It had been a two months since Zari's death, and Lin's life had been miserable. She had thrown herself into her work to try to discover the reason for the attack. The case hadn't exactly gone cold, but it was stalled. It was like there was a piece of information missing. Lin had traced the fire to gang connections, but any evidence of which gang it was, was destroyed in the fire. The entire thing made Lin frustrated, so she ended up looking into any gang that could have a connection to Zari or his parents. She was doing another read of the file on Zari's parents when her mother and Kya barged into her office. Lin barely glanced up, but she did notice that her officers were making themselves very scarce at the moment.

"Lin!" Kya yelled,"You missed your appointment! These things are essential…" Kya continued on her rant until she realized that Lin wasn't paying her any attention.

"Lin!" she yelled again, and Lin's head shot up.

"I'm sorry Kya for missing the appointment. I've just been busy, and I forgot."

"You can't forget these things. What if something bad happened?"

"Let her be, Baby Sugar Queen," Toph interrupted, "Is that the Yang murder file?" she asked after hearing Lin turn the page.

"Yeah. It's the only lead I have right now." Lin answered honestly.

"Look, before you two talk all business, can I give you a check up Lin? You can take a lunch break and head over to the island."

Lin glared at her cousin, "Fine. I'll be there at 1."

"Glad to know." Kya said as she walked out of the room, "Toph, come on."

"I'll meet you there later," Toph said staring off to space. Kya looked at her aunt with a confused look, but nodded her head and kept walking. As soon as Kya left the room, Toph turned to face Lin.

"Lin, I'm going to tell you something's about Zari, and you are going to be mad."

Lin gave her mother a look,"Mother, I am in no mood for your games."

"It's not a game. Can I speak without you interrupting me?"

Lin nodded, still unsure if she wanted to hear what her mother had to say.

"I think Zari's alive."

"What?!"

"No interruptions. You know how I said knew Zari's parents? Well, the Yang's weren't Zari's biological parents. They were just the people Sokka, and I placed him with to keep him safe. Zari's real name is Piandao Zarif, and he's Sokka's son," Toph paused waiting for Lin to react.

Lin looked at her mother bewildered, "Uncle Sokka had a son?"

Toph nodded.

"Ok...how come none of us knew about him?"

"His mother was a woman who went by the name of Lea. She led a gang called the Wyverns. They had been terrorizing the city for months, and I was in charge of stopping them. I needed help, and I figured I would bend the law a little. I asked Sokka and…." Toph swallows before continuing, "and Kanto for help. At the time, the council was starting to form, so Sokka wasn't nearly as popular as the rest of us. I had him seduce Lea in hopes of gaining her trust. Kanto worked as his bodyguard. After a few months, we had gotten the info we needed, and the Wyverns were out of the city. Like most gangs, it was in other cities so, eventually, it would reform. It would've been harder to rebuild if we had thrown the leader into prison for life, but we didn't. She was pregnant with Sokka's child. Aang decided to let her be off house arrest for the last few months before we sent her away. She managed to escape after giving birth. Sokka couldn't raise him himself because Zari would be in too much danger, so he gave him to the Yangs to take care of him. Sokka saw him on occasions but decided against telling him the truth. Zari eventually found out when Lea decided to murder his parents. She didn't like being replaced, and all she wanted was her son. The real reason Zari doesn't bend is that, like his mother, he's an extremely talented earth bender. He doesn't bend because he wants to distance himself from her."

Lin nodded still trying to process what her mother was telling her, "So, Uncle Sokka has a son who he couldn't raise because the baby momma is crazy, the reason this file is barely filled out is to protect Zari's identity, and you somehow became pregnant with me during that time."

Toph nodded.

Lin was about to ask about her father but then thought better of it. This was the most her mother had ever said about her father, and she didn't want to push it. "Ok, so how does this all equate to you believing Zari is alive?"

"There was no body. The Wyvern used to burn stuff all the time since they thought they were dragons, and one of the tenants told me that he saw their symbol on a piece of paper before it burned. I kept it from you until I was more sure about telling you the complete truth."

Lin put her hand on her forehead trying to keep from yelling at her mother about hiding evidence. She already knew Toph could tell she was upset from her raised heartrate.

Lin breathed out and said, "Do you have a copy of stuff about the gang? I need to find him."

Toph pointed to the safe on the wall, "Good luck, and for what it's worth, I kind of regret not telling you the truth," Toph said as she walked out the room. She paused before entering the doorway, "Um… about Kanto. We were dating, and it wasn't just a one night stand with one of my subordinates. During the raid on the Wyrens, Lea managed to hold him captured. I tried to get him out of that situations, but she opened up a lava pit and pushed him in. I found out I was pregnant about a week after the funeral. The sad thing is he would've been a great officer, but an even better father." Toph finished her story and walked away as she wiped a tear that had managed to escape and roll down her cheek.

