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REMINDER: I DO NOT OWN LEGEND OF KORRA OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS.


Zaofu, where Korra was sparring with Wing. He fires two meteorites at her, but she dodges them and sends her metal cable at him. He dodges it twice, traps it on the ground, and bends it back at her. The impact of the cable knocks Korra to the ground.

"I can't believe I'm sparring with the Avatar of the Balance!" Wing fist pumps his twin brother.

"I can't believe I'm stuck with her friend." Wei said, referring to Bolin. Bored and frowning.

The practice area and Wing earthbends a trail toward Korra who jumps and dodges. Bolin stands in front of Wei.

"Hang on, I think I got it. Let me just try this." Bolin said before attempts and fails to bend a meteorite. "Nope, okay maybe…" He is cut off as he gets nailed with a slab of metal by Wei.

"Trial by fire. It's the best way to learn metalbending." Wei said before Bolin ducks as a meteorite is sent toward him. He quickly bends a pebble at his attacker, directly hitting his forehead. "Agh!"

Mako approaches with Asami. "Whoa. Nice shot, Bolin!" he said before Wei grabs his forehead with both hands and makes little moans of pain. "But I thought you were supposed to be practicing metalbending, not earthbending."

Wei rubs his red forehead. "Yeah, cheater." He crosses his arms.

"Mako, metalbending is extremely difficult. No one gets it right away, if they can get it at all! It's not normal!" Bolin said.

Korra was able to dodge Wing's attacks and knock him to the ground with her cables.]

Korra jumps. "Woo-hoo!" She flexes her muscles. "Metalbending champion, baby!"

"Oh sure. She's the Avatar of the Balance." Bolin said.

"Yeah, the Avatar I'd wished I'd never met." Mako muttered bitterly.

"Guys, it's time to get cleaned up. Tonight is Opal's farewell dinner." Asami said.

"Oh, now I have to say bye to Opal? This is the worst day ever!" Bolin said sadly before he slumps his shoulders and walks away sulkily.


Meanwhile, on Opal's farewell dinner, as the chef walks over and gives Opal her plate.

"Thanks for making my favourite meal." Opel said.

"I'm really going to miss you, Opal. No one appreciates my raw veggie wraps like you do." the chef said before he walks away to serve the remaining plates of food.

"Every time I eat raw kale, I'm going to think of you." Bolin said.

"You're so sweet." Opel said.

"This stinks! We were just starting to get to know each other, and now you're off to the Northern Air Temple."

"We'll be together soon. You guys are coming up after finding more airbenders, right?" Opel said.

"Yeah, but that's... in the future. Ugh, I hate the future!" Bolin said.

Opal holds up a piece of kale, which Bolin bites into. Until then, we'll always have kale.

Varrick approaches to Bolin. "Kid, can I give you some relationship advice?"

"Umm, no." Bolin answered.

"Well, your loss." Varrick said as he sits straight in his chair. Zhu Li, bring the, uh, thing." Zhu Li appears in a flash next to Varrick and hands him a contraption from a bag.

A device with a knob in the center and a red, yellow, and green indicator on top.

"Check out my latest invention: An airbender finder.

"Wait, that can find airbenders?" Korra asked as Asami takes the machine from Varrick. Asami points the device toward Korra. Asami's point of view as she moves the device up and down but nothing happens.

Korra looks confused. "Uh... I think it's broken." Asami said before she hands the gadget back to Varrick.

"It's not broken. She needs to airbend into it! How else do you expect the thing to work?" Varrick does not look pleased.

The other side of the dining table where Mako strains to hear the conversation.

"What's going on? I can't hear anything. I hate sitting down here!" Mako said. He grabs his glass and notices Aiwei next to him, staring at him awkwardly. "Uh, not because of you."

"I can tell you're lying."

Mako slumps in his chair and sips his drink with an embarrassed expression, as Suyin taps her glass to get everyone's attention. A metallic object tapping against the glass three times was heard. At the middle of the table again and Suyin has stood up with a glass raised.

