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'Calm down. Now think, where could she be? Oh man, Eun-Hee is going to kill me. But it's not my fault. She asked me to get some noodles. …I am so dead.'
Chung-Hee frantically ran around the maternity ward as quietly as possible. There were pregnant women already stressed about giving birth, he didn't want to disturb them and make them think there was an emergency happening but in his mind, Katak missing was an emergency. He stopped in his tracks and rubbed his forehead.
'Ok, maybe she's still in the building. If I can just peak into the rooms…'
"Hey, did you give the noodles to Katak yet?"
The voice behind him made him jump. He closed his eyes. 'Oh no…'
Eun-Hee blinked. "Chung-Hee? Is something wrong?"
He finally turned around to face his sister, trying to keep his face neutral without giving away his distress. "What? No. Nothing's wrong. I gave Katak her noodles, yep." He scratched the back of his head and laughed nervously, which made Eun-Hee raise an eyebrow.
"Then why are there still two containers of noodles in the bag?" She eyed the bag he was clutching in his hand.
Suddenly Chung-Hee dropped to the floor in a bowing position with his hands together in a prayer stance. "I'm sorry but I can't find her. I was only gone for 10 minutes and when I came back to the room she was gone and I have no idea where she is. I wanted to check the other rooms but I can't barge into the other rooms."
After a minute of silence, Chung-Hee realized he was by himself. He grabbed the bag of noodles and went after Eun-Hee.
Earlier
Korra stared at her reflection in the mirror. She didn't recognize the person she was looking at. She had bags under her eyes, her eyes were dull, her skin had become paler and her hair wasn't exactly in order either. Korra picked up a brush to begin working on her hair.
Once her hair was brushed and plaited into two braids, she continued to stare at herself in the mirror. Where did she go wrong? Last year, she was happy and at the top of her game. Her mind was constantly asking what she did to deserve such a fate. The guilt of the event that changed her life was almost too much to bear. She wasn't even sure why she was feeling guilty but if she felt guilty, she must have done something wrong. Maybe she was wrong to get involved in political matters. There were people who weren't happy living in a world of benders. Was she wrong to deny them their happiness? Was she wrong to think Amon was the bad guy? Maybe she was the bad guy. Maybe he was right.
However she rationalized it, nothing took away the empty feeling in her heart. It felt like a black hole that sucked any emotion related to happiness away from her and left a void of despair and depression instead. There were some days where she couldn't stop the tears and other days when she just didn't feel anything.
She slid her hand down to her stomach. Her stomach wasn't as flat as it used to be. The midwife said it'd take a few weeks before her stomach would go back down to its original size but still, it'd gone down considerably since she gave birth a couple of days ago.
'At least I won't be fat forever.' She thought. She pushed herself off the chair. She winced from the pain in her lower regions but it wasn't enough to keep her from walking. Although running was a different story.
She limped out of her room to wander the halls. She knew she should have stayed put since Chung-Hee was going to be back soon but she decided she'd only be gone for a few minutes.
The halls were busy with the sounds of women screaming and infants wailing. Korra had learned to ignore them but there was one particular wail that stood out from the others. Before Korra knew it, she was walking over to the sound of the crying.
She didn't know what compelled her to be there, but she found herself outside of a room. She didn't know who it belonged it. Or maybe she did. She pushed the door open and found it was a small nursery. There was a crib on the opposite side of the room. Next to the crib was a rocking chair and on the far right of the room was a changing table. The room was decorated with pictures of flowers and toys. A mobile was hanging above the crib and had wooden carvings of various swamp animals spinning slowly around.
Korra approached the crib to see a baby swaddled in a small, blue blanket crying. She didn't see her son after he was born. She had him taken away immediately after, but something inside her told her that he was her son.
'I wonder what he's fussing about..'
She hesitantly picked him up. She was unsure of how to hold him and even more unsure of how to comfort him but she held him close to her chest. It seemed to calm him down, at least for a minute. He went back to fussing afterwards.
'Shouldn't someone be with him? I hope he hasn't been crying for long.. Maybe he's hungry.' She was hoping he was in need of nutrition and not of a diaper change. Holding him was one thing, but she knew she'd fail miserably trying to change him. She took a seat at the rocking chair and opened her robes enough so that her right breast was exposed. She found herself hesitating to hold him to nipple.
