Author's Note:
I just have to get this off my chest. :P
If you've watched and have been a big fan of Avatar, then you probably know about the show called "The Dragon Prince," which is on Netflix. Draws inspiration from Avatar and is also made by the same creators, I think. Anyways, I at first wasn't too interested, but I decided to check it out, see what it's like. Before I knew it I was starting the eighth episode, and actually rather enjoyed it! The show doesn't really have a "villain," but the closest thing you could say passes for that is the mage named Viren, but even then he just seems like he's doing the right thing he believes in for the first six episodes. Basically, I really like it!
Then of course my brain starts wondering if it's possible to incorporate this into the Shaniverse, which while cool, I'm not gonna do. At least not now, for several reasons. Firstly, it just came it, and there's only nine episodes. Second, I already have a lot of other franchises to work on and catch up with, so there would be no need for me to add to the pile. But if you guys are interested in seeing some form of crossover with that eventually (although it wouldn't be for a long time), just say so, and I'll try and make it happen.
An idea I had was that it's on the same planet as Avatar (Reylea) but it's another continent. The Four Nations are on one half of the world, and Xadia is on the other side. But this is merely an idea, and if I do decide to do that, it won't happen for a very, very long time. Jarik only knows how many franchises I can add to the Shaniverse before I get swamped. Next thing I realize is that he's going to meet My Little Pony! Gah!
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Okay, next chapter!
3rd person POV...
Korra, Mako and Bolin were all lying unconscious in the water, after being shocked by the Lieutenant. He used a rope to drag them over to the platform by their ankles.
Back up top on the arena, Tahno and the Wolfbats were staring at Amon's crew, and the new enemy with the crimson blade, terror in their eyes. They backed up nervously, unsure of what to do. Caran was staring at the approaching man, whose presence oozed with darkness, and he was in a state of shock and panic. The dream of this man standing over his sister, ready to kill her still flowing through his mind.
"What's going on here, ref?" Tahno asked nervously.
"I don't know!" the referee replied from the box, confused but to scared to interrupt.
Amon and the Equalists continue stalking towards the Wolfbats like predators, the bending team backing up nervously. Behind them, the man with the blood red blade chuckled sinisterly.
"If it's any comfort child, your death will be swift when it comes," he says, almost like a purr. Caran shivers, backing up nervously, accidentally going back to back with Tahno.
The two share terrified glances. "Who is that?" Tahno demands.
"What makes you think I know?!" Caran says back, returning his stare at the man with wide eyes. He chuckles, advancing slowly and dragging his blade through the ground behind him, creating a gash in the floor. They look on in shock at how it cut through the rock, before Tahno scoffs, trying to regain his confidence, and faces Amon's direction.
"Alright, you want a piece of the Wolfbats? Here it comes!" he exclaims declaringly, putting on a show of bravado to hide his fear.
Tahno takes his stance and bends a stream of water at Amon. The Equalists leader easily leans out of the way of the water whip, and dashes forwards. He moves side to side to avoid the attacks, the rest of his group following. Tahno swings his arms in a circular motion downward, creating a circular arc of water as Amon gets close, but Amon spins to the side. The firebender punches at Amon and shoots a blast of fire at him, but Amon weaves to the side to avoid. The firebender readies another attack, but Amon closes the distance and pushes his arm to the side, gets behind him and puts him in an arm lock. The firebender yells in fright as Amon spins him around and throws him.
Meanwhile, Caran shakes his head and then stares at the approaching man, raising a hand. He unleashes a push of his energy at him, but to his terror, he just simply braves himself and smashes through it, his clothes fluttering briefly.
"What?" Caran whispers in horror.
"You have no idea the power of the Force little boy," he jeers with a chuckle.
Caran tried again, thrusting his arms forwards several time to unleash his energy, but the dark man dashes forwards, evading the areas that he aims at. He then jumps into the air, red blade raised and aimed downwards to strike him. Seeing this, Caran leaps to the side, coming back up in a roll. The dark man stabs the ground where he was before, and pulls his blade out, facing him again. Caran breathes heavily, terrified and not knowing what to do.
"Your fear feels good child. So will your pain," the dark man says gleefully.
Then Caran finally understands something that terrifies him even more than before. Why he couldn't affect him with his power... whatever it was, his dark man had the same power he did!
Then a feeling of absolute fear rushed over him from someone else, and he looks to the side to see another awful sight. The Wolfbats are all defeated, and Amon is standing over a terrified Tahno, raising a hand.
