i tried really hard on this one. it took me a week for only 1.5k words. i was asked to continue so i did. i hope you review. enjoy.

Kya had left three weeks ago. Leaving Lin to do as she pleased. Lin spent most of her time drinking or sleeping as she didn't have the energy to do much else.

She was sitting outside with a bottle in hand. Looking up into the sky as water rained down upon her. It had become a habit. Every time it would rain, she would go outside and think about that point in time when her bending was stolen from her.

Korra had tried to restore her bending but it didn't work for her as it did for others. She took it as a sign that she wasn't longed for this world. Tears mixed with the rain as she looked back on her life. "Nothing. I've accomplished nothing." She laid back on the ground, digging her fingers into the mud, trying to get it to bend to her will. All my relationships have been failures. The relationship with my sister ended in hurt. I tried everything to help her and I got two scars in return. My relationship with Tenzin was a waist of time. Kya is gone, claiming she needed to do something important. And the one relationship that should have held strong, was destroyed twenty years ago. The one relationship where unconditional love is meant to be shared between a mother and her daughter, destroyed. And it's all my fault. I am not meant for this world. Lin lifted the bottle to her lips, drinking as much as possible until her lungs required air.

But air didn't come to her. Another failed relationship. She began to cough, desperately trying to clear her throat of the bile that was currently occupying the space. Her eyes began to bulge as her brain was starved of oxygen. She stopped her struggle when she realised her end was inevitable. I love you. The last thought that entered her mind.

"Lin! Oh spirits. Kya! Do something!" Kya got down on her knees, and rolled Lin onto her side, opening her mouth to empty the contents of her throat. "I can't feel her heart!"

Kya rolled her on her back and began pounding on her chest. Trying to get her heart to beat back to life. "Come on. Don't give up on me now." She placed her ear on Lin's chest when she saw a subtle twitch of her fingers. "She's back." She attempted to pick her up to take her back inside, but due to the dead weight, she was unable to do so. "Toph, can you build an earth tent?" Toph did as she was told. "I'm going to get some blankets and supplies. Send a tremor if she stops breathing."

Toph gave her a nod as she felt Kya go back into her house. "Badgermole, what has you so upset, you let this happen to yourself?" Toph laid down next to her daughter, resting her head above Lin's chest, listening to the strong, steady rhythm that was her heart. She frowned at the small wheezing that accompanied it. "I'm sorry. For everything that happened between us, I'm sorry. I wish I could have said that when we were together. I'm sorry, I'm twenty years too late."

She sat back up when she felt Kya enter the earth tent and kneel next to Lin on the opposite side. Toph sat and 'watched' as Kya went to work. Taking off Lin's shirt she began to heel the ribs she broke resuscitating her. "How often does this happen?"

"Often. Too often. Though this is the first time that this… has happened. Ever since Amon took her bending away, she has either turned to alcohol or sleeping. I've tried to help her but she has closed herself from everyone."

Toph's brows furrowed in confusion. "But she still has her bending. I can feel it and I felt Korra restore it to its full potential."

Kya let out a sigh as she returned the water to her water skins. "I know she has it back. But her mind is telling her otherwise. The universe has been against her from the beginning and I think that she has taken this as a sign to give up on herself."

Kya propped Lin up against her chest, allowing her to wrap a bandage around her ribs. "Mm, Kya?"

Kya placed a soothing hand on Lin's forehead. "Go back to sleep. We'll talk later."

Lin shook her head, "I'm so sorry." Tears began to prick her eyes, knowing that she probably caused Kya pain at knowing she was going to leave her.

"Lin, just sit back down"

Lin ignored her as she tried to sit up, but a stabbing pain in her side stopped her. "Gah!"

"I told you to sit back down."

"You should listen to her."

Lin flung her head around to the side in surprise. Her face turned into a scowl when her eyes landed on her. I'm not doing this. Lin forced herself to stand, ignoring Kya's protests.

Toph spoke up in an effort to save her daughter some pain. "Lin, stop!"

"Why should I listen to you? You left, you don't get to tell me what to do." She clutched her chest as she took a step towards the exit. "Just go back to wherever you were hiding."

"I came back for you, Lin." Lin continued the long walk to her house through the rain and mud. She was halfway there when her legs buckled, causing her to yell out in pain. "LIN!" Toph was instantly at her side, trying to help her to her feet.

"Stay away from me! I don't want your help."

"I don't care if you want it, you need it."

"I don't need anything from you. I never have and I never will."

Just as she were about to get to her feet, her limbs were locked into place by the only thing she ever trusted, earth. "I think you are about to break that streak. It looks like you need me to release you."

"Just shut up and let me go!"

"Not that easy Badgermole." Toph sat down next to Lin's head. "Kya, go make us some tea, we will be inside in a minute." Kya complied, allowing for the two Beifong women to get everything off their chests. "Why are you putting yourself through this?"

She remained silent, squinting as she willed the tears to stay at bay. I will not cry in your presence. "Just let me go."

"No! You and I are going to sort out what ever is going on between us."

"You want to know what's going on between us?! You never gave me the time of day! I did everything for you and Su, and what do I get in return? Nothing! And you somehow manage to sit back and claim you have no idea what is going on with me. I cooked, I cleaned, I did everything you asked of me and I didn't even get a thanks. And the one time I asked for you to have my back in your office on that day with Su, you left me to fend for myself."

"What did you want me to do?! You expect me to throw my daughter in jail?!"

"It would have been for ten days! But ooooh no, you could never do that to your precious Su. You are no mother of mine." A resounding slap echoed throughout the backyard.

"Don't you dare say that I am not your mother! I gave up a lot to provide for you both. I put my life on the line doing the same thing you have been doing for the past twenty five years. The only difference is that I had a family to look out for. I never asked you to do any of that stuff. I'm sorry if I never said thank you but you forget that I couldn't see everything you were doing." Toph let out a breath, calming herself before she continued. "Everyday I wished that I wasn't blind, just so I could see you and Su smile. It was the first time that I had wished that I wasn't blind. I wanted to quit my job and take you girls to live in the country where we could earthbend all day and tell stories all night. And when we would finish, I would carry you both in one arm each back to my bed, where you would cuddle up to me as we slept."

Toph released Lin when she felt her heartbeat become regular. "If I could do it over, I would. But this was the hand we were dealt and we have to live with it." Toph reached a hand out to Lin, trailing her scars with her fingertips, causing Lin to suck in a breath of air. "I'm sorry that I let this happen to you. I truly am." Her voice was nearly a whisper as she apologised for the umpteenth time that night. "Please, forgive me."

Lin rolled herself onto her mothers lap, sobbing into her pants. "I forgive you." They stayed like that, crying, holding each other as the rain slowly came to a stop.