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Senna's POV
"What?" I asked shock evident in my voice. "Why would you say that?"
She looked away from me, eyes on the opposite wall for a moment before shifting her gaze onto me again. Her eyes were as cold as stone and lifeless.
"I didn't want to be brought back to life," she said coldly. "I wanted to die. What part of that is too hard for you to wrap your head around?"
I shook my head. "Why?" I said. "Why would you wish that on yourself?"
"He's been beating me for as long as I can remember," Korra whispered, lowering her gaze. "For the last year or so…I just wanted it all to end. I wanted him to one day beat me so relentlessly that Id pass out and never wake up. Just to end it…I don't want to live anymore. And I'm too weak to do it myself."
"Don't say that," I told her gently. "That just proves how strong you are. Only a coward calls...that," I couldn't even say it. "A way out. Don't let those thoughts cloud your judgment."
"You don't know what I've been through," she replied. "I don't want to be here. I told you already, you should have let me die and spare yourself and everyone else the burden of having me around."
"You aren't a burden," I countered, sounding slightly furious even to my own ears. How could my daughter not see how much everyone around her loved her? "I don't want you ever to think you are. You were given a second chance. Don't waste it on thinking you should have died."
"Why do you care if I live or die anyway?" she finally snapped. "I've only known you for a little over two months! Why do you care?"
"Because you're my daughter!" It came out before I could even stop myself. Korra's eyes widened and I knew it was too late to backtrack.
"What did you say?"
I looked down to my hands. I didn't know what to say or if I even could say anything. I glanced over to the night stand and took the envelope before looking at her once again.
"Noatak and I were best friends when we were kids," I began, my voice low. "Tonraq came to our school when I was about your age. We fell in love and Noatak never forgave me for it. Perhaps I should have told him earlier that I had no feelings for him. Perhaps I should have done something to prevent all of this."
My daughter looked at me, confusion and hurt evident on her Face. I forced myself to continue. "A few years later I got pregnant. Tonraq and I were getting married and having a baby. I went to visit Noatak, in an effort to patch things up. He told me her loved me and I told him I never did and I never could. My pregnancy went by fine and I gave birth to a baby girl."
"No," she said, her voice barely audible as she shook her head in disbelief.
"We named her Korra."
"No."
"And she was taken from us when she was six months."
"No, no, no," Korra continued shaking her head.
"I did a DNA test. You areour daughter."
The room went silent for a moment and then the accusations began, just as I had expected. It broke my heart to see her this way, but she needed to know. She had to know I wasn't this heartless mother Noatak had made me out to be in her mind.
"You lied to me!" she yelled.
"I didn't know how to tell you," I replied. "When I saw you play, I knew you were ours. Tonraq did too. But then Noatak came up with that lie about me encouraging your mother to leave. You didn't want to talk to me."
"You lied to me," my daughter repeated. "You're just as bad as him!"
I flinched at that. "Korra, please," I pleaded. "I didn't want to. I just didn't know how to tell you. I'm sorry."
"Get out!" she yelled.
"Korra-"
"I said get out!"
For moment I didn't move, my eyes pleading with her to understand. But Korra's glare didn't waver. Finally I sighed and stood, closing the door behind me. I leaned back against the smooth wood and slid down till I was on the floor.
My heart had been fractured, broken, mended and now, with latest turn of events, it was once again broken, shattered even. And I didn't know if it would ever be repaired this time.
Mako's POV
Shortly after Korra was brought out of the hospital, Senna and Tonraq informed us about my girlfriend being their daughter. I was obviously shocked, but relieved at the same time. I was concerned about her being sent off at a foster home after all of this was over, not to mention they were the ideal parents that Korra needed in her life. I heard screaming coming from her room a day or so after she was brought home and both Tonraq and I went to investigate. Senna was on the floor outside the room crying. We exchanged a glance and I went inside.
"Korra?" I called.
She was on her side when I came in but she turned to see who it was. Her cheeks were wet with tears and I made my way to her bed sitting next to her. She turned so that she was on her back and continued to cry silently.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
Instead of answering me she managed to sit up and placed her head against my shoulder. I lay next to her and pulled her close to me as she continued to cry. In between sobs she explained what I already knew. I tried to soothe her as much as I could but she was hurt. I knew it would take a long time for her to even consider forgiving her parents, so for now I did the best I could. I held her close to me and kissed the top of her head, telling her everything would be alright.
