Chapter 1: Nightmares and Trauma

Well, once again I make another foray into the Infinity Crisis multiverse. This time introducing a franchise that bet some of you were expecting.

Best that you guys read mainly read my "Avenging Christmas", and most of the fics that tie into the Skrull arc. So you guys won't get confused of course.

Hope you fans enjoy what I have in store.


Earth-4444

Republic City

Several Months Ago

As with every universe, as the old saying goes, it started out as an ordinary day. But this particular city in this spiritual world had seen a lot in the last several years, starting with the Equalist takeover to the giant rampage of UnaVaatu as well another giant rampage of Kuvira's Colossus leading the attack of the Earth Empire forces.

But the city endured despite all that these events had thrown at it, even if the last attack resulted in the creation of a giant spirit portal in the center of the city displacing most of it's residents and causing an increase in Triad activity and crime in general. But that day started as a day of excitement, for the Republic had elected a new president.

Zhu-Li was giving her new speech as the newly-inaugurated President of the United Republic. The final part of her speech was inspired by a quote from an important figure who not only founded this city, but the Republic itself.

It happened when the new president just finished her speech when, as if on cue, certain people in the crowd turned to dust and vanished.

On the balcony, Avatar Korra watched in horror as her girlfriend Asami Sato was turned to dust after the both told of their love to each other. What was originally a day of triumph and joy had turned into a total nightmare. All that the Avatar could do was yell Asami's name as she turned to dust.

Inside the ballroom where Zhu-Li had just completed her speech half the crowd suffered the same fate as the CEO of Future Industries. Cheering was replaced with screams of terror at what was happening.

"Mako, I don't feel so good." Bolin said to his brother with dread in his voice as he too was turned to dust.

Mako barely heard what his brother said as screams filled the room and was in shock of what he was seeing before his very eyes. Thankfully he saw Zhu-Li (who wasn't dusted) trying to calm down the crowd, despite her husband Varrick also being dusted. Mako still didn't entirely forgive the eccentric inventor for framing him a few years ago, but even he knew Varrick didn't deserve that fate of whatever was going on.

He then saw Korra run into the room and onto the stage, helping President Zhu-Li try to calm the crowd down.

"People! Calm down!" Korra yelled, trying to calm the crowd, "I am the Avatar, but I have also struggled. I've had to struggle with three years of depression and didn't let that get me down in the end. But we've mostly struggled together, this city has survived the likes of Amon, UnaVaatu, and Kuvira and we won't let whatever happening right now affect our resolve."

As the Avatar gave her speech, the crowd began to calm down. But soon they heard the crashes and screams from the chaos down in the streets bellow. Everyone in the room had one thing on the top of their minds.

Spirits, what in the world was happening!


Now

Korra woke up from another flashback of… that night. While she was reminded that what happened a few months ago was over, it still was difficult to remember, especially seeing Asami and her own parents turn to dust in what the world would later call the "Age of Dust", even if said Age only lasted for two days. It was still difficult to remember that night, even if everyone who was Dusted returned.

Korra looked at the other side of her bed to see Asami sleeping on the other side of the bed. She looked at the clock and saw that it was early in the morning at the crack of dawn. The Avatar's girlfriend looked beautiful sleeping in the light of the sunrise. Asami then woke up ands saw the look on Korra's face.

"Had another nightmare." The CEO of Future Industries said groggily to her girlfriend.

Korra nodded, "It was the memory of you, Bolin, mom, and dad being… dusted. I seem to always have the same nightmares. That as well as you and the others being brainwashed into Guan's army. It's just within the last several months I've thought I'd lose you twice." Tears were beginning to form around the Avatar's face.

Asami then hugged her girlfriend.

"Thanks Asami." Korra said, while wiping the tears from her eyes.

In the aftermath, like in any disaster, someone tried to blame someone and vice versa. Many at first believed that the spirits (or at least a very powerful spirit) were responsible for the Age of Dust. But when the humans got an answer when the spirits said that their world was affected as much as the human one. Plus there were multiple eyewitness accounts of seeing spirits being dusted in the human world. When that info came to the Avatar a sense of horror came to Korra that whatever started the Age of Dust was something beyond even the Spirit World.

Plus with what happened with Commander Guan and his chief scientist, Dr. Sheng brainwashing Asami, Mako, Bolin, and Wu into loyal minions of the Earth Empire. Korra thought that it was a miracle that the brainwashing was undone thanks to Kuvira and Baatar Jr. Even though the commander and the mad scientist were now imprisoned, it still didn't stop the nightmares of Korra losing her girlfriend to something that was unexpected and insane. Even with the Avatar having a therapist, it still didn't stop the pain from going away.

"Korra, just remember I'll always be there for you. Wether as the Avatar or just you." Asami said, who then kissed her girlfriend on the lips.

