A City of Marvels

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Korra, Mako, and Bolin walked down the bustling nighttime streets of Republic City. They had just finished training for the next day's match against the White Falls Wolfbats.

"I'm telling you guys, we need to buckle down this next week and train harder than ever if we want to win." Mako said as stretched his arms.

"That's fine with me, I want to see the look on Tahno's face when we break his team's streak!" Korra said confidently. However as the two talked, they didn't notice Bolin lagging behind.

"Man, why did I eat right before training?" He earthbender said as he clutched his cramping stomach. However as he was passing an alley, was grabbed and thrown against a wall.

"Alright pal, hand over ya money and ya don't get hurt!" A rather rough looking man said as he held a knife to Bolin's throat.

"HELP!" The earthbender shouted, as the mugger pushed the knife deeper into his skin, drawing some blood.

"Shut up! I can kill ya before anyone gets here!" However, no sooner had he said that than Korra and Mako came running down the alley. The thief quickly positioned Bolin in front of him, the knife still at the boy's throat.

"Stay back! I can slit his throat faster before either of ya can do anything!" The mugger warned, causing the duo to lower their guard.

"Excuse me, but can I cut in on this dance?" A voice from behind the mugger said as a black gloved hand clamped down on his knife arm and pulled it away from Bolin's neck. The mugger was then pulled face to face with two large white eyes that almost seemed to glow in the dim light of the alleyway.

"Boo!" A voice said as a streak of black struck the mugger, knocking him out cold. The owner of the shining white eyes walked out of the darkness, carrying the mugger, to reveal a woman in a startling costume. She wore a black trench-coat with a black shirt, vest, pants, boots, and gloves. On the front of the vest she had a small red spider emblem on her chest. The mask she wore however was the thing that was really frightening the Fire Ferrets. The mask was completely black and the eyes were shiny white ovals that gave a sinister stare. The masked figure then threw the unconscious mugger into a trash can and said,

"Trash ready for pick up." The masked woman said in a happy tone, as she turned to the three teens, seeing their shock.

"Ooookay, well it's been fun kids, but I gotta run!" The red clad stranger said as she then turned ran into the dark alley, revealing a large red spider symbol the back of her coat, and out of sight.

"Wait! Who are you?" Korra called after the masked figure, who yelled back,

"Just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Girl!" For once in her life, Korra was rendered absolutely without a doubt speechless.

"I think we need to report this to Chief Beifong." Mako said as he looked his brother over to make sure his was alright. Bolin however stood still as a statue, to shocked to move.


Bolin had identified the man who attempted to mug him, having calmed down from the ordeal, and decided to head home. Korra and Mako however decided to stay and have a chat with Chief Lin Beifong about the masked crusader who saved Bolin's life. Her reaction was unexpected to say the least.

"So you're saying that you've seen her?" Chief Lin Beifong said wide eyed as she stared at the three teens.

"Uh, yeah she called herself Spider-Girl." Mako said as he rubbed the back of his head. Lin sighed and rubbed her temple.

"This job is just one migraine after another." Korra was extremely confused and said,

"What's the big deal? Some girl in a costume saved Bolin from a mugger. She's a hero if you ask me." The Chief gave a humorless chuckle at the Avatar's simplistic view of the situation.

"This 'Spider-Girl' is a vigilante at best and an outright criminal at worst. She takes the law into her own hands, interferes with police business, and has caused quite a bit of property damage as well as reckless endangerment of civilians." Lin said as she took note of the shocked expressions on the teens faces.

"How come we haven't heard about her before now?" Mako asked, as Korra thought to herself.

