The Marvelous Legends of Republic City

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Chapter 15: A World of True Believers

Bolin ran, faster and farther than he ever could before, back when he was human. Back when his life didn't take a nosedive into tragedy too terrible even for the pulps. Back before he lost his bending and transformed into this…big…orange hided…thing that he had now been reduced too, that even the spirits, as benevolent as they could be, had decided he was to be. He ran, fast and far into the forest outside of Republic City, doing his best to hold back whatever tears would come from his new form, if crying was something he could even do now.

As he made his way, he came to a sudden and abrupt stop the sheer momentum of body's newly acquired weight going as fast as he was pushing him into the trunk of a tree, and nearly pulling it out of his roots. What sounded like a massive explosion of some sort struck his hears, splitting the silence of the cool winter morning in twine. In the distance, through the dense layer of leafless branches, he could make out a cloud of smoke rising into the star-studded sky, the light of the moon giving it a most eerie quality.

Remembering for a moment that he was still Bolin Gao and that the explosion meant people could have been hurt, which was a rising statistical probability in this day and age, he turned to follow the smoke. As he resumed movement, he sniffled, and wiped his eyes. Twin drops fell towards the earth.

Mako's head was ringing. He felt as though he had just taken a plunge after getting beamed in the head by the rock at a pro bending match. His eyes took about as long to get back into focus when he finally opened them, gazing upon the sky. With a grunt, attempted to get back up to his feet only to find himself back on the snow as soon as he tried. Tilting his head to the left, he saw the smoking remains of the car he and Asami had taken and heard the flames crackling as the ringing started to die down.

This did not hold his attention for long, however, as another site quickly stole it from him. Not to far from where he lay, in between himself and the wreckage, Asami was sprawled face first across the ground, unnaturally still.

His voice crackling, he yelled out as best he could, "Asami!"

Turning himself onto his stomach with a pained expression, Mako began to crawl towards her, fingers ignoring the chilling bite of the snow as he clawed forward with a surge of adrenaline. Reaching her unconscious form, he managed to get to his knees and with a tug that required great effort on his part in his condition, turned her over onto her back. Checking her pulse, he let out a sigh of relief when he found out that it was still beating, and allowed himself to fall back once more onto the ground, panting heavily.

His respite though, did not last long. For, not a minute afterwards, he began hearing what sounded like heavy footfalls, crunching into the snow. Looking towards the part of the forest where it seemed to come from, it rose in volume with each passing step.

"Uhhhhh…"

Mako turned his head to the right as this groan escaped Asami's lips, her eyes fluttering for a few moments before deciding instead to shoot open. Using her arms, she pulled the top half of her body off up the ground and yelled out, "Mako!"

It was at that moment, that some…thing...the same one making the heavy footfalls, bursted the tree line right before tripping due to the slight but unexpected drop in elevation between the forest and the road in this area. Like an orange stone in an avalanche, it tumbled over towards the pair, stopping just shy of Mako.

Not needing to be told, both he and Asami jumped to their feet at this and took several wonky steps back.

"What is that thing!?" Asked Mako.

"I don't know!" Responded Asami.

As the rock like behemoth attempted to get back its bearings, the pair acted out of instinct. Mako hurled a fireball at it while Asami decided to try and deck it with a fist. However, it wasn't long before Mako noticed that Asami's arm seemed to stretch out the five or so feet between them and the monster and Asami noticed that, much like she had seen the moment before she blacked out, Mako was on fire when he sent the flame towards it.

Their subsequent reactions, other than being completely expected and understandable, did their best to drown each other out.

"Asami! Your arm just stretched out like it was made of taffy!"

"Mako! Your body's completely on fire!"

At this the rock monster froze, getting a good look at them.

"Mako? Asami? It's me, Bolin!" The... thing said in a deep, gravelly voice.

"Bolin? What'd you do with my brother?!" Mako, still covered in fire, accused as he shot more blasts of flame at Bolin. Seeing as how the flames did nothing against his rock-like exterior, Bolin sighed.

"Alright, I didn't want to do this, but you've left me no choice bro." Bolin said as he walked up to Asami, his brother still flinging flames at him. Taking a deep breath as he stood over Asami, the thing formerly known as Bolin said,

"Mako slept with a stuffed platypus-bear which he called Wa-Wa for 12 years, wet the bed until he was 13, and..."

