"Hey"

"Who are you?"

"I'm Lin Beifong and I'm your friend"

"Lin... Beifong?" Lin took her hand and pointed to herself in the picture that she was looking at, a picture of Team Avatar, Kya, Lin and Tenzin all together and smiling in the South Pole during the Glacier Spirits Festival. "i feel I should know you"

"that's definitely progress" Lin smiled. "what else do you remember?"

"i don't know"

"Do you know your name?"

"no"

"What about this man's name?" Lin gestured and Mako entered with an awkward smile on his face

"no" she whispered

"what about this person?" Opal walked in with a huge smile on her face

"No" Opal's face dropped and she hung her head. "sorry"

"It's fine, you can't help it"

"how about this man?"

"no" the man bit back a sob but was led away again by another officer before he could say anything

"And how about this man?" Bolin walked in and smiled brightly, trying to give her any assistance he could

"No"

"alright, it's not your fault." Lin finally gestured and the final person was brought in, "how about this person"

"Uh... I feel I should know you, but I can't remember"

"i feel the same, but I don't remember you either"

"You've both been shown in the main the same people and out of all of them, you two recognise only each other, however vaguely"

"What does that mean?"

*

"WHAT IS SHE DOING NEAR MY..."

"Quiet, sir, or I'll have you additionally arrested on charges of breaching the peace" the officer with the man warned

"MONSTER!! MONSTER!!" he continued to bellow, trying to reach the target of his rage

"QUIET!!" Lin roared over the man's bellowing, he didn't take the hint so she flicked her wrist to make metal fly up and cover his mouth

"Oomph" he grunted, it was muffled by the metal that covered his mouth and Lin was glaring at him with enough barely concealed rage to make him stop trying to yell

"i know you are trying to care" she hissed, "but as far as I'm concerned you lost the right to have any say when you did what you did, and were found guilty of trying to do so. I don't know what that moron Hotah is playing at, but" she lowered her voice, "i assure you that I will find it out and put a stop to it"

"Mmmphhh" Lin held out her hand

"Pardon?" she whispered sweetly, too sweetly

"i said that monster is responsible for giving her" he gestured wildly at the woman in the bed, "brain damage" he paused and his eyes bulged in his rage, "that monster shouldn't be here, even if she is in platinum chains"

"I'm well aware of that, but it seems the best chance of them both recovering both their memories is to spend time together"

"No way! I'm going to talk to Hotah about that!"

"you really don't want her to get better do you?!" Mako had stalked closer to the older man and lightning crackled around his right hand. "she's your own daughter and you still believe that keeping her isolated from those who care is the best way" Mako spat on his shoes, "Sato, I believe I speak for most of the people here when I say you disgust us"

"Hear hear" Bolin nodded

"you are excused, Sato" Lin snarled, "Officer Song, take him away" she turned her back firmly on Sato and the officer dragged Sato from the room

"Who are you?" both women asked at the same time, they blushed then said "i don't know" again at the same time

*

"ahem ahem"

"uh... What are you doing here?"

"I came to see what you were playing at, Chief Beifong"

"You have no jurisdiction over this, Hotah. yes, you remanded..."

"An offender"

"Her name is Korra, you blundering fool" Lin snapped, "you remanded her in the custody of the hospital but also under Kya's guidance, she has the right to arrange healing sessions and this is one such session"

"she's a bloodbender" Hotah indicated the restrained girl

"so is Katara, you gonna drag her off to jail too?" Lin deadpanned. "didn't think so, a spineless fool like you wouldn't have the backbone even if she did use her ability"

Hotah puffed his chest up, "i hope you realise I could assign a different officer to work this case?"

"an officer who reports to me. Only an order from the President will change that" she glared at the man. "listen well, Hotah, I don't know what you've got against Korra, but I will find it out and it'll make you unsuitable to preside over this case. I suggest you stand down before you humiliate yourself"

"And I suggest you keep your personal feelings away from this case, we all know you and the offender get on reasonably well" he retaliated, "or you'll get yourself into a whole heap of trouble"

"Threatening an officer?" There was a growl from the other side of the room, what Hotah had thought to be a pile of linen growled and moved. He went white with fear when Naga stretched and noticed him. He pulled out a water whip without thinking "and threatened animal cruelty" Naga just growled at him

"That thing nearly had my head off!"

"well if you're stupid enough to piss a polar bear dog off, then you should expect to be eaten, especially as a Water Tribe citizen"

"whatever" Hotah eyed Naga cautiously before a cough brought him back to his senses, Raiko had heard the entire thing

"it seems I owe you an apology, Chief Beifong" he eyed Hotah angrily, "you told me you had never met the avatar before, I'm firing you here and now before you can do any more harm"

"B... But..."

"Detective Mako?"

"Yes, Chief?"

"Take Hotah into custody. Place him under arrest for Perverting the course of justice, judicial corruption, threatening an officer, conspiracy to commit fraud and threatening animal abuse"

"Yes, Chief!" Mako grinned gleefully, "serves you right" he growled, "fucker" he had breathed the last word into Hotah's ear, such language was unbecoming of a person in his occupation, especially when in front of a world leader

*

Once Hotah had been taken away, Raiko turned back to Lin, "I apologise, Chief Beifong, you're free to do whatever you have to to help these two girls, I must admit that whole thing with Hotah makes me believe you probably are right" he paused, "that she really did have something happen which meant she wasn't in control when it happened, I've never seen Korra hurt anyone maliciously and I don't believe her capable of doing so then, or now"

"thank you Mr President"

"Just one more problem, how are you going to deal with Hiroshi Sato? He is her last living relative and the law recognises his right to take care of his daughter if she ever is unable to care for herself"

"don't worry, I have an idea"

"very well"

*

"girls" Lin sat down between the two women, I would like you to spend some time together" they looked nervously at Lin, "don't worry, I'll be here all the time"

"Alright"

"why not"

"your name is Asami, and yours is Korra. Asami meet Korra, Korra meet Asami"

"Hi" Korra felt her breath hitch but she wasn't sure why

"hey" Asami blushed bright red, but she had no idea why either, she was pretty sure this was the girl from the photographs that she had cherished in the short time she had had the album. Sure enough when she looked at the photo, the dark skinned girl in front of her looked almost exactly the same as the girl in her photographs. Her hair was longer than in the photographs but unmistakably the same person. She pulled on Korra's sleeve, "Korra... Korra..." she was rewarded by Korra's blue eyes looking directly into her green ones, "look" she whispered and showed the other woman the photos Mako had selected for her