When President Raiko first suggested the idea, Lin laughed. She laughed, because she hoped the president was making some sort of joke. She hoped it was a joke, because it was literally the most boneheaded idea she ever heard in her life.
But Raiko was dead serious, and it made Lin nervous.
What was his idea? He wanted to make a super-team. A team comprised of exceptionally skilled benders and fighters to accomplish abnormally dangerous missions. Missions that would, in most cases, be considered suicide.
"Absolutely not," she commanded, "Besides, isn't that what the Avatar is for?"
"No," Raiko replied, "This are missions that are out of the Avatar's jurisdiction..."
"Nothing is out of the Avatar's jurisdiction."
"What I mean is...these are missions she wouldn't get involved in."
"You mean missions you don't want her involved in." Lin bit. The longer this conversation went on, the more disgusted she felt with her leader.
Raiko sighed, "Lin..."
"My men are not disposable pawns to be subjected to your shady suicide missions."
"We wouldn't be using the police force!" Raiko shouted, losing his cool. He stopped, and took a deep breath, "Or any Republic city citizen, for that matter."
Lin raised an eyebrow. She didn't know what the president was thinking, but she had the feeling she was about to dislike this even more. She leaned into the president's desk, making direct eye-contact with the man.
"Who?" She said, slowly. Carefully. Raiko simply smiled a snake's smile. Cunning. Deceiving.
It sickened her to the very core.
"Obviously, it would be unethical to place ordinary citizens in such a position," Raiko said, "On top of that, most people would be unwilling to join such a team. They wouldn't want to risk their lives. And understandably so."
"Get to the point," The police chief snapped.
"What I'm say is, we employ people who have nothing else to live for."
Raiko pulled out a file, and took some papers from within. He adjusted his glasses and began to look through them.
"The world has faced some tough foes over the years," Raiko mused, "Zaheer and Kuvira, for instance. They brought the world to it's knees with their power alone, and it was all the Avatar could do to stop them. Now that power is wasting away in a jail cell."
Lin's eyes widened. She gasped.
"Are you an idiot?" she yelled, "Zaheer and Kuvira are pondscum who deserve to be locked away in the deepest depths of hell! Not to mention that they'll betray the moment they leave their cells."
"We'll give them intensive not to," He said. Lin stood up, and began to walk towards the door.
"We are not unlocking a terrorist and a war criminal! End of discussion!" Lin shouted, "This meeting is over!"
"Come back to me when you reconsider." Raiko said, and she slammed the door to his office.
That was three months ago. She never thought she would even consider Raiko's crazy scheme. As far as Lin was concerned, the idea died in that room as she left. But as the police chief would later find out, desperate times call for desperate measures.
I've been toying with the thought of Zaheer and Kuvira teaming up together. Plus, the two of them are fascinating, and I've been wanting to write something where they both team up. Anyways, we'll see how this goes, yes?