Title: Go Fast
Pairing: Korra & Asami.
Rated: T
Disclaimer: I do not own Legend of Korra and its characters. All rights belong to their respectable owners Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino.
Authors Note: Wow the love that this story has received its still mind blowing as Heine put it in their review. Thank you for the PM's, Favs, Follows and Reviews. They all motivate me to continue with this story. I look over it and see how much this story has captured every ones interest as it has mines and I will deliver on that. Every thing is coming up in the next few chapters so prepare for that. Buckle up because this ride is gonna get bumpy.
PS: Hope you all have a safe new years day coming up. And I will continue this story in the new year.
Korra had gotten up early that morning to take Naga for a walk. Leaving her apartment building, Korra walked passed the gates and on to the side walk with her happy canine companion. What Korra didn't realize was a set of eyes watching her since the night before.
Looking through his rear view mirror, Tahno could see Korra coming his way with her pet dog. He rubbed the bridge of his nose that was bandaged up and exited the car when they got closer. He walked around the front of his car and on to the side walk cutting her off in her path.
Not paying attention, Korra was reading over the text messages Asami sent her last night once she got home. She could tell by the way the messages were written that Asami was tired. She was just glad she made it home safe.
"I told you this wasn't over," he said getting her attention. Korra stopped in her tracks as Naga began to bark at the stranger before her.
Korra stared Tahno down the say way she did last night. Placing her phone back into her pocket, Korra had a tight grip on the leash in order for Naga to stay put. "Did that blow to your head knock out all your common sense?" she genuinely asked. "Cause I gotta tell you showing up here its only gonna end badly for you," she threaten from a cops point of view.
Tahno didn't dare take a step closer from the way Naga was growling with spit coming down off her chin. Instead, he stayed in place with a threatening look in his eyes. "And staying with Sato is only gonna end badly for you," he spit back. "You're not gonna last with her. No one does. So why don't you do yourself a favor and stay away from her."
Snickering to herself, Korra looked off to the side with a small shake of her head. "Is that the best you can do?" she asked sincerely meeting his gaze again. "Show up here, get a little bass in your voice more than the one you had last night when I dropped your ass but," she said recalling it. "You really think you can intimidate me?" she asked in a serious tone. Her expression soften up with a chuckle that escaped her lips. "That's rich," she said down playing him. "Especially coming from you. No pun intended."
Grunting in frustration, Tahno took a step causing Naga to bark and nearly jump at him. He stepped back in his same spot and pointed at Korra. "You think you're smart huh? You and your little girlfriend," he said referring to Asami. "Both racing me at the same. Taking my money. Trashing my car," he said fluster only to take deep breaths after wards. All this excitement was hurting his nose. "No. No you don't get to do that to me and get away with it," he started with a smirk of devious intent smeared on his mug.
Korra lids lowered with a small frown imprinted on to her forehead. "If you don't want a busted lip to match with your broken nose I suggest you walk away right now," she said pointing at his car as Naga was still jumping up barking trying to bite at him.
"You had your chance to back out Uh-vatar," he said in an aggressive manor. "Now its on," he said as he stepped off the side walk and back towards his car. He drove off in a haste down the street making a hard turn.
Korra bend down rubbing Naga's coat to get her to calm down. "Its okay girl. Come on," she said as she began to walk back toward her apartment building. Their walk would have to take place another day. Right now she had a problem to deal with.
Asami was up washing dishes she didn't get to the night before. She had a lot on her mind after what happened last night. Thinking of what Korra did for her brought a smile to her face. Stepping up to defend her was something she didn't expect. Asami didn't let words affect her the way it would most people.
The more Tahno ran his mouth the more she ignored. She could argue with the best of them but to waste her time on giving them a reaction was pointless. Its exactly what he wanted that night from her but instead got one from Korra. The way she punched him in the face was extremely sexy. Her smooth toned arm extended in motion reaching toward Tahno's face with a balled up fist connecting to the bridge of his nose. She could instant reply that in her mind all day.
