Ember nights

by Cametoxwin

Sikenna and her twin brother, Kona, have spent their whole lives on the islands of the fire nation, never stepping foot on the mainland. Mako can barely remember any part of his life before his parents were killed. But when pieces start coming to him in dreams, will he start to remember his old friends? Or the pretty, fun fire bender who was his first kiss?

12. Chapter 11

A/N: Happy New Year! Slight CW for mentions of light relationship manipulations. Nothing too bad, but rather safe than sorry. This is another long one! sorry if its too much, guys. I try to keep them a reasonable length, but chapters just end up being what they end up being. lol
I hope you enjoy! & thank you so much for the follows, favorites, and REVIEWS! 3 they really mean the world to me.

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•Eleven•

To be perfectly honest, this was not what Sikenna wanted to spend her time doing this morning. The sky was cloudy and allowed no sun to peak through the heavy grey blanket. Sikenna let her mind drift back to the days that she felt the sun ignite her veins almost every morning, the archipelago of the Fire Nation being a safe haven for the sun to shine at its will. She kept her eyes scanning the paper on the table before her as her mind wandered, hoping that Kona wouldn't notice that she wasn't really helping him in their search.
Earlier that morning, as Sikenna and Kona were getting ready to head out for the day, Raiko approached them with breakfast from the bakery below their apartment. He sat them down and told them that he was going home; back to Ember Island. He missed Sumi, and wanted to get away from what Republic City had become. It wasn't anything like he imagined it would be, and was too home sick to stay away any longer. Sikenna asked him hopefully if he was taking Nero with him, but Raiko shrugged sadly, saying he hadn't seen Nero since he and Sikenna broke up.
Raiko moving caused several problems for the fire bending twins. Before Raiko had sat them down for breakfast, Sikenna and Kona were heading out to quit their job with the Agni Kai's. After they found out that their place of work was responsible for Asami losing her mother, and pushing her father to become an evil man, they both wanted nothing to do with it. They had always known they worked for a Triad, and that they had in fact hurt people, but having someone so close to them effected hit them differently. The twins would also need to get a new apartment, as well as new jobs. Since their current apartment was directly linked to working with the Agni Kai's, they figured Varrick would make them move to open up a spot for the next street kids they brought into their job. And now, with Nero gone and Raiko going home, they wouldn't be able to afford the place even if Varrick let them stay.

Kona plopped his hands down on the table they were sitting at loudly, his loud groan bringing Sikenna from her day dreaming.
"This is stupid. I hate this." Kona whined, putting his chin on the table as he pouted. Sikenna flicked his nose and turned the page of her paper she was still pretending to read.
"I don't like it either. But what are we going to do? We wanted this. And I'm not going home." Sikenna said stubbornly, deciding to go back a page to actually attempt to look.
"Kenna, the whole city is at war. Are we're worrying about jobs and finding an apartment? It just feels like the wrong priority." Kona said, sitting back in his chair. His fingers laced with each other as his arms stretched out over his head.
"We still need a roof over our heads and a way to make money, Kona. War or not." Sikenna absentmindedly stroked Lotus' chin, who was wrapped around the back of her neck like a scarf, keeping her blue eyes on the paper in front of her.
"We could ask to live at air temple island with everyone else until this whole thing blows over!" Kona said hopefully, his smile reaching his ears. Sikenna shifted her eyes up to his from her paper and she sighed.
"We weren't invited, Kona. Asking would be rude. Besides, they're only there temporarily, remember? Tenzin has enough to worry about, he doesn't need two more teenagers running around the island." Kona sighed dramatically, frustrated that she was right. He understood why they were looking for new jobs and a new place, but it all did feel sort of pointless. At this point, they were good enough friends with Korra and the others to assume they would be by her side during this war, and a job didn't seem like something they could realistically keep as long as this was going on. But Kenna was right, per usual, and he had to at least try to find something. Kona looked over at his sister scanning the new paper listings and smirked. Her eyes were moving way to fast to even be reading what was in front of her. They had shared a room for a bulk of their lives, he knew her enough to know her reading pace.
"You're not even reading it, are you?" He asked her with a chuckle. Sikenna flipped the newspaper closed and leaned back in her chair in record time, startling Lotus from her nap.
"I'm not even reading it." She groaned out in defeat, throwing her head back against her fire ferret scarf.
"I can't even concentrate! What the Spirits are we even supposed to do? We were lucky quitting was as easy as it was!"
Kona shrugged and kicked his chair back, balancing it on two legs. He bounced lightly on it as he spoke to her.
"We're just two fee collectors. Not really important to them. Let's take the day and go see our friends. I'm sure we can get some advice from them."
Sikenna thought about it for a moment, looking over at the clock perched on a tall tower behind Kona's head.
"They're on their way to Saikhan's acceptance speech as Chief of Police. Let's just go there." Sikenna sighed, realizing her nor Kona were going to accomplish anything of significance today. Kona put his chair back onto all four of it's feet as he rejoiced in winning the argument.
"But first- snacks!" He said happily as he stood. Sikenna rolled her eyes at him.
"Snacks for what? Watching Beifong get replaced?" She asked him with a smirk as she stood, pushing her chair back under the table. Lotus shifted into a sitting position on her shoulder, chirping quietly in her ear for having her nap disturbed repeatedly.
"Uh, no. Because this is bound to be good entertainment- Saikhan is a puppet. He just gives off that 'I'm a push over and that's why I'm a big mean cop, so I can hide it' vibe, you know?" Kona walked over to a food cart and ordered two buckets of fire flakes. Sikenna scrunched up her nose in thought.
"He kind of does, doesn't he? Like officer Kaizan back home."
Kona threw his head back as he released a loud, boisterous laugh at the thought of the Ember Island officer. He was never a big fan of the twins, ever since Sikenna set that hill on fire at the end of summer festival, and had it out for them and their rowdy little crew. He was low ranking, however, more of a guard than an actual officer, and constantly tried to flash around his badge as if he was better than everyone just because he was a cop.
Kona handed his sister her beloved snack and nodded towards the police station.
"Come on, we'll be late. Don't want to miss anything fun." Kona giggled as he shoved some fire flakes in his mouth.