'Maybe I should have taken some of those motherly lessons. It can't be that hard, can it? All I have to do is make sure he latches.'
Korra smiled as she watched her son nurse from her.
"You know, you're actually kind of cute." She ran her hand along his cheek. "I hope you don't grow up and up looking like your father."
He did have his eyes though.
'No, they're not Amon's eyes. They're his eyes.'
She held him closer to her, watching him doze off from the suckling. "You're not a monster, are you?"
Korra glanced up to see Eun-Hee leaning in the doorway. She didn't have a particular expression on her face as her golden eyes watched her.
Korra went back to watching her son. The silence between the two was comforting to her.
"His adoptive parents are going to pick him up tomorrow." Eun-Hee finally said.
Korra didn't say anything for a while. She felt her heart grow heavy at the thought of another family raising him. But that's what she wanted, wasn't it?
"The couple…Are they good people?" She asked.
Eun-Hee finally stepped into the room. "They're very nice, actually. They have two adopted daughters, ages 3 and 5. They seem like a happy family."
"I see."
"You don't seem too happy."
"My son's going to a great home where he'll be loved and wanted. Why wouldn't I be happy?" Korra closed her eyes as a tear slipped down her cheek.
"You tell me, why wouldn't you be happy?"
"I don't know. I haven't been happy since I left my old life. Sometimes I wonder…am I a bad person?"
"No, I don't think so. I think you're confused and have a lot of emotions you've never had to deal with before."
Korra gently rocked back and forth in the rocking chair. "I lie awake at night sometimes wondering where I went wrong. Sometimes I'd try to convince myself it was everyone else's fault but I always felt like it was my own fault. I'd try to convince myself it wasn't, that I didn't do anything wrong. Maybe I did. Maybe my child is the burden I am suppose to bear for the rest of my life."
When Eun-Hee didn't say anything, Korra continued. "I used to worry about bringing him into this life. My biggest fear was that he'd end up looking and acting like his father. I always wondered if he'd bring the type of pain his father brought to me to someone else. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if that happened. But now that I've held him, I know that he's not his father. He's not his son, he's my son."
"How do you feel now about his adoption?" Eun-Hee asked.
"I don't know. I feel like whatever decision I make, it'd be selfish. If I give him up then I'm just passing him on to someone else so I won't have to take responsibility for him. He'll eventually find out that his mother didn't want him. On the other hand, if I keep him then I'd feel like I'm robbing him of a chance to have a normal life and a loving family."
"Don't you just hate it when the answer isn't clear? It seems like life loves throwing complicated situations in your face. But if there's one thing I've learned, the best answer is always in your heart. You just have to learn to listen."
The sound of footsteps rushing to their destination interrupted their conversation. They drew closer and eventually they saw Chung-Hee sprint past the room. It took a minute for him to wind back and re-appear outside of the room. "Well, if it isn't two of my favorite ladies, one of which left me in the middle of the hallway all by my lonesome but since she's pretty good looking, I'll let it slide."
Eun-Hee chuckled.
"Hey, you're holding the baby. I call next." Chung-Hee said as he stepped into the room. "I want to hold him at least once before his parents show up tomorrow."
"I'm not so sure I want to give him up anymore." Korra admitted. When she felt he had stopped sucking, she gently detached him from her nipple, careful not to wake him up and re-adjusted her clothes. "He's kind of cute, to be honest."
"He probably takes after me." Chung-Hee teased.
"That's not how it works." Eun-Hee said.
"Of course it is, my looks are that strong. You're very lucky to have shared a womb with me. 9 months for all of this gorgeousness to rub off on you. We could even pass as twins."
Korra looked at the siblings who were laughing with each other. She could give her son the opportunity to have moments like that. He could play and laugh with his siblings, have a mother and father to give him everything he needs. What could she possibly give him? She couldn't give him a proper family, she couldn't guarantee him a father. Growing up, she thought she could do anything and now Korra was realizing that even the Avatar had limits to what she could do.
"Katak." The sound of Chung-Hee's voice snapped her out of her thoughts. "I know it's not in my place to give any kind of opinion, but I think you should keep him."
