Tenzin was trying to figure out how to confront Kuzon. It wasn't easy. If the man wasn't working, he was over at Lin's, and Pema was going to go into labor soon. He had to be with her.
Before he could challenge the man, his wife's water broke.
"TENZIN!"
He rushed her to the hospital.
She was screaming hysterically. He tried to keep her calm, but he was doing a terrible job.
"Don't worry. You'll get pain medicine soon!"
Unfortunately, he was wrong. "We can't give her anything until she's closer to delivery."
"WHAT?"
She was not a happy camper.
"Pema, I'm sorry I …"
"Sorry my ASS!"
Kya could hear Pema's screaming down the hall. "This way," she yelled. She and Bumi came to find Pema and Tenzin.
"Your baby's favorite aunt and uncle are here to save the day."
"I want this BABY OUT OF ME!"
Katara and Toph came next.
"Oh man, she's gonna burst!" Toph told her.
"Really?" Tenzin complained.
"Get her out of HERE!" Pema yelled.
"Calm your titties. You ain't the only one who's popped out a sucker!"
Katara led her out the room.
"It's not like she can bend at me, like you did during labor Sugar Queen."
Katara rolled her eyes.
"Is Lin coming?" Tenzin asked when he left the room.
"She wasn't sure if that would be appropriate," Toph told her.
"It would be nice to see her if she's up for it."
After a delivery full of screaming and finger pointing, Baby Jinora was born.
Lin wasn't so sure about this, but she came to see the baby girl. Plus, her mother was there.
"Look, it's fat butt!"
"Shut up you old wench!"
"So what are you having Linny?" Bumi questioned.
"She's a firebender and he's an earthbender, so Kuzon's birth mother won the bet."
"Oh, she got a nice chunk of change didn't she?" Toph questioned.
"Oh yeah. She really wanted the bragging rights though, and a granddaughter that's pretty like she is, her words exactly."
"Hah, she sounds like a bitch. I bet I'd like her."
"She seemed fond of you, from what she knows anyway. If she met you however …."
"Shut up fat butt!"
Tenzin raced to Lin's house. This was his chance to take care of Kuzon once and for all.
Tenzin banged on the door, startling Kuzon who had dropped Lin off at the hospital, so he wouldn't have any drama with Tenzin.
"What are you doing here? Didn't you just become a father?"
"I know who you are."
"What?"
"I know why you won't tell anyone who your mother is."
"Because it's not their business."
"Because she's a fugitive."
Kuzon shook his head. "Her legal problems are her business, not mine."
"I bet Lin won't see it that way."
"Why don't you ask her and find out?"
"You didn't tell her the truth."
"According to you."
"She's sworn to uphold the law!"
"In her jurisdiction. My mother's never come here. Lin would have had no reason to arrest her."
"I think it's best if you skip town."
"Are you nuts? Why?"
"You'll be arrested for harboring a fugitive."
"I don't harbor her, and there's no duty to call the police, even if you do know where a fugitive lives."
"I'll call the police on her."
"Are you stupid? She's evaded the authorities for almost 60 years. She can escape a bald-headed twit. She evaded an entire army for decades."
Kuzon refused to back down. If he needed to, he'd drive down there right now and get his mother.
"You might be in the clear, but your adopted mother isn't. She's been keeping this secret for decades, protecting her illegally and if you don't want your mother in a jail cell, then you'll," Tenzin didn't even see it coming, Kuzon punched him in the nose, shattering it.
"I'm going to tell you this one time you pathetic little shit. If you ever threaten my family again, you won't have a family to go home to, because I will end you. You got the woman you wanted. She even just gave you an airbender tonight, but instead of being with her and your family, as you should be, you're here, trying to scare me away from Lin.
Are you really so bitter and nasty that you would rather her raise her twins alone than have a man who loves her more than you ever could? If you are, I pity your children and your wife.
I'm only going to say this once, stay away from Lin if you know what's good for you."
Kuzon threw Tenzin out and slammed the door. Tenzin had to get his face fixed before his wife saw.
Kuzon radioed the hospital, needing to get a hold of Lin before Tenzin could.
"Chief Bei Fong, it's for you," the orderly told her.
"I'm not on duty." Why would someone call her here?
"Lin, are you the only one who can hear me?"
"No, let me move."
She left the room. "Kuzon, what's wrong with you?"