"Everyone, if I could have your attention please? Tonight, my beautiful little girl leaves for the Northern Air Temple." Suyin places a hand on her necklace. "Opal, none of us could be more proud of you. You're an incredible daughter, sister, friend, and soon to be airbending master." Suyin gives a kiss on Opal's head.

Huan, Wing, and Wei who watched the slightly emotional scene. The twins sniffle and Huan rolls his eyes. Raises her glass up high.

"Here's to Opal. May she help lead us into the new era!" Suyin said before everyone raises their glass for a toast.


At the docking bay at sunset and Opal's airship was taking off. Opal stands at the window of the ship and waving goodbye to her family and friends.

The docking bay where a small crowd was looking up at the airship and some were waving to Opal. A girl named Kuvira behind the group as she pulls out a radio from a metal bag near her hip.

"Lock it down for the night." Kuvira said into a walkie-talkie.

Back to Korra, Lin, Dallas, and Bolin. The latter stops waving and looks a little sad.

Lin gives Korra a smile. "We'll head out first thing in the morning."

"Yes, and it could get worse than today. I was pesca, I only caught due." Dr. Franceschini said before he shows two fish.

Professor Diogenes runs to the group with two pairs of eight fish. "The Dragon Wand strikes again!" he shouts un triumph before he sees Dallas' fish. "Caught my limit. I see you only have one this morning."

"Two fish I've got, you bonehead. And you know dannazione well that I throw back what I'm not gonna eat."

Bolin sighs solemnly and follows her leave, as Korra walks next to him, with her arm resting on his back in comfort. The duo walks away and the metal petals of the city start to close.


A view of all of Zaofu where all the metal flowers close in harmony. A Zaofu guard was patrolling the guest houses at night. The surrounding parks and the guests houses as various guards walk up and down the perimeter.

Below, a small group was running across a trail in the park toward a bridge. Zaheer, his gang and Azula were quietly peering out from under the bridge. A guard has a metallic staff in hand and he looks down at the bridge for a few seconds before walking off.

Zaheer waves his hand and signals to everyone to continue moving forward. Another guard patrolling the sheltered walkway as the bad guys use the cover of darkness to sneak past the walkway undetected. They head toward a guest house in the far end.

Bolin in his pajamas with a blanket over him in his bed, snoring. Pabu was curled up on top of the blanket and the fire ferret perks up with a squeak.

"Kale, kale, kal ... Opal..." Bolin said mumbling.

Pabu wakes up. The fire ferret leaps off the bed and hops over to the nearby window sill and looks out, noticing the five criminals. He paws against the glass and squeaks loudly in alarm in an attempt to wake his owner jolting Bolin awake.

"What?" His pet continues to shrill. "What's going on?" Bolin sinks back and lays down to his pillow in annoyance. "For God's sake, Pabu, sleep!"

Back outside the window, Azula, P'Li and Ghazan ducks down an alley between two guest houses while Zaheer and Ming-Hua hide under a window.

Zaheer directs his gang onward to the adjacent bedroom window: Korra's. They crouch down beside it, and Ming-Hua raises a water tentacle up and forms a small sickle at the end. She uses the ice sickle to scratch the glass and carves a hole into the window with water bending.

Inside the room that Ming-Hua was attempting to break into and we see Naga sleeping in front of the bed. Korra in her pajamas, deeply sickle on the window as it makes a complete circle. Water encases the cut glass and it pulls away quietly. Another water tentacle arm holding three red darts was soon raised.

Naga awakens and growls, but she was quickly knocked out by shirshu-spit darts. Korra wakes up to the sound of her whimpering, as Zaheer bends a blast of air into the window.

She avoids it and jumps out of her bed, attempting to firebend, but she was hit by a dart as she lands. Azula, Ghazan and P'Li enter and pick her up as she loses consciousness.

"We got her." Azula said.

Back to Bolin's room, as Pabu leaps onto the bed to get his owner's full attention.

"Huh? What? Oh, Pabu." As the fire ferret jumps back to the window. "It's not play time right now. Okay, we are seriously going to have to have a talk…" Bolin sees an unconscious Korra being held by the fleeing fugitives. "What the hell?! They've got Korra. They've got Korra!"

