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Harumi
Harumi's head jerked up towards the sound of her brother's voice in surprise. Help, she mouthed. The equalist quickly yanked her back shoved his lightning stick at her chest, right where her heart was.
"No one moves, or the girl dies." Harumi's heart almost stopped when he said that. Death, she'd never really give the topic much thought. She was still young, she had plenty of time. But, as the dispute between equalists and benders grew stronger, death was a possibility for anyone involved. That was a chance she had to take, she decided as she elbowed the equalist behind her in the stomach and ran forward.
"Tahno!" She called. The man behind her quickly recovered and shoved her into a room. The door slammed in Harumi's face and she took a few steps back into what felt like a mop. "A cleaning supply closet?!" She whispered to herself and sighed, "At least the equalists are clean..." Harumi pressed her ear to the door, trying to hear things but the door was surprisingly clean and she couldn't hear anything.
Tahno
"Tahno!" His little sister called. Harumi's face clearly showed how utterly terrified she was. He looked to Korra who was already bending an earth bridge down to the boat along with Bolin. The equalist grabbed his sister and shoved her into the room next to him before quickly locking the door. All three of them raced down the bridge but stopped when an equalist, one different from the first, shouted.
"Stop!" The equalist shouted, "You see this?" She said pointing to the fuel tank. "If I electrocute this, all of us die. The police will think some idiot on a boat lit a fire near their fuel tank and no one will ever have known we were here." The equalist that had just shoved Harumi away widened his eyes.
"Okotte!" He roared, "I order you to put that glove down! None of us want to die for the life of that-"
"Shut up, Tamaki!" Okotte snorted but didn't remove her hand from the fuel tank. "Can't you see that I'm in control? Besides, you know how upset Amon would be if we lost the twenty other benders on this ship." She turned to the driver and said, "Barca, start the boat." Okotte turned back to the three and said, "Don't take a single step forward or this ship's going boom." Unfortunately, it was a clear sunny day so the boat would not be out of sight for a long time.
"Okotte-"
"Shut up and hand me some binoculars, Tamaki. I want to make sure they aren't coming after us."
Tamaki gritted his teeth but still handed her the binoculars. "My father will be hearing about... we... back." As the boat grew farther and farther away, Tahno could no longer hear the conversation the two equalists had. He sank to his knees and his hands tightened into fists.
"Are you alright?" Korra asked as she went down to his level. She looked very concerned and moved her hand on top of his. Tahno looked to her, slightly confused to why she was being so kind. Despite how he acted, Tahno did like Korra a lot more than he let on. The cocky Tahno was what got everyone to love him in Pro-bending. Except for Harumi, how constantly told him how much she hated it. Perhaps, he could give that attitude a rest. If not just for his sister, but for Korra too.
Tahno stood up and nodded. "Let's go to the police station, they'll know what to-"
"Naga! She's still at the Police Station!" Korra shouted, her eyes widening. She raced off in the direction of the police station, waving her arms and shouting, "I'm sorry Naga!" The two boys looked at each other and chuckled a bit before taking off after their female companion.
Korra
"Who's a good girl?" Korra said, rubbing Naga's belly as if her life depended on it. "You are! You are!" She stood up when she noticed Bolin and Tahno finally stopped right behind her. Both had their hands and their knees and were breathing heavily. Bolin dropped to his back while holding his stomach.
"You didn't... have to.. go... so fast... Korra," Bolin managed to get out with big gulps of air in between words. "It's not like... Naga was going anywhere."
Korra glared at Bolin. Tahno, who had finally caught his breath, spoke next, "Are we going in there or not?" The other two nodded and Tahno opened the door. "Ladies first," He said. Korra headed through, giving him a small smile, and Bolin stopped in the middle of the doorway.
"But I'm not a lady..."
Tahno, seeing his opportunity, acted surprised and said, "Really? Fooled me." Tahno squeezed past Bolin, while Bolin thought about the comment for a minute before finally getting it. He crossed his arms and pouted, but still followed.
"Tenzin!" Korra called upon seeing the tall airbender. Tenzin sighed and made his way over to her.
"Korra, I'm very busy-"
"Tenzin," She said interrupting him, "We think we know where some equalists are hiding out." Tenzin immediately froze and gestured for her to go on. "So, we were looking for his," She pointed to Tahno,"Sister. Long story short, we ended up at Yue bay, on that balcony, and they were putting her on the ship. One of the equalists said that there twenty other benders on the ship!"
"Which way were they heading?" Tenzin asked, now looking worried. Korra wasn't sure why, but she still answered his question.
"Away from shore, why?" She asked, tilting her head in confusion. Tenzin seemed worried but, then again, he always was. Korra bit her lip when Tenzin sighed once again and put his hand on her shoulder.
"Korra," He began, "Chances are, that ships heading to another continent. Most likely, the Fire Nation. I doubt they would stay in the United Republic, for risk of alerting the United Forces." Korra nodded, still not understanding her airbending master's point. "If they were at another continent, we'd need their permission to search their land." When she tilted her head, Tenzin sighed sadly. "Or issue isn't top priority for them, and it would take about a week before they looked at it, let alone approved it. After that, it would take at least two months to travel there, enough time for the equalists to realize we're coming and move."
The trio was speechless.
"So, that means..." Korra started.
Tenzin finished her sentence for her by saying, "We'd be better off to let them go. I'm sorry, Korra." Korra nodded and sighed. Tenzin turned and made his way to Chief Beifong, who was taking a witness of the arena incident to the interrogation room. Korra dropped her head and left the station, Tahno and Bolin on her heels. Korra leaned against Naga and frowned, crossing her arms.
"What do we do now?"
Harumi
Harumi held her stomach and groaned as another wave of nausea swept through her. Stupid boat, she thought to herself, stupid equalists. She had been in the closet for over an hour, so that meant she wasn't getting out. Normally she was fine on boats, the fact that there was no earth used to bother her, but the overwhelming stench of cleaning supplies made her want to puke. When the door suddenly swung open, Harumi jumped back in surprise into a shelf. A broom fell on her and she clutched her head and groaned.
"Sorry," The teenage equalist from before whispered. Harumi crossed her arms and frowned.
"What do you want?" She snapped with as much venom as she could muster.
"To apologize."
Harumi snorted, "For the broom or the kidnapping me and putting me in a cleaning supply closet? I think I deserve more than an apology. Amon has already taken away my bending, anyways." She kicked out in the general direction of where she thought he was and smiled when he cried out.
"I'm sorry, okay? About you losing you bending and everything else.I don't want to do this, it's my stupid dad's fault." This made Harumi slightly curious but she didn't say anything so Tamaki continued. "I'm on your side. Next time I get a chance, I'm going to try to get everyone out of here." Now that Harumi knew where he was, she reached out and slapped him. Hard.
"How dare you!" She screeched. "You think you can get me to trust you!? All of you are just evil!" Tamaki grabbed her arm and she gasped. "Get your hands-"
"Can I please explain!?' He whisper-shouted. His hands moved down to her finger and she yanked it away when it suddenly started to burn.
"What was that?!" She cried out in surprise.
Tamaki cleared his throat. "These lightning sticks are dead! I'm a firebender!"
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