Spirit Wounds
Prologue
This story is my first in quiet a long time. I apologize ahead for any short-comings. This is also a Korrasami pairing, so please if you do not agree with that then this story is not for you. Lastly from me. I will probably keep updating this even if people do not respond, but I would love reviews and ratings. Thank you
Now for the setting of the story. Book 4 was good, but I believe it could have been done so much better. This is my own version and picks up right after the finale of Book 3.
Moments after Korra and Zaheer's Battle
Every heart was still in the crowd. No one dared even breathe, all except on man. One man sat there in his stone prison laughing. Laughing an evil cackle that would still haunt some in that crowd to the day. That laugh told everyone that he knew he had won, Zaheer did not care that he was captured, for he had done his job. He continued to laugh as everyone stared at Tonraq as he held his daughter. No one dared to say a word until…
"You can help her!" Jinora exclaimed, choking back her own anxiety, "The poison-the poison is metallic. You can help her." Now everyone knew who she was talking to. The two Beifong sisters quickly glanced at each other and before they said a thing Suyin dashed to Tonraq's side.
Tonraq quickly laid his daughter on her back. Suyin glanced up and saw the face of a man who was on the verge of losing almost everything. She then began, with extreme desperation, to pull and bend any metallic material she could find in the young broken woman lying in front of her.
After what felt like an eternity to the entire crowd, Suyin pulled a large string of metallic poison out of the young woman. The young woman coughed and heaved from the forceful removal of a substance from her body. Korra was breathing now, Korra was alive! "Dad…" was all Korra could say before falling unconscious from exhaustion and pain.
The crowd of airbenders and Team Avatar remained silent, but everyone could feel it. Everyone knew that everything was now going to be okay. Airbenders began to hug one another as they prided themselves for their massive help they provided to the Avatar. Bolin and Mako exchanged looks of happiness and joy that their friend was alive. Tenzin wrapped his arms around his family, bypassing his immense amount of pain, so happy that his family was reunited and unhurt. Lin Beifong stepped up and put her hand on her sister's shoulder showing, as best she could, the amount of happiness and pride in her sister for her quick action. Tonraq continued to held his daughter gingerly—but with enough of a grip to tell his unconscious daughter he would never let go—crying tears of joy for the second chance he gained with his daughter.
There was joy in every heart except for two at that moment. One was the man who thought he had won, Zaheer. The man quickly quieted when Suyin Beifong pulled his poison out of Korra. His anger was overtaking him, however he was still stuck in his stone prison. Zaheer decide to calm himself and began to meditate over his defeat. He quickly surmised that he was about to have his entire life to meditate over his failure. Still fueled with rage there was small part of him filled with sadness; sadness over his failure despite his second chance, his failure to his old master, and most of all sadness over his lost lover P'Li.
There was only one other person who was not filled with joy—however for an entirely different reason. Asami Sato's knees collapsed beneath her. She covered her face as hot tears raced down her face. Not a single soul noticed Asami on the ground let alone her crying. S-She is alive! Thank you, thank you, thank you Spirits! Asami thought to herself as she let the tears stream. Korra I'm so, so sorry… Asami sat there still so confused. She had no idea why she wasn't sharing in the small celebration of Korra being alive. She knew she was so very relieved that Korra was alive, but that was the only thing she was certain about. She had no idea why she was crying or why she was feeling so guilty over what happened to Korra. Asami had helped as best she could, but she still blamed herself for everything that has happened to Korra. Asami submitted to the relentless stream of tears.
Finally the entire group regrouped and began to work toward getting Zaheer into secure custody and getting Korra and the other injured medical attention immediately.
