Chapter 1 – Rising Sun
Republic City, Earth
It has been five years since the end of the Asgardians and Thor's death. The sacrifice made by Thor really shook Korra, changing her forever. Now twenty-two years of age, Korra had been traveling across the globe, to do fulfill her Avatar duties, leaving the city for the first time in years. She was accompanied by her old friends, Mako, Bolin and Asami. The city was under the protection of Iron Man and his team, The Avengers.
There had been some new villains revealing themselves in the city, but the Avengers had been there to stop them. Doctor Doom tried to take over but Iron Man and The Captain where able to stop him with the help of genius scientist Leed Rih-Ards.
After a couple of months after Korra's departure, a new team of heroes appeared. They called themselves the X-Men. They formed an alliance with the Avengers, even if Iron Man questioned their abilities' origins.
Now, Korra was to arrive into the city after five years of absence. She didn't know if the return would help her or just remind her of Thor and his brave kin. The harbor was full of people; they had signs of 'Welcome Back' and such. Iron Man was there as representative of the Avengers.
The ship docked, the ramp was extended. The first one out was Bolin; he had Pabu on his shoulders. The once comic boy was now a…comical man. Not much had change in him aside from that dashing goatee. Then came out Mako and Asami, Mako hadn't change much aside from getting a little bulkier. Asami looked more mature and elegant than ever before. Korra came out next.
She looked way different since she left; her hair-style was still the same. But what changed from her was that she wore shoulder pads, her wrist bands were now replaced with wrist armor. A sword was on her back, and her face was not as jolly as it was once before. She stepped out and into the metal ramp, the clanking of the metal boots against the metal ramp sounded. The pieces of armor she had on were the same she had gotten from Sif in Asgard five years ago, and the sword was Excalibur, given to her by Thor.
The citizens cheered, the Avatar was back to their city. She smiled, but it was somewhat of a forced smile. Korra was not the same girl that went into Asgard, so sure and determined to save…she had changed somewhat.
Avengers Mansion
"Not much has changed huh?" Korra asked as she walked with Iron Man through the halls.
"Just a couple of things, only because Hulk decided that he could fit the whole kitchen in his mouth." Iron Man joked. He took out his helmet, revealing the pale yet happy man, Kuro Shinzou, rich playboy philanthropist.
"Heh, where are the others?" Korra asked.
"Here." The Captain's voice was heard. He walked down the stairs, accompanied by the others. "Welcome back, Korra."
"It's so good to see you again!" Jen yelled as she hugged Korra tightly.
"Gah, good you see you too Jan." Korra said with little air in her voice.
"Get her get some air, Jan." Hang, Ant-Man, said. "Good to see you again Avatar."
"You too Hang." Korra said.
"Hulk happy you here, pony tail girl." Hulk said.
"Good to see you too Hulk." Korra said to her big green friend.
"Hercules is full of joy now that thy art here, Avatar!" Herc said with enthusiasm.
"Hi, Herc. Could you do me a favor?" Korra asked the Prince of Power, who now sported a beard.
"Of course." Herc responded.
"Don't talk like that, please." Korra said as she walked away towards the guest room upstairs, alone.
"What'd I do?" Hercules asked.
"Hmmm…" The Captain seemed to think. "Nothing, just leave this to me."
The Captain walked upstairs and into the hallway that connected to the rooms. He walked until he heard a gentle sob, he stopped. He wasn't really good at this; probably he should let Jan handle this. No, he was basically the leader of this team. Not officially, but the people in this team looked up to him and he had just volunteered.
The First Avenger walked into the guest room, he found Korra looking at the window. She had placed the word on the bed.
"You okay?" The Captain asked.
"I'm fine." Korra responded.
"You don't sound like it." The Captain said.
"I said that I'm fine." Korra said with a little of anger in her voice.
"What happened down there, you normally don't request such…odd favors and walk off without saying why." The Captain said. "Just tell me."
Korra sighed and caved in. "Fine."
"Ever since I left Asgard five years ago…I couldn't take my mind off him." Korra said.
"Of Thor?" The Captain asked.
"Yeah, he wouldn't let me stay...I wanted to." Korra said. "He told me he couldn't…that…he couldn't let me die with them…that he loved me too much but…"
"Korra…" The Captain said.
"When I came to the city…it just reminded me so much of him and the time we met in the park…when he made me feel happy…" Korra revealed. "Then when I heard Hercules talk like him…using the words that he used…I kinda cracked in the inside."
"I understand, Korra." The Captain said, as she hugged the living legend.
"I miss him so much." Korra said.
"I know…I do too." The Captain said. "I just hope that wherever he is…I hope that he has found peace."
An hour has passed; The Captain had come back downstairs and into the main room or main hall where the others were. He had left Korra to calm herself and to rest. The other Avengers wondered what had happened.
"What's up?" Iron Man asked.
"She still shook up from what happened in Asgard." The Captain answered.
"We should've stayed." Kuro said.
"We couldn't do anything, and you know that." The Captain said.
"What happened there anyways?" Hang asked.
"Thor's brother, Loki, had initiated Ragnarok, the end of the gods." Iron Man revealed. "From what Korra told us after she came back, Thor had sacrificed himself to stop the cycle of the Ragnarok."
"Oh…spirits." Jan said.
"You think she'll be okay?" Fahuo asked, he had reverted back from the Hulk.
"I hope so." The Captain said.
"Me too, I just hope that my words did not harm her." Hercules said.
Undisclosed Location
"The Avatar is back?" A man asked.
"Indeed, don't you read the news?" a metallic voice asked back.
"Then we must quickly." Another man said.
"But without Loki and the witch and her brute of a man, we don't have the magical support we once had." The first man said.
