She was feeling so many emotions. First the arrest, now Korra's kidnapping thanks to Amon, and now breaking in to find her. She was worried, anxious and angry all at once. The anger towards Amon. How could he kidnap the avatar?
They needed her. The world needed her. Mako needed her, not that he would ever admit out loud. She was worried about Korra but knew that Korra was not one to stay in prison without trying to find a way out. She had to believe that.
She heard a motorcycle coming towards them and Chief Bei Fong yelled, "Hide!" causing everyone to run to the side of tunnel, which blocked them from view. Bolin had grabbed her wrist and she turned to see him, looking at him with worry and confusion.
He mouthed, Are you okay? and she nodded in reassurance. They saw the wall open, letting in two chi blockers in before closing again and the Chief walked towards the wall with the rest of them following her. She placed her hand on the wall, searching for something until they heard something click, causing the wall to slam open.
They ran in to see a garage full of trucks and motorcycles and two tunnels which seemed to carry tram.
"Everything was delivered to the prison, sir." Aylin could practically feel the hope sparking between the group as they heard the words.
"That's where they must be keeping Korra."
"We need to find a way to get down there." Chief signaled them to follow her and they ran towards the tram, jumping in which immediately jerked it to move.
"Jump," Chief ordered and they all did. Bolin had caught as she jumped right next to him like a cat and they shared a small smile before turning to face the entrance.
"It's empty."
"Yeah, I can see that." Chief immediately let her cables loose, grabbing the chi blockers before yanking them back and tying them up and carrying them to entrance right next to the stairs.
"You three keep an eye on them." Chief ordered Bolin, Asami and Aylin before using her seismic sense to find Korra.
After a few seconds, she straightened up. "My officers are inside."
"What about Korra?" Aylin could hear the agitation and worried in his voice. If it wasn't obvious then, it was obvious now that Mako liked Korra. More than a friend.
"I don't see her yet." Chief said before Mako and Tenzin followed her up the stairs. Aylin sighed worriedly, standing next to Bolin but slightly away from the chi blockers. They didn't talk but they kept a look out for other chi blockers. She noticed that Bolin had an eye on her and the other on the chi blockers. Normally, she would have gotten a bit angry that he was paying too much attention on her but this was a serious matter and she knew that he was worried about Korra and the whole situation. She didn't blame him.
Suddenly, an alarm started blaring and Asami was the first to react as she pressed a button for a tram and climbed on. Bolin helped Aylin before looking at the stairs to see if the rest were coming. After a few seconds, Mako, Tenzin, Chief, and her officers were rushing towards them.
"Let's go people!" He yelled before climbing on right next to her with everyone else inside. Asami had started the tram and they were rushing inside the tunnel as the alarm continued to blare out loudly. A pair of lights touched the tram and they turned to see another tram filled with chi blockers coming right at them. Bolin touched Mako's shoulder before he used his earthbending to break the walls of the tunnel between them and the other tram. The rocks fell down and they heard a crash and Aylin couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in her as Bolin yelled, "Try to chi block that, fools!"
"We got more company! Hold on!" Chief yelled and Aylin felt the tram jerk up, causing her trip over her feet and feel her back slam against the railing, feeling gravity pulling her down.
"Aylin!" She heard Bolin yell hysterically before she felt his strong hands grab her waist and yank her back into his solid warmth. He held her tightly as the tram jerked and fell onto the top of the tunnel, causing everyone to moan and groan as Chief created an opening in the top.
"Are you okay?" Bolin had asked her, running his hands over her body, checking for injuries. Other than a smarting pain in her back, she felt fine.
She nodded and let herself relax into his hold as he let out a sigh of relief. "When I saw you tipping over, I was scared. So scared. I thought I was going to lose you." She said nothing as she rubbed her face against his chest as his lips touched the top of her head, causing her heart to squeeze with warmth and love.
"Come on," Chief said as everyone got out of the tram and she helped them out of the hole.
After Chief sent her officers to the hospital to have them checked out, they all agreed to go to city hall to confront Tarrlock.
