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.

13. Chapter 13

My dearest readers…

I know this has taken longer than I have initially mentioned due to few things that were going on in my life. Now it is finally complete and ready to be read, I have done error checking once and I am sure there will be plenty of errors which I have missed, so as usual please bear with me. I hope you will enjoy this chapter as much as you enjoyed previous ones. Thank you all for all the support…

Love you all…

The Island of Broosh…
The Galant Inn
Middle of the night…

Jinora opened her eyes and found herself lying beneath the tree of love. She looked around and realized that it is almost late in the evening. She rubbed her face and searched for Asami. She was nowhere to be seen.

"Asami…!" Jinora said in a slightly louder tone.

There was no answer so she walked passing the Tree towards the forest like area in the distance. As she walked towards the forest area at the far end of the lush meadow, she realize that sky has started to become gloomy. Jinora walked through the small pathway that falls through the forest calling out for Asami.

She walked for a little while and found herself surrounded by the forest. Jinora felt a little fear as the darkness began to fall all around her.

"ASAMI…? Where are you…?" she called out again and there was no answer.

As she walked further in to the forest she has come up to a little open space and saw a trail of blood which goes behind a large tree. She quickened on her feet following the trail of blood. Jinora reached the large tree where the blood trail leads and she heard a slurping and groaning sound…

Jinora carefully stepped on the roots of the large tree and lean against the trunk. She slowly peeked to see what's causing it.

She saw Asami lying on the ground in a pool of her own blood and her abdomen was ripped open. Korra is kneeling beside her with her hair down and she is pulling her intestines out one by one like a monster. They are all covered in blood and Korra is slowly eating Asami while she's still alive. Asami slowly looked at Jinora with her dying eyes and tried to reach out for her.

She was inaudibly calling out for help… saying "HELP ME".

Suddenly Korra raised her head and looked at Jinora… her eyes were glowing blood red and she has pointy teeth like a wolf. Jinora screamed in the sight of horror.

"JINORA… WAKE UP… SNAP OUT OF IT…" Jinora heard Asami's voice and she felt that she's shaking her to wake up.

Jinora opened her eyes and she's all covered in tears. She hugged Asami and she held Jinora close to herself, Jinora buried her face on Asami.

"It was just a dream… it's alright now…" whispered Asami holding her closer and caressing back of her head.

"Are you alight Jinora…?" Korra asked while sitting up beside Asami.

Jinora kept crying and crying.

"Don't worry now Jinora… we are here with you, it was just a dream…" said Korra scratching her head.

Jinora slowly lifts her head and her eyes were soaked in tears.

"What did you saw… what happened…?" Asami asked as she combed back Jinora's hair with her fingers.

Korra quickly grabbed a glass of water and came around the bed then gave it to Jinora.

"Drink this…" said Korra giving it to her. Jinora quickly took the glass and gulped it down.

Korra reached towards Jinora's forehead.

"You're burning… something must have really freaked you out" said Korra.

"I saw…" said Jinora trying to catch her breath.

"Slowly dear… take a deep breath… it was only a dream…" said Asami.

"I saw you were eaten alive by her…" said Jinora and looked at Korra with horror in her eyes.

"You saw me eating Asami…? I wonder how you tasted like… Hmmm" said Korra with a giggle while looking at Asami.

"This isn't funny… Korra… it was like real… I saw you were eating Asami's gut while she's still alive… she was calling out for help" said Jinora in a slightly angered tone.

"That sounds a little bit gory… but it was only a dream dear… now we are here with you so there is nothing to be afraid of…" said Korra in a kind tone.

"But… but what I just saw was like real" said Jinora with a slight stammer in her voice.

Korra quickly got on the bed back again from the other side.

"You had those glowing red eyes… pointy teeth like a monster…" said Jinora.

"It is probably because of the cold in here without the heater, sleeping in a cold room can easily give you nightmares…" said Asami.

"Glowing red eyes and pointy teeth… Jinora have you gone crazy or something…? What are you taking me for now…? A monster…? It's not my fault that you freaked out in your dreams" said Korra with slight temper in her tone and lay back on the bed.

"I am sorry Korra… I didn't mean to make you feel bad… it was just so scary…" said Jinora.

Korra didn't reply she just closed her eyes and pretended that she's sleeping.

"It's alright Jinora… lay down and sleep now…" said Asami in a kind tone.

Jinora lay back on the bed and Asami tucked her in neatly with the thick sheet. After that Asami lay back on the bed and exhaled sharply. She turned at Korra and she is sleeping while looking at the other way. As she tried to turn toward the side of Korra, she felt Jinora's hand grabbed her forearm. Asami quickly looked at Jinora and she saw that she's starring at her.

"I feel so cold…" whispered Jinora.

Asami smiled at her and pulled her closer and Jinora snuggled on to Asami feeling her warmth.

"Korra…" said Asami.

"I know, It's alright, Keep her warm… she's freaked out by that nightmare…" muttered Korra while looking at the other way.

"You wouldn't mind…?" Asami asked with a smile on her face.

"Should i…?" said Korra in a sarcastic tone and Asami giggled.

Korra turned at Asami and snuggled on to her from behind feeling her warmth. Asami felt her sharp cold breath on her nape. Korra nuzzled her nape gently and kissed behind her ear.

"Hmmm do you like it now…?" Korra asked.

"Much better…" Asami whispered.

They snuggle on to each other comfortably.

"I am sorry for scaring you in your dreams… I hope you are not mad at me Jinora…?" Korra muttered.

"I'm sorry too… but I didn't mean to call you a monster… besides it's not your fault that I am freaked out" Jinora replied.

"I love you…" Korra whispered at Asami.

"I love you too…" Asami replied.

They shared each other's warmth to keep away the unbearable cold. Korra quickly fell asleep so as Asami. Jinora felt happy to be held closer to Asami by herself. She felt her warmth and heartbeat as she slowly drift away in to a deep sleep.

Republic City

Mako kept driving the car through the empty street late in the night. Bolin and Lin are sitting in the back seat. Kuvira is sitting on the front seat next to him and everybody kept silent.

"I just can't believe that I agreed to go look for Korra with you…" said Kuvira in a slightly angered tone.

"Kuvira… nobody forced you, you can still change your mind if you like…" said Mako.

Kuvira furrowed at him.

"Do you think I could just stay back while you put your life in danger…? Korra is dangerous… don't you get it Mako…? I know what she can do and I don't want you to get killed…" said Kuvira.

"I think I agree with Kuvira here… She is definitely not the Korra we knew bro…" said Bolin.

"She isn't… Kuvira is right… trying to approach her is a risky move… but I guess we got no other choice if we want Avatar to lend her hand… we have to make contacts with her somehow…" said Lin.

"It was my idea to go look for her… I want all of you to stay behind, I will go alone…" said Mako.

"Well I wish you luck and hope you catch her in a good mood bro… " said Bolin in a sarcastic tone.

"Don't try to be a hero… she'll crush you like an egg…" said Kuvira.

"I don't know what to say… it sounds to me like a suicide mission" said Lin.

"She won't be a problem… I am sure of that…" said Mako.

"Whether you like it or not… I am coming… I won't let you get killed while I am alive…" said Kuvira and gently gripped Mako's hand.

"We are all going to die anyway so I am in as well… I guess it's a better way to go than having a space rock crash on your head…" said Mako.

"Well… you're free to choose your destiny…" said Lin with a smile.

"We will leave day after tomorrow… let the news hit the media first… let it spread… Maybe we won't have to go look for her… she'll just walk in to the republic city…" said Mako.

"Sounds good to me…" said Bolin.

"We'll do the preparation tomorrow and decide where to look for her first incase if she didn't show up…" said Kuvira.

The island of Broosh…
The Galant Inn.
7AM

Korra woke up and found herself snuggled in with Asami from her behind. She gently kissed Asami's cheek wanting to her to wake up. Asami opened her eyes and smiled. Jinora is snuggling to her like a little snow cat. She slowly released Jinora without waking her up and sits up on the bed. Korra lands a quick kiss on her lips again.

"G' morning love…" whispered Korra in a drowsy tone and Asami smiled back as a reply.

She looked outside the window and the rain is still going strong and it is still dark outside. Korra dropped her legs down from the bed and ran the fingers through her hair loosening it up. She unbraided her hair and then made a long pony tail out of it.

"It's seven in the morning and I wonder why it is still dark outside…" said Korra in a sleepy tone while walking towards the bathroom.

Asami gently put her legs down from the bed and watched Korra walking towards the washroom.

"We still don't have power too… so much for a great holiday destination" Korra said while she's in the washroom.

Asami smiled for the way she complains about electricity and weather then looked at Jinora again who is still in a deep sleep. She leaned towards Jinora and pulled the sheets further up so she won't feel cold.

Asami's hair fell carelessly on the sides and she combed it back with her fingers while sitting on the bed. She stood up and gently stretched herself and then rubbed her hands together because the cold was unbearable.

The sound of the flusher dragged Asami's attention back at the bathroom door. Korra came out of the washroom and walked towards her. They held each other closer in a playful manner and kissed on the lips.

"Just look at her… sleeping like a little snow cat…" whispered Korra while looking at Jinora.

"Poor Jinora, she was totally shell-shocked from that nightmare…" said Asami.

She lands a quick peck on Korras lips again and walked toward the washroom. Korra kept looking at Jinora for a while after Asami left.

"I just don't get it… why would she see me as a monster in her dreams… whatever that she saw really did freaked her out last night" Korra thought to herself.

Asami came back and grabbed her from behind and locked her arms around Korra. She quickly kissed Korra on her neck and Korra reached towards her cheek with a smile on her face.

"What are you thinking my love…?" Asami whispered behind Korra's ear.

"Nothing…" whispered Korra softly and turned her head to the side trying to take a glimpse of Asami's face.

"Nothing…?" Asami whispered back as she rests her chin on Korra's shoulder.

Korra slowly turned around to face Asami and laid her hands against her chest.

"Is something troubling you my love…?" Asami asked kindly from Korra as she kept playing with her shirt's top buttons. Korra looked in to her eyes and sighed in a relaxing way. Asami peeked in to her eyes and smiled.

"I… I think she likes you…" said Korra and looked at Jinora who is sleeping on the bed.

Asami pulled Korra against her body and Korra held her from sides.

"How did you find out…?" Asami asked with a smile on her face.

"I can feel it… that glow in her eyes when she's with you… she liked it when you held her closer to yourself last night…" said Korra while running her fingers in circles on Asami's chest.

"Are you jealous…?" Asami asked with a suppressed smile.

Korra bobbed her head up and down while having her eyes focused downwards like a little girl instead of answering Asami with words. Asami held gently from her chin and raised her head so she could look in to her eyes again.

"Let me see those eyes now…" whispered Asami in a playful tone.

Korra looked in to Asami's eyes and looked away feeling awkward. Asami hugged her tight as she could and Korra hugged her back.

"You looks sweeter when you are jealous…" whispered Asami with a playful giggle and caressed her back.

"Well… don't be… you don't have to…" Asami added.

Korra leaned back from her and smiled with a blush on her face.

"Jealousy is a strange feeling… I don't like the way it feels…" said Korra like a little girl complaining about her friend.

"Come now… let's go back to bed… I don't want to wake up today…" said Asami while holding Korra's hands together.

They quietly got back on the bed without disturbing Jinora because she's still asleep. Korra laid her head against Asami's chest and she cuddled her closer.

"She's just like us back then… How did she came to be with you…?" asked Korra briefly.

Asami caressed her head and smirked softly.

"Didn't I tell you…?" said Asami very briefly.

"No…" replied Korra.

"She came to aid me when I was really down… I was suffering with that stab wound… I wanted to die… then one night she came on her sky bison and offered to care for me. If she hasn't come at that point, I would have ended up in a serious life threatening infection" said Asami and looked at Korra's face with a smile.

