Hello, everyone and welcome to my story. This is just a short preview of it. I will be putting up the rest a chapter one in a bit. It was rather hard to write this but after some hard work and research. I was finally able to find a plot I liked along with having enough information to write it. I made a goal for each chapter to be around 5,000 words each. This is just a small piece of it.
Iridescent (虹彩)-having rainbow colors that appear to move and change as the angle at which they are seen changes
Monochrome (单色)-dull, insipid, and lacking interest or distinctiveness
~~~~~WELCOME TO DOUM-UI DEVELOPMENT CENTER~~~~~WELCOME TO DOUM-UI DEVELOPMENT CENTER~~~
Her head was pounding and her body throbbed with pain. Where was she? Gradually her senses began to awaken. The room she was in wreaked of antiseptic. Just catching one breath of it made her stomach do back flips. The brunette groaned as she opened her eyes. Her eyelashes began to flutter open. Her vision came in blurry after a few seconds it focused. The lights on the ceiling were blinding brilliant white. Korra moaned and squeezed her eyes shut. She opened them little by little allowing her pupils to adjust to the room.
The mattress beneath her was rather hard but warm from her body heat. There was a soft and fairly large pillow behind her head. The rest of the room was ice cold. The teen took in a deep breath, holding it in for a few seconds before letting it go. As the air came out it formed a small gray cloud. It lingered for a few seconds before disappearing. The cold of the room nipped at her skin... The blue eyed girl shivered.
"..Tenzin...?" Korra grumbled. Her own voice sounded foreign to her. It normally rang with confidence and passion. But now it sounded so frail if someone so much as touched her she would shatter.
Her throat felt coarse and her lips bone dry. The back of her throat felt like it was being scrapped by thousands of tiny shards of glass. Her lips were cracked and stung from the bitter cold of the room. She started to sit up feeling the pain surge through her body. She had barely lifted herself two centimeters from the bed only to feel something holding her down.
Panic filled her blue topaz eyes. As she looked down she noticed four thick brown leather straps went across Korra's body. Her adrenalin kicked in. The Avatar began to struggle and writhe under the restraints. Korra took a deep breath before trying to burn through the leather with her fire bending. Nothing.
'What?' she thought. She tried again not so much as a spark emitted from the girl's body. The teen began to thrash again.
"Let me g-!" Korra screamed only to have her voice being cut off by her own wracking coughs. Her stomach felt hallow but she could feel bile rising.
She also noticed her normal water tribe clothes were gone. Her light blue sleeveless muscle shirt had been replaced with an oversized white frock. Her baggy blue sweat pants were gone and she donned loose white cotton pants. The teen's cozy fur boots were long gone leaving her feet bare. Korra longed for her old clothes. The ones she now wore were thin and even the slightest bit of wind went right through them. The material scratched at her skin. Her chocolate brown locks had been freed from her usual warrior's wolf tail. The girl's hair hung in loose waves framing her face.
A small gust of cool air began to nudge at her right forearm. Slowly she turned her head in the direction of the small draft. A few inches up along the wall behind her bed to the right of her cot was a tiny window. The glass was dirty with prominent fingerprints across it. The white molding along the frame was cracked and beginning to yellow. The most distinctive feature of the window was the solid silver metal bars that formed a crisscross pattern. Just beyond the room a snow storm raged on behind the glass. Korra couldn't see anything past the blurs of white wisps.
Faster than she should have Korra turn her head to the left and looked across the room. The sudden movement sent out a jolt of pain through her body. It was rather bare and petite. The walls were an eggshell white. In the lower right corner there was a small rustic wooden bookshelf. The shelf was around her height yet wide; it held only two or three books. The bookshelf was in the far corner three feet from the window. She could see a generous layer of dust had gathered on it. Her eyes shifted down to the floor. The tile on the floor was white as well. The brunette let out a groan as the light reflecting off of the tile hit her pupils. Korra's eyes glanced further up to find the door. Unlike the rest of the room the door was a sleek silver metal. At the top of the door there was a small window cut out at the top. It was just big enough for someone to put their eyes by it to peek in. A matching silver handle was found on the door to the far right.
Korra moaned again. Every where she looked she felt her eyes burn. The entire room was too bright. The teen closed her eyes again trying to gather her thoughts. She began to rattle her brain for answers. What did she remember last before passing out? Nothing. The Avatar began to sort through her thoughts in search of a clue. Her mind was filled with people, names and voices but none of it seemed recent. Wait! She remembered something; her, Mako, Bolin training in the mornin-no, that memory was old...Weeks old at that. Who had she last seen or talked to? Had the voice been feminine or masculine, she couldn't recall. Maybe it had been Mako, or Pema. No, that wasn't right. She sighed; it looked like her memory was a little more than fuzzy.
