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Chapter 1 – Prologue

Asami was having a bad day. Thinks weren't just working out for her. She had just finished a border meeting with the executive directors of the company. She walked down the stairs in the office building where she have had the meeting and exited out on the street. She walked to her car and opened the door and sat down inside in the driver's seat. She sighed and put her head on the driver's wheel, almost hitting the horn. Ever since the event with the equalist and her father the company has gone downhill. However the now former businessman Varrick managed to save it from complete bankruptcy. But while he managed to save it from bankruptcy the aftershocks from her father's work was still in play. It would take years to repair the damaged done by her dad but she would not give up so easily. She took her head up from the driver's wheel and started the engine.

She drove out from the parking lot and out on to the street. She drove down the street thinking and recalling of what have transpired in last year so far. Her father working for the equalist, she meeting and befriending the avatar. Met a nice guy who would later dump her for the avatar to later dump her to later come back to her, it was a difficult relationship. She would later get involved in a plot to completely throw the world into full chaos but was there and helped to stop it. She kept thinking until she snapped back to reality and managed to avoid a giant spirit plant that covered most of the road. Ever sin the harmonic conversion the spirits of the spirit world had really started to settle down in the city and surrounding areas. She kept on driving until she had reached her destination, the docks she would later take a ferry towards air temple island that lay in the bay of the city. She walked on to the ferry and sat down at one of the many seats on it and smiled to herself. She was finally finished with all of her meetings and business trips and could finally take a vacation and she knows exactly which ones to spend it with. The trip took about a half hour but she arrived without any big complications. The island looked the same as it usually did. She walked up the many stairs from the docks of the island and entered the courtyard of the main temple of the island. She kept walking until she saw in the distance some familiar her faces, her friends.

"Hey guys." She yelled out. The others looked at her direction and smiled.

"Hey its Asmai, Hey Asmai." Bolin yelled out while waving his hand in Asmai direction like a maniac. Mako and Korra gave out similar greetings but not as extreme as Bolins. Asami smiled and walked up to her friends.

"It's so nice to see you all again." Asami said while giving Mako a hug. Korra couldn't help herself by giving a little frown because of this. Asami stopped the hug and looked towards the rest of her friends.

"How are you all doing?" She asked.

"All good here." Bolin said while scratching behind his head. Korra however looked a little sad. Asmai noticed this and she knew what problem was.

"Still no luck?" She asked.

"No" Was all Korra said. What Asami was referring to was what Unalaq bonded to Vaatu had done by destroying Raava, the one who made sure that the line of avatar would always go on. For all she knew, she could be the last avatar ever. Bolin tried to raise the mood in the group.

"Don't you Worry, Korra. You can still do all the things the avatar is supposed to do right…right?" Bolin said in hope that it would at least help someway. Korra couldn't help but to smile at Bolins antics. The group then started to walk towards the temple when they soon saw Tenzin walking towards them. He smiled towards them and said.

"Hello there young ones" He said while still walking towards them and stopped right infront of the group. He then looked towards Asamis and said.

"Asami, its good to see you again and welcome back." He said while bowing towards the young woman.

"Thank you, master Tenzin and it is good to be back." Asami said while also giving a bow in respect towards the airbender master. Tenzin smiled and then turned towards Korra.

"Young avatar Korra, I hope that you have had good progress with the spirits currently in the city." He asked the young avatar. Korra looked down on the ground in shame.

"Eh…not really." She said with a sheepish smile while feeling slightly embarrassed. Tenzin sighed and put his face in the palm of his hand.

"Korra, you do realize that these spirits must be dealt with. They are causing havoc all over the city because they and their human neighbors cannot come to terms with each other. And it doesn't help that chief beifong has been all over me about it. After Unalaq you are the only one who can make the spirits calm down." Tenzin finished. He then walked off towards the temple and entered one of the many doors. Korra watched Tenzin go before towards her friend.

"Well it seems that we must cut the reunion short. It still seems that I have work to do." She said with a sheepish smile. Her friends however smiled and Mako said.

