Chapter 9

~ Asami ~

The band was playing and everyone was dancing around and drinking, being loud and rowdy and having a great time. Especially Bolin, Mako, the twins, and more than a handful of other guests. They were really letting loose tonight.

Korra wasn’t around, she was down by the waterfront. She had told me she needed some time to think alone. I was worried about her to say the lease and I couldn’t stop my thoughts from coming up with horrid scenarios about those burn marks, which made it worst.

The airbender kids were all sitting with me at the table since I was 1 of maybe 10 sober adults here tonight. Meelo was playing with a plate of food, launching grapes into the air and trying to catch them in his mouth, and Ikki was starting to fall asleep after dancing multiple songs with Huan. I think somethings going on there. .  And baby Rohan had fallen asleep on me while Pema went and socialized with everyone. She deserved a break.

As I watched the dance floor again a little later after getting stuck in my thoughts, I noticed that Mako had gone missing again. Where the hell does he keep disappearing to?

Bolin was still dancing with Opal and the twins were now at the bar drinking with a few white lotus guards. Everyone was trying their best to enjoy the night for as long as possible before they had to get back to their busy lives in the morning. It was great to see everyone finally getting a break after everything that’s happened within the past few weeks. But something didn’t feel right. I don’t know what it was, but there’s a bad feeling in my gut that I just can’t ignore.

I got up and walked to the otherside of the dance floor to take Rohan to Lin who was sitting at a table with Kya talking to some of her metalbender officers. She looked up when I got close and stood up quickly once she saw my face.

“What’s wrong kid are you okay?” She asked concerned.

“I- I don’t know. Something happened, but I’m not sure what. I just have a really bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. . . .Can you take Rohan? I have to go find Korra and make sure she’s okay. I think something happened between her and Mako. She had scorched handprint marks on the arms of her suit and – well, its a long story. I’ll tell you later.” I said as she grabbed Rohan from me.

“Once you find her and make sure she’s okay, come and tell me what you know right away. If I don’t hear from you in an hour i’m gonna come look for you. If he hurt her, he’s got another thing coming to him.” She said roughly.

“Don’t worry Lin, I will. I promise.”

“What happened to you calling me mom?” She smirked.

“Oh right, don’t worry mom. I promise.” I said really over-exaggerated with a giggle as she smiled at me. My face quickly changed back to worry and fright and I looked her straight in the eyes. She nodded at me and I started walking away towards the dock.

“ASAMI! HEY ASAMI!!” Bolin yelled after me. I could hear him running after me so I stopped and turned around.

“What is it Bo?”

“Are you leaving already? The party just started! You gotta stay.” He gave me his puppy dog eyes look.

“I want to stay, but I need to go and find Korra. I think something happened between her and Mako. She’s acting really strange and i’m getting really worried.” I said trying to sound calm.

He just looked at me wide eyed for a second.

“I’m coming with you then. Just let me-“

“No Bo, I got this. Trust me. Just go back to the party and enjoy the night with everyone.” I gave him a quick hug. “I’ll be back. I have to report back to Lin anyway. And if anything is wrong, i’ll be sure to let you all know right away.”

And with that I turned around and walked away. I looked back a minute later and saw Bo walking slowly back to the party. Poor guy. . .

When I was getting closer to the waterfront I started looking all around to see if Korra was anywhere in sight. I stopped and took in a deep breath and I noticed that there was a strong smoke smell in the air and it was coming from the beach. I took off my heels and started running down in that direction.

*gasp* NO! Korra. . . .

I flew my heels down, hiked up my dress and sprinted as fast as I could to her side. She was unconscious and bloody. Her suit was burned and torn in many places and she had gashes and a cuts all over. I grabbed her shoulders and tried to shake her awake.

“KORRA!! KORRA WAKE UP!! Please wake up. . .”

I put my ear to her chest to check if she was still alive. She was. Thank God!

I don’t know where I got the strength but I stood up and picked her up in my arms and started walking back to the dock.

“HELP! SOMEBODY I NEED HELP DOWN HERE! PLEEEASE!!! SOMEBODY!!” I yelled as loud as possible while a waterfall of tears fell down my face. But I knew nobody would hear me because the band’s music was too loud.

I gently laid Korra down on the dock and kissed her forehead. Please wake up. Please! I need you. . . .I love you! I jumped up, grabbed the side of my dress again and sprinted back to the party trying to focus my mind. Korra please don’t die.