Mako wakes up in the other bed and they quickly exit their room.

Mako blasts fire at the gang. "Let her go!"

"Or what?" Azula taunts.

Bolin sends at a boulder shortly after Mako's attack, but P'Li absorbs the fire, while Ming-Hua stops the boulder with waterbending. She sends a line of water at the brothers, but Mako counters it with more firebending.

Azula, P'Li and Zaheer attack, which Mako and Bolin also avoid. They hide behind a pillar.

"They've got Korra!" Mako yells to the guards at the top towers.

An alarm begin to blare loudly, and two guards activate the spotlights and direct their beam down on the criminals.

"So much for the element of surprise." Ming-Hua said.

"Back-up plan?" Ghazan asked. "Back-up plan." Azula said.

P'Li turns and fires a blast at each spotlight before curving a third around the pillar Mako and Bolin were using for cover, sending them flying to land outside Asami's door. She runs out to help them.

"We can't let them take her." Mako determined.

"I don't think they're going to get far. Look!" Asami said.

One of Zaofu's guards attacks the group, but was easily overpowered. The criminals try to flee, but were stopped in their tracks as they were surrounded with slabs of metal, bent by Lin Beifong. Wei and Wing add onto the pile, backed up by Kuvira and more guards.

"We have you surrounded. It's over. Release the Avatar!" Kuvira said.

"Perhaps this is your cue, Ghazan." Azula said before Gahzan nodded.

Lava begins to flow out from underneath the pile, evidently bent by Ghazan. Lin uses a rock pillar to propel herself away from the deadly lava, and Kuvira and another guard do the same with their metal cables.

Dallas came out from his room and blasts them with a laser gun and Phil uses the Dragon Wand to zap them, but Ming-Hua's ice wall blocks the blast.

The metal cage holding the criminals slowly falls apart under the magma.

"No way! That guy is lavabending! That's awesome... ly not good for us." Bolin said.

The Beifong estate courtyard has become a battleground. The Metal Clan and Team Avatar were pinned down by P'Li while Ghazan and Ming-Hua protect her from retaliatory attacks.

"Korra, wake up." Vaatu's voice said in Korra's head. "Wake up." Raava's voice said in Korra's head.

Korra, who has regained consciousness but is still paralyzed.

"I'm going to create some cover. We've got to get out of here!" Zaheer determined.

"No need to tell." Azula said.

He begins to airbend a mask of smoke from Ghazan's lava but was caught by the wrist by a cable of one of the guards, who was able to reel Zaheer off the platform.

Azula blasts a guard with lightningbend. Ghazan sends a lava bomb at the guard who breaks cover to go after Zaheer, but it was blocked by another guard with a metal slab.

Bolin, Mako, Lin, and Asami take cover together behind a slab of metal in order to avoid the criminals' attacks, firing off some of their own. P'Li notices them and arcs a combustion blast to hit them, but it was blocked just short of connecting by another metal slab bent by Suyin and her twin sons, who join them.

"How the hell did they get in here?" Lin wondered. Everyone ducks reflexively as a combustion attack detonates nearby.

"I don't know, but we're not letting them escape!" Suyin said.

They look over, as three guards use more metal slabs to create a bridge to get to the criminals. Ghazan knocks the guards off with earthbending.

"There's no way to cross that moat." Asami said.

Dallas Looks up at the ceiling dome. "We don't need to cross it. Lin and Su can drop in from the dome on cables."

"That's a great idea." Lin said sarcastically. "Except we'll get blown up the second that third-eyed freak sees us." Another blast explodes as if to prove her point.

"She's a combustionbender. If one of you can stun her, her powers will be knocked out temporarily." Phil said.

"Bolin can land a shot." Mako said.

"I can?" Bolin asked.

"You have to take her out right before we drop down." Suyin said.

"I do?" Bolin asked again.

The top of the dome.

"Open the hatch." Wing ordered before it opens to reveal them standing directly above the battlezone.

"If we get in trouble, metalbend us up."

