I'm just copying and pasting the chapters we hae done already. Linzinforever who wrote this with me is now SarenRose. I did not steal this from her in case you were freaking out.
HEYYY GUYZZ! So chapter two is FINALLY up. Lin is Amazing and I have been working our butts off. I really hope you enjoy this chapter. Please review once you are finished reading. ;)
Chapter 2
Tenzin tried to keep his calm, but this new information was so overwhelming and he couldn't absorb it in the few seconds he had to react. Taio had bowed, but Tenzin had not. He was frozen in place. How embarrassing. "Taio, would you mind taking them home? I have some unfinished business to finish here on the island."
"Don't worry mom, we'll stay out of your hair. Plus, we want to meet the Avatar. Please?" Nyla begged. Lin huffed and crossed her arms over her chest. The girls really would be safer if they were on the island. What could the harm be? She was too tired to argue anyways, so she might as well save her breath.
"Fine, but stay away from any Equalist tools, and don't pester the Air Acolytes. Korra and her friends are over there. Taio, would you mind if I spoke to Tenzin alone?" Taio nodded before heading off to speak with the Metalbenders that were taking care of some Chi Blockers. "Look Ten-"
"Married? Married?! Since when did you get married?" Tenzin attempted to whisper, but it came out more of a quiet shout. It stunned Lin. She had rarely ever seen him angry. He noticed her slightly frightened expression and softened his voice. "How, and when?" Lin became annoyed with his question. He thought he had the right to know her private life. He didn't, it wasn't any of his concern… anymore. But, he did have the right to know. They had been friends since they were born. He had invited her to his wedding, as cruel as it was. But she was too angry at him to invite him, too hurt. She wanted absolutely nothing to do with him. And she didn't, for almost 20 years. Until this Amon dilemma sprung a leak, she had done her best to stay away from him as much as possible. She decided he had a right to know, and began to explain.
"It was a year after we broke up. I had been moved to Commanding Officer of Team 1. He was the Commanding Officer of Team 6. We worked on a case together for a few months, and before long, we had grown to really like each other. We dated for almost a year and a half, and he got my mother's permission to propose. I said yes, and three months later, we were married. And four months after that, we found out I was pregnant with the twins."
"Did my parents know?" Crap. The last thing she wanted to do was bring Katara into this. Or Kya, or Bumi. It wouldn't turn out well.
"Yes. Everyone was there. Uncle Sokka, Aunt Suki, Zuko and Mai, Kya and Bumi. It was a few months before your father passed. We had the wedding at Uncle Zuko's palace." Tenzin huffed, slightly disappointed, but mainly hurt. Had he hurt her so bad that she couldn't think as much to invite him to her wedding? Surely he thought they were on better terms than that. But, she had gone through so much trouble making sure he knew nothing of it. Maybe she did hate him.
"Why didn't you tell me? I would've been so happy for you." He suggested. Lin narrowed her eyes angrily.
"Normally, you don't invite your ex that left you when you were twenty four for a nineteen year old Air Acolyte." She poked his chest hard enough to bruise.
"Well, I was hoping you would have been able to move past that, and invite me as the best friend you had from childhood!"
"We're forty-four years old Tenzin, it was in the past. I'm done talking about this. Nyla, Ela come on. We're leaving." The twins groaned before reluctantly following their mother. They hadn't even gotten to meet the Avatar yet. Lin pulled Taio away from the other officers. Just like that, they were gone.
Lin put dinner on the table for her family and resumed her usual eating place. The twins bombarded her with endless questions about what happened. She, reluctantly, told them everything. "He wanted to take away Tenzin's family's bending. If he had gotten them, the airbenders would have ceased to exist. So, in order to save them, I jumped off Oogie and took down one of the air ships. On the other, I was captured and taken immediately to Amon. He tried to get me to disclose Avatar Korra's location, in return for my bending. When I wouldn't, he….took it. I was thrown in a metal cell in a tunnel, it was supposed to be some sort of sick joke. After a while, the cell just opened."
"Mom, I'm, I'm so sorry. Maybe Katara can do something for you." Ela suggested. Her mother without bending was impossible to imagine. Her mother was Earthbending. When you thought of it, you thought of Lin Bei Fong, Toph's Legacy. It wasn't right.
"Well, if you'll excuse me, I will be getting some much needed sleep. I leave tomorrow for the South Pole." Nyla shoved a spoonful of rice into her mouth, not bothering to swallow before speaking.