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"It is with great humility that I take her place as the new Chief of Police…." Saikhan droned on from the podium as the twins gently pushed through the crowd that had gathered. The two muttered quiet 'excuse me's as they did, careful not to drop their fire flakes. Sikenna held hers above her head as she weaved through the crowd, not wanting to chance bumping into someone with them. Bolin noticed the tiny hand shoot up from the crowd, a small basket in their hands, and smiled adoringly. Of course she would get snacks before coming to see this. He nudged Mako in the ribs and nodded towards the outstretched hand weaving through the crowd.
"Is that…?" Mako whispered to Bolin as he watched it. Bolin chuckled and nodded, putting his hand up to his mouth to direct his whisper directly at Mako.
"Who else could it possibly be?" Mako shook his head, but smirked anyway, as he turned his attention back to the speech.
"... But there is one man who's been effective against Amon's revolution, Councilman Tarrlok."
Sikenna almost choked on a fire flake, Kona laughed lightly beside her.
"See? Told ya. Fun." He shoved another handful of fire flakes in his mouth happily.
"That is why for all matters involving the Equalists, I will report directly to him."
This time it was Kona who choked. He looked over at Sikenna, who's brows were raised in surprise.
"The police department will lend any and all available resources to the councilman and his task force until we quell this insurgency."
"Why would he do that?" Sikenna breathed out, shocked that Saikhan would basically hand over full control of a police matter to a councilman, let along Tarrlok. Kona narrowed his eyes suspiciously, but sighed as he turned to his sister.
"Because he's a puppet. Come on, let's go find the others."
Bolin, Mako and Asami walked up to the two of them as the crowd around them dispersed in worried whispers. Their friend's faces matched the crowd's whispers, and Sikenna couldn't help but frown. This was going to be bad.
"Hey!" She attempted to greet them cheerfully, trying to bring some good mood to the crew.
"Are you guys all moved in to air temple island? Do you need any help settling in?" She asked them, hugging Asami tightly. Asami shook her head, but offered Sikenna a small laugh.
"No, we've settled in fine thanks to the air acolytes. But you should come over! Ikki made things a little awkward already." Asami blushed lightly and looked over at Mako, who was too busy trying to figure out what Korra and Tenzin were saying to Tarrlok with the other two boys to hear the conversation.
"What'd that wild little loud mouth say now?" Sikenna laughed out. The airbender kids were a riot, but the only one Sikenna had the patience to be around for more than a few hours was Jinora, who also seemed to like the break from her spirited siblings.
"She told me Korra liked Mako?" Asami whispered to Sikenna, raising an eyebrow. Sikenna gulped, but shrugged, trying to play it off like it's nothing. Damn Ikki and her big mouth.
"I'm sure she did at one point. I mean, Asami, he's a good looking dude." Asami raised both her eyebrows suspiciously at Sikenna, who scrunched up her nose and shook her head.
"No, not me. But I mean, come on. Imagine you've lived on an island of ice your whole life, and then you come to Republic City, and this handsome broody pro-bending team captain with a mysterious red scarf pops into your life." Sikenna offered her Korra's point of view, careful to avoid the fact that Korra still had feelings for Mako, and she knew she did. She felt bad lying to Asami, but like she already told Mako, she wasn't going to get involved in the weird little triangle he created.

"I can not believe him!" Came Korra's voice to her left, and Sikenna sighed in relief.
"He called me a half baked Avatar." Korra scoffed, crossing her arms over her chest angrily.
"I'll show him a half baked Avatar." She finished in a grumble.
"You're not a half baked Avatar. You're an almost fully baked Avatar!" Bolin attempted to cheer up Korra, gaining a snicker from both Sikenna and Kona at his backwards compliment. He wasn't exactly wrong, 3 out of 4 elements was more baked than half, but it wasn't exactly what Korra needed to hear right now.
"Let's go get some brainstorming food! Figure out what he's up to!" Sikenna offered the group, desperate to have some sort of normalcy with them before everything started to fall apart. Because honestly, it felt like it was all about to fall apart.
"Really? Didn't you just have fire flakes?" Mako asked her, amused that food was always her solution to problems. Sikenna looked at him, offended, her brows pulled together as her jaw dropped.
"How did you even know that?!" She asked him. Mako put his hand above his head like Sikenna had done in the crowd during Saikhan's speech.
"I saw you holding them on a pedestal of protection." He joked. Sikenna shoved his shoulder playfully, forcing his hand down from the air.
"Shut up. Do you want brainstorming noodles or not?"
Mako pouted and rubbed his shoulder where she shoved him.
"Why is it always mood noodles?" He asked, rolling his eyes.
"Leave mood noodles alone, Mako!" Bolin defended Sikenna's food idea, an air of protectiveness in his tone. Sikenna nodded with conviction, high fiving Bolin without taking her eyes off of Mako's.
"You guys go ahead. I'm going to head back with Tenzin, try to get some training in, bake a little bit more, or whatever." Korra said sadly. The attempted joke at the end of the sentence hid none of her emotions.
"Are you sure? We can go with you." Asami asked Korra with a frown. Korra tried her best to smile and nodded at her friends.
"Yeah! I'm fine, just want to get some training in to keep myself distracted. I'll see you guys back home! Kona, Kenna, you guys come too. Okay?" The two twins nodded at her, their expressions still one of worry.
Korra nodded and started to walk away from the group. Kona cupped his mouth with his hands after she got into Oogie's saddle, ready to head back to air temple island.
"Hey Korra!" he shouted. Korra looked over at them curiously, and Sikenna finished his sentence for him, knowing exactly where he was going with it.
"We love you! Half baked, fully baked, or non-baked!" Bolin chuckled at her side.
"Yeah! What they said!" Bolin shouted, pointing his thumb over to the twins. Sikenna pushed his arm with her shoulder, given the height difference, and smirked at him playfully.
"Get your own compliment, noodle boy."
Bolin stuck his tongue out at her, and Sikenna returned the gesture, making Korra laugh light heartedly at her friends. She waved meekly at them before Tenzin called Oogie to the sky and headed back home. Bolin turned to the rest of the group, enthusiastic jazz hands by his sides.
"Brainstorming noodle time!"

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Sikenna's topaz eyes scanned the surroundings as she walked up the hill that faced Avatar Aang memorial island. The Sky Bison herd below the cliff bellowed, drowning out the distant voices of her friends calling for Korra.

