The Aftermath
I don't own Digimon or Legend of Korra
It was the morning after the Equalist attack on the Pro-Bending Arena, Sora was reading the newspaper which had the attack as front-page news while Korra stood beside the phone looking at a slip of paper Asami had given her that had her phone number. "Ok…how does this work again?" she muttered while holding the candlestick phone in her hand and looking at the number before turning the dial a few times.
"Calling Asami?" Sora asked as she looked up from the paper.
"Yeah, I want to see if she'd be willing to let Mako and Bolin stay at her place, given how they have to leave their apartment due to the whole arena being shut down." Korra answered as the phone began ringing.
"Sato Residence, Hiroshi Sato speaking." A voice on the other end of the phone said.
"Um…hello Mr Sato…uh…which part do you talk into again?" Korra said mostly to herself alternating between both parts of the phone making Hiroshi chuckle.
"Hello Korra, first time using a telephone?" he asked the Avatar who nodded. "You know I can't see you nod right?" Sora snickered while Korra blushed and glared at her friend.
"Right sorry, but yeah first time using the phone. Anyway, is Asami there?" she asked and she heard someone else on Hiroshi's end talking with him in whispers.
"Yes, she's right here." Hiroshi said and Korra smiled and gave Sora a thumb up in success which Sora returned.
"Hey Korra," Asami's voice came through the phone. "What can I do for you?"
"Hey Asami, this may seem a bit out of nowhere, but do you think Mako and Bolin could stay with you and your father for a while since they have to leave their arena apartment due to the whole arena being shut down?" Korra asked her girlfriend who she heard whisper something to Hiroshi.
"My dad says he's ok with it, so sure." Asami answered and Korra smiled.
"Great, I'll go tell them right away." She said as Sora smiled and walked over.
"See you later sweetie," Asami replied before she hung up and Korra did the same before she and Sora fist-bumped with matching grins. A few minutes later the two arrived at the arena on Mushu since he was able to get across the bay quicker and both ran inside up to Bolin and Mako's apartment.
"Hey guys," Korra greeted the siblings who were packing their belongings. "Do you have a place to stay yet?"
"Not really, Bolin suggested an old friend of ours, but we don't know where he lives." Mako answered holding a crate in his arms.
"Korra asked Asami if it was okay for you to stay at her place and she said yes." Sora said with a smile and the brothers beamed before Bolin scratched his head.
"Is Korra okay with two boys staying with Asami?" he asked causing Sora and Korra to share a look and giggle.
"I'm the one who asked her Bolin, remember?" Korra asked the Earthbender who sheepishly grinned before Mako bopped him on the head with a sigh.
"I thought I told you to think before speaking." He muttered and Pabu squeaked sitting on a box. "See, even Pabu remembers I told you."
"So, mean," Bolin whined as a raincloud appeared over his head and began pouring rain over him making the others roll their eyes.
Meanwhile at an old warehouse in Republic City a Metalbending police truck sped towards the door and smashed through before several Metalbenders smashed through the windows, the Metalbenders began opening boxes and removing tarps revealing Equalist flyers, a printing press, Electric gloves and other equipment. "Looks like our intel was golden," Lin said.
"There's enough evidence to bury Cabbage Corp for a long time." one Metalbender told her. Not long after the discovery several Metalbenders were outside the Cabbage Corp building in Republic City with two dragging out the head of the company.
"This is an outrage, I'm innocent!" he pleaded as reporters snapped pictures of him.
"Yeah, they all say that." One of the Metalbenders told him as Lin stepped up to speak with the reporters.
"Chief, how did you know that Cabbage Corp was conspiring with the Equalists?" one reporting asked her.
"The investigation is ongoing, but in the meantime, we have frozen Mr Gan-Lan's assets and are closing Cabbage Corp." Lin answered.
"No! Not my Cabbage Corp!" the head of Cabbage Corp cried in despair.
Later that day, Sora and Korra walked into the Police Station and looked around before they saw someone sitting on a bench. "Hey Avatar, Princess." It was Tahno and judging from the bags under his eyes and how unkept his clothes and hair were, he hadn't been sleeping or taking care of himself.
"Tahno," Korra said sitting on the bench with Sora. "I'm sorry you lost your bending."
"I've been to every healer in the city, whatever Amon did to me, it's permanent. You've got to get him for me." Tahno said and both girls nodded as Tenzin, Lin and Hiroshi walked over.
"Thank you for coming in Mr Sato, if you can think of anything else that might help please let us know." Lin said and he nodded.
"Of course, I want these Equalists to be brought to justice just as everyone else does." He replied before smiling at Korra and Sora. "Korra, Sora, will I see you at the house later?"