"Why? I can't give him a lot. I can't give him a family or even guarantee he'll have a father. I can't drag him into the mess I'm in. I just can't bring myself to do that to him."
The twins exchanged a glance. "Exactly what kind of mess are we talking about? You didn't rob a bank did you? Ow!" He winced when his sister roughly tugged on his ear. "Cut that out, you know my ears are sensitive!"
Korra took a deep breath. She could feel her heart starting to beat out of her chest. Her mouth went dry as she began to talk. "Before I came here, I was in Republic City. I was stupid and put myself in a vulnerable position. Someone took advantage of it and raped me. I panicked one day and ran away from everyone I loved and cared about but I know one day I'll have to face my rapist again and resolve things once and for all. It would be unfair to bring my son into this."
There was a pregnant pause. Chung-Hee and Eun-Hee had expressionless faces which worried Korra. Though her worry turned into fear when Chung-Hee's face became hardened and he produced two fire daggers in his hands.
"Give me a name and I'll kill him myself." His voice was no longer playful and gentle. It was cold and deadly. Even his sister was easily of him when he got this way, which Korra noticed by the expression on her face.
"I can't let you do that. This guy, he's too powerful. He's a blood bender."
"So, I won't kill him during a full moon."
"That's the thing, he can blood bend without a full moon. It happened before the sun even starting going down."
"That's crazy. How's that even possible?" Eun-Hee said.
"I don't know, but he did it. How are you suppose to stop someone like that? You can't even sneak up on him, he'll feel your blood before you can even blink."
"Well, the only people who could possibly stop a blood bender that powerful would be an even more powerful blood bender or a fully realized Avatar. Both would be very hard to find." Chung rubbed his chin as he thought.
"I do actually know one person who might be an even more powerful blood bender but I don't trust him. He doesn't even know that I know he's a blood bender. Besides, I think he might be my rapist's brother."
"We could try to find the Avatar." Eun-Hee suggested. "Although I heard she went missing."
"Missing? From the Northern tribe?"
"No, she's from the Southern tribe and she went missing while visiting Republic City. Hopefully the Equalists didn't get her. I heard it's gotten bad there."
"Um, I have a confession to make." Korra began. The twins raised an eyebrow. "I um.. I'm-"
"Katak, there you are!" Everyone turned their attention to the midwife who had just walked into the room. "I was looking for you. Have you been here all this time?"
Korra nodded. "I was just taking a walk and I heard him crying. I didn't mean to worry you."
"It's alright. There was suppose to be a nurse tending to him but I guess she ran off again to see her boyfriend. How are you feeling?" The midwife approached Korra and the baby, giving them a quick glance to see if anything was off. She was surprised to see her holding her baby. In the delivery room, she had insisted they took the baby away as quickly as possible.
"Aside from the soreness and tiredness, I feel alright."
"That's good."
"His..parents, have they named him yet?" Korra's eyes fell sadly to the sleeping infant in her arms.
"Not that I'm aware. Why do you ask?"
"Nothing." Korra mumbled. Her mood had gone south and she suddenly didn't feel like being around people. She handed the baby to Chung-Hee, who started grinning from ear-to-ear and cooing the sleeping infant. She needed to get away.

"Pabu, I must say, you look rather dashing in your attire. You are the best looking fire ferret in the Southern water tribe."
Bolin was sitting on a couch inside a communication room in the royal palace. Asami, Mako, and Tonraq were across the room talking on the phone. Pabu was on his lap with a bowtie around his neck.
"The first rule of dating, always be polite and listen to the woman. Also, show off your muscles whenever you can. Oh, but not too much. You don't want to make the other ladies jealous. Or maybe you do, I'm not here to judge."
"This is unbelievable. Are you sure?" Bolin raised his head at his brother's voice then proceeded to get off the couch and head over to the group. By the time he reached the other side of the room, they had finished talking on the phone. Judging by the look on their faces, there was some bad news.
"Any word on Korra's location?" Bolin said.
"No, even worse than that, Tenzin and Bei Fong are being held captive by the Equalists." Asami said.
