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The past two months had been extremely stressful for the Avatar gang. As Mako suspected, they were unable to reach General Iroh via phone. Asami assumed it was the work of the Equalists and thought any other attempts of communication, unless it was direct, would end up failing. For some reason, Tenzin and Lin weren’t able to get to Iroh either. They hadn’t heard from either one since they learned of their escape and they feared the worst for them, but they didn’t have much time to worry. There was much to do in Republic City.
Once they had gotten to Republic City, they assumed the hardest thing would be kidnapping the Lieutenant, but Tarrlok had gone out of his way to make it especially hard for anyone to get to General Iroh. He’d pass many laws during his reign, one of which made it so “commoners” would need special documentation to gain an audience with the general. Mako had noted the law was likely a reflection of Tarrlok’s growing paranoia about the rebels. Either way, attempts to persuade Tarrlok to let them see Iroh without documents failed. Even worse was the waiting period to receive such documents was 7 months. The entire world could fall under the control of Amon during that period. They knew what they had to do. They had to sneak their way to General Iroh.
They hadn’t expected the job to be easy, but they also didn’t anticipate Tarrlok having guards and officers heavily guarding Iroh’s ship and quarters. With the help of Bolin and Pabu creating a distraction, Mako and Asami were able to crawl through the vents that took them right outside Iroh’s door, although attempts to open it were futile for they found it was locked and bolted. They were stuck and eventually the guards and officers caught them, along with Bolin and Pabu. There was arguing and struggling, the commotion must have disturbed General Iroh for he emerged from his quarters. After 10 minutes of yelling and pleading, Iroh convinced the guards to release the group so they could talk privately.
General Iroh wasn’t surprised to hear there were Equalists among his troops or that there was an attack planned against them. He was shocked, however, to hear that Amon knew where Korra was and even more shocked to know he was a blood bender. They bounced ideas off of each other on how to figure out who was an Equalist and how they were going to kidnap the Lieutenant. For now, Asami proposed they focused on finding the Equalists, who may hold clues on how they could get the Lieutenant alone to kidnap him. Asami had doubted they would be aware of Korra’s location but Bolin suggested once their identities were known they question them about Korra’s whereabouts anyway.
Their plan had come to together. Asami, Mako, and Bolin would join the United Forces and act as spies. However, their plan was cut short. Amon had apparently grown impatient, for his forces had launched an attack on Republic City a month earlier than anticipated.
“I’m telling you, one of them has got to be her. I caught her sneaking out numerous times, I heard her on the phone, which the conversation sounded very evil and diabolical, and I caught her tampering with one of the cannons.”
“Are you sure? She seems so sweet though…How exactly did the conversation go?”
Asami and Bolin were sitting on a couch inside an apartment that General Iroh had somehow convinced Tarrlok to give them for their mission. So far, they had found 4 people they believed were working with Amon, although Asami was having trouble believing the fourth one.
“She was all like ‘I haven’t received that shipment of explosives yet.’ and I was like ‘Wow that’s odd because we’re not expecting any shipments of explosive nature’ and then she was like ‘I can plant them in all places except the hull. I’d be noticed there.’ At this point I was all like ‘No way, I can’t believe she’s all evil and stuff.’ Then, I followed her to the cannons and she put this weird green liquid stuff in them but I managed to get them all clean after she left. And let me tell you, that stuff stains clothes very easily.”
“Okay, that’s 4 people down then. I hope we’re right. It’d really set us back if we’re wrong about even one of them.”
“I’m telling you, that girl has to be working with the Equalists. I’d bet Mako’s scarf on it. Speaking of which, where is Mako? Is he still trying to convince Tarrlok to evacuate the citizens?”
“Yep, and I’m willing to bet he’s still going to say no. Tarrlok thinks if we let anyone leave the city, we’d be letting some of the Equalists escape.”
“But even if we let some of them escape, it’s worth it if we save innocent lives.”
