Katara woke up in the early hours. She turned over, yawning a bit as she noticed that Zuko was still asleep and snoring happily. She giggled, kissing his forehead before she wiggled out of bed. She was trying her hardest to keep quiet so she didn't disturb him.

She slid on a clean pair of shorts and a t-shirt then left the apartment. She knew Sokka still wouldn't be home. He had been spending a lot more time at Suki's apartment rather than here, not that she was complaining. Sokka deserved to be happy with Suki.

Zuko was panicking. He woke up to an empty bed. 'Did I offend her?' He thought, feeling as if she regretted last night. As soon as Zuko finished his mini freak out, Katara walked back in with a small smile on her face.

" Good morning. I went to get us breakfast. " she leaned over, kissing Zuko lightly.

He chuckled a bit, blinking the sleep from his eyes. " this is a good way to wake up" he admitted, then sighed softly

Katara smiled, handing him a bag and a coffee.

" Hope you didn't think I abandoned you"

" Thought my snoring was too much?"

She laughed. " it was pretty bad, but I can put up with it." She grinned

" No calls yet?"

Katara raised her eyebrow then snorted. " Zuko, it's like five am. You eat, then you should go home and clean up. I'm pretty sure you don't wanna go in the office like that" she points to his naked chest playfully

He rolled his eyes, then kissed her palm, watching as she walked off to get ready for work.

After Zuko pulled into the parking lot he shoved his hands in his pockets and headed into the office, checking his gun holster and then his badge as he went in through the security. He took another deep breath as he made his way towards the office and sat down

Iroh stepped up beside Zuko with two cups of tea. He placed his hand on his shoulder, then chuckled

" You seem quite happy, Nephew" he grins

Zuko smiled. " am I that obvious?"

"You're smiling for once."

Zuko's eyes widened " hey hold on.."

"Well, you look very happy. It's a good look on you, you know"

" Thank you, Uncle" Zuko bowed his head as he took a drink from his cup of tea.

Zuko checked his phone, his eyes widened in fear as he read the message. It was an unknown number but he knew who it was. Azula

' Tick tock. Hope you're enjoying out little game. Soon time will run out and you'll get to see the endgame'

Zuko swallowed hard, taking a deep breath as he pocketed his phone. He would not let Azula get the best of him.

Katara looked into Zuko's eyes, placing her hand on top of his. " tell me not to worry and that everything is okay" she begged

Zuko swallowed hard, staring at her. Gods, he wishes he would tell her that it was okay. He swallowed another lump in his throat as he nodded

" don't worry, Katara. Everything is fine. I promise you this" he pulled her into a tight hug, placing his lips on the top of her head as he let out a shaky breath.

Katara wrapped her arms around him tightly, sighing as she nuzzled into his chest a bit.

" I trust you. if it is something important you promise to tell me, right?

" Right." He smiled and let go of her after a minute.

Katara sat down at the table, staring a bit

" Alright, so today our case is a little more light.." She cringed, clicking onto the pictures of the slideshow.

" That is horrible, not light" Sokka groaned

Katara rolled her eyes. " compared to some of the others, a con artist is at least a little more sentient than full on mass murderers"

Katara clicked to the next slide, then groaned. " I lied. I forgot there was a bit of uh.. murder too."

Suki stared at the pictures.

Sokka furrowed his brows, his sapphire eyes widened as he stared at each and every crime scene. " have you seen these?"

" Yeah, I looked at them earlier.."

" 'Tara, they look like you. They're all young women with dark hair and blue eyes"

Katara swallowed, then looked at Sokka. " I know. "

" So what else did he do to these women?" Aang asked suddenly, feeling uncomfortable at the pictures of each women.

" According to their bank accounts here." She flipped to the next slide, " our suspect cleaned them out. A lot of money. they must want something with it. perhaps purchasing something big scale?"

" Agents?" The door opened and a man was standing in the corner of the room, looking at the group.

The team turned

" Yes?"

"There is a kid out front, saying he saw something suspicious last night. And there was another body found"

" Toph and Kat take the interrogation, Aang and Suki take the crime scene"

" Got it" Aang and Suki headed off to the next crime scene as soon as Iroh had gotten the address from the officers.

Katara and Toph walked into the interrogation room. The pair sat down and smiled at the young boy.

" Hello, Lee. I'm Agent Emiuk" Katara smiled, then motioned to Toph " this is Agent Beifong. We heard that you may have seen a person of interest" she said sweetly, not wanting to terrify the boy.

" Sugar Queen, you can't talk to him like that! He will never give us what we want. Were feds"

Toph, he is a child. it's not like he's under arrest. He came here willingly."

" What if he's an accomplice?"

" TOPH! He Is only twelve years old. He is not-"

" I'm not-"

" Katara, do you think someone would willingly come in here with information?"

" Yes! Because there are good people in this world!

" Are you two done..."

