Out of the past
"Ugggggggggggggghhhhhh." Hiccup groaned. His body was sore, he had a headache, and...something cradling his head? He opened his eyes to see bars above his head, as well as a vary familiar face, "You okay?" Korra asked. Hiccup smiled, "Aren't I'm supposed to be the one asking that?" he asked jokingly. As he attempted to get up his headache came back to him a hundred times worse, "Ahh! Damn that hurts." he said rubbing his temples, Korra gently laid himself down on her lap, "Stop fidgeting, we both got knocked around bad by Tarrlock." Hiccup's eyes widened as the events came back to him. "Where is he?" Korra shook her head, "I don't know, I haven't seen him at all. He isn't of gone to make a cover story." she said.
Hiccup nodded, slowly rising from her lap he felt no searing pain in his head this time around. Looking around he saw what their predicament was, "So he locks the avatars, one of them the chief of a metalbending police, inside a metal container? Yea, I can really feel the evil genius of this whole plan." he said sarcastically, Korra shook her head, "I thought the same thing, turns out this is the same metal as those mechs Hiroshi made." she said leaning her back against the wall. Hiccup slapped his hand against the wall, closing his eyes, he saw Korra was right. Slamming his hand into the metal in frustration he joined Korra by her side.
"So what now?" he asked, Korra shook her head, "I don't know, wait until he comes back and ambush him?" she suggested. Hiccup nodded, "Yea, I guess that could work, we could fake being asleep, when he comes in to wake us, we spring." Korra nodded, yet seemed unsure of the idea, Hiccup took her chin in his hands and tilted her head to face him, "Look we'll find a way out of this. Don't worry, if we're both gone, and with all the damage to Tarrlock's office, my mom and will put two and two together." Korra's face brightened up a tad at this. "Okay dragon boy, we got a few hours at least until Tarrlock shows up, maybe more if rescue finds us. What do we do until then?" she asked a smirk tugging on her lips.
Hiccup was still sore all over and he was still feeling the effects of his headache, "What about we think of how the hell he did that to us...I mean what was that!" he asked, Korra shook her head, "I have no idea." Hiccup's head couldn't stop spinning, his body was acing all over from the event. He didn't notice his head begin to drop forward until the ground was a few inches from his face. "Man my body hurts everywhere, it's like someone ran me over with a car." he said cracking his back, Korra rubbed her neck, "I'm right behind you with that. My neck's killing me."
Hiccup propped himself against the wall, "I really could use a nap, for a decade." Korra nodded in agreement. As Hiccup's eyelids felt heaver and heaver, he decided some sleep would help. As he was about to doze off, a weight on his shoulder woke him up, " Korra?" he asked, "Yes?" she said grinning, "Uhhhh, why is your head on my shoulder?" he asked nervously. Korra replied, "I'm tired, there's no pillow, and your the only thing warm in here," she scooted closer to him, "Why? Are you hurt there?" he shook his head, unable to speak. Then it occurred to him what she was doing, Is...is she flirting?! Holy crap! he thought. He has had the occasional co worker, rescue victim, or sprits forbid, fangirl, send a few compliments his way, but having his girlfriend act like this in a box in wherever they are, that's a new one. "One second." he said, Korra lifted her head to see his armor flip over over his head and then fold back into place (think of Lin suiting up in reverse)waving Hiccup with his bracers and green long sleeve shirt, "There you are milady." Hiccup said mockingly. Korra rolled her eyes and returned to her original position. As the two began to drift into sleep one question still remained unanswered, why the hell does Tarrlock have a cell in his basement?
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Hiccup opened his eyes and saw...Tenzin? The man turned, his face was similar to Tenzin's but instead of a full beard, he had hair only on his jawline. Hiccup knew he'd seen the guy somewhere before, "-what are you doing here?" a feminine voice asked, Hiccup recognized the voice right away. Turning himself around he was face to face with Toph, "Gram?" he asked, his voice cracking, "This is a police matter, you don't need to be here." Hiccup was confused, was he like invisible to them? "Under normal circumstances I would agree with you Toph, but if what those witnesses said was true, you may need backup." Toph rolled her eyes, "Fine, fallow me twinkle toes." she said, gesturing him to fallow. Hiccup's eyes shot out of his skull, AVATAR AANG! Holy crap! Gran called you twinkle toes?
After fallowing the former Avatar and metal benders to a restaurant he was about to open a door, only for it to pass right through him. Backing away he approached the door again, but walk right through it and came out on the other side unharmed, "Okay, who wouldn't want to have that super power." he said to himself as he caught up to the others. He found them speaking to a man in one of the booths, "It's over Yakone! I'm taking you in." Toph said with authority in her voice, Where have I herd that name before? Hiccup wondered. The man let out a gruff chuckle, "What has Republic City come to? Arresting it's citizens with no reason." Toph shot out cables from a pouch on her side, the other metal benders had theirs at the ready, "Your under arrest for practicing illegal bending, your going to court." she said, forcing the man up from his seat and cuffing him.
