Now, are characters shall meet.

Chapter 3

It had been a long day for Korra. She still had made no progress in getting rid of the vines, she almost got into a fight with the President, and here approval rating is at an all time low. And now all she wanted to do, was to sleep.

It was like every other night. But then, Korra started tossing and turning in her sleep. Sweat began condensing on her forehead. For inside her here head she saw something. Something... Terrible. Republic City in ruins, fire in the streets, monsters of unknown origin laying waste to the everything in site. And from the ground, emerged what appeared to be a giant mechanical serpent, three strange horns on its head, and four glowing red eyes. All Korra could do was stare in horror as the serpent bared down on her. "YOU WILL SUBMIT." It said in a hellish voice.

"AAAAAHHHH!" Korra snapped awake with a scream. Sweat dripping down her face, gasping for breath. Her companion polar bear-dog Naga came up to her and comforted her. This nightmare wasn't like others she had before. This one felt real. Very real.

Korra felt something pulling at her. She felt like she had to be somewhere. As the pull became stronger and where she had to be became clearer. "The spirit wilds." She concluded as she got up and changed into her usual clothes. She moved quietly through the house and outside onto the docks. She opened her air glider and flew off to the city. She didn't know why she had to go to the wilds, all that she had was this pulling feeling. She didn't want to go alone, so she called up her friends before leaving. And it wasn't long after she had reached an entrance to the spirit wilds, that her friends showed up. The brothers Mako and Bolin, and the only non-bender of the group, Asami. She was the one Korra called first, so that she could in turn pickup the two brothers.

They drove up to entrance in Asami's satomobile, where Korra was waiting, starring at the entrance.

"Care to explain why you got us out here in the middle of the night?" Asked Mako, a little cranky due to being woken up.

"Sorry." Korra apologized. "I just didn't think I should go in there alone."

"And why do did you call us to go into the spirit wilds?" Asked Asami. "Did you figure out a way to get rid of the vines?"

"No." Korra replied. "I just have this feeling that's calling me in there. I don't why." She explained. Korra didn't want to tell them about her nightmare, she didn't want to worry them.

"Do you know what it could be?" Asked Mako. "Maybe it's Raava trying to tell you something." He suggested.

"This feels different. Very different." Responded Korra. "I would've known if it was Raava."

"Then let's just get in there." Said Bolin as he stretched. "I'd like to get back to sleep."

The four then entered the wilds. Korra wasn't sure what to expect. But she did notice that something wasn't right. There was a notable lack spirits around.

"It's quiet." Said Bolin.

"Too quiet." Added Mako.

As they headed further in they then heard rustling nearby and they all turned in the general direction of the sound. They stood ready for whatever was about to come out of the vines. To their surprise, it was something they had expected to see but hadn't, it was a little spirit creature. But something was wrong, it was terrified.

"What's wrong little fella?" Asami asked, attempting to comfort the spirit.

"They're everywhere!" It excaimed, pure terror in its voice. "They're hunting everyone down!"

"Who is?" Asked Korra.

The spirit was too sacred to give an answer. "They're coming! I've got to get out of here!" It didn't waste any time before running off into the brush again. "Wait!" Yelled Korra, but spirit just kept running, leaving the group deeply disturbed.

"That didn't sound good at all." Said Asami.

Then, the group heard a sound they had never heard before...

"SSKKKRRRRREEEEEEEE!" The sound is primal, savage, and has a tint of electronic to it, which only adds to its mystery. The sound sends chills up all four of the their spines, especially Korra.

"What was that?" Bolin asked, he voice shaking with fear.

"I don't know..." Replied Mako, who wasn't showing fear but was in keeping it inside.

The four move slowly to the center of the area they're in and all stand with their back facing one another. They get into their fighting stances, bracing for whatever is stalking out in the darkness.

The next thing they hear is something running. It sounds like metal clinking on the ground. It moves fast so it appears to be anywhere. Accompanied by it are electronic tinted grunts.

