NOTE: AVATAR'S NOT MINE. lolXD

[[so, uhm, how are you liking it so far? hehe. i listened to all of the Avatar soundtrack just to ease off the mental block.. hope it turned out okay. Leave a comment.]]

Night had fallen completely as Anzae crouched, observing a little pool of blood on the ground. She straightened and turned around. Her companions were panting hard, their chest going up and down from the nonstop run they did as she led them through the tracks.

"They're close. This trail is fresh which means, we can't be too far behind." Anzae said and their heads snapped to attention immediately.

They broke into a sprint again, Anzae leading them to twists and turns through alley ways in the darkest corners of the city. Warriors were not only trained to be quick and strong but also smart and observant when it came to tracking. Something Anzae had mastered over the years hunting down crime lords that plagued her country.

"We should've just asked the one's we've put down! This is a waste of time!" Roku said as they ran through the alleys, stealthily avoiding to draw attention to themselves. Anzae was more than used to this over the years of currently being the Blue Spirit, an inspiration she'd gotten from her grandfather, but her companions clearly weren't.

"And be lied to? Even with a decent amount of torture, some people have been trained to lie or told falsely of the real deal operations for us to be useful. Especially here in the Republic City, where metal bending cops have been trained through tremor senses through the earth. How to tell when people are lying or not. It'll be a much more waste of time to be sidetracked." Anzae said as-a-matter-of-factly. Roku seethed behind his teeth but didn't say anything else. Mako had Anzae's other flank, brooding quietly.

Korra felt worried for Bolin as Mako did but she couldn't help but worry for Mako too. The fear of losing his brother could be passing through this over-protective sibling now and there was nothing Korra could do to change it. Even though Korra thought Mako was such a jerk, she clearly appreciated him for his love for his brother. It made him more human in her eyes.

Anzae stopped all of the sudden, her eyes became alert and vigilant. She could hear it but it was faint, the remaining crumbs of an echo. She gripped her Dao swords tight, they were about to face more than she'd imagined. She turned to the others and pointed at the ground. "They're right below us."

"How'd you know?" Korra asked.

"Because there's a crowd cheering below. It's a public execution." Anzae said.

Roku was running through the sewer passages behind his sister. He heard the echoing cheers, growing louder as they neared. He wondered how this much noise have gone unnoticed by Chief Bei Fong and so much witnesses. They neared what seems to be a huge room on the other side of the corner they were hiding in. Two gigantic metal doors closed shut but Anzae heard what seems to be a speaker's voice. Maybe it was Amon. Anzae held her arm to stop them and they did as she spoted two masked henchmen guarding the door. She knelt and ransacked her rucksack, taking out a blue opera mask.

The Blue Spirit mask.

"We don't have time!" Roku hissed but Anzae ignored him. She put the mask on, tied her hair in a bun and covered her head with her hood. With the mask on, she fit in perfectly in Amon's little masquerade ball.

"Hey, I know that mask." Korra said and gasped. "You? You're the Blue Spirit?"

"Can we go now?" Roku said, irritated. Anzae gestured them to follow, smirking beneath her mask at the Avatar's recognition. She gestured for them to wait there. As stealthy as the masked vigilante's repute, she blended with the shadows. Jumping high and caught hold of the sewer pipes above her. She lifted her body and crawled upside down the pipes. She dangled under the two masked henchmen and dropped down soundlessly behind them. She chi blocked them instantly. They fell to the ground with a thud and whistled to the others to come out, that the coast was clear.

"So, we bust in and kick ass right?" Korra said and thumped her fists together.

"No, we go around to Amon directly and then kick ass. Korra, you'll be our defense. Use earth and water bending to deflect whatever they throw at us. Mako, you and I will be offence. Throw the hottest flames you have to drive them back." Roku said and Mako gave a nod of understanding. "Anzae, you're in charge with the captives. After that, make sure we're not chi blocked. I expect the captives to help us after they're released but just in case we get outnumbered, Korra, make an escape route for us and blow a wall open. You can metal bend, can you?"

"Of course I can metal bend! Who am I?" Korra said indignantly.

"Just making sure. Anzae, lead us around." Roku said and gestured to Anzae to move on. Anzae did and chi blocked more masked men on the way where she thought was the other way around the massive room. But to her dismay there weren't any back doors, only an air vent that could only fit her body and Korra's. Korra stepped up and rubbed her palms together.

"My job just came up. Stand back." she said. She grabbed the vent and dents formed as she metal bent it to become larger.

"I'll go first. I can fit in there without any help from your metal bending." Anzae said behind the mask. She crawled in and heard metal screech behind her. Then she saw a light ahead. She gestured to Korra to stop. She peeked out of the air vent window. She saw five victims kneeling on a stage each having a masked henchman holding them down, the masked criminal, Amon, beside them making a speech. She saw the earth bender before.

