The Wolverine and The Avatar

by StoneWeaponX

what if there was a wolverine based character from X-Men Evolution who was 19 in the Avatar well that's just what My "OC" is how will he do with the equalist Amon and metal benders and will there be a romantic interest with him and Korra will he help Team Avatar or will he side with the equalist for Amon's equality. read and find out .ps this is my first story so take it easy R&R

14. Chapter 14

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hey everyone I hope you enjoy this chapter I really enjoyed writing this one and just so you know this is part one of the chapter. Im writing the second one right now but anyway I hope you all enjoy and as always R&R peace-Stone

- oh and guess the secret character I just added I this chapter ill reveal who and why at the end XD-Stone

Separated pt1

The sun slowly penetrated Korra's room chasing away the darkness and gently started to crawl over both Korra's and Lao's feet. Korra rolled to her side and smiled when she noticed the resting man that lay next to her. She gently ran her hand through his hair and scooted closer and rested her head on his chest and listened to the rhythmic beat of his heart beat and smiled brightly as her head slowly raised up and down with Lao's chest. Korra couldn't fight the smile on her face she felt so safe in Lao's arms so comfortable by his side as though they were two puzzle pieces that fit perfectly with each other. Korra started to daydream about a life with Lao after this Amon situation was settled she started imagining the both of them sharing a place in the city for a while, her taking care of her Avatar duties and joining Tenzin in the council discussions, Lao doing what he does best and help the people in a way her the Avatar couldn't do, then the two of them would save and put money aside for Lien so they can send her to a good school. And maybe after a few years in the city maybe she could convince Lao to move with her back to the southern water tribe and she could introduce him to her parents. A sudden thought popped in her head that caused her to blush but smile even brighter "maybe…we can even expand our family…and give Lien a little brother or sister" Korra thought to herself as she looked up at Lao and smiled softly "yeah…that sounds perfect" Korra said to herself and gently pecked Lao's lips which caused Lao to be woken from his deep slumber. Korra couldn't help but giggle at Lao's groggy expression, she gently cupped Lao's face and repeatedly kissed his lips nonstop "go back to sleep Lao, we still have a few hours before Mako, Bolin, and Asami arrive on the island. You deserve to sleep in sweetie" Korra whispered against Lao's lips. Lao playfully smirked against Korra's lips as he pulled her in closer "well that was the plan but this beautiful woman decided to give me kisses…which I don't mind by the way" Lao teased and Korra giggled as she playfully messed with Lao's hair and was just about to roll out of bed but Lao gently held her hand and pulled her back into bed and kissed her back deeply and passionately "were are you going darlin we still have a few hours till they come and everyone is still asleep" Lao whispered as he kept kissing Korra. Korra started to kiss Lao back and whispered against his lips "well what do you plan to do until everyone wakes up Lao" Korra questioned. Lao smirked at Korra and Korra seductively grinned back at Lao as she rolled herself on top and straddled Lao and leaned over him and whispered "that's what I had in mind too darlin" Korra whispered seductively as she lifted her shirt over her head and tossed it to the side and kissed Lao deeply gently sliding her tongue in his mouth and wrapping it around his while Lao reached around and unclasped her bra and also tossed it to the floor by her shirt.

Jin lay on the floor and leaned up and felt a pop roll up his spin and slightly flinched at his aching muscles. Jin looked up to see Botan sleeping peacefully in the bed that was in the room. Jin slightly smiled to himself watching her at ease especially since she went through a ton last night when they fought Hiroshi Sato and he was grateful he made it in time, he didn't want to think how the outcome could have been different if him and deadpool came a minute later. Jin ignored that thought and forced himself on his feet feeling his knees and ankles pop making him groan as he limped towards the mirror that was set up in the room. Jin slowly lifted up his shirt and studied the deep cuts that ran over his body and winced when he touched one of his bruised ribs "Jin…your hurt" Botan stated softly as she quickly rolled out of bed and rushed to his side and tried to examine Jin's injuries but he quickly lowered his shirt "no im not…trust me im fine Botan" Jin tried to reassure but Botan glared at him crossing her arms but then let out a heavy sigh "fine…if you're not hurting then I guess your fine" Botan stated as she turned her back on Jin and started walking away from him and while Jin breathed a sigh of relief Botan quickly spun on her heels and closed the distance between the two of them and gave a quick jab to Jin's ribs that brought him to his knee's wheezing and coughing in pain "I can't believe after all these years you still fall for that trick Jin. Now quit being a baby and let me see your injuries" Botan teased as she got down on one knee to be at Jin's level and reached out towards him but Jin quickly swatted away Botan's hand " the hell away from me…I think you actually broke a rib" Jin growled as he slowly crawled away from Botan. Botan rolled her eyes and chased after Jin once he got back on his feet "oh quit being so dramatic…if you let me look over your injuries ill make you some of my famous homemade Ramen Noodles" Botan tried to bribe but it caused Jin's face to go green and he pretended to vomit in his mouth as he gagged loudly "you keep that bowl of death away from me dammit…im surprised you don't serve that to the people your integrating" Jin slightly joked as he started to feel nauseas as he remembered when she made her famous Ramen Noodles for him and Wayne one night and they both were bed ridden and vomited for a week "what are you talking about my cooking is good." Botan defended but Jin laughed mocking her "you know what as a matter of fact your right, do you think you can give me the recipe? Making the equallist eat this is way easier than having to hunt them down and blow their brains out" Jin joked which caught Botan off guard and smirked "Jin…I never thought I see the day when you be making jokes again like the old days…you remind me of the way you use to be when I looked up to you" Botan revealed which caught Jin off guard and sent a blush over his cheeks and before Jin could react Botan quickly took advantage of the moment and tackled him onto the bed Jin and attempted to pin his arms above his head but even with his injuries he was still strong enough to hold her off. Just then the front door opened and Korra stumbled her way inside beaming from ear to ear her hair down to her shoulders half of it sticking up looking like she went through a tornado, her shirt wrinkled and half tucked in, one pant leg was tucked in her fur boot while the other one loosely hang and draped over her foot. Korra quickly stopped in her tracks when she saw Botan on top of Jin pinning his hands above his head with one hand while her other hand ran up his shirt. The position the two were in reminded Korra of the position her and Lao were in not too long ago but chased the thought out of her head "Ehem…you two seem to be getting along better" Korra teased which caused Botan to slightly blush and quickly jump off of Jin and out of the bed "the big baby here injured himself last night when we were ambushed by Hiroshi and his Equalist and he won't let me look over his injuries" Botan complained as she crossed her arms and glared at Jin who cringed as he attempted to roll out of the bed "suuuurrre whatever you two say ill leave you two alone so you two can get back to "checking his wounds" am I right?" Korra teased as she was making her way out the door. Jin limped his way towards Botan and stood by her side and finally took in Korra's appearance and smirked "why do you look like you just got laid" Jin stated bluntly as he smirked towards Korra making her blush in embarrassment. Korra didn't retorted or defend the accusation she simply earthbend a piece of the floor and sent it flying to jin's gut winding him and sending him to his knees "I think you should let Botan look over your injuries Jin" Korra ordered as she crossed her arms and glared down at Jin. Botan giggled as she got on her knees and smirked at Jin "Jin didn't we talk about think about what you say before you say it" Botan mocked causing Jin to groan in response "hate you…hate you both" Jin groaned in pain as he clenched his ribs trying to get back on his feet while Korra and Botan laughed at Jin's expense

After everyone was awake on the island Korra and lien waited by the docks as they saw the ferry coming in from the horizon " I can't wait for Asami to move in on the island finally another girl that's my age" Korra stated excitedly while Lien gigged at her mother's behavior "it will be nice having more people on the island, I have to ask Korra…how is it going to be here with you Mako and Lao?" Lien questioned as she gave her mother a serious look "what do you mean? Do you think something will change between me and Lao?" Korra questioned as she looked down at Lien. Lien sighed "Korra…remember when I said I can smell your guys hormones? How I can smell the way Lao fells about you? Well Mako smells the same when he is with you. I think he has a crush on you" Lien revealed. Korra rasied her eyebrow and smiled "I don't care if he does or doesn't have a crush on me. Im going to tell you what I told Mako the other day. I love Lao not Mako the three of us are practically a family. I do not want to throw that away for anything or anyone." Korra explained and giggled when she saw the big smile across Lien's face "whats with the big goofy smile on your face Lien?" Korra questioned as she playfully started to tickle her daughter making her giggle "its just that's the first time I heard you say that you love Lao and I have to say…ITS ABOUT TIME" Lien teased making Korra giggle "what do you mean its about time? We've been together for almost a month now" Korra questioned as she playfully messed with Lien's hair "im saying its about time you admitted you love him, I mean even without my senses I knew you loved him hell even Pema knew you two loved each other for spirits sake" Lien revealed as she tried to escape her mother's grasp. "first off watch your mouth Lien, you may be me and Lao's daughter but that doesn't give you an excuse to act like us in fact I expect you to be better than us, secondly technically Lao was in love with me first so if anything its about time he finally told me he loved me" Korra scolded first but then playfully teased as she gave Lien a soft kiss on her forehead. Before Korra and Lien could continue the ferry pulled up and instead of seeing Asami and the bending brothers they saw Lin walk off the boat "wow Asami really got old fast huh" Lien quipped but Korra quickly nudged her daughter "Lin what are you doing here? Is everything ok?" Korra questioned as she noticed Lin's red eyes and the bags under her eyes "no…my officers…after the assault at the Sato Mansion I had a medical team come pick them up…they never made it to the hospital they were ambushed and now they're missing. I need to find them but I cant not while being chief. I need to speak to Lao" Lin explained while Lao and Tenzin both walked to the docks "need to speak to me? About what?" Lao questioned as he stood by both Korra and Lien "Lao…I never liked your methods however, I cant deny your results. I need help finding my officers but I need to do this my way…outside the law. That's why im asking for your help Lao" Lin revealed shocking everyone especially Tenzin "I never thought I see the day when Lin Beifong would actually ask for help…but Lin how can you go outside the Law you're the Chief of police?" Tenzin questioned as he gave Lin a sympathetic look "easy…earlier today I resigned I am no longer Chief of police. My replacement is to be sworn in later this morning and I urge for you and the Avatar to be there" Lin revealed. Lao stared at the floor and thought long and hard and gave while Lin and Tenzin argued about Lin resigning but he interrupted and gave the former Chief of police a serious look "no. I can't help you Lin-" Lao stated bluntly catching everyone off guard "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CANT HELP. THESE ARE MY OFFICERS THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED YOU LAST NIGHT. NOW YOUR TURNING YOUR BACK ON THEM? I WAS RIGHT YOU ARE A COWARD" Lin shouted but Lao got in her face "LET ME FINISH DAMMIT…I cant help you because I don't know how. I don't know where to start too trace them down but I know someone who has made it his life to hunt these bastards down. His name is Fang Castle or you probably know him better as the Punisher " Lao revealed and noticed Lin's facial feature went from pissed off to a little less pissed off "your kidding right? The Punisher? That insane killer? Are you trying to partner me up with a killer" Lin barked as she glared at Lao. "look if you want to find your officers Fang Castle is your best lead, he knows those bastards better then they know themselves he can do this trust me" Lao barked back slightly growling at Lin as she stared at the ground contemplating whether or not she could trust Fang Castle "…fine set it up. Tell him to meet me at the park later today in the evening and tell him don't be late" Lin ordered as she looked towards the horizon and saw another ferry making its way towards the island.