“Not to Tarrlok.”
They both turned to the sound of the door opening which revealed Mako on the other side.
“I’m guessing Tarrlok still said no.” Asami asked.
“Of course he did. He’s such an idiot. He’s running this city like a dictator, not a president.” Mako said in frustration. “You guys have anymore leads on potential Equalist members?”
“Bolin actually found someone. We can explain it when we get to General Iroh. He’ll want another report on our findings.” Asami stood up from her seat and Bolin followed in suit.
“By the way, who is the person-”
Boom
The floor beneath them shook and sent them crashing into the ground. The windows had suddenly broke, some dust from the ceiling fell, and there was yelling and screaming outside.
“What in the world..” Mako said as he got up and approached the window. Outside he saw orange flames everywhere. There was fighting between the Equalists and some of the United Forces soldiers. People were panicking and running around, some getting caught between the cross fires of the two groups. “No no no, why are they attacking now?”
Asami and Bolin approached the window as well.
“This doesn’t make sense, they’re a month early. Why are they doing this now? We’re not even prepared for their assault.” Bolin said.
“Well we can’t just stay up here. We have to do something.”
“Asami’s right. Bolin, I need you to go to the police station and issue out a broadcast for a mandatory evacuation of the city. I don’t care what President Tarrlok says, these people need to get out of here. Asami and I will go to General Iroh and assist him.”
“Right, come on Pabu. We have people to save!”

Asami and Mako ran through the streets of Republic City. It was madness. If a street wasn’t crowded by confused citizens, it was crowded with fighting. Sometimes they overlapped. Injured people laid through the streets, some were rounded up by the Equalists and taken somewhere. Asami didn’t want to think of where they were being taken to.
They decided to take the alleyways instead, which weren’t totally deserted but were less crowded than the main streets. The alleyways eventually lead them to a ladder leading up to the top of a building. The buildings were close enough that they could jump across without much problem.
“I don’t understand why Amon is attacking the city now. Was Tenzin’s intel wrong?” Mako asked.
“Maybe he knew that we knew. He wanted to have the element of surprise, I bet. Only thing we can do now is keep moving and hope not too many lives are lost today.”
Asami and Mako were about to jump to the next building when an explosion sent them backwards. Asami landed a few inches from the edge of the building.
“Are you alright?” She heard Mako call to her.
“Yeah, yeah I’m fine.” She slowly stood up, careful not to stand up too fast in case something was hurt. As her eyes adjusted to the dust settling, she could see 5 figures standing a few feet in front of Mako.
“Mako!” She yelled. He jumped up to his feet and shot fireballs at the figures, who easily dodged them. One of the figures leapt forward and attempted to jab Mako in his shoulder but he barely jerked his body away before giving the person a swift kick to the side. Asami was already on her feet and running towards two of the figures. Her electrified and gloved hand grabbed the head of one of the figures and threw him into the other. “We don’t have time for this.”
Mako threw flames around while avoiding contact with the Equalists. “Should we run for it?” He asked as his back connected against Asami’s.
“No, let’s deal with these guys first.”
Suddenly, flying Earth discs started hitting the Equalists in the head, one of which fell off the building.
“Alright, boys, one more outta do it!”
Asami and Mako turned their attention to the sound of the voice on another rooftop.
“Bumi!” They yelled in unison.
Bumi had two Earthbending soldiers on either side of him with discs floating in front of them. They gave a punch in the air to send the discs flying, which knocked out the Equalists. Bumi gave a victory howl before making his way to their rooftop.
“Thanks Bumi, you really helped us out.” Mako said.
“Don’t mention it, except to everyone you know of course.”
“We need to get to General Iroh. Where is he?” Asami asked.
“He said he was heading over to Tarrlok’s office. He needed to send some reports to Tarrlok and sent me to come find you guys.”
“Then that’s where we’re headed.” Asami said.
“I’ll take you to him.”