Once they had eaten brainstorming noodles and come up with several conspiracies about what Tarrlok was up to, the group made it back to air temple island. The sun was setting, so they expected Korra to be wrapping up her training for the day, but they couldn't find her anywhere. The five had split in different directions all over the Island in their search, and Sikenna headed straight towards whatever side faced Avatar Aang's memorial. It was the only thing that made sense to her. If she were the Avatar, upset about not being able to produce even a gust of wind, where would she go? Close to the memorial of the previous Avatar. Sure as the sun was going down, there she found Korra. At the top of the hill, sitting on the edge of a cliff behind some bushes, staring out at Avatar Aang's face.
"Hey." Sikenna said softly as she walked through the bushes. Korra jumped a little and wiped her face quickly, facing away from Sikenna to do so.
"Oh, hey, Kenna. I didn't know you guys were back."
Sikenna scoffed and sat down on the ledge next to her, their friend's voices clearly carrying over to where they sat.
"How was baking?" Sikenna asked gently, carrying the joke from earlier over in an attempt to break the ice. Korra choked on a laugh, trying her best to hide the sob that tried to escape when she opened her mouth.
"Korra… hey," Sikenna attempted to get her attention, tilting her head to the side to get a better look at her face. Korra begrudgingly looked over at Sikenna, her eyes rimmed with tears. Sikenna smiled brightly when she caught Korra's eyes and reached forward, covering her hand with hers.
"I remember hearing stories when I was growing up, after they found you. Everyone's parents used to tell us about you. It was so cool to hear that you already could do three out of the four elements when they found you. I mean- Korra, do you know how amazing that is?! Traditionally, people didn't even know they were the Avatar until they were 16! The White Lotus said 'prove it' and you did the damn thing. You were four. Someone with power like that, can't go too long without picking up the last element. And I know it's been a long time, but you'll get there. Because you're the Avatar..." She nudged her shoulder with her own gently, letting it rest against hers once she made contact.
"And we gotta deal with it. Right?" Sikenna smirked when Korra laughed, wiping her eyes of the remaining tears.
"That's something people know?" Korra asked her genuinely, and Sikenna giggled.
"At least that's the story the kids I grew up with were told. But, Fire Lord Zuko used to vacation on the Island with his family, so maybe that's why all the Ember Island kid's know it. Did you really say that?!" She asked her excitedly. Korra laughed again and nodded.
"Yeah, I did. It's my dad's favorite story to tell back home." Sikenna let out a satisfied sigh at hearing one of her childhood stories be factual.
"How do you do that? How do you always know what to say?" Korra suddenly blurted out to Sikenna. She turned to Korra, slightly shocked, but shrugged.
"I don't. Not really. It's just absolutely ridiculous that Tarrlok even could call you a half baked Avatar over one element, when you've been bending the other three most of your life. You just needed to be reminded of that."
Sikenna looked over her shoulder as the shouts from their friends grew closer to where they were.
"I know I'm a good bender," Korra began, making Sikenna turn back to her.
"I think that's why I'm so frustrated. The other ones came so naturally to me, I don't understand why this ones so hard." Korra finished quietly, looking out to Aang's statue again. Sikenna followed her gaze, looking at the statue of the young boy who saved the world.
"Maybe you should ask him." Sikenna said to Korra quietly, keeping her eyes on the memorial. From behind them came a chatter of some small animals as the bushes rustled. Both the girls turned just in time to see Pabu and Lotus pop their heads through the bushes, the weasels squeaked excitedly when they saw them. Lotus ran to Sikenna, Pabu crawled into Korra's lap, licking the salt from her tears off her face. Sikenna laughed just as the bush behind them rustled once more. She turned, meeting Bolin's green, worried eyes, and smiled sadly at him. Pabu ran to him as he spoke, bending down to let the fire ferret run up his arm.
"There you are. Are you okay?" He asked Korra, his voice soft and sweet. Mako, Asami and Kona emerged behind him and looked at the two girls sitting in the ledge. Korra kept her eyes on the memorial of Aang and shrugged.
"I'm fine."
Kona rolled his eyes at her.
"Yeah, this whole scene just screams 'I'm fine'" he lightly joked, waving his hands around at the scene he spoke of. Mako took the more caring route over Kona, per usual.
"Come on, what's wrong? You can tell us."
Korra sighed deeply, realizing that none of them would stop until she told them.
"How am I suppose to save this city when I can't even learn airbending?" She finally turned towards them, eyes filling with tears again.
"I'm the worst Avatar ever!" She turned her head down to her lap sadly. Sikenna had to hold back rolling her eyes. She thought that she had just fixed this, Korra would have been fine if they didn't make her talk about it. She was back in her own head about everything again, back to beating herself up over one element.
"I just feel... alone." Korra muttered from beside her. It was almost as if the group erupted with disbelief.
"No, that's nonsense! You're amazing!" Asami said to her, almost offended that Korra would even think such a thing about herself. Mako nodded with her in agreement.
"Yeah and remember. Aang hadn't mastered all the elements when he was battling the Fire Nation. He was just a little kid." he said from beside Asami.
"And you already know what I think." She said with them in solidarity.
"And he wasn't alone!" Bolin interjected.
"He had his friends to help him. Look, the arena might be shut down but we're still a team. The new Team Avatar!" He shouted the last bit enthusiastically, pumping his fist in the air with each word. Sikenna laughed at him and shook her head as she stood, walking over to him.
"We got your back Korra, and we can save this city." Mako and Asami took a step forward, putting their hands out and on top of each other. Bolin jumped at the chance for a good old fashioned team huddle.
"Oh, me too!" Kona muttered, jutting himself forward to join in the circle. Sikenna rolled her eyes at the cheesiness of it all, but smirked. She put her hand into the circle, her fire stone bracelet clicking together with the movement.
"Come on, Korra. Team Avatar hand-in, all we need is the Avatar." Kona smiled over at Korra. She stood with a smile, and nodded in agreement, her face invigorated with the encouragement of her friends.
"Yeah, let's do it!" She said happily, putting her hand on the top of the pile.
Out of absolutely nowhere, Meelo descended down onto the group, letting out a horrendous fart right over the pile of their hands powerful enough to suspend him in the air. The group groaned and gasped in disgust, too shocked to think about pulling their hands back to them.
"Yeah, let's do it!" He shouts with a fist in the air. He lands his tiny feet on the pile of hands, his expression turning to one of relief.
"What are we doing?"
Most of the teen's started laughing heartily, Sikenna finally came back to her senses and scrunched her nose up in disgust, trying to, for whatever reason, wipe the fart off her hand frantically.

