"Hey, has anyone seen Chief Beifong?" Mako asked everyone at the breakfast table.

"I think she's still sulking in her room." Korra replied.

"I know she has a problem with me, but she had no right to yell at Opal last night." Suyin said as Wei and Wing run into the room, "All set for your power disc game, guys?"

Wei takes a few pieces of fruit from the basket as Wing replies, "Yeah, all set to kick Wei's butt." He snatches an apple.

"I wanna power disc your face." Wei smacks Wing in the stomach, causing him to choke on the apple. Then he turns to Korra, "You should go play with us."

"Um. I don't think I'd be much competition, since I can't metalbend." Korra replied

"Really. Lin never offered to train you?" Suyin asked.

"Nope. And I guessed I never thought to bring it up because I was learning to airbend, then there was the pro-bending, then I got tied up fighting Equalists. It was a busy few months."

"Well, it's probably for the best. I'm sure Lin would be a horrible teacher. As the Avatar, you should have mastery over all the elements. I'd be happy to show you the basics."

"Really? That would be great!"

"I'll play power disc." Toph said.

"Really? Awesome!" Wing exclaimed.

"Yeah, I'm all for kicking some a-"

Aang cleared his throat and glared at her from over his cup of water.

Toph rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, "You're almost as bad as Sugar Queen."

"You should learn metalbending too Aang." Suyin said.

"I had trouble learning earthbending, I don't think I'll be able to learn metalbending as well." Aang replied.

"What about you Bolin?" Korra asked.

"Uh, nah. I'm more of an earth guy. The dirt, rocks; y'know, maybe some light gravel. That's kinda where my heart is." Bolin replied.

"Okay, Earth Guy. Well, let me know if you change your mind." Suyin said.

Suyin's necklace begins to be pulled off as the cutlery on the table begin shaking and being pulled away, causing everyone with duck for cover. The cutlery flies and stick to a suit. The person in the suit removes the helmet cover, revealing to be Varrick.

"It worked! Zhu Li, mark it down. Magnet suit test successful. Power down." Zhu Li unplugs the suit, causing everything to drop, "On to phase two: Zhu Li clean up this mess." Zhu Li hangs her head in disappointment.

----

At the Northern Air Temple, airbending training for the new airbenders continue on with Tenzin telling a story.

"His pupils pleaded with their master to eat something, but he refused, just like he had each day during summer." The other airbenders, except for Otaku, listen with disinterest, "Instead he meditated and got his nourishment from the universe. So when Tang Xu completed the ninety-seventh day of his historic fast on which island?"

Otaku puts his hand up, "Oooh! Oooh!"

"Anyone besides Otaku, who already studied this in his acolyte training?"

"Ooh, ooh, ooh!"

"And is answering every question."

"Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!" Tenzin finally looks and glances at Otaku, prompting him to answer, "Whaletail Island."

"That is correct. Again. Now, on day ninety-eight-"

The recruits break out in laughter as Bumi capers about with his tunic over his head and Bum-Ju peeking out from the collar. He waves his hands around and speaks in a falsetto, "Greetings, air people. I come seeking boring stories to take back to the Spirit World."

Bum-Ju flies out of Bumi's tunic and he falls down on the ground. Everyone laughs again, including Jinora. Tenzin glares at his daughter, who quickly sits back in a disciplined posture and clears her throat.

----

Lin walks outside of her room and sees two guards leaning against a wall and chatting.

"How many push-ups did you do last night? 'Cause I did like fifty."

"What do you two think you're doing?!" Lin asks, "Get back to work!" She groans uncomfortably and puts her hand on her face.

"Is everything all right here?" Aiwei asked.

"Both of the Avatars are in danger, and these two knuckleheads are just standing around chit-chatting."

"Don't worry, Zaofu is the most secure city in the world."

"I'll be the judge of that. I'm going to check every inch of this place."

She tries to walk away, but Aiwei blocks her path, "Lin, you do not have to work while you are here. You need to relax."

"I'm fine!" She groans uncomfortably again.

"It doesn't take a truth seer to know that you are under a dangerous amount of stress. If you don't deal with your suppressed feelings, there will be severe consequences to your health... and your job."

"I'm not interested in talking about my feelings."

"You won't have to say a word. I know a great acupuncturist in town who will be able to help you." He hands Lin a card.

----

"Seems like you made quite the stir on Air Temple Island. The cops are swarming the city looking for us." P'Li said to Zaheer.

The Red Lotus was currently hiding out in a vine-infested Republic City aparment after the chaos on Air Temple Island.

"You still want to try to take out the president?" Ghazan asked.

