Spirit of Freedom [Bolin]

Chapter 10

plI slip the shirt over my head and pull it down. I turn back to the boys who look away respectfully.
"I'm done," I announce, I bounce over towards them. They turn back around both Mako and Wu were also in training gear.
"You know, there's something about being kidnapped that makes a guy realise he needs to get his act together." Wu states, I chuckle and Mako agrees with him.

"Let's toughen you up boy!" I shout jokingly, I get into a defensive position and so does Wu, he raises his hands up to his face.

I move closer to him and throw a punch, he fails to block it and I hit him right in the chest. He falls to the ground yelling, "I wasn't ready!" He crawls into fetal position, "Wu down!"

A gasp sounds behind me, I turn around my hair whipping me on my cheek. Yin, Mako's grandmother and Tu Mako's cousin, stand behind me, "what's going on?" She walks over and grabs Wu taking him in her arms comfortingly. "How dare you injure the prince, girl! Would his Royal highness like a cherry-berry lemonade?"

"And maybe some of those sticky dumplings, too?" Wu asks rubbing it in more, he is liking this new life style too much. I raise my eyebrow and share a look with Mako, he gives me a humoured smile.

"Get up Wu!" I order, he shakes his head and looks up at me with Puppy dog eyes.
"I'm weak. But it's not my fault, I was born that way! I'm not like you and Mako. He was raised by a pack of cops in the woods!" He blurts out, I take a step back and Mako takes one forward.

"You don't know anything about us, do you?" Mako asks annoyed. Wu pauses.

"Yeah, I'm drawing a blank. Why is that?"
"Uhh... You never asked?" Mako says now confused as why he doesn't K wit he answer.

"Well, I'm asking now!" He grasps Mako's shoulders. "What's your favourite food? Colour? Is their a special lady in your life?"

"No not since Korra and I broke up."

The smile that was placed on my face falls, I get up and walk out of the room. I walk outside and sit on the stairs staring at the sky.

Tears slowly fill up my eyes, I place my head into my knees. My tears turn into sobs, a hand touches my back. Yin stands behind me with a worried smile.

"I didn't mean to make you cry girl." She says sitting down next to me, I look at her with a sad smile. "I didn't make you cry."

"You don't know this but I dated Bolin for a while..." I pause for a second and clear my throat. "Before I disappeared."

"I know, Bolin told me when we first met. He was grieving and he still is today." She states, I glance at her surprised. "Even though he knows you're alive, he can't help it. That Kuvira has changed him for the worst."

"I hate her so much, I was finally back with my family and friends. But she had to ruin it, I wish I didn't go on that trip." I state, I grab my hair and squeeze the tears out.

"Maybe the world needed you to leave for a while." Yin says quietly, she gets up and walks back inside without another word. I look at the door them back in front of me.

"Maybe." I mutter, I get up and grab my staff that leans against the door frame. I run down and lift off into the air.

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I walk through the city quietly as people bustle past me. A group of vines lays across the middle of the road.

I walk up to them and place my hand on them, my head suddenly starts to ache. My body goes limp and I fall to the ground paralysed.

An image of Machines cutting through spirit vines penetrates my mind.

I feel something creep up around my waist then around my shoulder and throat. I'm slowly pulled into the cluster of large vines.

My breath hitches as I look around, I attempt to lift my hand up. I can, as I do the vines move out of the way for it.

I sit up and the vines do the same thing, I stand up and start to walk forward.

I look back and the vines haven't moved back into place leaving a tunnel. I look forward again but instead of vines, I can see Bolin and Opal.

Bolin watches her with a solemn expression while she walks away angry. I walk up to Bolin and touch his face softly, His hand goes through mine as he scratches where I'm touching him.

"Bolin?" I say wondering if he can hear me, his eyes widen and he looks around. "Bolin, you can hear me?!"

"Nini?! Yeah, I can hear you." He says looking around confused until we make eye contact. We stare at each other, he reaches out trying to touch my shoulder. "What's going on?"

"I don't know, I touched a vine then I got a vision of machines cutting vines." I sigh and rub my hand through my hair stressed. "Then I was dragged into the vines, I'm safe I think though."

"Are you sure?" He says kneeling, he looks away and suddenly I'm pulled back to where I was before I got up.

I try to get up but to no valid, but I start to get dragged out of the vines. I'm laying on the street again, my Dad kneels over me with a worried expression.

"Dad what just happened?" I ask confused, he just smiles then looks into the vines.

"Dad!" Jinora yells running down to us, she hugs Dad then me. I hug back still very confused. "Korra saved us."

"How? What just happened to us?" I ask standing up, Jinora explains that the Vines took us and a tour of people into the spirit world trapping our spirits. "Okay... I saw a vision of Vines being cut just before I was taken in."

"So did Korra," Dad states, Jinora and I both look at him. "Kuvira is building some sort of weapon using the vines."