This was becoming popular as a series of one shots so I am turning it into a stand alone story. I have broken up the two chapters into more. It is rated M for added content that I did not add into 'A Swift Kick to the Rear.' Was requested by Smaura.

Since I cannot ask you in PMs, if you have an issue Smaura with me turning this into a full story, then I will remove it and return it into the two chapters. Anyways, enjoy.


He hated being called into the City Hall meeting room. While the other three council members would agree on whatever he mentioned, the airbender and son of the late Avatar would disagree and argue. Tarrlok and Tenzin simply did not agree on anything. The waterbender often though the airbender to be too soft on people, especially when it came to the crime in the city.

The other part was that he would have to listen to whatever his younger sister and current Avatar had to say. Avatar Korra made no attempts to hide who actually ran Republic City and the United Republic. She would let the council act like they were important to the city but when it came to actually doing anything within the city, she reigned.

The Red Monsoon Triad was simply playing to her needs. If someone was getting too vocal, an accident would happen. The Avatar used the triad to make money for herself.

Tarrlok knew that the only reason Tenzin was still around was that she respected him, somewhat. Somehow the two had a strange bond. Whether it was the whole mentor-student thing or perhaps she did have an actual heart somewhere in her dark soul, Tarrlok did not know.

He walked in early to their meeting. The other council members had mentioned earlier something about needing to get rid of the rising Equalist movement. Tarrlok agreed and was ready to showcase his task force for raiding their underground bases. He just had to convince his sister.

"Nope." She quickly spat out as her feet were on the table, "The Equalist are nothing but pockets of protestors. They will get their dues. I have my mind set elsewhere at the moment."

"Avatar Korra," the older brother started, "We have reports from Chief Bei Fong that they are beginning to kidnap benders. The Triple Threat leader, Lighting Bolt Zolt, lost his bending including some of his members and a probending athlete. We cannot stand by and allow it to continue. This Amon is a threat to the city."

The thirty-three year old Avatar switched her feet around and tipped her fedora forward before responding, "Still no."

He growled as the meeting was called to an end without a plan.

Even as the middle child and second son of the infamous gang leader, Yakone, Tarrlok was over looked. The oldest brother, Noatak, was a prodigy. They would go on so called 'hunting trips' and he was always praised for his knowledge and power using the rare form of bloodbending. Tarrlok was always reprimanded for being weak-minded and soft. His dislike for the skill irked his father. If it were not for Avatar Aang's decision to take his bending away, Tarrlok knew that his life would have been short. It always bothered him that his older brother shared the same dislike for bloodbending, yet he was never considered weak.

Then Yakone found out that Korra was the new Avatar. Unlike her brothers, the sister had a killer's instinct like her father. Tormenting the wild animals was a favorite past time for the girl. It bothered Noatak in so many ways.

When Noatak ran away from home, life in the Northern Water tribe became unbearable for Tarrlok. In an attempt to prove that he was not weak and soft, he took off to Republic City to become a councilman and finish what his father could not do. He started as a message boy before becoming close to being picked as the Northern Water Tribe representative.

Then Korra came to learn airbending. After mastering the last element, she sought after revenge for her father's name. The Red Monsoons quickly took her in, knowing full well what they could accomplish with the bloodbending Avatar.

Without a chance to do what his father could not, he changed his mind and tried to help the city where as Korra was ruling with an iron fist. She certainly did not hide her relationship with her father and destroyed her older brother's chance of redemption by just handing the title to him as a favor.

"Tarrlok, I change my mind." he heard the Avatar call out as he was leaving, "If you really want a task force to ease your mind, be my guest. I will just be waiting to laugh at your failure when it happens."

The older brother snorted as he turned away, "We'll see."


Several weeks had gone by and his task force was proving that it was needed to stop the Equalists. They were raiding warehouses and basements of stores. Tarrlok and Chief Bei Fong brought daily reports about the number of arrests to the apathetic Avatar. The look on her face as she was leaning back in her chair told Tarrlok that perhaps she was caring about this a bit or even slightly annoyed that her older brother was correct for once. He was hoping that she was annoyed with him.