"And Hades left us, he went back to the Underworld." The third man said.
"Do not worry my friends, for I have a plan." The metallic man said, with a devious voice.
Avengers Mansion
Korra felt better now, she took out the pieces of armor off herself and left them on the bed. Her clothes were relative similar but she decided to vary this time instead of just using the same tank top. Korra went downstairs, to apologize to the others.
"Hey everyone." Korra said as she entered the living room hall which was enormous.
"You okay?" The Captain asked.
"Much better now thanks. Sorry you guys." Korra said.
"Not a problem, Avatar." Hang said.
"Yeah, we're just glad that you're fine." Jan said.
"And I promise to keep my dialect in check." Hercules said with a smile.
"Guys, my police scanner says that there's something going on in the Midtown district and at the docks." Iron Man said.
"We separate then." The Captain said.
"It's late, I'm sure you guys can handle it right?" Fahuo asked. "You won't need the Hulk."
"Very well, Korra you and I will go to the docks, Kuro and the others can see what's up in midtown." The Captain ordered.
"We'll go, but you better stop giving us orders like we were soldiers." Iron Man responded, the Captain looked at him walk off the mansion with the others.
"What's up with him?" Korra asked.
"Nothing. Let's go." The Captain said.
Yue Bay Docks, Republic City 8:45 PM
The Captain and the Avatar rode Naga towards the docks, it was night already and the chill of late autumn could be easily felt.
"It's too quiet." Korra said.
"Where are the police officers?" The Captain asked. "There is no one here."
The Captain hoped off Naga and wielded his shield, he walked forward. The light of the moon was reflected on the water of the bay. "Something's awfully wrong here."
"Behind you!" Korra yelled.
The Captain turned to see a man that looked like a monster, like a bird.
"Griffin!" The Captain yelled as he avoided the charging blaze of the beast.
"The Captain and the Avatar, truly this is a good night." The Griffin said.
"Not gonna happen bird face." Korra said as she hopped off Naga.
"Korra, earthbend he's feet, I'm going to clip his wings." The Captain said, Korra nodded.
The Griffin flew to prevent himself to be trap by the earthbended ground, but he didn't the Captain's shield coming at his face. It struck the beast in the face, knocking it back to the ground. Korra went in to cook it via firebending but it flapped his wings to knock her away. The Captain rushed with his shield to strike the creature, but the stronger monster grabbed the Captain by the arms and threw him into the sea.
"Cap!" Korra yelled.
"RAAAAAAAGH!" The beast screamed as it grabbed Korra by the wrists. "Nowhere to go, Avatar."
"Gah!" Korra yelled as she tried to free herself from the Heliopolitan beast's grip. Then light could be seen from behind the monster.
"What the?!" The Griffin yelled as he was grabbed by the shoulders and hurled backwards. Korra fell onto the ground, her wrist hurt a little. She should've kept the armor on.
"You okay?" A voice asked, Korra saw someone standing in front of her. She stood up.
"Who are you?" She asked the man, he glowed, a golden aura surrounded him.
"A friend." The man said as he flew away. Korra didn't know what to think, he looked like a lot like Thor. His golden hair and blue eyes were identical but this man wore a golden and blue suit, it looked metallic but at the same time it looked like clothes. The Captain made it out of the cold water and back onto the dock.
"I hate cold water." The Captain said. "You took it down?"
"No." Korra answered as she looked at the sky. "He did."
The Captain looked up to see who she was pointing at. He could see a golden dot flying away.
"He?" The Captain asked.
Midtown
"So who's this guy?" Jan asked.
"This guy calls himself The Reptilian or something, bad guy." Iron Man answered.
"That's it? Sounds like a pansy." Ant-Man said as he flew on a flying ant.
They arrived at the area of the crime; some police officers were there already.
"Ah, the Avengers." A mentalbender said.
"Something's up?" Iron Man asked.
"Not to worry, it is all under control." The metalbender said.
"Really?" Iron Man asked.
"Yeah, this group of kids just appeared out of nowhere and took out the weirdo." The Metalbender answered. "I think they called themselves Nextwave."
"Nextwave?" And-Man said as he turned normal size.
"Yeah, they were kind of flashy and full of themselves but effective." The Metalbender said.
"Great…" Iron Man said as he placed his metal hand on his metal face.
"How bad could it be?" Wasp asked.
"Teenage heroes that seemed to be beyond arrogant…very." Ant-Man said.
"Yeah, we need to look deeper into this 'Nextwave' kids and prevent them from messing it up." Iron Man said. "Let's go back to the mansion, it's getting late."
Avengers Mansion 10:20 PM
"Like the sun?" Jan asked.
"Yeah, and he had golden hair, blue eyes and wore a golden costume that was all flashy and stuff." Korra said.
"Did he look like a teenager?" Iron Man asked, trying to see if the people of 'Nextwave' and this golden man were connected.
"No, he looked to be twenty five." Korra said.
"How come you didn't saw him Cap?" Fahuo asked as he lay on the couch.
"I…I was thrown into the water by the Griffin." The Captain said.
"Oh, I heard its cold in there." Iron Man said, making fun on how they found him five years ago.
"Ha ha…funny." The Captain said.
"We now to things to look at, the Nextwave group and this man. What's his name anyways, he told you?" Hang asked the Avatar.
"He told he was a friend." Korra answered.
"Great, no name, what does he thing he is? Some kind of super-man?" Hang said, clearly not amused wit the man.
"He sounds like a good guy." Hercules said.
"He sounds hot." Jan said, much to the displeasure of Hang.
"Whoever he is, he sounds powerful. If he man-handled the Griffin that way then he must be god-like." Iron Man said. "We have to watch our backs."
