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Knock knock
"Just a minute."
Korra stood outside a fairly large hut. She held 5 month old Kajuq on her left hip while he babbled in his baby talk and proceeded to chew on a cubed wooden block with the number 3 carved on a side. On her other arm she had a large bag hanging on her shoulder, equipped with jars of baby food, clothes, bottles, toys, and any other essential she thought her baby might need. She wore her usual water tribe outfit and had her son dressed in a plain white shirt and brown trousers. She heard shuffling inside the hut and mumbling before the door opened. In the doorway stood Chung-Hee who had his hair out instead of in his usual ponytail. He was also shirtless, only wearing the bottom of a changshan style green outfit. His eyes amber eyes looked dull until he saw it was Korra and Kajuq, then his face lit up.
"Well look who we have here." He cooed at the infant. A smile spread across Kajuq's face before he tossed his wooden block at Chung-Hee's forehead. "Of course."
"Sorry, I'm not sure why he likes throwing things so much." Korra apologized.
"It's fine, come in." He stepped aside to allow the mother in while he rubbed the bump starting to form on his head.
"You seem tired, were you up all night?" Korra asked as she set her back on the ground. The hut reminded her of one of the apartments in Republic City. Despite looking old-fashioned on the outside, the inside looked modern. On the left was a sitting area with a brown couch, wooden coffee table on top of a rug with an intricate design that blended red and brown together, and a bookcase across the couch lined with numerous books. Towards the back of the hut was a kitchen and eating area and to the left of the kitchen were two doors that she assumed lead to a bedroom and bathroom. She made her way to the sitting area to set her bag down and sit down with Kajuq on her lap who had started fussing from the loss of his toy.
"Yeah, I was." He answered while following behind her. He handed the crying infant his wooden block which caused him to immediately stop crying and start giggling instead. Chung-Hee took his seat on the other side of the couch, only to get hit in the head with the block once again. The look on his face showed no amusement, despite the hut now filling with the baby's laughter.
"I'm so sorry. Let me get some water." Korra stood up and handed Kajuq to the fire bender before going to the kitchen to get a bowl of water. Chung-Hee stood the infant up on his lap.
"You know, it's considered rude to throw things at people. Especially to someone who bought half your toys." He lectured the baby. Kajuq responded by giggling again. Chung-Hee smiled. "You're just lucky you're so adorable. Yes you are." He brought him closer to his face so he could plant a big kiss on his cheek. Kajuq gave a toothless grin and started flailing his arms in happiness.
"You had trouble sleeping last night?" Korra asked when she returned and started bending the water towards the male's forehead to begin healing it.
"Well, not exactly." She didn't notice the blush beginning to spread on his face.
"What kept you up?"
"Uh…OW!"
"What's wrong? Am I hurting you?" Korra quickly moved the water from his forehead. She watched him set her son on the couch and check his right arm.
"No, you're fine. My arm just started hurting for some reason."
She looked over her shoulder to study his arm. "Looks fine to me."
"I bet Eun-Hee did something." He mumbled.
"Speaking of her, where is she? I thought she would be here by now, it's almost noon." She took her seat behind her son and pulled him close to her.
"Heck if I know. Said she had some business to take care of." He crossed his arms. "What did you want to tell us, anyway?"
"I'd rather wait for Eun-Hee to come first."
They sat on the couch for an hour just chatting and playing with the baby. Eventually Kajuq started getting hungry, so Chung-Hee took it upon himself to feed him a jar of mashed fruit and vegetables, much to the infant's delight. Each spoonful of food made him bounce around and flail his arms. The two adults laughed at his happiness. Eun-Hee didn't show up until her brother was almost finished feeding the infant.
"Well, look who finally decided to show up." She heard her brother say as she stepped into the hut.
"Not today." She closed the door and walked towards the three on the couch. She was wearing a green cheongsam with sleeves that matched her brother's bottom half outfit.
