Ch 9: The Promise
Asami snapped her eyes wide open waking up in the infirmary of the Police Headquarters. Coughing slightly before groaning, she held onto her head before the nurse spoke up, "Finally up sleepy head?"
"Mrghh..." looking up, "Kya? D-Don't tell me…"
The nurse let out a soft chuckle, "No don't worry nothing big happened to you. Well, other than a couple bruises, you just inhaled too much smoke but after some fresh air, you should be all good. Though you may or may not have a coughing fits every once in a while."
The captain let out a sigh of relief, "That's good… anyways tell me what happened at the pier?"
"Of course… well summarizing things, we managed to save a majority of the equalists and most of them are either in the hospital or are being interrogated. As for that bomb that exploded… we're still investigating it but guess what? The strange thing is that there were signs that someone was trying to defuse them… interesting isn't it?"
Her eyebrows went up, "(Defuse? No don't tell me… Korra were you?) o-ohh… that's definitely strange…" laughing nervously.
Shifting her brows, "You okay Asami? You seem… a little strange…"
"Huh? What no I'm fine, just trying to remember what happened that's all hahaha…"
"Hmm… well if you say so… anyways you should head out now, Mako and Bolin were worried about you."
Standing up carefully, "Yeah thanks I'll be off then." Waving her off, she headed out the infirmary.
*Korra's POV*
Clipping the last wire, "There…" letting out a sigh, "God… just how many of these damn things did they plant. I've been searching this city high and low and I've already disarmed more than thirty…" exhaling slightly, she placed the disarmed bomb into her travel pack before moving on. Making her way to the stairway, she climbed up the wooden ladder towards the roof and stepped on the roof's gravel, crunching away towards the edge. Looking off in the distance, "Now then… the next best place I would plant a bomb is at… Central City Station…"
*Asami's POV*
The captain was rocking back and forth in her chair thinking about what she just heard, "Korra were you trying to save us? But why? I don't understand… I thought you..." While Asami was putting her thoughts together, the detective forget the most simple yet very essence of who the Avatar is; an outlaw who never harmed citizens and only took out other criminals.
She was deep in thought before her phone started going off knocking her out of a trance. Glancing over to the phone she grabbed it and answered it, "Hello? Dad… yes I'm okay don't worry I'm fine I'm not hurt… mmh, yes? Wait-no!" Slamming her desk while pushing herself up, "Dad about that Korra and I actually… (damn I forgot about the dinner…) What! No! Of course not! We're still dating-" smacking her face, "(Shit!) mmhm… yeah tomorrow sounds good, okay… I love you to bye."
Hanging up she sat back down and leaned back on her chair rubbing her temples, "Great why did I… how am I supposed to find… ARGHHH! Me and my stupid mouth!" Banging her head slightly on her table, she coughed a bit before staring at her phone hopelessly. Letting out a deep sigh, she dialed Korra's number, "I hope this works… oh it's ringing…" letting out a sigh, "Nothing…" the detective didn't have much hope but she went ahead and sent a message explaining her situation. "Please answer back…"
*Korra's POV*
Hanging onto to the piping beneath a train, she made quick work and disarmed the fuse. Feeling her phone vibrate she pulled it out and looked at the caller ID, "Sexy Cop" frowning she ignores it and proceeded to unclip the bomb off the train, stuffing it into her bag. When she was settled, she climbed out from under the train and peeked around. When the coast was clear and no one was in her line of sight, she proceeded to walk out quickly. Now looking at the message:
"Hey Korra… I know I don't have the right to ask you this but I have a favor… you remember when we made that promise to eat dinner with my dad… well he just called me and I tried explaining that we broke up but I just couldn't let him down… I don't know what happened to me and it's just… he's just been so worried about me recently and was so excited when I told him I found someone I loved… anyways can I please ask you this one last favor and that'll be it… I won't bother you ever again. If you're up for one last date and if it's alright, please meet me at the Sato Mansion around seven tomorrow."
Staring at the message with an annoyed face, "Your kidding me…" letting out a deep sigh. "I did promise but still…" shaking her head, "I should focus on the bombs first… I'll go if I have time."
Putting her phone back in her pocket, Korra continued searching the city for the next day making sure that all the bombs had been dealt with. Ever since the incident, the Equalists had been in a disarray so the Avatar took advantage of that and was sure that all the bombs they had planted have been taken cared of. Now, it was currently late in the evening and looking at the time Korra decided that if she hurried, she'd be able to make it dinner. After all, even if there was some bad blood she wanted to break things off cleanly with Asami so she quickly went back to her base and discarded the bombs. After showering, she wore a two toned, light blue dress shirt and cream colored pants with a navy blue tie and made her way to Asami's.
