Chapter 2: More than you Realize Avatar
Yeah, yeah, I know. It's been a year since I last updated this fic.
But wait no more. Because now I have a full story planned out for this fic.
Hope you fans like what I have in store.
"What do you mean, bigger than we all can comprehend?"
Korra was the first to respond after the mysterious man known only as the Doctor, along with his two pale companions that were strangely named Amy and Rory.
Amy was the first respond to the residents of Earth-4444, "Ah, well you see…"
Rory interrupted his wife by saying, "Well, were actually we are part of a theater troupe. Which is why our skin is so pale. Because make-up. And so…"
The Doctor, who was quickly reading a couple of newspapers, then suddenly spoke up, "Calm yourself down Rory, just because that their technology level is at your world's 1920's doesn't mean that they are stupid."
Amy spoke with some annoyance in her voice, "Doctor, you treat us like we are monkeys sometimes."
The Doctor, embarrassed, said, "Hey, I'm teaching you guys how to drive the TARDIS. Cut me some slack."
Tenzin coughed, letting the time travelers remember that they were here. He then spoke up, "Can you three explain who you are, and why are you here?"
The Doctor then spoke as he clapped his hands together, "Sorry, my friends and I got distracted. To answer your questions, but I take it that you are familiar with other worlds?"
"You mean like the Spirit World?" Bolin asked.
"But those Skrull things said that they were beyond the Spirit World." Asami added.
"Glad that you were able to catch on. They come from a parallel universe. Think of those like a place where a certain event came by differently, like for example if all of you were never born." The Doctor explained.
"Uh, Doctor that might have been too much for them to handle." Amy said with concern.
"Actually, I do get it." Asami spoke up, "A parallel universe is like the human world, but different in some way. Like if Korra was never the Avatar or I became an Equalist."
The Doctor once again clapped his hands together and said, "Well, done straight A plus for you Miss…" He then looked at the newspaper he was holding. Looking at a picture of Asami, along with the rest of Team Avatar. Describing them taking out another triad cell. He continued, "Asami, well done. I've only just heard of those terms on the newspaper that I was reading. If all of you are wondering why that is. That's because my friends and I are from another universe. Separate from the ones that the Skrulls come from. Though they do remind me of the Zygons from my own universe. The shapeshifting…
Amy then interrupted her friend, "Doctor. You are starting to get off topic again."
"Sorry." The Doctor continued, "What I am trying to say is that my friends and I are trying to stop the Skrulls from conquering the Multiverse, along with my other selves and their respective friends. Though the first me is trying to track that Hyperion bloke and maybe some my other selves trying to…"
"Doctor." Rory said, "You're doing it again."
Mako decided to speak up and say, "So, how can we be sure that you guys are not those Skrull things yourselves?
Bolin then spoke to his brother, "Mako. If those guys were Skrulls, they could have been a lot more sneaky in their disguises. Like, these aliens can change their forms. Then don't you think that, oh I don't know, like replace and take the form of someone we know."
Doctor then spoke as he clapped his hands again, "Right on point Mr…." He looked again at the newspaper he was holding to see which member of Team Avatar was on point.
The Doctor then continued, "Bolin. You must be some sort of genius."
"Actually I just read a lot these magazines full of stories that involve space, the Spirit World, and stuff like that." Bolin explained.
"Still a genius!" The Doctor exclaimed.
Next to Bolin, his girlfriend Opal giggled at the Doctor's exclamation. Bolin just blushed at the Doctor's comment.
Korra then spoke, "Okay, so you three and these Skrulls are from a different universe. Do they have anything to do with the Day of Dust?"
The courtyard became silent. No one ever wanted to talk about that night.
"No." The Doctor said somberly, "But I do know who caused it."
The Eleventh Doctor then explained the cause of the Dusting to the residents of Earth-4444 how a madman named Thanos of Universe-199999 collected the Infinity Gems into the Infinity Gauntlet to wipe half of his universes population in fear of overpopulation. It not only effected his universe, but the entire multiverse.