"No worries, we can go with you. Help you if we can." He said while the two other nodded.

"Yeah, I mean. These spirit needs to be put in their place. They think that they own this town when they do not." Bolin said afterwards.

"We will always help you if you need help." Asami finished. Korra gave a big smile, she was so lucky to have such good friends.

"For the last time, I'm not moving" The angry koala spirit said, still gripping hard on the spirit tree that was growing out from the street and into the surrounding buildings. It has been hours since the group had left air Temple Island and have since then tried to remove the spirits that is currently occupying most of downtown.

"And I keep telling you that this isn't your home but someone's house that your tree is currently in." Bolin said towards the angry spirit, trying to help Korra move some of the spirits out from downtown.

"It's not my fault my tree suddenly appeared in the middle of the street." The Koala argued back. While the two were at it Korra tried time after time to remove the spirit trees with the unique waterbending tactic that she learned from Unalaq before he was exposed as the man who tried to destroy the world as the dark avatar. She tried time after time to remove the trees but every time she managed to do it they just moved back to where they were before. Korra let out a irritated groan and tried one more time with the same result.

"Gah, this isn't working. Whatever I do they just move back to where they were before." Korra said and stomped once on the ground in frustration. Asami put her hands on Korras shoulder.

"It's okay Korra." She said. "You will get it eventually." Korra looked at her friend and smiled. She was about to try again when a police car rolled up next to the avatar and a familiar face stepped out.

"Korra, I want to speak to you." Lin said towards the avatar. Korra groaned again and walked up towards the irritated chief of police.

"What is it Lin?" She asked, like she didn't know what it was all about. Lin glared at the young avatar and said.

"You know what it is. These spirits and their trees and what not is causing havoc all over town and my officers are working double time trying to get some sense of peace on the streets." Lin said with a angry frown, just like always.

"And here I was told you had the power to help remove these spirits but so far I have seen no big progress in that. I am starting to wonder that if you have what it takes at all" She finished. Korra glared at her hard and Lin glared back just as hard. They both seemed to ignore everything around them and just kept on staring at each other. Asami backed away a little in fear of what would happen next. Finally Korra decided to speak.

"You want to see result, fine." She said and stomped towards the same tree she had tried to move earlier except this time she was determined to make id move away. She started using the same tactic before except this time she put in a lot more effort into it. She started sweating but kept on going, the water going faster around the spot. It started to take effect on the tree but it seemed like it was starting to crack, white light starting ti sip out. Bolin and the koala had now stopped arguing with each other and stared towards the avatar.

"Now then I think of it maybe it is time to move." The Koala said with a fearful tone before letting go of the tree and started to run away in the opposite direction. Bolin stared with a puzzled look that asked what just happened when suddenly the spirit tree started to glow even brighter. But Korra was determent to move the tree and kept going.

"Uh, Korra. Maybe you should stop" Mako said to the avatar.

"No, I will move it." Korra said with while still going on when suddenly the tree somewhat exploded. Pieces of the tree went everywhere but the light was still there and was almost blinding all of them.

"You fool, you ignorant fool." They could suddenly hear someone yell behind them. They looked back and saw the Koala stand far away from where he "used" to live.

"You don't know what happens when you destroy a spirit tree. It has drastic consequences. It can cause permanent wheatear changes, sink continents or…" Suddenly everyone started to feel something sucking them towards where the tree was. When they looked towards it they saw a portal had opened up and was giving out a strong sucking vortex.

"…or open up a portal to places unknown. Well it has been nice staying around but I have to go know." The Koala finished and ran away. Now every human around started to feel like the sucking started to increase until it started to lift them of the ground. Korra started to panic and tried to grab on to something. She wasn't able to and started to fly towards the portal until she felt a strong hand grabbing her hand. She looked at the person who held on to her and saw that it was no other and Lin. She had shoot out a cable that had stuck to one of the building. Korra made a mental note to herself to thank her until she heard someone screaming. She saw Asami coming towards them and Korra stretched out her hand to catch her friend. Asami managed to grab on to it but it tugged them good that Lin almost lost her grip.

