"And you don't seem the lying kind, A shame that I can read your mind, And you don't seem to understand, A shame you seemed a honest man."
"The target is almost there don't fuck it up." A voice said into her head piece interrupting her song.
"I'm sorry I think you have me confused with yourself Mako." She smirked as she stood up on the ledge.
Mako chuckled. "Just get ready. I'm heading back out on patrol."
Korra activated her mask right before she stepped of the ledge. She smiled as she felt the wind whipping around her falling body. She landed on top of a car crushing it before back flipping back on to Naga.
"Hmmm I thought they would have come out by now." Korra said as she plopped her head down on Naga's.
Naga growled before jumping back. Three things burst out of the ground.
"Spirit fusers big surprise there." Korra said as she jumped in front of Naga. "Okay I'll deal with them and then-."
She stopped notching the other two fusers were backing away from the one in the middle. The thing in question growled wildly as it grabbed at its head. It foamed at the mouth as it's body mutated. When it's body stopped changing it growled lowly at Korra with a smile. She looked it over determining what to do. Naga growled in warning when it stretched. She took that as her chance to strike.
Korra went into avaatar state as she jumped in front of the fuser on the left. She wasted no time in separating the spirit bond. After opening a spirit capsule and safely depositing the little spirit. She turned just in time to deflect the attack the other fuser attempted. She quickly placed her hand on its chest pulling the spirit out. The man staggered back glaring daggers at her.
"You bitch! We won't be stopped." The man wheezed before passing out.
Korra tsked and simply side stepped his fallen body. The spirit mutation cocked its head to the side as Korra watched it. It took a step breaking the road under its weight. She watched it struggle to get its foot out as it got angrier.
"Kill it." She said causing Naga to whine. "It's okay girl. There's nothing else we can do for it anymore. We can't save the spirit or even the person. I don't see where they separate. I've never seen this before but it's like neither exist anymore."
She turned right before Naga struck at the sounds of siren's. "Let's go girl." She said jumping on her back before as Naga took off in the air.
"What happened? It's all over the news." Tenzin asked when Korra and Naga came in.
Korra sighed as she sat down on the couch. "I'm not sure really. It was unlike anything I've ever really seen before. It's some kind next level spirit bond. I came here a year ago to stop the red lotus I'm just now getting it under control and now this. I don't know how to stop this. I didn't feel the human or the spirit anymore. I had Naga kill it because there was no time to study it. We were on the highway and I knew the police would be there soon."
"Hmmm if this is something new we're going to need to capture one to study it." Tenzin said absent-mindedly rubbing his beard.
"Already on it boss." Bolin said sitting down in a arm chair. "I heard everything and I'm already hacking into the police database."
"I thought that's what we had Mako for?" Korra suggested.
"He can't just go snooping around the database. He could get fired!" Bolin said shaking his head.
"Ok what about Lin?" She asked still trying to play it safe.
"Lin can't get into files that are labeled top secret." He looked away from the screen long enough to give her a blank stare.
"How soon can you have it done?" Tenzin asked just as Korra opened her mouth.
"Tomorrow morning for sure." He assured him as he smirked at Korra's pout.
"Good I'll let Mako know later but for now Korra stay focused on taking down the red lotus. I'm going to start my own investigation. We need to find out everything we can about this before we act. It could be spirit fusion finally going wrong and we could somehow end it speeding it up or a number of other things. All which are not good." Tenzin said pacing.
Opal walked down stairs and headed for the kitchen. She looked over at the three of them and shook her head as took a banana off the counter.
"Rough night?" She asked walking into the large living area.
Everyone nodded all lost in there own thoughts. She sighed as she walked over to Bolin and closed his laptop.
"Hey!" He shouted trying to get it back.
"Ah ah have you eaten yet?" She asked dodging his advances.
"I ate this morning I'm not hungry." He huffed crossing his arms. His bestfriend could be a pain sometimes.
"Come on Pabu let's go fix dinner and if mr. Grumpy wants to join us he can." She said to the little spirit as he sat on her shoulder.
She offered the little guy the banana and he happily accepted. Rubbing his head on her cheek as thanks. She laughed as she washed her hands.
"Don't worry about me I'm heading to see my mom." Tenzin threw over his shoulder as he headed out the door.
"Got it put it in the fridge." Opal nodded as she took down ingredients.
"Don't worry about me either I'm heading out." Korra hopped up stretching.
Naga hopped up stretching with her before nuzzling her.
"Are you coming back?" Opal asked looking at her overt her shoulder.
"Don't I always?" Korra asked with a goofy smile.
Bolin and Opal shared a look as she walked out with Naga trailing her.
"Do you think she's thinking about it still?" Bolin asked looking over at Opal.
She didn't need to turn around to see the distressed look on his face. "When is she not thinking about it? She's the only avatar that has lasted this long. All the others finished their avatar duties and then the gift was passed on. She's probably feeling like a failure."
Korra sighed as she stepped into the sidewalk. Naga fell in step beside her and bumped her shoulder. Korra chuckled and ruffled her fur.
