"Good morning ladies and gentlemen. I've invited you all here because I need to make a statement. I don't want to cause a panic, and I assure you that there is no danger... But late last night Kuvira, formerly known as The Great Uniter, escaped from prison and is believed to have fled to Republic City." President Raiko said. The dozens of reporters sitting before him erupted in a flurry of incoherent questioning.
"There will be no questions! I'm sorry but I am not currently at liberty to reveal any further details. Once again I want to assure you there is no danger. Thank you." Raiko finished before turning away from the microphones and facing Avatar Korra. "You have to find her Avatar. It's only a matter of time before that maniac-"
"I'd think very carefully before finishing that statement Raiko, I don't take kindly to people who insult my friends. And for the last time, she's not crazy and she's not evil. You're just too stubborn or too stupid to realize that. Sheapologized as she was escaping for spirits' sake! She's not going to do anything other than help us find Asami Sato, and she wouldn't have escaped if she weren't certain she knew where to look. So, unless the next thing you have to say is that someone saw where she was going, this conversation is over."
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Meanwhile, on the other side of the city, a cloaked woman stepped out from a dark alley and began making her way towards the newly opened Spirit Portal. Two White Lotus guards stood before the entrance, appointed by the Avatar herself to make sure no one could accidentally get lost in the Spirit World.
"Move aside you two. I need to enter the Portal, it may very well be a matter of life and death." The woman said. No response came, however, in fact neither of the men even seemed to notice her.
"Listen to me, I don't want to have to hurt you but if you don't get out of my way I'm..."
Spirits... What happened? She thought. She was finally close enough to see under their helms, and what she found would utterly horrify most other people. Both men were dead, and upon further investigation she discovered their bodies were being propped up by stone spikes driven through the backs of their heads, arms, legs, and spines. Spikes seemingly pulled using earth bending from the two stone pillars they were meant to be leaning against. Anyone looking at a distance would simply see two dutiful guards holding their posts. Strangest yet was the fact that they both looked like they'd been dead for years. Their skin was wrinkled, dry, and brown like leather. Empty sockets stared back at her where their eyes should have been. But if she was right then they couldn't have been dead longer than a few days.
So then how could they have decayed like this? It's as if all their blood has been wrung out like water from a rag... No. No it's not possible. It's not...
Slowly, carefully, she pulled the guards down one at a time and gently laid their bodies side by side. She then crouched down next to them.
"I'm so sorry this happened to you... If I'm right then this was my fault. I promise you I'm going to find the person who did this..." She said before standing up and facing the Portal. The black, hooded cloak Kuvira had used to conceal her identity fell in a heap on the ground behind her.
"I'm coming Asami. I'm going to save you from him no matter what, I promise. And if he's in there with you, no spirit is powerful enough to save him from me."