It had been a year after her breakup with Tenzin and although she wasn't heartbroken over her lost boyfriend now, she was still heartbroken over the loss of stability Tenzin had provided in her life. She missed the family that had cared for her like she was one of their own. She missed Kya, the person who had been her best friend since childhood but had disappeared shortly after the breakup with Tenzin. Now she was left truly and completely alone. She had lost her own family long ago and she didn't any friends by her side, she just had her work to throw herself into to ignore the pain that still ached but now she couldn't ignore it.

She had been forced to take medical leave after an incident at work where both of her legs had been brutally broken and although her bones had been set back in place and healed, she wasn't well enough to perform her job just yet. Leaving her to sit on her bed alone and left with her own thoughts.

She wished that the physical pain brought on by her injuries could distract her but nothing could distract her from the harmful thoughts that spun around in her mind. As she sat there thinking of all the things that had gone wrong in her life and of all the things that she had done wrong in her life, she started wondering how valuable of a person she truly was. Maybe if she could have done something different or if she could have been someone different maybe the people she loved in her life wouldn't have left her. She then started wondering if this painful life she was leading was even worth living. Lin knew that although she was the Chief of Police and she had a duty to fulfil for Republic City, she was also just as replaceable as any of her deputies. No one would miss her and the people don't need her specifically, they just need someone to be chief and who knows, maybe they would find someone who was better at her job than she had even been.

So now she sat there, seriously contemplating taking her own life, listening to the voices in her head telling her to "just do it." She knew just how irrational it was to be thinking these things but she couldn't stop herself, she really did want to die and did she really have anything to live for?

Then a familiar voice rang in her mind, "If you ever need me, I'm always here for you, no matter what." She can remember the waterbender telling her the night Tenzin broke up with her and although she didn't care for what the waterbender had to say at the moment, now she wondered if those words still rang true. Although it pained her to do this, to admit weakness and to reach out for help, she knew she needed to and that if she didn't, she wasn't sure if she was going to make it through the night.

So with a shaky hand, she reached for her phone on her nightstand and dialed Kya's apartment. Anxiously awaiting for a response, Lin started questioning if this was a good idea. She'd look like a total idiot calling her ex's sister after a year just because she felt lonely, even if they had been best friends, and just as she was about to hang up, a voice answered, "Hello?"

"Hey," Lin spoke quietly.

"Lin?" Kya asked, her voice giving away her surprise.

"Yeah..." Lin could almost cry at how embarrassed she felt was for calling, "Never mind, I shouldn't have bothered you, I'll just leave you alone."

"Wait! Wait!" Kya pleaded, "Don't hang up! I was just surprised, I haven't heard from you in a year, I didn't even think you still had my number." Kya paused, "So what's up? How are you doing?"

Lin covered her eyes as to hide from Kya as if she was in the room with her, "If you're not busy right now, could you please come over?"

"Yeah, I'm not doing anything, are you okay?" Kya asked concerned noticing the distress in Lin's voice.

"Can you please just come over?" Lin pleaded, voice cracking, and then whispered almost inaudible, "Please, I don't think I should be alone right now."

"I'll be right over," Kya said sternly before hanging up the phone, not giving Lin the chance to change her mind.

Lin sat there in disbelief, not knowing exactly how to feel but it didn't take long for those dreadful feelings to return. Tears started pouring from her eyes, 'I'm such an idiot. Why did I just do that? Why did I call her? I'm better off dead as it is, did I really need to drag someone else into this? I'm so selfish,' Lin thought to herself but instead of calling Kya back and telling her not to come, she just let herself fall onto her side and curled in on herself. She began sobbing as the harmful thoughts continued to flow through her mind and the pain in her chest became suffocating. She soon found herself gasping for air but it didn't help that her throat had become sore from the tight constriction due to her ugly sobs.

She was so caught up in her emotions that she didn't even noticed that Kya had entered her apartment, let alone her own room, until a pair of arms wrapped around her waist and a cheek placed itself behind Lin's neck, "Shhh," Kya hushed softly, "I'm here now."

Lin turned around in Kya's grip so they were facing each other and tried to fain a small smile but it quickly broke into a deep frown and she looked down as she started sobbing again.

Kya moved one of her hands to gently run her fingers through Lin's hair, "Breathe," she reminded her but Kya could hear Lin gasp as she struggled to take in a breath in and then tried something else, "Okay, just listen to my voice, try not to focus on anything else but the sound of my voice. Can you do that?"

Lin nodded and tried focusing all of her energy on Kya's voice.

"Hmm, what should I talk about?" Kya mused, "Well, I don't know if you've heard but Chang's opened up another restaurant downtown and from what I've heard, people don't seem to be too happy about it. Apparently the chef he hired isn't nearly as great as the one from his first restaurant."

Kya rambled on about the new restaurant until she noticed Lin's breathing had evened out, "Okay, now take a deep breath with me," Kya said and took in a deep breath, watching Lin to make sure she was doing the same, and then she let it out. "Good, again," she said before repeating the same actions as before. "Alright, and once more," she smiled, noticing how Lin's muscles had relaxed.

"Good," she assured before placing her hand under Lin's chin, tilting her head so they were looking at each other again. Moving the hair out of Lin's face and then wiping the remaining tears on her face, Kya asked," Feeling a little better?"

Lin nodded slight, "Yes, thank you," she whispered.

"Of course," Kya smiled and as they laid there a few minutes, Kya watched as Lin's eyes began to close from exhaustion. "Try to get some sleep, I'll be right here when you wake up. I'm not going anywhere," Kya whispered before wrapping her arms around Lin again, smiling when she saw the chief slowly succumb to sleep.