"Cam ve come?" She swallowed her food whole, wincing as it stung her throat. "Please mom? We were so worried, and it'll be fun! We'll stay out of everyone's way! I promise!" Lin looked over to Taio who merely shrugged.
"I can't go. I have work with the officers. Cleaning up Republic City and rallying together the last of the Equalists isn't going to do itself." Lin nodded. "And it'll be easier for me to not have to worry about where they are." She sighed heavily.
"Fine. You can go." The twins cheered loudly but were silenced by their mother. "But, if you cause any trouble, I will lock you two in the training center storage room. Understood?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Now, I'm going to bed. Do not, I repeat, do not wake me up. Unless, the house is burning down or something." Lin stalked off towards her bedroom and closed the door. Nyla gathered all of the plates off of the table while Ela put the food away. Taio stood and followed Lin into their bedroom. He creaked open the door, trying not to make any noise in case she was already asleep. "Mm'not asleep." He sighed and sat on her side of the bed and stroked her cheek.
"It's going to be okay." He whispered. "I know it will." They sat like that for a while, calmly and quietly. It was soothing just to know that they had each other. Eventually, Lin drifted off to sleep and Taio laid down in his spot and let his mind wander. Nyla and Ela finished up their nightly chores and headed up to bed.
"Girls! Up! Now! It's time to go!" The sound of feet heavily landing on the floor and shuffling of bags and suitcases moving around filled the house. It was a hectic morning, after all they were going to the south pole to get Lin's bending back. Hopefully.
Just before the bison were all packed up, Lin arrived with her two daughters, luggage in hand. Taio assisted them in carrying the luggage down to the Acolytes. Korra's friends waved to Lin, Tenzin sighed as he lifted the last luggage into one of the saddles, and Pema and Lin chatted amongst themselves and the Acolytes. Korra, however, was nowhere to be found. Lin told the twins to attempt to find her along with Mako and Bolin, as they were about to leave. Tenzin finished packing and turned to talk with Lin. "Pema, may I speak to Lin alone for a moment?" Pema nodded and went to gather the children and check on Rohan. Her husband watched her leave before turning back to the ex-police chief. "I'm sorry for the way I acted yesterday. I was completely out of line. I just hope we can be friends like we were before." Lin sighed heavily. This was a conversation that had been drug up many times before, and she didn't feel like having it right now. Her metal uniform was still on, and she realized she had forgotten to have Taio bend it off. The bruises hidden underneath started to sting badly as she shifted her weight onto her right foot. Wincing slightly, she looked Tenzin in the eye.
"You know we've had this conversation before Tenzin. I don't think we can just be friends after all that has happened in our past. I think we should just go visit Aunt Katara, and then go our separate ways like before this Amon thing happened. It seems that that worked last time, it worked out in the best interests for both of us. I'm happy now Tenzin, don't drag up what happened again. I think Pema needs help, I'm going to go and help her with the kids." As she turned, she winced when the metal hit another bruise. Being the tough woman she was, she sucked it up and picked Meelo up and handed him to Tenzin. Tenzin stared as she went to help find Korra, wherever she may be hiding out.
Lin strode through the grounds of the temple. There was a secret door off to the side that she realized had been propped open. Gotcha! Lin ducked under the small tunnel, again wincing when her arm hit the side, and began her climb to the attic. She threw open the latch and shoved the floor door open. Light poured through the window and into her eyes. She had been in the dark so long that it really stung, but she eventually got used it. Korra was sitting with her knees up to her chest and her arms hugging them lightly. She picked up her head to reveal her red and puffy eyes. Lin walked stood and kicked the door over, creating a loud bang as it popped shut. She sat next to Korra, not sure of how to comfort her. Sure, she had teenage daughters herself, but in this case, with no bending on either party, she had no idea how to handle it. "Everybody is waiting for you so that we can see Katara." She whispered. Korra buried her head again.
"I know."
"I know how you feel. Empty, worthless, crumbled, broken, abused. I don't think I've ever felt so…. Disconnected. Bending was the one thing I had to connect me with my mother. Now I don't even feel like I was her daughter at all. It's hard." Her voice bubble with the sad lump that rose inside her throat, but she quickly swallowed. Korra noticed this and lifted her head and stared intently at the older woman sitting next to her. "But you have to stay strong. Do you hear me? Don't let the remaining Equalists believe that they got the best of you." Korra straightened up and nodded. "C'mon. Let's go." Lin stood and pulled Korra to her feet.
"D-do you think Katara will be able to restore my bending?"
"We can only pray to the spirits." Lin climbed down the ladder, followed by Korra.