Bolin was soon cut off by a pair of flame covered hands wrapping around his mouth.

"ALRIGHT! It's gotta be Bolin, because only he would be able to make up all of that and embarrass me in such a short amount of time." Mako said as he felt his brother smirking underneath his hands.

Suddenly the trio heard a moaning sound as they say the trunk to Asami's smashed car, which had been loosened in the crash, open by itself.

"Hi guys, you... okay?" A disembodied voice that sounded a lot like Jinora's said as the trio looked around, frightened.

"AH! Rock monster!" The voice said as Bolin was then struck by a blast of wind.

"Jinora? Is that you? What are you doing here?" Asami asked as she walked carefully toward the source of the voice, feeling around carefully.

"I wanted to help you two. I thought you might need it since Korra wouldn't be around." Jinora's voice said again as Asami finally found the girl, though she couldn't see her. Slowly the girl faded into sight, looking rather embarrassed. That look soon turned into fear as she disappeared again at seeing Bolin standing next to the still flaming Mako.

"It's alright it's me Bolin." The thing said as he waved his four fingered hand at the general area Jinora was in. The girl slowly reappeared as she looked at him with a confused expression.

"Um, what happened to you?" Jinora asked, causing Bolin to sigh.

"I tried to get my bending back by doing this weird ritual I read in a book. Then something messed it up and I ended up this...thing." The rocky fellow said as Mako walked over to his brother.

"You lost your bending and didn't tell me?" Mako asked, a little hurt his brother wouldn't come to him with such an important matter.

"I was gonna, but then I found that stupid ritual and thought I could get it back before anyone noticed." Bolin admitted as he hung his orange head in shame.

Korra rode Naga through the outskirts of the city, trying to come across one of the internment camps Spider-Man had told her about, hoping to find Nomad there. Suddenly she heard a large explosion to her left. She stopped Naga and looked up to see a shining white light from beyond the tree that then shimmered down. Just then, what looked to be a small meteorite crash landed in front of her and Naga. Korra hopped off the polar bear-dog and looked at the rock. As Korra got closer the rock let loose a blast of the same white light that she had seen before and soon lost consciousness.

Korra awoke to find herself in a misty forest. Naga was nowhere to be seen and she was certain this was not the forest she had just been in. Rising to her feet, she looked around and say nothing but more trees and even more mist.

"Hello Korra. I was hoping to see you soon, though not under these circumstances." A man's voice said, his tone calm and collected. Korra turned to see none other than Avatar Aang himself, wearing blue and white robes with glowing blue eyes not too dissimilar to the Avatar State.

"Aang? Am I dead?" Korra asked, fear filling her being.

"Oh no. You are simply having an out of body experience, which has caused you to connect with your spiritual self." Aang said as he walked closer to Korra.

"Then what are you doing here?" The younger Avatar asked. Aang waved his hand and an ethereal light engulfed them both, taking them from the misty forest they had been in.

"In my time in the spirit world I have become what is known as a Watcher. There are many Watchers from many different worlds and even universes. We see many events unfold, many alternate timelines, the way things could or could not have gone. However the one rule of the Watchers is that we must only observe, never to interfere. I have broken this rule as I have seen that dark times are ahead Korra."

Suddenly a portal opened, revealing five people. One man in a suit of armor, the other was a great hulking green beast that then changed into a man, another was a giant who then shrunk down to the size of an average man, a man with golden hair and a hammer, and finally very tiny girl with insect wings.

"Alright everyone, we all have unique abilities right? I think we should use them to stop the Equalists. To avenge the wrongs they've done." The armored man said as everyone else looked to each other.

"We can be avengers!" The small girl exclaimed as she did a loop-de-loop.

"What is this? Who are those guys?" Korra asked as the portal closed.

"They are a part of the solution. The man in the lab coat and the insect-like girl gained great powers from a meteorite Amon was hoping to use to power a great war machine. However it was unstable and let loose a massive explosion of energies, changing all within its blast radius." Aang said as another portal opened revealing Jinora who kept disappearing and reappearing, Mako who was ablaze but did not show pain at all, Asami who could stretch her body like rubber, and a rock creature who was revealed to be Bolin.

"Your friends and my granddaughter have been given abilities as well, though Bolin not by the meteorite." Aang continued as he showed Korra how Bolin came to posses his current form.

