Love Burns Brighter ( Korrasami Fanfiction )

by nofacemonster

korra and Asami were good friends but the things have started to change... This is a korrasami fanfiction purely written on my imaginations, story takes place after the season #3 end. please bare in mind that this is the first work i ever published and it may contain many shortcomings please bare with me.

10. Chapter 10

My Dearest Readers…!

First of all I am sorry to come up with a header massage in every chapter… J I have doubled checked this episode for errors and if there is any… please bear with me. I rushed a little to publish it soon after it is error checked because I know some readers are waiting for the next episode. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it for many nights… Thank you for all your support and encouragements. Without you... this wouldn't have happened.

Love you all…

Republic City
Late in the evening

Vivid shades of red kept smearing in to the sky as the evening sun slowly sinks in to its slumber in the calm sea. The lazy waves kept splashing against the sandy beach as if it is passing its boredom. Soothing salty wind gently blew across the front porch of the beach house wreathing around Asami as she kept starring in to the sea.

She is sitting back on her reclining chair wearing a comfortable pajama and a white shirt. She reached the glass of wine which was below her on the floor. Asami picked it up deep in her thought only to realize that it is empty. She looked the other way and picked up the bottle and poured the final remaining red wine on to her glass and carelessly dropped the bottle on the wooden floor. Asami tipsily smiled at her own reflection in the wine glass.

Meanwhile outside her beach house, a sky bison appeared from the evening sky carrying a young girl in the prime of her teenage years. Sky bison gently lands on the ground. She swiftly jumps down from the sky bison and looked around facing the calm salty wind as her hair blew along with it in a slow rhythmic manner. She wears a dark maroon jacket over a light color t shirt and blue jeans along with leather boots. She walked towards the main entrance of the Asami's house and just before she press the doorbell she felt as if someone is at the front porch. She walked around the house to the part that faces the sea and then swiftly air bends herself over the front porch railing.

Asami saw her coming to the front porch.

"Jinora…?" said Asami as she couldn't see her clearly because she had little too much to drink.

"Yes… It's me…" said Jinora as she walked towards Asami with a smile on her face.

"I am sorry… I couldn't recognize you straightaway…" said Asami with a little stammer in her tone.

"How could you…! When you have finished a whole bottle of wine on your own…" said Jinora as she picked up the empty bottle.

"It's just that I didn't expect any visitors today…" said Asami as she sits up on her reclining chair.

"Tell me… how is your leg turning up…?" Jinora asked as she kneels near Asami laying her hands on the arm rest of the reclining chair.

Asami kept silent and sipped on her wine.

"Did you get it checked at the hospital…?" Jinora asked again and Asami looked away with a sigh.

Jinora took the glass of wine from Asami and kept it aside.

"Hey…!" said Asami.

"Yes…! I know it is your wine but that's enough for today…" said Jinora with a concerned tone.

"Did your dad sent you over to check up on me…?" asked Asami in a sarcastic tone.

"No… as a matter of fact he did not, but I overheard your dad talking over to my dad about you over the phone this morning. He was saying he is worried about you… he hasn't heard from you for days and you haven't visited the hospital since the day you left. He told my dad that you don't pick the phone either… so I thought I'll come by and check on you on my own…" said Jinora pursing her lips.

Asami chuckled sarcastically.

"What makes it so funny…?" asked Jinora raising her brows.

"Never mind, I am sure you have better things to do than dropping by just to check up on me Jinora… tell me… what's in it for you…?" asked Asami.

"I told you already… There is nothing in it for me ok? I just came by to see how you are doing. There is nothing wrong in that right…? I am not a little child anymore and I just want to help in any way I can… that's all" said Jinora and her face turned gloomy for the way Asami spoke.

"I am sorry for my bad manners… it's just that I find it pretty strange to see you drop by just to check on me…" said Asami.

"Well… I have nothing to do since the day I finished all the fundamental air bender training for the new comers. Soooo I thought I'll just go out and make some friends, I am sorry if I disappoint you… I'll go if you don't want me around…" said Jinora looking down with a sad face.

Asami reached out to her face and tilt it up.

"I am so sorry… I didn't mean to hurt you Jinora. I should be thanking you for checking up on me" said Asami and smiled at her. Jinora cheerfully smiled back at Asami.

"Where are my manners…? Please go inside the house and get anything you want… a drink or a snack, I am sorry I can't serve you…" said Asami and paused.

"You didn't answer any of my questions yet…! How is your leg… is it getting better…?" asked Jinora wanting Asami to answer her first question.

"To be honest with you… I don't know, I didn't feel like paying a visit to hospital either, but it still hurts a lot. I am living on pain killers…" said Asami as she leaned back on the reclining chair with a sigh.

"Good heavens Asami… you should take care of yourself better than this… What's with you? What if it gets rotten inside the dressing?" asked Jinora with her concerned tone again. Asami sucks her teeth carelessly and looked at Jinora.

"I am telling you seriously… if it gets infected or something, they will amputate your leg" said Jinora and stared at Asami.

"You want something drink or…?" said Asami wanting to change the topic.

"You don't really give a damn do you…?" said Jinora with a slight temper as she grabbed the half-filled glass of wine and drinks few sips of it.

"Hey… I drank that… and…" said Asami wanting her to stop.

"Yeah… yeah… I know what you gonna say… I drank it and you have not reached the age yet for drinking spirits…" said Jinora in a funny tone.

"I wasn't gonna say about your age… I was stealing wine from my dad's cellar since I was twelve… but yeah I was drinking it…" said Asami.

"So what…? You sipping it turned the wine in to poison…?" said Jinora and drank down the whole glass.

"Actually…. It is pretty good wine… no wonder why you finished the whole bottle" said Jinora sarcastically as she sucked her teeth.

"It's getting dark… let's go inside…" said Asami sitting up on the reclining chair. She tried to reach out for the one hand walking aid crutch which is leaning against the wall. Jinora quickly helped her to get it.

Asami stood back on her feet with great difficulty and Jinora helped her up.

"It seems like it is not better at all Asami… don't be stubborn, let me have a look at it…" said Jinora.

Asami walked inside the house quietly without answering Jinora and she followed her. Jinora closed the glass sliding door and followed Asami as she slowly walked up to her sofa and sits on it.

"You should be spending time with Kai… not trying to take care of the sick…" said Asami with a smile.

"Kai…? Pfffft… why would I spend time with him…?" said Jinora sarcastically as she sits in front of Asami.

"Weren't you two a thing…?" Asami asked.

"Well… I think you need a long update on that. Yes we were… that was sometime back then he found someone he likes more than me among new air bender recruits… someone much more prettier" said Jinora in a careless tone.

"Men…! They are all the same…" Asami chuckled carelessly.

"I know that Tenzin sent you over to check on me because of my dad's request…" said Asami again wanting to know the truth.

"No he did not… I came here to see you on my own account OK?, I told him I am gonna check up on you so he knows that I'm here, but this is completely my idea…" said Jinora breaking in.

"Asami… don't be reckless with your life, just let me have a look on your leg…" said Jinora in a kind tone.

"Alright then… if you insist…" said Asami positioning herself on the sofa with her face grimaced in pain.

"Good… now… where's the first aid box, I need a knife and a pair of scissors" said Jinora spontaneously standing up.

"It is right over there on the dining table… I couldn't put it back" said Asami pointing out the direction. Jinora quickly ran inside and came with a first aid box in her hands.

"Alright… then keep your legs straight…" said Jinora.

"Go easy on that alright… it hurts like hell…" said Asami forecasting a warning at Jinora as she lie back on the sofa.

"Good girl… now I am gonna pull down your pants…!" said Jinora while pony tailing her hair with a strap band. Asami nods as she undid the tie bands of her Pajamas.

Jinora pulled her pants off leaving Asami with her underwear. She saw that her upper thigh is being bandaged and well dressed.

"Alright then… I am gonna cut through the dressing slowly… don't move" said Jinora as she grabbed the scissors. Asami nods wanting her to continue. She started to cut through the bandage slowly and steadily and then unwraps the dressing.

"GOOD HEAVENS ASAMI…" Jinora said suddenly as she saw her wound.

"Why…? What's wrong…?" Asami asked. Jinora looked at her and pursed her lips raising one of her eyebrows.

"Look for yourself… If I hadn't come today, you'd be farming larvae in here…" said Jinora.

The wound in Asami's leg has gone bad, it has developed puss and turned in to a serious level infection because of her carelessness.

"I am gonna call the doctor right now… this is serious" said Jinora quickly standing up.

"Jinora… wait…" said Asami.

"Wait and what…? Do you want to die Asami…?" said Jinora grabbing the telephone and dialing the number. She called the hospital and requested an immediate doctor's visit to Asami's house.

She walked back to Asami quietly as she kept looking away.

"What has gotten to you…? Why do you want to throw your life away so badly…?" asked Jinora sitting in front of her. Asami kept quiet leaning her head against the sofa.

"Tell me Asami… I maybe nobody to you but I think knowing you is enough for me to ask you… why are you doing this to yourself…?" asked Jinora very slowly.

"Even if I told you… you wouldn't understand…" Asami uttered in a hopeless tone.

"You try me first… go ahead… I am not a child anymore…" said Jinora leaning back on the sofa with her hands curled together.

"It's just better to die than go on without her…" said Asami as the tears burst in to her eyes. Jinora kept starring at her for a moment.

"I just… I just can't bear the thought of what happened to her and live on with it… I really wished I never lived to hear this…" Asami kept on sniveling.

"Her playful laughter still echoes in my memory… I can still feel the taste of her lips as if it was this very moment… I miss her so much and I can't go on like this…" said Asami and she cried.

Jinora quickly walked over to Asami and kneeled beside and held her hands together.

"I am so sorry… I didn't mean to make you cry" said Jinora holding her closer and cuddling Asami's head against herself wanting to comfort her.

"I loved Korra so much… and why did she have to leave me like this…?" Asami cried.

"You loved…. Her?" asked Jinora with a pause in the middle.

"Yes i did…! More than anything else in the world… she was the love of my life and they took her away from me…" said Asami.

Jinora felt slightly puzzled as she understood further about the relationship between Asami and Korra. She has lived her whole life in the conservative society of the air benders and she has never heard of two girls falling in love before. Jinora felt strange yet it was clear to her because she was mature and intelligent enough to see through it.

She caresses Asami on her back gently as she kept crying. Jinora held Asami against herself wanting to comfort her as she saw the pain she is going through by losing her lover.

Asami leaned back and Jinora wiped the tears away from her eyes.

"I am so sorry Asami… I truly am. I understand how you feel, but please… don't throw your life away like this… Korra wouldn't want this for you. She will be weeping over you from where ever she is if you kept treating yourself like this. You need to pull yourself together and live on so she will smile down upon you. Be happy knowing that someday you will reunite with her… you will see her again and hold her in your arms, I promise" said Jinora smiling at Asami's as she kept staring at her with teary eyes. Asami nods slowly as she noticed that tears have burst in to Jinora's eyes as well.

Jinora wiped her tears away and sniffed up.

"Alright now… I have called the doctor and he is going to come over and do the needful. I am going to wait till he comes and finish aiding you, then I will head back home and return tomorrow to see you. I will come and stay here with you and see you to the full recovery alright…?" said Jinora.

"What about training your air bender recruits…?" asked Asami rubbing her forehead.

"Oh, that's alright, I have quit myself from being a trainer last month. I just wanted sometime for myself and dad said it's alright… so I am free to do anything I like now. I really don't want to live my whole life in the air temple, there is a bigger world out there and I need to see it" said Jinora.

The doorbell rang…

"I think it's the doctor…" said Jinora and quickly stood up to answer the door.

