This is the beginning of the prison break mini arc.

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The First Avatar

Book 1: Greed

Chapter 12: Night of the Red Moon PT1

The Full Moon, having long been a source of great power to a Waterbender, filled Tahno and Korra with dread as they looked at it, entering the prison in a police van. Like Asami, Mako and Bolin, they had been disguised as criminals; wearing rags over their normal clothes to add to their disguise. Lin, disguised as a normal prison officer, spoke to the gate guards and handed them a letter from Saikhan and Tenzin, making sure that he was aware of what was going on.

"Okay, five new prisoners coming in! Put the women and the pretty boy in the high security wing. The other boys need to be kept separate, so put them in A Wing and D Wing. The guard said to his partner, winking so he knew to be gentle with them. They often had undercover officers in the prison, to try and get information out of prisoners.

Nodding with understanding, the second guard opened the back of the van and roughly (but not too roughly) pulled both Korra and Asami out of the van and held their unbound hands behind their backs. Everything had to look real.

Lin took the two boys and the first guard held Tahno as they entered the prison. A huge number of prisoners were in the yard, despite it being night time, meaning that many were non-bending inmates mixed in with the undercover militia members. They'd be the first responders when the attack began. The prison was one of two in the city, and was an actual prison for convicted criminals, unlike the jail for those awaiting trial. It was built like a pentagon, with a large tower in the centre and the yard between. Watch towers lined the points of the pentagon and kept an eye on both the yard and the outside space, between the prison building and the large four walls of the outer prison.

Mako and Bolin would end up in separate wings of the pentagon, almost completely opposite, but Saikhan and Lin already had people on the other three wings. But Asami, Korra and Tahno were bound the the High Security Wing, which meant the top of the central tower. Even though they knew they weren't really prisoners, the look of the tower was daunting. For most cases, prisoners that went in here, never came out.

After going through a lobby of what looked like offices, the small group boarded a lift which took them right to the top floor; the defunct death row. Capital Punishment had been forbidden for decades, but the old Death Row still served as the most terrifying place in the city. Both Korra and Tahno were uneasy. They could feel the spirits inside them being oppressed by the malevolent presences.

"You girls are lucky. The only occupied cell up here is the Equalist traitor, Hiroshi Sato. You'll be sharing a cell with him. Pretty boy here will be in the one opposite." The guard said, smiling a bit.

"Wouldn't luck be getting our own cell?" Korra asked.

"Are you kidding!? This place is the most evil place in the city! Dark Spirits of all kinds roam these halls, and that isn't even a ghost story! They're real. More than one guard here has ended up in the hospital. They don't attack where others can see them though."

"Great, can't I share with the girls?" Tahno asked.

"Sorry kid, Beifong's orders that these two are with Hiroshi. Only allowed three in a cell, before it starts getting really cramped. You wouldn't thank us, believe me."

"You'll be fine! Don't be a wuss in front of the ladies now." A familiar voice came from ahead of the group. Turning a corner was Silver, dressed as a prison guard. "I'll be your guard this evening, and behave if you don't want to be in solitary!" she laughed.

"Great, we got the trainee guard." Asami joked.

"Hey, I've got a night stick and I have very little idea how to use it, so shut up!" Silver laughed.

"I'll leave them with you. here are the keys." The guard said, handing a ring of keys to Silver.

"Got it. Thanks." Silver said, smiling as she waved goodbye to the man.

There talking died out as they got to the other end of the floor, where the only occupied cell was. It was large enough for three people to be relatively comfy, but was otherwise as bare as Korra had expected. Hiroshi was moping on the bed, wearing prison clothes. He looked up at the sound of people approaching. At first, his expression hardened as he recognised Korra, but it lightened when Asami came into view.

"Asami! What are you doing here!? Did they arrest you too!?" he asked, giving Korra a dirty look. "Did you do anything to my daughter!?"

"Relax, I'm here to help the police stop Amon from breaking you out." Asami said, looking sternly at her father. Silver threatened the man with a fire ball, so he'd stay away from the bars as she let Korra and Asami into the cell. Once they were secured, she put Tahno in the one opposite and took a seat on the floor, leaning against the bars of Tahno's cell.

"Why? Why have you grown to hate me so much!? I'm just trying to make a better life for people like us! And trying to punish the filthy benders that took your mother from us." Hiroshi said, putting both hands on his daughter's shoulders.

"No one would care if you weren't considering every single bender like your own personal grudge." Korra said snidely, going to lay on the bunk.

"Be quiet you evil creature! No bender has anything to say to me!" Hiroshi spat. Korra flinched at the harshness, but Tahno, Silver and Asami quickly became hostile.

"Don't you dare speak down to my friend! Korra has done more than she should have had to to make me feel like family! And the best part? She doesn't even hate the equalists, despite what they are trying to do! You want to exterminate her entire people, and she still doesn't hate you…" Asami slowly began to calm down. "And if I were her, I might not be able to do the same."

Korra hopped down from her bunk and placed a hand on Asami's shoulder. "It's okay. He can't say or do anything to me. Whether you two agree or not, you're still family. Right Hiroshi? You aren't going to ditch her because she doesn't hate benders."