"Wait, please don't do this! I'll give you the championship pot, I... I'll give you everything just please don't take my bending!" Tahno pleads.
His pleas are useless, and Amon's thumb is placed against his forehead. Moments later, his bending is gone, and the Equalists drag the now powerless Wolfbats to it and throw them over. Equalists in the crowd are now putting up banners for their cause, covering the arena. Caran may not have liked Tahno, despised him even, but a fate like that... it seems awful.
"Such weak, pathetic cowards," the dark man muses.
Turning his attention back to him, Caran notices an earth disk on the ground, placed for the usual benders of the match. Thinking, he raises an arm to lift it up, and then throws its at the dark man. Unfortunately, he senses it coming and looks over, slicing the disk in half with his blood red blade. Caran trues again, focusing on his lessons with Tenzin, and makes several disks around him rise.
With a yell, he slashed his arm, and the disks all shoot towards the dark man. His efforts are for nothing though, as the man slices them apart with his blade, and then raises an arm, sending the final disk hurtling towards Caran. He is unprepared, and gets hit in the stomach, causing his to gasp and wheeze in shock and pain, dropping to the ground.
Then, what feels like a powerful hand wrap around his throat and starts squeezing, causing him to choke and gasp for breathe. He looks up to see the dark man holding his fist in a choking motion, Amon and his Equalists slowly approaching him.
"Your powers over the Force are pathetic," the dark man comments in disgust.
He grasps at his throat in desperation, struggling to breathe, eyes wide in absolute terror and pain. Amon calmly walks up to him, glancing at the dark man before lookkng back at Caran.
"I did tell you that I would find a way to destroy you. Then, your sister will be next," he promises.
With that, the dark man tightens his grip, and Caran falls unconscious from a lack of air. Amon grabs his arm before he falls, and drags him towards the center of the arena, the dark man following him. The crowd of spectators is watching the whole scene with terror and confusion, not understanding what kind of power this man and the Avatar's Brother had. And it made them afraid.
Below the ring, the Lieutenant pulls Korra out of the water and up onto the middle platform, Mako and Bolin are still unconscious and are set against a nearby post.
Korra's groans, coming to briefly as she looks up at the Lieutenant dragging her by the arm, too hurt to fight back. She closes her eyes, again, before a stream of images swamp her. She is having a vision.
Aang and Toph are standing beside each other, apparently confronting someone based on how Toph is pointing accusingly.
Next, is an image of the infamous criminal Yakone smirking deviously, with Aang sitting behind him in City Hall. Yakone is then standing up.
Then there is Aang in the Avatar State floating above a trapped Yakone. Aang's as his eyes and arrow then return back to normal, his expression determined.
The Lieutenant continues tying the Fire Ferrets to the post with a long bola. Meanwhile, Amon stands on the top of the arena in the center, microphone in hand and Caran lying at his feet. The dark man stands beside him.
"I believe I have your attention, benders of Republic City. So once again, the Wolfbats are your probending champions. It seems fitting that you celebrate three bullies who cheated their way to victory," he says in disgust, glaring at the audience.
"Because every day you threaten and abuse your fellow non-bending citizens, just like the Wolfbats did to their opponents tonight. Those men were supposedly the best in the bending world and yet it only took a few moments for me to cleanse them of their impurity."
He then looks at Caran lying on the ground. "As for your 'Avatar' and Airbending leaders, they have kept secrets from you. You may all know that the Avatar has a brother," he says, gesturing to the unconscious Caran, although he stirs slightly, groaning and managing a small look at Amon, although his vision is blurry.
"However, they kept a secret that could have been a potential danger to the world! This child wields a power, unknown to the world, and a power that can control anything, throw anything, destroy anything, regardless of its element!" Amon exclaims.
The audience whispers to each other, and Caran manages to catch some of these words, but he continues to groan, unable to do anything.
"Thankfully, the spirits have recognized this danger, and have sent someone to challenge, and protect us from this child's dangerous power!" he declares, gesturing to the dark man. "He was sent as a Spiritual Messenger, to ensure that this newfound power is not used for destruction, and to keep everyone on equal footing!"
Caran groans, and the dark man, otherwise known as 'Messenger' glances at him, frowning. With a simple gesture, Caran's head is suddenly slammed into the ground, knocking him it again.