"That rock you found in the forest was a piece of this larger meteorite that broke off during the explosion. It has caused a change in you as well Korra. It has made you stronger than even the Avatar State." Aang said as Korra looked confused.

"What do you mean? What'd that thing do me?!" Korra asked, surprised and afraid if that green monster was any indication of what the meteorite's energies were capable of.

"The enegies have increased your bending abilities to levels no one would think possible or dream could be so. You now possess diamond hard skin and strength that outclasses any earthbender, your firebending has become energybending due to the fact fire was the first element the energybenders of old wielded, and your recently awakened airbending now gives you the power to fly without the need of a glider. Korra you are, for lack of a better term, a true marvel. It is with these new found powers you must lead."

"Lead what? Republic City? The world?!" The younger Avatar asked, growing more confused by the minute.

"No, you will lead this new Silver Age of heroes just as my dear friend Kuzon Ryuzaki lead the Golden Age of heroes." The Watcher said as he then showed a portal of Kuzon fighting in the 100 Year War along side a slightly younger boy in a domino mask, a flying man with pointed ears and wing-like fins on his ankles that wore scaly green trunks, and a man covered in fire that looked nearly identical to what Mako had become.

"This new Heroic Age will bring many more heroes than what was in Kuzon's time. And with heroes will come villains. You can't lead this new age of heroes as the Avatar. You must become one of are many things the Avatar cannot afford to be: a vigilante."

Korra's head drooped a little at that. Aang walked up to her and grabbed her chin lightly as he turned her head up to look at her in the eye.

"But nothing says anyone has to know you're the Avatar." Aang said with slight humor in his voice. Korra gasped as she felt energy flow over her. A small mirror-like portal appeared in front of her to reveal she was wearing a costume. Her hair hung loose without any of her usual affixments, and had a black domino mask on her face. She also wore a black one piece bathing suit that had a yellow lightning bolt running down the front. She also wore black thigh high boots, long black gloves that went all the way up to the middle of her biceps, and a long blue sash around her waist.

"Okay, um, why would I ever wear this?" Korra asked, clearly not amused.

"That's the point. You wouldn't wear it, which is what makes it the perfect disguise." The elder Avatar said seriously.

"That...actually makes sense." The younger Avatar admitted with a sigh as she took another look at herself.

'Well, I do look good in it. There's that at least.' She thought as she looked herself over.

"Korra, in a 24 hours Republic City will be a war zone. Go and collect the other heroes. Go get your friends and my granddaughter, the four who are fantastic, the Avengers, the Web Slinger, the Man Without Fear, and the Man out of Time. I will give you their locations. The last thing I give you is knowledge of how to use your new abilities as there is no time for your to figure them out on your own. Goodbye for now Avatar Korra and good luck."

Aang said as he touched Korra's forehead with his finger and in a flash of white, disappeared.

Korra stood in front of Naga, wearing the costume she had worn in the Spirit World. She walked over to Naga and picked up the large polar bear-dog easily as she then took the air and flew very fast toward Air Temple Island. She reached it within four minutes and landed discretely. She sat Naga down and petted her companion as she said,

"This is going to be too dangerous for you girl. I need you stay here." Naga whined, but curled up on the ground as Korra then knelt down and petted her head.

"Good girl." The marvelous young woman said as she then floated up and flew to the city.

Korra reached the newly formed Avengers who were standing in the middle of a small clearing, making plans for how to attack the Equalists. They looked up when they saw a human shaped shadow floating over them.

"You want to stop the Equalists? Come to the Pro-Bending Arena as soon as you can." Korra said as she began to fly off.

"And who are you supposed to be Miss..." The Iron Man asked Korra as Aang's words echoed in her mind.

"Um...Marvel? I'm a friend don't worry, I want to stop the Equalists just as much as you." She responded, to which the hammer wielder called out,

"Then we shall aid thee Ms. Marvel, so swears Thor!"

As Korra flew she smiled to herself.

"Ms. Marvel huh? I like the sound of that."

Korra flew through the city very quickly, coming across Spider-Man in battle with an orange hooded man on a rocket glider. He chased the webbed wonder up the side of a building.

