We're back on chapter twenty-five.

REMINDER: I DO NOT OWN LEGEND OF KORRA OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS.

At the film set of The Adventures of Nuktuk: Hero of the South. Nuktuk was about to save a bound Ginger while a drill was above them.

"And action!"

A drill begins descending on Ginger. "Forget about me. You must capture the evil Unalaq before he gets away."

"No! I'll never leave you." Nuktuk said.

Bolin kisses Ginger, much to her surprise and annoyance.

"Cut!" Varrick shouts before he looks at script. "There's no kiss in the script."

The drill was returned to original position.

"Sorry, I just kinda lost myself in the moment. It just felts so right." Bolin said dreamily.

Ginger sits up, while making a disgusted face. "Urch."

"It did, huh? Your girlfriend's about to die, and instead of untying her, you kiss her. Wait a minute! Maybe that will work. Yes! It's genius! Everybody take five. Except for you, Zhu Li. Grab the tweezers. I've got some neck-hair issues to resolve." Varrick leaves.

"So... that kiss. I liked it. And it seemed like you liked it, too." Bolin said.

"Uch. You're confusing Ginger the actress with Ginger the character." Ginger said.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry. I'm totally getting, like, a weird vibe from you right now. It's like, a minute ago, when we were shooting, you were into me, but now you're not."

"That's because Ginger loves Nuktuk, not Bolin." Ginger said before walks off in annoyance.

"But Nuktuk is Bolin. I'm a hero." Bolin said.

Meanwhile, back to the bait ship, where Ping was talking to Mako and Asami.

Two Toed Ping shows his twelve toes. "And that's why they call me Two Toed Ping."

"Because you have two extra toes." Asami said.

"That's right. And there was already a Twelve Toed Ping on the south side."

Mako heard a sound. "Wait, guys. Do you hear that?" he asked.

"I didn't hear anything." Asami answered.

"No." Two Toed Ping also answered.

Mako gets frustrated. "Ah! What's taking so long?"

"You just gotta relax, like me. Maybe try taking your shoes off." Two Toed Ping said.

"I'm gonna check it out."

Mako walks until Shady Shin speaks to Viper. "So how long do we have to stay out here?" he asked.

"I told you, it's gonna be a few hours. What, do you have a hot date?"

Mako hides under the stairs and looks up.

"Actually, I do. And I wanna look my best. I gotta shower and shave. I have a whole routine, okay?"

"Well, your date's gonna have to wait." Viper said.

"She's not gonna be happy about that." Shady Shin said.

Mako was overhearing them from his hiding place under a staircase.

"Too bad. We were paid to keep Mako and that dame distracted for a few hours, so that's what we're gonna do." Viper said before Mako's eyes widen.

"See? This is why I never get dates." Shady Shin said.

Mako exits. Kora walked to Asami who was watching Two Toed Ping stroking his toe, when Mako gestures the girls, Korra and Asami walks up to Mako.

"What?" Korra asked sharply.

"I just overheard Shady Shin and Viper. We've been double-crossed. We have to get off this ship."

They run off, only to be cornered by Viper. "Where do you think you're going?"

Korra knocks the gangsters off with waterbending before running off. Both board a speedboat.

"Get'm!"

Mako burns off the ropes, causing him and Asami to plunge to the sea. The gangsters pursue them with two speedboats. Mako attacks the speedboats with firebending, but misses. Korra attacks with waterbending, but misses. Asami makes a sharp turn, causing Korra and Mako to nearly lose their balance.

Viper jumps off his speedboat and waterbends ice spikes, but Asami manages to dodge them. He waterbends a geyser, throwing Korra, Mako and Asami's speedboat into the air. Both manage to remain in the speedboat as it plunges back to the sea. The chase brought them back to mainland Republic City.

"They're getting closer." Mako said.

"Not for long. Punch it!"

"On it!" Asami drives between two ships.

"Watch out! We're not gonna make it." Mako said before Asami makes a swift turn. One of the triad's speedboat fails to execute the same turn and capsize. One down, one to go.

Korra was laughing. "Take that, mongers!"

Viper's speedboat cuts through in front of them. Asami swerves off and the engine stalls.

"We're stalled." Asami said.

Vipers speed boat approaches. Korra and Mako attempts to firebend at them, but the speedboat crashes, throwing them back while the speedboat was being pushed back. Viper leaps to the speedboat and throws a water pulse at Mako, but Mako manages to dodge.

He prepares another attack, but was stopped by Korra. Korra does a fire kick, which Viper manages to neutralize. Mako throws another two fire blasts, which Viper manages to dodge one and neutralize another.

Mako misses his attack and was pushed back to the passenger seat by Viper's waterbending attack. Asami manages to restart the engine.

"Mako, Korra, hang onto something."

Asami swerves violently, throwing the gangsters' speedboat off the water.

"What was that all about?" Korra asked.