Loud footsteps coming down the stairs broke her train of thought. Glancing over her shoulder, she could see it was Zaheer. Drying her hands off quickly, she tossed the cloth on to the counter before lightly jogging in the living room to catch up to him. "Zah!" she said a bit loudly to get his attention.
Zaheer was about to head out the door when he heard his name being called. Stopping in his tracks, he turned around to see Asami. "Hey you're up early," he said as he began to put his jacket on.
"Yeah had some things to do. One is to talk to you if you have a minute," she said as she placed her hands in the back of her jean pockets.
He nodded his head and gestured towards the couch. She began to walk taking a seat placing her hands on her thighs. Taking a seat beside her, he turned to were his arm was resting on the couch and the other was on his own knee. "You give some thought to what we discussed the other day?" he asked assuming this is what she wanted to talk about.
Asami dropped her gaze from his shaking her head lightly. "No its actually something else," she said not sure how to ask.
Zaheer took a deep frustrated breath with a small frown with in his brows but noticed to with a hand gesture for her to continue. "Go on."
"I wanted to know if you would be okay with me bringing Korra to dinner Sunday night," she said brightly despite his small attitude.
Sighing heavily, Zaheer brought his hand up to his face rubbing his temple. "Sami you know its family only," he said dismissing her request.
Rolling her eyes, Asami folded her arms over her chest. "Its important to me. I want you to get to know her. I want all of you to know her. Please?" she asked wanting him to agree. She knew better than to have hope when it came to Zaheer meeting someone she knew. He was always so off about it but Korra was important to her.
Asami never asked much out of him even with his lack of presents she never once complained. He owned it to her to at least give this a try. "Fine. Bring her," he said seeing her eyes light up. He felt her arms wrapping around his neck bringing him into a hug. He patted her back lightly with a small chuckle. "But it doesn't mean I have to like it," he said as they both pulled back from the embrace.
"Thank you," she said as she stood to her feet. Giving him one last hug once he stood up, Asami pulled back walking into the kitchen to finish up the dishes.
Zaheer took a few steps back before turning around towards the door. He closed it behind him and walked up to Ghazan on the porch. "When you get a chance. Find out what you can on this girl Asami's been seeing," he said giving a tap to his friends shoulder.
"Will do," Ghazan said with a nod. Both walked down the steps headings to their cars to leave.
Korra was informed to meet up at the assigned safe house since the precinct was off limits. They needed to go over a strategy on the dinner she was going to Sunday night.
She sat in a chair listening intensely to the argument brewing between her Captain and Agent Kuvira. It had been like this for the past 20 minutes.
"And I'm telling you Korra is not going in there with a wire!" Lin shouted with her hands on her hips.
Kuvira stood there with a death glare in her eyes. "They have been in the city a little over a week. This is our best option in finding out what the Red Lotus has planned. Korra has to wear a wire," she said in a slight aggressive tone yet her demeanor was calm. Her hands were clasped behind her back as she stood tall before Beifong.
Lin took a step forward so close to Kuvira's breathing space. "Its not going to happen. I'm not risking her life just so you can hear what may or may not be said at that dinner," she said fuming at the way this conversation was going. "What makes you think that they are even going to discuss such a thing in front of someone who they barely even know?"
"Korra has gotten this far more than anyone ever has. Give her some credit Beifong. She can handle seeing this through. We will take every single precaution to keep her safe while she is in there," Kuvira said feeling her own hands begin to tighten behind her back.
Korra had enough of the back and forth. "Do I have a say in this?" she asked finally interrupting.
"No," Lin answered never breaking eye contract from Kuvria's eyes.
A small smirk curved upon Kuvira's lips after Korra spoke up. "Yes why don't we hear from Korra," she said turning on the heel of her boots to face her. "Are you comfortable with wearing a wire? It would be in your best interest to do so. Being around those murderous individuals. Its no telling what they would do to you-"
"Which is why a wire would make her a target!" Lin shouted cutting her off.