Bolin inched himself along the wall perpendicular of a hallway within the police station. The place was crawling with Equalists who were taking officers and putting them into the back of their trucks outside. He held his breath as he heard footsteps approaching. His head peaked out around the corner to confirm his suspicion. An Equalist. A fully robbed Equalist.
“Alright, Pabu.” Bolin whispered. “Do your magic.”
Pabu poked his head out of Bolin’s shirt and made his way down his body. He scurried along the floor, sniffing around before making his way to the Equalist walking down the hall. He circled along the person who removed their helmet. That’s when Bolin heard the most melodious, sweet voice.
“Hey little fellow. What are you doing in here? Looking for food?”
Bolin poked his head around the corner and saw one of the most gorgeous creatures on the planet. She had shoulder-length raven hair, luscious lips with red lipstick, a smooth, olive skin tone and brown eyes that he could stare into for days. He gulped. He had to ambush her while Pabu distracted her. He needed to steal her uniform to get into the communications room. He just had to.
‘But wow…look at that face!’
He watched her squat down to give Pabu what looked to be some crackers. She gave him a rub on the head. “You’re awfully cute.” She said.
‘Come on Bolin. Just a few Earthbending moves and she’ll be knocked out. You can do it, you have to! For Mako, Asami, all of Republic, Korra..maybe even the world. Wow, that’s a lot of pressure. I’m gonna need to go to the spa after this..’
Bolin took a deep breath. ‘I can do this, I can do this! Don’t be intimidated by her beauty. Her beautiful hair and gorgeous lips with those..deep brown eyes…and those..’
“HEY! Who’s there?”
‘Oh no. She spotted me. Just play it cool, Bolin. Put on the charm.’
Bolin emerged from the corner. “Wow, look at that, I got lost on the way to the bathroom. Luckily for me, I found a beautiful girl instead and if you ask me, I’d much rather have a girl than a toilet.”
“What are you doing here? You know this place is crawling with Equalists, Bolin. They’ll take you away to be cleansed if you don’t leave now.”
“Huh? You know my name?” Pabu scampered off to Bolin to climb on his shoulder.
“I’ve watched quite a few of your matches, especially when the Avatar replaced Hasook. Look, I don’t want to be here. My mom made me and my siblings do this. I’m giving you a chance to escape now but if the other Equalists catch you, there’s nothing I can do. Please leave.” She begged him.
“I’m sorry but I can’t do that. I’m on a mission and I need to get into that radio room and order a mandatory evacuation in the city. I’m not leaving until it’s done.”
She sighed. “Alright, fine. I’ll help you. The room is down these halls but there’s two guards posted outside and then one of our engineering technologist is inside keeping contact with Amon and his lieutenant. You’ll never make it past them. Give me 5 minutes to get rid of the guards and then you can go in and take out the technologist. You’ll have to hurry with the announcement, the rest of the Equalists will figure out something’s up quickly.”
“Thank you so much, mysterious, gorgeous, Equalist stranger woman. I owe you.”
The girl around in the direction of the communication room. “Yeah, yeah. Also, word of advice, the technologist has a bad right knee. Go for that and the fight will be over quickly. Go hide somewhere and then come out in 5 minutes.”
“Thank you so much!” Bolin made a break to hide behind some boxes stored in the corner of the hallway.

“The guard will be gone for 10 minutes. You have until then to do whatever you need to do and get out.”
Bolin nodded and watched the female put her helmet back on. “Thanks. So uh..when all this is over, assuming neither of us end up in jail or captured or whatever, you think you might wanna go out sometimes? Get some noodles, walk through the park, that sort of thing?”
The female just looked at him and then walked away without giving a response.
“Right.. Alright Pabu, go hide somewhere while I take care of this.”
The door to the room was kicked in. The masked man turned around to see Bolin hurling debris. He easily jumped out of the way of the first set but the second set threw him off. Bolin hurled one towards his head and when he moved, another rock smashed into his knee, forcing him to fall over. Bolin took this opportunity to bend Earth restraints on his wrists and feet. He then ran over to the man and took off his mask.
