YAY! I'm alive. Yeah, I know. Sorry I just ... actually no I don't have an excuse so just go ahead. Anyway I hope you like this bit.
This dream felt familiar as well. It was almost a vision of future event much like the dream of falling through the sky. I was held down by several entities. Lin was kneeling in front of me with her hands bound. I couldn't hear what she said but I could tell it was important. She looked up and said something then bowed her head. Then her head was pulled back and I could almost hear a gasp come from her before she jerked and fell on her side. I screamed and kicked but I couldn't get to her. Tears clouded my vision. I managed to wrench my hand from the entities grasp and reached for her. I was dragged away from her as she tilted her head and looked at me as best as she could.
I jerked up on the bed, sweating and panting. I heard a groan beside me and turned to the sound. Lying beside me, clutching my shirt, Chief Lin Beifong. I began to relax as I realized, we were both fine. I was about to lay back down when I realized I shouldn't be in this bed. I jumped out of the bed causing Lin to stir.
"Hm? What the hell are you doing in my room, Tonrar?" She groaned as she sat up. I began looking around for the notepad, but I couldn't find it.
"Never mind. I don't really care right now. Find my aspirin." She said cradling her head. I dug through her nightstand and found the bottle of pills. Quickly handing it to her, she hummed in thanks.
"So, I'm going to assume you stayed to make sure I wouldn't throw up on myself." She said, and I nodded to save my ass.
"Thank you. I don't usually drink that much." She said, and I sat beside her in the bed.
"Let's go make breakfast." She said, and I got up, walking to the door. I opened the door and hit Ty Lee by accident. I smiled and held my arms open letting her jump on me. I carried her down the stairs and sat her by her food bowl and fed her. She chowed down as I began to start on coffee.
"So, what did I do last night?" She asked as she dug into the fridge.
I motioned my hand like it was talking.
"Talked? About what?"
I drew an arrow on my forehead with my finger and brushed my imaginary beard, striking a pose that resembled Tenzin.
"Tenzin? What about him?"
I broke an imaginary object with my hands then pointed up.
"The break up oh yeah. That was fun. Anything else?"
I pointed to my lip rings.
"Your piercings?"
I nodded and turned around and acted like I was making out with someone.
"I talked about kissing you?!" She asked.
I smirked and nodded, putting a hand on my hip as I leaned to one side. The blush that crept up Lin's neck was highly amusing. She busied herself with cooking and I looked around for my notepad. I found it by the front door and scribbled away before handing it to her.
"If you were that curious, I'd be willing to let you try."
"You are so lucky I'm too hungover to skin you alive." She said, and I smirked.
"I'm not getting involved with a minor." She said.
I shook my head with a smirk.
"What do you mean?" She said, and I scribbled away on the notepad before handing it to her.
"I turned 18 several days ago." It read, and her expression dropped.
"What? When?" She asked.
I held up three fingers, smiling sheepishly.
"Three Days ago?! I threw you off the couch three days ago!" she exclaimed.
I nodded. There was a moment of silence till she spoke up.
"Have you read the letter your mom wrote to you?" She asked.
I shook my head as I removed the said envelope from my jacket on the chair.
"You can stay home today to read it." She said and turned to the breakfast.
I turned her to me and pushed the letter to her.
"You want me to read it?"
I nodded, offering her the letter opener. She turned off breakfast and plated the eggs and bacon.
"Ok then." She said and took the blade from my hands. She carefully cut open the fragile envelope and pulled the letter out, but another letter fell out too. I grabbed it and handed it to her. She unfolded the first and took a deep breath.
"My dear Zicara," She began and paused.
"Zicara?!" She asked.
I shrugged as I didn't remember it either.
"Ok then." She said and led us to the living room. She sat in her recliner and I lounged on the couch with my plate of food.
"I carried you for nine months and in that time, I have come to love the little surprise you came to be. I wrote this the day after you were born. We never expected you to come into our lives, but we were so thankful. Your father and I began to lose hope we would ever have children. Your grandmother began to lose hope as well.
But because you're in our family there are many secrets you now must know. You are not a commoner as you were raised to be. You have royal blood running through your veins. You are the grand son of Princess Azula. The princess of the fire nation?! What?" She exclaimed.