*Asami's POV*
Asami was wearing a maroon blouse with black skinny jeans as she stood in front of her house, waiting with a worried expression. She was nervously tapping her foot since she wasn't sure that Korra was going to come. She never did reply to her text and the maiden couldn't help but let out a deep sigh as she watched her white breath disappear into the cold night sky. As it dissipated, she got startled and jumped at the sound of a voice that crept up on her.
"Hey…" Korra says with a monotone voice.
Asami's pale green eyes widened by how nice she looked, "(Wow…) K-Korra… you, you came… thanks…"
Lifting her brow while walking towards the woman, "Don't forget you're the one who called me here. Besides your father hasn't done anything wrong so the least we can do is show him that his daughter has 'perfectly good' relationship."
Letting out a soft sigh, "I'm sorry… thank you for coming again. I won't do anything strange because of… you know and I promise you this will be the last time I ask any favor of you."
"... let's hurry and get this over with."
Asami didn't respond, quickly agreeing to her statement. But, before she took a step she started coughing a bit making Korra look over with a worried expression, not that she noticed, before they proceeded to walk towards the door. Clearing her throat, the young heiress reached for the handle and opened the door. "Dad? I'm home..." she calls out while leading them towards the living room.
"Sweetheart? I'm coming give me one second," the man calls out.
Korra immediately froze upon hearing his voice, "Wait…. that, that voice… he sounds like... " She unconsciously clenched her fist while biting down the side of her cheek. Feeling her heart race abnormally she looked up and saw one of the men she was searching for all these years "IT'S YOU!" Rage was forming inside of the bottomless pit inside her stomach.
"Korra, this is my dad Hiroshi Sato. Dad this is my girlfriend... Korra."
"Hello it is pleased to meet you Korra," reaching his hand out.
Asami noted that Korra was acting strange but just assumed it was because of their situation, "Korra what's wrong?"
"Huh?" Snapping out of her thoughts, "Oh sorry I got a little nervous I guess," laughing dryly while grabbing his hand to shake it.
"Well, you girls must be hungry let's hurry and go eat dinner," the man smiles.
"Yeah sounds great…" Korra says while making a fake smile.
The food was quickly served by the chefs and waitresses and dinner went by 'smoothly.'
Korra ended up completely zoning out for the most of the conversation and automatically replied when spoken to. She was too busy suppressing her anger, "This man… that voice… he is one of THEM. I've finally found you… how have I been so blind! I've been ignoring you from my list because you were Asami's dad but you were hiding in plain sight this whole time!? A doctor? You've got to be kidding me. And you're Asami's dad? What are the chances of that! You were right by my side the entire time… Asami… Asami Asami ASAMI! Who are you? What do you know about me? A detective born to a criminal? What ludicrously…"
It's been a while since Korra felt so aggravated and she was having a hard time suppressing her anger. She could only mindlessly swallow the tasteless food before she accidentally bent the spoon. "Shit… I need to leave. Now."
"Asami," pausing the father and daughter conversation.
Slightly surprised, Asami looked at Korra. "Mmh, yes… sweetheart?"
"I'm sorry, I just remembered something urgent I had to do so I gotta go now if you don't mind." Korra set down the silverware before standing up.
"Okay sure no worries, I'll walk you out." Sitting up Asami proceeded to follow her.
Taking two steps, she pauses and turns around. "Thanks for the dinner Mister... I mean Doctor Sato… it was a pleasure meeting you," bowing slightly.
"Of course Korra, it was a pleasure meeting you as well. I hope you will take care of my daughter for me."
Forcing a smile, "I will... see you around then..."
"Of course Korra," he nods, "Now run along Asami, I don't want to keep our guest waiting." The maiden smiles at her father before walking with Korra out to the door.
Pausing at the entrance, "Sorry I completely forgot about this prior appointment I made…"
"Hey, no don't worry about it… (lies…) would you like a ride?"
"No. I'm good I'll just catch a taxi or something… besides we shouldn't be meeting each other any longer. " She says emotionlessly with an undertone of anger which Asami doesn't notice.
"Okay then… this is goodbye Korra..."
Korra smiles weakly before turning her back to the woman, "Yeah. Goodbye Asami… I hope you find someone who is worth loving." Closing her eyes, she prepares herself as she takes one last breath before walking towards the dark driveway.
Asami on the other hand felt like something was wrong as she watched Korra walk away. So, she quickly ran back inside and excused herself before running out to her car in attempt to catch up to the informant. Of course, she ended up driving around aimlessly to no avail and let out a deep sigh before giving up and headed home.