But where there is still life, there is still hope. A group of remaining heroes from various of universes aided the heroes of Earth-199999 in restoring those that was lost and banished the Mad Titan to a place called the Phantom Zone. But a consequence of the uses of the Infinity Gauntlet, multi-dimensional travel became easier which meant otherworldly threats now came to the Avatar's universe, but also heroes from other worlds as well.
As the Doctor finished his tale of heroism and hope, the most of the residents of Earth-4444 were agape by what the Time Lord had told them.
He then clapped his hands in excitement and said, "Any questions?"
Korra then spoke, "How did you know to come here? If you come from a different universe that is?"
The Doctor spoke, "Ah, well I landed the TARDIS, my time/space ship, she detected some strange activity not native to your universe. Signals that were made by the Skrulls. And judging what I've been able to gather from your universe you've got quite a lot of things going on here."
"Well, if you mean Dr. Sheng being one of those Skrull things. Then yeah, I guess a lot has happened here." Mako said, believing that was what the Doctor was referring to.
"Not just that." The Doctor said, "In the last several years, various of events have affected you all, best exemplified by that." The Doctor pointed at the new Spirit Portal that was in the middle of Republic City. "A portal that leads to another realm."
Korra thought of her life during the last several years. From leaving her compound in the south pole, losing her connections to the previous Avatar, three years of recovery from Zaheer's poison, and the beginning of her romantic relationship with Asami. She then said, "I guess the new portal best represents the changes to the world during my time as an active Avatar. But what does those changes have to do with these Skrulls?"
"Well, one thing I'd like to point out is that this Earth has just invented the equivalent of nukes." The Doctor explained, his tone becoming serious now. "Mainly because of this man." He pointed at Varrick.
The eccentric inventor then defended himself, "Hey, I was trying to find a cheap source of energy. Besides, if I had known of the destruction they could potentially cause, I would have never have continued on the project. Also Kuvira forced Zhu Li and I to continue on the project. And before you say that I worked with a despot, I regret working with her and have done everything I've can to atone for my actions. Also if you are from another… what do you call it? Universe, you say. Then how do you know so much about me."
"Oh, that." The Doctor said, his mood becoming slightly cheerful again, "The first thing we did when arriving in your universe was go to the local library and read all I can about the history of this Earth. And I got to say, it is quite fascinating. I mean, a 12 year old, okay 112 kid, ending a 100 year war and create peace for this world overall. That would make for a good story, maybe a cartoon."
Mako, a little bit confused by the last word the Doctor spoke, then asked "How long were you at the city library?"
"Oh, for around a few hours." The Doctor stated as if reading the entirety of the Republic City library was normal. Amy and Rory just rolled their eyes at the statement. Everyone else was shocked by it.
The Doctor then stated, "Though also, I read all of the scrolls at the library on this island as well. Very interesting culture you Airbender's have." Ignoring the shocked expressions of the people in front of him.
Rory then said, "Doctor you're freaking these people out. Why don't we go back to the eccentric inventor guy."
The Doctor deciding to go back on point, then turned his attention back to Varrick, "Anyway, as I was saying before, let's show them your true form." The Doctor then picked from the front of his shirt the pocket watch and put it in front of Varrick. Everyone around them noticed that the watch had strange symbols on it. The Time Lord then opened it and yellow, glowing energy came from it.
After a moment of looking at the strange watch, Varrick said, "What is that supposed to do. Slowly blind me?"
The Doctor looked flabbergasted for a moment. He then said, "Sorry, thought you were a Skrull. The Chameleon Arc is meant revert Skrulls back to their natural form."
Varrick, shocked, then said, "Why in the Spirit World did you think that? Wait, because I created the Spirit Bombs you think I am one of those things."
"Well, yeah." Rory said as if it was obvious.
The Doctor chimed in, "And also when we landed on this universe, the TARDIS did a bio-scan on this Earth that was tuned to Skrull DNA. And it detected that they had an agent on this island." His tone now serious once again.
White Lotus Prison
It was in a cell, that the Skrull was contained in. Though the guards that were watching over it didn't know the name of both his species and the individual. On the orders of both President Zhu-Li and Avatar Korra no word that whatever this thing was to come out to the general public.
