Chapter 29 Not Equal

It's been about 2 weeks since the Convergence and since Miraak was free from the darkness that corrupted after he died. And since Vaatu was sent to the Void.

After all that Sean and Korra moved back to the states to relax with their son.

Currently Korra was slowly waking up before she saw her husband in front of her still asleep making her smile before she buried her face into his chest before he wrapped his arms around her.

"Morning." Sean said kissing her forehead making her smile as she wrapped her legs around him.

"Morning." Korra said as she started kissing him more aggressively.

Thats when they heard Junior cry making Korra smile before she got out of bed and put on a robe before walking to his room before picking him up.

"Shh. It's ok honey." Korra said as he calmed down.

"I swear it's like he knows we're up to something." Sean said walking in with shorts on making her giggle.

"Are you trying to hog all my attention?" Korra asked her son who giggled making her smile before kissing his forehead.

Soon the three were down stairs with Korra giving Junior his bottle.

"It feels good to be home after all the Chaos your uncle put us through." Sean said.

"Yeah. I'm assuming though you'll still be called in action with your new rank?" Korra asked expecting it.

"Maybe a few times." Sean said as she sat down next to him.

"Not that I'm against it but I would like you to ACTUALLY stay here for a vacation for a change. Even when I was pregnant you still went on missions at least one a week.

"Yeah well, you live in the military most of your life and you get used to it. Don't worry I'll make sure it's at least once a month since do want to spend time with both of you and relax after the nightmare you uncle put us through." Seans aid making her smile before kissing him.

Thats when his phone went off making him roll his eyes before answering it.

"Yeah?" Sean asked.

"Head to the office we got something that needs attention." Hudson said.

"Right." Sean said hanging up.

"Don't worry. I know it comes with the job." Korra said kissing him before Sean kissed Junior's head making him giggle.

Later

A large number of the group including Mako were in Hudson's office as he showed a picture of a girl with armed men.

"Take a look at the photo." Hudson said as Sean looked. "The girl in the middle." Hudson said.

"She looks familiar...Wait a second. The Tokura Electronics case?" Sean asked..

"Yup. She's Eka Tokura, The only daughter of the CEO of that company. She was kidnapped 16 years ago by the new world Brigade, A group that embraces the ideals of the human liberation front." Hudson said.

"Kid looks tough." Woods said.

"Back in those days there weren't as many people eager to be cyberized as today. Eka was cyberized for a single-minded purpose. To promote the cutting edge products of her father's company. But as a result these extremists kidnapped her 16 years ago." Sean said as a video of her with a Mind link device in the back of her neck was seen.

"I just went over this case 2 days ago. There was a huge investigation that was never solved. Police pinpointed and raided their hideouts but they still couldn't find her." Mako said.

"Thats right." Hudson said.

"So this was taken around the time of the abduction?" Mason asked.

"No. Two days ago. It was an unused radiation scrubber facility nearly 200 nautical miles off of Okinawa. Some SST members of the maritime safety agency are the ones who took the photo." Hudson said.

"Two days ago?" Sean asked.

"Meaning this can't possibly be the same girl." Mako. said.

"It's not as simple as that. The MSA dispatched an advanced team to the plant originally to recon on the area. For an Undercover investigation. After they'd received reports that the brigade had been sighted there. While at the site, they just happened to spot here." Hudson said before a DNA screen appeared. "This is DNA Data they included with the photograph. It's an exact match to the girl from 16 years ago." Hudson said.

"But still looking like she did 16 years ago? Only Avatars of old can make people like that." Sean said.

"I know. But after this info was sent the team never reported back in. Thats where we come in." Hudson said as a photo of the plant was seen. "I want everyone here to head to this location and find out what the hell is going on and bring the girl back alive." Hudson said.

"Shouldn't the Japanese government handle this? This is in their territory." Sean said.

"They want us to handle it. They know for a fact this group gets the most results." Hudson said.

"Does that include me?" Mako asked.

"Yup. Time to get your feet wet." Hudson said.

Later

Under the facility was a bay that was big enough for subs to be come in.

Thats when Sean's head poked out looking around before making a hand signal before the others came out.

"No sign of the Brigade." Sean said on comms.

"Joint's empty. If they are here they haven't made it down to the lower levels." Taylor said.

"Which makes our job that much easier." Sean said as they got out of they're wet suits. "Ok we're going in two teams. Mako with me. Taylor you go with Woods." Sean said.

"Roger that...Major." Taylor teased making him roll his eyes while Woods laughed.

"It's not that funny." Sean said as the Sub came up before unloading two Tachikomas for both teams.

Heading down the hall the Tachikoma found a boarded up wall.

"Major, it's a dead end." The Tachikoma said.

"I can see that." Sean said.

"Ready and willing, Major! Just give the word, and I'll bust right through it."

"Don't even think about it." Sean said making it groan. "Do try to control yourself until we close in on our target." Sean said.

"Yes, sir." Tachikoma said.

"Even though it's a pain in the ass, lets find another route. If it's boarded theres clearly something on the other side." Sean said as they walked around before they saw a large tunnel leading up.

