Hi there! Here's the second, no third, chapter!

Disclaimer: LoK doesn't belong to me, but it might as well, I suppose.

I stood in the abandoned teddy bear warehouse, and to be honest, it was scary. It was all dark and there were spiders everywhere. If Varrick didn't get there soon, I was going to leave, forget the twins! If one more spider crawled up my leg…

"Ah, there you are," Varrick's obnoxious voice rang out as he and Zhu-Li made their way towards me. "What are you doing here?" he asked. "It's infested with spiders!"

"You told me to meet you here," I replied.

"No, I just said to meet me at the factory, I didn't say in," he rolled his eyes. "Anyway, it's good you're here because we need three people to get into the secret passageway."

"Okay?"

"Zhu-Li, do the thing," Varrick commanded, snapping his fingers. Zhu-Li nodded, walking over to the pillar behind me, completely unfazed by the horde of spiders as she lifted a sign and pressed a red button.

"Whoa," I gasped as the floor underneath the giant teddy bears retracted. "I would have never thought to press the red button!"

"That's the thing, kid," Varrick replied, starting down the steps. "You have to think like ordinary people, red buttons mean danger, and then act on it."

"Wow, you are a genius!"

"That's why I'm a billionaire," he exclaimed. "Come, come!"

I giggled, scurrying after him down the stairs, where I was confronted by a humongous plane. "Whoa!" I shouted. "Can I fly it?!"

"Ha, no," he deadpanned. "Zhu-Li will fly."

"Lucky," I whined, stomping onto the plane.

… … … … … … …

"Hey, kid, wake up," Varrick's voice sounded far away but was slowly drifting in louder and clearer. "Zhu-Li, you know what to do."

"Right, sir," came her dulcet tones, and I felt a sharp slap on my face.

"Ow~" I whined, opening my eyes slowly, lifting up my hand to my cheek. "That hurt!"

"You wouldn't wake up," she replied. "It was delaying our arrival."

"I was tired," I mumbled, standing up and grabbing my suitcase from the seat next to me. As we walked off the plane, I turned to Varrick. "Where to now?"

At the bottom of the steps, Varrick turned to me. "Well, Zhu-Li and I are going to market my new moneymakers," he said as he began walking away with Zhu-Li a step behind him.

"Whoa, wait," I called, running over to him.

"What, kid?" he sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"What about me?"

"What about you?" he replied.

"What am I supposed to do?!" I asked, stamping my foot.

"Look, I don't know," he said, sounding exasperated. "Weren't you looking for…psycho-guy's children?"

"Yeah, but…" I trailed off. "Okay. I'll see you around then…I guess…"

"Right, hasta lavista," Varrick said, waving as he and Zhu-Li walked away.

Once they were out of sight, I shivered. "Why didn't I pack a coat?" I whined, digging through my bag for my map. "Okay, so the nearest town is…here, so I just have to go weast?" I groaned, bowing my head in shame. "Why didn't I learn how to read maps? Note to self, tell Varrick to invent some sort of a gizmo to automatically give directions to wherever you want to go…"

… … … … … … …

"The map lied!" I cried, trying to stifle a sneeze but breaking into a coughing fit instead. "Oh, great! I'm lost and sick! Can this day get any worse?!" I shouted to the sky. Suddenly it got very dark, and snow began falling from the sky at a…a…downpour! "Oh I hate snow!"

"Excuse me, miss?" a masculine voice called distantly to my left. I turned my head, sniffling. "Do you need any help?"

"Yes," I cried, sneezing again.

The man walked over, accompanied by a woman and two kids. "I'm Boaz, and this is my lovely wife, Sapphire," he introduced. "And my two precious kids, Lalita and Draco."

"Hi," I greeted weakly.

"Oh, Boaz, she's sick, the poor dear," the woman said, a look of concern on her face.

"Here, why don't we get you to our warm home, and we can help you sort out whatever you need?" Boaz offered.

I thought about it: on one hand, I'm sick and cold and lost, on the other hand, Adam told me to never go anywhere with strangers. But then again, Adam also told me to eat the yellow snow when we were in the South. Luckily Mako stopped me before it was too late. For a guy with stupid eyebrows, he sure does have a semi-almost-decent personality, and-

Wait, what was I thinking about? Oh, yeah…I shouldn't, these people gave me the creeps. They seemed happy…almost too happy. It was quite unsettling, but if I said no, they'd know I was onto them! But if I said yes, I'd be playing right into their hands. Worse comes to worse, I suppose I could just punch them, but…what if they were benders? That would leave me at a severe disadvantage…what would Korra do?

Well, she's go all Avatar State, yip-yip, and then it'd be done. And Bolin would also just bend his way out of it, and I'm sure I'd run into a similar problem if I tried to think like Mako. What would Sokka do? Or better yet, what would great grandpa Foaming Mouth Guy do?

Then I had an idea. A wonderful idea that was sure to work. I felt a devious grin stretch across my face as I mentally shouted Foaming Mouth Powers, Activate!

Before I knew it I was foaming at the mouth and collapsing onto the ground. When I came to, I was still in the same place I was before with all my stuff, except for my suitcase. I shot upright. "My suitcase?!" I shouted, looking around for it, even digging in the snow to some extent. After a good fifteen minutes of searching hopelessly, it dawned on me. Those suspicious people probably took it. "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things!" I shouted, standing up, and feeling around in my pant pockets, feeling my map.

I reached up into my bra, digging around for a bit before my fingers brushed a piece of thick paper. I pulled it out, unfolding it. "Oh, good," I sighed, relieved. "They didn't get my picture of Desna and Desna's mom!"

I let out a giggle before continuing the way I was going, hoping to find some people. And forget those losers who stole my bag. What good was that going to do them anyway? Any of the clothes I packed in there is for Republic City weather, and all the toiletries have already been used. Nubs for them, really.

I continued on my journey, walking a little faster without twenty pounds of useless junk that I'll probably come to miss on my shoulder, hoping to find some friendly folk who will show me the way to Eska and Desna.

There it is, my lovelies! I hope you enjoyed! Thank you all so, so much for the follows, reviews, and favorites! I saw some old familiar usernames from the Show Me days, and hopefully, I'll be a little better with updating than I was then. There are no promises, but, you know. Maybe.

Loves and hugs, minion horde,

Yours psychotically,

Vee