In fact, both guards weren't entirely sure whether that thing was contained based on what they saw in the final moments of the battle between its colleagues and Team Avatar, mainly that it can change its shape. All that the guards knew for certain was that thing was not a spirit. The door to the cell room then opened and a couple of White Lotus guards came in.
One guard then spoke, "Great that you guys are here. That freak is creeping me out."
The apparent leader of the newly arrived guards then suddenly pulled a strange device from its robes and then a light went out of one end. It disintegrated the guard that called its prisoner a freak.
"What in the Spirit World!" The other guard yelled in shock, "Your one of…" But before he could complete his sentence, he too was disintegrated.
The group of White Lotus guards then shifted back into their true forms as Skrulls.
The Skrull that was imprisoned earlier then yelled, "Finally! Was wondering when you guys were going to show up."
"We had to be careful. One of the Doctor's are in this universe." The leader of the group said.
The formerly imprisoned one said, "Is he or she in this prison then?"
"No." The leader answered, "They are on Air Temple Island."
"Then can't we retrieve our agent that we assigned there." The former prisoner said.
The leader then said, "Too risky. Besides we have more important things to worry about."
The leader then immediately opened a portal and the Skrulls quickly left the White Lotus prison all together.
Air Temple Island
Several hours later
The Doctor once again pulled the chameleon arc in front of another Airbender. This was starting to get tiring. After using the arc on various of White Lotus, Air Acolytes, and others he was beginning to wonder whether the TARDIS bio-scan was correct. After all, when he borrowed the old Type 40 TARDIS, it wasn't exactly in the best condition when he acquired it all those centuries ago.
"Are you sure that thing works?"
The Doctor turned around and saw Korra giving him a criticizing look.
"Positive. I tired it on the Skrulls in several universes already. But of course, my other selves and I have already busted their operations in several universes as well. Which probably means that they might have a way to avoid being exposed by the arch." The Doctor explained to the Avatar.
Korra then said, "You think these Skrulls are after the Spirit Vines."
"Yes, these vines do result in some easy to make nukes after all." The Doctor said with grimace in his voice. "Not only that but one explosion was enough to create a portal to this Spirit World that I've heard about since got to this world. I have some pretty good ideas on what the Skrulls want to do with those vines."
"Well, technically I was the one to create that portal." Korra stated, "It was ether that or get blown up."
"I understand. You did everything you could to take down Kuvira and protect your world against her tyranny." The Doctor said in an understanding tone. "Judging from what I've read so far, you've been a good Avatar."
Korra smiled, "Thanks. Though for most of my life I've always identified as being the Avatar first, and being a person second. Heck, I was kind of jerk at times as well because of that mentality. It took several lessons in humility to make me the person I am today."
"By humility, you mean having your bending taken away temporarily, losing your connections to your past lives, and suffering from mercury poisoning for around three years." The Doctor stated, "What, I read those papers as well."
Korra looked at the Doctor being all defense and then continued, "Yes, though I now have a good life, with Asami, Mako, Bolin, and the others." She then realized she told a total stranger about her life story, even if it was mostly well known.
Korra decided to press a bit on information on the Doctor, "What about you and your friends. I mean you have the ability to travel beyond the stars themselves."
"I agree with you Korra. I would really like to know about how that TARDIS of that Doctor works."
The Doctor and Korra looked and saw that the voice belonged to Kya, Tenzin's older sister. She then said as she looked at the Time Lord, "I take that you are the Doctor that everyone has been talking about?"
"Yes, I am ma'am." The Doctor introduced himself to Kya. "And you are?"
"Kya, Tenzin's older sister." The waterbender introduced herself. She then shook the Time Lord's hand. "As I said, I'm very interested in your time machine. Must be fascinating to do that, but also to worlds that are beyond the Spirit World."
"Well, you get used to it after doing so for at least a 1,000 years." The Doctor said as if saying that was normal. Korra gasped a little at that statement but decided to let the Doctor continue. "How about I show you my ship."
