It's the end of the world because Momo is nowhere to be found and not even his favorite treats can lure him out of his hiding place. Aang has randomely placed tiny piles all of the house but Momo just won't appear.

Aang is so scared, that in the end he turns to Katara for help because she is strong and brave and she'll help him find Momo. Because Aang has a suspicion.

"The Boogey Man?" Katara asks and Aang nods his head vigorously.

"He lives in our basement," he explains.

"No he doesn't. He lives in our attic," the girl says, frowning.

"Nuh-uh he lives in our basement. I can proof it."

The noises Katara can hear through the basement door are strange and she'll admit as much. Maybe, she offers, the Boogey Man is a kind of gypsy monster that travels from basement to basement to attic to basement because, you know, there is only one Boogey Man but a world full of children he's trying to steal.

They are convinced that the Boogey Man is holding Momo hostage in an attempt to steal Aang. This poses a problem because Gyatso won't be back from his shopping trip for a while and Sokka, although not scared of the Boogey Man, is playing a one-on-one football game against Jet. Somewhere.

So it's just the two of them. They are the M.R.S. - the Momo Rescue Squad (they argue about whether it's SWAT or Squad like squid when writing the words on each other's T-Shirts).

They creep down the stairs (armed with dental floss and a very fine comb), leaving the door open because the light switch doesn't work. They have a frog-flash light and glow-in-the-dark stars sticking to their faces.

"Momo?" Aang squeaks into the darkness but he is met with silence.

"Listen up, Boogey Man, we're not scared!" Katara shouts. "You can't have Momo, Aang or me so you better hand over that cat. I'm warning you! I've got dental floss and I'm not scared of using it!"

There's a 'mreow' and a hiss and Momo jumps out of the pile of laundry, a sock clinging stubbornly to his head.

"MOMO!" both children exclaim and sweep the cat up into a hug.

"I though't I'd never see you again! I was so scared," Aang rants, nuzzling his feline friend.

"I told you we'd beat that stupid ol' Boogey Man. He doesn't stand a chance against M.R.S," Katara brags.

WHAM!

"I don't think you should have said that," Aang whispers and stares at into the darkness, at the spot where before, there was a staircase illuminated by daylight flittering through the open door.

He can hear Katara race up the stairs and try the handle.

"It's locked," she gasps and Aang whimpers. "The Boogey Man has logged us in!"

"You mean... he's still here?"

Katara doesn't know but she remains on her guard. They do the only thing two scared children can do while being trapped in a basement. They huddle together and pray that the battery will last until someone comes and frees them.

After 15 minutes the battery dies. The glow-in-the-dark stars itch and Katara carefully peels hers off, sticking them to her shirt where they won't stick anymore.

"They didn't glow all that much," Aang observes and peels his off, too.

They scoot closer together, Momo perched in Aang's lap and purring contently. After a while, they realize that no Boogey Man is coming forward to steal them.

"We might have scared him off," Katara whispers and the younger boy next to her nods.

"He was probably fleeing and locked us in so we wouldn't follow," Aang says.

"He must be really scared of that floss," Katara remarks.

They both make a mental note to always have some dental floss handy when stepping into possibly Boogey Man-infested areas.

"When is Gyatso coming back?"

"I don't know."

And after a while: "I'm hungry."

They share Katara's Big Bubbles Bubble Gum and amuse themselves with blowing bubbles in the dark and telling each other how big their respective bubbles are. Aang blows bubbles the size of a basketball, a car, an elephant and Miss Patricia - in that order. Katara yields because no one can blow bubbles that are bigger than Miss Patricia.

"I wish we could get out of here," Aand murmurs, throwing a sideways glance at where he can feel Katara's arms brush against his.

Love shines brightest in the dark. Love knows no walls. He remember all the adages about love that Gyatso is so fond off. Maybe if they...

"Umm... do you know the... legend?" Aang asks carefully.

"Which one?"

"About... the first kiss?"

Katara frowns. Yes, she knows that legend but-- she'd always hoped to safe that kiss (and that wish) for something else. Not for... getting out of a basement.

"I do," she whispers anyway.

"So if we both wish for the door to open," Aang deducts and Katara can't suppress a little sigh.

"Alright," she finally says, mentally apologizing to the Blue Spirit, even if he doesn't know that he was supposed to be her first.

She carefully reaches for Aang's face, cradling it in her hands and leans down. Her lips barely brush his (Aang forgets that he is supposed to wish for the door to open and instead wishes for something else entirely) when the door is suddenly opened.

"Aang? Katara? What are you two doing down here?"