I've discovered a way to post my stories through my phone, so I'm back in business all week! I'm writing this one quickly before I got lay out by the lake and tan till I die.

Day #3: Restless

Characters: Mako

Setting: During Out of the Past

7/8/12

The only thing keeping Mako sane was that Bolin had been placed in his cell with him.

He had no idea where Asami was, or if Korra was safe.

He growled. They were his girls. And he was supposed to protect them. Instead he went and got himself and his brother arrested.

He paced. Bolin watched.

"Bro, relax. Tenzin and Korra are going to get everything all worked out. " Bolin flopped back on the hard bed and put his arms behind his head, staring at a drip on the ceiling.

Mako couldn't take his brother's advice.

Were the police corrupt? Would they actually hurt Asami for information about her father? She didn't know anything, how long would it go on for before they realized that? Would they break her? She was strong, that was for sure, but she had been through so much already. She needed him, and he wasn't there.

His thoughts sent him into another frenzy, and his pacing quickened. He needed to get out, he needed to help her, she was too delicate.

What about Korra? What if she tried something rash? Would she be punished? She was the Avatar, but she had almost no political power in the city. What if Amon got to her? Would she be able to take him on all-alone? He should be there to help her, to protect her, apart from being the Avatar, she was his friend. Maybe more than a friend. Where was she at this moment? Was she trying to get them out? Was she safe? He had no idea. When he had last seen her, she was about to go toe to toe with Tarrlok. He hoped she hadn't.

Mako punched a wall, a few flames spurting out of his fist. Bolin jumped but kept his mouth shut. He knew not to bother his brother when he was like this.

What of Tenzin's children, the little airbabies that had so warmly welcomed him, his brother and Asami into their home, no questions asked. They had accepted the strange teens into their family, treating them like older cousins. They had been admired. He thought of Ikki, who had immediately bonded with his brother, and the two of them had each tried to think of a question the other couldn't answer. He thought of Jinora, and her quiet disposition, the way she had just sat with him after his fight with Asami, knowing he needed someone there, but wanting nothing to be said. And Meelo, who the boys had basically adopted as their younger brother. What if something happened to them? Something that he could have prevented had he not been in jail?

Mako suddenly ceased in his pacing and slumped against the wall, tapping his fingers against the floor.

His brother looked at him out of the corner of his eye. It had reached the stage in his brother's restlessness that pacing became tiring, and he resorts to finger tapping. Bolin groaned and moved his pillow over his ears, this was going to be an incredibly long stay in prison if his brother didn't stop his fidgeting.

For all of his flaws, Mako protected those he loved with all of his heart and soul. Being unable to do that caused him to be restless.

I wasn't sure what to do for this one, so I tried to get a peek inside of Mako's mind while he was in jail.

Now I'm going down to the dock to nap in the sun.

Please review, it gives me the motivation to keep posting through my vacation even though its kind of a pain in the butt.

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