The Doctor then flicked his sonic screwdriver, the device glowing green and creating a buzzing noise as it did so. A second later, the TARDIS appeared in the center of the courtyard of Air Temple Island. The people that were their gasped and awed at what just happened. The Doctor then snapped his fingers and the doors to the time machine opened.
Amy then noticed and said, "Doctor, are you sure it's a good idea to allow these people access to the TARDIS so soon? After all, we don't know if some of them are Skrulls still."
Kya, who was now a few feet away from the TARDIS, said, "Your assistant is right about that Time Lord." Suddenly she motioned her arms and immediately afterwards, everyone in the courtyard fell on the ground. Kya then changed to the form of a Skrull.
The Skrull that was Kya laughed manically, clearly enjoying the suffering that she was causing around her. "You're pathetic Doctor. You and your other selves were able to ruin our plans on several other universes. But I am able to access your TARDIS because you invited me. How pathetic."
Rory, who was forcefully on the ground alongside his wife, muttered, "How are you doing this?"
"Bloodbending. A very advanced form of waterbending." 'Kya' arrogantly stated.
"Oh, I get it. Waterbending controls not just water, but all types of liquids. Even the fluids from living beings. How disgustingly wrong." The Doctor said, distain in his voice.
"Correct Time Lord. Though I wonder what'll happen if all of the fluids from your body are removed. Will it trigger a regeneration or will you just die!" 'Kya' said with sadism. She used her blood bending to lift the Doctor up towards her.
'Kya' then gloated, "Oh, before any of you ask that it is impossible for me to bloodbend in broad daylight. We Skrulls are good with genetic tampering, meaning for your primitive mindset we can make ourselves the most powerful type of benders imaginable. As for you Doctor, I'll take you to my bosses using your TARDIS. Oh, imagine the awards and honors I'll get for not only destroying you. But also making the Skrull Empire great again."
'Kya' then walked into the TARDIS. But as soon as she was a few feet inside it, a strange energy zapped her. Immediately knocking the Skrull unconscious.
Everyone in the courtyard then got up.
Asami ran to Korra and hugged her. The Avatar then said, "What in the Spirit World happened?"
"Oh, that." The Doctor said, about to explain something casually, "I made sure the TARDIS's temporal grace will not only disable weapons, but tuned it to Skrull DNA and knock them unconscious if any of them try to enter my ship. Now that we caught the guy, or gal in this case, I'm absolutely dying for fish and cream custard. Does this Earth have those dishes?"
The rest of those in the courtyard, besides Amy and Rory who were used to such explanations, just nodded in confusion. For some reason, they knew it was the most simple explanation they were going to get.
A couple of hours went by when the Skrull, named Lira'la, woke up by some noise. She opened her eyes and saw the meddling Time Lord called the Doctor, along with his two assistants, the male one looked a lot like one of her bosses. The others were the people that she had become aquatinted with over the last several years as Kya.
"Where is my sister!"
Lira'la recognized the voice as belonging to Kya's younger brother, Bumi. Clearly wanting some answers of where the real Kya was.
She then, once she fully regained conscious, said, "Well, probably in another universe entirely. Honestly I can't be sure. Especially after the incident on Earth-1, we had make sure that the local heroes can't find them once they capture an agent of ours."
"What?" Bumi responded in confusion.
The Doctor replied to Bumi's confusion, "Another setback I take it. Caused by me."
Lira'la replied to her enemy, "Yes, the cheeky blond one."
The Doctor not wanting to distract from the situation at hand, then said, "Good to know that, but I'd like to know. Why are you on this Earth?"
"As if I'll tell you?" Lira'la said smugly.
"Oh, I think I have a good idea. It has something to do with those Spirit Vines. After all, with only one, you can make the equivalent of a Hiroshima Atom Bomb. That is judging by the crater created from the recent battle of Republic City. Not only that, but it was able to create a portal to another realm entirely." The Doctor stated on what he knew about the Spirit Bombs so far.
Lira'la just remained silent.
The Doctor still had that infuriating smile, she found annoying especially for this version. He then continued, "But why go to brainwashing? I mean, the bombs I get. You want your bosses to have powerful weapons. But brainwashing. Why did you want to rig an election? What for? Also why impersonate this woman?"