"We're in position." Wing said into a walkie-talkie.

"Copy that. It's Bolin time." Mako said.

"All right. Bolin time. Bolin time!" Bolin fires a boulder at P'Li, but she ducks and avoids it.

The criminals immediately start firing attacks toward Mako, Bolin, and Asami's slab. Attacks go back and forth.

"I can't get a clean shot!" Bolin said.

"You have to!" Mako said.

"Are we a go?" Wing asked into a walkie-talkie.

"No go!" Mako said.

"Copy that, we're a go."

"I said no! Wait!" Wing hangs up. "Shit."

Suyin and Lin dropped down. Mako peers back at the criminals, who were preoccupied with the guards. P'Li looks up and sees Suyin and Lin.

"Bolin, take the shot!" Mako said.

P'Li grins and gets ready to fire as Bolin gets up and quickly launches a tiny pebble at her. The pebble hits her dead-centre in her third-eye tattoo, knocks her head back, and causes her attack to explode right above her team.

The explosion knocks the criminals down. Mako who cheers on the success of Bolin's attack, which allowed Suyin and Lin to land safely.

"Haha, nice job, little bro!"

Lin picks up Korra and travels with her sister back up toward the dome. Ming-Hua traps her leg with water, but Mako blasts fire at her to break her hold and divert her attention. Meanwhile, Zaheer was busy fighting two guards, but looks up and sees Lin escaping with Korra.

"No!"

Zaheer flies up on his glider in pursuit of Lin. He blasts air at the chief, but she manages to avoid it. Just as Zaheer was about to reach her, Suyin swings Lin out of the way and metalbends the metal shards that make up her necklace at the glider, piercing its wings, and sending Zaheer spiraling down.

The sisters as they continue their ascend. "Thanks." Lin said.

Zaheer nears the his companions, he folds his gliders and lands safely next to his team using his airbending.

"We've failed!" Zaheer said.

"But we'll get her soon enough!" Azula determined.

Zaheer angrily airbends a huge cloud of smoke; when it clears, the lava has cooled, and there was no sign of them.

At the top of the dome. "Where did they go?" Lin asked.

"They can't be far! Guards, search the entire estate!" Suyin said into a walkie-talkie.


Meanwhile, Suyin's office, where Korra lies on the couch, waking up.

Aiwei's hand slides under Korra's head and a green bottle is placed at her lips. "This should neutralize the shirshu toxins."

Aiwei tilts the bottle so some of the liquid flows into Korra's mouth. Korra's hand as it slowly twitches and she lifts a finger. The two Avatar Spirits emerges from her body.

The Beifong sisters looks down on the Avatar. Suyin rests her right hand on her chest in relief, though Lin turns to her half-sister, her fists clenched to her sides.

"How did this happen? You assured me this was one of the most secure places in the world."

"It is. I don't know how this happened. Obviously this was a well-planned operation." Suyin said.

Kuvira comes in. "We searched the entire estate. There's no sign of them."

"Well, keep looking." Lin ordered. Kuvira gives a bow and departs. Aiwei stands up.

"It would seem they had some inside knowledge of Zaofu. They must've been working with someone." Aiwei said.

"Korra, if that's true, then they might have also been working for the Witchvanians." Raava said.

Korra sighs. "The…" She puts a hand on her head and sits up. "The guards. It had to be one of them."

"I agree." Vaatu said.

"Question them all! Whoever betrayed my city will suffer the consequences!" Suyin said in anger.

Suyin storms off and view changes to the open petal city at day time.


Meanwhile, in an interrogation room, as Aiwei was seated at one end of a small table, with a guard at the next. Aiwei asks each question, indicating an elapse of time.

"What is your full name? Where were you last night? Do you have any knowledge of the people who tried to kidnap the Avatar and worked for alien witches?"

"My name is Zhu Guan." the guard answered.

"I was patrolling the south wall of the Beifong estates." The second guard answered.

"I have absolutely no knowledge of the people who tried to kidnap Korra and are working for aliens." the third guard answered.