"No, he'll have to wait." Zaheer replied, "We leave today." The group, looks down at a view of the street in Republic City, "There's our ticket out of here."

A truck driver lifts boxes into the bag of his truck. Suddenly a water whip grabs hold of him, bent by Ming-Hua, and pulls him to the side of his truck. Terrified, he looks at Zaheer and P'Li, who are standing in front of him and glaring at him. Directly behind the driver, subduing him with an ice claw in one hand and holding an ice dagger at his neck, is Ming-Hua.

"There's no money! I just made my last delivery!" The driver said.

"We don't want money." Ming-Hua said.

----

Lin lays on a bed in an operating room, looking upward as Guo bends needles out of a tray and stops them right above her.

"How many of those things are you going to stick in me?" Lin asked

"I'll be placing several needles on each of your acu-points. There's nothing to be scared about." Guo replies. He is about to lower the needles into Lin, but she quickly lifts her head.

"I'm not afraid of needles!"

"Please, close your eyes and take a deep breath." Lin does so, and the needles slowly go into different spots in her upper body, "This process corrects an imbalance in your chi. Please tell me if you feel any pain or pressure."

"I can't feel a thing."

"That's unusual. Your chi must be powerfully blocked. We're going to need more needles." Guo adds more needles, "Acupuncture often taps into peoples' buried memories. These memories can sometimes be difficult to process."

"Huh, buried memories. Uh-huh." Lin says skeptically.

----

Suyin and Korra walks together in the Zaofu castle courtyard. Suyin stops near a meteorite on a low pedestal, "These meteorites are perfect for beginning metalbenders. The metals have a unique property, making them easier to bend."

Suyin breaks off a piece of the meteorite, which she slowly bends down to her hand. Suyin bends it into a star shape, followed by a diamond.

"That's amazing!" Korra says.

Suyin gives Korra the meteorite, "Here, try it!"

"Okay." Korra concentrates for a while, but is not able to do anything with the meteorite. A noise is heard in the distance. Korra and Suyin look for the source, and see Bolin watching them, while hiding behind a large rock.

"Bolin? Is that you?"

"No!"

"What are you doing?"

Bolin steps out from behind the rock, "Oh, hey ladies. Just uh... I was just looking for Pabu. Pabu!"

"He's on your shoulder."

Bolin's eyes shift to his shoulder and see Pabu, "Oh, look there you are! You know, I thought something was chewing on my ear. Probably need to get a shot. Pabu has sort of a... a venom. Anyways, so what are you guys doing? You metalbending over here or something?"

"Want to give it a shot?" Suyin asked.

"Nah, it's okay. I mean, only like one earthbender in a hundred can metalbend."

"Well, don't believe everything you hear. The only thing limiting you is your attitude."

"Well, maybe I'll just... I'll just stay and watch." He makes a rock stump for himself, and sits down.

Korra could sense something was off, "Bolin, are you sure?"

"I'm fine, just here to support my amazing girlfriend!" Bolin said with a wide smile.

Korra nods and turns back to the meteorite.

"Try to focus on the fine pieces of earth within the metal." Suyin instructs.

Korra takes Suyin's advice, and successfully changes the shape of the meteorite, :I can't believe it! I'm metalbending!"

"Wow, you picked that up really, really quick. Guess you're that one in a hundred." Bolin says.

Suyin puts her hand on Korra's shoulder, "Great job, Korra."

----

The Red Lotus drives onto a bridge in Republic City in their stolen truck. They come to a stop at then and a metalbending officer goes up to them.

"Good afternoon. Where are you off to today?"

"I, uh, got a delivery to make at Bao Yu. I should be back later today." The driver replied. He hands the officer papers, while Ming-Hua continues threatening him behind his seat.

"You all right?"

"Yeah, just a little tired. One more pick-up, then I'm clocking out."

"I thought you said you had a delivery?"

"Did I?"

"I'm going to need you to step out of the vehicle and open the back of the truck."

The driver steps out and runs away screaming, while another cop chases after him. The interrogating cop opens the back of the truck, and is blasted backward with powerful airbending from Zaheer.

"Let's get out of here!"

Ming-Hua drives the truck away, while police stay hard on its tail. P'Li blows up one of them with combustion, but the rest are able to avoid it, and keep chasing the truck. Ghazan stops two of them with lava, and the group escape.

----

Back to Zaofu, Bolin sneaks up behind a meteorite pedestal, whistling. He takes the meteorite from its pedestal and attempts to bend it.

"Bolin, what are you doing?" Korra asked from behind him.

Bolin hides the meteorite, "Korra! Oh, wow, you... really know how to sneak up on someone."

"What are you doing?"

