Riko stomped down the hallway with Kohaku on her tail. If the girl could firebend, she'd be breathing fire right now. She curled her fists, trying to withhold her anger. Kohaku laid a hand on her shoulder, but she shook it off.

"If you wanna go celebrate with Nami then be my guest. I don't want anyone's sympathy." Riko said.

"I'm just as upset as you are." Kohaku replied. Riko glared at him. "*cough* Maybe not as furious, but I understand."

Riko huffed in frustration. "She's not even 12!"

"I don't think age mattered in this decision. Nami's mature for her age. You're almost 19 and you still act like a kid sometimes." Kohaku replied.

"Do you really want to go there right now? Because I don't think you do." Riko answered back angrily.

Kohaku raised his hands in surrender and stopped walking. Riko stormed off without her brother. Just as she reached the end of the hallway, she felt something odd. Kohaku saw her stop and went up to her cautiously.

"What it is?" He asked.

She faced him with irritation clearly written on her face. "There's an intruder."

Asami and Korra watched as Nami was congratulated by almost everyone in the room. Lin was standing with her as her guard so they felt comfortable with the situation. However, they were concerned that Riko and Kohaku hadn't stuck around for the rest of the party.

Lin kept an eye on the hallway that the two older teens went to, expecting them to come back any minute now, but it had been 20 minutes. Surely Riko would've calmed down by now. Something wasn't right.

Lin looked over to Korra and Asami, hoping to get their attention. Korra saw Lin eyeing them as they were walking back down the stairs and hurriedly pulled Asami over to her.

"What's wrong, Lin?" Korra asked.

"I think something's up. The other two haven't returned yet."

Asami spoke dejectedly. "They probably went back to their rooms to get away from us."

"Maybe, but something just feels off to me."

"Go find them then." Korra spoke up, looking directly at Lin. "If you feel that something is off then I'd listen to your gut feeling and go find them. We've got Nami."

Lin nodded and walked into the hall that they'd gone down.

As she followed more of their path, she felt something happening through the soles of her feet. A scuffle of some sorts. Were Riko and Kohaku fighting each other? Lin concentrated harder. No, they weren't fighting each other. There was a third person!

Lin took off running after them.

Riko perched around the corner, inspecting the room that she felt the intruder in. Kohaku stood behind her, waiting for her order. A shadow appeared in the glass window of Asami's office door. Someone was trying to steal something from Asami; probably blueprints or other important documents.

Riko crept to the side of the door and her brother copied her. She put her hand on the floor and concentrated to see exactly what he was doing. The intruder appeared to be going through all of the drawers and bookshelves haphazardly, unsuccessful to find whatever he was looking for.

She looked directly at her brother and counted down before completely busting down the door. Riko and Kohaku stood in fighting position. The intruder turned and got into position as well. He was dressed in civilian-like clothes except for the black mask covering his face.

"Who are you?" Riko demanded.

The man ignored her and shot a blast of fire directly at her. Kohaku immediately jumped in front of her and used his firebending to dissipate the opposing fire. The man then ran past them, though. Riko released a growl and ran after him and Kohaku followed closely behind.

As they were running, the intruder turned and rocketed fire at them. The teens easily dodged it, though. The man seemed shook up and continued running. Riko glanced over to her brother. That look alone let Kohaku know the game plan.

Riko ran ahead and cornered the man as they were rounding a corner. She tackled the man into the wall and they tumbled down to the ground. The man got up quite quickly and Riko had to backflip to avoid a crushing dropkick. Then they exchanged hits for a minute.

When the man aimed a punch at Riko's face, intentionally going for her old injury, Riko dropped back to dodge it. Then, Kohaku jumped over her and punched the intruder away with a smirk on his face.

Fighting together like this felt good.

They both jumped on him and held him down while searching him for anything he had stolen.

Lin hurried down the hall until she came to Asami's office. The door was hanging from its hinges and the frame was seared a little bit.

She turned and ran in the direction the fight was coming from. She could feel that Riko and Kohaku were working together to take down whoever it was. The double-teaming was quite efficient, too.

When she finally rounded the last corner, she sighed as she saw the duo wrestling to hold down the intruder. Riko finally pulled out blueprints from the inside of his jacket.

