AN: Holy crap, two chapters in two days!

One of the reasons is that I am overflowing with inspiration for this story.

The other is that I wanted to give this chapter as a birthday gift to one of my readers.

gaguilar001 I wish you a happy birthday today :) thank you for your confidence in me and my writing ability. It means a great deal to me personally.
Unfortunatly, I am stuck with a writers block on Don't Leave Me.
I have written the ending on that story already and have the middle part in my brain. I just cant seem to write it down properly.
I humbly ask for your patience on DLM as I work on Slavery in the meanwhile.

I hope you will all enjoy this chapter. I will be rechecking it for grammar mistakes and if you, as a reader, find a mistake, don't be shy and let me know.

I updated chapter 3 as well since I received a comment from my beta that the last paragraph didn't make any sense.

Basicly, it wasn't detailed enough to his liking :P

Please leave a review with your thoughts :)

Enjoy chapter 4!

Chapter 4

The fight continued. Axis and Korra on the upper deck. Her father and the rest below deck. The men fought their way up, leaving dead in their wake. Bodies of dead raiders spread all over the ship.

Tonraq used his amazing water bending skill to slice his way through anything that came on his path. He needed to go to his daughter and her friend. He knew they were capable to fight but his parental instincts still roared inside him. If anything happened to either of them... he'd never forgive himself.

Axis might not been his blood, but the young woman meant a great deal to the proud Chief. He had found her many years ago. Alone. Abandoned. Scared. He noticed by her tanned skin that, at least, one of her parents had been from the water tribe. Her dark blue irises, surrounded by a small circle of turquoise had warmed his heart. She was three years older than Korra. The two became close friends and together they trained hard to become the women they are today.

They finally made it to the upper deck. The scene before him was exactly what he had expected. Korra used her ice sword to slice a man's throat. He fell to the floor and reached to his neck. His hands did a desperate attempt to keep his life essence from escaping. A total failure.

Axis used a mix of her water bending abilities and swordsmanship. Chopping off an arm here, slicing off an arm there. He even witnessed her decapitating a man with a single blow. She was almost completely covered in blood and she enjoyed every second of it.

He looked over at Korra again. She was covered in less blood but the amount of defeated enemies that surrounded her, made both women equally skilled in battle. Although many victims of his daughter were still alive. Barely. But still alive. For now. Axis learned from a young age how to take a life. She seemed to have the extraordinary ability to find new ways to kill her victims.

To be honest, he couldn't blame them either. What he had heard from Korra. What these men had done to their captive. This punishment was something they had coming to them.

"{Dad! It's about time! I thought we'd run out of scum to kill before you'd be able to join us!}" she snickered but had to move sideways to dodge a blast of fire. "{Fuck...!}"

He grinned. "{Have a little faith in your old man Korra!}" he chuckled and created a small, but extremely sharp, piece of ice with a little water from his pouch. He send it towards the firebender and the piece of ice dug a way deep into his chest. He immediately fell to the ground. After he twitched a few more times, he was dead.

The water tribe warriors fought hard. The raiders had several bender of their own. Although the earthbenders were useless out at sea. There were quite a few fire and waterbenders among them. Some warriors had severe burns on their hands, arms and chest.

They fought bravely and with the power of the Full Moon, they were able to take raiders down. But eight against an entire crew of raiders were too many and slowly, their energy began to fade.

Korra send sharp pieces of ice into almost any direction. Unfortunately for her, a water bender used the force of her throw to redirect it right back. The shard missed her at less then an inch. She heard a deep groan that came from behind and saw her father reach for his left shoulder. "{Dad! NO!}" she turned around and rushed to her father's aid, leaving Axis to fend for her own. He groaned in discomfort and clenched his teeth in an attempt to keep himself from screaming.

"{Axis! AXIS!}" Korra screamed her friend's name, a hand pressed firmly against his bleeding wound.

"{Kinda... busy!}" Axis answered, growling at anyone who dared to come to close. As she fought, she moved backwards. She was panting. Exhaustion was slowly taking over her body but she stubbornly refused to give in.

"{I can... I can use...}" Korra started but was cut off by her friend.

"{No! Don't! Don't reveal yourself! I can...-}" something sharp hit Axis's head and knocked her off balance. She landed next to Korra and Tonraq. She was dazed for a few seconds and shook her head to get her focus back. She looked from Korra and her father, to the raiders. They had stopped their attack but created a circle around them. Slowly closing in.

She frowned and sighed deeply. She needed to calm her racing heart. Her gaze fell on a small dagger that Tonraq had behind his belt. Korra noticed what she looked at and shook her head. "{No! Are you insane?! You're too weak to...-}" she had no time to finish her sentence. Axis had already taken the small dagger and now stood between the raiders and her fellow tribe members.

