Republic City, a place once plagued with the equalist revolutionaries. Now only a large handful of Amon's followers remained. They have a new leader, one that does not remove bending from the person but removed the person entirely. Only a select few have seen him and even those who have wished they had not.
It had been three weeks since Amon had fallen and his revolution began to dissolve but equalist followers still roamed the city causing mayhem. Republic City police have been able to deal with them but they are spread to thinly to cover the entire city.
Mako had made the decision to join the police force and start taking down equalist members. It was a combination of personal choice and a sense of duty. It was by the equalists that he almost lost Korra for good. He went over it with Korra and Bolin and both of them agreed that it was a great decision.
Mako walked into his apartment and hung up his coat on the rack. Since working for the police he was payed way more then he made at pro bending. He and Bolin were able to purchase a nice apartment in a decent party of town. He walked into the living room to find his beloved sitting on the couch.
"Hey Mako," Korra said standing up. "How was work?"
She walked over to him and gave him a quick kiss. Mako returned the kiss then took a seat on the couch.
"Work was fine as usual," Mako said in his usual tone. "Were hot on the tail of an equalist hideout."
"That's great!" Korra said with an eager smile. She quickly noticed that Mako was nor smiling.
"The sources say that this new leader could be hiding there as well," Mako explained. "And if what the witnesses say is true then we could all be in trouble when we make our attack."
"Maybe I can help?" Korra suggested. Mako's expression widened.
"Absolutely not!" Mako ordered as he stood up."This is police business. I almost lost you once I'm not taking that chance."
"Amon is gone Mako, he can't hurt me anymore," Korra argued. "And besides, I'm the Avatar, you need all the muscle you can get when you eventually came face to face with him."
Mako sighed. "I guess," he said with hesitation.
"Do you have a name for this new guy?" Korra asked with curiosity. Mako opened his pocket and pulled out a playing card. He handed it to Korra. The playing card was a Joker, the card that no one plays with
"For now were calling him the Joker," he explained. "This was on one of the murder victims yesterday ago."
"The Joker?" Korra said. "What a name."
Elsewhere. A heavily cloaked and armored person was investigating the crime scene where a water bender was murdered recently. He was using a device that sprayed a type of chemical that made fingerprints appear on the scene. A few finger prints appeared on a wall above a hole in the wall. The person recognized the finger prints quickly. He peered into the hole in the wall and found a Joker playing card.
"Joker," he growled to himself.