Author's Note: Sorry it has taken me so long to write and post this and sorry this was such a short chapter, I have been so busy with trying to finish my assignments for school I completely put this on the back burner. I am going to try and update one more time this week, if I can I do not know, but I will try. The link to the dress that Korra is wearing is on our profile, I tried to describe it the best I could but I had some difficulties. Hopefully soon we will get to the steamy scene with Zaheer and Korra. Thank you for reading and please comment what you think!
"A goddess walking among mortals"
"Wow," Bolin stated flinging his arms in front of his body, as if he was trying to stop a speeding Satomobile, "the president is in on this?"
"He never did seem to like Korra that much…" Mako trailed off near the end as he became deep in thought.
"Yeah, but I didn't think that he would go as far as side with the criminals who tried to kidnap Korra as a child!" Asami all but yelled, "He has to maintain the public's approval, and I don't think that the public would approve of that."
"But it is a secret meeting," Mako sneered behind clenched teeth, "meaning no one would know about it. The public can't disapprove something that they didn't know about!"
Korra sat on the bed quietly throughout Team Avatar's discussion, she was trapped in shock. She felt as if someone was putting the fury of the spirits on her shoulders, as if pouring molten gold onto her flesh; the pain of the heavens chained her to the ground beneath her and the more she struggled, the tighter the chains became. She sat as still as a statue thinking blocking out the storm brewing around her. Never was harmony more perfect than that between the chaos of her mind and the chaos of the world around her. Korra clenched her eyes shut, stood up, and with a deep breath, her crystal blue unclouded eyes shot open and her friends have never heard her voice stronger than of that time.
"Either way, we will bring the red lotus down." Korra stated; her voice stronger than an ox, "They will not continue their destruction on this world. We need to come up with a plan to get into that meeting." A huge grin over took Bolin's face, a smile reached Asami's perfectly red lips, and only a smirk reached Mako's expression as he simply nodded his head.
"We should bring the letter," Mako said as Team Avatar took a seat in a circle on the floor, "to prove that we actually belong in the meeting."
"I think it will be best if we go undercover for this mission," Asami simply restating what Mako had said earlier. Another huge teeth filled smile filled Bolin's face as he loudly clapped his hands together.
"Wait! I got it!" Bolin said in a sing-song voice, "I'll disguise myself as a lost citizen, and when I'm by the guards, I'll distract the red lotus with my bird calls!" He finished his plan up with a couple of bird noises, "That's when you all sneak into the meeting!" The entire team just looked at him with bored expressions; Mako was the only one that told Bolin that his plan was stupid, just as he did when they were younger.
"Bird calls? Really?" Mako questioned; Bolin turned to him and gave him a nasty look.
"Well I haven't noticed you offering any suggestions!" Bolin said with a hint of malice in his usually chipper voice. Asami sighed deeply and put her head in her hands, the bickering of the brothers were hurting her head.
"Well the one time me and Korra snuck into Amon's meeting, to save you I might add," Mako added quickly knowing that it would bother Bolin, " we pretended to be a couple, we showed them the flyer, and they let us right in. But the way the letter was written it seems as if it is going to be formal wear."
"That was Amon, though," Asami added before Bolin had a chance to 'defend his honor', "that is a start, but the red lotus is a little bit smarter than Amon. They will not hesitate, like Amon did, if they get Korra they might just kill her there." Asami was right, they couldn't just do small disguises, they would have to completely change the way Korra looked.
"Well than, we will just have to completely change the way we look." Korra said with a grimace on her face, "Asami will have to not wear makeup or wear it in a completely different way, I will have to wear it with one of Asami's dresses, and the boys will have to think of something."
"Let's do it!" Asami said with a huge smile complimenting her lips, "I always wanted to dress Korra up." Korra cringed at the idea of being in a dress, completely coated in powder and lipstick. She knew it was her plan, but that didn't mean she liked the idea. With a nod Team Avatar split up, and Asami basically dragged Korra to her room.
"Asami, I don't know about this," Korra groaned as she stared at herself in the mirror; to be truthful Korra couldn't find herself anywhere in the face staring back at her.
"Oh, shut it!" Asami said as she took the last curler out of Korra's hair; the hair softly bounces and then landed perfectly to frame her face, "You look stunning!"
"But it's not me..." Korra spoke so softly that Asami didn't even hear the simple comment. Korra glanced in the mirror and she could clearly see the beauty that Asami was speaking about, but Korra couldn't find any comfort in it.
Korra's hair was in large spirals cascading around her face and down her back, Asami added things called 'extensions' and placed them into Korra's hair making it seem as if her hair traveled more than half way down her back. Asami had given Korra large golden earrings, fake of course, with the water bending emblem carved into the golden sphere. The dress, which Korra believed was far too formal for this, was made of the finest silk which clung to every curve of her body; her breasts were held up not with bindings as usual, but Asami gave Korra a normal bra that pushed them up and make them look larger than normal. The dress had a small v at her collar bone, curving around her shoulders the fabric didn't reconnected until right above her ass, leaving her back fully exposed. The long sleeves were tight, but loose enough so Korra could move around without discomfort; the color started at a deep blue and the dress curved around her body the color started to lighten till it was almost a white at the small trail.
