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Marching Home
Korra
Finally. Harmonic Convergence has come to an end, and as I exit the spirit portal that had been my battlefield, I feel all exhaustion aching my in my bones and slowing me down. I look around and see Mako, Bolin, Bumi, Kya, and Tenzin dragging themselves with their last bit of energy to the humble sky bison. Asami waits for us to aboard then we head off to the compound. I lay on the saddle with a slumped expression, my eyelids barely half way open. I see Kya come over to me and smiles.
"I'd like to thank you. You saved the world."
I grin at her. "No need to, Kya. I was just doing my job." I sigh. She scoots closer to me then shifts me so that I am leaning on her.
"Rest. You've had it hard. Don't worry we're almost there." I smile in gratitude as my eyes close and rest for a few moments on a warm Kya.
The trip was shorter than I had anticipated and before I knew it we were in front of the healing hut where my parents and the others were at. Oogie lands with a thud then we begin to evacuate. Asami slides off as she helps everyone get off. First Mako, then Bolin, Bumi, Tenzin, and lastly Kya. Realization hadn't hit me until Asami gave me a questioning look, asking me if I was going to get up or not. I start slowly at first, then struggle to support myself. Soon enough Asami was at my side letting me lean on her as she pulled me off from the saddle. We hop off and I almost loose my balance if Asami hadn't had my arm over her shoulder.
We slowly make our way to the hut where I see my mother run to me. Asami let's go as my mom practically tackles me with the tightest hug I have ever felt. I embrace her as well, but groaning at my aching muscles my mother is practically squeezing at the moment. She loosens her hold slightly and I feel her shoulders shake.
"Mom." She buries her head into my shoulder further. "Mom, look at me." She pulls her head up and I see the tears run down her cheeks. I smile for reassurance as I attempt to calm her down. "Mom, I'm fine."
She clears her throat. "Oh Korra, I was so worried. I wasn't sure if I was ever going to see you again. I bet you are just aching in pain right now."
I sigh. "Well I'm just a little beat up, is all. Nothing a little rest can't fix. But I had to. I couldn't live seeing the ones I love live in total darkness. I wouldn't have it any other way." She hugs me again once more before speaking up.
"Come on, let's get inside before we freeze. We need to tend those wounds of yours because I'd be lying if I said you didn't come out of that fight without a scratch." She then puts an arm around my waist and helps me walk to the hut. I'd be lying if I said that each passing minute I wasted I wasn't getting more and more exhausted. We enter the room and shiver as I realized I was freezing and the room felt so warm. I see Katara lift her attention from something she was doing and make her way over to me.
"Korra." She sends me a smile my way and puts a hand on my shoulder. "You have done a remarkable job as The Avatar and am so glad you made it out safely." I smile and nod.
"Come now, let us get you fixed up." My mother and Katara lead me to the back of the hut and close the door behind us. Inside there's four beds with one occupied and the other ready to heal. I look closer and realize Jinora's the one lying on the bed. Katara must've seen the horrified expression on my face before explaining to me. "It is all right. She is resting, you did nothing wrong."
I relieve a sigh before continuing onto the bed. I sit at the edge before working to get my parka lifted up. It took a few moments before it was completely off and onto the floor by my side. Then I slide my boots off my tired feet. Next I peel the long fingerless gloves off my arms. After I finish I rub my arms up and down for a bit before going to my shirt. It comes off slowly, my bones and muscles protesting at any movement. After that I take off my baggy pants and reveal my shorts that I had worn underneath. Then finally I remove my hair ties, leaving me in disheveled hair, wrappings, and shorts. I hug myself at the cold I feel. I just want to lie down and fall asleep under the warm covers but I know I should get healed first. My mother and Katara come back with a large bowl of water and some bandages.
"Alright, Korra where does it hurt the most?" My mother asks me. I shift so that they may see my back and motion there. I hear them gasp behind me and know that it's damaged pretty bad. I feel my mom run her hands along my back and I hiss in pain. Yeah, that defiantly hurts a lot. She continues to examine it a bit more before telling me the facts. "Well it looks like you bruised it up pretty bad. I just hope you haven't slipped a disk or something. And it seems you have even slightly scrapped a couple parts here and there. Let me just see this."
She slides her hand over to my side and I yell in pain. She recoils before apologizing. I breathe a couple more times before relaxing once more. "Korra, I need to see if it's broken or not." I nod before she commands the glowing water over my ribs. I clench my jaw at the pressure put there before relaxing as my mother out the water back in the bowl. "The damage is to great. They'll have to heal on their own. In the mean time. Is there any other places that hurt? Tell me everything."
At the end of it all I tell my mother that I may have dislocated a shoulder, sprained my ankle, cut everywhere along my thigh, and may have a concussion. She examines it all over before seeing all reports true except no concussing, just a migraine, and that I have knotted muscles everywhere. I sigh, this is going to be a pain. One hour passes before I'm all bandages up and healed. I finally lay down on the bed and cover myself with the comforter. Katara leaves as my mother hands me a glass of water. I take it gratefully before gulping down it's continents. I give the cup back to my mother and she sits there as I stare at my lap.
I think about the past events that had occurred not too long ago. My eyes start to water as I try and hold back a sob. The tears stream down my face as I lost all bravado. I sob once, then I continue to. My mom sits at the edge of the bed before letting me continue to sob. We sit like this for a moment before I look up at her.
"I'm- I'm sorry-"
"No, Korra. It's alright. Tell me, what is bothering you?" I think for a moment before looking into space then focus my attention back at her.
"It's just- I- I- I was so scared. I didn't know what was going to happen and I just wanted it all to end. I didn't know when it was going to end and I hurt, it hurt so much. But the pressure of the world resting on top of your shoulders, I just couldn't give up. And Jinora! I though it had lost her for not trying harder to save her." I sob into my mother's parka once again letting all my feelings out.
"Shh, it's ok Korra. You're safe now. You're safe. You have nothing to fear, I'm here, your father's here, Jinora and all your friends are here. Jinora is safe now and what's the past is the past. Now rest my darling." She cradles my head as she lays me back down on the bed. I slowly stop crying before breathing calmly. And before I know it, I'm out.