My LOK finale feels inspired this. Also, Tahno's hairbending. Please enjoy and review :)
It was a cold night in Republic City, and the streets were mostly devoid of citizens. It was uncommon to see benders out past dark these days; a mounting fear of Amon and his chi-blockers ensured a sense of unease among those with power over the elements. On the wide promenade near the bay, however, the slender figure of a teenage girl could be seen strolling aimlessly through the shadows.
Korra was breaking every rule in Tenzin's book with her late-night strolls, but she couldn't have cared less. She had quickly adopted Air Temple Island as her home, but sometimes she felt trapped, confined. She was reminded of her days in the Southern Water Tribe compound, walled in by icy cliffs and the flat expanse of water.
Korra wouldn't have noticed the lone figure on the bridge unless she had happened to glance up just as she was passing a streetlight and seen a man silhouetted against the halo of light from the bridge's lamps. He didn't look like he was there to enjoy the view of the bay-rather, he was balanced precariously on the very edge of the bridge that linked two docks together. There were no cheering friends below, so this was definitely no dare or attention-grabbing stunt. Korra swiftly jogged across the stretch of pavement that separated the two.
"Hey!" She shouted when she was a good distance away, attempting to attract the figure's attention. It was clearly a man, with shaggy, lank dark hair.
"What are you doing up there? You could fall and drown!" Korra called over the railing.
"Maybe that's the point, uh-vatar."
The figure half-turned, exposing a shock of disheveled hair and pallid features. A pair of grey eyes, cold and flat as metal disks, met Korra's. She gasped, feeling as though the breath had been snatched from her lungs. What was her pro-bending enemy doing teetering on the edge of a bridge at midnight on a Tuesday?
"Tahno? What are you doing?" Korra's voice quaked a little as she edged closer to where Tahno was balanced. A great sadness, an unbearable pain, came into his eyes.
"Without my bending, I'm nothing. I'm worthless."
His voice broke on the last syllable and he fell silent. Korra reached out and grabbed the back of his jacket, the material sliding between her fingers.
"Tahno, you're not seriously going to jump off a bridge because Amon took your bending away. I know you, you're going to rise up and fight back and come back stronger and-" Korra's desperate rant was cut off by her former rival raising two fingers to his forehead in a mock salute.
"I wish you luck, uh-vatar." Something in his eyes softened for a split second. "It was nice knowing you."
And then Korra's fingers were grasping air.
"NO!" She shouted, watching as Tahno's figure plummeted towards the water, perhaps fifty feet below. Without a second's hesitation, she launched herself from the bridge and plunged into the freezing bay. Murky water clouded her vision, but her fingers made contact with something solid-Tahno, drifting in the briny deep. She wrapped an arm around his limp figure and propelled them towards the surface. Korra dragged Tahno through the black waves, well aware of the fact that he didn't seem to be breathing at all. By the time they reached a stretch of pavement beside the bulk of a cargo carrier, he had gone cold and still in her arms.
"You will not die on me, Tahno," Korra muttered, her heart pounding in her chest. Raising her hand to his chest, she waterbended what seemed like liters of briny water from the innards of her former rival. Tahno remained cold and lifeless, a halo of dampness around his pale face. Korra pressed her lips to his, trying to breathe life back into him. He felt so very cold.
Suddenly, Tahno gave a racking cough and his body jerked, attempting to expel what little water remained in his lungs. Then he flopped back onto the pavement, his eyes fixed on the distant heavens.
"Tahno, what were you thinking?"
He stirred feebly, and Korra brushed a hand against his pale face.
"You don't understand," Tahno mumbled, struggling to sit up. "You're the Avatar. You can bend four elements. I can't even bend one anymore."
Korra thought of her failed attempts at airbending, of Tenzin's disappointment and her frustration as she was unable to become a true Avatar.
"Tahno, there's a lot you don't know about me."
He stared at her for a long moment, grey eyes flat and dull as coins.
"Just leave me alone, uh-vatar. I want to die."
Korra looped an arm around Tahno's thin shoulders.
"Not on my watch, pretty boy."
More to come from me so keep watching! Love to all of you!