Chapter 4
Next day Korra woke up rather late. The girl climbed out of the bed and looked in the mirror- even though she slept a lot, she still did not look great. The young Avatar opened her door and went downstairs o have breakfast. To her surprise everyone, including Meelo, were there, talking about something. "Hi Korra, let me introduce you to my friends Dick Wayne and Asami Sato, the two non bending friends of mine.
"Hi Avatar Korra, my name is Dick Wayne, I know Babs for a long time. Have you seen the other members of the Team?" asked the boy
"The Team?" asked confused Korra
"Dick calls his friends the Team as if they actually do something. Ignore this little troll" spoke the older girl, Asami
"So how did you all meet?" asked Korra
"My father councilman Bruce Wayne brought me once to a meeting, it was boring as hell. I was ten back then and could not sit through a boring meeting so I decided to wander off from the room. As I exited it, I bumped into this young Police Officer, who attempted to arrest me.
"Well I did not know who you were and you were wandering in the building, so of course I was suspicious" spoke Barbara defensively
"I still cannot understand how you could not know who I was. Besides, I did not think that a eleven year girl would be able to arrest me," replied Dick quickly.
"That's so interesting. I wish I was allowed to run freely like you did but no, the White Lotus guards trained me in a secluded area."
"I know how you feel" interjected Asami, "while I was always allowed to go to my friends parties, after the loss of my mother, my father kept me under strict supervision so that I would not get into trouble or worse get hurt. Luckily he wanted me to be able to defend myself and sent me to the martial arts school"
"I remember that day. Babs and I were training together in Chief Bei Fong's class, often pranking Connor. One day we joined an older students group and saw Asami Sato beat up the entire police force one by one. I instantly recognized her style though as my father taught some of those moves to me as well."
"Of course he did. Uncle Bruce taught me everything I know and I just practiced all of those moves at the Academy. I still don't get how you did not realize that I studied with him as I visited you quite often at Wayne manor and even babysat you at times"
"Don't remind me of those days" smiled Dick cheekily
"Yea, I remember how at the Academy, the officers called you the Huntress. I still think it suits you Asami as you never engaged your opponents all at once, you hunted them, separated them from eh group and could individually take the entire class one by one." Spoke Barbara
"If I am Huntress, you are Robin" returned Asami
"You will never forget my colorful birthday party costume, will you Sami?" asked Dick
"Of course not little brother I never had." With that Asami smiled and hugged her younger friend, who tried to escape her hug
"Barbara, did Chief allow us go visit the city at night?" asked Korra
"Technically yes but only if you stay close to me. What do you have in mind Korra?" asked puzzled Barbara
"How about we fight some crime Team Korra style? We will show these gangsters that the Avatar in in town" Korra spoke as she brought her two fists together
"I am not sure this is a good idea. We all can get hurt," replied Barbara
"Relax Barbara, I think we can all defend ourselves and Korra is the Avatar after all" smiled Asami. "However, Dick has to wear his Robin costume" smiled the young heiress
"Fine you win but do not tell this to Wally or Connor. I will never hear the end of that"
In the evening, the four teenagers met again at the docks on the Air Temple Island. True to his word, Dick Wayne was wearing his green-red and yellow costume that he wore long time before at his costume party. He also wore a small black mask that covered his eyes. Next to him stood Barbara, who wore a costume similar to Dick's but it was a darker costume, where black predominated with yellow at places. The girl also had a much more elaborate mask, where only her mouth could have been seen.
Asami wore a semi military trench coat dress, which to some extent resembles her friends' costumes. However, one of her gloves contained a small crossbow attached to it. The costume itself was a mixture of dark purple and black, where black was the dominant color. Finally, the girl wore a mast that resembles Dick's but it extended much further upward on her face. Korra wore her usual dress.
"Are we ready? Lets do this! The criminals will have to deal with us"
The group sneaked out from the island and soon found themselves on the shore of the city. "Republic City, here we come" spoke Korra. The group traveled in the shadows, constantly on the lookout for the potential metal benders or the criminals. As the entered some dark alley, they found their targets.
An elderly couple was mugged by a group of seven fire benders, who used their element to spread the emotion of fear into the minds of the couple. "Give us all your money" one of them spoke
"But we don't have anything more. " the mean tried to defend his wife and himself
"That's too bad, we need to spread a message that anyone messing with Fire Comet gang will be severely punished. Your wife and yourself will serve as great message to the rest of the community" he smilied. The man sent a fire towards the couple but before it could even reach them, the fire froze and the piece of ice dropped on the ground.
"Who is there?" asked the gang leader
"You went to frighten and steal on the wrong night loser" spoke Korra as she sent some water at the fire bender
"Who do you think you are? You are no one special, just some stupid water bender bitch trying to act heroic. Guys, capture her and her friends. They might be of some use to us" he replied.
As he blasted fire at the group, all four members of Team Korra jumped and prepared to fight. Dick and Barbara fought together against three thugs, who kept sending fire blasts at them. "Do you really think that some punks dressed in kid costumes can defeat our gang?" asked one of them.
"I actually do," replied Dick as he jumped into the shadow before reaping and sending the man to the nearest wall. Barbara also quickly defeated another man before the two friends took down quickly the third fire bender. The three criminals were surprised at the speed and finesse the two kids displayed; they moved so well that the both Dick and Barbara seemed to complete each other, and that battle duo scared the fire benders.
Asami dodges the attacks and kept disappearing into the shadows. "Show yourself you coward" spoke one of the fire benders. Asami did not loose her cool and with great precision jumped at different fire benders at precise times, taking them down one by one with one strike; once she had to deal two hits, which nevertheless produced the same result. As she defeated her enemies, she shot small arrows to hold them tied to either the ground or the wall.
"You disrupted our operation tonight. This ends now, we will kill you kids!" shouted the leader as he sent a few fire blasts at Korra who easily caught all of them.
"Do you still not realize on who I am?" she smiled as the girl pushed the Earth beneath herself. She then sent all three of her elements at the man, and quickly defeated him.
"I say this was a good night, shall we return home?" suggested Barbara
Before anyone could reply, the group heard another girl's voice. "Stay away from me if you value your life" Team Korra quickly agreed to help another person, who was probably attacked as well.
However, upon arrival they were surprised. Once again, they saw a group of benders attacking another civilian. However, unlike the previous people they rescued, this girl defended herself well against her opponents. She fire bent and sent fire to combat other elements around herself. The girl jumped around and with great grace fought her attackers as well. Using the mixture of hand-to-hand combat, as well as her fire bending, the girl held her ground.
After a quick battle, a few gangsters were running away from the new girl. She conjured a fire bow and a few arrows and sent them with such precision that all of her arrows hit the targets, incapacitating them. After the girl defeated her attackers, she saw Team Korra. "Hi, I am Artemis" spoke the girl dressed in a green costume.
A/N:
Chapter 5: back at the Temple, meet Bruce Wayne
The chapter after that: Revelation with YJ characters