Korra briefly had butterflies in her stomach. She came back to full awareness to see Asami leaving the bedroom.

The Avatar hoped that this relationship would last forever.


Inside the most secure prison in the United Republic, Korra, Asami, Mako, and Bolin walked inside the cell block that was contained Dr. Sheng. They were escorted by a White Lotus guard.

"Are you sure you two want to do this?" Mako said to his brother and Asami, "You don't need come all this way for the interrogation."

"Bro, after what that mad doctor did to all of us, minus Korra of course, I feel like that we deserve some payback." Bolin said, with a hint of revenge in his voice.

"This isn't some sort of revenge Bolin. Sheng got into my head as well. Asami and I went through the exact thing you went through too." Mako explained to his brother.

"I know." Bolin said, with some regret at what he just said. "It's just that when I was brainwashed by Sheng, all that I felt was loyalty to Guan and his empire."

Asami then spoke up, "Do any of you guys feel there was more in that brainwashing?"

"What do you mean Asami?" Korra asked her girlfriend.

"It's just well… I've been having these visions in my dreams. Visions and words that I don't understand." Asami explained the best that she could.

"What do you mean?" The Avatar asked.

"Well, I see stars. But they are different than the ones that we see in the night sky. Where they are placed it's all wrong." Asami explained with all her might to remember.

"Yeah, I've been having those same dreams every night as well." Bolin said with some realization, "Wasn't sure about the stars, but it was still weird. With those ships, instead of they travelled across space, instead by sea or air. Like in some sort of mover."

"Exactly." Asami said.

"Yeah, me too. With some weird sort of words." Mako explained his dreams as well to his friends.

"What did those words say?" Korra said, curiously in her voice.

Asami spoke, "They all were weird in their own sense. But one word I noticed that was being repeated a lot."

Her girlfriend and two best friends said the same word.

"Skrull."

"Or Skrulls." Bolin added in. "It's just a weird word. Maybe we should talk to our therapists or someone to find out about its meaning."

"Or we could talk to Sheng. We are approaching her cell." Mako said, now hoping to get some answers. Mainly, on how the mad scientist was able to alarmingly brainwash them into loyal subjects of the Guan so quickly. It's not like brainwashing was something foreign to him. After all, the Dai Li had there own version of what Sheng used. But their method was a process of days or even weeks on the subject in order to control them. What Sheng had done to all three of them took around an hour to have total control of their will. Mako shuddered at the memory of being brainwashed.

When Team Avatar turned a corner to the hall that housed Sheng's cell, they were surprised to find a group of White Lotus agents. With Sheng in their custody.

"What's going on?" The guard said in a slightly confused voice.

One of the guards escorting Sheng answered, "Prison transfer. Were transporting Dr. Sheng to a new facility."

"We weren't informed about any transfer?" Korra said, now starting to become confused as well.

Another guard escorting Sheng spoke, "Sorry Avatar. We'll let you know where Dr. Sheng is being transferred to."

"Well, be sure to let us know when you guys do these sort of things." Asami said with a slightly annoyed voice.

"Relax, Miss Sato. We'll let you and your girlfriend know where Dr. Sheng is being transferred to. Must have been a glitch in the system." The first guard explained.

"Glitch?" Mako said, confused at what that word was.

"I never told many people about Asami and I being together?" Korra said with confusion and worry, "Only a few friends and family."

"Ohh… uhhh…" The guard who slipped stuttered.

Sheng then spoke, "Forget it Lilak. The Avatar and her friends are on to us." She then pointed a strange looking device from her pocket and fired it, hitting the White Lotus guard. Causing him, to the surprise of Team Avatar and the other guard, to be disintegrated.

"What the heck!" Bolin reacted at what just happened.

Korra and Mako then bended a couple of flames at the imposters trying to free Sheng from prison. Sheng in return fired the strange device at them, with the rest of her opponents making sure to avoid its beam. Bolin then used his earthbending to make shards of rocks fly towards the intruders, but when hitting them, instead of falling on their knees, they shrugged as if the blows meant nothing. Bolin was shocked, hits like that were enough to take down a large boar-q-pine out cold, and especially a human.

One of the imposters then spoke while a blast from another device, "You really have no idea what's happening and who we are Avatar."

"You're part of the Red Lotus." Korra blurted out while propelling a jet of water at them, "I've dealt with you guys before and I'll beat you again."

The man then spoke while taking another shot, "You were barely able to handle them. What makes you think that you can handle us."

"So… not Red Lotus then." Bolin said confusingly, while flinging a piece of Earth.

"Correct, you primitive." Another imposter spoke. This one projecting strange energy from his hands, "We are so much bigger than those anarchists. We will install order to this world."

"Well, I'm the Avatar, bringing balance and order to the world is my job." Korra announced while airbending a jet stream at the intruders. Which knocked one of the intruders off their feat. "So deal with it."