“How DARE you, you little-” The man didn’t finish his sentence before Bolin stuffed the clothe mask into his mouth.
“Now let’s see how this works..” Bolin looked at all the buttons, switches, and lights along the wall against the desk. “I have my work cut out for me.”

“Do you think Bolin’s alright?” Asami asked as she threw a punch across an Equalist’s face, effectively knocking him out.
“I hope so.” Mako replied before whipping a flame at another Equalist.
Bumi was busy fighting two other Equalists in hand to hand while two of his soldiers used their Earth bending to trap 3 Equalists within a rock cocoon that left only their faces exposed. Once they had neutralized the situation, Asami had an idea.
She removed the helmet of one of the trapped men. “Where’s Amon’s lieutenant?”
“Forget it, I’m not telling any of you anything. You cannot stop the revolution, you cannot stop Amon, you cannot-”
Asami’s hand connected against the fleshy cheek of the man. “I’m not in the mood. I can make your and your comrade’s life a living nightmare if you don’t tell me what I need to know.” Asami charged her electrified glove, making sure the sparks danced in front of the man’s face. She noticed the sweat dripping down all three of their faces.
“Boy, she’s scary when she’s angry.” Bumi noted.
“N-Never!”
Asami held the glove inches from the man’s face. He was starting to shake. The other men were trying to wiggle out of their trap.
“He’s at the police station!” One of them said beneath his helmet. The other two looked at him. “You know I have a heart condition, that shock could be the death of me!”
“The police station? Bolin’s there!” Mako said.
“You mean he was there.” A voice behind them said.
Everyone turned to see Bolin smiling at them, with a very angry Lieutenant tied up and gagged at his feet.
“Bolin, I’m not even sure how you pulled that off but I’m loving you very much right now. Did you issue the mandatory evacuation?” Mako asked.
“Sure did. I’m on a roll today.” Bolin gloated.
“Bolin and Bumi, go to General Iroh. Asami and I will take the Lieutenant for interrogation. We’ll meet up with you guys later.”
Bolin nodded. “Be careful, bro. Those Equalists are nasty. Not to mention, they’re making everything explode.”

Mako and Asami were able to hide in a nearby abandoned building. It looked to have been a restaurant, before the bombings reduced the contents inside to a bunch of rubble and debris. Asami prompted a metal chair on the flattest floor she could find. Mako took the Lieutenant from his shoulders and seated him in the chair. Asami tied his wrist restraints to the back of the chair and Mako tied his foot restraints to a leg of the chair. Once he was secured, Mako removed his gag which, much to Mako’s disgust, was Bolin’s sock.
“I’m not telling you anything.” Was the first thing out of the Lieutenant’s mouth.
“Your ‘leader’ is a fraud. Amon’s just a tyrant using this whole ‘Benders are evil’ campaign to take over and do what he pleases.” Mako started. “Amon’s a bender himself, a blood bender at that, and I bet that’s how he takes people’s bending away.”
“Are you so desperate that you’re willing to spread lies in a feeble attempt to stop us? Even if he was a blood bender who used it to take away people’s bending, there’s no way he could do it without a full moon. He’s cleansed people in broad daylight.”
“I don’t have time to argue, I know exactly what I’m talking about. He hurt Korra, I know he did, and I’m going to make him pay. I don’t know what kind of monster he is that he can bloodbend at any time, but he is not to be trusted. Now we know he knows where Korra is. He must have told you her whereabouts, you’re his second-in-command. Where is she?” Mako grabbed the shirt of the Lieutenant and lifted him, and the chair, off the ground.
“Wow..” Asami whispered.