"Jinora!" said Asami as she walked away and she quickly turned back her.

"Thank you…!" said Asami in a very sincere tone.

Jinora nods back with a smile feeling happy.

The doctor came and aided Asami's wound and he seriously warned her about it. If it wasn't looked after properly she could lose her whole leg. He cleaned the wound, applied necessary medication and dressed it up with fresh bandages. Jinora helped the doctor as if she is a well-trained nurse. She stood by until doctor has finished up everything and left. She left Asami afterwards back to the air temple island promising to return on the next day to stay with her until she fully recovers.

Late in the night
at air temple island…

As the night matures it has become cold in the air temple island. Jinora lays back on her bed wearing pajamas and thinking deep in her thoughts. She was puzzled as she discovered the love between Korra and Asami. Jinora never felt the same after it came to her realization. Suddenly she heard a gentle knock on the door.

"Come in…" said Jinora.

Pema walked in to her young daughter's bedroom with a smile on her face. Jinora welcomingly smiled at her mother. Even though she is a teenager her mother never forgets to tuck her in and kiss her good night every day. Pema had a rolled blanket in her hands and she walked over to Jinora's bed and places the blanket on it as she sits beside her.

"It seems like it's going to be very cold tonight so I bought you an extra blanket, just in case" said Pema with a smile.

"Thank you mom…" said Jinora.

"How was Asami…? Dad told me that you went to see her" Pema asked.

"Yeah, she is not doing well, what Mr. Hiroshi told dad over the phone was right; she has succumbed to despair" said Jinora.

"I don't understand what is going on with these young people today…. She's young and so full of life… what has she got to be so despaired about…?" said Pema looking at Jinora as she kept silent.

"Mom…! I am going to stay with her for few days and aid her to recovery. She needs help" said Jinora.

"As you wish dear… helping others is a good thing, you can make new friends by doing it" said Pema with a smile.

"I asked dad and he said "as the air nomads it is our prime duty to help and heal those who in need…"" said Jinora.

"I am so proud of you darling… Now get some sleep… Your eyes looks tired as well" said Pema and tucked her neatly under the sheets. Pema kissed Jinora on her forehead.

"Good night and sweet dreams dear…" said Pema as she stood up.

"Good night mom" said Jinora.

Pema walked up to the door and when she is about to open the door.

"Ermmm Mom!" said Jinora.

"Yes my dear…?" Pema turned at her daughter and saw Jinora looking at her.

"Will you mind if I ask you something…?" said Jinora.

Pema walked back to her with a smiley face and sits on the bed.

"Not at all darling… What is troubling my young beautiful daughter…? Tell me" Pema asked very kindly.

"It is… err just that…" Jinora looked for right words to build up her question. Pema awaits patiently letting her take all the time she need.

"Don't be shy darling… you can tell me anything and I am your mother" said Pema.

"Mom…?" she said again.

"Yes my dear…?" Pema said patiently.

"Do girls love each other…?" Jinora asked.

Pema felt a chill down to her heart for the Jinoras unlikely question which came from out of the blue. She tried to disguise how she felt and cleared her throat.

"Yes of course darling… I love you… you love your sister and she loves you back. Why did you ask…?" said Pema.

"Mom…! I am not talking about caring love between siblings or motherly love towards her children. I am talking about passionate love… a boy loves a girl kind of love. You know when a boy loves a girl, they kiss and hold each other so dearly, later they get married and have children. Just like you and dad…" said Jinora with her eyes wide open.

Jinora tangled up her mother with a question from very difficult subject. She felt embarrassed to answer her teenage daughter right away. She pats her on the head with a smile.

"How did you hear about this sweety…?" Pema asked.

"It's just a question mom. It's alright if you feel awkward to answer it" said Jinora with a deep sigh.

Pema thought of breaking away from her with an excuse but she knows that it is a futile attempt with her curious daughter.

"It's like this… boys and girls falls in love then they get married and raise a family, but… there are times that a girl could fall in love with another girl instead of a boy…" said Pema with a great effort.

"Love surpasses all barriers and boundaries… it is unconditional" said Jinora softly as she stares away from her mother's gaze for a moment.

"I am sorry to put you through this but I wanted to ask you because I never knew about it…" said Jinora.

"That is alright sweety, I am your mother and you don't have to be shy with me" said Pema.

"Now I understand" said Jinora adding up with a smile.

"Good now… that is my clever girl… it's time for you to sleep…. Good night darling" said Pema and kissed Jinora on her forehead. She quickly tucked her under the sheet again and left the room wanting to avoid the next wave of questions from her daughter. She gently close the door and paused outside thinking about why she asked such question out of the blue. Pema couldn't think of anything right now so she smirked and walked away.

Akara's House
Early in the morning

Akara opened the window and saw Korra sitting outside the house in her lotus position. She is deep in her meditation.

"What a wonderful child it is…" said Akara and giggled softly.

Korra slowly let go of her Samadhi and opened her eyes feeling blissful in the morning sun. She smiled feeling happy after she completed her morning meditation session. She heard Akara opening the main door of the house and turned back while sitting on the lotus position.

"Good morning…" said Korra with a smile.

"Good morning to you too dear child… Did you sleep well last night…?" she asked walking towards her.

"I slept really well last night, thanks to your brown onion soup…" said Korra standing up on her feet.

"Good… good" said Akara.

"I was just thinking…" said Korra and paused.

"Yes child… go on…" said Akara.

"I was just thinking about heading back home today… It seems like rain has stopped and I've been away from home for too long" said Korra.

"As you wish child… you are welcome to stay here as long as you like but heading back home and staying away from trouble was your choice, then I'd say it is a good idea" said Akara with a smile.

"I've been thinking lately that I should spend more time with my loved once instead of wasting it on backpacking…" said Korra.

"Finally you have come to your senses child… Travel and adventure is not something that suit a girl like you…" said Akara.

"But I'll miss you and your great tasting food Akara…" said Korra with a smile.

"Argh never mind about me child… I am just an old woman in the last days of my life… I'll be fine… don't you worry" said Akara.

Korra thought that it is time she head back to republic city. It has been three years since she was taken away from it as a prisoner, the life she had in there was completely destroyed by some unknown force. She wanted to see how things turning up back in republic city… further she thought of it… more curious she grew.

She packed her things up and walked outside of the house with her backpack. Akara followed her to outside.

"I don't have much to give but I packed up some food to keep you from being hungry on the way" said Akara giving her a parcel.

"Thank you so much for everything Akara…" said Korra by taking it from her.

"You are welcome dear child… Please be careful on your way back home. Don't go back the way you came, just follow this road for three days more and you will end up in a port town" said Akara.

"You take care too" said Korra and hugged her back.

"Come and visit me someday again if you get a chance…" said Akara.

"I definitely will…" said Korra and smiled at her.

After few minutes Korra bid farewell to Akara the herb witch. She could fly with her air bending right now but she thought she wouldn't use the abilities unnecessarily from now on. She didn't want to risk herself from being noted either. Korra walked along the road that falls through the thick dense forest towards the port city that Akara mentioned. She's on her way back to republic city.

Deep in the dense jungle a blood red eyes with a toothy grin stares at her as she walked further in the road.

"May all the dark gods smile down upon you… we shall meet again… in this life or the next… until then farewell thee" Thrall whispered in to the air.

Republic City
National Observatory
10:30 AM

"Hmmm from the looks of these reports this is the most fascinating discovery since we built the observatory in republic city…" said Varrick adjusting his eye glass while going through every detail of Tenzin's report.

"What does it say sir…?" asked Zhu li coming over to Varrick with a tea trey.

"Well of course I know Tenzin is not an expert in astronomy but as a beginner, this is fascinating" said Varrick.

Zhu li poured tea in to a white porcelain cup and dipped a cube of brown sugar in to it. She walks over to Varrick and kept it aside then peaked over his shoulder to take a glance of what he is talking about.

"The glowing object in the night sky which grows larger in size everyday" said Zhu li adjusting her spectacles.

"I've observed it two days back and I will be doing it tonight as well, let's see what kind of star he is talking about. Tenzin has a good eye sight and a straight mind, he can't be going insane can he…?" said Varrick looking up at Zhu li.

"I don't think so sir… according to this report it seems like he has been observing this for past few months" said Zhu li.

Varrick kept the report aside stayed quiet for a moment rubbing his chin.

"Before we jump in to any conclusions we must do the thing…" said Varrick.

"Yes sir… otherwise it will get cold…" said Zhu li handing over a cup of tea to Varrick. He took few sips of the warm cinnamon flavored tea.

"I spoke to the national science team on the day that I have received the report. They had no clue of what it is but some of the members have noticed it in the night sky and the strange part is none of them really took interest in it. They all say that night sky is full of stars and they just come and go" said Varrick after taking few sips from his tea.

"We will observe it ourselves so we can give Tenzin a proper report about this. Otherwise if I tell him what they said about it, he will think the national science team is completely useless" said Zhu li.

"Of course they are useless… they are just bunch of nerds who are only good at going through books and blabbering equations that no one understands. This is the real science, this is what we need. We need people to do practical observation… I think Tenzin did a great job and he deserves all the credit for it" said Varrick.

Meanwhile
Republic City High Security Prison for Dangerous Criminals

Zaheer opened his eyes as the door to his holding cell opened slowly. Light that seeped in to his cell was too bright for his eyes since he was sleeping. He couldn't see clearly until his eyes get use to the light.

"Zaheer… So much for the leader of red lotus" said a female voice.

Zaheer furrowed his eye brows wanting to see who it is. His vision cleared up as his eyes got used to the light. He saw Kuvira standing in front of him.

"Who are you…?" asked Zaheer.

"I am Kuvira, The guard captain of the earth empire but who I am does not matter right now. I just came in to let you know that you will be taken to face the trial tomorrow morning" she said.

Zaheer laughed mirthlessly.

"What trial…? Just get on with what you wanna do with me… I have already told you that I have killed all those you accused me of killing and I am happy about it" said Zaheer.

"You maybe an inhuman monster but we are nothing like you… there is a law in this world and unlike you we try our best to approach each and everyone in the most humanly way as possible" said Kuvira and paused.

"All four nations will be present tomorrow at the courts of justice and I am here to represent the earth kingdom. You have committed a great crime by murdering our queen and we shall not go easy on you…" said Kuvira gnashing her teeth.

"You are lucky that I am restrained in electric metal chains, otherwise I'd crush you right where you stand…" said Zaheer.

"Trying to taunt me in to a fight…? Well I'd love to but I am sure the other nations will not agree upon a trial by fight" said Kuvira with a smirk.

She turned back from Zaheer and walked towards the massive metal door which seals the cell. She paused when she's few yards away from the door and turns at Zaheer again.

"Oh! I almost forgot. Tell me about the Avatar… did she cry when you torture her to death?" asked Kuvira in a sarcastic manner.

Zaheer stayed quiet without answering her and she smirked again.

"It would have been fun… you should have invited me, I would have gladly joined your little torture party…" she said by turning away from him again.

"What do you have against her…?" Zaheer asked as she is about to step out of the cell.

Kuvira turned at him again with her eyebrows raised and shrugged.

"Hmmm let me think… I guess nothing personal; it's just that I never liked the idea of Avatar since I was a little girl. You know all that being able to bend all four elements and keeping the balance sort of a thing… perhaps because I am jealous… Oh well, I wanted to fight her someday but you just spoiled all the fun by killing her yourself…" said Kuvira with an evil grin.

"It seems like the world has more than one monster…" said Zaheer.

The door started to close slowly and Kuvira kept staring at Zaheer until the door seals off.