"She was kind of fed up staying back at Air Temple Island… she wanted to take a break from being an Air Nomad" said Asami and paused.

"Poor Jinora… I think she's much happier with us than back in Air Temple… Life of an air nomad consists of strict rules and discipline, I never liked it either while I was doing my air bending training…" said Korra and smiled back at Asami.

"You're a free spirit… you'll never like the rules…" said Asami.

Korra nods and smiled at looking down on Asami and she kissed her on the forehead.

"Asami…" Korra whispered.

"I love you…" Korra added.

"I love you too…" Asami said softly.

"Jealousy can make you feel sick… you don't have to be jealous…" whispered Asami.

They snuggled in against each other and closed their eyes wanting to sleep away the whole day.

Few hours pass by…

Jinora gasp awake as if she fell from something. She sits up on the bed and looked Korra and Asami who is sleeping cuddling on to each other.

"Love birds…" she muttered and rubbed her forehead.

She looked at the clock and it is half past eleven in the morning. The room is considerably warmer than last night because the power is back. She dropped her legs down from the bed and stood up. Her loose long hair falls carelessly around her. She looked outside the window and the rain is still going on. Even though it is almost mid-day there isn't much light outside. She slowly walked to the washroom without disturbing others.

Asami woke up and found Korra right next to her.

"Love…?" she whispered Korra in her ear.

"Let's sleep a little more…" said Korra while having her eyes closed.

"I am hungry… let's go get something to eat lazy bones…" said Asami.

Jinora came out of the washroom and saw that Asami is awake and trying to wake Korra up.

"Gooooood morning love birds…" said Jinora little louder and walked back up to the bed.

"I am so hungry that I could eat both of you right now…" said Jinora with a smile on her face.

"Korra… wake up sweet heart…" said Asami caressing her face.

"Can we just sleep a little bit more…? Please…?" Korra mumbled while having her eyes closed.

"I don't think conventional methods of waking up will work on her… let's try the extreme technique number one…" said Jinora playfully while crawling on to the bed.

She started to tickle Korra. She began to giggle and resist Jinora as she kept tickling her endlessly. Asami joined them and began to tickle her and she keeps squirming on the bed trying to resist Asami as well. Asami and Jinora kept tickling Korra until she laughed and laughed then begged them to stop.

"Alright…. alright, I surrender…" said Korra while panting on the bed. Asami and Jinora lay besides her panting heavily while looking up at the ceiling.

Korra grabbed Jinora and started tickling her as a return. She kept rolling all over the bed trying to fight Korra.

"STOOOOPPPP…" she kept begging Korra to stop.

"You are not gonna get away so easily princess…" said Korra by grabbing Asami in to it. She pinned Asami to the bed and tickled her.

"Stop… baby…. Please… I can't breathe…" screamed Asami while trying to fight back Korra.

Three of them fall back on the messy bed panting and laughing.

"ha ha… that's a one good morning workout…" said Asami.

"It's not fair alright…? I had to fight both of you…" said Korra with a toothy smile on her face.

"And that's how you wake her up…" said Jinora while exhaling sharply.

"Alright… I am gonna go get some coffee and chocolate waffles…" said Asami sitting up on the bed and dropped her feet.

"Come on Korra… Let's go…" said Jinora quickly getting on her feet.

"Oh why do I have to wake up…" mumbled Korra as she stood up lazily.

Asami handed over the chill coat to Korra after she put on hers.

Three of them walked out of the room and walked through the corridor towards the restaurant. As they walked it felt like the hotel is emptier than it was few days back.

They stepped in to the restaurant took a table. The waiter came to take their order.

"A coffee… and chocolate waffles…" said Asami.

"Same for me…" said Jinora.

"A hot chocolate…" said Korra.

"Very well…" said the waiter.

"We are late for breakfast today…" said Jinora.

"Oh that is not a problem miss… We are always here to help you…" said the waiter.

"Err excuse me… I was just wandering why the hotel seems emptier today…" Asami asked.

"The last few remaining guests have left the hotel yesterday afternoon. It's the off-season. Three of you are the only guests staying with us right now…" said the waiter.

"What was all that about last night…?" Korra asked.

"We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience miss… we normally do not experience blackouts like that. Police has not yet informed us the cause, but they have advised everyone in the Broosh to remain inside…" said waiter.

"They didn't tell you the reason…?" Korra asked.

"No miss… they haven't mentioned anything yet…" said the waiter and he left.

"That's strange… police wanted town's folks to remain inside…? Yet never told them the reason…" said Korra raising her brows.

"Maybe it's because of the bad weather… you never know what might happen if you step outside in this weather…" said Asami.

"That's positive thinking…" said Jinora while pointing at Asami.

"I am gonna go take a walk after the breakfast whether police likes it or not…" said Korra.

"You gonna take a walk outside in this rainy weather…?" asked Asami.

"Yeah..., I wanna find out what's going on out there and why the hell police keeps telling the citizens to stay inside…" said Korra.

"You never gonna stop asking for trouble isn't it…?" Asami asked in a sarcastic way.

"I am just curious…" said Korra playing with her cutlery.

"Curiosity killed the cat… Remember…?" said Asami leaning over the table towards Korra.

"I agree with Asami… we shouldn't do anything hasty…" said Jinora.

"You see that… how come she understands it and you don't…?. You're a wanted criminal… if you get caught… the authorities will not go easy on you whether you're avatar or not. They will give the death sentence for that murdering rampage you did back in the prison to get Zaheer out…" said Asami and paused.

"Death sentence, my ass…" said Korra after a sarcastic smirk.

"They will have your ass for a trophy to be hung in the wall of top ten criminals…" said Asami angrily.

"I killed because they tried to kill me… I am the avatar and I have right to defend myself…" said Korra in an angered tone.

"You're the Avatar…. Yes… you have the right to defend yourself but you don't have the rights to rescue a criminal who is sentenced to death by breaking in to a high security prison and killing everyone in it… There is a law and order in this world and we all are supposed to adhere to it…" said Asami.

Korra looked away scowling her face and kept quiet.

"Gals… Gals… calm down now… we don't want another heated discussion here…" said Jinora.

"I am not arguing with her… I just want her to understand her own situation… it's just that she can't see it…" said Asami.

"I think she's right Korra… we may be so at ease with you, but that's because we are your friends… but the people out there thinks totally different about you. You killed because they tried to kill you. I agree on that but have you ever thought of why they tried to kill you…?" said Jinora.

"I gave them a chance… they attacked me when I came for negotiation…" said Korra.

"They attacked because you breached the line… you can't bend the rules and regulations of the law just because you disagree with it. Zaheer may not be a criminal to you but to the society, he is a murderer… he accepted all his deeds during the trial in courts… and he is the leader of Red Lotus who once tried to kill you as well… think about it… world is not you… it is different…" said Jinora.

"I just don't want you to be in trouble again…" said Asami.

Korra kept on furrowing her face.

Waiter came back with what they ordered.

Asami slowly pinch on the chocolate waffle so as Jinora. Korra kept quiet.

"Your chocolate is getting cold…" said Asami.

Korra quickly took it and sipped it.

"Alright it is time to cheer up …" said Jinora and pulled a little box out of her chill coat pocket. She opened it and shown what's inside it to Asami and Korra with a smiley face.

"A cigar…?" asked Korra.

"Guess what it is…" asked Jinora.

"It seems to me like a pretty oversized Cigar…" said Asami.

"It is a cigar alright but not an ordinary one… I got from that fortune teller lady… she said it is made with some miraculous herb and it is illegal to sell them…" said Jinora.

Asami took the small box from her and smelled it.

"It seems to me like she is right about it… this is a drug… a hallucinogen…" said Asami.

"Have you ever tried one of those…?" Korra asked from Asami.

"Long time ago back in school one of the girls have bought some to the class… we smoked it back in the rest room… it was pretty strong and kept giving me vivid daydreams while I was wide awake…" said Asami with a smile on her face.

"Sounds pretty cool… maybe I should try it as well…" said Korra.

"We don't know what type of a drug is this… What she bought back in school was some mild recreational drug… pretty harmless… but those vivid day dreams that kept appearing while you are wide awake were pretty bizzare…" said Asami.

"We ain't gonna find out about it unless we smoke it…" said Jinora by taking it back.

"You are beginning to surprise me Jinora… I never thought of you to possess such a daring personality…" said Asami.

"That's why they say never judge a book by its cover…" said Jinora and smiled back proudly.

Korra finished her hot chocolate.

"Aren't you gonna eat something…?" Asami asked.

"I am not really hungry…" said Korra.

"Now what's wrong…? You normally love to have a big breakfast" Asami asked.

"Nothing's wrong love…" Korra replied.

"Are you mad at me…?" asked Asami and reached towards her hands.

"I am not mad at you Asami…" said Korra as she held her hands.

"Then tell me… why are you looking all grumpy…" Asami asked curiously.

"I just realized how screwed up I am… that's all…" said Korra and paused.

"Everybody is a screwed up in some way…" said Asami.

"I am not everybody… I am the screwed up avatar…" said Korra while rubbing her forehead.

"Hmmm… I am gonna go back to my room and take a nice warm shower…" said Jinora wanting them to change the depressive topic.

"That seems like a good idea… maybe it could cheer you up as well love…" said Asami while looking at Korra.

Korra raised her head and smirked carelessly.

"Let's try that then…" she said.

After few minutes they went back to their rooms.

Asami kept brushing her hair while sitting in front of the mirror in her bath robes. Korra came out of the washroom with a gust of steam that blew in to the room. She's has a thick white towel wrapped around her.

She came toward the bed on her tip toes shivering while holding on to her towel. Asami looked at her and smiled.

"Freezing… Freezing…" Korra kept mumbling.

"It gets cold in matter of seconds after coming out of the hot shower…" said Asami.

Korra took off her towel leaving herself naked and quickly grabbed her clothes. Asami blushed as she couldn't stop herself from staring at her well defined body. Korra quickly put on her grey t shirt and blue jeans.

"Where are you going love…?" Asami asked.

"I am gonna go take a walk outside… I won't get in to trouble… I promise…" she replied.

"You're stubborn as a wild ostrich-horse, Alright then I am coming with you too…" said Asami and stood up.

Korra smiled at her as she finally agrees with her.

They wore their casual clothes, Jeans and T shirts then quickly put on the chill coats, rain boots and gloves.

They walked up to the entrance of the hotel and saw the drizzling rain. Asami has a big umbrella in her hand.

"Here's your hat darling…" said Asami by giving Korra her wooly cold weather hat.

"Thanks" said Korra by taking it from her.

"Should we tell Jinora that we are going out…?" Asami asked.

"I tried to call her through the intercom… I think she's sleeping after a warm shower… so I left her a messenger in the reception…" said Korra.

In few minutes they walked in to the streets of Broosh.

"Not a single soul is in the streets…" said Asami with a little bit of fear in her tone.

"Looks like Broosh is full of law abiding citizens" said Korra.

"I don't like the look of this Korra… let's go back to the hotel…" said Asami.

"Don't worry, you're with the avatar…" whispered Korra and smiled at Asami.

"Yeah… I know but this is still too creepy, even for the Avatar…" said Asami.

"Look… there are some police officers patrolling the streets…" said Korra.

"Crap… let's just pretend that we are some naïve tourists…" said Asami.

The two officers saw them walking in the streets with an umbrella. They immediately came towards them.

"Good afternoon ladies…" said one officer with a smiley face.

"Well good afternoon officer…" said Asami with a provocative smile.

"I am sorry ma'am but I must advise you to go back… all the citizens have been informed to stay inside today until further notice" said one of the officers.

"Oh we didn't know about that sir… we came to Broosh few days back…" said Asami.

"Isn't it the off season for the tourists now…? May I see some identification miss" said the officer.

"Seems like we are going to be in trouble officer… me and my friend both have left our passports back in the hotel…" said Asami with a grin on her face.

The officer looked at their faces keenly.

