A/N: This was another fav to write! Kya finally makes an appearance in this one ;)

Sora moved slowly among the ruins of what once an apartment building. She wiped her forehead with the back of her hand and she took a moment to just breathe. The stars were coming out now and she looked to the sky as her fired brain attempted to catch up with itself. Kuvira and her army had been stopped but the damage had still been done. Much of her city was in complete ruin and so many people were injured and in need of medical attention.

She had sent many of her staff away but once she announced she was staying behind to help a lot of them refused to leave. They had mobilized a couple different groups and went out into the city once Kuvira's spirit vine energy weapon was out of commission. Her day had gone by in a blur of injury, pain, and death.

She wandered amongst the rubble and noticed a figure sitting on a large piece of the former building. She recognized her immediately and felt a wave of comfort come over her as she sat down next to the woman.

"You should have evacuated with the others."

"My healers and I were needed here. It's our job. You should understand that better than anyone."

The eartbender let out a small breath before turning to her. She was covered in dirt and debris, her eyes more tired and weary than the healer had ever seen.

"Think you could help one more person tonight? Suspected fractures in both arms, I think one may actually be broken."

"Of course, where are they?"

She looked around but there were very few people still in the area and none of them seemed in need of medical attention. Looking back to Lin she noticed her move one of her arms, immediately wincing and letting a hiss of obvious pain.

"Right here. It's me."

Sora narrowed her eyes with a knowing look.

"What happened?"

Lin closed her eyes and tilted her head to the sky.

"That arm over there."

She gestured to one of the robotic arms that had been detached from the rest of Kuvira's weapon of mass destruction with a slight nod of her head.

"My sister and I were inside it when it was forcibly detached from the rest of that monstrosity. Luckily I was still able to bend the metal on the inside to keep us from getting knocked around too much. But, I needed my arms free to do it and I think they got a little messed up on impact."

"You think?"

"Don't remember much. Didn't even feel much pain until the adrenaline started to wear off. I think my bracers have been helping too."

Sora let out a contrived snort before kneeling in front of Lin and holding her hands out.

"May I?"

She watched as Lin presented her arms to her and, with noticeable difficulty, bent the metal bracers off her arms. Sora gasped quietly at the sight beneath them. Both arms were a mottled mess of purple bruising, the bone in the left in an obvious unnatural position.

"Well, this is obviously broken. Try to hold still while try an alleviate some of the pain."

Lin sucked in a breath and scrunched her face as she brought her healing water over the less injured arm, satisfied to see some of the bruising fade. She did the same to the left arm but would need to set the bone before doing any further healing. She turned her attention instead to Lin's head, the earthbender trying to pull away as she held her firmly.

"What are you doing?"

"Just hold still. You said you lost consciousness, I want to make sure you're not bleeding to death in your thick skull."

Lin listened and held still for once and Sora closed her eyes, concentrating on checking her head over for any sign of trauma. There was a small contusion that she healed easily but nothing more serious. Lin let out a small sigh of relief.

"Better"

"Much, my head has been killing me."

"Now the arm. I've got set it and it's going to hurt."

Sora looked around on the ground, finding a suitable stick and handing it to Lin.

"Take this and bite do-"

"I know the drill."

She held her injured arm out for Sora, placing the stick in her mouth between her back molars. She took in a deep breath, closing her eyes and nodding. Sora worked quickly, twisting the bone by her wrist and aligning them the best she could. Lin didn't move but tears leaked from her closed eyes and her breathing got harder. Holding the arm firmly in one hand, she ran the healing water over the spot. After a couple minutes Lin's face softened and she spit the stick out of her mouth.

"You'll need to follow up for the next few days to expedite the healing but I don't think there will be any lasting damage. A lot of the hospital was destroyed but I'll still be taking patients in the main lobby."

"I'll be fine, really."

"Lin-"

"Thank you, Sora."

