A/N: Hello my fantastic readers; tomorrow I will be starting school so you know what that means. Slower updates; but I believe that the fanfic will be finished about ahhh four more chapters *hears the wails of agony* Don't worry I have another Lok Fanfic I am thinking of writing and a couple more not Lok related ones. Plus if I can think of more to the plot; I will start the story back up again. Anyways; here you go REVIEW AND I'LL SEND YOU RAINBOWS AND HAPPINESS!

Chapter Twenty

The story I really don't want to tell but I really kinda have to…

Ritlen

"Korra you are amazing!" I beam at her, testing my shoulder. Thanks to her magical (Ok maybe not magic, but still) healing powers. I am completely healed, the wound in my shoulder now a vague memory; like Ritlen should be. I sigh; of course they want to know the story. Who wouldn't? And me being a natural procrastinator; was dragging it out thanking Korra.

"And Mako! You almost hit me!" I point my finger at him.

"No! I did not; if I wanted to blast you with fire, I would have." Mako retorts defensively.

"So you do want to fire bend at me?" I say accusing.

"What? No! I… I never said that." Mako says giving me his famous (not really) Glare of I'm Evil Mako out to Get you!

"Well today you almost did." I mumble.

"Mako now's not the time. Kida; I do believe that you are going to explain Ritlen and what happened with Jia." Tenzin admonished.

I sigh again. Right, gotta say it some time. I start recounting what happened after they left. When I reached about calling Lin, Bolin interrupted me.

"Wait, wait, wait. And wait. You called the chief; granted that's the right thing to do, but why is that so bad for Jia."

"It's hard to explain unless you've now her for a long time. But, she wants, no she must, control every part of her life. And Jia's claustrophobic, have you seen how small those cells are? My guess is that she is insane, and like most insane people, they like to be in control. Yet with Jia, it has to be in every little detail and aspect of her life. One time I came back from," And with a sideways glance said, "A day of work."

Ignoring Asami's whisper, "A day's work of stealing?"

"But I came back two minutes late and Jia had trashed the house because she was not in control of something. The walls had these huge holes, the furniture destroyed, she tossed out the food. It's bad. And it is need with her. I figured in jail; she'll be told what to do all the time and won't be able to stand it. Best I could come up without killing or maiming her."

"Oh Kida! We're so proud of you!" Bolin gushed, wrapping me in a hug. I tried to remain calm.

"You're hugging me." And after finally being released from his death grip, continued on with the story. Until Korra interrupts me.

"Ok, that's nice to know, but I want you to tell me about Ritlen. Who is it?"

"Ritlen is not a who, it's a place." I take a deep breath before continuing. "Ok, umm, you know how I said that everything I can do is self-taught?" Everyone nods. "Well, I lied. It was Jia that taught me how to fight, besides bending of course." Seeing their faces, I hurriedly try to explain. "You must understand, I didn't originally live in Republic city, and this place is like a petting zoo compared to how wild Ritlen was. No actual police force or government was maintained. It was like its own little world, but a terrible one. Fittingly that's where I met Jia. Jia, she, Jia helped me. Big time. Without her I would probably be dead. But it was also the first place Jia wanted me to kill someone. I was nine. "

"And did you?" Asami whispered.

"What? NO!" I say, surprised and then hurt. Did they really think I would do something like that? Everyone breathes a big sigh of relief. "It was an old but rather rich man. She wanted the money, so we could afford to come here to Republic city. 'It'll be easy' she said, 'just one blast of fire and just like that, he's dead. C'mon on! I know you can do it' I refused. Jia was unstable; but that pushed her over the brink. She killed him in a second and was going to kill me. 'Idiot little girl, couldn't kill one old man.' Jia said. 'And now, I have to kill you' and she tried, almost as hard as she did today. That's how… that's how I got these." I lift up my shirt and turn so they could clearly see the four long dagger scars, much higher than the burn, and is located right under my heart.

"How did I not see that when I healed you?" Korra gasps.

"It was high up. Jia knew just were to cut." I say flatly. "Jia thought she killed me. She leaned in over me and I held my breath, so she would think I was dead. I don't know how I didn't bleed out; lucky the hospital was the only working facility there." I say attempting at some grim humor.

"What I am worried about is how a knife went through your chest, but you're sitting there talking to me. I thought Jia killed you, today. I want to know how you are here. Right now." Mako said.

"Would you lay off!" I snap. No way do I want to talk about my parents. Plus, I am too freaked out about that fact that I died and came back!

"No, I want to know to." Korra said. Shoot.

"And me!" Asami piped up. Dang.

"So do I." Tenzin told me gravely. Asdfjk!

I glare at them all, fighting back the emotions the memories cause. "I did die." Hmm, maybe it is worth it. I mean their faces are priceless. "And I came back."

"But…how?" Asami asked.

"I saw them." I say with a half-smile. "My family, it's so big! And, my mom and I talked. What…what happened was that I had more than one life… more than one soul with me that was connected to my life's force. That's how I can bend two elements. I had my mom and dad's spirit with me. My dad didn't leave me; he saved me and sacrificed his life for mine when I was a baby. And my mom died when I was less than two weeks old. So when they died part of them was transferred to me and that was taken when I died. But now if I was to die again I'll stay dead. Also, I can only water bend."

"That…" Korra started.

"Is…" Bolin added.

"The" Tenzin said.

"Weirdest" Asami chipped in.

"Story…." Mako finished.

"EVER!" Everyone shouted in unison.

"Yeah, I don't really believe it myself." I say, blushing as Asami wrapped me in a hug. I beam at all them. "So this means I won't get arrested?"

A/N: MUHAHAHA! So what did you think? No action but some questions answered… *nudge nudge, wink wink* back to my original thought, REVIEW! I LIKE TO FEEL LOVED!