The Ferry pulled up to the docks of air temple island dropping off Mako, Bolin and Asami "welcome to Air Temple Island everyone" Korra greeted as she stood next to Lao, Lien and the air bending children all of them waving "hey thanks for sending the air acolytes to help with the move" Mako thanked while Asami walked up beside them "yes they've been very helpful…yet then again I did get some extra help" Asami added and looked at Mako both keeping their distance and giving each other an awkward stare. Lao and Korra noticed this and before they could ask what extra help they saw the air acolytes struggle with the mountain of luggage "ughh he is supposed to help them" Asami groaned when she saw the air acolytes struggle with her bags *POOF* and in that instant Deadpool appeared in the middle of them holding a tiny hand bag "hey everyone did you miss me?" Deadpool greeted while Asami glared at him "uhh didn't I tell you to help them? Look at them they're struggling" Asami pointed out to the men swaying side to side with the luggage "hey I am helping see" Deadpool explained as he twirled the small purse around his finger. Asami felt her eye twitch and face palmed herself but slightly giggled behind her hand and rolled her eyes smiling softly at Deadpool. Korra and Lao lead the small group up the steps of the island till they were in the front of the entrance "AND NOW FOR THE GRAND TOUR, the flying bison sleep in the stables down there, and that's the temple grand pa Aang built, and that's the garden where we grow all the fruit and vegetables that we eat " Ikki verbalized quickly non stop as fast as she could "umm I have a few questions…is this an all vegetarian island?, is that were you train air bending ?, do we have to wear air Acolyte clothing?, do we each get out own sky Bison?, and finale question how many trees are on this island?" Bolin questioned frantically while Mako glared at his younger brother at his absurd questions. Ikki crossed her arms and took a deep breath "yes, yes, no ,no and 10,552" Ikki rapidly responded shocking everyone except Lao and Korra as they laughed at their friends expressions "soo where are we going to be staying?" Mako questioned breaking the silence "you're a boy, so you have to stay on the boy side" Meeko answered "I would be more than happy to show you to the mens dormitory "oh ok maybe we could be room neighbors huh Lao" Bolin questioned as he placed his arm around Lao "uhh no you wont…you see Lao actually sleeps next door to Korra" Lien answered and noticed Mako glaring at Lao and felt herself start to growl at Mako as she snarled back towards him as he and his younger brother made their way towards the men's dormitory. " Ikki, Lien and I will take you to your room Asami, this way " Korra guided Asami as the three females made their way towards the female Dormitory. Lao watched as Korra guided Asami to her room and smiled "hey bub theres something ive been meaning to ask you" Lao questioned as he turned his attention towards Deadpool and placed his hand on his shoulder "sure wolvie whats on your mind?" Deadpool answered as he stared at Lao "wheres my bike Bub?" Lao questioned as she tightened his grip on his shoulder "…oh crap" Deadpool whispered as he took a deep breath

Korra opened the door to the room where Asami will be living in "welcome home…I know it's a bit rustic compared to what your use to" Korra welcomed as she helped Asami unpack "its Perfect Korra thank you" Asami thanked as she placed her clothes away "how are you hanging? You know…since you broke up with Mako" Korra questioned as she cringed while asking the question "well…it's a little awkward but what can I say there was someone he loved more then me. Am I mad no, am I happy?...im not sure on one hand im not but on the other…I kinda am"- " AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Asami admitted until a loud scream in pain from Deadpool echoed loudly cutting off Asami making her shake her head slightly giggling. Korra looked out the tiny window and saw that Lao had Deadpool on his knees as he was giving him a death grip on his shoulder possibly breaking his shoulder, but then she noticed that Asami was smiling softly out the window towards Deadpool and then it clicked in her head "Asami…do you like Deadpool? " Korra questioned and smirked when she saw Asami blush. Before Korra could fallow on the door to Asami's room opened and Tenzin walked in greeting Asami "good day ladies, Asami welcome to the island if there is anything you need do not hesitate to ask" Tenzin offered as he bowed and Asami bowed back "Thank you for having me it is an honor and I appreciate your hospitality" Asami thanked Tenzin then turned his attention to Korra " Korra we must leave soon, Beifong's replacement Sicon is going to be inducted as the new Chief of police later, I think we should both be there to show our support" Tenzin informed "of course Tenzin,umm… can we bring Lao as well?" Korra questioned as she smiled softly at Tenzin. Tenzin raised an eyebrow but smiled softly remembering how Pema and he where when they were younger and how they spend every minute of the day together at the beginning of their relationship "sure I don't see the harm if he tagged along, he may join us" Tenzin answered making Korra beam with excitement "great ill go tell him to get ready, thank you so much Tenzin" Korra thanked as she rushed out the room with Tenzin fallowing shortly behind her. Asami smiled softly and looked back out the window to see Lao placing his boot on Deadpool's neck shouting a ton of profanity at Deadpool as she struggled under Lao's weight. Asami couldn't help but laugh at Deadpool's expense and she smiled softly towards him.

Tenzin, Korra and Lao made it to the front of the police department building where a sea of reporters flooded the scene. The new Chief of police Sicon was an older man who had dark brown hair but was missing the middle part on his head but still had hair remaining on the side of his head. He wore his uniform and stood in front of a podium and standing by his side was Councilman Tarrlock "quite the turn out huh?" Lao questioned as he stood by Korra as they took their place on the opposite side of Sicon facing the sea of Reporters "excuse me Councilman Tenzin, this is a private affair so tell me why is this…animal here" Tarrlock whispered loud enough for only Tenzin, Korra and Lao could hear. Korra felt her blood start to boil and Lao noticed her muscles started to tense and before she could act she felt Lao's hand gently grab hers and gave her a reassuring squeeze "this is a public affair Councilman Tarrlock and Lao is my guest he has every right to be here, and he is more civilized than you know" Tenzin shot back not looking at Tarrlock. "well…even a Polar Bear-dog trained long enough can learn new tricks…am I right Lao" Tarrlock disrespected as he gave Lao a smug look. Lao felt Korra try to lunge at Tarrlock but he held her by his side and he just scoffed "keep talking pony tail, one of these days you and me are going to be alone and we'll just see who's talking after" Lao answered. Before Tarrlock could retort the new Chief of Police took the podium and began his speech. "it was an honor serving under Chief Beifong for many years, and I wish her an easy retirement, it is with great humility that I take her place as the new chief of police. Republic city is facing a threat like none it's ever seen before, but there is one man who has been effective against Amon and his revolution…Councilman Tarrlock. That is why in all matters involving the Equalist I will report directly to him. The police department will lend any and all available resources to the councilman and his task force with the up most urgency".

After the speech the new Chief Sicon went to mingle and answer any questions from the reporters. Tarrlock stood behind Chief Sicon smiling for photos and answering questions that is until Tenzin came up and pulled Tarrlock aside "Tarrlock I don't know what you did to get Chief Sicon in your pocket, but I highly doubt it was legal." Tenzin accused while Korra and Lao joined him "oh Tenzin, always the conspiracy theorist, did you ever consider that Sicon simply recognized my talents and wants what is best for this city? " Tarrlock answered as he gave Tenzin a smug look "ah Avatar Korra long time no see, Now that your little Pro bending distractions are over I look forward to your return to my task force" Tarrlock addressed Korra as he smirked at Lao making his blood boil "HA, Forget it. There is no way im rejoining your vanity project" Korra quickly shot down Tarrlock as she crossed her arms and stood tall next to Lao. Tarrlock forward his brow and took a deep breath "that is most unfortunate to hear, but I am sure you will come to your senses as you have in the past" Tarrlock reassured however Korra glared at Tarrlock "don't hold your breath Bub, you know Tenzin and Lao have been right about you all along, you played me, played Beifong and now you're playing the new chief too, Well I got news for you bub. You need me but I don't need you. Im the Avatar." Korra huffed as she got close to Tarrlock's face. Lao smirked as he saw his girlfriend defend her decision and he couldn't help but smile when he heard her use his word "you are not in fact the Avatar, you…are merely a half-baked Avatar in training. Which reminds me how is your Air Bending going? Made any significant progress with that?" Tarrlock disrespected with venom behind his tone. Lao watched as Tarrlock got closer with every word, how his tone seemed to get more hurtful, how he gave Korra a sinister look enjoying the pain and embarrassment expression in Korra's eyes, then he saw Korra hang her head in shame. Then Lao heard Korra sniffle and was able to smell a salty liquid build up under her eyes "is…is she about to cry?" Lao thought to himself and felt his blood boil as he began growling "I didn't think so, if you're not going to be in my task force then you have best stay out of my way" Tarrlock laughed in Korra's face as he turned his back on her and walked away. Lao placed his hand on Korra's shoulder and looked in her eyes and saw her slightly red watery eyes and took a deep breath and smiled softly and gave Korra a deep kiss and then looked towards Tarrlock "hey bub I think you forgot something" Lao shouted as he stormed towards Tarrlock "oh? And what could I possibly have forgotten?" Tarrlock questioned as he stopped in his tracks and slowly turned around to see he was face to face with Lao "MY FIST BUB" Lao roared as he collided his fist into Tarrlock's face knocking him on his back. Lao got on top of Tarrlock and delivered punch after punch blow after devastating blow to Tarrlock's face busting his nose and lip while both Korra and Tenzin starred in shock and horror. The Metal Benders near buy attempted to pull Lao off of Tarrlock but Lao easily tossed them off of him and grabbed Tarrlock by the collar of his suit and delivered a bone crushing head butt to Tarrlock's nose and mouth chipping a few of his front teeth. Lao leered at the busted up face of Councilman Tarrlock as he finally allowed the metal benders to pull him off of Tarrlock. Tarrlock scrambled to his feet pulling out a handkerchief wiping away the blood from his own face "LOCK THAT ANIMAL IN A CELL AND THROW AWAY THE KEY" Tarrlock ordered as he touched his face and his eyes went wide when he felt pieces of his teeth missing. Chief Sicon nodded his head and commanded his men to take Lao away however Korra rushed to Lao's side and cupped his face "Lao what did you do? why did you do this?" Korra questioned as she fallowed his side while the Metal benders dragged him on the ground towards their truck they use for prisoners, feeling her tears build up in her eyes and her heart breaking as they put Lao in chains and threw him into the back of a truck and slammed the door. Lao quickly got on his feet and held the bars softly and smiled at Korra softly "because…no one hurts the woman I love" Lao revealed and Korra smiled softly and pressed her face against the bars and Lao did the same kissing her deeply and passionately and Korra smiled against Lao's lips and whispered lovingly "my hero" against his lips but the truck started and drove away leaving Korra and Tenzin at the scene by themselves.