"Oh nothing, you know, just..." he puts the meteorite back, "just thinking about my body and mustaches that I might have in the future." The meteorite falls off the pedestal.

"You're acting weird. Like you were earlier."

"Sorry. I wasn't really thinking about all my mustaches. I'm just frustrated. I've been trying to metalbend and I can't figure it out. Don't tell anyone, okay?"

"Why not?"

"Because it's embarrassing. This isn't the first time I've tried, and I've been wanting to metalbend ever since I heard about Toph. She's my biggest hero!"

Korra walks up to him, "Just go ask Toph to teach you."

"I can't just ask THE Toph Beifong to teach me metalbending."

"Why?"

"Well... because... I..."

Korra puts both of her hands on his shoulders to make him look at her, "Bolin, you don't need to be scared. I'm sure Toph would be willing to teach you."

"But what if I can't."

"So, then you can't." Korra removes her hands from his shoulders, "You're still an amazing earthbender, the best I've ever met."

Bolin smiles, "Thanks Korra."

Korra shrugs with a smile, "What are amazing girlfriends for?"

The two hug.

----

Later that day, Suyin continues teaching Korra metalbending, "Congratulations. You're the first metalbending Avatar."

Korra smiles then sees Toph walking to the courtyard with Opal while they talked to each other. She looks and Bolin and nods her head towards Toph.

Bolin gulps as Toph approaches them, "Toph, umm, I was wondering if... you could maybe teach me metalbending?"

Toph smirked, "I was wondering when you would work up the nerve to ask me." Bolin smiles as Toph says, "Let's get started."

Suddenly, the ground cracks beneath Suyin and a meteorite falls and breaks. Everyone turns to see an angry, panting Lin.

"I think Lin is mad about something." Bolin says to Korra.

"Su, it's time we talk." Lin said.

"After thirty years, you're finally ready to talk?"

"When we were in Mom's office that day, you could've taken responsibility for what you did. But instead, you stayed quiet and let Mom throw her whole career away."

"Mom didn't throw her career away. She retired the next year. She was a hero."

"You think she wanted to retire? She was so guilt-ridden about what she did to protect you that she didn't feel worthy of her badge."

"Look, I admit that I was not a perfect kid and I've made some mistakes in the past but-"

Lin scoffs, "You made some mistakes?"

Suyin clearly look hurt, "Lin, Mom and I already talked about this years ago and worked things out. If you had gotten together with us like we'd asked, you would know that I'm a different person now. I've been a different person for a long time."

"You think that just because you live in a big, fancy house, and have a chef who cooks you fancy food, that you're a different person? Maybe you could fool everyone else, but you can't fool me. I see right through you."

"You know what, Lin? You're the one who hasn't changed. You're still a bitter loner who only cares about herself. No wonder Tenzin ended things with you years ago."

Lin bends a rock toward Suyin, which she deflects using her wrist.

"Okay," Suyin gets in a fighting stance, "I guess this is how it's going to be."

Suyin trips Lin with a fissure, before knocking her off with a meteorite. Lin gets back up and earthbends a staircase, while Suyin metalbends a metal panel. Suyin bends the metal panel toward Lin, which she evades by using a backflip. Lin earthbends many fragments of small rocks to Suyin, who evades the attacks by weaving through.

"Should I stop them?" Korra asked Bolin.

"You don't have any siblings, fighting is all part of the healing process."

Korra turns to Toph, "You think you can do anything?"

"I'm only fifteen! I don't know how to be a mom!"

The fight carries on with Lin earthbending toward Suyin, which she dodges with a cartwheel. Baatar, Huan, and the twins run to a pavilion.

Wei shoulders Wing aside, "Go Mom!"

The two of them continue to fight. Lin metalbends Huan's Harmonic Convergence sculpture, which Suyin deflects and smashes it into a metal wall.

"My sculpture!" Huan exclaims. He dashes over to survey the damage, "Actually, it looks... kinda better now."

Suyin metalbends three metal panels toward Lin, which she deflects. Lin begins to earthbend rocks from beneath Suyin and bends a large boulder toward her. Suyin curls a part of the metal wall to shield herself before rolling it out again, knocking Lin into the pavilion nearby, where she lands roughly on the stairs, grunting.

"You've got it out of your system?" Suyin asks.

"Not quite yet!"

Lin earthbends a part of the staircase leading to the pavilion, while Suyin earthbends a boulder from the ground. The two of them begins to charge at each other, but Opal interfered by airbending both objects to the side.

"What are you two doing?! You're sisters! Why would you want to hurt each other?" Opal said angrily.

Both Suyin and Lin pants in exhaustion, and suddenly, Lin faints and falls to the ground, but Korra saved her head from knocking the ground.