Never Forgotten Chapter 1, a legend of korra fanfic

Chapter 1

Korra:

Korra's breathing was rapid. She tried to slow it down, to slow her heart rate. But her mind was occupied on other things, she couldn't focus enough to calm herself. Standing on top of an apartment building, she watched as Kuvira's giant mecha tank loomed closer and closer. The airbenders got into position on top of the buildings lining the street the mecha was on, making sure all of their equipment was latched on securely. This was their last shot at stopping this thing. If Asami's hummingbirds didn't come soon and the plan didn't work, there was no way they could stop this tank. Kuvira stomped her mecha into the target point and Korra yelled out, "NOW!" The air nomads flew in from every direction, led by Meelo. Kuvira frantically swung the mecha's arms around hoping to swat the swooping airbenders, to no avail. Meelo successfully landed on the machine's arm and was running towards the glass. He jumped and with a swift flick of his arms forward all five of his balloons hit the window, smearing purple paint everywhere. Shocked the mecha stopped moving, which allowed the other airbenders to dive in and strike their target. In a matter of seconds the windows were covered and Korra knew that Kuvira would not be able to see a thing. She looked down, Boling, Su, Lin, Wing, and Wei were already on the move. But something was wrong, Lin wasn't able to bend the metal joints. Platinum. Is everything platinum on that stupid thing? She desperately thought to herself. That had to be what the whole machine was made of, there was no other explanation. Lin would have been able to tear the thing to shreds otherwise. Before she could blink twice, however, Bolin was on the move and soon a massive pool of raging lava was formed beneath the mecha's left foot. Its' stability faltered as the foot sunk deeper into the lava. Wing and Wei leapt into action quickly and in tandem launched the wire bundle around the legs of the mecha in a dizzying array of steel. Attempting to get out of the pool of lava Kuvira urged her mecha forward, but its feet faltered and tripped over the wire sending the mecha towards the ground. Korra sent a whirlwind towards the suit hoping to aid in its toppling. It was not enough though, with each jolt Korra could hear more of the wires snapping and soon the mecha was stable on its feet again as if nothing had happened. Water misted down on them as Kuvira washed the windows of her tank. No! Korra thought, this can't happen we have to stop her! A humming woke Korra from her panic. Asami! She was finally coming with her hummingbirds. Right on time! Korra thought as Asami, Hiroshi, Varrick, and Zhu Li zoomed in with the newly designed mecha suits.

Swirling in frightening patterns they dodged the tanks flailing hands as it once again tried to swat down its' tormenters. Varrick instantly went behind the tank and Korra hoped he latched on. No sooner had she thought this, a black plume of smoke rose from behind the tank. Yes! It's working! They are latched on and cutting the tank! But to her horror, the tank's arm, in an amazing feat of flexibility, wrapped around itself and with a terrifying smack hit its back. There was a slight explosion and Korra gasped in horror. She squinted hoping to see any form of life. To her relief she saw a green and a red parachute safely soaring away from the wreckage. Asami was having a much more difficult time landing the machine, especially now that Varrick and Zhu Li were out of the way, Kuvira's full rage was turned on Asami and Hiroshi. With a turn of her right foot and an upward thrust of her fists, a boulder the size of a satomobile, punctured out from the side of the building next to where Korra was standing and floated in the air. With a huff of air releasing from her mouth, Korra spun and hurled the rock at Kuvira. With an almighty clang, it hit its' target. Bolin, Lin, Su, Wing, and Wei followed suit and the airbenders came alive once again to occupy the mecha's hands. Korra's feet kept shifting to crack more rocks out of the buildings surrounding her to throw at the tank. Soon enough, she saw Asami and Hiroshi land their hummingbird on the leg of Kuvira's mecha. Korra let out a sigh of relief, but knew she must keep Kuvira occupied if they wanted this plan to work so she continued hurling rocks. She saw the same black smoke from before and knew they had started to cut the platinum. But apparently Kuvira had seen the smoke too. Time seemed to slow down. Korra screamed out as the tanks arm swung down with all its power toward its leg. A blast emanated from the hummingbird and a sole parachutist launched out. From the long, flowing, raven black hair Korra knew it was Asami who had escaped. The hand smashed the hummingbird to smithereens, in a shocking display of sparks and flying metal. The Gambit's hand swung backwards. Time slowed even more. Asami's parachute caught on the retreating fingers of the mecha. Realizing this Kuvira swung the arm back, Asami being flung backwards like a rag doll with it. And in a swift movement Kuvira swung the arm forward above the head of the mecha suit, Asami helplessly being tossed around with each movement. The parachute strings were wrapped tightly around the hand. At the pinnacle of the swing, the seatbelts that had Asami strapped in safely a few moments ago, snapped like twigs at the sudden force that was applied on them. Asami went flailing upwards to a sickening height. Korra screamed in terror. Without thinking she turned her right foot inward, her left shifting back behind her, and thrust her arms forward. The roof she was standing on made an almighty groan as it formed into a solid mass that catapulted Korra toward the falling Asami Sato. She wasn't going fast enough. Korra willed herself forward with flames bursting out of her hands and her feet. Her vision was focused solely on Asami. But what she heard next forced her to turn her head and search for the source of the sudden thrumming that was getting louder and louder.