Tenzin and Korra flew over republic city making their way back to Air temple island. Korra sat in the back her arms crossed as she glared at the city "I don't understand Tenzin why cant we go and get Lao out of jail right now?" Korra questioned angrily as she kept staring down at the city "because as much as Tarrlock had it coming Lao did assault a member of the Council which is a serious offense." Tenzin tried to explain only for Korra to huff in response "why cant we both go down there and you use your Councilmen Tenzin charm and convince them to let him go like you did with me when Beifong arrested me" Korra wondered out loud. Tenzin sighed as he tried to explain it to Korra as best he could "because that was when Chief Beifong was chief she was my friend. I don't know how this Sicon would react if I went down there and demanded for him to release Lao it may do more harm then good for him. Unfortunately were going to have to wait until his hearing and then we can pay the fine and he will be free" Tenzin explained and Korra sighed and nodded her head softly in compliance "now about your air bending training ive noticed that you have memorized all the forms and training and yet you still have difficulties. The reason Avatar Aang was able to accomplish his training was that he was able to contact his past lives for guidance. Have you tried to contact them?" Tenzin questioned as he kept flying the sky bison "no…of course I haven't. didn't you get the memo from the white lotus?...im a spiritual failure as well…UGHH I CANT AIRBEND, CONTACT MY PAST LIVES OR EVEN GET MY BOYFRIEND OUT OF A STUPID JAIL CELL" Korra answered but then shouted in frustration while Fire spewed from her nostrils as she inhaled and exhaled trying to control her temper. "you may have made a connection without realizing it? Perhaps something you may have mistook as a dream?" Tenzin added trying to reassure Korra as he noticed she held her knees close to her chest and hung her head low "…maybe, I have had a few weird hallucinations . but I hardly even remember them" Korra explained which made Tenzin ears perk up and he hastily turned to look at Korra "and did you see any of the past Avatars in these Visons?" Tenzin questioned ecstatically slighted excited at the news "I saw Aang…it seemed like he was in trouble… what do you think it means?" Korra revealed as she looked at Tenzin for guidance. Tenzin stroked his beard as he noticed Air temple island coming in closer from the distance "hmm I don't know…I urge you to meditate on these visions it seems that Avatar Aang is trying to tell you something" Tenzin recommended as they made it to the island and put the Sky bison in the stable. Korra's eyes suddenly went wide and she face palmed herself and groaned loudly in annoyance "what is it Korra" Tenzin questioned as he rushed to her side thinking something was happening "It just occurred to me…I have to tell Lien that her stupid father is going to be in jail for a couple of days " Korra revealed as she exhaled and ran her hand through her hair and made her way up the steps "wish me luck" Korra shouted behind her to Tenzin as she dreaded trying to tell her daughter why her dad wont be around for the next few days.

At the police station they had cells for their prisoners however for either high priority targets or extremely dangerous inmates who couldn't be trusted around other inmates were thrown in a private cell with no windows or mirrors. Lao was chained to the wall by his wrist and neck like a rabid animal. The front door slowly opened and Tarrlock slowly walked in his face slightly swollen from the beat down he received. Lao couldn't help but laugh at his appearance "I told you Bub, keep talking and one of these days were going to be alone and well see who is the one left talking" Lao reminded grinning at Tarrlock's swollen nose and lip. Tarrlock closed the door behind him "I want you to know…I just paid the guards to go take a…very long lunch break. Its only me and you in this wing of the jail" Tarrlock explained slightly giving Lao a sinister smile revealing one of his chipped teeth. Lao busted out laughing at Tarrlock's teeth "what do you plan to do Tarrlock? Torture me?" Lao shook his head slightly and laughed in his face "I can take pain Bub trust me i-"Lao continued but Tarrlock raised his hand and Lao felt his body go stiff and he felt his body being lifted off the ground and was instantly slammed to the wall and his arms and legs started to twist and bend in opposite directions making Lao roar in pain and anger "Y-YOUR…A BLOOD BENDER?" Lao questioned his voice shaking in pain "now you listen to me and you listen good. If you want me to stop all you have to do is tell me all of Korra's secrets that I can use against her. Do this for me ill not only stop but ill let you go do you understand" Tarrlock explained as he used his blood bending and snapped Lao's left arm making him wail in agony. Lao glared at Tarrlock growling loudly "GRRRRR…if you think….that I would-*SNAP* AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH" Lao tried to explain but was interrupted when Tarrlock blood bend his right leg in breaking it right above his knee "it's a simple yes or no question Lao…YES or NO" Tarrlock barked as he got closer. Lao shut his eyes and growled as he slowly opened his eyes and struggled to form the words "HELL…NO" Lao growled through his teeth. Tarrlock sighed and raised his second hand and focused applying as much pain as he can on Lao "im not going to lie Lao…I was hoping you would say that" Tarrlock revealed as he applied more punishment. Lao's eyes went wide as he felt his insides start to burn almost melting his organs. Lao roared in pain as blood started to pour out of his mouth and eyes "MY FATHER WAS RIGHT YOU ARE ONE TOUGH BASTRAD TO KILL" – "Y-YOUR FATHER?" Lao questioned but was cut off by Tarrlock as he repeatedly started to slam Lao from the floor and ceiling then wall to wall back to back nonstop.

It was late into the evening the sun was setting over the horizon and Korra was sitting at the edge of a cliff looking out towards Republic city thinking about Lao and how this is going to be the first night in months that she is going to be in a bed without him by her side. She thought about how he must be treated how the fact he is probably resting in a lonely jail cell by himself and that she won't be able to touch or kiss him for the next few days. Korra felt her tears start to roll down her cheeks as her heart ached for Lao and the thought of not knowing how he was killing her and driving her insane. Korra let the tears roll down her face and she rested her head in the palm of her hand sniffling "Korra are you out here?" Lien shouted and Korra quickly wiped her face trying to hide her tears from her daughter. Out of the shrubs walked out Lien fallowed by Asami, Mako, and Bolin "is everything ok? How are you feeling?" Asami questioned as she took a knee next to Korra and noticed her red puffy eyes "yeah im ok…just…I Miss Lao" Korra revealed which made Mako grumble something un-audible so that no one else could hear. Asami smiled softly and hugged her "I know you do, that's what love does to you it makes you crazy for someone" Asami whispered as she smiled at Korra and the two of them giggled. "come on lets hit the town see if we can beat up some Equalist and get your mind off of things " Lien added as she cracked her knuckles and gave her mother a soft smile. Korra grinned from ear to ear and pulled Lien into a tight hug and kissed her cheek "you are your fathers Daughter Lien…thank you" Korra complimented as she gave her daughter one last motherly kiss and stood tall and proud "come on people the city needs us, lets roll" Korra stated proudly as she placed her hand in the middle of the group and the other joined in smiling "ALRIGHT TEAM AVATAR 2.0". Korra, Lien, Asami, Bolin and Mako all stood looking out towards Republic city. Asami slipped on an Equalist glove and smirked as electricity sparked from the glove "wow nice weapon Asami" Korra complimented "well what better way to fight Equalist than to use an Equalist weapon" Asami revealed but then pulled out a small remote "that isn't the only surprise I have" Asami revealed as she clicked the remote and a small garage by Naga's stable opened revealing a sleek black and red Satomobile. Asami drove it out of the garage and smirked at everyone's shocked expression. Korra noticed that there was still one more Vehicle in the garage "Asami whats that?" Korra pointed out and Asami smiled "oh that's one of the newest Sato cycles we made, you see Deadpool kinda destroyed Lao's mototrcycle and I got him this one to replace his old one…which reminds me I got a present for you too Lien" Asami explained as she opened the trunk of the vehicle and pulled out a giant brief case and handed it to Lien. Lien sniffed the Brief case and looked at Asami questionably "go on open it I hope you will like it" Asami whispered. Lien raised an eyebrow and opened the brief case and her eyes went wide and her smile reached from ear to ear. Korra looked over Liens shoulder trying to get a look at what was in the brief case "what is it Lien?" Korra questioned but Lien quickly shut the case and smirked at her mother "ill show you in a minute don't leave without me I have to do something " Lien giggled as she took off to the house but quickly turned back around and hugged Asami tightly "Thank you Asami I love it ill put it on right now" Lien whispered as she rushed back into the house. Asami smiled softly and felt her heart warm and flutter at the daughter of Lao and Korra. Korra strolled her way towards Asami and whispered in her ear "what did you get my daughter?" Korra asked curiously but Asami smiled keeping the secret from Korra "nope im not telling but trust me your going to love it" Asami giggled and Korra playfully punched Asami's shoulder.

Lin Beifong sat at the water fountain in the park her arms crossed waiting for the infamous Fang Castle to show and by no surprise he was late "you wanted to see me?" a rough voice grunted behind Lin and she quickly faced the voice to see Fang wearing his punisher gear. Lin took in his facial features and noticed how rough he looked almost as if he hasn't slept in days. "Yeah about fifteen minutes ago I thought you were told not to be late?" Lin argued as she stared down the man in front of her. Fang just spat at the floor by her feet "listen first things first I don't take orders from you so lets get that shit out in the air, secondly I show up whenever I damn well feel like it and if you want my help you need to listen and do exactly what I say you got that?" Fang argued back as he got closer towards Lin. Lin realized that Fang was a lot taller than his photos on his record were, she remember reading her file and they are the same age, same background, they both joined the force but it all changed for him when his family was killed, Lin started wondering if she would do the same if that happened to her but then she remembered she quit to find her officers outside the law…maybe they weren't so different. Lin shrugged off the thought and glared back at Fang "your going to help me find my officers. If you do this…I will wipe your record clean in return. Do we have a deal…Punisher?" Lin offered as she extended her hand. Fang stared at her hand and forward his brow and shook her hand "I will help but I don't want a clean slate…what I want in return is for you and your people to stay out of my way when I hunt down those responsible for my family. Got it?" Fang growled. Lin growled back as she took a deep breath and exhaled "Fine…now where should we start?" Lin agreed as she crossed her arms and stood next to Fang. "first we head down to the lower distracts. The new Equalist recruits like to pick on the poor and they're so new anything scares them even a barrel of a gun pointed to their head. Im sure one of them heard something and they'll spill their guts" Fang revealed as he motioned for Lin to fallow him to a dark alley and pulled a cover off a big vehicle revealing it to Lin "that looks like one of the trucks we use to transfer prisoners in back at the police department" Lin stated as she examined the vehicle "that's because it is…I kinda stole it from you guys during the pro bending situation" Fang revealed as he held the door open for Lin. Lin glared at Fang and got in the car and she reached over and unlocked the driver side door for Fang and he stepped in and started the vehicle and pulled out the alley "I want this vehicle back after were done, do you hear me?" Lin demanded and Fang just looked at her and he smiled and chuckled softly and kept on smiling. Lin rolled her eyes and looked out the window and felt a small smile creep up on her lips.

Mako, Bolin and Asami sat in the new Satomobile while Korra paced back and forth all of them waiting for Lien to come out "ughh what is taking that little girl so long?" Korra asked out loudly and as if on cue Lien revealed herself "sorry I took a while, trying to put this on was a bit difficult" Lien apologized as she stood in front of everyone shocking Korra Mako, and Bolin while Asami smirked at their expressions feeling a sense of pride at what she made for Lien. she wore a tight costume that resembled Lao's suit except where his suit was black it was replaced with blue and where his was orange her was yellow. She wore knee high boots that were blue but had a yellow strip that ran down the middle. Her gloves were blue but at her knuckles there were metal slots for her claws to pop out and when they did her claw would slide against the metal slots causing sparks to fly giving her an intimidating factor. She wore a cowl that was just like Lao's however her was yellow with blue fins that stuck out the side of her head and she had solid white eyes. There was a little opening at the back of her cowl that let her long hair effortlessly flow down her back "whoa that suit looks just like Lao's Lien" Bolin stated as him and Mako starred at the young girl who almost look terrifying. Korra looked over her shoulder and saw that Asami was smiling and she held her hands together "im glad it fits Lien I used tough leather that can resist most blades and I put a radio communicator into your cowl so you have a straight line of communication to the car and your mother" Asami explained as she handed Korra a small radio that was tuned to Lien's frequency. Korra smiled brightly and leaned in to whisper into Asami's ear "I think you just became her favorite Aunt now" Korra teased and giggled when she saw how Asami choked up for a second but shook it off. Korra hugged her daughter and smiled as she look into the solid white eyes of her cowl "you look amazing Lien I know Lao would be proud of you. Now come on there's people's butt who need kicking" Korra whispered as she gave Lien one last kiss on her cheek and helped her into the car and they drove off.

