AN: It's finally here! I'm back to writing this story again. I'm sorry for the long hiatus.
It's past midnight here and I haven't proof read this chapter. I will tomorrow when I have time(hopefully!). If there are spelling errors and possible grammar errors, I'm sorry in advance. I just really want to publish this before I end up pushing it back untouched again.
For the first part I was listening to the randomized "Deep Dark Indie" and then "Dark and Stormy" Spotify playlist for the remaining half while writing this.
Enjoy!
Chapter 10: Blood for Blood
Korra's heart sank upon seeing the face behind the murder of her friend and the capture and current torture of Asami is Doctor Kuvira, her very own psychologist.
"How could you do this?!", Korra's hand clench into a tight fist. A rage starts to burn inside her that's starting to show in her eyes. "Open the fucking door, Kuvira!" she slams her hands hammering the metal door. She attacks the door using her body but it wouldn't budge. Her shoulders are starting to hurt and she is sure bruises are starting to form but all she could think is Asami who is probably blind, bleeding, and wounded.
Korra hears the Doctor speak again, "Fifteen minutes down, Korra."
She watches the monitor as the knife slices across Asami's midriff. The knife is about halfway when her face instinctively looks away. The Doctor didn't miss that reaction from Korra and as soon as Korra did that the doctor speaks again.
"You better watch or she will get two wounds this time, blood bender" the voice says calmly and to Korra's ears it was disgustingly calm.
Korra glues her eyes to the monitor where her fiancee is being cut, the blood instantly dripping out of the wound. Asami's eyes shut and this time unable to hold off the painful groan.
"She has an thirty minutes until she will become permanently blind. The antidote is on one of the rooms up the next floor and waste your precious time looking for it." the doctor pauses and Korra starts to feel fear for Asami.
She can go blind. Oh god.
The doctor speaks again, "Or I can open that door after you drink the poison I have prepared for you and then I will give Asami the antidote."
A few minutes later a sealed test tube containing half-full of a dark purple liquid slides out the slot just beside the locked metal door, "Pick wisely, Korra."
Korra hears the confidence in Kuvira's voice. Neither of those choices are good. She will have to take another thirty minutes looking for that antidote and she has yet have to find a way to get inside. By then Asami could be bleeding too much or even loose a body part. The later option is risky but she will have a chance to save Asami from going permanently blind. She can't let Asami to go blind if she has a choice and right now the choice is presented to her by this vengeful human.
Pfft, I can survive a poison. Korra convincing herself. Right? Right.
"Korra don't! I know what you're thinking. Please… don't do it." She hears Asami plead through the speakers, tears running down the woman's eyes as Korra watches through the monitor.
"I'm so sorry, love…" Korra speaks softly just enough for Asami to hear it over the microphone before she takes the test tube and drinks the purple poisoned liquid. One thing she learned from the doctor is that she keeps her promises. She's taking a big risk for both her and Asami but this is her best choice.
"NO NO… NO KORRA!" Asami shouts, protesting Korra's decision.
"Perfect choice, Korra. Just as I thought." she hears Kuvira and she can see in the monitor that the doctor stands close to Asami and then administers the antidote with a syringe into Asami's neck. Asami looks like she has passed out after the injection while Korra starts feeling dizzy. Her vision is spinning slowly and her fingers turning number and in a few seconds she can't barely move her arms. In two minutes Korra's legs gave up and she's on the floor and unable to move while the metal door slowly opens revealing Doctor Kuvira.
Shit. I can't move. If only…
"Oh you poor puppy. How does it feel to be so helpless?", the way Kuvira says those words in a sweet tone is making Korra more sick.
Focus Korra, remember how to…
Korra tries to raise her hands up above the ground and pointing her right hand towards Kuvira's direction. Her arms are shaking from all the effort that she has to do just to keep her hands up. As if her body is loosing energy too fast and too soon.
"You can try blood bending all you want." She hears the woman's voice getting closer and the figure close. The familiar clacking of the heels against the marble floor, a rhythm of steps, the killer's steps.
