Korra hustled to chop down the forestry. The Sun was going down. They had to find a place to stay before night fell. Staying out after dark was a death sentence. Footsteps followed behind her, careful to follow her steps so as to make less sounds. The woman looked behind her to make sure her teenage daughter was keeping up. Even if the girl was a star athlete and was capable of defending herself, she still grew nervous. The girl pulled out a map. "I think we're headed for that town nearby. We can stay there for the night, maybe a few days if we're lucky."

"We'll have to wait and see, kiddo."

Riko nodded. Of course that was protocol. What if the town was overrun by walkers? Or, sometimes worse, people?

They continued their trek towards an unknown town when they heard a gunshot. Both instantly froze. They waited to see if anything would appear out of the forest. Suddenly another gunshot. Riko grabbed her mother's arm and marched back in the right direction. "C'mon, we're not sticking around for this."

"No, we have to check it out at least." Korra argued.

Riko groaned. Why did Korra insist on trying to help everyone they met? Most of the time, it didn't turn out well! And it's a waste of precious bullets! But Riko couldn't argue with her mother, not just because she's her superior, but because the woman had already run off in the other direction. Riko quickly followed after Korra so to not to lose her, again.

Asami sweated bullets as the horde grew closer. She was down to the last of her ammo and had virtually no other weapons. She had to think smart. Three bullets left. Not enough to put a dent into the group of walkers. Damn it. Even if someone was passing by, no one would be dumb enough to help her. A single person stuck with over a dozen walkers. It's not worth it.

However, luck was on her side today.

A shot rang in the distance, then another, and just like that, half of the zombies were down. Asami gasped and looked around, but whoever it is was must've been hiding in the shadows for safety. She furrowed her brow in thought again. Someone was deciding to help her, but was it still worth her last bullets? She quickly came up with a plan and waited until two zombies got too close to her to shoot her last bullets. And just like that, all of the zombies were taken out. Asami blinked. Did she hear two different guns? She waited until her rescuers appeared and boy was she shocked.

A tan woman emerged from tree line, gun in hand. Another, younger, girl stepped out hesitantly, constantly taking in her surroundings, and also with a gun. Both were very muscular and Asami knew she couldn't take them both on. She had saved one last bullet in case. But she had to internally appreciate the older girl's beauty.

Korra was shocked at how beautiful this woman was. She was glad she decided to save her. Riko followed her out, always eyeing her environment, and ended the few walkers that were still crawling about on the ground.

Korra cautiously walked up to her, raising her hands in the air to show mercy. Still, Asami glared at them. "I didn't need saving."

Korra instantly rose a brow and smirked. "Oh really? 'Cause it looked like you were running out of bullets."

Simultaneously, Asami pointed her gun at the woman. "Still think I'm out of bullets?"

Korra just continued to smirk. However, Riko countered her move and came behind the paler woman and pointed her gun at her just the same. "I don't think that'd be smart, pretty lady."

And this is why people weren't always the best things to find in this world anymore.

"I'm not gonna shoot her, kid. That'd be stupid, especially since she just saved me." Asami replied, lowering her gun. Riko copied her. The trio stood there in silent for a few minutes. Then Asami reached her hand out. "My name's Asami. Thank you both for helping me."

Korra smiled brightly, like she had just met her new best friend, and they shook hands. "I'm Korra! That's my daughter Riko."

Asami looked behind her to see Riko casually raising her hand in a greeting. Daughter, huh? Asami wouldn't have guessed. They didn't look very much alike, besides their clothing and physique. "Is it just you two?"

Riko started pacing around to check the area, making Korra's smile disappear. "Yeah, it's just us two. What about you?"

"Well right now it's just me obviously."

Riko froze from behind her mother. "Seriously? There's no way a pretty lady like you survived by yourself."

"Why's that? Because I'm pretty? I'll have you know I'm trained in martial-arts and know my way around machinery."

Riko blinked, apparently impressed, but both of the girls smiled. "Martial-arts? Funny, because we're MMA fighters, or formerly at least." Korra said, scratching her neck.

"Wow, small world after all. But you're right. I haven't been alone entirely. I got separated from my son a few days ago and I've been looking for him. Do you think you can help me?" Asami replied.

Riko felt her heart drop. She couldn't let another person go through the heartbreak of losing a child. "How old is he?"

