The Marvelous Legends of Republic City

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Chapter 5: A World of Heroes and Villains

It was a nice day in Republic City. The birds were chirping, the sun was shining, and the smell of firewraps filled the air.

"Duh, I am eating one. And seriously, why firewraps? Why couldn't you have made them chimichangas?"

'Because there is no Mexico in the Avatar universe which means there isn't any Mexican food.'

"And how come you haven't gone over how my costume looks yet? On second thought I don't think I want one if your ideas for how Spidey and Daredevil should look are anything to go by. And by the way, why am I talking in bold?"

'Because there isn't a way to make the letters yellow, so deal with it.'

"Fine, but I better get some action this chapter! I already blew my cover in the last one and I didn't even get to do anything! Wait, doesn't that make this whole 'anonymous conversation' kinda pointless? Anyone who knows just the basics about me could figure it out."

'It's to make when you DO fully appear more awesome. Trust me, people will love it.'

"Whatever. By the way, when are you gonna start this chapter? I'm just itching to rip that Dr. Doom wannabe a new one!"

Said a red clad man as he walked down the street talking to himself, causing many to just stare at him in confusion.

Avatar Korra was not in a good mood. The Equalists had made a threat against the Pro-Bending arena and as such Korra and her team, which consisted of her friends Mako and Bolin, decided to do everything they could to stop the city council from closing the arena as they had a lot riding on the finals. Bolin had only just managed to get away from a crazy man with claws when he ran into Korra and Mako heading to City Hall.

"As the Avatar and a pro-bending player, I have a right to be heard. You can't cancel the finals." Korra said as she saw Tarrlok about to bang his gavel to adjourn the meeting. However before he could slam the gavel Lin whipped her hand out and a metal cable was sent flying which destroyed the gavel in mid swing.

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with the Avatar." She said as she walked in.

"You do?" Tarrlok questioned Lin's agreement with the Avatar. Korra blinked and registered that Lin had indeed agreed with her.

"Yeah, you do?" Korra asked in confusion.

"I expected this kind of cut and run response from Tenzin, but the rest of you? Come on, show a little more back bone! It's time for the benders of this city displayed some strength and unity against these Equalists." The Police Chief stated

"We must prevent the conflict between benders and non-benders from escalating to all-out war! The council is not changing its position." Tenzin argued.

"Now wait just a moment Tenzin. Let us hear what our esteemed Chief of Police has in mind." Tarrlok said as he raised his hand to interrupt the argument and gave the floor to Lin. Tenzin crossed his arms and faced Lin.

"If you keep the arena open, my metalbenders and I will provide extra security during the championship match. There is no better force to deal with the chi blockers since our armor is impervious to their attacks." Lin said.

"I suspect that there's more to this plan than stopping Amon's plan." Tenzin said, able to tell when Lin had an ulterior motive.

"Yes actually. Amon has made a threat against many innocent people, which I'm sure the many vigilantes of this city have heard. With any luck they'll show up and we'll be able to capture them." The metalbender explained.

"Are you saying that you will personally take responsibility for the safety of the spectators and the arena?" Tarrlok questioned.

"I guarantee it." Lin said with little doubt.

The matches went on without a hitch, though the Fire Ferrets were eliminated by Tahno and the cheating Wolfbats and knocked into the water below. However, after this loss things only got worse. One by one, spectators begin to put on Equalist masks and electrical gloves hidden in their boxes of popcorn. All over the stands, Equalists electrocuted metalbender cops from behind. Korra surfaced from the water along with her teammates and immediately noticed the electricity in the stands. The Fire Ferrets are suddenly electrocuted as they all screamed in pain before losing consciousness.

Three Equalists ran to the snack bar to immobilize the few people still there. When they got there they saw only one person. He wore a dark red jacket with a black t-shirt under that, black fingerless gloves, dark red pants, black boots, and had twin swords strapped to his back. He also wore a bright red mask with large black circles around his eyes. The masked man just leaned on the bar while casually eating a firewrap. They aimed their weapons at him, but the man quickly drew a sword from his back and beheaded one of them then quickly sheathing the blade. The other two quickly recovered from their shock and charged him, making him drop his food. The red clad man quickly kicked them off and turned to his now ruined meal. The man got up, drawing his swords.