"Which hotel are you in miss…?" the other officer asked.

"The Galant Inn… it's just right down this road" said Asami.

"Very well… you should go back to the hotel… streets aren't safe yet" said the officer.

"What's going on in Broosh…" Korra raised her voice.

"Team of our elite officers are already working on it… all citizens are supposed remain in indoors until further notice… after 3 in the evening, we will declare strict curfew in Broosh today. Those who get caught outside will be taken in to custody with no questions asked" said the officer.

"Oh my… you see that…? Let's listen to this good officer and do as he say shall we…?" said Asami looking at Korra with her eyes wide open.

"But Asa…" said Korra.

"Come on… let's go back to the hotel… thank you for the information sir…" said Asami in a courteous tone while pulling Korra from her hand.

"You're welcome miss… enjoy the rest of the day…" said the officer with a smile.

They walked back the way they came from and officers kept looking at them for a while and then turned away.

"You didn't let me talk to those officers… what's wrong with you…?" Korra asked while trying to release Asami's hand from her forearm.

Asami stopped and turned to her.

"You know what you lack…?" said Asami.

Korra kept on gazing at her.

"Common sense…" said Asami.

"What do you mean common sense… any citizen has right to question the authorities…" said Korra.

"Didn't you get it darling…? There is something serious going on here… because of that they are going to declare strict curfew in two more hours…" said Asami.

"Alright… that's it… I am gonna drop you off back in the hotel and sneak around to see what's really happening here…" said Korra.

Asami slapped on her forehead.

"Korra… my darling sweet heart… please listen to me… whatever happens here or anywhere else in the world is not your business anymore. Please please stop getting yourself in trouble" said Asami by holding her from the sides.

"But don't you wanna know what's going on here… I mean look at Broosh, it's like a ghost town right now" said Korra.

"I know you're the avatar, and you can fly but don't do that. If someone sees you, it will definitely attract attention to you" said Asami.

"Alright then let's go together…" said Korra with a grin on her face.

"Go together… but where? Do you even know where we should start looking…?" Asami asked with a grimaced face.

"We should start looking near the power station, whatever that is there has interfered with the main power grid last night…" said Korra.

"First let's get back to the hotel and get a map of the island, then figure out where we should start looking, alright…?" said Asami.

The Galant Inn

In few minutes they went back to the hotel and found a map of the Broosh in the lounge.

"According to this… the power station is at the north of the island…" said Korra.

"It is quite a long way from here…" said Asami.

"By air, it would take only around half an hour…" said Korra.

"No flying… No bending and strictly no avatar state… alright…?" said Asami.

"Alright… alright…" said Korra.

"Hey guys… what's up…?" they heard Jinora's voice.

Jinora walked up to them at the hotel lounge.

"I thought you guys went out or something…" she said coming over to them and sits beside Asami.

"We did went out but got caught to the police officers, they wanted us to return to the hotel immediately. It's going to be curfew in about another hour…" said Asami.

Jinora peeked over at the map on the small coffee table.

"Curfew…? I feel like there is something fishy going on here…" said Jinora.

"That's what we are going to find out…" said Asami while staring at the map.

"Excuse me miss… would you like to have something to drink…?" said the waiter by coming over to them and handing over the lounge menu.

"A dark beer…" said Korra.

"A hot cappuccino…" said Asami.

"I'll have a beer as well…" said Jinora.

"Thank you miss… and by the way, police have informed all the citizens to remain indoors after 3 pm today, there will be a strict curfew all around the Broosh…" said the waiter.

"Any idea why they would put curfew all around the island…? I mean we are here to explore and they are ruining our vacation" said Asami.

"Don't tell anyone that I told you about it but last night there has been a strange incidents near the power station. They had to shut down the power due to the damage…" said the waiter.

"An incident…?" Jinora asked.

"A friend of mine who lives near by the power station said there had been a big shoot out near the power station last night. Police were fighting against something and he said it wasn't human…" said the waiter.

"Now this is freaking me out…" said Asami.

"Thanks for telling us all that…" said Korra.

The waiter left with a friendly nod.

"Now that's what I call information…" said Korra.

"Do you still wanna go out there and see what it is…? He said it wasn't human…" Asami asked.

"Hmmm let's see… lemme think about it…" said Korra.

"Good… then let's dump this, I am already exhausted for nothing" said Asami throwing away the map.

Black Island
The lair of the blood dragon
Late in the evening…

Zaheer opened his eyes breaking away from his deep meditative state and took a deep breath. He slowly stood up straight from the lotus position and turned at the door of his room to answer it. He grabbed the long black robe with red dragon design and put it over his black trouser.

"You may come in…" he said.

Lao walked in to the room.

"A thousand apologize for the disturbance I may have caused master…" he said in an obedient manner.

"Apology accepted… you may state your cause Lao…" said Zaheer.

"One of our messengers had arrived at Black Island just now and he says he has an important message for you from the republic city…" said Lao.

"He may come and see me…" said Zaheer.

A midget like short man walked in through the door in an obedient manner.

"Apologies for breaking in and disturbing your contemplation master…" he said.

"Apology accepted…" said Zaheer.

"Permission to present my cause master…?" he said.

"Permission granted…" said Zaheer.

The man reached inside his jacket and pulled a rolled newspaper and presented it towards Zaheer. He took it and unrolled it.

"THE DOOMS DAY IS UPON US…. BE PREPARED…" he read the headlines and looked at the man.

"That is the newspaper which will be published tomorrow for all the citizens of republic city… the following day it will reach the whole world… They may alter the writing in the final publication but the message will stay the same…" said the man.

Zaheer read through the following article slowly and carefully.

"This message will be broadcasted via all radio stations tomorrow as well…" the man added.

"You may leave now…" said Zaheer.

"As you wish master…" said the man and left his room.

"Lao… I want you to prepare the telescope in the observatory; it may need some preparation since we have not used it in a quite some time. Make sure all our supplies and stocks are at full and I want a full report of the stocks by tomorrow morning. Finally ask the messenger to deliver me the final copy of the newspaper once it is released to the public" said Zaheer while rubbing his chin and going through the news again and again.

"What does it say master…. If I may ask…?" Lao asked.

"The darkness is coming…" said Zaheer looking at Lao and there was horror in his eyes.

Island of Broosh
The Galant Inn…
Night…

The curfew has been already declared all over the Broosh. The empty paved streets glisten with dim lights in the pouring rain. The thundering lightning kept thrashing the atmosphere every once in few minutes. Tonight the Island of Broosh may appear as an abandoned ghost town to any unaware traveller. Each and every home in Broosh is locked tight and there is not a single soul to be seen in the streets.

Korra kept contemplating starring at the same spot on the wall and she has not realized Asami has walked out of the bathroom until she pounced on her on the bed. Korra startled as she suddenly grabbed her and Asami giggled at her for the way she got shocked.

"Jeez Asami… you nearly gave me a heart attack…" said Korra.

"Hahahah gotcha MISS AVATAR…" said Asami in a playful tone.

"It's not funny alright…?" said Korra with an annoyed face.

"I am sorry babe… I didn't mean to freak you out that much… by the way those blue pajamas and shirt goes so well with your complexion…" said Asami while drying her wet hair with a towel.

"My heart still keeps jumping up and down…" said Korra while rubbing her chest.

"Alright lemme see…" said Asami playfully grabbing her and laying her hand on Korra's chest.

"I am sorry love… how can I make it up to you…" said Asami and lands a quick peck on her cheek.

"Hmmm…" said Korra.

"What were you thinking love…? You never noticed me coming behind you…" Asami asked.

"Nothing…" said Korra and smiled at Asami.

"It can't be just nothing. It's alright if you don't wanna share it with me…" said Asami and stood up from the bed.

"I have this gut feeling that something is not right…" said Korra and lay beside Asami.

"What do you mean not right…?" Asami asked.

"I don't know how to explain…" said Korra.

"Maybe it's your avatar instinct…" said Asami.

Korra snuggle on to Asami and she cuddled her closer then turned down the lights. Asami caressed her gently and kissed her on the forehead.

"I feel so afraid…" whispered Korra.

"Afraid of…?" Asami whispered back.

"Losing you…" whispered Korra and closed her eyes while listening to Asami's heartbeat.

"You won't… I promise…" said Asami while feeling Korra's head under her chin.

"I wish… I wish I could merge my soul with yours so we will never be apart…" whispered Korra.

"I understand my love… once in a while I also get sentimental like this for no reason. I guess that's something about being a woman…" whispered Asami.

"Sleep now… I think you have been overthinking… when you overthink, those thoughts could make you weep for nothing…." Asami whispered while gently patting Korra.

Suddenly someone gently knocked on their room's door.

Asami quickly turned the bedside light on.

"Did someone knock on the door…?" Korra raised her head sleepily.

"Lemme answer it…" said Asami walking towards the door and opened it.

Jinora was standing outside and she grinned as Asami opened the door.

"Can I come and sleep with you guys tonight as well…?" Jinora asked with a toothy grin.

"I kind of feel kind of feel creepy to stay all alone tonight… those scary thoughts are kind of freaking me out… I am so sorry if I disturbed you… I hope it is not too much to ask, don't worry I can sleep on that couch" said Jinora.

"Oh… no, No you don't have to be sorry Jinora… come on in…" said Asami letting her in. Jinora quickly walked in and she closed the door.

"Oh hi Jinora…" said Korra in a sleepy tone.

"Hi Korra… you don't look so well…" said Jinora walking up to her.

"I know… I don't know what's wrong with me…" said Korra sitting up on the bed.

"She's having a sentimental break down…" said Asami and sits beside her.

"Sentimental break down…? I think I have just the thing for it…" said Jinora in a spontaneous tone and pulled the Cigar she got from fortune teller out of her pajama pocket.

"Hey that's the cigar you got from that fortune teller…." said Asami with a sharp smile on her face.

"Smoke this and see if things get better…" said Jinora.

"You talk like an expert…" said Korra.

"Well I am not…" said Jinora and pursed her lips.

"We all talk like some bunch of school girls in the hostel…" said Asami and took the cigar from Jinora.

She smelled it.

"Hmmm smells like nothing that I know of… anyways I have only tried it once, there could be hundreds and thousands of varieties" said Asami.

"What really freaked you out Jinora…?" Korra asked.

"Usually I was never a "Getting scared" type of a girl but ever since yesterday, I am kind of freaked out to sleep on my own. This hotel is empty, we're the only guests here…." Jinora said and looked at Korra.

"You don't have to be ashamed of being afraid… If I had to sleep all alone in here, I'd be afraid to too…" said Asami.

"Light that thing up, let's see if it makes me feel better…" said Korra.

Asami took the matchbox and lit up the cigar and gave it to Korra.

"How do I do it…?" Korra asked.

"Keep it between your lips and suck in…" said Asami.

Korra did as she said and ended up with a cough.

"Well how do you feel…?" Jinora asked.

"I feel like shit…" said Korra while coughing.

"Virgin lungs…. Hahahaha lemme help you with that love…" said Asami and took the cigar.

She took couple of breaths and exhaled milky thick smoke through her nostrils and giggled.

"This is strong…" said Asami.

She took another breath and filled her lungs then grabbed Korra closer. She kissed her on the lips and then passed the smoke in to her.

"Hold it in you for a lil while and then exhale…" said Asami.

"You really are good at this Asami…" said Jinora with a giggle.

She held it as Asami instructed and exhaled slowly through her nostrils.

"Damn… I feel so light headed…" said Korra with a dazed giggle.

"Now's my turn…" Jinora took it from Korra and smoked it.

She held her breath in and looked up at the ceiling then slowly exhaled it through her nostrils with a mad smile on her face.

"Heavenly…." Jinora whispered.

They kept passing the cigar around until it ran out. All three of them took turns and smoked it.

"Asami… baby why do you have a tail behind you… hahahahahaha…" Korra laughed out loud pointing at Asami.