"He's 15, capable of surviving on his own for a while." Asami answered immediately. Riko grit her teeth. The boy was possibly still alive. Riko glanced to her mother. She knew Korra was thinking the same thing as her, but decisions were always left to Korra. Her mother saw her face and knew what she was thinking.

"We'll help you. So what happened?" Korra said.

Asami beamed. "Thank you so much!"

"Don't thank us yet." Riko mumbled. Korra glanced at her and knew she was having flashbacks.

"Actually we should probably find shelter for the night. There's a town nearby that we're headed to, you can join us. Once we find a safe place you can tell us whatever you want." Korra commanded. Asami agreed and the trio started trekking through the woods once again.

Riko peered into what seemed like a decent house through the front window. She nodded to her mother, who then proceeded to knock loudly on the door. They waited to see if anything would make noises to signal creatures inside. A single walker slammed into the front door, making Korra back off. She motioned to her daughter and together they busted in and took down the one walker. Asami peered into the darkening horizon from the porch for a moment. Her son was out there, she just knew it.

The group checked the rest of the house together and found a bit of food. Riko went wide-eyed when she grabbed the can of ravioli. She quickly turned it over, but it had no easy rip-off lid. "Ma, gimme the can opener!"

Korra glanced over and laughed when she saw that her daughter had found her new favorite food since the apocalypse. She rummaged through her backpack and threw the can-opener to the teenager. Asami watched as the girl hastened to open it and threw open all of the drawers to find a spoon and devoured its content in just one minute.

"Dang, how long as it been since you two have eaten?" Asami asked. However, Korra didn't answer her. Asami looked over to see her engrossed in a can of peaches. "I'm guessing a while."

"It's been a few days." Korra mumbled through her chewing. "We ran out of food some time ago."

Asami thought for a minute, but decided to put her pride aside. "I have some food if you want."

"No!" Korra coughed out, choking for a second. "No, *cough* it's your food, so you keep it. You should save some for your son anyway."

Asami rose a brow. "What? You go by finders-keepers?"

Korra chuckled and sat down her empty can. "Sort of. Until we trust each other enough to stick together, we let our guests keep their own food."

Asami's was surprised and dropped her arms. She looked to the teen, who just smiled at her. Maybe it was the ravioli that made her much happier. Still, Asami couldn't believe the hospitality of these people. Most of the time when you come across humans, you instantly share everything you have with them, and it's not by choice. This mother and daughter pair, they truly were human. Asami suddenly wrapped her arms around Korra in a hug. "Thank you so much. You have no idea how much this means to me." Korra just smiled and returned the gesture. Riko smirked in her corner, having a feeling that this bonding could lead to something great. Just as long as they could find her son.

They found some blankets and pillows and set up a sleeping area on the living room floor. During that, Riko looked outside to make sure no walkers were around before sliding the couch against the front door. She then went to the back door and propped a chair against it. Asami watched as Riko carefully inspected every entrance to make sure the place was secure, but she didn't question it. Some people were just naturally more paranoid. Eventually the girl settled down enough to sit on the couch. Korra leaned on the side of the couch. Asami realized that they were waiting to hear her story.

"Oh, okay we're talking now. Okay, well my son's name is Kohaku. He kinda looks like me but a lot shorter. A few days ago, he snuck into a gas station while I went to find a bathroom and when I came out, there were a whole slew of walkers in the lot that appeared out of nowhere! He ran out of the station, firing a few rounds before he realized how many of them they were. Most of them surrounded me, so I yelled at him to run. He hesitated, but did as I asked. I carefully used a few rounds to make an escape, but we ended up on opposite sides of the horde. He's a good kid…"

Riko frowned. At least Kohaku had a chance, unlike… She shook her head of her thoughts and looked to the woman. "We'll find him, Asami."

Asami looked up expectantly. "She's right. I believe we'll find him." Korra added reassuringly.

A tear dropped from her eye. "Thank you both."

"I'll take the first watch." Asami volunteered. She had noticed Korra only set up two beds, so she assumed they used the turn system.

Korra chuckled. "No, it's okay Asami. Riko's got it covered."

Asami rose a brow and looked to the girl who was sitting against the center wall and crossing her arms. "She's going to sleep, right? Like we'll take turns."

"Actually she doesn't sleep much. So she covers most nights by herself." Korra whispered after pulling the woman down beside her in the makeshift beds, even though Riko was close enough to still hear everything.

"What do you mean? There's no way anyone just doesn't sleep." Asami whispered back.