Bolin then used his earthbending to restrain the intruder that Korra knocked off.

"Enough of this!" Sheng yelled while firing the strange device, "Activate the portal and get out of this prison!"

One of the intruders pulled out a strange device from, what Team Avatar assumed to be their pocket. They then seemed to tab on it and immediately afterwards a portal appeared. Different from the ones that lead into the spirit world. This portal was a blue vortex that led to who knows where.

All of Team Avatar gasped at what they just saw.

Korra then spoke, "If your mad at the new portal spirits, I'll resolve anything that's upsetting you…"

But the intruder that opened the portal then suddenly laughed. "Foolish human. My colleagues and I are not spirits, as you describe the things that you worship. We are so much more than that." He… it then changed it's appearance. It turned into a bald, green-skinned creature with wrinkly chin and wearing purple suit that Team Avatar would see in a sci-fi mover, only more modest. "We work for something far more grandeur than you or your world."

Sheng then yelled, "We don't have time for theatrics!" changing her appearance identically to her counterpart. Then both creatures ran into the portal, which closed immediately after they entered it.

The other intruder, who was still restrained by Bolin's earthbending, then yelled as the portal closed, "Don't leave me with these primitives you fools!" It then changed his appearance, matching the other two creatures.

Then a bunch of White Lotus guards ran towards Team Avatar and one of them said, "Avatar! We heard a commotion." The guards then saw the green creature. "What in the spirit world is that thing?!"

Avatar Korra was at lose of words as well at what just happened several minutes ago as well.


Several hours later at Air Temple Island, Team Avatar was still trying figure out what happened. The four of them had just finished telling Tenzin, Jinora, Kya, Varrick, Opal, and President Zhu-Li what they had seen a few hours ago. The four of them were just as shocked as Team Avatar was upon hearing the story.

Opal then spoke, "So this… thing is now restrained by the White Lotus."

"When we left, yeah." Korra said, still reeling from what she saw still.

"Very fascinating." Varrick said, "A being that can change it's appearance that is not a spirit."

"It denied that is was one." Mako added in, "But still, the fact that Sheng, if we call her that, is still on the lose with the other creature. Causing most likely more mayhem."

"I'll be sure to contact the other nation's governments on what you four just saw." Zhu-Li said, with worry in her voice. First the Age of Dust, now this. Her presidency will be one for the history books.

Asami then spoke, "But what did those things want with Sheng?"

"Maybe her brainwashing technique. After all, it was able to control you three in an hour?" Varrick pondered. "Shape-changing things from beyond the Spirit World. Now that would be a good idea for a mover."

"Ahh, that would be a jolly splendid good idea. It's closer to truth than all of you can possibly imagine." A voice, with joyful youth in it, said.

The group then turned its attention to where the voice came from. In their sights were three people that all looked very strange to them. For one, their skin was pale.

The first person was a man that looked to be in his early thirties. He had brown hair and wore green tweed jacket with a red bowtie, a white buttoned shirt and grey pants. He also carried a pocket watch on his jacket.

The second person was a younger woman, who had strange red hair on her head. Her expression was of fiery passion.

The third person appeared to be around the same age as the woman, he had a thin appearance. Both him and the woman wore strange clothing that the group had no idea how describe it, other than the fabric was foreign looking.

Mako was the first to speak, "Who are you three and how did you get here? This area is off limits to tourists."

The red haired woman then spoke with a strange accent, "Well, if you want an answer. I'm Amy, this my husband, Rory, and this our good friend, the Doctor."

"Doctor who?" Tenzin spoke wanting some sort of answer.

"Just the Doctor." The tweed man spoke, "So I see that you already met some Skrulls then."

"Wait, the green things. That's what a Skrull is." Asami said, recognizing the word.

"Yes. But I heard your story. That one Skrull was right about one thing." The Doctor explaining like he was a teacher.

"What do you mean?" Korra said, with some concern in her voice.

The Doctor clapped his hands and with a grim tone to his voice, "What I mean is that this is something much bigger than all of you can comprehend."


And with that the IC multiverse has the Avatar verse (not the James Cameron one) has been added. More specifically "Legend of Korra".

If the dialogue and plot didn't tell you fans already notice, the continuation comics, "Turf Wars" and "Ruins of Empire", are a part of this universe's canon.

For the Eleventh Doctor, Amy, and Rory this takes place after their appearance in "The Power of Three", but before "Angels Take Manhattan".

Also to clarify, this IC fic is not tied into my other Doctor Who/Avatar fic featuring Aang and the First Doctor.

Anyway, hope you fans enjoyed what I whipped up and hoped I post a new chapter in any of my fics soon. Because I'm moving soon, so my writing schedule might interrupted for a while.

Tofa and see you fans next time.

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