Asami drove around the city with Korra, Lien, Mako and Bolin in the car for what seemed like hours "Unit 2-16 cancel that 10-58 come back to the station over" the voice over the radio broke the silence which caught everyone off guard "oh yeah I forgot to mention I installed a police com in the car so whenever they get an update we get an update" Asami revealed "wow I guess you're more than a pretty face huh Asami" Lien teased and Asami playfully stuck her tongue out at Lien "CALLING ALL UNITS LEVEL 4 ALERT. JAIL BREAK AT HEADQUARTERS, OFFICERS DOWN ELECTROCUTED SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN DISMEMBERED POSSIBLE EQUALIST JAIL BREAK. REPORT TO HEADQUARTERS " the voice on the radio ordered frantically. "a jail break and Dismembered officers? what could have done that?" Bolin questioned and Mako looked at Korra and had an idea who could do it but didn't want to say "I think I know someone in mind" Mako whispered only for Bolin to hear. Without any warning Asami hit the break and spun the steering wheel quickly swerving the vehicle 180 degrees and punched the gas pedal speeding down the road towards the Police headquarters.

Korra, Lien and the rest of the group drifted around the corner and Asami slammed the brake pedal and watched in horror at the dozen of bodies that littered the floor. They saw a group of Equalist knocking out the remaining of the metal benders and helped the escaped convicts into their getaway truck. In the middle of the carnage stood a man who was dressed like Lao except his suit was black and grey and his eyes were solid blood red "is…that Lao?" Mako questioned as he stared at the man who sliced off the limbs of the metal benders "that is Lao…he must have lost it or something. We need to put him down" Mako ordered and was just about to step out the car until Korra grabbed the back of his collar and yanked on him as hard as she could slamming his back into the car almost making the car tip over on its side. Mako felt as if his world was spinning and once he opened his eyes he saw that Korra was glaring into his eyes "that is not Lao. That is the guy who was at the pro bending finales and if you go after him he will kill you we need a plan" Korra ordered almost growling in Mako's face. While everyone was paying attention to the destruction Asami noticed that the man who looked like Lao held someone dressed in red by the back of their neck. The Evil Wolverine looked over his shoulder and noticed the Avatar and her friends and saw the little girl dressed like the wolverine except her colors were yellow and blue and he scoffed in disgust "another bastard child trying to fill daddy's shoes…how pathetic" the evil Wolverine whispered as he threw the body towards the Satomobile and it crashed onto the hood. Asami ran to the hood and saw that the body was Deadpool's and he wasn't moving "…Wan…Wan wake up" Asami Begged as she shook Deadpool's body. Korra saw that the Evil Wolverine was making his way towards them, she and Lien readied themselves getting in their fighting stances, Korra Earth Bending boulders to her side while Lien's claw's popped out and sparks flew out. As the Evil Wolverine popped out his claws two from his knuckles and one that protruded under his wrist, a large man dropped in front of him wearing a cape and looking like a large bat. "ahhh the infamous Batman…why do you defend these Benders? We know your not a bender, we could use someone like you for the fight for equality" The evil Wolverine persuaded. Batman's solid white eyes on his cowl forward as he got in his fighting stance the Talons in his hands sprang out ready to deal some damage "I defended all those who cant defend themselves Bender or not. Your so called "Equallist" have caused only Chaos especially you…you have slaughtered so many innocents…im taking you in By the Book" Batman stated calmly in a deep tone and as soon as the Dark Wolverine lunged at him Batman instinctively threw a smoke pellet on the floor covering the area with a thick fog. The Dark Wolverine hacked and slashed at the emptiness getting more frustrated with every attempt to hit something or someone. Batman silently snuck around the Dark Wolverine and watched as he accidentally cut down a few of his own men "he cant control his temper which is causing him to go to a blind rage, this could either be beneficial for me or can prove to be disastrous" Batman thought to himself as he quickly advanced once he saw an opening. Batman leaped in the air and came crashing down aiming his foot to the base of the back of the Dark Wolverine's skull. At the last possible second the Dark Wolverine swiftly spun on his feet and grabbed Batman's ankle and redirected his Path to the cold unforgiving ground making a loud thud to echo as his body made contact to the pavement. Korra, Lien, Asami, Mako, and Bolin watched as Batman's body violently tumbled towards them "what are we just sitting around for? LETS KICK SOME BUTT" Lien shouted as she rushed towards the dark Wolverine "LIEN WAIT " Korra and Asami both screamed as they rushed after her watching Lien blindly charge headstrong *SHINKT* "RRRRRAAAGAGGGGHHH" Lien roared as she soared through the air and pierced her claws into the chest of the Dark Wolverine. *SHINKT* Lien then sprang the claws out of her feet and rapidly started to hack and slash the Evil Wolverine's lower section. Lien then kicked under the Dark Wolverine's chin using the claw from her foot to pierce through his jaw. Lien then used her free foot and slammed it to the face of the evil Wolverine and used all her strength to rip the claw out of his chin splitting his face into two and back flipped away to safety next to her mother and Asami. Lien huffed and puffed and smirked as she saw the damage she caused the evil Wolverine "hmm so much for him" Lien boosted but everyone felt a cold chill run up their spine when the Evil Wolverine slowly started to heal, his lower section healing back up as if no damage occurred. The Evil Wolverine grabbed both parts of his face and brought them together and his face seemed to magically patch itself up, the Evil Wolverine growled heavily as his face slowly healed back together, his cowl now ruined he roughly ripped it off his head revealing his face. Korra gasped as he was a splitting image of Lao, they had the same facial features except he was clean shaven and instead of having mid length hair he had a long flowing black Mohawk that fell to one side of his head and reached his shoulder. "now…NOW IM MAD" *SHINKT* "RRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHH* The Evil Wolverine roared as he lunged through the air his claws ready and aiming for Lien. And without second thought Korra wrapped her arms around Lien and shielded her from the oncoming attack "KORRA NO" Mako shouted as he attempted to rush to Korra but he was to late *SHINKT*. Korra slowly opened her eyes, she was waiting to feel a sharp piercing pain but she didn't feel anything. Instead Korra saw Deadpool standing in front of her and saw that three bone claws pierced through him dripping with his blood stopping just inches from her. During the entire fight Deadpool recovered consciousness and teleported just in time to take the killing blow for Korra and Lien "nobody…and I mean nobody, is going to lay a hand on that little girl or her mother. Not only did you almost kill Korra…you almost hurt Asami *CRACK*"-"RRRRRRRAAAAAAAHHHH" Deadpool fumed with rage as he slowly grabbed one of the Dark Wolverine's claw and as if effortlessly snapped the bone in half making the Evil Wolverine wail in pain and stumble back. Batman quickly shook off his dazed state and noticed how the evil Wolverine was healing after every attack from Deadpool's brutal onslaught "he heals after every attack? That means I don't have to hold back" Batman thought to himself and rushed back in and leaped back in the air and flung his Batarangs at the Dark Wolverine and pierced his eyes making him wail in agony. Korra, Lien and the rest of her friends joined in on the assault Mako scorching The Dark Wolverine's skin while Bolin kept him off balance by moving the ground underneath him giving Asami the perfect opportunity to rush in and give him a full electric blast from her Equalist Gauntlet to his face that simultaneously electrified the Batarangs that was still stuck in his eyes "GUYS I THINK WE HAVE HIM ON THE ROP-" Asami shouted excitedly but felt a sturdy boot connect to her gut that sent her flying into Bolin and Lien. "NO! YOU SON OF A BITCH" Deadpool bellowed as he charged forward with Korra and Mako by his side, however before they could get closer the Evil Wolverine heaved the Batarangs out of his eyes and within mere moments he regained his sight. The Dark Wolverine soon went on the offensive while Korra and Mako spewed metal melting flames towards him. The Evil Wolverine effortlessly ran through the blistering fire and soared through the air his face melted revealing his skull roaring a blood curdling roar as he lashed out his claws towards the two. Both Korra and Mako just barely missed the attack but the Evil Wolverine was agile and he swiftly roundhouse kicked both of them and sent them spiraling to the ground knocking out Mako but just dazing Korra. Batman swiftly snuck in and unleashed a powerful punch to the Evil Wolverine's throat collapsing his wind pipe, Batman then used all his strength and elbowed his temple easily shattering the evil Wolverine's skull, the Dark Wolverine savagely lashed out but Batman easily caught his arm and used his momentum and flipped him over his shoulder and put the Evil Wolverine's arm into a armbar and used all his strength and snapped it in half, Batman then used all his weight and placed it on the Evil Wolverine's non-broken arm and open palmed striked his nose repeatedly breaking it trying to force the broken bone into his brain however it healed faster then he could break it. The evil Wolverine kicked Batman off of him and lunged at Batman. *POOF* however Deadpool teleported Batman out of harm's way and teleported in the air and heaved Batman down towards the Dark Wolverine *POOF* Deadpool then teleported just below the dark Wolverine and with all of his strength he uppercutted the dark Wolverine lifting him off his feet while Batman collided his foot into the face of the Dark Wolverine sending him crashing back down to the earth. Both Batman and deadpool advanced not letting the Dark Wolverine recover, Batman reached into his utility belt and pulled out two smaller versions of his Batarangs and threw them towards the Evil Wolverine's face but they exploded just a few inches from making contact with the Dark Wolverine's face Disorienting him. While Batman stunned the Evil Wolverine Deadpool rushed in closing the distance between him and the Dark Wolverine and pulled out his sword and pistol and lacerated the tendons of the Evil Wolverine's legs making him crash to his knees, Deadpool then flipped over him and fired shot after shot of his pistol into him causing him to grunt and snarl as the bullets pierced him. Batman then rushed in and delivered a powerful blow to the Dark Wolverine's sternum breaking it and sending shards of bones into his lungs and heart, the sheer force sent the Wolverine tumbling away and he kneeled over coughing up blood and shards of bone. Korra ran up to Batman's and Deadpool's side and summoned fire into her hands "you guys got him on the ropes; lets make the finale push and finish him." Korra encouraged as she caught her second wind. Batman and Deadpool shared a look to each other and sighed "we cant he is like me and Lao, he heals everything we dish out… we cant beat him like this" Deadpool explained as he reloaded his pistol "Deadpool is right and unfortunately I think we've only managed to piss him off" Batman confessed as he pulled out a device that looked like a gun but had a large hook at the end of the barrel. Korra frowned and punched both of them in the shoulder "SO WHAT!? Are you two going to give up so easily? COME ON THINK…what would Lao do?" Korra barked as she thought about Lao "ARRRGGHHHH…LAO!?...what a joke after I kill you im coming after him and that little bastard child" The Evil Wolverine roared as he snarled at the down Lien. Korra felt this sudden animalistic rage burn inside her when she heard this man threaten her daughter "ohhhh crap…hey Bats we might want to take a few steps back" Deadpool warned as he felt the heat fuming off of Korra's body. Korra slowly turned her gaze towards the Evil Wolverine glaring at him and summoned intense flames in the palms of her hands. The Evil Wolverine froze in place as he saw that the Avatar had flames shooting out her mouth and nostrils but what caught his attention was that he swore he saw her eyes glow white for a second. In a flash flames shot out the back of her feet and she collided her fist into the evil Wolverine's jaw that sent him soaring and tumbling across the street. The Evil Wolverine groggily stood back on his feet but he was met with Korra spewing flames from her fist towards him. Fireball after fireball collided against him burning away his flesh revealing his muscle and bone. "she really has a temper huh?" Batman whispered as he watched the violent onslaught of fireballs that seemed to tear away the Evil Wolverine. "oh yeah you have no idea, sometimes I wonder how Lao can handle her sometimes but they both have a temper so I get it" Deadpool answered as his eyes fell on the still down Asami and he rushed to check on her "ENOUGH RRRRRRAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH" The Dark Wolverine barked as he gripped Korra's wrist and slammed his forehead into Korra's face and thrusted his knee into her gut. Batman instinctively reacted and shot his grappling hook towards him and Korra and soared through the air and kicked him in the face setting Korra free. Korra collapsed to the cold pavement and watched as Batman attempted to fight off the Dark Wolverine single handedly but he grabbed Batman by his throat and lifted him off his feet and delivered punch after punch to his face tearing away a piece of his cowl *SHINKT* "now you die" *BANG* The Evil Wolverine snarled as he aimed his claws to Batman's face but a bullet shot him in the face making him drop him. "NOT TODAY YOU LAO WANNA BE" a robotic Voice barked. Batman weakly rolled over to see that Batgirl rushed to him and helped him back on his feet and that the man who shot him was the Red Hood who had his pistol aimed at the Savage Wolverine "you…you're the one who killed that fire bender" Batman groaned as he attempted to grab the Red hood. The Red Hood simply thrusted his knee into Batman's groin and collided his helmet into Batman's nose making him collapse to his knees "sit down and shut up Wayne…im taking over now got it" Red Hood ordered as he walked passed the shocked Batman "h…how does he know my name?" Batman questioned out loud but Batgirl placed her hand on his shoulder "yeah about that…we need to talk after this" Batgirl informed. Red Hood unleashed a barrage of bullets at the Evil Wolverine taking out his knees and making bullet holes all over his body. "oh and I brought a few friends" The Red Hood stated calmly as he replaced the empty clips with fully loaded clips. *THWIP THWIP* in that instant the Evil Wolverine's legs were webbed into place immobilizing him in place as the Spider landed gracefully by the Red Hood's side "ALRIGHT NOW ITS YOUR TURN TINMAN" The Spider quipped as a thunderous boom screeched through the sky "ITS IRON MAN YOU LITTLE DWEEB" Toeno shouted as he hovered above everyone in his ironman suit and an arsenal of tiny rockets popped out of his arms and shoulders "go to hell you freak" Toeno whispered as his targeting system locked on to the immobilized Wolverine and fired his mini rockets and a fiery explosion erupted engulfing the Dark Wolverine in fire. Iron Man easily touched down next to Deadpool who was checking on Asami. The Red Hood holstered his pistols and was just about to leave until he saw something move in the fire. Out of the fire walked the Evil Wolverine and he simply brushed off the flames that was on his shoulder and glared at the Hero's snarling at them "you just don't get it Heroes….I CANT DIE" The Evil Wolverine roared as he got closer and closer. Batman looked up and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth "…im counting on it" Batman retorted as he pressed a button on his gauntlet. Instantly an all-black heavily armored Sato Mobile screeched around the corner and the hood of the vehicle opened up and out came a militaristic missile launcher. The evil Wolverine's eyes went wide and before he could utter a single word the missile launched and connected square into his chest and lifted him off his feet and took him soaring inti the air "NNNOOOOO" The dark Wolverine roared as he was taken high into the sky until the missile exploded. "WHOA…did you-?" – "no…were the same Spider I don't kill. That missile was mainly used to send him away. If we kept this fight he would have killed us all" Batman explained to the Spider "says you old man, you should retire before you lose someone else…like your old side kick Jin" Red Hood lashed out. Batman quickly grabbed the Red Hood by the collar of his leather jacket and flipped him over his shoulder and pined himself on top of him "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU? HOW DO YOU KNOW JIN" Batman barked as he grip grew tighter as he thought of Jin. "Because Binh Wayne…I know more about you than anyone else here" the Red Hood whispered as he took off his helmet to reveal his face to Binh Wayne