"Yeah, we want to see how the boys are settling in." Sora answered with a smile.
"Alright, I'll see you two later." Hiroshi said before leaving.
"We're ready for you now," Tenzin told Tahno who stood and turned to Korra and Sora.
"See ya round." He muttered before walking off, Korra and Sora shared a look of concern for Tahno before they waited for their turn to be interviewed. Once that was done they headed to the Sato Estate, Korra knocked on the door and the butler opened it and bowed slightly.
"Welcome Lady Korra, Princess Sora. Lady Asami is waiting for you," he said leading the girls into the estate.
"Big place," Korra said looking around.
"The Fire Nation Palace is bigger, mostly because of all the courtyards for training and koi fish ponds." Sora replied with a grin as they saw Asami walking towards them.
"Maybe you can show us around sometime." Asami said with a smile before nodding to the butler who bowed and walked off. "Come on let's go change." She whispered and the girls walked off to the changing rooms.
"So how have the boys settled in?" Korra asked holding her hand while Sora walked behind the couple.
"Great, though I think Bolin is taking the whole butler thing too seriously." Asami answered making the girls giggle.
"Hope you pay them extra for it," Sora said and the three shared a laugh as they walked into the changing rooms and began putting on some swimsuits, Sora's was a gold one piece with orange and red flames on it and she smiled at her reflection before turning to Asami and Korra who wore a blue and red bikini.
"Let's go show the boys," Asami said leading the way to the pool, as they walked into the room they saw Pabu jump off a stone statue into the pool and he squeaked cutely as he swam around.
"Earthbending bomb!" they looked up to see Bolin jump into the water sending water everywhere when he landed, Mako rolled his eyes at his brother before seeing Korra and Asami and smiled.
"You girls look great…but where's Sora?" he asked not seeing the Firebender was behind Korra and Asami.
"She's right behind us," Korra answered stepping aside and Mako's eyes widened as he saw Sora in her swimsuit and he smiled goofily and blushed bright red making everyone laugh.
"I think he likes it," Bolin told Sora with a grin as he floated on his back with Pabu curled up on his chest. He then noticed a sword surrounded by lightning on Sora's left leg. "Nice tattoo, what's it for?" he asked making Asami look down at Sora's leg and Mako snapped out of his daze and looked at the tattoo as well.
"I got it done after I mastered swordsmanship. Since I was already a master in lighting bending I thought to add that in as well to show that I am a master in both lighting bending and swordsmanship. Like my dragon tattoo shows that I am a master in fire bending." Sora explained showing her dragon tattoo to the others.
"That's cool," Asami said and Sora grinned before slipping into the pool and swimming towards Mako and kissing his cheek.
"Thanks," she chirped before Korra jumped into the pool and Asami blushed seeing how beautiful Sora was.
"So, what do you have planned for us today? Shopping? Makeovers?" Korra asked looking over at her with a grin.
"I vote makeovers!" Bolin chirped earning a look from everyone.
"Actually, I think I've got something a lot better in mind." Asami said with a grin, soon everyone had changed back into the clothes and they saw in some stands by a racetrack and watched two cars speeding around. "This is where Future Industries test all their latest models."
"So cool," Korra said watching the cars zip by.
"Do you know how to drive?" Asami asked her.
"The only thing Sora and I know how to drive is a dragon and polar-bear dog." She answered with a grin.
"How about I teach you?" Asami asked her girlfriend who smiled.
"Sounds like a plan," she answered, and both stood up and walked off to the pit area of the racetrack and the others followed them.
"Oh, this will end badly," Sora muttered leaning into Mako who wrapped his arm around her.
"I don't think it'll be that bad." He reassured his girlfriend who gave him a hopeful smile. A couple of minutes later they stood in the pit area as Korra climbed into the driver seat of a car while Asami climbed into the seat behind her.
"Alright, just slowly put your foot down on the gas pedal and be gentle with the clutch." Asami instructed Korra who nodded and slowly pressed down on the gas pedal and the car sped off. "Ease off! ease off!" Asami urged and the brothers and Sora covered their eyes as the car crashed into the side of the pit area and a tire rolled past them, they ran to the car to help Korra and Asami and both girls removed their helmets and Korra gulped and she looked at Asami as she climbed out of the car.
"Sorry about that," she said to Asami who smiled at her gently.
"It's ok, we'll just need to take it slow next time." she said before looking at Sora. "And perhaps Mako can teach you to drive Sora. What do you think Mako?" she asked the Firebender.
"I'm alright with it, if Sora doesn't mind that is." He said turning to Sora who tapped her chin in thought.