"What tail…?" Asami asked with her eyes half closed.

"Jinora has whiskers…" said Korra and laughed like crazy.

"I think you had little too much of that…" said Asami giggling in to laughter.

Korra let herself fall back on the bed feeling all dazed up with the strong hallucinogenic drug. Asami lay back beside her and they kept laughing and smiling for nothing. Jinora crawled in between them like a cat and purred.

"Meow…" she said and fall between them.

All three of them laughed mirthlessly for what she just did.

"Jin… you are beginning to surprise me…" said Asami.

"Everything is spinning around and around…" said Korra.

"I think I need to go…" said Korra and fell from the bed.

"KORRA!" said Asami raising her head.

"I'm alright… need to go to the loo…" said Korra as she climbed up with her pinky finger raised.

She stood up slowly and walked towards the washroom unsteadily.

"Do you need my help…?" Asami asked.

"I'll be alright… jus…" said Korra and walked in.

"WOW I am seeing stardust all over…" said Jinora and hummed a tune.

Korra walked out of the washroom and walked back to the bed, she laid back and rubbed her head.

"I can't… I can't keep my eyes open… everything is spinning around…" said Korra and paused.

Asami understood that it has a stronger effect on Jinora and Korra than on herself.

"I think I am seeing things…" said Jinora with a careless smile on her face.

Jinora sit back up on the bed and turned at Korra and Asami on her knees.

"Thanks to Jin… Jinora… now I feel much better…" said Korra and turned at Asami.

Asami moved closer to her and lands a quick kiss on her lips then cuddled her closer.

"Aight… I am gonna roll over to the couch now… I beginning to feel funny…" said Jinora.

"Nah… you can sleep here on the bed with us…" said Korra.

Jinora lie down next to Asami and chuckles.

"Whazz up jin…" Asami asked.

"I am all dazed up and beginning to feel horny too…" said Jinora and laughed.

Korra laughed out loud.

"Hahahah, that's funny but yeah… I am feeling the same way…" said Korra.

"Now you guys are creeping me out…" said Asami.

"I guess that's why that fortune teller told me that this is a special cigar…" said Jinora.

They laughed hysterically due to the effect of the hallucinogenic drug which contained in that Cigar. Asami, Korra and Jinora kept laughing at each other until three of them fell asleep beside each other.

Middle of the night…

Asami gasp awake as she felt like she's falling from somewhere. Korra is holding on to her, snuggling closer deep in her sleep under the sheets. Jinora is also holding on to her on the other side sleeping like a rock. She smirked feeling amused for the way they cuddled her from both the sides during their sleep. Asami decides not to move around harshly and wake them up instead she slowly took Jinora's arm and kept it aside then got herself released from Korra's arms as well. She slowly slipped down from the bed and walked towards the washroom.

A lightning cracked hard and followed up by a loud thunder as she's about to walk in to the washroom. The full blown storm is thrashing its way outside across Broosh. In few minutes she finished using the washroom and as she walked outside Korra was standing by the door leaning against the wall.

Asami startled as she saw her standing in the dark all of a sudden.

"KORRA!, jeez you nearly gave me a heart attack…" said Asami having her hand against the chest and breathing heavily.

"I think something is wrong here… have you heard those gun shots…?" asked Korra in a sleepy tone and walked towards her.

"No I didn't, it's hard to distinct any sound because of this stormy weather…" said Asami.

Suddenly they heard a large loud explosion coming from a distance.

"Now I heard something and I am sure that's not thundering…" said Asami.

"It's an explosion…, to me it sounded like a bomb…" said Korra.

"What could be happening outside…?" asked Asami.

"I'd go out and have a look but right now I can't even walk straight… I am feeling all dizzy" said Korra.

"There is no way you are going outside in that condition… let me go down to the lobby and have a look…" said Asami by coming over to Korra and holding her hand.

"I'll come along with you…" said Korra and gripped her hand gently.

Two of them quietly walked out of the room closed the door without disturbing Jinora and locked it from outside. Korra and Asami walked through the dim lit corridor and down the stairway. Hotel's front reception is completely empty.

"It seems like we are the only people here right now…" said Korra.

"There has to be hotel staff… someone has to be here, at least a security guard…" said Asami while walking through the lobby.

"Asami… baby just hold my hand… everything is spinning like a whirlwind…" whined Korra in a lazy tone. Asami quickly grabbed her hand and walked her near a lobby chair. Korra sits on it while holding on to her head.

"Wait here… don't go or you'll trample on something and fall… that dizzying feeling won't last long…" said Asami and walked ahead towards the main door which is a large tampered glass door.

"I can't see anything… it's only the heavy rain…" said Asami after gazing at outside for a while.

"What the hell did we just heard then…?" Korra asked.

Asami shrugged and turn back again to have a second look outside.

"There's nothing outside but the rain… wait a second, I can see someone coming this way with a flash light… he is running toward here…" said Asami while staring outside through the glass door.

"HOLLY SHIT…. What the hell was that… something just grabbed him… I think it's the security guard who was here… There are lots of those things surrounding him right now…" said Asami in a rush.

Korra got off the chair quickly as she can and walked towards Asami.

"What's going on…?" Korra asked while trying to get a glimpse of what just Asami described.

"Who the hell are those things…? I think they are eating him…" said Korra.

Asami quickly ran back and grabbed a chair and then barricade the main door with it.

"Come on… let's go… there are hundreds of those things outside…" said Asami pulling Korra from her hand.

They quickly ran upstairs back to their room.

Asami locked the door.

"Let me go outside and have a look baby…" said Korra.

"There are hundreds of those things out there… I know you're the avatar but I don't want to put your life in danger… you can't fight being dizzy…" said Asami.

"Wh… wha… whazz going on here…?" Jinora asked while sitting up on the bed rubbing her eyes.

"Something is out there and it just killed the security guard… Korra wants to go and check it out…" said Asami.

Jinora stood up unsteadily.

"Damn… my head hurts like crazy…" she said while rubbing her forehead.

"If it's something dangerous then we better check it out before it comes in here…" said Jinora.

"We can't stay inside like some bunch of cowards…" said Korra.

Korra quickly walked up to the wardrobe and grabbed a pair of jeans, a t shirt, and her chill coat.

"Let's get dressed…" said Korra.

Finally Asami agreed with Korra hesitantly. They got on to their casual clothing and all three of them went back to the lobby. It is still raining outside.

"Alright… Jinora, I want you to stay with Asami… I am gonna go out and see what it is…" said Korra.

"You sure you wanna do this because I think you can't even walk straight right now…" said Asami.

"Don't worry love… I'll be back before you know it… besides you were right about the dizziness. It is already wearing out…" Korra said with a smile.

Few moments later….

She slowly stepped outside of the hotel with a flash light in her hand. She shined it around and there is nobody to be seen. Then she noticed the dead body of the security guard lay near the road. Korra slowly pulled the hood of her chill coat and stepped in to the rain.

She kept hearing distant gun shots from all directions.

Korra walked few steps toward the road and suddenly began to hear some strange snarling sounds from all directions. She has realized that she's being surrounded by some kind of strange monstrous creatures.

"Where the hell these things came from…?" she said to herself patiently.

They kept on closing in from all directions in hundreds. Korra began to fire bend against the creatures, they began to burn in flames as she kept fire bending at them. More she killed them, more kept on coming from all directions.

Korra rose up in to the air and her eyes began to glow in avatar state then casted a massive inferno on the ground burning all those creatures which surrounded her in to ashes.

She looked around and it seems like all of them are gone for good. She ran back to the hotel and rushed inside. Asami came running towards her and hugged her.

"Are you alright…? I saw what just happen back there…" said Asami.

"I am alright…" she said and hugged her back.

"What are those things…?" Jinora asked as she came running towards Korra.

"That's what I am gonna go find out… you two stay here, go back to the room and lock the door… I think something serious is going on in Broosh… this is what the police was fighting against since the power failure…" said Korra.

"Be careful…" said Asami in a hesitant tone.

"I am not going to get involved in anything… I just want to know what's going on, that's all… then we're gonna get the hell out of here" said Korra while holding Asami's hand.

"Promise me that you'll be careful…?" Asami said.

Korra quickly kissed her on the lips. "I promise I'll be careful… go back to the room with Jinora and lock the door…, we'll leave Broosh soon as the weather get slightly better…" said Korra.

"There is no way we can sail in sea during this stormy weather…" Jinora said raising her brow.

"We can't… it is too risky… let's wait till things get slightly better… I will go and have a look around to see if I can figure what's really going on here…" said Korra and ran outside through the main door.

She went outside in to the rain and air bend herself on to a top of a building and kept on going on air bending herself from on one rooftop to another towards the direction of where the explosion came.

Meanwhile…

Asami and Jinora barricaded the door of the hotel again securely as they can.

"Now let's get back upstairs… I don't think anyone is in here except us" said Jinora.

Asami kept on looking at the direction where Korra left.

"Asami… are you alright…?" Jinora asked.

"Yeah… I am alright… let's go…" Asami replied.

"She's the avatar… she can take care of herself… don't worry alright…?" said Jinora.

They quickly went back upstairs and locked the door.

Asami sit back on the bed and Jinora sits beside.

"I just don't understand… it seems like wherever we go trouble seems to follow us" said Asami in a desperate tone.

"Once Korra gets back we'll leave Broosh immediately…" said Jinora.

"Where did those creatures came from…? They look like undead zombies…" said Asami.

"I have no idea… this is the first time I've seen something like that in my life…" said Jinora.

"I am worried over Korra because she wasn't at her full strength… Remember what we smoked? When she woke up she couldn't even walk straight…" said Asami.

"Same with me… it relaxes and put you to sleep but impairs many other senses…" said Jinora.

A loud noise came out of nowhere as if a large glass is breaking.

"It came from the downstairs…" said Asami.

"Oh crap…" said Jinora quickly standing up and walking towards door. Asami followed her.

They slowly opened the door and walked out in to the corridor.

"Corridor is clear…" said Asami.

They slowly walked through the corridor towards the stair case which leads the way down.

Jinora screamed as she saw some of those creatures walking upstairs on the corridor. They heard her and began to rush towards them.

The lights inside the hotel revealed them clearly… they are like humans with grey color skins. They have large yellow eyes and no hair at all. Slime is dripping down their mouths with blunt ugly teeth.

"Asami stay back…" said Jinora wanting her to stay back.

"Jinora be careful" said Asami.

Three of those creatures walked in to the corridor and Jinora took an offensive stance. She stood in front of Asami to cover her. She air bend at the first creature and it was pushed back along with other two which were following it. They rolled away and then again they stood up snarling.

"Jinora… looks like you made them angry…" said Asami.

The creatures came running at them and Jinora rushed towards and blasted an air blade at them. The air blade cut through all three of them slicing them in half splattering black oil like blood all over the corridor.

Suddenly another crashing and breaking sound came from behind.

"I think they are trying to surround us…" said Asami as she saw that creatures have climbed up to the second floor through the wall somehow. They kept breaking inside the hotel from all directions.

"RUN… RUN…" shouts Jinora pulling Asami along with her.

"If we stay inside we'll get cornered… there are too many of them…" said Asami while following Jinora.

They quickly ran down the stairway and ended up in the lobby. They saw that the whole place is surrounded by the creatures and they are trying to get in.

Jinora took the offensive stance again.

"COME ON… LET'S GET OUT OF HERE… YOU CAN'T FIGHT ALL OF THEM… THERE'S TOO MANY OF THEM" said Asami and Pulled her along.

They ran towards the restaurant and came out of the hotel through the back door which falls through the kitchen.

It's raining heavily outside.

Jinora quickly pulled the hood of her chill coat and so did the Asami.

"Now where to…?" Jinora asked.

"Let's go this way… if we get cornered, we are done for…" said Asami running in to the rain.

