Still don't own LoK or Anastasia! FYI, this chapter will focus on the previous Avatars and the Romanov family!
"We need to get the rest of the Romanov family into our world," Kuruk said calculatingly. "They can't just keep using our energy like this! We need to try to recover it so we can use it for something else."
"Why not let them take just a little chi from someone else around them and use that," Kyoshi suggested, and they looked at her. "What?"
"That is probably the best option to go through with," Roku said as he appeared next to her. "Iroh and Anastasia have woken up."
"Alexei has managed to become visible and solid," Aang said nodding. "I think he discovered Kyoshi's idea rather quickly."
"Well, just let the others know," Kuruk said calmly. "We'll have no choice. We'll still be trying to preserve our energy for the other four for a year to come if we do things the right way."
"I'll go tell them," Kyoshi said standing up.
"No, I will," Aang said holding a hand out. "They'll recognize me."
"Yes, but I'll be the one to check up on them," she countered.
"Then you both can go," Kuruk and Roku said in unison.
The air- and earthbender Avatars nodded before going down to the bottom of the Avatar Aang memorial to stand in front of those of the Romanov family who hadn't become solid yet. As they arrived in the middle of the night, they saw that the two elders of the sisters were arguing very heatedly with Tsar Nicholas trying to calm them down to no avail, with Alexandra and her third child trying to block out the noise that the others were making.
"How did Alexei become solid?" Alexandra asked, and Aang smiled.
"Will you two shut up?!" Kyoshi snapped at them, and both girls jerked their heads towards her.
"Who do you think you are to yell at us like that?!" Olga demanded.
"Guys, this is Avatar Kyoshi, one of my previous lives," Aang said stepping forwards. "We think we know how your brother became solid."
"Then tell us already!" Olga demanded, and the others glared at her.
"You're never going to find a husband with that attitude, Olga," Tatiana countered.
"Both of you, be quiet," Kyoshi said glaring between the two of them. "If you're going to argue, do it when we aren't around so you don't waste our time. Now, the way that your brother was able to become solid, at least what we suspect, is that he took just a little amount of cih from someone else and took it into himself. It took away his airbending, but we will take care of that in the long run. Right now, we need to get the rest of you solid so we can preserve more of our energy as the Avatars."
"I refuse," Olga yelled crossing her arms.
"Then you can go back to Russia," Kyoshi replied evenly, and Olga paled. "Those are your two options, Olga Romanov, and if you don't like it, then you can just get over it or get punished by someone else whenever you treat them as you have been to us."
"There's a waterbender nearby that we can use," Aang said calculatingly. "He attacked them anyways, so we may as well use this to take away his bending as punishment."
"Alright, brat!" they heard the waterbender snap. "I know the rest of you are out here, now show yourselves!"
"Tatiana was it?" Aang asked the second of the Romanov sisters, and she nodded. "Touch his forehead and chest. I will show you the position when you get to him, but I need you to focus on taking as much of his chi as you can. The more you absorb, the faster you'll become solid."
"Move it! I'm the oldest, I'll do this!" Olga snapped pushing Tatiana aside and doing as Aang had instructed.
Aang hadn't shown her the positions to put her hands, but to his and Kyoshi's initial and calm surprise, she knew the poise to take and began sucking as much of the waterbender's chi as she could. He was shocked as Olga began the process, but relieved when Tatiana pushed her elder sister out of the way.
"Stop it!" she yelled at her elder, "You're taking too much too fast! You're killing him!"
"So? We're airbenders, and we're royalty, so we can do whatever we want!" Olga shouted back, not knowing that she was now completely visible to the waterbender since she'd touched him.
"Shut up and watch me work!" Tatiana shouted back, and Nicholas had to physically restrain his eldest daughter to let his second one perform the same thing.
Tatiana was more gentle with extracting the waterbender's chi, and it took quite a bit longer for her to get the same amount that Olga had gotten. Maria had stepped forwards and began to do the same when the waterbender's eyes began to roll back into his head.
"That is enough out of him for tonight," Kyoshi said calmly. "You will have to be careful about not touching anyone, Olga and Tatiana, since the two of you are halfway solid and faintly visible to those who focus, you don't have to touch them if you don't want to, but it is the fastest way to get the chi that you will need. We will come to you when it comes time to give you back your airbending."
"Thank you, Avatars Kyoshi and Aang," Nicholas said bowing slightly. "We are forever in your debt. I will do everything I can to keep my oldest in line."
"We will check in on you every so often," Kyoshi said with a nod. "Be careful that you don't overwhelm the air nomads. They are still trying to trust Alexei, and things are going to get very difficult for them if you all arrive at once. Spread yourselves out, but not so much that the others begin worrying. Olga, you and your father should be last so that they know that there are no more coming."
"Why do I have to be last?!" she demanded.
"Because you're the one who will have the hardest time airbending, and we want everyone to be on a par with each other," Aang said evenly. "If you are one of the final two, then you will not receive your airbending at the right time. If you are in a trio, then you will still be punished for holding your sisters or mother back with you. It will not be us or Avatar Korra that will be punishing you in this case. Rather it will be someone that you have mistreated in the past from your actions."
"What are you talking about? She was never this way before we came here," Tatiana said jerking her thumb.
"Tatiana, I want you to arrive first to let Alexei know that the others are on their way," Kyoshi said sensing another fight between the two. "Do not disappoint us, Romanov family, or the consequences will be dire. I can sense that there will be at least one of you who will cause trouble and malice."
Yes, a problem arises! Guess which one will be the problem, eh?
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