"This session is over, Mr. Saiga," Korra began to stand up, the chair's steel legs grinding angrily against the concrete floor. "They will escort you back to your room."

Tahno stood up abruptly, hands slamming down the steel table between him and his psychiatrist. "No! I know what I saw!"

"Tahno-"

"They are going to take me and eat my mind!" Tahno cried, terror in his eyes. "Please don't leave me, Doctor!"

Korra put her hands on Tahno's trembling ones, her own eyes filled with pity. "I will help you. I promise you that."

Korra nodded to the wardens stationed by the metal gate. They were dressed in all white with the insignia of the Republic City Asylum on their left chest and on their cap. Gently but firmly, both wardens grabbed Tahno by his arms, placed them on his back, and handcuffed him immediately. Tahno showed no resistance, his eyes downcast, and his lips muttering "He took my bending" repeatedly.

As the wardens with Tahno in their arms left the room, Korra sank in her seat at once, her hands on her head. "No one but the Avatar can take away someone's bending permanently..." She sighed. "This is impossible."

"Dr. Sedna," a green-eyed nurse called her from the doorway. "That will be your last session for the day."

She gave a smile, albeit a weak one, and walked towards the nurse. "Please Opal, call me Korra. We're alone."

"Sure...Korra," Opal blushed, the feeling was both weird and pleasant.

"We've known each other for a couple of years yet you still call me so formally when we're alone together," Korra smirked at the flustered nurse, with new found amusement.

"Yes, well..." Opal began to panic when she could not find a pen in any of her uniform's pockets. "Here, just hold this log for me. I'll be right back with a pen."

"Don't bother," Korra fished out a Parker from her coat's right pocket. "There you go." She signed the log under the name of Tahno Saiga.

"Thank you," Opal walked towards the elevator with Korra by her side.

"And thank you too," Korra smiled again. As they stepped inside, she pressed the G button. "For checking my logs. I often forget signing them, if it wasn't for you I would be screwed."

"Just doing my job as your assigned secretary," Opal beamed up at Korra. "You also seem to forget that as well."

They both shared a laugh, Korra with her hand scratching the back of her neck. The elevator dinged signalling that they were in their destination. When they got out, Opal excused herself, saying that she should be in the nurse's office to file the finished log. Korra bid her goodbye and thanked Opal again for her hardwork in the asylum.

Korra checked her watch. 'It's just 8:30 pm.' Seeing that she can go out early, she headed to her office in the west wing to retrieve her things.

Hands deep inside her coat's pockets and mind deep in thought, she wondered if Tahno was not actually insane as Chief Saikhan and his detectives say he was. It has been weeks since Lin Beifong left office for reasons that concern her health, indeed it was difficult for Korra to work with an unfamiliar face. "What if Tahno is saying the truth but only acted that way because he was traumatized?" she whispered to herself.

She had greeted several nurses, wardens, and other doctors on her way to her office. Many of them having the same weak smiles and tired eyes as hers. She ran a hand through her now short hair and sighed. It's not easy working in an asylum, almost all of them saw numerous madness at work to the point that they would also wonder about their own mentality.

Her white office door came into view. She took her key card out of her collared shirt's chest pocket and swiped it through the vertical opening by the doorknob. She turned the knob, entered, and closed the door behind her. Her office is painted white in contrast to the gray walls of the hallways, although different from the outside, it was no livelier than the rest of the asylum. She proceeded to her desk which was situated at the west of the room, north from the doorway is a wide, almost taking up the whole wall, set of tinted windows with a strong looking screen, the rest of the walls are occupied by shelves of scrolls and books. Korra stared at her certificates neatly attached to the wall behind her office chair. "I will help you, Tahno."

She walked towards the back of a divider, changing her clothes to a casual blue tee, black jeans, and a pair of teal boat shoes. Her coat folded neatly inside her sling bag. As she made her way towards her door in an attempt to leave for the day, her office phone rang on her desk.

