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Korra's POV

I arrived home to find Asami, Mako and Jason waiting for me. My parents had taken a trip with Tenzin and Katara to the city for the night to help out in the hospital. More and more Benders were not only being terrorized but brutally beaten and tortured. I dropped the bag I was holding at the door, taking off my drenched parka from the storm that was brewing outside just as Jason came over to me. I picked him up and he wrapped his little arms around me. That's when I felt his little body shake and I turned to look at the Sato heiress.

"What happened?" I asked as I tried to soothe the boy.

"Lieutenant ambushed us," Mako answered. "He wanted to take Jason."

I felt my jaw clench. "Jason says he saw his face," Asami added. "I think that's why he wants him."

"I'm scared Momma," the little Firebender sobbed.

"Shh, everything is going to be okay," I soothed. "I'm right here, and I'm not going to let anything happen to you."

I continued to rub his back as I walked around the house with him, trying to get him to sleep. It wasn't long after that I saw his amber eyes begin to lull shut. I shifted him in arms so that I was carrying him like an infant, his face pressed against my shoulder.

Once I made sure he was in a deep sleep I took him to his room and laid him down. Asami came inside the room and offered to stay with him while I told the guards to keep their eyes out for Amon's second in command.

I came back inside and let out a long sigh as I leaned against the wall. It seemed like everyone was out to take Jason away from me and make my life miserable.

"He's safe now, Korra," Mako whispered quietly as he walked over to me.

"Lieutenant isn't going to stop," I answered.

"But luckily he has you," the Firebender replied. "I would know." I gave him a half smile at this and he stepped closer to me. "When you first arrived home, I didn't think you'd changed much. But you have, and it's nice."

"Thank you," I replied.

He smiled at me and wrapped his arms around me. I complied, pressing my face against his shoulder, enjoying his warmth. He assured me that everything was going to be okay, and despite the fact that I knew it probably wouldn't be, I let it comfort me.

A loud clap of thunder boomed through the air and the lights suddenly went off. I was on full alert. I pulled away from Mako and started to look around. I knew that hadn't been caused by nature. My eyes focused on Asami who was leaning against Jason's door. She had probably seen the whole thing.

"You two go inside Jason's room," I whispered.

"Where are you going?" Mako questioned.

"I'm going to check the fuse box," I lied. "It's gotten into the habit of doing this. I'll be right back."

Reluctantly the Firebender did as he was told and I ushered both of them inside the younger Firebender's room before slamming my foot on the handle, breaking it, that way the door would only open from the inside. I heard a noise in the kitchen and quietly went to the source, knowing what I was about to find.

"Where's the boy?" I heard Lieutenants voice ask. Thunder was heard and a flash of lightning illuminated the room.

I leaned against the wall and quietly looked at the kitchen floor, finding one of the sentries there, wounded. I clenched my jaw, ready to take part in the action when the Equalist slammed a knife into the sentry's chest, and his lead lolled to the side. I stepped out of hiding and Amon's second in command grinned, pulling his kali sticks out. My mind flashed to all the times he'd helped torture me on the island and the time he had ambushed me in the alley when I came back.

It was payback time.

Lieutenant came forward, thrusting the electric rods at me which I managed to avoid. I turned around and sent a quick kick to his back, making him topple before he recovered and faced me once again. I ran towards the wall, jumped off it and aimed an elbow blow to his face but missed and I felt the electric current run through me as I let out a grunt, trying to get away from him. Again, the sticks were rammed into me, pinning me against the wall but I grabbed onto his hands, using them as leverage before sending him back.

"What are you?" the Nonbender asked.

"You're about to find out," I replied, sending another kick his way.

The second in command growled, rubbing his jaw before ramming me with full force, making me topple onto the floor, next to the lifeless sentry. I punched his face as he jammed the kali sticks against my torso. I noticed the blade and pulled it out before jamming it into him. His eyes widened for the briefest of moments before his body slumped against me.

I let out a breath. It was over.

Asami's POV

I knew Lieutenant was here when the lights went out. Korra had quickly and smoothly lied, trying to get both Mako and I to remain calm but I knew better; or rather, we knew better. As soon as the door was shut I heard a thud and it didn't take me long to figure out that she was making sure no one came inside the room.

