The Marvelous Legends of Republic City

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Chapter 3: Justice or Vengeance?

Avatar Korra woke up with a groan. She was dreading the visit to Police Headquarters, but she knew Lin had every right to know seeing as another masked vigilante had taken it upon himself to protect the innocent. However it wasn't only going to see the Chief that had Korra in a bad mood, it was her conscience. She had seen these mystery men in action, protecting the innocent and saving lives. If they were killing the criminals they fought the Avatar would have a different mindset, but as it stood she couldn't attack this issue with her usual fiery spirit. She rolled out of bed when she heard Pema call that breakfast was ready. She put on her clothes and fixed her hair as she headed to the kitchen.

She walked in just in time to hear Tenzin in an out of character rant.

"Who is Spider-Man? He's a criminal that's who he is!" The airbending master said as he read a headline in that day's Daily Horn.

"A vigilante! A public menace! Why some people are rooting for this outlaw is beyond me." Tenzin continued as Korra sat down at the table.

"Actually I think it's wonderful to have someone standing up to the scum in this city. He's a real hero." Pema said as she calmly ate her breakfast.

"If he's a hero then why does he wear a mask? What's he got to hide?" Tenzin grumbled as he tossed the paper on the table. Korra quickly grabbed it and read the article on Spider-Man.

Apparently he had changed his costume since she last saw him. He had lost the trench coat and from what she could tell from the black and white photograph had opted for a lighter color scheme for his costume. It still possessed the wide oval eyes, but now it had a series of stitches on it that formed a web-like pattern across the mask, torso, arms, hands, and boots. Korra also saw a small article about Daredevil which caught her interest, though the artist rendering of vigilante almost had her laughing. It was a drawing of an actual demon, wings, tail and everything. While the Avatar had to admit that he didn't exactly look like a saint, Daredevil wasn't a demon. At least she hoped he wasn't.

After finishing breakfast, Korra headed off to meet with Lin. On the way however she came across a circle of people surrounding something. Korra decided to see what was so interesting, but as she got close she saw the police tape and five bodies with chalk outlines around them. She then saw Lin in standing near one of the bodies and pushed her way through.

"I'm sorry ma'am, but you need to stay back." An officer said as he tried to push Korra back, though Chief Beifong said,

"It's alright let her through." Korra walked up to the Chief and saw the grim look on her face. She then saw that the bodies had knives and what looked like crossbow bolts in them.

"Who did this?" Korra asked as she stared at the bodies wide-eyed. Lin sighed as she said,

"I'm afraid we have a knew vigilante on our hands." The young Avatar froze.

'Did Daredevil do this? Sure he stabbed that one guy, but he didn't kill him.' Korra thought as she began to rethink her ideas on vigilantes.

"The one witness we have, a Mr. Ling Yao, said that it was a man. He looked to be in his mid 40's, black hair in a crew cut, and wore an all black attire save a bright white skull on his chest." Lin read from a report as Korra still had her gaze fixated on the dead bodies.

"According to Mr. Yao, he saw the man came out of an alley as he was heading to work at 6:00 this morning. The man cornered these five Triad members. He caught them by surprise and pulled out a repeating crossbow from behind his back. He shot the fist three, then threw two knives into the other two's hearts." The Chief read off, but Korra was barely listening. Was this the first time she had seen a dead person, well outside a funeral and even then they weren't so mangled. She jumped as she felt a hand touch her shoulder. Korra turned and saw Lin standing there.

"Korra, the only reason I'm telling you all this is because I don't want you going after this man. Spider-Man is your priority, and this man is obviously dangerous." Lin said as Korra nodded slowly.

It was nighttime as Korra walked out of Mako and Bolin's apartment building. She had spent the day with her teammates, each of whom were very surprised by the news of this deadly new vigilante. It made Bolin a little apprehensive, but it only fueled Mako's belief that vigilantes were nothing but outlaws that needed to be brought to justice.

"Maybe Mako's right. I mean, what's to stop Spider-Man or that Daredevil guy from doing the same thing?" The young Avatar thought aloud as she walked up to Naga.

"A little something called a conscience." She heard a voice above her say. Korra looked up and saw Spider-Man sitting on a streetlight above her. He leaped down back facing her, showing a red oval with eight legs on the blue fabric of his back. She could now see that his new costume was red and blue, but she was still a little nervous looking into those shiny white eyes of his mask.

"What's with the new look?" Korra asked, trying to hide her uncomfortableness. The masked vigilante just shrugged and replied,

"Well since practically everyone knows about me know, I decided to go with a costume that won't give someone a heart-attack when they see me." Korra nodded, but then Spider-Man's voice turned dark as he said,

"I need your help." The Avatar raised an eyebrow and asked,

"With what? You do know I'm trying to bring you in right?" Spider-Man sighed and replied,

"I know, but there is someone out there that the needs to be behind bars a lot more than I do." Korra was still lost and asked,

"Who?" Spider-Man simply replied,

"The Punisher."

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