Aylin was surprised and confused that it was Tarrlock who had kidnapped Korra. She wasn't shocked like everyone else. She couldn't understand why she wasn't shocked but she just wasn't. Did she know something unconsciously that Tarrlock was not what as he seemed? She didn't know but she knew that one way or another, she wasn't going to back down.
Tenzin had called the rest of the councilman to a meeting to tell them of their newfound evidence. Bolin had wanted her to go home and she said she wasn't going to stop until Korra was found. He was reluctant but he agreed to let her come with them to city hall.
Stepping in, Tenzin saw the the councilman and quickly made his way to them. "Thank you for coming on such short notice."
"Chief."
"Lin."
They heard footsteps and turned around at the sound of Tarrlock's voice. "Have you news of avatar Korra?"
"We do. You kidnapped her, Tarrlock." Tenzin accused him and Aylin felt her anger spike as he pretended to be shocked at the accusation. If he hurt Korra...
"I am shocked you would accuse me of such an evil act. I already explained, equalists attacked us and took her."
"But there were no chi blockers here. You planted the evidence, didn't you?"
Aylin could see that Tarrlock was starting to get defensive based on the way he was failing his hands about as if he could stop them from getting close.
"That is a ridiculous accusation." Tarrlock said angrily.
"It's true!" They all turned to the sound of a voice high up and saw the person hiding behind the column. "He took her. I was here when avatar Korra arrived last night but councilman Tarrlock ordered me to leave. I was my way out when I saw Tarrlock bring her down to the garage and took her away in his car."
"That is nonsense! Everyone knows you're nothing but a squeaky voice liar!" Tarrlock was unraveling. Anyone could see that.
"Why did you wait until now to fess up?"
"I was terrified to tell because...because Tarrlock is a bloodbender. He bloodbent Avatar Korra!"
Everyone gave shocked gasps and Aylin felt like someone had punched her in the gut. Partly because of what he did but mostly of what he could do. He could bloodbend. Just like her. And it sickened her. She saw how everyone had gotten into a defensive mode against Tarrlock. And the way Tarrlock had seemed to crack even further.
"Don't make this worse for yourself." Tenzin said, his mind made up. "Tell us where you have Korra."
Aylin didn't know what was going to happen but she saw that Tarrlock had made up his mind. He was not going to tell. He rushed at them and Bolin had put himself in front of her just as Tenzin and Bei Fong had released their forms of attack but suddenly their bodies contorted. Aylin and everyone else had gasped as she felt something in her blood controlling her body painfully. She grunted and tried to regain control but it was useless. It was hurting her.
Her heart began to race, her blood began to boil with violation and anger. She didn't know what to think or do because the pain was too much. She could only gasp and grunt with pain as Tarrlock bloodbent them and she knew in that moment, exactly how Bolin felt when she, no, Princess Yue, had bloodbent him. She knew she would never, ever deserve Bolin. He had forgiven her even though he didn't understand at the time what had happened.
How could she have let the moon spirit bloodbent him? How could she when it felt like someone was inside her body, telling her what to do, going to places that no one should be able to go? How could she when it hurt like a gushing waterfall pushing against her as she clung to a rock in the middle but was slipping? It hurt to be controlled by her blood, and hurt more when she tried to resist.
She felt violated and sick and her eyes began to blur as her head seemed to be pounding against her skull, causing her to grit her teeth. She was vaguely aware of her surroundings. Everything sounded muffled and weird. As if she were in a tunnel. She felt someone from the inside of her body force her down to her legs as she tried desperately to resist, to help Bolin in some way.
Perhap she could...
No, she wouldn't be able to without a full moon and even then she wasn't sure if she could what Tarrlock was doing to them. Her heart seemed frantic now, and she felt a pressure inside her body that felt like she was bloated. She wanted it to stop, to please stop because it hurt and throbbed too much. It hurt. She wanted so desperately to resist but felt her vision going dark. Her muscles felt taut as she felt them being squeezed causing her to grunt with excruciating pain.
She felt vibrations in the ground and saw bodies falling to side. She wanted to search for Bolin but was in too much pain to do so. This was too much for her. She felt like she was dying inside and needed to breathe. Something was being cut off inside her and it hurt so much.
