Wide Awake

In the chain of events, everything had been déjà vu for Janae. The same moves from the match, being hit in the side by the stupid earthbender on the Fire Ferrets, and taking out the last teammate left standing on the Fire Ferrets with that last fireball. Everything had gone just as her dream had, up until one moment in the teamroom. By now, she was partly convinced she was some type of psychic and was staring at Cody, trying to read the quiet boy's mind until he asked what she was doing, and Cody was answered with a semi-confused Janae claiming she was doing nothing and went on to take off the rest of her gear.

Chris suggested that they should all go out to eat, specifically at the noodlery. Janae was a bit skeptical, Cody agreeing that they should.

"Alright, then let's do it! Where's Katey - ?" Chris asked, looking around as if the girl was lurking behind him or something. She wasn't, but he just wanted to check. The nonbender had her ways.

His question was answered promptly when Katey shuffled in, closing the door behind her quietly. "Hey, guys? What's the plan?"

Janae stood, gathering her things as she did in her dream, but thought before she spoke quickly, "We're gonna go to Marr's for a victory dinner."

Marr's was the name of the noodlery, and the name of the nice woman that owned the place. Marr was an earthbender, very kind, generous. She was also the woman that let Janae and Katey live upstairs, letting them rent it out for practically free, since the noodlery made so much money itself. Marr's was the prime place for benders to hang out. Not that nonbenders weren't allowed, they were, but it just happened like that.

Katey pumped her fist, knowing that the dinner would probably be on the house since the team had won. Not only that, but as a nonbender, it was a comforting atmosphere to be around.

…

After everyone had finished changing into normal clothing, they had made their way to the noodlery, Janae feeling somewhat on the edge after her dream. It wasn't like they were in the ghetto or anything, but Janae couldn't shake off the feeling that someone had been watching.

In the midst of everyone taking at the table in the front of Marr's, Janae was barely listening. The dream was haunting her. The masked face of the unnamed man kept showing himself in her mind, and she couldn't stop thinking about the non-existent encounter. She had told Katey about her dream, of course, but she hadn't taken it as seriously as she should have. Sure, Katey thought it was a weird dream too, but told Janae that she was just stressing out because of the match with the Fire Ferrets later that day.

"So, you're telling me that you can fit a gun in between your butt cheeks if you wanted to?" Chris asked, trying not to laugh.

"Okay, listen to me. If you cut a hole in your back pocket, and stick it in there, how are you not gonna be able to?" Katey answered, shrugging, and sipped her tea. Reaching behind her, she pulled out her wallet and waved it around, "If I put this in between my butt cheeks, you will not find it… until I want you to."

Chris lost in at this, laughing while Cody shook his head and held back a snicker or two. The quiet one noticed how unnervingly quiet Janae was, and out his own hand on hers. She snapped back to attention, looking up at Cody.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, fine. Why, what's up?"

Cody raised an eyebrow, and bit his lip for a split second. "You just haven't really cursed yet, so I figured something might be wrong with you, yanno?"

"Fuck you."

"There she is!"

A young man sauntered up to their table, along with his posse of biznitches and teammates. His hair flowed over his face partially, and his smirk was smug. Somehow, Cody got the feeling he would laugh sooner or later.

In a snarky tone, the dark-haired fellow spoke to them, "Good to see the Blue Falcons are finally getting their shit together, huh?"

The team was quiet, some tilting their heads in confusion. How did this guy know them? Who was he? "I'm Tahno – Wolfbat team captain, thank you very much. I know you're all appalled by how fabulous I am, so let's – " Tahno was cut off by Cody's laughter, which was louder than anyone had ever heard. Chris and Janae turned their heads at him in shock, while Katey started laughing as well.

"I'm not even sorry – " Cody managed to choke, trying desperately to calm himself down with a swig of tea. Tahno looked frustrated, his brows furrowed and his smirk dropped into a hard scowl.

There was a commotion on the other side of the room, and Janae turned her head. Some morons in stupid costumes were going about and…

"Um, guys – I think we have trouble," Janae told the others, and stood. Bad idea, the guys is funny costumes had noticed her get up and a few started coming over there.

Chris stood as well, smirking, "Don't worry, me and Cody got this end covered!" Janae nodded, and Katey stood, thinking of techniques she could use. It would be harder, since she wasn't a bender, anyways.

The party started on Cody's end when he tried to make burning hot tea hit an Equalist in the face, and it did, but Cody was soon bombarded with a barrage of punches to his side by another one. Chris helped out by sending a chunk of rock into the enemy's side and sending him into a glass window. Cody recovered soon, moving to try and bend, but realized he couldn't when absolutely nothing was happening – he tried again, his eyes going wide when he looked like an idiot just waving his hands around – "I can't bend! Chris, I can't – " Cody was done with when he put down with an electro-rod, and so was Chris while he was distracted by Cody.

Tahno and his biznitches had left just as the fight started, managing to escape through the backdoor, and pull a total douchecanoe move.

Janae and Katey were the only ones left, and at this point, Janae knew she probably didn't have a chance without her teammates. She had managed to evade the moves of a few Equalists, but in the end, while she was taking one out on her left, an Equalist had stuck her with an electro-rod, and she was down as well, just like in her dream.

...

Janae felt something warm and soft on her head, and blinked her eyes open, feeling like utter shit. Her eyes flickered around, and she took in her surroundings. She was in the apartment with Cody, and Chris, next to her… She raised a hand to her head, and the warm thing was actually a wet rag. She was laying on the pathetic pallet while Cody was on the couch, and Chris was next to her on the pallet. They all had rags on their heads, and it seemed surreal.

Who did this? Janae thought, wondering who put the rags on their heads, and wondering if the accident had anything to do with her dream…

She smelt something in the air, a good smell – roasted nuts and cooked meat, maybe with a dash of something citrusy… Was that from her kitchen?

Her question was answered when she caught of glimpse of familiar blonde hair in her kitchen, and she sat up. She felt even worse doing that, but she ignored the pain and watched as Mrs. Marr walked out of the kitchen, sighing. "Sweetie, you won't get any better if you don't rest."

"But… I was…What?"

Mrs. Marr's eyes flickered up above Janae's head, and Janae turned her head to look as well. It seemed Cody had woken up, and now he was rubbing his eyes, but Chris slept like a log.

Mrs. Marr focused on Janae again, and Cody looked around. "I'm making dinner for you guys," She had turned to leave, and started walking into the kitchen again, before turning around to say one last thing, "Also, you don't have to pay your rent this month." Mrs. Marr then went into the kitchen again.

"Janae," Cody mumbled, getting her attention.

"What…?"

"Katey's gone."