" shush, The adults are talking. "Toph glared at the child, placing a finger on her lips.

" Toph, he is a child, you can t be mean to him" Katara reminded him

Lee looked scared shitless. Perhaps Toph was not a good person to bring into the interrogation room, but she was the only one who knew when someone was lying.

" Tell me everything you saw, Lee" Katara gave a small smile, trying to convince Lee to tell them what he knew

" I just saw a man" Lee admitted, still nervous. He was clearly very intimidated by Toph.

" Can you give me a description of the man?" Katara asks softly, tapping her pen against the notebook in front of her.

" He was really tall. Dark hair. Had sharp shiny things." Lee's lip trembled as he remembered the figure pass him in the hallway.

" A knife?"

Lee shakes his head. " no. like.. a type of sword I guess? There were two of them?

Katara had a pit in her stomach. This was too similar to a man she knew. She felt sick

" Toph, I need a break. I'm gonna go get a drink of water and then I'll be back. I'm gonna make Agent Simmons come in to assist until I get back"

Toph nods and waves her away dismissively.

Katara walked out of the room, leaving Toph in with another agent so that she wouldn't terrify the poor kid. Toph had a little bit of a hard time understanding that children were more delicate than adults when it came to questioning. her phone began to ring and she picked it up biting her lip. an unknown number flashed on the screen.

" Hello?"

" Katara" a voice answered from the other line.

Every hair on Katara's body rose in shock and anger.

" Jet" she whispered, gritting her teeth, shaking her head. She was about to hang up when she heard him speak again

" No no, wait a second.. please, don't hang up on me"

" How do you know I'm about to do just that?" She asks sarcastically.

" I always know, Kat."

" Only my friends call me Kat. You can call me Katara because I most certainly am NOT your friend, Jet. What the fuck do you want and how did you get my number? This is a government number anyways.

" I've been keeping tabs on you, Katara. I missed you.."

" Ew. We broke up years ago. I'm going to have you arrested for stalking and you're getting a restraining order"

" Ka-"

" I'm hanging up right now and you're blocked. Permanently. "

" I know about it, Katara"

She bristled once again, flinching

"Meet me. We can have a cup of coffee and talk?"

" no. I'm not going to go in public with you. I'm not letting you poison my cup of coffee either. You can meet me back at our old spot. The treehouse that we found Miyuki in."

" I'll meet you in twenty?"

" An hour. I need to have time to travel there"

" Okay. I missed you Katara"

" Yeah, well go jump off a bridge"

Jet chuckled fondly, then hung up

" I know who our suspect it" Katara pocketed her phone as she entered the briefing room again

Aang looked at her in confusion. " how did you know who it was?"

" Because he contacted me. Take a look at those pictures again" she pulled the pictures out, pointing to every single one of them. " remember when Sokka said they looked like me? It was because they were supposed to be like me. They WERE me in his mind and as soon as they didn't do what he wanted to he killed them. In his mind he wanted to have me-"

Toph then interrupted Katara, sitting forward as her milky eyes widened. " so this dude is super obsessed with you?"

" you're the endgame?" Zuko asked, placing his hand on Katara's wrist lightly, trying to soothe her.

" I'm his endgame. He wants the real me. I'll give him the real me"

" DON'T YOU DARE SUGGEST GOING INTO HIS CREEPY HAY CHEWING CLUTCHES." Sokka screamed angrily, kicking the chair over as he stood up, staring down at his younger sister.

" Sokka, shush." She shakes her head a bit. " I'm a big girl. I can get him to let his guard down and then once I have him close enough I can cuff him. If anyone else goes in my place he might spiral out of control"

" This sins a good idea" Aang shakes his head.

" It's the only thing that will work. I don't think we want to have another person die, murderer or not.

" I think we can trust Katara to make her own decisions. She will always have us for backup" Iroh shakes his head, sipping his tea

" You're on her side?" Sokka glared.

Iroh sighed. " Katara is a formidable agent, and she can handle herself.

Katara headed to the old treehouse, swallowing nervously. It felt like forever since she was a teenage girl and happily in love with what she thought was the perfect man. Jet was no perfect man, he was a monster. She let a tear slide down her cheek, but furiously wiped at it. She picked up her coms, clearing her throat. " I'm in position. Stay far away unless I say otherwise. "

Zuko heard the call on the radio, pinching his nose slightly. He hated letting her do this alone, but knew she had to. It was the best option for the best outcome. " Copy. Be careful. "

" Always am"

" Tell me not to worry?" Zuko said, repeating the same words Katara had said to him earlier in that day.

" Don't worry. I have everything completely under control"

Zuko grinned. " Copy, Agent. We will be awaiting your call."

Katara placed the com on the seat of her car, then got out. She pocketed her phone and felt her chest for the thick material of her bulletproof vest to make sure it was in place. It was. She went on her trek towards the treehouse, trying to let her mind stay clear so she could focus on what she needed to do.

