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Welcome To The New Age.
Waking up with a splitting headache, Jason eyes scanned the inside of his helmet which was cracked. He turned over on his side not to put any more pressure on his rib cage. He laid flat on his back having him remove the helmet off of his head. Seeing the sky up above, he took deep breaths as his body was aching in pain all over. He felt as if his bones were broken only to fuse again. He sat himself up slowly having his palm cup the back of his neck. His eyes narrowed to his surroundings having him in utter confusion.
"Don't tell me I'm in Bangkok again?,"he mustered to himself as he tried to pull himself up off the ground.
Slightly hunching over once he stood, he pressed both of his hands to his lower back having it crack. He then proceed to stretch from side to side having his bones pop back into place. He swirled his neck around having that crack as he rotated it. He scanned the ground seeing his bag a few feet away. It landed in a stack of hay.
Picking his broken helmet up, he kept it in hand as he walked over taking his bag. He unzipped it looking into his duffel bag seeing all of his things in place. Taking a deep breath he managed to turn his head slightly to where he had been incapacitated seeing how it was a large imprint of his body into the ground.
He looked up back into the sky wondering where he could have fallen from but it was nothing there. No buildings, no planes, nothing that could indicate such impact from that range. He walked back having his mouth slightly drop at the sight of it. He couldn't remember how he got there.
Not to dwell any further than he already had, he began to walk down the road he was on. He walked a few miles til he came across a sign that read Entering Republic City. He mouthed the words as he read it, having his curiosity peeked. He never heard of such a place before and wonder what part of the country he could be.
Continuing his walk til he reached the city itself, he saw a gate that was checking for passports. Not wanting to make a scene, he walked up behind a truck that was in line and opened up the door. Tossing his duffel bag in the back of the truck where the cargo was. He then pushed himself up and landed right beside his bag having him close the door behind him. He snatched his bag up and hide behind a crate of cabbages. He took a deep breath and waited as the car stopped.
Hearing muffling sounds of voices before it stopped having the car start up again. He waited a few more minutes having him pick his bag and helmet up before proceeding toward the door. Hearing it open up, he hid once more, seeing a man take a crate and tossing it on to the floor, he waited til after he sat the next one on top of the other to sprint out of there.
Kneeing the man in the face as he turned his head to reach for another, Jason landed on the ground rolling uttering the word oops out of his mouth before running off as another worker shouted at him. Looking around, he felt as if this place was familiar on some level and in others it wasn't.
Walking through the crowd, he noticed their clothes people were wearing having him get stares in return for what he was clothed in. Brown leather motorcycle jacket with a grey fitted track top underneath it, sporting black military combat boots with his black jean pants covering it. His hair didn't exactly covered the standards their eyes were starring at as well. He considered the lining of his mask he had over his eyes that mostly caught their attention more than anything. Shrugging it off he continued to walk through the crowd of judgmental faces.
He finally comes across a food stand having his stomach rumble from the smell of it. Reaching into his pockets he took out a twenty dollar bill having him sniff the food. The woman asked what he wanted having him look over only to point at a large stick of meat,"how much is that?,"he questioned having her say five yuan.
He handed her the twenty seeing how he didn't have any change figuring she could exchange it in her countries money for even more than what its worth. She scanned the money as if it were foreign in which case this was. He took one of the meaty sticks about to eat it only for it to be snatched out of his hand.
"I don't need your made up money, now leave!,"she shouted having him take his twenty back.
"This isn't made up money, this is purely authentic U.S. moo la here. I'm sure you can exchange it in your yuni ya you mention,"he said clearly mispronouncing the name.
She shook her head in defiance of the exchange and told him if he didn't move along she would have the police do it for her.
Rolling his eyes, he put his money back in his pocket and moved on. He walked around her little cart with the drape over it as she was handling a paying customer. Since she was distracted, he snuck his hand between the fabric grabbing a stick and snatching it out. Walking off before being noticed by anyone around, he took a bite and ate it as if it were nothing.
He continued to walk having him go through the park hearing an announcement by a man who was speaking through a megaphone. Hearing him announce them being a pressed by benders and how people should join the Equalists. He didn't understand what they were talking about and decided to move along til a flyer was handed to him.