Lin Beifong drove along with Fang Castle as they hunted down Equalists however none of them gave up any information. "well Chief I have one more target and im sure this scum bag has the info we are looking for" Fang spoke getting Lin's attention. Lin frowned as she stared at Fang "well if you are so confident that this guy has the info were looking for why didn't we go to him in the first place?" Lin questioned slightly annoyed at the fact her time was being wasted. "Because this guy leads a rogue out post of Equalist, basically they're bandits dressed like Equalist, and he has a small army under his control…I was kinda hoping we didn't have to go into a fire fight tonight but it looks like we're running out of options" Fang explained as he kept driving. Lin nodded understanding why Fang saved this guy for last "well if were expecting a fire fight we should at least eat up." Lin suggested and with one arm Fang reached behind his chair and pulled out two M.R.E's and handed both of them to Lin. Lin opened up one and started to read the instructions and heat up the food inside the packet "so…why do you do this?" Lin questioned and Fang slightly glared at her in which Lin glared back "come on you knew I was going to ask sooner or later" Lin spat as she continued to mix the packet. Fang nodded his head and kept his eyes back on the road "I use to serve the military, I was a part of a special unit in the 104th Battalion we we're called the Wolfpack, and we kept the peace. After I served my time I came home to my wife and two kids, a little girl and little boy. We lived in peace for a while. Then one morning I woke up to see my wife wasn't in bed…I went to the kid's room to see they weren't in bed either. I walked into the dining room to see that they were tied up, gagged, and blind folded. Before I could register what I was seeing someone striked up my spine and I couldn't move my body. I saw these men wearing mask dressed in all black… I didn't know at the time but they were the Equalist and they told me that they knew of my service and that I was the exact weapon they were looking for, they offered me a deal to kill the council in republic city, and…the chief of police…I told them to shove it. They took of the blind folds, and un-gagged them and made my family watch as they beat and torture me. After a few hours I knew they were getting frustrated and I saw the tears stream down my wife's face. They asked me one more time and I was just about to take their deal until my wife screamed and begged me not to take the deal…the leader he wore the standard Equalist gear except his was grey and his mask was black…he leaned in to whisper "I see your wife makes the decisions huh" he then circled around my wife and grabbed her hair tilting her head back and he pulled out a gold serrated blade that had a dragon design for the handle…and he slit my wife's throat. I watched as she gasped for breath…the look of fear on her face as her blood poured out her throat and soaked her clothes…my little boy screamed and cursed at the bastard while my little girl bawled her eyes out for her mother…I was speechless…i-I…I couldn't move I didn't even notice that bastard pull out a pistol and he pointed it to my little boy "glad that distraction is out of the way…hell why don't we get rid of all the distractions huh" he boasted as he then pointed the pistol to my little girl "so tell me Fang castle…which one do you love more?...the boy… or the girl? Im going to give you to the count of three to choose one that you want to live…ready?" the bastard then began to count as I beg and begged him to let them go I told him that I would kill whoever they want no questions asked, that I would live and die for their cause as long as…he let them live. He counted to three…and then he shot my boy…he killed my son , shot him square in the chest then stood over his body and laughed as my son gasped for air…and put a bullet in his head. I remember yelling screaming for my boy then that bastard grabbed my little girl and…and…" Fang voice trailed off as his voice was shaking and his fist clenched shaking with anger and hate "he…he snapped my daughters neck…right in front of me…then he told me that they didn't need a broken man in their ranks…and he shot me in the chest repeatedly. I don't know how I survived… I remember waking up and I crawled towards my dead family and I held on to them waiting to bleed out and die by their side, but my hate and anger kept me alive…I couldn't die. I knew I couldn't let myself die until I killed the men responsible for their deaths" Fang finished and he looked at Lin to see the soft look in her eyes "wow…she looks just like her…like my wife" Fang thought to himself as he compared the soft look between Lin and his deceased wife. Fang shook his head and coughed clearing his throat and kept his eyes back on the road "is that thing done yet?" Fang questioned in a rough tone. Lin frowned and continued to stir the bag "the instructions say to stir thoroughly" – "its fine just give it here" Lin tried to explain but Fang interrupted her and snatched the M.R.E from here and started to scarf down the food in the bag. Lin watched as Fang savagely devoured the bag "you want me to drive while you eat?" Lin questioned as she watched in disgust as he continued to attack the bag "no I got it…you better eat too you know" Fang answered with his mouth full of food even some of it falling out of his mouth back into the bag. Lin shook her head in disgust but then reached into the bag she brought from home and pulled out something wrapped in foil. Lin un-wrapped the foil to reveal freshly made sandwich and the smell of the cooked meats and dressings filled Fang's nostrils and he turned to see the thick sub "where'd you get that?" Fang questioned with his mouth still filled with food. Lin was just inches from taking a bite and looked at Fang "I made this before I left" Lin answered as she took a big bite of the sub and the aroma of the freshly cooked meats filled the truck driving Fang mad "what the hell do you mean you made it?" Fang questioned feeling his stomach growl over the smell of the enticing sandwich "uhh I took the stuff I had in my fridge and put it on a toasted sub roll…duh" Lin explained in a sarcastic tone as she pulled out a napkin and wiped away the crumbs from the corner of her mouth. Fang felt his mouth began to water as the smell of the sub attacked his nose, for the past year Fang has lived off of Cold M.R.E's and the smell of the home cooked meal was making his stomach growl louder "well did you make me one?" Fang questioned "uhh no" Lin answered as she covered her mouth while she spoke "what do you mean no?" Fang questioned slightly hurt by the fact Lin didn't think of making him one. Lin swallowed the food that was in her mouth and glared at him "because I don't like you" Lin snapped as she violently took another bite from the sandwich. Fang focused his eyes back on the road glaring and grumbling to himself as he took another bite of his sad cold bag of food. Lin looked to the corner of her eye and saw the disappointed and frustrated look on Fang and slightly smiled to herself as she laughed in her head.

