Authors note: Paragraphs alternate between authors. * means DreamCrosser is writing. ~ means sopranokittythegreat is writing.

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*Electricity cracked around the audience stands as masked people caused the metal bending police to drop like bumble-flies. Lin's head shot around to see two men in masks hold glowing glove devices at both of the girls.

"Fira, stay down and stay calm" Lin demanded. Fira nodded and sat down with fear in her eyes. Both girls looked to the ring where the center ring was raising six people and the infamous Amon. As Amon walked forward, the Wolf Bats attacked. Amon and his men and women were too fast for them and they were captured. They watched as Amon touched all of their foreheads.

~He turned to the audience and began a long speech, talking about how the benders were using their powers to oppress non-benders and how that was expressed when they had let bullies like the Wolf Bats win the tournament. They had been an example, and anyone who got in the Equalists' way would suffer the same fate and lose their bending forever. Holding up one of the electric gloves he spoke again with pride evident in his voice.

"Now anyone can hold the power of a bender in their hand!"

As this was happening, Fira's fear was quickly becoming replaced with a fierce, growing anger. What she was being forced to watch were the ideals and man that had destroyed her childhood. It was the Equalists' fault that her parents hated her, forced her out onto the street when she was thirteen. She wanted them to pay for what they had done to her, someone was about to get seriously burned. Then, they would realize just how important bending was- when they were seeing the healers for their third degree burns. Swirling flames were beginning to appear around her. She didn't want to scorch Lin, so she decreased their temperature, turning the nearly invisible white flames to eye-catching bright blue flames. This quickly caught the attention of one of the Equalists behind her.

"Hey! No bending allowed, freak!" He barked, zapping her with a glove.

That did it, snapping around she lunged at him with her own electricity crackling around her and white flames shooting out of her hands. Both the offending Equalist and his partner reacted much faster than she expected. Their gloved hands shot out and grabbed her, holding her while they pumped her full of electricity, for a few moments, her face twisted in a silent agonized scream, then her eyes rolled back and she slumped to the floor unconscious.

*Lin sat there in horror, too paralyzed with fear to do anything. An explosion ripped a hole into the middle of the arena, causing pure adrenalin to shoot through her body. People screamed in terror as they ran for the exits, their Equalist captors letting them go and disappearing from the scene- but the same did not happen to Fira.

"Take the crazy girl! She needs to be taken care of!" One of the masked men yelled over the noise. His partner grabbed Fira, lugged her limp body over his shoulder and darted towards the exit.

"No!" Lin screamed, running after them up the stairs. She stopped, took a strong earthbending stance, and manage to trip one of the men by making the concrete stairs crumble underneath his feet. His friend, carrying Fira, made an escape. The man who was tripped got up and turned to face Lin.

"You have made a grave mistake." As quick as a flash, he bolted after her and shocked her in the shoulder, making her crumple to her knees. "Say goodbye, bender." He spat, lifting her by her shirt and leveling his glove device at Lin's face. She screwed her eyes shut, expecting the worst, but it did not come. Instead she heard hard concrete crash. She opened her eyes to see herself fall to the ground, the man being pelted by some concrete. Lin looked behind herself to see a guy in a red uniform earth bending concrete at her attacker.

"Not on my watch, pal!" The guy stated. The man then quickly grabbed Lin and launched her at his attacker with great force and made his getaway. Lin screamed and crashed into the guy, causing both of them to tumble to the ground. Moaning in pain she rubbed her head and looked up to see the face of her rescuer.

It was Bolin, of the Fire Ferrets.

Lin felt her stomach flutter a bit; well this is awkward she thought.