Meanwhile…

Korra kept air bending from one rooftop to another and she saw that Broosh has turned in to a war ground. Some civilians are running all over and the creatures are running after them and the others are attacking and fighting back. The dead bodies of civilians and the creatures scattered all over the streets of Broosh.

The police are fighting back with everything they got but there are too many of them to fight back. Suddenly she heard another loud explosion and along with it a loud shriek.

Korra quickly air bends herself in to the next rooftop heading towards the direction where the shriek came.

Meanwhile…

Asami and Jinora kept running through the street trying to get away from a whole heard of creatures which kept coming after them. Jinora kept air bending at whoever that comes on their way.

They came running and stopped behind in an ally.

"Did we run them off…?" Asami asked while panting.

"I think we did…" replied Jinora while panting heavily.

Asami peeked out from the ally to see if there is any danger and quickly walked out with Jinora. They found themselves in the town square where they came shopping that day.

Jinora and Asami kept on knocking on doors one after another, asking for help since they cannot stay on the streets. Nobody came for their aid.

"It seems like nobody is going to open… but if we stay here we'll surely get caught…" said Jinora.

"Let's try some more…" said Asami.

They finally ended up near the antique shop where Asami has visited that day. She quickly rushed towards the entrance and knock on the door hard as she can.

"SOMEBODY PLEASE OPEN THE DOOR…" she said.

"It is no use… it seems like nobody is here… look at the padlocks and chains on the door…" said Jinora.

Asami grabbed a big rock and smashed the lock of the door. She kicked the door open.

"Come on… let's go inside…" said Asami.

They slowly walked inside the antique shop and closed the door. Jinora barricaded the door with a chair she found inside. It was dark inside the shop. Asami switched on a light but there was no power.

"Looks like the electricity is being disconnected…" said Asami in almost whispering tone.

They slowly walked further inside the shop.

"Have you been here before…?" Jinora whispered.

"Yes… I was here while you were at fortune tellers place that day" whispered Asami.

"Looks like this place is full of exquisite collectibles…" Jinora whispered while looking around.

They walked up to the Katana that Asami wanted the other day. She saw it resting inside the glass box, halfway unsheathed. She quickly walked up to it.

"Wow… that is a one beautifully crafted weapon…" said Jinora coming up to Asami.

"Yes it is indeed… I wanted to buy this but unfortunately it was not for sale. Shopkeeper said it is a real ancient artifact and it is here only for the display…" Asami whispered as she laid her hands against the glass box.

"You're not going to steal it right…?" Jinora whispered.

"No I wasn't but now you are tempting me…" said Asami and smiled at Jinora.

"So you are going to degrade yourself from being the heiress to future industries to a cunning thief who steals by the night…?" asked Jinora.

Asami smirked carelessly and suddenly she felt a tug in her heart. She quickly laid her hand against the chest and began to breathe heavily.

"Asami…? Are you alright…?" said Jinora by holding her.

Asami nods while trying to catch some breath. She felt like all the blood in her body is dragging towards the sword.

"Something is happening to me…" said Asami while breathing heavily.

"Sit down on the ground quickly… maybe you are having some kind of hyper tension or something…" said Jinora in a worried tone.

"It's not like that…" said Asami while panting.

"HEY! WAIT RIGHT THERE… WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING IN MY SHOP…" they heard a grouchy voice from behind.

Asami and Jinora startled for the way he shouted. The shopkeeper came running towards them with a flashlight in his hands.

"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE…? HOW DARE YOU BROKE IN TO MY SHOP…?" he shouted and shined the flashlight at them.

"We are really sorry sir… we were being chased by those creatures and we had no other place to hide… so we broke in to your shop…" said Jinora in a pleading tone.

"Wait a second… aren't you the girl who came to my shop two days back and wanted to by the "Blood Fiend"…?" said the shopkeeper.

"Yes it was me…" replied Asami.

"Oh now I understand your little game… you came in here to steal it because I didn't wanna sell it to you. Am I right…?" he said angrily.

"Look here mister… we are not trying to steal anything from you… Just as my friend explained it to you earlier we broke in because we had no other choice alright…? Now cool it…" Asami said angrily.

"Young children like you won't understand what I spoke of that day… You're lucky that I have found you. Only the "Demon Swordsman Gora" could wield the blood fiend. Anyone else who tries to use it will get nothing but a painful death. That is why it is kept so securely…" said the shopkeeper putting down the flashlight.

Jinora kept looking at Asami and the shopkeeper trying to figure out what they are talking about.

"Believe it or not… but from the moment I laid my hands against the glass box, I felt like all the blood in my body is dragging towards it…" said Asami.

"It can't be… you can't try to fool me miss…" said the shopkeeper.

"Look here, I am not trying to fool anyone alright…" said Asami angrily.

"You can't be feeling anything when you are around it… if you do…" he said and paused.

"If I do…? Then what…?" Asami asked.

"You can't be the reincarnation of the demon swordsman Gora… it's impossible…" said the shopkeeper while having his eyes opened wide.

"I don't know about that but that's how I feel…" said Asami.

"There is only one way to find out… I have to let you hold the sword and unsheathe it completely. If you really are the demon swordsman Gora, it will accept you and you will know how to use it. If not you will burst in to flames…" said the shopkeeper.

Suddenly they heard the glasses are breaking near the entrance. All three of them saw that there is a large group of those creatures trying to break in.

"Looks like we got some company… hand it over to me… I will return it to you…" said Asami in a spontaneous tone.

"Don't do it Asami… it is too risky… you never know what that thing will do to you…" said Jinora.

"Give it to me mister… you can't fight all of them alone Jinora…" said Asami in a rush.

"ASAMI!" said Jinora angrily.

"There is no way that I become a murderer…" said the shopkeeper.

"Stop being a wussy and hand it over to me. If you don't all three of us will be eaten alive by those things… one person can't fight them all" said Asami in a threatening tone.

Shopkeeper angrily walked up to them and frowned. Then he walked up to the glass box and unlocked it. He carefully took the katana with both of his hands and completely inserts the katana in to its sheath then turned at Asami while holding it in front of his face.

"I've seen so many people burst in to flames and die by doing stupid things like this… I am not a wussy… I was just trying to save you…"he said angrily.

"ASAMI HAVE YOU GONE CRAZY…?" Jinora shouts at her while looking at the entrance from time to time.

"We have no other choice… if I can wield it, I can fight with it too…" whispered Asami and smiled from the corner of her mouth.

Asami reached out for the Katana and she took it in both of her hands. She felt a strange feeling running down on her spine as she laid her hand on its handle. She gripped it firmly.

Before Jinora rushed towards her and stop her, she pulled the sword out of the sheath.

"ASAMI!" said Jinora.

Meanwhile…

Korra gently lands on a rooftop and saw that there was a big battle going on between those creatures and the police squad. The local police of Broosh were holding their ground against horde of creatures. Suddenly a thirty foot tall massive monster crashed in to the battle through the buildings. It looks like a big fat slob and has no eyes. Military vehicles which were parking behind the police barricade began to fire their cannons at the big monster.

"What are those things…? And where are they coming from…?" Korra whispered to herself while patiently observing further.

Meanwhile

Asami unsheathed the sword and nothing happened. She felt like she knew how to use it swiftly and efficiently from the moment she wielded it.

The shopkeeper fell down on his knees.

"Forgive me for my insolent behavior my lord. I never even imagined it is you… The reincarnation of the demon swordsman GORA, the master of blood fiend…" he said as if he is begging her.

"You can stand up mister…" said Asami with a smile on her face.

"Amazing… you wielded it… it seems like it has chosen you…" said Jinora.

"What he said was true… it has accepted me as its master. The moment I wielded it in my hand, I knew how to use it…" said Asami and looked at Jinora.

"I will return this to you…" said Asami to the shopkeeper.

"Please my lord… it is yours to keep… you are the one true master of blood fiend, a mere mortal human like my self has no right to keep it. It is yours for keeping… please take it…" he said.

"I don't know what you're saying but if that's what you want… you are welcome… I'll send you a pay cheque once I get back home…" said Asami with a smirk.

"Looks like they are here for us…" said Jinora taking an offensive stance.

Asami slowly turned to face the upcoming enemies. She saw some of those creatures have already broken in to the antique shop.

"Let's see what this can do…" said Asami holding the sword in front of her.

Jinora began to fight back with air bending… and Asami rushed to fight and she cut through those creatures as if she's chopping off banana trees. She moved through them slicing one by one with ease. Asami felt a great deal of joy as she put down her enemies splattering their blood all over the place. She realized that killing with the Blood Fiend brings her an utmost amount of joy. Jinora and Asami together put down all the creatures who gotten in.

"Damn… you do move like a demon… from where did you learn to use a Katana like that…?" Jinora asked while panting.

"I don't know… from the moment I held it in my hands… I just knew how to use it…" Asami replied.

"Looks like we have more of them outside…" said Jinora.

"Let's finish them…" said Asami with an evil grin in her face.

They rushed outside and began to fight the creatures that were marauding outside. In few minutes time they killed each and every one of them without having a scratch on themselves. Asami wiped the blade and sheathed it then holstered it on her back.

"It seems like we finished all of them for now…" said Asami with a smile on her face.

"Good job…" said Jinora while panting.

Meanwhile…

Korra watched the police squads fighting against the upcoming horde of creatures including the big giant monster. She never wanted to intervene between them. The darkness of the night slowly begun to fade breaking in to dawn yet the fight between the citizens of Broosh and the creatures never seemed to stop.

She patiently observed the situation and as the light began to emerge from darkness, the creatures and the big monster has become clearly visible.

"It seems to me like the hell has broken loose upon earth…" Korra said to herself.

The rain has seized with the break of dawn and Korra air bend herself up in to the tallest tower in Broosh to have a better view of the surrounding. The island of Broosh has become nothing but a bloodbath overnight.

She realized that she had spent more time than necessary wandering around the city and observing what is going on without intervening. It's time for her to return back to Galant Inn where Asami and Jinora is.

"The rain has stopped and it is the perfect time for us to take the boat back to black island…" She said to herself and air-bend herself on to a neighboring building.

As she turned to return, she suddenly noticed that Jinora and Asami unknowingly running towards the battle field where police squads fighting against the big slob like monster.

"ASAMI…? What the hell are you doing here…?" she said to herself in a frustrated tone.

Meanwhile…

Jinora and Asami came running right in to a hot spot. They were suddenly stopped by the police barricade. Korra quickly caught up to them and grabbed Asami as she kept on running.

"KORRA!" she said and hugged her.

"Where on earth are you two running around…? I told you to stay in the hotel…" said Korra.

"The whole hotel was overrun by those creatures, we had no choice but to run…" said Jinora coming up to them.

"I am so glad we found you…" said Asami.

"Broosh is a mess… we have jumped over hundred dead bodies already… including women and children… this has to stop somehow…" said Jinora in an extremely concerned tone.

"Beyond this barricade there is a heated battle taking place between the police squads and those creatures… there is a huge monster there as well. Let's turn back and go to harbor district. Now is our chance to leave Broosh since the storm has seized. We have nothing of importance here…" said Korra and turned to run.

Jinora and Asami did not move. Korra looked at them with curiosity.

"Aren't you guys coming…?" Korra asked turning back at them.

"Do you know how to stop this…? We can leave anytime we want… but if we know how to stop this it could save so many lives…" Asami said suddenly.

"Excuse me…? You're the one who told me not to get myself involved and the world is not my concern anymore, Remember?" asked Korra in a slightly angered tone.

"Yes I did… and I am sorry about it… I was wrong. I did that because I wanted to stop you from putting yourself in an unnecessary risk. But after I've seen the piling dead bodies of those innocent civilians including children, I've changed my mind… I have realized that being selfish is wrong. No matter what happens, we must not lose our humanity… Still I don't want you to put your life in danger… So let's get together and figure out how to put this massacre to an end" said Asami and looked down.

Korra slowly walked up to Asami and held her from the sides of her shoulders. She looked in to her eyes.