“Even if I knew where she was, I wouldn’t tell the likes of you. It wouldn’t help you anyway, Amon’s spiritual connection can tell him where she is all times. He’s always watching her, whether she’s at sea or hiding in the tundra of the Northern Tribe. You can move her anyway you want, he’ll find her. In good time, he will destroy her and I will savor every moment of it.”
Mako dropped him. The chair wobbled back and forth, threatening to fall over but it eventually stabilized. Mako scowled at the arrogant smirk spread across his face. The smirk quickly vanished as a jolt of electricity entered his body through his neck. Mako eyed Asami, who had her electrified glove pressed against his neck. After a few seconds, she stopped contact.
“We don’t have time to listen to your petty speech about how all benders are evil, some benders beat you up when you were child and you couldn’t get over it, and how Amon is such a good guy despite the fact he’s letting hundreds of people die out there. We know you know where Korra is. Tell us what we want to know and you may walk out of unscarred and with the use of your limbs.” Asami was circling the Lieutenant like a hungry hawk watching a mouse. Mako was beginning to worry about her. The stress of having her family torn apart must be starting to bother her.
“Look, Amon didn’t actually tell me where she was. All he said was that she was in the Earth Kingdom.”
“And he wouldn’t tell you more details, or you just didn’t bother to ask?” Asami’s stopped in front of him, her green eyes narrowing.
“I didn’t ask. What importance would it be? We all know the Avatar is done for.”
“I think Amon just doesn’t trust you. The whereabouts of the Avatar is so vital, it’s such a big step in the master plan to take get rid of bending. Yet, he didn’t bother telling you about it. He kept it to himself. Does he not trust you? Or maybe he just doesn’t think you’re important enough to have such valuable information.”
“Shut up, you don’t know what you’re talking about. He has more things on his mind than that weakling you call the Avatar.”
“Maybe Amon told someone else because he wants to replace you. Maybe Amon’s not the god you thought he was.” Asami squatted down to eye-level with the Lieutenant. “This stupid revolution has done nothing but cause misery to me and everyone else. All because you guys are whiney babies about people born with something they have no control over. It’s no different than hating someone because they were born in the Fire Nation or among one of the Water Tribes. You’re pathetic. Causing all this misery and for what? Because you don’t like that people are born different than you? There are people dying out there and neither you nor Amon care. And why would you, when you have all the power. Tell me, are you really willing to let innocent mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, kids die?”
“Sacrifice is necessary and unavoidable. No, no I don’t want them to die but having a world of true equality does not come cheap. Someone has to make that tough call and Amon is the one to do it. People will mourn today but celebrate tomorrow and beyond.”
“Are you so blind by your own selfishness that you can’t even see what’s going on?!”
Mako grabbed Asami and pulled her away from the Lieutenant. “We can’t get anymore information out of him. Let’s just go find General Iroh.”
“What do we do with him? Bring him with us?”
“Let’s just leave him here.”
She nodded, her eyes dropping down to the ground as she headed for the exit.
“By the way, Ms. Sato, those explosions out there are all thanks to your father. You should see the other stuff he invented. We wouldn’t have been able to pull this off without him.” He knew he struck a nerve. He saw her tense up while she clenched her fist.
Mako placed his hands on her shoulders. “Come on, Asami. He’s just trying to push your buttons.” He lead her out of the building.

“I’m so cold..” A young Tarrlok whispered to himself as he hugged himself. It was dark and cold outside. He wasn’t allowed inside the house that night. No food, no blankets, or any sort of comfort. All he had was his parka and water bending. Tears spilled out of his eyes and he began to sniffle. “I’m such a failure.”
Tarrlok felt a warm blanket wrap around his shoulders. “No you’re not, dad’s just a jerk.” He heard Noatak’s voice.
“What are you doing out here? He’ll punish us both if he catches you.” Tarrlok turned to see Noatak holding a small bag. “What’s in there?”
“Some food and a couple of blankets mom made. Help me build an igloo. It’ll help keep us warm.”
“I can’t. Dad said I have to practice my stance until I get it right..”