Chung-Hee fed Kajuq his last spoonful of food before setting the jar and spoon on the coffee table and turning his attention to his sister. "Let me see your arm."
"What? No."
She backed away as her brother approached her.
"Show me your arm." He backed her into the wall.
"No!"
He grabbed her right arm and shoved the sleeve down. There was a burn mark on it. "Ah ha! I knew it!"
"Alright, I'm sorry. I had a little fire bending accident." She snatched her arm away from him.
"I'm confused. How'd you know she hurt her arm?" Korra asked as she scooped the infant in her arms and stood up.
"You ever hear of twin telepathy? If she gets hurt, I get hurt and vice versa. See, watch." Chung-Hee turned to his sister again. "Kajuq threw a block at me earlier. What part of my body did it hit?"
"Oh, that's why I got that headache earlier." Eun-Hee rubbed her forehead.
"See?" He turned his attention back to Korra.
"That's crazy."
"Yeah, yeah. You said you wanted to talk to us?" The twins strolled over to the couch to sit down, though Eun-Hee scooped Kajuq from Korra's arms before sitting down.
"Yeah, right. Listen, guys, I haven't been completely honest." Korra began.
"I knew it, you have the hots for me, don't you?" Chung-Hee said with a smirk.
"What? No!"
"You have the hots for Eun-Hee?" He asked, which earned him a kick from his sister and a giggle from Kajuq.
"No, I don't have the hots for anyone." Korra took a deep breath. "My name's not actually Katak."
Eun-Hee leaned closer to her brother and whispered "You owe me 5 gold pieces."
"My name's actually Korra. I'm…the Avatar."
There was a pregnant pause in the room as the twins stared at the girl in front of them. The only sound in the room was Kajuq chewing on his wooden block.
"So…the Avatar has the hots for me." Chung-Hee snickered before a wooden block smacked him in the head once again. "Alright, I deserved that one."
"I think I already know the answer, but why'd you feel the need to change your identity?" Eun-Hee asked.
"I don't know. I guess I was ashamed. I didn't want to be the Avatar anymore. I couldn't be the Avatar anymore. I ran away from everything. Or, I thought I did. Turns out I was carrying a piece of it with me when I left."
"So, this Amon guy who took over Republic City, is he Kajuq's father?" The male twin asked.
"Yeah, he is." Korra whispered. "Wait, what do you mean took over Republic City?"
"Thought you heard the news. He's renamed Republic City 'Equalist City'. Not much news is going in or out of there though. Rumor is he's enslaving benders, forcing them to help rebuild the city or using them in torture experiments. Any that he feels aren't worth it, he strips them of their bending and puts them out the street. They had a mass evacuation a couple of months ago, sounds like not everyone got out."
Korra's heart dropped in the pit of her stomach. She was such an idiot. She hoped the situation would eventually resolve itself without her help but she was wrong, she let the entire city get taken over by a dictator because she was too scared and weak to do anything. Even worse, her friends might be amidst the entire thing.
"I'm so stupid. What am I even doing here?" She whispered to herself. "I can't just..abandon everyone. I have to go help them."
Korra grabbed her bag and took Kajuq from Eun-Hee's arms. "I'm grateful for the help and support you two have given me, but I have to go back."
"Whoa, you don't think we're about to let you go off by yourself. I told you I was going to stick by your side and I meant it." Chung-Hee stood up.
"Please, listen to me. I have to do this by myself. Only the Avatar can handle this. I need you two to do me a favor. My parents are in the Southern Tribe, I need you to take Kajuq to them." She glanced down at the infant who had fallen asleep against her chest. "My father's name is Tonraq and my mother's name is Senna."
"But Korra.." He began.
"Please, do this for me. I'm going to go pack his stuff up and phone my parents. I'll meet you guys back here."
"Fine." Eun-Hee stood up. "But as soon as we drop him off, we're going to Republic City to make sure you're alright."
Korra smiled. "Sounds fair."