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One thing Hiccup hated about the crime and punishment system was trials. To him it was just a reason for the accused to get out of going to jail, by paying off government officials. Not that every single councilman was corrupt, but some of them like Tarrlock had goals of their own and found ways to get more power than they really need, he hated people like that. It's simple, you commit a crime, you pay for it depending on how severe it is.
As the trail for the man known as Yakone dragged on, Hiccup actually found himself begin to fall asleep, again! Can you really fall asleep while your already asleep? Hiccup wondered as the council went into their camber to pass sentence. Hiccup glanced over to his grandmother, he'd never told anyone this...but when he found out he was the avatar, he wanted to go into the sprit world to talk to his gran, at least one more time. To him, Toph was his hero. He loved her with all his heart and when she passed he was just...there, he didn't do anything, he never said anything, but when he found out he could earthbend, he saw it as a connection that he and Toph shared. As he continued to stair at his deceased loved one, the council/jury entered the room. Hiccup couldn't help but smile as he saw uncle Sokka again, he one of the people who helped him strive to be a inventor. After giving his speech about special benders and his mighty boomerang, which Hiccup laughed aloud about, he gave the verdict, "With the both the eyewitness accounts and the amount of evidence presented, we herby find you guilty the illegal art of bloodbending!" Sokka announced, Hiccup was confused, yea there where some illegal bending laws, he had a whole quiz on them a few years back, but he had never heard of bloodbending. As his lawyer threw a crumbled paper away in frustration, Yakone rose from his seat. Expecting a closing statement, Hiccup was shocked when he took up a waterbending stance and...bent people, even Aang was unable to do anything.
Before Hiccup could do anything he woke up.
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Waking with a start, Hiccup nearly gave himself whiplash, looking to his side he expected to find Korra, but what he didn't expect was her meditating, "Oh sweet merciful sprits it's the end of days." he said, Korra opened both her eyes, "Hiccup, did you just have a-" "A very wired dream with Aang, my grandmother and Yakone? Yea I did." he said standing up and offering a hand. "So Tarrlock is Yakone's son, and he's a bloodbender, that explains it, Aang was warning you about Tarrlock. " he said as she took his hand, "It looks like that, but it still doesn't help us get out of here." she said kicking the wall in frustration, Hiccup then had a idea, "Maybe it does, bloodbending, in a twisted sense, is a kind of waterbending." he said looking down at his gauntlets, flexing his wrist, the water from the pouches flowed out. Korra smiled brightly and hugged him, "You are a genius!" Hiccup smiled, "I try,we can weaken the hinges, and if Tarrlock comes down, we flatten him." he said already starting his work.
As he struck the hinges with the miniature blade his curio usury got the better of him, "Since this is gonna take awhile you mind telling me why you went after Tarrlock alone?" he asked. Korra sighed, "I could take care of myself, thank you very much." she said with a aggravated tone, "I'm not saying you couldn't, hell, half the crap we've done could have been handled by just one of us. The point is, we promised each other that whenever we had something bugging us, we'd tell each other." he said. Korra frowned, "The talk with you, me, and Tenzin was the talking. I took action." Hiccup rolled his eyes, "Even so, you can't pick and choose what laws you want to fallow. There's rules, guidelines and all that." he said, Korra walked beside him and took some of the water and began to work on the tower hinge. "And what happens when the bad guy finds ways around the law, what then?" she asked, Hiccup took a clam breath, "We keep trying. Until he makes mistakes." Korra let out a sigh. "How do you keep telling yourself that? I mean if we hadn't stopped Tarrlock from shutting off all the power, who knows what would happen." Hiccup smirked, "Just because I respect the law, doesn't mean I like it. Little Mis lawbreaker." Korra let a small giggle escape her lips, "Okay, I get it, your being told how the law should work with the person who might have a record." Hiccup gave her a nervous laugh, "Well, mom may have...have you a interfering with police business charge." Korra gave him a double take, "WHAT!"
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Damn this is harder than I thought. Hiccup thought as he entered, what felt like, second hour in. "Hiccup, give it a break. If you keep this up you'll pass out." Korra warned has trickles of sweat went down his face. After a few more good slices, he placed the water back into it's holder and took a seat. "Sprits you look like you just ran ten miles." Korra said jokingly. Hiccup managed a smile, "Can't...give up...that easy...you know." he said catching his breath. Korra sat beside him, "Yea, but if you keep that up you'll be to tired to walk by the time Tarrlock gets here." she said as she took his hand in his. Hiccup let his smile grow, "I'm lucky." Korra raised a eyebrow, "What do you mean? We're trapped in a madman's box." Hiccup shook his head, "No, I mean I'm lucky that I have a loving mother, good friends. Exciting adventures," he said gesturing to his surroundings, "And...you, my girlfriend, a miracle in itself, that I love...and that loves me back." he said blushing. Korra's face was equally red but she didn't care, "Okay we're both lucky, but that doesn't change the fact that we're both kind of screwed right now." she said in frustration.