“I’ll teach you that later. Let’s have a fun sleepover. I bought some of mom’s rolls and cookies. There’s even some books in here we could read. We can tell stories, make ice sculptures, all sorts of things. Now help me with the igloo.
Tarrlok grinned from ear to ear. “Sure!”

Tarrlok took a deep breath before opening his eyes. He was sitting in his office, at his desk with Bolin, Bumi, and General Iroh standing in front of him. He eyes darted from one to the other.
“So let me get this straight. You issued an evacuation without my consent and General Iroh here decided to go behind my back and order troops to help with the evacuation.”
“We had to. Do you not see the rubble the city’s in? People are out there dying.” Bolin said.
“And how are we suppose to catch the ones responsible if we let them leave?”
“We could always do that later. We can’t bring dead people back to life. Our main purpose right now should be the safety of the innocent.” General Iroh spoke up.
“No, our main purpose is to enforce the law. These Equalists are terrorists and it is your job to squash them like the little pests they are. We cannot keep people safe with maniacs running around.”
“We can argue about this later, we need to discuss Bolin’s findings.”
Tarrlok leaned back in his chair and held up the papers General Iroh put on his desk.
“We’ll also need to discuss relocating you. It’s unsafe to-”
“I’m not running from Amon. I’m not like Avatar Korra.”
“President Tarrlok..” Iroh started.
“Have these people been apprehended? Why are you idling standing by when you have 4 people who are clearly terrorists?”
“I’ve sent one of the commanding officers to arrest them. They will be held on trial once we stabilize Republic City.”
“There doesn’t need to be a trial, we all know they’re guilty. Just throw them in jail.”
“That wouldn’t be fair.”
“Nothing in life is fair. What about the other 6? Weren’t there 10 people involved?”
Bolin stepped forward. “We didn’t have time to figure it out. In case you haven’t notice, we didn’t exactly get a pretty invite that the Equalists were going to attack a month earlier than anticipated.”
Tarrlok sighed. “What’s the official reports, General?”
“There’s some causalities on both sides but we seem to be driving the Equalists back, for now at least.”
“Hm.”
“The Equalists are also capturing soldiers. We don’t have any intel on where although we suspect they’re taking them for ‘cleansing’ as Amon would put it.”
The door to Tarrlok’s office abruptly blasted open, sending Bolin and Bumi crashing to the floor. In walked Amon and 3 of his followers.
“You’re right, that is how I would put it.”
“Amon!” Tarrlok scowled.
“I think we all know how this’ll end. Surrender peacefully and this won’t be painful.”
Bolin jumped to his feet and hurled a rock statue towards Amon. Simultaneously, Iroh blasted a wave of fire at him. Amon ducked and rolled forward while the three other Equalists jumped forward to attack.
Bolin chucked pieces of the walls at one of them, but he wasn’t fast enough. A few quick jabs and Bolin fell over. Iroh suffered the same fate. Bumi had been knocked out by the blast, so it was just Tarrlok and the Equalists. Tarrlok smirked.
“You don’t know who you’re dealing with.” Tarrlok watched Amon approach him. The smirk turned into a grin as he unleashed his blood bending. He watched the people stop and struggle to move. “You’re finished.” The grin, however, quickly left his face when Amon broke free of his grip and started walking towards him again.
“No, no that’s impossible. How could you possibly.. No!”

Asami and Mako ran through the halls of Tarrlok’s office building.
“I can’t believe this. There were only 6 of them. How could they possibly take a giant naval ship from 40 soldiers?” Mako said.
“We’ve lost, haven’t we Mako? There‘s too much damage. They‘ve destroyed almost all the ships, soldiers are dying or going MIA...” Asami trailed off.
“We haven’t lost until we’re dead. Let’s just get Bolin and get out of here. They’ve almost evacuated the whole city, we can still catch a train out of here. The best thing we could do for Republic City at this point is find Korra.”