Korra gently tapped her fingers against the desk while holding a phone piece to her ear. She had Kajuq in a pouch sling so he could sleep snuggled up to her chest without her having to sacrifice use of her left arm. Around her neck hung the necklace Huu had given her months ago. It was a nice play toy for Kajuq when he woke up and got bored. Behind her were a few large bags filled with blankets, clothes, food, diapers, toys, and whatever else the mothers and grandmothers in the swamp felt she needed to have. They were extremely friendly, but she felt weird taking things from people she barely knew. Eun-Hee told her at one point that they loved treating everyone like family. She'd been grateful for their hospitality though, especially since they taught her a lot about caring for an infant and gave her advice for when her son got older. She knew motherhood wasn't easy but she quickly learned the ropes. As her son's personality started to come out, she found caring for him came more naturally.
The phone finally finished ringing and a male voice came through.
"Hello?"
"Hey, dad. It's Korra."
"Korra? Spirits, Korra where are you? Are you alright? Where have you been all this time, your mother and I have been worried sick. It's so good to hear your voice again."
"I'm fine. I'm in the swamp, in the Earth Kingdom. I know I have a lot to explain but I can't right now. Two of my friends are going to bring my son to you and mom. Can you take care of him until I get back?"
"Son? What do you mean son? Korra, I want you home right now. I need to know what's going on."
"I don't have time to." Korra sighed. "There's so much I need and want to tell you but I can't right now. Please know that I'm fine and expect my son to be there soon. I'll be there soon as well, hopefully."
There was a long pause then she heard her father sigh. "Alright, I trust you. And Korra?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you."
"I love you too, dad."
Meanwhile
Chung-Hee and Eun-Hee sat on the couch in silence, with Chung-Hee having his head thrown back as he tried to catch a little sleep. His sister was staring at him suspiciously.
"And why exactly are you so tired today?" She asked.
"Uh…"
Her eyes narrowed at him. He sat his head up and gave her a nervous smile. "Oh, you know I was uh..just up late is all."
"Doing what exactly?"
"Uh..nothing. Absolutely nothing."
"Oh…Oh I see. I know exactly what you were doing." A sly smile spread on the female's face.
His face turned red as he started to panic. "No you don't! It wasn't like that at all!"
"You were up crying last night, weren't you? Let me guess, you were reading those tragic love stories again."
"N-No I wasn't!"
"Oh, you poor, sensitive baby." She teased.
"I'll have you know that plenty of women would love to have a sensitive man."
"I bet the one that got to you was the story of the turtle who couldn't have the tomato he loved so dearly."
Chung-Hee started to sob. "It was so sad. All he wanted in life was that tomato but he didn't get it."
Eun-Hee rolled her eyes as there was a knock on the door. "Yeah, whatever." She stood up and walked over to the door.
"Yes?" She said in a dull voice. There was a young male in front of her.
"Hello, I'm Bo…Bo bo bo..." Bolin stuttered as he laid his eyes upon the fire bender. All words were lost in his head as he stared at her.
"Bo-Bo-Bo-Bo. What an odd name." She leaned against the frame of the door. "What do you need?"
"Uh…I uh…"
She crossed her arms. "Well?"
"Sorry, sorry. It's just, wow you're beautiful. Um, right, anyway. I have a very important question to ask."
Eun-Hee raised an eyebrow.
"Would you like to go on a date with me?"
There was the sound of shuffling feet from inside the hut as Chung-Hee scrambled to the door. "Who's asking my sister on a date? Say yes, please say yes."
"What? I just met the guy a minute ago." She protested.
"Sir, my sister would love to go on a date with you."
"What?!"
"Yes!"
They both interjected at the same time. Chung-Hee grinned from ear to ear while Eun-Hee's mouth hung agape.
"Oh, wait a minute. That's not what I wanted to ask. But I'll still take the date." Bolin scratched the back of his head. "You guys know where Avatar Korra is? It's pretty imperative that I find her."