The next day Zaheer was taken to face the trial. He stood by all four nations and other sub nations in the international courts of justice. When the judge questioned him, he straightaway admitted all of his killings and finally the murder of the Avatar as well. Zaheer also admitted that he did them purposely and he is happy about it. At the last bit of his speech in the courts, he said that

"I wouldn't mind killing all the leaders in the world so it will have equality among everyone…"

After two hours judge came up with the final judgment and everyone who was present at the courts of justice agreed upon it.

"I here by the judge of international high courts of justice sentence Zaheer the former leader of red lotus to death by electrocution. This is for all the crimes he has committed not just for one nation but against all of humanity"

Death sentence was given to Zaheer for all his murderous deeds. The entire audience at the international high courts of justice applauded for the judgment. The news reporters were flashing their cameras at Zaheer as he was taken back in to his cell in metal whips restrained by republic city police until further action is taken.

News hits fast and the final judgment of international high courts of justice has shook the world. The whole world wanted him dead so that it could be at peace.

Next day morning…

Asami sits by her front porch staring at the morning wearing a white bathrobe over her skinny. She is thinking about the argument that just happened over the phone with Hiroshi. At one time she felt bad because she used some harsh words at her father but later she felt he deserved all of it, he tried to kill her once and trying to kill your own daughter is a serious offense. Suddenly someone covered her eyes from behind.

"Alright… Your hand smell like lavender…" said Asami smelling the air.

"Jinora…?" said Asami and she released her and came to front with giggling laughter. She wears a loose off-white shirt-blouse over a dark blue jeans and a pair of white flip-flops.

"How did you guess…?" asked Jinora smiling at Asami.

"It was easy… your hands smelled like lavender and sky bison" said Asami with a smile.

"Everybody talks about how bad the sky bison smells, but how come we don't feel it that much…?" said Jinora pulling a chair and sitting on it backwards resting her chin on the back rest.

"That's because you live with them silly…" said Asami with a smirk.

"Yeah… you are right… Sky bison are part of our air nomad lives… we basically grew up with them" said Jinora and sighed.

"How's your leg…?" asked Jinora.

"Still the same…" said Asami in a very brief manner.

"Here I am as I promised… I am gonna stay here with you until you are better. I know you need help and…" said Jinora.

"I really appreciate you coming to help me out but really I am perfectly alright by myself… If you have any other duties… please don't ignore them because of me" said Asami breaking in.

"I told you already… I got rid of all my responsibilities… Dad cut me off… I begged him that air nomad life is not what I want for the time being…" said Jinora.

Asami smiled at her.

"Alright then… let me be honest with you… I am so glad that you are here and thank you for everything. If you don't want to be an air nomad… what are you going to do…? I know for a fact that you are a powerful air bender with indispensable abilities" said Asami in a curious tone.

Jinora looked away and prim her lips.

"It's not that I don't want to be an air nomad, it is not a choice I am already an air nomad, but I just want to see what else is out there. For the time being I don't know what I want to do… I guess I have to find out" said Jinora with a shrug.

"How about engineering…? I could show you how to start once I get little better…? Future industries could be your thing" said Asami with a smile.

"REALLY…? You would take me as your assistant…? That sounds great…" said Jinora in a surprised happy tone.

"Not just yet… First you got go there and see if you like meddling with all those mechanics and robotics. Then we'll see where you fit in" said Asami.

Asami grimaced as she accidentally laid her hand hard against her wounded thigh.

"It seems like you aren't any better than last time I saw you… tell me, was that knife which stabbed you belonged to Zaheer…?" asked Jinora.

"It is a hunting knife and it was mine, I stabbed him with it too… but couldn't get it this deep" said Asami.

"I wouldn't blame all of it on Zaheer or the knife… you didn't attend to it as instructed by the doctor, that's how it got worse" said Jinora.

Asami tried to stand up slowly with the aid of her crutch. Jinora quickly rushed to help her.

"Don't be too proud to ask for some help…" said Jinora helping her up.

"Let's go in and fix something up for lunch. I need some wine as well…" said Asami and smiled.

They slowly walked over to the kitchenette via the living room. Asami grabbed a bottle of wine and sits back on the sofa keeping the bottle and two glasses on the coffee table.

"You can just sit there and relax, enjoy your wine, I'll make some lunch" said Jinora with a smile as she walked over to the pantry cupboards and opened them.

"Just a cheese and tomato sandwich for me, you can help yourself with anything you like" said Asami pouring red wine to both of the glasses.

"I think I'll have the same" said Jinora.

"Come on over… join me for some wine, I am fed up of drinking all alone" said Asami wanting Jinora to join her.

After few minutes Jinora came back with two plates of cheese and tomato sandwiches. She gave one to Asami and sits back on the plush rest sofa.

"Take one…" said Asami wanting Jinora to take a glass of wine. She leaned forward and took one and smiled. Few rounds went by slowly and the bottle went almost half empty.

"I never had this much of wine my whole life…" said Jinora with a burp. Asami giggled.

"Damn… everything seems like spinning around me" said Jinora holding her forehead.

"Don't worry about it too much… it's just you are being little tipsy" said Asami with a smile.

"I kind of feel funny… this is pretty strong for a wine…" said Jinora while looking at the wine bottle label.

"Wine is strong… it's just that it doesn't feel like it when you drink it…" said Asami finishing another glass and laying it on the coffee table.

Jinora poured herself another glass.

"This is the last one…" she said and sips it. They stayed quiet for a moment.

"Please…! Help your self Jinora… finish the whole thing if you like. I just reached my limit…" said Asami laying a deep exhale leaning against her sofa. She grabbed one of the sandwiches and nibbles on it while staring at the ceiling.

"Jinora… you really are a good sandwich maker… this tastes good…" said Asami and Jinora did not reply.

Asami raised her head to see where she is. Jinora has fallen asleep on the sofa in front of her. Asami smirked as she saw the way Jinora sleeps. She looked at the bottle and there is only very little wine left. She kept staring at Jinora for a while and then leaned back again on her sofa looking up at the ceiling.

"Drink… Drink until the demons stop calling your name…" whispered Asami.

Republic City
Harbor District
late evening…

Rain has started pouring down in the republic city. The cargo ships that appeared in the horizon few hours ago have already reached the docks. Since the arrival of the ships the harbor has become busy as a bee hive, unloading cargo to the warehouses and servicing the ships and all the other minor tasks takes place on the same time. The crew members of the docked ships started to walk in to the harbor district looking for booze, women and night life.

A girl wearing a dark blue hooded jacket over an off white t-shirt and a black jungle pants stepped in to the docks. She looked around the surroundings of the docks and grabbed her backpack. The rain drops have kissed her face as she walked in to the docks. A gust of cold welcoming wind wreathed around her as if it is a welcome sign from the city. She pulled the hood over the head as the next few drops of rain kissed her face.

Korra felt like she's home. She's back in the republic city. There is no way for her through the legitimate exit. She saw some officer kept checking the clearance papers of passengers as they exit the docks in to the city. She walked in to the rest room quietly and looked around. There is a window little high above the wall. She jumped up and grabbed the ledge then crawl through it to the other side. Korra felt a relief as she found herself out of the main exit. She saw a whole crowd of people walking out in to the harbor district. She quickly walked over and blended in to the crowd that was going out in to the city.

Finally she's out of the harbor in to the bustling streets of harbor district. Korra blew in to her palms and rubbed them against each other as she felt cold.

"It seems like republic city has grown colder than it was three years ago…" she said to herself and walked in to the crowded street. She walked through the bustling street for a while looking at the signs of the road side shops wanting to find a place to sleep tonight.

Korra felt hungry so she stopped at a roadside noodle stand run by an old man. She smiled at him as she sits on the bunk under the shade of the stand and put down her hood.

"Good evening miss" he said with a smiley face.

"I'll have a beef soup noodles please…" said Korra and smiled.

"Coming right up…" said the man as he started pouring soup noodles on to a bowl. In a matter of few minutes he served a hot beef soup noodle bowl with a pair of chopsticks. She inhaled the smell that is coming from the hot soup noodles. Stand owner kept a small cup next to her and poured simmering green tea on to it.

"That's very special jasmine green tea coming from a tea house in earth kingdom" said the man.

"Thanks… it smells good" said Korra while eating her noodles.

"Is it always this cold in republic city…?" Korra asked the man.

"I bet you are not from around here are you…? Well… yes and no… it wasn't like this always but for the past year or so climate in the republic city has changed drastically. It rains quiet often in the evenings and it is cold… but the day time is perfectly sunny" said the man while he is busy arranging the things in his noodle stand.

"I see… sorry… you are right… I am not from around here" said Korra and smiled answering the stand owners question. The man nods.

Korra finished her noodles half way and drank down the tea. The man kept the whole tea pot next to her.

"Serve yourself as you please miss…" said the man.

"Thank you but I haven't got money to pay you for the whole pot of tea…" said Korra with a surprised tone.

"The tea is on the house miss, Please enjoy…" said the man.

"Thank you… it is very generous of you" said Korra with a slight bow and poured more hot tea in to her cup.

"I am sorry to bother you sir… but do you know where I can get a room for tonight around here…?" Korra asked.

"This isn't a place for a girl like you miss… harbor district is full of brothels and cutthroats. I suggest you take the metro or a taxi and head to downtown" said the man and gave her the today's newspaper.

"Just skip to the last page… you can see plenty of descent inns and hotels at the downtown" said the man.

Korra took the paper from him and laid it next to her soup bowl.

"It's been a while since I read a newspaper" she thought to herself as she read the first page headline.

"ZAHEER, THE FORMER LEADER OF RED LOTUS SOCIETY IS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY THE INTERNATIONAL COURTS OF JUSTICE…."

She was stunned after going through the headlines. Korra went through the headlines several times just to make sure that her head is not making things up for her.

"Wha… what's this…?" she asked the stand owner in a little rushed tone.

"Oh! You mean this…?" asked the man pointing at the paper.

"Since you were on the ship you might have not heard… It's Zaheer, the leader of the evil red lotus society… he got what he deserves for his dark deeds including the murder of the avatar…" said Man with a careless laughter.

"…. Do you know when is the execution going to happen…?" Korra asked in a rush.

"I don't think they'll announce it… Probably they'll execute him within this week" said the old man.

Korra dropped the chopsticks, got off the bunk and put the hood back on and got ready to leave.

"What's the rush miss…?" man asked.

"Nothing… I just remembered something I should do…" said Korra and she slammed some money on the noodle stand and rushed in to the drizzling street.

She walked a few yards away from the noodle stand in the rain. She felt lost and aimless after what she saw in the newspaper. Korra leaned against the sidewalk railing and tried to calm herself down.

"How did this happen…?" she whispered in to the air while rubbing her forehead wanting to calm down.

"Alright… take a deep breath and relax…" she said to herself closing her eyes and taking a deep breath then she opened her eyes again with a long exhale.

Korra couldn't think anything straight because of panic and frustration, she knows that she's all alone in this and there is no one else she could turn to. She opened up the newspaper again and read the news regards to Zaheer's death sentence thoroughly.

"It seems like there is no other way…" Korra thought to herself.

Meanwhile
Republic City National Observatory

Varrick was observing the night sky with the specially built telescope. Tenzin and Lin walked along with Zhu li to the observatory where Varrick is.

"Good evening Varrick…" said Tenzin as he walks in.

"Good evening Tenzin… I was just observing the star you mentioned in the report and it is indeed a fascinating discovery…" said Varrick coming over to Tenzin and Lin.

"Well… any idea what it is…?" Lin asked.

"This is the first time any of us have seen a star that grows in size like this…" said Varrick rubbing chin.

