Hey! Sorry it took so long to update, I got caught up with real life! Also, this chapter was kind of boring to write, like realllllyyyy boring because it's just setting up the plot so I apologize in advance if it's awful! Thankyou SO MUCH for all the reviews!

Plot:The Avatar has not yet come of age to fight against Amon so now someone else has to. This person is an extremely skilled bender but has also been trained in hand to hand combat since birth. Chief Beifong has recruited this mystery person, hoping that they could help take down Amon considering they heard many things about this bender. Amon thinks that this will be an easy target to take down, but he soon learns that its easier said than done.

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Chapter Three: Deception

Keira stared at Amon's retreating figure in silence. Sighing she went over to the window and closed it securely, not bothering to see how Amon got off the towering ledge. Amon was crafty like that, appearing and disappearing in mysterious ways.

Sighing for what seemed liked 20th time today Keira looked around the room. She realized she still needed to clean the blood and hot tea mess off of the floor. Not finding anything helpful in the kitchen Keira eventually found some extra towels in the bathroom that she used to mop up the tea. Exhaustion came over her and she dragged herself to the huge bed and collapsed.

A slight rustling woke Keira from her slumber and she automatically jumped out of bed and checked her surroundings. It was still dark but she could see some light filtering in from the window behind her. She spotted a figure in the middle of her room holding something.

"Uhm, hi." A male voice spoke nervously "I was sent here to deliver your clean clothes. I didn't mean to wake you, you must be a lighter sleeper than they thought."

Keira immediately relaxed, and examined the young man before her. He didn't have a police uniform on which confused her, but instead he had casual attire on that accentuated his lean build. He was handsome too, well, from what she could tell from the dimly lit room anyways. Not liking the dark Keira turned on the lamp nearest to her, which illuminated the room. She could now see the boy clearly and he had dark brown hair with similar colored eye's and pronounced facial features. Also, the red scarf that went along with his outfit seemed to complete him.

"Okay, thank you." She said "May I ask who exactly are you, since you don't seem like your apart of the force."

"I'm Mako, and I'm not. I was just hired to be your personal guide basically." He explained "And their errand boy too, I guess."

The boy gave an awkward laugh and shifted uncomfortably. Keira felt bad so she quickly walked up to him and took her clothes.

"Well it's nice to meet you," She began politely "I'll get changed real quick and you can turn on some lights out there and make yourself comfortable I guess? I'll be out in a minute to make tea. Unless you have somewhere else to be?"

"Well I had to do a few more errands..." Mako began "But I guess I can stay for a bit."

"Good, I'll be out in a minute." She said and started to get changed immediately after he left. She made sure to cover her neck once more with her cloak, Keira especially didn't need the press to find out about that.

Exiting her room Keira made her way to the kitchen and saw Mako with two steaming mugs of tea. She glanced around and noticed that the stove hadn't been used.

"So your a fire bender?" She stated adding some cream and honey to her tea. She took a sip carefully and smiled because it was just the right temperature.

"Yeah, I actually fought pro bending for a while before my team had to forfeit because loss of a player." He stated sadly, joining me at the table "That's why I have this job now, because my brother and I aren't really...set up you could say."

"There's not harm in that." Keira said "A hard working man is much better than a man who expects everything on a silver platter."

Mako agreed and they both chatted lightly about Republic City. Then it came time to have the press meeting outside, where it was actually decent out. The sun had come out and some of the water benders cleared out the snow. Keira was introduced to all the council members, Tenzin was by far her favorite.

"It's an honor to meet you Keira, I've heard much about you." The air bender remarked "If you had time after Chief Beifongs meeting I would be happy to invite you to my house for dinner, and Mako can accompany you if you wish."

"That's very kind Councilman Tenzin," Keira said with a slight bow "I would be delighted to.

"Just call me Tenzin, I feel that we will be seeing much of each other through these heinous times." He said gravely.