The little Firebender stirred at this, sitting up in bed while sleepily rubbing his eyes. I sat next to him, smoothing out his hair and telling him to go to sleep. He shook his head and raised his arms toward Mako who picked him up, wrapping a blanket around him and soothingly rocking him in his arms.

A loud clap of thunder sounded before voices and grunts were heard. The older Firebender looked at me, worry in his eyes. Jason whimpered, holding on to Mako's scarf tightly. He was terrified.

"He's here," the boy whimpered into my boyfriend's shoulder.

The elder Firebender's jaw clenched at this before he sat the boy down and heading towards the door. I quickly got up after him, pulling his arm, making him look at me. What did he think he was doing?

"Mako, don't," I whispered harshly.

"Korra is out there," he replied through his clenched teeth.

My jaw clenched at this and I let go and he walked to the door and opened it, finding Korra outside, looking unharmed. The next hour went like a blur. Bei Fong and her officers came over after Mako called to report what had happened. I watched as the Chief of Police studied the body of the Nonbender before coming over to where Korra was. Mako held Jason and he let him wear his scarf, making him the second person he ever lent the old worn heirloom.

"Death by knife," Bei Fong said looking over at the Water Tribe girl. "That's a new one."

"He was going to kill me," Korra replied. "But then Mike stepped in and…saved my life."

"That makes Mike a real hero, doesn't it?" I asked, walking over to the pair. I could see the suspicion in the Metalbender's eyes and the umcomfortableness of the Airbender. "If it wasn't for him, we'd all be dead."

"I have enough details for my report," the Chief of police finally said. "I'll clear the bodies and have my officers out of here in a few minutes."

Korra nodded at that before gesturing me away from the scene. She glanced over to where the younger Firebender was, smiling as she watched them interact and I couldn't help but feel out of place. Mako cared about Jason…but he wasn't the only member of this house he cared about.

"You still love him, don't you?" I asked quietly.

"Doesn't matter how I feel," Korra whispered. "Because of what I do, I-I could never be with him." She paused for a moment, looking up at me. "So you have nothing to be afraid of. He's never, ever, going to know my secret."

"It doesn't matter if he knows," I replied. "I know." The Water Tribe girl flinched at that. "And I don't know how to be with Mako, knowing the entire time that if he ever found out who you really are…he would still chose you," I added. She said nothing and I left her standing there.

Hiroshi's POV

I sat in my office, looking at the picture of my family, of my wife. I could remember the day she died as if it were yesterday. I would never forget it. Never. It had led me down the path I have been pursuing with Amon for the last five years. I remembered the first time I had thoughts like these, just a few years after her death, when Tenzin came into my office on the anniversary of her death.

"I can't let you go on a rage, Mr. Sato," Tenzin said sharply. "There are innocent people in Republic City who are Firebenders. You can't go against an entire Bending race and try to wipe them out." I didn't say anything as I filled my glass with whiskey again. "It won't bring back Rebecca."

I looked at him for a long and hard before speaking. "It almost feels like yesterday, that day," I began. "When she called my office telephone the first time, I remembered being annoyed. She knew I was busy so I just let it ring," I continued forcing myself to smile. The Airbender didn't reply to this, just listened. "When she called a minute later, I answered it and told her I couldn't talk to her. I remembered her saying my name and I unhooked the phone so that it would stop ringing."

"Mr. Sato-"

"A little after midnight, Bei Fong showed up in my office," I said cutting him off. "All I remembered her saying was that my wife had been really badly injured by a Firebender; had a hole in her chest." I stopped there, feeling my voice crack. "She was murdered in the Dragon Flats of Republic City." I took a sip of my drink. "After she left I sat in my office the rest of the night, finally realizing what had happened. Rebecca kept calling my name that last time she called and now I knew why: she was asking me to help. I listened to my wife die and didn't do anything about it."

"I can't imagine what you went through, Mr. Sato," Tenzin replied.

"Try," I answered coldly. "Imagine that was your wife, Pema is it? Calling your name, dying as she lay alone in that cold office floor and then tell me you wouldn't want to exterminate that breed." The monk said nothing at this. "Now please, leave me alone."

There was nothing he could have said or done to change my mind about what I was helping plan; the Endgame. It would come soon enough, and it would liberate us nonbenders. Equality would be established and my wife would finally be avenged.