"Asami, we haven't told you our story yet, remember? It's late, so we'll save it for another time. But she's been through a lot. She couldn't sleep much before this world went to shit, but now sleep is almost nonexistent for her." Korra replied, glancing over to her daughter sadly. Riko pretended not to notice their whispering. "She'll be fine." She reassured Asami.

Asami sighed after watching the teen for a few seconds. "Alright. I trust you."

Korra blinked in surprise. That was not a statement you just threw out there. That could only mean their guest really did trust them.

When Asami woke up early the next morning, she saw Riko still sitting against the wall with a new can of food, as if she hadn't just stayed up the entire night. The Sun pierced the curtains, shining in on Korra's face. The girl twitched around, trying to shield her eyes. That was when Asami noticed that Korra had her legs thrown over hers and was turned around in a completely different manner than when they went to sleep.

Riko just smirked to herself when she saw Asami finally notice the position Korra was in. The woman's face flushed red when she heard the young girl chuckling. She finished her can and stumbled over to her mother. She then began to poke her forehead with her boot. "Ma, c'mon it's daylight. Get up."

Asami and Riko met eyes when Korra didn't wake. Her daughter sighed and kneeled down. She took a deep breath and then blew a gust of air into Korra's ear. Korra shot up and glared at her daughter, who just shrugged her shoulders. "Gave me no choice. Now get ready. We've got exploring to do."

Asami smiled, glad that they were going to stick to their word. Korra finally stretched out and woke up. They gathered up their bags and headed back out into the crazy world. They first checked the houses immediately around them, finding many more supplies. It was as if this small country town was virtually untouched. They then went farther into town and found a small corner store. The duo went wide-eyed and Asami gasped, tears coming to her eyes. On the brick siding there was a spray-painted tag. 'Mom – 3 days' and then it had two lines underneath it.

"He's here! Somewhere!"

"How do you know it's him?" Korra asked.

Asami chuckled. "That kid is in love with spray paint. It has two lines underneath, so it must mean that he's still here."

"Yeah well we better find him today or it looks like he'll move on." Riko added.

They continued crossing the town, checking houses as they traveled. Riko noticed, under the scorching heat of the sun, a white flag on top of a house in the distance. She looked closer and realized it was just a shirt. That had to mean human life was there, right? She looked towards her mother, who hadn't noticed her daughter stopped walking with them. Korra had a deep blush on her face while Asami spoke about something. She gulped when the taller woman laid her hand on her shoulder affectionately. Riko smirked and whistled to get their attention. The two women looked back. Riko pointed to the house with a shirt-flag on it. Asami's face lit up and just like that they were running in that direction.

Asami quickly approached the steps, but Korra cut her off. "Asami, just because there's a sign of life doesn't mean that it is still here. Protocol still rules."

Asami nodded sadly and let the mother and daughter go up the stairs first. Korra bit her lip. If the boy was here, they didn't want to scare him off. She carefully knocked on the front door.

Riko peered inside. Someone had definitely been here and recent. She saw a shadow move inside and prepared herself. But it disappeared. Her ears unconsciously twitched when something moved in the bushes on the side of the house and instantly rose to point her gun at it. A boy appeared, copying her stance. The two stood there, growling and ready to shoot.

"Kohaku!"

The boy lowered his gun, looking for the woman's voice. "Mom?!"

They were finally reunited and hugged each other tight. Riko tensely lowered her weapon. They watched the reunited family cry happy tears. Riko grimaced and began walking off. Korra sighed as she began following her daughter. "Where are you going?"

They looked back to see Asami had taken a few steps after them.

"You don't need us anymore. You found your son." Korra answered dejectedly.

"I…I…" Asami fumbled with her words. "I was hoping we could stick together, just for a while."

Riko winced. No, no no no. Humans were bad. They couldn't be trusted. You can only think about yourself in this world.

"I guess it wouldn't hurt for now." Korra answered for them. Riko jumped. What the hell was Korra thinking?!

Asami smiled and waved for them to join them inside to see what her son had set up. Kohaku seemed apprehensive and questioned his mother about them. Riko felt the same way, and purposely bumped into her mother on her way to join them. Immediately Korra grabbed her sleeve and stopped her.

"What is the problem?" Korra asked sternly.

"We don't need to stick around here. We have to keep moving, remember? People are bad news anyway."

