Chapter 14

"Time to get up sleepy head." Bataar joked as he tickled Kuvira. She hated being tickled and it always got her up. It was getting late, he thought she must really be tired because she never sleeps this late. She is usually the one waking him up.

"Come on, love. We're going to be late." Bataar informed her.

"I'm sick." Kuvira mumbled. She had vomited a few during the night, and she didn't want to wake Bataar.

"What's wrong?" Bataar asked. clearly concerned. "I was vomiting last night and my stomach still feels like someone is stabbing me." Kuvira replied. "Just tell Korra and Asami, I couldn't come in today. I'll be fine here by myself." Kuvira told him.

"Do you want me to stay with you?" Bataar asked. "No, it's okay. You have that new project to work on." Kuvira replied. "Tell Korra not to come here because I don't want to get her sick."

"OK, if you insist. I love you." Bataar said as he leaned in to kiss her forehead that he noticed was hot, signaling that she had a fever. "I think you have a fever, so take care of yourself and stay in bed."

"I will." Kuvira promised. She planned on staying in bed. She didn't feel up to doing anything.

Bataar finished getting ready before Lin picked him up. "What's wrong with Kuvira?" Lin asked. "She's sick with fever." Bataar responded. "Hope she feels better." Lin replied. They hopped in her police car and she drove him to Future Industries factory. "Contact the precinct if you need to reach me, I'm going out to lunch with your mother." Lin informed him. Bataar nodded.

Lin left and headed to the hotel to meet Suyin for lunch. She despised these lunch dates. Couldn't they do something more entertaining? When she got to the hotel, she walked into the hotel's restaurant where Suyin was waiting for her.

"Why are you late?" Suyin asked.

"I had to pick up Bataar and take him to Asami's factory." Lin responded.

"I thought Korra or Asami always pick up Bataar and Kuvira. Why did you have to do it today?" Suyin asked.

"Kuvira is sick, so Bataar was running late. Korra and Asami were already at the factory." Lin replied.

"What's wrong with her?" Suyin asked clearly worried. "Bataar said she was vomiting and she is feverish, so she is in bed." Lin replied.

"Oh, I hope she feels better." Suyin stated. "I already ordered for you, since you get the same thing every time we meet here."

The waiter came with their food a few minutes later. They ate in silence as usual. Lin didn't like to talk much and Suyin was too worried about Kuvira. She was thinking of going to see her. Maybe if she sees her enough, she will realize how much she loves her, especially after that incident at the hotel a couple months ago.

After they finished eating, they bid each other farewell and Lin left. Suyin decided that she was going to see Kuvira. She knew Kuvira would tell her to leave, but she would stand her ground once more.

She had her driver take her to the prison where she was escorted to Kuvira's cell. The guard let Suyin in and closed the door behind her. Kuvira was still sleeping when she got there, so she sat in one of the armchairs and watched her sleep, never taking her eyes off her.

About an hour later, a severe pain in her stomach woke, Kuvira up. She got up and ran to the bathroom. She didn't know how much more she would vomit because she had nothing in her stomach and her throat was becoming raw. When she felt her stomach calm down, she washed her face and brushed her teeth again and went back to bed. When she got into bed, she saw a cup of steaming hot tea on the side table. She looked around the room to see Suyin sitting in one of the armchairs. "Good afternoon sleepy head." Suyin smiled. Kuvira couldn't understand why Suyin wouldn't leave her alone. She had hurt her enough, why did she have to keep coming here?

"Please leave." Kuvira ordered.

"Please Kuvira, I just want to talk to you. I know I hurt you and I am sorry for that. I love you. You're my daughter." Suyin begged.

"Please leave. You are not my mother, you never were. Please leave me alone. I never want to see you again." Kuvira said through gritted teeth. She wished she went with Bataar. Then she wouldn't be stuck here with Suyin, who refused to leave her alone. She figured that Suyin would be as stubborn as last time, so she decided to go back to sleep.

She got back into bed and she went back to sleep. She fell asleep the moment her head hit the pillow.

