How does it feel

How does it feel 18

Notes: Inspiration: Slept so long – By Korn but I prefer the Jay Gordon version

Okay peeps, this is Koh's theme song…well one of them. And just an FYI if you didn't already know. Koh has some issues okay. This was a tough chapter to write. The emotions will be high and shifty. Just breath is all I can say…especially towards the end. More of Koh's back story is coming next chapter.

Future Industries Airship

Asami sits in the control room with her head lowered taking in deep breaths as she and Lau fly back to Republic City.

Lau swallows softly as he watches her. "Miss Sato…it's…gonna be alright. Avatar Korra is…well…she's the avatar right, she's gonna be okay." He takes a deep breath through his nose. "I mean, the message said she was crushed… not dead… right?"

Asami looks up at him for a moment then averts her eyes. The young CEO's mind was spinning as her body shivered in fear. Her stomach was in knots. She'd never considered that she would ever not have Korra in her life. A tear rolls down her cheek as she closes her eyes remembering what it felt like to have Korra in her arms earlier that day. Asami does her best to keep her mind focused, part of her having heard what the amber eyed man had said to her. Korra had to be alive. She just had to be.

Lau stares at Asami seeing the anguish and fear on the woman's face. He lowers his head and closes his eyes knowing all to well what the pale skinned beauty is feeling.

1523 years ago

Tsuchi breathes roughly from his nose as he watches the orange light of a sun stone move across his essence in the physical world through one of the spirit mirrors. "Mizu, why must you always test the limit? Where are you? You only have 4 more days left." The spirit says finding himself becoming anxious for the first time in his existence. Unfortunately this had become the normal way of being for him and his counterpart.

Mizu would leave for the physical world once every 50 years and Tsuchi would have to remind the jovial yet forgetful spirit of the time she had remaining before the limit passed.

Tsuchi had been searching for his partner for the last 4 weeks. He could usually sense where she was, as the female entity stayed true to their agreement when he took her last face, by staying near places where earth was present during her visits to the human world. He couldn't find her this time which meant there were only two possibilities. Either she was dead or she was in a place without earth. Tsuchi knew she wasn't dead because he knew what would happen if she were.

Tsuchi scoured the world searching for her. With every minute that passed he began to feel things that he could not describe within his being.

As he looks up at Asami he knew that the feelings he had back then were anguish and worry.

Republic City

Korra and Tenzin spoke the entire flight about what needed to be done. The airbender had no idea that everything that was happening was connected to a spirit. He knew his mother had been keeping him in the dark about something. He never would have suspected that one of his father's old nemeses would still be affecting things today. The male airbender knew how dutiful his dad was when it came to cleaning up his own messes. It surprised him knowing that Aang had left something undone. The airbender would do his best to help Korra finish his father's work in the most peaceful way possible. Whether they were dealing with a human or a spirit, there was always a chance for peace in his book.

Tenzin being the consummate pacifist convinced Korra to convene a meeting with the world leaders about the problem, specifically Kuvira's part in it. He suggested that since the weapons the woman was using had to do with the spirits then they should give her an opportunity to shut them down. He didn't think Kuvira would continue using the weapons if she knew the damage they were doing to the world.