"Hah! You did steal something! Fess up!" Riko exclaimed.

"N-No! I didn't do it!" He yelled.

Lin came around them with handcuffs and pulled the man away. The kids eyed her as she cuffed the man and read him his rights. She sat him against the wall and finally approached the teens.

"You two okay? Are you hurt?" Lin asked.

Riko scowled. "Took you long enough. We're fine. We weren't hurt by him at least."

Lin sighed and sent Kohaku to fetch their parents.

"Oh spirits, are you okay?!" Asami exclaimed as she placed both hands on Riko's face.

However, Riko pulled away roughly. "I'm fine, Asami."

Asami's breath hitched when Riko spoke. Something was wrong. "No you're not. What's wrong?"

"Like you care." She replied. She pushed through her family and stomped to the end of the hallway. She turned to face her parents. "Some successor she'll be. She can't even figure out when there's an intruder in our own home." Riko waited to see their reactions. When she got her answer of shocked looks, she started walking away again. "You're welcome, by the way."

Nami stood around the corner listening to every word. She heard her sister's harsh words and suddenly wasn't so proud of herself anymore.

The party downstairs slowly died down as the patrons left for the night. Riko sat on the windowsill in her room, with one leg hanging over the ledge. Her arms were crossed as she listened to the guests laugh while they walked to their cars and drove away. The girl had quickly changed out of the ridiculous outfit Asami had picked out once she got to her room and now sat in old training clothes she used as pajamas.

She sat on the ledge for hours, listening to people leave and the sounds of the city. She yearned instead to hear the crickets chirp, the frogs croak, the rustle of a bush as an animal ran through, and to see the glory of the night sky that had escaped from the city.

Someone knocked on the door and tried to open it, but Riko had locked the door. When she heard the person trying to pick the lock, Riko knew who it most likely was and sighed. The door was gently pushed open and the CEO walked in.

"Riko? I know you're in here. Are you okay?" Asami asked. She saw the moonlight coming in through the open window from which her daughter was sitting on, who of which refused to acknowledge her guest.

Asami huffed and walked over to her, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Do you wanna talk about it? I know neither you nor Kohaku were ready for this, and I should apologize."

"Why? You did what was best for your company. Nami was obviously the best choice. You're beginning to teach Nami about cars because Kohaku and I are too high-maintenance. We're fighters, but Nami is smart. I didn't mean what I said earlier. She'll do good." Riko replied, still looking out of the window.

"I'm sorry still." Asami said. Riko continued to stare outside. Her face was soft yet unsettling. Asami followed her gaze to the slight forest in the distance behind their house. "What are you thinking about, hun?"

"I miss the forest, ya know, living off of the land, taking care of myself. My only worries in life were food, water, shelter… Basic living necessities… But then you came along."

"We saved you. You couldn't continue living like that. There's more to life than just living. Besides, you would've died if we hadn't shown up when we did."

"Maybe dying would've been for the best."

Asami grabbed Riko's chin and forced her to look at her. "Don't talk like that."

"Why?" Riko asked calmly, looking directly into Asami's eyes.

"Because I love you. We all love you! You have so much to live for!"

"Tch." Riko slid from the window and walked a few paces around her room. "I don't have anything to live for, Asami. I'm not gonna live here with you my whole life! What do you expect me to do with myself?!"

"You have plenty of choices! Personally, if you want my opinion…" Asami paused, waiting to see if Riko would let her speak, which she did. "I thought that maybe Lin's police force would be a good fit for you."

Riko's eyes widened and she uncrossed her arms. "Really?" She asked, with slight hope escaping through her voice.

"Yes, of course! After you and Korra were injured a few months ago, all Korra would ever talk about was how well you fought and how great it was when you teamed up with her! She said you couldn't stop smiling as long as you were fighting the criminals."

Riko let her mind slip momentarily as she thought back to that day. It had felt so good to fight against those gang members, especially with Korra at her shook her head of her thoughts and began to glare at her mother. "Look, I'm tired from today and I know you are, too. Go round up your party. I'm going to bed."

Riko sat on her bed and waited. Asami frowned and went around to the front to lay a hand on her lap. "Riko, you can talk to me. I know you're really upset with what happened tonight, but I was just doing what was best for all of us."