Aiwei looks back at Lin and shakes his head, signalling that this man was not the culprit. Korra looks at Lin defeatedly and Lin nods to Aiwei to question the next suspect: Varrick.

"What was I doing last night? Same thing I always do. From nine to ten, I checked my body for ticks. Lyme disease is a serious killer. Then I did my nightly Varrick calisthenics, followed by thirty minutes of breath holding. I filmed the whole thing if you want to watch it."

Aiwei with a hand on his head. Korra has a hand on her mouth and she looks like she was about to laugh. Mako pinches his nose bridge from annoyance. Suyin has two hands clasped in front of her mouth.

"That won't be necessary." Aiwei said.

Varrick and his assistant leave the interrogation room and close the door behind them.

"Maybe it wasn't a guard after all. Maybe it was someone a little higher up the food chain." Lin said.

Suyin walks over to the chair. "I'll gladly be questioned. I have nothing to hide." She sits down.

Aiwei looks to the side, a little reluctantly. "What is your full name?"

"Suyin Beifong. I'm the daughter of Toph and the only sister to Lin, and I had nothing to do with the attack last night."

"She is telling the truth." Aiwei said. "Good to hear." Lin said.

"This is a waste of time! Just bring in the next guard!" Korra said.

The next guard walks in and sits down.

"Give me your name and tell me where you are from." Aiwei said.

"I'm Hong Li. I was born and raised here in Zaofu."

"Do you have any knowledge of the people who tried to kidnap the Avatar and their masters, the Witchvanians?" Aiwei asked.

"No." Hong Li answered.

Aiwei stiffens and leans forward. "Did you help the attackers enter Zaofu last night?"

"No, of course not." Hong Li answered.

"You're lying." Aiwei said.

Hong Li got hocked. "What?! No, I'm not!" Suyin walks and storms up to him.

"How did they get in and out?" Suyin grabs him by the armor and pulls him out of the chair and slams him against the wall. "Where are they now? What do the Witchvanians want from the Avatar?"

"I don't know! I'm telling you, I didn't help them!" Hong Li answered fearful.

"You're a traitor to the entire clan!" Suyin yelled.

"I suggest we search his place." Aiwei said.

Hong Li's eyes widen and quiver with fright.


In an apartment complex which is Hong Li's house, as they search for evidence. The inside of an apartment where Team Avatar and Aiwei were searching for clues.

Bolin walks to the kitchen and opens the oven before closing it in disappointment. He stands up and opens a small cupboard above. Mako's hands separating some papers on a desk and he picks up a small written note.

"I got something!" Mako said.

Bolin got his mouth stuffed with cookies. "What?" Bolin puts away the cookie jar and starts to eat. Everyone walks over to Mako.

""It looks like it's from them." Mako reads the note. "'Team assembled. Ready to rendezvous.'"

Asami hands Aiwei a book. "And look at this."

Aiwei takes the book and opens it as Mako leans over to look. "These are the guards' logbooks. All their schedules and routes are in here."

"That guard knows everything. We have to get him to talk." Korra said.

"Let's go confront him with this evidence right now." Mako said.

"No. Let's give him a little time to sweat it out. He will talk eventually." Aiwei walks away.

Mako forms a slightly suspicious look on his face as he watches the truth seer leave.


Team Avatar and the two Spirits checks out the cooled down moat from last night. Naga was walking around, sniffing the rocks. A few Zaofu guards watch over the crime scene.

"I don't understand why we're not talking to that guard right now. Every minute we waste here, those guys get further away. I mean, how does a random guard get involved with a group of super criminals anyway?" Mako said.

"What do you mean?" Asami asked.

"That guard is only eighteen years old and has lived in Zaofu his entire life. Zaheer, his gang and Azula have been in prison for more than thirteen years."

"Well, he's obviously hired by the witches. And they must have told them to gain Suyin's trust so this happened." Korra said.

"Why would you think that?" Mako asked bitterly.

"Why are you arguing with me?" Korra asked in the same way.

"Guys." Vaatu snapped. "I think Mako is right. What do you think, Raava?"

