Ch 21 night of a thousand stars
The pro-bending arena was packed with people going inside to watch Varrick's mover. Boba and Asami were sitting in the back of the president's car, Boba looking agitated.
"Boba, relax." Asami said, putting her hand on Boba's hand.
"This is the perfect opportunity for an attack to happen." Boba said, grabbing a long trench coat. Boba then grabbed some string, and his shotgun.
"What's with the shotgun?" Asami asked.
"You seriously asked that questions?" Boba snarled.
Boba made a small knot on the trigger guard, and tightened the rest of the rope around his shoulder, holding the shotgun snug against his body. Then, he put the trench coat on, to disguise his weapon. Boba also grabbed his MI-6 pistol and put it inside a pocket in the trench coat.
Asami and Boba left the car and walked down the red carpet, the camera's taking pictures of them.
"And here comes the CEO of future industries, and the president of the united republics. Why Boba decided to wear a black trench coat is anyone's guess." Shiro Shinobi commenting.
"Mr. President." Someone yelled from behind.
Boba quickly turned around, and saw Raiko, his VP.
"Raiko." Boba coldly said.
"You still want to send troops down south?" Raiko asked.
"Yes. Did congress change their mind?" Boba asked.
"No. And you know that." Raiko said.
"For now." Boba said, turning around and walking inside the pro-bending arena.
Sitting in the presidential suit, Asami sat next to Boba, looking at him.
"What was that about?" Asami asked.
"I've tried make congress change their mind, but they won't. I'm guessing they're still pissed that I abolished the central banking system." Boba said, smiling about it.
"If I recall correctly, you lined about half of them against the wall and shot them." Asami said.
"That's to show the congress I'm serious, and that they serve the people, not themselves." Boba said.
"God, Boba. You're fucking scary sometimes." Asami says, as the movie begins.
Holy shit, this movie is terrible. I might have Asami knock me out with her chi blocking technique. If not, I'll blow my head off with my shotgun. That's another reason I brought it here.
Boba eventually got bored, and stood up.
"Hold this." Boba said, giving Asami his pistol.
"If anyone comes in without stating their name, kill them." Boba said, then closed the door.
Boba left the stadium and walked in a hallway, minding his own business, when he saw a Varrick-cake lying on the floor.
"Interesting." Boba said, looking to his left and right. Boba heard banging noise, and pulled out his shotgun, racking the pump.
"In here." A muffled voice said.
Boba opened a closet and found the two detectives.
"They're after the president and vice president!" Gang said.
Boba slammed the door in their faces and ran back to the stadium. Boba discarded his trench coat and opened the door to the president suit, facing Asami as she leveled her pistol at him.
"Thank god. Someone's after the vice president. Follow me." Boba said.
Boba and Asami quickly headed to the vice president, seeing 5 waterbender thugs about to capture them.
"Raiko!" Boba shouted, and gathered the attention of the waterbenders. Boba fired, and shot one of the thugs in the chest, killing him. The remaining 4 bolted, and used their waterbending to jump out of the suit, landing on the arena.
"That was stupid." Boba said, as a police officer came.
"Everything alright?" the officer asked.
"Get me to that arena." Boba said, pointing to the waterbenders.
Boba was thrown from the suit to the arena, landing in the midst of the waterbenders.
"Hey, it's the president." One of the waterbenders said, just as Boba shot him in the face.
Boba then clubs another waterbender with his shotgun, only to get tossed to the edge of the arena, as the remaining three waterbenders start attacking. Boba pulls out his knife and throws it at one of the waterbenders, killing him.
The remaining two waterbenders slowly back away from Boba, and Boba picks up his shotgun and kills another waterbender. The lone thug attempts to run, only for Boba to grab him and throw him to the ground, shotgun pointed at him.
"Who ordered the attack?" Boba asked.
"It was Varrick!" the thug screamed in fear, then Boba shot him in the face.
Boba jumped into the water and swam to the stadium, eventually climbing his way into the stands.
"That was amazing, Boba." Bolin said.
Boba ignored Bolin and headed to confront Varrick, shotgun in hand, arriving outside.
"It was Varrick all along. His plan was to capture you and the president, and make it look like the north was responsible. Than we'd have no choice but to attack." Lin said to Raiko.
"That was what me and Mako were telling you the entire time. Do I need to declare martial law just to get things down around here?" Boba asked, walking past Lin and approaching Varrick.
"Varrick." Boba said, raising his shotgun.
"No hard feelings, right?" Varrick asked, only for Boba to bludgeon him with his shotgun.
"Take your time torturing him." Boba said to an officer.
"Mako, you were right all along. How'd you like to be a detective?" Lin asked Mako.
"There aren't any openings." Mako said.
"There are two openings right now." Lin said, and Lu and Gang dropped their mouths in shock of being demoted.
Oogi arrived, and Korra jumped down approaching the group.
"Sir, I know I've asked for your help before, but things have changed. Unalaq doesn't just wanna take over the South anymore. He wants to destroy the whole world." Korra said.
"How?" Boba asked.
"He's trying to release a powerful dark spirit during Harmonic Convergence, which is only a few days away. If he succeeds, the world as we know it, is over. Sir, we desperately need your help." Korra said.
"If what you're saying is true, we need to protect our citizens." Raiko said, walking away.
"I'm coming with you. Besides, it's personal for me." Boba said.
"We'll join you to." Asami said.
"So how are we going to deal with Unalaq?" Boba asked.
"I know just the man." Bolin said.
Boba found himself looking standing next to team Avatar, looking at Varrick in his cell.
"Hey guys. I had this cell built special, because I had a feeling I'd end up here one of these days." Varrick said.
"Bolin, this is a waste of time." Boba said.
"You guys aren't still mad are you? I did some good. Korra, who warned you about Unalaq, I did. Bolin, who got you into movers, I did. Asami, who saved your company, I did. Mako, who almost got you thrown into jail, I did. Wait a minute. That's not a good thing." Varrick said.
"You stole everything from me, and tried to kidnap the president and vice president. Those are pretty bad things to." Asami said.
"I wasn't going to hurt him. I just needed to start a war. Well, a bigger war." Varrick said.
"Well we're gonna end it. Where's all the stuff you stole from Asami?" Bolin asked.
"The Future Industries' stuff? It's on my battleship." Varrick said.
"You have a battleship?" Korra asked.
"Of course I do! I bought the first one they made! Named her the "Zhu Li"." Varrick said, sitting down.
"You named your battleship after your assistant?" Bolin asked.
"Yup. They're both cold, heartless war machines." Varrick said.
"Look, I'm truly sorry for the mess I caused. Let me make it up to you, take Zhu Li. My battleship, it's yours, and everything on it." Varrick said.
"It's not the fleet we were looking for, but it's the next best thing." Korra said.
"All right! Team Avatar is back in business. Haha!" Bolin said.
"Asami we need to head to your house." Boba said.
"What for?" Korra asked.
"I hid a whole bunch of weapons that we can use there." Boba said.
At Asami's house, Boba opened a room and showed team avatar a good sized arsenal of kinetic firearms.
"When did you make these, Asami?" Korra asked, grabbing a KN-44 assault rifle.
"While ago. They're only prototypes." Asami said, grabbing a Thompson SMG.
"We're taking all the guns here, so get to it." Boba said, slinging a Drakon sniper rifle.
On the Zhu Li, Boba collapsed on a bed, exhausted from the night's events.