Korra, wakes up in another hospital bed, groaning as she forces herself to sit up, looking out the window and seeing towering buildings stretching for as far as her eyes can see.
The door opens and Korra looks over to see a nurse walking in. pausing to stare at Korra.
"You're awake." she presses a button on the wall before moving over to Korra.
"How long have I been asleep?" Korra asks her throat dry. "And can I have some water?" a doctor walks through the door, and the nurse steps back.
"I'll go see about that water," she tells Korra, leaving the room.
"Hello I'm doctor Vos, can you tell me your name?" the woman asks as she shines a light into Korra's eye checking her responses.
"Names Korra."
"Well hello Korra, how are you feeling?"
"...Heavy" she decides on,
"You still have some of that strange metal poison in your system, we're giving you medicine that should help your body remove it but it's unlike anything we've ever seen so we're unsure how long it will take." she pockets the penlight
"I'm going to check your legs now, we were worried about how the poison has affected the muscles in that area. Korra nods and pulls back the blanket Korra tries to move her leg, but finds it sluggish and weak.
The doctor helps bend Korra's knee. "Any pain?" she asks pressing Korra's socked foot against her palm. "Push." Korra tries, the Doctors hand barely moving.
"No pain," Korra tells her looking worried.
"There is some strength, but not a lot. We're going to need to run some tests but the fact that you can move them at all should be seen as a good thing." The nurse from earlier returns with a pitcher of water and a cup on a tray Korra pulls the water her hand using her free hand to pull up her pant leg and presses the now glowing palm to her thigh the water spreading out as she tries to heal herself her brow furrowing as she can feel the disruption in her body's chi.
"Ma'am, I'm going to need you to stop using your quirk."
"Yea, just give me a moment, I'm trying to heal myself." The doctor raises an eyebrow, watching in curious silence until Korra gives up pulling the water away from her leg and sending it into the sink.
"Can I have that glass of water now?" she asks the nurse innocently. Who nods pouring her one and handing it over, Korra draining it.
"Maam I know it's second nature to use your quirk, but unauthorized quirk usage is prohibited."
"Sorry," Korra says sounding insincere, the doctor picks up her leg again pressing it to her palm.
"Push." Korra does. "A little stronger I think."
"There wasn't much I could do," Korra admits as the doctor places her legs back down covering her legs with the blanket.
"I'll look into getting permission for you to attempt to heal your other leg, but for now just let me finish examining you.
"Ok, you're the healer.'' Korra agrees.
Hours pass after the Doctor checks her over when Korra finds a police officer standing at the foot of her bed holding a notepad.
"Hello my name's Naomasa Tsukauchi." he greets.
"My name is Korra," she says and he writes it down.
"First or last?"
"It's just Korra, No family name. Korra Daughter of Tonraq and Senna"
"One R or two?" he asks.
"Two."
"Ok and your age?"
"I'm 17," Korra tells him, forcing herself farther up the bed, and looking at the black-haired man.
"Where are you from?"
"The south pole," she tells him and his eyes go a little wide.
"You are very far from home Ma'am," he says, writing it down. "How did you end up in the center of Mustafa Japan, security footage shows you falling from the sky." he shows her a picture of herself in the air.
"These have color?" she asks surprised, staring at the photo of herself before handing them back.
"I was in a fight one moment, and the next I'm falling. I thought those men were working with Zaheer, so I defended myself."
"This Zaheer, was he the one who poisoned you?"
"He was a part of it, he.. Worked with a group called the Red lotus to kill me," she says hesitantly, the fact bringing up painful memories.
"And was this the first time he had tried to kill you, and do you know the names of any of the others"
"No, They've attacked me before, and I only got his name" she admits.
"Do you know why?"
"How do I put this? In my culture I am a spiritual leader of a sort, if I'm killed and the next is not found everything changes." he writes something down in his notes underlining it.
"Now normally we would have to detain you for public quirk use, but due to the circumstances and the Pro hero Endeavor has agreed to take you into his home while we sort out your return to your own," he tells her handing her a business card.
"If you need me call this number." Korra nods, unsure of how this thing actually works.
"Who is endeavor?" she asks and he blinks.
"You know I work with pro heroes so often I sometimes forget that some people don't know them, Endeavor Is the man you fought months ago, the one with the fire quirk."
"Oh him, he seemed really angry."
"He does appear to be, but Endevour has the most rescues, and the most cases solved of any hero since the dawn of quirks."
"I suppose a house would be better than being cooped up in this place but will there be someone there to help me, I'm not exactly mobile right now," she says with a sad chuckle shifting in the bed.
"Endeavour is a very well-paid hero, I assure you he can afford your continued care."