"Get ready." she whispered to the others.

"Bolin.." she heard Mako mutter. Korra punched the side of the air vent and the window blew off. Anzae jumped out of the dented air vent and quickly chi blocked the two henchmen, one holding Mako's brother. She took her kunai blades and pinned the on coming masked men to the wall.

Wood, she thought, panicked. By then, Roku, Korra and Mako had jumped out, taking their places. The crowd screamed and sprinted toward the exit.

"KORRA! THE WALLS ARE MADE OF WOOD!" she called out behind the mask as she took down the other three men holding the other three captives. Bolin and the other captive laid paralyzed on the floor. Mako had stood in front of his brother, protecting him from the masked men. Korra looked distracted as she heard Anzae call out to her. There were more masked henchmen coming into the room from the entrance, surrounding the room. There was no way out. Then Korra metal bent the air vent they've come from into a larger hole. Anzae proceeded to Bolin and unblocked his chi then to the other captives. Now, it was nine against half a hundred.

"Everyone, to the air vent now!" Korra yelled.

"The Avatar!" Amon hissed. Korra heard him and turned. She smirked and gestured for him to bring it on. He took a stance in front of her and punched. She ducked and with a wave of her hand, fire followed the flow of her form. Amon slapped her hand away and aimed at her side, to paralyze her arm but she kicked his foot from under him and tumbled. Before he hit the ground, he had a hand against the floor and did a flip to regain his balance. He ran toward her again and she threw a hot fireball at him.

"Quite inappropriate for a Water Tribe girl to be using such a destructive element." Amon noted with a menacing tone.

"It's called being the Avatar, chump." she said and punched both fist into the air, fire unleashed massively toward Amon who only jumped out of the way. The wall exploded in fire, spreading fast across the room. The henchmen were retreating, some others stayed, loyal to their master but there were still lots of them than the other 8 could handle. They started to back away into the deformed air vent.

"KORRA!" Korra heard Bolin call out. "Let's get out of here!"

"In a minute!" she called back. She saw Amon run toward her, fist clenched on his side. She barely noticed the masked man sneaking behind her. Confused why she was starting to fall to the ground, Amon stalked nearer like a predator. Anzae was fighting her own battles when the hair behind her neck started rising. She turned and saw a masked man standing over the Avatar and Amon only feet away. She was on the other side of the room, she couldn't make it on time so she threw her last shuriken on the masked man and he fell to the floor, blood trickling down his back.

"ROKU!" she called. Roku snapped his head as he heard his sister call. Anzae pointed at Amon. Roku ran to Korra's aid and so did Mako upon seeing her with the enemy. Too late. Amon had one thumb on her forehead and another on her chest, just below her throat.

"No." Anzae whispered. She knew. She just knew that this was bad. A blinding light, a force driving her back and a scream. After the light was gone, Korra lay on the floor half unconscious and paralyzed. Roku and Mako unleashed a series of fiery fire blasts but Amon was too quick. Anzae barricaded the entrance, putting down the henchmen that tried to stop her. Amon faced her, as if studying her behind that mask as she was doing behind hers. She gripped her Dao swords and attacked, Amon only averted and spun up into the air. Masked men surrounded her immediately. As she turned to meet Amon, he was too far and more masked men were heading toward her.

She turned and called, "Let's go!"

Mako had Korra in his arms almost immediately. He was murmuring something Anzae couldn't hear to Korra. All of them headed into the deformed air vent. As they exited the way they came into the massive room, Bolin and two other captives earth bent them away through the sewer. Another captive knelt next to Korra as Mako laid her down.

The captive was clearly a water bending healer and he patted Mako's shoulder and said, "She's going to be fine."

"I know." Mako muttered silently. Anzae wanted to kneel beside the Avatar, too, having her own assessments, but she restrained herself.

Later when we're alone, she thought. Korra groaned and sat up.

"I feel cold." she said and took a deep breath. She looked puzzled as her she breathed out then inhaled again. She grew even more puzzled.

"Hey, Anzae? You mind checking if I got chi blocked or something?" she asked Anzae. With her mask still on, she walked toward the Avatar and examined parts of her upper body where a chi could be blocked.

"That's odd. You seem to be fine." Anzae said. Korra stood and stood a fire bending stance. She punched but nothing came out. This time, she took an earth bening stance and she punched again, growing irritated. Then took a water bending stance and flicked her arm, growing angry. Then again, growing scared.

"I CAN'T BEND!" Korra cried out. She never felt so scared and vulnerable her entire life.