs ready for her. Only one option left. It wasn't one she liked to consider. But judging by the expressions on the faces of the officers, and on the attitude and personality of the one behind her, she had no choice. She could be in serious trouble if she didn't get away.
She twisted the air around herself and jetted 15 feet off the ground. She stared down at the officers, while sitting on a spinning ball of air.
She let out a sigh of relief and started heading in the other directions. Suddenly. Something twisted around her middle. She looked down the see the officer who had caused her so much trouble, holding the end of the metal rope that kept her from getting any further. An electric shock was sent through the rope. She hadn't expected that. She fell.
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When Jada awoke, she found herself in an interrogation room. Tom-Tom was no where to be seen and her hands were in strong metal cuffs. The officer from before was there. He was smiling down at her. Down at her? As her vision cleared more, Jada looked around. She was on her back. Everything hurt.
"Well, hello there girl."
"Jada."
"Hm?"
"I have a name. It's Jada Lin"
"Well, Jada Lin. You're in an interrogation room"
"I thought as much."
"You're unhappy."
"Yes. Why wouldn't I be?'
"You should always be happy. You can bend two elements."
"I have no idea what you're talking about"
He lifted her up and leaned her against a wall. His face came very close to hers.
"You're in quite a bit of trouble miss. Lying isn't going to help you."
She frowned.
"I could help you"
"Oh? Could you now?'
"Yeah. Don't you remember? I've been offering to help you this whole time" He leaned in closer, smiling.
-MEANWHILE-
Elsewhere, a very tired, very annoyed police chief was answering her phone.
"This phone call has woken me up from the most comfortable sleep I've had in weeks. This had better be VERY important!"
"It is, chief Bei-Fong. I swear"
"Well."
"Well what, Chief?"
"Well what is it then? Get on with it"
"We've taken someone into custody"
"I don't need to hear about every equalist thats captured, Rece"
"She's not an equalist as far as we can see. But. She's an air-bender."
"What? Which one is it! Why did you arrest one of Tenzin's-"
"She's not Tenzin's. As far as we could tell."
Lin's eyebrows knit together. "If she isn't Tenzin's daughter, who else could she be? There aren't any air-benders left other than them!"
"We don't know, Chief."
A thought occurred to Lin. 'spirits...i certainly hope NOT" she thought to herself.
"How old?"
"Uh, we've had her in custody for about 5 hours now Chief"
"I meant, 'How old is she?"
"We don't know. She's been unconscious and-"
"UNCONSCIOUS? Why is she unconscious?"
"She uh...she tried to escape, and uh...Captain Jeng sent a shock through the line around her waist-"
"Well how old does she look?" Lin was rather annoyed at this point. And she hoped even more than the officer on the other line of the phone had just misheard about the girl being an airbender.
"About...16, maybe 17."
Lin frowned. It couldn't be. "Did you have her name?"
"No, Chief"
"Any distinguishing features?"
"Dark brown hair, silver grey eyes..."
"No. When I said distinguishing features, I meant DISTINGUISHING features."
"No."
"Any personal belongings?"
"She was found with a Silver Sky-Fox. And she wore a silver locket around her neck"
Lin half sighed, half groaned.
"Chief? Maybe you should go back to sleep. We can call councilman Tenzin and ask-"
"No. Do not call Tenzin. I repeat. Do NOT call Tenzin. She's probably not a real air-bender. I'm on my way. Right now."
"Captain Jeng has started the interrogation already-"
"I'll handle the interrogation."
"Alright Chief"
"I want her left alone until I arrive."
"Of course, Chief."
Lin hung up the phone loudly, She grumbled as she redressed. It was about 7:30 in the evening. This was hardly the time to deal with this. "I hope they were wrong"
-Back in the Interrogation Room-
"You're a little close for comfort, sir." Jada tried to be respectful.
"Quiet. I can't help you if you're loud about it" He leaned in, pushing his lips to Jada's. . Her eyes widened and she struggled, trying to push him away. He pulled back. "Hold still. You're making this difficult"
"Good. Now get off me" he smirked again. Why did he keep smirking?
A door behind them opened. "Captain, Chief Bei Fong says she'll interrogate her herself."
"What? Does she think I'm incapable of it?" Captain Jeng frowned.
"I don't know. What I do know is that she asked for the girl to be left alone until she arrived."
"Fine."
And then he was gone.
'I wonder if I can file a complaint report...' Jada thought to herself.
Just as she started to drift off, the door opened. Jada blinked a few times.
"What is your name?"
Her vision soon cleared. The woman before her had mid-length dark grey hair and green eyes. She was dressed like most of the other officers Jada had seen on her way in.
"Jada Lin."
Lin swore under her breath.
"Are you Chief Bei Fong?"
