Equalists. Those knivving little terrorists always bent over on "equality" Their scheme, their accomplices, their abilities; it was all unreal. Too...otherworldly? Was that the word? No, something more. But nonetheless, it was terrible. Not equal, terrible. People she thought she knew were against her, turning their backs against the Avatar, the one who was trying to save them. Heck, even the shop owners who were non benders could be in those ridiculous masks.
But, the worst thing was that she was being chased right now, by at least a band of six Equalists, all knashing terrible electricuting devices. Korra was tailed down the streets, in alleys and docks. Now, she was in a wide alley, smokey and damp, being tailed by...three Equalists? Korra almost halted in shock, wondering where the rest were. Then, three short Equalists hopped in from the steamy alley. Korra stopped as the terrorists warped into a circle around her, whipping out weighted ropes, and lighting their gloves up. All of a sudden, one man behind her sunk. Just sunk, encased into the ground. Korra could control her earthbending, and she knew she hadn't done that. Another Equalist was swept out into the fog by a wall of rock formed in front of him. Korra scanned around her for the source, and saw a small shadow in a firm bending stance atop a building. It leapt down from the building and landed with its hand on the ground, in the center of the circle next to Korra. She looked at the figure next to her. He wore baggy green pants, tucked into long bindings holding the pants tight to his calves. He also had a black garb bagging out of his pants, lined with a radiant lime green, with the sleeves cut off, exposing skinny but muscular arms. The collar of his shirt was dark, short, and curved up. He had a round, cute little face with bright sparkling green eyes. He had close cropped hair that was shortly spiked up at the front. He cocked his head a little and gave her a small smile before jumping thirty feet into the air, and landing behind two Equalists, giving them each pillars of rock under their chins. He swooped around as another woman charged him, but he quickly did a spinning kick in the air as her hands extended, landing a clean blow to the side of her face. She spun and landed on her back, and the kid cuffed her limbs down, and lifted up the slab of earth she was cuffed to, and flung it at the last two men, who easily dodged her as she slammed into a building. The boy charged the two men, who now leveled ropes to subdue him. They flung the bindings, as the boy did a flipping spin, grabbing one rope and dodging the other, flinging the first at one of he two Equalists, who tangled up an fell down. The second tried to escape, but the boy gave him a jab of rock, knocking him out. He turned a round to face Korra, who was awestruck at this kid's skill. The boy winked and ran off, disappearing into the fog.
"Wait! Come back! What's your name?!" Korra yelled, aimlessly grasping the direction the boy had ran off to. She chased the path for a while, losing sight of the mysterious stranger. Korra huffed and walked back towards Air Temple Island.
As Korra approached the main house where Tenzin, Pema and the kids lived, now including Mako and Bolin, lived, she turned to look back at the glowing lights of he city. Was it real? What just happened? Like, a twelve year old boy, having to save her butt with some amazing earthbending from six Equalists? Korra sighed and turned around to move back up to the house.
Korra had already recapped the entire event with the kids, Mako, Tenzin, Pema, and Bolin over dinner. She grinned after the tale and nudged Jinora, who was sitting beside her.
"You know, he was your age, and if I do say so myself, he was pretty cute!" Korra giggled as she leaned towards Jinora, who just blushed and kept looking at her salad, smiling. From the way Korra had described him, he did sound pretty cute. Tenzin noticed his daughter's excitement about this stranger.
"Oh, no. You are not running off with some street riff-raff." Tenzin scowled.
"Come on Tenzin, you have never even met this kid!" Pema laughed. She turned to Jinora, "I think he sounds wonderful!"
"Mom!" Jinora cried, turning redder than her robes now. "I'm going to go read." she grunted, turning around and storming upstairs, but smiling. Gee, I haven't even met this kid, and I already have a crush on him! she thought to herself.
The next day, Korra, Mako, Meelo, and Jinora were out grocery shopping in the streets of Republic City. Korra had secretly hoped she would find the boy. Meelo was laughing an running circles on his air scooter, while Mako and Jinora picked some fruit, with Korra across the street picking out vegetables. When she was done, Korra walked back across the street and picked up Meelo by his collar.
"Hey! I wasn't breaking anything!" Meelo said, folding his arms. Korra rolled her eyes and handed him to Mako. She turned to go get more food, but that's when she saw him. The boy. The same stranger who had saved her life. He wore the same clothes as before, and he was loading some cookies and fruit into his basket, and handing the shopkeeper a gold piece.
"Hey! Kid!" Korra yelled, chasing after the shopping boy. He turned his head, and when he saw her, the boy took off in a fast walk, careful not to make eye contact.
"Wait! Stop!" Korra called, running after him. Mako grabbed Jinora and Meelo's hands, and pulled them along after Korra.
"Korra? What's going on?!" Mako asked.
"The boy!" Korra panted, turning into an alley she had just watched the boy run into. Mako completely understood, and ran into the alleyway with the kids. They halted when they saw the boy standing before them.
He was just sitting there, flipping a coin, smiling. Jinora noticed something about him that Korra left out; he was barefoot. She wondered is it was because he was blind, but then she looked at his eyes, which weren't milky, but a radiant green. They were actually very pretty, and Korra was right, he was pretty cute.
"Who are you?" Korra asked.
"Eli." the boy grinned. He looked at Jinora and Meelo. "You're the airbending kids!" he yelped, hopping down from the rock. "Thats so cool!" he exclaimed.
"Uh... I uh, yeah..." Jinora muttered, blushing red again. Eli came over and patted Meelo on he head. Then he turned to Korra and glared at her, dropping alot more serious.
"And what do you want with me?" he scowled, pointing at Korra.
"I just need to know why you saved me." Korra shrugged. Eli crossed his arms.
"Well, you looked liked someone worth saving." he sighed.
"Well, I could have handled it myself!" Korra snapped. Eli groaned and started to walk away.
"Wait! Where are you going?" Korra yelled.
"Home." Eli grunted. He turned before he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked back to see Jinora with a pitiful look on her face.
"Please. Talk to Korra." She asked, trying to smile.
"Ugh, fine." Eli mumbled before walking back with Jinora. Hot hot hot HOT HAWT! Jinora thought staring at the face that Korra most accurately described. She walked back staring at Eli, who giggled. Jinora looked away and shrugged.
"Well, I wondered if you wanted to, ya know, help us?" Korra mumbled.
"What?" Eli snapped. "Why should I help you?"
"Because you're a really good fighter!" Korra said. Eli scowled. "What?"
"I don't like people noticing my-ehrm-skill." Eli muttered.
"Why?" Jinora asked, bewildered.
"Well, I escaped the orphanage when I was eight. Ever since, I worried if someone found me, I'd be sent back. I don't want to go back." Eli mumbled.
"How's this," Korra stated, immediately coming up with an idea, "if it is okay with Tenzin, maybe you could stay with us at Air Temple Island!" Eli's face lit up and he smiled. "Only," Korra continued, "if you help us fight the Equalists."
Eli considered for a minute, "Oh, alright." he grinned delightedly. Jinora looked at him and beamed too, and Meelo jumped into the air.
"Yippee! More roommates!" he exclaimed.
YAAAY! Well I think that was good! Please R&R