"So do you think it is something noteworthy or…?" asked Tenzin.

"It is hard to say my dear friends… everything is worth observing in the heavens…" said Varrick and paused.

"What did the national science team said regards to it…?" Lin asked.

"Actually… they are doing the necessary research… they didn't get back to us with a proper explanation yet…" said Zhu Li rolling her eyes behind the glasses.

"I see… so I guess we are here too early for some explanation" said Tenzin while rubbing his chin.

"Let me have few more days Tenzin… I will let you know exactly what it is…" said Varrick.

"Very well then Varrick… you let me know what it is once you found out. We are sorry to come in so early without prior notice" said Tenzin.

Tenzin and Lin turned and walk away to leave the observatory. Varrick turned back and saw Zhu Li is using the telescope.

"Sir… I think…" said Zhu Li and paused.

"Yes… Yes… tell me what you think…" said Varrick eagerly walking over to Zhu Li. She leaned back on the observation chair and looked at Varrick.

"I don't think it is a star that grows in size sir…" she said and adjusted her spectacles.

"If it glows that bright… it is a star of course…" said Varrick in a little arrogant tone.

"It grows in size can be explained in two ways… one is, it grows in size… the other explanation is…" said Zhu Li and paused.

"Go ahead Zhu Li… tell me" said Varrick eagerly.

"I think it is not growing bigger… it is getting closer and closer everyday so it appears bigger every time we look at it…" said Zhu li.

"Good heavens, why on earth that none of us thought about it…?" said Varrick in a surprised tone.

"You are a genius Zhu Li… Now do the thing before they leave the observatory… I think we have the thing of the century…" said Varrick rubbing his palms together.

Zhu Li quickly got off the seat and walked out of the observatory to call back Tenzin and Lin before they leave.

Next morning…

Asami walked downstairs slowly in her pajamas.

"Goooood morning…." Greeted Jinora spontaneously and handed her a warm cup of coffee.

"Good morning Jinora… you are up a little early…" said Asami as she pulled a chair from the table.

"Early…? It's seven thirty in the morning…" said Jinora with a smile.

"Well… it is early for me in the beach house…" said Asami as she warms her palms with the hot cup.

"Wow… I always wake up around five in the morning. We do that because of the meditation and the morning practices should start along with the sunrise" said Jinora while washing a cup at the kitchen sink.

"Don't worry about waking up early or going to bed late in here… you can sleep whenever you want and wake up whenever you like…" said Asami with a smile.

"It is such a comforting breeze to hear that you have no time tables or rules for yourself…?" said Jinora.

"Rules…? Why would someone have rules in home…? Its home, so do as you please. Now I know why you wanna think twice before becoming a serious air nomad" said Asami. Jinora giggles and look down.

"Guess what…? I think my legs getting better, it doesn't hurt that much when I walk now…" said Asami.

"That's so good to hear… see what I told you… if you have taken care of yourself properly it would have healed already" said Jinora.

"Thanks Jinora… I think the doctor is supposed to visit me this evening to change the dressing…" said Asami.

"I'll remind him…" said Jinora in a spontaneous tone.

The doorbell rings…

"I'll answer it…" said Jinora and walked fast towards the main door and opens it.

"Good morning Asa…" said Mako and paused.

"Good morning Mako… Asami is right over there…" said Jinora smiling at Mako who appeared in front of the door.

"Good morning to you Jinora… I didn't expect to see you here…" said Mako walking inside the house.

"Well… Surprise…!" said Jinora in a little shy tone.

"She came over to help me…" said Asami slowly walking over to the living room with her crutch.

"It seems like Tenzin has started a nonprofit healthcare organization within the air temple…" said Mako with a smile.

"Asami… you look surprisingly better than you were when I saw you last time… I believe Jinora is the one I should be thanking…" said Mako.

Asami nods with a smile.

"Let me get you something to drink Mako…" said Jinora walking back in to the kitchenette letting Mako and Asami talk in private. She walked over to the sofa and sits on it slowly.

"How's your leg…?" Mako asked while taking a seat in front of her.

"It feels much better now…" said Asami.

"Good for you and Zaheer is still suffering from the stab wound you gave him. I saw him at the international courts of justice and he couldn't even walk properly with it. Guess what…? Zaheer got the death sentence…" said Mako with a happy gesture.

"He deserves worse for what he did…" said Asami with a hint of vengeance in her tone.

"All villains get lot less than what they deserve, when judge said Death by electrocution; he laughed at it" said Mako.

"Zaheer is not a human being… he is a monster. No wonder why he laughed at the face of death. I think it doesn't matter to him whether he lived or died… he got what he wanted" said Asami with a sigh.

Jinora walked over to the living room with a warm cup of tea.

"Thanks Jinora…" said Mako as he took it from her.

"So… when did you arrive here to help Asami…?" Mako asked as he sips the warm tea.

"Oh! I just came two days back. She was in pretty bad shape… well… now she's better…" said Jinora.

"Anyways… how about I take two of you out tonight…? I could get Bolin to tag along as well…" asked Mako.

"I don't know Mako… I just can't think of anything right now…" said Asami as she looks down.

"Asami… I know how you feel but it's better for you to go out and breath in some fresh air…" said Jinora in a concerned tone.

"She's right... it's not good for you to live like this… I know it's hard for you but you don't have to torture yourself like this…" said Mako wanting to convince Asami to come along.

Asami did not answer and there was silence for moment

"Alright then… I gotta go for now Asami… thanks for the tea Jinora" said Mako as she stood up.

"Leaving so soon…?" Asami asked.

"I was on my way to Bolin's place and I thought I'd drop by and see how you are doing…, be ready at around five in the evening alright…?" said Mako pointing at Asami and Jinora.

"We will Mako…" said Jinora.

"I'll come by to pick you two… goodbye for now… see you later" said Mako walking towards the main door waving at Asami and Jinora.

Asami waved at him and Jinora followed him to the entrance. Mako turned at Jinora near the entrance.

"She needs to let go of the sorrowful past… it's time for her to move on… I hope you understand what I mean" Mako whispered at Jinora.

"I understand… don't' worry, I'll get her ready in the evening…" said Jinora with a smile.

"Thanks Jinora…" said Mako as he heads out.

Republic city
High security prison…
7:54PM

The cold wind echoes around the premises and the absence of stars in the night sky is a sign of late night rain. Republic city high security prison is been surrounded by high walls with a fully enclosed roof and being guarded with armed republic city police and powerful benders at all times. The guards keep walking on the wall and as they passed each other, they nods and sometimes utter a few words to keep the boredom away. The large spotlights on the four corners of the wall keep scanning the surrounding area every few minutes. The main entrance to the prison facility is being sealed with a massive metal door. Security of the prison has increased ten folds for past few days since the arrival of Zaheer. Earth kingdom has sent their most elite dai li agents along with sai fu's guard captain Kuvira to keep watch and make sure that everything is under control. A large number of republic city police officers keep patrolling all over the prison to make sure that that nothing falls out of place.

"It's gonna be raining tonight as well…" said one of the officers who are patrolling along the wall coming back to the main guard post next to the front gate.

"I think so too… got your-self a light…?" asked the other officer after popping a cigarette between his lips.

Suddenly the spotlights of the front gate started to focus at one point.

"Get your asses over here…" shouts their chief from the guard post in the front.

Two of the officers ran towards their chief in a rush.

"Who the hell is that…?" said the chief pointing at the focused spotlight.

One officer grabbed the binocular from his utility belt and started to scan the area where his chief pointed.

Korra stands few yards away from the main entrance in a dark red shemagh to cover her face. She's wearing a light blue sleeveless tank top and a dun green jungle pants complete with some heavy military boots. Her fairly long hair is loose and neatly tucked under the shemagh and she holds a bullhorn in her hands.

"It seems like a bloody woman to me… what the hell is she doing standing there…" said the officer.

"That's what I am about to find out…" said the chief grabbing the bullhorn and pressing attention alert button on the wall guard post.

A low humming alarm started to ring inside the prison and all the spotlights started to focus on to the ground.

"This is the republic city prison guard chief… we have been observing you for the past ten minute… state your business here. You have already trespassed in to the high security zone and failing to admit your cause will result in open fire" said the chief through bullhorn.

All four other guard posts shined the spotlight around her.

Korra raised her hand and pointed at the main door quietly. Then she took the bullhorn.

"I am here for Zaheer… Hand him over to me and no one will get hurt. You have five minutes starting from now to hand him over to me. Do the needful, get the authorities then bring him over UNHARMED!" she said from the bullhorn.

"That can't be done… I believe this is some kind of comedy drama so you have two minutes to walk back and we will take it as a joke" said the chief.

"One minute is already up… clock is ticking… tik tok, tik tok" said Korra in an arrogant tone.

"Alarm the authorities… send two officers to arrest the culprit… we'll teach that bitch a lesson for trying to play jokes with the republic city police…" chief ordered to the officer behind him.

Korra stood still and she felt the cold wind embracing her. She looked at her wrist watch again. Suddenly two officers from the republic city police landed in front of her with metal bending wires.

"Alright… fun's over… You are under arrest for disturbing the duty of republic city police" said the masked officer.

Korra smirked.

"You have three more minutes…" said Korra in a muffled tone because of her shemagh.

"Yeah right… Zaheer… Pfft…" said the other officer walking towards her. As he is about to grab her and cuff her she strangled him kneeling him to the ground and knock him out with a blink of an eye.

"WHAT THE…" said the other one metal bending at her with the grapple. She swiftly dodged it and in the next second he is knocked out on the ground.

"Two officers are down… sound the alarm… It seems like she's from the red lotus" shouts the chief who was watching the whole incident from guard post mashing on the red alert alarm.

The red alert siren started to go loud all over the prison putting all the officers in their posts readied for action.

"Two more minutes…" said Korra from the bullhorn.

Korra stands still facing the main entrance giving them more time. Ten officers from the republic city police came to confront her. They used the metal bending grapple to grab her and all of their attempts failed as she swiftly moves between the flying metal whips. She managed to put down all ten officers within matter of two minutes only by using her hand to hand techniques.

All ten of them lay unconscious on the ground with their chi being blocked.

"Times up…" said Korra through the bull horn and threw it away.

A large number of republic city police officers armed with heavy machine guns rallied on the wall aiming their weapon at Korra.

"Ready… Fire on my command" said a voice through the bullhorn.

"Alright then… you wanna play rough" said Korra in a playful tone.

She summoned her avatar state which propels all of her bending in to inhuman levels. She felt the pure energy of Raava as her eyes began to glow in bright white light.

"OPEN FIRE…" said the voice.

All the officers started firing machine guns at her mercilessly. A storm of lethal bullets headed towards her. She used her avatar state to block all the bullets but they kept firing at her.

"It's not gonna work… we are not dealing with something ordinary over here…" said the chief to his officer.

They emptied all their magazines constantly firing at her and the firing stopped. Korra started to walk toward the massive metal door. She saw three helicopters flying over from the distance flashing spotlights at her. Korra turned back to confront them and the blinding light flashed at her. They started to fire at her without a warning. Even her avatar state couldn't control the gun fire which was coming from the helicopters because they were fast and designed in such a way that bending has very little effect on them.

Korra dodged and jumped away from the spotlight and yet some of the gun shots have badly scratched her left arm. She rolled on the ground and the helicopters flashed the lights at her again. Her left arm started to bleed all over being wounded by the gunshots. Korra gnashed in pain as she felt furious.

She jumped at the flying machines in rage bending an inferno of fire causing one to explode in to bits and pieces.

"COMING IN FOR NEGOTIATION DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN KILL ME" she shouts in rage.