I sat there with a piece of bacon hanging from my mouth in shock.
'I'm royalty?' I thought in confusion.
"Within this letter is a letter of proof by Princess Azula herself. I'm sorry you never got to see your grandmother when you got older, but it was for her safety. After she broke out of her prison, she changed her ways for the better. She had a family and gave me your father." Lin stopped and looked at me.
"You're the grandchild of a fire nation princess?!" She exclaimed.
I grabbed my notepad and scribbled before showing it to her.
"News to me too."
"If you are a fire bender, you might have inherited her blue flames like your father. Which means people will ask questions and your great uncle may someday want to speak with you. He may try to silence you or he may take you under his wing, but we love you even if you are a fire bender or earth bender or neither. You are our blessing."
"Well they loved you at least we know that." She said, and I nodded setting the plate aside.
"but if we leave you before your 18th birthday for whatever reason find your grandmother she will help you and raise you. Her home is marked on a map on the backside of this letter.
We love you so much Zicara and we wouldn't trade you for anything.
Love your mother Hina Anoki." She said and grabbed the other letter.
"Dear Zicara,
You may have many questions but I shall try to answer as best as I can. First and foremost, you are royal by blood. Your father is royal, just like my father and his father before him. You come from a line of powerful fire benders, but not proud ones. We have tarnished the history of this planet greatly. Secondly, IF you have my blue flames, Hide them. My brother will stop at nothing to hunt me down. If word gets out a blue flames child is alive , I will be in danger. Thirdly, I need you to complete a mission for me. On the back of this letter is a map to an object I've hidden in Republic City. I need you to retrieve it and deliver it to The Avatar's wife, Katara. She will know what to do with it. And fourthly I love you too. When I held you for the first time, I knew you were going to help change the world. In a good way, not a "Fire Nation taking over the world" way. You have a greatness within you and I hope I live long enough to see it.
Sincerely your grandmother,
Azula, Princess of the fire nation." Lin put both letters away and handed it to me.
"You were loved." She said.
I nodded and reached for her hand.
"So do you want to go visit her?" she asked.
I shrugged as I thought about it. Has she really changed?
"She might provide more answers."
I nodded and stood. I removed Azula's letter and looked at the map.
"You want to do her mission?" She asked noting my expression.
I nodded
"Where is it at?" I gave it to her with a frown.
"The Anoki Crypt?" She said.
I shrugged.
"Get dressed, I wanna check this out." She said walking to the table and inhaling her breakfast. I ran upstairs, shrugging on my clothes and slipping on my swords and throwing knives with my mask on my belt.
"Hey, Zicara, come here." It took me a while to realize I was Zicara. I walked to Lin's room where the sound came from and she was standing in front of the desk with the mirror. She pulled out the seat and gestured for me to sit while grabbing a brush. I sat down hesitantly and went ridged as the brush went through my hair. I began to relax as she would run her fingers through my hair behind the brush.
"I figured I could help with your hair to keep it out of the way. A simple ponytail isn't doing much." She said and placed the brush on the desk before grabbing something I couldn't tell what it was. They were small and black.
She began to divide my hair and braid them. She tied it off and began to spin it around till it was a bun on the back of my head she shoved something into it and took her hands away to see if it will stay. She was about to get the short bangs that wouldn't go into the braid, but I stopped her.
"You want to leave those?"
I nodded. I stood and pulled her to me into a hug.
"Alright don't get too sappy on me." She said.
I pulled away before punching her shoulder. I regretted it seeing as it felt like I punched a brick wall. Lin got a chuckle out of it as I was cradling my hurt hand. She stopped and noticed something.
"What's that?" She asked pointing to my belt. I pulled the mask from my belt and handed it to her. It was a handcrafted mask. It was simple with stitches over where the mouth should be and two horizontal slits over each eye with dark lenses to prevent any real identification. It was kinda triangular with two ribbons to tie to my face.
"What's with the mask?"
"We might be going through my gang. It's a very secret society. Masks only newbies and guest don't get a mask." I wrote on the note pad and gave to her.
"You're in a gang?" She asked.
