A/N: So I did a bit of a time skip here. Instead of continuing from when our heroes left, it'll be the just as Korra is fighting off Amon and finds out she can air bend. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Legend of Korra and character belong to Bryke.

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Mako ran as fast as he could with Korra in his arms. Amon had taken her bending away. Lucky for them, he had been able to lightning bend an attack at Amon at the last second, giving them an opening to escape.

But Amon had caught up, using blood bending to cause Mako to drop Korra. He flung Mako against the wall and ceiling before slamming him into the ground. He made Mako get on his knees, same as he had done to Korra.

Korra panicked as she saw Amon getting ready to take away Mako's bending. Without thinking, she stood up and threw a punch, despite being roughly ten feet away. But that's all it took for her to send a strong burst of wind in Amon's direction, knocking him down and sending him back.

"Impossible," Amon said, astonished.

"I can air bend?" Korra muttered, looking at her hands. "I can air bend!"

With new confidence, Korra went after Amon, giving it everything she had. "You went after Mako!" She sent a strike of air. "You went after Tenzin!" Another. "You went after his children!" Another. "You went after me!" Another. "And worst of all, you went after Lin!" The strike following that one sent Amon flying out the window and into the water.

She and Mako watched from window. For a few moments, the only thing that had surfaced was Amon's mask. But soon after there was a large splash as he came up using his water bending, his scars gone.

It was than that he realized he had been found out. Looking over at Korra, she could see the fear in his eyes. Before her or Mako could do anything though, he dove back into the water, and escaped.

"Damn it, he got away…" Korra cursed.

"I know, but I doubt he'll be coming back," Mako said. "Let's go find Tenzin and the others."

"They might be out front already," Korra suggested. Sure enough, once they had reached the main entrance of the arena, Tenzin and his family were safely awaiting them.

"Korra, what happened? Are you okay?" Tenzin asked right away.

"I'm fine," she answered. "But first we need to get everyone together. I'm heading over to get Lin. The others are at the air field on the other side of the mountain and should be on their way back soon if not already. I'll explain everything then."

"I'll go with you," Mako said, starting to follow her.

"No, you won't Mako," she told him. "I'm going by myself and that's that."

"But –"

"No!" she yelled at him before turning and running towards the docks to find Lin.

Korra ran through the sewer pipes in her rush to get Lin. She knew that there was no longer any danger, but she needed to be by her. She needed to be in her arms and tell her at least part of what had happened before the others found out. She needed to feel safe.

"Lin!" she yelled as she entered the underground encampment, breathing hard.

"Korra?" Lin asked, shocked to see her there. "What are you doing here? Where's Amon?"

"Amon is gone," she breathed. "He won't be coming back." She tried to stand up straight, but fell to her knees in pain instead.

Lin was by her side in an instant, helping her up. "What in the hell happened to you, Avatar?" she asked softly, draping Korra's arm across her shoulders and holding her up.

"I thought I said to call me Korra," she chuckled. "And it turned out Amon was a blood bender." She winced in pain. "But we need to get back to the arena. Tenzin and everyone else is waiting for us."

When everyone had been gathered, Korra explained everything that had happened since they had departed that morning. How Amon was the brother of Tarrlok, Amon planning to take away Tenzin and the kids' bending away, how he took away Korra's own bending but was left with air bending. Everything.

Lin stayed close to Korra, giving her sympathizing looks. When all was said and done, she gave Korra a meaningful look and said, "I can't believe Amon got to you, too." Of course, deep down, she really wanted to say more to her. But it wasn't the time or the place to do that. Not with everyone surrounding them with they don't even know about the two of them being together yet.

"Hey, at you unlocked your air bending!" Bolin said, a huge smile on his face. Lin turned and gave him one look, effectively telling him to shut his mouth.

Tenzin walked over to Korra. "You saved Republic City, Korra. I'm proud of you."

"But Amon got away…"

Before more could be said, the second fleet of United Forces had shown up with Bumi ready at the front.

"Great," Tenzin said sarcastically. "Now I get to entertain my brother."

They were at the Southern Water Tribe now. They had used the two flying bison they still had to fly there from Republic City. They figured that if anyone could heal Korra and give back her bending abilities, it would be Katara.

But Katara needed quiet and privacy to do that sort of work. So while she worked on Korra, everyone else sat in the other room. Tenzin and his family. Mako, Bolin, and Asami. And than closest to the door was Lin, seated next to Korra's parents.

After what seemed like an eternity, Katara finally came out. Everyone stood to hear what she had to say.

"I tried with everything in my power, but I can not restore Korra's bending," she said solemnly.

"But you're the best healer in the world! You have to keep trying," Lin begged. Normally she would keep her emotions more reserved, but at this moment she didn't care. All she wanted was for Korra to have her bending back.

"I'm sorry, there's nothing else I can do," Katara told her. "Korra can still air bend, but her connection to the other elements have been severed."

Hearing those words come from the greatest healer known, broke Lin's heart for she knew Korra had to be absolutely devastated.

Korra chose that moment to come out from the other room. She didn't say anything to any of them. She just looked at them. But Lin could feel the hurt rolling off her in waves.

"It's going to be alright, Korra," Tenzin told her.

