Disclaimer: Guess what! We don't own Avatar, or any Avatar Characters. But, Lexi, Avery (and even though he's not mentioned in this chapter) Chito belong to us, so no stealing or using them without permission!
Warnings: Sokka's role in this chapter is quite...shocking!
"You'll never guess what I bought!" Lexi cheered in a sing-song voice, running closer to Avery, who was sitting on the grass peacefully. Avery jumped at the sound of Lexi's voice.
"Lexi! You nearly gave me a heart attack!" Avery cried.
"Whatever," Lexi brushed away the comment, "Check out what I bought!" Lexi was waving around wildly a cardboard box with a fed-ex stamp on it.
"What is it?" Avery asked curiously.
"Guess."
"A hair dryer." Avery tried. Lexi shook her head. "A pickle jar opener?" Avery guessed again, more wildly. Again, Lexi shook her head no. "A blind hobo's box?" Avery was looking crazy with desperation.
Lexi, who was enjoying her friend's reactions very much, just shook her head for a third time. "WHAT THEN?" Instead of answering, Lexi opened the box carefully and reached inside it. She could scarcely imagine what Avery might think she'd pull out, as she dragged out—a collar. Avery appeared confused.
"It's a shock collar," Lexi announced triumphantly, taking out a matching remote with a big, shiny red button on it, "Just press this button here, and whoever happens to be wearing this collar will get a small, yet painful shock." Avery still looked unimpressed as she peered behind Lexi skeptically.
"Did you buy a dog, Lexi?" she asked. Lexi rolled her eyes.
"No! With this collar, we can get rid of all our Tokka problems!" Aviery's whole face lit up. She didn't like anything better than preventing a Tokka moment—except perhaps stopping a Kataang moment. "You want to help me—uh—apply this collar?" Lexi asked evilly.
"Of course!"
Lexi placed the cream puff down tenderly, and then dashed to join Avery in the bushes just in the nick of time. Both girls had their hands clasped tightly over their mouths to keep from laughing as they heard heavy footsteps approaching. "Hello? What's this? A cream puff!" cried a giddy voice from the path. Lexi snickered a little, as she leaned forward as she readied her tranquilizer gun.
The bushes they'd chosen for a hiding place were just a little too thick, so Lexi had to completely trust her instinct when firing. She yanked back the trigger. A soft click was heard instantly, followed by a pink. Then came an, "Ow!" Someone collapsed on the other side of the shrubs.
"Quick, quick!" Avery commanded. Lexi yanked the shock collar out of her pocket and flew through the leaves, leaving Avery to scramble after her.
"Chill! He'll be out for a couple of minutes!" Lexi said, even though she was feeling anxious too. Sokka was lying on the dirt in an uncomfortable position, holding the cream puff possessively in his hand. The girls bound the shock collar around his neck in three seconds flat. "He'll never be able to get it off if we child lock it," Lexi stated, grinning wickedly. Avery smirked.
"He'll probably never even know it's there," she corrected her.
"True," Lexi shrugged. At just that moment, Sokka muttered something in a slightly awake way. "He's waking up! Run for it!" Both girls turned and bolted into the woods. "We'll have an opportunity to test it soon enough."
The next time they had to hide, Lexi made a point to pick out bushes that were not very thick. In fact, they were so thin they were practically see-through. But neither girl seemed to mind, as it just gave them an excuse to wear camouflage, which intensified the situation by a good hundred.
They were watching—watching as Sokka was standing by Toph. They were waiting for the perfect moment. And, much to their joy, nothing was particularly happening. Lexi had began to drift off into a sleep—"Lexi!" Lexi opened her eyes to a very frantic looking Avery.
"The remote!" Avery demanded. Lexi glanced over and strained her ears,
"—thought you might like this since—" Sokka was saying. Lexi whipped out the remote like her life depended on it and clicked the button, all in under a second.
"OUCH!" Sokka screamed, dropping a meteorite that he'd been holding in his hands. Lexi flipped the remote around and blew on it, like it was a gun and she'd just fired a shot. "What was that?" Sokka cried, forgetting the object he'd dropped and rubbing his arms as he winced in pain.
"Our work here is done," Avery announced. Lexi grinned, and followed Avery as she slipped back through the trees. "I swear! Something just hurt me—out of no where!" Sokka was trying to explain to his three friends in the background.
"Yeah—suuuure." Toph said mockingly.
If you've read the Day of Black Sun Rewrite (Version 2) continue reading this Authors Note. If you haven't go read it right now and come back and read this later, or you'll get spoiled!
The Bait by Creampuff in this episode came about when the other author showed me her unfinished first version to the Day of Black Sun Rewrite V.2, up until the point when it says, 'A lollipop on a string'. I thought-for a long time before she finally corrected me-that the lollipop on a string was supposed to be some sort of bait. That would be the reason why she put the note at the bottom of the page that it wasn't bait; it was a hipnotic device.
