The Marvelous Legends of Republic City
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Chapter 4: Insanity, Claws, and Cards
Lin Beifong was not a patient woman when it came to idiocy. She didn't tolerate incompetence, foolishness, or anything of the like when it came to those who worked with her. She was also not having a good day. She was not even close to catching the new vigilante that had sprung up calling himself The Punisher. She was at her wits end and the amount of dead bodies where starting to really pile up. So, Lin did the only thing she could in this situation. She would have to call in a bounty hunter.
"So do you believe you can bring him in?" Lin asked as she sat behind her desk, looking at the bounty hunter that had taken the job. The man stood in shadows, as he looked at an artists rendering of The Punisher. The man tossed the picture back onto Lin's desk as he stayed in the shadows.
"I have just one question. Are you single?" The man said in a serious tone, his voice sounding hoarse yet it seemed to cause him no pain.
"What does that have to do with this case?" Lin asked, taken aback by the question. The man simply laughed and replied,
"I just want to make sure I can hit on you without having to kill your man for interfering with my wooing." Lin glared as she said,
"You do realize that you're talking to the Chief of Police don't you?" The man just shrugged and said,
"Yeah, but you're also one hot lady! Say, do you have any firewraps?" The earthbender was even more shocked by the man's demeanor as he began to walk out of her office.
"Sorry, I just love Fire Nation food. I'll take the job and I swear you'll have The Punisher's head in five days, or my name isn't Stinky Talula. And thank heaven it's not!" Lin collected herself just in time to ask,
"You never told me your name." The man turned, and said,
"I would, but Captain Ash wants a big build up to me, so I gotta stay all secret-like." The metalbender was lost as could be.
"Captain who?" The bounty hunter simply said,
"Nothing. See ya later Linny!" The door of the office was then slammed shut.
"Why do all the nuts come to Republic City?"
Lin set a meeting with another bounty hunter, mainly because she had plenty of doubts about the one already working the case.
"Well Mr. Leong, you have an impressive resume." Lin said as she looked over the list of bounties the man had brought in.
"It's just Leong." The bounty hunter said. He had shaggy dark brown hair, mutton chops, and brown eyes. He wore a dark brown leather jacket, a white tank top, dark blue fingerless gloves, black pants, and brown boots.
"Very well, I trust you can handle this job?" Lin asked as Leong gave a feral grin and said,
"Sure thing darlin', I can sniff this guy out no problem." The feral-like man then got up and left.
Bolin walked down the streets, bored out of his mind. Mako was busy with Asami, Korra was off doing who knows what, and here he was doing absolutely nothing. However he soon found that he had wandered into the bad part of town. As he was about to leave, he was suddenly grabbed and pulled into an alley.
"Ah, not again!" Bolin whined as a "snikt" filled the air. He looked around and saw two shiny black knives on either side of his head.
"Alright kid, there's a third claw that's gonna come out and it'll go right into your brain if you don't talk. What do you know about The Punisher?" His attacker asked. Bolin saw that he was a few inches shorter than him, but the claws at his head were making him panic so much that he was too scared to move.
"Clock's ticking kid, tell me what I wanna know." The man growled out.
"I don't know anything!" The man snarled and said,
"That ain't good enough. I think ya do know something, you're in the Red Light District ain't ya? Anyone who hangs out here is bound to know something they shouldn't." However before the interrogation could continue, the feral attacker was blasted away from Bolin.
"Ah think he's tellin' the truth, so ya'll might wanna leave the poor fella alone." A voice said from the opposite side of the alley. Bolin and the clawed man looked and saw a boy, roughly Bolin's age. He had unkempt light brown hair, red eyes, and wore a dark purple shirt, brown trench-coat, black pants, grey boots, and carried a six foot long staff. From his accent it was clear that he was from the Foggy Swamp.
"You looking for a scrap bub? You just found one!" The clawed man the roared as another set of claws sprang from his hands.
"Very well my friend, I guess ol' Remi can spare some of his time to teach ya'll a lesson in manners." The red-eyed boy said as he reached into his coat and pulled out a playing card. The clawed man charged as Remi simply threw the card at him and blasted him out of the alley and across the street. Remi then walked up to Bolin, who was still too shocked to move, and said,
"Ah reckon you don't frequent this part of the city much do ya?" Bolin shook his head no.
"Remi Lao, nice to meet ya." Remi said as he stuck out his hand for Bolin to shake.
"Alright bub, let's try that again!" The animal-like man said as he walked back down the alley. Bolin could only say,
"Why does crap like this happen to me?"
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