Hey guys, thank you for your patience; you'd think with this COVID-19 madness going around I'd have more time to update, but I'm still working fulltime though I feel for the ones who aren't. My husband being one of them and despite that he complains about his job sometimes he can't wait to get back to work. I hope you're all staying safe though, cuz this disease ain't no joke.

Now I have had some people asking me if I would turn this into a Korvirasami, but while I think the idea could work I'm not up to it. I might do one in the future but even if I do, it won't be for a while. This fic Korra, Kuvira, and Asami are going to be besties, but I will give Asami a love life.

I don't own Legend of Korra.

Enjoy!

Korra could not stop the smile spreading across her face, and she wouldn't bother to after the sight she'd witnessed. Taking Kuvira outside for the first time had done the omega wonders, she seemed happier and she smiled more, especially when playing with Naga. Right now both 'girls' were outside playing fetch, and each time Kuvira threw the ball Naga would bring it back but would also give Kuvira a lick on either the hand or the face, and the face actually had Kuvira giggle or so it seemed. Naga seemed to really like the omega, even once when Kuvira looked a little sad the polar bear dog cheered her up by putting her head on her lap.

'Seems I can finally do something right for her.' Korra had been watching from the window, but kept herself hidden from sight so Kuvira wouldn't see her.

Kuvira had been outside for over an hour, but she was still confined to the wheelchair. Her legs were getting stronger and her weight was going up fine, but no overdoing it per Kya's orders. She at least wore some more casual clothes, such a simple green shirt and loose black pants and shoes; it was better than wearing those pjs all the time.

"Excuse me Avatar Korra." Korra turned around to see Meng, one of the servants coming her way. "You have a visitor, it's Ms. Pema." That was unexpected.

"Is she alone?" Meng nodded. "Send her in."

"As you wish." Meng bowed, left, and returned with Pema.

"Korra." Pema greeted her with a hug. "It's been too long, how are you?"

"I've had some good and bad days, but I'm fine. What about you? How is the family?" Pema smiled.

"Everyone is fine, worried about you but fine." Korra stared at her.

"Why worried?"

"Well the kids have been wanting you to come over and visit or the other way around, but Tenzin told all of us to leave you be until you say otherwise."

"Did he say why?"

"Not to them…" she leaned forward. "He told me though." She winked.

"Oh." Korra sighed.

"You look tired, but also a bit happier. How is it so far?" Korra looked back towards the window.

"There's not much of an 'it' right now, I mean I've given her the first mark but other than that nothing."

"Nothing?" Pema was a bit surprised.

"She's been fighting it, told me straight up she didn't want a mate…heck she's never been through a full heat. I'm trying though…"

"Never been through a full heat…oh dear." Pema put her fingers to her lips.

"It's close though, she could go off any day now and when she does I…well I don't think you need the details."

"Thanks for that, how old is she?"

"Same age as me I believe; she's got a thing against alphas but with what she's told me I can't entirely blame her." Korra scratched at the back of her head.

"Hey, once she spends more time with you she'll warm up, just like everyone. Remember how it was when you first met Mako, or even Lin?" Korra chuckled.

"She hated me at first, Mako only thought I was a dumb fangirl of his and Bolin's."

"Lin didn't hate you; she just doesn't like others trying to do her job; and she loves you now." Korra's eyebrow rose.

"Loves me?"

"She'll never say it aloud, but she does care for you. Now you have Asami, Mako and Bolin as your closest friends, anyone who meets you grows to like you. I'm sure she'll do the same."

"Maybe, but she's not like everyone else Pema. She's different somehow…"

"Good or bad different?" Korra shrugged.

"I'm not sure, but at least I have her smiling now; since she's been allowed outside and playing with Naga it's really brightened her spirits."

"That's a good start, not all relationships begin how we'd want them to. I've told you about Tenzin and I, but it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows at first you know."

"I know, Lin tried to arrest you."

"Well that, but at the same time Tenzin was full of guilt for hurting her. Sometimes I feared he would leave me to go back to her, but it worked out."

"Yeah, she has Kya now and they're happy."

"Fate has mysterious ways of showing us our paths, so perhaps…this woman is your next piece of the puzzle." Korra smiled again.

