"Lin, no!" Su held her face as she laid on the ground, suddenly and inexplicably unable to move. She could only watch in horror as Lin slowly marched towards her with a murderous look in her eyes. "I didn't mean it!" Those eyes felt like they were killing her just from their gaze, "I'm so sorry!"

"I don't care." That voice. It was so deep and emotionless, it barely even sounded like her sister, "You're going to pay for what you've done." Lin took a stance and brought up a huge boulder up from the ground behind her. Su knew where this was going, it was the proverbial mountain and it was about to be dropped on her literal head.

"Please don't!" She begged as she put her arms in a vain attempt to shield herself from the boulder.

….

Su's eyes shot open as the boulder of her nightmare dropped. She took a few calming breaths before getting up and heading to the kitchen. There, on a high shelf, was a bottle of baijui and it was calling her name. A glass of this to settle her nerves and then she'd go right back to bed. Sitting down at the small table and pouring a drink, Su tried to convince herself how ridiculous that dream was. Lin might beat her down, she might even send her to the hospital considering how angry she was, but there was no way she would ever do that. There was no way her own sister would kill her.

"She wouldn't." She told herself softly, putting her head in her hands.

"Nightmare?" A voice broke through the moonlit kitchen. Su straightened herself up as quickly as she could, and did her best to smile at her husband in the doorway.

"Sorry to wake you, sweetie." There weren't any tears on her face, were there? A tired eye rub, which was obviously a cover up for a tear check, told her that she'd lucked out, and she hadn't begun to cry just yet, "It was just a dream," she assured him, "Nothing I can't handle."

"I don't believe that, Sweetie." So apparently she was losing her ability to lie, but there was a part of her that was relieved that he didn't believe her, that he came to sit next to her and put a comforting hand on hers, "Was it about your scars again?"

"It's never really about the scars..." Su trailed off, not knowing exactly how to put this, "It's Lin. She always looks so angry, I know she is but I...I can't remember if that's really how she looked at me, or if my imagination's just running wild, but I see those eyes and I look back on it..." this wasn't easy to say, and it was taking all of her self control not to break down sobbing. "I think I was actually fighting for my life, Baatar, I think she might have killed me if mom hadn't stepped in." He reached for her as she went to cling onto him.

"Su, you'll be okay," he said as soothingly, holding her close while she put her head on his shoulder, "she's practically on the other side of the continent. You'll never see her again."

"But I want to." Why, she didn't know. Lin was just a bitter loner who didn't know the meaning of the words family or forgiveness. But then again, she did know how to forgive and forget, and Lin was her sister. And all things considering, was it really so surprising that Lin would fly off into a blind rage that night? "The last time we talked, she didn't try to hurt me..."

A cloak hung around her shoulders and a hood covered her head. It was a great chance Su was taking, heading back to Republic City, but Toph was her mother and she wouldn't be able to forgive herself if she didn't attend the funeral. So here she was, at the threshold of the old apartment, Lin's current home. It was terrible circumstances for them to reconcile, but what choice did she have? She couldn't pick the circumstances that reunited them. After a steadying breath, Su knocked on the door.

"May I help you?" A plump man answered slowly and cautiously, which Su couldn't blame him for given the time of the morning. Obviously, this was not the person she'd been expecting to answer the door so her face adapted a shocked expression, but only for a moment.

"I'm actually looking for Lin Beifong." It'd been what, five years since Tenzin broke things off with her big sister? That might have been enough time for her to get over him and find new man.

"She sold this place to me about three years ago."

"What?" she'd sold their childhood home? What gave her that right? She wasn't the only one that grew up there, "Did she leave an address where I can reach her?"

"No." The man shook his head politely, "I'm sorry, I can't help you."

"That's alright. I'm sorry that I woke you." She gave a polite nod and turned away, not paying any attention to the door closing behind her. But she did notice what looked like a set of glowing eyes watching her from the shadows and following her to the seemingly empty street. A clank rang out through the night as something made contact with pavement, and then another and another as the eyes got closer. Familiar clanks to Su's ears, she heard them all the time growing up. It wasn't some red-eyed spirit, it was just a leadfoot coming to arrest her, "Wait a second. Is that you, Lin?"

"Suyin." The voice was lower an Su remembered, the hair shorter, only an inch or two in length. It was grayer, too, with only a few black strands remaining. The cheekbones were more defined, and a few wrinkles donned the face...but that was definitely her big sister. The tell-tale scars gave her away without a doubt.