"Are we going to go through there?" The Tachikoma asked before firing wires up before it pulled them both up. "I hope I don't get stuck."

"So what are your thoughts on the girl? How can she be the exact same age as 16 years ago?" Mako asked.

"You tell me?" Sean asked.

"Well, the first thought is A full Cybernetic body but that can't be right since these guys are opposed to anything regarding that subject." Mako said.

"Right. And the odds of any of them even having anything Cybernetic inside them is very slim." Sean said. "Whats your other Theory?" Sean asked.

"Well...I know this might sound stupid but." Mako tried to say.

"Go on." Sean said.

"What if she's a clone?" Mako asked.

"We do have those." Sean said.

"Seriously?" Mako asked surprised.

"Don't act so surprised. Technology has come a long way in the last 200 years. Hell we're probably at least 300 years more advanced than we would have been if my father and the other Avatars hadn't come back when they did." Sean said. (Sora to answer your question Altair was the Avatar of life for 250,000 years along with all the third generation but he and the others vanished for 30,000 years and Cinder and her brothers were slowly becoming corrupted during that time)

"Ok...So say she's a clone...What if they're trying to go after her father's fortune?" Mako asked.

"Well...That theory isn't to be dismissed so quickly as the other but theres a problem. To have her look the same way she did 16 years ago would only serve to shake up her father emotionally. And by law, clones cannot inherit property unless said clone was sanctioned by the owner of said property. It was a defense to use against those who cloned people to take away their riches. This prevents that." Sean said.

"Ok. So say it's neither of those...And she actually does look the same as she did 16 years ago...Why did they let her live?" Mako asked.

"Thats a good question. My best guess is to torture her since she has a Cyber Brain." Sean said.

"Why would people do this anyway? Seems a little extreme." Mako said.

"No what Unalaq did was extreme. These guys are just idiots who can't accept times are changing and being all natural isn't completely common anymore. Theres always gonna be idiots who can't accept change so well." Sean said

Meanwhile

Taylor and Woods were at the shopping district up top.

"Here you go." A market owner said giving Taylor some Cyborg food which he took.

"One thing about Cyber food is it looks disgusting." Woods said.

"It's really not that bad." Taylor said taking a bite. "Besides, we're not going anywhere until the next GPS transmission. So we might as well relax." Taylor said taking another bite.

"I'm surprised there are so many people on this old thing anyway." Woods said seeing all the people.

"After it became abandoned in 1989 People came here and called it home. It may not be much but it's home to them." Taylor said.

"Yeah. No thanks. I couldn't stand living on this thing." Woods said as they walked through the crowd before a transmission of the SST member came through.

"Found him." Taylor said as they rushed to him up top.

Coming to the top they rushed into a room before Taylor peeked around the corner seeing someone with a gun aimed out.

"Sakakibara of the SST, I presume? Take it easy. We're here to rescue you." Taylor said but didn't get a response but did hear the hammer being pulled back making him look and saw him aiming the gun on himself. "Whoa! Wait a minute!" Taylor said.

"Get...Them out of my head."

"What are you talking about?" Taylor asked.

"Erase them. Erase them!"

Taylor quickly dashed to him and pulled the gun away as he fired.

"Get them out!"

"Woods hold him still!" Taylor said getting him to do just that before Taylor injected him with a drug to calm him down.

"Now...What the hell happened to the rest of your team?" Woods asked.

"They...were killed. We didn't have a chance. Their leader was the woman."

"A woman?" Taylor asked.

"Get them out, please. Erase them!"

"Go back. What did you mean by Leader?" Taylor asked.

"She Survived. But why did she turn into a...It's horrible."

Taylor frowned before looking down seeing the mind link cable.

"Did you...Try to mind link with her?" Taylor asked.

"Taylor." Woods said throwing a bag as stuff spilled out before he found a comb with hair in it.

"I think our guy here was close to the girl but got too close." Taylor said.

As this was going a member of the Brigade spotted them and bolted.

Meanwhile

Sean and Mako moved through the halls before they heard a gunshot go off making them rush up.

"Thats enough!"

Sean and Mako looked up the stairs seeing the girl taking a gun away from some old woman.

"Do you realize what this is?"

"Well...Theres the girl. Who's the old woman?" Mako asked.

"I don't know. But we did see her in the photo." Sean said.

"You keep doing this over and over again!"

"Clearly there are some issues. Perhaps she's a prisoner." Sean said.

"Kid we might have a problem here." Taylor said on comms.

"Go ahead." Sean said.

"We've recovered the SST survivor. He'll live, but he's acting screwy. It's almost as if his Cyber Brain's been infected with a virus or something." Taylor said.

"Hence why he probably couldn't respond." Sean said.

"We have the girl in sight. We're just about to take her." Mako said.

"Don't link with her Cyber Brain. Theres something off about her." Taylor said.

"How so?" Sean asked.

"Apparently our guy here did and thats why he's acting strange." Taylor said. "Another thing from the sounds of things she's the leading brigade." Taylor said.