"I own the gang." With that, I walked down the stairs with my mask in hand and tied it around my face. I pulled my bangs out to drape over the mask and turned to Lin as she walked out the door.
"I'll follow you in my car." She said, and I nodded as I backed the bike out of the drive. I revved the engine causing it to pop a wheelie. The city cemetery is located outside of city limits. Its sort of unofficially divided into four sections. Fire, Earth, Water, Nonbenders, and the Jane and John does/families of one or more elements. It's not official since Avatar Aang put a bill in motion for equality. Restaurants, stores, and other places cannot turn away customers based on their nationality, but restaurants can't be divided either in any way either can cemeteries or stores unless it's for the benefit of customers such as finding antiques or clothing from a certain nation.
Pulling up to the large iron gate I felt a chill run up my back.
'how am I going to face them?' I thought as Lin pulled up behind me. I turned to her and thanked the spirits for the mask to hide my expression.
"Ready?" She asked.
I nodded and kicked the gate open. I walked through the graveyard with a purpose.
"you know your way around?" She asked.
I turned my head slightly to acknowledge I was listening and I saw her shiver. I nodded and turned left towards a very small crypt.
"Are you sure this is it?" She asked. I pulled out my little metal tin. I pulled out my mom's ring and my father's earring.
The door had no handles, but I've seen them do this before. There were two round plates on both doors on had a slot for a ring and the other had a small hole. I gave Lin my mom's ring and I held onto the top of my father's cross.
"Your family's jewelry are actually keys?" she said, and I nodded. She stuffed the top of the ring into the slot as I pushed the cross into the hole. There was a loud clang before gears began to turn and the doors opened. We each removed the jewelry as Lin pulled a flashlight from her hip. The crypt was empty save for the stairs going down.
"Your family made a Tomb?" She asked, and I smirked as I descended the stairs. As we descended, we saw caskets in the wall with skulls embedded into the casket.
"Did they behead them to put their skull on the casket?" She asked poking one.
I nodded and smirked as she jumped back wiping her finger off.
"Laugh it up." She mumbled.
The stairs continued down and down till we reached the bottom. It was a large room possibly bigger than the bullpen at the station. Caskets were set on stones at waist height. The walls were blank save for the carved out crest at the far back wall.
But there was something off about the seal. I grabbed the flashlight and pulled my letter from my pocket to look at the seal. The Rose was above the crisscrossed sword and hook blade. I handed it to her and walked to the crest and pushed the rose up. There was a click and the rose stayed.
"It's a puzzle?" She asked.
I nodded and walked back to her.
"The H is in the middle, not on the left." She pointed out.
I hurried to the crest and jumped pulling the petal with the h down to the middle.
"The hook blade is turned down, not up." She called and shined the light on me.
I wrapped both hands around the hook and twisted. There was a click and a small portion of the floor went down before sliding out of the way. Inside was another letter. I handed it to Lin and huffed.
"Dear Zicara,
If you were raised correctly as I hope you would have noticed the subtle differences. This letter is a map of the true location of my hairpiece. Yes, I want you to deliver it to Katara. You see Katara used to be my lover. During the war, things happened and I fell in love with Katara. We had her prisoner at one point and we talked a lot till I finally just outed with my feelings. Turned out they were reciprocated. We spent what time we could with each other, but my father found out and unleashed his rage upon me not for choosing a WaterTribe peasant but a girl as my lover. During our last meeting, I told Katara I couldn't see her again and we both took it badly. We said things and did things we regretted, and I want to apologize for it. Please deliver this to her." She read.
"This looks like the shady side of town." She said flipping the letter over. That area is run by my gang.
I tapped her shoulder and waved her on. We hurried up the stairs and I punched a button causing the doors to slowly close. We hurried to our vehicles and I burned rubbed. The sun was beginning to set as we pulled into the area. You could see white masks lurking in the shadows, so you know where we were. I pulled up to a warehouse and knocked on the door with the tire. The doors rolled open and I rode in but turned back as several burly guys stopped Lin from following. I walked over to them and gave them a thumb up. They stepped aside and let her walk in.
"Boss! I can't believe it's you. where you been?" A thin teenage boy asked, running up to me.
I swirled my finger around in the air.
