Tarrlok gazed out his office window impatiently, studying the night sky in anticipation. It had taken three days but he finally managed to contact Amon and arrange a meeting. The Equalist leader agreed to meet him that night and discuss some sort of truce in exchange for the Avatar. The corrupt councilman was preparing to go and retrieve his prisoner when the doors to his office ware blow open by a massive gust of wind.
Tarrlok was shocked to see Avatar Korra floating before him, held aloft via a miniature whirlwind. She flashed her nemesis a wicked grin and said "who's half-baked now Tarrlok?" "You can…airbend? HOW?!'
Korra didn't answer. Instead, she fired an air blast that destroyed Tarrlok's desk and knocked him into a wall. The corrupt councilman began trying to crawl away, too frightened to even remember his blood bending. "Stay away, please! Don't kill me!"
"I'm not gonna kill you Tarrlok" Korra grunted as she picked him up by his shirt "even you don't deserve that. All I wanna know is why do all this? I know the truth about your dad and what he did. Avatar Aang saved you from him and you're still trying to destroy the city he built. Why?"
Tarrlok snorted in response, his fear seeming to fade for the moment. "You don't know a thing about me Avatar. I was born a non-bender if you can believe that, and my father despised me for it. He always believed benders were gifted by the spirits to rule the world and the Avatars were the rightful rulers who had been corrupted by the inferior people to serve them. In many ways, you are the daughter he always wanted."
Remembering her visions, Korra flinched but let Tarrlok continue. "My father prayed to the spirits every full moon and one night, he was rewarded with the gift of blood bending. He had heard tales of Hama and was elated with the power he was bestowed with. He later found out that any kind of moon gave him the power and was thus greater than normal water bending.
I became a practice dummy every night the moon was around and when my mother tried to defend me, father used her as well, eventually killing her. We were banished soon after and came here to Republic City where father became a politician. He thought he could make bender superiority a reality on the Council but Aang soon put a stop to that. My father then formed a gang of water benders and asked the spirits to bless them too. It wasn't long before they expanded into the Dark Elements and began plans to take the city. I was hidden away as a shameful secret until Avatar Aang found me. I was soon taken in by him and his family and as I watched everyone except that fool Bumi bend,I realized father was right all along; bending was power and I wanted it. I prayed to the spirits and was given water bending at last. I started to learn blood bending in secret soon after and made my plans to join the Council and make my father's vision a reality. I vowed no one would stop me Avatar and they won't! Not you, not Amon, not that fool Tenzin, no one!"
Korra was silent for a moment then dropped Tarrlok to the ground. Her face was a mask of pure disgust. "So that's it!? You decided bending was superior just because it wasn't being used to hurt you anymore! I was wrong, you're not like Amon, you're even worse and I'm going to expose you for what you really are!"
Tarrlok laughed and said "an empty threat young Avatar. The Council and the police are under my control while you are alone with your little gang in jail. The only way to accomplish anything in this city is to work for me. Lucky for you, you now have some value to my task force that you can bend all four elements so what do you say? We'll take down Amon together and rule the whole New Republic!"
Korra answered with a punch in corrupt councilman's face. "One way or another Tarrlok, you'll face justice. You and Amon both." With that,Korra once again used air bending to make her escape out an open window and landed on Naga, who she had met up with shortly after her escape. The Avatar swiftly rode off in search of her friends while Tarrlok watched her go. There was no way she could stop him anyway.
"Rough night Councilman?" At the sound of the eerily familiar voice, Tarrlok froze. He had actually forgotten why he needed Korra in the first place. Amon himself soon stepped from the shadows followed by his Lieutenant and a small group of Chi Blockers.
"If you're here for Avatar Korra, I'm afraid she escaped" Tarrlok said as he tried to remain calm "we can still catch her if we work together." " But according to you, we already have her, don't we?" Amon replied evenly. "What?" "You blamed us for her dissapearence" Amon repeated "surely you planned to give her to us and once we had her,send your task force on our trail? Then,you could bring us to justice after we disposed of the Avatar and become the city's savior,correct?"
Tarrlok paled. He hadn't suspected the Equalist leader to suspect a double cross. "No, I-I swear!" "Councilman Tarrlok,it is time for you to be equalized."
The Lieutenant and some Chi-Blockers began to attack but Tarrlok would not go down easy. He subdued them with his blood bending and forced them to fight Amon. The Equalist leader took them down as easy as any other foe however and soon began to march towards his target himself. When Tarrlok used blood bending again, Amon seemed to shrug the deadly skill off,much to the corrupt Councilman's horror.
"What are you!?" "I am the solution." Amon then used his mystical ability to equalize Tarrlok, removing his bending forever before knocking him unconscious. The part of Amon who was still the small boy from long ago felt an odd sense of satisfaction. Tarrlok had finally been made to pay for his father's crime against Amon's family.
"You are displeasing me as of late Noma" a new,dark voice suddenly entered Amon's head "while you took time to satisfy petty grudges, the girl broke through her spiritual block and unlocked her air bending. If she is able to master it and the Avatar State, our plans fall through!" Amon knew this voice as the spirit who had given him his power to remove bending and set him on the path to equality years. Only he would dare call the Equalist leader by his true name. "Forgive me master but there is good news. With Tarrlok disposed of, the final strike can begin soon."
From his place in the Spirit World, Amon's master smiled and his face changed to that of a dragon's. "Good" Koh laughed "the endgame is upon us!
AN: DUN DUN DUN! Didn't see that coming,did you! Well, that's it for this fic and I'd like to thank Silver Omega 01 and the storywizard for their reviews and support and reviews. Anyone who read this should definitely read their fics. I'd also like to say I'll be taking a brief break from posting {but not reviewing} to work out kinks for my Korra finale rewrite and other projects. But don't fret,I'll be back sooner than later with that and other awesome fics. Thank you.