"Korra…Korra…I've heard that name before." Chung-Hee scratched his chin, only to be elbowed by Eun-Hee.
"That's Katak, stupid. Yeah, we know where she is but why do you need to know?"
"You guys know who Amon is? I'm sure Korra mentioned him at least once. He's on his way here right now and we need to get her out of here, like, now 'cause that man is just pure evil. He's like a monster."
Suddenly, Chung-Hee bent over in laughter. Bolin followed in suit, leaving Eun-Hee in absolute confusion.
"Why are you guys laughing?" This was suppose to be a serious situation with Korra's life in possible danger and it seemed like they had lost their mind.
"Don't you get it? Amon. AMONster." Her brother responded. "That was a good one."
"Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all night." Bolin said.
"You guys are beyond idiots." She pushed her brother out the doorway, sending him crashing into Bolin. "We're leaving."

Korra sighed and hung up the phone. Her eyes fell on the sleeping infant cradled in the baby sling. Life was so cruel. Her entire life was suppose to be dedicated to helping and saving the world, then she had the responsibility of motherhood thrust upon her. Before, being the Avatar was the most exciting thing in her life and now it was the cruelest thing. She didn't want to face Amon. She wanted someone else to come in and save Republic City. The only thing she wanted to do at this point was live a quiet life and raise her son. But she couldn't, her duty was to the people of the world.
'But my son will always come first.' She told herself before standing up and grabbing the three large bags on the floor. 'Wow, these are heavy' She threw one back on her back, another one around her shoulder and held the last one in her left hand. Just as she was about to open the door, it swung open to reveal Bolin, Chung-Hee, and Eun-Hee.
"What the…"
"Korra! You're alright!" He went over to hug her but stopped when he noticed the sleeping infant wrapped in a sling around her torso. "Um, Korra, did you know that you have the cutest baby I've ever seen against your chest?"
"Handsome isn't he? I think he takes after me." Chung-Hee said smugly. Bolin's jaw dropped.
Eun-Hee smacked her palm against her forehead. "For the last time, that's not how it works. You have to actually be blood-related to the person for it to work."
"You're just mad 'cause he didn't take after you."
"But we look the same! If you put a dress on, we could pass for identical twins. In fact, we did once."
"Hey, I told you never to bring that up again. That was a dare and you know it."
"Bolin, what are you doing here? How did you find me?" Korra was still in a state of shock.
"There's no time for that. Asami, Mako, and Tarrlok are searching for you now and we need to go find them and get out of here. Well, actually I suppose there's time for a little story."
A few days ago
Bolin had been thrown unceremoniously into his cell. Every inch of his muscles ached. He groaned as he slowly stood up and limped towards the bars of the cell.
"You know, you guys could be more gentle to a guy who's had a hard's day of work." A glance at the cell in front of his told him that they still had Asami and Mako somewhere doing spirits know what.
'I have to figure out how to get out of here.'
"How you feeling Bolin?" He heard Tenzin call to him.
"Exhausted. They're forcing the Earthbenders to reconstruct the buildings and clear out the debris. They kept Lin behind because of her metal bending."
He heard Tenzin sigh. "I see. They talked about equality but they end up enslaving people."
"Do you know what they're doing to Mako and Asami?"
"I'm sorry, I don't. I pray it's nothing awful."
"They're forcing Mako into some experiment to see how much voltage can go through a fire bender's body before his heart gives out and Amon's making Asami work on the mecha suits but I saw her re-doing some of the wiring in the tanks while no one was looking. I think she's purposely messing them up." A young voice said to him.
"Oh, well thank you for the information, Ikki." Bolin paused for a second. "Ikki?! Where are you?"
"Ikki?! What are you doing here?" Tenzin said.
Suddenly Bolin's cell door opened and Ikki floated down from what he assumed was the ceiling. "Hiya!" She called before running to her father's cell to free him. Bolin followed.
"What are you doing here? Where are your siblings? And your mother?" Tenzin asked as his daughter unlocked his chains with a key she presumably stole.
