@resilientstone - continuation
Ever since she was sent away from Republic City and was forced to live with her grandparents, Suyin missed the FREEDOM her old home provided. Like her own mother did as a child, the teenager was quickly FED UP with all these rules, and after spending two years after Poppy and Lao’s watchfull eyes, Suyin decided to run away and discover the rest of the Earth Kingdom.
However, traveling completely by HERSELF wasn’t something that interested the young metalbender in that moment, so in lack of other people to contact, she came to the conclusion of returning to Repiblic City to gather up her old gang. Suyin had heard the news about her mother retiring and Lin taking over the job as CHIEF, but other then that, she guessed things hadn’t changed that much in the city for the past two years.
Though the young Beifong was GRAVELY mistaken, and wasn’t greeted back by her old ‘friends’ with open arms like she’d hoped. The last thing Suyin remembered before blacking out was two members of the Triads roughly holding her down, while a third one started to beat her SENSELESS, yelling something about what a FOOL she was to return after abandoning them. No one leaves the Triads just like that, and they made sure Suyin would get the message.
After waking up later that evening, Suyin had gotten up from the ground and groggilly dragged herself in the direction of her old home. Everything ached and she could barely keep herself in an UPRIGHT position, so finally lying eyes on her sister’s FAMILIAR face was a huge relief.
“I’m s-s-sorry, Lin.” A weak whisper left the younger Beifong’s busted lips after carefully being carried to the sofa, gazing up at her big sister through semi-closed, bruised and swollen eyelids. “I k-know that you d.... D-don’t want to see... See me, but I d-didn’t kno-w wh-where e-else t-to go.”