The Chase
Title: The Chase
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Korra, Shao (OC)
Summary: Because ever since she came to Republic City, she'd been on the run from haters.
"There she is! Get her!"
Korra whipped round to see the Tu Bao Gang running toward her. Shrugging, she sprinted forward through the crowded shopping district. No rest for the wicked.
Every time they saw her they would chase her in some attempt to tie her up and throw rocks at her for being a Bender. Not that they caught her – she was far too fast.
Even if they did somehow catch her, rocks wouldn't help them. She could easily bend them out of the way, having just completed her earth-bending training. Dunking her in the water wouldn't help much either – she was a natural water-bender. Burning her at stake? Not if her epic fire-bending skills had anything to say.
Dodging a cabbage vendor, she looked round. The gang leader – a young guy known as Shao – was not too far behind. He glared at her, his hand reaching for something at his side.
"Oh crap." Korra panicked, and picked up the pace before dodging down an alley. He had a metal weapon. She wasn't good at metal-bending yet. A gun- though she only caught a tiny glimpse, she was sure. The alleyways were better. She didn't want any innocents to get hurt because of her. That wouldn't be very Avatar-like. Avatar Aang would only get pissed at her.
Her eyes widened as she reached a dead-end of a dingy alley. Blocking her way was one of those damned metal fences topped with barbed wire.
Think, Korra. Think! She glanced nervously behind her, knowing Shao wouldn't take too long in finding her through the maze of alleyways. Taking another look up at the high fence, she sighed.
"This would be so much easier if I'd learned air-bending already!" She huffed, crouching, then placing her hands palm-side down on the dusty ground. She focused on moving the particles of Earth up, but froze when she heard the click of the safety on a gun.
"Thought you could outrun us, Bender?" A familiar voice snarled.
Tutting in annoyance, Korra stood back up and turned to face Shao. His amber eyes burned as he watched her down the barrel of his gun.
"Who says I didn't lead you here on purpose?" She replied, hands on her hips.
Shao's confidence wavered –he gulped involuntarily. Korra remained calm. She knew she had to unnerve her opponent.
"We need to rid the world of bending. It's unnatural!" He yelled.
"No, Shao. It's just unfair. Poor normal people don't get any special powers. Boo hoo. Being a Bender isn't that much fun either. Do you know how many colds I've caught from drenching myself in water-bending training? The burns I suffered trying to get my flames just right? Not to mention the hours spent stuck in a giant hole-"
"Shut up Demon! I will purge our world of bending!" There really was no getting through to him.
"Oh well. If you won't listen to Plan A…" she slowly moved her arm to her backpack, "then maybe you will listen to plan B!" She jumped up, popping the lid off her water-carrier and bending a wall of water that crashed into Shao. A shot rang out, but it missed and Korra earth-bended her way over the fence. Korra ran.
"Better luck next time!" She shouted back.
Author Notes: Thanks for reading! Updates to come most likely at some point next month. I appreciate any and all reviews and criticism. Thanks again for reading!
