The Waterbender's Love and the Mechanic's Passion (Korrasami fanfiction)

Chapter 14

Tenzin and his family made the quickest flight to the South Pole ever. Now he stood in the front row at his mother’s funeral. Pema hugged her kids as they cried. Tenzin quietly cried, while his brother Bumi wept intensely and Kya was hugging him, crying as well.

Many people had showed up, practically the whole village.

Amidst them, Asami held onto a weeping Korra while the proceedings took place. Tonraq too was holding onto Senna next to them. Lin stood off to the side a little, trying to hide her tears. The siblings stood next to their mothers, crying silently. Though Kohaku and Nami hadn’t gotten to know Katara that great, Riko had. And she was taking it hard, seeing as she was the last person the old hag got to heal.

She looked around. Almost everyone else had someone to hold onto during their grief. No one was really paying attention to what was happening around them.

Riko whimpered and fell to her knees, hunkering down in the snow.

Asami saw her fall to the ground and gasped. She handed Korra over to her father and crouched next to her daughter. Her whimpering was like nothing she ever heard before. It reminded her of when they first found the girl, still in an animal-like state. She hugged her, but the girl continued whimpering and grasped Asami’s jacket. Asami hung her head. She couldn’t stand to see her family in such despair and started crying harder.

The snow next to them crunched as Lin kneeled next to them. “Go to your wife. She needs you. I’ll take care of this one.”

Asami nodded and returned to Korra. Lin settled on the ground and pulled the teenager in between her legs and hugged her. The girl tried to grab her and managed to tear the metal armor a bit.

“You’re gonna be okay, squirt.” Lin cooed. “Settle down. You’re okay.”

Lin and Asami crossed paths in the kitchen yet again. This was becoming a daily thing. Since both Korra and Riko have refused to leave their rooms, the two women have been bringing them meals and such.

Lin started today with a sigh. “Asami, Riko’s losing it.”

“I know. I hear her at night. Korra’s starting to get better a little bit. I think Riko’s picked up too many bad habits from her.”

“I agree. She handles stress the same way Korra does. But I don’t think you get it. It’s more than that. She’s turning more animalistic every day. It’s like she’s reverting to her old ways from the wild.”

Asami sighed. “I was afraid this would happen. I could see it during the funeral… I’ll talk to Korra about it.”

Lin nodded and walked back to the girl’s room with a plate of food. “Riko, I have soup.”

The girl growled from the dark corner of the room. Lin sat the plate down and yanked Riko up to the bed. “Sit.”