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Disclaimer: I do not own the Legend of Korra characters.
Honestly, it was just another normal day of the life of the ever so interesting Mako. After college, Mako would stop by Starbucks, borrow the free wifi, and be on his merry way to the grocery store where he would sometimes meet up with his brother, Bolin. They always had a perfectly fun time tossing random ingredients into the cart. You see, neither of them didn't exactly know how to cook. None of their college friends knew how to really. So they would end up chucking stuff into a bowl and stuffing it into the microwave. It was either edible, or it wasn't.
Mako pushed the cart through the aisle, searching for something rather intently. Bolin was too, but it was more like a five year old searching for his lost puppy.
"Where's the damn tacos," Mako grumbled, "I swear it would be so much easier if they had an aisle specifically for tacos." The poor guy had been pushing the cart up and down the aisle for half an hour already.
Bolin clutched his stomach in a dramatic fashion. "Makoooo! Your brother's starving!"
"Dont be such a drama queen," Mako snapped.
Bolin knew not to get on his brother's bad side, especially when he was this cranky. Still Bolin stuck out his lip as if pouting in his own silent way.
Mako felt his phone buzz in his pocket followed by his loud ringtone, a rap sputtering curses every five seconds.
The mothers nearby looked at him disgustingly and covered the ears of their children. They muttered remarks like, "Young people these days," while pushing they're children away as if he had the plague.
Bolin jumped for the phone hysterically. "Turn off the phone, Mako!"
Mako shut the phone off quickly and gave a sheepish grin, "My bad!" He checked his phone. 1 missed call from Asami, it read. His phone buzzed again and he snickered as if boasting he had already turned the sound off. This time it wasn't a call but a text.
Asami: Hey babe ;) what's up?
Mako: tacos
Asami ...you can't find them again?
Mako: ...
Asami: 3rd aisle -.-
Mako: Right
Asami: Omg! Guess what?
Mako: ...wut?
Asami: I lost 5 pounds! XD
Mako: How? Did you remove the make up from your face?
Asami: ...
By this time, Mako had given up on the tacos after momentarily swearing under his breath.
"That would be $45.99," the cashier said dully.
It was at this time while Mako and Bolin were leisurely strolling through the parking lot, that Mako first met her. The girl who would change his life. He still doesn't know whether it was for the better or the worse.
Both of them, obviously unaware of each others existence, rushed smack into each other. The girl who ran into him, however, had so much strength that they both toppled down, the eggs in Mako's grocery bags giving out a loud crunching sound.
Bolin rushed to the eggs' assistance. "Mr. Egg! Are you okay? Speak to me!" He cried out. The eggs were obviously badly beaten when he opened the container. He closed it, as if he couldn't bear to see the body any longer. "You lived a good long life, Mr. Egg...well not very long but you were one fine egg."
"Pfft." Mako heard a giggle from the "guy" who ran into him.
They were suddenly aware of the other's existence. Mako's eye did a weird twitch. The dude runs into him, laughs at him, and goes around breaking another guy's eggs. Unforgivable.
Mako got ready to beat the crap out of the guy when his eyes met the girl's and he felt his arm go numb before his fist could reach her. Pools of blue met his eyes.
She had tan flawless skin, brown hair pulled into a high ponytail, and a petite but fit body. She wore a brown jacket with a white tang top underneath, ripped shorts, combat boots, and a hoodie wrapped around her waist. But for some reason, he felt like her sharp blue eyes could see right through him, like they were pulling him in.
"An angel," he whispered without thinking.
Korrra bounced to her feet. 'Damn. They're still after me' She thought.
To Mako's surprise, she rushed right past him. He was so startled in fact, that it took him a few seconds to snap back to reality and process what was going on. He couldn't help but feel a little irritated that a girl actually ignored him. After all, he should be able to get any girl with his looks and popularity.
Bolin looked her up and down, grinning cunningly. "Not bad. Not bad at all."
Mako grabbed her arm, roughly but not too rough. "Hey, it's proper etiquette to apologize once you run into someone, you know."