The sun was completely over the horizon by the time the group of friends made it back down to the docks. Sikenna took a deep breath as she walked down the dock, taking in the scene of the city at night from the Island. It looked so serene, a bustling, happy metropolis from over here. She preferred it this way than what it was starting to become once you were finally in it. Everyone was on edge, walking on eggshells. Benders were scared to bend, shutting themselves into their homes as much as they possibly could. But from here, it looked like the city she always thought it would be, and she tried to soak it in the beautiful scene as much as she could. Bolin's deep, dramatic voice came from beside her, breaking her concentration on the city.
"Get ready, Republic City." Korra walked up beside him with Naga, Sikenna found herself walking to greet the big polar bear dog as Bolin spoke.
"You are about to be patrolled by Team Avatar." He said proudly, putting his hands on his hip like a super hero.
"Oh, uh, tonight? You meant saving the city… tonight?" Kona said awkwardly with a laugh. Bolin furrowed his eyes at him, confused by what he meant. Sikenna listened but kept her eyes on Naga, petting her face and cooing sweet words to her. Asami walked up to the group, sliding one of her father's electric gloves over her manicured hand.
"Asami, you always know how to accessorize your outfits." Mako quipped. Sikenna laughed at his joke and turned towards them, ignoring the pit in her stomach when she laid her eyes on the glove.
"I figure one way to fight Equalists is to use an Equalist weapon." Asami said with a smirk, flicking the glove on. The hair on Sikenna's body stood on edge and she felt her chest tighten at the familiar feeling. She clenched her fist at her side and closed her eyes tight, trying to take in air through her nose. Korra punched her open palm, excited at the prospect of patrolling as the Avatar.
"All right, let's ride."
"Uh-" Kona put one finger in the air to interject.
"Kenna and I can't tonight. We have to look for a job and an apartment tomorrow, we have to wake up early."
Sikenna opened her eyes only to be met by Bolin's green ones from where he stood next to Kona. He furrowed his brows at her, his face twisted in concern.
"You have to what? Since when?" He asked them, keeping his eyes on Sikenna. He looked at them, upset he didn't know, confused as to why he hadn't been told about this new development.
"Since this morning." Kona sighed. Sikenna shrugged, looking at Bolin apologetically.
"We haven't really had a chance to talk about it yet, Bo, I'm sorry. Don't look at me like that."
Bolin looked down at his feet and kicked a rock, then lifted just his eyes back to hers.
"But it won't be team Avatar if we aren't all there." He said to her sadly. Sikenna giggled and shook her head, turning back to Naga.
"Team Avatar doesn't pay rent and groceries, Bolin."
"We can come out tomorrow night, we promise." Kona spoke for both to them, putting his hand on Bolin's shoulder.
"Well, get on Naga, we can bring you home." Korra said with a nod, an understanding smile on her lips as she looked at Sikenna. Mako, Asami, Kona, and Korra jumped onto Naga's back without a second thought. Sikenna frowned, letting Naga's nose.
"While swimming? Are you sure? That's a lot to carry while keeping yourself afloat."
"She'll be fine!" Korra reassured. Kona nodded.
"Yeah, she's also a polar bear, Kenna. They can swim under water. Relax." He said to his sister, who only rolled her eyes at him. She called Kona an idiot quietly to Naga as Bolin hopped onto Naga's back.
"Naga! AWAY!" he shouted once he sat, putting his fist in the air. Naga growled and leaned forward, causing every one of Sikenna's friends slide off of her Into a heap on the dock, one after the other. Sikenna fell to the ground laughing at the sight of it. Korra stood up and blushed, embarrassed, putting her hand on her head as she thought.
"All right, scratch that." She said, turning to everyone else as they started to stand. Sikenna burst out into another fit of laughter, rolling around and holding her stomach.
"Any other ideas?" Korra asked the group. Sikenna started t recover from her fit of laughter, making it to her knees as she wiped her eyes from tears of laughter. Asami flipped her hair as she stood.
"Hmm." She said, putting her hand on her chin.
"I think I have the answer. But first, we need to get back to the city." Korra nodded and walked them over to a boat that would take them back over to Republic City port, not bothering to tell Tenzin where they were going.

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They parted ways once they got off the boat from air temple island. Bolin had offered to walk them home, but Sikenna politely declined and told him not to miss out on the first patrol but to walk them home. In reality, Sikenna didn't really know how to act around Bolin right now. People already thought she had romantic feelings for him, and what Korra said to her the other day about Bolin liking her still popped up into her head. She had no idea what Korra had meant by that and was too shocked in the moment to ask, and decided to try to just forget about it, but that was easier said than done. Her entire relationship with Nero was torn to shreds because of those same rumors, and outside of group settings, she was actually nervous to be around him.

Once they had gotten home, Sikenna had gone right to her room to get a change of clothes to take a shower, but ended up staring up at her ceiling on her bed after pacing the room for 10 minutes, thinking about everything with Nero. She had hit the point where she missed him. She missed the way he used to make her laugh, the way he touched her, the feeling she would get when he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to him. He had always been so proud to have her. Proud to show her off, never shied away from letting people know how amazing he thought she was. He used to look at her like the sun rose on her command and set once she herself started feeling tired. Nero adored her, and he had made it a point to make it so obvious, everyone knew.
She thought about all the times they had gotten into trouble and managed to get out of it together, the roof runs to watch the clouds or stars and talk for hours. The dates he used to take her on, how much fun they would have dancing afterwards. He was there for her when her mother died. Even at 7 years old he held her when she cried and would make her go out to play when she had locked herself in her room for days being sad. And on the days when he couldn't convince her to come out, he would sit in her big, perfect window that she loved so much and would keep her company from there all day, until his mom called him home. Mako wasn't there, not that it was his choice, but the loss of him along with her mother and the abandonment by her father played into that dark time in her life. And Nero was the friend that was able to help her the most. Sikenna stood with a heavy sigh and started pacing again, shaking her hands at her side to keep her element at Bay from her growing anxiety.
Maybe she should be looking at this from his point of view. Nero had done all of that for her, watched her hide herself away as a result of it all, and she tossed his feelings away with the wind the second she heard Mako & Bolin's name on the radio. She prioritized getting to Republic City to be with them over him and his feelings, she continuously ignored his emotions just to keep Mako and Bolin at arms length. Maybe that's why he spiraled? Maybe that's why he got so into his head about everything? If she hadn't ignored him and how he felt, and spent more time reassuring him that there was nothing, and paid more attention to his words, they wouldn't have turned into what they were before they broke up.
Her hands went to her hair, running her fingers through her long dark locks.
"Oh spirits it's my fault. It's my fault." She muttered to herself.