Her eyes widened when she saw it. It was over. Kuvira had already fired the mecha tank's cannon right at her, the blinding ray shooting towards her. Korra couldn't take her eyes off of it. She would stare down the thing that would kill her. To her dismay, a boulder the size of an apartment complex launched into the air. With a deafening explosion and a powerful aftershock Korra was hurtled through the air in the opposite direction of Asami. Asami. Fighting the dizziness that was overcoming her and her spinning body she bent a quick puff of air that righted her temporarily. She saw quickly that Asami was still falling, nearing the ground at a rapid pace. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Bolin, who was now passed out from exertion. He had single handedly saved her life by literally lifting an entire apartment to block the cannon fire. Focusing once again on Asami and with another correcting puff of air, Korra entered the Avatar State and sent a whirlwind of air towards Asami hoping, praying that it would reach her in time and soften her fall. Korra hit the ground, pain stabbed at her. She rolled a few times and stopped on her stomach. She could feel blood pouring out of a cut on her forehead. But nothing else mattered. She watched helplessly as Asami fell the last few feet. Almost there. Please, spirits, let it catch her! The wind touched Asami. It slowed her fall and pushed her back before she hit the ground. With a sickening sound she landed on the destroyed remains of a building and the surrounding road. Korra tried to get up, she clumsily got to her hands and knees, but it was too much and soon she was sprawled out on the ground again. With a wheeze escaping her lungs she passed out.

Asami:

It was so peaceful. Not a sound escaped Asami's lungs as she plummeted towards the earth. Her restraints had broken due to the force of her body against them, as Kuvira swung the mechanical arm. And now she was free falling. She wasn't scared. She felt slightly happy because she was going to see her mother and father again. But she also felt something… odd. She couldn't quite place her finger on what it was. Her body twirled through the air as she fell, allowing her to see every angle of her soon to be death. But with her next full rotation she saw something blue out of the corner of her eye. She quickly flipped over by flinging her arms out. It was Korra and she was flying right towards her. To her pure horror Asami saw what Korra hadn't. Kuvira's guns blast. It was heading right towards her. She screamed internally. NO! Please not Korra! Not now! But what happened in a matter of seconds seemed like years to Asami. A building… yes a full building…. Was being hurled into the air by Bolin. He was going to block the canon's fire. Good. She thought, at least only one member of Team Avatar will die today. Her eyes followed Korra's flight pattern. She desperately was trying to stop herself from spinning by sending out jets of air. Eventually, one worked and Korra was facing her. Her eyes were glowing white. In a terrifying moment, what seemed like a tornado was heading towards Asami. She's trying to save me, she thought. Korra hit the ground and Asami could feel her pain. She didn't want Korra to be hurt anymore. Asami could hardly stand to see Korra the way she was after Zaheer. She never wanted to see her best friend to be hurt that badly again. Asami closed her eyes as the wind swept underneath her. It sent her flying backwards. She hit the ground with a painful thud. But she didn't mind. The only thing that concerned her was Korra. Korra. They were going to be fine. Both of them. But as she took her next breath, a sharp pain rattled her body, forcing a squeak of pain out of her mouth. Something was wrong and as she looked down she realized, it was not going to be okay.

