Tenzin, Kya, Bumi and Su immediately burst through the lab doors with Katara right behind them. Joyce, Wei, Kai and Pema with her children followed suit as soon as they heard the scream. As soon as Pema saw a glimpse of what had transpired in the room, she immediately asked Jinora to help her get Ikki and Meelo out of the room before they could see what had happened and to get them to wait somewhere else. This got a pout from the two children but followed anyway. The rest all stopped just a few meters away from the door, mouths hanging open and the color fading away from their faces at the scene before them.
From the looks of it, Asami, who was shaking, had an arrow ready to fire to her cornered, confused and panicked girlfriend. And by the looks of it, she had fired two arrows at her already, one at her shoulder and one on her thigh which Korra didn't even bother removing due to the fact she had no idea what was going on or maybe she just didn't bother to.
But what really caught them frozen on the ground were Bolin and Raf who were found lying on a bloody floor. Neither of them seemed to be moving. Katara and Pema immediately rushed to the side of both Bolin and Raf while Bumi and Tenzin went to get Korra off the corner.
Asami watches the two siblings pick Korra up and held her tightly in their arms. Korra had eyes on Asami as they did this but all Asami could do was hold her ground with the arrow aimed at Korra's head and Korra knew this.
She could see fear and pain in Asami's eyes while Asami sees confusion, pain and guilt on Korra's eyes. Asami was now lowering her weapon when suddenly those blue eyes had turned into empty ones and sly grin came across Korra's face.
"Do it." Korra widens her smile. "Just do it already."
Asami aims again at Korra's head but she was shaking really bad now which got Korra laughing and got everyone's attention.
"Come on, Asami." Korra urges her. "Do it already. You know you want to. It's better this way."
Asami holds her breath , tightens her grip on the bow and steadies her aim at Korra.
"Asami…" Joyce warns her, as she puts a hand on her shoulder which Asami shrugs off. She narrows her eyes at Korra who looked like she was having too much fun and Asami then realizes that it would what they want and she immediately lets go of the breath she held on and brings the weapon down to Korra's surprise.
"You coward!" Korra yells angrily and was trying to get out of Bumi and Tenzin's hold but they tighten their grip and hold her in place. "Do you really want more people dying in this room?"
She suddenly gets a really hard slap to the face from Asami which surprised Bumi and Tenzin but were happy in a way to get Korra unconscious.
"Get her out of here." Asami says slowly without looking at them. "Keep her safe and secure."
Katara and Pema both checked Raf and Bolin's vitals for any sign that they were still alive. Both Pema and Katara looked and to each other. One of them shakes their head in disapproval while the other calls for help.
"I need some help over here! Mutltiple stab wounds." Pema exclaims which got Joyce and Kai's attention. "He's barely breathing."
"Raf didn't make it." Katara says softly as Pema instructed Kai and Joyce on what they should get. "He lost too much blood."
Kai and Joyce came back with a stretcher ready for Bolin to get on. After carefully placing an unconscious Bolin into the stretcher, they immediately bring him to the room right next to them which was much more decent than the room they were previously in.
"We should've kept a close eye on Korra when she arrived here earlier." Su lets out a frustrated sigh. "How can I be so naïve that they didn't get it in her? I should've gotten my priorities straight!"
"Hey, you did get your priorities straight." Kya tells her. "We just didn't think they would get Korra."
"And look what the cost us!" Su exclaims and turns to Kya. "We ran into a hallway with my men's blood everywhere, Sim was destroyed and now, one of my sister's men died and one's in surgery!"
"Multiple stab wounds at the torso." Kya observes the body. "With his injury, he wouldn't be able to have a chance with a crazed Korra."
Pema had come back with two men and a body bag for Raf. After a few instructions from Pema, the two men went to put Raf's body into the bag and then left the room. Pema excused herself from Kya and Su to go and check Bolin and see if Katara needed any help from her.
A pair of fist was slammed into a table which got Mike and the others in the room startled.
"And now they know!" A man yells at Mike angrily. "Why would you risk all of this just to get her captured?"
"Calm down, Tahno." Mike smirks at him. "This is where things get a little bit interesting."
Tahno gives Mike a glare which got Mike laughing and got Tahno even more grumpier.
"What do you plan on doing?" He hisses at him. "I don't think the First would approve of this."
"He's not here!" Mike yells. "And you just have to wait and see on what I have in store for everyone."