"{I'm sorry Korra... I can't risk you exposing yourself... not yet...}" she looked over her shoulder, gave her friend an reassuring smile and turned her gaze to the raiders before her. She brought the dagger to her wrist and dug the tip of it into her skin. She growled slightly from the pain but it didn't stop her from moving the weapon up. Blood dripped down on the wooden deck and some men stopped moving forward. When she reached the crook of her arm, blood was freely flowing over her wrist and she fell onto one knee.

Her breaths became ragged and short but she had to go on. She couldn't stop now. So she let her injured arm rest on the deck as blood kept pouring from the deep wound. She licked her lips and closed her eyes.

"{Spirits... please hear my plea...}" she groaned, she was loosing too much blood too fast. "{Accept my blood sacrifice... and destroy my enemy...}"

The blood that stained the wood seemed to be absorbed and slowly disappeared. Axis groaned and did an attempt to keep her wound closed with her free hand.

The raiders remained silent. Their surroundings were quiet. Too quiet...

"She's bluffing! The bitch is bluffing!" A man screamed and some of the men did a step forward. "Get her! Kill them n...- huark...!" a massive dark spirit had appeared behind him. One of its enormous sharp claws had been forced through the mans chest and grabbed his heart. The spirit pulled back its claw and held the beating organ before devouring it. The man was dead before he hit the deck.

Other dark spirits appeared and attacked the crew of the ship. A gigantic wolf like creature threw itself on three men at the same time. Ripping them to shreds with it's bare teeth. The screams of the man echoed through the darkness of the night. But no one felt pity.

Another Spirit crawled it's way up on the deck. It looked like a giant octopus. It slithered over the wood easily. Its tentacles grabbed two men and latterly squeezed the life out of them. Blood and gore came from their mouths and dripped on the deck. The Spirit then threw their bodies overboard. Another tentacle charged towards the chest of a raider and it dug itself deep into the mans chest. The man's eyes wide in horror, his mouth slightly open but there was no sound. His eyes rolled back into his skull and he was dead.

Korra watched as Axis got back on her feet. She walked over to where the Spirits were fighting. She walked over to the wolf Spirit and laid her hand on it's massive head. She leaned closer to the creature's head and whispered something in it's ear. The wolf nodded and before Korra could even react, the Spirit merged with Axis body.

Axis grew several inches in size. Her eyes were glowing a bright red and her hands changed. They formed into claws. Her teeth became longer, more wolf like. Her merger and transformation became complete. She growled like a wild animal and looked around. Many of the Spirits were already gone. There were only four men left. They send fire and water at her. she dodged the attacks easily now.

She reached the first man. She used her claws to slice his throat, then pushed his aside while he fell to the floor. Squirming around like a little worm.

The second one had created several shards of ice and send them her way. She managed to dodge most of them, but two actually hit target. One in her shoulder, the other just above her right hip. She snarled from the pain but kept charging towards him. She grabbed his shoulders and bared her sharp teeth. Before the man could even register what was happening, those teeth were buried in his neck and ripped away a big piece of his flesh. Leaving the artery in his neck exposed. Blood went everywhere and he also fell onto the deck.

She had no more patience. Her body wouldn't be able to sustain this merger for too long anymore. She grabbed the third man's neck and simply broke it. She stepped over his body once it fell as well.

Only one target remained. He had a tanned skin. Just like her and her fellow warriors behind her. He sat with his back against a wooden wall, his arms up in the air. As if he could stop her with that gesture... she heard his pleas for mercy. She ignored them. A claw wrapped around the man's throat and lifted him off the wooden floor and up in the air. She held her other claw ready to strike while her glowing eyes slid over the man's form. Trying to find a spot to strike.

She tilted her head slightly when her eyes reached his chest. She noticed something. Something she had not seen with any of the others that had been butchered. She saw a golden spark, shining ever so slightly. She narrowed her eyes suspiciously. She sighed deeply and let go of the man's neck. He fell back on the deck and groaned in pain when his body make contact with the hard surface.

Axis turned around and faced Korra and the others. Her eyes became normal again as the wolf Spirit left her body. The claws turned back to hands. Her teeth became that of a regular human being and she shrunk back to her former size as well. Exhausted and drained from energy, she fell to her knees and her body slumped sideways.

Korra and her father rushed to Axis's side. Tonraq pulled the exhausted young woman against with her back against his chest. She groaned in discomfort.