"Thanks Pema."

"No problem dear, now I probably should go before she sees me here, but before I forget, Kya asked me to pass a message to you from Lin."

"Oh?"

"Lin wants to come see you later, sometime this evening and she's bringing Mako. She didn't say why, only that it was important." Korra nodded.

"I'll call her in a while, I need to see to…" Korra motioned at the window.

"Ok dear, and please don't hesitate to talk with me or Tenzin if you need us. Call your parents too, you know they'll want to hear about this."

"I will, thanks Pema and tell the kids I'll be over when I can." The two shared a hug and Pema left, Korra went back to the window, spotting Kuvira under a tree with Naga's head in her lap.

'Damn she looks beautiful.' The first time Kuvira came here she was pale and sickly, now under Korra and Kya's care she was blossoming like a rare flower after a month of rain. Her skin's color had returned to a light tan, her eyes no longer had dark circles, and her weight was evening out with the diet. Her hair even had a shine to it now, it was long and combed back in a loose braid, Korra almost imagined small flowers in the tresses.

"Kuvira." Korra caught her attention and Naga's. The polar bear dog looked up and panted, smiling happily as Kuvira stroked her head. "You guys have fun?"

"We did, she's tired." Kuvira nodded.

"Then we should get inside, it's about time for lunch anyway." Naga's head shot up at the word 'lunch'. Korra wheeled Kuvira into the house and towards the kitchen; inside was a table and the cook had set it up for two. Korra was going to eat some seaweed noodles and dried fish, Kuvira was eating beef broth with boiled mushrooms and a side dish of sliced apples.

The two women ate in silence, then again this was one of the few times Korra could eat with Kuvira. Any other time she'd have meals in her room, but this was a nice change. Naga's food was served in another area of the kitchen, but once she was done the huge animal would take a nap in Korra's room.

"How is your food?" Kuvira looked up from her bowl.

"It's fine, thanks."

"I know you'd probably want something more solid, but hey, healer's orders." Korra slurped some noodles. "You should get some rest after this; Kya might stop by for another session."

"I'm not tired."

"You don't have to nap or anything, just relax until she arrives. You can take a bath, you can sit out here for a while, or if you'd like I can take you into the library. I'm not much of a reader, but you seem to be fine with books."

"That…sounds fine." Korra had to stop herself from sighing in relief, for a moment she thought Kuvira would avoid any suggestion she threw out there.

"Also, Chief Beifong is stopping by later. It'll probably be late so you can stay in your room until she leaves." That earned her a slightly hard stare.

"Do I need to wait up on you?"

"No, you can go to sleep if you wish. Oh, and Kuvira…" the omega stared. "I want you stay indoors for a couple of days, your heat scent is growing and if you linger too long outside it might…"

"Attract other alphas, yeah I know Kya warned me." She threw down her spoon. "Wouldn't want any bloodbaths disgracing the avatar's hall."

"Hey, I know you're still upset about this but don't take that tone with me. You're lucky it was me who marked you and not some rogue, other omegas might consider you so."

"I could care less what other omegas think of me, and I could care less how 'lucky' I am to have been chosen as a prize to the Avatar herself." Pushing her bowl away Kuvira drank down the rest of her tea and leaned back in her chair. "I'd like to go back to my room now."

"Kuvira…"

"Now, please." The 'please' came out in a near snarl, so Korra finished her own food quickly.

"Alright, but I'm coming to see you later, ok?" Kuvira gave a stiff nod, and Korra wheeled her back upstairs. She settled Kuvira on her bed, and noticed a stack of books on the dresser, one of which had a bookmark in place. So she had been reading, probably Asami's doing. Since she spoke with Asami Kuvira had brighter moods, each time Asami visited she'd give her a light smile, it almost made Korra jealous.

'No reason to be jealous, she needs a friend.' A friend, who was also Korra's best friend, yeah, no jealousy there.

"Rest up, if you need anything just yell." Kuvira turned on her side and pulled the blanket over her body. Korra wanted to hug and kiss her, but she knew it wouldn't do much good now. Leaving the omega to herself Korra just strolled back into the main hall, leaning against a chair with Naga coming up to her. The dog beast whined and pushed at her hand, Korra just scratched at the large space between her ears.