"As I was saying!" Kuvira said looking over at Lin out of the corner of her eyes cutting her off just the same. "Its no telling what they would do to you if you don't have the wire on," she stated as she looked back into Korra's ocean blue hues. "My team would be able to hear everything with it. I can set it up so we can be with in the perimeter of the house undetected. If things get out of hand we will be right there to take out anyone on the spot."
Korra didn't like that last part considering Asami would be there as well. Lin was getting frustrated by the minute and it was showing by the way she gripped the sides of her own hips. "Doesn't that defeat the purpose of this investigation?" she said more as a statement then a question. "Ten days have already gone by since Zaheers escape. What they have planned could already be in motion. Taking them out could have been done as soon as they stepped foot into the city. Korra is not going to be the sacrificial lamb in your little expedition that could get us no where," Lin said nearly shouting in Kuvira's ear.
Kuvira turned to face Lin again with her hands coming unlatched from behind her back in balled up fists. Korra stood up quickly out of her seat and came between the two. "Hey Hey Hey!" Korra shouted. "Look I hear both of you and I understand," she said as both women were glaring at each other with similar pissed off expressions.
Turning to Kuvira, Korra took a deep breath before speaking. "But The Captain is right. I looked into Ghazan's file and he would find that thing on me in no time," she said seeing how he was a tech expert. "I would be dead before I could even call for back up," she said keeping in mind everything that Mako has said to her. Korra wasn't sure what Kuvira was thinking since her expression hadn't changed much or had it? She couldn't tell but one thing she wasn't going to do was put her life (or Asami's for that matter) on the line. "I'm sorry if this-" she began to say only for Kuvira to hold up the palm of her hand bringing her words to a halt.
"Say no more. Its your choice and I respect it," she said coming off a bit sentimental as she placed her hand back down to her side. It quickly changed as her eyes locked on to Korra's. "Just make sure you relay every single detail of tomorrow nights event. Leave nothing out. Dates, times, locations, targets anything could be significant to this operation no matter how minor it may seem," she directed as if she was her commanding officer. "Are we clear?"
Korra nodded her head to Kuvira's strict instructions. "We're clear," she said understanding how important this was.
Kuvira eyed Korra for a second with a small glare. "Good," she said raising her chin up. "You are dismissed."
Korra looked at her a bit surprised then behind her shoulder at Beifong. Lin had her arms folded with that same grumpy look she had every more. "Go ahead Korra," she said giving the okay for her to leave.
Backing away from the two, Korra walked towards the front door where Mako had been stationed too. "Well that was intense..." he commented as he opened the front door for Korra.
"You have no idea," she said shaking her shoulders to brush off all that tension.
Lin headed towards the front door as Korra was about to step out. "Hey!" she spoke up walking their way.
Korra turned around and came back inside. "Yes Cap?" she said wondering if she gotten in trouble for speaking up.
Beifong gave Mako a look and gestured for him to go outside. He walked out closing the door behind him. Lin placed her hand on Korra's shoulder guiding her into the next room for some privacy. "If there is a remote chance that you could get hurt I am pulling you out of there," she said with her hand still on Korra's shoulder.
"I can handle myself," Korra said trying to assure her Captain.
Shaking her head, Beifong let her hand drop back down to her side. "No you can't," she said lowly which surprised Korra. "I am not going to let what happen to your father happen to you," she said looking in Korra's eyes for a mutual understanding. The position they were in was delicate and needed to be treated with care. Any wrong move from this moment forward could put Korra in harms way.
Korra saw the look in Beifong's eyes and gave a small nod. "I understand," she said with a faint smile. Any other time someone would doubt her ability she would be pissed but for Beifong it was a reason why. Its not that she didn't trust Korra it was because she didn't want history to repeat itself. Korra knew that from the first day she had met Lin realizing the connection she had to her father. "I'll proceed with caution Cap," she said brightly as Lin nodded herself.