"Lin!" For the first time in two days, Su smiled. And she rushed forward for a hug. The recipient for the intended hug sidestepped her and pointed at her with a sneer,

"Don't touch me."

"That's really all you're going to say to me after thirteen years?" Su put a hand on her hip, "Then why were you waiting for me here?"

"The airhead told me you'd be coming in today. I just came here to give you this one warning, you have twelve hours to get out of my city before I arrest you."

"Hey! I have every right to be here today, Toph was my mother too."

"If it wasn't for her, I'd arrest you right now." Lin told her pointedly,

"Oh, that's so thoughtful of you." she bit back sarcastically, "You know, if you really wanted to do something for Mom, then you would talk to me! She wanted us to patch things up."

"Not a chance." Not even a second's hesitation. And she was done with this conversation apparently, because she turned her back and began walking away.

"I'm your family, Lin! What was it you always said 'No matter how mad your family makes you, never turn them in and never turn your back on them'?" At least she got her sister to stop in her tracks, "Well, you turned me in that day and you're turning your back on me now!" The woman she was yelling at quickly turned back to face her,

"Last time I let you use that line on me, I lost people." Oh, like she could forget?

"I remember, you made sure of that." She pulled her hood down and put a hand to her face, showing off her scars. But Lin seemed less than impressed and not at all surprised.

"I know, Mom told me about them." The woman crossed her arms,"What of it?"

"What of it..." for a second, Su was actually at a loss for words, and when she finally did find some, they weren't the most eloquent, "you scarred my face!"

"It's less than you deserve!" Lin's arms were uncrossed, and at her sides. Her hands were balled up into fists, and it was clear she was ready to fight.

"That's a great way to say 'thank you', I saved your life!" Su clenched two fists as well, ready to settle this argument like Beifongs if she had to.

"You killed my officers!" Of course Lin would say that. And now that she was a bit older, Su could admit that Lin had every right to be angry with her, but that was no reason to accuse her of murder. All she did was get her sister to safety and be naive enough to think that the hired muscle of the Terra Triad would be smart enough to tell the difference between a captain and her male lieutenant.

"I didn't have anything to do with that! I was too busy taking you to the hospital to attack your officers!" She went into a blocking stance as Lin's fist made it's way towards her fist, but the fist stopped before it reached her. The gears were turning in Lin's head, Su could tell. And for reasons she couldn't explain, the fist returned to her side.

"If I arrest you, then I have to keep you in the city, so you have twelve hours." She said in a strained tone, "Go to the funeral, then I want you gone."

"Oh, I'll be gone." She assured the woman hotly, "I was hoping that maybe we could patch things up, and maybe I could convince you to come see your niece and nephews in Zoafu. And maybe, I could convince you to come live with us, but you've become so heartless that I'm not sure if I want you there at all!" Storming away, Su thought she'd heard Lin shout 'Good!', but she wasn't quite sure. She couldn't bare to look at her anymore.

When she walked her mother's casket through the streets of Republic City, she stayed as far away from her extended family as possible. As much as she wanted to be with them, it wasn't worth it to be in the presence of her sister. When they got to the mountain range where they'd bury the great Toph Beifong, Kya did come over and wrap an arm around her. Lin, she finally noticed, was leaning on a nearby tree and talking to someone that she couldn't see through the crowds and branches. Next thing she knew they were all singing a chorus of 'Blind as a Wolfbat' and she just had to laugh. Her mom would've loved it.

"She's my sister, Baatar, and she's all alone. I want her to be here with her family."

…...

Bolin had been so shaken up last night, but when he woke up, he was unnervingly calm. He was emotionally exhausted and he was in no mood for anybody's company, so instead of taking the breakfast he was offered by his brother, he climbed out of his old bedroom window and on to the roof. Laying his arms on his knees, he stared straight head, blankly watching the sun rise over the city buildings.

"Bro?" Mako climbed out and up out of the window, and sat down next to him.

"No offense, Mako, but I came up here to be alone for awhile." He was being torn so many different ways right now, all he wanted was a little peace and quiet to figure things out.

"I know, but I gotta tell you something." Mako insisted, Bolin got the sinking feeling that he wasn't going to like this, "About last night...I just wanted to say 'thanks'. I know would've been a goner if you hadn't...you know."

"Don't mention it." He replied softly and sadly.

"No, I really-"

"Please, Mako. I just wanna forget it ever happened." His big brother was a bit taken back, but at least he didn't say another word as they both watched the morning sky get brighter and brighter.