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"Ugh!" Asami grunts and falls to the ground, while Korra huffs and gives her a cocky glare. "What was that about kicking my ass at close combat fighting?" Korra gives a breathy laugh, and Asami smiles while she picks herself up, "Thanks for the practice run." Korra glares, putting her hand out and helping Asami up. But instead Asami grasps Korra's hand and flings her over herself and Korra slams her back on the ground with a slap. "What were you saying?" "N-Nothing." Both girls lay on the ground, catching their breaths as sweat drips from their temples. "I think you're ready." The commander breaths, and Asami raises a brow. "Ready for what?" She asks, and they pick themselves up. "For a ground mission. You can be in my special ops group." Blue eyes meet green as they widen. "What do you mean by ground missions?" Korra stands and helps Asami up. "Where we help the ones that need it. We find survivors where our scouts find them." She lets her hand linger on Asami's before letting go. "I have a special group of people that help out with just me. But we do more dangerous stuff." She states, unwrapping the bandages that are around her hands, and Asami does the same. "Dangerous?" "We go break people out of the prisons around here." Asami raises both her brows in disbelief, and Korra just grins. "It's really not as hard as you make it out to be. We also do undercover work, like under the table rescues and such." Asami nods, "And you think I'm fit for it?" She asks, and Korra smiles, "Fit enough, I think." Asami blushes, and Korra just chuckles, "You know what I mean, pervert." Asami blinks, "What? I wasn't thinking that way!" "Suuuure, try not to stare to hard when I walk out, okay?" "Korra!"
"Alright, this mission is super simple." Korra stands in front of a small group of people, including Asami and Bolin, in her office. "Since Mako thinks you all need a break," the crowd sighs, "I'll just being doing the work this time around. All you've got to do is back me up, okay?" The group nods in understanding, and Korra continues. "We'll be going undercover at a club today." The crowd jumps in excitement, and Korra just grins as she pulls up a hologram of the club's structure. "Alright, settle down. I've got to talk to someone there. After I talk, there's a back room that holds hostages. Get those people out while I'm talking, and we'll be good. There's another back door that leads out. Take them out through there. Any questions?" "Commander?" One girl raises her hand. "What?" "Is it true the president is going to kill all those people in the prison tomorrow?" Asami watches as Korra's jaw clenches and her face hardens. Someone beside the girl shoves her in the side, scolding her on her question. But everyone is silent as they wait for Korra's answer. "I won't let that happen." Is all she says as she walks out and leaves them all in her office. "Korra, wait!" Bolin tries to reach out to her, but the door closes before any of them can move. Bolin turns to the group, "We'll leave in fifteen. Move out!"
The city the group walks in is ginormous; abandoned skyscrapers tower over them, and the air smells like dust and gasoline. "Why aren't there zombies here?" Asami asks Bolin who walks beside her. "The government hasn't let out any around here. Not yet at least." He says, glancing over to Korra who walks silently alone ahead of them. "I worry about Korra sometimes with these missions. She puts herself in danger, rather than others. I don't understand." He states, changing the subject slightly. "It's simple." Asami says, and Bolin scowls in confusion. "Why put more than one person in harm's way? Better one than a hundred." Asami says with melancholy in her voice. "Not that that's my philosophy or anything like that." Bolin nods, "I get what you're saying. But Korra hasn't always been so selfless." Bolin says, and Asami frowns. "What do you mean? She used to be cocky?" He shakes his head. "No, I mean, she's been selfless, but not as much as this." "Why?" Green eyes clash, and Bolin looks down. "A while ago, Korra and her friend Iroh were captured by the government." He begins, gripping his gun. "When they were imprisoned for 2 months, they only had enough room for one to take back to the interface prison, the biggest prison in the world." A pause, "Iroh told Korra to run. And just like that, Korra ran. She didn't even think twice about switching places with Iroh. She told me she felt horrible after that. She didn't leave her hospital room for days, recovering. Then all of a sudden she pulled herself together, and did these dangerous missions that people were too afraid to do. She risked her life every day." Asami is struck with surprise and Bolin sighs, "I just think she's too broken to think about herself anymore. But sometimes you have to. Ya know?" He looks to Asami, who looks back up to see Korra looking at the dark sky over them. "I suppose you're right."