" Well. Hello beautiful" Jet grinned, staring at Katara appreciatively as he reached to play with the ends of her hair

Katara gritted her teeth, swatting at his hands in annoyance.

" I'm not gonna be ogled all day am I?"

Jet chuckled, grabbing her wrists and pushing her back a bit

"let. go."

" Listen to me first."

" NO! last time I saw you was when I left the hospital. "

Jet sighed a bit.

" Why did you do it?"

what are you talking about Katara?"

" Are you kidding me? You're acting like you don't know? Do you think I'm an idiot!" She screeched, pointing at him, poking his sternum with her fingers repeatedly " a con man. Multiple murders in this area?" Katara then tugged her wrists away from Jet angrily

" Katara please.."

" NO." She screeched, shoving him back slightly, shaking slightly. " Jet you really fucked up back then."

" I lost her too" Jet said shakily, looking at Katara

" dont do that. Don't say that like you actually wanted her. You're the one who killed her, Jet."

" I was drunk, and it was an accident..

" so what? You've evolved in using your hook swords and conning all of these young women who look like me only because you regret me miscarrying the baby that none of us wanted?"

He then shoved her back against the wall angrily. Katara hit the wall with a loud bang, feeling the pain erupt in her back. " shut your mouth, Katara"

" make me" she snapped, shaking her head. " you've lost it, Jet. You didn't have a reason to do this. I tried to play dumb the whole time I've been on this case, but that little boy told me he saw you leaving Akna's house. You cut her stomach.. she bled out."

" she looked like you, Katara" Jet admits, looking at her with sad brown eyes.

" I know." She said solemnly. " Sokka made the connection.

" he's working with you too?"

Katara didn't reply to that. " we have a team. We're good at what we do. I'm sure you know that by now since I've caught onto your little act."

" it isn't an act. "

" why?"

" why what?" He asked

" you know what I'm talking about. Why did you hurt all of those women when you really wanted to hurt me?"

Jet loud out a loud roar of anger, then turned around again, punching her in the face.

Katara yelped, grabbing his wrist and breaking his bones in three different places, making sure to lower him to the ground.

Katara then pinned Jet to the ground, shaking her head

" you shouldn't have tried that, Jet. You're lucky I caught you. I should've shot you right through the stomach, or maybe.. stabbed you through the stomach." She snarled

Jet hung his head. " Katara, I'm so sorry for all I've done to you."

" you're a psychopath. " she interrupted Jet, grabbing his wrist and turning him around.

" you're under arrest." She pulled the handcuffs out of the holder on her belt, cuffing him firmly.

Jet stayed silent.

Katara grabbed her phone, keeping one knee placed on the small of his back as she informed the team where she was.

Suki slowly approached Katara, placing her hand on her shoulder

" hey, are you okay?" She asked

Katara blinked away her tears as she looked at Suki. She nodded slowly. It had been a while since she thought about Jet and the unborn baby she had lost. She didn't tell anyone other than him that she was pregnant.

" I'm okay." She said softly. " uh.. just.. he was an ex boyfriend" she said with an awkward smile

" an ex boyfriend? Sheesh.." Suki cringed

" I know. He had an obsession with me, I guess.. and then he began to con all of those women who looked like me so he could take their money.. and.." she swallowed hard, hugging her knees to her chest. " he was probably going to try and take me somewhere " she murmured

" what, like kidnap you?"

" I guess? The way he was acting made it seem as if he wanted to be filthy rich, then take me away from here and control my every move forever" she cringed at the taste in her mouth. It was disgusting to think she had ever been in love with that man

Sokka began to approach them. He wrapped his arms around Katara, kissing her head. " you okay?"

Katara nodded. " Yeah. A little shocked, but he didn't hurt me. I was the one who hurt him"

Sokka laughed a bit. " well after all he did to you back in High School. He deserved it."

" Sokka?"

" yeah, Kat?"

" you know, when you were a freshman in college and I was finishing up my last year of high school.. uh.. I had a miscarriage."

" w-what?"

Katara nods. " I never said anything to anyone other than Jet about it.. uh.. until now."

" I'm gonna kill him."

Katara places her hand on top of his and shakes her head. " don't. It isn't worth it. He's in custody and he's going away for a long time. I'm never gonna let him near me again. You can't do anything to him."

" I can punch him in his smug little face"

" you can, but be the better man and don't?"

" only for you." He chuckled

Katara lifted her head as soon as she heard Zuko's voice. She then jumped up and hugged him tightly, sighing

Zuko buried his face in her thick hair, sighing and hugging her close.

" you're okay?"

" I'm fine. Why is everyone worrying about me?"

" Katara, Sokka told me you had a history with him."

" yeah. I did. Not anymore though"

" he didn't hurt you?"

Katara snorts. " I didn't give him the chance."

She felt her heart clench. He did hurt her, just not physically.