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Heavy lightning and thunder began to thrash endlessly.

Asami leaned against the seat stretching herself with a deep exhale. She held her head with the sudden piercing pain she felt. As she looked at her hands, she saw there is blood.

"You are bleeding again…" said Korra after she saw that her head injury began to bleed again.

Asami quickly grabs a new surgical towel and held it against her head.

"Now we must wait patiently until this storm passes… curse or a blessing it had saved us from those creatures" said Asami.

"Looking at the bright side of it…" said Korra with a sigh.

A moment passes and they kept quiet listening to the wind howling like a pack of wolves outside.

"Hey!" Korra broke the silence.

Asami looked at her.

"Thank you for coming after me… you could have easily got rid of me…" said Korra.

"I want to kill you myself… not by some subterranean desert monster…" said Asami with a smirk.

Korra smirked amusingly.

"What are you waiting for then…? Go ahead, kill me… I see that you got the shotgun" said Korra.

"I'd kill you when I want to… not when you want to… besides I could use some company right now while stuck in the middle of nowhere surrounded by monsters and sandstorms…" said Asami.

"If it weren't for you, I'd be in a nice hot bubble bath scented with lavender or maybe sandalwood… then cuddle up in all cozy crispy sheets for a good night sleep…" Asami added with a sigh and frowned at Korra.

"If you didn't steal my cargo, I'd be in a steam sauna while getting a pedicure done by now…" said Korra angrily.

They kept silent for a moment.

Korra smirked again breaking the silence while sending fingers through her hair.

"What's so funny…?" asked Asami.

"You thinking you could kill me so easily like a bloody chicken and that's funny…" said Korra.

"Not just kill you… I could eat you raw; piece by piece for what you did…" said Asami in a threatening tone while holding the towel against her head.

"What I did….? You killed my men, you stole my cargo and now you are blaming me for fighting back…?" said Korra angrily.

"Nothing in this world is righteous…" said Asami.

"In my end I am right… in your end you are right…" said Korra.

They kept quiet for a moment again.

Asami kept looking at her wrist time.

"I wonder how long this is going to last…" Asami broke the silence again.

Korra peaked at the console.

"It says indefinite… maybe hours, days, weeks, you never know" said Korra with a shrug.

Howling wind now formed in to a full-fledged sandstorm outside.

"No wonder those creatures ran away from the sandstorm. It is so strong that it could stuff someone with sand just by standing outside" said Korra while looking at the screen.

"Urgh… it hurts…" Asami growled holding on to her head.

"Seems like the painkillers are wearing out…" said Korra.

She looked through the remainders of the med kit.

"Let me have a look…" said Korra in a kind tone.

Asami stopped struggling with the pain and starred at her surprisingly.

"You… what…?" she asked.

"Let me have a look at your head…" said Korra again.

"Have you forgotten that we are enemies?" asked Asami.

"Yeah…we are enemies…" said Korra briefly.

"Well, Hello…? Enemies don't trust each other…? Remember the definition of what it means to be enemies…?" said Asami.

"Yeah we are enemies… so what?, don't be stubborn, just let me have a look at it… otherwise the pain will get worse…" said Korra.

"And explain to me….? Why would I wanna do that…? In another word Why would you wanna do that…?" asked Asami.

"Because I don't want you to die just yet… I wanna kill you later… so I am trying to keep you alive to kill you later… the second reason is I can't have a peace of mind when you growl and yell with pain… Happy now…?" Korra asked arrogantly.

"Now will you fucking let me have a look at your injury…?" said Korra angrily adding further.

Asami kept gazing at her for a moment and smirked in an amusing manner.

"Did I say anything funny…?" Korra asked.

"You are funny… I like that…" said Asami.

Asami moved slightly closer to her and gently lay down her head on Korras lap.

"This is all because of you… you did this… now you take care of it…" said Asami.

Korra carefully cleared the hair away from the wound.

"The wound needs to be cleaned or it could lead to an infection, unfortunately we are out of necessary meds for this. So I am going to go old school and use alcohol…. And it will sting a little…" said Korra while grabbing a bottle of alcohol from the cabin.

"How bad is it…?" Asami asked.

"It's not that big but deep…" said Korra.

"You must be knowing about human anatomy more than me… so go ahead with whatever you see fit…" said Asami in a sarcastic tone and closed her eyes.

Korra poured the alcohol on to a fresh piece of cotton and gently cleaned the wound and then poured little bit to wash away the dried dirty blood.

Asami struggled a little as the alcohol burnt its way.

"Alright… I am almost done…" said Korra while cleaning it up.

"You bled so much because it's an open cut… the rock was sharp…" said Korra while grabbing incision sealer. She switched it on to seal the cut she has.

"Shit… this thing is not working…" said Korra.

"Just keep your head still… I can't do anything while you wiggle like a worm…" said Korra because Asami kept struggling with the pain.

"It's easy for you to say…" said Asami.

Korra grabbed a manual surgical stapler from the med kit.

"This is going to sting a little again…" said Korra with an evil grin and stapled four staples to seal the open cut on the side of Asami's head.

