A/n: I want to thank Sifu-KataraRose for the use of the nickname 'Tara for Katara
"Jet you filthy bastard!" Sokka roared "how dare you lay a hand on my sister!"
Jet was thrown across the room before he could blink and Suki helped Katara get to where she was decent before escorting her from the room.
Aang and Toph came running in.
"Jet, I thought I warned you to keep your hands off Katara" Toph said
"Sokka what was happening?" Aang asked.
"Jet just thought he would get away with raping Katara… nothing major."
"What!"
"Smooth move Snoozles!" Toph said sarcastically Jet was soon arrested for his crimes and everyone went to comfort Katara.
"Hey, 'Tara, are you okay?" Sokka asked.
"No, how can I be after that jerk did what he did… I feel so dirty now," she whispered through her tears as she felt Suki give her a half hug.
Toph's blind eyes held hatred but also concern for her 'sister'.
"Katara I should have told you that he has been lying to you all day, he wanted to get you in bed with him… I'm sorry, I…"
"Toph, it isn't your fault the only one at blame is Jet," Suki said.
"Katara, I want you to remember that no mater what Jet or anyone else does I will always love you," Aang said as he knelt by his fiancé's side. He pulled her into a gentle embrace and everyone else left to give them some privacy.
"What did you see, Sokka?" Suki asked.
"Well, let's just say that if I hadn't gotten there as fast as I did, my sister would probably be worse off than she is… he was at the point that he was about to claim her as his."
Both Toph and Suki knew that it must have been terrifying for Katara.
"At this point I wish I knew what mom would do; Katara needs that kind of comfort…" Sokka looked to see that Toph had ran off.
"Where is she going?" he asked looking at Suki.
"Maybe to get Mrs. Bai Fong… that is her mother after all; think about it."
"Yeah, but Toph has never seemed that close to her mother."
"You said she needed a mother's comfort… think Sokka."
Toph and her mother returned shortly and Toph's mom entered the room with Aang and Katara and soon kicked Aang out to care for Katara in her own way.
"I hope Katara's going to be okay," Aang whispered.
"We all do Aang, we all do," Sokka replied.
"Now what do we do?" Aang asked.
"Support her, let her know we all love her and we're all here for her," Suki sighed, "This isn't going to be easy on any of us."
Toph turned her back to her friends.
"If only I had paid more attention maybe none of this would have happened."
"Toph, this isn't your fault you couldn't have known this was what he wanted to do… all you knew was he wasn't telling the truth he could have done millions of different things." Suki said.
"I know, but if I had said something he might not have done anything," Toph protested.
"Toph Bai Fong… in all the time I've known you I've never heard you talk like this!" Sokka practically yelled at the blind teen. "We all feel bad about what happened to my sister, but we can't help her if we stand around here blaming ourselves for what she went through… the past is history… Toph, no matter how much we hate it, we have to go on."
"I know, but I don't know what to do," Toph sighed.
"None of us do, Toph… we just have to take things as they come for now and see how things go," Suki said.
"Okay, but I still think it was partially my fault that this happened… if I had opened my mouth and told you guys he was lying maybe we could have…."
"We could say 'what if' about this until we're blue in the face and still not get anywhere… we have to face the fact that shit happens and now we have to pick up and move on with our lives… and try to help Katara do the same. That's all we can do, Toph, there is no trick that is going to make this better, and no matter how mad we are we can't change the past," Sokka said.
"He has a point, Toph, no matter how guilty we feel, guilt won't change what happened to Katara, it won't make her forget and it won't make it go away… it just gives us a reason to beat ourselves up when we really need to be helping Katara," Aang said.
Everyone knew Aang had summed it up, but how were they going to help Katara… that was a mystery they had yet to solve.
To Be Continued…