"I don't know, but we all saw the evidence. It's pretty overwhelming." Raava said.

Varrick pops up from inside a hole, surprising the gang. "Maybe a little too overwhelming?"

"Hey, Varrick. What are you doing here?" Bolin asked.

"Collecting pumice stones with Zhu Li. That lavabender did a lot of damage, but he makes a nice exfoliating rock, and when you got callouses like mine, you take all the pumice stones you can get your hands on. Or in my case, feet."

Varrick laughs, as Zhu Li rubs a stone against his foot, makes the Spirits and Team Avatar's disgust.

"EEEEEEEEEWWWWWW!" Raava and Vaatu said in disgust.

"Don't do that in front of us." Vaatu said.

"What were you saying about the evidence?" Mako asked.

"I was saying that I can smell a conspiracy when I see one. Look, if I was trying to set someone up, I would tell everyone he's guilty and then plant the evidence in his apartment as prove."

"Oh, you mean exactly like what you did to me?" Mako asked.

"Yes, just like that! Remember how great that worked? Well, not for you." Varrick said.

"You're right. All the evidence points to this guard, but maybe he's just the fallback." Raava said.

"But for who?" Bolin asked.

"For the only person who can truly keep a secret in this city: Aiwei." Mako said.


Outside Aiwei's house, Bolin peeks into the window.

"He's not home. Or he's hiding in there. Or he's invisible." Mako looks at him very skeptically. "Probably just not home."

"We have to get in there and find some evidence that links Aiwei to Zaheer and Azula, otherwise Su won't believe us." Mako said.

Team Avatar walks in and begins to search. Asami flips through a book on a table.

"It's just an empty book." Asami said.

Bolin gains interest in a jar on Aiwei's bookshelf. "Hmm, it's like a desert on a jar."

"Put that back, you idiot!" Vaatu's imprint said.

"We don't want Aiwei to know we were in here if we can't find anything." Raava's imprint said.

Bolin moves to put the jar back, but has forgotten where it was.

"You forgot where it goes, didn't you?" Mako asked before he puts the jar back on its shelf a few inches from where it originally was. "Jesus, Bolin."

He moves onto the end of the bookshelf, as he sees some marks on the floor.

"These look like scuff marks. I think this bookshelf slides open." Mako said before he slides the shelf aside to reveal a cellar.

"What do you think is down there?" Korra asked.

"It could be how Zaheer and Azula got in and out." Raava's imprint said.

"Aiwei's coming back! Quick." Asami said.

The trio run off of the stairs and slide the bookshelf back where it was, as Aiwei enters.

"What brings you in my house? You are trespassing on the property of one of the highest-ranked officials in the city. You'd better have a good explanation." he said.

"We do. We do. We actually knocked on your front door and we thought we heard you say, 'Come in, I'm in the bathroom!'" Bolin said with a high-pitch voice. Silence as Bolin changes back to his normal voice. "I don't even know why I'm saying that. You know I'm lying, and you don't even sound like that."

"Jesus, Bolin." Mako, Raava and Vaatu's imprint said.

"We came here because things weren't adding up, and we thought you might have some answers." Korra explained.

Aiwei gestures to his couch. "Sit. If you want to talk, let's talk over some tea." He pours green tea into a cup. "Now, what is not adding up exactly? Hong Li was clearly lying and we found evidence in his apartment."

"But don't you think it's weird how young he is? How did he ever get mixed up with this group?" Mako wondered.

Aiwei walks toward the bookshelf. "Perhaps through a relative, or maybe he was bribed. We will find out those answers in time. But if wasn't him, who do you think it was?"

"We don't know." Asami said.

Aiwei moves the jar back to its original spot. "You don't think I had something to do with this, do you?"

"We're just looking for answers." Korra said.

"And you think you've found something, don't you?" Aiwei notices the bookshelf has been moved. Pauses as Team Avatar looks at each other nervously.

"You have no idea what is coming for you, Avatar. Supreme Witch Meldora will get you."

Aiwei metalbends his stairs upward. Mako firebends at the new wall, but it has no effect. Korra metalbends into the wall, but only makes a small rupture.