"All done… this will hold on until you get a med-bed to get rid of all the scars and injuries" said Korra.

Asami sit back up gnashing her teeth in pain and held on to the side of her head silently.

"Staples… fucking hurts…" said Asami.

Korra handed her a sealed pain killer shot.

"Where did you get that…?" said Asami looking at her in a surprising look on her face.

"I always carry a few of them with me apart from the traditional injections and med kit…" said Korra with a grin.

Asami grabbed it and firmly placed it against her neck… and then closed her eyes and pressed the injector. A sudden burst of painkillers entered her blood stream with a blink of an eye.

"These are not your every day average painkillers… how are you feeling now…? Any better…?" Korra asked.

Asami nodded while holding on to the pain and exhaled sharply leaning against the seat.

"Thank you for this…" said Asami dropping the used up injector back in the med kit.

"Now we are even..." said Korra leaning comfortably against the seat.

Asami felt extremely drowsy after the painkiller. She fell asleep and she couldn't fight it. Korra slowly fell asleep as well since both of them had taken painkillers to ease the pain of scrapes, cuts and wounds.

Several hours go by…

Asami gasp awake with a piercing headache.

"Damn…" she whispered to herself while holding on to her forehead and quickly turned at Korra and found her starring at her.

"How long have I been out…?" Asami asked.

"Several hours… i guess…" said Korra and yawned.

Asami looked at the console screen.

"This cursed sandstorm doesn't seem to end…" said Asami.

"In fact it keeps getting stronger…" said Korra.

Asami sighed impatiently.

"What kept you from killing me while I was sleeping…?" Asami asked rudely.

"I fell asleep too… besides killing the sleeping enemy is not my thing…" said Korra.

Asami smirked.

Korra waved a beer can at Asami.

"Cold beer…" said Korra.

Asami grabbed it and then opened it. She saw Korra has another one in her hand.

"I was thinking of moving ahead in the storm but look at this… there is a heavy electric tornado in the middle… and with no navigation console it will be a plain suicide" said Korra.

"We can't go back either, those things are there and we are inside the storm…" said Asami.

Both of them leaned back against the seats and kept quiet for a moment.

"So…" Korra broke the silence and Asami turned her head at her.

"So… what are we now…? Frienemies?" Korra asked.

Asami shrugged.

"All I know is that I just don't wanna kill you at the moment…" said Asami.

"That was never my intention first but you drew the first blood… all I wanted was my cargo back… After all I can't go easy on you after massacring my men" said Korra.

"We approached your men in a more diplomatic manner yet they open fired on us first…" said Asami.

"They were given orders to show no mercy to those who approach them…" said Korra.

A sudden strange vibration shook the whole truck violently.

"What the hell was that…?" said Korra going through the console screen.

It started shaking again violently.

"Whatever it is… it ain't no something small…" said Asami in a frustrated tone.

They held on tightly and then the violent shaking stopped.

Both of them kept panting.

"I think it's gone…" whispered Asami.

Suddenly a strange loud screeching was heard from outside.

"What kind of thing that could possibly be out there in this sandstorm…?" Korra asked with her eyes wide open.

Another screeching was heard and it was so loud Asami and Korra both covered their ears.

"Whatever it is… I don't like the sound of it…" said Asami.

Korra quickly switched on the scanner in the console. Nothing was detected to the scanner.

"New message received" the notification appeared on the console.

Korra opened it.

"Don't tell me you are getting love letters right now…" said Asami.

"It's the detailed report I requested about the sandstorm just before you woke up. Looks like we are in luck, the estimated remaining time for the storm is around 33 hours more…" said Korra.

"I rather shoot myself than being in here stuck with you for more than that…" said Asami.

"Sounds like a good idea Asami… Please go ahead… splatter your brains all over the place…" said Korra crashing in the middle of Asami's line.

Asami frowns at Korra again and she giggled teasingly.

"Warning…!" the console screen began to show a message.

"Great… just great… the temperature is dropping rapidly…" said Korra.

"Just what we need…." said Asami angrily.

"Congratulations Asami… your stupid shooting had fractured important parts of the truck and the temperature control system is running at half efficiency now…" said Korra.

"So it is my also because my fault…?" asked Asami.

"Yes it is… you are the one who open fired like crazy…" said Korra.

"I shoot to kill… not to sing lullabies…" said Asami.

"Well! Congratulations on being trigger happy, it will kill us both now. Let's just pray that we won't freeze to death…" said Korra while pointing the temperature drop at Asami.

Within in matter of few minutes the temperature dropped way below zero outside and since the temperature control system is running at half efficiency things began to get freezing cold inside as well.

They quickly pulled out the emergency blankets and covered themselves.

Korra covered herself from head to toe pulling her legs up to the seat. Asami did the same before it get even colder.

Asami felt that her teeth began to chatter as the temperature dropped further and further.

As the temperature dropped even further they realized that they will not last that long in this temperature. It kept dropping steadily and the truck's temperature controller couldn't keep up at its full efficiency. Asami noticed that even her exhale became frozen. Korra felt like her wrists about to freeze so she rubbed her hands together.

