Forward In Time

Aang lies on the couch in Suyin's office while he slowly wakes up. Aiwei's hand slides under his head and a green bottle is placed at his lips. Aiwei tilts the bottle so some of the liquid flows into Aang's mouth.

Aang's hand as it slowly twitches and he lifts a finger while the Beifong sisters look down on the Avatar. Suyin rests her right hand on her chest in relief, though Lin angrily turns to her half-sister, her fists clenched to her sides.

"How could you let this happen?!" Lin says, "You assured me this was one of the most secure places in the world."

"It is. I don't know how this happened. Obviously this was a well-planned operation, so," She frowns at Lin, "don't blame me."

"We searched the entire estate. There's no sign of them." Kuvira says

"Well, keep looking!" Lin demands.

Kuvira gives a bow and departs as Aang slowly sits up, "Is- is everyone okay?"

Lin's angry expression softened, "We're all fine. What about you?"

"I've been through worse." Aang replied.

Aiwei stands up, "It would seem they had some inside knowledge of Zaofu. They must've been working with someone."

"Maybe one of the guards?" Aang suggested, "It had to be one of them. No one else would know the city right?"

"I agree."

"Question them all!" Suyin ordered, "Whoever betrayed my city will suffer the consequences!"
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Aiwei sits at one end of a small table in the interrogation room with a guard at the next. He went through guard after guard, asking them questions to catch the one who betrayed the city. Aiwei would look back at Lin and shake his head to signal that the guard was not the culprit.

Korra looks at Lin defeatedly after the latest guard. Lin nods to Aiwei to question the next suspect.

"What was I doing last night?" Varrick repeated, "Same thing I always do. From nine to ten, I checked my body for ticks. Lyme disease is a serious killer." Everyone else in the room looked at him with disbelief, "Then I did my nightly," Varrick stands up with a leg on a chair and exercising while demonstrating the workout, "Varrick calisthenics, followed by," He stops exercising, "thirty minutes of breath holding. I filmed the whole thing if you want to watch it."

Aiwei had a hand on his head while Korra has a hand on her mouth to hold in her laugh. Mako pinches his nose bridge from annoyance. Suyin has two hands clasped in front of her mouth.

"That won't be necessary." Aiwei replies.

Varrick and his assistant leave the interrogation room and close the door behind them.

"Maybe it wasn't a guard after all." Lin says, "Maybe it was someone a little higher up the food chain. Aiwei, why don't you question Su?"

"Lin, stop! Your sister was not involved!" Korra said.

"No," Suyin walks over to the chair, "I'll gladly be questioned. I have nothing to hide." She sits down.

Aiwei looks to the side, a little reluctantly, "What is your full name?"

"Suyin Beifong. I'm the daughter of Toph and the only sister to Lin, and I had nothing to do with the attack last night."

Aiwei turns to Lin, "She is telling the truth."

Korra sighs in frustration, "This is a waste of time! Just bring in the next guard!"

The next guard walks in and sits down.