Korra:

Korra's eyes snapped open. Bolin had awoken and was rushing towards her, Su not far behind. She looked up to see the airbenders, Wing, Wei, and Lin trying their best to push the mecha towards the river that flowed through the city. Bolin finally reached her and helped her up.

"Where is she? Where is Asami?"

Bolin's eyes lowered and pointed towards a mound of rubble near them.

Su approached "Korra! Are you alright?"

Korra didn't respond as she tore away from the group, following Bolin's directions. She didn't know how long it took her to climb the rubble but she was finally there. She could see the top of Asami's head. Her beautiful, raven silk hair looked perfect as it shrouded her face. Korra fell to her knees by Asami's side. She searched Asami's body looking for any potential injuries. Tears sprung from her eyes like a fountain as they laid rest on the jagged metal that protruded from her stomach. Blood had soaked through her clothes and was pooling on the ground around her. There were scrapes covering her face and limbs. Her eye was already swelling and starting to turn black. But she still looked beautiful as always. Korra scooped up her hand. It was freezing, pale, and lifeless.

"Aaa…sami?" she whispered. Nothing. "Please, please Asami answer me!" she wept.

She heard Bolin and Su approach from behind. Turning her torso to face them,

"Su please you have to do something. Remove the metal! Anything! I'm begging you! Please!" Korra bawled. Tears were streaming down her face. Su put her hand up to her cover her mouth and her own eyes began to water. She slowly shook her head,

"I'm so, so sorry Korra. There is nothing I can do," her voice was barely a whisper.

"Then go find someone!" she didn't mean to yell at Su, but she was just in so much pain "Find Kya she'll know what to do."

Su gave her a swift nod and darted off towards Air Temple Island.

Sobs began to wrack Korra's body. This was all her fault. She asked Asami to build those stupid machines and it cost her life. A sudden thought appeared in the back of her mind. She thought of how Asami's body moved once Korra's air stream reached her. She moved backwards not up. Panic hit Korra. She was the reason Asami was impaled. If she hadn't sent the air out Asami would have landed on the ground, she wouldn't have been blown back into the splintered I-beam.

"No… No… NO!" she wailed. "I'm so sorry Asami, I didn't mean for any… any of this to happen."

But as soon as she said this the lifeless hand she was holding, suddenly curled around her own. It wasn't a powerful grip, but it was there. "Asami!" Korra almost screamed. Holding Asami's hand in her own, Korra moved her other to brush the hair out of Asami's face and she gently cupped Asami's cheek. Her eyes flickered open and emerald met sapphire.

"Korra?" Asami whispered.

"I'm here. I'm right here!" she said gripping Asami's hand tighter and scooting closer to the dying girl.

A coughing fit quaked Asami's body and soon blood was seeping out of the corner of her mouth. Korra used her sleeve and quickly, but gently wiped it away.

"Please Asami, I need you to hold on. Su is getting Kya, she can help you! Please hold on. We need you. Everyone, the kids, Tenzin, Pema, Lin, Su, Opal, Bolin, Mako. We need you here with us. I need you. You mean the world to me. I never realized my true feelings until I came back. You were the only one I could turn to. You helped me through the worst pain of my life. The only thing I could think about while I was in the South Pole was you. Thinking of you helped me fight, it helped me walk again. I wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for you Asami. So please, please, I'm begging you to just hold on, you can make it through this. I can't live without you. I… I love you. I love you."

Her last words came out a whisper, but she knew Asami had heard for her grip on Korra's hand tightened and she lifted the other to Korra's face. Korra could hear Bolin sobbing quietly behind her at what she had just said. Asami meant just as much to him as she did to Korra, except for Korra her love for Asami wasn't just platonic. She truly, deeply, and uncontrollably loved Asami Sato. Another coughing fit shook Asami. She tried to sit up but winced back in excruciating pain. Her mouth opened and closed a few times as she tried to get the words to come out. Finally, she managed:

"I love you too, Korra."