Without thinking much through Sikenna took three deep strides to her door. She was going to go find him, and she was going to go apologize for the mistakes she made. Sikenna flung the door open, the gust of wind from the momentum causing her hair to fly back over her shoulder. There Kona stood, a smirk on his face, arms crossed over his chest.
"No ma'am." He said, taking a step into the room. Sikenna took a step back to let him in, her face painted in shock.
"Plot twist; it's not your fault!" He said, closing her bedroom door behind him. Sikenna sighed deeply. How would he even know? Was he in the relationship?
"Get out of my way, Kona." She said defiantly. Kona shook his head.
"No way. I'm not going to let you go after him. He put his hands on you, Kenna." Her brother said seriously, locking eyes with his sister's matching ones. Sikenna shifted her weight onto one hip and crossed her arms.
"He grabbed my arm, Kona. It's not exactly what you're making it out to be." She rolled her eyes, but Kona growled, his brows furrowed in anger.
"He grabbed your arm and pulled you out of the room, Kenna. What, did you think he did that to be nice?" He hissed out at her.
"He wanted to talk to me away from everybody." She defended Nero.
"Okay, and what happens when he does that to you because you apologize for bumping into someone? What happens when he does that and we aren't there? What happens when he does that, and he slaps you for pulling away from him? What happens then?" He asked her, anger rising as he asked her about each scenario. Sikenna rose her chin in the air as she answered him.
"Then I'll kill him." She said, like it was obvious.
"Oh, yeah, definitely what you'll do, you cold blooded killer." He scoffed, rolling his eyes at her this time.
"I will if it means protecting myself, Kona!" She argued with him.
"No, you'll make excuses for him, like you always do. Like you just did. Let me bring up some memories you're conveniently forgetting, shall I?" He said, trying to keep calm as best he could. He motioned to Sikenna's bed to have her sit, but she narrowed her eyes at him, not moving from the spot she was standing.
"Okay then, suit yourself." He shrugged before listing off old scenarios with Nero, lifting a finger for each point.
"That one summer when we were 11, after he told you he liked you, when he was getting awfully close to that tourist girl. I caught him walking with her holding her hand and buying her flowers, you said he was showing a friend around and buying flowers for his mom. When we were 13 and Zuri had a crush on you, so he bullied her so bad she switched schools. You said he was being protective because she made you cry- she never made you cry. He convinced you she did. When we were 14 and you saved him from his parents by saying it was your fault he was late, and then he proceeded to tell at you for them for being the reason, and never apologized? You said he didn't have to, that you knew why he did it. And what about-"
"Kona those weren't excuses that was reasoning!" She interrupted him.
"No!" Kona said angrily, pointing at her.
"What about that time he made you feel bad for kissing Raiko's cheek? He made you feel so bad you ended up losing your virginity to him. You said he 'had a point' you KISSED YOUR FRIEND'S CHEEK, SIKENNA." he yelled at her, his eyes filling with angry tears.
"That was a choice I made willingly, Kona. It was weeks after I kissed Raiko's cheek." She muttered out, trying to keep her eyes locked into her brother's to convey convictions.
"Under duress! He ignored you for a week, Kenna! You were 15! Still scared that someone would leave you, that you'd lose someone else!"
"Stop." Sikenna breathed, closing her eyes.
"No! He has hurt you, and you have always made excuses! You always fixed his mistakes! Whenever shit didn't go his way he would have you fix it, and you did, because you're you! That's what you do! Because that's how you are! And that's not a bad thing, Kenna, but it is when someone starts taking advantage of it, and Nero always has." Kona took a step forward, putting a gentle hand on her shoulder. Sikenna opened her eyes to look at him.
"I am not going to let you walk right back into the arms of someone that hurts you. Ever." He whispered, keeping his eyes locked onto hers.
"I get my strength from you. I am the way that I am because i am and have always been trying to keep up with how brave and strong willed you are. Because I wish it came as naturally to me as it does to you. I can't stand by and watch someone I once considered a friend drain that out of you. Okay?"
Sikenna thought about his words and nodded. Kona let out a sigh and pulled her to his chest, hugging her tighter than he has in years. Sikenna fought the tears that threatened to spill as Kona hugged her tight. He was a good brother, even if he did steal her fire flakes.
"Come on, get your jacket." Sikenna heard Kona say through the rumble in his chest. She looked up at his face, still hugging him tight.
"What? Why?" She asked, pulling her brows together.
"Just put it on. Shoes too." He laughed, pulling her away from him. Sikenna looked down at his feet and noticed his shoes were still on- he must have known something like this would happen. That weird twin connection was always stronger with Kona, he always knew when Sikenna was about to do something stupid and was always prepared to stop her or help her get out of it. Without a word Sikenna slipped on her shoes and grabbed her jacket that had been thrown onto her bed.
"Okay, now what?" She said, turning to her brother. Kona smiled and grabbed her wrist, pulling her to her window. He crawled out onto the roof that was level with her window, and hopped to the main roof above them with ease. Sikenna smiled and followed him, gasping when she reached where Kona stood.
From their rooftop you could see their whole burrow. Street lights twinkled like fire flies below the roof tops to illuminate the streets below. Blocks away the sky scrapers of downtown republic city shot to the sky, scattered lights in their windows like a classic city scape. They could hear the honks and shouts from the bustling city, it seemed normal again.
"Wow. I can't believe we never came up here before now." Sikenna breathed, moving to stand next to Kona. He laughed and looked over at her.
"I know, right? We practically lived on the roofs of Ember Island."
"Remember when miss Chu started leaving snacks out for us because she knew we would finish our runs at her house?" Sikenna laughed at the memory, and Kona joined in.
"Yeah. Gran told us not to eat any baked goods from her. She was a good village witch."
Sikenna laughed as she looked at the city, remembering the little old lady who's field they used to play in as kids, calling her a witch. She was always nice to them, despite the rumors their little game caused back on the Island with the other children, and made great muffins that Sikenna and her friends could selfishly hoard.
"Okay, here the deal." Kona began, turning to point at the sea of rooftops behind them.
"We run through this burrow over to dragon flats burrow. Last one there buys the snacks for the walk home, since we don't have Miss Chu to feed us."
Sikenna eyed the layout of the roof tops, planning her route silently as she nodded.
"Deal." She said, and took off on a sprint. She leaped from their roof to their neighbors, bouncing off one foot to propel herself to another one.
"Hey! You cheater!" Kona yelled from behind her. Sikenna laughed and kept going, hearing Kona's footsteps dashing along the roofs behind her to catch up.
"Pay back for the last time you cheated!" She called over her shoulder. Kona laughed boisterously and let out a loud, happy
"WOOOO WHOOOOO!" as they ran across the rooftops. And for a few minutes, they were back home, just two kids racing on the rooftops like they had done so many times before. And once again, Kona proves that he knows exactly what Sikenna needed, even when she doesn't know it herself.

