The boy has pale skin and was wearing a strange white jacket with very long sleeves, metal parts, and a thick brace around his neck, there were blood stains on the left shoulder, but the thing that they noticed most about the boy is his hair. It's very short and has a gold color, they never seen anyone with that kind of hair color on anyone before. Korra slowly approached the boy as to not startle him, she noticed strange impressions on the side of his head right behind his eyes, like something was wrapped around his head. There were also a thin curved scar on the left side of his head with one end going behind his ear and the other pointing at his left eye.
"Hey there my name's Korra mind telling me yours?" Korra asked in a sooth tone as a mother would with her child, "don't bother kid, I've been trying to get him to say something ever since I got here, he just doesn't want to talk," said Lin. "Indeed," Tenzin spoke, "Mr. Sung here has been trying to get the child to eat something, but haven't seem to make him budge at the slightest," "yeah the kid's like a statue," one of the officers commented.
Asami turned to the owner, "was your employee attacked trying to protect the boy?" but the owner shook his head, "no, he was the one who attacked my nephew," the owner stated, pointing at the child still sitting on the table and everyone rose an eyebrow. Bolin looked at the child head to toe, but couldn't see how this small boy can physically throw the bus boy into the streets, "uhh, you sure it was this kid, he doesn't seem... "fit" enough to take on a full grown man," Bolin retorted.
Everyone looked on the owner waiting for an explanation, "I know it sounds crazy, but when I went out back to check on my nephew who was taking too long to throw away the trash, the moment I stepped out that door I see him flying across the alley, and their saw the kid just standing their with his face dripping in blood. He was banging his head against the wall, so I quickly called the fuzz, took him inside, and cleaned his face up."
After telling the gang what had happen Mako decided to cut-in, "wait, how did he throw your nephew out on the streets? is he a bender?" there was a moment of silence, but Lin then spoke up. "Mr. Sung can you show us the... "thing" again," and to that the four was confused on what the chief of police said, "aww c'mon Chief, not another one," the owner complained. "I'll pay for all the damages, just give him another glass of water," said Tenzin.
The owner walked to the sink, picked a glass up, filled it with water, and sets it down on the counter across where the boy sat, then Mr. Sung stood back. The boy for once finally made sign of movement, he slowly lifted his head towards the glass of water and stared directly at it. The glass began to rattle against the counter, the water shook violently spilling all over, cracks start to form on the cup, and the next thing that happen made the whole gang yelp, well at least Bolin who hid right behind his older brother because that next thing that happened was the glass exploding into a hundred pieces.
"Did he just made that cup blow up? and if he did how's that even possible?" Bolin asked nervously behind his brother, "we don't know yet, but it's for sure this kid is a special case," said Lin, "so what's going to happen to him? is he going to sent to an orphanage or something?" Mako asked kinda hopping it won't come to that, he heard how hard it is for kids growing up there, so he and Bolin took there chances on the streets. "No, I will be taking him to Air Temple Island to live with us, he'll be too high-profile for the public to handle," Tenzin informed making Mako feel reassured about the boy, knowing he wasn't going to be alone on the streets like him and his brother, it was hard growing up, but at least they had each other.
They waited til the sun went down so no one can see the boy as they loaded him onto the back of a police truck, they then hopped on the next boat to the temple without any complications, Korra watched the boy as he looked onto the city as it glowed from the approaching night. All of Korra's friends headed on home while she and Tenzin brought the boy to his new home. Setting foot on the island the boy watched as the boat left, he then turned around and stared in awe at the tower of the island, "welcome to your new home," Korra said in a grand gesture to make him feel more welcomed, but he just stood there not even flinching.
While inside Korra brought the boy to his room, "so... here's your bedroom and if you need anything just ask me or Tenzin O.K.?" the boy just stared at her, he still hasn't spoken a word, he just looked over the bed like he never seen one before. Korra just sighed thinking she'll never get him to say anything, maybe he's a mute and is incapable of speaking.
She turned to leave to her room so she can sleep in for the night, but as she did the boy finally spoke his first word, "Zero," Korra quickly turned back to the boy, "what was that?" she wasn't sure she heard him right, "my name... is Zero," Zero spoke softly. His voice sounded like he was struggling to speak like it hurts him, like he was choking, pretty sure this was the first time he said anything since ever. "Well it's nice to meet you Zero you should go to sleep now and make sure you get plenty of rest, alright?" Korra said, Zero nodded his head in agreement, he laid down on the mat, covered himself with the blanket, and fell asleep.
Korra quietly slid the door close and headed of to bed, while entering her room Korra thought to herself wondering what will happen next.