It'd been over two weeks since Liang stepped foot in the pro-bending training hall. While she was cleared for training and light sparring by Korra, her father was pretty adamant about keeping her under house arrest. She felt fine and wanted to get back in the gym to start preparing for the next season of pro-bending. Just getting in some light training was going to be a struggle since she was out of shape and hadn't produced a good flame in over a week.

Getting into training gear, Liang found space in the gym to practice shadow boxing. Her quick jabs and crosses mixed with evasions and basic movement. This was her usual warm up to quicken the heart beat. As she did this she felt her chest tighten forcing her to take a break after only 10 minutes. She grit her teeth and scolded herself. Being unable to do the simple things made Liang frustrated. Korra explained that the muscles surrounding her heart were greatly affected and might seize up when she started training again. Eventually they'd return to normal, but eventually was too far away for Liang.

Liang spent a good amount of time retraining her endurance and cardio that day. She ignored technique and sparring opting to build up her physique. If she couldn't stay in the ring for more than 10 minutes she was useless to her team. After a long day of training, Liang found herself sitting in the locker room looking at the pro-bending schedule. She had only two months to prepare for the next season and she was wondering if she'd make it. Prior to the incident, Liang was a popular bender with her team the Amber Armadillo Tigers. Would she be able to get back to what she was? With a heavy sigh Liang leaned against the lockers and thought to herself quietly.

'Hey? What's up?' a blue eyed girl said with a smile. She had a towel draped over her shoulder and was covered in sweat. Liang smiled back as she shrugged leaning her head back against the locker.

'Just getting back into the groove. What about you?'

'The usual. Nothing too crazy. So are you going to be back for next season?'

'Don't count me out yet. I've dealt with worse,' With that Liang gave a cheeky smile before standing up and heading out of the room. 'I'm going to head out for today. I'll see you later.'

Liang left the locker room with her backpack over her shoulder. She sighed heavily. She's been doing that a lot recently. Looking at her watch, Liang noticed that it was around 1pm. She had a few minutes before she was scheduled to get lunch with her father. He'd been really worried the last week and was keeping a closer eye on her. It was a bit frustrating, but she could understand why.

Heading down the street towards the police station, Liang put in her hearing aids. She would have enough time to walk through the park before heading to the police station so she did just that. While she was in the park she saw various people. They all seemed happy and enjoying the day. In the sky there were several spirits as well since she wasn't too far from the Spirit Portal. Liang never traveled through the Spirit Portal and had never been to the Spirit World. There was something about humans respecting the spirits and not using the portals as a means of transportation. Liang didn't really think of it much, so she didn't really care if she ever did travel through the portals.

Liang looked up at some of the spirits, who normally kept their distance from humans. They flew high in the sky and reflected the light from the sun. It was really beautiful to watch them.

"Ahhh...wash tt." someone said as Liang bumped into them. Their voice raised as they threw their hands in the air. Liang smiled apologetically and put her hands up.

"Shorry. Ie dint shee oo," she replied hoping the woman would back off. While the woman did stop yelling her face changed. She looked sad, which meant pity in most cases. The woman spoke slowly and exaggeratedly as she tried to guide Liang off the path. This annoyed Liang as she tried to assure the woman that she didn't need any help. "Ie don neehd helfp," Liang replied more sternly as she pulled away from the woman and headed down the street. This wasn't exactly an uncommon thing. People often assumed she was lost or something whenever she opened her mouth. When she didn't people assumed she was ignoring them...to be honest, Liang didn't know which was worse.

By the time Liang got to the police station she found her father waiting for her outside of the building. With a big smile, Bolin waved to Liang. He looked like a child waving to a friend when Liang glanced away. For as long as she could remember, Bolin was a bit of a goof who seemed to always managed to mildly embarrass her in some way. He ran up to her and smiled wide as he said, 'wanna go to the cafe down the street. It's got great hot sandwiches!'

'Sure. Sounds good,' Liang replied as she walked with her father down the street. It was a nice enough day, but there was a lot on Liang's mind from getting back in shape for pro-bending season to their family excursion to Zaofu. Bolin talked about his day and some strange things that happened at the station. It was all small talk that Liang didn't mind. For the most part, it was just something that her father did to make things seem normal again.

The two got to the cafe and quickly placed their orders before taking a seat. The cafe was relatively empty except for a few people sitting outside. This was the most time that Liang and Bolin spent time together in a long time. Too often they were both busy, Bolin with work, Liang with training. After the incident the two had more free time or made more effort to spend time together. Liang knew that Bolin was still scared about what happened and was trying to hide his nerves, but Liang could tell. After the incident Bolin had been more involved in both her and her brother's lives. It wasn't a bad thing, but it was a change.

The sandwiches were brought out by a young man who smiled warmly at Liang. She returned the smile politely before digging into the sandwich. Bolin couldn't help but point out, 'he likes you.'

'He's just being nice. It's his job. Don't think about it too much.' Bolin turned to look at the young man and gave him a bit of a glare indicating that Bolin was definitely her father. 'Dad. Stop it. Don't be rude,' Liang said somewhat embarrassed as she tried to get Bolin to focus back on her.

Bolin smiled wide as he basked in the glory of embarrassing his daughter. There was a slight feeling of victory whenever a parent successfully embarrasses their child and Bolin loved it. He looked at Liang and smiled wide. No matter how upset she was with Bolin, whenever he smiled like an idiot, Liang couldn't help but laugh. The two finished their meal and Liang walked back to the station with Bolin. 'I'll see you tonight Dad. Mom's cooking something special, so you'd better not be late.'

Bolin gave a thumbs up before disappearing back into the station. Liang was going to walk back home since she didn't have anything else planned. There was a good book waiting on her desk just begging to be finished. As she walked she breathed in the cool fresh air. While the weather was getting colder, the sun helped keep things comfortable. Just as she was rounding a corner someone slipped a note in her hand. Immediately she whipped around trying to find who it was, but the crowd had grown and whoever it was disappeared. Liang opened the note and read:

Tonight the Ports. Jargala wants you at Pier 22 at 7:00pm.