"Asami, please just leave. I'm asking nicely." Riko said.

"If you don't want to talk to me, then maybe you'd want to talk to Korra. Please just talk to someone!"

"Just leave me alone!" Riko demanded.

Asami saw the pained look on her face and granted her wish by leaving.

A few tears escaped and Riko held onto the choked sob trying to break free. Asami listened from the other side with her back to the door as the girl eventually broke down. A sigh came from the CEO and she hung her head. What could she do?

Another month flew by and Riko had since pushed herself away from her family. Riko was going through that phase yet again where she isolated herself from everyone. She wouldn't come to dinner. She wouldn't train with Lin or Korra or Kohaku. She completely stopped any contact with her younger sister. Much contact with Asami was limited, too.

Riko convinced herself that she was being what they call an 'adult.' She tried to deal with her problems on her own and she didn't want anyone's help. If she could afford to get her own place without Asami's money, she would've already moved out.

Riko maneuvered around the room, aiming punches at the tethered up punching bag. Sweat was starting to stain her training shorts and sports bra. Sweat glistened on her abs. Bandages covered her forearms and protected her knuckles from her hard hits. A bandana was tied around her forehead, hiding her battle scar from sight.

She continued hitting the bag, trying to release her stress. A click from the gym door sounded and Riko glanced over to see who it was. Immediately Riko regretted not using her earthbending to keep track off everyone. She stopped punishing the helpless bag and glared at her guest.

"What do you want?" She asked.

The raven-haired woman stalked over to her. "You've been coming in here every morning for a while now. Is everything okay?"

Riko growled as the woman towered over her. It was moments like this that reminded Riko how short she really was, much like Korra. But she didn't want to admit something was wrong, either.

She turned away from her mother. "I'm fine." She ventured over to the weights and sat down on the bench to do arm curls. She kept glaring at her mother.

"Maybe I can help." Asami said.

Riko was starting to bare her teeth. "How's that?"

"You're obviously trying to release some pent up emotions, but you won't talk to anyone. So how about a sparring match? How does me being your punching bag sound?" Asami said. It was then that Riko noticed that the woman had come in there completely aware of what she was doing because she was clad in training clothes.

Either way, a devious smirk crawled onto Riko's face. She dropped the weight carelessly and stood up. "You're not seriously gonna just allow me to use you as a punching bag, are you?"

Asami laughed. "Well, no, but I thought it would spark your interest. I'll definitely still put up a fight somewhat. So?"

"You're on." Riko answered and stood opposite of her on the sparring mat.

Asami couldn't help the smirk that came onto her face as well and the two got into position.

Asami motioned her to go first. Riko couldn't stop smirking. She ran across the mat and aimed a punch at her. Asami easily dodged and swiveled to her backside. She threw a punch, but Riko ducked without even looking. They traded punches for a few minutes.

Asami tried to lay her out by kicking her legs out from under her, but Riko jumped over her leg to dodge it. Riko kicked towards her face, but Asami caught it and spun her around and threw her onto the mat.

Riko quickly got back on her feet and growled. She hadn't expected that, even though the CEO was well-trained in martial arts. They started punching and kicking again, both dodging each other's moves.

Riko threw a punch meant to hit Asami in her beautiful little face, but something stopped her. Both of them froze as Riko's fist stopped short of Asami's nose.

Asami looked over the fist in her face to see what stopped the girl from laying her out. She was surprised to see Riko had gone wide-eyed and looked shocked at herself.

"What's wrong, Riko?"

The girl began to back away. She stumbled and fell to the floor clutching her head. Something was plaguing her mind.

Riko knew why she stopped herself from hitting her mother. Just as she was about to do it, a flashback erupted in her mind's eye of back in the South Pole, when she also had tried to hit Korra, though her mind was truly messed up then. Seeing Korra's shocked expression as her fist almost made contact with her face, it flashed in her mind as her fist quickly approached Asami's face. She froze.

As soon as she started backing away, many other memories flashed in her mind, causing her to stumble to the floor. She clutched her head tightly, as if to keep her head from splitting apart.

"Korra! Korra!" Asami screamed. She had no idea where the Avatar was, but hoped that she could hear her calls for help. She quickly kneeled next to her daughter's side.