"What? She's gotta be 10." Sean said.

"You were ten years old when you led that mission in Russia." Taylor said.

"Ok fair." Sean said before he and Mako activated camouflage.

"From now on your not allowed to leave my side without my permission." The girl said putting the gun away only for it to get sliced apart making her gasp in shock as Sean and Mako revealed themselves.

"Ok Eka let's go." Sean said.

"Who?" The girl asked.

"Your Eka Tokura aren't you?" Mako asked.

"I don't know who that even is."

"Probably erased her memories." Mako said as Sean narrowed his eyes.

"No thats not it. Turn around and let me see your neck." Sean said.

"The hell for?"

"Just do it." Sean said making her sigh before she did so before he raised an eyebrow seeing no Mind link device in the back of her neck. "Who are you? You look like Eka Tokura who was kidnapped 16 years ago." Sean said.

"Your looking at the...Wrong girl." The old woman said making Sean narrow his eyes.

"You don't think?" Mako tried to ask.

"Mother?"

"Mother? Oh fucking assholes." Sean said pissed off.

"What?" Mako asked before gunfire went off.

"Major, A group of armed soldiers is closing in on my position!" Tachikoma said firing at them

"We're bugging out!" Sean yelled

"Roger!" Tachikoma yelled firing a rocket at them.

Above the plant A carrier saw all of this.

"Welp. Looks like they've been compromised." Hudson said.

"A little help would be nice!" Sean yelled.

"Hang on. Mason and the others are on the way." Hudson said.

Taylor and Woods fired at a group of Brigade soldiers.

"Damnit this guy is in my way. Tachikoma open up!" Taylor yelled putting the SST survivor in the back.

"Roger!"

"INCOMING!" Woods yelled as a rocket flew by them.

Thats when cables were fired on the railing next to them.

"Ah shit!" Taylor yelled seeing them coming up before they shot at them.

"Just like shooting fish in a barrel." Woods said before the next wave came up using the corpses as shields.

"AH! Things like that piss me off! Tachikoma, the wires!" Taylor said.

"Roger." Tachikoma said firing at the wires making them fall down.

"High velocity ammo huh? Damn these guys are packing some serious heat." Woods said before avoiding getting hit.

"You want a piece of me!" Tachikoma yelled firing back.

"Damn it! Not one cyborg part among them but they ain't afraid to die!" Taylor yelled firing a grenade at them killing them on impact.

Sean slashed the ceiling up to give the Tachikoma a way out before grabbing the girl.

"HEY!"

"Listen! Theres a lot you clearly don't know and have been lied about. Trust me." Sean said making her frown before climbing up before Mako used firebending to fly up while the Tachikoma jumped up just as a drop ship arrived at their location.

"Get in!" Gaz yelled as they rushed in before the hatch closed.

Taylor and Woods got in the second drop ship with their Tachikoma before heading back to the carrier.

Arriving in the hanger Hudson walked to them.

"So everything worked out perfectly?" Hudson asked.

"Hudson." Sean said leading him to the old woman before pulling her hair back making him narrow his eyes.

"You gotta be fucking kidding me." Hudson said seeing a mind link device in the back of her neck.

"This is Eka Tokura not the girl. She's her daughter...I'll give you one guess how that happened." Sean said making him glare.

Later

Arriving back in San Fransisco Eka and her daughter were being escorted to the hospital.

"She looks so old. Hard to believe she's actually only 2 years older than me." Will said.

"Yep. The Media's gonna go after her in droves when they catch wind of this. Her daughter never knew the truth about her mother. She's willing to supply us everything to shut the brigade down for good." Hudson said.

"So when the SST saw them they realized the girl was her daughter and not her. And when they had verification they linked to her Cyber brain." Adler said seeing the SST survivor in an ambulance.

"Erase them. I didn't know what he was talking about at first. But he wanted us to erase the memories of what he saw. To think a 10 year old girl could grow rapidly old in the 16 years she was taken. It's hard to stomach." Taylor said.

"Yeah." Sean said as the two ambulances drove away.

"And theres the obvious question as to how her daughter became the new leader of the Brigade and who her father is." Sarah said.

"Well, if your curious you could link with her." Sean said walking away.

"I think all of us will pass on that." Hudson said.

Later

Sean stood above Junior's crib as he snored lightly in his sleep making him smile before kissing his forehead.

"You ok?" Korra asked walking to him.

"Yeah." Sean said as they walked out of his room.

Sean groaned as he sat down.

"I've had some royally fucked up missions in my life but this one takes the cake." Sean said.

"I know. A ten year old growing rapidly old like that. I can't imagine that happening to Junior I would be horrified. All those years of hell." Korra said.

"Mm." Sean said before kissing her making her smile.

"Thats not gonna happen to him though. I Promise." Sean said making her smile as she held him close as they enjoyed the peace and quiet.

Authors. Note: Yikes Talk about hell. Now Next Chapter will involve someone from Reznov's past who he hasn't seen since he was very young. Read, Review, Fav and Follow. REVIEW MY LOYAL FANS! SEE YA!