"Meelo and Jinora are with Asami taking out a bunch of mecha tanks. They should be here shortly. Mom's with the baby back at gran-gran's. Did you know Amon's about to go after Korra. I saw him outside with some other Equalists and he was talking with his Lieutenant who was busy looking like a bitter evil old man with his creepy moustache.." Her mouth was running a mile a minute.
"Slow down, Ikki. Did Amon say where he was going?"
"The swamp."
Bolin slammed his palms into his forehead. "I can't believe we didn't think to check there!"
Suddenly alarms went off. There were red lights flashing with a loud siren emitting through the entire base. A few seconds after the alarms went off, the door and wall at the end of the hallway were reduced to ash. From the dust emerged Asami inside a mecha tank with Meelo and Jinora on top.
"PRISON BREAAAK!" Meelo screeched before he jumped off the tank and flew over to his father and sister on an air ball. Jinora stayed on the mecha tank which made its way towards the group while gently rumbling the ground beneath them.
"Man, that is one mean machine." Bolin commented.
"What are you guys doing here? It's way too dangerous to be here!" Tenzin scolded.
"We came to break you out daddy. We took out a whole lot of those Equalist guys. No one is a match for my fartbending!" Meelo released a mighty fart that launched him a few inches in the air.
"Guys, you might want to move out the way." Jinora yelled at the group as the mecha tank's arm slowly raised.
Once the group stepped inside the cells temporarily, Asami fired from the arm's open claws, which blasted the other end of the hallway and conveniently knocked out a few Equalists who were scrambling to get to the cells.
"Best mecha tank ever!" Bolin rejoiced. "Now let's go find Mako."

Mako fell to the floor. He was in some white room with tiled floors. The room had no windows, except for a giant window on one wall so people could peer into it and observe him. There was a wooden door next to the window that was locked. His entire heart was racing from the electrical shock they had given him just a few seconds prior. Each shock had more voltage and he was having an increasing hard time redirecting the charge. At this point, he thought they just wanted to torture him.
"Again." He heard one of the three Equalist "scientists" say from behind the glass.
"I can't do it again. The next round will kill me." Mako argued.
"Up the voltage level to 5."
'They're gonna make my heart blow out.' He thought.
"What the- Who let you in here?" Mako raised his head to see the three Equalists suddenly slammed into the window. As they slid down the window, he could Meelo's goofy face staring at him through the window.
"Meelo?"
"Now let's get this door opened." He heard Bolin on the other side of the door, then the door rattled as something rammed against it. "Ow, ow ow. Okay, not my best idea."
"Step aside. Let a man do this with a little aribending." Meelo blasted the door off its hinges and across the room with a strong kick.
Mako weakly picked himself off the ground. Bolin ran in and helped him up.
"Are you alright? What were they doing to you?"
"I'm fine. How'd you get out? Where are the others?"
"Tenzin and Ikki went to go get Lin. Asami and Jinora went to free the other benders . We're suppose to meet them on the roof as soon as we rescued you."
"And General Iroh and Uncle Bumi went to sabotage some of the Equalist biplanes, since Asami sabotaged the mecha tanks. They're gonna go to war!" Meelo chimed in.
"Iroh and Bumi are here too?"
"No time to talk! To the roof boys!" Meelo formed an air ball and rode it out of the room. Mako and Bolin ran after him.
"Hey, can you fire bend?" Bolin asked.
"Yeah, can you bend?"
"No, they chi-blocked me a while ago after they made me help put up a bunch of buildings. Man, buildings are heavy."

Asami and Jinora ran through the halls of the building. They were surprised how few Equalists were guarding this place, though releasing the other benders from their cells likely had something to do with it. Regardless, they quickly disposed of any Equalist they came across. As they ran, Asami quickly glanced through the rooms they ran past. Each room had a little window on the door to peer into, but one door made her stop running.
"Wait, hold on Jinora."
