CLANG!

And that was it, she was forever going to be locked away in this platinum prison out in the middle of no man's land. Kuvira wasn't looking forward to these long, lonely nights ahead of her in the next coming years as she carries out her sentence. She knew how tough they were going to be. Kuvira knew her mother was peeved, and there wasn't a single thing she could do to make up for her mistakes in the past. No matter how much she wanted to try to change. Maybe if she modified her behavior, then maybe she'd get out early.

With that thought in her head, she sunk back in the corner of her cell, pressing the back of her head against the wall. There was no way getting out of this place, not when she her earthbending and metalbending abilities were rendered useless. At least this was an opportunity for Kuvira to look back and reflect on all the pain and misery she has caused everyone, especially that good for nothing, Avatar Korra. The name subconsciously entered her thoughts. It was annoying, kind of like how a fly tries so hard to attempt to land on you and try to swat it away, but in the end, it comes right on back to try again.

Sighing, Kuvira's eyes met with the ceiling. Thoughts about what she had done with the mecha robots and how she treated everyone completely drove her to the breaking point even now, because it was Avatar Korra who allowed her to see the light and come clean with the heinous crimes she's committed. "All of those people," mumbled Kuvira as she laid down on her side, bringing her hands up to lay on them in prayer position. She felt her heart sunk even lower with the thought of her family and how much she knew they despised her, especially Lin. She knew her adoptive family wouldn't be welcoming her back home in open arms any time soon.

A loud bang on the platinum doors echoed through the room and former military tyrant sat up quickly to see what was going on. Her emerald eyes shifted to the small, square window seeing the silhouette of a prison guard. "Hey!" Kuvira shouted all of a sudden. He slid the small window open and spoke to her in a unforgiving manner. "Shut up. It's lunch time. By the way. You have a guest visitor." Kuvira's eyes followed the plate of sloppy food as it was slid across the floor in her direction. There's someone to see me? I wouldn't think anyone would would want to come visit me. Not after the way I behaved.

"Kuvira?" said a familiar voice through the window.

"Avatar Korra?"

Why in the hell would she come to visit me? Of all people. "Hey," the water tribe girl spoke with uncertainty in her tone. As if she didn't know if she should be here or not. Kuvira never replied back to her, only stayed silent. "You're probably wondering why I'm here." To distract herself, the metalbender fell onto her stomach to reach for her plate of sloppy food, or whatever it was and began to slowly eat. She would never eat this stuff and a couple times already she had went on a hunger strike until she received better treatment, but who was she kidding? "Hey yourself," Kuvira replied, not making eye contact with those watery blue orbs.

It's been several weeks since she has been in here, and not a single soul has came to see her. "I'm sorry this visit took longer than I planned. I wanted to come see you earlier, but… " her voice trailed off and Kuvira could hear her sigh at her mistake. "I didn't know what to even say. I know you're a decent person, Kuvira. You've shown a helluva lot more restraint than any other enemy I've came across. I don't even consider you my enemy. It's mutual. Wouldn't you agree?" What was the Avatar saying? Of course Kuvira was an enemy.

She tried to take over military operations in Republic City. She tried to harm innocent people, and had no remorse for any of her actions and didn't take responsibility. Kuvira pulled a spoonful of slop from her mouth and swallowed hard to get the lumpy food to go down. It was almost like day old oatmeal to her and it was disgusting. "I suppose," muttered Kuvira as she glanced over her shoulder and stared the Avatar down. "Please," pleaded Korra. "I've arranged with the prison guards to allow you come walk with me around the building, get some fresh air. Everything is platinum anyway. It's not like you could do any harm."

Kuvira paused for a moment, standing to her feet after sliding the tray of half eaten food from her lap. She moved toward the platinum cell door and looked at Korra straight in her eyes. "Why are you being so nice to me?" She arched a dark, curious brow and tilted her head to one side as she awaited for an answer. "I'm perfectly content right here in this cell where I can be away from my incosiderate family, those guards and more importantly you. I don't need your pity, Avatar." Kuvira turned her head away, thinking that the other female was going to leave. She was surely wrong.

"Kuvira, you're such a stubborn ass, even more so than me. I want to give you a chance to redeem yourself. Like how you did when you gave yourself up. When you did that, I knew right there you wanted to start over."

It felt as if a wrench was tightening around Kuvira's heart. She wanted so much to accept Korra's suggestion, but she was in this war with herself and it seemed like her inner demons were winning the fight. She knew she wasn't any good, she knew straight down to her core that she was going to end up doing the same mistake over and over. How was she going to prove to the world that she wanted to be just as normal now as everyone else? Kuvira folded her arms across her chest, facing the wall behind her, back turned to Korra.

"It's not going to change the fact that I hurt so many people, including you. I don't know how in the fuck I'm suppose get everyone on my good side when I'm in here."

"Hey," said Korra, "I'm the Avatar. I can pull strings."

"They won't let you, not when it's me." Kuvira bit her lower lip and she heard Korra try to open the cell door, which was no use without the keys. "No one will give me a second chance," said Kuvira. "Just go. I don't want to talk to you anymore today." Korra never said anything. She felt defeated for today, letting Kuvira wallow in her mistakes from the past. "I'm sorry for everything I've done," said Kuvira, taking her hand and rubbing a few droplets of salty liquid that began to seep through the corner of her eye.

"Kuvira, I'll be back tomorrow to see if you're still up for that offer. Please, stop hating yourself for what you've done. You've already turned yourself in. That's more than enough to prove your life worthy." Kuvira listened to Korra's words, feeling that wrench tighten around her heart even more. Her chest became more heavier every minute Korra remained there. She then heard the sound of footsteps retreating and panicked quickly. She moved to the door and looked out in the hallway to see Korra's shadow disappear around the corner.

"Korra!"

The shadow stopped moving, and the friendly Avatar appeared again, giving Kuvira a small smile. She leaned in a bit, to listen to what Kuvira had to say. "I'll walk with you tomorrow, but right now… I do wish for some time alone. Thank you for believing in me," she said, returning the smile to Korra. The other female nodded and bowed her head to the older woman, continuing to smile as she turned around the corner to the exit. Kuvira's cheeks were flushed with excitement just then, curious how tomorrow was going to play out. She hasn't been outside in a long time and it was good to get some fresh air again, even if it was with the Avatar.

"Who knows… that girl may be a good influence on me."