A/N: Hey guys, what's up? I know it has been a while since I updated, so sorry about that. I am going to need OCs soon cause I'm going to introduce a new character soon. It will be a spy but besides that there are no limits! Tell me in the reviews! I look forward to reading! So enjoy!

Chapter Ten: Up in Smoke

Shock and horror well up inside me, freezing my blood. No, I tried so hard. I did everything right! I tried to save them, to warn them! But all my efforts up in smoke just like that. I stand, stumbling in the sand, not even remembering how I reached the beach. I shook my head, eyes bleary from the force of the explosion. A large column of smoke rose from the main house, and I as I stagger up to the smoke, I see large fires peppering the ground, while rubble littered the courtyard. I stare in horror at the devastation the bomb wrought. The main house was almost completely destroyed, and the courtyard looked like a giant rampaged about with a hammer.

Tears well up in my eyes and fall like liquid diamonds, dropping onto my already past tattered and ruined clothes; surprised I feel my check. I have not cried in six years, ever since Nya stole my only pair of shoes when I was eight. Almost as soon as they appeared my tears fall and fade… fade into rage. I am going to kill Cynbel, my hands curl into shaking fists as I imagine every possible way to kill him painfully and slowly. I stand to extend my revenge for my dead friends… when I see my dead friends. Can it be? No way! It's true! There standing among the smoke and fire was Korra, Bolin, Mako and Asami with the family, all unharmed, though looking rather shaken at the destruction of their homes.

Tears threaten to spill over my eyelids again as I tear across the ground and launch myself at them. Everyone grunts as I tackle them to the hard ground. I squeeze tight to make sure they were not ghosts (The gang is solid enough to convince me though) by the time I let go my eyes have conveniently dried.

"Kida! Thank goodness you're alright! We couldn't find you this morning and…" Asami starts, but I interrupt.

"I thought… I came back and saw… I thought he got you." I say as my voice becomes choked.

"Who do you mean he?" Korra says sharply.

"I have a lot to tell you." I sigh, before launching into my tale of warning the chief, sneaking off the island, the stakeout, my capture and questioning. Asami kept wincing and Tenzin wouldn't let the kids listen at this point. I tried to sugarcoat it though. I finally explained about Cynbel and his plans, then thinking they had all died.

"Now spill how did you guys survive the explosion, you're clothes aren't even burned!" I say curious.

"Well right you warned Beifong, she shows up at the Island with a lot of metal benders. She said she wanted to do a quick security check, and found a bomb. They took if off the island to safely destroy it. Then me and Bolin came out to spar when Bolin well, must be a earth bender thing… You know what, you tell her." Mako says, gesturing to Bolin.

"Well since we were about to spar I was barefoot, I felt a tremor and my first thought was earthquake but then it pulsed again and I head an image of… well a bomb. We grabbed everybody and I made a tunnel, just in time for when the bomb goes off. The house got trashed but everyone is fine."

"I tried, I really did to get back in time to tell you…" I start.

"You did everything you can, and no one is hurt thank goodness and thanks to you, we know who is responsible. And for that we owe you our thanks." Tenzin said kindly. He stood brushed off his robes and said, "Well I am off to inform Lin and arrest Cynbel."

I nod, exhausted and my right side of my face really hurt now that the adrenaline has worn off. I touch my check gingerly and wince, most likely going to bruise, and there was a gash along my jaw. Yep that is going to scar; luckily the cut was not bleeding, I probably got it from when those thugs hit me. I feel the fatigue sinking into my bones and I just want to sleep for a long, long time. Korra and Asami were out searching for a place to stay until the Temple could be built, Bolin was searching for food, and that left Mako to dig through the rubble for anything salvageable.

I might as well go help, I thought. I trudge over and ask, "Need any help?"

"Nah, just looking really, the bomb destroyed most of it." The older bender squinted and said, "You should take care of that." He said gesturing to my cut.

"I'm fine, I've had worse." I reply.

"Like the burn."

I wince at the memory, "Yeah that has been one of the worst."

"Kida… Thanks, a lot. I don't know what to think if you didn't stop Cynbel."

"It was nothing."

"Not really. You really helped out and I'm sorry about how I treated you, I was a jerk and…"

"Hey, no apologies now, don't want the ladies thinking you've gone soft." I chuckle at his red face. "Or maybe one in particular, hmm, let me guess. You and Korra. Am I right?" I laugh, "Ammo, that's just what I needed."

"Ammo?"

"I can mess with you now."

"I'm so doomed." He chuckled, and all sorrows were forgotten. I did care for the gang, quite deeply I realize, despite the age difference.

As I sit down to rest, a dark shape was spotted on the water, a boat. Chief Beifong and her Metal benders, with Tenzin. My stomach gives a tight squeeze when I realize that in order to help the gang, I broke The Chiefs rules. Uh oh.

She storms over to me, dark eyes steely like the metal she bends.

"Umm, hi chief."

"Kida, you really saved the day." What! Not what I expected to hear.

"You're not mad? Like arresting mad?" I ask nervously.

"Why would I arrest you?" she says.

"Never mind, you caught Cynbel."

"With enough evidence to bury him for life." Beifong states content. "Plus I have good news, you're information checks out and you really proved yourself today, so I am clear you're slate. Of all charges."

"REALLY? You're dropping everything! I'm free!" I shout, "No shackles, no glares, and I can leave whenever? This is FANTASTIC!" I cry gleefully.

"What did we miss?" Asami asks as she and Korra came back with their supplies and their eyes widen in surprise, then happiness at my happy explanation.

"Finally!"

"Took you long enough." Came Bolin's voice.

I smile happily at everyone. When as thought comes over me.

"Guys, I don't really have anywhere to go, and well, I was uh wondering, if maybe…" I stammer unsure of what to say or do, but Korra understands.

"Kida, you can stay here as long as you want to."

"Anything for Ayla's daughter." Tenzin adds in kindly. I smile in gratitude, but a small nagging voice in the back of my head whispers evilly, Of course they will let you stay, especially when you didn't tell them about you blood bending Cynbel and his goons. I squash down the voice but guilt's wells up none the less. It's fine I say to the voice, I saved the day, they won't need to know. They can't know.

A/N: What do you think? I need ocs for the next chapter so create a OC and message or review and if I like them, they will be in the next chapter