Lin stared at her mother, completely shocked that Toph had even mentioned her father let alone the entire story. She was happy that her mother had finally told her the truth about her father. Lin rubbed her belly as she smiled sadly. She never had a father, but she is determined that her children will.


Zari held back a scream of pain as his ribs were broken for what felt like the hundredth time in two months.

"Get back into your cell, and don't try to leave again!" the guard yelled.

Zari groaned as he fell back against the wall. It had been 2 months since he had "died." In that time, he had been beaten and tortured by his mother's goons for refusing to join their gang. He had managed to stay out the gang, but he knew their patience was wearing thin. His mother had told him if he didn't start using the talent she gave him, then she would find a way to kill Lin and the babies. He was at a lost at what to do. On one hand he could give in to the abuse and do the one thing Sokka tried to protect him from, but on the other hand he couldn't let his mother hurt his children or Lin.

"So Zari," his mother said as she walked towards his cell, "have you made your decision?"

Zari looked at his mother with remorse written all over his face. He spoke barely above a whisper, "I'll do it."

His mother smirked at him, "So, you've finally decided to join the family business."

"Only if you promise not to go near Lin or my children."

"As you wish my son."


"Chief! I got it! I think I Know where Zari is!" Mako shouted as he ran into his boss's office.

Lin's head shot up from the report she was reading, and her eyes beckoned Mako to go on.

"Alleged Wyrens activity has been spotted on the east side of the city. Rumor on the streets is that they plan to demolish the pro-bending arena to announce their official return. I bet Lea will have Zari there with her."

Lin nodded in agreement, "When do they plan to act?"

"Tonight."

"Get as many men as you can over there. We also need to tell Tenzin and Korra of the attack since this falls underneath terrorism. I will call them, and then meet you at the arena."

"Umm...Chief are you forgetting something?"

Lin gave Mako a quizzitive look, and followed his eyes to where they landed on her six month pregnant stomach.

"Mako, I'll be fine. Go do what I told you to do. That's an order."

"Yes, ma'am," Mako said as he walked out of the room.

Lin called Tenzin and told him what was going on. He agreed to meet her there, only if she promised to stay out of the way. She agreed, and told him to hurry up. She made her way to the car Saikhan was driving, and unlike every officer in the precinct, he didn't give her a questioning look. When they arrived on the scene, Tenzin and Korra were already there. Lin gave the order for the men to spread out and search the pro-bending arena. Korra and Tenzin went directly to the building while Lin waited outside hoping that Zari was in there.


Zari walked into the arena with his mother standing on his right side.

"Are you ready to make some chaos Zari?"

He gulped as he slammed his foot onto the ground destroying the seats and the benders fighting. People began screaming and trying to run out of the arena. He looked up and saw police officers entering the building. He slammed his foot a second time, and a waves of lava were bent towards the officers. They all fell backwards. His mother used her seismic sense skills to locate the officers behind them to take them out. Her face scrunched in disgust as she realized who was outside.

"Zari, continue to take down the building and officers. I don't care what happens to the people, but remember our deal. I have something I must take care of," she said as she walked away.

He nodded as he tore the metal beams from the ceilings. All he was really thinking about was how mad Lin was going to be when she saw what he was doing. She was going to kill him and he was definitely going to jail. There was no way he'd surive jail.

He slammed his foot on the ground and realized he felt a familiar presence. His eyes widened when he realized where his mother was going.


Lin jumped as the building began to collapse in front of her. She began ordering her officers into different parts of the building to keep it stable while they escorted people out. She was in the middle of shouting an order when she felt the earth shift underneath her feet. Her head shot up to her left to where she immediately spotted Lea walking towards her with a grin on her face.

"So, Chief, you're the one carrying my grandchildren."

Lin threw a earth wall at her, which Lea easily dodged and countered with a boulder that knocked Lin on to her knees. Lin gasped when she felt a sharp pain in her belly where the twins were kicking.

"You know, my son is surprisingly in love with you. He agreed to do my bidding as long as I didn't harm you or the children. What he doesn't know won't hurt him," she grinned wickedly.

Lin tried to bend metal around Lea, but she dodged and hit Lin again.

Lin spit out blood and said, "You'll never win."

Lea cackled, "Oh, I think this is going to be fun."


Zari turned to go after his mother but he flew forward as water slapped him. He sits up and sees the Avatar standing with serval of Lin's officers.

"Surrender now and no one has to get hurt, " Korra says slowly.

Zari moves to explain the situation to Korra when he sees an officers metal cable sling out to him. He snaps the metal away from himself and it flies back towards the officers, knocking him down. He glances back to Korra who looked really pissed off.

"Wait! I-" he's cut off when he dodges one of the Avatar's fire bombs.