Hiroshi glared at Korra. "No. I will always love my daughter, no matter what. I may hate her choice, but I could never hate her."

Korra smiled, "Then there's hope for you after all."

Silver laughed quietly. "Honestly…having Tenzin, Katara AND Zuko around is making her all wise beyond her years!" she said to herself, just loud enough for Tahno to hear.

"It could be you too, though you seem more like a school teacher than a wise old master." Tahno said, running his fingers over the bars.

The night creeped on slowly, with mostly awkward silences, snide comments from Hiroshi and snippy retorts from his daughter. It was uncomfortable for everyone, until a vibrating came from Silver's pocket. Pulling out a two-way radio, Silver answered. "Hey Kye, how's it going out there?"

A female voice, sounding hushed and urgent came over the radio. "Silver, things are going well on my end, but Amon is suspicious. He knows something's up. I'm already prepared to take out the Equalist's radio signal, but that would cut us off too. When the radio goes dead, I'm on my way."

"Got it. Try not to go overboard." Silver teased. A bemused chuckle came from the other end before it went silent. A brief check showed that the radio was still on, but simply not in use.

Not too far away from the prison's outer wall, a small unit of Equalists were busy waiting atop a roof for the signal to begin the assault. Kye, completely disguised as an Equalist, was watching both Amon and his lieutenant, as they looked out across the roof tops between them and the prison, silently preparing themselves. Several small units of Equalists were already around the prison and each had explosives. When the explosions went off, it would be Kye's job to go with her two partners (unaware of her true allegiance) to sneak through the spot lights and get to the central tower before they could be spotted. Then they could free Hiroshi before anyone knew what was even happening.

Amon noticed the way that the female equalist shifted impatiently. Something was up…was it Silver again? No…she was a little bit too tall, and her body was more womanly than Silver's… maybe she was just nervous? For some reason, Amon couldn't help but feel paranoid, but emotional extremes always did come to him at the sight of the full moon. He had heard tales of men which became beasts when gazing up on the moon, whole in the night sky; and while he thought them to be childish stories, he did admit to feeling the thrill that these beasts of lore would have felt. The thrill of the hunt, of the fight and even that of the flight, escaping from a powerful enemy.

As midnight began, Amon turned to his lieutenant. "Begin the operation."

Like a flash, explosions began to erupt from the prison's outer walls and Equalists poured through them. Everyone in the prison had heard and felt the rumbling of the falling stonework, but few understood. Before long, the prison was in the middle of a riot. Kye and her two assistants quickly ran off, with Kye using a small detonator to destroy the radio gear that she had previously sabotaged. Now no one would be able to hear them coming, but neither could the invading force exchange information. Chaos quickly ensued.

Back in Hiroshi's holding cell, Silver cringed as her radio made a loud squeal before nothing but static. "Kye knocked out the radio. The rumbling from earlier must have been their beginning attack. Prepare for enemy incoming." Silver said, getting to her feet and uncorking her water skin. Tahno did the same, and Korra, having felt odd, decided not to use one. She'd fight with her fists this time.

Within a few minutes, three equalists used grappling hooks and small explosives to blow out a window not too far from Hiroshi's cell. Korra and Asami were let out, as well as Tahno, to prepare for the fight. The three enemies came into view quickly, but Silver backed down. Korra looked at her with confusion, but the third equalist electrocuted and knocked out her two partners with ease and a noticeable lack of an electrical glove.

"Kye, took you longer than I thought. The cat suit making you slow?" Silver teased.

"You got that right! This thing is horrid." Kye complained, pulling her mask and suit off with one strong tug, ripping the seams like they were paper. Under the disguise, Korra recognised her from the picture Silver had shown them.

Kye's hair was a light gold, and hung down to her waist. Her eyes were silver and she wore a similar kimono to Silver, but with shorter sleeves and a thin body suit underneath, all the same deep purple colour. She looked remarkably like Silver, or at least she could have been from the same place.

"Well, I should introduce myself. Kye Akari, a friend to Silver when she isn't being a pain, and a lightningbender." She said, showing her crackling fingers to prove it.

"So, you prefer not to use fire?" Korra asked, admiring the control she had over the electricity that ran between her fingers.

"I can use it in a pinch, but I find lightning to be more precise. You must be Korra, Silver's newest human friend. Lucky you." Kye smirked.

"Yeah, I'm Korra. These are my friends, Asami Sato and Tahno." Korra said, gesturing towards each of her allies.

"Sato huh? The daughter of the guy we're guarding. Sorry for your troubles." Kye said shortly. She wasn't antisocial, but there was an uncomfortable aura approaching from the window she had come in from. "I think we're going to have company."

The gang quickly formed a defensive line as two figures appeared, partially obscured by the smoke of the battle outside. Stepping into the dim light of the cell block, Amon and his Lieutenant approached the group.

"Good evening Avatar Korra, Silver. Traitor." Amon said politely, aiming the last part at Kye.

"I prefer double agent." She said cheekily.

Amon smiled beneath his mask. "Well then…" he took a battle stance, as did the lieutenant.

"Shall we begin?"