"Hold on Asami." Korra said to Asami who held on to dear life.

"AHHHH, Catch me." They suddenly heard someone scream. They looked towards the source of the sound and saw Bolin as well as Mako coming towards them. Asami held out her hand and Mako managed to catch it while Bolin managed to grab on to one of Asamis legs. Korra looked at her friends and sighed a relief when she saw that they managed to grab on but then she felt that Lin started to lose her grip on Korras hand. Korra looked at Lin who tried her best to hold on.

"Hold on Korra." Lin said between gritted teeth but it was useless. She lost her grip and the avatar and her friends were sucked into the portal. Afterwards the portal seemed to collapse on its self and was itself sucked in until in disappeared from existence. Lin fell to the ground and looked towards were the portal had been. She looked franticly around but it was no use.

Team avatar was gone.

She groaned and wondered how she was supposed to tell this to Tenzin.

The tunnel was long and dark…like all the others he had walked. A single person walked along the tunnel. Weapon held stern in his hand. This man whore a strange body suit with a bulletproof vest on his chest and a helmet that had pair of night vision googles strapped to it. A large backpack was on his back and another weapon was hanging alongside it. On his hip there was another weapon holstered but smaller than the others. On his face and under the helmet he wore a gasmask that was a little cracked but so far it could still be used. Many would deem it insane to travel alone through any tunnel but this man was not like any other. This man had walked almost every tunnel, visited every station. Had fought the most fearsome and powerful of all mutant creatures but had always come out on top. He have fought armies alone and won battle after battle. The most powerful warriors in the tunnels respected and feared him. Who is he?

He is Artyom, savior of the metro.

And he was currently on a scouting mission.

You would think that someone of his status would get something more exiting but no here he was, sent all the way to some of the furthest station to check for supplies for the ranger order. He was currently leaving the station by the name of Voykovskaya that was located far out on the second line that has been abandoned for some time now and was now heading towards the station Belorusskaya which was populated. There he would travel through Hansa stations until he reached his home, Exhibition where his Wife and son waited for his return. Why he was here in the first place you ask? The rangers, or what is left of the rebuilding order that had suffered enormous casualties at the Battle of D6 two years ago, had heard that the stations in the direction of Voykovskaya had been close to old military convoys with large stockpiles of supplies were trying to get out of the city before the bombs hit. So far this trip has been nothing but a waste of his time. He has so far only encountered mutants and other things and when going up to the surface to check it out he found no convoy what so ever and those military vehicles he found had been scavenged since long. The mutant attacks encountered so far have been surprisingly low which he preferred. A couple of Lurkers and one lonely Nosalises here and there which were probably scouts which meant that their friends could be either close or far away. Either way, he had to hurry, one or two he could easily dispatch but a hundred on the same time was a little too much even for him.

While walking through the tunnel he looked down on his weapon in his hand. Each of his weapons had a history and had played an important role in his travels throughout the metro. His first weapon that he was holding in his hands was a standard AK 74M assault rifle but was more commonly known in the metro as the Kalash, uses the commonly found 5:45 caliber rounds and the more rare and expensive Military Grade Rounds. While many would prefer the Kalash 2012 he liked this one instead thanks to its slow rate of fire and higher knockback then the more modern version. After he was captured by the Nazis he managed to get it back when he escaped their concentration camp. He had a couple of attachments on the weapon. Amongst them were a laser sight, a scope and last an extended magazine that was capable of holding up to 46 bullets. This Kalash were the same one that he took from Bourbons backpack after he was captured by the bandits at dry station and he had used it ever since then. Bourbon, he remembered that guy alright, a man with more enemies than friends. That wherever he went more trouble seemed to follow and soon get him. A man who gave his life to save his, you don't get that often in the metro. He thought he was dead until two years ago when in the station now known as Venice he heard a couple of bandits talk about dry station and what have happened there. That everyone was wiped out…except for one. He managed to listen closely and heard that the one who managed to escape the onslaught caused by him were no other than Bourbon who had cheated death back then. Artyom couldn't help but smiling a little when he heard those news. So that son of a bitch was still alive back then but now who knows.

