Double Bender

Part 41

We made our way back into our seats, with our hopes much lower than they were before. The theater got dark once again and they opened the curtains to reveal the three screw-ups in a set that looked like the Earth-Kingdom but was so crudely drawn I couldn't tell. "Well," said Actress Katara, "here we are in the Earth-Kingdom!" Stage Slut opened up a prop that looked like Aang's old glider. "I better have a look around," she said, "to see if I can find an earth-bending teacher!" A rope attached to her back pulled her up and flew her all around over the audience. Toph got excited. "This is it!" She said happily. "This must be where I come in!" Stage Slut landed back on the stage and said, "I looked all over town. But I couldn't find a single earth-bending master." "Here it comes!" said Toph. Suddenly, a prop that looked like a rock started to move and eventually was pushed out of the way. In its place was a very buff, muscular man that slightly resembled Toph. "You can't find an earth-bending master in the sky." Buff Toph said. Hey, I was right. Toph was being played by a buff dude. "You have to look underground." For some reason, it seemed this guy was gonna be the only thing about the play that didn't suck. "Who are you?" said Stage Slut. "I'm Toph." Said Actor Toph. "It sounds like tough. And that's just what I am." He flexed his muscles. Toph strained to listen to the conversation. "Wait a minute." She said. "That sounds like a guy playing me. A really buff guy." Katara took this opportunity to make Toph eat her own words. "Well Toph, what you hear up there is the truth." Katara said. "Hurts, doesn't it?" Toph grinned from ear to ear. "Are you kidding me?" Toph said happily. "I wouldn't have cast it any other way! At least I'm not a flying bald lady." Aang cringed. Stage Slut waved her hand in front of Actor Toph's face. "So you're blind?" She said as she did it. Actor Toph tossed his head back and laughed. "I can see you doing that." He said. "I see everything that you see, except I don't see like you do." Where are they going with this? I thought irritably. "I produce a sonic wave from my mouth." Actor Toph said. Why do I even bother asking? I thought. What happened next was utter hell. Actor Toph opened his mouth and started screaming. Everyone in the audience covered their ears...except for Toph who was probably having the time of her life. "There," said Actor Toph. "I got a pretty good look at you." "This makes no sense, whatsoever." I whispered to Zuko. He shrugged and we turned our attention back to the stage. In the next scene, Actor Zuko, Actor Uncle, and Actress Geo were all standing on a bridge with Uncle and Geo on one side and Zuko on the other. But something was different about Zuko. His hair was long. Like really long. Longer than my hair. "Oh my gosh," said Geo. "Just kill me now." She grabbed the front of Zuko's shirt and said, "Just kill me now, Zuko." Zuko, who didn't know what to make of this, stared at Geo awkwardly. She decided that convincing Zuko to kill her wasn't going to work so she just looked back towards the stage, trying not to groan. "Zuko," said Actor Uncle. "It's time we talked... about your hair!" Good lord, I thought. "It's gone to far!" "I'll say." I whispered to Zuko... The real Zuko. Actor Zuko said, "I think it's best if we," he flipped his very long hair, "split up." He turned and started to walk away. "No, Zuzu!" Actress Geo said. "Don't leave me here with this old man for company!" Actor Zuko went over to her and said, "Don't worry, babe." "Babe? Babe?!" whispered the real Geo angrily. "Did Zuko's character just call my character freaking BABE?!" "I think he did." I said. "That does it." Said Geo. "That director is getting pummeled. I'm going to kill someone. I might even kill you, real Zuko. Because you were the inspiration for that Zuko!" "Geo!" I whispered angrily. "Cut it out!" "No!" She whispered back. "I won't cut it out! I have several choice words to say to this director." "Maybe you should go outside for a while." Suki suggested. "That's just what I'll do!" Geo replied as she stormed out of the box. Actor Zuko continued. "I won't be gone for long. Just long enough to... find myself. Then, I'll come back to you." Actor Zuko turned on his heels and walked out. As soon as he had gone off the stage, Actress Geo sighed and fainted. "Good grief." I whispered angrily.