"AAAUUUGHHH!"
In our haste to get out of Zuko's line of fire, Darrin and I had completely forgotten the STAIRS. We rolled down like barrels, hitting the CONCRETE floor below. "OWW!" I landed hard on my back.
"Sydney?"
I blinked and looked up to find a head looking down at me. "Dar?" No, too bushy to be Darrin. The blurriness in my eyes cleared, andI almost died when I realized who it was.
"JET?"
I sat up on my knees and scanned the room. Sure enough, there were Aang, Sokka, Jet, and Katara, all staring at me. Except Jet was less that 20 inches in front of me. Darrin looked just as bemused. "What are you all doing here?" "Hiding from Zuko, what do you expect?" Sokka replied. "Yeah, we were flying on Appa, and all of a sudden we came here...to this...place, " added Katara. "This place is my house," I said. "And what are YOU doing in it?" Aang shrugged. "Hey, is there any food in this place?" I sighed and stood up. Jet was still in front of me. "Um, can I help you?" I said irritably. He smiled but backed off. "All right, we'll get you some food," I told them.
Soon, me and Darrin were sitting on the basement floor with the Avatar people, and we were all eating pizza. "How do you eat this stuff?" Aang was trying to eat his slice with one hand - backwards. I didn't bother to answer that. "Guys, my sister will be home from her party soon. Look, it's almost 8:00." Darrin nodded. "So you should all stay in the basement tonight, and tomorrow we'll think of what to do with you." "We could take them to school," I suggested. "What's that?" Katara asked, keenly interested. "It's a place where you learn and mingle," I told her. "And skateboard." "But what are we going to do about Zuko?" Darrin asked. I smirked. "He's not capturing any Avatars until he gets to his world again. By that time we should be able to domesticate him."
"ACK!"
We all looked up to see a dripping Sokka. "That...thing attacked me!" He was pointing to his can of Sierra Mist. "It's soda, Sokka," I said, handing him a napkin. "You DRINK it." Then we all (except Sokka) roared with laughter.
To make this easier to comprehend, we managed to get Zuko in the basement. He didn't flame at us anymore, but we warned him to keep away from Aang. (I threatened him with Dad's blowtorch.) Oh, and how did we get the pizzas? There's a fridge in the basement, along with an Xbox 360 and a TV, just in case Darrin, me, and our friends come over for a snack. My sister came at 8:30 behind my parents, who got home from work. They suspected nothing about the Avatar people sleeping in our basement.
But tomorrow, we really had to keep our guards up.