"Police! Freeze where you are!"
As the group of bending teenagers looked up towards the now clearly visible airship going towards them, a sense of dread of what will most likely come soon washed over them, all except Korra who seemed to be quite proud of their handiwork.
Larik however, after looking around the area and realising the extent of the damage the group has caused, soon realised that it may not just be the thugs who would be detained and after a brief glance at Zyphia, who had a similar glum and an overly too serious expression to his own, indicated how she had also come to the same conclusion as he did.
"You thinking what I'm thinking? He asked.
"If what you're thinking is that we're in a hell of a lot of trouble then yea, I think we are." She replied, her voice more cynical than mere moments ago, indicating that this has happened to her before.
It would appear our new friend has had a couple of run-ins with the cops.
He then turned his attention to the group of policemen that had arrived on the scene: three of them detaining the gangsters and the last one, presumably the one in charge, started to walk towards the group, Korra in particular, which the pair had already started to talk to each other.
"You're under arrest, too, all three of you." He stated, a face wrinkled in annoyance that was directed at the three.
Much to Larik's chagrin, Korra did not respond well to this, stepping a bit backwards to where he, Bipin and Zyphia were.
"What do you mean I'm under arrest? Those are the bad guys over there! They were going to smash a shop! " she cried in outrage, pointing towards the gangsters to prove her point.
"From the looks of it, you lot smashed up a lot more than that." He curtly replied, complacency seemingly taking over if his expression was any judge.
Larik fearing the worst, decided to step in. "Okay everybody, let's just calm down now I'm sure we can talk about this peacefu-"
Before he could continue, the officer, seemingly done with talking, extended a metal cable from his whip and proceeded to attempt to restrain Korra, who barely dodged it.
"Wait, you - you can't arrest me! Let me explain!" she lazily attempted to explain, only for the officer to cut her off with a statement of his own.
"You can explain yourself all you like, down at headquarters." He said, before charging towards Korra, intent on her arrestment.
Oh bloody hell... here we go. Larik thought.
The officer, as he is charging, bends his cables towards her, who is only able duck from the unexpected assault and tumble backwards onto the ground. Before the officer could attack again, Larik quickly rushes up to him and kick him square in the chest, jumping slightly backwards from the momentum of his attack, and seeing how Bipin had manoeuvred behind the officer during this time, resulting in the man tripping himself up upon the body of wolf before crashing hard onto the ground.
The officer, as well as everyone else in the nearby vicinity, stares at him, with only a single sentence in response.
"Oh shit..."
Before the officers could respond, a sudden rush of water springs forward, creating a small barricade of ice between the two sides, resulting in all of the officers suddenly attacking the group in the hopes of capturing them.
"Move!" Zyphia shouts before a particularly large metal cable slams the ground where she stood mere moments ago, having moved to Larik's side at the last moment, splitting the two of them away from Korra.
As the officers start to swarm over the makeshift barrier, Korra quickly jumps onto the saddle of Naga and attempting to reach the others, but before she could a pair of officers, renewed by their anger at their defiance, rush towards her and cutting her off from her friends.
Larik, realising she can't reach them, shouts "Go! We'll meet you at the temple." Before grabbing Zyphia's hand, whistling Bipin to follow him and running through a nearby alleyway.
Korra, seeing this, nods to herself and urges Naga into a different alleyway, with the officers who stopped her from joining her friends zip wiring after her, whilst the others run after Larik and Zyphia.
Larik, only just fully realising what he had done, let's go of Zyphia's hand and, whilst both are running, asks her "You can split if you want, no one will blame you. I can grab their attention for you to slip by."
She shakes her head and with a smile says "Nah, I think I'll stick around. We came this far, why stop now?"
Before he could respond an officer appears from the left, cable extended and bends it at them, forcing them to dodge it.
Larik rushes towards him and as he got closer, shoulder barges the officer to the ground, with Zyphia jumping on him and using him as leverage for her to catch up to Larik, who was starting to increase the distance between them.
As the group exit the long alley that they came from, they stumble through a large market area that had all types of items being on sale, from animals to clothes and to food, with Zyphia finding the time and grace to pickpocket an apple from one of said food stools.
Upon receiving a frown in her direction, Zyphia shrugs "A girl's got to eat."
Before he could respond a shadow falls on them from the sky, which is revealed to be an airship bearing the police insignia, alarms sounding from it, and much to Larik's annoyance sees a defeated Korra and Naga hanging in the air, held by multiple cables seemingly sprouting from the ship.
"That's ... not good." Zyphia remarks.
"Thank you for stating the obvious."
Suddenly as if by magic, seemingly dozens of police officers appear on all sides, surrounding them and forcing the teenagers to go back to back, Bipin growling menacingly.
"You're surrounded! Surrender or we will use force!" One of the metal benders shouts, signalling the others to go into numerous stances, ready for anything that might happen.
"Any ideas tough guy 'cause I don't know 'bout you but our chances are very slim." Zyphia whispers behind her back.
"I've got one." Larik, his voice as steady and calm as if he was on a midday stroll, replies.
"Oh yea, then what is it?"
Larik suddenly steps forward, his arms up in the air and shouts "We surrender!"
Zyphia, seeing as how her only back up is now waving the white flag, growls to herself before reluctantly raising her own hands up as well.
"Great plan." She Mutters in Larik's direction.
Larik smiles and simply replies "I try my best."