The distant police sirens echoes the whole surroundings as the republic city police forces approached the prison.

Meanwhile…

Lin is driving her car along with rest of the police squad vehicles and Tenzin is with her as well.

"I don't understand what the hell is happening… how come that prison security cannot handle just a one simple maniac…" said Lin furiously as she drives fast.

"We still don't know the situation Lin… He sounded serious over the radio…" said Tenzin.

"Blocking a storm of bullets from machine gun fire is out of this world… no one can do that… unless…" said Lin and paused.

"Unless it is the Avatar…" said Tenzin.

"But that is ridiculous… there is no explanation to it… Zaheer might have had some elite personal body guard. Red lotus is a secret organization which is being nurtured by dark arts for many thousands of years. No one knows what they got until they put it on public display…" said Lin in a frustrated tone.

"Even though we believed that Red lotus society is no more, Zaheer is still alive and he was their leader…" said Tenzin.

Meanwhile…

Mako drives the car smoothly through the mild traffic of republic city. Asami sits next to him and she kept staring outside the windscreen for the past five minutes. Jinora sits on the back seat and she started to hum a tune as she felt bored. Bolin sits next to Jinora and he's almost asleep.

"So where shall we go tonight…?" said Mako breaking the silence while he kept driving.

"Man… there are too many places in my head… but I am sure these ladies won't approve 99% of them" said Bolin scratching his head.

"We won't mind… tell us a few so we can choose…" said Jinora pausing her humming.

"Well… first thing comes to my mind right now is a Cabaret Rouge and I skipped fifty choices and fifty first one is Crazy Cats…" said Bolin.

"Bolin… be sensible… stop suggesting strip clubs and brothels… crazy cats is a brothel besides Jinora will not be allowed in to any of those, she's sixteen and I am not talking about your type of fun… I am talking about more family oriented fun…" said Mako.

"Actually… I am almost seventeen…" said Jinora crashing in.

"Won't make much difference besides brothels and cabarets are exclusively for men" said Mako trying to make sense.

"Alright… alright I am thinking. How about black whips and chains…" said Bolin in a happy tone.

"Bolin…! Are you stupid or dumb…? Because you can choose the one you like, they both suit you. "Black whips and chains" is a bizarre fetish sex club" shouted Mako.

Jinora started laughing at the argument between Mako and Bolin.

"Yeah… so…? It's for boys and girls… I know chicks who go in there to get tied up to a chair and…" Bolin kept on going.

"Bolin will you shut up for the heaven's sake… we have a teenager with us…" shouted Mako.

"It's alright… hahaha, I know what it is… I am cool" said Jinora giggling at Bolin.

"Alright… alright… it's just for fun and laughter… gosh you sounds like a grandpa, stop being so grumpy" said Bolin.

Asami giggled and looked at Mako with a smile after her long contemplative silence.

"See… I manage to ENTERTAIN ASAMI AS WELL… You told me she is immune to laughter and entertainment these days" said Bolin pointing at Asami.

Mako slapped on his forehead as Bolin revealed something he told him before they went and picked up Jinora and Asami.

"You guys are funny… for moment you all made me feels better… Thank you" said Asami with a smile.

"You are welcome Asami…, it's just that this grandpa Mako doesn't know how to react to the jokes…" said Bolin.

"Yeah right… when you make jokes, make sure they are appropriate for the audience…" said Mako.

"If it's appropriate for the audience… it ain't called a joke big brother… it is called a FART!" said Bolin.

Everybody laughed out loud except for Mako.

"And don't get me started with Robot jokes again…" said Bolin leaning back on the car seat with a smile on his face.

Asami laughed as she remembered some of them.

"What robot jokes…?" said Mako looking at Bolin from the rear view mirror.

"They are not suitable for grandpa's like you Mako…" said Bolin. Jinora and Asami couldn't stop laughing.

"You better not be calling me a "Robot" little brother…" said Mako with a angered face.

"Nah… I prefer to call you grandpa… How about "Robot Grandpa?" that sounds much better" said Bolin and Mako turned at him while driving.

"Alright… it was a joke ok…? Now please keep your eyes on the screen while you drive… you are carrying three more souls in this car" said Bolin and Mako turned at the windscreen again feeling hopeless.

"Alright now everything is cool… no more jokes at Mako…" said Asami wanting everyone to calm down.

"Where are we going…? I am just driving senselessly on the road with no destination…" said Mako.

"Let's get something to drink…" said Asami.

"That sounds like a good idea, I am already thirsty…" said Jinora.

"Hey I know where we should go… let's go to the OPIUM DEN… I can teach Jinora how to get high" said Bolin.

"You are not open for suggestions anymore Bolin…, and those jokes of yours aren't funny anymore" said Mako.

"Ah… I wonder how Opal is doing right now, she haven't spoken to me in almost a week since she left to Si fu" said Bolin in a dreamy tone.

"I am really happy if Opal realizes what kind of a twisted sick abomination you are…" said Mako.

"Don't worry big brother… after our first date together, she figured out" said Bolin with a grin.

"She told me you gave her a beautiful moon shaped pendant along with a bunch of wild flowers and walked with her in the sandy beach all night long holding her hand" said Jinora.

"aw how sweet of you Bolin… I thought you tied her to a pole and spanked her with a whip" said Mako.

"You hear that ladies… that's what our sick perverted robot grandpa Mako does to all his girl friends in their first date together… imagine the HONEYMOON… OH THE HORROR… THE PAIN AND TORTURE" Shouted Bolin holding on to his head and everyone laughed except for Mako.

"Yeah right…" said Mako accepting his defeat.

"So ladies no matter what you do, be veeeeeeery careful of MAKO" said Bolin leaning back on the seat again.

Suddenly a large number of police cars drew fast on the road passing them with lights and sirens on.

"Hmm strange… this isn't normal" said Mako keenly looking at the passing police vehicles.

"Looks like something's wrong and they are driving towards the direction of republic city high security prison" said Bolin peeping between the front seats.

"Let's follow them Mako…" said Asami.

They started to follow the police cars from behind. Mako revs the car accelerating to keep up with the rush of police cars.

Meanwhile…

Korra kept attacking the helicopters by blasting them with fire bending and the second helicopter crashed against main entrance bursting in to flames.

Inside the Prison main entrance…

Kuvira came out of the prison resting quarters with her dai li agents.

"Let's see who is playing Havoc out there… Open the gate and I'll deal with her personally" said Kuvira commanding the prison gate operators.

"We can't do that ma'am, the chief of prison has to give us the authority…" said the officer near the gate.

Suddenly a massive explosion went outside the gate blasting the third helicopter in to an inferno of fire in the night sky.

"It doesn't matter whether you open the bloody gate or not… that thing out there just bought down three helicopters and your damn gate will be next" shouted Kuvira.

Meanwhile outside the main entrance…

Korra stood still for a moment facing the gate breathing heavily. Blood drips all the way down from her left arm and falls on the ground. She is being surrounded by blazing flames of fire from the burning helicopters which crashed all over the place.

She took few steps towards the massive metal door that seals the entrance to the prison. Suddenly she felt a piercing pain as a bullet scraped pass her right shoulder. It nearly missed her neck. She looked at the direction where the bullet came and saw the police officers coming down from the wall to surround her.

Meanwhile…

"Lin… Look at those flames in the sky" said Tenzin pointing out the flaming chaos at the direction of Prison. The night was dark and entire place was shining brightly with fire from the distance.

"It doesn't look good…" said Lin.

"What on earth is going on there…" said Tenzin.

"Soon we'll find out…" said Lin while driving.

Mako's Car…

"Holly shit… look at those flames coming up in to the sky…" shouted Bolin.

"They are coming from the direction of prison…" said Asami leaning towards the windscreen.

"It doesn't look good… something serious is going on there…" said Jinora.

"That's not just fire… it is an explosion" said Mako while driving.

Meanwhile…

Korra stood still bleeding on the ground as the entire force surrounded her. Five elite metal benders from the republic city police appeared from the sky and lands in front of her and Kuvira came along with them to confront her. She stood still facing Korra and smiled from the corner of her mouth.

"Hmmm… So you got some tricks up your sleeve as well…" said Kuvira in a sarcastic manner.

"And I see you prefer to hide your face as well…" Kuvira added as Korra stays silent.

"Well let's see what you got… Everybody stand down… let me deal with this now…" Kuvira shouted at the entire force.

She took an offensive stance facing Korra.

"Come at me… with everything you got…" she said. Korra charged at her and they started to fight each other in close quarter hand to hand combat.

Kuvira and Korra kept fighting each other with hand to hand combat and suddenly Kuvira began to use the advantage of her metal bending. She stabbed Korra on the back of her thigh with a metal shard and she screamed in pain. Kuvira dodged her next attack and stabs another metal shard right through her right shoulder and pushed her on to the ground.

Korra fell on the ground bleeding with cuts and stab wounds and Kuvira took another offensive stance. She smirked at Korra who is bleeding on the ground.

"She's all yours… take her down…" said Kuvira giving orders to all the officers. Nearly fifty fully armed officers took their stance to attack Korra on Kuvira's command.

Korra slowly stood up and pulled the metal shard out of her right shoulder, and then pulled the other shard out of her thigh. She took off her shemagh revealing herself to everyone. Her long hair flew with the warm blazing wind from the burning helicopters.

"What the…? Avatar…? This can't be… it is impossible" said Kuvira and kept staring at Korra as she revealed herself.

"FIRE AT WILL" shouted Kuvira as Korra slowly rises up to the air glowing in avatar state. The entire force that was surrounding her began to fire at will. Metal whips and shards kept flying from all possible directions.

The bright white glow of avatar state in Korra's eyes began to change its color. Her eyes turned to glowing dark red. Korra slowly touched the ground with her feet and stood still.

The officers who were nearby her began to get stunned by the invisible grapple of blood bending. Everyone who rushed to attack her began to scream and started dying gruesome deaths. Multiple head explosions took place showering the whole place with blood and gore. Several officers were lifted in to the air and crushed like water melons. The others who tried to attack her from the distance suddenly got disemboweled splattering guts all over the place. Kuvira went mad as she saw her fellow officers dying gruesome deaths screaming in pain and agony.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU…?" said Kuvira as she started to retreat at the face of horror. Remaining elite officers falls back to Kuvira and they kept moving back against the main entrance aiming their weapons at Korra. Suddenly the killing stopped because there is no one else to die around her, Korra massacred the entire force which came at her with no remorse.

She kept looking down quietly while standing still in a middle of a pool of blood and guts and her hair falls covering most of her face. Kuvira got freaked out as she saw what Korra can do with her extreme blood bending. She just killed everyone who attacked her simultaneously without moving a finger.

Meanwhile…

"There they are… what the hell is happening…?" said Lin as she saw the burning fire at the entrance of the prison.

She drew the car with a rush and stopped it about half a mile away from the incident. The other police vehicles which came along with Lin stopped right next to her car forming a barrier. The tire screeching sound of approaching police vehicles echoed the whole place. The officers got off the vehicles and took their positions waiting for Lin's command. Lin and Tenzin got off their car.

"Lin…. Look…" shouted Tenzin as he got off the car.

Lin looked at the direction Tenzin pointed as she grabbed the Bull horn from the car.

"Is… Is that Korra…?" said Lin. She couldn't believe her eyes, but there is no time for her to be amused so she decided to act timely.

"That is Korra…" said Tenzin confirming her guess.

"But… but we all know that she's dead… and I don't understand what's happening" said Lin in a worried tone.

"Me neither but first things first… we'll worry about everything else later" said Tenzin standing beside Lin.