"Hmm, my boyfriend teaching me how to drive, alone. No not at all." She said leaning into Mako with a grin before they kissed briefly before they headed back to the house.
"Bathroom!" Bolin shouted once they walked into the house running off to the bathroom making the others sigh.
"Too many sodas will do that too ya," Mako muttered.
"Do you have a girl's bathroom I can freshen up in?" Korra asked Asami who nodded.
"Sure, up the stairs and first door on the left." She answered, Korra smiled and walked to the bathroom, once doing her business she washed her hands and saw some makeup and picked up the powder applier and tapped her face with it and instantly a cloud of powder covered her and she coughed and stumbled out of the bathroom.
"Now I know why I hate makeup," she thought walking to the stairs.
"No, I assure you, everything is going according to plan." She heard the voice of Hiroshi from a room and her curiosity getting the better of her she walked to the door and peeked through the keyhole to see Hiroshi on the telephone with someone. "The little setup we pulled with Cabbage Corp has bought us some time, I promise you in a week we'll be ready to strike." he hung up and Korra ran off before he caught her, she ran down the steps and saw Mako, Sora, Asami watching as a butler sprayed Bolin with perfume.
"Whoa, what's the rush?" Asami asked noticing her girlfriend running down the stairs and grab Sora by the arm.
"I forgot I need to talk to Tenzin about something, and Tenzin wanted to talk to Sora," Korra answered quickly making her friends give her a confused look as she pulled Sora out of the house.
"What is going on?" Sora asked her friend.
"I'll explain later, we need to talk to Tenzin and Lin now!" the Avatar answered.
Soon they were on the roof of the police station after Korra had just told them all what she had heard. "So, you think Mr Sato made those electric gloves for the Equalists and then framed Cabbage Corp?" Tenzin asked her.
"That's a bold accusation coming from you. You don't have any proof." Lin told Korra who frowned.
"Do you think I'd come here and tell you what my girlfriend's father said on the phone if I didn't think it was the truth?" she asked the chief of police as Sora placed a hand on her shoulder.
"I don't think she was judging you Korra, but I never thought Mr Sato would do something like this." She said.
"He does have the means though, and a motive." Lin muttered making the girls share a look as Tenzin nodded.
"That's right." He said as Korra and Sora looked to him. "Twelve years ago, the Agni-Kai Triad robbed Sato's mansion, a Firebender killed Sato's wife during the break-in." he told them.
"Poor Asami," Korra whispered.
"That's horrible," Sora said. "Do you think he'd harbour anti-bending sentiments all this time?"
"It's possible, we can't rule him out. We should investigate him a bit more." Lin answered and the others nodded and soon they along with several Metalbenders walked up to the Sato Mansion.
"I have a bad feeling about all of this," Korra muttered to Sora who nodded. "Either it's Asami is gonna kill me for this accusation, or my hunch is right."
"I'm sure she won't kill you, thought maybe we should have come without the extra Metalbenders." Sora replied as a butler opened the door and was shocked to see Lin, Tenzin and the Metalbenders but he let them in nonetheless and they all walked up to Hiroshi's office with Sora and Korra following them and they saw Mako and Asami on the stairs.
"What's going on?" Mako asked them. "Why are they asking Mr Sato more questions?"
"Well, I overheard him on the phone earlier and I think he might be involved with the Equalists." Korra answered making Asami and Mako look at her shocked.
"Do you really believe that?" Asami asked her and she nodded.
"I don't want it to be true Asami, but I need to be sure for the safety of Republic City." She said and Asami nodded.
"I don't like it, but I understand." She said walking up the stairs with Korra as Mako looked at Sora.
"Do you believe it?" he asked her.
"I trust Korra's gut. And if she believes what she heard puts Hiroshi in connection with Amon. We have to check it out." She answered, Mako nodded and pulled her into a kiss which Sora happily returned.
"Just be careful ok?" he asked, and Sora nodded before they walked up the stairs after Korra and the others.
"I assure you all, we have nothing to do with the Equalists." They overheard Hiroshi tell Lin and Tenzin as they walked into the office. "However, if it will ease your concerns, I will allow you full access to the Future Industries Warehouses to conduct a search." He told them. Lin and Tenzin shared a look and nodded and they and the Metalbenders left the office.
"At least he's cooperating," Mako said and Sora nodded as they followed the Metalbenders.
"I still can't help but feel something isn't right," Sora said scratching her head. "Asami, does your father have a private workshop or a place he goes to in his free time around the estate?" she asked her friend who had her arm around Korra's.
"He does, but he's not used it since he designed the newest Satomobile model," Asami answered, Sora nodded and jogged to Lin and whispered into her ear.