"She's only been around a few months, and I've tried to keep her little escapades under wraps so I wouldn't have to deal with a bunch of copycat vigilantes getting themselves killed." The Chief said as she then ordered a few officers to investigate the crime scene. Korra came out of her thoughts and asked,

"She's been around for months and you haven't caught her?" Lin fought back a growl as she said,

"I've seen some pretty spry fighters in my time, but this girl takes the cake. The way she moves is almost inhuman!" The Chief then let out a big sigh and said,

"Look, I didn't want it to come to this, but I'm afraid I have no choice. I'm making a public arrest warrant for Spider-Girl, and Korra I want you to help us bring her in." The young Avatar stood mouth agape after hearing that. The Chief of police wanted her help? This was a new one for Korra.

"My men can't catch her, and even I can't get a hold of her. I need someone who she won't expect. I'll keep your involvement a secret so we don't tip her off." Lin said as Korra looked confused on what to do.

'She saved Bolin, but does that make it right for her to take the law into her hands like that?' After a minute she said,

"Okay, I'll do it."


Korra entered the old apartment building Mako and Bolin lived in. Chief Beifong had publicly put out an arrest warrant for Spider-Girl earlier that morning though the Avatar couldn't help but feel somewhat guilty about trying to capture the vigilante who saved not only Bolin's life, but was saving plenty of other people's as well. Her thoughts were soon forgotten as her name was called.

"Korra! What brings you here?" The Avatar turned to see none other than Asami Sato walking up to her.

"Oh, hi Asami. I was just coming over to see how Bolin was doing. He almost got mugged last night you know." Korra said as Asami walked up next to her.

"Really?! Is he okay?!" Asami asked, her tone a little too surprised, but Korra thought nothing of it.

"Yeah, some lady in a spider costume saved him." Korra said as they walked up the stairs to the boys apartment.

"Spider costume? You mean you met Spider-Girl? Did she look cool? I bet she looked cool." Asami said, with almost a hint of pride in her tone. Korra raised an eyebrow before shrugging.

"Nah, if anything she looked pretty creepy." The Avatar said, causing Asami to stop dead in her tracks.

"Creepy?" Asami questioned, almost sounding insulted though Korra wasn't really paying attention.

"Yeah, she had this weird bug-eyed mask. Kinda made me think of that horror film me and Bolin went to see last week. The one about the half man/half fly? Yeah that was it." Korra said as she reached the boys apartment and knocked while Asami looked like she was in thought.

LATER THAT NIGHT


Korra rode Naga through the streets of Republic City, heading back to the Air Temple. However, as she passed an alleyway she heard screaming. Immediately she leaped off Naga and ran toward the commotion. She reached the source of the scream and saw a woman being harassed by a group of men. Before the young Avatar could move to step in, a black streak came down from the top of a building and tackled one of the men down thus knocking him out. The red blur quickly struck two more men in the head, then threw a kunai at the man that was holding the woman and pinned his arm to the wall. He then rushed over and punched the would be rapist hard in the face.

It was at this point Korra caught a glimpse of the figure. It looked like some kind of demon, possessing horns and red eyes along with an body with the kanji 悪魔 on his chest in bright red, which meant devil. Korra could barely believe her eyes.

"Who are you?" The Avatar asked.

"Pass this onto Chief Beifong. Inferno's Kitchen is under Daredevil's watch." The devil-like figure said in a deep voice as it then disappeared deeper into the dark alley. Korra stood frightened, but calmed herself as she said,

"The Chief's not gonna like this."

THE NEXT MORNING


Avatar Korra woke up with a groan. She was dreading the visit to Police Headquarters, but she knew Lin had every right to know seeing as another masked vigilante had taken it upon himself to protect the innocent. However it wasn't only going to see the Chief that had Korra in a bad mood, it was her conscience. She had seen these mystery men in action, protecting the innocent and saving lives. If they were killing the criminals they fought then the Avatar would have a different mindset, but as it stood she couldn't attack this issue with her usual fiery spirit. She rolled out of bed when she heard Pema call that breakfast was ready. She put on her clothes and fixed her hair as she headed to the kitchen.

She walked in just in time to hear Tenzin in an out of character rant.

"Who is Spider-Girl? She's a criminal that's who she is!" The airbending master said as he read a headline in that day's Daily Horn.