"Just one blanket is not going to work… if we don't work together, both of us are going to die before the storm ends…" said Korra breaking the silence.

"I know what you are suggesting… if you agree then I am ready…" said Asami because she is also pushed to the limits of baring extreme cold temperature.

They had no other choice… if they wanted to stay alive they have to work together or the cold will kill them, especially in their current weak condition. They combined the blankets together overlapping each other increasing the thickness twice and got close to each other cuddling closer and covered themselves from the blankets from head to toe.

Asami slipped her arm underneath Korra and she did the same and held each other closer which increases the temperature inside the blankets.

Both of them kept quiet as they felt embarrassed about it. Even though they hated each other so much they began to feel much better sharing each other's warmth.

Asami noticed that Korra had closed her eyes while having her head against her chest.

"You are such a good comforting fluffy snuggle to sleep in… never in my life I have done this before... and I never thought you're this soft to cuddle…" Korra explained how she feels without holding it back any further.

"I haven't done this either…I only seen this ancient technique in books… it seems to me like it is working…" said Asami.

"I don't wanna kill you anymore… killing you is such a waste…" said Asami.

"Oh really…? And why is that…?" asked Korra.

"Alright I admit it… you give a good cuddle and also a good company… killing a creature like you is a waste…" said Asami and looked down on Korra.

"I have a better idea… why not I kill you and get you stuffed to a nice comfy pillow?" said Korra with a grin.

"Maybe in your wildest dreams you could stuff me… but in reality I'd be filling you with beans…" said Asami.

They kept quiet for a moment.

"Your head is smelly…" Asami broke the silence in a mocking tone.

Korra giggled.

"Oh God… what I wouldn't give for a nice hot steamy bath right now…" said Korra.

"Trust me Asami… you're not any less than me in the odor department..." Korra added further.

Asami noticed that Korra really do enjoy cuddling up with her. She also felt Korra is rather masculine than average girl and she really smelled good even with her bodily odor coming from sweat, blood and dirt.

Korra slowly began to fall asleep as they kept quiet. Asami shook her to wake up.

"Try to keep awake… if we fall asleep that'll be it… temperature is still slowly dropping and it hasn't stopped yet…" said Asami.

Korra opened her eyes. Asami quickly peeked at the console.

"Inside is almost zero and outside the truck is minus hundred degrees and dropping…" said Asami.

"Shit… I hope the temperature controller will be able to hold on at least at zero" said Korra.

"Talk about something… so it will keep both of us awake…" Korra wanted Asami to keep talking.

"Alright let's see… did I tell you how you really smell like…? You smell like burning cinnamon… that's the truth…" Asami quickly uttered a little confession. Korra looked at her and smiled.

"I thought my head stinks…" said Korra.

"It does but honestly… in a good way…" said Asami with a suppressed smile.

"Alright… you do smell good too… if we were good friends having a chat over a nice coffee, I'd probably will want to know what perfume you're wearing…" said Korra.

Asami chuckled amusingly.

"I am not wearing any perfume silly…. Haven't had a proper shower in days… it's the smell of blood, sweat and dirt you're getting…" said Asami.

"Let me see… a hint of warm lavender and a little bit of sandalwood… that's how you smell…" said Korra.

They both knew that if one person smells good to another that means they could create an attraction towards each other naturally.

"It's your turn… say something…" said Asami in a sleepy tone.

"Alright… you got any siblings?" Korra asked.

"No… how about you…?" Asami replied.

"None…" said Korra briefly.

"Hmmm let's see… what shall we do if we ever get out of this alive…?" Korra asked.

"That's a good question but I can't answer that yet… besides you are still my enemy even though we are not fighting at the moment…" said Asami and before she finish the sentence Korra broke in.

"…. Not at the moment but things may change in the future depend on how you react" said Korra.

"Thieves can claim whatever they steal as their property…" said Asami.

"Yes they can but the rightful owners can fight for it and get it back… after all it belongs the rightful owner… not the thief…" said Korra.

"Agreed… a fight will decide who gets to keep the kill…" said Asami with an evil smile.

"Temperature stabilizing…" said the console.

"Phew…! Now it won't drop any further but still it is very cold…" said Korra.

"But at least it is safe for us to fall asleep like this…" said Asami.

"Outside temperature still keeps on dropping…" said Korra.

Temperature controller managed to stabilize the internal temperature without dropping any further but the temperature outside had become lethally cold already. Exposure to it could be an instant death. Asami and Korra fell asleep cuddling on to each other under the thick blankets knowing that it won't drop any further. Even though they were enemies in the beginning, from the moment they started travelling together they had begun to form a strange bond between them. Korra had realized that Asami is a perfect companion even though she is her enemy. She began to enjoy her company more than she hated her as an enemy. As for Asami, in the beginning she was hell bent on killing Korra in most inhuman way possible, but as they spent time together she had realized that killing a girl like Korra is a waste, it is not every day that she come across a person which she could form a liking. Deep within her she thought that Korra is simply amazing. Both of them had formed a strange bond or rather say a liking towards each other. It had become stronger as they had to share each other's warmth in order to survive the cold.