Along with the police cars the news reporters and fire department came along. The whole place was filled with vehicles and people. The camera's kept flashing all over as the republic city police took the frontline.

Lin quickly began to walk towards the whole incident signaling her squad to wait for her command.

"Lin…? Where are you going…? It's too dangerous…" said Tenzin in a worried tone.

"I am not going to get closer… you stay behind Tenzin…" said Lin wanting Tenzin to stay behind.

Lin grabbed her Bull horn.

"This is republic city chief of police Lin Beifong… Stand down… I repeat Stand down…" she said from the bullhorn.

"LIN… GET BACK… DON'T GO NEAR HER… SOMETHING IS HAPPENING" shouted Tenzin running towards Lin and stopping her from going any further from the car.

"What the hell is happening….? Let me go and have a look" said Lin as she saw there is something strange happening with Korra in the distance.

"I don't want you to get hurt Lin… We don't know what's happening. We don't even know if that is really Korra…" said Tenzin wanting Lin to come along with him and get behind the vehicles. He grabbed her hand and Lin looked in to his eyes and he kept staring in to hers.

"I don't want to lose you… please…! Come with me" said Tenzin. Lin nods and decides not to be stubborn; she followed Tenzin back to the car and got behind it.

Korra kept standing still and suddenly the blood from the corpses which surrounds her began to drain out and slither towards her like snakes.

Korra began to walk toward the Kuvira and the other officers who are pinned against the main entrance. Reinforcements from the prison began to come down from the wall. Even before the reinforcement could reach Korra they were cut down and killed by those blood whips which keep swirling around her formed by the blood of her victims. They act like sharp long blades which have a mind of their own and whatever that gets in her way gets killed instantly.

The officers who were close to Kuvira began to die. Two of them screamed and died with head explosions and others were crippled and crushed with blood bending. Everyone who was with Kuvira got killed right in front of her and the blood from the massacre stained her face and uniform. Korra finally reached the door and Kuvira leaned against it shivering in fear. Her eyes wide open starring at Korra with Horror.

"Stay…. Stay…. Away from me you Monster…" shouts Kuvira.

Kuvira began to scream in pain as the blood began to boil in her. She felt like the organs inside of her is boiling in a cooking pot. Kuvira screamed in pain as the blood squirts out of her mouth.

Meanwhile…

Mako drew towards the prison following the police cars and he saw the whole incident which is happening from the distance.

"Damn… I don't think we can drive any further…" said Mako and stopped the engine.

"What's going on there...? It seems like the whole republic city police force is here…" said Asami.

"Let's walk over there and see what's happening" said Bolin and opened the door.

"I don't think no one is allowed beyond the police line over there…" said Jinora pointing out the policeman.

"We'll see about that…" said Mako as he got off the car.

"I am coming too…" said Asami.

"No you are not Asami… you wait here in the car with Jinora, we'll go there and find out what's happening over there" said Mako wanting Asami to stay back.

"I can walk with the crutch, you don't have to worry about me Mako…" said Asami in a little angered tone.

"He's right Asami… I'll wait here with you… let them go and have a look first" said Jinora and Asami nods agreeing with her.

Mako and Bolin got off the car and ran towards the police line and they were stopped by the officers.

"What's going on there officer…?" asked Mako.

"That's none of your concern citizen, everything is under control and there is no trespassing beyond this point…" said the officer.

"Citizen…? Excuse me officer but my brother over here is…" said Bolin and Mako breaks in showing his Police identification.

"Now tell me what's going on there…" said Mako with a smile.

"I am sorry for the rudeness sir… we were informed that there is someone trying to break in to the prison and the prison security is engaged with the culprit. For the time being that's all we know… nothing came across to us from the next barricade. All the officers are standby awaiting for chief Lin's command" said the Officer after a salute.

"Lin…? Lin is here as well…? I'll be damned… Let me through" said Mako wanting to pass. The officer let Mako and Bolin pass the line.

Meanwhile…

"I am gonna go and have a look… Mako and Bolin just went in…" said Asami wanting to get off the car.

"I don't think it is a good idea besides the officers won't let us through… Mako went in there because he is in republic city police as well… I saw him showing the ID" said Jinora.

Asami sighed and kept staring at the whole barricade of cars and officers.

"You're right… only chance to get in there was with him and now it's too late…" said Asami in a grumpy tone.

Meanwhile…

Kuvira kept screaming in pain hard as she can. She felt like a knife is turning inside of her heart and there is nothing she could do but scream in pain, her body has gone numb and there is no possibility of metal bending at all.

Kuvira fell on the ground bleeding all over and squirming in pain.

"Stop… please stop… it hurts so much…" she cried for mercy.

"KORRA… STOP THIS AND RELEASE HER" said a strong voice and Korra turned her head to see who it is.

She saw Lin and Tenzin standing there few yards away from her. Korra kept staring at them with her glowing red eyes.

"Please Korra… let her go and be at peace. Whatever the indifference we may have we can always resolve it without bloodshed…" said Tenzin wanting to reach her with a more diplomatic solution.

Kuvira screamed on the ground as her right leg got dislocated.

"Just what do you want…?" shouted Lin.

"I will take what I want and leave whether you like it or not. If you want the bloodshed to stop, order your forces to stay back… and make sure you stay back as well…" said Korra and her voice sounded demonic.

"I am not ready to take orders from the villainy like you…" said Lin in a strong tone.

"KORRA... Let Kuvira go…. Please…." Tenzin said in a pleading tone.

Suddenly Kuvira was lifted in to the air and thrown at Lin and Tenzin. Lin quickly aided her, holding her head up. She's unconscious already. Korra turned at massive metal door which seals the main entrance to prison facility. The blood whips which was behind her swirling like snakes began to rise up forming a huge grapple on the metal door.

Then a small partition of the thick massive metal door began to melt down making a way for Korra to walk inside the prison. She walked through the molten pathway inside the prison facility.

"I am going to give the order…" said Lin while having Kuvira in her arms.

"Lin…! Don't be stupid… it won't do any good. Only thing that will happen is more deaths. We are not up against some mere villain; we are up against the Avatar herself in full blood bending prowess. Even the whole world is not enough to stop her" said Tenzin wanting to explain how powerful she is right now.

"What are you telling me to do Tenzin…? Just sit on my ass over here while she plays havoc all over the place…? There is a Law in republic city and I must act on it, If I don't act upon it, there is no use of this badge or the uniform" said Lin in a frustrated tone.

"Listen to me Lin… Signal everybody to stand down and let her take what she wants. There is nothing in there worth dying for…." said Tenzin wanting to convince Lin.

Lin took the transmitter and signaled the medics to come over soon as possible. Kuvira is still unconscious and Lin kept on checking her pulse.

"She's not doing good… she needs immediate medical attention" said Lin in a desperate tone.

Mako and Bolin ran over to the main entrance of the prison with four of the elite officers from Lin's squad and the paramedics.

Mako and Bolin helped the paramedics to lift Kuvira up to the stretcher carefully. The medics ran off along with Kuvira on the stretcher quickly as they could towards the ambulance.

"What's going on here Lin…?" asked Mako in a rushed tone as Lin kept starring at the melted pathway which is carved through the massive metal door.

"Holy shit…. Who on earth could do something like this… Holy shit… Oh Shit…" shouted Bolin as he realized that they are being surrounded by a large number of dismembered and mutilated bodies.

"Talk to me Lin…. What's going on here and why are you keeping your squad at bay…? Who did this…?" said Mako in a hysterical tone.

"Calm down Mako… Let her think… She knows what she's doing…?" said Tenzin laying his hand on Mako's shoulder.

"It's Korra…" said Lin and looked at Mako.

"KORRA…? What…? That can't be…" said Mako making his eyes bigger.

"That's the single most ridiculous thing I heard for the whole week… she's dead and you two are hallucinating…" said Bolin walking over them.

"Come on Bolin… I am gonna take a look" said Mako running toward the opening.

"STOP RIGHT THERE MAKO… THAT'S AN ORDER…" said Lin and they stopped.

"But why…? If it's Korra, we can make her stop" said Mako wanting to go inside the prison.

"I don't want my officers to get killed for nothing. That's why I ordered everyone to stand down, if you go in there. Then you are on your own. If you think you can fight the avatar go ahead… stop her" said Lin angrily and turned at Tenzin with a hopeless facial expression.

"Very well then… I am going in, are you coming Bolin…?" asked Mako.

"Do I have a choice…?" Bolin asked furrowing his eyebrows.

Mako ran inside the prison facility through the melted hole in main gate and Bolin followed him.

"I think Tenzin and Lin has gone crazy…" said Mako while running inside.

"I don't know about that Mako… but from the looks of what I saw outside, even if it is not Korra it has to be someone pretty powerful" said Bolin in a scary tone.

"What you say makes sense…" said Mako as he stopped at the sight of more disemboweled headless corpses lay on their way.

"Good heavens…" said Bolin and they started to hear distant screaming and gunfire inside the prison facility.

"Come on let's go…" said Mako skipping over the dead bodies and running along the entrance corridor.

Meanwhile…

"All I see is police officers have formed a huge living barricade near the main entrance of the prison and news reporters are running all over…" said Jinora leaning against the car.

"That's it… I had it…" said Asami opening the door and getting out of the car with the help of her crutch.

"Wow… wow… wait a second miss heart attack, you are not going anywhere with that leg of yours" said Jinora wanting to stop her.

"Don't worry about me Jinora… I just wanna have a look besides Mako and Bolin is not going to come back anytime soon" said Asami as she lean against the car staring at the policeman.

Jinora sits on the car and sighs.

"I am gonna go get something to drink… You want something…?" Asami asked.

"Let me go get it for you, you can wait in the car" said Jinora getting down.

"I can go by myself, don't worry I am sure the grocery is not that far from here" said Asami.

"There is no way that I send you with a crutch to go and get me something to drink Ma'am…" said Jinora.

"Alright then… if you insist…" said Asami letting her go.

"Thank you very much… A Soda for me and what would you like…?" ask Jinora smiling at Asami.

"How about a cactus juice…? It's been a while since I had one" said Asami with a smile.

"I'll be right back…" said Jinora as she trots away from the car and Asami.

She waited till Jinora disappeared from her sight and quickly walked away from the car towards the trees wanting to get a glimpse of what's happening there from a different angle. Asami walked up to a small hilly area near the trees and she couldn't see a thing. She walked in to the growth of trees which surrounds the prison area thinking of reaching the prison from a different direction.

Meanwhile…

Korra has reached the heart of the Prison facility and everybody who confronted her is being killed mercilessly. All she uses is her deathly blood bending ability and nothing else. She walked out of the third corridor she came across and reached the central control room. As she stepped on to the main hall the employees of the main office started to scatter around like bunch of rabbits. Suddenly ten dai li agents came at her together and took their offensive stances. She paused at their sight.

The Dai Li agents attacked her simultaneously without a warning and she managed to dodge few of their first projectiles and earth bending attacks. The blood whips that came along with her like several tails kept attacking the Dai Li agents and they successfully dodged almost all the attacks.

Korra used her blood bending on one agent and made his head explode like a watermelon. Rest of them retreated and took a defensive stance. Suddenly all of them started coming towards her and on their way they formed thick earth armor to cover themselves using earth bending. When one wears the earth armor the blood bending has little or no effect on them due to its thick earth walls which forms like a second skin. She dodged all their attacks as they keep attacking her from all directions mercilessly. Korra landed few of her hand to hand attacks on them and they too have little effect because of the earth armor. Her attacks have damaged her fists more than it damaged them making her bleed.

