i know it's been over a week. but the way i'm gonna finish the 'nephews and nieces' series is by giving each kid their time with Lin. i think the next one will be Lin and Junior. i have a different story in the works as well which will have Lin be all concerned after the events with zaheer. and one where Kya winds up pregnant and a whole bunch of shit goes down. anyway, enjoy, read and review.

"Baatar, you knock."

"I'm not knocking. You're the bender, you knock."

"Don't be a coward."

"I'm not being a coward!"

The two brothers stopped arguing when they noticed Kuvira had left their side and their aunt's bedroom door was now open.

"She's gonna die."

Kuvira wondered into the large bedroom, careful not to make a sound. She walked up to the empty edge of the bed to find Chief Lin Beifong asleep in her bindings and work pants. Kuvira took in a deep breath, not sure if this was a good idea anymore. "Umm, Chief?"

Bolting upright, the metalbender looked around the room to find Kuvira standing at the end of her bed, staring at the ground. "Kuvira? What are you doing in here?"

"Sorry, it's just that Su and Kya have gone shopping and we're, uh, hungry."

Lin let out a groan before pushing herself off her bed and grabbing a new tank from her closet. "So why didn't Baatar and Huan wake me?"

"They were scared. But I'm not afraid of anything, so I woke you."

Lin gave her an amused smile as she opened her door to find her nephews had run off down stairs, leaving their sister behind. "Wimps." Lin bent down and picked Opal up, setting her on her hip. "Good morning Opal, did you sleep well?" The two year old let her head fall onto Lin's shoulder and closed her eyes. "I'll take that as a no."

Placing Opal down on the kitchen bench, Lin got to work making breakfast, which consisted of bacon and eggs. "Aunty Lin, I don't like eggs."

"I don't care Baatar."

"But the chef makes us whatever we like."

"Do I look like a chef to you? Besides, egg has protein so you can get strong and the bacon helps with your iron levels. So you will sit down, shut up and eat it."

Huan let out a gasp. "You said a naughty word."

"I've got a lot more where that came from." Lin dished out the food onto plates and placed it in front of each child. "Eat up."

Kuvira began to dig in, while Baatar and Huan picked at theirs. Opal, who could barely see above the table's edge, picked up her knife and fork and failed to cut her food. "Aunty Lin, help." Lin raised her hands, and began to cut Opal's food for her, with the use of metalbending "Thank you." Opal decided to eat her food with her hands instead, finding the utensils useless at this point.

"Hey aunty Lin," Baatar looked up from his barely touched food, with hope in his eyes, "can we play outside?"

Lightning flashed outside the kitchen window, followed by a loud clap of thunder. "Not today Junior. Maybe tomorrow."

"Can we play hide and explode?"

"I guess that will be okay."

"You're it!"

The four children took off in search of a hiding spot, leaving Lin to clean up before looking for them.

By the sixth round, Lin was 'it' for the third time and was struggling to find the kids this round. She pushed open her bedroom door silently, to find Kuvira standing in the middle of the room, staring at something in her closet. Walking quietly behind the five year old, she finally was able to see what she was looking at. "Do you like it?"

"Chief Beifong!"

"Relax kid, and I thought I told you to call me Lin."

"Uh, Lin. Sorry, I was curious. I didn't touch it, I swear."

"That's my metalbending academy uniform, the one next to it is my first metalbending squad uniform. And the black one is my police Chief uniform."

"They look amazing." When she leaned in closer to the metalbending squad uniform, she realised a slightly darker mark against the nearly gleaming metal. "What's that?"

"It's a scorch mark."

"What happened?"

"Well, it was a building fire. It was my first mission as captain and I was determined to make sure nothing went wrong. I heard someone screaming inside, so I went in. There was so much fire it burnt my uniform slightly. I found a little girl under her mother's body. Without thinking, I threw her mother over my shoulder, picked up the little girl and got them out of there."

"What happened to them?"

"The mother unfortunately passed away in hospital. I found the girl a home with a couple that always wanted children but could never have them. I visit her on the anniversary of her mother's death where we visit her grave. She's thirteen now and just started high school. She wants to be on the waterbending squad when she finishes her schooling."

"Aunty Lin! You're meant to be playing with us!"

Lin turned around and let out a small growl as she began to chase Huan out of her bedroom. Kuvira stood there, staring at the uniforms in awe. I want to be like her one day.

"Okay, Huan and Opal have been put down for a nap and I managed to find you two a puzzle to play with." Baatar took the box from her and tipped its contents onto the table. "Great, you two play with that and I'm going to take a nap." Taking a seat on the couch, Lin laid down on her back and allowed sleep to overtake her.