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“LIN! . . . . BOLIN! TENZIN! SOMEBODY I NEED HELP!!!!” I yelled still a little far away. “HELP! PLEASE. LIN! BOLIN!”

Both of them jumped up when they finally heard me yelling and started running to me.

“Asami, what’s wrong? Where’s Korra?. . .”

I tried to catch my breath but I couldn’t stop crying and that wasn’t helping at all.

“I- Its. . .Its, oh my Raava! She’s- She’s hurt real bad. She has b-burns and gashes and she w-wouldn’t wake up! She-She’s down by the dock!” I said as I launched into Lin’s arms as my sobs grew uncontrollable. She hugged me tight and put her head on mine for a second.

“Bolin, go get everyone and bring them to the docks now. Be quick about it. I’m afraid this party has just been cut short.” She said with a growl.

I let go of Lin and saw Bo sprint back to the party. Less than a minute later I heard the music stop in the distance as me and Lin were running back to the docks.

When we got there, my legs turned to jelly and just gave out. I collapsed and couldn’t control the sobs that were coming out of me again. Lin went and tried to help Korra as much as she could. I could hear a group of people running down to us. I didn’t care if they saw me like this.

“Hurry up their down there!”

I saw Kya run pass me and over to Lin’s side. They gave each other a very sorrowful loving look and then Kya got right to work and started to heal the more severe wounds. Please Korra. Please don’t leave me. I need you!

Lin came back over by me as Kya, Katara and Pema were now tending to Korra. The white lotus were getting the boat ready to take her and whoever else back to the city so we could get her to a hospital right away.

“Oh spirits! Asami, what happened?” Tenzin asked.

“I – I don’t know. . . .I think it was Mako. . .”

Everyone around me stopped what they were doing except Kya and Katara. Their expressions were a mixture of shock, disbelief and horror. Even the White Lotus sentries stopped in their tracks.

“What do you mean you think it was Mako? You think he did this to Korra? That can’t be right. . .that’s- that’s absurd.” Tenzin said as he looked over at Korra.

“Sami, what makes you think it was Mako?”

*sigh* “Its kind of a long story. I’ll try to shorten it. . . .This afternoon, before the ceremony started, after I talked to mom” I looked from Tenzin to Lin and back. “I found Korra up on the steps and she was crying. She wouldn’t tell me what happened, and insisted that she was okay. . .Anyway, when we went to get our seats, Mako . . . he wouldn’t stop glaring at us. He looked at me and Korra with . . hatred in his eyes. Why? I have no idea. But It was a little terrifying. After the ceremony was done I noticed the scorched handprints on the arms of her suit as she was walking to the reception and I just put two and two together. . . .” I looked up at Lin, then to Tenzin and everyone else who was just standing there in absolute disbelief.

“You 5, put out an APB on Mako when we get back. Go find him and lock him up. I’ll get to him when I can.” Lin said with venom in her voice. “Get going!” She waved her hand to the boat as the metalbenders got on board. “Okay, the boats ready for us. Kya, watch out i gotta get her on the bo-”

“Here Lin, let me grab her, I can lift her-. .”

“No! I got her Tenzin.”

The look on Tenzin’s face when he heard the hostility in her voice was one of shock and confusion. Lin picked up Korra and cradled her in her arms like a child and carried her on board. “Let’s go people, we need to move. We need to get to the hospital now.” She called over her shoulder.

I stood up and walked over to Tenzin and put my hand on his shoulder. “She told me today that she loves me and Korra like we are her daughters. I think that’s why she’s being so protective.”

Tenzin just looked down at me and nodded. 

“That makes sense. She never wanted kids before, so admitting that to you is a huge step for Lin. She truly must really love you two.” He looked at me and then started walking towards the boat. I followed right after and within 2 minutes we were flying over the water to the city.

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We were about 1 minute away from the city and getting ready to book it to the hospital when I heard one of the usually quiet sentries speak with panic in her voice.

“Uhm guys, what the hell is that? ” she said as she pointed to the shore. We all turned around to look only to see Mako with the triple threat triad and about 6 other goons standing on the harbor poised ready to attack.

“Mako, whats your fucking problem? Why the hell did you hurt her?” I yelled as rage enveloped me when I saw his face. He smirked. I couldn’t control it anymore. I stood up and Kya took my place by Korra’s head, her face was panicked. I ran to the front  and grabbed one of the equalist gloves and was about to launch off the boat when Lin came up behind me and grabbed me mid jump.