Hiccup shrugged, "Could be worse, it could be Amon that captured us." Korra was about to retort but nodded in agreement, "Yea I guess it could be." she said in defeat. She gave Hiccup a mischievous grin, "You know what'd make this situation better?" Hiccup smirked, "A five star meal?" Korra rolled her eyes, "No. This." she said before she draped her arms over his shoulders and brought his lips to hers. Korra licked his upper lip asking for entry, with a bit of hesitance, he let her gain entry. Korra's and Hiccup's tongues wrestled for dominance. Hiccup wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer. He just couldn't get over the taste of Korra, it was kind of sweet but not like a strawberry, but like a piece of candy that never lost it's flavor. Yea this defiantly makes the situation better.
As the two reached what seemed the half hour mark, a car door slamming made them separate, "Fuck, he's here!" Korra exclaimed, Hiccup's eyes went wide and looked at Korra, she merely shrugged, "I picked up your bad habits now are we ready?" she asked, Hiccup nodded, "We just need to get him close to the door." he said as the door to upstairs opened. "They know everything! And it's all thanks to you two!" Tarrlock said angrily as he descended the stairs, "Really, what gave it away? Was it the way you talked, did you say something that slipped your tounge, or was it the HUGE HOLE IN YOUR OFFICE?" Hiccup said sarcastically. "They're not the only ones who know, the jig is up Tarrlock, we know your Yakone's son. Face it Tarrlock, it's over." " Korra said smugly, the man shook his head, "It's over when I say it is. And that goes for my to hostages." he said before walking up the steps.
Hiccup whispered to Korra, "When he comes to get us, I'll knock the door down, you jump out and knock him out. We'll tie him up, and put him in the back of his car." Korra nodded, "Can you drive?" Before he could respond a new voice from upstairs spoke, "Councilmen Tarrlock." the pair looked towards the ceiling, Amon! They both thought. "You! Well I must say I will enjoy taking you in." Tarrlock said rather smugly, "And how would you plan on doing that?" the masked man asked.
Tarrlock grinned, "Like this." Tarrlock said. Raising his arms, the chi blockers felt immense pain shoot through their bodies, as Tarrlock lowered his hands the men fell to the floor. Except for Amon. "What?" he questioned as Amon stepped forward, completely unglazed by the man. "Stay back!" Tarrlock commanded, lowering his arms lower, but it still had no effect. As Amon reached him, Tarrlock threw out his arm in a attempt to cheap shot him, but Amon caught the fist, ducked under his arm and made the man fall to his knees.
After he stopped screaming, the chi blockers regained their strength and checked the basement to find both avatars out cold inside a metal cube, "Make sure they're out, I don't want to take any chances." Amon said as he carried the former councilmen to the can. The Lt. drew his billy clubs and powered them up, he drew his arms back and trusted them forward, "NOW!" Hiccup shouted. Using airbending, he shot himself out of the cell, knocking the hinges clean off and the door onto the Lt., Korra leaped out from behind him and slammed he just into the geound, making a mini earthquake, locking the others out.
The two charged out the door just in time to see Amon place Tarrlock in his van, thinking quickly, Korra summoned the snow into the air and shot ice shards down at Amon, none of them hit their target, as the two slid down the hill Hiccup shouted, "SERIOUSLY! HOW DO NONE OF THOSE HIT HIM ?" Korra yelled back, "OH BE QUIET!"
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After tumbling down the hill, Korra and Hiccup wandered until their legs couldn't carry them anymore. The two collapsed by a tree, "So...you...got any...positive...outlook at this?" Korra asked as she tried to regain her strength, Hiccup wrapped his arms around her, pulling her into a hug, Korra returned the gesture, "I'm with the person I love. And...is that Naga?" he asked, Korra turned to see the face of her oldest friend, "Hey there... good girl." Korra said as she climbed into her back, Hiccup in tow.
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The two both lost and regained conciseness as Naga made her way back to Republic City. As Hiccup passed into slumber, he heard his friends calling out their names. He smiled as he realized that both him and Korra where home.
AN: Yes! Two more to go and it's off to berk! Well not right away but I assure you all Hiccup will find his homeland. I really wanted to explore what the two would do trapped in a box, btw I changed the size to fit two people, at first it's hopeless and that, but soon they find the will to go on. I also wanted Hiccup to have a special bond to Toph, I mean come on, show of hands, who loves their grandmothers who spoil you to death? I also added some Hiccup/Korra fluff to this chapter, sorry if I didn't nail it. Also I may be taking my time with updating, me and my brother hat got GTA 5 and we're taking it in sifts. Also ppppppllllllllleeeeeeeeaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssssee eeeeeeeee Review! I need my fix guys. Please. :=(