Keira nodded before she was directed upon a stage in front of a podium with several microphones. After Cheif Beifong introduced her she was the center of everyone's attention. Flashing camera lights blinded her as several dozen people shouted questions at her.

"How do you think you will fair against Amon?"

"You look really young, how old are you and are you sure your suited for this job?"

"We've heard many rumors about you, have you really been trained to fight since birth?"

Keira remained calm at all the questions thrown at her. Once the crowd was settled she

had the microphone all to herself.

"People of Republic City, I will do my very best to help you fight against Amon." Keira spoke strongly "I know he can be very intimidating yet behind that mask is a man, like any one of us. A man, like I've said before, that can be taken down. To answer the question of my youth, yes I am only 20 summers old. However I have been very well trained since my childhood, I believe that I am not only suited for this job but also over qualified for it as well. "

A whole surge of questions followed and Keira answered them with ease and composer. She did this for another twenty minutes before the interview ended and she was taken back to the police department.

"Amon has grown in power the past couple of weeks, gaining more and more equalists than ever imagined. We have word that he is suppose to hold some sort of gathering of non benders within the next few days." Beifong explained "But we don't exactly know when, which is where you come in. Even though the press was on you today most people don't know what you look like. You can use this to your advantage when your trying to figure out when this rally is."

"Once I do, what happens then?" Keira asked "Busting in would just make the situation worse and will prove what Amon is telling the non benders. Besides they probably have a place like that on lockdown."

"Which is why you'll be going in alone." the earth bender replied "All you have to do is observe and report, I know it doesn't sound to productive but it will give us more information about Amon and what exactly he is planning. "

Keira nodded "What if I get compromised?"

"If anything goes wrong we will have people standing by," Beifong answered "an act against you is an act against the police force so we have an excuse to intervene. However if we can avoid that we should. I can presume that if they start getting suspicious you can calm the situation? I've heard your good with..manipulation?"

Keira smirked humorlessly, she was indeed good at manipulating people. It was one of the first things her parents taught her. They told her to never trust or rely on other people, so she didn't and made sure to get the upper hand on every situation. It helped that and she was attractive, so it came easy to her.

"I am good with everything that I do," She stated simply "But yes, manipulation is something I specialize in."

"Good," Replied Cheif Beifong "Now there is some attire in your room that you can wear when you go out today. Including a wig so that you'll be even less recognizable. Report back here when you've found out something of any use."

"Yes ma'am." Keira agreed firmly.

The meeting was ended but Keira lingered a while longer.

"Can I help you with anything?" Beifong asked, eyebrows raised.

"Do you really believe that I can beat Amon, when no one else can?" the young bender asked.

Chief Beifong looked at her steadily "I believe it will take someone just as ruthless to take him down." She stated "and from what I heard, you can be just that."

Keira was silent, but after a moment she gave a nod and exited the room. Once she got upstairs she threw off her cloak and walked into the kitchen to see what food she could eat. After rummaging around for a while she had made herself a nice sandwich which she took in her room. Laid out on her bed was a very feminine yellow dress she couldn't imagine wearing. There were also white heels and thankfully a white scarf to go with it.

Putting her sandwich on the table she examined the clothing and noticed there was a bag as well. Opening it she found a long blonde wig made of real hair and a small bottle which read 'dye'. Keira opened the cap and smelled it, the chemicals weren't that strong so it must last for a couple of hours. This was most likely for her eyebrows, since they were the complete opposite of blonde.

Once Keira got everything on and situated she went to the bathroom to dye her eye brows. Looking in the mirror she was shocked to see the person looking back at her. Just by changing her clothes and hair did she seem so gentle and approachable. Shaking her head she applied the dye to her eyebrows and waited.

Her thoughts turned to Amon and she felt a tight squeeze in her chest. Keira wondered if there was any way to help him before she killed him. She could make him see that there wasn't anything wrong with benders. However she had a duty to the people of Republic City and she never failed a mission.

