Chapter 5:
Allen was changing her clothes to look like a boy, when Kanda came in. He said
"I am not going to get use to you being a boy"
"I know, just let me do this"
"I will"
She was done; she was about to hide her hair length, when Kanda stopped her. She asked
"Why are you stopping me from hiding my hair?"
"I don't think you should hide"
"I have to"
"Then answer me why? Why did Cross order you to hide?"
"Because he is trying to keep Cosmo away"
"I thought you were her"
"It's that easy to see?"
"Yea, but only because I was with you for so long before"
"Ok, but you have to let me do this"
"Don't pull anything fancy, they will figure you out"
"I know"
He does her hair for her. He brushes it to calm both her and himself down. She asks
"You nerves for my safety?"
"Yes"
She smiles, lets him finish, and puts her hair in a low pony tail. Then she tucks it into her shirt. He says
"Now I know how you hid your hair from everyone"
"Ok"
"And it is a lot of work?"
"It is"
She was at the door and said
"Time to go"
"Alright"
She leaves Air Temple Island and comes to the Equalist camp. She walks carefully to make it look like she is a non-bender. Amon sees her and comes up to her, He says
"You must be Allen Walker?"
"Yes"
"Let's play on terms"
"And that would be?"
"If you win, I will give you a bender Akacare. If I win, you get a non-bender Akacare"
"Fine by me"
They start playing poker and by the end; Allen won 11 times, so Amon kept at their agreement. They took Akacare back to Air Temple Island; but as they were leaving, Amon said
"It don't matter that you got him back today as a bender I will get him another day and take his bending away"
They made it back safe, but Allen was scared for her father's life. She looked at her mother to show how she felt. Miya said
"Allen, what's wrong?"
"I'm scared"
Akacare saw them talking and he asks
"Miya, what's going on?"
"Akacare, this is our baby girl. It's Allen"
"What? That's not true, this kid is a boy and he is a non-bender"
Allen knew he would be in denial, so she lets her hair out of its hair thing which caused it to come out of the shirt. And she bended the earth around her, she asked
"Do you believe mama now?"
"Yea now that you show the proof"
"I was trying to get you out of the Equalist's camp. If I didn't, you would have lost your bending. Then what would happen?"
"I would be lost to the world. My point is that was dangerous. Amon could have seen through your plan and know it was you. And if he did, he would have taken your bending for sure. But thank you for coming for me, you are my brave little girl."
Allen smiled at her parents, they were showing her what love was all about. Something she had not seen in a long time. Kanda came up and started tickling her. She said
"K ha nda st ha op t ha inkling m ha e"
"Yea no"
"Please stop, my sides hurt"
"Ok I will stop, only if you promise never to do something this dangerous again"
"I promise I won't make crazy plans that don't have much success"
"I will take that"
He stops and Allen kisses his cheek. Akacare says
"Are you two mates?"
"No, we just started dating. Mates are for life"
"Good argument"
"You still have to tell me how you and him met"
"I figured you'd say something like that"
"Well?"
"Alright but first, let's go to the dining room"
"Ok"
They went to the dining room, where they ran into the council member again. Akacare says
"What are you doing here, Tarlock?"
"I'm here to make sure that you had got home safe and sound"
"Just go. You're the reason I got caught by Amon in the first place"
Allen was not happy with this, not one bit. She asked
"What are you talking about, papa?"
"I went with his task force to get you back; and when I figured out it was an attack, he would not listen to a word I said. And it cause both me and many of his task force members to be captured."
Allen was mad, but she knew she was not allowed to attack Tarlock that or end up in jail. So she said
"Leave now"
"You can't tell me what to do little girl"
Akacare did not like the disrespect his daughter reserved from Tarlock. He said
"Leave now or I will Air bended you out"
"You are just like you're friend Aang, you're not one for fights but you are to solve them"
"Don't you dare disrespect Aang or I will kill you for it"
"Yea, I like to see you try"
"You asked for it"
Akacare changed into a kitsune with 9 tails, he got ready to attack. Tarlock used his Water bending to beat him but it did nothing against the fox prince. Once in the air, Akacare landed onto Tarlock with great strength. He said
"You finished now?"
"Yes, please spare me"
"Then leave"
Tarlock got up and ran for his life. Korra laughed at Tarlock and said
"He had it coming to him"
"What do you mean?"
"He has used people from the beginning and now he was beat by someone he thought he could beat"
Tenzin understood how Korra felt about this and with a smile, he said
"Don't you need to get to the arena now?"
"Yes; Mako, Bolin, let's go"
And off they went to finish the match only to come home to say
"Amon took the stadium, what do we do now?"
"Stay calm and think"
"Good plan, Allen"
They drink some tea and head to bed.
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