Ch 12 confessions and more
Reaching the island, they snuck inside the temple, and reached the attic.
"I don't suppse you're here to rescue me." Tarrlok said.
"We're not. Why are you here?" Korra asked.
"I'm Amon's brother." Tarrlok said.
"You're brothers?" Asami asked.
"Yes. After Avatar Aang defeated Yakone, he left the city. Got facial surgery to change himself. He went to the North Pole, and married. Years later, me and Amon, whose name is Noatak, came into being." Tarrlok said.
"What happened next? If you two were brothers…" Asami asked.
"Both of us were water benders. At first, it was good. We had good times playing with each other. Our father, Yakone, saw the potential in us, and the good times were over. He trained us rigorously in water bending skills, and eventually blood bending." Tarrlok said.
"Blood bending?" Korra asked.
"Yes. Both of us are blood benders. I didn't have the stomach for it. Noatak did have the stomach. We practiced on small animals, like dogs and baby wolves. Over time, we started on larger animals. My brother became cold and distant. I didn't know what was wrong with him, but going thru all of that must have changed him into Amon. Soon, my father wanted us to blood bend each other." Tarrlok said.
Asami listened to the story, and had flashbacks to her past. Before her mother was killed, times were good. But after her death, Hiroshi became distant, spending more and more time working on projects. Asami wondered if her father has been making the new weapons since that time.
She then flashed forward to when her father gave the electric glove, to join the equalist side. She refused and her reward was shooting and stabbing an equalist dead, trying to save Tenzin.
"Noatak blood bended me, but I refused to blood bend him. My father was pissed off, but my brother defended me. He ran away into a blizzard. We never found him again, and my father died a few years later." Tarrlok said.
"I can't believe that." Korra said.
"Korra, I'm sorry for everything I did to you and your friends. The revolution may be built on a lie, but Amon truly believes that bending is the source of all evil. Defeat him, and put an end to this tragic story." Tarrlok said.
"Thanks, Tarrlok." Korra said, and was about to leave.
"We can't leave you here." Korra said.
"No-one must know that you visited me." Tarrlok said.
As the two left, having a plan to stop Amon, they ran into Makarov.
"Where the hell where you two?" Makarov asked.
"We were…" Korra started.
"Get back with the others." Makarov said. As they headed back, they heard noise from upstairs.
"Tarrlok?" Makarov asked, climbing into the attic.
A long burst of gunfire was heard, as Makarov emptied an MP5K into the councilmen.
The two women looked back at the sound of the gunfight. Makarov walked down the stairs, inserting a new magazine in his machine gun.
"He's your enemy. You kill your enemy. No questions." Makarov said.
Equalist air base
Mountain range
The 9 of them, made up of the krew, the squad, and Iroh, overlooked the base.
"Ghost, what do you see?" Price asked.
"Nothing sir. No guard towers, no patrols, just plenty of metal poles in the ground." Ghost said.
Makarov aimed a grenade launcher and fired. The grenade hit one of the metal poles and blew, sending an electric surge.
"Electric fence. Proceed with caution." Price said.
Moving into the base, they found little resistance.
"Where is everyone?" Korra asked.
"Doesn't matter. Asami, take one of the mecha tanks. Destroy the biplanes. Bolin, destroy the runways. Everyone else, inside the base. We're taking anything useful." Price said.
Running inside, they slaughtered all the equalists inside, except one prisoner.
"This base is empty! Where is everyone!?" Makarov shouted.
"At a meeting rally. If you wanted to get Amon, you missed your chance." The equalist laughed. His reward, was a shotgun blast to the face.
"Double time it, people. Amon's having a meeting today!" Price yelled.
Meanwhile, Asami was busy destroying the biplane fleet, using one of the few mecha found at the base.
"Asami, what are you doing?" Hiroshi shouted, approaching her inside another mech. "How can you spend time with those benders? How can you spend time with her?"
"You don't feel any love anymore. You're filled with hatred." Asami said.
Hiroshi charged Asami, and the two fought. Hiroshi grabbed Asami's mech and threw it against the wall.
"I can see there's no hope of saving you now!" Hiroshi shouted, ready to kill her daughter. Asami looked for an escape, seconds away from her nightmare coming true.
"Over here!" Price yelled, firing his M4 rifle at Hiroshi's mech. While the bullets didn't do anything against the armor, it did catch Hiroshi's attention. He turned to face the new threat, only for Iroh and Mako to throw lighting at the mech, short circuiting it. Hiroshi climbed out of his mech, and was quickly captured by everyone else.
Asami climbed out of her mech, shaken up. Her own father almost killed her.
"Asami, you okay?" Korra asked.
"I'm fine Korra." Asami said. She then approached her father, and was given a pistol by Ghost.
Asami aimed the pistol at her father. With her hand on the trigger, she hesitated.
"I'm sorry guys. I can't." Asami said, giving the pistol back to Ghost.
"I expected better from you, Asami. Whoring yourself to the Avatar has made you soft." Hiroshi taunted.
Furious, Korra froze Hiroshi's mouth, specifically his teeth. She broke all 32 tooths, and shoved them down his throat. Hiroshi clutched his throat, as Korra forced the ivories into his stomach.
"Wow. I've seen soldiers rip teeth out. Never shove them down a throat." Makarov said.
"You are a terrible father." Asami said, holding back tears.
After a few tense minutes, Korra held Asami, trying to comfort her. She was also worried about facing Amon. But they took down this base. They'd do better facing Amon.