Bumi then demanded an answer as well, "Also, where is my sister still?! If you killed her I swear by the Spirits…!"
The Skrull then spoke, "We haven't killed your sister Bumi."
Bolin responded to the captive, "Yeah. Well, how do you know your not lying then. After all, if I was an evil shapeshifter I would kill the person I was trying to impersonate."
"You humans are so narrow minded." Lira'la arrogantly stated.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Mako said. He produced a flame on his right hand. Ready to get the information out of the alien.
The Doctor then added, "She means that Kya, the real one, is still alive."
"How do you know for sure?" Tenzin said, "While I don't watch movers that much, even I have to agree with Bolin."
Rory then chimed in, "Ah, but you see. I'm also a watcher of sci-fi movies, which I guess is what you call movers in my world. But also we've stopped the Skrulls operations in several universes already and what we've discovered is that they have a machine that can transplant a person's memories onto their agents. So they won't slip up on something."
Amy then muttered, "The Doctor's right. The Skrulls are like the Zygons."
Lira'la then laughed sadistically, "I'll give you one thing. Your pet's are more intelligent then we give them credit for."
Amy and Rory scowled at the Skrull, but they didn't say anything.
Lira'la then continued, "But still why would I tell you lower lifeforms and a Time Lord anything else. Besides you people seem to be good detectives, especially with him at your side."
The Doctor smiled, "I feel faltered." It wasn't a friendly smile.
"Though I think we've evened the score now that we have captured a key ally of yours Doctor." Lira'la smugly said. Hoping to rub salt in the Doctor's metaphorical wound.
"Who?", The Doctor said, his tone now aggressive.
Lira'la said, "Don't know who they are. All my bosses will say is that it's someone you know."
Korra finally decided to talk, "Well, I think your lying. And we are going to get the information out of you." She did a brief, but impressive, display of bending all four elements. Showing the Skrull that she meant business.
The other members of Team Avatar showed off their abilities to show that they meant business as well. Asami letting the electricity of her shock glove fly around her. Mako and Bolin showing off their fire and lava bending skills respectively. Even Opal and Jinora, trained to be pacifists in their airbending, were showing their skills and powers.
Tenzin gave his daughter a stern look and said, "Jinora, you've been trained to use your bending peacefully. Even if it's against someone like her." He then faced the Skrull. "How long have you been impersonating my sister?"
Lira'la then said simply, "Since Jinora became an Airbending Master."
"But that was before the Age of Dust." Tenzin said, now slightly confused. The other residents of Earth-4444 were also confused as well.
"They have access to time travel. Though not as advanced as my TARDIS." The Doctor stated. "Which you got from your bosses. So who are they?"
"They gave us so much potential." Lira'la said, beginning to gloat again, "To rebuild our Empire and extend it across the multiverse. Too bad I won't get to see it, in it's new glory."
"What do you mea…"
But before the Doctor could finish his sentence, the Skrull then suddenly pressed something between her teeth. Then she began having a seizure and foam coming from out of her mouth.
Rory, having seen plenty of films, yelled, "She's using some type of cyanid pill or whatever the Skrull equivalent is! Doctor do you have something that can stop this!"
The Doctor responded, "They're not from our universe! Skrull biology and poisons are not my thing!"
As suddenly it began, Lira'la lay motionless after seizing for a few minutes. She was dead.
The Doctor had pondered for around an hour on what to do now. Pacing back and forth under the gazebo that had a view of Yue Bay and most of Republic City, which included the Spirit Portal. It was sunset now, causing the portal to shine even more beautifully in the sky.
Tenzin and Bumi decided to walk up to the Time Lord. But the Doctor noticed the two airbenders walking towards them.
"Ah, coming to check up on me. I haven't got a plan yet. But I'll tell you if I do." The Doctor stated.
"Well, thanks." Bumi said, "I hope we can find Kya before those Skrulls do any harm to them. Especially now that we caught the agent that was posing as her."
The Doctor stared at Bumi for a moment and then said, "You're a military man, or used to be."
Bumi responded, "Oh, you've read my history as well."