"They made your middle name LIN? Is that supposed to be a joke?"
"Not that I know of. Lin is my mother's name."
"Yes. I know" the Chief sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. "So you're an air-bender?"
"I'm an earth-bender."
"This report, that I'm holding" Lin started, looking up at Jada, arms crossed. "Says that you went up in the air, 15 feet, then stayed there, on a ball of spinning air"
Jada shrugged. "Earth-bender. Not a good one, but still..."
Silence.
"So, you're Chief Bei Fong, right?"
"Yes."
"Where can I file a complaint report?"
Lin looked up, confused. "What about?"
"The arresting officer."
"Look. You can't just file a complaint against Captain Jeng because you didn't want to be arrested-"
"Captain Jeng, huh? More like captain creep...captain pedophile."
Lin walked closer to the girl. "What was that?"
Jada looked down. "Captain Creep?"
"The other one."
"I didn't say anything else...Chief..."
"You're a terrible liar. Why?"
"Why what?"
Lin was getting irritated now. "What was your reasoning behind calling Captain Jeng, Captain Creeper?"
Jada seemed to be finding her hands fascinating.
"Well?" the Chief was getting impatient.
"He harassed me when I got off the train. He knocked me up against a wall and started trying to touch me, Friday. He started untying my belts earlier before calling for backup. He pushed me against a wall and put his lips on mine after I was arrested."
Shock. Lin felt a motherly instinct take over. She wanted to pummel Captain Jeng to a pulp. Set him on fire. Half drown him, then set him on fire again and bury him for all life. She was absolutely furious.
"Are you okay?" Jada asked, looking up.
Lin was shaking slightly. She took a deep breath. "I'm FINE. Do you know who I am?"
'You're the Chief of metal-bending police..."
"May I see your locket, for a moment?"
"No." Jada reached her cuffed hands up to the little silver locket.
"Have you ever opened it?"
"No. It doesn't open."
"It does."
"It doesn't."
"Give it here for a moment."
"I can't."
"Why not?"
"My hands are-"
"Say no more." Lin unlocked the cuffs. Jada rubbed her sore wrists, then stretched.
"Now, may I see your locket."
"Can't you see it with your eyes? it belonged to my mother. I don't take it off."
"Ever?"
"Ever."
"I'd like to show you something."
"What?"
"I need the locket."
"I already said..."
"It will only take a moment."
"Please...it's...it's my mom's...can't you just..."
"The locket does open."
"How would you know?"
"Let me show you."
Lin stepped forward and held the locket without taking it off the girl. She opened the locket, after some fiddling around. She then let it go.
Jada looked down at it, then pulled on it to look at it. She looked from the locket, to the chief, to the locket, to the chief.
"Your name is Lin" she said quietly.
"Yes."
"You're my mother"
"Yes."
"Is the man in this picture my father?"
Lin nodded.
"Does he know about me?"
"No."
"Can I meet him?"
"Not today."
"Why-"
"I believe it's my turn to ask a question."
Jada was blinking back tears.
Lin passed her a handkerchief "Are you an air-bender?"
"Yes." she whispered.
"Why did you lie to me, then?"
"I did not lie to you. I am an earth-bender. And an air-bender."
"I'll be right back."
Lin left the room. She sighed. That had gone well enough. The girl hadn't screamed at her or cried...very much.
"Where is Captain Jeng?"
"He went home."
"I see. Well. He was wrong. the girl is not an air-bender."
"Are you sure Chief? he seemed so certain..."
"He was wrong. And I'm taking the girl home."
"She doesn't have an ID..."
"I'll get her one tomorrow."
"You'll get her one? Chief, shouldn't you leave that to her parents?"
"I'm her mother, Rece." the female officer's eyes widened. "I want the record of her arrest erased. It will not be mentioned again. The arrest was false. Jeng will be lucky if he isn't demoted. Or fired"
Rece nodded. "Of course, Chief. I'll go get her out, then start on the paperwork."
Lin nodded her approval. A few minutes later Rece came back with the girl...Jada, following in her wake.
"Where are we going?"
"Where are you staying?"
"With my friend Miko..."
"A BOY? You're staying with a boy?"
"I don't think he really wants me there anymore. I can't really blame hi-"
"Yes you can. You can blame him. There is no DOUBT in my mind that it's his own fault."
"Uhm..."
"We'll collect your belongings and then you'll come with me. The apartment I have is small, but it's...nice. We can get a bigger one, easily. But not tonight. I'll have to take the couch tonight...and theres no way I'm cooking today..." Lin seemed to be talking more to herself than Jada.
Jada nodded quietly. Lin jerked her head back, motioning over her shoulder, then started walking.
Soon they were in the Chief's Sato-mobile. "Where exactly does this Miko boy live?"