"Tenzin was here. He tried to scare me into skipping town."
"What?" He left the hospital? Lin had been walking around with her mother.
"He knows who my mother is. I have to drive down there now."
"That little shit!"
"Yeah, I might have broken his nose."
"Oh, Sugar Queen's gonna want your balls."
"Yeah, I'll deal with her later. If you don't see me before morning, you know why."
"Call me back when you can."
"Is everything okay?" Toph questioned.
"No. Someone's trying to blackmail Kuzon."
"What? Why?" What is his weakness?
"Some drama involving his birth mother. They were trying to shake him down figuring he'd move to protect her."
"Shit! Is he dealing with this the boring way or his way?"
"He started throwing punches. He wanted me to know in case well, I have to arrest him."
"He even reports his own bad actions. He either had the best home training ever, or he's super whipped!"
"Maybe it's both."
Tenzin slipped back into the hospital and hissed for his sister.
"Tenzin, there you are!"
Pema's been asking for him. She got closer.
"What the hell happened to your face?"
"Please, just fix it before mother sees."
"Okay, okay!" Kya healed him and reset his nose. "You should probably wear a mask until it's done."
He shook his head. "I can't let anyone know what happened."
"Where did you go? Who would have just punched you in the face?"
"Can you keep a secret?"
She nodded. They went into an empty room. "I found out who Kuzon's mother is."
"What?"
"She's Azula."
"You mean …"
"Crazy, homicidal, killed our father once Azula."
"So?"
"What do you mean so? She's a fugitive."
"For crimes that happened what 60 years ago. If she hasn't done anything bad since then, why shouldn't she get a second chance?"
Tenzin frowned. That was not the reaction he was expecting.
"What did you do?"
"I confronted Kuzon about it, and he hit me."
"Of course he hit you. You threatened his mother. If someone came up to me with some dark secret from Mom's past, I'd let him have it."
"That doesn't give him the right to …"
"Oh don't start talking about right. You had no right to meddle in his personal business. What did you think, that Lin would leave him if she knew?"
His glare said it all.
"It's her business not yours. You dumped her. You don't get to try and play hero now."
"I'm not playing anything."
"It sounds like you got your ass beat, and you deserved it. Just keep your big mouth shut!"
Kya took Tenzin back to the room.
"Sorry I was missing. I got so excited, I started puking."
"Damn, you're a pussy," Toph told him.
"TOPH!" Katara yelled.
"What? At least Lin's man is all manly and stuff. I bet he'll be drinking whiskey and have a cigar in his hand when he's a father."
"He can't have a cigar in the hospital," Bumi told her. "Or else I'd have one right now."
Kuzon drove straight to his mother's house. He knew it was late and they would not appreciate his dropping in, but he didn't have much of a choice.
When Azula heard him, she was ready for a burglar. She poised to throw lightening when a blue flame turned on her lights. "It's me mother."
"Azulon, what are you doing here?"
"Lin's ex, he knows who you are. He threatened to have you arrested."
"The avatar's punk for a son, him?"
"Yes. I came straight here. I think we should leave. He must have followed me here last time."
"Oh crud!"
He helped them pack the essentials and loaded the car.
"How did he even find you? You would have seen him if he followed you for two hours." Ty Lee told him.
"Maybe he bugged the car," Kuzon muttered. "I can check once there's daylight, but we have to go now."
He drove his mothers to his apartment in Republic City and told them they could stay here. "I have the rent on auto pay, so you don't have to do anything."
He had been staying in Lin's place most nights anyway.
"I'll come by with groceries."
"I can get them," Ty Lee told her.
"He threatened you too, for harboring her. You should stay hidden or wear a disguise."
"Trust me Azulon, we know how to disguise ourselves."
Kuzon went to Lin's to try and get some sleep. She was already in bed when he got there.
"You made it before sunrise."
"Yeah, I had to get them settled in my apartment."
"Tenzin's an asshole."
"Did he say anything to you?"
"No, but he made up some b.s. excuse about vomiting because he was so excited to be a father."
"He wanted me to skip town to ensure his silence. I decked him instead."
"I would have decked him myself."
"He thought I was hiding it from you, and I'd be too scared to tell you."
"We should get your mother a lawyer."
"That's a good idea. I know some people who owe me some favors."
"I'm not going to ask."
"Good. I'd have to lie anyway."