The Avatar sat up and took the report from the police chief. One of her eyebrows began to twitch in annoyance as she read, "But all you have are recruits and recruiters. Bring me one of the higher leaders and then I will fully support your task force."

"I am still working on getting their names."

"Get it done faster. You and Chief Bei Fong are wasting my time while this coward is using up radio time to flaunt his agenda." She shouted before tossing the report back at them, "Anything else I should know before I kick you both out?"

Chief Bei Fong stepped closer, "About his radio transmissions; I would like to add further security to the probending final. While the council is speaking about shutting it down, I think this is a perfect chance to show them that we are not going to allow them to scare us."

Lin watched the Avatar's blue eyes shift between them. The scowl on her face did not change as she thought about it. Korra leaned back into her chair, letting the silence get to the two before her. Then came the devilish smile.

"Fine."

Tarrlok and Lin looked at each other with confusion written on their faces. The Avatar had just agreed.

"You have no issue with this?" The Chief asked.

"Nah," she waved a hand out before her, "If you think this is for the best of the city Chief, then I trust that you won't fail. You are the police chief, right? You know how to law better than I do."

A file came out of the Avatar's desk and she began to file her nails. The lingering silence bothered Lin. Korra had a way of letting those in her shadow scare themselves into thinking that they were wrong. The Avatar did not have to say it out loud. Lin knew that her job was on the line.

"Right. I will begin my preparations then." Lin snorted before walking out. She waved to have Tarrlock follow her, "She has something up her sleeve, doesn't she?"

"I would not count the possibility out, Lin. It's best you don't fail tonight."

Lin sighed, "Let me borrow your task force then. I'll need all the help I can get."

The waterbender nodded and began to help plan out her idea.

Korra waited until the two were out of sight before calling on a deputy from the Red Monsoons, "Chang, if this thing goes bad, make sure you tell me. Got that? I don't care if it's in the ass crack of dawn. I ain't letting this Amon crook kill off my potential probending winnings and if he does, let's just say our esteemed Chief won't be lawing anymore."

"Got it boss." The taller waterbender responded.


It was as perfect as she could get it to be. With Councilman Tarrlok's extra help, officers of Republic City would cover all entrances and exits. The sky and the harbor were also patrolled as the event was about to begin.

The Buzzard Wasps and the Wolf Bats were due to play in an hour. She may have been micromanaging, but this operation could not fail. She and the Avatar may have had a good relation in the past but Lin was no fool. Korra was purely out for herself and would easily throw anyone under a Satomobile to retain power. She would not care who taught her metalbending.

"Everything is set, Chief. Even the food vendors have been checked." Officer Song said.

Lin nodded. They would let the audience begin filing into the stands. She let a breath out. Nerves were never an issue with jobs like these but this one was slowly becoming suffocating.


The match for third place went without a problem. Her nerves settled more until she looked towards the VIP booth. Korra was sitting smug with a few of her chosen triad pals. They were probably snorting some narcotics too. Lin knew for certain that they were smoking something up there. The smell and sight of smoke was filtering into the stands. The Arena was a non-smoking place too but the police knew better than to speak up. A new and young officer once made the mistake and was killed where he was by the Avatar.

With a smug look, Korra waved back.

"She was a better teenager than an adult." Lin reminded herself.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Now for the main event. You all have been waiting all season for this match and I'm sure the teams won't disappoint!" the announcer said, "Here come our challengers, the Buzzards Wasps! Remember folks, they defeated the Borqupines to get here."

The team paraded in their style. Some of the crowd roared in cheers as they took their side of the arena.

"And now for our reigning champs, the White Falls Wolf Bats!"

Lin turned to look back. The Avatar was standing with fingers in her mouth. The whistle was loud but the crowd toned it out. Like she expected, the referees were paid off, allowing the Avatar's favorite team win easily. She shook her head in disgust with the thought of how much money Korra made from this team.

Then crackling sounds and lights from within the crowd caught her eyes. Soon a sharp pain went through her. Before she lost consciousness, she watched as the Avatar left her booth with a scowl. Lin Bei Fong was doomed to her fate.