The first thing she felt was not pain. Rather, it was warm sunlight shining down on her body. Rei slowly opened her eyes and squinted. Alarmed, she sat up and stared at her unbound hands.

"I am in the spirit world." Rei stood up and scanned her surroundings. "Are you here, my friends?" She half shielded her eyes and looked toward the sky.

Whoosh. Phobos and Deimos appeared and landed on Rei's shoulders. Rei reached over and scratched the top of their heads, her face dissolved into a warm smile.

"Am I dead? Why am I in the spirit world?" Rei asked.

"Get into the tree of time." Deimos pointed toward a path. "Your friends are in danger."

Rei nodded and started to run. "What am I suppose to do once I get there?"

"You'll know."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Minako raised a giant bolder and hurled it at the grimm. That damn air one was hard to hit. The ground trembled and she sank. Yelping in surprise, Minako catapult herself up using her chain, narrowly escaping the crushing mounts.

Suddenly, harsh wind started to whip around. The air grim was doing something. Before Minako could prepare herself, she was blown off the tree and she landed with a sickening thud. The two beasts advanced menacingly.

Rei stared with awe as she stepped inside the tree of time. Images, past memories, started to play around her. She gasped softly as she saw her mom's image flashed by. Then, like a rewinding movie, the images whirled by backwards. Until...it was Korra's last moment on earth.

"Raava, I failed." Tears streamed down Korra's bloodied face.

"I am sorry I failed too." Raava's voice was heard.

"Perhaps, if you do return, perhaps you can make sure the next avatar is never alone ever again." Korra turned and looked toward the sky. "Anng returned and he was the last air bender. The next avatar will return to a world without any benders. He or she will be completely alone."

"We saved some of them, didn't we?" Raava tried to sooth Korra. "They will survive. Plus, we still have non-bender allies. Hope is not lost."

"Yes. Still, no matter the outcome, it would be nice to not shoulder the weight of the world on one person. Raava, I am so tired."

"I see." Raava answered. "I will bestow the power of bending to those worthy. They will fight alongside the avatar, in rebuilding the world and restoring balance. Together, they will be stronger."

Korra's lips curled to a faint smile as she closed her eyes. "Yeah...stronger together."

Rei opened her eyes and gasped. She was back in the physical world, her hands were still bound. The man was gone.

She had to get out of here. She closed her eyes and focused on her breathing. Then, she grabbed the chains and her hands burst into flames. Rei grit her teeth and forbade herself from fainting from the intense pain. In one swift move, Rei ripped her hands forward through molten metal and collapsed to the ground.

With great difficulties, she propped herself back up. She ripped a piece of cloth from the nearby table cloth and then ran out of the wooden shack. As she ran, she wrapped the clothes around her wrists.

"Okay, spirits. Guide me to my friends." Rei prayed as she ran. Then, she felt it. The oozing evil was radiating from the middle of a dense forest. Beyond the forest, Rei could make out the tip of the Beacon Academy.

As she got closer, she could hear fierce battle sounds. Rei reached into her miko and pulled out her ofuda.

Rei bursted through the trees and leapt into the air. She could see seven women fighting each other, all of them poisoned by the evil spirit.

"Akuryo Taisan!" Rei hurled out her ofuda.

Two groups halted immediately and stood around, blinking with confusion. A blonde with a metal chain walked over to Rei. "Who are you?"

Rei faltered and collapsed to her knees. Her world started to spin and darken. "I...am...Rei Hino. Avatar...danger..." Then everything went black...

"Rei...do you think they'll be okay?" Usagi said as she stared out into the open ocean, leaning against the balcony railing.

Cinder crossed her arms and sighed. Feigning sadness took some practice but she had mastered it years ago. She knitted her brows together and looked down. "I am scared for them."

Tears welled in Usagi's eyes as she turned to look at "Rei". "We have to do something. Ruby and the others have gone for an hour or more now. If they were okay, they would've been back by now. Please..."

Cinder sighed and clasped her hands around Usagi's. "Okay. Let's go get our people, but we have to be quiet and quick. If Professor Asami find out that I help you sneak out, then I would get in trouble."

Usagi wiped her tears away and nodded solemnly. "Let's go!"