"Good. Keep me posted," she said as Korra turned around and walked out the front door.
Mako was waiting outside next to his car for Korra. He hadn't been with his baby in nearly a week. She had countless spots on her causing him to rub a smug off the drivers side window with his handkerchief. "You will be back with me soon won't you girl yes you will," he said lowly only to clear his throat once Korra got closer. "Did her voice reach a new amp?" he asked referring to Beifong shouting at her.
Korra raised a brow as Mako stood up straight. "No actually," she said tossing him the keys since she knew he wanted to drive.
"That's a surprise," he commented as he came around the car and stood in front of her. "I had the IT guy come in and clear up your background just in case the Red Lotus wanted to take a look into you," he said leaning up against the hood of his car. "You are officially a bad ass from the mean streets of Republic City," he said handing her a file. The only thing that belonged to her was her real name everything else was a made up history of a criminal record that was suppose to go to her cover name Raava.
Korra took the file viewing it over causing her to chuckle at some things. "I work for your fathers company?" she question reading the name over next to her occupation. "As a Mechanic?"
"Yeah I made sure to address it to the other side of town. Kind of like a sister company. Anyone there can vouch for you so can Bolin. Make you seem like an extra set of hands on his off days," he said with a small smirk. "Told you I cover all my bases," he said standing up straight again.
Korra wasn't surprised at Mako's intuitiveness but grateful for it. "Thanks Mako," she said wrapping her arms around his waist giving him a squeeze.
Mako returned the hug and released her as she pulled back. "Your welcome."
On the other side of the street, Tahno was watching them a few cars down from where they stood. He had been following her most of the day. Wanting to know her every move to use it against Asami if needed. He could see them getting into their car driving down the street. He started his own following right behind them.
Opal walked up the stairs to Pema's house. Knocking on the door the young girl waited for an answer. Crashing sounds could be heard behind the door. Opal was staring at the door as if it was foreign. Tempted to put her ear by it, she stopped when Asami opened the door. She smiled brightly at her friend who looked like she had been in a war zone of paint. "Hey," she said covering her mouth holding back a laugh.
"Hey Girlie," Asami said as she stepped aside for Opal to come in. Once she did, Asami closed the door behind her.
Seeing the way the living room looked Opal could tell Asami had her hands full. "Its like a mad house over here," she commented hearing rumblings up the stairs.
Asami took a wet paper towel she had in her hand trying to get green paint off her face. "Welcome to the jungle," she said with a snicker. "Ikki had an art project we were trying to finish when Meelo decided to join in," she said trying to straight up as the kids were upstairs cleaning off themselves.
Opal cleared a space for herself on the couch with her bottle of water in hand. "That's cool maybe they could make me a painting. Could be worth millions one day," she said with a smile as she lifted up one of the drawings from the floor. "So what are you doing tomorrow night?" she asked as she looked up at her best friend. "Because Bolin wanted me to ask if you and Korra would like to see Oma and Shu 3: Enter The Tomb," she mention knowing he had been dying to see it. "He just got it and I can't go through that torture alone," she said as she took a swig of her water.
Chuckling, Asami nodded her head yes. "Actually I do have plans. Korra is coming over tomorrow night for dinner to meet everyone," she said putting some brushes away inside a case.
Opal nearly choked on her water as some of it spilled out of her mouth. "What?" she said choking slightly. She rubbed her chest lightly for comfort. "Are you serious?" she asked in complete shock.
"Yes I am," she said as she placed Ikki's supplies away and into her bag.
Opal was still pretty speechless after what she just heard. "That's a big step," she commented knowing how Asami's family could be.
Thinking on it, Asami stopped what she was doing taking a seat on a near by chair. "It is but its important to me. Plus Zah already invited Korra to stay for a drink after Kai's party," she said still a bit uncomfortable with the way he acted towards Korra.
"Yeah but it wasn't planned that would have been an interrogation not a party," Opal said twisting the cap back on to her bottle.