Korra glanced back at him, startled. 'Great. I dont have time for this.' She yanked her arm back and ran away in a hurry. "Sorry!" She called back from behind her, "I'm kind of in a rush!"
As soon as she said this, a man with a mustache, dressed in a black suit and sunglasses rushed after her. Behind him were three other strong looking men in suits.
Korra hopped on her motorcycle, slipped on her black helmet and rode off, her pursuers chasing her from behind.
Mako jumped back in surprise. "What the hell?"
Bolin's jaw dropped. "Dude...did you just see what I saw?"
Mako turned around and pulled Bolin's arm, "Nope, we didn't see anything."
Bolin let himself be dragged. "What're you talking about? We just saw that girl get chased!"
"So?" Mako grunted.
"We gotta help her!" Bolin exclaimed.
Mako furrowed his eyebrows. He didn't want to get his only brother in danger. "And it's none of our business," he tried to reply calmly.
Bolin pulled his arm away. "I don't care. That girl needs our help!" He made a mad dash towards the girl's chasers.
"Bolin!" He sighed, "Wait up! I'm coming!"
It was truly an amazing sight. The two boys had followed them until they stopped at a dark alleyway.
Bolin gulped. "This doesn't look too good."
Mako slapped his forehead. 'How did they get into this situation?'
They peaked around the corner, only to stumble back in astonishment. The three strong guys laid defeated on the ground, beaten to the pulp. And wait- hold on...was that...was she...bending water?!
Bolin's eyes turned into dinner plates. "What is she doing?!"
Mako was frozen. Not frozen in fear or astonishment, but she just looked so graceful bending the water...even if it was being used to beat up a guy at the moment. Or perhaps he wasn't thinking correctly. I mean, what kind of person can bend water?
Korra twitched. It was a weird feeling. The feeling she got when she was being watched. She stopped her bending and spun around. Two guys stared blankly at her, their jaws dropped.
"Theres more of them?" She grumbled. Korra glared at them and raised her fist. She motioned to the bodies sprawled on the ground. "Are these scumbags your accomplices? If you dare lie to me, I'll have them do a full background check on you."
Bolin swung his hands in the air as a sign of surrender. "N-No! We're just innocent bystanders! We're as harmless as butterflies!" He flailed his arms around as if they were wings.
The girl's response was a simple raise of her eyebrow. She looked closer at them. "Ah! You're that guy from the supermarket!"
"And I'm the guy you ran over," Mako reminded her dully.
Korra quickly put away her fist as a sign of respect. "Ahaha," She laughed weakly, "Sorry about that."
Silence filled the air. This wasn't exactly the best situation to be in. Besides, they had discovered her secret.
Korra muttered a curse under her breath, not sure at what she should do. "You...saw me?" She breathed.
They both nodded, dumbfounded.
She sighed, letting her shoulders sag. "Great," Korra mumbled, "I've gone and messed up big time again. Tenzins really gonna lecture me now.." She went on mumbling to herself.
Mako realized they were still in a dangerous position, threatened by the presence of this girl way shorter than him. "Bolin," he whispered, elbowing him in the ribs, "We gotta get away."
Korra rustled through her bag. "Guess there's only one option then. Sorry guys but, you know, orders are orders."
"Shit," Mako muttered as he saw her pull out a gun.
"Don't shoot!" Bolin went on," I'm a young man in his youth! I would prefer a long life without a bullet in my head...please?" He clasped his hands together in a pleading manner.
Korra pointed the gun at them, "Listen up. I don't have time to explain but you won't die from this bullet. Everything will be explained when you wake up. Now then-" She pulled the trigger. "Try not to scream too loudly."
BAM! BAM!
Mako fell back, his vision getting blurry. He knew he wasn't dying but he didn't know what was gonna happen to him and his brother. There was only one thing running through his mind.
'This chick...is crazy.'
And before you get all confused, no. Mako and Bolin are not dead and everything will be explained in the second chapter where it starts getting exciting. The first chapter is kind of a chill chapter to get you into the flow of things. Btw, this is my first so if there's any mistakes, advice would be helpful. :)
-hippycows
