Book Five: Resurrection

Chapter Seven: Heartfelt Endeavors


Tenzin and his family are enjoying a nice, peaceful family dinner. "I hope Korra is alright. It's been far too long since she's left, I don't like it." Tenzin grunted as he stuffs his bearded mouth with rice.

Pema passes over a bowl of sauce "Oh dear, I'm sure she knows what she is doing."

"Bet I could finish this mission in half the time!" Meelo blurted out.

Tenzin tried his best to ignore Meelo's sudden outburst. "I should've went with them to the spirit world." Tenzin shouted. "Those dragons are too much for even her to handle."

Jinora quickly responded "Don't say that, I'm sure Korra is strong enough to do it. Just look at what she's done for the city in the past few years." Tenzin groaned thinking of how that was true.

A loud bang was heard from outside, Tenzin got up and looked over to his family "Wait, here I'm going to see what's going on!"

Jinora stood up. "I'll come with you!" She exclaimed.

Tenzin looked back "No! it may be dangerous!"

Jinora looked over at her mother as Tenzin rushed outside. There were squadrons of Plague members surrounding their home. They rushed in all charging in with swords and bombs, Tenzin created a ball of air around him launching the enemies way. He blasted to his left and to his right. Plague quickly started to overcome him, then suddenly Meelo and Ikki rushed in on air balls knocking through many Plague members at once.

"Meelo reporting for duty!" Meelo said rushing through many enemies.

Two figures walk up the steps and into the battle. "My, my, brother. Look what we have before us." Alpha chuckled. All Plague members stop their fighting and bow before them. Tenzin looks on as the two dragons make their way towards him. "You look almost exactly like your father." Alpha said.

Tenzin squinted his eyes at him. "Have we met?" He questioned.

"Just grab the bull by its horns!" Meelo shouted as he leaped onto Alpha's head, pulling on his horns, only to have Alpha swat him away into the building.

Ikki gasps and screams. "MEELO!" Jinora quickly runs outside after hearing the commotion.

Ikki runs to Meelo and holds him up. "Meelo!? Meelo, say something!"

Meelo slowly opened his eyes. "I went...easy on...him." he groaned Ikki wept as she held him close.

Tenzin still staring at a grinning Alpha, spoke loudly so his children could hear him. "Jinora, take Meelo and Ikki inside! Protect your mother."

"Wait. What about you!?" She cried out as she lead her siblings inside the temple.

"I have to finish what my father started years ago." Tenzin grunted.

"Oh, so you do remember us. Or better yet, our father." Alpha said with a smirk.

Tenzin nodded. "Yes. He killed my uncle and father in cold blood. Not to mention thousands of lives in Ba Sing Se! He was a true monster!"

"Watch your tongue, insect! The only thing stopping me from snapping your neck right now is that I find your arrogance mildly amusing!" Alpha growled. "Honestly, just because your pathetic father was the Avatar does not mean you have a chance at besting us. We are still leagues above you. You expect to beat us yourself? All alone!?"

Tenzin grinned and stared at them both. "No...not alone." Suddenly countless members of the new air nation surrounded Alpha and Omega.

"Atten...tion!" Bumi called out. "Now, I don't know exactly who you...dragon people are, but I do know that whoever lays a hand on my nephew is gonna get my fist rammed down their throat!" Omega looked around at these new threats and snarled.

Alpha gritted his teeth and raised his open hand in the air. "Protect your masters!" He screamed as he clenched his fist.

Soon after, the air nomads found themselves at war with the Plague members while Tenzin and Bumi tried to fight off the dragon brothers.

Alpha threw a fistful of fire at Tenzin. He merely sidesteps it and jumps over him.

As Alpha turned to strike him again, Tenzin threw his palm out towards him and launched him across the ground with a powerful air blast.

Without him knowing, Tenzin was grabbed from behind by Omega. He pulled him into a stiff and crushing bearhug, nearly caving in his ribs.

Bumi quickly jumped on the dragon's back trying to avoid the spikes on the way and put Omega in the strongest chokehold he could possibly put him in.

Omega let go of Tenzin and grabbed Bumi by his hair. As they struggled, Alpha charged at Tenzin from behind, donning a pair of piercing earth blades on his arms. He slashed at him, slicing through his robe.