Amon snaps his fingers. Two men started to splash water on the two men tied to a chair with their backs on each other. The splash of cold water got them both awake and shivering.
"Nice of you to join us." The First smirks at them. "It's good to see you, Wing but I would have rather meet in better circumstances."
"I would say the same for you, Amon." Wing hisses. "But I would be lying."
One of the men immediately punches Wing right into the stomach which shortened his breathing for a while.
"Tsk. Tsk." Amon chuckles. "I'd watch what you were saying if I were you."
"Funny." Joe spats out. "Your brother said the same thing and look where it got him."
Amon immediately pulls out a small knife and pressed it directly on Joe's shoulder and he twists it making him yell out in pain.
"Looks like my hand slipped." Amon says flatly. "And it was most unfortunate of what had happened on my brother." He circles the two around and then stops right in front of the door. "But…no victory comes without a bit of a sacrifice."
"You're sick." Joe hisses which earned him a punch into the stomach again and again.
He could hear the punches that were thrown at Wing behind him.
"Do whatever you want!" Wing exclaims. "We're not telling you anything!"
Amon turns around and gives both of them a sly grin. "What makes you think I'm doing this to get information out from you?"
"They should be here by now!" Mako says as he scans the area for any sign of Wing and Joe. "We should go out and look for them."
Beifong sighs. "As much as I would want to but we would give ourselves away if we suddenly walk away from our posts right here and then we'd all be in trouble. Do you want that?"
This got Mako frustrated but she was right so he kept scanning the area while Beifong tries to contact them with the walkie-talkie again.
"Lin!" Kya's voice came booming out. "Lin, do you copy?"
"Yeah, we copy." Lin answers. "Did you find Korra?"
"We did but it was already too late." Kya pauses. "Things got way out of control."
"Was anyone hurt?" Lin was worried. "Is my sister alright?"
"I'm alright." Su voice came on. "But I'm afraid I got some bad news. Is Mako around?"
"Yeah, I'm here." Mako answers her. "Is this about Bolin?"
There was a long pause before Su answered him. "Bolin got hit up pretty bad."
It took a few seconds for Mako to fully grasp on what he just heard. "Will he be alright?"
"Yes." Came in Su's reply. "He's still unconscious but Pema and Katara have stabilized him."
Mako let out a breath he didn't know he was holding and Lin gave him a comforting hand onto his shoulder.
"I'm guessing that's not the end of the bad news." Lin continues.
"I'm afraid not." Su takes a few moments before continuing. "Raf…he didn't make it. I'm sorry, Lin."
"Should we secure her or something?" Bumi asks as he and his brother lay down an unconscious Korra on a bed. "Should we be worried?" He turns to look at Asami but she just looks at him and shrugs.
"Better to secure her." Tenzin answers his brother. "Better for her and better for us."
"Asami, what happened?" Tenzin turns to her as he clasps Korra's arms on the bed.
"I…" Asami tries to steady herself. "I went into the lab looking for Korra but found Katara but she left right after I told her I was looking for Korra, I was about to leave when she found me." She breathes in then breathes out. "I mean, she looked like Korra but it wasn't her. Her eyes. I didn't know who she was with those eyes looking straight at me." She turns to look at her girlfriend. "At first it was her, and then it wasn't."
Asami turns to look at them. "She tried to…k-kill me but I fought back. She had me in a hold that I couldn't escape and I thought that was it, I was going to die. Then the next thing I know, Raf and Bolin had entered the room and got her off me. They struggled, especially Raf with his injury." She pauses for a moment. "They…They didn't stand a chance so…so I tried to find a-anything to help them and I found Korra's bow on the ground and I…I shot her but she wouldn't stop stabbing them and then I shot her again."
Tenzin and Bumi looked at each other with concern from what Asami had just said. From the way Asami was talking, she was still having a hard time processing on what had happened and what she had to do.
"She began to scream…then after a few seconds it was K-Korra again, the Korra I love. At first she was…she was confused on what had happened, then from seeing the scene in front of her and me having a bow directly aimed at her, she cornered herself into a wall. And that's when you guys came in."
"I didn't know what else I could have done during that." Asami whispered.
"Nobody blames you, Asami." Tenzin places his hand on her shoulder and gave it a slight squeeze. "I would have done the same thing."
Asami turns to look at him. She was surprised to hear him say that but she should have known better. Korra had become a part of their family in a small way or better yet, in a big way. They were there for her when she needed someone; they taught her everything they knew. It would have been hard for anyone.