Korra's heart burst and another painful series of sobs ran through her body. Her mouth curled into a small smile, as Asami revealed her own dying love for Korra. She lowered her head and placed it on Asami's chest. Asami gently placed her hand on the back of Korra's head, playing with a few strands of her loose brunette hair. They sat like that for what seemed like eternity. But eventually Asami's grip faltered and her hand fell from the back of Korra's head. She sat up straight looking for any signs of life in Asami's face. Her eyes searched the blank emeralds, the ones that had only hours ago, before the battle had even started, filled Korra with joy for the future.

"No. NO! Asami! Please no! Not now, please you have to be alright! You have to live! You have to stay with me. I love you! Please Asami! No…" Korra wailed. She sat there a few moments longer, slumped against Asami's lifeless body. Gently, she pulled Asami towards her, the metal post sliding easily out of her stomach, leaving a gaping hole. Korra drew her into a gripping embrace and buried her face in Asami's hair. It still smelled like jasmine. Tears poured down her face, she looked up and screamed into the air, letting all of her pain fill the air around her.

Asami:

Asami managed to open her eyes and she stared deep into the depths of the sapphire pools. Korra.

"Korra?" she managed to free from her mouth.

"I'm here. I'm right here!" she could hear the pain and desperation in Korra's voice.

Asami coughed and it was soon followed by others. Each shutter shifted her body against the beam that stuck straight out of her stomach. Pain emanated throughout her entire body. She couldn't feel the blood as it spluttered out of her mouth with each cough, but she knew it was there when she watched Korra's hand withdraw from her face coated in crimson. This was not how she envisioned how she would die. She had hoped to die an old lady, with the ones she loved surrounding her.

Asami's eyes began to tear up and she gripped Korra's hands tighter. After another coughing spell she managed to say, barely above a whisper.

"I love you too, Korra."

She saw Korra smile before she closed her eyes. She finally knew what she was feeling earlier. Love. She had felt true love. She had known during the whole episode with the harmonic convergence that she had feelings for Korra. She often found herself staring adoringly at the Avatar. Her heart leapt every time she saw her. It hadn't taken long for her to realize that she loved Korra. But this feeling was completely different than before. Their relationship had changed so much and Asami's feelings had changed with it. Her feelings now were completely indescribable and irrefutable true love for the sapphire eyed woman sitting in front of her. She opened her eyes to look at her love one more time. A smile graced her face with the sight of her. Her vision started to fade and she could feel her heart beat slowing. Her breathing became more ragged with each breath. It was happening, she was dying. Fear spread through her body. It wasn't fear of dying, but fear of never seeing Korra again. It was the fear of hurting Korra. She knew what Korra had gone through and she didn't want to add to that pain. She couldn't see anything. Goodbye, Korra she thought.

Bolin:

Bolin watched in horror as Korra and Asami spoke with each other. "I love you too, Korra." Asami's voice rang out. Bolin smiled slightly, a tear dripping down his face. It all made sense to him now. Why he had never seen it before he didn't know. Of course Asami and Korra loved each other. They had both been through so much and often turned to each other for comfort. He had been stupid for not seeing it before, for assuming it was merely a friendship. His eyes clouded with more tears as Asami's hand fell from Korra's head. "Goodbye, Asami." He whispered. Korra pulled the dead girl away from the post revealing an ugly hole. She pulled her into an embrace and screamed into the air. Bolin could feel the pain and suffering rolling off of Korra like waves. He sniffed and wiped his eyes. A sudden explosion woke him from the blankness he felt inside.

Korra:

Korra felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Korra we gotta go. We have to stop Kuvira. It's what Asami would have wanted." Bolin sniffed as the humming from another one of Kuvira's cannon blasts echoed through the streets. The battle had moved away from where they were, but it was so loud that it could have been heard from Ba Sing Se.