"Are you certain?" she asked Sora.
"Trust me on this." Sora told her, a couple of minutes later several Metalbenders knocked down the door to the workshop and walked inside to see it was empty and the others walked in behind them.
"No sign of anything suspicious chief," one officer told her.
"Maybe we're not looking the right way," Lin said walking into the centre of the workshop before she lifted her foot up and the metal around her food opened and she slammed her foot down and sensed the vibrations with her Earthbending. "There's a tunnel under here, it leads deep into the mountains." She told everyone.
"What? There shouldn't be a tunnel," Asami said until Lin Metalbent the entrance to the tunnel open and revealed the tunnel and Korra pulled Asami into a hug and kissed her cheek.
"I'm sorry Asami, I didn't want this to be true." She whispered as Asami returned the hug.
"It's okay Korra," she replied.
"Officers into the tunnel, be cautious." Lin ordered and her Metalbenders nodded and marched into the tunnel. "Officer Song stay here and keep an eye on those three," she said pointing to Mako, Bolin and Asami and the officer nodded.
"Be careful Korra, I don't want anything to happen to you." Asami told Korra who nodded before she walked down the tunnel while Mako pulled Sora into a tight hug.
"You too Sora, please be careful. I don't want to lose you now we're finally together." He whispered making Sora giggle.
"You won't," she told him kissing him before adding. "Not ever." She walked into the tunnel giving Mako one last smile and he smiled back before looking at his brother and Asami worried, Sora, Korra, Lin, Tenzin and the Metalbenders rode a mechanised tram down the tunnel until it stopped, they got off and walked further down until they ended up in a giant workshop with large banners of Amon hanging from the ceiling.
"Not your average backdoor workshop," Lin said looking at all the equipment which included several large mechanised machines that none of them had seen before.
"And I guess those are the new weapons." Korra said.
"They're huge, even Mushu and Naga would have a tough time dealing with them." Sora said in worry. "Now where is Hiroshi?" she asked before a giant wall slammed down behind them sealing off the exit.
"What was that?" Bolin asked as he and the others felt the ground shake from the wall slamming down. "I think they're in trouble."
"We should go help them," Mako said.
"Nobody is going anywhere until the chief gets back." Officer Song said standing in front of them as they tried to walk into the tunnel.
"So, we can't go outside? It's really dusty in here, I might just…ju…ju…snee…" Mako said as he covered his nose.
"Might just what?" the Metalbender asked before Mako sneezed out a jet of flame making him stumble back only to trip over a pillar of rock Bolin kicked up behind him and the brothers jumped on him and tied him to a barrel and gagged him.
"Sorry buddy, we know you were only doing your job. But our friends need help." Mako told him walking to the tunnel with Bolin.
"I'm coming too. I need to find out the truth about my father." Asami said before Mako stopped her.
"I know, but Korra would kill me if anything happened to you. I'll bring her back to you." He told her with a smile.
"Ok, just be careful yourself." She told the brothers who nodded and headed down the tunnel.
"It's a trap!" Sora shouted as she looked up at the metal wall sealing off the exit.
"What was your first clue?" Korra asked as Lin and the other Metalbenders tried to bend a hole through the wall.
"I'm afraid your MetalBending won't work on that wall Chief Beifong." Hiroshi said over a loudspeaker from inside one of the machines as it and three more activated. "It's solid platinum, and my Mecha Tanks are platinum as well, not ever your renowned mother could bend a metal so pure."
"I can't believe this, why would you side with Amon?" Sora asked him.
"I guess you could say that it was all because a Firebender took my wife from me and Amon offered me a chance at revenge and to make sure nobody ever suffered the same pain that I did at the hands of Benders." He answered as the four Mecha Tanks surrounded the group.
"Watch out!" Sora shouted as Hiroshi's Mecha Tank launched one of its claws at Korra and she jumped back before sending a wave of fire at the Mecha Tank which wasn't harmed.
"Platinum has a high melting point, your Firebending is useless." Hiroshi boasted as the other three Mecha Tanks attacked the Metalbenders, Lin and Tenzin.
"Why do the bad guys always get the better weapons?" Korra asked flipping around Hiroshi's Mecha Tank dodging its claw.
"I know, it gets annoying." Sora replied as she drew her swords and ran to another of the Mecha Tanks and she jumped in the air and slammed her swords into the glass cockpit and began making holes in the glass and the armor of the machine, she jumped and swung her swords and cut one of the arms clean off and grinned. "Space swords, can't beat them." she said before she was hit from behind by a Mecha Tank's claw sending her into a wall and she hit the ground unconscious.
