The North Star

*All characters belong to Bryke*

Chapter 8 Collision of Mind

"What is he talking about…?" Korra practically whispered looking at Amon. She walked over to him when he gave no answer. Placing her hands on his shoulders she spoke so only he could hear. "Noatak…you have to help us. You know better than anyone that we can't win without you." There were tears forming in her eyes now. He opened his eyes finally and stared into hers. Lifting up his hand to caress her cheek he answered;

"Ok." She smiled at him remembering last night; she began to get lost looking into his eyes when a disgruntled Mako coughed from behind them.

"Everything ok over there Korra?" Mako was staring between the two of them arms crossed.

"Yeah Mako. Everything is great." Korra responded crossing her arms and mockingly glancing between him and Asami.

"Kids…let's get moving." Tenzin cut in right before Mako was about to speak again.


"Umm…what is going on here Tenzin?" Pema asked nervously watching her husband get off of Oogi with Amon and the others.

"Don't worry about it dear, everything is fine." He said stopping to give her a kiss on the forehead. He looked back at the others following behind him. "I'll explain later." They all walked into the Air Temple house and followed as Tenzin lead them to his office. "In here everyone." He went behind the desk and sat down as they all slowly filed in behind him. He carefully eyed Amon shutting the door behind them. "Amon, your men have begun ambushing the other council members. And bombing parts of the city. Should we be expecting anything else today?" Tenzin was having a hard time gripping the fact that he was having a semi-regular conversation with Republic City's number one.

"Uh...yes." Amon said. Korra stood right next to him and she grabbed his hand as he continued to speak. "Have they already gassed city hall?"

"Yes."

"The air strike will come next." Amon said pacing now. "Give me a map and I'll show you where. Someone go hide the children and wife." Amon said looking back at Mako.

"Oh you want me to leave you alone with Korra again huh?" Mako said stepping forward to Amon who stood up taller than him.

"Mako, this isn't the time, Korra go with him." Tenzin said fear ripe on his face. Korra was about to protest but Amon held up his hand for her to go as well. She huffed and Mako pulled her along with him out the door.

"Well, what crawled up your ass Mako?" Korra said once the door was closed. She heard Amon's laugh erupt from behind it. Mako glared down at her and began walking down the hall. She followed after him not saying another word.

"What's going on Korra?" Mako shouted pointing his finger in the direction of Tenzin's office once they were outside.

"It's not your place, come on we have to go get Pema and the kids safe." Korra said pushing past him in the court yard.

"Oh just like it was your place with me and Asami right?" Mako said jogging to catch up with her again as they entered the living area. He looked up and there were the very confused faces of Tenzin's family.

"I'm sorry guys but we have to get you some where safe." Korra huffed out ignoring Mako's comment. He crossed his arms and glared at her from behind. Pema simply darted her eyes between the two and got up.

"Ok, I know where we can go." She said and she began leading the way Korra and Mako bringing up the rear.

"You know you knew how I felt about you, so why are you so upset if I go and find someone else after you rejected me?" Korra spat out in a whisper even though all of them could easily hear her.

"So you-you go and find…Amon? Yeah Korra just great, and by the way I told you I was confused you-"

"You just want me now because I found happiness without you-"

"Korra, Mako its right through here." Pema said walking through a door on the floor down into the basement. "If you could just pull the rug back over the floor boards once we are all inside you can go." Pema said darting her eyes once again. Korra nodded and waited for them to get inside safely.

"We will come back for you guys when we know everything is clear." Korra yelled down to them. She began walking back to Tenzin's office it appeared Mako had given up. Once they were in the court yard again he darted in front of her yet again.

"Korra…I'm just looking out for you, I do care about you…a lot." Mako said putting his hand up on Korra's shoulder. Korra felt bad as her friend spoke she went to say sorry when Amon's voice cut in.

"Come on Korra, an airship will be here at any moment, we have to get into position." Amon said removing Mako's hand from her shoulder and draping his arm around her looking down at Mako.

"That's it!" Mako yelled at the way Amon twisted the word position. He ignited a fire in his hand and was about to attack as Amon shifted into a fighting stance. Korra thinking quickly jumped between them before either could do anything.

"Hey, hey, no guys come on." Korra said trying to relax the situation. Both of them stood tense and at the ready to strike when someone cleared their throat from behind them. All three of them looked around to see Chief BeiFong standing there with her arms folded watching a slight smile on her face.

"Anybody want to explain what is going on here?" She said pointing her finger at Amon.

"There's a line." Mako said glaring at Amon.

"There will be plenty of time to explain everything after the fight is over Chief." Amon then said nodding his head. She looked him over for a moment until Tenzin stepped into the court yard.

"Lin! We need to talk now!" Tenzin said running forward "How many of your men are equipped to fight? We have all of the strike locations mapped out." Tenzin said walking over to her.

"Not many, most of them were taken prisoner or killed in those bombings. I brought the only ones I have left with me." Lin said pointing her thumb over her shoulder. There was a group of about twenty men standing at the ready behind her.

"That's not nearly enough Tenzin." Amon said walking over.

"I've already sent word to the United Forces to send battle ships." Tenzin said smiling proudly for a second.

"I know…" Amon said looking away from him. Tenzin turned on the spot to glare at him.

"What!"