Kuvira. Korra's mind fogged with anger. She gently released Asami's limp hand and placed it on her unmoving chest. She stared at her beautiful face one last time. Standing up with frightening speed, Bolin took his hand off of her shoulder. She whipped around, eyes glowing from the Avatar state. Propelling herself by air and fire Korra launched herself toward the sound of the battle. She could see the mecha. It was in the middle of the street near Kwang's Cuisine. That was where she saw Asami for the first time, when she got back from her healing trip. Anger surged through her again. She would never be able to see Asami again because of her. She stopped right behind the mecha. Power flowed behind her. In her anguish, the Avatar state's power had increased tenfold. Without even realizing it Korra was earthbending boulders the size of badger moles all around her, wind was buffeting behind her with such force that glass was breaking and chunks of buildings were being flung around, fire was flickering out of her hands and forming a massive fireball behind her, and water was being pulled straight from the broken pipes to form a wave so massive it might have been taller than Kuvira's mecha.

"KUVIRA!" she yelled. The force of Raava's voice was behind her own. Korra knew that Raava felt the same pain that she felt. Raava had loved Asami too. Her call echoed all around her. The other benders stopped their attack and stared in awe at the spectacle that was the Avatar. The mecha turned. And faced her. "YOU KILLED ASAMI! YOU KILLED THE PERSON I LOVE MOST IN THIS WORLD! I WILL END YOU KUVIRA! I WILL DESTROY YOU!"

Kuvira:

Kuvira's name rang out through the street. With swift movements she turned the mecha around. What she saw frightened her. A tidal wave bigger than her mecha, a swirling fire vortex, and at least fifty boulders so big, she wasn't sure she could even lift one. The Avatar stood in front of her. She had never seen someone bend like this before, someone bend with such power and strength.

"YOU KILLED ASAMI! YOU KILLED THE PERSON I LOVE MOST IN THIS WORLD! I WILL END YOU KUVIRA! I WILL DESTROY YOU!" the Avatar called.

"Ohhh, shit." Kuvira said. She promptly propelled her mecha backwards. Now was not the time to attack the Avatar.

With a swing of her arm Korra sent one of the flying boulders crashing towards the suit. Kuvira metal bent the arms into a defensive stance. The impact rocked the whole mecha backwards. It stumbled and collided with the building behind it. Lifting up the arms to prepare to shoot the canon Kuvira could tell that the boulder had severely dented the platinum.

"Reload the canon, NOW!" she yelled.

As soon as she said this Korra was on the offensive once again. The floating fireball that was behind her was now hurtling towards the windows. Kuvira gasped. She didn't have enough time to block the fire. It slammed into the panes, a deafening detonation reverberated throughout the control room. Kuvira could feel the heat as the inferno danced around the glass. As soon as that one vanished another appeared in its place twenty times lager. The glass was beginning to redden with each blast. It slowly cracked and in an instant shattered. Within a matter of seconds flames had entered the control room. Her mechanics ducked behind their desks trying to avoid the flames. She herself crouched down to avoid the scalding blaze. But as quickly as they had come, they stopped. Kuvira stood up. In a blink of an eye another boulder was heading straight for the control room. It smashed into the main look out. Ruthlessly, crushing everything it touched. The assault stopped. She was curious as to why the attack had suddenly stopped yet again, but now was not to think. Now it was Kuvira's turn to return fire. She quickly found the Avatar and aimed. The arm jolted back with the power of the blast. As soon as the smoke cleared she couldn't see Korra. But she knew better the Avatar wasn't done yet. She swiveled around only to see another boulder launched at her. This time is smashed into the joint of her mecha's leg. She could hear the crunch of the metal. She tried to move the leg but it was too damaged. She was a sitting duck.

