Chapter Four I heard Skyler gasp.
"T-Teo! Look! Do you s-see that?"
I looked ahead and smiled. "I see it. Ba Sing Se."
"I can't go there!" Skyler said nervously.
I was shocked. "Why? What's wrong?"
"I... I just..."
"We'll be together. Everything will be okay!"
She slowly nodded. "Alright... I trust you... But stay close! Please! Now let's land."
We landed right in the middle of the city. Skyler was shaking furiously.
I put my hand on her shoulder and she jumped a little. "Oh, sorry... You scared me."
I raised an eyebrow. "You're shaking. Really badly."
She went a little closer to me. "Don't... Just... This is not a good place for me..."
"Why?" I asked.
"Why do you want to know?"
"Uh..."
"Sorry! I... Let's just go."
We walked around the city for a long time (well, technically I wasn't WALKING, but... Oh, you know). After a while we found a small hotel. Very small. No very nice either, but it was extremely cheap. It took the rest of our money to rent the smallest room. It was worth it, though- much better than sleeping in a cave. I wanted to know why Skyler didn't want to come to Ba Sing Se. It was safe now that the war was over. It was huge, too. There was a lot to see. Why wouldn't she want to come?
"Hey Skyler," I said. She looked at me and said nothing. I could see fear in her eyes. "Why didn't you want to come here?"
She buried her face in her hands and shook her head. I suddenly felt bad I asked.
I decided to take a guess. "Did something bad happen here to you?"
She looked up and shook her head no.
"You can tell me, you know," I said.
Skyler sighed. "I... I know. Maybe later."
I nodded. "Want to take a walk?"
That seemed to brighten her up a little. "Ok."
There really was a lot to see. So many people, shops, restaurants, and huge buildings.
Suddenly Skyler froze. "Y-you!" she screamed and pointed to a man.
He was tall, mean looking, and wore all dark clothes.
"Who is that?" I asked.
I didn't like him already. He walked over to us and Skyler stood behind my wheelchair.
"Well," he began, "it's you, Skyler. Long time no see, huh?"
"Stay away from me!" she screamed back at him. "L-leave me alone!"
I was now extremely confused. "What's going on? What did he do?"
Skyler pulled up her sleeve and showed me a long scar. It looked like it had hurt a lot. "He did THIS to me," she told me. "His daughter was the girl I accidently pushed into the fountain. His name is Evron. He's absolutely INSANE. I knew he moved here with his family."
I wasn't expecting that. To scare Skyler to the point where she didn't even want to come here, there had to be a huge fight.
Evron cracked his knuckles. "I don't think we were done last time, but you ran off."
"I was bleeding."
I pushed my wheel chair a little closer to Skyler. "Don't worry," I whispered. "He won't hurt you. I won't let him."
"Should we fly?"
I shook my head. "No point. He'll just come and find us. We can't fly forever."
"Nowhere to run now, huh?" Evron said, slowly walking closer.
I tried not to show that I was shaking. "Get out of here. Now."
"Who are you? Her boyfriend?"
I didn't let myself blush this time. "That was so funny, I forgot to laugh. Now leave! NOW!"
"I don't think I will." He started walking closer.
Skyler ran out from behind me and kicked him in the stomach as hard as she could. He fell to the ground.
"Teo, come on!" Skyler yelled.
We went as fast as we could back to the hotel room. But we had no idea what was coming next.
TO BE CONTINUED...
"T-Teo! Look! Do you s-see that?"
I looked ahead and smiled. "I see it. Ba Sing Se."
"I can't go there!" Skyler said nervously.
I was shocked. "Why? What's wrong?"
"I... I just..."
"We'll be together. Everything will be okay!"
She slowly nodded. "Alright... I trust you... But stay close! Please! Now let's land."
We landed right in the middle of the city. Skyler was shaking furiously.
I put my hand on her shoulder and she jumped a little. "Oh, sorry... You scared me."
I raised an eyebrow. "You're shaking. Really badly."
She went a little closer to me. "Don't... Just... This is not a good place for me..."
"Why?" I asked.
"Why do you want to know?"
"Uh..."
"Sorry! I... Let's just go."
We walked around the city for a long time (well, technically I wasn't WALKING, but... Oh, you know). After a while we found a small hotel. Very small. No very nice either, but it was extremely cheap. It took the rest of our money to rent the smallest room. It was worth it, though- much better than sleeping in a cave. I wanted to know why Skyler didn't want to come to Ba Sing Se. It was safe now that the war was over. It was huge, too. There was a lot to see. Why wouldn't she want to come?
"Hey Skyler," I said. She looked at me and said nothing. I could see fear in her eyes. "Why didn't you want to come here?"
She buried her face in her hands and shook her head. I suddenly felt bad I asked.
I decided to take a guess. "Did something bad happen here to you?"
She looked up and shook her head no.
"You can tell me, you know," I said.
Skyler sighed. "I... I know. Maybe later."
I nodded. "Want to take a walk?"
That seemed to brighten her up a little. "Ok."
There really was a lot to see. So many people, shops, restaurants, and huge buildings.
Suddenly Skyler froze. "Y-you!" she screamed and pointed to a man.
He was tall, mean looking, and wore all dark clothes.
"Who is that?" I asked.
I didn't like him already. He walked over to us and Skyler stood behind my wheelchair.
"Well," he began, "it's you, Skyler. Long time no see, huh?"
"Stay away from me!" she screamed back at him. "L-leave me alone!"
I was now extremely confused. "What's going on? What did he do?"
Skyler pulled up her sleeve and showed me a long scar. It looked like it had hurt a lot. "He did THIS to me," she told me. "His daughter was the girl I accidently pushed into the fountain. His name is Evron. He's absolutely INSANE. I knew he moved here with his family."
I wasn't expecting that. To scare Skyler to the point where she didn't even want to come here, there had to be a huge fight.
Evron cracked his knuckles. "I don't think we were done last time, but you ran off."
"I was bleeding."
I pushed my wheel chair a little closer to Skyler. "Don't worry," I whispered. "He won't hurt you. I won't let him."
"Should we fly?"
I shook my head. "No point. He'll just come and find us. We can't fly forever."
"Nowhere to run now, huh?" Evron said, slowly walking closer.
I tried not to show that I was shaking. "Get out of here. Now."
"Who are you? Her boyfriend?"
I didn't let myself blush this time. "That was so funny, I forgot to laugh. Now leave! NOW!"
"I don't think I will." He started walking closer.
Skyler ran out from behind me and kicked him in the stomach as hard as she could. He fell to the ground.
"Teo, come on!" Skyler yelled.
We went as fast as we could back to the hotel room. But we had no idea what was coming next.
TO BE CONTINUED...