Chapter 7: The New Adventures Begin Part 2
Location: San Fransisco, California
News spread all over the place about a young 16-year-old boy that was shot in the chest. The only people who haven't heard about are Suki Lang Richards, mother of Paul Cole Richards and his two sisters. They never pay attention about him, nor do they even care. For example, Ricky's mom hardly took care of him since he was just a newborn. She have to take him to a baby daycare for 24/7 until he was four-years-old. His sisters on the other hand, they were most likely mommy's favorite little girls. She took enough time to bond with them, but not Ricky. It was 7:45 PM in San Fransisco, and she and her daughters are getting to pack up and leave. She didn't had time to watch the news due to the fact she's EXTREMELY impatient, she wanted to get home so badly to pay her bills and spend some time with her girls.
They drove for at least three hours from San Fransisco to Los Angeles, due to the traffic on the highway. It was 10:55 PM when they got back; she was too tired to care what happened right now. Susan, as the oldest, was a bit worried about his youngest brother. Even though she doesn't show it physically, she cares about her brother more than anything in the world. When they got home, they saw a group of police cars surrounding their apartment. Suki looked worried, but angry at the same time. Nicki and Susan were scared out of their wits to see so many police cars. Suki unbuckled herself, and slammed the car door behind her, trying to keep her cool down. She went up to one of the policeman and tapped him on his shoulders.
"Excuse me, did my son did something wrong?" she ask accusingly and yet in a calmed tone.
The policeman turned around to see who had tapped him. He saw a Japanese woman in her mid-forties, with nature black hair.
"Are you Suki Ling Richards", he asked.
She scoffed, "Yes, is there something wrong?"
The policeman arched his eyebrow, "Your son, Paul Cole Richards, was killed by a school student name Dexter Jeremy Paxton."
She was emotionless for at least a minute, until the two daughters came out of the car.
"Officer, is something wrong?" Susan asked.
The policeman looked behind the mother, to reveal two teenage girls.
"Are you Paul Cole Richards' sisters?"
They both nodded their heads.
"Your brother was killed at the Cliffside by Dexter Jeremy Paxton."
Susan and Nicki gasped in horror, to hear their youngest brother was killed. Their mother, however, scoffed at the thought.
"Do you have any proof for this claim?"
Susan was shocked to hear that her mother would say such a thing, let alone her only son. Nicki was never the nice sibling towards Ricky, but she doesn't want ANYONE to hurt him. The only thing that came to mind for Susan was crying silently, and then ran towards to the cliff.
Location: The Southern Air Temples
The kids slowly turned their heads to see who has entered the memorial place. To Ricky's surprise, it looked like a lemur, with bat-like ears. Aang started smile ear-to-ear, while Sokka was drooling towards the floor.
"LEMUR!" Aang yelled excitedly.
"Meat", Sokka murmured.
The two boys, started racing towards the lemur. The lemur began scattering away from the boys.
"Aang! Sokka! Get back here!" Katara yelled.
The two ignored her as they kept chasing the lemur. Ricky began chasing the two boys, but they were too fast for him, so he stopped at the entrance.
"Ugh, come on guys, slow down", Ricky said in between sentence.
Katara caught up to him, seeing him trying to catch his breath. Ricky knew that he has to get use to of catching up with them.
"You okay Ricky", Katara asked.
Ricky turned his head around, to see Katara with a worry and yet, a beautiful smile on her face.
"Yeah", he smiled, "I'm still not use to running."
Katara chuckled. Ricky start blushing in a hot pink color, that laugh so much reminds him of Elsa.
"So, would to tell me about your girlfriend, Elsa", Katara asked.
Ricky blushed even harder than before. He couldn't think about her, but he knew one thing about girls: girls won't stop bugging you until you crack.
"Well, I knew Elsa since I was five", he explained, "She has aqua eyes and snow blonde hair with a French braid. She's about my age, only five months later."
Katara imagine Ricky's girlfriend, although she doesn't know what a French braid is, she still tried her best. Time was passing by for at least thirty minutes, as the two kids were having a good time. Ricky felt like he's talking to Elsa since the two girls have so much in common and differences. Ricky learned that Sokka and Katara's mom had died during the war and their dad left to support with the Earth Kingdom to stop the Fire Nation. He felt very bad for her; she has been so much all because of the War. Katara also learned so much about him as well. His dad also had to leave to help Japan and South Korea with North Korea, while his mom left him during her business. His two sister, Nicki and Susan had gone to different schools; while he was sent to daycare until he was four. She felt extremely bad for him, even though it was cliché that they both have some scars in the past, but they felt like they almost know each other. That's when they discovered that the statue of Avatar Roku's eyes started glowing. Then, one by one, all the previous Avatar's eyes started glowing. That's when it hit Katara, like a giant boulder, Aang was in troubled.