"Around my foot, come on- Oh SHIT it's the cops!" He yelled spotting lin.
I grabbed his shirt and held a finger to my lips.
"False alarm guys." He called.
I nodded and brought him over to Lin.
"Hey, I'm Rasmak, but everyone calls me Rat." He said holding out his hand to Lin. True to his name, his mask depicted a white Rat with the black beady eyes, the whiskers, the nose, and the ears.
"I'm Chief Bei Fong ."
"So is it true?" He asked.
"is what true?" She questioned.
"Word on the street is your holding our boss hostage at your house as a fuck buddy." He said.
I smirked looking at Lin's face as she began to blush deeply.
"I am not! I haven't had sex in years." She exclaimed.
I tapped Rat's shoulder and held out the map to him.
"Hey, I know this place. Isn't it where you used to live boss?" He asked.
I turned to Lin and nodded. I let out a shrill whistle and pointed to random members and pointed in different directions.
"What's he doing?"
"We're the white masks. You call us vigilantes, but we keep this place safe. I'm his third in command. His second is over there." Rat said pointing to a tall girl called painted lady. She looked very familiar now that I look at her. I whistled and crooked my finger at her. She began to walk over and I looked at her mask with the large hat that resembled the ancient spirit.
"Whats up?" she asked and I gestured for her to follow me to the map of the city carved into a large table.
"Ok so we managed to control a lot of the crime while you were gone but some guys are causing a lot of trouble in the shopping district. But this area has a turf war brewing between the red monsoons and the Agni Kais. The equalists are cleaning house on the triple threats and we found the HQ but it was raided. Zolt's gone." She said
I made some hand gestures that were too fast for a regular person, but it was a language we made.
"Zolt's bending is gone and the rest are gone too. head to the Southern farmers market district and watch over the people there. A lot of thieves and crooks will be coming to it. Take some guys with. I need three motorbikes to come with me." I signed.
"Yes, sir please take three of my finest men." She said hitting her fist on her chest and bowing.
"What the hell? He didn't write a thing."
"The white masks made a language for him to communicate with us. He became a leader by beating everyone that challenged him, and we followed him because of his strength and his ideals." Painted Lady said.
"Sir allow me to come with you to watch over you." Rat said.
I nodded and walked over to a door. I opened it and turned to lin. I jerked my head into the room and held it open for her. She walked over and hurried in. I shut the door behind us and turned to lin.
"You run a gang, you created another language, you were a prostitute, you're the grandson of a princess. What's next?" She said.
I walked over to the desk and grabbed a scroll. I sat there writing down a list of things before I gave it to her.
"Oh, is that all?" She asked, sarcastically. she began to read through the list mumbling to herself.
"Ok "I hate vegetables, I am the first person to tame a wolf-bat, I have never been in love in the past. I love Lin Bei Fong, Rat got into a fight with Painted Lady and tried to punch her but accidentally broke my nose while I was asleep-" wait, what?!" Lin exclaimed. She dropped the scroll and looked at me.
I slowly reached behind my head and untied the ribbon holding the mask. I pulled the mask away from my face and gave her a genuine smile. I slipped my mask into my pocket and pointed to myself.
"You." She translated.
I put my hands together and made a heart.
"Heart?" She asked.
I shook my head.
"live?" She asked.
I shook my head again.
"…Love?" She asked, hesitantly.
I nodded and pointed to her.
"Me?" She asked, pointing to herself.
I nodded again.
"You love me?"
She didn't respond so I waited with baited breath. She stepped closer and closer till she was directly to my left. She patted my shoulder and walked out of the room.
'I've been rejected." I thought standing there confused. I donned my mask as I bit back the tears threatening to spill.
Leaving the room, I signaled the three riders to follow me as I climbed onto my bike and started the engine.
I signaled to Lin and we road out of the warehouse towards my old home.
"Tonrar, we need to go around!" Lin called, pulling up beside me. Ahead I heard guys running to get in cars or on bikes.
I turned to Lin and drew my katana. I sped up and slashed one car's side. The tires broke in half and landed hard on the road. The three riders behind me got the memo and drew their individual weapons ranging from spears or swords. One even had spike gauntlets.
