She woke with a start. Blinking reality back into existence. She lifted her hand and looked at it. Slowly turning it back and forth to make sure it was still there. Her thoughts unblurring and returning to her state of mind. Her body buzzed with a feeling she never felt before. She moved her hands over as much of her body as she could reach without really having to move. Everything felt weighed down and like she was unfreezing. Her hands fell back to their place and it was then she noticed. She was floating on water. It was weird because she wasn't getting wet. Like it wasn't even touching her. Grunting she stood up body coming back under her control. Looking over her body to see if everything was really still there. She caught her reflection when the ripples in the water cleared. She was in avatar state and her body was covered in white lines. She traced over one and sighed feeling the sprint energy flowing throughout her. She briefly wondered if she was made up of just spirit energy before looking up.
"So I'm in the spirt world huh?" A giggle to her right had her breath catching and her body freezing as it echoed out through her. She was faintly aware that her breathing had become ragged and gasping as she slowly turned to where the sound had come from.
"You really do take a long time to wake up. I was wondering if I was going to have to go inside and wake you up." Korra stared in disbelief tears streaming down her face. "Eh if you're like this I can't see your eyes and I've missed looking at them. Let's fix this." There was a wave of a blue hand but Korra didn't blink not wanting to risk it. "There that's better." Silence followed the soft smile that stretched wide. "Aren't you going to say anything?" A soft sigh but still Korra didn't move breath still as spazmatic as before. Arms opened and other tears began to fall freely. "I've missed you Korra."
"Raava." Korra gasped as she ran and embraced the spirit.
Asami sighed as she sat the flowers down by the window. She took her usual seat next to the bed and held her hand. "Hey Korra." She said glancing up at the unmoving woman's face. "Today marks three weeks since you've been gone. And just like the other two weeks I've told everyone you're going to come back this week." Asami squeezed her hand looking back down at their hands. "So how about this time you actually prove me right. Tenzin is letting me over stay my welcome with how much I come over. Even though he and everyone else says I'm not. I still feel that I do. I mean why wouldn't I? A girl that you just met keeps coming to see you even though you're in a coma. Then every time I come I bring you flowers. I mean why not. Hopefully they'll be here when you wake up and you can see I haven't forgotten about you." She paused just to clear the air so it wouldn't feel like she was talking to fill up the space instead of getting things of her chest.
"I haven't told them that we're soulmates. I wasn't sure if you were ready for that or it should just be you. My Kuvira knows because I told her about the first time we met and I didn't leave anything out. My mom also knows." She lightly laughed as she placed Korra's hand back in its spot and got up to pace. "I didn't mean to tell her but it was just in the moment of panic. I felt something was wrong with you. It was so fast but I couldn't no wouldn't miss anything like that. And I guess I was right since here you are in a fucking coma." Asami looked over at her long enough as if Korra would open her eyes and prove her wrong. "And I don't even know what happened. I know everyone else knows what happened but they won't tell me anything other than that they found you like this." She went and stood beside the bed again. She bent down and kissed her forehead. "I only just got you so I can't lose you as if it's nothing."
Asami stood up not looking back as she left the room. She knew how easily it was to spend a day just sitting in that chair waiting for something that would not happen. She sighed making her way down the hallway and to the stairs. Her and her friends had grew very close to Korra's friends in the last three weeks. Asami had even found out that she and Korra were the only none spirit bonders in the group. She found out that the others worked with the avatar and her friends had been asked to join in if they needed help. When she asked what Korra's job was, thinking that she wouldn't be apart of something like this since lacking the ability but Asami was surprisingly proved wrong. Korra fought along them and that's how she ended up in the state she was in now.
Naga greeted her when she got off the steps with a lick to her face. "Hey girl." Asami said petting her muzzle. Naga nosed at her again and she laughed. "I'm fine." Naga rolled her eyes and huffed making her laugh again. "It was times like this that I wish I could here you speak." Naga looked her in the trying to reply that she did to but Asami offered her one last smile before she turned away. "Well I'm heading of again. My business isn't going to run itself."
"Wouldn't you like something to eat?" Opal asked from the kitchen next to Desna.
"No I got snacks in the office." Asami said smiling over at her.
"Um then wouldn't you like to relax a little bit longer? You've worked everyday since the attack." Eska tried as she from her spot on the couch next a sleeping Ikki.
"Yeah and you still come see Korra everyday to." Kai said coming to stand in front of her halting her escape.
She groaned and tsked looking away from his reprimanding eyes. "You guys I'm fine." And everyone including Tenzin who had just unbonded with Shi as they came in rolled his eyes. "No really." She stressed. "It's not nothing that I can't handle. Besides the city is relying on me to get to the clean up. I've got to keep my people up to date and full speed. The faster I get this done the faster everyone can move one." she took a breath because she was tired but so what? Life was exhausting. "I know everything is at a standstill for you guys. Trying to see what's' the next move or if there will be on eat all but the rest of us are still moving. We have to or nothing changes. Who wants to be stuck in the same spot wasting away. So I'm going to do what I can for the city even if it's something as simple as putting on a smile so people can say not everything sucks." She ruffled Kai's hair as she walked by him. Nobody said anything this time just watching her leave.
