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'Alright,' Korra said, as she tightened the straps on her backpack, turning to face the others. 'Everyone ready to go...?'

'Korra,' Tenzin said. 'I...won't be going with you...'

'What?! Tenzin, I need you...'

'No, Korra,' Tenzin said, with a sad smile. 'And someone needs to stay here to watch over this world. Besides, if something happens, only Jinora and I can open the portal to bring you back...'

'I...you're right. We'll report in every 24 hours,' Korra said and Tenzin nodded. Taking a deep breath, Korra reached out to open the portal, revealing the same street that they had seen the previous day.

'Come on,' she said, stepping through, followed by Mako, Bolin and Asami. Quickly, Korra sealed the portal and looked around. The street was dingy and dark, black bags lying on the pavement, the smell telling her that she would rather not know what was in them.

'What now?' Bolin asked.

'We need to get our bearings,' Korra said. 'This way...'

She lead them along the street and out onto a large open plaza, tall buildings towering above them so high that she couldn't see the top. Moving between them were lines of what looked like flying Satomobiles, the air thick with a hot smell that made her nose itch. There were a few people around, walking quickly across the plaza or heading for the buildings that lead off it, dressed in rough, well-worn clothes. Most were ignoring them, but they were getting a few curious glances.

'I think we should move on,' Asami said. 'We don't want to attract to much attention...'

Korra was about to agree when there was a wail of sirens and four of the flying cars that they had seen swept down. They were painted in blue with hatched stripes along the side and flashing lights on the roofs. One of them hovered over the plaza, while the others landed, disgorging armoured and helmeted figures.

'This is a police control,' a voice grated from a loudspeaker on the airborne vehicle. 'This is not an exercise. Prepare to present your IDs for inspection...'

'Present your IDs,' one of the armoured figures said as he approached them, his hand resting on the handle of the nightstick on his belt.

'I...don't have one,' Korra said and the man stepped forward, reaching for his belt and taking out a pair of handcuffs.

'Failure to carry an official ID is an offence,' he said. 'You're under arres...hey!'

He exclaimed sentence as Korra grabbed his wrist, sweeping his legs out from under him.

'Freeze' another of the officers yelled, drawing what Korra assumed was a weapon from over her shoulder and aiming it at her.

'Run!' Korra yelled, knocking the officers off her feet with a blast of wind that sent her weapon clattering away. As they ran, Asami removed her gauntlet from her backpack, buckling it on. Another police officer appeared in their path and Asami thrust out her fist, a crack of electricity knocking him to the ground, where he lay twitching.

'This way,' Korra called, gesturing to an open doorway to their left. 'Quickly...'

Dodging through the doorway, they found themselves standing in a corridor with pitted metal walls, lit by dim lighting. However, it was a dead end.

'We're trapped,' Asami said. 'What do we do, now...?'

'We fight,' Korra said, just as a hatchway behind them ground open, revealing an orange haired woman in a white jumpsuit.

'Inside,' she said. 'Quickly...'

'Come on,' Korra said, the others following her through the hatch and it closed behind them.

'Who are you?' Bolin asked and the woman held up her hand for silence.

'Quiet. Follow me...'

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'This way,' the woman said, peering around the corner of the alley as the Police car moved on. 'Quickly...'

Together, they hurried across the street towards an apartment block, the woman punching a code into the keypad.

'In,' she said, pulling open the door. 'Hurry...'

Inside, they found themselves standing in a short corridor, with a set of metal doors at the end.

'Thank you for the rescue,' Korra said, as the woman crossed to the doors and pressed the button next to them. 'I'm Korra. What's your name...?'

'...Leeloo,' the woman said, as the doors slid open, revealing a small room beyond. 'Come on...'

Exchanging glances, Korra and the others stepped in, the doors closing behind them as Leeloo pressed another of the buttons on the wall. There was a jolt and Korra felt her stomach drop.

The room...moves...

Before she could ask Leeloo about it, the doors opened and Leeloo lead them out into corridor lit by harsh white lights. Crossing to a door that looked identical to the others that lined the corridor, she knocked twice. After a few seconds, the door was opened by a balding man with grey hair, dressed in a dark grey shirt and trousers.

'Come in. Quickly,' he said, stepping back to let them in, closing the door behind them.

'Cornelius...'

'Leeloo...? Are you alright...? What's going on...?'

'That's a long story,' Korra said and Cornelius turned towards her.

'Well,' he said. 'Perhaps we should sit down and you can start at the beginning...'

Korra nodded and they sat down at the table in the middle of the room, Cornelius and Leeloo taking the chairs at either end.

'I'm Korra. This is Bolin, Mako and Asami. We...had a little trouble with the police. They wanted to see our IDs...'

'Yes, they've become increasingly...zealous over the last few years...'

'What I want to know,' Asami said, turning to Leeloo, 'is how did you know where we were...?'

'I sensed you,' Leeloo said, turning to Korra. 'I can feel the Four Elements in you. And Fire and Earth in you,' she added, glancing at Bolin and Mako...'

'It's...not unusual where we come from...' Mako said.

'We're looking for someone,' Korra said, standing up. 'We never meant to cause any trouble. Thank you for your help. We'll leave, now...'

'Hold on,' Cornelius said. 'It's too dangerous, now. The police will still be looking for you. We have another apartment downstairs where you can stay for tonight. We'll talk about this more in the morning...'

'...alright...'

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'You'll be safe here,' Cornelius said, as he lead them downstairs to the other appartment. 'There are showers through there and food in the refrigerator. We can talk in the morning...'

Cornelius headed back upstairs, the door closing behind him as Bolin collapsed onto the couch with a groan.

'Do you think we can trust him?' Asami asked, pulling aside the curtain and glancing down at the street.

'We don't have a lot of choice,' Korra said and Mako sat forward.

'Maybe, but we can't afford to let our guard down. You and Asami get some sleep. Bolin and I will take the first watch...'

'...alright. Wake us in five hours...'

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'Are you okay?' Asami asked as she unlaced her boots and struggled out of her trousers, climbing onto the bottom bunk.

'Oh, sure,' Korra said. 'We're on the run from the police in a strange world and we're no closer to finding the firebender. This is getting off to a great start...'

'We couldn't find him if we got arrested,' Asami said and Korra sighed.

'...I suppose...'

'Anyway, we can't do anything about it, now. And we need to get some rest...'

'You're right,' Korra said, with a sigh. 'Hopefully, things will be better tomorrow...'

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'Doesn't this place ever sleep?' Mako asked, as he glanced out of the window and Bolin shrugged.

'It's definitely not Republic City,' Bolin said. 'Why would the firebender come here...?'

'We can find out when we ask him...'

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