AN: Korrasami? Maybe... Maybe not...
It's a sad part that suddenly popped in my brain. Something I have in store for a future story...
Don't hate me to much :P
Love you all!
Korra rocked back and forth. She looked around franticly and continued to whisper words of encouragement to her friend that laid in her arms.
"Hold on… you… you gotta hold on! Help's on the way…" she whispered as tears streamed down her cheeks.
The other woman looked up at the Avatar, a faint smile present on her face. Her gaze moved to the sky. Every now and then, her focus became sharp and she could see the stars clearly. The next moment, her vision became blurry and everything seemed to melt into one. Different colors that moved almost constantly.
She was injured. Badly. She knew what was coming. Death. It was inevitable, she knew that as well. She let out a deep sigh and started to feel the cold. It's starting… finally… she closed her eyes, the smile still present on her face.
"No! No stay awake! Stay awake! Please…!" Korra was pleading. More tears came and they fell on her friend's clothes. Korra watched fearfully at the woman in her arms, her heartbeat went through the roof and she gasped when her Sapphires locked again with Azure.
"I'm… a-wake…" she managed to mutter but a thin stream of blood told Korra what she refused to accept.
"Just… stay awake, aright? I'm… sorry I can't heal you… I…" she swallowed hard. She had used up too much of her energy when she activated her Avatar state.
"Of course… Korra…" Azure eyes moved up to the sky again. "Remember… w-…hen we were y….ounger…?"
Korra nodded, more tears fell down. "I do…"
"Is… the sky… clear…? My eyes… I… I c…an't see… s-so well…"
Korra looked up and smiled to herself. "Y-yeah… it's a clear sky… the stars… they are so bright. Beautiful…"
"Korra…"
"Y-yeah…?" there was a certain undertone in her friends voice that she couldn't place but it made her sick to her stomach. Her voice was so weak, fragile. Nothing like her usual self. So looked down at her friends abdomen and realized that, even though she had a hand pressed firmly against the massive wound that was there, blood continued to seep through her fingers. "W-what… what is it?"
"Can… w-would you… h…old me… please…"
"I am holding you."
She let out a chocked chuckle. "B-both… arms…"
"B-but… please… they're coming! They can help you!"
The dying woman looked at the Avatar and smiled warmly at her. "Of… c-course… b-but… not for me…"
Korra was about to argue but was stopped when her friend continued. "No… Korra… you can't… safe e-everybody…"
"I can try!"
"You did… s-still doing… it…" she took a deep breath. "But… I'm… in so m-much pain…" tears formed in her Azure eyes. "Please… let me go… it… h-hurts so much…"
Korra rested her forehead against her that of her friend and together, they wept. Slowly but surely, Korra removed her hand from the massive wound and wrapped her arm around her friend. They remained like this for a few minutes before Korra placed a hand behind her friend's head and pulled her even closer. Heads rested on the shoulder of the other. Tears streamed freely and without shame.
"I'm… so p-proud… of you…" she started, she was loosing blood fast now. It became harder to think and speak with every beat of her heart. She turned her head slightly and placed a gentle peck against the tanned skin of Korra's warm neck.
Korra held onto her friend for dear life. Her hands, clenched into fists, held onto the dying woman's clothes. She heard her struggle with every breath she took. They became slower and less frequent. Heartbreaking sobs filled the air and her body shook violently in this moment of utter despair.
"Goodluck… Korra…" the woman smiled faintly, her eyes up to the sky. Oh how she wanted to comfort her friend. Tell her all would be well. Tell her that things would be alright like she had done so many times before. But she couldn't, not this time… "and… goodbye…" she whispered the words as gently as one could.
Korra kept holding on, her sobs continued and turned to screams of despair and agony. She felt her friends body fall limp in her embrace. She heard the final words and her friend's acceptance of death's cold embrace. The Avatar remained as she was, gently, she rocked back and forth for a few minutes longer until she eventually did the inevitable. She pulled back slightly and her eyes grew wide in shock. There was no denying it. Not anymore.
She looked at her friend's face. The shadow of a faint smile still present on her features. Azure eyes still towards the star filled sky. Azure eyes that would never be able to truly see them, ever again…
