"What do we do now?" Toph asked after Jin had fallen asleep on Sokka's bed.
"We have to find Joan. And the only way to do that is to go over to the Lower Tiers in disguise." replied Katara, whose eyes lowered to the floor. She looked up at Ina and said, "Do you have any clothes for us? I'm pretty sure that Longshot and Smellerbee don't know about your shop. If you go there tonight, you could probabaly get us something to wear, and we could all go over and save Joan."
"Yeah, I have a few Earth Kingdom clothes you guys can borrow. No charge, of course. This is too serious to think of money." Ina replied. Katara walked to her and gave her a gentle squeeze. "You haven't changed a bit," she whispered, "you're still the same kind person I know." She let go of Ina and turned to everybody.
"Okay Sokka, what's the plan?"
"Come on, we have to do this right." Sokka said motioning everybody to follow him. They all adorned Earth Kingdom robes, not wanting to attract any attention. "We have to be stealthy if we want to get to the separating area. Now come on," Sokka whispered.
"But Sokka, we're hardly noticable. We would just draw even more unwanted attention if we continue to do this. Let's just walk." Katara said. She held on to Zuko's arm tightly and moved a bit to the side. "Guys, scatter for a while but keep yourselves at least 3 meters close to each other."
And that's what everybody did.
"What if we fail? Longshot has killer aim, and Smellerbee's good at keeping secrets. We didn't even know she was a girl until know! She could hide Joan forever..." Katara said. She tightened her grip on Zuko's arm.
"It's okay Katara, we can handle them." Zuko said reassuringly. He looked over to the other groups. Sokka was chatting animatedly with Suki, but when their eyes met, he noticed that he was as worried as his own sister. Suki didn't seem to notice. Sokka just nodded at him and looked back at his girlfriend.
Katara noticed that Sokka nodded at Zuko, but she didn't know why. She looked at the others. Toph and Aang were arguing again, but she noticed with a smile that thye were both grinning while doing so. Ina and Jin seem to be handling themselves fine, as well. Jin still seems to be unsure of what to do. Soon enough, they reached the fountain. The girls and the boys would seperate here and they'd signal each other's groups once they find out where Smellerbee and Longshot are staying.
Aang and Sokka started walking north, towards one of the busy streets. Zuko stayed behind a while."Well, be careful Katara." Zuko said, before planting a kiss on her forehead. Then, he ran to catch up with the others.
"Well, Katara, come on! Hurry up Sugar Queen!" Toph said. They were already a few feet ahead.
"Co-coming, Toph! I'm coming!" she said, before hurrying to her group.
If this plan doesn't work...I don't know what we'll do anymore...
Crap, my chapters are getting shorter. I am so sorry guys. I am running out of inspiration for this. Season 3 has done much help to me either, not like I thought it would...