They both peered inside the window. Asami pulled her hair pin from her hair and removed her electrified glove
"Are you sure we should open it?" Jinora asked.
"I'm not, but I'm going to anyway. Almost there." The door clicked opened but the sound of thunderous rumbling stopped them in their tracks. Emerging from the corner was a mecha tank and inside was Hiroshi.
Jinora readied her stance for battle, though Asami just stood up and sadly looked at her father.
"I should have known you were behind this Asami. You spend years sacrificing for your child, your own flesh and blood and they stab you in the back." Hiroshi said.
"You're the one who stabbed ME in the back. You let these people capture me and cage me away like I'm some kind of animal, all so you can have your so-called 'revenge' for mom's death. You should have known I wouldn't actually go along with this crazy plan. The Equalists will fall and I will do everything I can to make sure that happens."
Hiroshi's face twisted with anger. "You ungrateful child. We could have had a good life if you had been more obedient." Hiroshi pushed a few buttons and the arm of the mecha tank raised.
"Look out!" Jinora jumped in front of Asami and deflected the blast with air.
"Jinora, I need you to strike the back of the tank's abdomen. Don't worry about me, just make sure you hit it." Asami whispered. Jinora looked at her but nodded before running off.
"Leave Jinora out of this. It's between me and you."
"Very well." The mechanical claw launched towards Asami, who quickly rolled out of the way but not before snatching up her glove.
"You're not my father anymore, you're a monster." Asami held up her glove. "You weren't the only one making modifications."
"What the.."
The glove released a bolt of electricity that hit the mid-section of the tank. Hiroshi quickly fooled around with the buttons as some of the circuits began to fry. He wasn't paying attention to his daughter, who skillfully jumped on the mecha tank and slammed her glove into the glass shield. The glass cracked, threatening to shatter with the slightest bit of pressure. Unfortunately, her glove suffered from damage from the impact, and so did her hand. He growled and captured her within the large claws.
"You spend your life sacrificing for your kid and they spit in your face. Asami, can't you see I'm trying to make a better life for you?" He watched his daughter squirm in the claw.
"I don't want this type of life!"
There was loud crash that came from behind the mecha tank. The claws instantly loosened enough for her to slip out and jump out of the way as the tank came crashing down. Behind the tank was Jinora, who had flung a giant pipe through the middle part of the giant machine.
"What? This doesn't make any sense. Why are all the systems failing?" She heard her father say in the tank as he fumbled with the controls.
"It was a bad idea to trust me with the schematics and blue prints. Let's go Jinora."
Jinora jumped through the air to join Asami. "What about the room?" She asked.
"Asami, wait. You can't win this. You're making a huge mistake." Hiroshi cried out to her.
Asami turned her back to her fallen father. "My only mistake was calling you my father." Jinora and Asami left him to his thoughts.
Jinora pushed the door open to reveal a small room with a bed and toilet room in the corner. Sitting on the bed was Tarrlok. His usual ponytails were undone so his hair was flowing over his shoulders.
"I don't suppose you're hear to rescue me." He said quietly.
"We are, actually. Let's put our differences aside and get you out of here. Are you alright?" Asami asked.
Tarrlok sighed and stood up. "I'm fine, but we're not going to make it out of here. Amon's too powerful."
"That's why we're going after Korra. Only an Avatar can stop him at this point." Jinora said. "Let's hurry to the roof."
Asami, Jinora, and Tarrlok were the first ones on the roof. As they peered over the rooftop, they could see benders fighting back against the Equalists.
"Another war." Asami groaned.
"It's..madness." Tarrlok whispered. "How did I not see this?"
"I am here, my beautiful woman of gorgeous locks."
Everyone turned around to see Meelo, Bolin, and Mako climbing out of the trapdoor that separated the building from the roof.
"I'm glad you guys are alright. We brought a guest." Asami said, nudging her head towards Tarrlok.
"Oh, you mean the guy who could have prevented all this but instead decided to act like a dictator." Mako retorted.