Korra took Axis's damaged arm in her hands and used her healing abilities on the deep cut. She managed to close the wound and it looked like it was a few days old when she was finished. She checked on the other two wounds. The one above her hip and shoulder weren't deep but she healed them anyway. They had at least stopped bleeding once she was finished. The healing drained her energy quickly but she was satisfied with the result.

"{You're fucking insane...}" she muttered and gave her friend a playful slap over one of her cheeks.

Axis chuckled weakly. "{I know...}" she paused, her respiration was shallow and weak. "{Don't look... so worried... I'll be okay...}" she groaned when she tried to move. "{Okay... that... was a... bad idea...}" she sighed deeply. "{Go get your friend... Tonraq can help me get... somewhere more... comfortable...}"

"{She's right, go get Lady Sato. I'll take care of Axis. You already healed my wound and the warriors can heal themselves.}" he smiled reassuringly at Korra.

"{Alright...}" she got back on her feet. "{Axis...?}"

Her friend looked at her while Tonraq helped her back on her feet.

"{Thanks...}"

Axis grinned weakly at her. "{You're welcome...}"

Korra rushed back to the prison. Jumping over the dead bodies her father had left behind when he and his men fought their way to freedom. She used her bending to smelt away the ice from the prison door. She kicked it open and stepped inside. Her eyes had to get used to the darker surroundings. "Korra!" she heard her name, she smiled and walked into the direction it came from. She kneeled down next to the heiress and before she knew it, her lily white arms found a way around her neck.

"Gods you have no idea... are you alright?" she mumbled and slowly pulled back to look at the younger woman. One of her hands moved over the tanned face, to the shoulders and even Korra's torso, to check if she was really alright.

"I fine." She smiled and let the hands of the vixen roam her body to check for injuries.

Asami realized what she was doing and quickly pulled her hand back again. "Sorry.. I... uh..." she felt a familiar heat crawl it's way up to her cheeks. She felt an arm slide behind her back and one under her knees. She yelped when she was lifted off the floor and wrapped her arms around Korra's neck.

The Southerner turned and headed to the door again. "You all free. Come." She said to the others that were there. They scrambled to their feet and hesitantly followed the tanned woman who held Asami in her arms as they made their way to the upper deck.

They stepped outside and Asami took in a deep breath. She looked up at the full moon and her eyes welled with tears. She hid her face in the crook of Korra's warm neck as she started to sob. She walked over to the Captains quarters and opened the door and stepped inside. She simply stepped over the Captains dead body and walked to the bed.

She sat down on the piece of furniture with the heiress still in her arms. Korra let her back lean against the headboard of the massive oak bed and laid Asami between her legs. Her face still buried against her neck. Her chest was convulsing violently as she cried out everything that had happened to her. Ever since she was taken from her homeland.

Korra just sat there. Stroking Asami's black hair. Pale arms were wrapped around her waist weakly. Tears soaked the fabric of Korra's sleeveless top but she didn't care. She kissed Asami's forehead tenderly. The heartbreaking sobs slowly subsided and turned into an occasional sniffle. The weak grip that the vixen had around her waist became limp. Her breath became slow but steady.

Korra looked down at the heiress and noticed she had fallen asleep right on top of her. She chuckled softly and turned her gaze to the door when she noticed someone opened it from the other side. It was her father who supported Axis who's arm was around the taller man's neck. She brought a finger to her lips and then pointed at Asami.

Her father nodded and smiled."{Would you mind if she stays here? I wanted to lay her down in the cabin of the ship's first mate, but... the spirits kinda... left it in a way that we need to clean it up in order to make it liveable again.}" Tonraq said in a whispering tone.

"{Of course, not a problem.}" Korra said and covered Asami and herself with the silken bed sheets.

"{Apparently there were several screw members hiding in there... the Spirits found them anyway.}" Axis said and snickered. She winced when Tonraq helped her sit down on a chair.

He and two others took the wooden bed from the first mate's cabin and placed it in the captains quarters. They placed it next to a window not far from where Korra and Asami were. It was stationed in the opposite corner of the other bed close to the door.

Tonraq helped to undress Axis and used bandages on the wounds that Korra had healed to the best of her abilities. She groaned and bit the inside of her cheek as he worked on her. He smiled reassuring at her once he was done. Almost her entire torso was covered in bandages. Which included her bindings around her breasts.

"{You should get some rest. Me and the men will question the last crew member that you left alive.}" he said and looked at Axis who nodded. "{We'll see what he has to say and put him to work.}" he placed a water pouch next to Axis, walked over to the two on the other bed and left two with them. "{I'll see you girls later.}" he said with a smile and headed out the door, closing it behind him.