DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of The Legend of Korra other than Seraphina in this story.


Chapter 12: Stressed Out


"You cannot hide from me forever, Avatar!"

Mako's voice was taunting, conveying a threat in a humorous tone.

Korra was concealed mostly by shadows in a dark room, but a thick blanket provided cover that somewhat blocked the world from her. Three footsteps could be heard entering the room, and Korra shrank back closer to the wall.

The sound of high heels hitting the ground and two sets of heavy boots dragging themselves forward echoed around the room. Korra shivered, knowing exactly who had her cornered.

She was pulled from her thoughts when the ground underneath her pushed up, launching Korra flat on her stomach in front of the trio. She wearily propped herself up with an arm, raising her head to make eye contact with her captors.

Mako had a smirk playing on his lips, arms crossed and staring down at the Avatar, while Bolin and Asami were grinning, leaning on each of Mako's shoulders.

"Guys… Please… don't do this!"

She lit a fire in her hand, but Asami beat her to it and electrocuted her, taking any energy the water tribe teen had left. It was a struggle just to keep her eyes open.

Mako and Bolin picked her up by an arm each, and dragged her out of the room.

Finally, they reached a stone room, with a throne in the middle. Seraphina was perched on the chair, a crown of thorns placed in her hair, and looking every inch an evil queen.

Korra was thrown forward, harshly scraping her cheek.

Bolin, Asami and Mako got on their knees and bowed before Seraphina, while Korra tried her best to get up, wincing at the pain Asami had caused.

"Rise, my loyal followers."

The trio did as they were told and Seraphina stepped closer to Korra, placing a sharp heel on her back. Korra clenched her teeth and shut her eyes, refusing to give Seraphina the satisfaction of a yelp.

Seraphina cackled, showing Korra an Earth Kingdom dagger, it's edges sharp and merciless. She trailed it lightly along Korra's arm, deep cuts being left in its wake. Seraphina smirked at that, and tossed the blade to Mako.

"Care to do the honours?"

Mako grinned, and approached Korra, placing the blade to her neck.

"Of course!"

He pressed the blade deeper into her skin and she let out a wince of pain.

"Goodbye, Avatar Korra."

His voice held the same anger that it had when he forced her to tell him about the spirt World.

She let out another whimper of pain, before the world went black.


Mako was seriously worried now. Korra seemed to be in some sort of trance.

Shortly after she had fallen unconscious, she started to thrash around and scream and kick and shout. They had tried everything to wake her, but she wasn't having it.

Bolin was still shaking her, and Asami was calling out to her. It was no use.

The doors opened and everyone turned to see Tenzin walking in, curiosity written on his face. He obviously had heard the shouts.

"Everything okay here?"

Mako shook his head as Bolin and Asami approached.

"She fell unconscious a while ago and she keeps thrashing around."

Tenzin nodded and made his way over to the whimpering Korra. He touched her forehead lightly, and she flinched at the contact.

"She has a fever…"

He was mainly talking to himself, trying to figure out the problem. That's when it hit him. His mother told stories of when his father went through something similar to this.

"This is a condition unique to Avatars. When an Avatar is under extreme amounts of stress, a simple word or action can send them into this state…"

He gestured towards Korra, who was writhing in the bed now.

"When she wakes, she will most likely be unstable. I suggest you give her space."

As if on cue, Korra woke up with a gasp, panting loudly. Her eyes shifted to the four standing a small distance from her and Mako saw fear mixed with anger.

"Get away from me!"

Fire flew from her hand and the four had to take a step back to dodge the attack.

"Korra… It's me, Mako…"

She stared at him for a moment before jumping out the window and raising an earth slab behind her.

Sighing, Bolin bent it back down and the trio raced after her, Leaving Tenzin staring at the broken window.


Korra was running. She didn't know where, but she had to get away.

Reality was blurred into fear, and her so called 'friends' were on the other side. She was vaguely aware of footsteps behind her, but she just rose the earth up as a wall and continued to run.