"Officer, stay behind us. We do this on a daily basis." One said and they boxed Lin between the three of them.
I flipped the blade in my hand and swung hitting one guy in the chest with the dull side of my blade. I continued to break bikes and cars and injure punks. I turned behind me to see the guys were keeping lin safe. Although, Lin never needs protecting to begin with.
I noticed a blockade ahead and whistled. Al lthree turned their attention to me as I pumped my fist nthe air and pointed ahead.
"Road block! Vinny, Ramp!" one yelled. The one with the spike gauntlets brought his fists up and a ramp rose from the road. I sped up, launching myself over the cars. I landed safely on the other side and continued down the road as the others followed unharmed.
"Hey boss! I know a shortcut to the house." One called.
I jerked my head to the side and he sped up to lead as I slowed to take his place at Lin's driver side.
"Tonrar, What the Flameo is wrong with you!?" She yelled.
I pointedly ignored her as I slashed another bikes tires.
"Zicara!" She yelled.
I wanted to say so many things to her, but I knew now was not the time. I continued on till I finally saw my old house within sight. I pulled up ahead and parked right at the front gate. It was a simple one story house with three bed one bath. I went ahead and to the front door. I removed my mask and tied it to my waist and began to write something down on my note pad. I gave the door three hard knocks and waited.
No answer.
I knocked again and waited.
No answer. I stepped back and kicked the door off it's hinges.
"Boss!" One of the rides called as lin ran up behind me. I began to tie the mask back onto my head.
"Tonrar!" She yelled as I walked into the empty living room. I opened the old door to the basement.
"Come back here!" She yelled grabbing my shoulder but I jerked out of her grasp storming down the steps. I found and old sledge hammer and some tools. I grabbed the sledge hammer and looked at the all concrete basement looking for the difference. I spotted a patch of cement on the floor that was newer than the rest and I set the hammer on that spot. Heaving the hammer up, I slammed down. I repeatedly hit that spot breaking chunk after chunk away till I began to see a chest beginning to appear in the ground. I turned to Lin and dropped the hammer getting on my knees and pushing the chunks of concrete away. A five foot by two foot by two foot chest sat in the concrete. I stood and gestured to the chest for Lin to open.
She walked over and pulled open the lid. On the very top of the chest sat a fire nation princess hair piece with a rolled-up paper inside of it. Underneath, hundreds of books and scrolls sat.
Lin grabbed the piece of paper and began to read.
"Dear Zicara,
In this chest you will find my hairpiece from being a princess of the fire nation, along with books and scrolls of earth and fire bending. I hoped I could be prepared for whichever you might be.
However if you were the strange one and became an air or water bender I also supplied an account number to a bank in town with more than enough money to pay for lessons, books and scrolls.
I hope to see you soon.
Sincerely, Princess Azula."
"That's a lot of books. What are you gonna do with it?" I grabbed the letter folded it and stuffed it in my trench coat. I grabbed the hairpiece and stuffed it in my pocket as I walked up the stairs and gestured for one of the riders to come with me.
"Yes sir!" he said running down the steps and grabbing one side of the chest as I grabbed the other and pulled up. It slid out easy enough and I began to walk backwards up the stairs and towards Lin's car. We set it in the back seat and I turned to the three riders and spun my finger in a 'wrap it up' motion.
"We're heading back to base, sir?" He asked.
I nodded and turn to get on my bike but Lin stood in my path.
'Fuck you Lin.' I thought as I grabbed the bottom of my ask with one hand and the back of her neck with the other and ripped the mask off my face. I captured her lips and tried so hard, so very hard to convey everything I wanted to say. Every 'I love you', every 'I need you', every 'I want you.' She pushed me back and a fist met my cheek.
"We will talk about this later." She growled with barley contained rage.
I spat out the mouth full of blood and put the mask back on my face as the braid fell out of place and began to come undone. I climbed on my bike and began my drive to base. Lin drove towars her home as I drove the opposite way.
"Boss are you ok?" one asked but I ignored him as I sped to get the base as soon as possible. I even pointedly ignored the punks trying to stop us.
Arriving to base was a spirit sent. I parked and walked over to Painted lady.