"Reload, reload, RELOAD! In fact don't even wait for me to tell you to reload just do it!" She screamed. Her men quickly hopped back to their stations. She swiveled the mecha's body around. She was glad she put that ball and socket there, it allowed her to move the mecha's torso 360 degrees. She spotted the Avatar, but once again it was too late. Korra jumped into the air, landed on her hands, kicked her feet forward, and landed back on her feet, the ground cracking beneath her. As she straightened up a massive rock floated above her head. With forward momentum she launched it. The rock smashed into the non-canon arm ripping it straight off of the suit. Kuvira gasped at the damage the rock had done. She lifted the canon and fired again. She was too slow. The Avatar formed an air ball and zoomed out of the way. She shifted the canon fire to follow her. But with a swift waving motion of her arms, Korra broke the dam, releasing the water that had been frozen moments ago. With an almighty crash it hit the suit. Water filled the control room. Kuvira gasped for breath, sucking up water with each attempt. And then she couldn't move anything but her head. Korra had frozen the entire suit. Her and her men with it. With a push of her left hand Korra was used the ice to rip the canon arm off. It flew helplessly into the spirit wilds. Kuvira's suit was useless. Using a tornado of wind to propel herself up, Korra landed delicately in the control room. She unclenched her fist and the ice that had Kuvira trapped melted. Never in her life had Kuvira witnessed such power. An orb of air encircled the Avatar causing papers to fly across the room, it whipped Kuvira's hair in her face, obscuring her vision of Korra.

"You killed Asami," the Avatar spoke softly at first "you killed the woman I loved," her voice growing louder with every word, "You took everything from me and now you try to stop me. Kuvira you will die for what you have done."

"Avatar… please I did not mean to kill your friend. It was an unfortunate mishap."

"Unfortunate mishap," Korra said. A look of disgust on her face. Her glowing eyes squinted, "My love's death was an unfortunate mishap. I'll show you an unfortunate mishap!" With a flick of her pointer finger and a sarcastic "Whoops," Korra sent an air blast that slammed into Kuvira's stomach knocking the wind out of her and sent her launching out of the control room window. Screaming so loud that it hurt her lungs, Kuvira tried to reorient herself. She flung out a wrist, metal bent, and caught a nearby telephone wire. It slowed her fall, but not enough. Kuvira landed painfully on her left side. She gasped for air. Korra landed gracefully behind her.

"My apologies that was an unfortunate mishap on my part," she sneered. She walked towards Kuvira. With all the strength she could muster Kuvira threw a rock at Korra. It distracted the Avatar long enough that Kuvira could get up and stumble into the spirit wilds.

Korra:

Korra lifted her arms to defend her face. The rock simply disintegrated around her in a puff of dust. A snort escaped Korra's nose and the air quickly cleared. Her eye twitched, I'm going to destroy her she thought. She stomped towards the spirit wilds quickly finding the hole that weasel-rat Kuvira had run through to escape her. She followed the vines that still swayed from when Kuvira brushed passed them, until she was in somewhat of an open area. Glancing around she couldn't see anything moving, which meant Kuvira was here. Sidestepping around a particularly large spirit vine, she came face to face with the barrel of the mecha tank's spirit canon. With a gasp Korra leapt backwards assisting herself with a blast of air. But when nothing happened she looked toward the base of the canon only to find Kuvira smugly looking down on her.

Kuvira:

"Oh how the tides have turned Avatar," and with a flick Kuvira turned the canon on. The whole thing shuddered as it drew in the power from the surrounding vines. Everything started to glow an eerie purple. With an almighty force the canon fired directly at Korra. But Korra's trusty air ball launched her out of the way. In a matter of seconds the force was too powerful and the canon began to widely shoot around, destroying everything in its wake. Korra ducked and dodged every blast. The movement of the canon became too much and Kuvira lost her grip and fell to the earth. Her eyes widened as the canon came launching towards her. Her breath left her body as it came closer and closer. She closed her eyes, there was nothing she could do. She felt the heat of the blast, the hum of the gun was earsplitting. It was upon her she was going to die. Everything she had worked for to save the Earth Empire was pointless. Suddenly, there was a sound that was similar to that of a satomobile backfiring. Her eyes snapped open. The Avatar was in front of her. Her eyes were glowing so brightly they looked like the sun on a hot summer day. Korra's arms were stretched out in front of her and something was coming out of her hands and formed a protective bubble around them. Kuvira stood and took a step towards the Avatar in astonishment. Korra grunted with effort and sweat poured down her face. The "thing" that was coming out of her hands, upon further inspection, appeared to be the mixture of all four elements. Chunks of earth, clear wisps of air, tongues of fire, and pools of water all mixed together to form the bubble. It was remarkable. The Avatar was managing to bend all four elements at the same time. She had seen her bend two elements, never using the same body part, but now Korra was managing all four from her hands. Everything seemed to glow a magenta from the canon but a white light pierced the glow, Korra's Avatar spirit. Kuvira's jaw dropped. Never had she seen anything even remotely as spectacular as this. All words failed to describe this spectacle. With an almighty grunt Korra clapped her hands together and with an ear shattering explosion everything went black.