Fang drove outside of the city and hid the truck just outside the secret outpost of the rogue Equalist. Fang and Lin snuck up to one of the un-manned walls of the outpost. Fang took a knee at the wall and was pulling out explosive charges from his bag "ok im gonna blow a hole in this wall but that is going to ring the god damn dinner bell so once were through get ready to face the fight of your life ok Chief" Fang explained but then saw Lin slam her foot to the ground and a tunnel formed under the wall into the other side "or I can just earth bend and we can sneak in and not ring the "Dinner bell" " Lin suggested as she jumped into the hole. Fang looked at the hole and then at the wall and grumbled to himself as she placed the charges back into his bag and jumped down the after Lin. Once Lin and Fang made it to the other side of the wall they stuck to the shadows and stayed hidden from the patrol units. Fang took a count of all the men posted and smirked "it seems they lost a few recruits since the last time I ran into them, they're at an all-time low. Im only counting ten plus the man in charge who is inside that personnel barrack over there" Fang whispered as he pointed out where the leader was stationed. Lin nodded her head and before she could ask what their plan was Fang rushed out in the open and he pulled out his assault rifle and he unleashed a barrage of bullets already taking out half the men on post. Lin groaned at the reckless charge and instantly earthbend a stone wall that shielded Fang from rope darts and bullets. Fang leaned against the wall and reloaded his rifle as Lin rushed to the cover by his side "WHAT THE HELL WHERE YOU THINKING? CHARGING IN LIKE THAT WE HAD THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE" Lin argued over the gun shots. Fang smirked as he peaked over and picked off two more Equalists shooting them dead where they stood "I KNOW AND I USED IT" Fang shouted back as he reached towards his belt and grabbed a grenade and threw it towards the remaining three Equalists. One of the Equalist grabbed the grenade and lobbed it back towards Fang and Lin. Fang and Lin's eyes went wide as they saw the explosive land between them. Time seemed to slow down for Fang, he took a deep breath and looked at Lin and at that moment he saw the similarities between her and his wife "I couldn't save you the last time…but I can save you now" Fang whispered to himself as he looked deep into Lin's eyes "what did you say?" Lin questioned but Fang quickly shoved Lin out of the way "LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY CHIEF BEIFONG" Fang shouted as he shielded her from the blast with his body. The loud explosion echoed and Fang felt the heat on his body and he waited to feel the shrapnel rip him apart, however he felt nothing. He opened his eyes to see the shrapnel stop just inches from his face and body. Fang looked over his shoulder to see Lin Beifong with her arms extended holding the metal shrapnel in place "I didn't think you were the hero type Fang" Lin teased as she metal bend the shrapnel back towards the Rogue Equalist pinning two of them to the wall. Fang smirked as he peaked over the stone wall and with the assault rifle he snipped the last Equalist who was trying to free his fellow equallist. Lin and Fang stood up and made their way towards the Personal Barrack and Fang reloaded his rifle and kicked the door wide open. In the room stood an older gentleman with white hair and beard, he didn't flinch and quickly pulled out his pistol but Fang was already ready and shot the firearm out of his hand. The old man smirked "you shoot good for a dead man Fang Castle…and former Chief of Police Lin Beifong… I am so sorry to hear about your early retirement but I heard that the Avatar's boyfriend did give that damn Water bending councilman Tarrlock one hell of a beating, wish I would have seen it myself if im telling the truth" the Oldman spoke shocking both Fang and Lin "HOW THE HELL DO YOU KNOW US " Fang barked as he closed in circling around the Oldman while Lin did the same thing "were the Equalist Fang Castle it is our mission to know more about the enemy then they know about themselves…that's why I know where the Chief's officers are " the Oldman revealed which Lin stopped in her tracks "WHERE ARE THEY" Lin shouted as she grabbed the old man by his shirt. The Oldman grinned and gently placed his hand on her hands "ill tell you if Fang does one thing for me?" The Oldman stated. Fang glared at the Oldman but noticed the pleading look on Lin's face and sighed "what the hell do you want from me" Fang barked as he jammed the barrel of his gun against his head. The Oldman just smirked "I don't want anything from you. Just go over to that closet and open it" The Oldman ordered. Fang forward his brow and slowly made his way to the closet. He pointed his rifle to the door and slowly reached out to the handle. Fang swung the door open as quickly as he can and aimed the rifle into the opening of the closet. Fang saw that in the closet was an Equalist uniform…a grey Equalist uniform with a black mask and there was a glass case with a golden blade with a dragon design for a handle. Lin instantly remembered the story that Fang told her and the uniform was an exact match from his story "what the hell is this" Fang questioned softly as he stared into the black mask getting flashbacks of his family. "open that case and pull the blade out of its cover and you'll find your answer " the Oldman stated slightly grinning. Fang hesitated as he pulled the blade out of the case and slid it out of its cover to reveal the golden blood stained blade. "lets see if you can find out where your men are before he kills me Chief Beifong" the Oldman whispered as both him and Lin watched as Fang turned around to see Fang's calm yet enraged face. "di-…did you kill my kids?" Fang questioned as he clenched the blade in his hand. The old man smirked "yes. I killed your kids and your wife but it looks like you found yourself a replacement huh they do look the same I must admit" the old man mocked. Fang clenched the blade cutting his own palm and watched as his blood dripped to the floor. Fang roared as he slammed the blade to the floor and charged after the Oldman. Lin however quickly earthbend the ground to jump up and trap him in place "LET ME GO YOU BITCH. HE KILLED MY KIDS, HE KILLED MY KIDS" Fang spat as he trashed back and forth in his restraints "that's right Chief Beifong if you want to find your brave young men alive…kill Fang and ill tell you where you can find them" the Oldman revealed. Lin looked at the Oldman then at Fang "COME ON! he slaughtered hundreds hell if you kill him you would be doing this city a service" the Oldman tried to persuade. Lin then turns her back on Fang and glared at the Oldman "how many of my officers were taken?" Lin questioned. "five strong Earth bending Men" the Oldman answered smirking at Lin. Lin then earthbend Fang's restraints and released him. The Oldman eyes went wide as he felt a twinge of fear run up his spine "wh-what are you doing? Don't you care for your men?" The Oldman questioned as Fang starred at Lin in disbelief as he got back on his feet "I do…for the two men that were my officers the other three were females. You wanted me to kill Fang because you knew one day he would come looking for you and you wanted me to kill him before he killed you…well im not your savior" Lin growled as she stepped aside with her arms behind her back and motioned Fang towards the old man. Fang nodded and walked towards him but stopped by Lin's side and looked into her eyes "…thank you" Fang whispered as he picked up the blade that he threw to the ground and grabbed the Oldman by his hair and pressed the blade against his throat. Fang growled and looked straight ahead and saw the full body length mirror and saw himself as he pressed the blade harder against the oldman's throat "no…dying is too easy for you" Fang whispered as he grabbed the back of his hair lifting the Oldman on his feet and forced his face into the mirror shattering it and forcing his face to slide against the mirror making sure shards of glass either sliced his face or pierce his skin. The old man wailed in pain and screamed for Fang to stop begging him to let him go. Fang threw him to the floor then picked him back up by his hair and made the Oldman look at his reflection "your going to learn about pain" Fang growled as he kicked the back of the oldman's head slamming his face back into the mirror. The oldman's head bounced off the mirror but Fang caught it and slammed it back to the mirror shoving more shards of glass into his face "your going to learn about suffering" Fang whispered as he slammed his face again back into the glass "every morning, when you look at your ugly mangled mug, you'll remember what you did…YOU REMEMBER MY FAMILY" Fang shouted as he slammed his face into the mirror nonstop and slid his face all over the jagged razor sharp shards of glass. Fang threw the man to the floor and starred at his now heavily scared face. Lin walked over to Fang and placed a hand on his shoulder "you ok Fang?" Lin questioned with actual concern in her tone. Fang kept glaring at the unconscious old man "yeah…im good, killing him now…would be to easy…I want him to suffer for what he did and then in time…ill kill him" Fang answered and he quickly turned and was just about to walk out until he stopped by the door and looked at Lin "thanks Chief-…Lin" Fang thanked. Chief Beifong held back her smile and simply nodded and walked up to Fang and delivered one hard punched to his jaw that sent him to his back. Fang quickly got up and rubbed his jaw "what the hell was that for !?" Fang barked. Lin extended her hand and helped Fang on his feet "that's for calling me a bitch, now lets go im driving and you can have the other half of my sandwich its probably cold and I don't like cold sandwiches" Lin ordered as she made her way to the truck. Fang rubbed his jaw and rolled his eyes as he followed her.

It had been a few days since Korra, Lien and the others sis their patrol. They all sat around Asami car listening to the radio waiting for any sign of Equalist Activity "how do you think they're doing?" Asami questioned as she looked over her shoulder glancing at Korra "I don't know, Jin and Botan wanted to talk to Wayne privately…it's a lot to tank in for him. You know having an adopted son come back from the dead, become a criminal known as the red hood, then to save him a few days ago. Im sure they need a few days to talk it over" Korra answered as she pulled Lien in close and ran her hand through her hair and smiled softly. "all available units, please respond to 56 hundred block dragon's flat burrow, Equalist have taken to the streets, consider them armed and dangerous proceed with caution" the radio chimed in and everyone gave each other a look and rushed into the car "Lien why don't you sit up front with aunt Asami" Korra stated and Asami smiled brightly as Lien took the front seat and slipped on her cowl while Korra sat in the seat between Bolin and Mako. Mako ran his hand through his hair and tried to think of something to say to Korra "hey Korra-" – "stop right there. Look I know you like me and all but you need to stop Mako its getting old, I love Lao and im going to do everything in my power to get him out of jail. If your truly my friend you will stop trying to get between me and him and move on" Korra whispered to Mako. Mako felt his face burn with embarrassment and he just hid his face behind his scarf. Asami drove into the neighborhood and the first thing they noticed was that the power was out. Korra, Lien and the group made it to the center of the neighborhood and noticed that there were a mod of people being fenced in by the Metal Benders "I don't get it, these people aren't armed or dangerous" Asami stated while they kept walking to the mob "ALL NON BENDERS. RETURN TO YOUR HOME IMMEDIATLEY" one of the metal benders ordered over a megaphone "YEAH SURE AS SOON AS YOU TURN OUR POWER BACK ON" one of the civilians protested in the crowd making everyone shout in agreement "DISPURST OR YOU WILL ALL BE ARRESTED " the Metal Bender ordered "YOU BENDERS CANT TREAT US THIS WAY WE HAVE RIGHTS YOU KNOW-" – "mommy look , it's the Avatar" a mother shouted in the crowd holding a baby while her older daughter tugged on her dress and pointed out Korra to her mother . the mother quickly rushed to the edge of the perimeter only to be stopped by the metal Benders "please help us…your our Avatar too" the mother begged. Korra starred into the sea of non-benders and saw that they were scared. Korra grabbed the Metal benders and shoved them aside "everyone don't worry, im going to put a stop to this" Korra reassured as she walked towards one of the tents and spotted Tarrlock "Tarrlock, you need to turn the power back on and leave these innocent people alone" Korra demanded as her and her group surrounded Tarrlock. "Avatar Korra, you and your playmates have no business here" Tarrlock reminded Korra only for Korra to get in Tarrlock's face "were not going anywhere, you don't have the right to treat these innocent people like criminals." Korra argued back as she crossed her arms unaware of the Metal Benders circling around her friends "they're not Equalist, they're just normal people who want their rights back" Asami added as she stood next to Korra "THEY ARE THE ENEMY…ROUND UP ALL THESE EQUALIST" Tarrlock shouted as he ordered his Metal Benders. Without any hesitation the Metal Benders earth bend restraints around the non-Benders and lifted the ground underneath them and floated them to their police trucks while the rest of the Non-Benders ran away screaming in terror. Korra quickly rushed towards the captured Civilians and earthbend them back to the ground and freed them from their restraints. Tarrlock glared at Korra but then looked at her friends and noticed that one wore a Equalist glove and that the other looked like a female Wolverine. Tarrlock water bend two restraints one that latched to Asami's wrist and the other latched around Lien's neck. Asami gasped and felt this rage when she saw Tarrlock drag Lien to the floor by her neck "LET HER GO" Asami shouted which caused Korra to look over her shoulder to see Asami and Lien being restrained "YOU ARE ALL UNDER ARREST" Tarrlock shouted as he yanked at Lien's restraints dragging her through the dirt. "HEY YOU CANT DO THAT, LET THEM GO" Mako barked as he tried to free Asami but Metal Benders grabbed him and handcuffed Asami. "Actually I can, they're both non-benders past their curfew…well at least one of them is…the other is a freak" Tarrlock snarled as Metal Benders arrested both Mako and his brother Bolin. "TARRLOCK LET LIEN GO" Korra roared as she earthbend boulders to her side and stormed towards Tarrlock. "unless you want to join your friends in prison I suggest you put those away and go home…unless you want to end up like your boyfriend" Tarrlock warned as his Metal Benders stood by him ready to strike Korra down. "Korra its ok, listen to him its not worth it" Mako reassured Korra as the Metal Benders finished restraining Mako and his brother while the remaining officers continued to struggle subduing Lien. Korra felt her heart shatter as she watched how roughly they slammed Lien to the ground. "…ill drop these boulders if you let Lien go" Korra demanded her voice calm but firm. Tarrlock looked to the ground where his men restrained the little girl who was snarling like a wild animal "the Girl? Now why do you care so much about this little brat?" Tarrlock questioned as he walked towards her and pulled of her cowl and was taken aback when he saw the similarities between her and Korra, but also saw the resemblance of Lao in the little girl. Tarrlock smirked as he stared up towards Korra "oh my, Avatar Korra…how old where you when you had this little child? I didn't know you and Lao knew each other for that long…aren't you just a child yourself?" Tarrlock questioned as he grabbed a handful of Lien's hair roughly lifting her head up grinning. Korra growled furiously and raised her boulders higher aiming the jagged points towards Tarrlock "LET HER GO NOW" Korra demanded. Tarrlock smirked and lifted the little girl up by her hair and tossed her towards Korra "fine, take your little freak. But the rest of your friends are coming with me" Tarrlock revealed as Korra dropped the Boulders and fell to her knees while wrapping her arms around Lien running her hand through her daughter's hair holding on to her for dear life. "don't worry Korra well be fine, and don't worry if we see Lao well tell him that you miss him and that you love him" Asami reassured as she was guided into the police truck they use to transport prisoners along with Mako and Bolin. Tarrlock was about to walk away until Korra rushed up behind him and grabbed his shoulder and spun him around "this isn't over Tarrlock, I swear ill-" – "oh I believe it is and if you get in my way again…Lao is as good as gone as well as that little freak of yours" Tarrlock threatened as he continued to walk away from Korra and Lien.