"Someone paid the Triple Threats to keep us distracted." Mako said.

"Distracted? From what?" Asami wondered before she realized something. "Oh, no."

At the warehouse of Future Industries. Asami powers up the warehouse, illuminating an empty warehouse.

"Whoever paid the Triple Threats stole everything." Mako said.

"My God. Everything is gone." Korra said.

"I'm ruined. My company... it's over." Asami said sadly.

"We should check out your other warehouses. Maybe they didn't have time to hit them all." Mako said.

"You don't understand. Everything I had was in here." Asami said.

"We have to search the place for evidence. If we can find a lead..."

"Mako... it doesn't matter anymore." Asami said.

"We can figure this out." Mako said.

"'We'?" Korra asked.

Asami feels defeated. "Just stop. It's over. I give up."

"Well, I'm not giving up on you." Mako said, making Korra smiled.

Korra looked at Mako with anger. "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"

Mako and Asami were startled by Korra's roaring.

"My fault?" Mako was shocked.

"You're the one who hired the Triple Threats before someone hired them to distract us!" Korra said. "Or did you do it on purpose to force me to forgive you?"

"What? Korra, no. I wouldn't…" Mako tried to explain.

"Wait, Korra. This has to be Unalaq's doing." Asami said.

"I know it is. And now, I'm taking this potion. And once I do, I'm going out for a week to close the portal." Korra said before she walked away.

Mako shed a tear, but he rubbed it off and turned to Asami.

"I gotta run. I'm gonna find out who did this. And I know just who to ask." Mako said.

Meanwhile, at daytime in the streets where Mako slams Two Toed Ping against a wall.

"Hey, Mako. Uh, you're not mad about last night, are you?" Ping asked nervously.

"Who hired you to double-cross us?" Mako asked threateningly.

"I don't know."

"I think you do know." Mako firebends a dagger. "And you're gonna tell me, or we're gonna have to change your name to 'No Toed Ping'."

"Really, I don't know. You have to believe me. We never seen the guy's face."

Mako chuckles. "You expect me to believe that?"

"After you left the hideout, some mook with a hood showed up and said he would pay us to keep you distracted. We'd never seen him before, and we ain't seen him since. Come on, Mako, you know how these deals work. Please, I would never lie to you with my lucky toes on the line." Two Toed Ping confessed fearfully.

Mako throws Ping off, slamming him to a wall.

"Get out of here." he said to Ping before he runs off in fear.

Meanwhile, Bolin in his Nuktuk attire, eating some popcorn on set. He was approached by Mako.

"Bolin, have you seen Varrick around?" Mako asked, but Bolin didn't answer. "Bolin!" He sighs in annoyance. "Nuktuk."

"Yes? Oh, hello, Mako. Didn't notice you there." Bolin said.

"Where's Varrick? I need to ask him something." Mako said.

"He's with Asami. But I've been kinda busy, you know, rehearsing for my big scene. There's gonna be some crazy 'pyrotechnics'. That's mover speak for explosions."

"We need Nuktuk on set. Running explosion scene." the assistant director said.

"Or sometimes we just call them explosions. Anyway, wish I could stand around here and chitchat, but you know, I gotta go shoot my big scene." Bolin said.

Bolin was at the scene. "Okay the set is clear. Camera's rolling. And... action!" the assistant director said.

"Ginger, stay down! I'm coming for you."

Mako watches his brother film his set. Nuktuk runs off, with explosions trailing behind him. Mako looks at the explosions, with each explosion lighting his eyes. The pyrotechnics technician is loading explosives when Mako approaches.

"How did you rig those explosions to go off like that?" Mako asks.

"Neat, huh? It's a Varrick Industries exclusive. Here, check it out." The technician passes Mako a detonator. Mako's eyes widen. The explosions use a remote detonator.

"There's no way Varrick's behind it." Mako said to himself with doubt. "But… Someone is stealing his stuff."

At Future Industries, Mako barges in the office, and Korra, Asami and Varrick turned their heads to him.

"Asami, we've got a situation." Mako said.

"What is it?" Korra asked.

"Someone's stealing Varrick's stuff to make it look like the Northerners are responsible." Mako said.

"WHAT?! Who?" Varrick was shocked.

"I don't know. But I have a theory that someone close to us did it." Mako said.

"Yeah. Unalaq." Korra suggested.

"I thought you're taking your medicine, Avatar." Mako said sharply.

"Uh, Asami? Tell him the good news." Varrick said, avoiding Korra and Mako's argument.

"He just saved my company. Varrick bought a controlling interest in Future Industries. Isn't that great?" Asami said happily.

"Yep, I like to think I'm always there to stand up for the little guy. Especially if that little guy can help this guy become a bigger guy."

"So Mako, you think you know who hired the Triple Threats?" Asami asks rightly.

"Not yet, but I think I'm real close to proving it." Mako said. "I'll fill you in later." He exits.

Chapter twenty-six is coming.