"Alright. Try not to drink too much. And don't get yourself in trouble, roger?" "Roger!" Korra opens the door, and immediately music overtakes their ears. Asami was actually impressed; the club had a bar smack dab in the middle, and it even had an upstairs balcony that spreads around the whole building. People were everywhere, drinks in hand and mingling around small tables. She watches as Korra walks to her and grips her elbow, "Be careful, okay?" She whispers in Asami's ear, and the girl chuckles, "I think I'll be fine. My teacher is the best around." She watches as Korra blushes for the first time, and Asami feels her knees buckle at the gesture. "R-Right. Do you want a drink?" Blue eyes look through green, and Asami smiles, "I would love one." The two make their way to the bar, Asami blushing wildly as Korra holds her hand and guides her through the crowd. They order their drinks, and guide themselves to a small table they can stand at. "So, who's this person you're supposed to be talking to?" Asami asks as she takes a sip of her drink. Korra looks around her, "Just a friend who has some information I want." "It doesn't have anything to do with the prison, does it?" Korra tightens her hold around her frosty drink, "no." "You're a terrible liar." Asami grins and sets her drink down. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to." Korra fidgets, and suddenly a woman in black walks up and puts a hand on Korra's shoulder. "Commander. He's ready for you." Korra nods, giving a sly look and nod to Asami, before leaving the green-eyed girl and walking to a table far from everyone else in the corner. Asami scowls, taking her drink before someone comes up to her and asks her to dance.
"Ah Korra, it's been a while." A man stands with his blue eyes shining and his hair partially in his face. "It has been a while, Tahno." Korra says and is about to sit down, before he coughs. "Ehem, just to make sure you're still part of the tribe…" He rolls his cuffs up, revealing a tattoo of the moon on his wrist. Korra does the same, only she pulls at her collar and reveals the same looking tattoo on her shoulder. "Good, good. So, you said you want information." He states, sitting down and waving a hand to dismiss his guards. "In exchange?" Korra pulls out a wad of cash from her pocket, sliding it on the table, taking a seat. Tahno grabs it, flips through it, and smiles devilishly. "Ah, so your friend Iroh." "Where is he being held?" She asks, and Tahno tisks. "Way down below my friend. Deep in level 5, along with the other people associated with you." He uses his fingers for air quotes. "Korra, we're in the rescue now." Korra hears in her ears, and she mentally nods. "Tahno. How many guards outside?" "20; 15 on the ground, and 5 on top. Three of them should be snipers, so watch out for that. Best way is to take all outside down before moving in. The alarms will only sound without a key card, which you can get from any of those guards." Korra nods, but watches movement from the side of her. "And you'll have the camera's all controlled?" "I'll do my best." "That's all I needed to know." Korra starts to stand, "Wait. Korra. Are you just going to leave without your new buddies?" Tahno smiles, and Korra reacts fast, kicking the table up as Tahno pulls out a gun and shoots. How did he find out?! Korra yelps and grips her arm, but ignores it and kicks the table away from her, hitting the rest of the guards in front of her. "Korra! They've caught us!" "I know!" She yells, jumping over the table and kicking a guard in the shin. "Lead them to the opposite door! Quick!" She shouts and flips another over her with brute strength. "What about you?" She can hear Asami's voice now, and she shakes her head. "I'll be fine, now go!" Korra stumbles back as a man punches her across her face, and she growls in pain. He grips her neck, and instantly Korra kicks him where it counts, and he drops with a yelp. Blue eyes suddenly see her group, shifting people out a door quickly just across the bar. "Korra!" She can hear another voice in her ear, and she flips around, throwing a fist at the guard that was creeping up behind her. Wiping blood from her mouth, she moves her way to her team, jumping and sliding across the bar table as everyone shouts and hides under them. "Korra, hurry!" she grunts, running as fast as she can until someone grabs her ankle, and she falls instantly to the ground. "You're not going anywhere, Tyrant! Or should I say, Avatar?" Korra's eyes widen as Tahno shouts her name, and Tahno laughs. "Oh, yes, I know who you truly are, Korra. And I'll tell everyone if you betray me again!" Korra kicks him in the face, and he growls. She shakes; why is she shaking? Korra shakes her head and pulls herself back into the moment. Everything is going slow for her, and she watches Tahno pull a gun from his belt, his hand still firmly wrapped around her ankle. Her eyes dart; find a gun, find a gun! She kicks again, reaching for the hunk of metal that lays idly a few feet from her on the ground. Her adrenalin is pumping wildly as she grips the gun, flinging it around and meeting Tahno's blue eyes with hers. "Korra!-"And all she can hear is two shots. That's what everyone hears. Two shots that ring above the rest of the crowd as everyone stands still like a rock, as silent as the night. Korra blinks, her mind running in every possible direction, but her eyes stay fixed on the man in front of her with a hole shown deep into his forehead. "Korra?! Are you hurt?" She shakes her head, but realizes they can't see her. "Yes. Yes I'm fine." She picks herself off, and glances down at her arm, spilling blood fast. "Let's move!" She says, pulling herself away from the scene before her and runs to the door, leading everyone out.