Memories flooded the poor girl's mind. It started in the South Pole, to almost hitting Korra, Katara's funeral, Lin helping with her depression. Then it went to more recent memories; seeing Korra get severely injured, getting injured herself, then Asami's party, where she named Nami successor.

Korra ran into the room and sat on the other side of Riko. "Shh, baby, what's wrong? Talk to me."

Riko just held herself tighter, whimpering, and clenched her eyes shut. All of her bad memories just kept flashing in her mind. Next it seemed further away, to when she almost died to the hands of Viper and his gang. Doing drugs with Kohaku. Getting a little sister. It seemed to be going back in time now. Restaurant outings with her parents. Feeling ashamed of her battle scars. The image of Riko kept getting younger and younger, until she was back in the forest in the Fire Nation. Getting trapped in the bear trap. Running from other vicious animals. Suddenly a scene with her real parents appeared.

In real time, Riko gasped audible enough for Korra and Asami to hear. However, they were powerless to help her at the moment. She was lost in her mind, unresponsive to their calls.

This memory seemed slower. Riko watched as her biological parents scrounged up enough money to get food from one of the vendors in town. Toddler Riko cheered and her daddy carried her on his shoulders. The family, clad in old tattered clothing, ventured into town.

The next scene wasn't accompanied by a flash of light like the others, but instead started with a splash of deep red. Riko painfully willed away the red color and the next scene was one deeply scarred in her mind.

Riko hunched over and started to shiver, even though her skin was burning up.

"There has to be something we can do to knock her out of this!" Asami exclaimed.

Korra racked her brain for any sort of solution. Riko was beginning to burn up, something that seemed to always happen whenever Riko was remembering repressed memories, but this seemed to be an exceptionally bad case.

Riko gasped as she saw the firebenders murder her parents in front of her. She was frozen on the spot. She couldn't tear her eyes away from the scene and was forced to watch the scene over and over again as if on a broken record. She felt eyes on her and finally looked up to see the lead firebender. The man had a devious blue fire in the palm of his hand. The saying that occurred over and over again in her nightmares spouted from his mouth. With an evil look on his face, he said, "Any last words?" Her vision was then painfully consumed by the blue flames.

Suddenly, a cold water splashed onto her, waking her from her trance. She gasped and frantically looked around only to see Korra and Asami. Korra stood over her with an empty bucket with water dripping from it. Riko felt herself soaking in cold water and realized that it was Korra that broke her trance. Riko tried catching her breath, but began shivering again and hunched over with her arms around herself.

"Korra, she's probably freezing now! Get a towel!" Asami exclaimed. She touched the girl's skin, only to realize that she was still burning up. Burning up, yet shivering? Red alerts that something extremely bad had just taken place.

Korra returned with a towel and Asami wrapped it around their daughter. She sat behind her and pulled her in close to her as to hug her.

Riko felt a warm body hug her from behind and started to calm down.

"Maybe I can help." Korra said. Neither of the two were thinking straight and Korra produced a flame in her hand.

Immediately Riko jumped, trying to escape. Korra snuffed the flame just as quickly and backed away. Asami swiftly wrapped her arms around her and pulled her close to calm her down again. The girl was breathing hard again. Korra noted that her eyes were wide with fear.

Asami let out a scared chuckle. "Alright, never do that again."

Riko was still hugging herself tightly and her nails begun to dig into her arm. Asami noticed and gently pried her hands away. Riko leaned into her as she calmed down and Asami petted her hair.

Kohaku and Nami quietly stood outside of the wide gym doors. They sharply gasped as their mothers helped Riko exit the gym and to her room. The girl was covered in sweat and was shaking intensely. Her eyes were void of emotion while she grasped her mothers' hands guiding her down the hall.

The younger duo looked at each other. They hadn't seen Riko this shook up since the South Pole. What just happened?

Riko clutched her blanket tightly. Though she was still shivering, her mind had returned to normal. The door gently creaked as Korra and Asami came back in with a tray. Korra laid the tray on the bedside table and Asami sat next to the girl and stroked her hair. "How're you feeling, sweetie?"

Riko glanced up and looked away quickly not moving her head. Asami sighed and looked to Korra.

Korra nodded. "Riko, do you want something to eat? I brought soup."