"If you try to reach them someone will be listening, we have almost all of the wires in the city tapped." Amon said turning away from everyone and looking out over the water. "If we could disable the mines unnoticed it will give the fleet a fighting chance." Amon said thinking. "Are there any other water benders here besides Korra?" Amon said looking around hopeful.

"No." Tenzin said thoughtfully.

"Alright, I'll go with Korra to disable the mines, while the air strike is going on, they won't be focusing on the water." Amon said nodding at Korra.

"Will she be safe? You know how to disable them?" Tenzin asked weakly at Amon glancing at the water.

"Yes, Korra will be safe."

"I want your face." Lin cut in abruptly.

"What?" Amon said stepping back.

"If you are going to take Korra into a dangerous situation away from all of our reach then I want your face in case something happens to her so I can hunt you down." Lin said folding her arms waiting.

"Chief he doesn't have to do that!" Korra stepped in.

"I think it's a good idea" Mako added stepping up beside Lin. Korra was about to walk over there and punch Mako when Amon's hand held her back.

"It's ok, I've changed sides, and it's about time I took off this mask for good." He said looking down at her. He lowered his hood and slowly untied the strings lifting the mask away from his face he handed it over to Lin.

"I'm bringing her back." Amon said making sure his eyes met with Lin, Tenzin, and Mako before he grabbed Korra's hand and walked off. Once they reached the cliff at the edge of the Island Amon turned to look at her.

"Follow me Korra, don't swim anywhere else but directly behind me. Understand?" Amon said hugging her close. It felt good looking at her in daylight without a mask in his way. He could smell her hair and see her better. "When we reach the mines I need you to bend the water around me so I can work on disabling it. Got it?" He said holding her face in his hands looking down at her.

"Mmhm." Was all she said and he smirked at her.

"Focus Korra. I don't want you getting hurt." He gave her a light kiss on the lips and jumped off the cliff into the water. She quickly followed behind and they began swimming out to the middle of the cannel.


"Tenzin here come the air ships." Lin said looking into the sky. Tenzin walked up beside her.

"Everyone is in position, we are ready for them." He spoke watching them slowly approach. It was eerie the way they crept up to the island, grey clouds hanging over them. A breeze ruffled everyone's clothes. "Let's put this war to an end." Tenzin said moving into a stance.

"Come on guys." Lin said moving into her stance next to him.

The first chord shot out of the air ship crashing down to the ground. "Bolin Now!" Lin shouted as another hit the ground. She and Bolin bent the ground where the chords landed and threw them into the air towards the ships. "Nice!" The air ships got closer and two more chords came flying down, Lin and Bolin began repeating the move but this time Bolin's chord became electrified. Bolin yelled out in pain and crashed to the ground. Lin finished bending the other chord back to the ship.

"NO!" Mako yelled. He ran over to Bolin and looked up into the ship. The mustache guy smiled down at him waving his Kali sticks. Mako yelled in rage and began running up the wire shooting fire bolts up into the ship.

"Mako!" Tenzin said following after him. "Lin stay here with the rest of them and take down that other ship!" Tenzin said beginning to run up the wire after him. Once he reached the opening of the air ship he blasted a group of oncoming chi blockers out of the opening to the ground and followed the blast of Mako's fire bending.

"Mako!" Tenzin said running along the passage ways. He ran around a corner and saw a blast of fire shoot out of a room. He ran to the door and he saw Mako on the ground staring at the lieutenant who wore a proud smirk on his face.

"No…"

Lin shot abrade of rocks up at the other ship as chi blockers began to fly out of it. Not wanting to risk being electrocuted she let them land. She looked back at Bolin and saw the Sato girl bent over him. "Can you fight?" She asked as the group of chi blockers began making their way towards them.

"Of course I can." She said getting up and walking into a stance next to Lin. "Let's do this." She said igniting the glove for a moment and smiling at the chi blockers who had come into sight. Lin began earth bending boulders to throw at them when Asami jumped on them making her way forward. Lin got the memo and shot the girl up in the air. She landed behind them and shocked two of them.

"I like your style girl." Lin said smiling. She re-focused and shot her wire at the closest chi blocker who was attacking one of her men and threw him into the air. Asami jumped off one of the rocks Lin had jutted out of the ground and shocked him mid air. They continued the fight until the last one had been defeated. Lin looked over at the other air ship; neither Tenzin nor Mako had come back out yet.

"Let's go get them." Lin said running over to the wire.


"The fights already started!" Korra said running towards the court yard. They had just finished disabling the last mine when they saw one of the air ships crashing into the Island. They made their way up to the fight and saw everyone still and watching them with heavy eyes.

"What's going on?" Amon yelled looking up at the Lieutenant who had Mako and Tarrlok on either side of him down on their knees. Both were tied and gagged. Mako's eyes were darting around in fear and Tarrlok's remained shut. The Lieutenant had his Kali Sticks at the ready to electrocute both of them. Tenzin and Lin looked on with wide eyes. Asami stood holding Bolin up who could barely move.

"It seems, Amon you have a choice to make." The Lieutenant smiled. "Come back to us and your brother lives. Stay with her, they both die…"


A/N: All I have to say is...please don't kill me XD And I hope you guys are still enjoying :) Thanks for a the hike in reviews guys, it really makes my day!