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"It won't be for long, just until some of the equalist attacks die down, you have to understand that the most important thing right now is that the avatar remains safe." Tenzin tried to explain reassuringly.

Korra was less than thrilled. She shouldn't be running away from a fight! She was the avatar! It was her job to maintain peace and balance in both the spirit world and the human world! How was she supposed to do that when Tenzin was sending her off to some remote island? Her teammates, however were taking the news rather well.

"It's just for a little bit Korra, just to protect you. If Amon found you and, spirits-forbid, took away your bending, we'd have no hope left."

Korra crossed her arms and huffed.

Bolin was only thinking of their forced vacation, however.

"So it's going to be warm there, right? I cannot wait to soak up some rays and just relax on a nice beach…" He trailed when he felt the icy daggers coming from the avatar's gaze.

"Or we could, uh just meditate and practice bending…forms...and things…of that nature." The earth bender finished meekly.

"So, the four of you are leaving first thing tomorrow morning and my family will meet you at the safe house in three days' time. A bigger group would put you at a higher risk of being followed, so for now, you will be alone save for the White Lotus guards that maintain the island." Tenzin stated in a tone he usually reserved for the council, or when his children severely misbehaved.

Korra knew that tone, and that there was no talking him out of it.

"Now, where is Asami? She was supposed to join us." Tenzin asked.

"She hasn't left her room for days; she's even been having her meals delivered. I think she's just having a hard time with all that's been going on." Mako said with a hint of guilt.

Korra realized he blamed his actions and the break up for Asami's hermit-like behavior. Feeling guilty herself, Korra stood up, and said,

"I'll go talk to her. Girl talk or whatever."

Tenzin hesitated, he knew Korra far too well to believe that she was the "girl talk" type, but let the young avatar go; he instead began explaining the restrictions of the island to the brothers.

Korra quietly slid the door close behind her and took a deep breath. It had been a couple weeks since the incident in the hot springs, and only a few days afterwards, another noteworthy event transpired. Korra leaned against the cool outside wall of the temple, and closed her eyes, briefly meditating on that day.

Korra hadn't really been sure what to do with Mako's scarf. In all that had happened, she had definitely…dirtied it, but Korra had never done any laundry in her life. The thought of somehow ruining something to important to Mako made Korra feel horrible. So for 4 days, his scarf sat on the chair in her room, mocking her with its presence. Not to mention the memories it reminded her of daily.

She might be the avatar, in charge of much more than anyone could be ready for, but she was still a teenage girl.

A teenage girl who happened to live with two very attractive, very powerful benders. And yes, sometimes she would catch herself imagining being pinned against a wall with Bolin's strong arms while he kissed her with his soft lips. Or having rough, fiery sex with Mako and feeling the heat of his bare skin against her own.

So when both of the benders in question saw her completely naked, a small part of her was satisfied by their obvious attraction to her body. Only a small part, mind you, she was mortified mostly.

Even so, the feeling of Mako's scarf riding up between her legs as she ran out gave Korra surprising inspiration to the imaginary scenario's she thought up in her head late at night.

After losing her concentration during practice because of Bolin removing his shirt and smiling at her caused Korra to take a blow to the head from a weight lifting machine, Korra decided enough was enough and went to Pema for advice.

The avatar brought the scarf to the older woman, asking her how to wash it.

Pema gave her a strange look,

"Ok, 1. Why didn't you just put this with the rest of your laundry? And 2. Why do you have Mako's scarf?"
Not much got past the mother of three.

Korra felt her face flushing,

"It's important to him…and I didn't want it getting all messed up somehow…Can't you just show me how to do it?" She fumbled, as she played with the tips of her hair.

Pema smiled slightly,

"Alright, let's get to work."

She showed Korra how to properly wash the delicate cloth and also "let" Korra practice on the rest of her laundry. Korra shook her head with a small smile at Pema's powers of persuasion.

So after the scarf was properly washed and dried, Korra summoned her courage and headed towards Mako's room.