She fell to her side, unable to hold her body up because something snapped inside her body causing her eyes to roll in her head, her heart to slow itself down too fast. Darkness was closing in as she saw Bolin's body next to her. She wanted to reach out to him but her body was shutting down, courtesy of Tarrlock.
She wanted to say his name one last time but she was not in control anymore. With one last thought of Bolin, her vision fell dark and she was gone.
"Aylin..."
Voices. Voices that were once muffled becoming clearer as her head began to pound softly and her body began to warm. She wanted to go to sleep. She was so tired.
"Aylin..."
That voice. That voice that awoken feelings inside her body, warming her in a way that she was scared yet exhilarated by.
"Mako, she's not waking up."
"Give her a minute, Bolin."
Bolin. Yes, she knew that name. Knew that voice. Knew that smell. Knew him. Yes, she wanted to be with him. He was worried for her.
"Aylin..." She moaned softly as her body instinctively curled outward, as if awakening from a deep sleep. She heard a sigh of relief as she felt a strong hand touch her arm. She groaned because her body felt sore and her head pounded.
She opened her eyes and saw two Bolin's through murky waters as they bounced off of each other before finally merging. She blinked again and her vision began to clear now and she saw his face frowning with worry.
"Bolin..." He smiled then and helped her to sit up, his arm around her back, the other over her stomach and grabbing her arm. She felt warmth radiate from his hands and inside her body and she grimaced as she sat up, holding her head as the pounding increased before sliding down.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." She said automatically as she leaned into him, rubbing the side of her face against his chest. "Are you?"
"Aw, you know me." He murmured tenderly against her hair before helping her to stand up. She could ignore the protests of her body as long as Bolin was with her and he was okay. He let an arm wrap around her waist rather protectively and let her body lean into his so she wouldn't fall.
"Tarrlock is long gone. I'll alert the force."
"We've only been out for a little while. Maybe we can still pick up Tarrlock's trial."
"It could lead us to Korra. Let's go!" Tenzin said. It felt like a switch going on because everyone seemed to forget about the pain and focused on Korra, trying to find her and bring her home safe before Tarrlock hurt her. Who knows what could've happened to her while under Tarrlock's capture.
They spent hours looking for Korra. Everyone was on Oogi, Tenzin's pet, and Bolin and Aylin had searched for Korra on her pet, Nyla.
She was exhausted and she and Bolin had switched places over time to give their arms a break. She was riding Nyla now, her eyes drooping with exhaustion and Bolin had his arms wrapped around her waist loosely. She didn't know what to look for but knew she would know it when she saw it.
"Hey, what is that?" Bolin asked, looking over her shoulder as he pointed to the right. She followed his gaze and saw a big white furry thing walking. She frowned and leaned forward and urged Nyla to follow it.
She sensed something wasn't right but as they got closer, both her and Bolin had gasped. "It's Korra," He breathed in shock and worry. Aylin didn't need any hurrying. She kicked Nyla into gear and they got closer, nearly side by side and Aylin gasped as she saw an exhausted and beat up Korra sprawled on top of Naga.
"Korra." Aylin said, tears filling her eyes with worry. She was hurt for who knows how long. She yanked the reins so that Nyla could stop in front of Naga.
"We have to tell the others." Bolin said and before anyone could say anything, Naga and Nyla let out a piercing howl of mourning.
A big gush of wind flew at them, signaling Oogi's arrival and they jumped off in order to help Korra. "Korra!" Tenzin yelled and Korra blearily opened her eyes.
"Oh, thank goodness."
"Where's Tarrlock? How did you get away?"
"Are you okay? Did he hurt you?" Bolin asked but Mako had roughly pushed Tenzin and Chief aside as he reached to them, while sternly saying, "Give her some space!"
He reached up and gently cradled Korra in his arms as he carried her past them and towards Oogi. Aylin was the only one who noticed the sad and heartbroken gaze in Asami's eyes and she knew then that Mako and Asami's relationship would never work again.
Because Mako was in love with Korra.
And Asami had figured it out just now.
And it was hurting her.
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