The Greatest (TLOK)

37) Stabbing the tension

A knock sounds on my door and I tell the person to come in.

"The plane is all fuelled up and ready."she says and takes a seat on my bed.

We sit in silence for a moment before she breaks it,"I'm going to go see my father tomorrow to return all his letters. Then I'll never see him again."

I put a hand on her shoulder and squeeze it.

"I know your dad has done terrible things. I know how much you suffered because of them but one thing I've learnt from the past is that it's best to forgive while you still have time to do so." I explain and she hugs me tightly.

"I don't think I can."she says as she lets go and I shrug.

"Then you don't have too. Whatever you do, do it at your own time."

We talk for a bit more till we say our final goodbyes and she wishes me good luck for my journey.

The next morning comes quickly and soon I'm doing the final checks to fly to Zaofu.

"I hope I still know how to fly one of these things, it's been a while."I say to myself before shrugging,"whatever I have a parachute so it'll be fine."

I soon start the plane and after a few bumps, drops and almost crashing, I manage to fly the damn thing.

About a hour into the flight the wind starts picking up and the plane starts struggling a bit.

"I hate this so much."I say just as the engine starts giving me trouble,

I find an open field too land on and pull out my emergency tools.

About a half an hour in I'm done but hearing the whooshing of a train near by.

I climb on top of the plane and see one of Kuvira's trains heading straight in the direction of Zaofu.

She has to be in there.

"You better work."I slide off the roof and close the engine lid.

I put my goggles on and switch the plane back on.

The plane luckily starts again and soon I'm back in the air.

After another half an hour of flying and I can finally see Zaofu and Kuvira's entire army stationed in front of it.

I wonder where Bolin is.

I can also see that Kuvira's train has not stopped far from the city meaning that she's also already there.

I land on the north side of the estate and quickly shut the plane down.

It's an absolute ghost town here and I'm pretty sure that the only reason they didn't shoot me down is because Su informed them that I was coming.

I grab my stuff and quickly walk to the main building.

I sneak past a couple of Kuvira's guards and walk toward Su's office.

Once I'm in ears reach I can hear Bolin preaching about everything wonderful Kuvira has done.

Once I reach the doors I walk in, turning all the attention to me.

"Sophie?"I hear Bolin say confused but everyone else, except Kuvira and Baatar Junior, doesn't seem very surprised to see me as Su must have told them that I was coming.

The atmosphere shifts and I can see something metallic glint in Kuvira's hand.

"I'm sorry to interrupt but I have to sort this out with Kuvira too."I say walking further into the room, closer to Kuvira but she doesn't back down,"I told you to step down, Kuvira.I'm not letting you take Zaofu."