"A little bit, but it's mainly your posture. Stiff and conformed." The Doctor explained, "Also your tendency to joke around. I have met several veterans who have that same sort of personality, mainly so they can move on from whatever they did in the service."
"When I was a part of the United Forces, I didn't do anything like what you are implying." Bumi said, a slight frown now on his face.
"I'm not accusing you of doing anything like that." The Doctor reassured the airbender. "Sorry, I'm just on edge."
Bumi responded, "Well, so am I. My sister turned out to be an alien for several years and the real one is spirits knows where."
"We'll find her. You have my word on that." The Doctor said, hoping to reassure Bumi.
Tenzin then spoke, "You seem to be a capable young man, who knows what he's doing."
"Young. I'm flattered that you call me that. Though I am actually 1100 years old." The Doctor stated.
Both airbenders yelled, "What?!"
"But I could be younger and older than I think. After all, living in a time machine, a clock and calendar are useless to you." The Doctor explained. "Must be in the four digits by now? But anyway, you're here to talk about the Skrulls."
Tenzin spoke, "Yes, everyone wants to find Kya and hope that no one else was taken by the aliens."
"Oh, I'm sure that there are several more agents of theirs on this Earth. Besides, this place has great potential." The Doctor stated. "Especially the people here."
"What do you mean by that?" Bumi said.
"Humanity has a lot of potential to become something truly great. Despite some hiccups like the 100 Years War, the Equalist Uprising, and the Earth Empire, you guys were able to create and maintain something wonderful. While you still problems on your world, but your also in the right direction." The Doctor explained.
"I suppose you're right Doctor." Tenzin said, "Especially since Korra's time as Avatar has changed the world in more ways then I could have possibly imagined. I just don't want to see her getting hurt by those things, especially with Sheng being one of them."
"I heard what that mad scientist did to Korra's friends." The Doctor said with a compassionate understanding, "Believe me, I understand your concerns. I was a father, grandfather, and, heck, even a great-grandfather. Plus the numerous of companions that I have traveled with over the centuries of my many lives. I worry about all of them when I traveled with each of them."
"I see. So I take that you had more friends than just Amy and Rory?" Bumi said in confirmation.
"Plenty. More than plenty." The Doctor stated. "But I shall talk about my companions some other time. Right now, I need to find out where the Skrulls are going to do next."
"I might have one idea." Tenzin said, "The Spirit Swamp. It has the largest concentration of Spirit Vines that I am aware of."
The Doctor then said, "I see, very well I can just get back to my TARDIS and hop on over there. We just have to be sneaky and…"
But the Time Lord interrupted by Bumi, "I've got a better idea. We could use Jinora's spirit projection."
"Spirit what now?" The Doctor responded.
Tenzin sighed, "What my brother means is that my daughter, Jinora. She has a greater connection to the Spirit World and as a result, has the ability to project herself out of her body and elsewhere. Be it the human or spirit world."
"Oh, I understand what you're getting at. We can use your daughters spirit projection thingy to do a recon on the Skrulls." The Doctor's face then turned to a childlike glee, "Brilliant. So Brilliant. You two are geniuses!" He then ran off to find Amy, Rory, and Team Avatar, with Tenzin and Bumi following him.
In the dinning hall, the other two time-travelers were sitting down after selecting their meals. Mainly consisting of vegetables, fruits, and rice
Amy and Rory were in the middle of their dinner, when a voice said, "Are you fine with us sharing your table."
Both companions looked up and saw that it was Avatar Korra (did she have a last name?) and the young beautiful CEO of Future Industries. The voice coming from young CEO.
"Of course. It would be nice to get know you two more personally." Amy politely greeted the two.
The Avatar and the young CEO sat down from across the time traveling couple.
Asami then spoke, "So, I am curious about you two along with your friend? Mainly that time machine of yours."
"The TARDIS. Well, um, I don't know where to begin. The Raggedy Man and his Blue Box have been a part of my life since I was a kid." Amy said, confusing the Avatar and her girlfriend.
Rory then spoke up, "What my wife is trying to say is that, um, exactly what she said. Our lives have been very complicated."
All four of them then laughed.
