Slowly the world around her focused into view. Korra had no idea where she was, and had to remind herself that Tarlok had kidnapped her. She sat up slowly to avoid nausea, but in vain. She held her hand to her head where Tarlock had knocked her out, and there was now a prominent bump. After she regained her full senses, Korra took in her surroundings. She was in a strange cave with lime green crystals lining the otherwise rocky walls. There was a unusual glow emitting from the crystals, which was the only light source. She knew she had never been here before, certain of it, and yet, the place seemed familiar somehow.
A little farther down from where she was standing, there were a large pile of rocks- possibly the site of a cave-in many years ago. Korra tried to earthbend the rocks away, but with no luck. She tried firebending too, but with the same results. There was no sense trying to waterbend, because there wasn't a source of water in sight. And forget about airbending. Korra sighed. She was a failure of an Avatar. Even Avatar Aang learned earthbending eventually. But Korra couldn't even produce a breeze, barely walk through the training course with Tenzin, and she couldn't focus long enough on meditating.
All of a sudden, Korra felt faint. She slowly lowered herself to the ground to prevent further head injury. But instead of passing out, an immense form of energy flowed through her, making her eyes and mouth glow. Then she was her normal self again, except not quite. Her body was faded, and she could see another form of herself lying on the ground. Had she died? No, she couldn't have died, she wasn't injured that badly.
"Hello, Korra." Came a voice from behind her- Korra tensed, preparing to be facing Amon, Tarlok, or any number of chi blockers. But it wasn't any of them. To her pleasant surprise, it was Avatar Aang.
"Aang?" Korra asked. "What's going on?"
"I've called you here into the Spirit World," said Aang, jumping right to the point, "because every Avatar has a strong bond between their most recent past lives. For me, I had Avatar Roku, the firebender before me. It was because of him and my friends that I was able to end the 100 Year's War."
"So you called me here to do some Avatar Bonding Time?" Korra asked sarcastically.
"Well, yes and no," answered Aang matter-of-factly.
"Why could I have come into the Spirit World so easily here, when I could barely even make sense of those flashbacks at Air Temple Island?" Korra asked.
"This place is connected to me more personally than my old home on Air Temple Island," answered Aang.
"You'd think this would have happened back on your memorial when I faced Amon." Korra muttered.
"Life works in strange ways, doesn't it?" remarked Aang.
"And death, too, apparently." Aang glared at Korra. "Sorry," she added.
"Korra, it's important to know your enemies. Amon is-"
All of a sudden, there was the sound of a door opening, and Korra saw Tarlok walk in.
"I don't see her, Tarlok. Where is she!" said Amon. Tarlok lead the way into the cave, his hands tied and with the same look Tahno had on his face after… after he had been 'equalized'.
Amon walked up next to her physical body, so close it made the hairs on her neck tingle. He nudged her a bit to see if she was really unconscious. Korra could almost feel his hand grabbing her ponytail, lifting her head, only to drop it again. She winced in response.
"No," Korra gasped.
"Let's wake her up and have a little chat, face-to-face. Lieutenant?" said Amon. He seemed to somehow be glaring right at her and Aang, as if he could see straight into the Spirit World.
"With pleasure, Sir," Lieutenant motioned for the chi blockers to come forward and block the Avatar's chi. Once that was taken care of, Korra was jolted awake with electricity.
"Aang!" Korra whimpered.
"Hello, little Avatar." Greeted Amon. Korra could almost feel an evil smirk through his mask.