“Asami! No! You can’t just go off willy nilly and fight them by yourself. I know you’re mad, I am too. But we have to be smart about this. Korra needs us. We aren’t gonna be any good to her if we’re dead.” She said as she struggled to keep me contained.

I heard what she said but my rage had engulfed every part of me. I couldn’t stop even if I wanted to.

“Come on kid listen to me!”

My mind went black and I was seeing red. I could feel Lin’s arms tighten around me trying to hold me back but she was struggling.

“Hey guys I need some help over here.! She’s snapped.” She yelled at the group.

Tenzin ran over and grabbed me by the shoulder as Lin struggled to keep her footing.

“Asami. . .Asami look at me. Focus on my voice. . .Asami you need to calm down. Acting on your rage will only get you hurt. We need to – “

*BOOM*

“Wha-. . . .What the hell just happened?” I said trying to sit up. I could feel the blood running down my face. I tried to focus my blurry eyes as much as possible. Lin was laying off to the side, she had a gash on her head and it looked like she was unconscious. I could smell smoke in the air and the boat was on fire in multiple places.

I looked over and saw a hoard of people fighting on and off the boat. Tenzin, Kya and Bumi were on board, taking on Mako and 3 other goons, Su and her kids were with the sentries on the harbor fighting 6 others I didn’t recognize and the airbenders and metalbender officers were keeping the rest busy.

I got up and stumbled over to Lin to make sure she was okay. My head was spinning.

“Lin! WAKE UP!. . .MOM!”

I put my fingers to her neck, she’s still alive. I saw some water on the side that splashed on board and ran to it. I grabbed my dress and tore the bottom so I had a thick piece of fabric. I soaked it in the water and ran back over to her and I squeezed it out over her face and she started coming to.

“Oh thank the spirits. I thought I lost you.” I said as I hugged her.

“Can’t get rid of me that easy kid.” She looked around as I helped her up.

“What the flameo happened here?. . . Asami. . . .where’s Korra?” She looked at me with a terrified expression. I let her go and looked all around the deck, she wasn’t there. Lin went to the back of the boat to see.

“ASAMI! BACK HERE!” She yelled to me.

I sprinted to the back of the boat and saw Lin leaning over Korra checking her pulse. “Tenzin guys must have moved her back here after the explosion. She’s still stable. But we have to get her to the hospital now Asami. I don’t think she’s gonna last much longer if we don’t.” She said with tears clouding her vision.

I was just about to run to the front of the boat when a massive explosion sent everyone on the boat flying into the air. I heard Kya yelling something but I couldn’t make out what it was. The next thing I knew I was submerged in water. I was looking all around for Lin and Korra, but I didn’t see them. I finally surfaced and felt the water around me being bent, as I started moving forward. I looked up and saw Kya with Bumi, Tenzin, Lin and Korra on a big piece of debri from the boat.

“Thanks Kya!” I said as she pulled me up and into a hug. I let go and ran over to Korra who was stirring a little. “Korra. . .Korra can you hear me?” She opened her eyes for a couple of seconds and passed out again.

Kya bent the water around the boat and moved us back to the harbor. The metalbender officers had captured the 6 goons and was now fighting alongside Su and the Airbenders. Within the next minute everyone was captured or knocked out and being handcuffed.

Tenzin, Bumi and Kya ran over to the other group and told a few to tag along with us. The adrenaline was leaving my body and I could feel everything. The pain coming from my head was absolutely excruciating, but I didn’t let anyone know.

I couldn’t.

I had to be strong.

For Korra.

For my beloved.

I tried to stand up but toppled over. Right before I hit the ground I felt something soft and warm catch me and I was lifted in the air. I couldn’t focus anymore, but I looked up and saw Lin’s face. “Ma. . . .-” was all I could choke out before I blacked out.

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A/N

Happy Valentines day my beautiful spirits. I’m sorry for the lack of updates. But hopefully i’ll be able to update again today or tomorrow. Thank you all for the continued support. It means so much to me. I hope each and every one of you have an amazing day. Oh, and if any one of you spirits wants to add me on Kik to talk, you are more than welcomed to. Just message me and i’ll give you my Kik name. Anyway, I hope you like this update. This story is going in a completely different direction than I originally planned, but i’m liking it. Lol Please tell me what you think. I love reading comment. Love you guys.

Stay classy. Xoxo,

-JK_Mystic