"The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout. DOWN CAME THE GOBLIN AND TOOK THE SPIDER OUT!" The Goblin cackled out as he rammed into the Spider with his glider, knocking him onto the roof above. The Goblin took out a small pumpkin and was about to throw it at the downed hero, when he heard someone clear their throat behind him. The Goblin turned and saw a Water Tribe girl in a black costume floating in mid air glaring at him behind a domino mask.

"Huh, a flying girl. Well then girly, CATCH!" The Goblin said as he tossed the pumpkin at Korra, who indeed caught it. After a moment it exploded like a grenade. After a moment the Goblin said,

"Where's the blood? There was supposed to be a spray of blood!"

The villain's blood rain cold as he say the flying girl completely unharmed by the explosion.

"Diamond hard skin." Korra said as a smirk formed on her face.

"Hey Gobby!" A familiar voice yelled as The Goblin looked down to see a web covered fist head straight for his face. He was knocked off his glider and began to fall down to the street, but was caught by a webline and pulled back up to the roof where Spider-Man webbed him up.

"That's a wrap!" Spider-Man said as Korra groaned at the pun.

"Yeah, not my best work but I used all my good material while I was fighting this lunatic. Thanks for distracting him though while I got a breather Miss..."

"Marvel. Ms. Marvel. I heard you took on Amon so if you want to stop the Equalists for good head to the Pro-Bending Arena." Korra said as she flew off.

Daredevil was in mid battle with the assassin Bullseye. Daredevil dodged several shuriken as he flipped around the rooftop he and Bullseye fought on. The crazed assassin threw a knife, causing the vigilante to fall over. As Bullseye through a knife to finish his prey, Korra flew down in between him and blocked the knife.

"Didn't your mother ever tell you not to hit a man when he's down?" Korra asked as her fist glowed with energy and blasted the assassin, sending him sailing into the storage shed on top of the roof.

"Name's Ms. Marvel. You're Daredevil right?" Korra said as she helped Daredevil up. The Man Without Fear pulled the knife from his leg as Korra bent some water that was leaking from a pipe over to his leg and healed it.

"Thanks." He said as he rubbed the spot the knife had been in.

"No problem. Come to the Pro-Bending Arena, I'm meeting Spider-Man there so we can discuss how to stop the Equalists." Korra said as Daredevil turned his head slightly. After a moment he nodded his head and ran off in the direction of the Arena.

Korra flew to the area where Bolin, Mako, Asami, and Jinora were.

"Guys I need you to head to the Pro-Bending Arena." She said as she flew down.

"Korra?! Is that you!" The four exclaimed as they say the Avatar fly down and in a superhero costume no less.

"Long story, I'll explain later. I'm rounding up all the heroes in the city to help us deal with the Equalists and the Sentinels, so I need you four to head to the Pro-Bending Arena ASAP." Korra said as she began to fly off.

"Wait! We ain't heroes! Besides Jinora's a kid and there's no way I'm risking Tenzin going ballistic on us." Bolin said as Korra remembered what Aang called them.

"You kidding? You look like a pretty fantastic four to me so get moving! And as for Tenzin, he'd be even more mad that you let his oldest daughter wander around by herself." The masked Avatar said as she began to fly off.

"OH! And if anyone asks, my name is Ms. Marvel!" Korra said as she then flew off at top speed. The four looked at each other in confusion before seeing the Arena was about a mile away.

"There's no way we're taking a little girl along." Mako said as he crossed his flaming arms.

"Korra did bring up a good point, besides I'll just tell Dad you three let me wander around the woods without any kind of supervision." The young airbender said as she gave a slightly mischievous smirk.

"Well better get walking." Asami said as she sighed.

"Fantastic Four huh? I like the sound of that."

Korra reached Kuzon's location, which was in the woods near an Equalist camp for some reason. He had apparently been captured, one of the Equalists holding his shield, and they were escorting him into a building. Korra flew down and began blasting at them, one of the men shielding himself with Kuzon's shield. Korra punched him hard, denting the shield badly and sending him flying through a building. At this point Kuzon broke his restraints and ran off after his shield.

"Thanks!" He called out as he ran into the building Korra had punched the man into, leaving the Marvel herself to deal with a slew of Equalists. As The Nomad made his way into the building he found the man, but his shield was dented very badly from Korra's punch. He whistled in amazement before sighing at the loss of his favored weapon. He looked around and saw he was in a room filled with odd looking weaponry. On a table next to him were many shields, some with spikes, some with what looked like electrical motors, and one was a plain circular shield. He picked it up and tested it out. It was very lightweight but extremely sturdy from what he could tell. Taking it he ran outside to see that his savior had dealt with the 20 Equalists.