The sounds continue for several seconds, the tension building with each passing one. Then silence...

And with no warning, the source of the sound leaps out from the shadows. Heading right for Korra. She reacts quickly and swipes a blast of air at the creature sending it backwards onto to its back, only for it to right side up itself instantly.

The creature has long blades, one extending from each arm. Spikes ran along its back. It has glowing red eyes, three on each side of its head. A translucent 'tail' juts out from between the spikes. It's clawed bird-like legs seem spring loaded, posed for it to strike. It also appeared to be armored with metal.

"What the heck is that?!" Screamed Bolin.

"I don't know, but it's going down." Replied Korra before she shot a blast of fire at the creature. The creature just jumped through the fire, burning itself slightly, and swung its blade downwards at Korra. She puts up here glider out of reflex, only for the creatures blade to cut it in half like it was nothing. She stomps on the ground and causes a column to send the creature flying back again. Only this time the creature rethinks its strategy.

It roars into the air and a few seconds later, several more creatures come leaping out of the brush, surrounding the group. "This is not good at all." Said Asami.

"Threat detected, threat detected, danger, danger." The nanosuits inner voice said, causing Prophet to wake up. "Oh no." He said to himself. He quickly ran over to Psycho. "Psycho!" He shouted as he shook him. "Wake up Psycho!"

Psycho was quick to wake up. His nanosuit didn't have the warning system Prophet did. "What is it boss?"

"The Ceph, their attacking." He replied. "Grab your gear, let's go." Prophet didn't waste anymore time before running off. Psycho was more quick to follow this time around.

"What happened to keeping a low profile?" Psycho asked as they ran through the vines. "Change of plans." Prophet replied as he drew his bow.

The group were all in fighting stances, surrounded by creatures. The creatures had their blades drawn, all eyes trained on their pray. And in a heartbeat, one of the creatures leaps forward at the group blades poised to strike. But it is then impaled through the head by an arrow. "What the...?" Korra said to herself.

From a small cliff above them, a figure jumps down and slams into the ground with such force it sends two nearby creatures flying. The figure appears black, muscular, various other parts of its body having a silver color to them, on its face appeared to be red googles, but they seemed to be a part of it. The figure draws another arrow with lighting speed and kills one of the creatures it knocked back. The other creature leaps at the figure only to get blasted out of the air and killed by an unknown projectile. On top of the cliff appears another figure, similar to the other one, only this one appears to be less streamlined. It held a long shiny object in its hands. It's body then turned red as it jumped down and stomped on a creatures head as it landed before killing another with its weapon. The first figure gets knocked down by a slash to the chest, sparks flying from the point of contact. The creature leaps, only for the figure to stop it with a foot to the chest, allowing the figure to kill it with an arrow to the face. The second figure kills two more creatures in rapid succession with its weapon before dodging another ones attack before glowing red and grabbing it by the neck and throwing it into a rock, killing it with a sickening splat on impact.

The figures then turn and face each other, all the creatures seemingly killed. The first one then hears something behind him and spins around to shoot one last creature right between the eyes with an arrow. The creature fall to ground as its eyes flicker out like lights.

"Well I guess that's it." Said Psycho, observing the carnage in their wake.

"They're Stalkers." Replied Prophet. "Not really much of fight."

Prophet looks at Psycho who seems to be staring at something behind them. "What is it Psycho?" He asked.

"Look for yourself, boss." He said as he pointed for Prophet to turn around. Prophet turned around to see four teenagers, one of them being the same one they saw earlier that day. They where all just staring at them, mouths agape.

"Oh boy." He sighed as he turned back to Psycho.

"All yours." Psycho gestured as they both walked over to the group in order to explain what had just occurred.

Well there you have it, up next explanations are in order. I tired my best with the fight scenes, I'm not very good at writing them I think.

I know that at this point in the show that Bolin was living on Air Temple island at the time, but I choose to change that little detail.

Review if you can, and if you have any questions, PM me.