Asami dropped her gaze with a small nod agreeing. "That's why this is the best time to do it," she said standing up from her seat.
Confused, Opal arched her brows watching Asami's movements. "Why is that?" she asked knowing something was up.
Moving over to Opal, Asami took a seat beside her. Glancing towards the stairs, Asami wanted to make sure the kids weren't coming down. She could hear their footsteps and laughter up stairs knowing exactly which rooms they were in still cleaning the paint off of themselves. Looking back at Opal, Asami wasn't sure how to say this. "Zaheer has something big planned coming up soon and I'm not sure if I will ever get another chance like this to where we could all sit down and eat dinner like a real family," she said skeptical about the outcome. She wanted more than anything to be around her family but knew it wouldn't last long. Bringing Korra to this dinner was her way of gaining a bit of normalcy. Wanting her family to except someone she had grown fond of was important to her and Opal could see it by the look on her face.
Placing her hand on Asami's shoulder, Opal gave it a small squeeze. "I understand. You might want to prep Korra for that though," she said with a small smirk to lighten up Asami's worried mood.
Asami gave Opal a small smile knowing it was probably true. She didn't want to rush Korra into this after what happened the last time. She just wasn't sure when she would get another chance for them to all come together.
"Where is Korra by the way?" Opal asked as Ikki was screaming up stairs at Meelo.
Asami stood up to her feet again walking over to the stairs. "She's at work," she said taking a look over at Opal before turning back to the stairs. "Ikki you forgot to get your painting!" she shouted hearing the little girl say she would get it.
Opal got comfortable on the couch easing back into it crossing one leg over the other. "So are you excited about the street racing competition coming up?" she asked with a bit of her own showing in her smile.
"We have a good chance at winning now that Wei has his car back from the impound. We're going to have to start practicing soon," Asami said as she brushed glitter off the couch cushions before taking a seat.
Opal sat up herself taking a look at her own seat before sitting back down. "How much would you make?" she asked curiously.
Asami thought on it for a minute doing a bit of Math in her head. "Ten teams, each team brings a thousand yuans I'd say 20 thou since its doubled by the contestants contributions of their entry fee," she said with a small smirk ready to win this thing.
Whistling out of response, Opal waved her hand off as if it was sting by a bug. "That's a lot of yuans."
"But it would be worth it," she said wiggling her brows full of excitement.
Tahno had followed Korra and Mako to a gun range. He wasn't sure what they were doing there but waited impatiently outside for them in his car. It had been 20 minutes already.
Inside, Mako had finished shooting off a couple of rounds making his personal best. "Look at that!" he said out loud. "Sexy as can be!" he said as his sheet came back.
Korra looked over into his booth and saw his sheet. "Three bullet holes to the skull is sexy?" she asked with a chuckle.
"If done right yeah," he said with a laugh of his own as he pulled off his earmuffs. "So tomorrow night its a lot of pressure," he said leaning up against the side of her booth.
Standing back in her own, Korra was adding a new clip to her gun. "So is this whole investigation," she said fixing her gun before aiming it at her target sheet.
Mako raised a brow and folded his arms as he watched her. "Korra..." he said wanting her to elaborate.
Korra placed the gun back down to her side turning to face him. "What? what do you want me to say that I'm a nervous wreck? That I don't know what I'm doing. That I wish I could back out now? Because I can't. I can't do any of these things," she said with a lot of frustration behind it. All of this emotion had been pent up for a long time and now it was just boiling over. She took a deep breath as her eyes averted to the floor.
Mako placed his hand on her shoulder shaking it lightly, "I know and I'm sorry I keep reminding you. I just want you to be on you toes about it. Zaheer is dangerous. I don't have to tell you how many lives this guy has ruined. Hell has ended just to get his way. All I'm saying is that it should be taken into account regardless of how you feel. Keep that in the back of your mind because it will save your life," he said trying to example his reasoning. "Please. Be careful."