Lin Beifong:

Lin was running towards the spirit wilds with Tenzin, the airbending kids, and the bending brothers following close behind. They had seen the canon blasts, firing wildly through the air in the forest. She feared they were too late. They had all heard the explosions and seen the glow when the last blast echoed through the air. But the wind that hit them made her and the others stop in their tracks. A massive cloud of dust and debris came flying towards them. The cloud looked like a tidal wave, like the aftershock of a bomb going off.

"LOOK OUT!" she yelled.

Everyone obeyed her orders and sprinted to cover themselves behind the buildings. The wave hit a mere microseconds later. She slapped her hands around her ears, she was sure her eardrums were going to explode. She could see Jinora's mouth open as a soundless yell escaped her mouth as she covered her ears too. Tenzin tried his best to cover all his children from rouge debris while covering his own head. The fabulous bending brothers were arm in arm as they cowered behind the building across from her. Bolin had evidently bent a hunk of earth to protect them from stray rubble. It seemed like the blast lasted for hours, but just as quickly as it blasted forward it started sweeping back. Taking every chunk and piece of wreckage with it. It was like the source was reabsorbing the shock that it had just sent out. Then everything was silent. Cautiously, Lin stood up and crept to peer around the edge of the building. What she saw made her jaw drop.

Bolin:

Bolin opened his eyes. His brother was safely in front of him, his eyes clamped shut. The noise had stopped. With a swoop of his foot the boulder he built up around them collapsed back into the earth with a thunk. He saw Lin gazing around the building that had been shielding her with her jaw to the ground. Mako stood up next to him. He evidently saw Lin and went to investigate himself.

As his head rounded the corner a gasp escaped him, "Bo, you got to see this."

Curious Bolin stepped forward. He blinked in astonishment. A massive crater had replaced where part of the city and the spirit wilds had once been. In the middle was a beautiful spirit portal. A beam of yellow and green danced together in a waved pattern, the whole thing bathed in a golden glow. It was beautiful.

"It's a new spirit portal," Mako breathed, "that last cannon blast must have created it somehow."

Bolin couldn't do anything but stare. The hand of his older brother on his shoulder snapped him out of it.

"Asami would have loved to see this." Mako said, a tear dripped down his cheek. No matter how often he denied it, Bolin knew his brother still loved her. Bolin could only nod in silent agreement as he remembered the damaged body of his best friend, tears escaping his own eyes.

Jinora:

"We have to get down there!" Jinora said, "Korra might still be alive!" her words sounded hopeful, but doubt ate at her gut.

Her dad and siblings nodded in agreement. Cautiously, all seven of them made their way down to the crater. Opal touched down on the earth nearby and she ran over to Bolin before leaping into his arms. Wing, Wei, and Su came running up a few minutes later.

"Korra!" Meelo's searching call rang throughout the damaged city. Ikki joined in. Soon everyone was calling for the lost Avatar. Jinora had never felt anything like this. The spiritual energy was hitting her in massive, breathtaking waves. She had never been near a spirit portal, but she knew they didn't feel like this. There was something special about the one that was before them. With every step and unanswered call Jinora's hope faltered even more. She couldn't even feel Korra's energy.