"Is that what this is about? Not wanting to be around people? Riko, I remember what happened too but we can't survive on our own forever. We'll stick around for a few days and see what happens."

"Oh I can tell you what's gonna happen." Riko mumbled, making Korra smack the back of her head. "Ow! Okay!"

Asami watched them from the porch, seeing that they were arguing. She couldn't blame them, though. You had to be careful around humans anymore. Korra happily joined her on the porch and Riko reluctantly wandered inside to see the house.

Riko had to give the boy credit. He looked pretty great after surviving two days on his own. He was two years younger than her but he had amazing skills. He had stocked up on supplies from the town, ready to take off again if needed. She looked to him across the floor where they were sitting. Both of their mothers had taken to the kitchen and were trying to cook something up and getting to know each other better. They hoped their kids would get along.

"Kohaku right?"

The kid looked up tensely. "Yeah, that's me. And you're Riko."

Riko nodded. "You look like you've done well for yourself."

"Thanks."

Silence… They heard Asami giggle at Korra trying to show off. Riko scoffed and shook her head in annoyance. She knew Korra was getting too attached to this woman. This could mean bad news. "Kids, come grab a plate!" Asami called out.

The two teens cautiously got on their feet, still eyeing each other. They collectively gasped when they saw what the two women had prepared.

Korra and Asami smirked when both of their kids gasped at the dinner. It was probably the most balanced meal any of them had ever had since the world collapsed. Cold easy-cook macaroni. Bread with peanut butter. And a side of canned pineapples.

They dashed towards the counter and grabbed their plates. Luckily Korra had set out some utensils she found because the kids would have likely dug into it without them otherwise. Seeing Riko and even Kohaku dive into the makeshift meal made Korra suddenly feel guilty for the world they had to live in. She looked over and saw a similar expression on Asami's face.

After the filling dinner, the group gathered up blankets and pillows to form a giant bed just like yesterday. "So, uh, Korra, I've told you a bit about us, would you mind sharing some about you two?" Asami carefully asked.

Korra glanced to her daughter. The girl seemed uncaring, but Korra knew it was just a façade. Inside the girl was probably panicking. She hated talking about what happened. Korra released a nervous chuckle. "Well, there's not much to it really. Riko and I have been traveling the countryside since all of this happened."

"Just you two?" Asami asked. She knew Riko's earlier behavior indicated that someone else was with them previously, someone close.

"Uh, well, no, not in the beginning…" Korra replied, lowering her head.

Riko got up and disappeared upstairs. Asami nudged her son to follow her. He reluctantly walked up the stairs.

"Thank you. She can get quite nervous." Korra said.

"It's no problem. I could tell it would be a sensitive subject." Asami replied.
"It is…" Korra leaned back against the wall. Asami slid down the wall to sit with her. "I had another daughter."

Asami went wide-eyed. She gulped and whispered, "What happened?"

Korra scoffed coldly. "The same thing that happens to everyone…"

Together they sat in silence. They heard something slam into the wall upstairs, but neither of them moved.

"You gonna talk to me or what?" Kohaku asked coldly.

"What's it to you?" Riko responded just as cold, turning away from the boy.

"Well if we're gonna be a group for now it might be useful so no one does anything stupid."

"It's not permanent, I assure you." Riko growled.

Kohaku rose a brow. "How do you know?"

"I won't let ma make the same mistake again."

"What happened before? You make it sound like you were with a group."

Riko closed her eyes. "We were…"

Korra grimaced at the memory. "That idiot Tahno… Many of the nights had been quiet at the time, so he thought he could fall asleep on watch duty. Of course, that night, a horde of walkers appeared." Asami carefully listened to Korra's story. "No one knew until it was too late. We heard gunshots and ran out of the house. Walkers had already broken the perimeter. It wasn't the best blockade, but with guards it had been safe enough."

"I'd have killed Tahno myself if he wasn't already dead." Riko growled, remembering seeing the so-called man be eaten alive.

Kohaku gulped. He hadn't expected such a dreadful story. Riko saw the look on his face and laughed emotionlessly. "Goodness, your face! And I haven't even gotten to the best part!"

Kohaku squinted his eyes. "What are you talking about?"

Riko released a shaky breath and ran a hand through her hair. She turned back to face him. "My younger sister was with me." Kohaku's eyes widened. "Ma had ran outside to help shoot the walkers. I grabbed Nami out of bed and threw her on my back. I looked back, thinking it would be the last time I'd see my mother, but it was just the opposite." Riko punched the wall, tears cascading down her face. Kohaku looked at her in a new light of sympathy.