Looking at it, he saw a man with a mask on his face, and as he turned to the back he saw a map. He looked up at the man on the stand speaking on a woman who wanted to water bend at him not to long ago. He kept the flyer in hand as he walked toward the trash putting the stick inside.
Once out of the park he began to walk down a neighborhood only to be instructed by police to move on seeing how the road was blocked off. It looked like someone took a wrecking ball and destroyed everything in their path. The pavement looked like a miniature earthquake took effect having him notice the damage to peoples businesses.
He moved along trying to find a hotel at this point. He walked about having an older woman in blue attire speaking to a man in green get up about an avatar. He stopped short of them and said,"Excuse me! yeah do you know where I can find..like a hotel or motel doesn't matter,"while having them look at him strange from the clothes he was wearing. He looked down himself and brushed off his pants from the dirt that was still on them. "Yeah I'm not from around here, though I'm sure that's obvious to you,"while staring back up at them.
The woman spoke up and told him that if he when a few blocks down that their should be one he is looking for and if he mention he was new they would accommodate him for a fair price. He thanked her and nodded his head as he when a few blocks down toward the name of the inn she gave him.
Finding it, he came in and saw no one. He walked up toward the desk and rang the bell. He waited a few minutes before continuing to ring the bell non stop til someone showed.
"Yes! Yes! Yes!,"the short man squabbled til he saw a 6 ft tall stranger with jet black hair standing before him. He cleared his throat and said,"How may I help you sir,"while walking behind his desk taking out his book.
"I'm looking for a room to stay in, I'm new in town and-,"before he could go on the man cut him off.
"Of course we have room! and how many would that be?,"he asked as far as guests when.
Jason looked at him before looking around the room before turning his attention back to the man. "One."
"One? Alright, that will be 30 yuan per night. How long do you plan to stay?,"he asked as he wrote down in his book how many and the price he mention.
Jason cleared his throat before responding,"Just a few days 3 tops..,"while trailing off as the man continued to write. "About..the yuni thing,"he said having the man stare up at him through his small glasses wondering if he even had cash on him. "I don't have it..right now but I will later, is there anyway I can still get a room?,"he questioned having the man tempted to close the book and throw him out only to stop.
Lifting his small dainty hand up to his baby chin, the man rubbed it ever so slowly before saying,"Maybe..you bring me 30 yuans later with an additional 30 seeing as you don't have it now, then we have deal?,"while extending his hand right after to Jason.
Shrugging his shoulders, he took his hand and shook on it uttering the word deal right after. The short gentleman in green grabbed a key and handed it to Jason giving him directions to his room on the third floor. Taking it, he left to place his things inside of his room.
Opening the door, he tossed his bag over to the bed and placed his helmet that hung off the side of his belt on to the small dresser by the bed. Walking back to the door, he closed and locked it having him go over to the small window. He opened it getting a clear view of the street.
It was a small room with one bed, one light, and a bathroom with in it. For only what he consider to be thirty dollars, he couldn't complain. He took a seat on the bed, and placed his fingers to his face. Taking off his mask, he held it in his hand before rubbing his eyes with the free one. He tried to remember what happened only to get flashes of a rush of wind in his mind as he was falling from grace. The images transpired as he heard a commotion down the stairs.
He got up from the bed having him enter the bathroom. Turning on the faucet, he splashed some cold water on his face knowing he needed to get the money before doing anything else. Turning off the water, he when back into the room and grabbed his bag unzipping it again.
Looking at all his guns, tasers, grenades, and batarangs he modified, he took a deep breath placing a few of each in his pocket but kept the guns inside. He wasn't sure if he should even take the grenades with him seeing how he was just going to scout the area.
Leaving the inn, he began to check the neighborhoods keeping the little flyer he had on him. Trying to figure out exactly what this map said. He began to walk about seeing how late it was getting. He preferred the night time over anything else.
Before he knew it, he felt people following him. He looked around before having a man in blue attire appear before him.
"What you got there,"he said ripping the flyer out of his hand. "Whoa..lookie lookie boys! We got ourselves an Equalist in our midst!,"while having more with colors of blue, red and green appear.