On his back was his other weapon of choice, the Saiga. With the discovery of D6 a lot of new weapons so far unknown to the metro was found and no one was more welcomed then the Saiga. An automatic shotgun that uses 12G shotgun shells and have the same force and fire rate as the heavy version but with a less complicated reload made it a lot simpler to use. As well with the Kalash it wore attachments as well. It had a so called drummagazine which doubled the ammo and a laser sight as well. This particular gun he managed to acquire from the ranger base known as Sparta on the surface. An old abandoned church that had been fortified into a bunker and with clean air to breathe in. he had bought this shotgun from one of the merchants that were resting there before they were all killed by that traitor Lesnitsky and his goons. Lesnitsky, a red spy who had managed to infiltrate the ranger order and was the one responsible for wiping out Oktyabrskaya with a biochemical weapon. Lesnitsky and he had confronted each other at the depot and he had the chance to end him right there and then but didn't. Even to this day Artyom keeps asking himself. Did he do the right thing? Did Lesnitsky deserve to live or was it a mistake to spare his miserable life. In the end, it doesn't matter. The reds were defeated at D6 thanks to the little dark one and his kin. Maybe that was the reason all along why he didn't finish Lesnitsky of. To prove that humans aren't always bloodthirsty. That killing…is the worse crime of them all.

The last of his weapons were his trusty revolver. A powerful .44 magnum pistol. Able to take down most threats with ease but kicks like a mule when it's fired. It has only one attachment which happens to be nothing more than a simple silencer. This gun like the rest has a history. It was given to him by Pavel when they escaped the Reich concentration camp together. Pavel, a good friend and a trusty companion but also a loyal red soldier and a backstabber. Even though he betrayed him at Teatralnaya also known as Theatre and then chased him throughout all of the metro and through the hostile environment of dead Moscow he could not find himself hating him in the end. When the little dark one open Pavels mind for him he saw the truth. That even he regretted what he had done. There were no anger, no pride, and no happiness…only sadness inside Pavel. To this day he wondered why he was sad. Was it because Artyom did not join him and the red line when he had the chance. Was it that he felt that he had betrayed their friendship or was there some other reason? In the end Artyom could not kill him. He left Pavel at the red square and has not seen him since then. He wondered if he went back to the red line or if he just disappeared from the face of the earth. Artyom was certain that the red line would not survive after the battle of D6 but miraculously like a phoenix rising from the ashes it survived and managed to rebuild itself but alas only a shadow if its former glory. And even though they barely survived they would still pick a fight with the Nazis. The Nazis, after D6 many would fear that the Reich would try the chance to conquer the metro but they did not. Probably because they didn't have the manpower for such a thing.

Artyom shook his head and stared in to the tunnel in front of him. He would soon reach the station Sokol and then there was a couple more station until he would reach Belorusskaya. However though, he had to be careful. This tunnel harbored more than just mutants.

Asami stirred. She felt something sniffing on her. She tried to open her eyes but they were heavy but she managed. She looked at what was sniffing at her and her eyes went wide. There was the ugliest thing she has ever seen. A hairless creature with a chinny mouth that were pointed upwards and the mouth was filled with razor-sharp teeth. It was a little bigger than a fire ferret but still terrifying up close. Asami did what any would do if they saw something like that so close, she screamed. The thing screeched back and ran away.

"AH, what's happening?" She heard someone say behind her and she looked towards the source of the voice. It was hard to see in the dark but thanks to a fire close by she could see at least a little. She could see three figures in the weak light and she could make out which had said something.

"Bolin?" She said. Bolin looked at her and smiled.

"Asami." He said and ran up to her and gave her a platypusbear hug. She found it hard to breathe and Bolin noticed this and smiled sheepishly. He released her and they heard someone else stir.

