I Hope for Freedom

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How to Co-operate and How to Screw Up: Part 1

(During the Costume Party in Xin Fu's Room)

(Same day in Xin Fu's Room)

Aang sucked Xin Fu's penis until his master came. He swallowed his seed and kept going. That was how Xin Fu liked it.

"You're earning your keep," Xin Fu approved, "keep chugging."

Aang continued, he found life with Xin Fu quite easy going. He was locked in the bathroom during the costume party last night but he didn't mind. The boys who were with Xin Fu got a lot to do and Aang was just fine with an evening off. Otherwise he had to stay in the room at all times, respect Xin Fu and perform sexual favours on command at all times.

He slept on a ratty but soft mattress that was right beside Xin Fu's bed. He had peeked into the hole that Toph slept in for a closer look and it only made him more grateful for the old mattress.

Aang did his best not to upset Xin Fu but he still got hit sometimes. Especially when Xin Fu was drunk.

Xin Fu let out a long satisfied moan and pushed Aang off.

"How did I not find the real you sooner?" Xin Fu asked, "should've kept you with me the other night," he went on, "those jackasses from the party hardly got my blood pumping, unless you count all the work I had to put in."

Aang slowly climbed back on the bed. It hurt when Xin Fu pushed him hard enough to knock him to the floor.

"Turn over."

Aang knew what that meant and slowly pulled down his shorts. He had two pairs of clothes which was a luxury, more so since he got them new. Xin Fu didn't have anal sex with him often but like all anal sex for Aang it hurt a lot.

Xin Fu pulled him under and went in. He ignored Aang's pained cries and pushed in all the way. He smiled when he heard Aang scream in pain since he went all the way so fast. He felt like hurting something and pulled Aang against him so hard the boy came immediately and went limp.

"Aw, early as always," Xin Fu teased the still conscious Aang, "don't worry, I'll pull out once I'm done," he said and went on.

He kissed a hiccupping Aang afterwards and rubbed the shivering boy's belly.

Aang just moaned and tried to pull himself from the abyss of searing pain.

"Master, may I have a glass of water?"

Xin Fu handed him a bottle of vodka. He smiled at the hesitant Aang and waited until thirst forced his new bedmate to take it anyway.

"Thank you," Aang said and started drinking it straight up.

Xin Fu smiled as he watched. He knew Aang had a weakness for vodka as a pain suppressant. Now instead of it being a rare treat like for the bottom rates that Aang used to belong to. Xin Fu planned to make it a regular treat for favours rendered. As long as he kept Aang thinking this was how things were supposed to be. He'd have the perfect little bedmate to enjoy and control.

Plus, he's so pliable when he's drunk, Xin Fu added.

Toph went to her room. But she knew she wasn't alone.

"You betrayed me," Zhao said simply.

"What do you mean?" she played dumb.

"I know about Sokka," Zhao said coldly.

Ok, I better play this right, Toph thought.

"What?" Toph asked using her best tiny voice.

"Sokka, the boy who wants to get you out and ruin The Underground."

"But he can't do much, he's just a boy," Toph tried.

"Yue told me he needs her to summon an army from the North Pole," Zhao continued, "that you know about it."

"She's the one who told me she was a princess in the first place," Toph muttered.

Zhao frowned. "Did she?"

"Yeah, and...well...I guess I mentioned it to Sokka, but she told me!"

"That stupid bitch! And you let it slip when you met him after saving that boy Xin Fu was raping didn't you?" Zhao demanded and Toph nodded humbly, "what else…did you tell him anything else?"

"Um not much," Toph said calmly despite being delighted on the inside that her plan was working, "I think I told him about Aang being with Xin Fu."

"That's natural, "Zhao dismissed, "so…how was Yue at the party with this Sokka character?" he questioned.

"She was all over him," Toph told him, "she even got mad when he complimented me on my costume," she went on, "when he didn't fall for her whiles she ran off saying I stole him or that she was just a pawn or something."

"Is that so?" Zhao said coldly, "what do you think of him?"

"Me?" Toph said blindsided, "um he's nice, nothing like Xin Fu," she added immediately.

"Hmm," Zhao wondered.

Toph rocked on her heels waiting for the other shoe to drop. She couldn't see herself fooling Zhao for long. But at least she gave it a good try.

"I guess I should've been completely honest with you," Zhao said out of the blue surprising Toph, "I want to change The Underground, get rid of the terrible prostitution to start," he stated.

Toph was skeptical. He could be pulling a con and she wasn't going to be taken for a fool.

"Really? What else do you plan to do?" Toph said.

"I want to make The Underground legitimate. A place where refugees, runaways and outcasts can come and be safe from their persecutors and enemies."

"How will you take care of them?"

"That's just it, they work for their place here. We'll have a special section for the children and when they're older they can work for us too or go out to seek their fortune," Zhao said simply.

Toph didn't buy his speech for a second. "Sounds like a sweat shop."

Zhao chuckled wryly. "Let me make something clear to you. Xin Fu has no idea what you did," he told her, "he finds out…you're dead."

Toph gulped. She knew this was true.

"So I want a little more respect," Zhao hissed, "and my idea for The Underground is much better than Xin Fu's."

"What's his idea?" Toph asked in a scared voice.

"Expanding the child prostitution, eliminating the chance to rise or of escape by taking in kids too small to tell the difference and making them lifers," Zhao revealed, "you know who whore or sex worker lifers are right?"

"Those who've been in it all their lives and have no idea anything is wrong," Toph said feeling sick.

"Yeah, you let your precious Sokka know that next time you see him," Zhao said, "but know this, I planned on marrying you and taking you to Ba Sing Se to see your father," he said, "I hoped to expand into the earth kingdom through your family name but now I can't trust you," he revealed, "I hope your betrayal was worth losing that chance," he told her and walked out.

Toph fell to her knees in shock. "What?"

Today is September 28, 2011. Read and review.