Chapter 27
The group of four people entered Asami's office. They sat by the table, ready to discuss the current situation.
"President Sato," began Tonraq as Asami interrupted him
"Please call me Asami. You are family," spoke Asami as the meeting began.
"So, as I understand, you will help the Southern Water Tribe against the aggression of the North," spoke Varrick.
"Of course, but we need to make sure to have as little casualties as possible. I want to promote peace, and my end goal is not to escalate the war but to end it as quickly as possible," spoke Asami
"I agree with Asami," spoke Tonraq as Varrick nodded
"But what will we do? Are we sending the Republic Troops to the South?" asked Korra
"I will do that, but I was thinking we would need further support. I understand that the Air Nation is very small, and that it would be impossible to get the help from the entire Earth Kingdom, but I think we should try to get a few allies first," spoke Asami
"That's a good strategy," spoke Tonraq, "We will overwhelm the Northern troops,"
"That's not really what I had in mind. I was thinking that by showing up with an armada and the ground forces of not only Southern Water Tribe troops, and United Nations, but also some forces from the Earth Kingdom and the Fire Nation, we could force Unalaq to accept a diplomatic solution to the conflict. I doubt he would want to fight all of those people," spoke Asami
"That's a great idea, but where will we get more allies? Seriously, where will we get them?" asked Varrick
"I can call Fire Lord Izumi and ask he whether she would help," spoke Asami as the others nodded. Asami approached the phone and dialed.
"Lord Zuko here," spoke the man over the phone.
"Lord Zuko, I need to speak with your daughter the Fire Lord. Please tell her that Republic City President Asami Sato called her," spoke Asami
"One moment Miss Sato," spoke the former Fire Lord, "Zumi!"
A few minutes later, the Fire Lord arrived to the other side of the line. "Fire Lord Izumi speaking," spoke the woman
"Hello, this is President Asami Sato. I called you because I wanted to know if you would help the Republic City to defend the Southern Water Tribe," spoke Asami
"I am sorry," spoke the other woman over the phone in disappointment, "But I must decline. The Fire Nation fought a hundred year was against the other nations, and I don't think it would be wise to involve my forces in a internal matter unless I had to defend my country,"
"Thank you for you consideration," spoke Asami as she prepared to hang the phone
"Wait," spoke another voice. Asami recognized former Fire Lord's voice, "I know how to help. It won't be as much, but my daughter is not the only one who has the control over the military. The Grand Admiral controls the Special Forces, and I am sure she would be glad to help you,"
"Thank you Lord Zuko," spoke Asami as she put the phone down.
"What did she say?" asked Korra enthusiastically
"Fire Lord Izumi will not help us," spoke Asami
"Oh common!" spoke Varrick
"But Lord Zuko agreed to help. He said that the Grand Admiral will send her Special Forces that at least will contribute to our forces," spoke Asami
"Great! That's what I wanted to hear," smiled Varrick
"What about the Earth Kingdom?" asked Tonraq
"I recommend calling Omashu. I bet the current ruler would help us, since the former Team Avatar did help Omashu," grinned Korra
The group called various locations in the Earth Kingdom, but only one small but progressive city-state agreed to help. After the group ended the phone calls, they resumed the meeting.
"We got our allies, now what should we do? I really want to kick Evil Unalaq in the," began Varrick
"We need to wait. When we meet with the allied forces, we will decide on the military strategy and then strike Northern Water Tribe," spoke Asami
"I can speak with General Iroh, I mean he is the son of the current Fire Lord, and he would surely comeback with some genius plan," spoke Korra
"Great. He should return to the city tomorrow, and we will talk to him about this," spoke Asami as she put a finger on her lips, "Varrick, do you have any more suggestions?"
"I am glad you asked!" spoke Varrick, "I will make some movers about Evil Unalaq that will show the world how twisted the man is, but I will need some help,"
"Why are you looking at me?" asked Tonraq as Varrick grinned
"Tonraq, are you Unalaq's brother?" asked Varrick as he smiled, as if he was scheming something.
"Yes, what does it have to do with anything?" asked Tonraq
"And are you the older sibling?" asked Varrick
"Yes, why?" asked Tonraq
"Great, this is so good. I will make a mover that is based on your life story. If you want, we could always change the names, but I feel the people will prefer to watch the," spoke Varrick
"Get to the point Varrick," spoke the water bender
"My point is that I want you to star in a mover about a great warrior, whose brother took over his kingdom, and whose kid had to defeat their evil Uncle. Should I use the animals? Yea, I should, kids will love this," spoke Varrick
"I did not agree with this," spoke Korra
"Relax Avatar Korra. I know that you are a busy person doing your Avatar thing, and my mover thing would require a lot of commitment. Seriously, it is serious work. That's why I asked Bolin whether he would co start in the mover," spoke Varrick
"You want Bo to play evil Unalaq?" Not only Korra, but also Asami laughed.