"Why?" It tumbled out of Korra's mouth before she knew it was there.
"You know why." Raava said smiling softly at her.
Korra was going to tell her she didn't. That she didn't know a got damn thing. That she didn't even know Raava until she looked at her. That all she knew was that she need Raava. Raava completed her. Made her fill whole and that everything was right in her world.
"Are you ready?"
Korra focused back on the body in front of her as the light intensified. She had never been so sure of anything in her life before even though she had no clue what was about to happen. That didn't matter however because Raava was here. And they were finally together again. "Yeah!" Korra said avatar eyes shining brighter than they had ever before.
Raava smiled as she entwined their fingers and leaned her forehead against Korra's. Korra closed her eyes as she felt something start to wash over her. She opened her eyes and Raava was no longer in front of her. She jumped to her feet in a full panic.
"She's going to have a heart attack if you just leave her like that!"
Korra jumped at the words turning around in a rush. Raava was standing with a group of people. "Raava!" Korra whined body relaxing at knowing everything was still very much real.
"Korra." Raava giggled as Korra came up and pulled her into her arms.
"You can't just run off like that. I almost died thinking you had vanished." Korra mumbled into her hair.
"I'm sorry." Raava said pulling back and taking her hand.
"It's fine." Korra sighed waving her off.
"Good now that's over." The only other woman in the group said. She punched Raava in the back of the head. "Idiot! Don't just leave her like that. You two just got back together!"
"H-Hey!" Korra started confused if she should yell at the woman or not. Something inside her telling her it was not a good idea.
A man placed a hand on her shoulder. "I wouldn't get in the middle of that." He said shaking his head.
Korra looked back over to Raava still being scolded and decided she didn't want any of the. "Where are we anyway and not to be rude but who are you guys?"
The woman stopped yelling at Raava to look at Korra with the other three men. Then she started shaking Raava yelling even more. Another man stepped up hopefully to stop the madness. "Maybe stop shaking her Kyoshi so we can let Korra know what's going on. You can get back to yelling at her later."
"Yangchen! You're suppose to be on my side!" Raava whined dropping to the ground as Kyoshi let her go for now.
"Well now that you know those two names. I'm Kuruk and that's Roku." The last man spoke up pointing to the man beside her.
"Well you guys already know who I am for some reason." Korra said with a shrug.
"Yeah no thanks to this trash." Kyoshi said stepping on Raava who whined for help.
"But where are we? It feels like the spirit world but it's not really." Korra said looking at the fog floating around making things blurry beyond a certain point.
Kyoshi scuffed stepping harder on a groaning Raava. "You're in the Realm."
"The Realm?" Korra repeated looking around to what she could see which wasn't much.
"Korra." Yangchen said gaining her attention. "We're your past lives."
Korra gasped as the fog cleared up and thousands, millions, billions of people came into view in every direction. "You were all avatars?"
"Yes." Roku said nodding.
"We know you don't really know much other than you use to have a past life because you dream about it. But it's more than that." Kuruk said. "What do you mean?" Korra questioned looking around.
"Korra." Raava said setting up so she could look at her better. "The reason that you don't have a connection me and don't know anything is because in your last life you wished for me to be happy. And-"
"And most importantly you wished to be the last." Kyoshi said dragging a chair over to Korra. "You wished that no one else had to go through this. That the gift didn't make it past you so it's not." She pushed Korra down into the chair.
"I got my happiness but something was broken between us and I'm going to fix it. I thought we had more time and then HE happened but anyway here we are." Raava said coming to stand in front of her. Really it was a rush and Korra's head was still spinning for still being alive. It was like she just on the edge falling but she kept catching herself. She shivered when she felt Raava's finger on her skin. They were cold for the first time. "Korra." It was they way her name was called that had her head jerking up to look at Raava's pained face. "I-I don't want to do this." Korra studied the way Raava shuddered and how her lips quivered. "If there was another way to do this I would but there's not. You went through things, were broken down, lost so much, and so much more." Korra was going to tell her that it was okay because it obviously needed to happen to set the balance right again but Raava was speaking again. "It won't just be you."
"What?" Korra asked confused.
"It wouldn't be fair to let you remember your past lives and not give that ability back to everyone else." Kuruk spoke up giving Raava time to breath.
"People haven't remembered there past lives in a very long time. It hasn't worked out in a while." Kyoshi said making everything seem so go quiet.
"It will also restore people back to being spirit bonders. And you'll also be able to sense them now. You don't have to activate your avatar state just to tell now." Yangchen said smiling at her. Korra nodded as best she could still in Raava's hold.
"She won't remember." Kyoshi said making Korra look at her lost. "Asami."
