Somewhere In the Earth Kingdom
Two UNSC Marines took the elevator upwards, the elevator doors opened and they were met by two White Lotus guards. "Morning you two, ready for today's shift?" One of the White Lotus guards asked.
"You know waking up at five in the morning doesn't help with guard duty." One of the marines replied. The guards laughed and left in the elevator leaving the marines to guard the prisoner. "What's so important about this guy anyway?"
"The White Lotus Grandmaster's dossier about this guy says that he is a terrorist and extremely dangerous. Details were blacklisted by the top brass back in the Fire Nation Capital, but he must've done something bad." The other marine answered, they went through a 50 inch thick steel gate and saw the prison gate on the far side.
The marines opened the door, there was a thick glass door behind it which was both bulletproof and couldn't be shattered by any conventional means. "There he is…Zaheer." The marine holding the dossier said while reading it.
"He doesn't look too bad." The other marine said.
"Ah, the space people I've heard about." Zaheer said as he placed the book he was reading on the ground. His appearance said a lot, his long and grey hair and beard said that he had been here for a long time.
"We are part of the UNSC, the United Nations Space Command, and we are here to prevent you from leaving this place." The marine responded. "That's all you need to know."
"I see that you're a technologically advanced, you hold weapons that shoot munitions, armor made of the strongest metals and training that could match the best of this world could offer. But tell me, where do you come from?" Zaheer asked.
The marine looked at his partner, he nodded. "Earth. We are humans, just like you." The marine answered.
"What's Earth like?" Zaheer asked again, he didn't sound like a terrorist or someone who would do nefarious things against the general populace. He sounded like a knowledgeable and cultured man.
"I guess, it's a lot like this world. Blue skies, rolling green hills, great cities and proud people. I haven't seen much of it since I was born in Draco III and got to see Earth during the war." The marine said. "Spent most of my life in a ship."
"I would like to know more about your people…" Zaheer said.
HALO: The Elements of Change
Republic City
Construction crews moved working materials through the affected city sector seven months ago in the event catalogued by the UNSC as the Convergence Incident, an event which had left sectors 4 to 7 of downtown Republic City vacant. It had taken the UNSC Hellfire units months to clear the sewers of Flood activity and clean the city blocks from the Flood growths.
The Covenant forces that stayed had been taken into custody, they surrendered after the battle. The Promethean Knights had disappeared as soon as after the giant Flood monsters had been defeated and the Sentinel Factories returned to their locations underneath the planet's crust.
The UNSC had made more advances in giving technology to the people of Requiem, better medicines, tools, engines, metals and the sorts. Anything that could be useful to the technological advancement of these people was given in degrees, the UNSC had placed Requiem as a full fledge post-war human colony and had plans of turning it into its military fortress replacing the glassed Reach. Super MACs were being built above the planet's atmosphere with a space elevator being readied on the outskirts of the city that would connect to its geosync MAC platform.
Things were moving fast, and the spirits moving into the streets of the city only made things better for the general populace. For them, a part of the city had been given to them to inhabit, a sector damaged months earlier had experienced strange growths ever since the spiritual energies of Harmonic Convergence had bathed the area in energies unknown by the UNSC. Instead of tinkering with it, the UNSC blocked off that area. Now a forest had grown through the derelict streets and buildings there, this area has become the home of the friendly spirits.
UNSC Moonbase Alpha
The UNSC had established a secondary scientific base on the moon of Requiem, anything that was too valuable to be stored on the planet were to be studied here, on the moon. The gigantic Forerunner war machine, the War Sphinx, stood inside its metal walls. Scientists ran around the exquisite marvel of Forerunner engineering, they wanted to know anything and everything about this mech suit and possibly reversed engineer it and replace their Mantis units.
On the opposing wing of the base, the Defense Force wing, Avatar Korra was looking at the window of the room she stood in. She was on the moon, looking at the moon surface and the vast space beyond.
"Korra!" Korra turned to see who was calling her, it was Mako, and he was wearing the standard BDU of the UNSC Marines. "You have to come quickly!"
Korra followed him to the main control room; Korra entered the room to find Lord Terrance Hood and Captain Lasky looking at the deep space probes just beyond this system. "Lord Hood?" Korra asked.
"You must be Avatar Korra, I am Fleet Admiral Terrance Hood. I've read the reports; I never imagined that a young one as yourself would be capable of doing all of those things." Lord Hood said as he shook hands with the head of the UNSC itself.
"Thanks…so what's going on?" Korra asked.
"You have to look at this, all across the planet, reports of people using the wind to unintentionally hurt others or themselves. Airbenders, all around the planet popping out of nowhere." Lasky said pointing at a holographic map of the planet. "We have the places where most of them were located, here."