Jason looked around him not budging but counting exactly how many there were. Just five all together, his dealt with more goons then these. "You guys wouldn't happen to have any Yuni ya with you?,"he asked still not quite getting it right.
"Yuni what?,"he said only to get a fist connected to his jaw. Being knocked down, he fell sliding across the ground having Jason put his hands up in defense. The rest of them put their guards up as well having the one in green behind him raise his foot having the ground rise up hitting Jason in his own chin knocking him back a few feet in the air having him fall himself.
"The Hell was that?!,"he said having him rotate his jaw trying to feel if it was still attached. Getting up, he saw them running after him having him run towards them.
One in red, twists his hands having fire appear blasting his way. Jason dodged it by flipping toward the side in mid air on the ground. Dodging water this time being shot at him, he was comparing them in his mind to the freaks he has seen in Gotham.
As the water came back his way, it splashed on his arm having it become frozen with in seconds. He tried to break out of it, only to see a rock being tossed his way.
Hit with the solid matter on impact, his body slammed up against the wall adjacent to where he was standing and onto the ground. Any normal human being in his state would be knocked out but he wasn't. Not only from years of training in situations like this it was also because of the pendant around his neck.
When he was dipped into the Lazarus pit, the chain hung around his neck consumed some of its properties having him to be able to heal with it around his neck.
He looked up having his vision blurred again only to roll out of the way as fire began to shoot his way. The building he was next to caught a blaze because of it.
Knowing what he was dealing with, the two earth benders came at him once again having him stand up and run toward them seeing part of the ground lift up. He pressed the heal of his foot on to it having him shoot across the air having his foot press on the other part of the ground the other bender brought up before coming down mid air twirling his leg having him kick them both in the face.
Landing, he did a spring of back flips, as water and fire were coming at him from both sides. Once they stopped, he grabbed a grenade from his pocket and tossed it their way,"Time to blow some shit u-"while having his sentence cut off as it blew up the spot they were all standing around.
Their bodies scattered. Some not able to move and a few were but still didn't get up. He could hear the cop sirens not to far from where they are. He got up as quick as he could having him walk up toward them. Turning the ring leader in blue who approached him before over,"Well that was fun,"he said sarcastically while digging through his pockets finding some thing that looked like money but was a pinkish reddish color. "This the Yuni thingy?,"he asked while holding a few of the bills in hand. He then slapped the man's cheek trying to wake him up. "Hey. HEY! this the Yuni Ya shit? Is it?,"he questioned having the man shake his head yes before turning his head over to the side having his eyes closed once more.
A smirk grew on his face as he pocketed the cash. Taking it off the rest of them just before the cops arrived. He watched from a distance seeing the cars appear due to the explosive that set off causing attention.
Managing to get back to the Inn, he took deep breaths once inside only to be approached by the short man,"Hello, your back with the yuans you promised?,"while taking a seat behind his desk.
Jason closed the door behind him as he approached the desk. He took out all of the money he stole from them. Five of those guys had at least 700 dollars on them all together. It was enough to last him a few days. "Right here,"he said counting it seeing how the numbers were on the bills like U.S. dollars.
Handing him the proper amount for a three day stay. He then handed him the extra thirty he promised. Being thanked, Jason nodded his head before heading up to his room. Tired and in pain, he came back into his room and took a grenade out of his pocket with a sigh. "And to think I was gonna leave you behind?,"while placing it back right after.
Before he could get settled, he heard a knock on his door. He figured it was the innkeeper, so he opened the door up without hesitation. Seeing a man with yellow googlies, thin long mustache and a teal green outfit on hold up the flyer he had earlier saying,"You drop something?,"while having Jason stare him down with an unpleasant look. He didn't realize that fighting the gang who attacked him (though he attacked first), he caught the eyes of the Equalists he was assumed of being.
A|N: So my first fic up and running already. Its a little on the nose about a few things but its a lot more to come in the next few chapters. Wondering who was at the door? I'm pretty sure you've already guested. But tell me who you think was in your review. Love to hear your opinions. Please Read and Review and I'll see you in the next chapter.