It had been a quiet morning.

Sora should have known it had been a little too quiet because without warning the entire hospital seemed to shake as the deafening and unmistakable sound of an explosion rocked their section of the city.

She braced herself against a doorway as she watched others fall to the ground. The hospital descended into immediate chaos as people started flooding inside. Sora and the other healers immediately started prioritizing patients based on their injuries, directing people in all directions in an attempt to maintain order.

A teenage girl came running in and Sora heard her ask one of the other healers for her by name. As she approached she recognized the young girl as Suyin Beifong, the Chief of Police's youngest daughter. She appeared unharmed and as soon as she saw Sora she came running.

"Please, you have to help my sister. She's hurt and can't walk."

"Bring me to her."

Sora followed Su as she ran back out the door. The air was a dark grey as smoke billowed about. They ran two blocks down the road and Sora caught a slight glimpse of the damage. Flames shot up to the sky over the remains of what was once a financial building. The apartment complex directly next to the blast had taken significant damage as well but the main walls were still standing.

As they got closer Sora could see Lin sitting on the ground, propped up against the wall. Su ran to her, kneeling on the ground and gripping her shoulder. Sora immediately knelt on her other side.

"You're going to be okay, Lin. I got help."

"Can you tell me where you're hurt? Your sister said you can't walk?"

"I think my leg is broken but I need you to fix my hands."

Sora had to stop herself from gasping as the earthbender held up her hands. The skin was red and blistered with severe burns. Lin winced as she tried to move them, clear fluid oozing down her hands.

"Okay, let me see if I can heal the leg and then we can go back-"

"No! You have to heal my hands first. I need them."

Not wanting to upset Lin further, Sora nodded as she bent the water over her hands. The young woman was lucky, it seemed, because the burns looked much worse than they actually were. It only took a couple minutes for her to heal the worst of it, the blisters gone but the skin still pink and tender.

"Looks like you got lucky this time, there won't be any permanent damage."

Lin sagged in relief and Sora thought she might understand. While bender's didn't necessarily need their hands to bend, they were the easiest tools to master proper bending technique.

"Now the leg."

Sora carefully removed Lin's boot and rolled up her pant leg. Definitely broken.

"I've got to try and set the leg but I'll need to get you to the hospital to properly heal it. This is going to hurt."

Sora tried to make quick work of realigning the bone. It was a clean break but she still had to hold down Lin's leg to prevent her from jerking away. She heard Su cry out as Lin squeezed her hand tightly. She finished and both her and Lin let out the breath they were evidently holding.

Su was crying now and she flung her arms around Lin's neck.

"Ow, Su, stop it!"

"I'm so sorry Lin! It's my fault you got hurt!"

"No it's not, Su. You didn't decide to blow up a whole city block. Now get off me."

Lin tried her best to shrug her sister off her and Su wiped her face. Sora smiled as she looked between the two sisters.

"Suyin, I think if we each take a side we'll be able to help Lin walk to the hospital."

The young girl nodded and they carefully wrapped each of Lin's arms over their shoulders, lifting her up. It took a moment for the three of them to find their balance but after a moment they were making their way down the street.

"Lin, Su!"

As the hospital came into view Toph Beifong came running towards them. She was in her police uniform and her face was full of worry as she approached her daughters. She immediately went to Lin, placing her hands on her face and chest. Sora watched curiously wondering what the earthbender could sense from the touch. She dropped her hands, seemingly satisfied that she was okay.

"What were you two doing down here?"

"Su and I were going out for lunch. We were just in the wrong place at the wrong time."

"Suyin, are you okay? Your heart is racing."

Sora felt a pang of guilt. She hadn't even thought to check the younger girl for injuries. Before she could shift to help her she burst into fresh tears.

"It was my fault Lin got hurt, mom. I didn't sense the blast quick enough and Lin had to shield us both. If I hadn't been in the way she could have reacted quicker and wouldn't have gotten hurt."

The healer felt for the girl, expecting Toph to reassure her that it wasn't her fault. Though, thinking on it, she should have known better based off her past dealings with the police chief.

"Suyin, enough with the waterworks. Lin is the one with a broken leg and you don't see her complaining."

Sora stared at the police chief as she nudged her younger daughter out of the way and replaced her at Lin's side. They worked together to get Lin the rest of the way inside, Su trailing behind and now pouting. The healer still watched Toph and noticed that she kept glancing at Lin.

"They're both fine, Chief. I promise."

Blank eyes met Sora's brown ones and they shared a brief moment before she looked away again.

"Of course they're fine. They're my kids. Even if they do share a single brain cell between their two meatheads."

"Hey!"

"Mom!"

Sora laughed as the three Beifongs continued bickering all the way inside.