"I took off running through town, but I didn't get far. Somehow walkers had broken in on the backside too. We were pretty much trapped… I had to drop Nami off to grab my gun from my shoulder." Riko hiccupped. "I never should have let her go!"

Tears streamed down Korra's face, remembering how she found her two daughters. Asami had already brought the woman close in a tight hug. "I heard Riko scream like never before and I instantly ran after them. My kids are my life. Riko probably would have shot me if she hadn't ran out of bullets long beforehand. She just lost control after that."

Riko sat unemotional on the floor and Kohaku had taken to her side. "I just lost it. I couldn't believe it. How could a walker get so close to us without me knowing it? I only had my back turned for a few seconds… That walker came right up behind us and grabbed Nami. I was too late when I heard her screams for help. I shot the walker dead in its place, but she had already been bit."

"I heard her fire all of her rounds as I chased after them. I knew something horrible had happened, but I just didn't want to believe it… Nami was curled up on the ground, bleeding from her shoulder. Riko just finished firing her last rounds… She turned to me with a wild look in her eye, ready to fire. She pulled the trigger over and over again, but she was out. She wasn't in her right mind anymore… I forcefully grabbed her by the shoulders, making her drop the gun. 'Snap out of it!' I cried. She seemed to recognize my voice and nodded. I fired at any walker getting close to us. I told her to grab her sister and we just ran away."

"You didn't stick around to help?" Asami asked.

Korra chuckled. "Didn't you hear me? My kids are my life. I knew it wasn't safe there anymore so we took off." She looked over to see Asami's surprised expression. "I guess that might be useful information if you still want us to stay together."

"You ran?" Kohaku asked, surprised.

"Yeah, well, my head wasn't really clear. I just followed my mother away from there." Riko replied. "We ran all night long. We finally rested the next morning when it seemed safe. Nami was already burning with fever. My shirt was soaked. I carefully sat her down and just cried. Korra stood over us, trying to hide her own tears from me…" Riko paused when more tears clouded her vision. "I still can't believe it happened." She whispered. "I was her big sister. I was supposed to protect her. And I'm the one who got her killed!"

"She was burning up and just curled in on herself… We couldn't bring ourselves to end it, and we let her turn. I shouldn't have let it progress that far, but then Riko's instincts kicked in and she ended it."

Korra had to stop altogether from crying. Asami let a tear escape at feeling the other woman's anguish. She now understood why they had been so adamant to help her find her son. They knew the heartbreak of losing a child. "I'm so sorry, Korra."

"I shouldn't have let her do it! What teenage girl has to kill her own sister?! But I couldn't handle it. I just hate that she's so much more intuitive in this world than in the old world." Korra cried.

Asami sat with her huddled in her arms. If it was under different circumstances, she'd enjoy this a lot more. She suddenly held Korra up by her cheeks. "Korra, don't think that this makes me think any different of you. I understand, I'd have run away with Kohaku just the same if I was in that situation. Family is the most important thing in this world."

New tears sprung to Korra's eyes and she hurriedly hugged Asami tighter.

"And family doesn't always mean blood-related anymore either." Asami whispered.

Then stomping came running down the stairs. Asami looked up and saw her son looking quite panicked. "Riko! She, uhh…"

Korra jumped up instantly. Asami and Kohaku followed her up. Korra slid on the floor next to her daughter. "Riko! Up and at 'em!" Riko was unresponsive, stuck in her head. Korra growled and pinched her arm. The girl raised her eyes to look at her. "C'mon kid, you need sleep." Riko futilely wrestled against her mother, who simply just tossed her over her shoulder and began back down the stairs.

Sleep? But she had told Asami that she never slept. The former mechanic saw the drastic change in the teenager immediately. It was as if years of not sleeping just ambushed the girl out of nowhere. Dark bags fell from her eyes and she could barely keep her head up.

"Mommmm…" Riko called out weakly. "I'm fine. I don't need sleep."

"Whatever you say." Korra say, ignoring her. She gently laid her down on the makeshift bed. Riko tried sitting up, but Korra pushed her right back down. "Don't bother denying it. You're sleeping tonight."

Riko tried pushing away from her, but she was weak now. Sleep was rapidly gaining on her. She whimpered helplessly and pushed Korra one last time.

