The Myth of Y/N (Korra X Reader)

THE TRUTH SEER

NO-ONE'S POV

"That was a disaster!" Ghazan barks out, sliding down against the rough, rocky wall. "We failed."

There, sitting in the small enclosed dead-end cave that was their hideout, the Red Lots were fuming with frustration and disappointment.

Their attempt to kidnap Avatar Korra at the city of Zaofu was a complete failure.

No, not a failure. An utter disaster.

They planned it out so well. Took every single detail into account, every possible scenario, every possible difficulty that can occur. It was a fool-proof.

And yet, here they are. Here they are back in their hideout, returning from the city of metal with nothing but their pride and confidence wounded.

"We will have future opportunities." P'li assures her friends, trying to be the optimistic one in the group. "We will have another chance soon enough."

"Yeah, right." Ming-Hua sarcastically retorts, clearly not sharing the optimism.

"We will." P'li insists.

Silence falls. The room is thick with infuriation and melancholy.

"What I don't understand is how we failed." Ghazan grumbles, clearly still upset for how the events have turned out. "Our plan was perfect."

"We were misled."

The three members of the Red Lotus turned to the source of the voice who has their full attention like a moth to the flame.

Standing at the mouth of the cave facing the starry night sky with a crescent moon, hands clasped behind his back, was their friend and leader.

"Aiwei told me we would not face any problems seizing the Avatar." Zaheer continues with tightness evident in his speech. "His arrogance and blunder have compromised us."

A loud snort emits from Ghazan. "You can say that again."

P'li, on the other hand, frowns slightly in concern. There's something about her lover's voice that is off. Something has spooked him.

"There's more, isn't there?" The combustion bender pushes. "Something happened there."

It was a statement. Not a question.

Zaheer closed his eyes, deep in thought.

"Yorru?!"

Interesting. Very interesting.

So, they meet again.

"The Avatar has an airbender amongst her friends." He finally responds. "I fought with them just before we escaped."

"Yeah, I saw." Ming-Hua says with a hint of confusion, not slightly sure where this is going. "So, the Avatar has an airbender too. They didn't seem to be very special."

Zaheer opens his eyes, finishing his replay of their first meeting in the Spirit World.

"We have met before."

He doesn't need to turn to their direction to know that his friends are surprised.

"When?" P'li asks, still shocked by the bombshell that was placed upon them all.

"A few weeks ago." Zaheer explains. "Just before Harmonic Convergence. I found them in the middle of a forest in the Spirit World trying to find Wan Shi Tong's library. I introduced myself with a fake alias and guided them to it."

"Did you know they were friends with the Avatar?" Ghazan asks.

Now, that is the question.

When Zaheer saw the young wonderer garbed in Southern Water Tribe clothes in the Spirit World so soon before Harmonic Convergence, he did have suspicions. These rose when the young stranger mentioned being separated from their friends. Did he suspect that they were affiliated with Avatar Korra? That was one of them, yes. But that's all it was. A suspicion.