In his mind, Caran sees a series of images. He sees what he believes to be a young Avatar Aang during the hundred year war. Beside him is the rest of his friends, along with a young prince Zuko.
The vision shifts to show a smoky image of the symbol of the White Lotus, which then changed into an unfamiliar symbol, one with a black background, a white sword through the middle, and what seems like two wings in either side of the sword.
Finally he sees the young Aang again, as well as a young Katara, but beside them is someone he doesn't recognize from history. A man in strange tan robes, with straight brown hair running past his shoulders and a goatee. His eyes shine with wisdom, and Aang and Katara are smiling at him.
Caran gets the feeling this man has the same power as him. He's not sure how but he just... knows.
Then it seems as if the image freezes, all except for the strange man, and he seems to look at Caran.
"Look, deeper young one. Look for me. The Force will guide you..."
Caran suddenly returns to consciousness despite being knocked out, the whole vision having only lasted a couple seconds. He hears Amon again.
"Let this be a warning to all of you benders out there, if any of you stand in my way, you will meet the same fate," he threatens. The crowd gasps, and the Lieutenant has returned to stand on the other side of Amon. "Now, to my followers, for years the Equalists have been forced to hide in the shadows but now, we have the numbers and the strength to create a new Republic City! I'm happy to tell you the time for change has finally come."
Underneath the arena, the three friends have finally managed to wake back up, and were listening to Amon's speech. "How are we gonna get out of here?" Mako asks.
He and Korra look unsure, while Bolin smiles as he looks to the water. Pabu is swimming towards the platform, chirping lightly.
"Very soon the current tyrannical bending regime..."
Pabu exits the water and runs up to perch on Bolin's knee, and he grins at him. "Pabu! Listen up, buddy
Bolin begins to click his teeth while Pabu chirps back at him. Korra And Mako both eye him in confusion and bewilderment.
"...will be replaced by fair minded Equalist government. You and your children..."
Mako starts to grow impatient and annoyed while Korra looks on in confusion.
"Stop fooling around!" He says harshly.
"I'm not, I'm trying to save us!" Bolin retorts.
Pabu then starts to nibble through the ropes, And Bolin grins triumphantly.
"...will no longer need to walk afraid..."
He turns to Korra and Mako, a proud smile on his face. "See? Pabu is not a one trick poodlepony."
Mako is surprised, but then he and Korra smile happily at Bolin.
"...It's time to take back our city. For centuries, benders possessed an unnatural advantaged over ordinary people. And now they had a new time of bending power, in the form of the Avatar's Brother which they tried to kept secret from all of us! But our Messenger will correct this error soon."
Korra gasps in alarm and looks up at the ceiling, suddenly realizing her brother was in danger. "Caran!" she exclaims in a panic.
"But thankfully, modern technology has provided us with a way to even out the playing field. Now anyone can hold the power of a chi blocker in their hand. My followers and I will not rest until the entire city achieves equality. And once that goal is achieved, we will equalize the rest of the world. The revolution has begun!"
Amon raises his fist into the air, and above the arena, an airship approaches. The glass above shatters as several ropes fall down through it. The Equalists each walk to the ropes, which have a mechanism at the end that turns into a platform. The Messenger picks Caran up and slings him over his shoulder, the boy groaning again. Each platform that they're standing on begins to rise off the ground, bringing the Equalists with them.
Tenzin and Lin lying on the ground as they groan and get back up. Lin crouches next to a still delirious Tenzin.
"Tenzin!" she says.
He groans but manages to regain his senses, and they look up to see Amon escaping, Caran held by the Messenger. Tenzin leaps to his feet with a worried gasp.
"Caran!" he calls out, preparing to go after them.
Lin and Tenzin both get to their feet before an explosion rocks the building. The explosions makes them stumble, and Lin shields her eyes. Below the arena, Pabu is still chewing through the ropes, and the three look around nervously.
"It's okay Pabu, just a little explosion. Keep chewing, you're almost through it."
"Chew faster! They have my brother!" Korra exclaims in a panic.
Pabu chews through more rope and finally gets the benders free. "Yes! Great job, buddy!" Bolin cheers.
Korra immediately jumps up, throwing the ropes to the side and running to the water. She creates a platform of ice and looks up, and angry expression on her face.
"I'm going after Amon! I need to save my brother!" she yells.
"Be careful!" Mako warns her.