Korra immediately went back and answered the call. "Pema," she said. "Do I expect a report?"

"The missing people just went from 7 to 13 just this evening. Many of them are from Dragon Flats borough," Pema said in a serious voice. "I suspect that many, if not all of them, are benders."

"What makes you think that?" Korra asked.

"Jinora and the spiritual leaders of the White Lotus felt a sudden negative change of energy from the Republic City since the first abduction," Pema quickly replied. "You have a patient who claims that his bending was taken away, and he's the only known survivor of these mysterious kidnappings."

"I also suspect Chief Saikhan's judgment of Tahno. What if he's actually telling the truth?"

"That's for you to find out, Korra. He's our only lead in this case," Pema softened down to her normal motherly voice. "Please stay safe, Korra. We can't lose you too."

"It's already been a year, isn't it?" Korra remembered Tenzin's lifeless body, sitting in a meditation position. He may look alive but his spirit was trapped in the Spirit World for far too long in an attempt to save their newborn son, Rohan, after they were attacked by dark spirits in the Southern Air Temple. The dark spirits were disturbed when they performed a cleansing ritual, one of them possessed the two week old Rohan and stayed there for almost a week. Tenzin, desperate to save his son, meditated with the help of Jinora's guidance to the Fog of Lost Souls in the Spirit World. Jinora survived because she got separated from her father on the way to the fog and because she has a stronger spiritual connection. Tenzin and Rohan however, perished and were forever lost in the Fog of Lost Souls. Their bodies were taken to Katara in an effort to save them, but there was nothing that she can do. Katara had already declared that the bodies were dead on arrival. They were buried in Air Temple Island, just like Aang, so that their bodies can return to nature. It was the darkest day for Aang's family. Many grieved their demise; the Order of the White Lotus, the Air Acolytes, the citizens, and Tenzin's co-councilmen.

Korra gave her condolences, and Pema excused herself saying that she needed some time alone. 'I can't stay safe, Pema. But I promise to be alive.'

She stared at the phone for a long while, forcing herself not to cry. 'I have a world to save. Thank you for being a great teacher, Tenzin.'

She finally rested the receiver back to its holder and glanced up to her clock. She was just in time to see it turn to 8:51 pm. 'Better get ready for tonight's patrol.' She walked her way outside of the asylum, bidding goodbye to the military camped by the high, black metal gates. She hopped into her black Satomobile, a gift from Tenzin to allow her to have a normal life, and started both the engine and the radio. She was headed to Air Temple Island, her home in Republic City.

Asami Sato is Republic City's wealthiest and youngest bachelorette. Following her father's arrest and imprisonment due to treason three years ago, she succeeded him and became Future Industries' new Chief Executive Officer. She was done crying about her father's betrayal and imprisonment, she had said numerous times, she convinced herself that now is the time to restore her family's good name in Republic City. As a result, Asami would spend countless nights signing documents and contacting potential business partners, many of whom turned her down due to trust issues. Asami eventually found Varrick, who's ecstatic about a partnership with Future Industries. Varrick Global Industries became the official shipping partner of Future Industries, saving Sato's company from immediate bankruptcy.

Her secretary, Ming, strongly advised her to take a break from the company and from...her other venture. Ming is a reliable right hand of Asami and the latter trusted her company to her.

"Just for three days, Asami. Ming can handle the documents and filings," Asami had her fingers on her temples to relax herself. "Everything's going to be fine. The city's going to be fine. Just relax."

The bachelorette is seated in one of the VIP seats in the Pro-bending Arena. The matches do not start until 8 pm sharp. She glanced at the arena's huge clock. It read 7:57 pm. She was a long-time fan of the Fire Ferrets, even prior to her romantic relationship with the team's captain, Mako Zhang.

'You just had to go to your ex's quarterfinal match, Asami. Really great,' she sarcastically berated herself.