Su and Kya were right outside of a door with a lone guard standing watch. Su gave him a nod and he opened the door, letting all the light in the hallway into the room. They walk in and the door closes behind them, leaving them in the dark.
Kya turned on a switch and it lit up the whole room. In the middle of the room was Ace, with a gag in his mouth and a glare in his eyes. Su pulls it out and he spits to the ground.
"Great. What brings you both here?" Ace sneers at both women. "I honestly thought you forgot about me."
To his much surprise, he got shot on his leg by an arrow that came from Kya.
"We're asking the questions here." Kya smirks at him. "Although, we actually thought of leaving you here all alone but something came up."
"I'm not telling you anything." He hisses back at her.
Su suddenly grabs the arrow on his leg and begins to twist it further into his leg which gets him squirming and cursing.
"You know what hurts more than getting hit by an arrow?" Su makes him look at her in the eyes. "Getting the arrow pulled out."
Su attempts to pull the arrow out which got him yelling in pain.
"Screw you!" Ace screams at her.
Kya sends another arrow to his other leg and he curses to the spirits for the "luck" he's getting right now. Su turns to Kya and nods at her. Both her and Kya then grab each arrow and were giving the arrow a slight pull which seemed to be enough for Ace to give in and talk.
"Okay, okay!" He yells. "What do you need to know? Just stop trying to yank the arrows off!"
"How'd you get the Senshi in Korra?" Su asks. "Why weren't we able to detect it earlier?"
Ace forces a laugh out. "So they actually did it? They actually got it in her?" He shakes his head. "I'm impressed."
Kya was about to fire another arrow at him but he protests as he sees her readying. "Wa-wait! Wait! Don't!"
"Then talk!" Kya yells. "Talk or I'm shooting another and you're not going to like where this arrow is heading and I actually would feel sorry for this arrow if I do let go."
"Okay, calm down." Ace tells her. "I don't know what the guys did but they did something to do the serum to make sure it wouldn't get detected when you do try and check her for it. When you do find out, it would probably be too late."
"Then your guys screwed up with the tampering of the serum since we did found out about it." Su states confidently.
"But you were a bit late, right?" Ace turns to look at her dead in the eye and smirks. "Has somebody died already? Was it that Sato girl? Or was it your daughter? "
"Quiet!" Kya puts force on one of the arrows and it made him quiet but he was still smirking. "The way I see it, your guys shouldn't have screwed up. Amon would never allow that."
This got the smirk wiped clean off of his face which made Kya continue. "You were hoping that when it does react to Korra's blood, it would disappear completely but it didn't. Korra's blood doesn't seem to be compatible with it and that may be the reason why she comes through."
"But I guess it wasn't enough." Ace continues with a sigh. "Her body may still be adjusting or trying to abolish the serum but the longer you wait, the better it would be for us and too late for everyone and for Korra." And he smirks again.
Kya and Su look at each other, trying to contemplate on what to do but Kya suddenly remembers something.
"Shuri." She whispers."We need to find the Shuri."
After talking with Su and Kya earlier, they decided to tell them that the Senshi may be in Korra and to their surprises, Su and the others already knew that Korra had it in her and that she's being secured. They explained both their situations and Su tells them so stand down and wait for them in case they might blow their cover.
But Mako and the Captain had been waiting for Joe and Wing for almost 2 hours now and they were getting really uneasy about it. They haven't responded or even tried contacting them which doesn't make them feel any better. They radioed in the others to let them know on what they were doing.
The others agreed on it even if they didn't agree fully to the idea at all but it looked like they had no choice. Joyce and Wei were really worried about their twin. Captain and Mako decided to split up and tried asking people discretely if they had seen anyone they had recently took in custody.
"I think I know who you're talking about. I heard they got Amon really furious about something and got beaten up for it." One of the soldiers answered. "They're keeping them both in a house in front of the Rotunda."
Mako thanked the guy and went to tell Beifong about it.
"It sounds suspicious." Lin looks around. "But I do know the place they're talking about. It's Korra's place."
"It's the only lead we got." Mako shrugs. "But I have to admit, it does sound a little suspicious."
"Keep your guard up." Lin pulls out her Beretta M9 and leads the way to Korra's house.
Korra wakes up groggily. She tries to raise her arms but was surprised to find them both chained to the bed. She knows it wouldn't work but she tries to slip her wrists through those cuffs. She even tries to shake it loose but still failing which doesn't surprise her.
