There was nothing left but smoke, rubble and dust.
Everything that once was the great Republic City, was now in ruins.
It didn't feel the way she'd expected it to. There was victory, yes, but also the bittersweet tang of regret staining the back of her throat. "Any survivors?"
"No sign of anyone alive, Kuvira, ma'am. Scout teams searched a three block radius. No-one left."
It hurt, damn it, it hurt. I didn't want it like this, Korra, Su… Bataar. I didn't want this at all.
"Get me President Raiko on the radio. Now."
Her officer saluted and ran off through the chunks of concrete scattered across the crater like a child's playthings. She straightened her back. The Great Uniter was in control, at last. The Earth Empire was hers.
Finally.
A/N:
Co-authored by Pat (tophtastic on tumblr) and Lou (i-roh on tumblr), two nerds who wish they had Kuvira's class.
Special thanks to kuviratrash on tumblr for graciously letting us use her AU idea as a prompt.
Heavily, heavily AU. Set post- Korra finale, so a mild spoiler warning seems appropriate.
All original A:TLA / A:LOK characters belong to Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante Dimartino / Nickelodeon.
Updates once a week. Also available on ao3.