Asami had bought the dress awhile back, hoping one day that she and Korra would be friends and that Korra would allow Asami to dress her up. Now was her chance, and she was going all out. Asami put a red lip stain across Korra's mouth, Asami didn't want to overdo it since Korra held natural beauty, but she had to make sure it didn't look like Korra. Asami added a light smoke effect with the eye shadow, and then she added some light mascara to make her eyes pop. Asami made Korra put on some golden heels with swirls carved into the gold; although the dress covered the heels, Asami swore that Korra needed the heels to finish the outfit.
Asami wore almost the same kind of dress that Korra did, but Asami's back was completely covered. The material was still made of the finest silk, which expanded Asami's smaller curves. The dress had a plunge in the front, with a slit up the side starting below her waist; the color went from a sparkly white to a dark crimson red at the end. Asami wore the same makeup that she did every day; she wore red diamond earrings, complimented with golden shoes also similar to Korra's.
With a huge smile on Asami's face and a scowl on Korra's face, Asami grabbed Korra's hand and raced out outside to meet the boys.
Mako's jaw almost dropped as he watched as Korra and Asami stepped outside into the moonlight; Asami walked with confidence towards the fire bender and gave him a peck on the cheek. Korra slowly came out behind her, taking smaller, not as confident steps out of the building. Mako couldn't believe how amazing Korra looked; Asami nudged him in the ribs.
"Doesn't she look amazing" Asami said her hand stretched out pointing to Korra. Mako was trying his hardest not to show how much Korra's beauty affected him, but Bolin didn't even try to hide it. His eyes were wide, and basically drooling at the sight of her.
"She looks pretty amazing," Mako said, leaning down to give Asami a slight kiss, "You did amazing, hun." Asami nodded her head in thanks, and giggled as Bolin rambled.
"Korra...you look amazing!" Bolin yelled, "Your hair, and eyes, and your….wooow. You look amazing Korra." A slight blush ran across Korra's face as Bolin rambled on about her looks, but deep down she was a little disappointed the brothers were more attracted to her this way than how she was normally.
The two bending brothers were in nothing that extravagant, both of them were in nice tuxes that looked as if Asami had bought them. Mako had his hair slicked back like he did during his and Asami's first date, with a golden scarf tucked into his jacket, to match Asami. Bolin had his hair slicked back as well, but instead of a golden scarf, Bolin had a light blue scarf on to match Korra's dress.
After discussing the plan one more time, Team Avatar headed to one of the flying bison; Asami took a hold of Mako's arm as did Korra took Bolin's. Mako was to act as Asami's partner, and Korra was to act as Bolin's partner. They were to infiltrate the meeting, try to figure out what their plans were, see how many members the Red Lotus had, and figure out a plan from there. With a command, Tenzin had the bison on the way to Republic city, and Korra found herself hoping that everything would go according to plan.
Korra's grip on Bolin's arm tightened as they made their way through the entrance of the president's secret bunker, but apparently it wasn't that secret. The entrance was behind an old book store right next to the president's house. Metal benders opened up a secret passage way, and Team Avatar followed the metal hallway for about a quarter of a mile till they came up upon another door. Someone slid open a small peep hole, and stared at Team Avatar.
"In the era before the Avatar, we bent not the elements, but…" The eyes from beyond the door spoke. At first the whole team just stood their staring at the door not knowing what to say, but then all of a sudden Korra took a step forward and spoke.
"But the energy within ourselves" Korra's lips were moving as she spoke, but it did not sound as if Korra was speaking. The eyes behind the door gave the group another glance before sliding the peep hole closed; dust rumbled out from underneath the metal as it opened. Team Avatar's eyes grew wide as they saw how many people were in this bunker, and how large his bunker actually was. The bunker was basically another house under the ground; the president could withstand a whole war in here without once going to the surface. There was a large sea of chairs in the first room, only half full, and in front of all the chairs was one long table covered in a red cloth with red lotus flowers covering it. There also were a couple Pai'Sho tables in the corner, and once Bolin saw those he instantly want to run over, but Korra's hard grip on his arm kept him in place.
Korra and Bolin lead the way for the gang as, with her head held tall, made their way to a group of four chairs right next to each other. The group was turning heads left and right, jealous women glared at Korra and Asami, as men drooled over them. Korra thought she was over dressed for the occasion, but there were plenty of people in there that were dressed up a lot more than Korra was. Soon after the group was seated, Korra kept glancing around the room looking for the Red Lotus members they knew. Korra frowned when she couldn't find them. She leaned over to Bolin's ear and whispered as quietly as she could.
"I am going to go look around." With that Korra stood up and made her way to a hallway across from the groups chairs. If anyone stopped her and asked where she was going, Korra was just going to use to old 'I am looking for the bathroom'. Korra went down corridor after corridor, 'looking for the bathroom', and soon she found herself lost. The long metal hallways were lit by dim lights high on the walls. The hallways had many doors, some leading to bedrooms, or kitchens, or empty rooms, or more hallways.
Korra started to think about what Zaheer had said to her, and what had happened between them. A blush quickly covered her face as she remembered how close their lips were. I can't allow that to happen again. Korra was so lost in thought that she didn't see the other person rounding the corner; the two people collided with such a force that Korra started to fall backwards. A hand reached out and wrapped around her waist stopping her from falling, and pulling her against a warm body.
"My don't you look lovely tonight" A husky yet familiar voice spoke, as a warm feeling wrapped around her aura, "but, my avatar, you are a goddess walking among mortals everyday."