i've started typing up the stories the day before so i do wind up bloody tired. This is actually inspired by my dog. we came home and she had puppies unknown to us. anyway, read, review and enjoy. for frick sake, i update the summary, but i don't upload the story. so sorry
Item: Pets
Pairing: sisterly Su/Lin
Prompt by: AddictedFangirl101
Lin stood outside of her little sister's school, next to her patrol car and waited patiently for Su to come to her. But as the schoolyard cleared, she was nowhere to be seen. "Damnit Su, where are you?" Pushing herself off of the car, Lin walked around the school, where she saw two little legs sticking out from under the building. A little smirk graced the metalbender's lips as she got down on all fours and slid in next to her sister, causing her to jump slightly. "Gotcha."
"Don't do that!"
"But it's fun. So what are you doing down here?"
Su pointed off into the distance where a mass of fur laid in the centre of the ground. "I've been trying to coax her out with my food ever since lunch but she won't come out. Can you climb in there and get her?"
"Why do I have to?" She looked at her little sister to see an anxious face. "Let me guess, spider-snakes? Fine. Give me a sec." Crawling through mud and cobwebs, Lin managed to reach the rather large animal and scratched it gently behind the ears. "Hello their puppy, really big puppy. What are you doing down here on your own?" The black Tiger-dog stuck out its tongue to lick its nose before lying back down, when a small whimper came from the other side of the animal. "Oh please don't let it be what I think it is." Manoeuvring around to the other side, Lin saw what she had expected to see, puppies. Two to be exact. One was happily suckling away while the other lay ten centimetres from the warmth its mother provided.
Reaching out a hand to the still puppy, the metalbender poked it gently and it didn't move. "Damnit." She reached out and gave the mother a comforting pat. "I'm sorry girl. Your pup didn't make it." Lin tore off a part of her winter coat and wrapped the dead creature in it, then put it into the side pocket of her belt.
"Hey Lin! Is she okay?"
"Yes, she is. She actually has a puppy with her."
"Really?!"
"Yeah. Only appears to be a couple weeks old. I'm going to earthbend them slowly out." Lin worked tirelessly to move the Tiger-dog and her pup out of the building to a waiting Su. "We need to get them both to the vet for a check up. You carry the pup, I've got mum."
The two Beifong's carried the dogs over snow-covered ground and placed them in the backseat together.
"Can't you use your siren?"
"Sirens are only for emergencies. They're in a warm car and we're almost there. Relax."
Toph came home to find her eldest daughter kneeling on the ground outside, in the cold. "What are you doing? And why are there two dogs in Su's bedroom?"
"We rescued a mother Tiger-dog and her pup, but one of them didn't make it so I'm burying it. It's the least I can do."
"Ugh. Those dogs aren't going to a shelter, are they?"
Lin stood up and dusted herself off. "If you want to get into an argument with Su, that's up to you."
"Just make sure they stay out of my room. I can't see dog poop like you can."
"Got it." Lin wondered into her bedroom and collapsed onto her bed, exhausted from a long day at work and carrying a sixty-kilo animal everywhere. She was ready to get some shuteye, when the sound off little feet hitting her floorboards could be heard. She sat up in bed to see the Tiger-dog with her pup in her mouth jump onto her bed and curl up against her back. "This is going to become a habit, isn't it?" A solid tail hit her leg. "Nice to know." She reached back and gave her a pat. "Night girl. Hopefully we'll give you a name soon."