"Nice to see you're awake, Korra." The voice startled her but was relieved to see Tenzin there with her.
"Tenzin, hey. What's going on?" Korra sits up and leans on the headboard which got her wincing a bit. "And why do I feel like I've been shot?"
"It's because you were shot." Bumi reveals himself. "Shot by two arrows to be specific, one to your thighs and one to your shoulder."
"You don't remember?" Tenzin asks as he gives her a glass of water to drink. "You don't remember anything?"
"Remember what?" Korra looks at him confuse. "I remember leaving Katara in the lab and I was on my way to you guys." Korra tells him.
"What else do you remember?" Bumi inquires.
Korra looks at him with questioning eyes. "I…uh…Let's see."
As if on cue, Korra suddenly arches her body up and yells out in pain. She covers her ears and screams out to block out the noise she was hearing. Bumi and Tenzin rushed to her and try to calm her down but she was able to struggle out from their grasps. She begins to start scratching her face and then all over her body. She begins to start laughing uncotrollably.
Asami bursts from the doors and shortens the length of the chains so that Korra wouldn't be able to do any harm to herself. While she does this, Bumi and Tenzin hold Korra down. As soon as it was finished, Korra had her head down due to exhaustion.
Asami reaches out to brush off the hair from Korra's face when suddenly Korra eyes open up and launches herself to Asami which didn't much do anything since she was bound to the bed but that didn't stop Asami from jumping back from being startled.
"This won't end well for you." Korra whispers to them. "You see, Amon wasn't too happy when you banished him and his team."
"What Amon and his team did was immoral. We had every right to banish them." Tenzin countered. "Using humans as test subjects? It wasn't right."
"And this is?" Korra yelled. "You tortured me for weeks and kept me locked up! You made sure I get all patched up and better but then you throw me back into that cell and get myself beaten up again like some sort of animal!"
Tenzin and Bumi remained silent while Asami gasps in horror.
"Is…Is this true?" Asami whispers.
"Tell her, Tenzin." Korra smirks. "Tell her how each and every one of you broke me down and how you rebuild me into becoming a killer. A weapon!"
"That's not true!" Bumi snaps at her. "I mean, we did all those things but it was for your own good, for your protection."
"My own protection?" Korra scoffs. "You did this to protect yourselves! You took away my life! You took me away from my family; from Asami…I ended up killing people. People that did nothing wrong…" Korra trails off and you can see tears flowing down her cheeks.
Asami wasn't really sure if this was her Korra or scary Korra trying to be like her Korra but she couldn't help but feel sympathy for the girl in front of her.
"No, Korra." Tenzin says slowly. "We did this so you would be able to protect everyone you love and everyone you care for, to protect your family."
"And look where it got me!" Korra yells. "It got me killing my friends and family and it almost got me killing the woman I love."
"That wasn't you." Bumi tells her slowly. "You may be the weapon but the Red Lotus was the one who pulled the trigger."
"Gee, that totally makes me feel better about what I've done earlier." Korra spat. "Thanks!"
"You made her a target to the Red Lotus." Asami hisses. "You created the Avatar and they want to use her to inflict fear and harm to people!"
"You're wrong, Asami." Tenzin sighs. "We didn't make her a target for the Red Lotus."
"She was already a target long before we trained her." Bumi continued.
Joe and Wing sat up when they heard a faint noise somewhere in the room. Both quickly scan the whole area where their line of vision had and found everything in order but they hear it again.
"Did you hear that?" Joe whispers. "Or am I just going crazy right now?"
Wing spits out blood that had accumulated into his mouth. "Nope, you're not going crazy because I heard it too."
Two pairs of footsteps were heard by the tied men.
"Whoever it is, there's no use of hiding anymore." Wing yells. "We know you're there!"
Mako and Lin emerge from the shadows and this got Wing and Joe relieved.
"Oh god, it's you two." Wing gives a small smile. "How'd you find us?"
"We asked around." Mako shrugs as he cuts the rope behind holding them in place. "Are you the only ones here?"
"Yeah." Joe replied but then sees a few flashes of light from the windows. "But now, we've got company!"
"I told you it was too easy!" Lin hisses.
"What?" Asami and Korra yell in surprise.
"Your parents…" Tenzin starts but Korra cuts her off immediately.
"My parents left me!" Korra hisses at him.
"No, they didn't Korra." Tenzin answers. "They didn't leave you." Tenzin takes a moment before continuing. "They were taken away from you."