Korra then jumps into the water and begins to spin around underneath the surface. She then bursts from the water and rises up on a massive water spout, heading for the hole in the roof. Her expression is fierce and angry, but it turns to worry and panic when her spout begins to lose power. Eventually, she goes too high and the water spout gives out, causing her to fall back down.
"Ahh! NOO!" she yells, reaching for the rising Equalist platforms, where she can see her brother.
She continues falling, but then a metal cable wraps around her wrist, dropping her fall. She gives a surprised cry before looking up at see Lin swinging through the air on one cable as she holds Korra with the other. She allows herself a moment of relief before she rights herself up and grabs on, determined. Lin swings around to get better momentum, and then flings Korra back up to the roof with a grunt.
Korra shoots up like a rocket for them, spotting the Lieutenant and the Messenger, the latter with her brother. Scowling, she comes up from behind them and then yells, delivering a powerful fire blast with a roundhouse kick, knocking them off the ropes. The Messenger yells in rage as he and the Lieutenant fall, Caran slipping from his grasp. Korra gasps, watching her brother fall and glances back up at Amon.
He is staring at her.
She glares furiously and punches up at Amon, shooting a very powerful ball of fire at him. Amon merely steps off the platform just before the fire reaches inside, avoiding the attack. He is unfazed as the blast knocks back the surrounding chi blockers.
Growling to herself, she then jumps off the platform and back to the ceiling of the arena.
The Lieutenant was pulling himself to his feet, as well as the Messenger, who activated his crimson blade with a snarl. Korra widens her eyes at the sight of it, but doesn't think much on it. She notices Caran's form lying nearby, unmoving.
Lin then jumps up through the roof, landing and retracting her cables. She analyses the situation with narrowed eyes, noticing Caran, however is surprised at the sight of the Messenger.
"I'm done playing games!" Messenger roars, and with a yell, thrusts his arms out. Korra and Lin are both thrown back several feet, crying out in surprise. She gets back to her feet, staring at the Messenger with wide eyes.
"He can... use the same power?" she whispers to herself in alarm.
"Come on Avatar!" Lin grunts, charging for them, she is unsure about this new guy, but still determined. She's a Beifong, and she won't be brought down by these two.
Lieutenant rushed for Lin, so Korra goes after the Messenger, determined to rescue her brother. She kicks out a stream of fire, but he dodges, swinging with his blade. Korra jumps over him, not wanted to find out what that thing could do, but he kicks her back, surprising her.
She hits the ground in surprise, but groans. "Caran can predict things, so he can too. Typical," she mutters to herself.
She jumps to her feet and punches out more fireballs, but Messenger evades them as well as Amon does. Dashing forwards, Korra then moves to kick him in the head, but he blocks her strike, and then slashes with his lightsaber again. She ducks underneath and kicks him with a burst of fire. He's knocked back, but he twirls around and punches her back.
Meanwhile, Lin was battling it out with the Lieutenant. She lashes out with her cables, but he rolls underneath them and pulls out his electric batons. Lin swipes her cables at him again and again, but he rolls and jumps out of the way, getting closer. When he was in range, he jumped for her, batons raised, but she anticipates the blow and sidesteps, twirling around with a kick. He's knocked off course and goes several feet away, but recovers quickly.
He charges again, and Lin sends more cables straight at him. However he raises his batons, allowing the cables to wrap around them, and shocks the cables. The electric current travels up to Lin, who screams in pain from the shock. She falls to her knees, and the Lieutenant runs in closer with a smirk.
Caran groans, shifting slightly and opening his eyes. Through his blurry vision, he manages to see Korra battling the Messenger, and tries reaching a hand out, but it collapses.
Korra sends more fireballs at the Messenger, but he dodges, eventually gesturing with his hand. A piece of the roof tears off, and is thrown at her. She widens her eyes in surprise before the piece of metal slams into her. She tumbled to the ground, but gets back to her feet with a scowl. However, he gestures again, and Korra is suddenly whipped forwards with a cry, her face hitting the glass roof.
"You're no match for me girl." Messenger taunts.
As he approaches Korra, saber dragging across the glass, a massive burst of air slams into him, and he skids across the roof. Tenzin leaps up from the hole in the ceiling and throws another gust of wind at him. The Messenger rolls to the side and yells in rage, thrusting his arm out. Tenzin attempts to make a shield of air, but it doesn't stop the Messenger's power, and he's blown back with a surprised grunt.