She loved Mako and they were together for six months until she noticed that he developed an attraction to a fellow Pro-bending teammate who's a Waterbending prodigy, originating from the Southern Water Tribe as she would read from the newspapers. Speaking of a particular Waterbender, Asami didn't see her when the Fire Ferrets lined up in the ring's foyer, instead, she spotted a male substitute with the bending brothers.

'Why am I finding her?'

Asami drank her lemon juice to rid of the jealousy that began to resurface and to rid of her paranoia in her company's well-being.

The first match started and it wasn't the Fire Ferrets match, to Asami's relief. An hour later, when it was Fire Ferrets' turn for their quarterfinal match against the Elephant-Kois, unknown bombs detonated under the ring causing everyone to panic. But not her.

'I guess no breaks for me then,' and she sprinted her way to her red Satomobile.


The Pro-bending Arena was thrown into disarray as roughly ten bombs detonated from the ring to the seats of the audience. Chaos ensued as people panicked on their way to the exits. Fire was all over the place until a hooded figure descended from the broken glass dome to the inside in an air glider.

The figure, with her feet carried by small whirlwind to keep its level, bended the water inside the arena to extinguish the fires. Deciding that the fire is too strong to extinguish with just normal bending, the figure had her eyes glowing white and a large strange pattern glowed white appeared on her upper torso. The water streams in her will became strong water jets as the figure stretched her arms and spun, effectively extinguishing the large fire that threatened to consume the arena. The firefighters looked in awe as they watched the scene and with nothing to do but escort the remaining people inside to the outside of the arena.

The mysterious ally lifted the pro-benders, who helped extinguish the fire, and carried them outside of the now-destroyed arena using airbending. Republic City Police Department came shortly after and their investigators and detectives went out at once to investigate the incident.

Jumping out of the rubble was another mysterious figure, this time, with leather and latex fitting her form. It was the Shadow. She was Republic City's masked detective and vigilante and have been around for more than two years. In her hands were five undetonated unnamed bombs. Seeing this, Chief of Police Saikhan rushed to her side and discussed about the mysterious bombing.

While it is common for the media folk to flock the available police stationed for answers whenever incidents like these occur, they were nowhere to be found near any policemen. Instead they flock in front of the enigmatic savior as it descended down with the pro-benders on air cushions. Once her boots touched the ground, she was bombarded with questions.

"The Avatar is here!"

"Avatar, what do you think is the reason for the bombing of the arena?"

"Avatar, do you think that this has something to do with the recent kidnappings?"

"How is your investigation going?"

"Are you in going to help the Shadow in investigating this incedent?"

"Are you acquainted with the Shadow?"

Th Avatar gently laid down the pro-benders on the ground. Camera bulbs flashing of every brand met her vision and voices of different ranges with varoius questions met her hearing as she stood in front of the media, she held out a gloved hand, silencing the questions at once.

She inhaled and brought down her hand. "I am not in any way acquainted with the Shadow. Although..." She turned her body to the Shadow's direction. "I would like some briefing regarding Repubilc City's numerous accounts of heinous crimes. I can contact the police, however, I still need extra information for an investigation, seeing as I'm still new in this city." At this, the Shadow gave a brief glance to her and a curt smile.

'Thank the spirits for my mask,' the Avatar was flustered at the attention she was given, not by the media but by the known silent masked vigilante. 'And I got a smile!'

A lone camera bulb flashed and brought her back to the situation.

"Anyway," she turned back to the media. "I am always here to help." With that she took her air glider from her back and flew away into the night.

The last thing she heard was, "Thankfully, there are no casualties. Only 17 injured. The investigation is on-going," from Chief Saikhan.

She soared with a relieved smile on her face. 'Thank the spirits that I was fast enough.'

"Shadow," Chief Saikhan started. "Pieces of evidence, I see."

"These are the undetonated bombs I found situated inside, on the doorways of the arena. The perpetrators must have intended to detonate these when people would flee," the Shadow held up one and examined it. "Bombs this size aren't capable of such a huge fire. It's just roughly, 7 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide."