"No, silly Avatar, he will star as Nuktuk, hero of the South, son and heir to the Water Tribe crown," spoke Varrick
"Wait, what?" spoke Korra
"Think about it, Bolin will make a great mover star and help influence the public opinion to support this war," spoke Varrick
"I agree, Bolin has charisma, but this is a rather ambitious project, even for you, Varrick," spoke Asami
Varrick just nodded. "You want Bolin to play my son in the mover as Nuktuk?" asked Tonraq
"What are you complaining about? Tonraq and Nuktuk, two great heroes," spoke Varrick
"You know what Varrick? Fine, do this mover, but please let me deal with the actual strategies and alliances," spoke Asami as Varrick said something to Tonraq
"You want me to voice an armadillo lion?" spoke Tonraq as Korra fell on the floor, and began laughing,
"You forgot singing," spoke Varrick
"Oh common,"
"Kids will love it," argued Varrick.
"Fine, you can have your songs, but I don't want to voice any talking animals," spoke Tonraq as Asami decided to end the meeting.
"Alright, let's call it a day. We still need to wait for our allies to arrive, and then we can form our strategy," spoke Asami as the others nodded. Tonraq and Varrick left.
"Singing animals?" asked Korra as Asami looked at her and took out a small item that she bought recently.
"Spirits Asami, no, and I mean no, I don't want to use these," spoke Korra as the two ladies went to check how Future Industries was working.
When they arrived, they collided with Baatar. "I am so sorry, President Sato," spoke the young man
"Please, call me Asami, I am sorry we could not speak before, but the war erupted between the two Water Tribes," spoke Asami as the young man nodded.
"So, I heard you are a good engineer and inventor? I think you could get a lot of experience by working here," spoke Asami
"Thank you Asami," smiled Baatar as he followed Asami and Korra into the building, where the President checked on the status of her company. After making sure everything as all right, she gave an internship position to Baatar, who quickly joined other inventors and engineers in discussing various technical things.
While Asami and Korra continued working on the strategy how to defeat Unalaq, Varrick began filming his new mover, "Nuktuk, hero of the South." Asami also met him and spoke with the man briefly about their merger. Varrick recently became the CEO of the company, while Asami still owned Future Industries. She just did not have much time to deal with the business aspect of it.
Later that night, Asami and Korra went to Narook's to have dinner, where they met with Opal and Bolin, who were eating noodles. "And so today Varrick told me to act in one scene of Nuktuk, where the young warrior fought many dark spirits, but after he was captured, his father rescued him," spoke Bolin as Opal smiled.
"O, hey Korra, Asami," spoke Bolin as he looked at his two friends. The couple approached Bolin and Opal and sat by the table.
"Your father is actually a decent actor, Korra, but sometimes he and Varrick do not agree on various plot related things," spoke Bolin
"Bolin is so funny," spoke Opal
"I am glad you two have a good time together," spoke Korra
"Yea," spoke Bolin, "So how was your day?"
Korra and Asami looked at each other. "We had a difficult day, not many leaders wanted to join us in the fight against Unalaq," spoke Asami
"Have you contacted Zaofu? I am sure mom would help," spoke Opal
"Zaofu actually was the only state in the Earth Kingdom that agreed to help," spoke Asami
"Great! I will see Kuvira soon. I bet Baatar will be very happy," spoke Opal as Korra rose an eyebrow.
"My brother has a crush on Kuvira," spoke Opal as the four people continued their dinner.
"Zaofu will help us. Asami contacted Fire Lord Izumi, who refused to help, but her father told us that the Great Admiral will of the Fire Nation will help us," spoke Korra as Bolin nodded.
"Good. I think you will like Varrick's final product, I think his mover will be great," spoke Bolin.
As the sun disappeared, the four people talked about their day. Even Mako joined later, after his boss let him go for the night.
"I wish we had more nights like this. Go Team Avatar!" spoke Bolin as he then fell on the table.
"Bo, you had way too many noodles," spoke Mako as he helped his brother to sit up.
"Oh, be quite Mako, I was just thinking about a nice non-bender with a beautiful smiled," spoke Bolin as he looked at Opal, who smiled.
Bolin sat up and put his back against the chair. As he sat more comfortably, he notices a familiar figure at the restaurant's doors.
"What the, Eska!" spoke Bolin as the woman looked at him. Her make up was wet; it covered a large portion of her cheeks.
"My Turtle Duck?" asked Eska
And so chaos erupted. Eska jumped at Bolin. Bolin hid behind his brother, Korra and Asami at first were unsure how to react but then helped Mako to shield Bolin.
A/N: So, Korra and Asami are thinking about strategy how they would help the Southern Water Tribe. I am slowly building for the third act of the Spirits Arc, where Korra will fight Unalaq with all her allies.
And yes, in case anyone guessed, Unalaq suggested making a Southern Water Tribe version of the Lion King. I have seen some fan art where Bolin stars in "Molten" mover, making the Earth Empire desert Kuvira, but here I thought this movie would be funnier to reference. And I like that Tonraq did not want to voice an armadillo lion.
Next chapter: Korra and Asami talk to Iroh, and Mako shows that he can be an idiot at times. Korra's allies would arrive in chapters thirty-one and thirty two.