"You just made a fatal mistake. YOU MISSED WITH MY DINNER!" The man roared in anger as he then gutted both Equalists with his swords. He looked and saw a two more Equalists runnning up to him. He pulled out two flintlock pistols from inside his jacket and shot them both in the head, attracting much attention from the rest of the terrorists. He gave a crazed laugh as the surrounded him and yelled,

"Time for a little Katana-Rama!"

Tahno and the Wolfbats looked around in confusion and fear as Amon himself rose from the ring's center platform with a group of Equalists. Amon's Lieutenant retrieved the unconscious Fire Ferrets from the pool. Foolishly Tahno decided to fight Amon, leading to his own defeat and loss of bending. The Lieutenant tied the Fire Ferrets to one of the arena supports. At the top of the arena, Amon held a microphone surrounded by Equalist guards.

"I believe I have your attention, benders of Republic City. So once again, the Wolfbats are your pro-bending champions. It seems fitting that you celebrate three bullies who..." The masked man started, but stopped when a voice from above said,

"Ya know, if you're gonna attack a place it's not really a good idea to announce it to everyone." Amon looked up just in time to see a red and blue streak hit him in the face.

"Get ready for a beat down from your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man!"

Down in the basement of the arena Equalists were planting bombs.

"Where did Amon say to put these Jin?" One of them asked.

"He said on all the supports and to be quick about it Long." Another answered. Suddenly something struck many of the lights in the room, causing it to become so dimly lit it was hard to see. Suddenly a red streak took out one of the Equalists.

"What was that?" Long asked, now frightened.

"I d-don't know. Everyone spread out and find whatever that thing was!" Jin ordered. However, one by one the Equalists were picked off until that was left was Jin.

"What's going on here?" Jin asked. He then heard the scuffling of footsteps behind him, causing to fire his electric glove at the area only to find nothing.

"WHERE ARE YOU?" The Equalist yelled.

"Here." A voice behind him said as he turned and screamed, only to be silenced.

Spider-Man dodged electrical blasts as he swung around on what looked like a spider web.

"You clearly aren't a bender Spider-Man. You could be a great asset to the Equalists. Imagine what we could accomplish together. What we could create." Amon said as his men blasted away at the webbed wonder.

"Ya see I don't really agree with your whole 'Benders are evil' thing, just makes you look like you got an inferiority complex." The Spider quipped as he kicked an Equalist in the face.

"Surely you have to realize that benders posses unnatural power." Amon pushed.

"It ain't the power, it's the responsibility you've got to worry about and it's my responsibility to beat the crap out of two-bit crooks like you." Spider-Man said, having knocked out all of Amon's men in the area.

"You disappoint me Spider-Man a shame that you'll die in the explosion." Amon said as a giant war balloon came crashing through glass ceiling.

"Spider-Man a little help?" Korra called from the other side of the arena where she and her teammates were still tied up. He swung over and untied them, just as Amon leaped up on a platform that lowered from the balloon.

"I'm going after Amon!" Korra said as she jumped into the water below the arena and waterbent herself up to Amon, but soon ran out of water and began to fall. The Avatar fell through the air, before she felt someone catch her. She looked and saw it was Spider-Man, swinging on a webline.

"Hmm, you know I could get used to this." Spidey said as he held Korra tight, swinging down to the arena floor.

Amon's balloon was leaving, but before the platform fully closed, too gunshots were heard. Amon took a bullet in the shoulder while his Lieutenant took one in the head. Amon looked down and saw a man with a black trench coat that bore a skull symbol in his chest standing on the roof of the Arena and holding two pistols up at the balloon.

"One down, one to go." The gun-toting man said to himself as he holstered his weapons and headed down from the roof.

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