She took a moment to calm her nerves, and knocked on the fire bender's door.

"Come in." A voice answered from inside.

Korra opened the door and looked into the room. To her surprise however, she found Bolin, not Mako, stretched out on his brother's bed, shirtless.

Korra forced herself not to lose focus and to ignore the six pack that was laid out in front of her, quite literally.

"Oh, hey Bo, I was just um-returning Mako's scarf…" Korra started.

"Oh right," Bolin sat up, "Well he's in the shower right now, but you can just leave it here, I wanted to talk to him, so I'll let him know you dropped it off when he comes back."

"Ok, cool." Korra headed over to the earth bender, offering the scarf as she did so.

Whether it was because she was trying so very hard to remain calm in Bolin's half naked presence, or the fact that she was holding the scarf in Mako's bedroom, or a combination of the two, Korra would never know. All she registered was tripping and crashing into Bolin's arms, sending them sprawling onto the bed.

Korra was straddling Bolin, their faces less than an inch apart. She looked into his green eyes and caught her breath, she saw his pupils dilate and knew hers were as well, to match her flushed face and increased heart rate. Her hands were on his hard chest and his were around her waist.

"Korra…I…" Bolin started as their faces drew nearer to one another, Korra closed her eyes.

"WHAT THE HELL!" A voice came from the door way.

Both Korra and Bolin started, causing Korra to fall off the bed and get her pony tail caught in a button on Bolin's pants. Bolin jumped up to help the girl, but she screamed in pain and ordered him to not move.

Mako stood in the door way, in scant but a towel and rubbed his face with his hand.

"You idiots." He murmured as he approached the pair and began trying to free the avatar's hair.

It was at this moment that Asami Sato "happened" to be walking past Mako's room as she did several times a day since their break up.

She peered in and stood in shock at the sight before her.

Korra was on her knees, face flushed, eye level with Mako's towel covered crotch while Bolin laid in wait half naked on the bed.

"Hey, Asami!" Bolin waved, ignorant to how the situation must have looked.

Both Korra and Mako spun to see the upset girl and shouted her name in unison (much to the detriment of freeing the avatar), but the hurt girl was already gone from sight.

Since that night, Asami had barely been seen by anyone.

Korra dreaded the heiress's reaction as she made her way to Asami's room.

After no response after knocking on the door, Korra paused and listened. The room was silent at first, but after a moment, there was a rustling.

Korra about lost it, she swung open the door,

"Look, all I'm trying to do is-"The avatar started, but was caught like a deer in headlights to see Asami gagged and tied up, being dragged towards the window by a masked equalist.

Asami's eyes bulged and she began thrashing against the arms of the equalist, Korra was quick to respond and sent a wave of dirt towards the kidnapper. He was sent flying, but was quickly replaced by another seconds later.

Korra sent the water from Asami's bedside table towards the new foe in whip-form and he went down, but remained conscious until Asami kicked him roughly in the head.

At this point, Korra had made her way across the room and was now bringing Asami away from the window.

She used the left-over water to freeze a temporary window over the destroyed one and ran towards the others with Asami, untying her bounds as they went.

They found Tenzin, Mako and Bolin exactly where Korra had left them, she quickly explained what happened and the 5 ran to secure the safety of the building.

The equalists had fled, but had left the unconscious soldier behind in Asami's room. A noteworthy feather in the cap of team avatar, Tenzin hoped to get information out of the kidnapper once he regained consciousness.

"I think this is reason enough to send the four of you away as soon as possible. Had the equalists succeeded in kidnapping , my guess is they would have used her as bait to bring you in Korra, and they would try and capture you." Tenzin explained, "You shall all leave as soon as preparations can be made. Go pack your things."

Asami wouldn't meet Korra's gaze and left the room scowling. Korra followed Mako and Bolin out of the room, watching the muscles in Mako's back flex as he stretched his arms above his head. Bolin made some comment about the beach and laughed at himself, his chuckle speeding Korra's heart rate.

This was going to be a long trip.