Chapter 11: One Down, 11 More To Go

Katara's POV

The buff dude walked into the store first, he was followed shortly after by the midget guy. "Are you sure they came in here?" the smaller of the two asked.

The other one nodded. "I'm sure." They started walking toward us, looking around the store for any sign of us. The big guy saw us and his eyes widened. 'Oh shit! He can see us! He knows! What now?' I thought frantically to myself.

"The Duke, look," he said as he pointed to where we were posing.

His friend looked over at where he was pointing and his eyes also widened. "Wow, those are some hot, realistic manicans." They both walked up to us. I guess they didn't really see what we looked like while they where chasing us.

"How did they make them so hot?" the big one asked as he went behind us to get a good look at our butts. I wanted so much just to hit him for checking me out like that.

"I don't know. How did they make the boobs so realistic? That's what I would like to know," The Duke said as he stared at Toph's breasts. Then he reached out and touched one. Big Mistake. She growled at him and punched him square in the face which knocked him to the floor unconscious.

"The Duke!" the one behind me yelled. I spun around and slapped him hard across the face. "Ow!" he yelped.

"Take that you asshole!" I yelled at him as I jumped down from where I was standing with Toph.

He looked enraged now and pulled out his gun. I stared at him in horror. I was going to die in Victoria's Secret. How's that for weird?

"Oh no you don't!" Toph exclaimed as she jumped onto his shoulders and put a pink bra over his eyes.

"Aw! Get off of me!" He yelled as he tried to get her off his shoulders while he was practically blind.

She grabbed the gun that was in one of his hands reaching for her. "I'll take that," she said. Then she jumped off of him.

The guy pulled the bra down so that it was hanging around his neck. "There you are little girl!" he bellowed at us. Then he spotted the gun in Toph's hand. "Oh No."

Toph smirked. "Oh yes."

He then quickly took off the bra hang around his neck and threw it at Toph's face. "Hey!" she yelled as it hit her. When we looked back to where the guy was standing, we saw that he had run for it while we where distracted. "Awe, no fair!"

I patted her on the shoulder. "There, there Toph. There will be plenty of other opportunities for you to kick another guys ass," I told her.

She sighed. "I know, but at least I got one of them," she said with a smile.

We went over to where the midget lay unconscious on the ground. One thing I immediately noticed as Toph started to tie him up with his own belt was the necklace he was wearing that seemed to have a flashlight, or something, on the black chain it was on. I knelt down and took the flashlight thing into my hand. I found that it had a button on it, so I pressed it and a blue light came out of one end.

"Woah, Katara. Look," Toph said, pointing at his small arm that the blue light was hitting.

I looked to see that there was numbers, like a code, on his arm. "Weird," I said as I got out my phone to put in the number codes.


Sokka's POV

'Where to hide? Where to hide?' I asked myself as I ran through different parts of the mall. 'Think Sokka! Think!'

"Come back here Cutie!" Ty Lee yelled from a good distance away.

I needed somewhere to hide. I couldn't run forever. Then the huge ball pit came into view. 'Hey, I used to play in there as a little kid all the time. In fact, I remember losing my first baby tooth in there. Hhhmmm... I wonder if it's still there?' I wondered to myself as I skidded to a halt in front of it.

"Hey Cutie! Wait for me!" Came Ty Lee's voice, sounding closer than before.

'If I'm gonna hide I better do it now.' So, I took a deep breath and jumped into the sea of multicolored balls.

About a minute or so later, I heard Ty Lee's voice coming from right outside the ball pit. "Yo, Dark and Handsome!" she called out. "Where'd you go?" I crossed my fingers and silently prayed she wouldn't find me, but of course the the universe seems to hate me and loves to prove me wrong all the time. "You're in the ball pit aren't you? Well, if that's the way you want to play it..." I heard her jump in just a few feet away from where I was hiding. "...then I'll play it that way, Cutie." I cringed. 'Oh, God! Please help me!'