Listening to what he had to say, Korra nodded her head as she met his gaze once more. "I will," she said before pulling her earmuff back down on to her ears. She aimed her gun at the target sheet and let off a few rounds. Pressing the button her sheet came back up showing she had hit every single kill shot there was.
Looking at the sheet, Mako raised a brow with a small smirk on his face. "The gurgle really?" he asked a bit surprised.
"Make every shot count right?" she said in a more chipper tone than before.
Nodding in agreement, Mako pressed the button for a new sheet to appear. "Every single one," he commented as she began to reload. "Fuckin' sexy," he said looking at her target sheet.
Making a weird face, Korra turned to him yet again. "Seriously what is your deal?" she said really wanting to know his fascination with bullet wounds.
"Ah! Ah! Ah! Don't judge," he said shooing her off as he when back to his own booth with her target sheet.
Finishing up at the gun range, Mako and Korra had left getting into their vehicle with Tahno right behind.
Mako was going to drop Korra off at her apartment so he could take his car to be cleaned. It had to wait when he noticed a car following them.
Making a wrong turn, Korra noticed and turned to look at Mako. "Where are we going?" she asked as she was messing with her phone.
"We got company," he said referring to the car a few ways behind them.
Korra glanced into her rear view mirror and saw it was Tahno. "Shit. Lose him," she directed as Mako began to speed up.
"Way ahead of you," he said driving past another car switching lanes a bit. He hadn't gotten a chance to show off his own racing skills until now. Korra had to brace herself holding on to the side of her door as Mako left Tahno stuck behind a garage truck pulling up into the one way street. "Got a secret admirer?" he said with a chuckle.
Korra shook her head rapidly and glared at him a bit out of the corner of her eye. "Just a road block. Think you can take care of him for me?" she asked with a small smile.
"With pleasure," he said with a wicked grin.
Later on that evening, Mako pulled up to Korra's apartment complex when she received a text from Asami. She read that she was over at Pema's house and she could come over if she liked. Glancing over at Mako, Korra raised up her phone. "Gotta go bro," she said with a smile.
He groaned folding his arms a bit. Knowing was never going to get his car cleaned at this point. "Fine," he said getting out of the car himself. He watched as she scooted over toward the drivers side. "But you better take it to the car wash I'm not kidding!" he shouted as he stepped on to the curb.
"Got it!" she shouted with a wave of her hand before pulling off.
Driving as fast as she could but with in the proper limits of speed, Korra stopped right in front of Pema's house. Parking, she got out and headed up the stairs. Knocking on the door she awaited an answer. A few minutes later, Asami opened up the door with a sleepy Meelo in her arms. "Hey..." she said lowly stepping out of the way so Korra could come in.
Walking inside, Korra saw the house was a bit of a mess. "Hey. Wow war zone," she commented as she looked at Asami. "And war paint?" she said seeing a bit of green paint on Asami's neck.
"Long story," Asami said lifting Meelo up more as he held on to her neck. "Just gotta put this little guy in bed," she said as she made her way up the stairs. Even though she was holding on to one railing as her other hand held up Meelo, Korra still had her hands out in front of her for support.
Trying not to touch her butt in the process, Korra held her hands up til Asami made it all the way up the stairs. Once she did she walked right into the kids room. She came in with the girls still up but laying down. Placing Meelo on the upper bunk, Asami pulled the covers over him as Korra came in the room behind her.
Ikki noticed her first and yelled, "Korra!" with a new found excitement in her sleepy tone voice. Jinora turned her head towards the door way with a bright smile of her own.
"Hey guys," Korra greeted with a small wave.
Meelo popped his head up and saw Korra now wanting to get out of bed himself. "Korra," he said as his sisters were out of their own hugging Korra.
Asami turned around seeing the girls hugging Korra not even noticing Meelo landscaping the side of the bunk bed to get down til he came into view. "Meelo..." she said in a tired voice of her own.
"Sorry..." Korra said as she looked to Asami. She waved it off with her own smile to match the kids.