"Huh what happened?" They heard and saw Mako getting up from the ground. They also saw Korra waking up as well. Korra looked around and saw her friends and they were okay.

"Guys, are you okay?" She asked. Bolin responded.

"We're okay Korra but I wonder. Where are we?" She asked and all of them looked around. They seemed to be at would be described as a big hallway with a platform in the middle and with a tunnel on each side of it. The platform had a single row of pillars that held up the roof which in turn had giant holes in it. The tunnels seemed to have what looked like train tracks on them. They looked to the each end of platform and saw stairways that went upwards but they were blocked with ruble and other debris. In turn the platform was littered with debris and the roof looked like it was about to fall.

"What is this, some kind of old temple?" Mako wondered. They all kept looking around trying to figure out where they were without noticing that someone was watching and listening from the darkness.

Artyom had arrived to Sokol station about a minute ago after he heard someone scream. he had sat up camp there earlier that day which explained the still burning fire however when he arrived he did not expect to see a bunch of kids at the station. He was currently hiding behind one of the pillars that were all over the platform on the station. He carefully studied the kids. They looked confused and looked around at the station like they had never seen one before. There was also another strange thing about them, their clothes. Two of them seemed to dress in the same clothing but with different colors, one in green and was a little chubby and the other in red but was long and lean. Their clothes seemed to look on the same time old fashioned but also brand new in comparison you can scavenge in the metro. Another was a beautiful young woman dressed in what could be assumed as a fancy black and red suit and like the other seemed brand new but also unlike any other seen in the metro. The last was also a young woman and she wore what seemed to look like animal hides and blue pants. He snuck closer and listened in of what they were saying. He had to be careful, for all he knew they could be young bandits but he couldn't see any weapons around.

"Okay, does anyone have at least any idea of where we are?" The cubby one asked the others. The long one looked around and noticed the signs that were that were located close at one of the stairways. He walked up to them and looked at them. He looked like he had trouble reading them which were odd. Everyone in the metro could at least read simple things like station names and such. Such a thing was vital if you wanted to survive in the metro.

"I don't know. I can't understand what these signs are saying. I don't even think those are actually letters to begin with." Now Artyom was confused of what they were saying. Had they never seen the alphabet before? He snuck closer and hid behind one of the pillars closest to them. What he saw next really surprised him. The long one stretched out is hand and a flame started to erupt in it. He walked to the end of the platform and tried looking in at of the tunnels. Artyom couldn't help gasping when he saw it and immediately covered up his mouth with his hands but the damaged were done. The kids looked at his direction and the one dressed in blue said.

"What was that?" Artyom cursed to himself and tried to figure out a way out of this.

The group had tried to figure out where they were when they suddenly heard something. Someone gasp, was someone spying on them. Korra and Mako walked up to the pillar were they had heard it with their hands out to make sure they were ready. Asami followed close by and Bolin was all the way in the back of the group. They walked to the other side of the pillar but found nothing.

"Huh, probably was just a ratbat or something." Korra said. Mako looked at the side and could swear he saw something move in the darkness past them.

"Who's there?" Make screamed into the darkness while emitting a large flame in his hand. He walked up to the spot where he saw the dark figure move but once again found nothing. The looked around until they heard something was unsheathed behind them. They immediately turned towards the noise with their hands at the ready and saw a man that wore the strangest clothing they had ever seen but that wasn't important at the time. What really had their attention was that this man was holding a knife at Bolins throat. They readied themselves and had their hands aimed at the mysterious man but they were surprised when the man spoke.

"Don't move any closer or he gets it." The man said in a heavy accent they had never heard before while taking his knife closer to a very nervous looking Bolins throat.

AN: I first thought about making Artyom and the rest of the metro speak Russian and team avatar spoke English but in the end I couldn't make it work with the rest of the story so if any criticism comes up because of that in the reviews you have just read the reason why. Hope you like the story, please leave a review or a favorite.