Asami nodded. “Hey, this is his office.” They halted and saw the entire office was trashed with parts of the walls missing.
“No, where’s Bolin? Bolin? Where are you?”
“Maybe he’s still in the building.” She followed Mako into the office.
“Asami, you should get out of here.”
“What? That’s crazy, I’m not leaving you!”
Mako turned to face Asami. “Get out of here now, it’s too risky here and I need to find Bolin.”
“You’ll have an easier time finding him if I was with you. This isn’t up for debate.”
Mako opened his mouth to say something but his eyes darted to something behind her. Before Asami could turn around, everything went black.

“Fellow Equalists, today is the first day of equality. Today is the day history will remember our great actions and sacrifice to make it all possible. Today is the day we won the first of many battles.”
Asami’s eyes fluttered opened. She had a pounding headache. She tried to rub it but her hands wouldn’t move. She gave both her arms a tug. They were suspended above her for some reason. Chained? Her blurry eyes slowly began to focus.
“We’ve suffered many losses but we knew the price of freedom and equality would not come for free. While you mourn the loss of your brothers and sisters, remember that their deaths were not in vain. Their deaths brought the rest of the world closer to a peaceful existence.”
Mako groaned from the throbbing in his head. His groan was muffled though. Snapping his eyes opened, he quickly realized he had been muzzled and his arms were restrained against his body in what looked to be some kind of straitjacket that was tied to the wall.
“I am officially renaming Republic City ‘Equalist City’ and as of now, benders will be the ones treated as second-class citizens instead of us. As of now, bending is illegal and punishable by cleansing, slavery, or even death.”
Bolin found himself suspended in the air in chains. His hands had a heavy blocks of wood on them. Giving his head a few turns, he quickly realized he was in a cell in some kind of hallway, likely an Equalist base. Across his cell was another cell that held Mako and Asami.
“Marvel in this victory, my brothers and sisters. This will be the first of many victories. Only from ashes may a new forest grow and prosper. Other non-benders of the world have heard our cries and rallies. Soon, they shall join us and spread the seeds of equality. No one can stop us, not even the Avatar and her friends.”
“Are you guys awake?”
Mako, Bolin, and Asami raised an eyebrow.
“Tenzin?” Asami and Bolin asked.
“Oh good, you’re awake. How are you feeling? How‘s Mako?”
Asami looked Mako across from her. He nodded.
“Besides the pounding headache, I’m alright. Mako’s fine too.”
“I’m fine too. Besides the whole being held captive and subdued part. Is the radio right? Did Amon takeover Republic City?” Bolin asked.
“I’m afraid so. He took away President Tarrlok’s bending and is holding him captive somewhere.”
“I don’t understand, I thought you and Lin escaped.” Asami questioned.
“We would have” Lin piped in. It sounded like she was in the same cell as Tenzin. “I suggested we kept going on foot but Tenzin wanted to take his smelly bison.”
“I didn’t want to leave Oogi and Naga behind.”
“They’re animals, the Equalists don’t care what happen to them. They would have been just fine and we wouldn’t be in this mess if it wasn’t for your ‘good’ heart.”
“Guys, now is not the time for fighting. What happened to Bumi and Iroh?” Asami interrupted.
“I’m not exactly sure, but I heard one of the guards saying they were searching for them. Hopefully they escaped and won’t be found.” Tenzin said.
“Ssshh, someone’s coming.” Lin whispered.
Sure enough, the footsteps of 3 people were heard walking down the corridor of the cells. Everyone held their breath as the steps grew closer. It was Amon, the Lieutenant, and a female Equalist none of have had seen before. They stopped in front of Asami and Mako’s cell.
“Open it.” Amon commanded.
“Yes sir.” The female Equalist pulled out her keys and opened the cell door. Amon stepped into the cell. He eyed Mako and Asami for a minute, before his gaze turned to Asami. She started to feel uneasy.