"I can't afford to lose you again my love… I may not survive a second time…" said Korra.

"I don't want to lose you either…" said Asami and smiled at Korra with all her heart.

They embraced each other lovingly.

Suddenly with a blink of an eye, the barricade that was blocking the road exploded shattering everything around it in to pieces. Some policeman came running from the battle ground all wounded and bleeding. Along with the policeman the civilians who were trapped in the area also came along as well. All of them are running for their lives.

People are shouting out for help and the sound of firing guns came from all directions. Asami and Korra were on their way and they didn't have time to move away from the crowd that came running towards them.

Asami began to feel a piercing pain throbbing across her left side of the abdomen. She quickly held on to it with a grimaced face.

"ASAMI…!" said Korra as she noticed she's in pain.

Jinora came running at them.

"Asami, you're bleeding…" said Jinora in a worried tone.

"How… How did you get hurt…?" Korra asked in a panicked tone.

"Let's move away from the road quickly…" shouts Jinora.

Korra quickly put Asami's arm over her shoulder and rushed to the side of the street. She made Asami sit on the sidewalk and lean against a wall. Jinora helped Asami to take off her chill coat.

"Looks like a bad cut… probably being caused by a stray bullet or a piece of metal blasted off by the explosion" said Jinora while checking on her.

Korra stood up in a hysterical manner as Jinora said that, she held her hands against her head and ran the fingers through her hair. She felt like she's going out of control.

"What it… What if it went through her heart…?" said Korra in a hysteric tone.

"Calm down Korra… it's just a scratch, I am alright…" said Asami with a grimaced face.

Korra couldn't bear the thought of Asami getting hurt while in her arms she kept acting in a very uneasy manner.

Another big explosion went off where the battle took place and a loud shriek echoed through the streets.

Korra grinded her teeth feeling angry and turn at the direction where sound came and began to walk towards that direction.

"KORRA…! WAIT… DON'T GO…" said Asami.

"You were right… we should have left with you when you wanted to leave… what Asami mean was that we should help when we can" said Jinora.

"I don't care what it is… I don't care who it is… it was none of my business until it reached you… now it has become personal…" said Korra in an angered tone.

"MISS… DON'T GO THAT WAY… WE CAN'T STOP IT… WE ARE ALL GONER… ONLY THING THAT IS LEFT TO DO IS TO RUN FOR YOUR LIVES…" said a wounded policeman who was passing by.

"Jinora… stay with Asami…" said Korra

Asami stood back up with the aid of Jinora.

"KORRA WAIT…!" she shouts.

She ran towards where the explosion happened. Asami rushed to go after her and Jinora stopped her.

"Asami… don't run after her… she'll be alright… she's the avatar…" said Jinora.

"I know but I am so afraid that I will lose her again… what if something bad happened to her again…? She was the avatar then as well…" said Asami in worried tone.

"Alright… let's go up to a visible distance…" said Jinora.

Meanwhile…

Korra saw the final wave of policeman who was firing at the massive slob like creature behind the barricade. It seems like they won't be holding their position much longer. Along with the big creature there is a horde of human size creatures marauding towards the police barricade.

Police captain was among the other officers. He saw that Korra coming towards them.

"What the hell…" he said.

"HEY MISS… HAVE YOU GONE CRAZY…?" shouts another officer.

As Korra slowly walked up to them her eyes began to glow in pure white light… A gust of wind blew her fairly long hair along with it. She wore an evil smile on her face as she reached the avatar state.

"HOLLY SHIT… IT CAN'T BE…" screamed another officer.

"THE AVATAR…" said the chief as he paused firing the machine gun. She slowly began to levitate above the ground and her eyes began to turn from glowing white to glowing red.

She flew towards the upcoming horde few feet above the ground with air bending and as she reached closer the first wave of monsters began to blow as if they were water melons. Gallons of blood splattered in to the sky as if it is a fountain.

Jinora and Asami came running and stopped at the police barricade.

"Damn…" said Jinora as she kept gazing at the destruction.

"KORRA!" said Asami.

Earth began to tremble as the massive slobs of earth rose up in to the sky and fell on the upcoming creatures crushing them like grapes.

"Looks like we are in luck… I am so glad that the avatar came to help even at the last moment…" said the captain coming up to Asami and Jinora while staring at the battle up ahead.

"Tell your men to stop shooting… you will hit her as well…" shouts Asami.

"Do not worry miss… we are police men with guns… not monkeys with sticks. The order has been already given" said the captain.

Korra slowly lands on the ground after she finished all the human sized creatures leaving the huge massive slob like creature alone to fight her.

With a blink of an eye, the huge slob like creature blew like a huge bomb went inside it, splattering blood and gore all over the place.

As the huge monster was taken down by the avatar the rest of small ones began to fall on the ground as if they were switched off. Korra smiled and closed her eyes wanting to release the avatar state. She starred at the big dead monster and turned to walk back to the barricade. She saw Asami and Jinora waiting there for her.

Meanwhile…

In the far away horizon a sky bison is heading towards the Island of Broosh. On his back saddle it carries Mako, Bolin and Kuvira.

"It seems like we are going far ahead of the emergency squad ship…" said Bolin while looking down at the speeding ship.

"It's better to go ahead from above and give them an intel of the situation in Broosh before they reach it… that will be a great advantage for our forces…" said Mako.

"What did the message exactly said Mako…? I never got to read it…" Kuvira asked.

"Police department of Broosh wanted us to send them some reinforcements. There is a serious situation going on the island of Broosh and it is beyond their control. They needed our help… so republic city deployed four elite squads to go there and help them" said Mako.

"What could their serious situation be…?" said Kuvira.

"We may never know until we reach there and figure it out… the message wasn't complete… after that we didn't receive anything from them…" said Mako.

"I don't understand what's happening with the world these days… Doomsday is coming and now island of Broosh is asking for help…" said Bolin.

Mako kept on starring in to the horizon eagerly wanting to get a glimpse of the island. The sky bison has reached the island in visible distance.

"It doesn't look good…" said Mako while using binoculars.

Kuvira quickly came over to him and looked through the binoculars.

"There is smoke rising up in to the air… something is going on there…" said Kuvira.

As they reached even closer, the smoke that was rising up in to the air became clearly visible to the naked eye.

"What the hell happened here…" said Bolin while starring at Broosh.

"Let's fly over to the place where smoke is coming up…" said Mako.

The sky bison flew over the island of Broosh and they witnessed the destruction which has been caused there. All three of them went speechless.

"Good heavens… who could have done that…?" said Mako looking around.

"It looks like a bad storm went through Broosh…" said Kuvira.

"I don't think it's a storm… look at all those dead things scattered all over the place… they are not human corpses…" said Bolin.

They flew toward the smoke trail and it led them to where the big slob like monster has been defeated.

"HOLLY SHIT… what the heck is that…?" shouts Bolin as he saw the blown up monster.

"Good heavens, what the hell happened here…?" said Kuvira looking down from the Bison.

"Is that…? Is that Korra…?" said Mako while pointing down.

Bolin quickly came over to Mako and looked at the direction he pointed. Kuvira quickly crawled up to them and peeked through in between.

"Well I'll be damned…" said Bolin.

Mako quickly maneuvered the sky bison to lower its altitude and hover above the massive dead monster. Korra saw the approaching sky bison and turned at it. She's all covered in monsters blood and standing in the morning sun light makes a terrifying sight. The sky bison slowly reached the ground level. Korra saw who is coming along with sky bison.

"Hey… that's Oogi, dad's sky bison…" said Jinora as she instantly identified by the sky bison.

Asami began to walk towards Korra with a difficulty because of the cut on her side. Jinora followed her.

Korra stood still starring at the Bison and Mako got off it first. Then Bolin and Kuvira got down.

"Korra!" said Mako and she did not utter a word.

"It's me… Mako…" He said again and slowly began to walk towards her.

Kuvira quickly took a fighting stance.

"Kuvira… don't…" said Mako turning back at her to make sure she won't do anything hasty.

"Mako… Be careful…" said Kuvira.

"I don't wanna see this…" said Bolin covering his eyes.

Mako kept walking towards her slowly.

"Stop… that's close enough…" Korra raised her voice. Mako paused.

"Korra it's me… Mako… don't you remember…?" he asked.

"I am not dead… I do remember…" said Korra.

"We're not after you… we are here because republic city police has received an urgent call from Broosh saying that there is a serious situation going on here" said Mako.

Korra furrowed her eye brows as she looked at Kuvira who is standing back. She walked up to where Mako is.

"I see that you bought her along as well…" Korra said with furrow on her face.

"We mean you no harm Korra…" said Bolin coming up as well.

Korra smirked sarcastically. Jinora and Asami came along and caught up with Korra. She slowly turned at Asami and looked in to her eyes. Asami smiled carelessly and a smile bloomed through Korra's blood stained face as well. They laid hands on each other's shoulders and gently knocked their foreheads together with a playful smile.

"How come Asami and Jinora is here as well…" Bolin mumbled behind Mako.

Jinora smiled while looking at them being happy. Mako slowly began to step towards Korra who is having her back turned at them. He came closer and reached his hand towards Korra, and on the moment he laid his hand on her shoulder with a blink of an eye she grabbed his hand twisted it in such a way that he screamed in pain. She turned Mako around and kicked him on the back of his knees and kneel him while his hand is still on her paralyzing grapple. Mako screamed in pain while holding on to his right shoulder.

"MAKO!" said Kuvira moving in to help him.

Before she move on to do any metal bending she felt a paralyzing pain running across all over her body. Kuvira screamed in pain and involuntarily kneeled on the ground.

"KORRA…! Don't…" said Asami wanting her to stop.

"Korra… release them immediately…" said Bolin taking an earth bending stance and the ground beneath him began to glow in red.

"Korra… Please…" said Mako in pain.

"Please… let her go… she… she won't survive another blood bending attack…" uttered Mako while he was in pain.

She released Mako and pushed him on the ground and he fell. Then release Kuvira from her blood bending grapple. She began to breathe easy as the paralyzing pain which was running across her chest suddenly seized. Bolin quickly ran up to Kuvira and helped her to stand up. She quickly grabbed Mako and helped him up as well.

Korra kept on frowning at them with her furious gaze. Asami quickly came and grabbed hold on to Korra so she would cool down a little.

"What… what have I ever done to you Korra… Have you forgotten that we were the team avatar… the fire ferrets…?" said Mako.

"You disgust me…" said Korra very briefly.

She felt very angry as Mako tried to make friendly contacts with her, she's furious at him because he has not done anything to help her while she was Imprisoned in frozen north.

"I know why you are mad at me…" said Mako while panting gently.

"Let's go Mako… She's a monster…" said Kuvira holding on to Mako and wanting him to go back with her.

Korra looked at Asami and her face has turned gloomy as well. She reached towards Asami and embraced her.

"Please don't be hasty my love… Nobody is perfect…" whispered Asami while caressing the back of her head.

Mako coughed and spit blood out of his mouth while standing steadily.

"She's not the girl you knew back then… she has completely changed… why can't you see that…? I told you this wasn't a good idea since the beginning…" said Kuvira while holding Mako's face to focus his eyes at her. Mako held her hands together and softly nods confirming what she said.

"Mako… Let's go… it seems like the plan you proposed is already a failure…" Bolin called out for them while standing next to the sky bison.

"KORRA…!" said Mako loudly to gain her attention again.

She leaned away from Asami and turned at Mako.

"Mako… just go alright...! Now is not a good time…" Asami shouts out loudly.

"It's now or never…" said Mako with a sarcastic smirk.

"Mako… please…" said Asami.

They began to hear a loud cheering and laughter in the distance. Korra and Asami quickly turned at the barricade where it was coming from.

"Look…" said Jinora pointing at a crowd of people who is coming towards where they stood. They are laughing and cheering.