"Sir, you have some blood dripping from your mask." She said. I wiped the bottom of my mask and sighed.
"Is there anything I need to attend to? I'm about to head home." I signed.
"Yes sir. We have new recruits for you to judge." She said.
I waved my hand in a come here motion and she turned to whistle.
"Fresh meat come here." She called. A group of kids ran up and lined up. I went about pikcing which ones would join and which ones had to go. It was tedious but nessicary and I needed it to keep her off my mind.
"Keep in mind, you are being judged by the head boss of the masks. Stitch lips is no joke." She called.
I pointed at one and pointed at a spot in front of him for him to step up. That meant he stayed the ones I didn't pointed at left.
"Eyes forward!" Painted lady yelled to a little girl trying to see me.
I held up a hand to painted lady and she stepped back with a bow. I skipped a few kids and pointed to the little girl to step up.
"Yes sir!" She declared nervous. I went about judging the kids till I reached the last. I patted Painted lady's shoulder and walked to the table map.
"Bag 'em and tag 'em." She called. Masks behind the line of kids stuffed bags over the kids heads and dragged them off. The ones I picked were dragged to a room in the warehouse while the rest were dropped off at different locations in the city.
"Are you ok sir?" She asked walking up beside me.
I nodded waving her off before pointing at air tmple Island.
"What about it sir?"
"I need to get there." I signed.
"The ferry is not running anymore so we can get you there if you need." She said and I nodded. I followed her to my bike. She sat behind me and I drove to the docks.
"Sir, How did your mission go?" She asked.
I held up a thumbs up and she hummed.
"That's good." She said and just gave up conversation for the rest of the ride. Upon reaching the docks, I chained my bike to a lamp post and climbed into the boat Painted lady was preparing.
"It might take a while." I nodded as I looked at the map on the back of the letter that was in the chest. Her house is up in the mountains.
"What you got there?" Painted lady asked. She was bent at the wasit with her hands clasp behind her back.
I hid the letter as I studied her.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to pry." She said standing and adjusting our course.
I waved it off and reached behind my head to take off my mask.
"Um boss is it ok to show me your face?" She asked but it was too late as the mask fell into my lap.
"wow." She said with surprise.
I rose a brow at her.
"Sorry, you're just really young. I thought you were older." She said as she took off the wide brimmed hat and the white and red mask. She was a cute girl but maybe in her late twenties.
"Surprised as well?" She asked as she untied her shoulder length white hair. She had a thin face and really blue eyes.
I shook my head.
"Right you were there when I first started. You picked me before anyone else."
"I saw a girl with a black eyes and a busted lip. I thought you needed a purpose in life." I signed.
"Hell I'm older than you and I still was scared of you. the fresh meat used to call you butcher. We thought you'd chop us up in our sleep if we misbehaved." She laughed at the memory.
"I didn't know you had piercings." She commented before looking up.
"We're here." She said tying her hair up and putting her mask and hat back on.
I kept my mask off and stepped onto the dock as painted lady tied the boat. She followed close behind as I went looking around for Tenzin.
"Tonrar!" I heard before three bodies tackled me from above. I landed on the ground as the air bender kids hugged me.
"Hey who's the masked lady?" Meelo asked.
"I'm painted lady."
"THE Painted Lady?" Jinora asked.
"I'm afraid not. I'm his second in command." Painted Lady replied.
"Tonrar has an army?"
"No he runs a vigilante gang."
"Cool!" Al three exclaimed.
"I snapped my gfingeres and scribbled down a note on the note pad.
"Wheres your dad?"
"He's in his study. Do you want me to take you to him?" Jinora asked.
I nodded and gestured for Painted lady to follow.
"So what did you want to see him about?" She asked.
I scribbled on the notepad before giving it to her.
"Grandma Katara? But shes in the northpole.
"I just need to speak to him." It read. She gestured to a door and I opened it.
"Tonrar what a surprise and you brought a guest." Tenzin said sitting in front of a shrine.
"Hello sir. I'm Painted lady. His second in command." She said bowing.
"Hello Painted lady. Why the mask?"
"Tonrar as you call him is refered to as stitch lips in our gang ,the masks. We all wear masks to conceal and protect eachother."
"Aw I see." He replies.