He knelt down in front of her and grabbed her chin. His eyes stared into her now terrified eyes.
“I have great plans for you.” He released his hold and stood up. “Bring her along. We can’t have the daughter of our beloved Hiroshi Sato rotting in a cell.”
“What? Where are you taking me?”
Asami squirmed as the Lieutenant and female unhooked her chains and grabbed an arm. She tried to kick one of them, but she found her feet were bonded by heavy chains and almost fell over, if it wasn’t for the fact they had a death grip on her. “Let me go!”
“Don’t make it any harder on yourself.” She heard Amon say to her.
“Amon, don’t you dare touch her!” Tenzin yelled. “If you do to her what you did to Korra, I swear I will..”
“What’d he do to Korra?” Bolin asked but he was ultimately ignored.
“You’re not in any position to make demands or threats, now are you, Tenzin? If it makes you feel better, she will not be harmed. So long as she does what she’s asked. Let’s go.”
Everyone was too helplessly chained to do anything. The sound of Asami being dragged from her cell filled the corridor, followed by the footsteps taking away her and the sound of her protesting shouts.
“Leave me alone! I‘m not going anywhere with you! LET ME GO!”
Tenzin sighed. “Korra, I hope you’re doing alright.”

Asami walked for what seemed like an hour, even though it was only 10 minutes. Her energy was drained and it didn’t help that her head was still pounding. She stopped fighting 5 minutes after they dragged her from her cell. Now she just wanted to rest.
She knew she was going to have some bruising on her arms from how tightly they were holding her arms. She had tugged at her arms earlier, hoping they’d loosen their grip but they only tightened it. Her eyes fell on the mysterious man walking in front of her. What exactly did he want with her?
They eventually stopped walking when they reached a large metal door with a small window. Inside she could see a row of mecha tanks, one of which had sparks flying from the welding being done to it by someone wearing a welding mask. Amon opened the door and they all approached the man in the mask.
“I thought you could use some help with your inventions.” Amon said.
Asami’s heart was pounding as she watched her father remove his mask.
“Is she unharmed?” He asked.
“Aside from a headache, she is perfectly fine. As I promised you.” Amon turned to Asami. “I’m giving you a chance to have a little freedom. Cooperate with me and you and your father will be taken care of. Betray me and I will make your life a living nightmare. Now be a good girl and listen to daddy.”
Asami narrowed her eyes at him but didn’t say anything. The grip on her arms was finally relieved and the three Equalists walked away, leaving her and her father alone.
“Asami, I need you to-”
“How could you? How could you do this?”
“I don’t expect you to understand.”
“I watched people die on the streets because of you! Because of this!”
“It was necessary. How do you think I felt, watching my daughter flaunt around with a bunch of benders? What good has bending done for this world? Bending took your mother away from us. I’m trying to prevent that from happening to someone else and yet I’m the bad guy.”
“So if countless people in this city die from a non-bender it’s alright? It’s only wrong if a bender kills someone?”
“Their deaths weren’t in vain.”
“Their deaths were not necessary if you guys weren’t trying to be as violent and animalistic as you claim benders to be.”
“Asami, I don’t want to argue with you. I need help welding these tanks until the other welders come back.”
“I’m not helping you do anything.” She attempted to turn around and walk away but her father grabbed her arm.
“Please, Asami. I’m trying to protect you. Amon will take you away if he doesn’t think you’re cooperating. I’d like to spend time with you, anyway.”
Asami stared at the ground as tears welled in her eyes.
“If it makes you happy, I’ll even make sure Amon takes it easy on your friends. You don‘t want to know what he has in store some of the captured benders.”
There was a long pause. Asami’s head was swarming with thoughts, doubts, fears, anger. She didn’t know what to feel at that moment. She just wanted to lay down and wake up from this nightmare.
“Fine.” She whispered. “I’ll help. Tell me about the mecha tanks, so I know what I’m working with.”

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