Chapter 2

It was one of those nights again. The ones when Mako came home bloody and battered from his 'work' with the Triple Threat Triads. Of course Korra hated it, she wanted him to stop this madness. It was her fault after all. If she hadn't come along, she claimed, they wouldn't need the extra money and Mako would be safe and unharmed.

"This is all my fault" Bo was asleep in a small broken cot in their small abandoned apartment. It had been two years since Korra started staying with them. Korra is fifteen, Mako is sixteen, and Bo, fourteen.

"This isn't your fault" he comforted.

"Yes it is. If I hadn't come then you would've been ok" Korra scolded herself as she healed his wounds with her waterbending.

"Stop blaming yourself, you didn't do anything wrong"

"Maybe if I work harder at the café, we can get the money. And you can stop working for them!"

"You know that's not going to happen, Kor"

"I have to do something!"

"There's nothing you can do" Mako said trying to get up. "We'll talk about this tomorrow"and he started to walk away, but Korra pulled him back to the small worn out couch the last owners left there.

"That's what you said the last time and the time before that and the time before that! We talk about this now!" Korra growled.

"Fine" Mako said through his clenched teeth. He didn't want to talk about it, he just wants to forget it ever happened.

"You need to stop this. It's getting way too out of hand."

"Korra please, we need the money."

"You don't think I know that! Stop using it as an excuse Mako. There is no excuse for this! I could get another job, Bolin can start working too. We'll do anything, just stop" her desperate voice shook him to his core. But this was for the best, it needed to be done. It was better him than her or Bo. "Please Mako" she begged in a quiet whisper.

"You don't understand" he said shaking his head. Avoiding her gaze.

Angry shot through Korra faster than a bullet. "Understand what? What's there to understand? Why won't you just let us help you?" When Mako didn't answer her, Korra stood quickly. "You know what?! Whatever!" She started with yelling. "Who cares if you get hurt or even killed" she finished with a small voice.

Korra felt a surge of heat flow through her. Suddenly a small flame licked her fingers, but she didn't notice. She was too mad at Mako. He should know better than anyone to see someone you care about being hurt.

"Korra?" Mako asked.

"What?!" Korra said irritated.

"How are you doing that?" Mako questioned pointing to Kor's ignited finger tips.

"How am I doing …?" Korra stopped after looking at her hands. She jumped with a small scream. "M-Mako" she looked at him. "How? What?"

"Kor calm down, take a deep breath and put out the fire." Korra followed his instructions and the flame went out.

"Mako, what am I" He didn't answer her. Deep in thought and he stared blankly at her. "Mako?!" Korra whined.

He snapped out of his thoughts and answered her question. "You're the Avatar."

"Avatar?! I'm not the Avatar, I can't be" she shook her head in denial.

"Everything lines up, your age, birthday, bending. Kor you are the Avatar." Korra felt dizzy, why didn't my parents tell me. Korra stood there frozen in shock.

"No! I'm not the Avatar. I am a regular waterbending girl who's an orphan living with two orphaned boys."

"Korra"

"No! I'm not the Avatar all that stuff is a coincidence."

"Then explain that" Mako pointed at the dirt from the floor lifting in the air and Kor's ignited fingertips.

"I … I am the Avatar, aren't I" Korra's eyes were glossy and brimmed with tears. Mako nodded, he stood after Korra extinguished the flames and the dirt lowered, and embraced her.

"It's okay, everything is going to be fine alright?" Korra sniffed once or twice. She forgot about the Triple Threats problem and hugged Mako tightly. The two sat on the couch still in an embrace and fell asleep.

After that they told Bolin but kept it a secret from everyone else. Mako continued to work with the Triple Threats, but only doing paper work this time. And Korra, she found a part of herself that she didn't even know. And her life is going to get way more complicated because of it.