Too Close

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Zuko sat in the backseat as Sokka gave him a ride home as Katara sat passenger talking with her brother, Zuko was dozing in and out of sleep as his head was against the window. Katara glanced back and giggled a little at him.

"Don't laugh, I'm tired," Zuko didn't bother opening his eyes and she laughed a little harder as Sokka snorted seeing his head bobbing to the side when he failed to keep it straight.

"Well getting in an accident does that," Sokka smirked.

"You told him?" Zuko opened his eyes and raised a brow.

"Only him," Katara smiled back at him.

They listened to the radio as Sokka noticed a car riding him from behind and flashed their brights at him. Sokka groaned as he was already going above the speed limit but the person behind him stayed on his tail.

"This asshole won't back off," Sokka whined annoyed.

Zuko sat up and looked behind seeing it was another black car similar to the one earlier. The windows were tinted black so he couldn't see inside. Zuko slowly reached in his bag and grabbed his gun and loaded the barrel inside, he slid it under his shirt before either sibling noticed as he laid back against the door, unlocking his door in case.

"Turn left," Zuko told Sokka calmly. "It's a short cut to my uncles,"

Sokka didn't think much of us and did so. Katara was confused knowing irohs shop was further down the road and right. She noticed Zuko looked a little more tense in his body than his face gave away.

"Turn left again," he watched the car behind them. They were absolutely following.

"At the stop sign go right and head to the freeway, don't slow down," Zuko said again and Sokka was confused.

"What?" He asked making a face.

"Don't go home yet either, wait an hour with no one following you," Zuko sat up as they were getting closer to the stop sign.

"I'm being followed?" Sokka looked in the mirror and realized Zuko was right.

They stopped at the sign and Zuko waited patiently as they watched the car behind them stop as well.

Just as Sokka was about to go Zuko kicked the door open and jumped out leaving everything behind except his gun and phone.

"Zuko!" Sokka yelled surprised.

"Go!" Katara told him sternly as Zuko sprinted down the road on the left as the black car squealed and went after the boy.

Sokka gasped and went left as well to follow the black car.

Zuko panted as he pushed himself to run farther and heard the car roaring after him. He sneered grabbing his gun and spun around shooting at the tires of the black car. It swerved to the side but only got holes in its hood rather than the window or tires.

"He had a gun?!" Sokka yelled as Katara went into zukos back pack to see whatever else he could possibly be carrying. She found a switch blade and taser.

"Jesus your boyfriend is insane!" Sokka screamed in shock.

Katara was about to answer but they both screamed when a new black truck slammed into the side of them and made sokkas car turn over.

Zuko stopped immediately seeing the car on its side.

"Kat!" Zuko screamed running towards the car. He shot at the black truck by it but he felt something hit his neck and his body immediately crumbled to the ground as he gasped in shock.