Tenzin back flipped away and launched an assortment of air attacks at Alpha. The dragon lifted up a fort of earth to protect himself from the blows. From behind his wall, Alpha split the ground in front him and sent waves of lava at Tenzin. The airbender gasped as he jumped out of the way just in the nick of time. He noticed the ground below him grow hotter and began to crack open. He leaped in the air to avoid being soup.


Omega finally gets a hold of Bumi and flips him onto his back. A pack of airbenders rush in to help and bombard Omega's body with air strikes, eventually sending him falling off the edge and into the sea below.

Kai helps Bumi to his feet. "Thanks for the save, old boy." He coughed.

Just then, Omega rises from the sea behind them in a gigantic vortex. The air nomads prepare to strike again, but Omega swipes them away with water tentacles from his arms, launching them off the island.

Bumi stands there with the remaining nomads. He calls to Kai. "Get Jinora and the others out of here! Grab a bison and go!" Kai nodded and ran off.

Omega jumped onto the ground in front of Bumi with a slam. The airbenders pile up on him. Omega roars as he blows them all away with his air sphere.

Bumi cowers in fear and helplessness as Omega makes his way towards him. "Aw, no! Please just...make it quick! Get it over with! I never liked being an airbender anyway!"

Omega growled and Bumi waited for him to end it. But he opened his eyes and saw Omega...playing with Bum-Ju.

The dragon giggled to himself softly as the spirit tickled his nose.

"Huh...ain't that something…" Bumi whispered.

Kai jumped on the bison lending his hand to Pemma and her family. "Where to?" Kai asked "Anywhere but here!" Ikki shouted. Kai quickly exclaimed "Yip, yip" and they took off.


Tenzin immediately moon kicks a blade of air at Alpha and slices his wall in half. Alpha lifted those two chunks of earth and bunted them furiously at Tenzin. He evades them swiftly and leaps in the air. He then thrusts an onslaught of air attacks at the dragon.

Alpha does an aerial and dodges Tenzin's attempt to harm him. He took this chance to strike Tenzin right out of the sky with lightning.

Tenzin falls to the ground in a heap of smoke. The rest of the airbenders stop and gasp.

Alpha reaches for his robe and hangs him up for the new air nation to see. "This...is only a taste of what's to come to the Avatar. However...as for all of you….I hope you all know how to swim."

He looked at Omega and frowned. "Omega! What are you doing!? Stop fooling around!"

Omega cringed at his voice and suddenly Bum-Ju transformed into a deformed, monstrous version of himself.

"What…" Bumi stuttered. Bum-Ju pounced on him. "Ow! Bum-Ju! Stop that!" Bumi shouted as the spirit tried to bite at him.

Omega reluctantly walked to Alpha along with the Plague squadron. Alpha lifted Tenzin up and shoved him against a Plague member. "Take him to the spirit world. We still have work to do."

"Is he dead?" The member asked.

"I hope not. I didn't think I would hit him. He's far too important to die now. It's more effective if we do it in front of Korra." Alpha groaned.

Plagues gathered around Tenzin and carried him off the island. Alpha and Omega walk down the steps away from the temple. They both hop onto a boat in which Plague arrived in. "Hang on I have to do something. Wake Tenzin up. I want to make sure he witnesses all he created crumble down and burn."

Tenzin groaned as a Plague member lightly tapped his cheek, waking him.

Alpha throws his hands forward, pointing at the island. Veins bulged from his forehead and neck as he slowly pulled his arms away from each other, causing the island in front of him to crack and quake.

With a roar, he ripped the island in half sending the temple and its inhabitants into the ocean, leaving nothing but a shattered husk of rock. He laughed sinisterly, wiping a drop of sweat from his forehead as he looked to Tenzin. His jaw had dropped and he began to murmur to himself as tears filled his eyes.

"You see, old man? This is how it feels to watch every aspect of your life, everything you love be taken away….that is how it felt for us after your father murdered ours! This is just the beginning. The Avatar hasn't suffered nearly enough. Even though our time together has been brief….It's been heavenly. I haven't been filled with this much joy since…..well...ever! But that still doesn't hold a candle to where we're going next." Alpha grinned as He looked to the driver and calls out. "After you take this man to the spirit world, set a course for the Southern Watertribe. I need to have a word with the people there."