"I'd like to see you do better in my position. Oh that's right, you can't, you street rat."
"What was that?"
Asami stepped between the two males before they could get close enough to start a fist fight. "Look, we don't have time for petty arguments. In case you haven't noticed, Amon's the enemy and we need to figure out a way to stop him from getting to Korra."
"Asami's right. Amon's probably already on his way to the swamp to capture Korra." Jinora said.
"Doesn't seem too smart to leave an entire city while there's a rebellion." Tarrlok said.
"We overheard him talking before anyone even knew we were here. He said he was going to test the Lieutenant and leave him in charge until he got back. Amon probably doesn't even know what's going on right now." Jinora added.
The sound of a low rumbling growl made everyone look the sky. They spotted Oogi flying above head with Tenzin steering and Lin and Ikki in the saddle.
"Daddy!" Meelo and Jinora yelled in unison.
Ikki waved to the group and didn't wait to land to start talking. "Hey guys, we just rescued Lin who was busy being shocked by Equalists with this thing they put on her temples but daddy knocked them out an air blast that sent them crashing into a wall, oh yeah daddy got his bending back. They originally chi-blocked him but I guess his time was up and then Uncle Bumi and General Iroh.."
Tenzin sighed as he landed Oogi on the roof. Ikki didn't miss a beat, she kept talking as she jumped off of the sky bison.
"And Uncle Bumi said a lot of the soldiers had returned and they were kicking Equalist butt and Amon left out in a giant truck to go get Korra but the truck was fast. It was like 'vroom vroom vroom' like a racing car but only in truck form-"
"Ikki, please. Take a breather, Lin and I can handle it." Tenzin rubbed his temple.
"Okay daddy." Ikki said in her most innocent voice.
"As Ikki has said earlier, we ran into Bumi and General Iroh earlier. They informed us that Amon left no more than an hour ago."
"They didn't have a chance to take Amon out?" Mako asked.
"No, it was just the two of them and there were too many Equalists seeing them off."
"Then we're going after him. Can we take Oogi?" Asami asked.
"Of course."
"Tenzin and I have decided to stay and help with the fight. They'll be crippled with Amon gone." Lin piped in.
"If you're staying, then I'm staying too." Jinora smiled.
"Absolutely not. You kids need to get out of here and go back to your mother. I'm not even sure how you guys got away from her in the first place. I don't even want to think about what transportation you took to get here."
"Yeah, we'll stay and help daddy. I'm ready to kick more Equalist butts!" Meelo fist-pumped.
"Can't get rid of us that easily." Ikki said. Tenzin sighed.
"I'll join you guys in your search for the Avatar. I feel this is entirely my fault." Tarrlok couldn't bend anymore but felt he couldn't just stand idly by with Amon loose.
"No, Tarrlok. Don't blame yourself for Amon's doing. Besides, he took your bending away, no offense but you'd be better off hiding somewhere until it's over." Asami's eyes met his.
"You don't understand. Amon's my responsibility. He's also my brother."

"So we took Oogi and traveled here, but man, Ikki was not kidding when she said that truck was fast. Hiroshi must have modified it to run like a racecar which doesn't exactly sound safe. So we need to go find them, get on Oogi and leave." Bolin finally finished his story.
"This entire place is surrounded by mountains though. He can't get through without an Earthbender or some kind of machine or creature that can bypass them. We should have a little time." Korra said.
Chung-Hee cleared his throat. "Actually, there's quite a bit of flat land in between a lot of the mountains. You can easily drive through if you know where to look for them."
"If you can drive through here, why we have been taking a giant, ugly beetle every time we come here?" Eun-Hee said in an irritated voice.
"Simple, I like beetles."
"You're a beetle." She mumbled.
Korra stared hard at the ground. She had to end this with Amon once and for all, but how? He wouldn't bloodbend around his followers, but how close to death could she push him before he decides it's not worth it? Her eyes fell on her sleeping infant. She had to first make sure Kajuq would be safe.