"So I take it that your adventures in that… Tardy Box? Weird name for, well, anything." Korra said.
"It's TARDIS, and it stands for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space. At least that what the Doctor says." Rory informed them.
Korra then stated, "Okay, still a weird name."
They all then laughed at the Avatar's statement.
Korra continued, "Still, your adventures in that TARDIS thingy of yours must be very exciting."
Asami was curious about a sentence that Amy said. "What do you mean a part of your life since you were a kid? You mean this Doctor guy is a childhood friend of yours."
"Well, kind of. You see the Doctor is a Time Lord, not human like me, Rory, or you two." Amy informed the two. "One night, when I was a little girl his TARDIS crashed into my garden. He fixed a crack in my room that was threatening to destroy our native universe. Well, to make a long story incredibly short, we saved the universe and we've never stopped running on our adventures."
"Well, those adventures of yours must have been exciting." Korra stated.
"They certainly were. But we'll have to save the stories for a later time." The voice came from the Doctor, with Tenzin and Bumi behind him. The Doctor saw who he was looking for.
He then went to where Jinora was sitting. Who was eating dinner alongside the rest of her family.
The Doctor then said to Tenzin's wife Pema, "Hi. Mrs. Tenzin, er…" He then turned to Tenzin. "Do people in your world have last names?" He quickly turned back to the rest of Tenzin's family. "I just came up with a brilliant idea." The Doctor then pointed to Jinora. "You have Spirit Projection thing that can transport you anywhere."
Jinora simply nodded.
"We can use it to scout where the Skrulls are. And I think I know where they are." The Doctor proudly stated.
"Are you okay this idea?" Korra said, having concern over Jinora's well being.
"We've talked to the Doctor about this Korra. Besides, we don't have a better idea." Jinora said.
Pema sighed, "Just be careful sweetie."
"I will Mom." Jinora replied. She then closed her eyes.
When Jinora opened them again, she saw that her surroundings have changed into a place she had been to before. The Spirit Swamp.
She quickly made sure that no one could see her. Since while spirit projecting, people could still her spirit form. Jinora then heard some noises and went to its source.
After stealthily moving through the swamp, Jinora saw a base filled with advanced technology and Skrulls walking where humans should be. The aliens looked they harvesting the vines from the swamp. Not too dissimilar to what Kuvira was doing not too long ago.
At first, Jinora was curious why the Spirits weren't lashing out to the rest of the human world like when Kuvira's army harvested those same vines. The answer was delivered right to her.
Jinora heard a Skrull yell to one of its lackeys, "Now remember to use one of your spells when we harvest those vines. Otherwise those spirits or whatever the people here call them will most likely lash out at us."
Jinora then saw another Skrull mutter words that she couldn't recognize as the vines were being harvested. She realized that whatever that Skrull was saying must be preventing the spirits from attacking them.
She heard another Skrull say, "Open the portal to Earth-702. I need to check the process on the brain-washing. As well as our prisoners there." Jinora recognized the voice belonging to Dr. Sheng (or whatever her, or it's, real name was), the mad scientist that brainwashed most of Team Avatar.
"Right away ma'am." Sheng's subordinate obeyed. The Skrull then opened a blue portal. Both Skrull's entered it, with Jinora following suit.
Earth-702
Jinora then saw, once she was on the other side of the portal, was a quaint small town. She then snuck around as she followed Sheng, still in her Skrull form. One thing that struck out to the young airbending master was the humans of this place were seemingly going about their day, paying no attention to the two Skrulls.
At first, Jinora thought that the people here were used to the Skrulls. That was she got a good look one of their faces. It was a blank stare, along with eyes of dark violet. Jinora knew that was unnatural, even if she was in an alternate reality.
Jinora saw that Sheng and her assistant entering a large building, which Jinora assumed the town hall or whatever it was called in this universe. Phasing through the walls of the building, she continued following the mad scientist and her colleague.
Sneakily, Jinora followed them down in what she assumed was the basement of the building. Instead of finding what you would expect from a town hall basement. With stack and stacks of files, what Jinora saw was of what she typically find from an army base that her Uncle Bumi toured her and her siblings back when he was still a part of the United Forces.
