Chapter 1: The Blue Spirit Awakens

The sun had just set, the traces of orange and red that the sun gave to the world were slowly fading, being replaced by the black void of the night sky, the pale moonlight illuminating the city.

Three Years. It had been three years since his father had sent hired killers after him, he ran his hand down the left hand side of face feeling the burned flesh that covered his eye and ear.

Two Years. It had been two years since he was taken in by 'uncle' Iroh, the man who had cared for him and taught him how to defend himself as well as make tea.

One Year. It had been one year since he had started investigating Fire Nation Limited.

On the surface the company was simply a manufacturing company producing all kinds of machines for both civilian and military uses. But underneath this facade they supported and funded the activities of one of the world's most notorious crime families, The Kaen crime family, the head of the family went by the Phoenix to most and was infamous for two things. His obsession with fire, and anyone who he didn't like was seen again.

Now tonight, tonight was the night that Zuko would take revenge against his father.

He knelt atop a six story building overwatching a black truck resting peacefully in an alleyway, six men dressed in various shades of black and grey. Their eyes danced around them as two men started to unload the trucks taking large boxes and carrying them into the warehouse. In each of the men's hands who were looking out they held guns ranging from assault rifles to sub machine guns, two of the men stood at the entrance to the alleyway acting as lookouts while the other two walked up and down the alley itself. He had spent weeks and hundreds of dollars just to find this deal, it was meant to be a simple delivery of goods from one of the warehouses out of the city limits into a side warehouse to be prepared for a trade in a few days. This was his first step to reclaiming what he had lost that fateful night.

He took a long deep breath as he pulled the blue demonic face over his own, he was dressed in a black hoodie with black jeans a pair of dual broadswords rested on his back in a sheathe. The mask was based off an old film he'd watched hundreds of times as a child, Love amongst the Dragons before he was banished. He climbed down the side of the apartment blocks using window ledges, ladders and the small gaps between bricks, he dropped the final ten foot drop crouching down as he landed quietly on the hard concrete beneath him.

The two men paced back and forth down the alley as one passed him by Zuko jumped and grabbed the man holding the man's mouth shut as the man violently struggled. Zuko's grip tightened and the man fell still into Zuko's arms unconscious. One of the others slowly walked towards Zuko his gun raised to his shoulder, finger on the trigger 'Mark? Where the hell did you go?' he called out for his comrade as he got closer and closer to Zuko hiding behind a dumpster. Zuko waited around the corner for the man to walk past him, his swords still sheathed. The man turned his gun inches away from the bamboo mask Zuko wore, the man's eyes widened as he looked at the mask freezing in place and before he could do anything more Zuko's fist connected with the man's face causing him to fall back. Zuko's hand snapped at the man dragging him back towards him where Zuko's elbow met the man's head with a THUNK as the second man fell down on the floor next him. Two down, four to go.

Zuko ran from his shelter jumping between the shadows silently until he reached the truck, he pressed his back against the vehicle as he poked his head around the truck. The two men that had stayed up at the alley's mouth hadn't moved, they had stayed there not looking back, too focused on the cars that rushed past to play attention to anything else.

Zuko made a mad dash towards the warehouses doors slipping in side as the two men carrying the boxes had their backs turned to him, he took his chance swiftly pulling the blades out of their sheathe, the gleamed in the moonlight that pushed through the windows tinted by moss and filth. He ran at the two men swinging the pommel of one blade straight to the back of one of the men, just as the first fell and before the second could react the broad side of the sword connected with the seconds face causing him to stumble back in pain, a cut opened on his temple from where the edge had met it for a second. Quickly the second man reached for a revolver stowed away in the pocket of his jacket. BANG. One shot. BANG. Two shots. BANG BANG BANG. Three, Four and Five. Each shot missed Zuko by a hair, the man being disoriented from the blow. Zuko rushed at the man after the fifth shot, his sword swinging again at the man's face and as his blade landed on the man's face...BANG. Six shots. Instantly Zuko felt a rush of pain spread through his shoulder, his nerves felt light they were all on fire at once the pain caused Zuko to scream out. His arm went dead and his blade fell to the ground with a clatter. The man who had shot him and stumbled backwards outside of the warehouse groaning as he slumped against the truck. Already he could hear the sound of boots on concrete, pushing the pain as much as he could down he ran over the controls his right hand covering his left shoulder as he did so he yanked the lever that controlled the door down as hard as he could the pain causing his vision to become blocked as his eyes watered.

The door shook violently as a deep piercing voice came from the other side 'Open this bloody door up now and we'll go easy on you!' the voice shouted as the request was followed by another series of thuds on the thin piece of metal that acted as a door. Zuko kept his hand tightly on his shoulder as he panted loudly, his head throbbed as cold sweat rolled down the inside of his mask, his eyes slowly closed as the door continued to shake as Zuko slowly fell into unconsciousness.

Hey so this is my first fan-fic in a while, maybe three years or so, so any feedback on anything really would be great. I know it quite short but i'm working on making the next chapters longer.

If you haven't figured it out, this AU takes place in our world, or atleast a similar version of it. There are no benders and no Avatar.

This AU was inspired by a post i saw about Sokka, Toph and Zuko teaming up as Captain Boomerang, The Blind bandit and the blue spirit so i'm taking that idea and placing it in our world. In this world Zuko has taken on the identity of the Blue spirit in order to take down the criminal organisation known as the fire nation which betrayed him.

Hope someone actually reads this and enjoys it.

Comment any ideas, characters that you want to see in the future of this series.

-Kosovo