Riko gave no response. Maybe she wasn't back to normal, her parents thought as they looked at each other in worry.

"I have some of your medicine here, too. I think it would help you right now." Korra added.

Riko completely rolled over so that she wasn't facing either of them anymore. They sighed and walked towards the door.

"Just holler if you need something."

Riko ignored them until they left. As they walked down the hallway, Korra whistled. She heard Korra whispering to someone before it took off down the hall. The pounding came closer to her room and Riko knew who it was.

Naga dashed into the room and rubbed her face all over the bed.

"Naga, go away."

The polar-bear dog refused and propped her front paws on the bed. She continued sniffing around until she reached Riko.

Riko managed to crack a smile as Naga rubbed her wet nose all over her. "Naga! Stop!" She laughed. The animal then licked her face. "Okay! Okay, girl! You can stay!" Naga wagged her tail and her tongue lolled out of her mouth. Riko giggled a bit and motioned for her to hop onto her bed. "C'mon, girl, up."

Naga happily jumped onto the bed and cuddled up to the earthbender. Riko sighed in content as she laid comfortably on Naga's stomach.

Korra and Asami stood outside of her door listening. They smiled as Riko let Naga into bed with her.

That night, Riko twisted and turned around in her bed. Another nightmare ailed her. Her face was scrunched up and she began to sweat. Naga nudged her with her nose, but it didn't help. Suddenly the girl awoke and sat straight up.

Korra tried to smile at her wife as their two children huddled close to them. Asami rolled her eyes playfully back at her and laid back down next to Nami. Korra sighed and rubbed Kohaku's back as she laid next to him. The kids had been growing out of their nightmares slowly, but tonight these two had exceptionally bad nightmares and ventured into their parents' bed.

They heard footsteps pounding down the hallway outside of their room. Asami hugged the children on either side of her. Korra sat up and held her hand up ready to bend in case it was an intruder. There was a second pair of footsteps resounding through the hall. It sounded heavier and was following the first set. The first stopped in front of the door and tentatively opened the door.

Korra sighed in relief as she saw her oldest daughter fidgeting in the doorway and then Naga caught up with her and stood at her side. However, then she noticed the bad condition she was in. Worry flooded her and she got out of bed to approach her.

"Riko, are you okay?" She asked. Riko was covered in sweat and gasping for breath. Korra pulled her into the room and Naga ventured in as well. The girl seemed to take notice of her and looked up at her mother. Korra saw the same fear from earlier along with pain. "C'mon, come lay down with us." She started pulling her towards the bed, but the girl stopped her.

Riko had finally noticed her brother and sister were in the bed along with them, probably escaping from their own nightmares. She painfully looked away and started for the door. "Sorry, I think I'm too old for this."

A strong gust blew past her and the door suddenly shut by itself, startling the girl. Korra put her arms down after she used her airbending to shut the door. She then dragged Riko to the bed and made her sit down. The girl was still too distraught to really resist. Korra grabbed a bowl from under her bed and went to the bathroom to fill it up. She placed it on the ground as she returned and crawled onto the bed to sit behind her daughter.

"Stay put for a few minutes. I'm gonna help you relax, okay." Korra said. It's not like Riko had a choice anyway, but it felt good when she felt the water overlapping her wet skin. Korra smiled as her shoulders began to sag, showing that she was beginning to relax.

After a few minutes, Riko was completely relaxed, almost leaning into her mother. Korra chuckled and stopped her waterbending. "Let's lay down now, badgermole."

Riko obliged and Korra gently ushered her into the bed. Korra hugged Riko until she fell back asleep. Asami watched, with a child sleeping under each arm.

Once situated with all three of their children asleep, Korra and Asami looked at each other. Korra smiled wide, making Asami's heart burst with love. Korra reached out with one hand to hold Asami's hand that which Kohaku was laying on. Asami happily received her hand. She smiled widely back at her wife. "I love you so much, Korra."

Korra blushed and gripped her hand tighter. "I love you too, Asami. I'm so happy with our life."

"I couldn't agree more." Asami chuckled. It was true. Moments like this reminded the CEO of how blessed she was to have such a loving family. Even with their many setbacks, she loved their family and wouldn't change anything in the world about them. They truly were a blessing.