"translate what I sign." I signed to her and she nodded.
"I needed to speak to you about something I discovered this morning." I signed and paintedlady translated.
"He made a language using hands?" Tenzin asked.
"Yes sir, he made it to communicate with the members. Everyone is fluent and works great for silent ops." She said.
"Back to business."
"Oh of course what is it you needed to speak to me about?" he asked turning in his spot as I sat cross legged infront of him. I pulled the hair piece from my pocket and sit it infront of him.
"This is Princess Azula's hair piece. Lost long ago. Wherever did you find this?"
"In a chest under the basement of my childhood home. I found out after reading a letter from my parents, I am the …. WHAT?!" Painted lady exclaimed.
"What did he say?"
"He's the grandchild of princess Azula." She said.
"How is this possible?" He asked.
I shrugged.
"the letter said to bring this hair piece to your mom. She'll now what it means."
"IS Azula free?" tenzin asked.
"I'm not at liberty to answer you."
"She has escaped prison for 48 years. She committed a crime and needs to be punished." HE declared.
"I will not help you hunt down my grandmother, who I have never met, just to throw her in prison."
"Tonrar, she is dangerous. She needs to be put back where she belongs." HE said grabbing my shoulder.
I shrugged him off and stood.
"Just make sure Katara gets the hairpiece." I said and walked out of his study. Painted lady followed as I walked to the boat.
"Lets go, I want to go home." I signed.
When I got home, Lin was drinking. A lot. She was grumbling and Ty Lee was hiding behind the couch. There was empty bottles on the counter and she had half full one in her hand as well.
"Stupid teenager." I heard her grumble. I walked around and grabbed the bottle from her.
"Hey. I'm drinking that." She growled as she reached to grab it.
I held it out of reach as I put the cap back on and started her a pot of coffee. She sat down at th table and finished what remained in her glass.
"I don't like you very much right now." She declared.
I gave her a shrug.
'All I have to do is get her in bed and I can go to mine and forget today.' I thought.
"What you did was highly inappropriate." She said.
I turned to her and rose a brow.
"You kissed an adult and a officer of the law."
I smirk and then she rubbed her head.
"Ok yeah forgot you're an adult too." she said.
I pulled out my notepad and scribble befor handing it to her.
"I got tired of waiting for an answer."
"Well the answer is no. I need to think about my career. What would people think about me dating an 18-year-old and a ex con at that? They would think all they have to do is screw me and I let them go!"
I shrugged and turned to the pot of coffee as I poured her a cup. I sat it infront of her and leaned back as I took my own seat.
"Tonrar it's just not a bright idea."
I scribbled on the notepad and turned it to her.
"I really don't care if it's a bright idea."
"Tonrar this is serious. All this hard work you did would be wasted. I'd go to jail and you would go to jail. If you put guys behind bars like I have, You make enemies."
"I know, but doesn't change the fact I love you and you haven't said word for word if you accept or deny my feelings."
She grumbled and scratched her scalp. She took a sip of her coffee and sighed.
"I don't understand you honestly. I just told you, you could die in a prison shower and you still want to pursue this?" she asked.
I nodded, crossing my arms over my chest.
"I need to think." She said, standing up and walking up the stairs. I heard her door to her room shut and I stood to go to my room. I whistled for Ty Lee to join and she bounded up the steps but turned to go the Lin's room. I huffed and walked down the hall.
I knocked on her door and waited.
"Yeah?" She answered, opening the door.
I pointed down to Ty Lee and she nodded. She opened the door, letting Ty Lee jump onto the bed. I turned back to my room and opened my door.
"Goodnight." She called. I nodded and shut the door to my room undressing and getting in the sleep pants Lin gave me and I found her old tank top. It had blood and sweat staining it but I'm sure it was a lot older then from when I had her strip. I took a sniff and cringed. It smelled like death. I tossed it in the corner to be washed and crawled into bed. Sleep took me soon after.
Hey guys. Yeah so sorry it took me so long to finish this. I'm horrible I know. ANd a tease. and an asshole. and a jerk... nevermind, so please leave comments, concerns, complains, suggestions and others in the comments. Or pm me either or I don't really care which. just give me something people.