Title: The Long Way Around
Word Count: 339
Summary: [With a space-metropolis overrun by man-eating creatures, you'd expect them to get along… | Mako. Korra. Dead Space 2 AU]

be-the-peaf · Prompt 020 – lost

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Note: this is based off the game Dead Space 2 (which I've been playing a lot lately so that's where this came from) but I tried to keep it pretty simple in the event that someone has no idea what this game is about.

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"Can't you get through that any faster?" Korra asks in an annoyed voice, standing guard as Mako crouches next to a control panel, trying to hack through the door.

"Not really," Mako grits through his teeth, electricity crackling as he cuts through another wire. "Just give me a minute."

Korra huffs and raises her plasma-cutter to her face, listening as the building creaks and breaks apart and she swears on their lives she can hear something moving above her. Previous experiences have told her that's never good, and she eyes the ventilation shaft on the far wall.

"We may not have a minute," she says. Mako hurries to unlock the door and before long they're hearing the sound of latches and gears turning as the door finally opens. Korra shines her light through the room, which is strewn with broken equipment and metal wires hanging out of openings in the ceiling. Mako points his light further into the room, taking a few cautious steps inside.

"Be careful," he says under his breath, although it doesn't even need to be said. They walk to the center of the room, looking around the various doorways that are open to them. Korra squints and reads the faded letters of the phrase 'Transportation Hub' marked beside a door.

"That's where we need to go." She says and begins to head to the door but Mako quickly grabs onto her arm to keep her in her place.

"Wait." He says, pulling back on her arm. "Not yet. The tram is down; we need to head through this other door to get it fixed before we can move on."

"Isn't that a little out of the way?" Korra says, looking down the path. "It's completely in the wrong direction of where we need to be."

"It's the only way we can go right now."

"Fine." She sighs, "But don't blame me if you get us lost trying to find our way back."

"I wouldn't dream of it." He says and waves her on. "Let's go."

:Fin:

It's been a while since I've updated this...