"Is the radio working yet?" Lin fires a few shots from the window to the soldiers outside.
Mako had been trying to get a signal from where they were staying but he had to make a few tweaks on the radio to get it working again. Lin and the others were giving each other cover. They managed to salvage some of Korra's weapons but only Wing knew how to use most of it. He was in no condition to fight but looks like he has no choice. None of them do.
"Almost got it." Mako reassured as Wing takes down a man trying to climb into the window.
"Well, your almost is going to get us all killed." Joe yells as he shoots down behind them. "And I'm almost out."
"Got it!" Mako stood up in triumph but only to get pulled down back by Lin.
"Give me that!"
"Taken away?" Korra speaks softly but they were able to hear her. "Taken away from whom?"
"Taken by the man who did all those horrible experiments." Tenzin continues. "By the man who did this to you."
"…Amon." Korra hisses.
"Yes, we thought that leaving you out from this would keep you protected but then recently we learned that they know about you and they wanted you. We had to act first before they made a move to you." Bumi says. "But in recent news, we have learned that Mike was the one keeping tabs on you."
"..Mike." Korra slammed the back of her head on the headboard. "I totally forgot about him."
"Your mother and father died protecting you from Amon." Asami suddenly realizes.
"Why didn't you kill them then?" Korra demanded. "Why just banish them?"
"Because it wasn't who we were back then." Tenzin sighs. "But things have change now. We have change."
Suddenly, Kai comes bursting through the doors, yelling and pulling Asami out the door.
"Asami, you need to come with me. Now!"
"Where are they holding up?" Asami asks frantically as she smashes buttons on a laptop.
Joyce had asked Kai to go and get Asami to man the laptop since Bolin was still unconscious and Opal couldn't do it either with her condition. Wei could have done it but he was too anxious to do it and that would make matters worse. Joyce had told the rest that Asami was good with computers and if they needed fast hands, she was their answer.
"They're in Korra's house and they got them pinned down." Wei frantically paces back and forth behind her. "We need to get them out of there."
"Wei, relax." Jinora reassures him. "Asami's going to get them out, I know it."
"Okay, got the cameras online." Asami tells them. "And…here they are. Oh crap."
"What? What?" Wei practically yells.
"They're surrounded. Shouldn't we do something about this?" Asami asks as she taps a few more buttons. "I can get some smoke going but they need someone to go and get them."
"Kai and I can handle it." Jinora says as she stands up, ready to leave. "Just tell them where to meet us."
"Are you sure, Jinora?" Joyce asks with worry. "I could come with you, if you'd like."
"No, it's okay." She gives a smile to Joyce. "We'll be alright. We'll be in and out in no time."
Korra was surrounded by eight people with swords out and pointed right at her. She was in the middle of the circle. She doesn't remember getting out of the bed but here she was, surrounded by eight people and they were armed. She discretely touches her side and realizes she too has her own weapon.
The eight people yell at her and start attacking her the moment she lifts her hands to get her weapon. She draws out her sword and twirls around with it, blocking all attacks that were swung to her. One by one, the men start yelling after receiving a few slashes and cuts to their torso and arm. One launches himself at her but she easily evades the attempt and uses the man's sword to impale one of his friends and she laughs.
Kai and Jinora were able to get Lin and the others out from their small obstacle. Luckily, no one was harmed during the rescue. Joe had his arm over on Mako while Wing did the same on Kai. They were now on their way back to Safe Haven when Su suddenly radios in.
"What's your twenty, Lin?" Su asks urgently.
"We're about to head back to base." Lin answers. "Why? What's the problem?"
"No, it's nothing." Su answers immediately. "Just get back here safely. We need to discuss about something."
They try to go at her again. One attack after another and another, Korra easily sidesteps away and blocks all the attacks that came right at her. One by one, the men scream and fall to the ground. One of the men tries to get up and Korra walks up to him.
"Please, Korra." The man says. "This isn't you. Snap out of it. You're stronger than this."
She gives him a sly grin and he closes his eyes and waits for what is going to transpire. She drives a sword right to the man and he yells out in pain. Korra pulls the sword out and the man falls to the ground with a thud.
"Goodbye, Tenzin."
A/N:
Do you guys hate me? :P
Thank you for all your reviews, favorite and follows. And I'm sorry for the much delay, I would explain what happened but it would be kind of really complicated to but it's a family matter and it involves me leaving the house quite a lot with my parents so, there's that.