There was also something else about Amon that excited something in her. This was a feeling that rarely overcame the elite fighter. Keira had a steady calm emotion flowing through her. She never had to strain herself on any of her missions, accept this one. It was by far the dangerous one because she wasn't just facing some nobody, she was facing Amon. His presence to her was overwhelming and when he got too close it sent her body into a frenzy.

Attraction.

Those were all the tell tale signs but could she be attracted to someone that was suppose to be her enemy. Well she could, but that attraction could not turn into anything more. In her case she knew it wouldn't, Keira never had an intimate relation with anyone and she never planned on it. It was a weakness and she needed to be the best at all times. That didn't mean she hadn't taken advantage of many men to get what she needed. Keira would only do that if she really needed to, she wasn't some whore that did it willy nilly.

The burning sensation in her eye brows brought her out of her thoughts and she quickly rinsed out the dye. Making sure her eye brows matched her hair enough she headed out onto the streets. Keira made sure to the back door so that no one would be suspicious of her. When she reached the back alley she saw Mako waiting for her. When he looked up at her he was completely speechless.

"Do I look okay?" She asked hesitantly, worrying that he saw to easily through her disguise.

A faint blush stained his cheeks.

"Y-yes, of course." He fumbled "You just look really..different."

Keira nodded her head firmly "Good." She said "And I know your suppose to be my guide but people know your a bender so just trail behind me at a good distance okay?"

"Got it." Mako agreed.

Keira walked out of the alley way first and Republic city was just waking from it's slumber. Satomobiles were zooming around and people and shops were bustling with life. Keira really didn't know the city to well so she walked the streets in no particular way but she made sure to listen in on passing conversations.

"I have to pick up Lilah's dress from the seamstress, hopefully she ready because we cannot wait another day."

"I think I'm going to ask her today, though she's seemed a little distant lately."

"Get going were going to be late! No forget the flowers we'll do that later!"

Keira sighed, there seemed to be nothing wrong with these people except trivial issues of everyday life. She walked to an open part of town where a large fountain was located. Keira sat down on the fountain ledge and ran her and through the water. Looking up she studied the people around her. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary to her, if she could try to target some non benders and weed out the information she could. But there had to be an easier way, Keira thought she read something in her briefing about speakers of the revolution around the city.

As if on que a loud voice echoed nearby ranting about equality and how Amon was

such a hero. Keira smirked as she got up gracefully and made her way over to the guy. A few other people were standing around and the guys attention was on her immediately. She tensed slightly, thinking that he might have recognized her. However he simply stumbled over his words and blushed like Mako did.

"Young women are you a non bender?" the equalist speaker asked.

"Yes." Keira replied softly.

"I haven't seen you around before, where are you from?" he asked, suspicion in his voice.

"Well I lived in a small city in the west, my husband and I were bakers." She smiled then she looked down and started playing with her fingers, a slight frown on her face "Then one day while we were walking home we got in the way of two benders fighting. My husband, h-he tried to tell them to stop. But they didn't listen to him, ignored him like he didn't even exist. One of them was an earth bender and ended up smashing a rock right into his chest..."

Tears spilled from Keira's eye's and she wiped them away quickly. She felt a gentle hand pat her on the back and as looked up at the speaker.

"It's okay," He said with sorrowful eye's "You don't need to say anymore, look if you want to come to an equalist rally tonight, to see what it's like you can."

"Really?" She asked, eye's growing brighter, she had him right where she wanted him.

"Yes, taken four of these flyers and there should be a map on the back." He said and handed them to her "We can finally avenge your husbands death my dear."

"Thankyou." Keira said as she embraced the man "So much."

The blonde haired woman then walked away from the small crowd with a small triumphant smirk on her face.

Done! I'm sorry it was really boring I just needed to set up the story, next chapter shall have much more action though! Tell me if you like the whole Mako thing, I wanted to incoporate him in some how and don't worry Bolin will be thrown in their too! Please R&R! I need 4 to continue :D !