Everyone watched as Korra took her final breaths. There was nothing they could do. The poison did do its work, as Zaheer said it would. Her eyes began to shut, and everyone knew this was the end. Tears formed in Tonraq's eyes, knowing that his only daughter was gone.

Zaheer laughed, knowing that the Red Lotus's plan was successful. "What are you laughing about?" Lin had asked. With a wild look in his eyes, Zaheer responded, "You're too late! The poison has been in her system too long. The Red Lotus has won!"

At the time, it just seemed like another death, but it was far more than that. When the Avatar is killed in the Avatar State, the reincarnation cycle will end. There would be no one to restore balance to the world. Chaos will flourish, like it did in the Earth Kingdom a couple of days before.

Mako stood about six feet away, on the verge of crying. He had to be strong, for his little brother's sake. But deep inside, his heart was breaking. Even though they had their ups and downs, he still cared deeply for her. It felt like a part of him was gone, never to return.

Tonraq stood, with Korra's body in his arms. "We should go," he said with no emotion. His face was pale, almost ghost white. Mako, Bolin, and Asami all started to follow, Bolin sobbing softly as they walked.

Su and Lin used their earthbending to handcuff Zaheer, dragging him behind. He had still not stopped laughing. It made Lin's face turn into a look of disgust as they kept moving.

The Northern Air Temple was destroyed, now looking like a pile of lava and rubbish. So, now, the airbenders had to find another place to continue mastering their bending art.

The Metal Clan airship was not too far away from their current location. It was placed in the valley near the cave where the airbenders were hidden. Tonraq had boarded the airship first, placing Korra's lifeless body on the metal bench in the meeting room. Asami knelt beside Korra, squeezing her hand in hers, saying softly, "You'll always be in my heart."

Everyone else boarded the airship. The atmosphere had remained the same as before, full of mourning and sorrow. Meelo killed the silence, "When will the funeral be?" Ikki nudged him, knowing that that was a rude thing to say right after someone died. The boy looked up at her, "Well, it has to be sometime..."

Tenzin looked to his son, and then back to Korra. His own injuries were nothing compared to Korra's. He risked his own life for her, as she did him and for the rest of the new aspiring Air Nation. He truly wished she was alive, he would have given his own life to save the Avatar's.

Bolin gave the flower he took from the wilderness outside, and placed it in Korra's hands. It was blue, like the sky, and it calmed him. He knew it was Korra's favorite, because while on their first date, he noted a flower that was on display in a flower shop near the restaurant they went to.

As the airship began to ascend, Tenzin turned and gazed at the air temple one last time. "How could someone do such a thing? This place was sacred," he wondered. The image of when the new airbenders agreed to join him at the Northern Air Temple rose in his mind. That single moment was thrilling, knowing that there were new airbenders, and that they would finally be safe.

And it was all thanks to him and Korra. Korra was so excited to find more airbenders, and help them master the bending art. She was too young, her life only just beginning.

If Korra was alive, how would she feel right now? Would she be ecstatic to know that the new Air Nation was thriving, or would she be nervous for what the world would bring next? Tenzin didn't know, but he did know that she deserved to live.

"I think we should have it fairly soon, but not now. I don't want the world to advertise that their Avatar is gone," Tonraq spoke. Tenzin nodded.

The others went to other rooms in the airship, occasional yawns sounded. The sun began to set over the horizon, the sky turning into a deep orange, with a pink overcast. It had been a long, excruciating day, and everyone needed to rest.

Some were already asleep, including Jinora and Kai, who were snuggled next to each other in a sitting position. They both looked peaceful, much to Tenzin's annoyance, caused by his overprotective nature. He knew that Kai made his daughter happy, and that he should be happy, and deep down, he was. He just let the overprotective side of him take over.

Korra was the same way, he thought. Even though Tenzin had demanded for her to stay at Air Temple Island while she was training airbending, she left. He thought that secluding her from the rest of the city would keep her safe. It did, unfortunately, Korra found about the Equalists, and now she had to help the city. In consequence, it got her bending taken away, but she did unlock her airbending. In the end, she became a fully realized Avatar, and he was so proud of her accomplishments.

Most people could not sleep, though, because of the inevitable fact that laid upon them, that there was no more Avatar. No one knew what that was like, except for the ancient peoples from ten thousand years ago. There was little evidence of their lifetime; all they had was a statue of Wan at the Southern Air Temple, and Korra's Avatar memories. But, both of those included an Avatar.

For the first time, the people finally had a say. No one stood up for them, now. Eventually chaos will rise from the ashes of the Earth Kingdom, and other nations will try to fix them again, but in the long run, it would not help. At least, Tenzin thought so. He should not be abandoning hope so fast, just like his father had in his lifetime.

The airship began to fly farther and farther away from the temple. The one unanswered question flooding into everyone's mind...

"What will we do now?"

This is a new story I will be working on. I have had this question on my mind for a while now, and I thought I should answer it. Please Review! Thanks!