Kai spotted Troy at a bench by the fruit stand with two pineapple spears and an artistically sliced mango in a flower shaped cup. She quickly walked across the peaceful, grassy grounds to her friend and sat down beside him. Without a word he extended the mango to her.

"So, what do you need friend?" she asked as she picked a slice of mango off and ate it.

"My dad wants to know who attacked the Sato estate." He told her quickly and only loud enough for the two of them to hear.

"Why?"

"They were big business partners with my dad, and he wanted to fix the tangled business ties that they had. That's why I'm here. We can't do that if Asami's too scared to come out of her bedroom on Air Temple Island." Troy told her.

"Uh-huh, well…" Kai trailed off.

"Please, Kai," Troy begged.

"Truth is, Troy," Kai sighed. "I already know who did it."

"How?" he asked surprised.

"I got into some trouble with the police, and have been working off community service hours at the station. The morning after the attack I went to the attack sight and helped a friend of mine's brother who's a cop." Kai explained.

"Who did it?" he asked, "Was it one of the triads?"

"No," Kai replied, getting slightly irritated that he kept asking questions, and wasn't giving her enough time for her to tell him who it was.

"Are you sure, because I know that the family has a bad history with the Agni K–"

"It wasn't the Agni Kai's, Troy!" Kai snapped angrily, cutting him off. "It was Min Chang."

Troy froze.

"I have to go; I'm supposed to be at the station by eight. Thanks for breakfast." Kai shoved her hands into her pant pockets and began to walk off

"You're absolutely positive that it was him?" Troy asked, running to catch up with her.

"Yes," She replied shortly.

"That's not good Kai," Troy whispered to her.

"Well, obviously." Kai snipped.

"No, I mean, it's really not good, Kai." Troy replied, and Kai knew that he was truly scared now, because he didn't have a snide comment for her in return. "Min Chang or his followers or both, I'm not really sure, have been making small strikes on the beaches of Orta recently. If he's striking Republic City now…" Troy looked at her

"That means he's not after our parents anymore," Kai muttered in conclusion as they approached the Police Station.

"It means he has a bigger plan than we thought," Troy told her in reply as they reached the door.

"It means he's declaring," she whispered scared. Tory nodded. "I'll try and tell Chief Bei Fong," she told Troy. "But I don't know how much she'll believe, coming from me."

"You do that," Troy told her. "See you soon." He kissed her on the cheek and walked off as Kai walked into the station.

"Someone's got a boyfriend," Lu and Gang sang tauntingly as Kai approached her desk.

"Cut the crap, you two." She snapped at them. "Is there a database of newspapers and tabloids around here, or am I going to have to dig through the trash?"

"That filing cabinet over there holds the tabloids," Gang pointed at a filing cabinet right in front of Bei Fong's office, "And the racks across from it are the last few months' newspapers.

"Thanks," she replied bitterly and walked over to them.

Meanwhile, with Lu and Gang…

Lu and Gang stared after their secretary. After a few moments of shocked silence, Gang spoke: "Am I the only one who thought that was eerily similar to–"

"Bei Fong?" Lu cut his friend off. "It was definitely creepy how similar she acted."

Meanwhile, with the Chief…

Lin watched as Kao knelt down in front of the file cabinet that held all of the most recent tabloids. She raised an eyebrow at the act, and decided to go and see what the girl was doing.

Lin then stood from her desk and walked over to the door. She opened it and stood just outside of it looking down at the girl, her arms crossed across her chest and feet spread shoulder width apart. "What are you doing now, Kao?" Lin asked the girl.

Kao pulled out a single tabloid magazine from the drawer and then looked up at Lin. "My friend Troy asked me to figure out who attacked the Sato house. Before I told him anything I asked why, and he told me it's because his father wanted to reconnect business ties with Asami, but he's a terrible liar and I could straight through him. So, I am trying to figure out why." She looked down at the cover of the tabloid she held and saw a picture of a tall, dark haired boy wearing a white coat that went to his knees, with his arms wrapped around Asami Sato's waist.

"Troy Bainbridge, you dog." Kao chuckled, and then put the tabloid back where she got it from.

X

Kai stood and met Bei Fong's gaze that she still had set on her. "Do you need anything else?" She asked and Bei Fong nodded in reply.

"Follow me," Bei Fong walked off towards the door, and Kai had an overwhelming sense of dread wash over her. They were going back to the Sato Estate.

Or so Kai had thought. Instead, they arrived at the dodgier end of town at The Shōjo on 76th street. Kai furrowed her brows and looked to the Chief of Police. "You gonna like shut them down for the age policy thing?"

"Yes," Bei Fong replied shortly.

"Wait…I'm only here for you to keep an eye on me, aren't I?" Kai replied suspiciously.

Bei Fong looked down at her, her face hardened. Kai was suspecting she was trying to hide her shock at her perceptiveness.

X

"Tenzin asked you didn't he?"

"He didn't want you having another panic attack." Lin replied to Kao's question.

"I had a panic attack because that symbol represents the reason every bender my age in my home town has a burn that cut so deep it caused nerve damage." Kao spoke angrily, her temper obviously flaring, "That symbol represents why my ex-boyfriend has bare minimum movement in his left soldier. That symbol represents why my ex's best friend can't feel his right peck. That symbol represents why my best friend is emotionally scarred because her father and firebending teacher came storming into her school, killed two people in front of her, burned her friends, and burned her so she no longer has any use of her left hand!"

"Don't you dare raise your voice at me young lady," Lin snapped angrily at the girl, sick and tired of her temper and attitude.

Kai pursed her lips and leveled Lin with a glare, "That symbol strikes fear into the hearts of everyone from the age fifteen and up, on Orta island. So believe me when I say, I am not the only one who would react that way."

"Why would he come here, Ms. Kao?" Lin demanded of the girl, crossing her arms over her chest. "You're the only one who seems to know him, who's to say he's not after you?"

"He knows my father sees me as a mistake, I'm no longer any use to his plan to avenge himself." Kao replied, turning to the door that led into The Shōjo. Lin lifted an eyebrow at that statement. The girl's father couldn't be that bad.The barely legal aged girl took a deep breath, and Lin watched the girl's shoulders visibly relax. "But Troy Bainbridge told me his followers have been attacking the beaches of Orta Island for the last three weeks. If he's started attacking places of renown in Republic City, then that means he no longer wants to avenge himself against our parents, he's become crazed and power hungry. That symbol is no longer an ID or a calling card. It's Min Chang declaring war."