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Tenzin's POV
Since the day she'd arrived, Korra had kept to herself, staying mostly inside her room. I had meant to talk to her but didn't know how. Her parents had wanted to talk to her as well, to try and see if they could help her with the visible trauma she had endured, but they found themselves in the same situation as me. Tonraq had talked to me about how Korra had attacked Senna the first night she spent on the island. He clarified that it had been an accident but...he was worried.
"Korra," I called when I saw her head towards the ferry with Naga. She looked over to me and her eyes glanced at her parents, my mother and a young man beside me before she headed back towards us. "I want you to meet someone," I added. "This is Howl; he will be accompanying you from now on."
The young Avatar's eyes slightly narrowed before she shook her head. "I don't need a babysitter," she replied.
"Korra can take care of herself," my mother agreed. I raised a brow at this. I had discussed this with her and knew she wasn't very fond of the idea but she had agreed to let me take care of this. "It's not what she needs."
"It's something we need," Senna countered, looking at her daughter. Only her daughter.
Korra looked at her parents before sighing and nodding her head, relenting. Howl gave me a sharp nod and followed closely behind her. I had decided to have a guard with Korra at all times since the kidnapping. I needed to make sure she was safe, though I knew she wasn't going to be exactly thrilled about it.
Howl's POV
The Avatar and I rode on the ferry in silence and got off the ferry in silence. The young woman kept herself and her polarbear dog ahead of me the entire time. I wasn't going to lie, I was nervous to have such a great responsibility weighing down on my shoulders. I mean, this was the Avatar we were talking about. But it wasn't just that. My comrades had told me stories about the way she…acted. I had also read numerous newspaper clippings of how she had exploited the power she had.
Finally, as we walked by a few factories, she stopped and motioned me to come forward. Slowly, I did as I was told. "So how long have you been a sentry?" she asked.
"A little over four years," I replied.
Avatar Korra nodded thoughtfully as she scratched her polar bear dog behind the ears, her gaze fixed on the mountains. I looked at them as well and took few steps forward, bringing my hands behind me.
"I don't want there to be any confusion, Avatar Korra" I continued. "My ability to keep you from harm will outweigh your comfort. Do we have an agreement?"
I didn't receive an answer and I looked back to find her already riding off on the large beast she had brought with her. I clenched my jaw and took off after her, yelling for her to come back to no avail. Soon enough, she was out of sight. I cursed under my breath. There went Day One.
Korra's POV
I grabbed Naga's reigns and motioned for her to stop when we arrived at our destination. I got off her and looked around. When I made sure the coast was clear, I pulled back the boards that blocked my entry. I opened the door and led Naga inside.
I looked around the arena and noticed how the platform was still broken, in the bottom some of the water still remained. I tested some of the light switches and noticed they still worked. Lucky me.
Quickly, I got to work and I started to build my training grounds. I had brought Avatar Aang's journal, which held sketches of some of the Airbending training obstacle courses. I came here for five days straight, always escaping Howl's guard and meeting up with him later on. I may not like being guarded but the poor guy didnt need to get into any trouble. I could tell, though, that it frustrated him that he couldn't keep up with what he thought was a Nonbender.
I built the spinning gates last. I made sure the gates were positioned correctly and would actually spin properly. When it was done, I took a step back and brought my hands up and pushed forward a strong gust of wind before moving through them with ease.
I ran around the stadium, running up and down the various steps before hanging myself by my feet in between some pipes and doing sit ups that way. I did chin ups on those same pipes, enhancing my physical state as I had done at the prison.
After my workout I picked up the bag I had brought from home, opening it. From inside I took out a copy of the Blue Spirit mask Zuko had used. I had made it myself after looking at the sketch from Aang's journal. I also took out the swords and the black shirt and pants I had to wear with it, setting all three items next to each other. Carefully, I picked up the swords and started to swing them around my body as fast as I could, another skill I had learned at the Boiling Rock, before setting them down again.
The abduction had been unexpected and it forced me to move up my plans. But what I'd told Bei Fong was true, the Blue Spirit was in that warehouse…and she's just getting started.
I looked over the list I had started after my arrival. It had only taken me a few days for me to realize who might be involved in foul play. The first on my list, unsurprisingly, was Tarrlok.
His crimes went deeper than fraud and theft but he's been able to bully, bribe or kill anyone who's gotten in his way. But he hasn't met me yet. The Blue Spirit me, that is.