He gave her a map, with red dots on where the airbenders had been located. "Airbenders…after so long airbenders." Korra said. "Tenzin is going to be so happy when he finds out!"
"Well we better move because there is one Republic City causing some trouble." Mako said.
"Let's go!" Korra said following Mako to the hangars. Lasky re-joined Hood in the deep space surveillance monitors.
"What is it…it can't be Covenant." Hood said as the probes found a single ship in deep space approaching it.
"Looks human in shape." Lasky added, "A cargo ship maybe?"
"Could be, but it's far from the expected trade routes." Hood said, "I want a frigate to go out there to investigate and not to engage with whatever it's out there."
"Sir, why didn't we tell Korra about the soldiers bending?" Lasky asked his superior officer.
"There are several unknowns about these people, especially their ability to bend. Now that our own have gotten it I think we should study them first before we tell the Avatar of their existence." Hood stated. "And Captain, you did good here."
"Thank you sir."
Republic City
Korra's pelican flew above the busy city, landing within the rebuilt Camp Preston Cole, Korra and Mako walked off the pelican. There was still some rebuilding to do around the military camp, but it was fixed for the most part. The FLEETCOM building was fully operational now, especially with Lord Hood's visit.
"Let's get a Warthog and…" Mako said.
"No need." Korra said, she whistled and a two seconds later Naga came out of one of the tents around the landing pad and went directly to lick Korra on the face. "Ha! Naga!"
"We're riding Naaga?" Mako asked.
"Duh, hop on soldier boy." Korra said.
Air Temple Island
"Airbenders…" Was the first thing that came out of Tenzin's mouth after he read the translated reports and the map that Korra had given him. "Airbenders…living airbenders…"
"Told you he would like it." Korra said to Mako. "I don't really know how this happened, but the reports go as far back as six months ago so it must've begun right after Harmonic Convergence and the spirit portals were left opened."
Tenzin stood up and hugged Korra, "This…this would've never happened if it hadn't be for you, Korra." Tenzin said, Korra smiled. They let go and Tenzin quickly went to tell Pema and his brothers the good news.
"So…where's Bolin?" Korra asked Mako.
"Doing some mover stuff with Varrick, apparently they are making a mover about the battle between Bolin and the evil robots Prometheans." Mako said. "Asami…umm, I think she's here somewhere."
"Yep, I'm here." Asami said joining them, "Looking smooth Mako."
"Olive green does look good on me." Mako said, he still wore his red scarf on top of his armor. Regulations be damned.
"Heard the good news, I can't believe that new airbenders are appearing around the world." Asami said.
"Yeah. I heard that you've been working with the UNSC the past few months." Korra said. "Anything new?"
"Aside from improving their armor and railgun designs, I've been poking around that War Sphinx of yours on the moon. And also, the moon! I've been working with super tech on the moon! It's fantastic!" Asami excitingly said. "I'm here on break actually."
Mako then got a message from his helmet; he put it on and turned on the radio. "Mhm." He said at the operator on the other line. "Yeah…understood."
"What is it?" Korra asked.
"There has been a prison break in a maximum security prison complex in the Earth Kingdom and lots of UNSC casualties…been told to get back to base and form up with my squad." Mako replied. "See you later."
Mako said bye to the two young women as he quickly left the temple and headed off back to base. "Want to do anything fun while we wait for the others?" Korra asked.
"Actually…" Asami responded.
Camp Preston Cole
Mako got off the warthog he had taken a ride on; luckily he found some marines driving back to base and took a ride with them. He got back to his squad.
"Anything?" Mako asked one of his squadmates, Pvt. Hosaka.
"We're still waiting for Sergeant Parker to tell us our orders." Hosaka said, "Where have you been?"
"Security detail for the Avatar, the usual." Mako answered with a smirk. Sergeant Parker then joined them.
"Pvt. Hosaka." Sgt. Parker went through the roll to make sure the entire squad was present.
"Present, sir!" Hosaka replied.
"Pvt. Espinoza."
"Present, sir!"
"Cpl. Maxwell."
"Present, sir!"
"PFC. Mako."
"Present, sir!"
Deep Space
The UNSC frigate known as the Resolving Honor, made it to their destination. They were at least 500 miles away from the ship targeted by the probes. "Moonbase Base Alpha Actual, do you copy?"
"Moonbase Actual here, was the situation?"
"It looks human, has UNSC markings all over it."
"Ship classification?"
"Phoenix-class."
"Whoa, that's an old one. Is the vessel in working condition?"
"Scanners find it operational but lacking in a FTL drive."
"No FTL drive? What the hell? Anything else, Resolving Honor?"
"Hold on…that can't be it. You have to be kidding me."
"What is it, Resolving Honor?"
"It's the Spiri-"
"Resolving Honor? Do you copy? Resolving Honor do you copy? Do you copy!?"