It was cold and dry, Korra and Asami were trapped in spirit vines, Lin Beifong was trampled by large pieces of ice and Night walker was eating a loaf of bread sitting up against the wall.

Korra began to struggle and fight the vines binding her, but the more she struggled the more it fought back.

"Why not show those vines the Avatar state? That will teach them a lesson." Night Walker teased.

Korra paying him no mind still struggled fighting the vines. Night walker turned to look at Beifong "I should really tie her up or something before she becomes conscious again." He smacked as he chewed.

"Will you just be quiet!" Korra shouted with a blaze of fire shooting out her mouth.

"Look, Im sorry, okay!? Gosh, its just a tough piece of bread I can't help smacking!" Night Walker shouted back.

Korra sighed and rested for a second. "Why are you doing all of this what's in this for you!?" She asked.

Night Walker looked up at Korra "Well, most bad guys have had traumatizing events, or are just after power, but really I've just got my own reasons."

Korra scoffed and began to struggle harder, just then Asami woke up.

"Korra?" Asami groaned

"Asami!" Korra gasped in slight joy "You're awake, are you okay, did they hurt you?" She shouted quite concerned.

Asami chuckled "No, I'm fine Korra." Asami looked around her and back at Korra "Guess we're both stuck in these vines aren't we?"

Korra looked back at Night Walker who was paying full attention to their conversation. "I'll get us out of here, trust me, even if it means burning this whole place to the ground!" She shouted as fire blew through her mouth.

"Korra, it's okay I know you will get us out of here, don't lose your sense of reason." Asami said comfortingly.

Korra looked around her to see small openings in between the vines exposing ice. "I know, I've just got to think." Korra muttered.

Night Walker began to get up and look for another loaf of bread in a barrel behind him "Dont mind me! just turning my back exposing my blind spots! If you needed to discuss an escape plan or something I totally would never know!" Night Walker teased loud enough for them both to hear.

"Isn't he quite the character?" Asami groaned.

"I know, he's so aggravating!" Korra shouted.

"Hey, look at me." Asami said in a comforting tone. "Lets try and keep our heads straight, tell me what happened out there?"

Korra turned over to her "Yeah, okay." she sighed. Asami smiled. Korra began to think "Well, after you were captured I ran out, enraged searching for any clues I could find."

Asami chucked "That's my Korra alright."

Korra began to speak again "I ended up finding Beifong and she lead me to Mako and Bolin who were also searching for the guys who took you. We discussed on what we learned, when suddenly, we ended up chasing after a couple members who tried to ambush us, but in the end we won and took that one over there for questioning. Unfortunately, he lead us right where he wanted us, trapped."

Asami sighed "Well, atleast I got to see you again!"

Korra looked into Asami's eyes "Yeah, I'm glad I got to see you aswell, if anything were to have happened to you I don't know what I'd do." Korra smiled "The truth is...I don't just like you a lot Asami...I love you!"

Night Walker immediately turned around, face stuffed with a loaf of bread almost breaking his own neck in disbelief.

Asami blushed and smiled "I, love you too Korra!" she responded.

"Awwwwww, what a beautiful sight. Oh my. The Avatar...I would have never thought!" Night Walker said with a smile running from ear to ear "I'm so happy. Ecstatic actually! Wow I've never witnessed anything more beautiful in my life!" He paced around swinging his loaf of bread and making gestures with his hand.

Korra and Asami both looked the other direction in slight embarrassment. Korra looked down and whispered to Asami. "I also think I may have thought of a way out of these vines." Asami gasped and nodded towards Korra.

The sounds of ice dropping began to fill the area, Night Walker looked over to see Lin Beifong emerge from the ice. "Oh, your awake...darn it."

Beifong looked around her and noticed both Asami and Korra trapped. "What have you done!" Beifong shouted.

"No, they were getting to the good part!" Night Walker whined. "Please go back to sleep, I've never been so happy in my life."

Beifong confused,stumbled and shouted "What, you think this is some kind of game!"

Night Walker put his arms behind his head "Well, I wouldn't say it isn't entertaining…" he muttered.

Korra looked over to the open spaces between the vines and bent small streams of water to surround Asami's body. She then pulled streams from more areas to surround hers.

