The next morning, Mako woke up to yet another snowy day. He dragged himself out of bed and got Bolin up. After Bolin had finished his groaning about how early it was on a weekend and Mako explained to him that they had to go work at The City Station, he went to fix breakfast. He looked into the cereal cabinet and pulled out a box. He opened the box and went to pour the cereal into a bowl, nothing. He put the empty box into the trash and went to get another. Not his favorite but it was good enough. He went to pour it into the bowl, nothing. He reached for the next box, nothing, and then the next, nothing. There was only one box left. He opened the tab and looked inside hoping for the best. There was some left, but not much, maybe just enough for this morning. He had been lucky enough for the past few days to have some food for meals, but it was pretty much gone now. He would need to make money today. There was no other option. He sighed and poured him and Bolin a bowl and then gave Bolin the remainder of the juice. They ate and then got ready. Bolin kept asking what they where going to do but Mako just told him it was a surprise because he really didn't know. They walked downtown to meet Rusty at The City Station. He was in the same spot as the last time he saw him. Rusty saw them walking towards him and smiled. Bolin waved and Mako chuckled at his brother. Bolin had no idea what was going on and Mako felt kind of bad for him. Rusty placed down his soup can and stood up to talk.

Rusty-"Right on time. I knew I could count on you guys."

Mako-"No problem. So, where do we start?"

Rusty-"You two go over in the middle by the statue and start doing what ever bending moves you've got. Be sure it's really cool stuff to distract them. Can you guys do that?"

Mako-"Yea I guess so. How 'bout it Bo?"

Bolin-"Sure Mako! It sounds like fun!"

Mako-"Rusty, what are you going to do?"

Rusty-"I'm gonna walk around the Station and pickpocket. You guys have to be sure to not stare at me otherwise the people will look where you are looking and they will see me. Then we could go to jail, understand?"

Mako and Bolin nodded.

Rusty-"Well lets get started!"

Mako and Bolin take their place by the statue and start doing basic bending techniques. This is enough to attract a few people. After a few minuets, Mako decided to take it up a step. He creates large balls of fire and launches them way into the air. Once they reach a height that he is satisfied with, they burst and fall down into trails of different colors like fireworks. Bolin tried to a new trick he learned where we could take a rock and make it into sand in his hand. He tried this over and over and fails. He starts to get frustrated and cries. Mako searches the crowd for Rusty and finds him in the back taking a pocket watch off of a mans suit. Rusty sees Bolin crying and smiles. Mako runs over to the side and Rusty rolls his eyes and runs to meet him.

Mako-"Is that ok, can he do that?"

Rusty-"Yeah! It's great! The people will be watching the kid cry and that will distract them. So get back over there!"

Mako nods and runs back to his place. Bolin continues to cry and then stops after he his calm. Mako notices that the people are starting to leave again. He looks for Rusty and finds him undoing a woman's necklace. Rusty mouths "Keep going." Mako pulls Bolin to the side and whispers in his ear.

Mako-"Bolin, do you remember when Dad took us to the pro-bending arena?"

Bolin-"Yeah."

Mako-"Lets do that, but don't bend towards the people."

Bolin-"Got it."

Rusty ran back over to them with a look of worry over his face.

Rusty-"What are you guys doing? People are leaving and the nights almost over!"

Mako-"It alright, we've got a plan. Just go back to what you where doing."

Rusty-"Alright, but it better be good."

They all ran back into their place. Mako made eye contact with Bolin and nodded. The brothers exploded into twist and twirls of blast of fire and earth, purposely missing each other and the crowd. People where drawn to them immediately. It turned into a graceful dance. More and more people showed up and put money into the rusted soup can for them. Meanwhile, Rusty was smiling from ear to ear as he took wallets, change, necklaces, pocket watches, handbags, anything he could get his hands on. Night had come and it was time to count their earnings.

Rusty-"I've never seen anything like that! That what a great idea Mako! Bolin, nice job kid. That was some pretty good earthbending out there."

Bolin-"Thank you. Mako, when can we go home?"

Mako-"Right after we split what Rust got today."

Bolin-"What?"

Rusty emptied his pockets. He took out handfuls of stuff that he stole and sorted it out. A diamond necklace, gold ring, wallet, some costume jewelry, even some eyeglasses. Then he sorted out the money in the can. Mako grinned at the amount of stuff that they got to keep. He looked over to Bolin, whose eyes where on the verge of tears.

Mako-"What's wrong Bo?"

Bolin-"Mako, he stole all this stuff didn't he?"

Mako-"Uh…um…"

Bolin-"And we helped him?"

Mako sighed and shook his head. Now he had to tell him. But not everything, yet.

Mako-"Yes, Bo. We helped him, but we needed the money. I need it to pay rent and buy some food."

Bolin-"But doesn't Dad do that stuff?"

Mako-"Well, I'm doing it now. Until Dad gets back from vacation."

Rusty-"Vacation?"

Mako-"Yes, Rusty. Vacation. My Dad is on va-ca-tion."

Rusty looked confused. He knew that Mako's Dad had been killed, that's what Mako had told him. Mako gave him a stern look so he knew not to say anything else on the subject. He gave Mako his half and pulled him to the side before they left.

Rusty-"I thought your Dad was killed."

Mako-"He was. Bolin doesn't know yet. Please, please do not tell him anything Rusty. I will tell him when the time is right."

Rusty-"Don't worry I won't."

Mako and Bolin left. They sold everything for cash at the pawnshop and went home. Mako had money for the rent and even some for food. They continued to do this for about a week or so. They became good friends with Rusty. But one day, Rusty proved that he had never been their friend.

Author's note: Sorry that this took so long, school ugh. But I really like this chapter. I'm not too sure exactly how long this story is going to be because I'm just adding things as I go along but I think it's going pretty good. What do you think? Please review so I know what you think so I can make my stories better! Thank you