"I know girl, I wish there was a way to help her see." Naga was as smart as a human at times, able to see and feel things sometimes before Korra. She liked Kuvira, she could tell she was troubled, but it only softened Kuvira a little, not a lot.

'I need to call Lin.' Korra went into the temple office, a room she scarcely ever went into but it was the closest to a phone. Naga stayed outside, the room was a dedication to Aang, even he rarely used it but everything inside was fragile to a giant polar bear dog.

"Republic city police department, what is your emergency?"

"Hello this is Avatar Korra, I need to speak with Chief Beifong."

"Avatar Korra, I'm sorry but the chief is quite busy and can't be disturbed. Is there something I can help you with?"

"No, just patch me into the chief she'll take a call from me."

"I'm sorry ma'am but I can't, avatar or no the chief has a job to do that doesn't involve the everyday problems of a citizen."

"Yeah well this ain't no everyday problem so how about you do your job and let me talk to her?" the person on the other end sighed.

"I don't like your tone ma'am; I'd expect the Avatar to be a little more respectful with the law." Now Korra was getting irritated.

"I am respectful to the law, but I'm not respectful to people who can't do a simple thing like allowing someone to speak to their boss, now patch me in!"

"I've got a better idea, why don't you tell me whatever it is you need and I'll pass the message along to the chief, and we can forgive your bad behavior?" Korra's hand clenched the phone tightly.

"You wanna see bad behavior, well I'll show you bad behavior when I tell the chief how poorly you are at taking calls from concerned citizens, now do your damn job and patch me in!"

"Avatar Korra, until you calm down and speak like a proper adult I think I'll…what? No sir I was just…what do you…oh, wait no I…" Korra heard scuffling sounds on the other end and the muffled voice of another person.

"Hello?" they'd better not hang up on her.

"Hello? Korra is that you?" oh thank the spirits, it was Mako.

"Hey Mako, I'm glad to hear your voice!" she breathed out.

"Yeah sorry about that, that was Fu he's a rookie with an attitude bigger than this entire force."

"Is he on desk duty?"

"He is, and he's not happy about it but that's a story for another time. You need the chief?"

"I do, Pema stopped by earlier and said you and Lin were coming over this evening, do you know anything about that?" she heard him sigh.

"I do, but it's not something you'd wanna hear over the phone. Hang on a bit I'll send you to her." a few quiet moments later and Korra heard the grumpy voice of Lin Beifong.

"Korra, hello."

"Hi Chief, I heard you wanted to speak with me later today but I figured I'd call and ask about it. Is everything ok?" she heard the woman sigh.

"I wish it was, this is something you'd need to hear in person. Do you need to come down here or…?"

"No, no I think I should stay because of…you know."

"I do, alright give me an hour and I'll be over with Mako, but I suggest you meditate for a bit because you aren't going to like this."

"Ok, I'll do that. See you then chief."

"You too." They both hung up and Korra left the office, Naga greeted her with a lick to the hand.

"I'm not sure what this is about girl, but I know it can't be anything good."

Some hours later:

The day finished up quickly after Korra had her phone conversation with Lin; she'd gone to the small gym to work out, then played with Naga for a while before dinner. Kuvira had stayed in her room, but the servants had been checking on her constantly; she had napped earlier, read some books, and then had help getting a bath before her dinner was taken upstairs. Not a word from the omega since, all Korra could assume was that she'd gone to bed early.

"Avatar Korra." Meng found her in the den with Naga, the polar bear dog asleep in front of the fireplace. "Chief Beifong and Officer Mako are here."

"Let them in Meng, and you can go early if you want." The young woman bowed.

"Thank you ma'am." She left and Lin came in with Mako.

"Good to see you chief, you look tired." Lin gave a slight smile.

"Working doubles does that to you, Kya is going to grill me later since I promised I would cut back."

"Chief, Kya already knows but she said you'll make it up to her later." Mako laughed as the woman rolled her eyes. "Is Kuvira upstairs?"

"Yeah she's resting, is pretty much pissed at me again but otherwise fine."