"AANG!"
Katara ran out of the room, leaving Ricky behind. Ricky didn't know what's going on; but he's worried that something bad has happened. It took at least five minutes for Ricky to find where his new friends are. That's when he saw a bright glow, coming from a large tent. He tried to enter inside, but the wind that was coming from the tent was too strong for him to enter. He kept going, no matter how strong the wind was. He finally made it inside the tent, seeing Katara and Sokka looking worried to see Aang was floating in air, with his tattoos glowing.
"What the heck is going on", Ricky yelled.
"Aang found out that the Fire Nation had killed his mentor", Sokka yelled back.
Ricky was shocked to see Aang's mentor's skeleton. He couldn't stand to see Aang this upset.
"We have to snap him out of it", Katara yelled.
"Well, hurry", Sokka yelled back, "Or else, he'll blow up the mountain, along with us!"
Ricky started walking towards Aang, grabbing his hand. He held it tightly, in order to get his voice into the Avatar's ears.
"Aang, listen", Ricky began yelling, "I know your mentor is dead, along with your old friends. But, you're not alone; we all have lost our loved ones. You have us; we're your family now. Please Aang, we need you."
Suddenly, Aang's tattoos started to fade back to its aqua bluish color. Ricky and Katara caught him just in time. Aang started crying silently, knowing that he's the last of his kind.
"I really am the last airbender", he mumbled.
The kids began to head back towards Appa. They haven't said a thing for at least twenty minutes. It was when Aang decides to break the silence.
"Listen guys, I'm sorry for releasing my anger like that."
"It's okay", Katara said, "It wasn't your fault."
"But it is, the Fire Nation found my home and they killed everyone", Aang retorted, "Plus, how will I ever contact to Avatar Roku now?"
"You'll find out eventually." Ricky replied.
Then for a few seconds, the lemur came back with some berries and some nuts. It went towards to Sokka and it gave him the food.
"Hey look Sokka, it looks like you made a friend", Aang said.
Sokka ignored them as he continued to eat happily. It wasn't long till Aang decided to invite the flying lemur (as Aang calls it) to their group and naming it, Momo. The kids finally left the Southern Air Temple as Aang watched to see his home began to fade, as they move farther away. Ricky finally slept from what happened today, feeling bad for Aang that has lost his family and friends. All he could think is, what now.
Location: Unknown
Two figures looked down at the kids, as they moved far away from the temple. They haven't said anything after Aang discover his friends and family has died.
"You know as well as I this won't end well", said the first figure that sound like in his eighties.
"I know, but I have faith in the boy", said the second figure, a bit younger than the second.
"What makes you think that your so-called 'son' will help the Avatar?" the first figure said with a disbelief and skeptical look on his face.
"Roku, you know as well as I that this boy is more than what he's seemed", the second figure retorted calmly.
Avatar Roku began to cringe to think that a normal, pathetic, nobody from the modern world, would help the Avatar to end the Hundred Year War.
"With all do respect, but I was expecting the Chosen One to be more worthy than a child."
The figure turned his head; he couldn't believe that his old friend would say such a thing.
"Oh, and Aang isn't", he retorted calmly, "You know I chosen those two for a reason and my Father has a purpose. Ricky has a choice to either leave or stay. But I know he's more than he let's on."
Roku didn't say anything, he know, no matter how hard he tried he always loses to him. He began to turn away for a few steps, but stopped and turned around.
"I hope you know what you are doing… Jesus of Nazareth."
Roku then finally disappear into darkness, leaving the Son of God alone. He sighed; He just wished that Roku would understand.
"Are you sure he's the one Teacher", a mysterious voice said.
Jesus turned around to see a monk at least a hundred years old.
"Don't get me wrong Teacher, I have faith in those two boys. But, what if he fails?"
Jesus smiled at his old friend, "I'm sure Monk Gyatso", he said turning back to the vision, "But he won't be alone He'll have help and make new allies along the journey. He's the one."