Simply laying here and probing her mind wasn't getting her anywhere. Her memory could wait; the most important thing was to get out of wherever she was. She took in a deep breath before slowly releasing it. She shut her eyes focusing on her bending. Korra tried once more to burn through her restraints, nothing. Then it hit her...What if Amon had taken her bending already...She could feel the color leaving her own face. Panic and fear poured into her cerulean eyes. She couldn't remember anything! Korra started picturing the terrifying scene. Her skin started crawl as she remembered the way Amon's hand had reached towards her forehead. The teen's breathing became erratic. She had failed everyone...Tenzin, Katara, Mako, the citizens of Republic City...She had failed the world...
'No, No. NO! NO!' Korra mentally screamed, as she tried to rationalize her situation. She had just been chi blocked, that's why her body was sore. Even with her bending Amon seemed untouchable. Why go through the trouble of restraining her if she couldn't fight? Yes, that was it! She was fine a little sore and tired but it was nothing she couldn't handle. She sighed regaining her composure. Now all she had to do as figure out a way to get out of here. Korra turned her head to the window; all she could see was snow for miles. She must be on the outskirts of the city, close by the mountains she guessed. The last she remembered of Republic City was light snow fall, not the blizzard outside of this window. She hoped that only a few hours had past and that she wasn't too far from the city.
Blue eyes scanned the room once more. Only things that seemed to be old were the bookshelf and the window. The shelf could have easily been added before her arrival though. The bars had to be a new addition to the room, unlike the window they shined. She narrowed her eyes taking a closer look. Through strained eyes she could tell it wasn't just any type of metal, it was platinum. 'Just like in Hiroshi's workshop', she thought. Korra turned her head back to the door, it was platinum as well. The paint of the walls was too bright to be old, someone one must have recently painted the walls. Lastly she looked down at the tiled floor. It didn't look bendable. The floor had a glossy finish to it, as far she could tell it held no scratches or scuff marks. They must have recently installed the tile as well. It seemed as though Amon had taken every precaution to make sure she couldn't escape. The room must have been made special just for her.
Amon wouldn't just leave her here, there had to be guards posted outside of her room. Korra tried to listen for footsteps and heard nothing. Maybe they were on a rotating shift? They wouldn't be dumb enough to just leave her alone. Then again, she wasn't much of a threat strapped to a bed with no bending. Her only option of escape was to wait. She hated having to wait for anything. Tenzin had always lectured her lack of patience. She sat in silence for a few moments.
'All I have to do is wait for someone to open the door, and I'm out of here' she though, a small sly smirk spreading across her face. Her bending would come back and she would kick some equalist butt and be on her way to Tenzin and the others. Just as her confidence was renewed, a thought slipped into her mind. But...What if her bending didn't come back in time…? Her cerulean eyes shifted to the door again. Amon could stroll in the room any second now and take her bending away for good. 'No', she thought. Amon had said he would save her for last. He was just trying to stop her from ruining his precious revolution. Maybe she would get lucky and just a chi blocker would come in, she could take on a chi blocker or two. The likelihood of her being able to fend off Amon especially in her state was slim to none.
She could still have hope though. She didn't know how long she had been out for, but Korra knew the others were out looking for her. They were probably on their way now. Mako, Bolin and Asami knew the city like the back of their hands, they'd find her. As much as she and Beifong didn't always get along, Korra knew she could count on the ex-chief in a fight. And they had Naga, she was the best tracker. There wasn't a doubt in her mind that Tenzin wasn't out there looking for her. She just hoped they were all safe and hadn't been captured like she was.
Being awake for this long had drained Korra's body of what little energy she had. She felt so sore and her eyelids heavy. Korra's eyes began to close. 'No,' she thought. 'I need to stay awake so that I can be ready when he comes. I need to get out of here.' Even with being unconscious for so long her body demanded sleep. Much to the Avatar's protests her eyes closed and she drifted off into a dreamless slumber.
~~~~~WELCOME TO DOUM-UI DEVELOPMENT CENTER~~~~~WELCOME TO DOUM-UI DEVELOPMENT CENTER~~~~
That's all for now guys. Please review and tell me what you think of it.^^ As of now I am working on chapter four. I am also currently looking for a beta reader, the position is open to everyone. Pleaes contact me through either my fanfic account or my tumblr -