"I'm ok girl." Naga growled making her laugh. "No really. Maybe I'm still the Avatar because I haven't finished everything I needed to do yet. Plus I haven't found my soulmate. I guess I shouldn't complain though because Bolin, Mako, Opal, and hell even Tenzin haven't found theirs either."
She huffed as her phone ringed. "Yeah?" She answered rolling her eyes.
"The hell happened today Korra? There's a mutated body on the highway and the press is up my ass!" Lin yelled into the phone making Korra jerk away.
Korra let out a huge sigh. "Calm down. I'm not even sure what happened. It was way beyond a regular spirit fusion. The person and spirit were not present it was completely mindless."
"Do you have any clue at all about what it could be?" Lin asked more calmly.
"We're working on it." Korra said a smirk forming on her face.
Lin sighed and Korra knew she was pinching her nose so her smile grew. "Illegally I'm sure but alright. Let me know something as soon as you can." Korra nodded as she kept walking lightly bumping Naga.
"Oh and kid." Lin said making Korra stop.
"Yeah" Korra looked up at the sky not wanting to look down.
"Go home kid. Worrying yourself won't make anything change."
"Yeah I will." Korra huffed with a smile.
"Remember you come to me if you need help. You're not alone in this."
Asami pulled her gloves and goggles off add she took a step back. She smiled at her new creation in front of her. She just finished the very first hover scooter. She knew she should wait to until the morning when someone else was around. It was a rule to test prototypes when other people are here. But she was usually the last one here so she she did it by herself.
"Log open." She said making a screen appear to her right as she put back on her goggles and added a helmet.
"Hover scooter test one 11:18 p.m." She said as she eased her way onto the scooter.
"Log close." She said as she started it up and opened a garage door. "Alright all I have to do is not crash."
She circled around the block and cheered when everything seemed to be going fine. She turned to the right to go a little further when she unknowingly hit a jet stream of air.
"Shit!" She said as she tried to control the wobbling machine.
"Fuck!" Asami screamed clinging to the scooter when the engine cut and she started falling.
Korra looked up again after hanging up only to get pushed right back down by Naga. When she opened her eyes Naga was stepping off her with something in her jaws. She barely set up before a beautiful woman was kneeling in front.
"Are you okay?" The woman asked worry stitched into her brow.
She held out her hand to help Korra stand. Korra only stared to stunned by her beauty to say anything.
"Hey." The said woman smiling brightly at her face. "Are you still with me?"
"What?" Korra asked before she snapped out of it. "Y-yeah." She took the offered hand and stood up.
They both froze for a second as the shock ran through their bodies. Their breath caught in their throats as they looked at each other. They quickly looked away dropping the others hand. The only noise between them was the busy street. It only lasted for a minute before Naga pounced on the woman licking her face.
"Naga! No! Get off her!" Korra yelled trying to get the spirit of the woman.
The woman however just laughed and guided Naga off her so she could stand. "I've never seen such a huge wolf spirit before." She said petting Naga's head.
"I'm really sorry she's usually well behaved. " Korra said scowling at her companion.
The woman waved her off. "It's fine she was just really excited. It happens to the best of us sometimes."
"I am however sorry that I almost hit you with my scooter." The woman said sending Korra a blinding smile that had her blushing.
The moment was interrupted by Naga nuzzling the woman again. Said woman only petted her as she kept her eyes on Korra. "I'm Asami by the way."
"Korra." Korra gasped out but then groaned at how she sounded.
"Nice name." Asami said throwing her a wink as she went over to her scooter. "Well so much for not crashing." She sighed as she crouched down to inspect it.
Korra was lingering from behind so she decided to just crouch down beside her to. She watched as Asami grumbled to herself about the holes Naga's teeth left and the damaged engine.
"Well tomorrow's going to be an early morning." Asami said suddenly standing up and surprising Korra in the process.
"How are you going to get it back?" Korra asked raising to her level.
"Oh I'll just call someone to pick it up tonight." Asami said shrugging her shoulders.
"Oh." Korra replied softly as she got lost in her eyes.
"Hey would you like to go get coffee with my. I know this really great place not to far from here." Asami said smiling at her again.
Korra wanted to say yes she really did but she needed to get home. "I really want to but I need to get back before my friends start worrying."
Asami tried to kept the disappointment out of her voice. "Oh ok. Well it was nice meeting you and I really hope I'll see you again in the future."
"Yeah me too." Korra said unable to hold back her disappointment.
"Well I should get going. I've got a little walk ahead of me. Goodbye Korra."Asami gave her one last smile before she went her separate threw wave over her shoulder when Korra weakly said goodbye after her.
Korra watched her until she was out of sight. She buried her face in Naga's fur and did a little scream. Naga whined and she turned her head sighing.
"Come on. Let's go home girl." She said pulling away and looking at her head. "Maybe." She whispered to herself.
Asami pulled her hand out of her pocket and looked at it. "I hope so." She said stuffing it back in her pants pocket. "I'm so seeing her again."