Zuko's POV

'Why do I have to be the one to have Mai chasing after me? I could easily deal with Ty Lee or those other two guys, but no. I had to have 'the girl who throws daggers' come after me,' I thought to myself as I jumped over a seat in one of the many seating areas in the mall. Do to me being a free runner, I was easily out running Mai. Out running her isn't enough though, I need to find a place to hide.

I was coming up to the store called Macy's. I sighed. It wasn't a perfect place to hide but it would have to do.

Once inside the store, I headed straight downstairs and into the kid's section. I figured it'd be the last place she'd look for me. 'Now where do I hide here?' I asked myself.

"Zuko!" Mai called as she started to come down the escalator.

Silently cursing myself, I crawled under the hanger rack that was made so that it was a complete circle and cloths hung on it. I staid, crouched down like that in the middle of the enclosed clothing rack as Mai slowly surveyed the area.

"I know your down here Zuko. I know you where the one at the bank. It doesn't have to be this way you know? You can still join us," Mai told me. "Don't be stupid Zuko and try to fight us. You know you won't win."

'That's what she thinks,' I thought as I glared at the direction her voice was coming from.

Mai sighed. "Zuko, this is your last chance. If you don't take it, then-then I'll have to find you and drag you all the way back to the bank and trust me you don't want that." She paused for a few moments, trying to see if I would come out of hiding and do what she asked of me. She should have known better than to deliver threats to me. I've had enough threats from my sister and Ozai. I've had enough of this hide and go seek game too. It's about time I stop hiding. So, I stood up and now Mai could see me.


Katara's POV

"Toph, maybe it's about time we called the cops," I said after we put the little guy into one of the dressing rooms and we got ourselves fully clothed again.

She shrugged. "Yeah, but what's the rush? I'm haven' fun kicking bad guy butt. We should really do this kind of stuff more often."

I smiled. "True, but we should at least let them know what where doing, right? I mean, there's probably a ton of police cars and stuff surrounding the place."

She scoffed. "They haven't been much help, have they Sweetness?"

I rolled my blue eyes at her. "Well yeah, but that's because they have hostages."

"Exactly. So what good is it if we tell them that where taking out some of the bad guys?" she asked me.

I glared at her and threw up my hands in exasperation. "I don't know! But it's gotta be some good!"

"Woah, chill Sugarqueen. Just go call the cops if you really wanna that badly."

"I will!" I shouted at her. She just rolled her green eyes at me and smirked.

I pulled out my cell phone again, but this time I dialed the numbers 911. It rung once before someone picked up. "Hello, this is Roku County's Police Station. What's your emergency?" a young woman's voice asked.

"Hi, I'm Katara Waters and I'm in 'The White Lotus Mall'. An ex boyfriend of mine has taken over the mall with some other people we know and me and my friends are trying to stop them."

"Oh! Well, please hold for a moment as I patch you through to the Sheriff," the voice told me.

"Sure."

A couple of seconds later a male voice said, "Hello, this is Sheriff Iroh. Who am I speaking with?"

"Katara Waters."

"I hear that you're in the Mall that's been taken over by your ex boyfriend, is that correct?" he asked me.

"Yep."

"Can you tell me how many people are in the mall with you who are not captive by..."

"Jet."

"By Jet."

"Sure. Well, there's me, Toph, my older brother named Sokka, and Zuko."

It took him awhile to respond to my answer. "D-did you say Zuko?"

I looked at Toph who just asked, "What he want?"

I put a finger to my lips as a way to tell her to stop talking. I then answered his question, "Yeah, I said Zuko."

"Zuko with the black hair and big scar on his face?"

"Yeah," I answered uncertainly. "Why?"

He sighed. "Because I'm his Uncle."


A.N.

Hey! Ruby of Raven here!

Long time no see.

I would like to thank:

She-Pirates kick-BUTT for the idea's of where Zuko and Sokka should hide. But I already had the Ball Pit idea in mind before you reviewed and told me to do it, but thank you.

And everybody else who reviewed and gave me suggestions.

I would also like to thank

Lazypoo and Ninjamis (who ever you guys are) for telling me to start writing some more of this awesome story again. Thank you!