Korra walked up to the satomobile and jumped into the driver's seat. Mako was already sitting down and situated into the passenger's seat beside her. Mako was wearing a stoic expression on his face but underneath it he was terrified. Korra convinced Mako, against his protests, to teach her driving. He still didn't know why he agreed to it in the first place. Korra also insisted that he teach her driving on that day. It was lightly snowing and Mako knew that these weather conditions were not good for a new driver, but Korra wouldn't take 'no' for an answer. He clinched onto his father's scarf and let out a long breath and prepared himself for what could possibly be a horrifying event. She only drove once or twice before and they didn't have positive outcomes, hopefully this time would be different.
"Let's do this!" Korra enthusiastically yelled as she moved her hand toward the ignition.
Mako stopped her midway through and gave her a stern look. "Forgetting something?" He insinuated.
Korra gave the firebender a confused look. "What?"
"Your seatbelt; put it on." Mako commanded.
"See, I was going to do that but I hate seatbelts. They are so constricting and I can't comfortably move with them on. I never wear them." She grinned.
"Korra, they are supposed to be constricting, that is their purpose, and you have to wear it, so put it on!"
She pouted. "But, why?"
"Because it is the law! Put it on!" He yelled before regaining his composure.
She rolled her eyes and reached for the seatbelt. "Fine, Mr. I'm a big shot cop now." She mumbled. "You're such a stickler for the law."
"Well, I am a cop; it is kind of my job. I would be a hypocrite if I wasn't. If you didn't want someone who actually followed the rules of the road then why did you ask me? I mean Asami is a better driver than I am anyway. Why didn't you ask her?"
Korra moved closer to Mako. "Because we have been dating for almost three months now and I think you would be better of a teacher for me than anyone. Plus, if I asked Asami to teach me I wouldn't be able to have quick make-out sessions at every red stoplight." Korra made known as she placed her finger on his chest.
Mako remained stoic as she trailed her finger up and down his chest. He wouldn't let her distract him. "Korra, you need to keep your eyes on the road at all times, even when you are stopped." He insisted as he thought about how much fun their stops could be.
Korra moaned and moved her hands back onto the wheel. She looked forward. "Fine."
"Good, now turn the key in the ignition to turn on the car and keep you foot on the brake pedal." She did what he said. "Ok, we have to reverse to get out of this parking spot, so put the car in reverse and look over your right shoulder to look for oncoming cars."
She changed shift. She looked over her shoulder to see that no cars were coming, she was clear to go. "Now what?"
"Slowly lift your foot off of the brake pedal and if you need to lightly press on the gas pedal and at the same time turn the wheel to the left."
Korra's expression turned devious. She turned the wheel and jammed her foot on the gas pedal. Mako screamed in fright as she successfully managed to get the satomobile out of its parking space.
"Korra, do not do that!" He dictated, still screaming.
"What? Do this?" She smirked as she changed the shift to drive and, again, jammed her foot on the gas pedal.
Mako held onto the armrests attached to the seat as if he was holding on for his life. They were approaching a stop sign and, at the pace she was going, they were approaching it fast.
"Korra, stop the car! There is a stop sign ahead! You need to put your foot on the brake pedal!" He shrieked. Korra, still believing she can get a little closer to the sign before she needed to start to stop, did not listen to Mako's plead. "Korra!" He shouted again.
Abiding to Mako's wishes, she jammed her foot on the brake pedal creating skid marks and loud noises coming from the pavement. The satomobile stopped right at the stop line. Mako was breathing heavily. His eyes were wide open. His body was stuck in shock, he was unmovable. The ar rests that his hands were clutched upon were burnt.
"Park the car." He said lightly, still trying to get out of shock.
"Why? We are at a stop sign."
"Park the car and get out. We are done with this. I am driving home."
"What? That is not fair! Why?" She whined.
"Why? Why?" His temper started to get a hold on him but he managed to stay together. "Because Korra, you were speeding so fast out there that you almost killed someone else or even us. I swear I think my life flashed before my eyes."
"I bet you liked the parts that I was in." She hinted.
"Korra, this is not a joke. Driving is serious." He glared at her.
"Okay, okay, I get it. I am sorry. I will listen to what you say for now on. Please can I have a second chance? Please."
Mako thought about it and sighed. "Fine, I will let you have a second chance but you have to promise to listen to me. I know how to drive, you do not. I just want to keep us safe." He smiled.
"Yay, thank you, Mako." Her face lightened up. She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.
"Fists things first, you do not, ever, jam you foot on any pedal. It will make the car go haywire. Okay?"
"Okay."
"All you do is lightly push on the pedal depending on how fast or slow you want to go. Your eyes need to be on the road at all times. Oh and another thing, it is snowing out. I didn't want to teach you in the snow but you insisted, but when it is snowing or raining you have to drive slower than the speed limit posted or else you could swerve around and hit something or someone. Got it?"
"Yes, I got it."
"Okay, now look around to see if anyone is coming and lightly let go of the brake pedal. Just by letting go of the brake pedal you will start going but you will need a little bit of speed on these roads so lightly press on the gas pedal."
"Okay." She did what he said and pressed on the gas pedal. They started going at a steady pace. They were increasingly going a little bit faster as they went on. They were driving for awhile and Korra started to get the hang of it. Mako even complimented her on how well she improved. He calmed down a lot. However, Korra started getting too comfortable with driving. She started to go a little over the speed limit, and way too fast for driving when it was snowing.
"Korra, you're doing fine but you need to slow down a little bit. You are going a little too fast."
Korra listened to Mako and started to slow down but she soon lost control. The satomobile started to swerve from side to side on the road. Korra tried maneuvering the wheel to gain control but she couldn't. "Mako, what is happening?" She said with fright apparent in her eyes.
Mako looked over the side of the car and then back at Korra. "Shit, we drove over black ice."
"What do I do?" She shrieked.
"Nothing. Let me take the wheel." Korra nodded and Mako leaned over her and tried to retake control of the car. Mako tried everything he knew to do but nothing worked. They satomobile was going wild and out of their power. "We were going too fast. I can't stop this." He winced as he put all of his might into trying to get them out of this alive. Korra, then, took off her seat belt and stood up on top of her seat. "Korra, no, what are you doing?" He called out to her as he looked up at her.
"Since we can't control our selves because of the ice, I am getting rid of it." She turned back to try and waterbend the ice away.
"Korra, no, you are going to get hur-" He was cut off. His eyes were off of the road and on Korra. He didn't notice the satomobile was heading straight for a telephone pole. The front of the car hit straight into the pole. Mako's head jerked and the right side of his head hit straight into the windshield. His vision started to get cloudy and the world around him felt like slow motion. The glass shattered around him. His eyes started to close. He faintly saw Korra fly out of the car and then a bright light. He was incoherent. Everything happened so fast but it felt like an eternity. Mako's world became cloudier and cloudier until it turned utterly dark.
A/N: I know Asami's car is a stick shift and probably all the other satomobiles are too, but i have no idea how to drive a stick shift, i only know how to drive with an automatic shift, so if there is any inaccuracies with how Mako told Korra how to drive i am sorry. i didn't bother to look it up, i probably should have but i didn't.