A.N. I decided to rewrite this chapter because I didn't like how the first flowed. I hope you like this one better.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters or Legend of Korra I'm just having some fun. Happy reading!
Chapter 1
Run faster! Down a street, turn a corner. A blinding light. Falling. Darkness.
I slowly regained consciousness and I could tell I was not home. The bed that I was laying in was literally wood and the blankets were not what I was used to. My heartbeat sped up. Was I captured? I heard a rustling sound to my right and the steady breathing of a man. I wasn't bound to the bed… actually it felt like I had been laid here with great care. What the heck?! I slowly opened one of my eyes to look at the man at my bedside. He was dressed like one of the shaolin monks, covered from head to toe in red and yellow colors and he was reading a scroll. Weird dude. His posture is not aggressive or even threatening. He looks completely at peace. Hmmm… it could be a deception. I flung the blanket off of me and quickly wrapped it around the man, holding him close against me. Immobilizing him. Better safe than sorry.
"Who are you and how did I get here?!" I demanded.
"I-I'm Ping and I don't know really know how you got here." His reply was small and timid and I felt his body begin to shake. Definitely not a fighter by any means.
"That's not what I wanted to hear. Try. Again." I pulled the blanket tighter around his body and placed my knee in the small of his back pressing into him.
"P-please! You fell from the sky yesterday a-and have been asleep ever since. Please don't hurt me!" He obviously doesn't know much. I guess it's time to go exploring. I tied the blanket tightly around his body and set him in the corner.
"Make one sound and I will kill you." He cowered in the corner. I rushed over to the table where they had put my suit and cloak. I quickly stripped the gown I had on off and put the suit on. It fit like a second skin. The perfect armor for a killer, it provided enough protection without compromising movement. Made of the toughest flexible material on Earth it covered every inch of my body save for my eyes. Whom ever I was dealing with obviously didn't know how to check for weapons because my daggers were still in their compartments on the wrist. Hidden and deadly. Just another point making me think that I wasn't in any danger. My survival instincts honed by many battles told me to trust my gut feelings. The problem was I didn't know what it was saying at the moment. I slipped my boots on and put my cape over my shoulders and pulled the hood up.
"You. Ping where am I." I said softly but with a hard edge.
"Air Temple Island." He whispered back
"And where would that be?"
"In Republic City." He gave me a very confused look. "Please I'm sure Master Tenzin is here and he can answer your questions."
"Quiet!" I hissed when I heard voices in the hall coming towards us.
"Thank you for coming Lin. This girl just showed up out of nowhere yesterday. I have no idea who she is."
"Of course Tenzin, I'll take a look and see if she matches any of the missing person's reports."
"I'd appreciate it Lin." I took a fighting stance in the middle of the room. I wanted to be prepared for anything. The door opened revealing a bald man with a blue arrow on his head and a woman clad in… Was that metal? The man took one look at me and appeared shocked, the woman, however, took her own fighting stance.
"Would either of you mind telling me where I am?" I asked sweetly. " I would be so appreciative." The woman took one look over my shoulder at Ping and launched herself at me. I grabbed her hands flipped her over and slammed her to the ground. I took a step back trying not to provoke this crazy woman. "Lady, calm down." She picked herself off the floor and all but growled at me.
"Calm down! You want me to calm down when you have a man tied in a blanket in the corner!?" Crap, she has a point.
"I can explain that, just don't freak out again okay? I don't want to hurt you, this" I gestured to the man. "This is how I've been trained to respond when I wake up in an unfamiliar place. I automatically assume the worse, but everything since I've woken up has screamed not harmful or dangerous. Then I heard you coming, and I just reacted okay. I fell back on my instincts." I walked over to Ping and untied him. "Sorry Ping." I said sheepishly. He took one look at me and bolted out of the room. I sighed. I was really not doing very well at this whole first impression thing. "There I let him go. Now will you answer some of my questions? Please?"
"Ditch the hood then we'll talk." So picky. I reached up and lowered my hood. Lot of good that did, now they see my eyes. Oooh my eyes. "And the other hood." Ugh. I removed my second hood to reveal my face. Long ugly scars and all. I had a large scar running from the top of my left cheek to the lower part of my jaw, two brown eyes, and a very plain face.
"Happy now." I asked a little irked.
"Yes, very." She replied equally irked.
"Lovely, now would one of you kindly tell me where on Earth I am."
"You are on Air Temple Island in the middle of Republic City." The man told me.
"And where pray tell would Republic City be?" They looked at me like I'd grown horns or something. "Okay, let's try an easier question. What continent? N. America, Africa, heck even Antarctica." More confused looks. I've got a bad feeling about this.
"I have no idea what you're talking about. I have never heard of any of those places." The man said once again. I ran over to the window and looked out. A huge city was on the other side of the water. I had never in my life seen a sky line like that. Not even on the internet. Oooookkaaay, am I on a …. no. I couldn't be could I? But you've been all over the world, in every major city and never once seen this place.
"Okay, crazy question time. Stop me if you've ever heard of any of these. London." Nothing. "Washington D.C." Nothing. "Israel, Britton, Hitler, Jesus Christ." Nothing. "Tractors, Cardassians, The Queen of freaking England!" Nothing. Well that pretty much confirms it. I am not on my planet any more. "This will sound like a load of garbage, but I am not from this planet." The man looked shocked, but the woman just looked sceptical.
"I don't have to deal with this! I'm leaving." With that said the woman stormed out of the room leaving the dumbfounded man behind.
"Lin!" He called after her. "So not from this planet hum? Right who or what is the Avatar?"
"An icon or figure representing a particular person."
"What are the four elements?"
"Four? There's over 100 elements?" He gave me a weird look at that one.
"I believe you. I don't know how you got here all I know is yesterday while I was practicing a blinding white light flashed in the sky then you fell from the sky. I am sorry I don't know more."
"Well at least you believe me. That counts for something."
"Let's go get some tea and talk about it, okay?"
"Sounds good." I can't believe it. A different world. How could this have happened? What am I going to do, I don't know anybody and I don't have anything. Well… I guess we're not in Kansas anymore.
