Chapter 7: Anger

(Appa lands at the WAT it's a little while past sunrise. Sokka helps Suki down from Appa and supports her while she walks (more like half-drags herself) over to the fountain.)

Sokka: I'll take Suki to my room. She can have the bed and I'll sleep on the floor or something.

Cassandra: *very sad, but has no intention of showing it* You can aslways sleep in my room Sokka. *didn't notice Abi's head snap around when she heard that. she also didn't notice Abi get up and walk to her*

Abi: Sokka can sleep where he wants. And since he's a very loyal and loving and caring boyfriend, he'd much rather stay in his own room with Suki! Not some other girl's room!

Sokka: I-

Cassandra: He never said said that he wanted to sleep in

Abi: Oh yeah? Then why did he say, "I'll sleep on the floor or something"?! Answer me that!

Sokka: A-

Cassandra: He probably didn't mean it!! Who would want to sleep on the floor?!

Abi: Sokka would! Because he loves SUKI!! And no one else!! And certainly not stupid, oblivious, annoying, big headed, jerk-ish girls like you!!

Cassandra: How dare you! *goes all spirity, but with a surprisingly calm face*

Sokka: That may have not been your best idea ever Abi.

Abi: Oh please. *puts her hands on her hips and glares at Cassandra who is all glowy and stuff* I doubt she's really aall that powerful if she's even really a spirit!

(Pebbles and large rocks whip around the fountain in a foreful whirlwind. Abi's confident smile fades.)

Abi: Holy... Koalasheep!

Sokka: Nice going.

Suki: *Wakes up* Wha- what's going on? *terrified squeaky scream*

Sokka: Cassandra freaked out and now we have a really bad situation on our hands, to put it mildly.

Abi: Get Suki and go! I'll fight her!

Sokka: Ok, that's a really dumb move, but so long as I'm not beaten to death by rocks I'll go along with it! *takes Suki and runs behind a wall*

(Abi and Cassandra fight. Abi gets hit in the head with a rock the size of a fist and is knocked unconcious. The fountain is in ruins. Hikaru walks over and gasps when she sees Abi on the ground.)

Hikaru: *to herself* is this what happens when I leave for ten minutes? *calls to the others* Katara get over here and somehow revive Abi or something. Aang, help me get her to calm down! *to Cassandra* Cassandra... please settle down and listen to me. Abi is very iritable sometimes. She says things she doesn't mean. But that doesn't excuse what she did, and you have every right to be mad. Just hear what I have to say. We shouldn't be fighting over every little thing-

Cassandra: Leave me alone, you good for nothing Chicken-Pig!

(Cassandra airbends at Hikaru, and she is thrown over the edge of the temple.)

Hikaru: AAAAH!

(Teo Grabs his glider and dives after Hikaru. Sokka and Suki crawl out from behind the wall despite the danger.)

Sokka: Cassandra, how could you? You just killed my sister!

(Something inside of Cassandra's head clicks and she stops being all

spirit-y. She floats back to the ground and is deeply ashamed. Katara runs over and takes Abi, who is still unconcious and her head is bleeding, to a room with a little help from Hana. The others sit silently ignoring Cassandra's pleas for forgiveness.)

Sokka: *convinced that Hikaru is dead* I can't believe it... my sister, my own sister, she's dead. Her last words to me was that she hated me... and now she's dead... *Turns angrily to Cassandra* AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT! I HATE YOU, CASSANDRA!

Suki: Sokka...

Sokka: SHE KILLED MY SISTER AND I HATE HER!! THERE'S NO CHANGING THAT, SUKI!!

Suki: I was going to say, "look! there she is!" but I guess-

Sokka: WHAT!?!?!

(Teo has Hikaru, who is unconcious, resting on his lap as he glides up from the bottom of the canyon. the bandage that normally covers Hikaru's right arm is missing, her arms and legs are bruised, and her breathing is shallow)

Sokka: Oh my goodness...

(Teo lands near the fountain and lays Hikaru on its rim)

Sokka: *runs over and feels for a pulse* She's alive... but how?

Teo: I glided down and caught her before she hit the bottom. A few of her ribs are broken, though. She hit the wall a few times...

Sokka: ...but will she be ok?

Teo: *sighs* I hope so, but it would take some kind of miracle for her to recover completely... at best, she'll never be able to waterbend again. At worst... she might die. *sokka gasps* Now go get Katara and ask her to help her sister, or she will die!

(Sokka runs off. Katara comes back a minue later)

Katara: Oh no... what happened?!?

Sokka: *hatefully* Ask her! *Points at Cassandra*

Hana: What did you do? *runs over to Hikaru, who is regaining conciousness a little* Hikaru, can you hear me? Do you know who I am?

Hikaru: *very faintly* Where am I? Who are you? Who am I...*falls unconcious again*

(Katara and Hana take her into the temple)

Sokka: *hopelessly* oh great. She hit her head and now she's impaired. *throws hands up in despiration* flying rocks, flute-playing girlfriends going psyco, what's the world coming to?

Suki: Wait a minute... Cassandra was your girlfriend?

Sokka: Long story. But anyway, now Hikaru's gonna be all crazy for the rest of her life...

Teo: Not necessarily. It could just be temporary amnesia. She'll get her memory back eventually.

Sokka: But how soon?

Teo: It could be tomorow, it could be next year. There's no telling when.

Sokka: How can you be so calm right now?

Teo: I'm actually freaking out. You mean you couldn't tell?

Sokka: ... 0_o not really.

Toph: I knew. Your heart's beating way faster than normal... so fast it isn't healthy for you. You want to sit down?

Teo: In case you forgot, I've been sitting for my entire life. I thought you couldn't see through wood...

Toph: Are you kidding? Your heart's hammering so hard, Snoozles over here should be able to feel it! but anyway, we really should go and see how she is.

Sokka: Good idea.

(Sokka walks back to his room to find a note saying I'm Sorry.)