"Mum!" Mai screamed running for the woman being held by the a man wearing a mask, he put his fingers down to her head and she gasped falling down onto the stage. She felt the stage move further away from her so instead she just sprinted harder leaving her breathless. Once she regained her footing she finally made it to the stage.

"Mum!" Mai cried pulling her mum into her lap before her mother dissolved from her hands, Akai was gasping and bleeding. She looked back up to see Amon move out the way as his son came up to her holding her brothers in both hands.

"Let them go!" Mai squealed trying the kick fire at him but instead nothing came out, Mai sat there before the man laughed and more people came out from behind him bruised and bloody. First it was her dad, Tenzin and his children. A couple of more shadows appeared and then Zei, Nilak and Aden hit the floor in front of her.

The man walked forward and bent down to her ear and pulling out a knife.

"Told you I would get you…" He whispered before she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen.

"Ah!" Mai gasped springing up from the sheets of her bed sweating, with tears streaming down her face. She released the strangled cry in her throat before full on bursting into tears, but they were angry tears. She felt so weak, she couldn't do anything to stop them she punched the wall putting a large hole through it.

The doors flung open and Nilak and Zei grabbed her pulling her back from the wall. She struggled against them before sinking to the ground in tears.

"Shit she made a frigging hole." Zei whistled before turning back to Mai.

Nilak was cradling her in between his legs while she cried into his chest.

"Why does everyone I care about keep nearly dying!" Mai screamed into his chest, Zei mouthed to Nilak to talk to her and he nodded. Leaving the room quietly.

"Mai…" Nilak said in the way Mai loved. His arms grew tighter around her as she moved up nestling her face into his neck. She pulled back looking into his eyes that looked so blue in the moon light. He was studying her too, he moved in closer to kiss her once more before he locked lips with her.

She sprung back against the wall.

"This is wrong." She said wiping her eyes, Nilak moved forward while she backed up until she couldn't move anymore. She was in the clothes she had walked around in before he started running his fingers up her thigh.

"Why Mai?"

"Because it's not the right time…and my family and Akai." He took hold of her leg pushing her up against the wall so roughly she even winced in pain and pleasure. She couldn't believe that she wasn't kissing him right now, because that is what you should be doing in a situation like this? Her hand bled although she couldn't really feel it.

She pushed him off roughly but he didn't move.

"Stop fighting it Mai, I want you..." He moved forward to kiss Mai before she moved her head to avoid it, this was so unlike him. He started to kiss her moving his hands through her hair. She felt him move his hand from her thighs, when she moved her mouth and he started to kiss her neck when she saw him pull out one of her Sais.

"Nilak what the-" She pushed him off of her when he attacked her, she jumped out the way.

"Nilak what is wrong!"

"Join him Mai! I was so dumb fighting it before but it is so clear now! It's the only way!" His eyes were strained as he threw the next hit which slightly clipped her clothes. She wasn't going to burn him, instead she just punched him in the gut then bent his arm releasing her Sais.

"Ah!" He screamed out in pain and Mai instantly let go before he swung at her again. This time Mai punched him in the face sending blood pouring out his nose. He looked back up and stumbled back.

"Mai?" He asked before Mai kicked him in the face sending him to the ground. Shit they must have gotten to him when she was captured. Zei bolted in to check what had happened and was in shock to see Nilak on the floor.

"What happened?!"

"Those pricks got to him, hopefully I hit him hard enough for him to snap out of it." Mai said pulling Nilak to the bed frame and wrapping his hands to it.

"Where is Aden?"

"He went to the hospital to see Akai."

"OK I will go get him, you stay here with Nilak."

"What if he wakes up?"

"Bend something over him to stop him." Mai said grabbing her Sais and going to the hospital.

"Oh just keep all my swords and knives out of sight, that might stop him." Mai ran out the door not stopping until she reached the hospital. She wasn't expecting Akai to be awake, so she just walked into the room not expecting anything.

"Mai?" She heard that raspy sexy voice before, she spun around quickly to see Akai sitting upright on the bed.

"Akai!" Mai said excited basically jumping on him throwing her arms around him. He winced before she jumped off.

"Sorry." She said sheepishly. He smiled before pulling her onto his bed.

"You carried me to the hospital?"

"Of course I did."

"Mai you saved my life, how could I ever repay you?" He put his hand to her cheek and Mai felt her heart flutter. She sighed because she had to ruin the perfect moment.

"We have to take down these guys, they have gotten to Nilak and he basically tried to kill me before I knocked him out."

"He tried to kill you?" Akai yelled basically leaping out of his bed, Mai pushed him back down.

"He didn't mean to, he was possessed or something. Akai they want to make super soldiers and they are going to use benders to do it. We can't fight someone who can blood bend their enemies."

"We have to find a way."

"Like how? Nilak has been probed by that sicko and my mum is negotiating terms? We can't negotiate this!" Mai said aggravated at the whole situation. Pacing around the room, Akai sat up wincing then grabbing her hand and pulling her onto his legs straddling her over him.

"I just want you safe, that's all I want."

"Of course I will, just as long as you don't nearly die on me ever again."

"Promise." He smiled grabbing her hand and brushed his lips over her knuckles.

"God why do I feel this way about you?" She mumbled to him putting one hand to his face, his hair was rugged and messy; he was also shirtless which didn't help the situation. Mai ran her fingers down to the bandage.

"I'm so sorry Akai…I should have done something to help-" Before she could finish she could finish he cupped her face pulling her into a kiss. It was sweet and tender but passionate, it was Akai and all she wanted to do was kiss him more and more, he looked into her eyes and kissed her nose making her giggle.

"Don't be sorry, we're going to save him and everyone else…" She looked down back to the wound then back to him, and smiled hollowly. She felt terrible, how could she feel something for two people? She loved them both, and she had to be fair and pick one or the other or just pick none at all.

Looking to Akai, she saw the one who had saved her countless times over, the one who made her laugh and cry. She loved the fire in him and she knew he loved hers, but she loved how Nilak was so rough to everyone else but her. How no matter what he would protect her, but Akai did that to.

She screamed inside her head, could this get anymore complicated?