Jinora had to be even more careful down there, their were a lot of Skrulls. Jinora saw humans in the base as well, but with the same blank stare and dark purple eyes as above. She assumed here they nothing but a slave cast. She even saw one human carrying a tray of food rectifying that theory. In trying to prevent from being seen by the Skrulls, she lost track of Sheng. Mainly because their were so many of them that it was easy to lose track of the mad scientist.
In fact, in order to avoid being seen, Jinora went through a wall and into a laboratory. What she saw what looked like a blue human with red hair being contained by some kind of energy field. She saw two Skrulls scientists and a couple of humans preforming experiments on the blue human.
"Send another pulse, this time stronger." One of the Skrulls said. One of the humans obeyed, moving a switch which sent some type of energy to the blue human, who howled in pain.
The scientist then said, "Subject: Replicon of Earth-199596 seems to show a pain threshold even greater than any normal Skrull."
His assistant then said, "It's a good thing that we were able to secure the Bio-Borg here before the Skysurfer Strikeforce raided the base we had in his native universe."
"Not only them, but their allies, Ben 10 and one of the Doctors." The scientist stated.
The assistant then said, "I thought he was native to Earth-192? After all, he alongside that Paradox guy, are the reason why our invasion of that reality failed. Now a friend of mine is stuck in that universe without any powers."
The scientist then said, "Well whatever those two did to alter the reality of that universe to make them powerless caused Mr. Tennyson to cease to exist in his native universe. But somehow, it caused him to end up on Earth-199596. From what I heard he's even more powerful in that universe."
"What do you mean…" The assistant asked, but Jinora left before she could hear the sentence be completed. She heard enough from those two.
She wandered into the next room and almost gasped when she saw it was the corpse of a man. He appeared to be middle-aged, with graying temples on his head and was dressed in a blue tunic and black pants.
Jinora heard voices coming into the room.
"Any progress on the autopsy of the Doctor Strange of Earth-92131."
Jinora quickly left the room and into the next one before she heard any more voices. After running through several rooms, she stopped to think on what she just saw. She never saw a corpse before and obliviously for a young girl of her age, if she was back in her physical body, Jinora would have gaged.
"Jinora, is that you?"
It was a voice she recognized. Her Aunt Kya. The young airbending master yelled her aunt's name in relief. She saw that another person in the cell that contained the real Kya. Jinora couldn't get a good look at her at the moment other than the fact that she had frizzy blond hair.
Jinora then asked, "Wait, what was the last time that you saw me?"
Kya responded, "The last time I saw you Jinora was during your initiation into an airbending master." Which was on par with what the Skrull agent said.
Tears of joy began forming in Jinora's eyes. It was the real Kya then asked her aunt, "Do you know where you are Aunt Kya? I know it's on Earth-702 but I don't know where exactly."
Kya then said, "I overheard the Skrulls call this town Point Place. Wait, how did you project your spirit here. And how do you know about these parallel universes."
Jinora replied, "Well, this man called the Doctor and his friend arrived after Korra and her friends found one of the Skrulls in our universe."
"Wait, did you say the Doctor." The voice came from Kya's cellmate.
"Yeah. Aunt Kya, can we trust this woman?" Jinora asked.
Kya nodded to confirm yes.
The woman continued, "What did the Doctor look like?"
Jinora gave her description, "Young, wears tweed…"
"Good." The woman said with excitement. "Tell the Doctor that I'm here as well. He knows me now."
Jinora, now slightly confused, asked, "It's good that you know the Doctor miss. But who are you?"
The woman then introduced herself, "My name is Professor River Song, Archeology."
That's a warp my fans. Well for now at least.
Not much else to write in the AN.
Other than, yes, it's that River Song. Her appearances in her own timeline take place rather late. Not gonna say to when exactly in terms of TV appearances. But I will say that several solo Big Finish adventures have already happened (mainly in the Diary of River Song series and Eighth Doctor story arc Doom Coalition).
All and all, you know my farewell. Tofa and keep up the good work.
Next Chapter: A Nice Retreat to Point Place