"I want you guys to take Kajuq to my parents, Bolin, Chung-Hee, and Eun-Hee. I'll stay here, draw Amon away from the swamp benders and face him. I have to end this."
"No way, we're not letting you do this alone." Chung-Hee said.
"Yeah, if you face Amon, I'm facing him too." Bolin added. "But quite honestly, I'd rather wait to face him. That guy's scary."
"You have no idea." Korra mumbled.
"Listen, Korra, the best thing it seems is just to retreat for now. From what I gather, you're not a fully-realized Avatar. There's no shame in it, you're simply not ready. What if you can't defeat him? Kajuq might lose a mother." Eun-Hee approached Korra and placed her hand on her shoulder.
"His name's Kajuq? That's so adorable." Bolin quietly cooed.
"I guess you're right. I hate feeling so powerless and useless. How many lives will be lost or destroyed before I can finally defeat him?" Korra groaned.
"That wouldn't be your fault, that would be his. You better go. Eun-Hee and I will stay behind, just in case." Chung-Hee pushed Bolin and his sister aside and grabbed Korra's hand. "I enjoyed our time together. Remember, I'll always come to your side if you need me."
"And I'll be there too, for when my brother messes up."
"Way to ruin a tender moment."

"Mako! Asami! Tarrlok?" Bolin called out as he and Korra wandered through the swamp. They had spent the past half hour looking for the rest of the group but they had disappeared and no one they asked could remember where they had last seen them. When they decided they couldn't have been in the little town, they went out to the wilds of the swamp.
"This is strange. You don't think Amon got to them, do you?" Korra asked. She still had baby Kajuq in his sling, but he was awake and quietly fumbling with his mother's necklace while he sucked on a pacifier.
"No, no he couldn't have. Someone would have seen him by now. Maybe they went back to Oogi but Oogi should be around this area. It's not like they could chi-block a full grown bison, right?" Bolin readjusted the straps of the bags he was now carrying on his back so Korra would only have to carry one. "Oh man, this is bad. Amon's gonna be here soon and we can't find the gang. Unless…this is like that book I read where two teens got lost in the swamp and this evil spirit monster with a thousand eyes and a grotesque face showed up and started chasing them and then they got eaten."
"No spirit monster is going to eat us. They couldn't have gotten far, it's hard to get out of here if you don't have a boat, or a water bender. Maybe if I climb one of the trees, I can find them."
"Maybe if you turned around, you could find them."
Oh no. Not that voice. Anything but that voice. Her heart raced, her hands felt clammy. She could have sworn they started shaking. Taking a deep breath, she and Bolin slowly turned around to see Amon. In front of him were Asami, Mako, and Tarrlok who were tied up and appeared to be knocked out cold as they sat against each other in a shoulder-to-shoulder circle. Korra saw Amon's eyes widen for a split second when he noticed the child against her chest.
"I must say, your friends put up quite the fight. They managed to knock out my chi-blockers. Cooperate, Avatar, and I'll go easy on you and your friends."
If only Korra's glare could shoot daggers. She didn't trust a word this man said. She knew at the end, he'd take their bending. And do worse. She clenched her fists, which were visibly shaking now. Kajuq seemed to detect his mother's stress, for he spit out his pacifier to start crying.
"Why? Why are you doing this? What could I have possibly done to you? I'm so sick of you haunting me and I'm sick of feeling sorry for myself." Korra and Bolin attempted to hurl chunks of Earth at Amon, but as soon as their hands went up, they found themselves unable to move.
"So, you want to do this the hard way then."
Korra watched helplessly as Amon advanced towards them. Kajuq's cries grew louder.
'No. No no no.'
She struggled to squeeze her eyes closed. "Stay away from us!" She yelled.
The necklace around her neck began to glow, which stopped Amon in his tracks.
"What the.."
The glow grew brighter and in an instant, they were engulfed in a blinding white light.
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