Beifong shouted "Those beasts, what are they planning?"

Night Walker looked up and responded "Oh, right. Well that's classified." Night Walker stuffed his face with another loaf of bread.

"Why, you!" Beifong grunted.

Korra started to bend the water around the vines. With a bright glow, the water temporarily caused the vines to retract. Korra grabbed Asami and before the vines could launch back at her Korra slashed them with a wave of fire.

She landed with Asami in her arms. Beifong looked at her surprised. "Korra! Take Asami back out the spirit portal, I'll take care of him." She ordered.

Night Walker sat up against the wall. "Nope."

Beifong looked at him shocked "What do you mean, nope?"

Night Walker pointed his half eaten loaf of bread at her "Well you see, as much as I'd love to finally get to fight you, Im choosing to let you...slide."

Beifong looked at him confused. "What is this another Trap?"

Night Walker chuckled "That would be impressive wouldn't it? But no, just call it….a sudden change of heart." He pointed at Korra and Asami and chuckled.

Beifong looked back and slowly began to run out with them both.

"I should have probably offered her food though, poor girl hasn't eaten in three days." Night Walker mumbled to himself smacking loudly on a loaf of bread. "Besides couldn't have had another metal bender bending my own metal against me, I could've tried to stop her bending it but even that's too much multitasking even for me to handle." He mumbled laying down on the ground staring at the vines tangling into each other.


Korra held up Asami through the spirit portal and Beifong following behind them.

"What's, the plan?" Beifong asked.

"We should go look for Mako and Bolin first and come up with a plan to stop those monsters, one of those beasts said he's after everything I loved, I think I know exactly where they will be heading." Korra breathed.

Beifong turns to the both of them "First let's get us all patched up before heading out again." Korra and Asami nod and they head over to a nearby apartment.

"You two stay here, we don't want any those Plague members tracking us down." Beifong left the room.

Korra looks over to Asami "Are, you okay? Is there anything I can get you?"

Asami chuckled while Korra helped her lay on the bed. "No, just a little hungry is all." Asami smiled and Korra placed her hand on her cheek rubbing the hair off her face with her thumb.

Korra leaned in, her head touching foreheads with Asami "I'm so glad you're safe." she whispered Asami lifted her hand and placed it on Korra's cheek and smiled.


Alpha, Omega and many Plague members march through the spirit portal.

Alpha led them towards his throne room. He looked at his squadron and snapped his fingers. In an instant ,they dropped Tenzin onto the ground carelessly.

"Hey, boss!" Night Walker waved.

Alpha nodded in response. "Hello again. How is the soon to be broken Avatar?"

Night Walker got up and started to walk up behind them. "Oh, right well…"

They enter inside the throne room. Alpha notices something missing and exclaims in shock. "The...the...the…."

Omega smacked him upside the head to get his words out.

"The chief of police! Beifong, where is she!?"

Night Walker put his arms up behind his head. "Oh, what an unfortunate turn out." Night Walker mumbled with extreme sarcasm.

Alpha grunted and pointed to the Plague members. "Quick! Guard the Avatar! Make sure no one…." He looked up at the vines, realizing that Korra and Asami have already escaped. "Oh she's gone." Night Walker exclaimed in a normal tone, a brief silence filled the room. Alpha with great speed slapped Night Walker to the other side of the room breaking the vines and ice behind him with a loud boom, shaking the area.

"WHY IS SHE GONE!" The dragon screamed.

Alpha snarls and shakes his head. He looks at all of the Plague members in front. "Well….it appears that we now have to go about our plan quicker than we expected. Get out there and prepare the boats! We set out to the Southern Watertribe now!"He yelled as Plague scrambled out through the spirit portal. He looks at Tenzin lying on the floor and grabs him. He holds him up in the air, letting the vines string him up to the ceiling.

The dragons follow Plague through the spirit portal again, landing on the streets of the material world.

A pair of Plague members speak amongst themselves. "You ever noticed that there was no one in the streets when we got here?" One asked. The other just shrugged his shoulders. "I dunno." He mumbled as they both walked off.

All the members loaded onto their boats with Alpha and Omega getting on last. From a distance Beifong looked over to see a bunch of ships and lights "What…" she mumbled staring only for a while and then turning back to continuing to searching the city.