Korra then blasts fire at him, but he leans away from it, charging for her again. He swings his saber, and Korra leaps to the side, but he was ready for that and changed his trajectory, about to slash her. Luckily, another blast from Tenzin knocks his strike off course, and it goes inches from her head. He stumbles, and Korra takes the opportunity to deliver a fire punch against his arm, knocking his weapon away.
Messenger then retaliates by swinging his arm, slamming his fist into her face. Added power to his swing sends her flying, and he charges for Tenzin. The Airbending master sends a disc of wind, but he jumps over it and thrusts out a hand. Tenzin is prepared this time and flips to the side, retaliating with a wind blast. But Messenger cuts through it with his power, surprising Tenzin.
"I've had enough of you Airbender!" he snarls.
Lieutenant swings his batons, striking Lin in the back, and she rolls forwards. Wincing, she gets to her feet and twirls around, stopping his next attack by knocking his arm aside and then ramming him with her knee. He flinched in pain, and Lin wraps her cables around his wrists, throwing him over her and against the ceiling, and he rolls away.
Messenger rolls underneath another air blast from Tenzin and kicks out with his foot. Tenzin grunts in pain as he gets hit in the chest, but then Messenger raises an arm, Tenzin being lifted in the air and then slammed against the ground. He reaches an arm towards his weapon while keeping his gaze on Tenzin, and it zips back into his hand. He catches it and then activated the blade, swinging downwards. Before he could strike Tenzin, Korra reappears and shoots fire at his blade, forcing it away. She then punches upwards with a fire fist, blowing him away from Tenzin.
He stumbles back, and tries to swing his saber but she evades, kicking at him. He dodges her kick and then ducks underneath her next kick, which is full of fire. He then angles his lightsaber and stabs upwards, not caring about Amin's wish to keep her alive anymore. Time seems to go in slow motion for her, and she watches the blade stabbing upwards for her chest. She then spins around his strike and raises her elbow, slamming it into his face, and then kicking him away.
He stumbles back, dropping his weapon on the ground and holding his face. He pulls his hand away to reveal the left side of his mask was cracked, skin visibly bruised from her elbow, and his eye could just be seen. Glowing yellow, full of rage, and cold fury. Korra stopped, seeing that eye and feeling a cold chill fall over her.
With a yell of anger, he reaches out an arm in a choking manner, and Korra suddenly looses her ability to breathe, being choked by invisible hands. She claws at her throat, widening her eyes in terror. He approaches, thoughts of killing her driving his rage.
Lieutenant notices the confrontation and widens his eyes. "Messenger! Amon wants her alive!" he yells fiercely in anger.
Messenger takes no heed to the order, and the hold on Korra's throat gets tighter. Tenzin then jumps up with a yell and delivers a kick, air blasting out at the Messenger. He is blown away, and then assaulted by a barrage of air kicks and slashes, sending him slamming across the ground.
Korra drops to all fours, gasping for breath and clutching at her throat with one hand, coughing violently.
Lin took Lieutenants distraction with the Messenger to her advantage and charged forwards. He notices her coming, and swings his baton, but she ducks under it and grabs his arm, throwing him to the side. He recovers with a flip, by is suddenly struck by her cable, knocking him off the roof, and he yells angrily.
Tenzin slams the Messenger with an overhead air attack, and he stumbles backwards, spinning around before retaliating. He screams in fury, whipping back to face Tenzin and swiping his arm. Tenzin's momentum is stopped as he is suddenly tosses to the side by an unseen force, rolling across the ground. He calls his saber back to him, and then senses Lin going in the attack.
She shoots her cables out, but Messenger turns around and slashes them with his weapon. Lin widens her eyes in surprise before she's yanked towards him by an invisible force, and he slashes his weapon at her. Luckily his strike was knocked off course by another air gust, and Lin swings an arm out, punching him using the momentum he gave her. She rolls across the ground scowling, her cables shortened by a lot and Tenzin stands by her.
Messenger looks to attack again, by a fireball from Korra knocks him back. Together, she and Tenzin then blow streams of fire and air respectively at Messenger, and he is blown off the roof just like the Lieutenant, screaming in pure anger on the way. He tries throwing his weapon at him, and the red blade misses, but cuts through the glass near Caran. Cracks start to form in the roof.
Korra gasps in alarm, seeing a lot of cracks forming around Caran's body.
"Caran!" she exclaims. She runs for him, Lin and Tenzin following, but then he falls through the broken glass.