"A vigilante! A public menace! Why some people are rooting for this outlaw is beyond me." Tenzin continued as Korra sat down at the table.

"Actually I think it's wonderful to have someone standing up to the scum in this city. She's a real hero." Pema said as she calmly ate her breakfast.

"If that's true why does she wear a mask? What's she got to hide?" Tenzin grumbled as he tossed the paper on the table. Korra quickly grabbed it and read the article on Spider-Girl. She skimmed it, the paper having no more information on her than what Korra already knew first hand. However she also saw a small article about Daredevil which caught her interest, though the artist rendering of vigilante almost had her laughing. It was a drawing of an actual demon, wings, tail and everything. While the Avatar had to admit that he didn't exactly look like a saint, Daredevil wasn't a demon. At least she hoped he wasn't.


After finishing breakfast, Korra headed off to meet with Lin. On the way however she came across a circle of people surrounding something. Korra decided to see what was so interesting, but as she got close she saw the police tape and five bodies with chalk outlines around them. She then saw Lin in standing near one of the bodies and pushed her way through.

"I'm sorry ma'am, but you need to stay back." An officer said as he tried to push Korra back, though Chief Beifong said,

"It's alright let her through." Korra walked up to the Chief and saw the grim look on her face. She then saw that the bodies had knives and what looked like crossbow bolts in them.

"Who did this?" Korra asked as she stared at the bodies wide-eyed. Lin sighed as she said,

"I'm afraid we have a knew vigilante on our hands." The young Avatar froze.

'Did Daredevil do this? Sure he stabbed that one guy, but he didn't kill him.' Korra thought as she began to rethink her ideas on vigilantes.

"The one witness we have, a Mr. Ling Yao, said that it was a man. He looked to be in his mid 40's, black hair in a crew cut, and wore an all black attire save a bright white skull on his chest." Lin read from a report as Korra still had her gaze fixated on the dead bodies.

"According to Mr. Yao, he saw the man came out of an alley as he was heading to work at 6:00 this morning. The man cornered these five Triad members. He caught them by surprise and pulled out a repeating crossbow. He shot the fist two, then threw knives into the other threes hearts." The Chief read off, but Korra was barely listening. Was this the first time she had seen a dead person, well outside a funeral and even then they weren't so mangled. She jumped as she felt a hand touch her shoulder. Korra turned and saw Lin standing there.

"Korra, the only reason I'm telling you all this is because I don't want you going after this man. Spider-Girl is your priority, and this man is obviously dangerous." Lin said as Korra nodded slowly.


It was nighttime as Korra walked out of Mako and Bolin's apartment building. She had spent the day with her teammates, each of whom were very surprised by the news of this deadly new vigilante. It made Bolin a little apprehensive, but it only fueled Mako's belief that vigilantes were nothing but outlaws that needed to be brought to justice.

"Maybe Mako's right. I mean, what's to stop Spider-Girl or that Daredevil guy from doing the same thing?" The young Avatar thought aloud as she walked up to Naga.

"A little something called a conscience." She heard a voice above her say. Korra looked up and saw Spider-Girl sitting on a streetlight above her. She leaped down back facing her. The masked vigilante now wore a red and blue costume, the front of her torso being red as well as her mask, arms, and boots, while her back was blue with an oval shaped spider symbol on her back. She also had web-like stitching all over the red parts of her costume.

"What's with the new look?" Korra asked, trying to hide her uncomfortableness. The masked vigilante just shrugged and replied,

"Just decided to go for something less creepy." Korra nodded, but something about the way the vigilante said "creepy" seemed familiar to her.

"I need your help." The Spider said, causing the Avatar to raise an eyebrow.

"With what? You do know I'm trying to bring you in right?" Korra said, but Spider-Girl just sighed.

"I know, but there is someone out there that needs to be behind bars a lot more than I do." The vigilante said. Korra was still lost and asked,

"Who?"

"That skull guy who's declared open season on criminals."


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