After a few minutes, she reached a lake and the teen just collapsed onto the ground.

She was clutching her head, trying to rid herself of this made-up world that she was living in.

Voices echoed through her mind, egging her on and pushing her closer to insanity.

A twig snapped behind her and she dragged her gaze in the direction it was coming from. Asami was slowly approaching her, her palms facing her, signalling that she was no threat. Mako and Bolin were watching a small distance away, ready to step in if things got out of hand. Korra stood up, ready to defend herself.

She electrocuted you!

Don't let her close!

Blast her away!

"Korra… It's okay. Everything is gonna be alright."

She's lying!

She'll kill you the next chance she gets!

She's working with Seraphina!

Korra clutched her head again, frustrated with the voices that allowed only negative thoughts.

"Get… out… of… my… head!"

She decided it was best to bolt, rather than risk hurting anyone. So that's exactly what she did.

She ran and ran until a block of earth tripped her. She turned and saw Bolin, Mako and Asami.

Bolin grinned sheepishly.

"Sorry Korra!"

See? He tried to kill you!

They're all out to get you!

Get rid of them while you have the chance!

Korra pushed herself up and into a fighting position. They were saying something, but she could only hear the voices.

She launched a series of fire kicks, which they all managed to dodge.

"We don't want to fight you Korra!"

She shook her head and fired rocks at them, but Bolin managed to break them before impact.

She fired a fire shot at Bolin, then an earth shot at Mako.

While Mako and Bolin kept her busy, Asami snuck around behind Korra.

In one swift move, Asami grabbed both of Korra's arms and brought them behind her back, accidently pushing Korra to her knees.

I told you!

You should've listened to me when you had the chance!

Now they'll kill you!

Korra struggled against the hold, but it was no use. Bolin and Mako came in front of her, and Korra breathed fire at them, trying to get them away.

It didn't work.

"We aren't going to hurt you."

Mako had taken a gentle tone, but Korra still struggled.

Sighing, he picked her up in a way that would prevent her from making any attacks. He felt her forehead, and his hand felt like it had been burned.

She started mumbling things like traitor and the voices, but she eventually fell quiet.

They made it back to the air temple and Tenzin led them to another healer room, that had a reinforced window, so she wouldn't escape.

Mako laid her down on the bed, and surprisingly, she didn't move.

She rubbed her eyes a little and stared around for a second, before sitting up.

She blinked once. Twice.

"Ahh, where am I?"

They all stared at her.

"Korra, what is the last thing you remember?"

Korra stared at Tenzin for a moment before responding.

"Mako shouting at me, why?"

It was silent for a moment before Bolin started to laugh and Asami started to giggle.

Korra stared blankly at them, not knowing what the joke was.

Even Mako was laughing!

"Guys… Care to enlighten me?"

The trio simply shrugged before bursting into laughter again.

A pout spread on Korra's lips and she turned away from them, her arms crossed and back up straight. She turned back to them and realisation hit her like a truck.

"Woah…"

They all stared at her, waiting for her reaction.

"Well, that was… interesting?"

They all laughed together again until Korra turned and stared out the window. For a moment, she stayed like that until she jumped from the bed and pushed everybody down.

An arrow shattered the window and landed on the headboard of the bed, a note tied to it.

She carefully pulled it off just as everybody else started to stand.

"What does it say?"

Tenzin was concerned, mainly that he had to fix yet another window, but also because of the eerie way to send a message.

"The final showdown is near, my dear. Ready yourself."


A/N: This may be the shortest chapter I have ever written. Wow. I'll try and make up for it in the next chapters! Soo, today's chapter didn't really have any point, but I wanted to get a chapter out soon for everyone and this came to mind. If you haven't already read it, check out You're the Detective, Figure it out. As always, please review and leave any suggestions. ON WITH THE NEXT CHAPTER! (1 590 words)