"I can't believe he could be so stupid!" I exclaimed, throwing up my arms.
"Guys are stupid." Lin said with a shrug.
"Hey!" Chi said. Lin sent him a look that said to shut up.
"So, are you going to stay here, or are you planning on going back to Zuko?" Lin asked. I sighed.
"I dunno. The avatar's still alive, right?" I asked. Lin nodded. I stood. "I know what to do."
"You sure they're going to welcome you in?" Hei-Bai asked.
"Of course they won't." I said. "But I know they will... eventually..."
"Good luck." Chi said. I nodded and Hei-Bai shot a beam at me, sending me to the mortal world.
I crouched behind a wheelbarrow and watched Toph run from the authorities and was caught in a net.
"How could you do this to me? You betrayed me!" Toph yelled. My eyes widened and then I smirked, realizing there plan. Katara crossed her arms.
"You brought this on yourself. I had no choice." She turned away from Toph. Toph was dragged away in the net, all the while glaring back at Katara. Katara glances back slightly and gave a sly smile. She was then joined by the chief of authorities.
"You did the right thing by turning in the Runaway." He said.
"The right thing is its own reward." Katara said.
"Well, I'm happy to hear you say that." He said.
"But, I still want the actual reward." Katara said.
"Of course. Right this way." I snuck after them.
In an office, the town authority grabbed a box underneath a desk and looked around in it. The door opened behind Katara, who was standing across the desk from the chief. The chief then closed the box and pointed at Katara.
"That's her! That's the girl you were looking for!" Katara turned and I frowned as her face showed shock and horror. Katara was thrown in with Toph, and they started talking. Toph busted into tears and Katara embraced her.
Katara exhaled deeply and wiped her forehead with the back of her hand. Her eyes then widened with realization as she noticed her hand was covered in sweat. She smiled and quickly stood up to start running in place. Toph talked with her. Katara stopped running and wiped her forehead again. This time, she used waterbending to use the midair sweat as blades to cut through the wooden cage. Toph stood up upon noticing this. Katara then waterbent another blade of sweat, this time from under her arms. I decided it was time to bust them out. I body slammed the door open and walked in. The guard went to exclaim, but I punched him in the face. I looked to the girl in the cage and the stared.
"Hi." I said. I kicked the cage and it broke. I pulled wood away and the girls scrambled out.
"Where's Zuko?" Toph asked. I frowned.
"We split up." I said. "He broke a promise he made to me, so I broke mine."
"Why are you here?"
"Figured you'd need some help." I said. "C'mon, Aang and Sokka are in trouble.
We ran out. Aang was on the ground. He looked up and saw the assassin standing above him inhale, about to fire another blast at Aang, but his head was suddenly encased in ice. The assassin moved and Aang saw Katara, Sokka, and Toph, and I standing behind the assassin.
"Aang, get up!" Katara said. She helped him up and we ran away.
"Why are you here?!" Aang called. "Where's Zuko?!"
"We split up and I figured you needed some help. Duck!" I yelled. The assassin had broken the ic with brute force and launched another blast at us, but Toph and I quickly launched a boulder at the blast, blowing the boulder up. A pebble from the boulder flew toward the assassin and him him square in his third eye, which momentarily stunned and angered him. He tried to fire another blast, but with his chi is blocked, he ignited the air around him and was sent back, head-first into a wall.
"Hey, I got it! The perfect name for that guy: 'Combustion Man!'" Sokka said.
"Good job, Sokka. Now let's get outta here before Combustion Man catches us." Toph said.
"See? It fits so well!" Sokka said.
"So... why exactly did you and Zuko split up?" Katara asked. We were the gang flying to another camp spot on Appa. Sokka was still wary of me joining. Aang and Sokka got off Appa. The girls and I got off and I sighed.
"Well, I made a promise to stick with him, but betraying you guys... I couldn't put up with that. Plus, he was being a total jerk. So I left. I spent about a week in the Spirit World, then decided to come help you guys." I explained.
"She isn't lying." Toph said. I nodded. Katara sighed and nodded too.
"Well then, welcome to the GAang." Katara said. Katara went to walk away, but Toph stopped her.
"Katara? I need your help."
"What is it, Toph?" Katara asked. She pulled out a sheet of paper.
"I need you to write some things down for me. I wanna send a letter to my parents." Toph said. She smiled.
"I'll be happy to help."
"Here's some light." I said, holding green energy in my palm. Toph told Katara what to write down, we placed the letter inside Hawky's holder and sent him off.
"Hey, where'd Hawky go?" Sokka asked. I shrugged, curling up on the ground. I fell asleep with ease. I dreamt of Zuko.
So, Avery's officially one of the GAang members. They're still wary, but welcoming.
What'd you think?
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