Korra:

Korra opened her eyes and raised herself up on her elbows. She was in the spirit world. Kuvira was sprawled out on the ground in front of her. While she eyed the woman, she could feel the anger building up in her. But she knew her emotions changed the spirit world so she tried to calm herself. She sat up and positioned herself into a meditative one. After about five minutes Kuvira began to stir. Her eyes snapped open and a scream escaped her mouth. She shot up into a standing position. Her eyes found Korra who still sat calmly before her.

"Are we… dead?" she questioned.

"No, but I'm still seriously considering ending your life." Korra responded.

Kuvira slumped to her knees. "Avatar Korra, if you truly wanted me dead you would have let that ray kill me or killed me while I was passed out on the ground." She said honestly.

"That is very true," Korra began, "I have decided to spare your life Kuvira. Would you like to know why?" she paused before continuing, "You have destroyed my life. You killed the woman I loved. I have nothing to strive for now. I have nothing to live for." She stopped tears streamed out of her eyes, clearing a path down her dirt covered face. She gasped a little as she continued "So I have decided to let you feel this pain. To live with this pain, like I'm going to have to. You wanted nothing more than to see the Earth Kingdom back together and whole. But with your defeat that will not happen for a very long time, because let's face it no one wants to be ruled by Wu. You will suffer and rot in jail for the rest of your life as you watch the Earth Kingdom fall into more disrepair. And then you will see it built back up under the shoddy workmanship of an idiot king. And you will see riots among the people in the streets. You will watch the Earth Kingdom fall and crumble. You will see your precious kingdom burn for the rest of your life. And IF everything stabilizes in your life time, I will personally come to you every day and tell you about all the lives you destroyed on your tirade. You will be isolated on the farthest corner of this earth and you will never have the pleasure of forgetting the pain you caused. And I will never let you forget. You will never have the pleasure of speaking to anyone again. I will order complete silence when around you. You will never draw comfort from being around them because I will make sure they too hate you as much as I do. And you…" she growled, "you will never get to see Bataar Junior again because I will never be able to see Asami again." Hate filled every word Korra spoke. With that Kuvira broke down into a pitiful sobbing mess.

"I deserve nothing less, Korra. I'm… I'm so sorry for everything. I'm sorry that I killed Asami." Kuvira began.

Korra strode forward and slapped her with as much power as she could, "DON'T YOU DARE SAY HER NAME. EVER. YOU DO NOT DESERVE TO HAVE HER NAME GRACE YOUR LIPS!" Korra screamed, the world around them darkened significantly. She stepped back and took a deep breath. The world around them lightened, but not much.

"Please forgive me," Kuvira continued her face throbbing where Korra hit her, "I wanted to see my home whole again and I single handedly destroyed it more than it was before. And I lost the love of my life in the process. I'm so sorry. I cannot say anything that will fix what I have done." Her face fell to the ground and her eyes stared at the ground.

Korra stepped forward and roughly lifted her up by her hands and they walked towards the portal. Stepping through it Korra felt a sudden calmness settle inside of her. She closed her eyes and let the transition from the spiritual world to the physical world wash over her. When she opened her eyes again she saw the crater that was around her.

"KORRA'S BACK!" Ikki, Meelo, and Jinora yelled in unison. The airbending kids rushed towards her and gripped her in a tight hug. Tenzin, Bolin, Mako, Su, Opal, Wing, Wei, and even Lin followed suit and joined in the hug. A smile briefly showed on Korra's lips. Everyone let go and settled their gazes on the crying Kuvira.

"I accept every punishment that I will receive. And I apologize for everything I have done." Kuvira said through sobs.

"Kuvira you will never see the light of day again for the rest of your life." Lin said with a grunt.

"You are going to pay for every crime you have ever committed, Kuvira." Su practically spat out. The sisters in unison shot metal ropes around Kuvira's arms and roughly shoved her forward towards what was left of the police department.

Everyone watched them go as Tenzin turned towards Korra, he placed his hands on her shoulders.

"Korra…" He said with his eyes down cast.

But before he could finish Korra rushed forward and gripped him in a tight hug. Tenzin was like a father to her and she wanted nothing more than to be hugged by her father. But Tonraq wasn't here and Tenzin was the next best thing. She buried her head into his chest and cried, letting all of her pain and sorrow out.