He counters by throwing a wall of lava at her and bending the metal seats the officers stood on from underneath them.

"You can bend lava and metal?!" Korra asked surprised before shooting air at him.

He dodges it, "Look Korra. It's not what you think. I need to go…"

He can see she's pissed now and he sighs. He bends the earth around her feet into lava and the grabs some of the metal from around the stadium. He bends it into a metal dome combined with lava, around her and he hears her banging to be released.

"Sorry!" he yells apologetically, "I have to find Lin. By the way, all of this was done under duress."


Lin held back a screamed as she felt Lea slammed her into the wall. Every part of her body screamed out in pain. She couldn't bend because Lea had chi-blocked her, and she was terrified of losing her children. She blacked out.

"Well, let's see what other damage can be done, shall-" her sentence wasn't finished before she was slammed backwards toward the ground. She looked up to see her son.

"Zari, you've taken the wrong side, but this is going to be fun," as she struck against them.

"No, I haven't," as he fired back

The fight waged on as Tenzin arrived and knelt to see if Lin was alive. He felt her pulse and it was weak. He glanced up to see where the battle was. Lin needed a healer now.

Zari bent lava and metal at his mother while she tried to bend the earth from underneath him. He flips in the air and lands hard as he feels a piece of earth slam into his chest. His mother's about to strike again when she's blasted to the side by Tenzin.

Zari looks up blearily at Tenzin, surprised that the councilman would help him.

Tenzin gestured towards Lin, "Zari, she needs to get to a hospital quickly."

Zari nodded and he looked over at Tenzin, "Can you handle her?"

Tenzin nods, "I can do my best. Just help Lin."

Zari nods and picks up Lin. He bends the earth into a surfboard as he starts to quickly move through the streets of Republic City.

He feels Lin shift in his arms and he looks down, "Hang on. We're almost there."

Lin vaguely hears him, too distracted by the pain she feels in her abdomen. She whimpers in response.

Zari's greatful when he finally gets to the hospital, "I need help over here!" he shouts.

Two healers come running out with a gurney and he gently places Lin down.

"She uh...got kicked in the stomach and was beat up a bit too. She was also chi-blocked."

The healer nods, "Ok, sir. We'll take it from here. You need to wait in the lobby."

Zari nods and whispers in Lin's ear, "Everything's going to be fine. Plus, I need you to be alright. You owe me a 100 yuans."

The healers push him away and he's forced to watch them wheel Lin off. He wants nothing more to go be with her but he knows that he needS to go help Tenzin.

He looks back down the street where he had disturbed many people, most of whom were staring at him. He sighs and hops back on his surf board. He's getting closer to the arena when he sees Tenzin looking like he's about to pass out. Mako, Bolin, and Asami had joined him but they all looked worn down too.

He slams his foot on the ground and feels where his mother was. He opens up a pit of lava underneath her feet. She jumps and flips backwards. She looks up and then looks back towards, Zari, a smile crossing her face.

"Well, well, well, look who's back. Done sending me toys to play with?"

His eyes narrow, "Yep."

He flings a giant chunk of the stadium at her. She dodges it and flings it right back at him. He splits it into smaller piece and sends it into the lava pit he had made earlier. He bends some of the ground at his mother while constructing swords out of the lava and metal. His mother stands, recovered from the rock he had thrown, surprised to see her son whelding two dual swords.

"So that's how you want to play Pi?"

She bends her self a sword and they start to go at it. Lea lunges at Zari and he dodges but she pushes him to the ground using her back leg. His knees hit the ground and he bends something far out of his reach.

He stands up and holds up his remaining sword. Lea smirks, "Ooh. Did baby skin his knee?"

He glances down and sees blood pouring out of his side, "I'm good."

The fight with Zari backing Lea closer to the arena. She manges to push him to the ground a second time and she sit her knee on his chest, "Are you ready to yield?"

He spits blood at her, "I'd rather die."

She shrugs, "I can make that happen."

She strikes at him but Mako shoots a bolt of fire at her. Lea rolls her eyes, "Oh so the toys are awake. None of you will last five minutes."

"What about me?" Zari hears Korra say. He glances over and he sees her eyes begin to glow. He looks at his mother and he sees fear flash across her face. Korra is over to her in a blink of her eye and takes her bending. Zari lets out a sigh of relief as he sees his mother collapse.

Bolin looks up, "You couldn't have done that sooner?"

She glares at Zari, "He trapped me. Speaking of which," she launched cables at him to arrest him. Honestly, he didn't have the energy to snap them.

"Korra, what are you doing?!" Bolin practically screamed, "He's Lin's baby daddy."

She looked at him in surprise, "You're-"

"Yep," Zari said standing up.

Tenzin glanced at him in alarm, "Zari, you're bleeding."

He glanced down, "Yep."

Everything went black.