"And Because he's a pro hero I'm just supposed to go with him?'' Korra wonders.
"It's either that or be charged with unregistered quirk usage, sadly their nothing I can do," he tells her looking at his watch.
"He will be here soon, I think we're done for now. The Endeavor agency will be taking over your case from here on out." He stands "Oh before we forget I need a name of your quirk and what it can do." He asks and Korra grins, she's had time to think about this.
"It's called Avatar, I can control Water, Earth, Fire, and Air." He writes it down, knowing there is more to it but deciding not to push.
"Well I'll leave you to it, have a nice day ma'am." he gets up waving goodbye before leaving Korra sighs and reaches out pressing the call button and waiting for someone..
"What can I help you with?" the nice woman asks with a smile.
"Is there any way I can get something to tie my hair up with three of them.?"
"I'll see what I can scrounge up, I've heard you're leaving soon so I'll be quick about it." She says before leaving, Korra waits for the woman to return a little later with a handful of hair ties a sealed bag of soft blue clothes a satchel, and a victorious grin.
"Got everything," she says before helping Korra get changed into the clothes and Korra gets her hair into an approximation of her normal style.
The nurse gets a page looking at the number. "One moment" she steps out of the room making a call before returning.
"Endeavor is here for you."
"Let's get this over with then," Korra says and the nurse begins to push Korra in her wheelchair through the door towards the lobby seeing endeavor filling out paperwork at the front desk, a red and white-haired woman standing by his side.
He hands the clipboard over turning to see Korra.
"Fuyumi." Endeavor says and she turns to see Korra.
"The car is waiting around front, we will be on the road for around an hour," he tells her and the nurse tries to push the chair, finding it immobile.
"Are you not going to explain why you're suddenly trying to take custody of me?" The nurse tries to push again.
"Just stop, it won't move until I move it,'' Korra tells the nurse who stops.
"This is exactly why, your power surpasses even my own," he says sounding like saying that physically pains him, his daughter looks up at him in surprise before taking a second look at the girl.
"Ok, I can work with that" Korra lets go of her hold on the chair allowing herself to be escorted to Endeavors waiting car, Endeavor climbs into the front seat as Fuyumi helps Korra into the back seat of the car.
"Hello, My name is Fuyumi Todoroki." Fuyumi greets her after the car starts to drive.
"I'm Korra. Do you happen to know where we are going, apparently the number two hero is too good to explain himself?" Endeavor grumbles and the driver laughs.
"Were headed to U.A, My dad managed to convince Recoverygirl to try and heal you."
"Oh, He should have led with that then," Korra says looking out the window.
Endevour's valet drops them off at the gates of U.A before heading off to the parking lot to, Korra sitting in a new wheelchair.
"Earlier you stopped your chair, can you move the chair like that too?" Endeavor
enquires.
"I can, but I thought I wasn't supposed to b… Use my Quirk."
"U.A is private property, If the owner gives permission quirk use is permitted." Korra nods
and the wheelchair starts moving at a walking pace beside Endeavor.
"Is it basic Telekinesis or are you controlling something in particular," he asks gruffly.
"It's the metal, Water, earth, fire, air, and metal I can bend them all." she brags, despite not feeling anywhere as powerful as she once was. He responds with a hmph.
Korra lets herself be led into the building and through the halls to a room with a big red
cross on the door, Endeavor knocks lightly on the door neither noticing that Fuyumi had vanished.
"Come in." An elderly voice calls and the door opens up Korra rolls passed Endeavor., running over his foot.
"Are you the one who can fix me?" she asks as Recovery girl rolls over holding out a jar of gummies.
"Have candy." she offers and Korra grabs a handful putting them into her mouth, her eyes widening.
"What are these called?"
"Gummy bears, now I read through your file which Endeavor somehow acquired," she says looking up at him disapprovingly.
"It wasn't difficult, I've built a wing onto the hospital years ago and I had her moved to after she woke up." Recoverygirl huffs looking away from the walking pr disaster and towards Korra.
"My quirk speeds up the body's natural healing process along with encouraging the growth of stem cells to encourage things to heal properly. The medicine you're being given is helping your body move out the metal naturally but I could speed it along." Korra nods.
"When can we do it?" she asks hoping it would be soon
"No time like the present." the doctor of questionable practices says and her lips stretch out kissing Korra on the forehead….. And Korra can feel herself begin to tire, the poison moving painfully once more and Korra finds herself back on that day, in the Red Lotus cave. Her eyes glow and she screams lashing out with her bending Endeavor reacting grabbing Recoverygirl and shielding her as Korra unleashes the Avatar state.