"Why?" Korra asked head jerking out of the spirits hands.
"You'll better understand after I restore your memories." Raava said drawing Korra back to her. "But when the time is right and you'll know it then you will do it. Restore her memories."
"Bu-"
"Korra?" Kyoshi tsked softly. "Just take a deep breath."
Asami rubbed her neck pushing back from her desk. She was tired and hardly slept. How could she with Korra in a coma. She had only known the other woman for about three days and already her life had changed so much. She went from three loyal friends to a whole gang and she had been let in on some of the secrets. She was smart and new there were more than what was being let on. There was nothing she could do about it though she was no spirit bonder or didn't work for the police she thought it best left alone until they were ready. She pulled back up the message she was writing Korra. She had written one to her everyday since the accident and told her about her day. Just as if she was right there with her. After typing a few more sentences she closed it and would finish it later before going to bed with Naga hopefully. Another great thing that had started happening. Naga had showed up sometime during the first week Korra went into her coma and slept in the bed with her. She didn't mind or really even cared that the spirit had found out where she leaved. It was nice not to be alone all the time.
Korra gasped choking on air as she pushed Raava's shaking hands off of her. Her hands shook as she looked at them before grabbing her throbbing her head. Kyoshi appeared in front of her and held her face. "I I I-" Korra sobbed.
"It's over. Now you see why it's best to wait to tell her." Kyoshi pulled Korra into her arms holding her close. "We had faith in you Korra." Korra shook her head from where it rested on her shoulder.
"And you proved us that we put our faith in the right one." Kuruk said placing his head on her head.
"It may not feel like it but you're doing a wonderful job." Yangchen said with a laugh.
"She's the last one of us. Do you expect her to go out with anything but a bang?" Roku said rolling his eyes but he smiled when Korra looked up.
Korra had forgotten about that but everything seemed like it had just happened yesterday. She placed a hand over her heart and sighed. The emptiness inside her had finally vanished and she felt whole. The nagging at the back of her mind had gone away. "So does everyone remember now?" Korra asked and Raava came into view.
"Yeah." Raava said softly hold out a hand for her. Korra took it grateful for the contact between them. "Are you ok?" Korra smiled noticing the concern floating around in her eyes and she nodded. "Good." She smiled wide and Korra gasped. Raava was beautiful.
"Hey don't keep us waiting! We want to say our goodbyes as well!" Kuruk yelled pouting making Korra laugh. She ran over and jumped on the three guys.
"Stay out of trouble kid." Roku said ruffling her hair.
"Do try to come back sometimes. I'm sure the others would like to meet you." Yangchen said smiling at her and pointing over to the loner of the group.
Korra walked over and stood next to Kyoshi who was shuffling her foot. "It's not like I'm going to miss you or anything." Korra nodded trying but failing to hold back her smile. "I- I mean we want you to do great." Korra nodded full force grin and Kyoshi looked at her and tsked. She hit her in the head.
"Ow! What was the for?!" Korra whined holding her head. She blinked surprised when a fist was held up in her face.
"Just remember you're the avatar and everyone else has got to deal with it."
Korra laughed bumping her fist with her own. "Yeah."
Xia was a person who planned things out and liked for them to go that way. When things didn't... well lets just say you didn't want to be the ones to disappoint him. So in this case you currently didn't need to be Amon or P'Li. Xia had the on the floor convulsing in their own body fluids as he sent wave after wave of spirit world energy through them.
"I told you there was a chance that the bomb might not work like we want it to because I've never seen a avatar like her but what did you two do? Took the chance anyway." He said calmly as he sat at the table. The others grouped at his back forced to watch or else they would be next. "Now the link between the Avatar and Raava have been fixed. Everyone is remembering their past lives and spirit bonders are popping up every. More and more obstacles." He growled. "Just what we fucking needed with things going so great. A potential set back."
He started to pace ignoring the people around them as he stopped the flow of energy. "I need time to think of our next moves. All of you will report and take orders from Aang. I will not be disturbed unless it's an emergency." He turned around to the group with only Aang meeting his eyes. "Let them take care of themselves. No one is to help them clean up this mess or help them to their rooms. Am I clear?" They all nodded their heads and he was off. Leaving them to do whatever.
When footsteps could no longer be heard Aang was the first to leave. He didn't even spare the two on the floor a glance. The rest looked on not wanting to leave their teammates alone. If they could help. They would be all over them and the other two knew it as they tried to force their body parts to move again but knowing it would be hours until they actually could.
Korra opened her eyes sitting up in bed. She felt lighter like she could float away at any moment. She gasped activating avatar state. She could sense everyone in the house and almost everyone in the city who was now a spirit bonder. She felt the spirits notice her awake but she held them off. She had a few things she wanted to see about before her family swarmed her. Fully getting out of her bed she activated her suit and mask. A giggle slipped out as she left the building. Her whole body felt like it was buzzing as the spirit energy buzzed through her.