"No, it's not," she said. She moved to grab her coat and headed outside.

Mako was about to follow when Lin stopped him. "Don't even think about it," she told him. "She's mine." Having left the room with a dumb founded expression, Lin chased after Korra. Luckily she hadn't gone that far yet.

"Korra, wait," she called out.

"Go away," Korra said, not looking at the older woman.

"If that's what you want, than I will," Lin said softly. "I just want you to know I'm here for you."

"No, I mean go away back to Republic City, and don't come back."

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm not the Avatar anymore, Lin." She turned to walk away, but Lin grabbed her hand, halting her.

"I don't care if you're the Avatar or not," Lin told her softly. "When I found out that you had been taken, I was worried sick about what was going to happen to you. I even ignored the fact that I was still injured to try and find you. And today when you left to go against Amon, as much confidence and faith that I had in you, I was scared that I was going to lose you… I… I've come to really care about you, Korra."

"I can't…" Korra whispered, tears forming in her eyes as she pulled away. She climbed up on Naga and rode away without another word.

"Korra!" she called out.

She heard footsteps behind her.

"It'll take time for her to accept what has happened," Tenzin advised. "She needs time to heal."

Korra rode Naga to the top of a cliff. Getting off Naga, she walked right up to the edge, her not even hitting the snow.

I failed everyone, she thought. Amon may be gone, but I can't even be the Avatar anymore. I can only air bend now…She sat in the snow and pulled her knees to her cheek, tears still flowing from her eyes. Most of all, I failed Lin. Of all people, she's the last one I wanted to let down in all this. She's come to mean so much to me. And I promised that I would kick the crap out of Amon for her…

Hearing footsteps behind her, she said, "Not now, Tenzin. I just wanna be left alone."

"But you called me here," came the voice of Avatar Aang.

"Aang," she said as she turned around, a smile forming on her face.

"You're finally connected with your spiritual self," he said.

"How?" she asked, standing up.

"When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change," he explained as all the past Avatars appeared behind him. Stepping forward, Aang placed one hand on Korra's chest, and the other on her forehead. His eyes, markings, and the areas he was in contact with began to glow.

When Korra opened her eyes, she had entered the Avatar state, rising up in a column of air. She sent out waves of all four elements, air, fire, earth, and water, before leaving the state, her eyes returning to their normal blue. Turning around she saw Lin standing there near Naga.

"Lin," she whispered before running over to her.

The older woman caught Korra in her arms and held her tightly. "I see you got your bending back," she said softly.

Korra nodded, back to be in the arms of the one she care for. "You'll be getting yours back, too. But first –" Korra leaned up and captured Lin's lips in a passion-filled kiss, wrapping her arms around her neck. Lin didn't pull away either. She was too-overjoyed to know that Korra had her bending back and would be okay.

When they had pulled away, Lin leaned her forehead against Korra's.

"There's… something that I want to tell you," she said softly, a gentle blush creeping in on her cheeks.

Korra smiled and kissed Lin lightly. "I love you, too, Lin," she admitted.

"You knew?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I knew," Korra smirked. "Or I least saw it coming."

"You little brat," Lin smiled before grabbing Korra and kissing her hard. When Lin pulled away, Korra stumbled back from it, that goofy smile plastered on her face.

"Come on, let's go tell the others," Korra said, saddling onto Naga and pulling Lin up with her.

Korra stood at the top of the dais, waiting for Lin to join her. All their friends and family stood down below at the base, looking up and watching them.

Without saying a word, Lin knelt before Korra. Doing as Aang had showed her, Korra placed her thumbs on Lin's forehead and heart. Concentrating on giving the woman she loved her bending back, Korra gave off the faint glow of the Avatar state. As soon as it had come, it was gone.

Lin stood up and was able to make all the rocks surrounding the dais float it in the air with the return of her earth bending.

Tenzin walked up to where they were, placing a hand on Korra's shoulder. "I'm so proud of you, Avatar Korra."

"I'm glad," she said. "But there's one other thing." She looked over at Lin, smiling back at her. Lin walked by Korra's side and slide her hand into hers, interlacing their fingers.

Tenzin eyed them both. "And what would that one thing be?" He wasn't sure that he wanted to know the answer.

"The Chief and I are together," Korra stated, smiling big.

Tenzin opened and closed his mouth a few times as if he was going to say something. Finally he settled on, "You know what, after all that's happened, if that's what makes you two happy, than you have my blessing."

"Thank you, Tenzin," Korra said, bowing to him.

Note: So what does everyone think? I hope it was at least decent. ^^;; As much as this was sort of following what happened in the finale, I only put parts I thought were needed instead of rewriting the entire finally for no real reason. Overall though, I hope everyone enjoyed it. If you have any comments, suggestions, etc, they are all very welcome. I thought that this was a nice way to end it/good place to stop. I am considering doing some sort of epilogue though that takes place a little bit in the future maybe. Not sure yet. But let me know if any of you are interested. :)

Note 2: Some of you might be wondering why Korra keeps calling Lin "Chief" even though she retired. In my headcanon, she does it partially out of respect, but also because Lin will always be the Chief of Police to her, and the Chief of her heart. (Corny, yes, I know).