As the kids pulled back, Meelo kept a wide smile on his face. "Can we go out with you again Korra. It was so much fun the last time!" he exclaimed as if they were going any moment now.
Korra wasn't sure what to say to say to that as Ikki spoke up. "Please please please it was the best day I've ever had!" she shouted just the same.
"Ummm yeah.." she said hearing Asami chuckle. "One day. Get permission from your mom like last time. I'll take you all to that new amusement park how does that sound?" she asked as they all simultaneously cheered for joy.
Asami walked up beside Korra to stand in front of the kids as well. "Okay okay. That is for another day. For tonight. Bed," she said hearing them all groan with disappointment afterwards. Looking over at Korra, Asami laid her head on her shoulder as she pouted slightly, "I feel like a big party pooper," she admitted as the kids got into bed.
Korra smiled to herself and placed her arm around Asami's shoulder to comfort her. "You're not. Especially since it was your idea," she said giving Asami credit.
Smiling more now, Asami placed her arm around Korra's waist giving her a slight squeeze into a side hug before letting her go. "Thanks," she said as Meelo still was sitting up in bed. "Aren't you sleepy?" she asked as he shook his head no. "That's right because you're just fighting it," she said as he nodded his head yes.
"I want to hear another story," he said with a yawn attached to his sleepy tone.
Ikki was already cuddled up to her stuffed animal she won a few days ago. "Me too.."
Jinora was ready to go to sleep any minute now once her two younger siblings were settled.
"Sure if Korra wouldn't mind taking the lead this time," Asami said volunteering her as the kids cheered.
Korra stood there with shocked eyes only to recover seconds later with a goofy smile. "Sure a... this is a story about the legendary Naga," she began telling a story about her bestest bud in the whole entire world.
Once the story was over and the kids were asleep, Korra walked downstairs with Asami to help her clean up. "So how was work?" Asami asked with a bright smile picking up shreds of paper off the floor.
Korra nodded her head as she held up a small bag she was using for trash. "Pretty busy for the most part but good" she said trying to blow glitter off her hands.
"I just realized I don't know what you do for a living," she said feeling bad she never asked til now.
Thanking the spirits for Mako's cover up earlier, Korra answered without any hint of hesitation. "I work at a garage on the other side of town," she said holding the back open for Asami.
Walking to Korra, Asami placed the trash inside. "You work with Bolin?" she asked wondering if that's how they knew each other.
"Same company yeah," Korra said starring at Asami a bit. The green paint blotches on her neck brought out the color in her eyes. Korra couldn't help but think of kissing each spot she laid eyes on.
Asami took the bag from Korra's hand tying it up. "So you're a little grease monkey?" she asked as she took a step closer to Korra.
Korra gulped and nodded her head. "Yeah," she said hoping she wasn't doubting that.
"Yeah," she said placing her arms around Korra's neck. "I like that..." she said finding it extremely sexy. Just the thought of Korra all greased up underneath the hood covered in oil and smelling like it to turned her on.
Korra wrapped her arms around Asami's waist holding her closer to her. She was getting a strange feeling in her stomach and chest that intensified with how Asami spoke. "You do?" she questioned still wanting to make sure that she didn't question her cover.
Asami licked her lips as she bit down on her bottom looking at Korra innocently. "Yeah I do. Take me home after Pema comes back and I'll show just how much I like it," she said in a low tone with a devious grin upon her lips.
It was like she had the powers of a siren. Korra felt this pull to Asami that made her want more. She leaned close to her lips wanting to kiss her. Asami pulled back a bit wanting to see how bad she had Korra in her web.
Giving her a quick peck, Asami released Korra with a giggle. Korra gave Asami a famous pout of her own. "You play dirty," she commented as Asami made her way around the couch.
"Just you wait and see," she said with a wink as Pema came through the door. "Hey," she greeted coming to Pema's aid with her many many bags.