"And that's not all." Tonraq pinched the bridge of his nose. "Tarrlok is being an idiot and has declared war on the Equalists. He's become a dictator. He's creating absurd laws, having the United Forces invade people's privacy if he even dreams about someone being an Equalist. He's even having a new jail built because he's arrested so many people. The entire city is in chaos and now even the non-Equalists are getting rowdy with the United Forces. That's the last thing Republic City needs is a triple threat war."
"So where do we go from here? Should we make a move without Korra or continue our search for her?" Bolin asked.
"I hate to admit it, but I'm not sure Republic City can wait for Korra to come back. Something needs to be done and maybe after the Equalist situation is dealt with, Korra will come back." Mako suggested.
"You guys can come up with all the plans you want, my top priority is finding my daughter and I won't rest until I know she's safe. I'm going to go meet with the head of the search party to discuss a meeting with the other search parties in the other kingdoms." Tonraq gave a quick bow before he left the room.
Asami glanced over at Mako. "You really think we should try to stop Amon without Korra?"
"Something happened to Korra. I don't know what it is but my gut tells me it involves Amon and this whole rebellion. I think our best bet to getting Korra back is to remove Amon from the picture."
"But how are we suppose to-" Bolin was interrupted by the ringing of one of the phones. The group looked at each other for a few seconds before Mako decided to pick up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hello, I need to speak to chief Tonraq immediately. It's urgent and I don't have much time."
Tenzin.
"Tenzin! It's Mako. Where are you? What's going on?"
"Mako? Have you found Korra?"
"No, not yet."
"Listen to me carefully, Amon knows where Korra is. I don't know how he found out, but after he gets rid of Tarrlok and the United Forces, he's going after her. You have to make sure he doesn't get to her first."
"What? Did Amon at least say where Korra is?"
"The only thing I've been able to gather is that she's somewhere in the Earth Kingdom. That's not all. The Equalists are out of control. Hiroshi Sato is creating torture devices for the Equalists to use on benders. They've also infiltrated the United Forces. Attempts to contact General Iroh have failed. I need you to contact him and warn him about the breach. Everything will fall apart if they launch an attack on the Equalists."
"This just keeps getting worse."
"Amon plans on going to war with Republic City within 3 months. You need to warn Iroh before then. If Amon succeeds in taking over, he'll go after Korra in just 2 months after that."
"So we have 3 months to get to Iroh and 5 months to find Korra. Anything else?"
"There's also one last thing. Amon's a blood bender and not just any blood bender, he can bend at any time. He doesn't need a full moon to do it."
"I'm sorry, I think I misheard. You he's a what?"
"He's a blood bender. It's how he takes away people's bending. You can't take him on directly. Only Korra will be able to defeat him if she can enter the Avatar state."
"But how's that even... Wait, where are you? Are you and Chief Bei Fong alright?"
"We're alright, we're getting out of here. They've been keeping us in some kind of underground lair. Tell Pema and the kids not to worry."
Mako could heard the distance voice of Bei Fong in the background.
"Tenzin, we need to leave NOW."
"Alright, I'm coming Lin. I'll be in contact soon."
The phone clicked off and Mako set the phone down. Asami and Bolin were painfully waiting for the news they knew were going to be even worse than what they heard before.
"So, I'm guessing that wasn't some good Samaritan telling us Amon's gone, Republic City is safe, and Korra is back and wants to marry me." Bolin said.
"We really have to find Korra now. Amon knows where Korra is and is planning on going after her in 5 months but before then, he's going to attack the United Forces and finally take over Republic City. The Equalists have infiltrated the United Forces to weaken it. For some reason, Tenzin hasn't been able to contact General Iroh. We'll probably have to go to him in person if we can't reach him by phone."
"Wait, did Tenzin escape?" Bolin questioned.
"I don't know but it sounds like it. He said he'd be in touch."
"What are we going to do now?"
"Maybe Amon's not the only one who knows where Korra is." Bolin and Mako turned to Asami, who had her hand on her chin in deep thought. "Going after Amon might be too risky, but his Lieutenant might not be as risky. I say we kidnap him and question him about Korra's whereabouts. Worst case scenario, Amon hasn't told him where Korra is but we still cripple the Equalists by taking away one of their top men."