The chief of Broosh police along with the governor and many others kept marching on towards them wearing smiley faces. The large marching crowd reached them in matter of a minute. The marching crowd stopped and the Governor and the chief of police walked towards Korra.

"We have no idea how we should thank you for coming to our aid in this darkest hour Avatar Korra. If it weren't for you, we'd all be killed by those wretched monsters…" said the Governor.

"I… I err…" Korra stammered.

"It's alright Avatar Korra… we understand that after such a long hard battle, you're not in a shape to speak to an audience…" said Chief of police coming up to her.

He grabbed the bull horn.

"IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE AVATAR… THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO MORE BROOSH… IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE WORLD SAYS, SHE WAS OUR ONLY LIGHT IN THIS DARKEST HOUR… SO LET'S GIVE THREE CHEERS FOR THE AVATAR FOR THE SAVING BROOSH AS WELL AS THE LIVES OF IT'S CITIZENS BY BRAVELY FIGHTING AGAINST THOSE MONSTERS…" said the chief of police at the cheering crowd.

"HIP HIP" "HOORAY", "HIP, HIP" "HOORAY", "HIP,HIP" "HOORAY" "AVATAR KORRA". The whole crowd cheered for her in her name and applauded.

Korra smiled and kept quiet while the whole crowd cheered for her and Asami held her hand while facing them.

"THE CITIZENS OF BROOSH SHALL HONOR YOUR NAME FOREVER AVATAR KORRA… IT IS AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU IN MY CITY" said the governor.

While the governor and the chief of police made a speech in behalf of Korra, Mako and Kuvira has already walked up to the sky bison quietly.

"There is no point of wasting our time any further… let's get going… I don't wanna see any of you getting killed by her…" said Bolin.

Mako looked at Bolin.

"Bolin… she needs to know what's going to happen… The death and darkness is upon us and she's the only light we have… Just stop holding on to your individual thoughts and think about it…" said Mako.

"Don't bother trying to make her see things… Her mind is already broken… she wouldn't think twice to kill" said Kuvira.

"I see your point but at least she should be aware of it…" said Mako.

"I don't know Mako… you saw what she did to you… Let her find out on her own then she will decide whether to step in and help or not…" said Kuvira.

They watched as Korra, Asami and Jinora had been cheered by the crowd of people who kept on gathering where they stood. It seems like the people of Broosh has finally come to realize the value of having the avatar. She has managed to take down the whole monster attack which took many lives single handedly. Mako got on the sky bison while gazing at the cheering of people then Kuvira followed. They saw that the police officers who came began to lead them across the crowd.

"Looks like she has earned herself a medal here…" said Bolin.

"It has been always like this for the avatar until everything changed… she is the one who stood before the world for ten thousand years…" said Mako with so much hope in his tone.

"Let's get going… we'll inform the squad that the situation is under control, however they will dock at the harbor later onwards and see to their orders…" said Kuvira.

Few hours go by….

Korra, Asami and Jinora were taken along with the cheering crowd. Asami received the immediate medical attention from the best doctor available at Broosh. People of Broosh as well as the police got together and began to clean the streets by moving the dead bodies. Even after clearing the streets it would take many months for Broosh to restore itself in to former glory. Nobody knew where those monsters came from. They just appeared without a warning and the Police of Broosh tried to stop it with all their might until it went out of control and ultimately threatened the whole island. Many have lost their lives including women and children and the property has being destroyed beyond repair. The whole island of Broosh is deeply thankful to Avatar Korra for stepping in and putting an end to the monster menace. The governor of the Broosh has bought the science team to be in contact with Korra because they were searching for the cause of this outbreak which has never being recorded in the known history of Broosh. One of the scientist has already bought a theory that they have appeared from the far side of the forest area where there were many caves within the jungle cover. After dissecting those remaining monster bodies the scientists have come up with their origin. They were wandering spirits which has suddenly taken shape of vicious monsters. Something has provoked these wandering spirits to change and wreak havoc all around the city. By killing the large blob like monster, Korra has cut of their main connection to the control brain, so all the remaining monsters have suddenly become lifeless.

Late in the evening…
Hospital of Broosh

Korra walked in to Asami's room with a take away cup filled with papaya smoothie. She's lying on the bed and Jinora was sitting beside her.

"Lovely… a papaya smoothie…" said Asami raising her head and keeping a pillow in between.

"Doctor said I can leave if I want to… It is not bad as we thought it would be…" said Asami as Korra gave her the smoothie.

"He said she's lucky… it was just a cut…" said Jinora with a smile on her face.

"It's a total mess out there in the streets…" said Korra.

"If it weren't for you, there will be no more Broosh…" said Asami.

"I didn't do it for the Broosh… I was just pissed because you got hurt…" said Korra and sits beside her. Then she caressed her head.

Asami smiled at her and gently held her hand.

"Today you have saved so many lives by doing so…" said Asami.

"From where did you get that Katana…" Korra asked by pointing the Blood Fiend.

"It's a long story…" said Asami.

"It looks amazing…" said Korra and then stood up and walk towards it.

"Be careful not to pull it out of the sheath…" said Asami.

"Why is that…?" Korra asked while holding it in her hands.

"It should only be used by Asami… whoever that unsheathes it dies a gruesome painful death…" said Jinora and pursed her lips.

"You must be kidding me…" said Korra in a sarcastic tone.

"That's the truth Korra… No one else should try to wield it other than me…" said Asami.

"Amazing craftsmanship… Are you sure avatar can't use it…?" asked Korra while looking at the sword keenly.

"I don't know about it, probably it could be whole bunch of hoaxes but we never know right…?" said Asami and smirked.

"Not until we really try it out…" said Korra and quickly pulled it out of the sheath.

"KORRA!" said Asami as she stubbornly pulled it out.

"See…? Nothing happens…" said Korra with a smile from the corner of her lips and put the sword back in its sheath.

"HAVE YOU GONE CRAZY…? What if it killed you…" said Asami angrily.

She kept the Katana back on where it was and walked towards Asami.

"Did you feel anything when you pulled it out…?" Asami asked.

"I didn't feel anything… what about you…?" asked Korra with a shrug.

"When I took it in my hands, I knew how to use it… I felt as if it accepted me…" said Asami and looked down.

"You should have seen her fight with that… I never knew Asami could use a Katana like that…" said Jinora.

"Alright now I am very curious…" said Korra sitting beside Asami again.

"It is called the "Blood fiend" and had been crafted and used by a demon swordsman named "Gora" long time ago. He has used it to kill so many people and he enjoyed killing with it… however in the end "Gora" was slain. According to the legend, whoever that could wield it and fight with it is the next reincarnation of Gora" said Jinora quickly explaining it.

"So that means my sweet Asami was a demon long time ago…" said Korra and laid a kiss on her had quickly.

"Well it is said that whoever tries to wield it other than "Gora" will die by bursting in to flames…" said Asami.

"That's strange… I mean how come I'd be able to wield it…?" asked Korra and looked at Asami.

"Hmmm that is a good question… but haven't you ever wondered who killed "Gora"…?" asked Jinora.

"What do you mean who killed "Gora"…?" Korra asked.

"It definitely has to be the avatar at that time… so that means you killed me long time ago… maybe in a duel…" said Asami.

"I think I get the whole point… it accepts whoever that defeats Gora as well…" said Jinora.

"We won't know it for sure unless someone other than me or Asami tries to wield it…" said Korra.

"Interesting… but I am not in a mode to kill someone just to figure out whether defense mechanism of that Katana really works…" said Asami and sips on her smoothie.

They kept quiet for a moment.

"Let's go back to Black island tonight… there is no point of staying here at Broosh any longer…" said Korra.

"Sounds good to me…" said Jinora.

"What are you thinking love…?" Korra asked from Asami because she seemed like drifting away in her thoughts.

"I was just wandering what Mako tried to tell you this morning… he had something in his mind that he wanted to tell you" said Asami.

"I don't care about what he has to say…" said Korra and looked away.

"I know you are angry at him because he didn't do anything to help you out while you were in Frozen North but later he helped me to find you…" said Asami.

"So what do you want me to do…? Take him in my arms and sing him a lullaby…?" said Korra angrily.

Asami drops her legs from the bed and sits up properly.

"I don't know whether you should sing him a lullaby or make a stew out of his brain but I would like to suggest you to listen to people when they have something to say regardless of whether you like them or not…" said Asami with a slight sarcasm in her tone.

Korra kept silent for a while and Asami stood up slowly on her feet.

"Let's go back to the Galant inn and pack our things…" said Asami and Jinora nods.

Korra kept on thinking quietly.

"Come on love…. Let's go…. You can think all you want later" said Asami wanting Korra to come along with her.

"Alright…" replied Korra with a smile.

Later that night…

They packed up and came to the Broosh docks wanting to get back to Black island. As they walked across the Broosh docks, they saw that a whole fleet of republic city defense force has already arrived here at Broosh. Asami, Korra and Jinora walked across the docks and saw that sky bison Oogi is also there at the docks.

"Oogi looks pretty tired and sleepy tonight…" said Jinora pointing it out happily.

"It seems all of them are going to stay here for a while to help the citizens of Broosh…" said Asami.

Korra kept quiet and walked ahead and she saw a tall dark figure coming through the darkness of docks in to the dim lights. Mako appeared from darkness wearing a long overcoat and the red scarf around his neck. Korra stopped as he appeared in front from the darkness and blocked the pathway and prevent her from walking any further.

"Korra…!" he said soflty. Asami and Jinora quickly gazed upon him as they heard his voice.

"Do you have a death wish…?" Korra asked angrily.

"Yes but before that i want you to listen to me…" said Mako.

"I don't have time to listen to anyone… now step aside and let me pass…" said Korra grinding her teeth.

"Mako… just tell her what she needs to hear…" said Asami.

Mako moved closer to her and began to speak in almost a whispering tone.

"The world is coming to an end… if someone is out there who can stop it… that'll be you Korra…" he said.

Korra looked at Mako curiously raising her eye brows.

"I know how it makes you feel… but it is the truth" asked Mako.

"Asami…? Jinora…? you're needed back in the republic city more than ever as well…" said Mako slightly louder.

"What's going on Mako… is this some kind of a joke…?" asked Asami.

"Read today's newspapers, listen to the news on the radio, then you'll know what I am talking about…" said Mako.

"I feel lost… Just please tell us what's really going on without riddles…" said Jinora eagerly.

"World is coming to an end… doomsday is already upon us… Go through this and you'll understand what I am talking about…" said Mako and paused then offered a rolled newspaper in his hand. Korra didn't seem to have any interest in picking it up. Asami quickly walked over and grabbed it. Korra gazed angrily at Mako and he let her pass… she walked few steps away from them and paused.

Jinora rushed to take a peek of what he was talking about. She quickly went through the headlines and looked at Mako.

"What is going on Mako…? Tell me this isn't true…?" said Asami.

"I am sorry Asami… but this is the truth… and the whole world is already aware of the impending doom" said Mako.

Jinora quickly took the newspaper from Asami and began to read everything on her own pace. Asami ran her hand through her hair uneasily and held her hair back looking around feeling frustrated.

"I am sorry if I freaked you out all of a sudden…" said Mako.

"What's going on republic city…?" Asami asked in an uneasy tone.

"Each and every one is busy on their own way… some are trying to build shelters, while others are planning on destroying the celestial object…" said Mako.

"This is crazy… I mean if this happens the way that this report says… it'll be end of everything… the whole of republic city will definitely be destroyed. Thousands of people will die…" said Jinora coming between them with the newspaper.

"This is crazy… is my father doing anything to stop it…? What does he say…?" Asami asked eagerly.

"Mr. Hiroshi has few proposed plans and he is working on few of them simultaneously… The whole republic city is counting on future industries for a solution…" said Mako.

"I think we should get back to republic city immediately…" said Jinora in a worried tone.

Asami looked at Korra who has already walked away from them and starring at the sea.