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An hour later, a very out of breath, red faced and sweaty, but satisfied set of Fire Bending twins walked through the streets, fried food on a stick in their hands.
"TWOOOO LOVERSSS, FORBIDDEN FROM ONE ANOTHERRRR.." Kona belted out in song happily, taking a big bite of his food.
"A wawr, dibibes dere heopleeeeee!" He tried to sing with a full mouth. Sikenna laughed and joined in with him.
"And a mountainnnnnn, divides them apaaaaaaart!"
Kona swallowed his food and pointed at Sikenna.
"Something about a path to be together and stuff and THEN-" he stopped, Sikenna froze in place and took a deep breath with him. She put her hands out in front of her, food on the stick still in one, and Kona clapped his hands above his head as they both blurted out the next words.
"SECRET TUNNELLLLLLLL," They burst out, Kona wiggling down to the ground then up again with his hands still above his head. Sikenna started wiggling her arms out in front of her like they were dancing ropes as they sang through their laughter.
"SECRET TUNELLLLLL, THROUGH THE MOUNTAINNNNNN, SECRETSECRETSECRET SECRET TUNNELLLLLLLL!"
"YEAH!" Kona finished dramatically, throwing one foot out in front of him, jazz hands going a mile a minute. Sikenna bent over and held her stomach laughing. Kona smiled proudly at himself, and nudged his sister playfully as he started walking again.
"Still better than the Ember Island players." He joked. Sikenna giggled and took a bite of her food.
"At least it wasn't 'Leaves from the vine.'" Sikenna said when she swallowed. Kona looked at her sideways, his voice now serious.
"We don't talk about that song."
Sikenna laughed and was about to react for him when she heard a commotion. Or more so, felt a commotion. The tiny hairs all over her body stood on end once more, and she heard the crackle of electricity. Her chest tightened and she looked around frantically, then she saw it. At the cross roads down the street from them, a truck flipped on its side and slid forward. Behind them rolled up a familiar Satomobile with four familiar faces inside.
"That's not…" Kona said with squinted eyes, trying to tell if it really was their friends in the Satomobile.
"Of course it is." Sikenna said with a sigh, tossing the remaining fried food on a stick in the trash next to them before taking off towards the scene, Kona followed close behind.
"Kenna! Kona!" Bolin said proudly as he hopped out of the back of the Satomobile, running up to them when they arrived. Sikenna looked around at them. Asami, Mako and Korra were busy tying up 5 equalists and 3 men in prison outfits as Bolin greeted them.
"There was a prison break! So we went after them, and me and Korra were all, whoosh, whoosh," Bolin imitated him and Korra Earthbending.
"And Asami was like, Errrrrrrrr!" He continued, making it look like his hand was on a steering wheel making a hard turn.
"And then! Then Mako was like, ZzzzzzzzAP!" He threw one hand out dramatically, making his face broody to look like Mako. Sikenna smiled at the subtle detail as Bolin continued.
"And then the truck was like, ErrrrrrrrCrash! And now you're here! It was AWESOME!" Bolin laughed out excitedly, punching the air as he jumped.
"Oh, what the spirits. And we aren't even in bed yet! We're definitely going tomorrow." Kona crossed his arms and pouted at the idea of being left out of something like this. Sikenna rolled her eyes at him and walked up to the other three just as they were finishing up.
"Spirits, you guys really did a number with just the four of you." She commented, kicking one of the equalists in the foot.
"Don't worry, Kenna," Asami said with a smile, flicking her electric glove on and off quickly.
"I made sure to get as many of them with the glove as I could for you." She winked and smiled understandingly at Sikenna, who returned her smile gratefully. She would have to get over the fear of the glove if she was going to be friends with Asami, it was clear.
"Yeah! And just think of what we can accomplish with you two!" Korra said happily, putting her hands on her hips as she looked at the job they had done. Sikenna giggled at her.
"Well I'm glad to see you're feeling better, Avatar." Sikenna giggled again as Korra stuck her tongue out at her playfully.
"Avatar Korra! Avatar Korra!" A loud, bright flash of a bulb cracking behind them caused them all to turn. Reporters with cameras were starting to show up, they waved to Korra to try and ask her some questions.
"Would you look at that. And before the police even showed up." Mako scoffed next to Sikenna.
"Yeah, that doesn't surprise me."
"I'm glad you like the bracelet." Mako bent down slightly to whisper to her. Sikenna looked over at him and smirked.
"It's cheesy as all get out, but you're a pretty cheesy dude, Koko." Sikenna giggled as he shoved her shoulder lightly, making her stumble to the side.
"Guys! Come on! They want some pictures!" Korra waved over at them.
"You coming?" Mako said to her as he took a step forward. Sikenna scoffed, but laughed light heartedly.
"For what? I didn't do anything. This isn't my victory. You go take your pictures with your team." She smiled reassuringly at him, but Mako frowned at her for a moment. He went to go say something but Bolin interrupted, grabbing Mako's shoulder to pull him towards the now lined up criminals. Mako kept his eyes on Sikenna, his frown never leaving his face, but she smiled and waved anyway, silently telling him it was okay.
"I want to be in that picture so bad." Kona pouted as he stood next to her. She chuckled at her brother but watched her friends line up behind their captives as the cameras started flashing.
"Tomorrow, Kona. We can-" but the sound of police sirens silenced her. She and Kona looked over her shoulder at the approaching police cars and sighed- they weren't going to be happy about this. The twins walked over to their friends as the police approached, their faces expressionless as they stared at the cops. Korra smirked and turned to meet an angry looking Tarrlok as he approached.
"Avatar Korra, what do you think you are doing?" He said with authority. Korra put on her best fake shocked voice to answer him.
"Oh, hey Tarrlok. Nice of you to show up finally. Here, we captured the escaped convicts for you." She mocked him. Sikenna smiled as Tarrlok's face grew darker in annoyance.
"What you did was tear up the city and impede the real authorities in their pursuit of these criminals." Tarrlok grinded out angrily.
"Hmm, that's funny." Korra began, an eyebrow raised as a finger met her cheek in thought.
"I didn't see your little task force or the cops the whole time." She turned her head away from Tarrlok and folded her arms, examining the fingers on of her hands.
"If it wasn't for Team Avatar, they would've gotten away."
This seemed to be the last straw for Tarrlok, who pointed a quivering finger at Korra's face as he lost his patience.
"This is your last warning. Stay out of my way!" he spat at her. He turned and walked back to the police vehicles, his offices trailing behind him, each with a captive to put in the back of the vehicle, and they drove away.
Sikenna scoffed as the police vehicles rounded the corner back to the station.
"What a tool."
"Almost as much of a tool as Nero." Kona scoffed back. Sikenna looked at her brother with narrow eyes. How was he so smart, and knew exactly what to say and do, and also be absolutely clueless? This caught Bolin's attention and his head whipped towards them as Kona shrugged at Sikenna's glare.
"Nero? Did he come around again? Are you alright?" He asked Sikenna worriedly, grabbing her wrists gently with concern. Sikenna smiled politely and pulled her hands back from Bolin's touch, crossing her arms over her chest as she shook her head. Bolin looked at her sadly as she pulled back from him.
"He didn't come back, I'm fine, Bolin." She attempted to smile reassuringly at him, and he frowned deeper, putting his hands to his side.
"Okay. Well, I'm here for you, Kin." He said sadly. A corner of his lip attempted to tug up into a smile.
"I'll see you two tomorrow." He said as he turned away from them. Sikenna felt her stomach drop seeing him so sad at her pulling away from him, but what was she supposed to do? Bolin was an affectionate guy, they would hold hands as he pulled her around Republic City and always welcomed Sikenna's legs to be draped over his if it meant he could sit on their couch. He hugged often, sometimes for no reason at all, and over all enjoyed feeling close to the people he loved. Sikenna knew that, but didn't want him to get the same impression everyone else seemed to have. Sikenna caught Mako's eyes over Bolin's shoulders right as they narrowed at her. Sikenna looked down and coughed awkwardly. Kona seemed to pick up on her discomfort and addressed the group for them both. He yawned dramatically, stretching his arms above his head.
"You guys must be more tired than we are at this point. We'll stop by tomorrow when we're done!" He waved enthusiastically, Korra matched his enthusiasm.
"Sure! We'll see you guys tomorrow! Be safe getting home!"
Kona smiled wide and tugged on Sikenna's elbow, turning her away from the group as they walked home.
"Stop pushing him away, Kenna. I know it hurts you as much as it's hurting him." He whispered to her as they turned. Sikenna gulped, taking in his words. What was she supposed to do, then? She wished someone would just tell her.