"What'd you do now?" Korra gave the detective a slight glare. "Just kidding Korra, anyway I'm sure the chief told you we had some news." He reached into his jacket and pulled out a thick folder.

"What's that?"

"Mako don't open it yet, Korra we've gotten reports from all over the EK about omega's disappearing. There aren't that many around, but the ones who were have now all vanished." Korra's eyes widened.

"Vanished? How…?"

"We suspect an alpha ring, they scope around looking for omegas all unmated, then snatch them up to sell or breed. A couple of them…" Lin grabbed the folder from Mako and pulled out two photos, one a boy about fifteen or sixteen, and a girl probably fourteen. "Kiri and Kori, siblings vanished a year ago but escaped and have been put into protective custody along with their parents and elder brother. They were out one night, and they were abducted by some alphas. Both were healthy before, but after they were found they'd lost a lot of weight and were near bone thin, their hair was overgrown, pale and gaunt skin, scars too."

"Were they…?" Korra swallowed the lump in her throat.

"The boy was, he was old enough to breed but he didn't have any pups; sister was a year too young but they used her as leverage, beat them both if he didn't comply and they barely ate. They were so traumatized when we interviewed them they couldn't give us names. All we got was a group had kidnapped them, five or six alphas, one had an Unagi tattoo on his left arm, and one other had a deep scar across his left eye; both shut down after that."

"When was all this?"

"They reappeared a few months ago, whole family's been relocated somewhere safe."

"Were there any others?" Lin nodded.

"Two females escaped last month, same group but get this…both of them came from Ba Sing Se, in the upper and middle ring."

"In the queen's territory? You don't think she's…" Lin stopped her there.

"We can't assume that just yet, for all we know this is just some rogue group. So far we've counted fifteen omegas missing, counting the four who've turned up but all are in protective custody. One of the girls though, when she escaped she had this." Mako reached into his pocket and handed Korra a dirty photo, and she nearly dropped it almost as fast.

"Kuvira…" it was a younger version of Kuvira, all battered and bruised, probably fourteen years old, and the date on the back of the photo proved it, but Korra's eyes narrowed when she saw in big red letters 'sold', crossed out with a black X.

"They said one of those alphas were holding that photo like treasure, apparently Kuvira was 'sold' to someone but…"

"She escaped, only to be caught by the queen's Dai Li."

"My guess is she was the first, but after she ran whoever the buyer was got their money back and these guys don't take well to their merchandise escaping. The others all vanished after her from what our records indicate, but if it's been going on this long…"

"They've all been either sold or they're being hidden away or…" she didn't want to say it. "Spirits…"

"I know, I'm calling in the other world leaders, seeing if they've had any omegas disappear; your father is checking with your cousins I have yet to hear back." Korra sighed.

"So, what can we do?" Lin looked at Mako, and Korra picked it up. "Oh no, no guys…"

"Korra we tried talking with the other victims, none of them could tell us much other than that they were all ambushed, knocked out, and blind folded before being thrown into a dark, damp room. These alphas might have been sloppy with Kuvira, that's how she escaped and we need every possible detail to find the others."

"Lin she barely talks to me about it, I don't know if she'll talk to you."

"We have to try, we have to get justice for these omegas, if any are still alive we have to find them and soon. The faster we shut down this ring the better it'll be for everyone."

"I know and I understand but getting Kuvira to talk is like…" Korra stopped when she heard a loud noise come from upstairs; quickly stuffing the picture in her shirt she ran at top speed towards the omega's room. Just as she was halfway there she suddenly stopped, and her nose caught a huge whiff of something strong. The noise came again and this time it was clear…a loud moan.

"Oh spirits…" Korra felt her inner alpha spring to life inside, but she held her ground as she turned back to Lin and Mako. Lin had caught the smell too, but it didn't seem to affect her. "Lin…please, guard the house…Mako you help and call Bolin if you have to. No one gets in or out until morning…" the words came out in growls, but both understood.

Kuvira's heat had finally come, and Korra's alpha was ready to take claim.

Had to end it somewhere didn't I? Don't worry I'll work on the next chapter soon, I'm rewriting a fic and afterwards I'll start the heat up .

I hope you all enjoyed the chapter, so please leave reviews! They're much appreciated!

Later!