"But I believe that world has only one hope… and that is the Avatar…" said Mako looking at Korra.

"I understand what you mean…" said Asami in a suppressive tone and began to walk towards Korra. She walked behind her and laid her hand on Korra's shoulder.

"Love…" said Asami and Korra turned at her.

"I was listening… I am sorry Asami… but I am not coming back to the republic city again" said Korra.

"I can't ask you to do things beyond your heart's consent… world has done you wrong beyond the point of no return…" said Asami.

Korra kept silent and Asami hugged her and she hugged back. Mako and Jinora kept looking at them. Asami leaned away from her and smiled.

"I must go back to republic city… The future Industries needs me now…" said Asami and laid her hand against Korra's cheek. Korra nods gently and kissed her palm and reached towards Asami's face.

"I understand… do what you must… Republic city is your home, the place you grew up… you cannot simply let it succumb to demise…" said Korra in a surrendered tone.

Jinora walked up to them and Korra looked at her and smiled.

"I am going back to republic city with Asami… my family needs me right now" said Jinora.

"Korra please come with us… Mako told me that you're free from all the charges… they have released you from all the guilt. You are no longer a criminal to be on the run…" said Jinora.

"They are little too late for that…" said Korra and Jinora hugged her. Korra hugged her back.

"I want you to take care of Asami for me… I can't stop her from going to the republic city… it's just that I can't go back there with her…" said Korra.

Jinora leaned away from her and smiled.

"I will… but what about you…?" Jinora asked.

"Don't worry about me… I'll be alright…" said Korra.

Mako walked up to them again.

"Korra… I know that we all did you wrong… but now is not the time to settle old scores… all of humanity has to stand as one against the impending doom. It's time you do your duty as the Avatar no matter what it takes…" said Mako.

"Mako… I want you to take them back to republic city safely…" said Korra and turned away without paying any attention to what he said.

"I am sorry my love…" said Asami as she held her hand and Korra turned at her again.

"It's alright Asami... go back to the republic city and help your father. Don't worry about me…" said Korra pulling in closer to her. They gently knocked each other's foreheads together and moved for a kiss. Korra kissed her on the lips and she kissed her back.

"You know where to find me…" Korra whispered in Asami's ear and turned away from them and walked towards the speedboat. Asami kept staring at her as she walked away and her eyes flooded with tears. Mako and Jinora came up to her.

"She won't be coming…" said Asami as she turned to Mako.

"Where is she going now…?" Mako asked.

"I don't know Mako…" Asami lied.

"It seems to me like this is going to be harder than I thought" said Mako while looking at Korra walking towards the speedboat.

"It not hard… it is impossible" said Asami and wiped her tears.

"As the Avatar…" Mako began to talk again and he was interrupted by Asami.

"As the Avatar…? How dare you say that…? Avatar is dead Mako… she was murdered by the world itself…" Asami shouts at Mako angrily.

"Asami this is not the time to hold on to grudges…" said Mako.

"Mako… Be sensible… how can she come back to the republic city along with us after all that has happened and then they chased her away…? They threw her in an asylum and then in the Frozen north… After that the news and media has stripped her naked and crucified her in the public for the crimes she never really committed. World she fought so hard to protect for ten thousand years tried to destroy her in return. Just tell me how do you expect her to walk back in to the society as the Avatar again…?" said Asami angrily.

Mako kept silent letting Asami speak all her heart out.

She turned again at the speedboat and she saw Korra standing there deep in her thoughts without getting on to the boat. Asami gave a slow run towards Korra while wiping her tears away. Mako watched as she goes by and then turned towards Jinora.

"I just don't know what to say Mako…" said Jinora with a gentle shrug.

"Korra…" said Asami as she ran in to her open arms. They kept holding on to each other in silence for a while.

Korra leaned away from Asami and smiled in to her eyes. Her eyes were full of tears and so was Asami's.

"I know it's hard…" said Korra in a whispering tone.

"Promise me you'll take care of yourself…?" said Asami.

"I promise… and I want you to take care too… When you're done with what you have to do in republic city, come back to me, I'll be waiting for you at the black island…" said Korra.

Asami nods and a smile bloomed through her tears.

Mako and Jinora watched them from the distance as they kissed goodbye. Korra got on to the boat and sailed away in to the moonlit night. Asami watched as the speedboat disappeared in to the darkness of the horizon. The chill wind came and embraced her as she kept on staring at the empty horizon and then she slowly turned towards Mako and Jinora. She walked back to them while wiping her tears away.

"When are we leaving to Republic City…?" she asked from Mako.

"We'll take Oogi and fly back to the Republic city first thing in the morning…" said Mako while sinking his hands deep in to the jacket pockets.

"Why can't we leave now…?" Asami asked.

"Unlike machines sky bison's need to rest at night Asami… it's not safe to fly on them while they are sleepy…" said Jinora and smiled as she knows Asami has little understanding over Animals.

"Rather than taking risks of flying in to lightning storms, we'll leave at break of dawn… come with me, I will give you a cabin in the vessel to rest until tomorrow" said Mako.

Asami and Jinora followed Mako towards where the Republic city vessel which is anchored in the docks.

Few hours go by…

Korra has steered the speedboat through the rough sea all night long. As the dawn began to break the black island appeared in the horizon. A long lonely trip through the rough seas with thoughts of parting from Asami has made her exhausted by the time speedboat has reached vicinities the black island. She lowered the speed of the boat and cruised through the sharp rocks that surrounded the black island. Finally she cut the engines off as the boat reached the dock inside the hidden cave. Korra sighed while rubbing her shoulders and stepped out of the boat. She took her back pack and walked towards the door, and when she is about to reach it, someone opened it from the other side.

"Good morning…" said Lao appearing from the staircase which leads up to the lair of the blood dragon.

"Good morning Lao…" Korra said in a groggy tone.

Lao took the back pack from Korra and led her through the staircase up to the lobby level.

"Master would like to see you in his private chamber…" said Lao.

"You can go ahead Lao… I can find my way…" said Korra while rubbing the back of her neck. Lao nods and left her and she walked up through the staircase to the top most floor. She was stopped by a massive ebony wood door which leads to Zaheer's resting chamber. Korra knocked on the door gently.

"You may enter…" she heard a voice fainted by the thick wooden door.

Korra pushed the door open and walked in to his chamber. She saw Zaheer sitting on to his work table wearing a black robe with a red lining. He is busy going through few scrolls. He felt her presence and stood up then turned at her. Deep within him he felt happy to see her after a while.

"Korra…" he said to acknowledge her.

She walked up to him with a faint smile on her face. Then she hugged him instead of a more formal bow or a handshake. Zaheer didn't hug her right away, instead he left himself with open arms. She kept quiet and kept on holding on to him until he hugs her back. From the moment he laid his eyes upon her, he has realized that she had to go through something that makes her sad. Zaheer gently laid his hands upon her and hugged her back.

Korra leaned away from him completely and smiled lightly.

"It's good to see you again…" said Zaheer.

"It's good to see you too Zaheer… I am sorry I shouldn't have done that right away… but yeah…" she paused, and then continued again "I thought you'd never gonna hug me back…" said Korra.

"If I didn't, then it would be disrespectful…" said Zaheer with a suppressed smile.

"You do not look so well… Is everything alright…? How are things with miss Sato and Jinora…?" Zaheer asked as he walked up to the small cabinet and poured two glasses of rice wine.

Korra looked around with a deep sigh.

"They had to go back to Republic City… it was urgent… I am just so exhausted… and oh yeah… Broosh was all good until hell started to break loose…" said Korra and slowly walked up to the reclining chair and sits on it. Zaheer came and offered her a glass of wine and she took it.

Zaheer took the chair from his study table and turned it towards her and sits on it. Korra lay back on the reclining chair and she felt heavenly as it gave a perfect back support.

"I see that you had to part with miss Sato again…" said Zaheer and sips his wine.

"Yeah, she had to go and I am exhausted now…" said Korra having her eyes closed and rubbing her temples.

"The intensity of separation anxiety you feel right now is caused by the amount of attachment you have towards her. I rather call that feeling "Pain" instead of anxiety" said Zaheer.

"The love you hold in your heart towards her is pure and far greater than any other feeling within you… the slightest glitch in it may cause you a great deal of pain…" Zaheer added.

"You are right about me Zaheer… from the moment she said she has to go back I felt like my heart is being ripped out of the chest cavity…" said Korra.

"There is only one way to free yourself from that pain…" said Zaheer and paused.

"How do I do that Zaheer…? I don't know how she managed, Maybe she's not attached to me as much as I am attached to her…, I may sounds like a little child to you but this is how I feel. I completely understand that she had to go back to republic city to attend to something of great importance, it has nothing to do with our relationship but still…, I do feel really bad. Tell me how do I learn to subside this boiling feeling within me…?" Korra asked.

"Learn to let go… that is the only way you can free yourself from pain" said Zaheer.

"You and I both know that it is easier said than done…" said Korra.

"I am sorry for the way you feel Korra… but give it a day or two… our bodies have a remarkable ability to recover from pain when it is given a little time…" said Zaheer.

"Your words are comforting… I must learn not to be like a little girl… and think like an adult. She left because she had to… and it is fine by me… but STILL!" said Korra.

They had a moment of silence between them.

"I must say I have something of utmost importance to discuss with you… but first I want to know what you mean by "Hell breaking loose" said Zaheer.

"A horde of undead like monsters appeared from nowhere and began to wreak havoc all over the Broosh, and ultimately I had to fight them, the citizens of Broosh now knows that the avatar was there…" said Korra very briefly.

"It does not matter… you're the avatar and you can't hide it forever. Have you figured out the origin of those monsters…?" Zaheer asked in a very patient tone.

"The science team has found out that they are some wandering spirits taken a different form because of some unknown reason. They don't know what caused them to go mad like that…" said Korra.

Zaheer kept on thinking rubbing his chin.

"Before I explain my theory about those spirits, I must tell you that the world is about to face a great danger in coming few months. According to the newspapers and the national science team of republic city the doomsday is upon us, and we are counting down towards it" said Zaheer.

"I read about it…" said Korra briefly.

"According to my calculations, this celestial object has a strange effect on our planet. Because of the nature of this effect it triggers the wandering spirits to go insane and wreak havoc in surroundings. Broosh was just a beginning… in days to come as this object gets closer and closer we will see occurring of similar incidents all over the world" said Zaheer.

"This is driving me insane…" said Korra in a sarcastic tone.

"This object will collide with earth and according to the calculations; it is heading towards the ocean closest to the Republic city. This will cause a massive tidal wave which could wipe the entire republic city in matter of seconds…" said Zaheer.

Korra kept listening to Zaheer's explanation.

"We may never know what will be the outcome after the impact, but we sure knows that it will take out republic city as well as other few neighboring cities" said Zaheer and took a rolled newspaper from the table.

"I want you to read this…" said Zaheer. Korra stood up from the reclining chair and walked up to him. She took the newspaper from him and read through what was in it.

"They have lifted all charges they had against me…" said Korra and looked at Zaheer.

"They are inviting you to come back to the republic city and work on a solution to stop this devastation from happening. After all you're the avatar and if there is someone out there that could prevent a destruction of this magnitude, it will only be you Korra…" said Zaheer.

"I will not stand up against this… I am done being the avatar… for ten thousand years I have kept the world safe and in the end it has turned back on me…" said Korra.

"Choice is yours Korra… whichever your choice is… I have no objection about it…" said Zaheer.

"I need a bath and then few hours of sleep… we'll talk about it tonight…" said Korra by returning the paper and walking towards the entrance.

Zaheer kept on looking at her as she walked up to the main door.

"However if your choice is to prevent this thing from happening… I am here to help you with it and guide you through it…" said Zaheer as she is about to walk out of his chamber.

"You are the one who thought me to forgive but not to forget… I still haven't forgotten…" said Korra and walked out of his Chamber.