"Korra, wait!" Tenzin yells in alarm, but she gives no thought. Korra jumps after him, giving no heed to the danger.
Lin jumps after her in frustration, shooting her cables out despite their shortened range, latching it to an Equalist banner. Korra falls faster for Caran's body, and then reaches out, grasping his arm. She pulls him closer to her and then holds him tight to her chest. She then realizes they're still gonna hit the ground at a fatal speed, but luckily another one of Lin's cables shoots by.
Korra grabs into the cable, holding Caran tightly against her with the other, and Lin swings out of the smoke along with Korra towards the stands, tearing the banner. Lin lands on her feet and retracts her cables while Korra uses her earthbending to soften the landing, making a depression before it returns back to normal.
"You alright?" Lin asks, rushing over.
"I'm fine, thanks to you." Korra says gratefully, before turning her attention to Caran.
"Don't mention it, kid," she replied.
Korra laid Caran gently on the ground and shook him lightly, feeling his head. "Caran? Come on wake up squirt," she says worriedly.
Luckily, he groans and his eyes start to shift open, blinking heavily. He focuses his attention on Korra, who was looking over him with worry. "Kor... Korra?" he mumbles.
Korra gasps in relief. "You're alright!" she says happily, pulling him in for a tight hug. He winces in pain, and she separates, looking apologetic. "Sorry."
Tenzin then lands on the ground beside them, having floated down with Airbending, a concerned look on his face. "Is everyone alright?" he questions.
"I believe so," Lin replies. He sighs in relief. "That's the first good news today."
Lin nods before looking out at the damage caused to the arena by the Equalists. "I can't believe Amon did this. I played right into his hand," she says angrily, also with shame.
Tenzin lays a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "He played us all. Republic City is at war. And now we have a new enemy to deal with," he says, worry evident on his face.
"That Messenger," Lin says with a troubled nod.
"He has the same powers that Caran has," Korra adds, looking up at them.
"It would seem so," Tenzin says. "And is also well trained in how to use it. As well as that strange weapon of his."
"It cut through my cables." Lin adds, showing the still glowing ends of her cables, although they had cooled considerably.
"I'm afraid that these beings from the stars, may have found us." Tenzin says grimly. "Particularly the bad portion."
Caran shivers, still remembering the terror and absolute helplessness he felt when confronted by the Messenger.
Then a figure walks out into the arena, the three capable of fighting moving to get into an attack stance. However the person approaches quickly puts their fears to rest. "Ah please don't hurt me I'm on your side!" Luon exclaims, covering his face with his arms.
"Luon?" Korra asks in surprise, dropping her battle stance. The other two also drop their stances, but Lin still eyes him suspiciously.
He sighs in relief, dropping his arms. "Oh thank the spirits. I thought I was gonna get pulverized."
"Where've you been?" she asks, then noticing a bruise on his the left side of his face, especially around his eye. "Oh my goodness, are you okay?"
He waves her off. "I'm fine, nothing too serious. I was heading back to watch the rest of the match when an Equalist came out of nowhere. Hit my in the face with one of those weird, shock gloves."
"Well, it's good to know you're doing just fine then," Tenzin says with a nod.
"It takes more than a common foot soldier to beat me," he responds confidently, before realizing who he was in the presence of. "Oh, sorry Councilman, Chief Beifong," he apologizes. "Hope I wasn't interrupting."
Lin waves him off with a roll of her eyes. "Whatever kid."
Korra stares at her with some annoyance, and Luon gives her a weird look before shrugging. He then notices Caran's state, and concern fills his gaze. "Oh spirits, is he alright?" he asks worriedly.
"He should be, but I'm worried for him," Korra says, concern filling her soul as she watches over her little brother. He was conscious, enough to understand what was happening, and merely rolls his eyes slightly.
"We have to take him back to the island. Who knows what that Messenger would have done to him." Tenzin states.
Luon perks up. "Messenger? What do you mean?" he asks curiously.
"Apparently the Equalists have a new ally, one that uses the same powers as Caran," Tenzin explains. Korra picks Caran up, holding him in her arms as they rush for the exit.
"Wait, I thought he wasn't a bender?" Luon calls out in bewilderment.
"I'll explain later Luon! See you!" Korra calls out, rushing away with Tenzin. Luon watches them go, narrowing his eyes slightly before shrugging. He rubs the bruise over his left eye, wincing slightly, then notices Lin glaring at him, and he looks over at her warily.