*meanwhile*
Korra could feel her blood boiling and her beastly urges were starting to take over. She could feel her jaw tensing and her eyes were shifting gold as she went into an all out sprint. Once she was far enough from people, she scaled the walls and ran across the rooftops towards her safehouse located at an abandoned warehouse. She tried being discrete but her blood thirst was too strong and she couldn't help but howl in the dark sky. Then, once she made it home she lets out another angry snarl while slamming the floor. Her body was aching and clenched her body, shaking from the resurfacing memories.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Korra's irises were completely gold and her pitch black pupils were sharply dilated. She was simply aggravated and started smashing the worn down furniture, throwing them around in the emptiness of the warehouse. Snarling one last time, she screamed into the cold warehouse.
"I FINALLY FOUND YOU, HIROSHI SATO! YOU ARE ONE OF THEM! IT'S TIME FOR RETRIBUTION!"
*later that night*
Korra snuck back into the mansion and was dressed in her usual black attire. It was well past midnight and she knew Hiroshi Sato's behavior was strange. He had gotten into his car after a long conversation on the phone and started driving off somewhere relatively far from the Sato Estate. The Avatar of course, followed him by foot with ease pondering what she heard on the phone. "Vitamins huh…" gritting her jaw, "It better not be that serum…"
She prayed to the world that her fears and assumptions were wrong and she drew some blood from biting her cheek too hard before stumbling onto this foul smelling facility. Her heart immediately sunk and after some brief reconnaissance, Korra indeed did discover that this was a hospital. It was an isolated hospital that contained and experimented on those missing children. Korra found them. Her stomach was churning, completely sickened and appalled at the sight of these children being kept in this so called "hospital." It reminded her of where she grew up and Korra couldn't take it.
"This monster… how could he-" she was far past the point of anger but she waited it out. She couldn't be reckless even if she was seething with deep hatred. "Hang in there. I will save you all…" While she hid in secrecy, she engraved the facilities blueprints in her brain, calculating plans of escape and exposure before following the monstrous man back home. Snooping around the estate, she messed with the circuits before cutting off the power, leaving her target in complete darkness.
There wasn't much activity since it was pretty late, well early, in the day and the vigilante quickly made it to the study. "Hiroshi Sato," she says with a growl.
"WHO'S THERE?" The man shouts.
"You know me… three years ago, Si Wong Laboratory." Circling the man from a good distances away.
"How do you know that name?" He hisses on defense.
"What do you think? Fifteen years ago you kidnapped me from my tribe! You EXPERIMENTED on a child turning her into a damn, godforsaken MONSTER!" The Avatar states loudly yet calm and composed.
He starts laughing demonically. "HMM AHAHAHA I see, I thought you looked familiar this afternoon… so it was you, it's been a long time Korra. I see that you've cut your hair… good to know you're still alive…" now walking confidently around in the darkness.
She speaks with apparent anger, "I have only one thing to say to you. You will surrender yourself and release those children you kidnapped or you WILL suffer the consequences."
Huffing displeased, "Oh Korra. Korra Korra Korra… do you KNOW how much you set us back by burning down that facility? It cost me millions… all of that long and hard earned, valuable information LOST! Hmfp. I refuse to lose everything again," he angrily spits out.
"Enough. You have one week to surrender or I will make you regret it." She sounds off while disappearing into the darkness. "Mark my words Hiroshi Sato. Mark my words. You will pay."
"..."
Visually angry, "DAMMIT!" Slamming his table with his fist before regaining his composure, "No matter… my company is well established and my research is impeccable… no one will believe whatever you have to say or do so try your best…"
Trailing his hand across his desk, he grabbed his family portrait and rubbed his beloved wife's face. "Yasuko… I will get your revenge…" gripping it hard, he cracked the glass before looking out the window.
"Korra."
AN: Dun dun dunnnn~ … LOL I did not do a plot twist so I hope y'all were like "yass I knew it" when you found out it was Hiroshi ahahaha! *nervous sweat* buttttt hey! Dun dunnn! Next chapter will be Korra's backstoryy backstoryyyy, things will be explained in the next chap so stay tuned.
Fun Fact: In case you were wondering why it was "Dr.Y" well… my non creative ass was gonna be like "Dr. H" for Dr. Hiroshi (shhh I know you normally use the last name but Asami is also a Sato so no to Dr. S) *cough cough* soooo I went with… Yasuko for Dr. Y…. yes. I know. Horrible. *embarrassed* now shush! Not everything has to be good in this decent fanfic *laughs with sad tears* I mean I kinda tried to think of a better name but then I couldn't was like ugh such a pain and nah so I just went with with Dr. Y
But that aside, thanks to everyone who has been leaving a comment (or review? o_0) I really appreciate reading them XDDD I know I haven't been responding lately but do know that I do love reading your thoughts! =DDDDD thanks again and till next week! :P