"Sounds like a plan, but we'll have to be extremely careful about. Tenzin told me some disturbing news. Amon's a blood bender. What makes him even more dangerous is somehow, he can do it without the help of a full moon."
"Oh come on, that's not even fair. We're three teens trying to find the Avatar and fight a rebellion and the universe just throws that on us!" Bolin whined.
"Do you think Korra found that out during her last encounter with Amon?" Asami thought out loud. "Maybe he blood bent her and it terrified her."
"She could have. It makes sense why she'd run away. Dealing with a crazed maniac who blood bends and takes people's bending away is enough to break anyone." Mako sighed. "After this is over, I vote we all go on vacation."
"Well, let me know when we're gonna do this. In the meantime, I gotta get going. I promised Pabu I'd take him to his date." Bolin turned to leave the room.
"Wait, a date? How could Pabu possibly get a date? He's a ferret!"
"That doesn't mean he doesn't have feelings, Mako! Of course he didn't mean that Pabu. You're handsome enough to get any date you want." Bolin cooed Pabu as he left the room, leaving Mako and Asami alone.
"So did…Tenzin say anything about my father?" Asami looked away from Mako.
"No, he didn't."

"What are you doing here anyway?"
Korra was surprised to see Huu waiting for her in her hut. She wanted to sound angry that he was there, but his presence was comforting to her.
"You called me here. Is there something on your mind?"
Korra sat on the bed, opposite of Huu who was sitting on the floor, meditating from what it looked like.
"Everything's on my mind. I'm so pathetic, I don't even know what to do about my own child."
"I heard you had a boy."
"Yeah, he's handsome too. His parents are suppose to take him away tomorrow but I'm not sure I want to give him up. I feel like such a bad person. Before, I only wanted him gone because I didn't want to deal with him. But now, now I want to hold him close and never let go. I don't know what to do. Either decision I make will be a selfish one. I don't even know what I'm feeling right now. I don't want to give him up, I don't want strangers raising my child and I don't want to feel like I can't do something. I've always thought that I could do anything if I set my mind to it. If I give him up, I feel like I'm admitting that I can't possibly care for him and I'm passing the burden to someone else. On the other hand, what right do I have to refuse him a normal future with a loving family?" Korra groaned and laid back in the bed. "What am I going to do? I thought I had everything figured out."
"It sounds like you really love your son." Korra gave him silence. He was right though. All she did was hold him for a few minutes and she instantly fell in love with him. Deep down, she knew she wanted to be the one to raise him. "Your son will get a loving family regardless."
Chung-Hee jolted in the rocking chair. Something was poking him.
"Hm?" He blinked until his eyes could focus. In front of him was his sister, who was staring at him. "What? What do you want?" He yawned.
"The baby's crying."
"Huh?" He looked down to see the baby in his arms fussing. "Oh, I didn't hear him." He carefully lifted him and gave him a quick sniff. "Well, it's not his diaper this time. Can you find him a bottle or a wet nurse?"
"How about his mother?"
"His mother?" As if on cue, Korra entered the room.
"Hey guys." She said with a light smile.
The twins gave her a nod to acknowledge her.
"You're just in time, I think the baby's hungry." Chung-Hee rose from the rocking chair to hand the infant over to Korra, who eagerly took him and went over to the rocking chair to nurse him.
"I've been doing some thinking." Korra started.
"Have you decided that Chung-Hee is an idiot?" Chung-Hee gasped, giving his sister a shocked look while she smiled at him.
"I'm going to ignore that because I am the mature twin who does not stoop to the level of peasants such as yourself."
"Guys, I want to keep him." Korra interrupted. "I'm going to keep him."
"That's great Katak. And we'll be here to help you." Eun-Hee gave her a thumbs up.
"This is awesome, I get to be an uncle after all. Uncle Chungy. And the little guy will be Little Chungy."
"Those are gross names." Eun-Hee stuck her tongue out to express her disgust.
"I'd like to see you come up with some better names. Oh, what will call him anyway, Katak?"
Korra glanced down at the nursing infant in her arms. He was looking at her with his blue eyes. She brushed her hand against his cheek and smiled.
"Kajuq."

A/N: Kajuq is pronounced something like "Kie-Yook". Depending on who you ask, the juq part might sound either like "yook" or "jook"
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