Night time
Our heroes make their way to the location of the two guards that are next to be attacked. Lin goes ahead the group and up to the officers.
"Ahem." Lin says.
The two officers jump up and turn to see Lin. By the look of it, it seems that these officers are a nervous wreck.
"What are you doing here?" A scared officer asks.
"I will be here tonight for precautionary measures." Lin answers.
The two officers at post sigh with relief since they were fearing being attacked. At least with Lin there they have a better chance.
"Tonight instead of walking around we will stay here at the post. It may be safer that way." Lin says.
Meanwhile Team Avatar is getting in to their position. Each one hides in a different spot. Korra hides the closest to Lin and the officers, hiding in the shadow of the building behind them. Bolin hides across the street hidden by carts and stands. Asami hides a few buildings down from Bolin but at a different angle. Mako hides on top of a small building for a bird's eye view.
If anything happens the group will have the guy surrounded in a matter of seconds.
It's only a few minutes until midnight. So far everything is quiet and normal. Everyone knows that the guy for some reason comes around midnight. He never broke the pattern of that yet. All they have to do is wait. Which is not the easiest thing to do in this situation. The anticipation of stopping this mysterious guy is quite killing so to speak.
Everything just seems still. Too still in fact. This puts Lin on alert. It's just way too quiet and way too still. As if on cue a figure appears out of nowhere. Korra looks over to Bolin and Asami but it seems like no one knows where he appeared from. Korra tries to look up to find Mako but from her position it's hard.
"So you're the guy who's been attacking officers." Lin says prepared to fight.
The officers with her are trying to look brave but it is easy to see that they are very scared. The figure on the other hand stands still and doesn't say a word.
"Who are you and why are you attacking officers?" Lin questions.
Still he does not reply though his smirk never leaves his face. Lin looks intently at him trying to find anything that could identify him. Yet she finds nothing that can really help.
The guy throws a card towards Lin. She catches it. She looks at it and sees it has a message on it.
'Who would've thought that the great Lin Beifong needed back up to fight one person. That's right I know that your little friends are hiding.'
Lin rereads the card to make sure she read it right. It's impossible he couldn't possibly know of their plan. Lin drops the card and throws a rock the size of her fist at him. He easily dodges it. She continues throwing rocks but nothing is hitting him.
He then smiles his sharp smile showing his pearly white teeth with his sharp canines. Lin prepares to go on the defensive side. He appears quickly in front of her and started punching her. While she was focused on trying not to get hit, he kicked her feet from under her causing her to fall.
The two officers help her up and start to run away carrying her hoping he doesn't follow them.
He just backs away and throws a card to Korra's hiding spot. It lands right in front of her. She hesitantly picks it up and read it.
'You and your friends can come on now avatar. I don't think you want to miss a fight. By the way your fire bending friend won't appear. I took care of him first. He sure did put up a fight.'
Korra's eyes widen. How did he know they were there? How did he take out Mako so quick without anyone knowing? Korra looks at Bolin and Asami and gives them the signal. They all come out of their hiding spot and circle the guy.
"I don't know who you are but you're going down." Korra says.
The guy just smirks. He gives a motion that means 'give it your best shot'. All at once they attack. Korra fire bends at the guy. He moves quickly and dodges each flame. Bolin tries to mess him up with his earth bending but it seems like it's not even affecting him once. Asami tries to sneak behind him while he I being attacked. Before she could even touch him. He turns around and kicks her to the ground.
He goes to Bolin and hits a point in his arm causing it to paralyze for a few minutes. With it comes some pain. He goes to Korra. She keeps bending in an attempt to hit him. He just keeps moving out of the way. He finally gets close enough and he puts something in her hand. He smiles and then leaves quickly.
Korra looks in her hand and sees it's a card. She wonders why didn't he attack her. She reads the card.
'That was fun. We should do that again sometime. Have fun finding your friend. It was a pleasure seeing you. Until next time.'
Korra forgets about the card for a moment to help her friends up.
"Are you guys ok?" Korra asks.
"I'm fine." Asami answers.
"Once I can feel my arm again I'll be fine." Bolin says holding his limp arm.
"Wait he paralyzed your arm?" Korra asks.
"Yeah but it feel different. Not like how the chi blockers used to do it. It just feels dead." Bolin says.
"Hey guys where's Mako? He was supposed to help." Asami says.
"Oh yeah. The guy gave me a card saying that he took out Mako first. We should go find him." Korra says.
They nod and go to the spot Mako was in last. When they get there all they see is a card. Bolin picks it up and reads it aloud.
"Sorry he's not here. I know you were hoping he was. But since I am so nice and I know the avatar wants to find her friend I'll tell you where to look. Check the alley behind here. That's where I left him last." Bolin reads.
They run to the alley behind the building to see Mako still out of it. Korra rushes over to him to get a better look. He has no bruises on him but he's out.
"How do you think we should get him up?" Asami asks.
"I have an idea." Korra says.
Korra lights a small flame and holds it close to him. She is still for a minute and then she suddenly slaps him with the flame in her hand.
He instantly pops up.
"What the hell." He says.
"You're up." Korra says.
"Yeah. But did you have to slap me with fire?" Mako says.
"Don't think of it like that. Think of it as a fire kiss." Korra says.
Mako mumbles under his breath.
"So bro what happened?" Bolin asks.
"That guy appeared out of nowhere and started attacking me. I tried to fight back but he was too quick. He only stopped to give me this card then he attacked again. He must've knocked me out." Mako explains.
"What does the card say?" Asami asks.
"How much better for me. A friend of the avatar and a cop. Twice the fun." Mako reads.
"So he attacked you first because you are a cop who was alone and you're a friend." Korra summarizes.
"Man this guy is good. He took out Mako without anyone knowing. He really must've beaten you bro." Bolin says.
Mako glares at Bolin. He gets up and punches Bolin in his arm hard.
"Aww come on I just got the feeling back in this arm." Bolin complains.
"Well bro you just lost it." Mako says with a smirk.
"Hey Mako did the guy smirk or smile at you before he attacked?" Korra asks.
"Yeah why?" Mako replies.
"Well I just thought of it when you smirked just now. I mean your smirk was not deadly or sinister like his. Yours just seemed normal. I was just wondering why he smiles before he attacks." Korra says with a shrug.
"Ok well now that you're done comparing me to a villain, you do realize that this guy must know us somehow right. I mean he knew that I was a friend of you and I am a cop." Mako says.
"Your right. But who can he be. No one we know looks like him. Especially with those red eyes." Korra says.
"I think we need to go back to Air Temple Island and think about this more." Asami says.
"I agree. Maybe there I can deal with my arm that is throbbing." Bolin says looking at Mako.
"Aw come on Bo I didn't hit you that hard." Mako says.
Bolin huffs and Korra and Asami chuckle at the brothers. They all start walking to get back to the island.
It's been a tough night.
You know I forgot to warn you guys. I am not the best when it comes to writing in third person so there may be mistakes. I thought I should practice writing in third also this story kinda requires it to be written in third.