"Hey Baatar?"

"Yeah?"

"How old was Lin when she became Chief of police?"

Baatar looked up from the puzzle, giving her a questioning look. "Why?"

"Because if she became Chief, then so can I!"

"Shhh you're going to wake her. Besides, you live in Zaofu, you can't be Chief of police."

"I could always move to Republic City. Then Lin can train me to be Chief."

Baatar let out a sigh. "If you want to move, then I won't stop you."

A few minutes passed before Kuvira asked Baatar another question. "How old was she when she learned to metalbend?"

Lin was startled awake by someone putting their hands on her shoulders. She tried to sit up, but was forced back down. "It's just me Lin. Have a nice nap?"

"Would have been nicer if someone didn't wake me."

"I know but Su needs to lie down. We've been walking around all day and the babies are putting pressure on her back."

Sitting up, she found Su standing with her hands on her lower back, clearly in pain. "Lay down Su."

"Thanks."

"How long have I been asleep?"

"Huan and Opal are still asleep so it couldn't have been more than thirty minutes."

"Well I'm going to get started on lunch then." Just as Kya was about to leave the two sisters, a loud bang of thunder rang out, followed by the loss of all electricity. "Or maybe not. Lin, seeing as I'm not a Beifong with seismic sense, do you think you can find a torch and some candles?"

"Sure." Lin closed her eyes, allowing for her seismic sense to activate. "I think I will go help Baatar and Kuvira first."

"Where are they?"

"Well, Baatar is in the toilet and freaking out slightly. Kuvira is in our bedroom. I think she was looking at my uniforms. She's crying and in the feeble position?"

"She's afraid of the dark." Su let out a sigh of sadness. "She can sleep at night fine but doesn't like being left alone in the dark."

"I'll go get them then." Lin walked up the stairs and into her bedroom with relative ease thanks to her seismic sense and felt a pang of sadness for the young crying girl. "Kuvira?"

"Lin?"

Lin knelt down and placed a hand on the crying girls shoulder, causing her to wrap her tiny arms around her saviour's neck. "It's okay." Picking Kuvira up, Lin walked back down the hall, coming to a stop outside the main toilet. "Baatar, are you alright in there?"

"No. I can't unlock the door."

Reaching out, Lin unlocked the door with her metalbending but was unable to open it. "Damnit. I knew I shouldn't have put this off. Junior, I need you to stand back as far as possible." Putting Kuvira down a safe distance away, Lin took a striking stance and with one solid palm punch, the door swung open with force. Picking both kids up again, Lin descended the stairs and was welcomed to the glow of candles. She put Baatar and Kuvira down on the now vacant couch and walked into the kitchen where Kya and Su were making Flameo noodles. "Su, you shouldn't be walking around."

"Relax, Kya needed someone to guide her to find the candles."

"Lin," Kya turned from her position at the stove, an inquisitive look on her face. "What was that loud bang upstairs?"

"Would you believe me if I said I ran into a wall?" She received a glare from the not too happy waterbender. "I'll take that as a no. The bathroom door got stuck."

"I thought I told you to fix it."

"I was busy."

"Don't care."

Wrapping an arm around Kya's waist, Lin pulled her flush against her chest and began kissing her lightly on the neck, ignoring her sister's protests about the situation. "Really, because I seem to remember the reason I didn't fix the door, was because you felt the need to 'relax.'"

Kya let out a small moan as Lin nibbled lightly on her ear. Only breaking apart when someone tapped Lin on the leg. "Aunty Lin, why won't the lights work?"

"What are you doing up Huan? And where is Opal?"

"Too much thunder. It woke us up. She's in the lounge room."

"Alright. Go wait in the lounge room and we'll bring out lunch." Just as Lin was about to pick up one of the bowls, there was a knock at the door. "Be right back."

Walking to the front door, Lin found the four children staring at the door intently, as though they were waiting for it to preform some sort of trick. Opening it, she was greeted with the sight of one of her officers. "Chief."

"What's going on?"

"Half the city is without power, we have trees collapsing on buildings and we're stretched thin. We know you're on leave, but we really need your help."

Letting out a sigh, she turned around to find Kya standing behind her, holding her armour for her. "Go."

"I'm really sorry."

"Lin, we are safe here, go save people who aren't."

Giving Kya a kiss on the cheek, Lin bended her armour on and walked outside, where an airship was waiting for her. "Lets go officer."

"Yes Chief."