Suyin couldn't stop the tears that were streaming out of her eyes. Nothing had changed, since Kuvira woke up that first day. Kuvira's words hit her straight in the heart and they were painful.

She didn't know how long she slept, but when she woke up she sat up and noticed that Suyin was still there. Bataar had not returned. She was at her wits end, she couldn't take it anymore. She wanted to scream, but she went into the washroom to wash her face. She looked at the shelves and grabbed one and gripped it tight just trying to release that pent up rage. She concentrated on the minute particles in the platinum and she never noticed the fine bits of unrefined particles. Then she felt the platinum itself, feel the refined bits as well. It felt so different than regular metal. It was stiff and rigid and she continued to concentrate which was pointless, but it gave her something to concentrate on. Then it moved. She thought she was imagining things, but she lifted her hand and there it was, bent platinum. She had bent platinum. She grabbed onto it again and concentrated and continued to bend it. She forgot that there was glass on the shelf and she bent the shelf a little too far and all the glass containers fell to the floor with a loud crash. She panicked and hoped the guard hadn't heard anything.

Suyin was still sitting in the armchair reading a book to keep herself busy when she heard a loud crash coming from the bathroom. Forgetting everything else she ran to the bathroom and against her better judgement, didn't even think to knock. She opened the door and saw Kuvira on the floor with broken glass all around her. She was so worried about Kuvira that she didn't even notice the bent shelf.

"Are you alright? What happened?" Did you fall? Suyin panicked.

"GET OUT! GET OUT! GET OUT!" Kuvira screamed.

Suyin didn't even seem to hear Kuvira or didn't acknowledge what she said because she kneeled next to her trying to make sure she was alright. She put her hand on Kuvira's back to try to calm her down, but instead Kuvira felt like she would have a panic attack. Without thinking Kuvira forgot that there was no metal to bend and instead accidently sent a sheet of platinum that wrapped around Suyin's wrist and pulled her out of the bathroom. As soon as Suyin was out of the bathroom, Kuvira summoned the sheet of platinum. Even under a lot of stress, she knew what it would mean if people found out she could bend platinum. Kuvira slammed the door in Suyin's face. They she went to clean up the mess and fixed the shelf before going back to bed. She didn't know if Suyin was going to suffocate her again, she was so tired. She opened the door and walked straight to the bed not even looking at Suyin who she knew was still there. With every step she took, she made a point to feel the platinum under her feet. She couldn't believe it. She would probably wake up to find that this was all a dream. Is it even possible to platinum bend? Before Toph, everyone thought that metal bending was impossible, but platinum, it's it such a pure metal. When she reached the bed, she sat down crossing her legs and thinking.

Suyin sat in the armchair watching Kuvira. What just happened? There was no metal in this place. She knew that everyone was searched and Kuvira and Bataar wouldn't be able to sneak metal in here. Kuvira looked so confused, what about she didn't know and it would be pointless to ask.

Kuvira sat and reflected upon what had happened. She knew she was never able to feel platinum like that before. What changed or was is just that she stopped thinking things were impossible? She didn't know. She could bend platinum, which was funny because the point of her being in a platinum cell had been so she couldn't bend anything. Nothing in her life was ever simple, but now it was more complicated than ever. She had achieved the impossible. She could bend earth, metal, lava, and platinum. She couldn't wait to show Bataar, Korra and Asami. She knew what she was going to do. She jumped out of bed and knocked on the door to get the guard's attention. They always had the same guard and he was always very nice. When he opened the door Kuvira asked low enough so Suyin wouldn't hear her, "Could you please have someone radio the Avatar or Asami to have them pick me up?" "Of course." The guard replied. He knew that Kuvira and Bataar's prison time was just for public moral. They really didn't spend much time in their cell. Ten minutes later the guard knocked on the door. "Avatar Korra says she'll be here in fifteen minutes." The guard told her.

Kuvira grabbed clean clothes from the wardrobe and went into the bathroom to take a shower before Korra got there.