"Uhh, did I do something?" he asks.
She sighs irritably. "I'm a little sour right now so just go away," she says angrily.
Later the next day, Caran was lying in his bed. Korra was sitting by his side, having helped heal his injuries from the fall onto the roof with water bending, letting his body do the rest.
"How you doing squirt?" she asked him softly.
"Better, thanks to you," he said gratefully, shifting in his bed to sit up.
"Stop moving!" she scolded.
"I'm fine now!" he whined. "You do wonders. Besides, it's not like I'm trying to get up and walk around!"
She scowled at him, crossing her arms. "Hmph."
The door then opens, and Tenzin walks into the room, concerned and thoughtful. "How are you doing Caran?" he questions.
"Better," he replied.
"That's good. So, you said you wanted to talk to me about something?" he asked.
Caran nods his head. "Yeah. I had another dream."
"A dream?" Korra asked.
"When I was knocked out by the Messenger," he said, giving a humorless laugh. "Dumb name by the way."
"So dumb," Korra agreed with a small smile.
"What was in your dream? You said it had something to do with your abilities." Tenzin interrupted, getting to the point.
Caran sighed. "Well, about my power, and now Messenger's power, he referred to it as 'the Force,' and in my dream I heard that as well."
Tenzin frowns thoughtfully, stroking his beard. "I haven't heard of something called the Force before, but that may be the name of your powers. Given his training, it's likely he would have more answers to it."
"Like he'll tell us." Korra scoffed.
"Or from someone else." Caran said.
Tenzin and Korra looked at him in confusion. "What do you mean?" Tenzin asks.
"Who else in the world could possibly know about, 'the Force?'" Korra asked sarcastically, making air quotes.
"In my dream, I saw Avatar Aang and Master Katara, back when they were still kids, probably during the hundred year war," he told them. "Then I also saw the White Lotus symbol, being replaced by one with a white sword and feathery wings."
"Never heard of a symbol like that before," Tenzin says with a frown.
"But the weirdest thing was that I also saw Aang and Katara standing with some other guy. He had long brown hair, and, somehow... I just knew that he was also like me." Caran said.
"Wait, really?" Korra asks in surprise.
"I've never heard of a man like that." Tenzin says.
"...he was with Aang and Katara. She might know," he theorizes.
"But I thought she said she didn't know anything about this stuff." Korra argues.
Caran shrugs. "That's what I saw."
Tenzin frowns thoughtfully. "I'm not sure I can... well, maybe," he sighs. "I wouldn't be too surprised if my mother and father kept some secrets to themselves, I'm sure they have every right too. But a secret of this scale... of where you may have come from... I'm not sure why she would hide that."
"So... you think Katara actually knows about the Force?" Korra asks, unsure.
"Possibly. I'll send a message out to her tonight. Maybe we can find an answer to this." Tenzin responds, leaving the room.
The siblings watch him go, and then Caran pulls out his crystal necklace from under his shirt, holding it in his hand. The crystal glows dimly, and they both stare at it.
"Did you get any visions?" Caran suddenly asks.
She blinks at him in surprise. "Where'd you get that idea?" she asks.
He shrugs in response. "I don't know. Just a feeling."
She raises an eyebrow at him but nods. "Yeah, I did. I think I saw Aang and Toph, and some other creepy guy, but I'm not sure. Definitely not as clear as what you saw that's for sure."
"Maybe Aang's spirit is trying to contact you," he offers hopefully.
"You know for such a young age, you seem to be very wise." Korra points out with a frown.
"Probably because I actually listen to what Tenzin has to say instead of rushing into the action part of training," he teases with a grin.
She makes to throw a retort before stopping, eventually shrugging her shoulders in acceptance. "Yeah, I can't really argue with that."
Next chapter done! Oh, things are getting more serious now, and Caran's secret powers have been revealed to Republic City, the world soon to follow. Which means wariness and mistrust are coming, not very good for them. Not only that, but does Katara know more about the Force than she ever let on?
Any guesses on who this mystery Jedi is?
P.S. I hope that whole fight with the Messenger was believable and realistic, because I don't want him to be insanely overpowered compared to the rest of them, but I don't want him defeated like a chump either. Having battles between people, specifically with Caran where they only have the Force is actually challenging, because you gotta think about how it works. I'd probably go with having it similar to Airbending, even though it isn't and is really different, you guys agree?
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