Pema came into her living room seeing how spotless it was before seeing Korra and Asami standing there. "Hey," she greeted brightly. "Thank you so much," she said as Asami took her bags off of her. "Just place it on the side. Hi Korra," she said raising her hand in a wave.
"Hi Pema," she greeted back with an awkward wave of her hand.
Asami stood back up once the bags were off to the side. She gave Pema a big hug and pulled back just a bit when Rohan kicked. "Hi to you too," she greeted as the older woman laughed. "Ikki finished her art project and Meelo did most of his math but you may want to check again. He was very secretive about it today. Don't know why but he doesn't want to ask for help like he use to," she said with a sigh.
Pema smiled and nodded her head, "Oh I know that stage, Jinora was in that stage around that age well earlier but that's how prodigies start. So I'm grateful. Again thank you for helping out for today. I will pay you sometime tomorrow okay," she said pulling Asami in for another hug.
Hugging her back, Asami pulled away and said, "you know its always free of charge," while smiling.
After saying their good nights, Korra walked Asami back to her car. Getting in Korra looked over at Asami curiously. "You work there for free?" she asked with Asami nodding.
"Yeah. Sort of. Pema gives me money here and there but I barely spend it. I give it back to her kids as extra lunch money sometimes," she said as she felt a buzz on her phone.
Korra nodded her head as she began to drive back to Asami's house. "So... what you were gonna show me?" she said still highly interested in it. Asami was quiet as she read the text message not responding to Korra. "Something wrong?" she asked glancing back at Asami then to the road.
A frown came to Asami's face as she nodded her head. "Yeah, we need to go over to Suyin's house," she said looking over at Korra with a pissed off expression. Korra was confused praying that Suyin didn't make the connection between her and Lin Beifong.
Arriving ten minutes later, Korra pulled up into a garage that was open with the lights on.
Wing was standing out side of it coming up to the passenger side. "Its Wei," was all he said as he walked back into the garage.
Asami got out of the car once Korra stopped rushing into the garage. Coming inside with Korra right behind she could see Wei sitting in the corner with his leg in a cast. "The hell happened?" she asked in a slight aggression tone with a shocked look on her face.
Korra was just as surprised as Asami was as Wing spoke up. "We were testing out our cars earlier when Wei's breaks weren't working. He spun out of control and totaled it," he said pointing to his brother who was drinking a Slurpee adding additional noises to his brothers speech. "Now he can't compete in the race next week. What the hell are we gonna do?" he asked himself still frustrated at the situation.
Asami took a deep breath trying to collect her thoughts. They needed three people on the team in order to compete. If not they were completely screwed out of the 20 grand she knew they could win. "We need that money to get things back on track. I'll have to figure something out," she said already thinking of a million things at once.
Korra felt the weight in the room with all the disappointed faces aside from Asami's contemplating one. She took a breath of her own before speaking. "I could do it," was all that came out of her mouth as eyes locked on her.
Wei shown a confused look on his mug as he eyed his brother then back to her. "With what car? No offense but that rusty bucket of a vehicle wouldn't even stack up to what is required. It wouldn't even get past the front entrance with how slow it is. You need something custom. Something top notch that would be suited for this racing competition," he stated before sipping on the rest of his cold caffeinated beverage.
"Chill out," Asami said snapping at Wei.
"Way ahead of you..." he said holding the side of his temple from the brain freeze he was getting.
Korra knew she couldn't get a car on such short notice. The one she lost against Asami was already coming out of her pay check. She needed to think of something and fast.
Asami broke her train of thought as well as everyone else's when she spoke. "She'll drive mines," she announced with everyone looked at her puzzled.
Wing stood up straight off his own car and shook his head. "But... no one drives your car," he said wondering if she hit her head before coming there.
Looking over at Korra, Asami had a brow arched with her arms folded. "She does if she wants to go fast," she said with a small smirk at the end.
Korra looked over at Asami still taken back by her words only to nod her head just the same. "I do."
"Then its settled," she said looking over at her crew. "We're still in this competition. Now we just need to prepare."