Korra and Lien spent all night walking back to the docks. At first Korra felt lost that is until a familiar red neon sign that spelled bar popped up. Korra looked down and noticed that Lien was holding her neck and rubbing it. Korra got on one knee "does it still hurt? Let me see" Korra questioned as she reached out but her daughter slightly jumped back covering her neck with her cowl. Korra gave Lien a soft look and touched her hand "Lien…Please" Korra begged. Lien frowned and looked down at her feet "why would you want to help a freak like me?" Lien whispered only to have Korra roughly grab her face. Lien was shocked at her mother's sudden action and strength and she was expecting to get talked down to but she noticed that Korra's eyes were watery "LIEN…YOU ARE NOT A FREAK…Don't you understand? You're my daughter…you may see yourself as a failed clone but when I look at you I see my little girl who I will defend with my whole life and I know Lao sees you the same way" Korra explained as she roughly pulled Lien into a tight embrace and kissed the top of her head. Lien closed her eyes and started sniffling and felt her tears stream down her cheeks "why…why am I freak m-mom" Lien questioned and Korra held Lien stronger feeling her heart shatter that the fact her daughter was looked upon so differently "you're not Lien. What you and Lao have is a blessing. Its like my bending, most people find it scary or strange…but after a while people will truly understand its true beauty, just like the beauty in you Lien" Korra answered as she wiped away a tear from Lien's cheek and noticed a small bruise on Lien's neck that was slowly healing. Korra stood back up and held Lien's hand and smiled "come on lets go inside for a break" Korra suggested as she guided Lien into the Bar.

Korra opened the door and smiled when she saw who was behind the counter wiping the same old Glass "well ill be damn, is that you Korra? And is that Lien? It feels like forever since I've seen you two" the old man behind the bar smiled as he walked from behind the counter and gave both Korra and Lien a tight hug. Korra and Lien smiled and took a seat at the bar while the old man handed them a menu "where's Lao? Don't tell me that dumb Bastard did something stupid again" the old man questioned as he gave both of them a glass of water. Korra grinned sheepishly giggling as she rubbed the back of her neck making the old man groan "what did the idiot do this time?" the Oldman questioned as he pulled out some food for Korra and Lien and smiled brightly as he watched the two young ladies scarf down their food "oh you know Lao, Councilman Tarrlock insulted me and Lao had to be a hero and clock him. Now he is in jail" Korra explained as she took a sip of her water. The Oldman smiled and ran his hand through his grey beard "that idiot needs to think before he acts" the Oldman stated making Korra giggle but smile "yeah I know…but I love that side of him, that's the reason why I fell in love with him" Korra admitted which caught the Oldman off guard "whoa since when did she admit she loves Lao?" the Oldman asked Lien in a hushed tone who smiled brightly "oh not too long ago, they both finally admitted they love each other" Lien revealed in which the Oldman smiled and nodded as he took the dirty dishes and started cleaning them. Lien looked up to see an old photo of a bald man clean shaven dressed in fire nation armor with his helmet by his side. The man in the photo stood by other men who were dressed in either water tribe armor or earth kingdom armor but they all looked younger which made him stand out and there was writing on the photo and it read "Thank you Captain for saving our lives- 501st Squadron" Lien read aloud and looked at the old man "who is that old guy in the photo? Was he your Captain or something?" Lien questioned. The Oldman laughed and grabbed the Photo and placed it to the counter "come on kid don't you see the resemblance?" the old man stated while Lien and Korra looked at the man in the photo and back at the old man. Both the old man and the man in the photo had similar features except the Oldman had a white beard and was now stocky compared to the clean shaven fit young Captain in the photo. "is that you? You were a soldier?" Korra questioned as she looked back at the old man "not just any Soldier I was the best during my service I went from a simple enlisted man to officer. We were the first ever mixed squadron, we had the best from the Earth Kingdom and Water tribe and then there was me from the fire nation" the Oldman bragged making Korra and Lien laugh and smile. After an hour of eating and talking Korra held the sleeping Lien in her arms and walked out towards the door but stopped and looked back at the Oldman and smiled "you know, you are a part of this family and yet we don't know your name. What is your name Captain?" Korra questioned as she struggled to send him a playful salute while holding the sleeping Lien in her arms. The old man smiled and chuckled softly while he scratched his white beard "Rex…Captain Rex" the old man revealed and Korra smiled as she headed out the door. Rex smiled and continued to clean the dishes and hang the old photo of himself back up and thought of his old times back in the military as he stared deeply into the picture remembering his brothers in arms. Rex let out a sigh and gave a soft smile and saluted the photo "live to fight another day boys…lived to fight another day" Rex said to himself softly as he went back to his chores.

Lao hung from the wall by his restraints, his wounds slowly healing over, his bones popping back into place, his deep lacerations by water whips were closing up over the dried up blood on his body "Lao…wake up" a voice stated in his head which made Lao to look up to see Professor Xavier standing in front of him. Lao eyes went wide as he stared at the man who he though was confined to a wheel chair walk closer to him "Professor?...you can walk?" Lao questioned as he stared in disbelief as the bald man stood in front of Lao. "no I cant walk Lao, im not actually here im visiting you through your mind and I recently caught wind of your imprisonment and as a friend I wanted to do something for you" Xavier explained as he reached out and gently tapped Lao on the forehead and his eyes instantly shut closed and his head lazily hung low.

Lao opened his eyes and realized he was in his room "here you go Lao" Xavier stated as he walked out of a dark corner of his room to reveal himself "did…did you break me out?" Lao questioned as he walked towards Xavier "unfortunately no, however I freed your mind and spirit. Your body is back in jail but your spirit is free for tonight. I know you are close to the Avatar and I know what its like to be kept away from your loved ones…so your welcome, ill give you your privacy. " Xavier explained as his body instantly vanished. Lao looked at his hands and touched his face and it felt real but then he heard some shuffling coming from the room next door to his. "Korra…thanks Oldman" Lao said to himself as he stepped out his room and walked in to Korra's. Korra sat on her bed and undid her pony tail and let her hair gracefully fall to her back. Lao noticed how tired and worn out Korra looked and took note the bags under her eyes. Lao took a seat next to her and rested his hand on hers, he felt no warmth or the skin from her body but he was able to hold her hand. "I miss you Lao" Korra whispered which caused Lao to shoot up "Korra? Can you see me?" Lao questioned but he got no answer "I hope your okay and they're treating you fairly in their…I wish you were home Lao" Korra continued and sighed heavily until she heard a knock on her door. Lien poked her head between the door and looked at her mother "hey sweetie whats the matter?" Korra asked as she patted the spot next to her and Lao. Lien sat next to Korra and leaned her head against her shoulder "I cant sleep Korra, can I sleep with you tonight?" Lien asked and Korra smiled softly and pulled her in close "of course you can sweetie come on lets go to bed" Korra informed as they both crawled into bed slowly drifting off to sleep. Lao felt a pain in his chest as he thought of the fact that he wasn't there for Korra and their daughter broke his heart. Lao slid into Korra's bed and snuggled up with Korra and draped his arm over both Korra and Lien hugging both of them as hard as he could knowing that they couldn't feel his touch "…I love you Korra " Lao whispered. Korra felt a small breeze gently brush against her ear and she gently scratched her ear and then a voice very softly whispered in her ear "…I love you Korra" Korra gently looked over her shoulder and saw nothing and thought she was hearing things and she closed her eyes and laid her head on the pillow "…I Love you Lao" Korra whispered as she drifted off to sleep.

A few guards looked into Lao's cell "looks like the freak is asleep" one of the guards whispered but then noticed a small smile across Lao's face "aww it looks like he is having a good dream…lets change that" the guard whispered and just as he was about to walk in the younger guard grabbed his arm and stopped him in his tracks "what are you doing? That's wrong. Were supposed to just keep watch" the young guard reminded the senior guard in which he roughly brushed off his hand off his arm "Whatever kid after a few months in here you'll be doing the same thing, it helps pass the time. But if you want to be a saint your on latrine cleaning duty tonight" the Senior guard ordered as he walked away leaving the young man by himself.