"But you can't, not anymore." Kuvira says with finality. "Your weakness is my strength but my weakness isn't your strength. All thanks to you." the doctor's voice is filled with bitterness.
"He killed my friend!" Korra responds before her vision starts turning pitch black.
Korra wakes up feeling the cold floor against her face and her hands tied up together. It's so dark in the room and too silent. The first thought in her mind is her fiancee.
"Asami! Asami!"
She hears an amused laugh. She then remembers taking the poison and passing out near Kuvira.
"Don't worry, your beloved fiancee got the antidote." the woman assures her.
"Where is Asami? Let her go!" Korra stands up but falls on her knees as soon as she does. Her legs are still weak. She reaches around with her tied up hands trying to feel for something she could lean on. She then touches a wall and uses it as support as she stands up. She realizes that the room shouldn't be this dark. The realization hits her, she's blind.
Shit
Korra stays still while her back is resting against the wall. She's blind and her hands are tied. She believes that she still has a chance as long as she can still move her body. First, she must know if Asami is okay. Her girlfriend has been bleeding out a lot of blood earlier and she knows that her fiancee needs to get to the hospital soon.
She hears those familiar steps again which is getting closer and closer.
"Blood for Blood" she hears Kuvira say before she feels a hand untying the binds in her hand. These fingers are too familiar. She can recognize these hands anytime and anywhere.
"A-Asami…?" Korra's voice trembles, "What's going on?"
There's no answer. No words from the person that just released her hands. As soon as her hands are free, Korra reaches out to the person in front of her. She traces the contour of the woman's face. Now she's sure it's Asami. She has memorized how Asami's face feels. She had a habit of trailing her fingers on her fiancees face when they're cuddling. She is still processing the fact that she had ever forgotten about Asami. She hates herself for that.
"Asami… please say something. Are you okay?" Korra can feel the tension in Asami's face just before the woman pulled away from her touch. That confuses Korra even more. "Why are you still here?"
"I made a choice… I'm so sorry." Korra hears Asami whisper in her ear while leaning in before chaining her hands up, just like how she was chained up the night Mako died. But there was something in Asami's voice. It sounded like a plea of some sort.
"The moon is full,
the blood is high."
Asami chants silently to her before parting.
Trust her, Korra. She's Asami.
"Perfect. Now let's start, shall we?" Kuvira speaks again and Korra can hear rustling of what it seems like knives or daggers on a table. "Pick one Asami. Three out of ten daggers are poisoned. That poison will permanently blind Korra in an instant. But there will be two of the remaining daggers that is coated with the antidote."
Korra hears Asami walking away and probably towards the weapons that could break or save her.
"Pick wisely, dear" there's that sickly sweet and caring tone of Kuvira again that's polar opposite to Kuvira's true color when the woman stops wearing the good person mask. "Ah, I almost forgot. One of those daggers contain a unique poison, of what effect, I'm not telling."
Korra isn't really sure what's going on but she thinks that she might have an idea as to what's about to happen. She hears Asami's foot steps moving towards her. Asami has been silent. Only responding when asked a question. If it's the Asami she knows, she's sure that Asami is up to something.
She's still Asami, right? Kuvira didn't get to her, did she?
"Remember the rules, Asami. Thirty three cuts, no more, no less. That's if Korra survives to reach that high." She then hears Kuvira scoff after saying that.
"Pffft, of course I will." she retorts and braces herself to what's ever coming.
The moon is full, The moon is full,
the blood is high
the blood is high
AN: About the hiatus: I've been going through a lot of personal (not so good) stuff the past month. I couldn't continue writing the story because there were memories attached to it but I think I am ready to move forward and finish this.
If you are expecting a "happy ending" it's probably better to turn back now... :| But Korra or Asami won't die, that I can promise.
Thank you to everyone who has been following and reading this story. I enjoyed writing this chapter. I got a little crazy but I hope it isn't too crazy. My brain is goop now and I'm rambling.
P.S
If you got the 'The 100' reference on the title, cheers to you!