Sorry for the long wait! I was taking a break.

So I decided to use NicBaz's idea, but it'll be kind of different. Hope you like it.

Dedicated to NicBaz, who believed in me since All I Have Left.

Chapter 6

Kuzon was five now, and much more difficult to hide from the world. Once, he had almost escaped from a window if Lin hadn't stopped by on her lunch break. So she usually got Toph to look after him while she was working.

"Grandma!" he yelled and hugged Toph's waist when she came early in the morning.

She laughed and fondly ruffled his hair. "Hey there!"

"Thanks for keeping an eye on him." Lin said to her mother.

"No problem, kiddo." Toph grinned.

She rolled her eyes. "Mother, can you stop with the nicknames? I'm thirty-seven, I'm too old for that."

Toph gasped in mock horror. "Thirty-seven years old already? Why, I only changed your diapers yesterday!"

"Mother!"

Kuzon and Toph laughed. "You can go to work now. I'll take care of the little guy." she said.

"Thank you." Lin said and left them.

Toph turned to her grandson. "So kid, do you know if you're a bender?"

Kuzon shook his head. "I don't think I'm a bender." he said sadly.

"That's alright. Maybe you are, but you just haven't unlocked it yet."

He perked up. "Really?"

"Yup! So remember yesterday when I taught you the earthbending stance?"

He nodded and did it perfectly.

Toph nodded. "Good."

They did some exercises until Toph got tired and took a nap in her daughter's bed. Kuzon then listened to the radio and ate snacks.

The door suddenly broke when a person's foot kicked. Kuzon's eyes widened and he hid behind the couch, shaking from fear.

"So this is the Chief's place." a man said.

His partner nodded. "Heard she's rich. I'm pretty sure no one is here so let's get this over with."

Kuzon furrowed his eyebrows. They were thieves! He was positive his grandmother was still sleeping. It was up to him to protect their house.

He took a deep breath and ran in front of them. "Get outta my house!" he said firmly.

The two men and looked at each other, then smirked.

"Go run along, kid. We all know this isn't your house. Besides, we're earthbenders. We're stronger than you, pipsqueak." the first man said and roughly shoved Kuzon aside.

He fell on the floor, then quickly got up. "Leave, or else!"

They ignored him and pushed him aside and started to look in the kitchen for food or hidden riches.

Kuzon was angered. They thought he was no threat at all. He took the earthbending stance and tried to shoot a rock, but the earth did not respond. He bit his lip. What was he going to do?

One of the thieves was watching him. "Ha! Chen, he thinks he's an earthbender!"

The first man, Chen, guffawed. "Thinks he's a little man. Thinks he's so tough."

"One day I'll be Chief of Police and I'll throw losers like you in prison!" Kuzon growled and tried shooting a rock again.

To everyone's surprise, it worked. The rock hit Chen in jaw and he fell back, out cold.

Toph came in just at that moment. She frowned, her blind eyes staring into space. "What's going on?"

Police sirens wailed outside of the house and Lin came in and saw the thieves.

"This is a new low, even for you two." she growled and saw Kuzon.

"Hi Chief!" he said happily.

Her anger turned to confusion. "What?"

The thieves took this time to attack. Lin recovered just in time and threw her metal cables at one of the thieves. He threw a rock at her but she evaded it easily. Excited to use his bending, Kuzon launched two pointed rocks at the thief but he dodged and it hit Lin instead.

"Mom!" he screamed and rushed to her side. There were two long scratches on the right side of her face from the rocks. She was bleeding.

The blood scared him and he began to cry. Lin opened her eyes and saw his tears.

"It's okay." she murmured, ignoring the pain. She stroked his hair as he buried his face in the crook of her neck. "I'm fine, Kuzon. Don't cry."

Officers came in to take the thieves away. They looked at Lin and she mouthed, keep working. They thought Kuzon was a boy who happened to walk by when the incident occurred.

Toph ran to the mother and son. "Lin! Are you okay?"

She nodded and hugged Kuzon tightly. "Can you please call Katara? She's supposed to be at Air Temple Island."

Her mother nodded and went to go call her. Before she did, she mouthed, glad he's not an airbender.

Lin turned to her son. "I'm so proud of you. You're an earthbender."

He sniffed and gave her a small smile. "I guess I am."

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