She slipped away from them and stood still facing all the agents as they took the offensive stance at her direction. The blood whips flew from all directions at some agents slashing them in half and this time the whips managed to cut through the earth armor like a hot knife on butter. The blood whips took down five of them instantly cutting their numbers to four.

"Hell… how did that happened…? Nothing cuts through the earth armor like that" shouted one agent.

"I don't know, I think we should retreat sir…" the other agent replied and suddenly he started choking and there was a sound of bones cracking inside the earth bending armor.

"Oh shit… she knows how to get through the…. Argh…khhwwak…" another said as he started choking inside the earth bending armor.

Suddenly all four of them exploded out of their earth armor splattering blood and gore all over the place as if a bomb hits them.

Meanwhile….

Jinora runs back to where the car has stopped with a can of cactus juice and a soda.

"Asami…?" she said looking around the car and inside looking for Asami. Asami is nowhere to be seen. She dumps the drinks inside the car and closed the door.

"Where on earth could she be…?" said Jinora to herself while looking around and then trots toward the barricade with police officers.

"Sir…! Excuse me Sir, have you seen a girl pass by here… she's kind of tall, dark hair green eyes and Oh yeah… she was using a crutch to walk" said Jinora in a playful tone.

"I am sorry miss… we haven't seen her…" said the officer very briefly.

"Alright… thank you then…" said Jinora with a smiley face and started walking back towards the car. She looked around carefully and figured out that Asami could have headed towards the trees. She slowly trots toward the trees wanting to find Asami.

Meanwhile…

Mako and Bolin rushed inside the central control room.

"Holllyyyy Shiiiitt…." Bolin yelled as he felt like puking at the sight of all mutilated dead bodies.

"Damn… it… it seems like they were Dai Li agents…" said Mako.

"Mako… I really don't think that it is a good idea to meet this ZOMBIE KORRA right now….? It seems like she is super pissed…" said Bolin and his voice shivered.

"Don't try to act like a pussy… I know you are not a coward ok…? If its Korra… then she's our friend… remember? We can make her stop" said Mako wanting to go further.

"This is not how I imagine myself as a dead body, Yes it is true that she is our friend but she's back from the dead… she's a ZOMBIE, what if she don't remember us…?" said Bolin pointing at the dead bodies which are scattered all over the place.

"Come on let's go… I don't think we are far from her…" said Mako moving forward. Bolin followed him hesitantly.

Meanwhile…

Korra has fought her way into the heart of Republic city high security prison killing everyone who confronts her yet she couldn't figure out where Zaheer is held captive but she managed to get hold of the officer who is in charge of entry passes and codes. She's the one who controls and grants permission to all high security levels of the prison.

"Please don't kill me… Please… aw it hurts… it hurts so much…" said the female officer standing still like a statue because she's been held by Korra's blood bending grapple. She has started bleeding from her eyes as the blood inside of her began to boil slowly.

"Direct me to Zaheer's holding cell… If you wish to live" said Korra as she released her from the blood bending grapple. The officer falls on the ground as if she is a dead body.

"I will… I will… just don't kill me… please…" she said in a whiny tone shivering in fear. She slowly got up holding on to a nearby table.

"Follow me…" she said wanting Korra to follow her. Korra followed her through the long endless corridor which leads to the elevator.

"This elevator will directly take us down to the lowest level…" said the officer as she punched down the security code in the numeric panel next to the elevator door.

After few minutes she was near the main holding cell of the high security prison. The officer punched down the numbers in the numeric pad on the wall and she's shivering in fear.

"If you do as I say… you will not be harmed…" said Korra as she returned to normal from her avatar blood bending state. Her eyes became normal and she gasped as she started to feel the pain from bruises and stab wounds. Suddenly a mechanical noise came as the massive door in front of her unlocked with gusts of steam coming from all sides.

"Done…" said the officer backing away from the door.

The door slowly opened revealing the way in to Zaheer's holding cell. Korra slowly walked in to a surgically clean steal cell and it lights up automatically. She's all covered in blood and badly bruised all over. Korra hobbles as the pain from the stab wound in her thigh worsen with every step she takes.

The entire cell lit up revealing Zaheer looking straight at Korra as she walked in stained with blood all over her. He is still in chains and unable to move at all. She saw him and quickly ran over to him.

"Korra…" he said with his eyes wide open and Korra realized that he is in pain.

"Zaheer…!" she said feeling devastated to see him like this.

"Don't come any closer… there is electricity that is going through these chains to numb me down" said Zaheer in a painful tone.

Korra turned back at the entrance and her eyes were bloodshot and in verge of crying. The officer who was standing at the entrance gasped as she laid her gaze upon her.

"Unchain him…" she shouted.

The officer quickly punches down the final security code to the numeric pad and the chains that was holding Zaheer unlocked and retracted in to the pillars on sides.

Korra ran over to him and grabbed him without letting him fall on the ground. She quickly grabbed his arm and put it around her shoulder then walked him away from there. Zaheer walked few steps away from holding point and wanted to lie on the ground.

"What have they done to you…" said Korra in a worried tone as she helped him to lie back on the ground. Zaheer didn't talk back instead he kept holding on to the pain of being numbed down by electricity for many hours.

"Talk to me Zaheer… how the hell did you end up here…?" asked Korra as she laid her hand on his forehead and he is burning in fever.

Korra saw that the officer walking in to the cell slowly.

"Look what you have done to him… keeping a man electrocuted for hours and hours numbing him down in chains like an animal... Shame on you" Korra shouted angrily as she tried to summon her healing abilities. She instantly realized that even though she has gained her avatar state her healing abilities have not returned at all.

"Come on Zaheer… Get up… It's time to get the hell out of here" said Korra standing up and trying to pull Zaheer up.

She managed to get him up again and put his arm around her shoulder.

"Foolish girl… Why did you come here…?" said Zaheer in a painful tone.

"What do you want me to do….? Watch your execution with a bag of popcorn?" asked Korra in an angered tone as she walked with Zaheer towards the exit.

Zaheer smirked painfully for Korra's angry sarcastic replies. She grabbed the officer from her shirt and pulled her closer.

"Take us to the secondary exit…" said Korra gnashing her teeth and the officer nods shivering in fear.

Korra walked Zaheer to the elevator and he felt slightly better as the electrical numb began to pass out. She helped him inside the elevator and then stepped in. Zaheer leaned against the elevator wall.

"How are you feeling…?" Korra asked.

"A little better… I think the electrical numb is wearing out" said Zaheer as he held to his side.

"What did they do to you… who stabbed you? How did you get caught…?" Korra kept questioning him uneasily.

"I will tell you everything once we are out of here…" said Zaheer wanting her to keep the questions for later. Korra looked away angrily.

"You foolish girl…" Zaheer kept mumbling.

"Yes I am a stupid girl… a stupid girl who doesn't want you to die like this…" said Korra in an arrogant tone.

In few minutes they were led towards the emergency exit of the prison facility. It is designed for the staff to immediately evacuate the facility in a case of emergency. It is a permanently sealed wall which will blast open itself.

"Stay back… this is the only emergency exit of the facility" said the officer as she entered the emergency evacuation code to the numeric pad on the wall.

A huge blast took place boring a huge hole through the massive thick wall opening a pathway out of the prison. Then the emergency evacuation siren started to go in full blast. Korra grabbed the officer from her shirt and pulled her closer.

"You can run now… You only have ten minutes to get out…" said Korra gnashing her teeth and released her. She ran away from them quickly as possible.

Few minutes later…

Bolin and Mako saw a female officer running towards them as if she's being chased by a monster. Mako grabbed her and she is crying like crazy.

"Let me go… Please let me go…" she cried struggling with Mako.

"Where is she… did you saw her…?" said Mako holding her wanting to know where Korra is.

"Hey… Hey Mako… takes it easy alright. Just let her go… can't you see she's freaked out" said Bolin.

"I don't know… just run… She told me that I have ten minutes to get out…" said the officer.

"What do you mean ten minutes…" Mako kept on questioning her.

"I don't know… just let me go pleaaassee" she cried.

"It doesn't sound good; I think we better get the hell out of here as well… who knows what is gonna happen. Just don't forget that she's the avatar" said Bolin wanting to follow the officer.

"We can't stop now Bolin…" said Mako.

"For once in life… listen to your little brother… this is not good and I feel it, let's get ourselves out of here before it is too late…" said Bolin and Mako nods hesitantly. They started to run along with the officer back to the entrance.

Meanwhile…

Korra and Zaheer walked out of the prison facility through the emergency exit and ended up in the woods. They walked little further in to the woods without looking back. Once they are about mile away from the facility they stopped. Zaheer sits on the ground panting heavily. Korra stood still and turned back at the prison with an angry face.

She summoned her avatar state and slowly started to rise up in to the air and the wind blew all over the place making trees wrestle each other. Zaheer looked up at her covering his face from fore arm to avoid the wind. She moved towards the prison facility and summoned a large amount of energy on her and it formed a huge flaming inferno around her. The earth started to tremble as if it is an earthquake.

Meanwhile…

Asami kept on walking through the trees and she got herself lost in there. Suddenly she saw that there is an inferno of fire appeared far away in the sky near the prison. She felt the earth as if it began to tremble like an earthquake.

"What is happening…?" She questioned herself and decided to walk towards the direction of where the fire appeared. She figured out that it is the right direction for the other side of the prison.

Meanwhile…

Mako and Boling rushed out of the entrance with the officer and Lin is still there with Tenzin.

"What the hell is happening Mako…?" asked Lin rushing towards him.

"I don't know alright… let's get out of here…" said Mako.

"Let's get the hell out of here…. Go Go Go…" shouted Bolin running along with the officer. They all ran away from the Prison building back to where the cars are forming a barricade with officers.

Meanwhile…

Korra came crashing down on earth with her fist forcing all the energy she formed against the ground. Suddenly earthquake intensified shaking down everything and a large volcano oozed up from the ground destroying the entire prison facility. The massive facility got swollen down to the volcano which appeared beneath it causing a massive explosion blasting fire and ashes up in to the night sky. The massive explosion of lava and fire was visible for many miles. It completely swallowed the whole prison and disappeared from the ground surface. The high security prison facility has vanished within matter of few minutes. Everything calmed down after the prison sunk in to a pit of lava and vanished from the surface forever. The amount of fire and ash that was released in to the sky has caused a sudden change of weather bringing in thundering rainy clouds.

Lin, Tenzin, Bolin, Mako and the entire police force along with news reporters kept gazing at the whole incident as if they are watching a show of fireworks.

"WELL I'LL BE DAMNED…." said Bolin with his jaw dropped.

"How in the world she could do something like that…" said Mako.

"So much of destructive power… It's impossible even for the avatar pull that off. I never heard of anything like this…" said Tenzin awed by Korra's demonstration of destructive power.

"She just sunk the whole thing…" said Lin being awed by what she just saw in a hopeless tone.

Ashes that flew up in to the night sky began to fall back on everyone as if it is snowing.

Meanwhile…

Korra slowly stands up back on her feet and she felt her body is nearly powerless. She has used up so much energy. She turned back at Zaheer and walk towards him. Zaheer smiled feeling happy to see his student to summon such a visceral demonstration of destructive power. He tried to stand up and Korra helped him up.

"Can you walk…?" Korra asked in a concerned tone. Zaheer nods.

Korra held on to the stab wound of her right shoulder and as she walks she involuntarily hobbled because of the piercing pain from her thigh. She felt slightly dizzy since she kept on using all of her energy constantly.

"It seems like you got yourself wounded severely…." Zaheer said while looking at Korra.

"I'll be alright, I came here for you and now my task is complete" said Korra.