When the two emerged, everyone was looking worriedly around for her. Korra pulled Lin back in. "I really don't want to deal with everyone right now." She whispered. Lin walked out, motioned for her to stay there. She sauntered over to the bison where Tenzin stood, arms across his chest. When he saw Lin, he perked up. "Did you find her? Where is she?" Lin smirked.
"What, not happy to see me? Yeah I found her. But she doesn't want to deal with everyone. Take everyone ahead of us, I'll take my girls and Korra on another bison." Tenzin agreed before rallying up the group and heading off. Lin was left with Mako, Bolin, Asami, Nyla, and Ela. She told them to stay put while she went and got Korra. Korra was waiting where she had been left playing with her fingers and metal arm clasps. "Korra, your friends insisted on riding with you. They wouldn't leave, so they are riding with us. Come on, we're almost ready to go, everyone else has left." Korra nodded, she was happy her friends hadn't left her, and walked with Lin through the short path to Fepa, one of the younger bison. Korra noticed two other girls about her age standing behind Bolin and Asami. They looked a lot alike, and now that she thought, they looked a lot like Lin too. She side stepped around her friends after acknowledging them.
"Hi, I'm Avatar Korra. Who are you?" They both smiled and bowed at the same time.
"I'm Nyla." Nyla pointed to herself.
"And I'm Ela." Ela stepped closer to her sister.
"We're twins. It is nice to meet you, Avatar Korra." They spoke at the same time, creating an eerie presence.
"Whoa. So who are you here with?" She looked around for their parents, or guards or something.
"Our mother." Nyla said.
"Oh, where is she?" Korra asked. She wasn't getting it. Ela smiled at Lin who was standing beside Korra. Lin shook her head.
"Korra, I would like you to meet my daughters. Ela and Nyla." The Avatar gasped. One thought popped into her head. Bei Fong Tenzin, Tenzin Bei Fong. Twenty, Nineteen, Eighteen. NO! She coughed, choking on her own thoughts.
"Chief, I didn't know you had any kids. I mean I-"
"It's okay. Come on, we're behind enough already." She climbed onto to Fepa's head. It was a seven hour flight to the South pole, and all the while, Lin's bruises hurt more and more. The pain of the gashes underneath hurt badly every time she moved. The uniform rubbed. This is what was wrong with my design. There are no damn clasps on this thing. In the distance, the training arena was visible, they were over solid land. Fepa, however, decided that going past the arena and landing almost a mile away was a good idea. He also refused to lift back up into the air. The seven tired people walked the mile to the arena.
When they got there, Tenzin was awaiting them, looking a little upset. "Why did you fly past the-"
"You need to do a better job of training your sky bison." Nyla said. Lin laughed under her breath. Just like their mother. Katara came out of the house. She went as fast as her legs could carry.
"LIN!" Katara hugged Lin. It hurt badly, but it had been almost four years since she had seen the woman and she didn't plan on complaining. "How have you been?"
"Good Aunt Katara. How about you?" Katara smiled and led her niece inside.
"KYA!" Katara shouted.
"Kya's here?" Lin smiled. Though she hadn't seen Katara in years, she hadn't seen Kya since Aang's funeral almost eighteen years ago. It was a while, but both had been busy with their own affairs. Kya had come to visit Air Temple Island often. Every time though, some criminal had to sprout up and Lin wouldn't get to see her. Kya came running through the halls, and upon hearing this, Lin ran too. They collided in a bone crushing hug that brought back the pain of the bruises even worse. "KYA! Spirits! It's been so long! How are you? How is little Kimi? What about Haku? How have you been?" Lin didn't normally act this way, but she always let this side of her personality slip out when around Kya.
"Kimi is all grown up and getting married! I feel so old! Haku is good. He's been raveled up in work. How is Taio? And where are my nieces?" Lin smiled and just as she asked, the two girls walked into the room. Kya jumped on both of them, scaring the daylights out of them. "Oh my! You're all grown up! So pretty! You look just like your mother." They looked a little frightened.
"Hi. Uhm. Who're you?" Kya gasped and stared at Lin.
"You mean you don't remember! Well, you were just little babies last time I saw you, or your mother for that matter. I am your Aunt Kya." She backed off for a little while, but soon regaled in furious attempts to see how their lives were. Bumi, who had tagged along with Tenzin, decided to bug Lin for the rest of the day.