"I'll be sure to make a note of it," Hiroshi said as the Mecha Tanks fighting the Metalbenders were being held down by the metal cables the Metalbenders could bend until the machines grabbed them with their claws and sent electricity down them electrocuting all the Metalbenders knowing them unconscious as well. Lin jumped one of the Mecha Tanks and made her cables turn into blades and she began stabbing one tank which baked into another inactive tank until Lin was hit by another Mecha Tanks cable knocking her into a wall and she was then thrown to the ground hard.
"I know Amon wants you to be the last one he cleanses Avatar, but he'll thank me for making his search for you easy." Hiroshi told Korra who jumped back and sent a chunk of earth at the Mecha Tank before another's claw hit her and drove her into a metal tank and she fell down only for Tenzin's Airbending to catch her, the Airbending master spun and dodged the Mecha Tanks cables and made a wheel of air around him and sped around more of their cables before one launched an electrified bolo which caught him by surprise and electrocuted him and he fell to the ground unconscious.
"I'd say that was a good field test, I wish we had more of the tanks operational before they found out about them." Hiroshi said climbing out of his tank while the Lieutenant climbed out of another one. "Load them into the transports and send them to Amon!" he shouted as several Chi-blocks rushed into the room with two transport trucks and soon the Metalbenders were tied up and tossed into the vans, as this happened nobody noticed a small hole in the earth open up allowing Mako and Bolin to climb out and they saw Korra, Sora, Tenzin and Lin on the ground and Mako got worried.
"We need to do something quick," he whispered to his brother who nodded. They snuck towards their friends and once they checked to see if anyone was looking shared a nod and crept towards them, Mako picked Sora and Korra up while Bolin picked up Tenzin and they both grabbed Lin by her arms.
"Not so fast boys," both looked up to see Hiroshi and the Lieutenant in front of them with Hiroshi having two Electrified gloves on.
"I can't believe we ever trusted you, did you only support our Pro-Bending team to gain our trust?" Mako asked him.
"Yes, I did. And the most difficult part was watching my daughter trapes around with the Avatar and being friends with a firebending street rat like you and a fire nation royalty like Sora." He answered Mako growled in anger.
"And you say Benders are monsters," he gasped and turned to see Asami standing behind him with tears in her eyes and her own Equalist glove on her hand.
"Sweetie…I wanted to keep you out of this for as long as I could. But now that you've found out, please…forgive me." He said softly. "These people…these benders, they took your mother away from me. The love of my life, they've ruined the world." he continued as Sora slowly opened her eyes. "But with Amon we can create a perfect world, we can help people like us everywhere, join me Asami." He told his daughter who looked at him and walked over to him as her Equalist glove crackled with electricity.
"I love you dad," she whispered before striking her father in the chest with her glove electrocuting him and he fell to the ground unconscious, the lieutenant charged her, but she kicked his batons out of his hands before breaking his arm at the elbow making him howl in pain before she then hit him with her glove electrocuting him as well.
"Whoa," Sora whispered shocked at what she just saw as were Mako, Bolin and Korra.
"Let's get out of here," Mako said and everyone rushed to the hole and jumped down and Bolin closed it up before a Mecha Tank fired electrical bolos at them. Soon they all were in the Metalbending Airship leaving the Sato estate and Korra hugged Asami from behind as she looked out the window at her home.
"I'm so sorry Asami," she whispered as Asami turned around and buried her head in Korra's chest.
"Me too…me too." She whispered as tears streamed down her cheeks as the others looked out the windows giving the two some time while Tenzin looked at Lin who was laying on a bench.
"My Metalbenders are on their way to Amon, and it's all my fault. First thing tomorrow, I'm handing in my resignation." She said sitting up and she saw her old friend about to protest. "I'm not giving up, I need to find my Metalbenders and take Amon down, and I'll do it my way outside the law." Tenzin nodded before he looked to see Mako putting some ointment on Sora's bruises.
"Thanks," Sora said kissing him on the lips gently.
"Anything for you my princess," he whispered making her blush as she leaned her head on his shoulder as Korra and Asami sat on the bench beside them while Bolin sat on the floor with Pabu as Tenzin walked over to the group.
"Mako, Bolin, Asami you three are welcomed to stay at the air temple with us." He told them.
"Thank you," Asami replied with a smile and he nodded before turning to Mako.
"Mako,"
"Yes sir?" Mako asked looking up at the Airbender.
"I don't want to see you in Sora's room at night. If you are, you better be on the floor." He answered with a stern look making Korra, Asami and Bolin laugh while Lin had a small smile as well.
"Uncle Tenzin!" Sora shouted blushing bright red as did Mako.
The end of the chapter
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