She thought about arguing further but was honestly just too exhausted. The day had been long and exhausting but she had the feeling the coming days were going to be even longer. She needed to rest if she was going to be any help to anyone. She'd let the Chief think she'd won this round for now. She stood, brushing off some of the loose dirt from her skirt.

"Chief! Chief! One of the restaurants actually survived and they're giving away FREE food to everyone!"

An excitable young man came running up to them and Lin looked at him wearily. Sora noticed the twitch of a smile as she listened to him ramble on. She stood to follow him but first placed a hand on her shoulder, smiling and giving her a small nod. The young man looked between them curiously.

"Lead the way to this free food, Bolin."

Lin followed him, pausing when Sora didn't follow.

"You go ahead, my brain can't even comprehend hunger until it gets a little sleep."

"Suit yourself."

3 days after the attack on Republic City Master Healer Sora Yueng found herself knocking on a familiar door. Part of the apartment building had been damaged but it appeared to minor, with repairs already underway. The door wasn't even open before she heard the owner of said apartment start talking.

"I don't recall ordering a house call from you?"

Sora smiled broadly as the door opened.

"Just checking in on a historically stubborn patient. How's the arm?"

"Better."

She raised an eyebrow and narrowed her eyes skeptically. She had definitely heard that before. She held her hand out.

"May I?"

Lin rolled her eyes but presented the formerly injured arm with no argument. Sora ran her healing water over it and was surprised to see that it actually was healed. Which was impossible. She had managed to heal some of the damage but it would have taken a few more sessions to heal it this completely. Her brow furrowed as she looked to her patient.

"Lin? Who is it?"

Sora couldn't hide her surprise at the new voice. She hadn't seen the waterbender in many years but would recognize the daughter of her own mentor any day of the week. Kya came into view at the door and her face broke into a huge smile as she opened the door fully and flung her arms around Sora's neck.

"Master Sora! I haven't seen you in ages!"

"It's good to see you too, Kya."

"Kya, you're going to smother her."

Kya pulled away and stuck her tongue at Lin who, in turn, just shook her head and laughed. There was a look on the Police Chief's face that Sora recognized but hadn't seen from her in many years. She carefully looked between the two women and smiled slightly as a possible realization came to her.

"I take it you're the one taking care of the Chief, here?"

Kya rolled her eyes and let out an exasperated breath.

"You have no idea how hard it has been. I swear, Lin could be missing a limb and she'd still insist she's-"

"-just fine."

Sora finished the sentence at the same time as Kya and they both laughed. Lin narrowed her eyes and Sora quickly tried to put on a more serious face. She looked from Lin back to Kya.

"I do have to admit that she is a less than ideal patient."

"Oh! That is the understatement of a lifetime! You know, Sora, why don't you come in and have something to drink. Lin just put on a pot for tea. We can exchange Lin Beifong horror stories."

Sora looked cautiously to Lin seeking approval. After a moment of being stared down Lin rolled her eyes and nodded her head, motioning for Sora to enter the apartment. Kya was completely delighted as she took her arm, pulling her to the kitchen.

"You know, it started young. Barely 5 years old and I remember her breaking her ankle. My mother tried to heal her for 3 days but Lin insisted there was nothing wrong as she limped around everywhere she went."

"That's nothing! I actually had to sedate her against her will once because she was going to pull a piece of metal out of her abdomen after I specifically said not to touch it!"

"Oh! I have to hear that one! Where are you going, Lin?"

Lin had moved pass them and was rummaging through a cupboard across the room.

"I'm going to need something much stronger than tea to get through whatever you two are about to put me through."

A/N: This is the last of my originally planned chapters! I actually wrote this one first. Per usual, I couldn't resist a little Kyalin ;) In this timeline I imagine them getting together sometime in the 3 year time jump which is why I don't have any Sora interactions for that point in Lin's life. I do have two bonus chapters to share that take place after this one so keep an eye out for those either later today or tomorrow!