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Republic City, The next night.

The day has been a pretty successful one for the twins. They still had 3 weeks left to find another apartment, but they had both found jobs at a pub down in Little Fire Nation. Sikenna wasn't too excited about it, given the last time she worked in a fire nation pub, but the pay was decent and they knew the owner from doing their rounds when they worked for the Agni Kai's.
Sikenna and Kona were on their way to meet with their friends to patrol the city just as the sun was falling below the horizon, a happy skip in their step as they raced through the crowded city streets. Tomorrow, they would try to see a couple apartments, and hopefully they would be on their next step to adulthood and full independence. Sikenna was about to cross the street when Kona reached forward and grabbed her bicep, pulling her back just in time. A speeding Satomobile sped by them right where Sikenna was just standing. The girl blinked as it zoomed past, swearing she heard a brisk "Sorry Kenna!" As it did.
"I think that was Bolin." Kona said with a mix of shock and confusion.
"You heard that too?" Sikenna let out a breath she didn't know she was holding as she looked up at her brother. He nodded slowly, his brows pulled together, still confused.
"I think so?" He said to her. They both turned their head the direction the Satomobile went for a few moments before Sikenna spoke.
"So, should we…?"
Kona nodded once.
"I mean yeah, probably." He turned to her.
"Right?"
Sikenna shrugged and started jogging the direction the Satomobile went, Kona following closely behind her.
"They took a left up here!" Kona panted out as they neared an intersection. They turned sharp and ran across the street, weaving through the crowd of people walking through them. Sikenna's shoulder collided with someone, she spun with the momentum of it.
"I'm so sorry-" she said quickly, making eye contact with the familiar tangerine eyes of none other than Nero himself. He smirked at her, the same smirk that makes her heart race. Her breath caught in her throat and her hands started shaking before she felt Kona tug her wrist and pull her across the street, leaving Nero behind to stare after her.
"Shake it off Kin, we gotta go." Kona said to her, forcing her to turn around and pushed her forward. Sikenna shook her head quickly and nodded, taking off in a jog once again to where they thought the Satomobile went.
By the time they found them, Korra was scolding Tarrlok.
"Tarrlok, you need to turn the power back on and leave these people alone!"
Sikenna looked around her, and realized she was right. The power was out in the whole burrow, the only light was from the last remaining sunlight from the day. Kona took a deep breath and jogged the last couple of feet to their friends, Sikenna followed behind him.
"What's going on?!" He asked when they reached the group of sour looking teenagers.
"Tarrlok has the power out, and is trying to say these people are equalists." Mako answered them, not taking his eyes off of Korra and Tarrlok arguing nearby. Bolin nodded in agreement and looked over at the new additions to the group.
"Radio said they were armed and dangerous. But look at them- they're just scared."
Sikenna looked over at the angry mob. Or at least it looked like that at first glance. Upon a second look you could see it was just regular families. Mom's hugging their scared, crying children, Father's angrily shouting about their rights being compromised.
"We have to stop them." Kona said behind Sikenna, who didn't motion to move her eyes away from the restless crowd of citizens.
"Korra's working on it." Asami nodded towards them.
"I don't think it's going well." Mako groaned. Tarrlok pointed angrily at the crowd and bellowed in Korra's face.
"They are the enemy!" He turned his head to his metal bending officers, Sikenna gasped at his order.
"Round up all these Equalists!"
Without missing a beat the metal bending officers went down into a stance, Sikenna snapped her eyes back to the crowd and gasped. The legs to the barriers they had set up snapped off and pushed the crowd back, corralling them into tight circles, trapping them like mouserats. The officers stomped their feet and each individual circle of citizens rose from the ground. Sikenna gasped again as the crowd screamed, terrified of what was happening. Mothers clung tighter to their screaming children, those who weren't caught in the circles screamed and scattered into the surrounding alleys.
"Stop!" Korra yelled as she ran towards the crowd. She stomped her foot and threw out her arms, bringing them down slowly. The platforms of trapped people lowered as she did, allowing people to escape.
"This is crazy!" Bolin gasped out. Sikenna turned to reassure him that Korra had everything under control, but as soon as she opened her mouth, Asami's voice caught everyone's attention.
"Hey! Let me go!" She shouted angrily, tugging at her wrist. Tarrlok's water whip was wrapped around it tightly. He gave it a great tug as he yelled over to them.
"You're under arrest!"
"What?!" Mako yells, shocked.
"You can't do that!"
"Actually, I can." Tarrlok smirked at them smugly as an officer grabbed Asami, pulling her wrist behind her back.
"She's a nonbender out past curfew." He added, and Sikenna narrowed her eyes at him dangerously, feeling her fingers tingle in a familiar warmth. Tarrlok's smirk grew and he pointed a finger at Asami accusingly.
"And her father is a known Equalist conspirator."
Mako growled and took a step forward, Bolin stepped up behind him, ready to defend his brother.
"Let her go!" Mako shouted angrily. Sikenna tried to see around the bending brother's but was struggling.
"Arrest him and his brother!"
Sikenna gasped as officers swarmed Mako and Bolin, her hands igniting with flames as her anger rose. She went to take a stance but was pulled back quickly from behind.
"Woah!" Kona shouted, being pulled back with her.
"Let us go!" Sikenna struggled against what she assumed were a couple of Tarrlok's officers.
"Will you two shut up?!" Nero hissed at them. Sikenna gasped and spun on her heel, facing him. Kona ripped himself out of Nero's grasp and shoved him as far away from Sikenna as he could in one swift movement. Nero grunted and put his hands up in surrender.
"Look I'm not here to fight." He said to them calmly.
"What the spirits are you doing here?" Kona hissed at him. Sikenna turned and tried to bolt back to her friends. She didn't care why Nero was there, Mako and Bolin needed her.
"Bolin!" She called out when she saw him being lead towards the police van. He looked up at her, confused, his brows furrowed.
"Kenna?"
A familiar arm wrapped around Sikenna's waist, pulling her back again. She screamed and reached out to Bolin, who's eyes widened as he watched her.
"Kenna!" He shouted, starting to struggle against the officer restraining him. The officer struggled with him for a few moments but ultimately won, shoving him roughly into the back of the van.
"Let go of me!" Sikenna yelled, finally prying Nero's fingers off of her waist and pushed him away from her.
"I'm trying to help!" Nero shouted, but she ignored him, punching a fireball at him. Nero parted it easily with his hands, looking at Sikenna as if to ask her if she was done after the fire had disappeared. The girl narrowed her eyes at him and tightened her fists at her sides as Kona appeared next to him with a sigh.
"He stopped us from getting arrested so we could try to help get them out." Kona explained, rubbing his forehead. Nero let out a curt laugh and eyed Sikenna with the same smirk from earlier, addressing Kona as he spoke.
"At least you listen."
Kona dropped his hand from his head and looked over at him.
"Eat shit, Nero. This doesn't mean I like you."
"Can we go? They're leaving." Sikenna looked over her shoulder as the van holding Mako and Bolin pulled away towards the police station. She bit her lip anxiously watching it turn around the corner.
"Take this left and go down 3 blocks, take a right and you'll practically run into the police station. If you go now, you might meet them there before they book them." Nero's calm voice swirled into Sikenna's ear and she felt her shoulders relax a little.
"Right. Come on, Kenna, Korra already left too." Kona brushed past her in the direction Nero told them to go. Sikenna took in Nero's face for a moment, his smile broadening as he noticed.
"Thank you." She spit out awkwardly. He winked at her and her breath caught in her throat.
"No problem Gorgeous."
Sikenna blushed, much to her dismay, and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear before Kona pulled her concentration back to the present.
"Kenna! Let's go!"
"Right! Yeah. Okay, bye!" She stuttered out, turning away from her chuckling ex boyfriend. She ran towards Kona with a stupid smirk on her face, but dropped it instantly when her eyes met Kona's look of disappointment. He shook his head and scoffed, turning towards the police station.