"You put yourself at a great risk by doing so and now everyone knows that you are alive. You are not a secret anymore" said Zaheer walking along the pathway that falls through the trees.

"It doesn't matter…. I don't care about it anymore. It is better this way than living with guilt of letting them execute you. That is never gonna happen, at least not while I am alive" said Korra walking along with Zaheer.

"My death has little effect on you Korra, but the consequences of your recent actions have far greater effect on your life…" said Zaheer.

"Even though you were my enemy… you came to my aid in my darkest hour. How do you expect me to let them execute you…?" Korra asked.

"I didn't come to your aid out of sympathy…. I did it purely for my freedom…" said Zaheer.

"Neither did i…! I didn't come to rescue you out of sympathy either. I came to get you out of that hellhole because I need to have a peace of mind. I deserve to spend the rest of my life at peace without feeling guilty for your death. I wanted to pay my dues… now I don't owe you, now we are even" said Korra with a sarcastic smile.

"Hmmm you're good, it seems like you have become the one I'd proudly call as my student" said Zaheer with a smirk.

The ash started to fall from the sky as if there was a volcanic eruption. Dark clouds have begun to form in the sky causing thunder and lightning. The wind has increased its intensity as the environment wanted to cool down the place naturally.

Korra and Zaheer walked further away from the whole area and they came walking to the edge of the city where a large river is met with a reservoir. There is a massive hydro power plant along with a dam as well. The forest like area was almost over and there is a bridge that marks the end of pathway which falls through the trees. The bridge leads to an empty causeway which goes beyond the dam that crosses the reservoir.

Zaheer held the railing as he stepped on to the bridge. Korra came along with him and the ash from the sky started to fall heavily as if it is snowing. They walked few yards on the bridge and Korra felt someone approaching them through the trees.

She stopped and turn back slowly as the cold gentle wind blew along with her hair. For a moment her heart has stopped beating at the sight of her. She saw Asami standing there gazing at her with eyes filled with tears glittering under the fading blue moonlight. Korra couldn't do a thing but to gaze at Asami as if she just had a heart attack, she involuntarily smiled tasting her own tears in the lips not knowing what to do. The joy she felt to see Asami is beyond explanation, she couldn't control it, it was too much even for the young avatar.

Asami felt speechless as she saw Korra, she felt like something got stuck in her throat and her heart wants to climb up through her wind pipe. For a moment they felt like the time has stopped and nothing else exist in this world. Asami stepped towards her slowly and Korra started to walk towards her.

They walked closer facing each other on the bridge and kept starring at each other. It was too much to grasp in just few seconds. Both of them felt like as if they are going to drown in overwhelmed joy and die.

"Asami…" Korra whispered smiling with deep intense emotions in her tone. Her eyes were flooding with tears.

"Korra…" Asami whispered and that's all she could say. Falling ash from the night sky begun to fall on them as if it is snow.

Korra hugged Asami and Asami hugs back dropping her crutch on the ground. They couldn't talk to each other; all the words are stuck in their throats. Both of them held on to each other shedding tears uncontrollably.

Zaheer kept looking at them and nods feeling happy for Korra.

"It is said that young love is sweeter than the strawberry wine in a summer eve…" he whispered looking away at the other end of the bridge.

Asami and Korra kept on holding each other as if they wanted to merge in to a single being. Simply for them the time has just stopped.

Meanwhile….

Jinora managed to emerge out of the trees and she has been searching for Asami all over the place. She walked in to the vicinities of the bridge and she saw them from a distance. A heartfelt joy crossed her as she walked closer to the bridge slowly. Jinora smiled at them happily. She stopped at the bridge without making a noise and watched them.

"Korra…!" she whispered feeling happy for Asami and Korra.

Jinora looked up at the falling ash as a burst of tears flooded her eyes. She carefully rubbed her eyes feeling awkward to burst in to tears. Even though she felt so happy to see Korra and Asami together, she also felt something else within her and she couldn't explain what she felt. With that strange feeling she wiped her tears.

"I thought… I thought I'd never see you again… my love" whispered Korra soon as she manage to have power over herself.

"I… I just…." Asami stammered.

Korra leaned away from Asami and looked in to her eyes with tears. Asami looked back feeling as if she has reached the heaven. Asami could not handle the sudden burst of happiness within her so she cried.

They kissed each other on the lips and the falling ashes fell on them like a blessing from heavens.

Jinora kept staring at them and smiled then looked away feeling little awkward to gawk at them. Then she saw Zaheer standing at the other end of the bridge.

"Zaheer….? What is he doing here….?" Jinora thought to herself furrowing her brows.

Korra reached towards Asami's face and gently touched her cheeks with her fingertips. Asami closed her eyes feeling her touch.

"Am I dreaming…?" Korra asked with a great effort to utter few words. Asami looked in to Korra's eyes deeply.

"Are we in a dream….?" Asami asked Korra as she reached out towards Korra's face.

"If this is a dream…. Then I wish never to wake up…" said Korra smiled as she kept staring in to Asami's eyes.

A large number of glowing fireflies began to appear from the trees and surrounding bushes due to sudden change in weather making it a beautiful sight. They held each other's hands with a firm caring grip and gazed for a moment.

The distant police car sirens became audible and Zaheer looked around cautiously.

"Come with me Asami… we must leave…" said Korra holding on to her hands. Asami nods as she realized that they have spent a very long time just staring and holding each other.

Korra held her hand with a tighter grip and turned at Zaheer and saw that he is looking at her.

"Zaheer…? I… er I thought…" Asami stammered as she saw Zaheer.

"I will explain everything later… but for now let's get out of here. Don't worry, he is with me" said Korra as she walked towards him with Asami.

"We don't have much time, we must leave or they will track us down…" said Zaheer.

"Let's go…" said Korra.

"What about that girl over there…" said Zaheer pointing Jinora sitting on the railing at the other end of the bridge.

Asami turned back to see who it is and saw Jinora sitting on the railing in with a hopeless facial expression.

"JINORA….!" Asami shouts at her and she looked at them. She got off the railing and trots toward Asami.

"I am sorry I didn't see you…" said Asami as she reached them.

"Saying sorry is not enough… you left me back there and I went on looking for you all over the place… Your cactus juice is still in the car…" said Jinora making a pouty face.

"I am sorry…. I didn't mean to worry you. Are you coming with us…?" Asami asked.

"Jinora…" said Korra and Jinora hugged her.

"It's so good to see you after all this time… Everyone thinks you are dead…" said Jinora.

"Let them think what they want, it doesn't matter anymore. It's good to see you too Jinora…" said Korra with a smirk.

"Are you coming with us Jinora…?" Asami asked again.

"I don't know… Do you like me to…?" Jinora asked raising her brows.

"Yes of course Jinora…" said Korra curling her hands together with a smile.

"Only if you like… It's your choice" said Asami.

Jinora shrugs pursing her lips and smiled.

"I don't know Asami, I like to come with you but you know my dad… he might start looking for me all over the world" said Jinora in a slightly concerned tone.

"If that's what keeps you from coming with us, don't worry about it, we'll send him a message saying you are with us…" said Korra laying her hand on Jinora's shoulder.

"Alright, I'll come along then…" said Jinora without questioning further.

Asami smiled holding Jinora's hand. Zaheer has already walked few yards further on the causeway.

"Zaheer….! Wait up, the boat is not that far…" said Korra waving at Zaheer.

"Come on then… let's get going" said Asami.

All four of them walked up to the speedboat which Korra hid behind the bushes before she came to rescue Zaheer from the prison. She has already planned their getaway. They took the speedboat along the big river quickly as possible.

The fate has begun to favor Korra and Asami bringing them together after three long years. They were destined to be with each other and the love they had towards each other was beyond our comprehension. Tragic separation that they went through bought despair and grief to their lives for more than three years but finally it has come to an end. Korra and Asami wowed deep within their hearts never ever to lose each other again.

Meanwhile…

Mako and Bolin walked back to their car and looked for Asami and Jinora.

"Where are the girls….?" Bolin said as he looks all over.

"They are not needles to look all over the place like that…" said Mako looking at Bolin's silly gestures.

"Yeah I know they aren't that tiny but where the hell are they…?" said Bolin.

"Look at the time in your wrist watch…. See how long we took…?" said Mako resting his hands on the sides.

"So what…? About two hours" said Bolin looking at his wrist watch.

"We kept them standing here for two hours, they probably might have taken a taxi back to the beach house…" said Mako leaning against the driving seat of the car.

"Damn… did we take that long…? I feel sorry for them" said Bolin getting inside the car.

"We'll drive back to the beach house and apologize for all this…" said Mako firing up the engine.

"Do you think it was really Korra…? How can she come back from the dead" asked Bolin.

"Lin doesn't hallucinate easily, Look at what she did to the whole prison facility. No one can do something like that unless it is the Avatar…" said Mako.

"Yeah… you are right but why would she do such a thing…?" asked Bolin.

"First I thought she wanted to take down Zaheer on her own… but that officer in charge of key codes told us is a completely different story. I am still puzzled by it" said Mako resting his hands on the steering.

"I am beginning to get freaked out about it as well, If she just wanted Zaheer, she could have taken him without killing so many people… just look at the amount of dead bodies in that place, it was a massacre" said Bolin in a hopeless tone.

"I know for a fact that Korra is not a murderer, she will choose to kill as her last resort. There are survivors of the whole attack and Lin will be questioning them all night long. We will get a better picture of the whole incident once she gathered up the facts" said Mako slowly driving back to the main road.

"It is not the Korra we knew Mako… She has changed. She has become a cold blooded killer. She is responsible for so many deaths already" said Bolin with a sigh.

"We may never know until we walk few miles in her shoes, she did not choose to be a monster. The world made her that way…" said Mako.

"You always have a choice… she has chosen the wrong path" said Bolin looking outside through the shutter.

"It's easy for us to say…" said Mako not agreeing with his brother.

Meanwhile…

Lin has ordered all of her squad teams to return to the headquarters along with the survivors. She kept silent deep in her thoughts as she drew through the traffic.

"What are you thinking…? I know it's hard to figure out the ups and downs of what just happened…" said Tenzin while sitting next to her in the car.

"No matter what angle we look at things, everything is a puzzle. Why would Korra come to rescue Zaheer…?" asked Lin feeling lost in her thoughts.

Tenzin kept silent rubbing his beard while thinking deeply.

"Lin…! I think we were wrong from the beginning…" said Tenzin.

"What do you mean we were wrong…? What did we ever do to be wrong?" asked Lin while driving.

"We have grabbed the snake from the wrong end. Zaheer did not kill Korra back in frozen north, he took her along with him…" said Tenzin.

"But why would she team up with Zaheer… and why did Zaheer lied to all of us that he killed Korra and got rid of her body…?" Lin kept bringing up the questions which were puzzling her.

"It is hard to comprehend each and everything but for certain, now I know that Zaheer didn't kill her, instead he escaped with her from the Frozen North" said Tenzin.

"How on earth that Korra learned to cast that much of destructive power. What she did there was out of this world. Last time I saw her she was delirious like a lunatic and she was far from being the avatar" Lin said making her eyes bigger.

"Don't forget that she's the avatar and that means a tremendous amount of power is already within her whether she can access it or not. Also don't underestimate Zaheer, he is a very capable man and it seems to me that she's been trained by him all these lost years" said Tenzin.

"What you say makes sense…. Tomorrow when shit hits the fan we all will be assessed by the authorities in regards to what just happened" said Lin with a sigh.

"I assume that the casualties in the prison incident are extremely high…." Tenzin said as he rubbed his chin.

"As the chief of police I will have to answer for the each and everything" said Lin with a deep sigh as she drove the car in to city traffic.