"And how did you manage to defuse these exactly?" Chief Saikhan questioned, his tone with suspicion.

The Shadow chuckled at the obvious notion. "Chief, I never said that I defused them," she composed herself. "The Avatar did. Those water jets blasted the insides of these PVC IEDs, severing the wires off the pipes and effectively defusing them."

"You have said that these bombs can't cause such a large fire and I can also see that..." Chief Saikhan focused his eyes on the burnt remains of the towers of the arena. "What do you conclude happened?"

"A gas leak to amplify the flames made..." The Shadow found herself staring at the landing Avatar. It was such a rare sight even for a swift person like her. "...or there must have quite many of them hidden inside the arena," the Shadow continued, looking back at the IEDs, having been brought back to the situation when the Chief cleared his throat.

"Very well," Chief Saikhan said.

"I would like some briefing regarding Repubilc City's numerous accounts of heinous crimes. I can contact the police, however, I still need extra information for an investigation, seeing as I'm still new in this city," the Avatar announced, her head facing hers for a response. To which she glanced her direction and gave a small smile.

The chief coughed twice, proving that he indeed has throat problems. "Sounds like a date to me."

"Must be," the Shadow handed four of the IEDs to Chief Saikhan. "I have to research one," she said before the chief can complain. The Shadow inserted the last IED inside her suit and pulled up her lower mask from her neck. She dived at once, swimming towards the mainland.

When she reached the shore, she radioed Mako. "Retrieve the car for me, will you?" Zhang might be Asami Sato's ex, but he's also the Shadow's underground detective.

"Is the passcode the still the same?" Mako asked his boss.

"Yes, Scarf," the Shadow whispered. "You can take your brother with you. Drop the vehicle off at Location 13. You will find a small hotel near, reside there."

She heard Mako chuckle on the other end. "Getting slower, Ms. Sato. You didn't think of your car beforehand."

"I was supposed to be on a break from work." With that, she turned the radio off.


The Avatar soared the skies of Republic City, her eyes scanning the city of any threat. Truth to be told, she never had time for an investigation these past few days. With the recent resurfacing of Tahno, a famous pro-bender, who was recently abducted, her workload in the asylum increased. She is one of the psychiatrists tasked to observe him, being a Waterbender just like Tahno. She was also a waterbender for the pro-bending team, Fire Ferrets. Was. She quitted, having recently broke up with the team's captain, Mako Zhang. Her reasons were her and his lack of time for the relationship. They decided to be good friends afterwards.

"H-Help!"

The Avatar was snapped out of her thoughts and immediately searched for the voice.

"Please s-somebody!"

She located the scream. She saw a girl in loose clothing, tattered and torn, nearly cornered by a middle-age looking man walking drukenly. The Avatar landed just on the wall behind the girl. She prevented the supposed rape-slay by summoning an earth blockade, separating the girl from her attacker. She made her hands' palms parallel to one another and made a swift motion of her right hand away from her left, making the earth blockade divide into two and knock the man down with the moving earth towards him. The girl saw this as her chance to run towards home, she did with a shout of "thank you" to the Avatar and ran home, which was just seven houses down the road.

The Avatar landed in front of the man. "I paid for her!" Before the man could approah her, she transformed the blockade to cuffs, pinning his arms and legs to the ground. The Avatar stomped once and the earth behind the man rose so that he is parallel to her.

"You can't pay for anyone's freedom," the Avatar said. "Unless its a bailable case, but I don't think rape is one." With that she fled the scene and into the night sky once more.

A/N: Welcome to a portion of my mind.

In an effort to aid your imagination, I based Korra's black Satomobile on the 1934 Duesenberg Model J Town Car. Only with heavily tinted windows. I based Asami's red Satomobile on the 1931 Rolls Royce Phantom, also heavily tinted.

Thank you for reading!