Korra spent the next day trying to get Lao and her friends out of prison but with no avail. Korra stomped back and forth in the court yard on the air temple island as she watched the sun slowly drift behind the sea. "Korra? Are you out here?" Tenzin questioned as he watched the agitated Korra ignore him. "Korra you have a visitor and he says he has something to show you" Tenzin addressed as he stepped aside to reveal Prof. Xavier rolling to her in his wheel chair " you're the guy who leads the X-Men right? What did they call you? Wheels?" Korra stated as she kept walking in circles. Prof. Xavier smiled softly "no call me Xavier. Do you want to see Lao?" Prof. Xavier asked and smirked as Korra instantly stopped in her steps and looked Xavier dead in his eyes. Korra walked to Xavier and fell to her knees in front of him "you can get him out? Can you get me in? can you help me bust him out? Can you-" – "please Avatar Korra just close your eyes and take my hand" Korra questioned hysterically only to get cut off when Xavier held his hand up and told her to calm herself and he extended his hand and Korra hesitantly reached out and held his hand.

Korra opened her eyes to see Lao shackled in chains hanging from the wall, Korra gasped at the sight of Lao and she instantly ran up to Lao and called out his name but he didn't say anything "he cant hear you Korra. You're here spiritually and mentally. You can see but that's about all, I thought you maybe wanted to see him" Xavier stated as he got out of his chair and stood next to Korra. Before Korra was about to addressed the fact that Xavier could walk the door to Lao's cell swung open and Tarrlock entered the cell. The Metal benders entered in behind Tarrlock and wheeled in tanks of bone chilling water. "You may leave us, I think I will be fine " Tarrlock ordered and the Metal benders nodded and closed the door behind them. Before Korra could even think what Tarrlock was about to do Tarrlock water bended a spike of ice that pierced Lao straight into his side spraying blood all over the floor and causing him to wail in pain. Korra felt her world slow down and she slowly lost feeling in her legs, Korra fell to her knees and watched helplessly as Tarrlock hurled ice dagger after ice dagger impaling Lao as if he was his personal Dart board. "tell me…what is Avatar Korra's weakness, what can I use to get to her?" Tarrlock questioned as he water bend a giant water tendril that hovered in front of Lao's face. Lao slowly looked up his eye sight hazy. Lao spat blood at Tarrlock that splattered on the floor by his feet and Lao just growled as blood bled through his teeth. Tarrlock ran his hand through his hair and smirked "suit yourself Lao" Tarrlock calmly stated as he thrusted his arm forward and the water tendril forced itself into Lao's mouth drowning him, feeling his lungs with water not stopping the torture.

Korra's eyes violently snapped open and she stared into the frightened eyes of Prof. Xavier. Korra noticed she was back at the island and she noticed the look of pain in Xavier's eyes "please tell me that was a dream or something…please tell me he isn't torturing my Lao…TELL ME" Korra shouted as she roughly grabbed Xavier by his shoulder. Xavier didn't say anything and that was more than enough for Korra, she instantly stormed inside to see Lien dressed into her super hero suit. "what are you doing Lien?" Korra questioned as she stared at her daughter questionably "I smelled your adrenaline spike, and I saw the look of hate and pain in your eyes as you were holding that bald dude's hand so tell me…where is Lao and how much trouble is he in?" Lien questioned as she slipped on her cowl and Korra stared into her daughter's solid white eyes and smirked

Tarrlock sat in his office which was a water tribe themed to match his heritage, there was a giant white wall behind him that had a water fall pouring nonstop behind him. Tarrlock sighed and rubbed his eyes as he looked over the stack of paper work that his assistant laid out for him. Tarrlock took a sip of his tea and all of a sudden he heard his office window slam open and the chill of the night busted in blowing away his stack of papers all over his floor. Tarrlock looked up to see Korra and that little mutant girl in her outfit that was similar to Lao's standing in his window "you and I need to Talk…NOW" Korra sternly demanded. Tarrlock looked at the paper on his floor and simply dismissed his assistant "you obviously have something on your mind, so spit it out" Tarrlock stated as he glared at Korra and the little girl " your going to Release Lao NOW…I know your torturing him I SAW IT…don't you see, YOUR DOING EXACTLY WHAT AMON SAYS IS WRONG WITH BENDERS…in this case he was right, at least about you that is" Korra spat as she insulted Tarrlock. Tarrlock was caught off guard and felt a chill run up his spine at the fact that he was caught but then something clicked, this whole time he was looking for Korra's weakness something he could use as leverage against her, and she just reviled it to him…it was Lao. Tarrlock smirked and took a sip of his tea and smiled softly "oh and you don't? you see that is what I admire about you Korra…your willingness to go to extremes in order to get what you want…just like me" Tarrlock stated as he smirked behind his hands. "YOU AND KORRA ARE NOTHING A LIKE YOU PONYTAIL FREAK" Lien spat with hate and anger "so you and your…"mother" weren't going to come here and strong arm me into letting Lao go?...or accuse me of some ridiculous crime…however I do admire your guts, guts that would be useful in my taskforce" Tarrlock explained as he sneered looking at both Korra and Lien. Korra eye's went wide at the sudden realization that he was trying to recruit both Lien and her into his task force "i-is that why you arrested Lao? And asked him about my weaknesses?...TO GET ME BACK INTO YOUR DAMN TASKFORCE? WELL YOU CAN TAKE IT AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS" Korra barked as she glared at Tarrlock who closed his eyes and stood up facing his back towards the two "you will regret that decision Korra" Tarrlock threatened as he stared at the waterfall wall "YOU NEED TO BE STOP…but im going to do it the way Lao would want it, im gonna wait until he is released and were going to expose you and then as a couple were going to kick your teeth i-" Korra spat but was cut off when a razor sharp water whip flew towards her face and Korra ducked at the last possible second. Lien saw her mother hit the floor dodging the oncoming attack and she instantly sprang out her claws and leaped through the air towards Tarrlock. Tarrlock saw this coming and he water bend a tendril and shot it towards Lien. Lien smirked and instantly slashed through the water tendril in two. Lien rushed in and swiped at Tarrlock however he was faster than Lien anticipated and her claws grazed Tarrlock's sides only giving him two cuts in his sides. Korra quickly advanced on her daughter's attack and firebend flames towards Tarrlock but he quickly waterbended a protective water bubble around him that extinguished the flames filling the room with smoke. In the confusion of the smoke ice shards shot out of the smoke revealing Tarrlock still in his protective bubble . he rapidly shot ice shard after ice shard towards Korra and Lien. Both Korra and her daughter were backed into a corner and Lien savagely hacked and slashed at the oncoming ice shards while her mother punched the shards with her bare fist shattering them on impact. After a few minutes Tarrlock gained the upper hand when one of his shards sliced Korra's side and shoulder and pierced Lien in her leg and shoulder. Korra saw her daughter and the dozen of ice shards that stabbed her body and felt a white hot rage explode inside her, Korra slammed her foot to the ground and the wall behind Tarrlock quickly slammed into Tarrlock's side sending him crashing through his office and tumble over a railing but grabbed the ledge at the last second stopping him from crashing to the bottom floor. Korra instinctively ran to Lien's side and was in tears but then saw her wounds quickly heal as Lien pulled out the shards. Lien looked at Korra's watery eyes and smirked "you forgot I can heal did you?" Lien asked in a smart ass tone. Korra smiled and giggled as she wiped her eyes and playfully punched her daughters shoulder "oh your so grounded after this" Korra stated as she got up and ran out the office to see Tarrlock dangling from the edge "THAT WAS FOR MY DAUGHTER YOU SON OF A BITCH" Korra shouted as she ran towards Tarrlock and collided her foot to his chin sending him plummeting to the first floor. Korra jumped off the ledge and slammed to the floor earthbending a shockwave that sent pieces of the ground and Tarrlock flying in opposite directions "what are you going to do now? Your all out of water Bub" Korra questioned as she smirked in victory and summoned fire in her palms and rushed towards Tarrlock but all of a sudden she felt her body stop and she felt her blood began to boil as she struggled to move forward but was unable to command her body. Tarrlock glared at Korra and lowered his hands bringing Korra to her knees "y-you're a…blood bender?" Korra questioned as fear ran up her spine at the sudden realization "very observant of you Korra" Tarrlock stated as he added the pressure straining Korra's body making her groan in pain "b-but…there's not a…full moon. H-how are you doing this?" Korra questioned more but was cut off when Tarrlock raised his hands lifting Korra up in the air and he quickly shot his hands towards the pillar and Korra's body fallowed and she roughly slammed into the pillar with bone breaking force and she felt a few pops in her side as she fell to the floor lifelessly. Tarrlock sneered in victory but before he could go to restrain Korra Lien shot through the air claws out and ready "LEAVE MY MOTHER ALONE YOU BASTARD. RRRRRRAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHH" Lien roared as she soared through the air her claws aimed at Tarrlock's chest ready to pin her claws into him. Tarrlock smirked and simply raised his hand up catching Lien in midair bloodbending her. Korra slowly opened her eyes to see Tarrlock blood bend her daughter in midair and before she could say or do anything Tarrlock clenched his hand into a fist snapping Lien in half causing a loud disgusting crack to echo as he broke her back in half and let her lifeless body crash to the floor unconscious. Korra tried to get up but her body was to sore and broken to move and she watched helplessly as Tarrlock drag Korra's daughter aside and made his way towards Korra her eyes falling shut. Korra woke up a few moments later and she realized she was tied up and in the back of a truck next to an unconscious Lien "wh-where are you taking us?" Korra asked groggily as she struggled to sit up "somewhere where no one will find you two, say goodbye to Republic city…and your Love Lao Avatar Korra, you'll never see the city or him again" Tarrlock revealed to Korra which made her instantly shoot up and fire bend flames out her mouth but Tarrlock shut the metal door in her face just in time "LET US OUT NOW, LET US GO. AAAAAAAGGGGHHHHH" Korra shouted and barked and yelled in frustration then laid down next to her daughter and let a single tear roll down her cheek as she thought of Lao.

The next day Lao was released and he quickly ran out the front of the police head quarters expecting to see Korra and Lien except he only saw Tenzin and saw the worried expression on his face "Tenzin? Whats wrong Bub?...where's Korra and lien?" Lao questioned as Tenzin looked Lao deep in his eyes "I don't know…they've been missing since yesterday…I think they've been taken" Tenzin revealed. The sudden realization of the fact that the two people he loved most in the world where taken made something snap inside Lao. Tenzin watched as Lao's muscles seemed to expand and the way his eyes went wide and fill with rage. Lao felt a burning hot sensation run up his spine, and his eye sight went out, all he saw was red. *SHINKT* "RRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Lao roared in pain, anger, and hate as his claws shot out and he raised his claws into the air and slammed them to the ground easily slicing through the concrete ground like butter. Tenzin took a step back as he watched Lao's breathing become more and more erratic and shaky "Lao…are you…Ok?" Tenzin questioned as he watched Lao slowly raise his head "…I will be…once I find Korra and my daughter…AND KILL THE BASTARDS WHO TOOK THEM FROM ME" Lao roared as he revealed his pure white eyes engulfed in rage

Damn it felt like this chapter took forever but it was sooooooooooo worth it XD anyway as you can tell I added Captain Rex from the clone wars into this story I made him into the Oldman. The reason I did this was because I wanted to bring back the Oldman in the bar and give him a larger role and Im not sure if you are star war nerds like me but I just had to make him into a Captain Rex Character XD but anyway I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter peace and love everyone- Stone 3