Lin finally got away from Bumi and sat in her room in the back of the house. She fidgeted with her uniform. It hurt to move, and sharp pains stung through her torso. Eventually, she couldn't take it anymore and hobbled down the hall to the kitchen. Everyone was in there, much to her dismay. She turned the corner standing straight. It had been a long day. Katara hadn't been able to heal Korra's bending, which meant she couldn't heal Lin's either. Korra had left alone, followed by Mako. No one knew where they had gone, but they had been gone for a while now. Lin's vision started to blur as pain overcame her body. Something stabbed her stomach and she winced. The pain grew and her waist burned. She doubled over in pain. Tenzin was first to see her. He shouted and rushed over to her side. She was now laying on the ground clutching her stomach. The pain disappeared and she lay there on her back while her vision blurred black around the edges. Everyone was in a circle around her looking down at her, but she couldn't make anything out. She could only hear what was going on.
"Mother! Help!"
"What? What's going o- Oh my!"
"Wha? Ela! MOM! Ela!"
"Mother! There's blood pooling around her back! Come on Lin, stay awake. It's okay. Lin. Can you hear me? Lin? Mother! She's fading! There's a lot of blood!" Someone was crying, actually a few people were crying.
"Mom! Come on, mom, it's okay. Please."
"Lin, stay here, look at me. Come on. You'll be fine. You have to be fine. You're okay. Y-you have to be."
Tenzin.
"Lin? Spirits!"
Kya.
"Hey, what's going on? Linny! What happened?"
Bumi.
"Mom!
The twins.
Everything faded into black.
No one could think of a scarier time than of what had just happened. Tenzin sat in the waiting room along with everyone else. Only Kya had been allowed back there, and Korra who had exclaimed about retrieving her bending. Since they were healers, they made everyone else stay out of the room so that they could work on her. It wasn't an easy task. She was still bleeding and they still couldn't get the uniform off. After ten minutes, Katara huffed. She looked over at Korra. "Try and metalbend."
"What?" The young Avatar stared in disbelief, thousands of thoughts flitted across her brain. How was she supposed to metalbend. That was like bending…. Well, metal. "I can't, I've never learned."
"Then, then Lin is going to die. If we can't get this this off of her, we can't heal her." Kya stated, choking back a sob. She, unwillingly, had to accept the obvious.
"Wait! Lin's daughter! She might know how to metalbend. I'll be right back!" She hopped up and slid open the door. Everyone in the waiting room stood for an answer. "I'm sorry, we can't get the uniform off." She turned towards the twins. "Do either of you know how to metalbend?"
"No, I'm a waterbender. But I can help you guys-" Ela said.
"I'm still at the academy, but I've got this!." Korra dragged her back into the healing room and slid the door closed. Nyla sat down next to her mother, spotting the pool of blood around her waist. She instinctively felt for a heartbeat and was relieved to find one, extremely slow, dying perhaps, but it was there. She focused on bending her mother's uniform away slowly and carefully as not to hurt her further. The cast the uniform aside, leaving her mother in a red tank top and loose pants. "Mom! There's so much blood!" She looked down at her red, blood drenched hand. Korra stood her up and pushed her out the door before she could panic. There was a big crater in Lin's abdomen, where the blood was profusely pouring out of, and red streaking cuts around her waistline. Her entire upper body was nothing but a bruise. Her chest, her ribs, her stomach, her hips, her back, all black and purple. Kya gasped at the gory sight.
"Let's get started then." Katara whispered. They brought the glowing water down on the gash and began the healing process. The water brightened and then dulled as the skin closed, leaving a bright red scar in it's place. The bruises were a bit harder to heal. She had a few broken bones.
"How did she not feel this?" Korra asked bewildered.
"Her body was in shock, and often you can't feel a wound for a while, but this is very extreme. I'm sure she felt it the first day, and just didn't speak up. She never spoke up." Kya answered. It was the first time in a while she had shed a tear, but hey flowed freely out of her eyes. Lin was for the most part healed and bandaged. None of the women had any idea of if she would make it or not. The wound had been bleeding for almost two days, and she lost enormous amounts of blood. They covered her in a blanket and laid a pillow under her head and then left.
Once they were out in the waiting room, everyone had nervous looks on their faces. Katara spoke immediately. "It's hard to tell if she will make it or not." Nyla continued to sob, Ela started sobbing next to her. "She lost an enormous amount of blood. If she makes it, she won't be awake for a while." Kya was silently shedding tears for her friend and went over to comfort the twins. Tenzin comforted his mother and Korra.
What's going to happen? Idk yet. And, Ela can't heal. She's learning, but in case you were wondering... no. And, in this story, Lin and Tenzin's ages are changed so they're a bit younger. Around 43ish. :) Until we update next, please review.:)
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