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The Next Morning.

Sikenna found herself pacing her bedroom once again the next morning. Last night had not gone as planned. They did meet the Police at the police station while they were bringing Mako and Bolin into the building. The officers kept shoving them away as the two struggled to get a few words to their friends.

"Kenna! Are you okay?!" Bolin's eyes widened as he noticed her running towards them.
"I'm fine, are you guys okay? Are they hurting you? Hey!" She shouted as an officer shoved her away.
"Don't touch her!" Both Bolin and Mako said to the officers angrily, struggling against them a bit to give them a taste of what would happen if they didn't listen to them.
Sikenna fought her way to the front of them again so she could see their faces.
"Korra said she's going to get Tenzin." Mako told her, and Sikenna nodded frantically as she listened.
"But we should find a way to make bail just in case." He grunted as the officer escorting him shoved him forward a bit.
"Asami is there anything you can do about that?" Kona asked her. Asami shook her head sadly.
"I haven't gained full control of the accounts yet, I can't." She looked down, but Kona shook his head.
"It's okay! We'll figure it out!" He smiled at her reassuringly. Sikenna locked eyes with Bolin, fighting tears from seeing him in handcuffs.
"We'll get you guys out. I won't leave you in there Bolin, okay? I promise."

She had been up all night thinking about how to keep that promise. They had waited there until Tenzin and Korra showed up, and they had walked out of the police station without them. Plan B was hope they set a bail so they could figure out a way to pay it, but being between jobs and looking for an apartment, Sikenna was beginning to panic running out of ideas.
"Kenna!" Kona's frantic shout came from the living room. Sikenna ran out as quick as she could, still on edge from the past 12 hours.
"What?! What is it?!" She asked him, matching the tone of his shout. He didn't say anything, just turned the knob to their radio.
"...Late last night, Equalists attacked City Hall," Sikenna's eyes widened, finding Kona's mirroring hers.
"subduing Councilman Tarrlok and capturing Avatar Korra. Details are still coming in, b-"
"WHAT?!" Sikenna shrieked. Kona stood fast, running his hands through his hair as he started pacing.
"No no no this isn't good." He muttered.
"Korra's missing. Oh, Spirits, Amon has her. Kona, Kona Amon has her. We have to go help Tenzin. We have to go help look for her." Sikenna said desperately, and Kona nodded, grabbing his coat.
"Lotus, stay." Sikenna pointed to her fire ferret, who curled up on the couch obediently.
Korra was missing. The equalists took Korra, her friend. The Avatar. Mako, Asami, Bolin, were in jail. She had had it. She was fed up with everything the Equalist were doing. With new found determination, Sikenna and Kona marched out of their apartment and headed out to find Tenzin, and find out how they were going to get their friends back safe and sound.