Chapter 15
Suyin watched as Kuvira went into the bathroom and then came back out dressed in a loose pair of gray pants, red blouse and black blazer. Her black wavy hair was draped over her shoulders and was shorter than Suyin remember seeing it last. Her hair just touched her shoulder blade, it was beautiful. Did she have makeup on? She couldn't remember the last time she saw her wear makeup. Kuvira wore powder, dark red lipstick and gray shimmering eyeshadow.
There was a knock at the door. When Kuvira opened it, she saw a smiling Korra. "How are feeling?" Korra asked walking into the room. "Like crap." Kuvira replied. "Then why aren't you…" Korra stopped when she saw Suyin sitting in the armchair. Korra was about to ask Suyin to leave, but Kuvira grabbed her arm and yanked her toward the bathroom. "Something incredible happened, come on, I have to show you." Kuvira chimed. Suyin watched as Kuvira dragged Korra into the bathroom and shut the door. She thought Kuvira just had an accident. "What was so important that it couldn't wait a few minutes?" Korra asked confused that Kuvira stopped her from telling Suyin to leave. Suyin walked toward the bathroom and put her ear against the door.
"Watch" Kuvira demanded as she bent a piece of platinum from the shelf. Korra's eyes opened wide and her mouth was hanging open and she was pointing to the piece of platinum in Kuvira's hand. Forgetting that Suyin was in the other room Korra almost screamed. "HOW DID YOU DO THAT?" Korra shouted. "I don't know. I was so angry for obvious reasons and instead of screaming, I just came in here grabbed that and I guess I focused a lot more than usual. It just broke and all the glass on it came crashing down. Then she came barging in here as if things weren't stressful enough. Kuvira described. "Did she see anything?" Korra asked. "I don't think so. I mean, I don't know. I freaked out and sent a piece flying at her at her wrist to pull her out, and then I took it back quickly." Kuvira shrieked. "This is amazing, you're the first earth bender in history…." Korra started before Kuvira put her hand over her mouth. "Shhhh" Kuvira started. "Suyin is right outside the door." "How do you…. oh… Honestly Vira, you amaze me. Let's go tell Bataar and Asami." Korra laughed.
Korra opened the door to see Suyin right outside the door. Kuvira had been right. "Suyin what are you doing here? You promised you weren't going to come here again." Korra accused. "I said that I would stay away until Kuvira got better and she is fine now." Suyin replied. "She doesn't want you here. Why can't you understand that?" Korra argued. "I've been trying to apologize for the past few months. It's tearing me apart." Suyin pleaded. Kuvira had to stifle a laugh and bit her bottom lip to stop herself, but Suyin had seen her. Suyin just walked out the door. After a few minutes, Korra and Kuvira left for Asami's factory.
When they got to the factory, they went straight to Asami's office. "Where's Bataar?" Korra asked. "He's where he always is. Why?" Asami asked. "We have to speak with him about a couple things. Is he working on the platinum hummingbird suits?" Kuvira was the one to answer. "Yes." Asami responded and before she could say anything else, Kuvira grabbed her arm and dragged her out of her office.
When they found Bataar, he was looking over blueprints to the hummingbird suit upgrades. He was still trying to figure out which machine would be able to cut the platinum into such small pieces efficiently so they could be mas produced. "Hi honey." Kuvira said. "Hi, what are you doing out of bed, and you still have a fever? He asked putting his hand to Kuvira's forehead. "She had a visitor?" Korra replied. Bataar looked he was going to punch something. "She promised that she wasn't going to try to see you anymore."
"Actually, according to her, she said that she wasn't going to try to see Kuvira until she recovered." Korra answered. "I honestly don't understand her sometimes." Bataar huffed.
"We can worry about Suyin later. Right now we have more important to discuss." Korra said while giving Kuvira a devious smile. Bataar must have noticed because he stepped forward. "What's going on?"
Kuvira concentrated on the platinum pen that he always kept in his pocket and bended it in front of his face. Bataar looked like he'd seen an evil spirit. Asami stood there with her mouth open pointing at the pen. "How did you do that." Asami asked because Bataar was stilling staring at Kuvira in shock. "I don't know, ever since I woke up, I have been more sensitive to the earth around me. I can feel earth particles that I couldn't sense before." Kuvira responded. "But no one has ever been able to platinum bend, even my Grandmother Toph." Bataar mumbled. Korra jumped in "technically, before Toph, no one was able to bend metal. Wow Bataar! First your grandmother invents metal bending, and now your fiancé invents platinum bending." Bataar just look at Kuvira in amazement. He wasn't surprised, she could do anything she set her mind to. She was an extremely talented bender and now she is without a doubt the greatest earth bender in the world and no one could argue that now. She had done what everyone thought was impossible. Bataar took Kuvira in his arms and hugged her close. "I love you so much and I am so proud of you. You never cease to amaze me and after things calm down, you will amaze the world." Kuvira spent the next two hours practicing her platinum bending. Asami started planning all the projects she could put Kuvira on with all her skills. She couldn't wait to test it out.