Asami stood beside Lieutenant on the lift. Everything was being prepared, the prisoners, the guards, and the people inside. Everything needed to go according to plan in order to show the world what true power is. She looked and made sure her scarf was on right and checked to see if there was any burn marks noticeable on her costume, she found none and checked her gloves to see if they were in working condition if things got out of hand. Good to go.
"You did well out there in the Agni Kai Triad base Asami, You're quite the protégé." Said Lieutenant
Asami turned to Lieutenant and noticed he groomed his mustache to appear farther stretched than it normally is. Not only that, but his goggles were on his eyes instead of on top of his head. She guessed even Lieutenant wanted to look as presentable as possible to the crowd of people.
"How many do you think are out there waiting for us?" asked Asami
"I've been told it's a full house tonight. Everyone is ready to find out what the Equalists are all about."
"Do you know what's going to happen tonight?"
"Amon has kept me in the dark as much as you kid. Nobody knows but him. Well, after tonight everyone will know."
After awhile Amon came to the stage.
"Are you two ready?" He asked
"Yes, sir." Replied Lieutenant
"Always." Said Asami
"Good, then let's begin."
Amon signaled a soldier to signal the speaker above. Amon got into place and the lift slowly ascended up. When they were about to reach the top, Asami could hear the speaker.
"Please welcome your hero, your savior, Amon!"
Asami's eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness of the room. She saw so many heads in the room from front to back and couldn't even guess how many there were. The crowd applauded and cheered at the sight of Amon.
Amon moved towards the microphone.
"My quest for equality began many years ago. When I was a boy, my family and I lived on a small farm. We weren't rich, and none of us were benders. This made us very easy targets for the firebender who extorted my father. One day, my father confronted this man, but when he did, that firebender took my family from me… and… he took my face. I've been forced to hide behind a mask ever since."
Asami never knew that, she felt sorry for him and wanted to give him a reassuring hand on the shoulder to show that everything will be alright. But she knew she couldn't, it was a weakness. Amon continued his speech.
"As you may have heard, the Avatar has been reported officially dead by the White Lotus."
The crowd cheered in approval on the information.
"With the Avatar out of the way, it'll help show the world the horrors of bending. It has been the cause of every war, in every era. But that, is about to change. I know you've been wondering, 'What is the Revelation?' you are about to get your answer. Since the beginning of time, the Spirits have acted as guardians of our world, and they have spoken to me. They say the Avatar has failed humanity, and they are right. The Spirits have chosen me, to usher in a new era of balance. They have granted me a power that will make equality a reality. The power, to take away a person's bending away… Permanently."
The crowd gasped in shock, Asami's eyes widened. Had she made a mistake? Is she following a nut case? She looked at Lieutenant to see if he believed any of this, and even he was just as confused as Asami was.
"Now for a demonstration, please welcome Lightning Bolt Zolt, leader of the Triple Threat Triad, and one of the most notorious criminals in Republic City."
The crowd booed at Zolt and Asami could barely hear Zolt say 'boo yourselves.'
"Zolt has amassed a fortune for using and extorting non-benders. But his reign of terror, is about to come to an end. Now, in the interest of fairness, I will give Zolt the chance to fight to keep his bending."
Asami saw Lieutenant remove Zolts rope and push him to one side of the stage. Zolt got into a stance.
"You're going to regret doing that pal!"
Zolt shot a fireball at Amon who easily dodged it. Zolt kept shooting flame after flame, and Amon kept getting closer and closer. He then shot lightning that moved faster than the blink of an eye, but even Amon moved quicker than that. Amon immediately grabbed his wrist and moved it to the ground into the ceiling, blowing up machinery and blowing up lights. When Amon was behind Zolt, he stuck a finger in the back of his neck, keeping him immobilized on his knees while Zolt still spewed lightning. Amon raised Zolts head and put his thumb on Zolts forehead with his index on his temple.
Asami saw as Zolts lightning slowly diminished into a brilliant display of orange flame, which, too, faded. Zolt fell to the ground and Amon stood there, calm, collected, acted as if nothing happened, acting as if Zolt wouldn't get up and spew more fire. Zolt got to his knees and threw a fist at Amon, but nothing happened. The crowd gasped in shock and Asami couldn't believe her eyes. He couldn't bend.
"Wha…What did you do to me…?" Said Zolt weakly
"Your firebending is gone, forever." Stated Amon
Asami thought her eyes were playing tricks, she blinked and blinked but everything was still where it was at.
"The era of bending is over, a new era, of equality, has begun!"
The crowd cheered at the sight of everything that occurred, Asami now realized the strange feeling about Amon being insane was gone. She saw the leader she looked up to again, and realized there was still a lot of firebending garbage left to put out. Including that firebender she fought in the hallway.
An Equalist soldier untied the next victim, Shady Shin, a recruiter for the Triple Threat Triad and Zolts right hand man. Shady Shin didn't even put up a fight, he slowly moved backwards only to get his bending taken away slowly. Next was the leader of the Agni Kai Triad, Cabal. A ruthless man who put children onto slave ships and sent them to Spirits know where. Cabal put up a pathetic fight; he shot one fire ball that landed nowhere near Amon. He, too, lost his bending.
The final one was the bender she fought in the hallway. He had short hair, sharp features, and strange pointy eyebrows. The man slowly walked away from Amon, but for every step taken, Amon took one in return. Something happened in the man that snapped, he immediately shot a blast that encompassed the whole stage, but Amon dodged to the side and slowly made his way towards the man. The man kept firing fire after fire at Amon but just kept missing and missing. Amon was breathing distance by the time he shooting more fire. Amon twisted his arm to his back. He then kicked the back of the man's knee to the ground and placed a thumb on his forhead. The man screamed 'no' at the top of his lungs. He slumped to the ground and laid there.
Amon walked to the microphone.
"This ends the Revelation. And this is only the beginning, soon, we will take down the council of Republic City, make them pay for ruining the non-bending class by showing them what it's like to be one of us. Equality is upon us brother and sisters, and this world will know that bending will no longer be needed in this world, again!"
The crowd cheered at their leader. Foot soldiers dragged the bodies of those who lost their bending. They were going to a prison where they could never hurt anyone again, and never bend again.