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Korra's POV

When the guards attacked, I tried to end it as quickly as I could but I could hear my friend scream as the guard hit, punched and electrocuted him.

I was getting pretty beat up too. I heard a crack and felt a pain in my side. There went one rib. Somehow I knocked one of them out and took on the one that was left. I heard Aiden's pained whimpers and looked over to find him completely covered in blood. The other guard took advantage of that and hit me across the face, holding my arms behind me.

"I guess this is the second person you've gotten killed," the guard stated before jamming a blade into Aiden's chest.

I yelled and broke free from my captor, knocking him unconscious. I threw a punch forward out of anger, though I knew I couldn't Bend, but I was surprised when a gust of wind came spiraling out, knocking him against the wall. He looked at me, wide eyed.

"I can-I can airbend?" I stared at my hand, my eyes wide.

"Guards!" he began to yell. At that moment, I knew I couldn't let anyone find out that I could still Bend something. I grabbed a knife from the guard next to me and threw myself at the one that I'd air punched.

We both fought for control over the blade, but eventually I won. I stabbed him multiple times, feeling sick to my stomach but knowing it was necessary. I couldn't let anyone know what had just happened.

Finally, when I knew he wasn't getting up I crawled over to my friend. "Aiden?" I whispered, my voice shaking as I took in all his injuries. Gently, I removed the blade from his chest, tossing it aside.

"Korra," he whimpered.

"It's ok, everything is going to be ok," I told him before screaming for help. I knew they wouldn't come.

"Korra," Aiden called again.

"Yeah?" I asked, keeping pressure on his wound so he wouldn't bleed out.

"It-It doesn't hurt," he said smiling. "I told you it didn't hurt."

I held back a choked sob at this. "Stay with me, Aiden."

"I see my mom and my dad," he continued. "They're calling me."

"No, please," I begged.

The teen turned to look at me, a small smile on his face. He gently placed his hand over mine.

"Thank you," he said. "For being my friend…You have to survive…I know you'll do great things…Avatar Korra."

With those words his eyes closed and his hand fell from mine. I let out a sob at this as I began to shake him, screaming his name. "Aiden!" I yelled. I cried next to him the rest of the night. His expression remained peaceful the entire time.

The next morning the cell door opened and the guards took in the scene, horror and shock on their faces.

The other guards started coming too and they pried me away from Aiden's body. I yelled and thrashed against them even though they hit me and shocked me. I didn't want them to take him away.

"She stabbed a guard," one of them said.

"Then we should do the same," another replied, piercing a blade through my right arm. I yelled in pain, but as if that wasn't enough, they ran a powerful current through my body, making me twitch involuntary.

Mako's POV

"What happened?" Katara asked as she came inside my room. After Howl had left I had picked up Korra and lay her on the bed.

"She hit her head, and hasn't come too," I replied.

I looked up to find Korra's parents with the elder who used the bucket of water Howl had brought in to see what was wrong with the ex-Waterbender. Suddenly Korra's body began to shake, almost as if she was having a seizure and more sweat appeared on her forehead. Her mother let out a sob at this, feeling as helpless as everyone else, not able to help her own daughter.

As quickly as it began it stopped and Korra jolted upright before falling back into bed. She curled herself into a ball and continued to shake, whimpering. Her mother rushed to her side, gently combing the hair away from her face.

"It's ok, honey," she whispered. "We're right here."

"What's wrong with her?" I asked.

"She was probably reliving something that happened in the Boiling Rock," Katara whispered. I could see the worry on her face.

Gently her father picked her up and cradled her against his chest. Korra hadn't stopped shaking and her eyes were shut tightly, as if trying to block something out.

"She can stay here," I said. I swear those words left my mouth without permission.

"Thank you, Mako," Senna began. "But I think my daughter needs to be at home."

"I do too," Katara agreed. "I'll be able to treat her better there."

"I'll drop by later," I simply responded watching them leave.