"You're lucky were in a house this time." Korra sighed and laid down next to her, wrapping her arms around her. Riko cried into her arms until she passed out at last.

Asami and her son watched from the bottom of the steps the weak fight Riko was putting up. Where had all of her energy gone? Asami quietly walked up to the bed and sat beside them. "What just happened?" She whispered to Korra.

"Let's just say bringing up repressed memories puts her in this state." Korra replied. Now that Riko was asleep, there would be no way to wake her up for a few hours.

"What do you mean?"

Korra sighed. "Both you and I have only discussed what's happened after the apocalypse, not before. We'll talk about all of that later. Maybe if we stick together we'll get to know each other better."

Asami nodded. She knew some of this had started before the end of the world, but what could possibly happen before that that was so horrible? She ached to learn more about their past, but agreed to talk about it more only if they stayed together. After all, it would be pointless if they never saw each other after just two days.

Kohaku cautiously approached them. Asami stood up again and sat against the wall, making Korra raise a brow. "Kohaku and I will do watch duty tonight. I can tell you both haven't had much rest in a long time. You helped me find my son, so this is part of me returning the favor."

Korra smiled and knew better than to argue with the woman. She pulled Riko closer to her and was out like a light.

Korra began waking up the next morning when the Sun started peaking in through the window and felt something soft land on her forehead momentarily. She didn't have the strength to open her eyes until she heard a quiet giggle above her. She sleepily smiled when she saw a blurry Asami standing above her. She had to be dreaming.

Asami disappeared into the kitchen, wanting to prepare a nice breakfast for everyone. She sighed. Breakfast food was hard to find anymore, and if you did it was spoiled. She rummaged through their supplies, trying to put together something.

Riko slowly woke up, still in her mother's grasp. She carefully sat up and sighed. Damn Korra and her persuasion skills. Riko scoffed at herself. Yeah like she even had any fight in her last night. All Korra had to do was lay her in bed. She didn't know what it was, but something about being with these new people was changing them. Her eyes widened when she smelled food nearby. She pried herself away from Korra and ventured into the kitchen. She smiled when she saw the assortment of foods on the counter. She met eyes with Asami and the woman blushed. Oh yeah, she was hardcore crushing on Korra.

"If you really want to impress her, I'd go with lots of fruit." Riko said.

Asami blinked, then understood what she meant and made changes to the meal. She then paused and looked back to the teenager. "Why are you telling me this? I thought you didn't want us to stay together."

Riko hung her head. "I don't prefer groups, but I know being together is making Korra happy for once. There's not much left in this world, so we might as well find something left to make it enjoyable." She was then tackled into a tight hug by the woman. "Plus, you're not as bad as I thought you were in the beginning."

"Thank you, Riko."

"You know, this place would be pretty great to stick around in for a while." Riko spoke up. She and Korra were in the local grocery store, scavenging for new supplies that same day. She picked up a few cans and stuffed them in her bag, glancing at her mother.

Korra seemed to be lost in deep thought for a few minutes and Riko thought that maybe she hadn't liked Asami as much as she had everyone thinking and wanted to move on. Then Korra looked up at her and smiled. "You think so too? I thought you wanted to keep moving."

Riko pouted jokingly. "Yeah, I think this is a good place to settle down for now. And Asami and Kohaku are pretty skilled."

Suddenly Korra hugged her. "I love you, Riko. You know that, right?"

Riko gently pushed her away. "Where did all the lovey-dovey crap come from? Is this Asami's doing?" Riko joked, then smiled sweetly. "I know, ma. I love you too. Now let's head back. My bag is pretty much full anyways."

Korra chuckled. "Mine too. Let's go."

Upon exiting, a handful of walkers had appeared outside. Riko smirked and together they took down the zombies with their knives to keep quiet. Then they ran back to their new home.

"You really want to?!" Asami asked, enthralled.

"Yep. We're cool with chilling here for a while." Korra replied happily, unpacking their goods.

"Riko?" Asami asked.

The girl looked back and blinked. "Um, yeah actually I brought it up. But I think we should fortify the town if we do."

Asami wrapped an arm around both of the girls in a group hug. "This makes me so happy. We can start building up barricades tomorrow!"

Riko chuckled, still stuck in the hug. "Hey!" They all looked over to see Kohaku. "Can I join the group hug?" They all chuckled and moved to allow him in.

This was the start of something beautiful.