"Ling Manor..." Jada murmered. She was lost in her thoughts. She'd met her mother already. Less than a week after being in Republic City. And she had been accepted so easily. Jada had many questions, but could tell that her newly-found, long-lost mother also had quite a bit on her mind.
Lin was still rather confused about how her daughter could bend two different elements. Which elements...yes. That made sense. Tenzin had been an air-bender. Earth? yes. Of course. She herself was an earth-bender. She was curious about how good she was. Had she mastered earth enough to also bend metal? She felt somewhat...relieved. Content, to have her with her. She wasn't exactly thrilled by the look of her. Like a female Tenzin. Just as quiet. Just as tense. Then again, Lin had left her to be raised in an abbey. What had she expected?
They soon pulled up to the front of the Manor. Tom-Tom came bounding out and leapt at Jada's head.
Lin made to knock it off. "No, no, he's fine!" Jada said. She got out of the Sato-Mobile as Tom-Tom climbed onto her shoulder.
"What IS that?"
"A Silver Sky-Fox. They're rare. They fly. They're smaller than most foxes. Affectionate. Loyal. His name's Tom-Tom." Tom-Tom licked Jada's ear. She giggled. Lin started to get out of the Sato-Mobile.
"I...I can do this by myself."
"Are you sure?"
Jada nodded. "It's already going to be confusing enough..." Lin shrugged.
She was nearly knocked off her feet n entering the house. "Jada! Jada Jada!" it was Lili.
"Hello." she said quietly.
"Miko said he was mad at you and that you were a flirt and that you decided you were leaving and never coming back! he said you didn't like me anymore and that you were moving in with Bolin!"
"He exaggerated, I'm sure." June said as she walked into the entrance room.
"I still like you just fine. No one EVER said I was moving in with Bolin. I'm not a flirt, quite the opposite. I am leaving, but I may come back to visit."
"Oh that's great! Wait. Did you say you WERE leaving? Why are you leaving?"
"I met my mother today...she wants me to move in with her..."
"Oh! That's great! I think...Who is she?"
"Lin Bei Fong."
"OH MY SPIRITS REALLY? NO WAY! NO WAY! SHE'S THE CHIEF OF METAL-BENDING POLICE!"
"Yes."
At this point, Miko came into the room.
"Why are you being so LOUD?" he stared at Jada.
"Jada's not being loud. I'm being loud. Did you know Chief Bei Fong is her mother? Didja didja dija didja Miko!"
"She's probably making it up." Miko glared at Jada.
"Miko, you look like you've been crying! Or sleeping! or both! And you liiiiiiied. Jada isn't moving in with Bolin. And she never said she stopped liking me! And she's not a flirt. I already knew that you were lying about that on though. She's moving in with her mother! That's Chief Bei Fong!"
"I heard you the first time. I still think that last bit's a lie."
"Miko Geng Ling." his Aunt June said sharply. he looked up.
"What?"
"I've had enough of your bad attitude. Apologize."
"Whatever." Miko walked out the front door, slamming it behind him.
"Do you want me to help you pack Jada?" Lili asked, holding Jada's hand, looking up at her.
"If you want...there's not much to pack."
"Okay." Lili smiled. "you know, if your moms the chief of police, the police won't bother you anymore. Like that guy who bothered you when you were waiting for me Friday."
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When Jada was done packing, she said her goodbyes.
"You'll come visit though, right?" Lili asked.
"I don't know. Miko...just...I don't know..."
"I can come visit you sometimes, couldn't I?"
"Sure thing." Jada nodded. She turned to June.
"I would like to thank you for your wonderful hospitality. I'm sorry that Miko is so upset, I didn't mean for that to happen..."
"Don't worry yourself about it dear. It is his own fault. One cannot be angry at a tree for someone else enjoying it's beautiful flowers when one has had the opportunity many times to before and has not."
Jada looked confused. "Okay..."
"Goodbye, Jada" June wrapped her in a warm hug. "Come back anytime"
Lili hugged Jada tightly. "Can I carry your bags, huh, huh huh? Can I Jada please?"
"I'm fine" Jada hefted her two bags onto her shoulders and walked out the front door. She walked down the steps and to the Sato-Mobile
"Is that all you have?" Lin asked, confused.
"It's more than I had when i got off the train" Jada shrugged.
"Alright. Well. I can't cook tonight. It's been two days since I had proper sleep. I doubt whatever I prepared would be adequate. How does takeout sound?"
She glanced over at Jada. "Sure. Sounds great."
Lin started down the road. "What do you want? Possum-Chicken fried rice? pickled fish? Komodo sausage?"
"Noodles and an egg custard tart?"
"That sounds like a side dish and dessert."
"Vegetarian"
"Oh...of course..."
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