"Come on, he's getting away!" Mako said.

"I'm still a little new at this, so back off!" Korra snapped.

"Just focus, Korra!" Vaatu's imprint snapped.

Korra manages to break through the wall, and the gang run to the cellar and open the door, only to find a bomb, which promptly goes off, but Korra airbends to protect herself and her allies from the impact.

"Ugh!"

Aiwei has escaped from the office.

"He's gone." Mako said.

"I can see that!" Korra snapped at Mako before she sees a small opening nearly covered by debris. "Look, he must've escaped through there! Help me clear it out."

Bolin and Korra do so with earthbending to reveal a tunnel entrance, as Lin, Suyin, Dallas, and Phil run into the room.

"What happened?" Lin asked.

"We heard an explosion." Franceschini said. "Is anyone okay?" Diogenes asked.

"Where's Aiwei?" Suyin asked.

"Your trusted adviser is the one who betrayed us. He was lying about the guard." Raava's Imprint said.

"He's working for those Witchvanians." Vaatu's imprint said.

"What? No!"

"We confronted him and he bolted through here." Korra said.

Lin uses seismic sense on the tunnel.

"He must have collapsed the tunnel behind him." Lin said.

"And he rigged an explosion to destroy any evidence that might have been here." Mako said.

"This is where Zaheer and Azula got in and out. Aiwei was the traitor."

"I... trusted him." Suyin said saddened.

Kuvira runs in. "Is everyone okay?"

"Aiwei is a fugitive. Get all available guards to search the mountainside, and find out where this tunnel exits immediately!" Lin said.

Kuvira obeys, and Lin walks over to comfort her sister.


Meanwhile, at Suyin's office, where the Beifong sisters, Team Avatar and the Avatar Spirits were sitting. Kuvira runs to the door.

"What did you find?" Lin asked.

"We located the end of the tunnel, but there's no sign of him. Just some fresh tire tracks."

"He had an escape plan all ready to go." Mako said.

"I trusted him with my life. I thought we were family, but it was all a lie." Suyin said.

"Whoever these guys are, they're more powerful than we thought, and more dangerous." Vaatu said.

"That's why we have to find them. We're going to hold off our search for airbenders and hunt down Aiwei." Korra said before Naga can track his scent.

"And I bet if we find Aiwei, we'll find Zaheer and Azula.' Asami said.

"No! We're not hunting this group." Lin said.

"There could be other secret agents in other parts of the world looking for you right now, and so are the Witchvanians!" Dallas said.

"We're taking you back to Republic City, where we can protect you." Phil said.

"If I wasn't safe here, then I'm not safe anywhere. I have to stop them!" Korra determined.

"It's too dangerous! You are not going!" Lin said.

"Stop trying to protect me! I'm the Avatar of the Balance. This is my job!"

"Don't lecture me about jobs!" Lin snapped.

"Enough! Korra, listen to Lin." Suyin said.

"But... they..."

"Please. Lin's only looking out for you. I promise you, Aiwei and everyone he's working with will be brought to justice."

"Fine, if you really think it's best." Korra said.

"I do." Suyin said.

"Thank you, Su."

"Everyone should get some rest tonight. I'll have my people prep your airship and you can leave first thing in the morning."


At Team Avatar's apartment. There was a knock at the door. Korra opens it to find Suyin and Phil.

"Su. Professor Diogenes." Korra said.

"You really think Naga could track Aiwei?" Phil asked.

"Definitely."

"Then, here." Suyin hands Korra keys. "There's a jeep packed with supplies on the east gate. It's all gassed up and ready to go."

"What? Why?" Raava's imprint asked.

"Because I want you to hunt down Aiwei and bring him back to me." Suyin said.

"Wait, but you said…" Vaatu's imprint tries to say.

"I said what Lin wanted to hear and I bought you guys some time. Go. I'll deal with Lin in the morning."

"Let's get this guy!" Korra said before she hugs Suyin and Phil. "Thanks."

Korra was riding on Naga, with the rest of Team Avatar in the jeep behind her.


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