"Nice work Korra. Though care to explain why you can fly all of a sudden?" Nomad said as he walked up to the Avatar.

"I'll explain later, right now we've gotta get to the Arena." Korra said as she quickly picked up the Man of out of Time.

"KORRA!" The living legend yelled as the Avatar rocketed into the air.

At the closed Arena The Avengers, the newly dubbed Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and Daredevil waited. The Iron Man looked over at Asami, something that was not lost on the now rubber-like girl.

"Um, robot guy? You do know it's not nice to stare right?" Asami said as the Iron Avenger cleared his throat.

"Um, sorry Miss." Tong said in a deeper voice, not wanting to his sister to know it was him.

"Tong? Is that you?!" Asami said as she walked over to Iron Man and began trying to take off his helmet.

"Uh, wait young lady..." Tong started in the same deeper voice, only to have his sister stretch her arms around his defending arms and yank the helmet off to reveal him.

"What's going on! Why are you dressed up like the Tin-Man?" Asami asked as Tong explained how he was captured by the Equalists.

"So, you care to explain why you're a human rubber band?" Tong asked smugly as he held his helmet under his arm.

"Long story." Asami replied as Korra came in with Nomad and the assembled heroes turned their attention to her.

"Ah! Ms. Marvel! Pray tell what be thine plan of action 'gainst these rogues that plague the fair city so?" Thor asked, followed by an awkward silence.

"Ms. Marvel?" Nomad whispered into Korra's ear.

"Just go with it." Korra whispered back.

"Um, well it's not just the Equalists. A new organization called the Sentinels has been formed by Councilman Tarrlok. He was found dead, but the Sentinels are still going to go through with his plan of killing all the non-benders they have locked up and makeing it look like the Equalists did it to ensure no one will join their ranks again and to sanction a full scale war within the city."

Korra said as the assembled heroes expressions turned dark.

"I'm afraid that's not all Miss. I over heard some Equalists taking about tomorrow's attack. Looks like Amon is going to strike first, first thing at sunrise." Nomad said as the collected heroes gasped.

"Alright, it's noon right now. We've still got a few hours to come up with a plan. We'll bunk here for the night, go to bed at sundown and get up just before sunrise to stop this. Agreed?" Nomad said as everyone agreed.

After five hours the heroes had formed a plan of action.

"Alright. Nomad will lead The Avengers against the Equalists, the Fantastic Four will divert the Sentinels and get those people out of the internment camps, and Spider-Man and Daredevil will sabotage their weapon depots. Thor and I will provide air support. Everyone clear?" Korra asked as the other heroes said yes, with Thor saying verily.

"HEY! Can I join the party?!" A rather gravelly voice called out as someone kicked open the door the arena. Everyone looked to see a man in a red and black costume with two swords on his back and two pistols on his hips, wearing a red mask with black circles around the eyes, walking up to them.

"Um, who are you?" Nomad said as the masked man walked up to him and put his arm around him.

"I'm Deadpool. Also known as the Merc with a Mouth, the Crimson Nutcase, and Wing Watari. But please call be Deadpool, everyone does!"Deadpool said as he got surprised looks from everyone in the room.

"We could use all the help we can get." Korra said as Nomad sighed.

"You make one move that makes us even suspect you're an Equalist and we'll have Thor here play the drums with your skull." Iron Man said, not having a good feeling about the stranger.

"Alright, Deadpool is with Spider-Man and Daredevil. Let's hit the sack we've got a big day tomorrow." Nomad said as Bolin and Mako lead them to the small rooms that were kept for pro-benders that stayed the night.

"Um, Mako? How come you haven't, I dunno, 'flamed off'?" Asami asked, noticing Mako hadn't turned off his fire once since he discovered his powers.

"I burned off all of my clothes. At least this way no one can tell I'm naked." Mako responded, rather embarrassed as everyone headed off to bed.

The Equalists marched from their bases, ready to strike the city. Sentinel spies had heard of the Equalists attack and fortified their defenses and rushed every civilian into the internment camps. As the Equalists neared the city, dark storm clouds started to form. Soon massive thunder began as lightning struck all around the Equalists coming from the north side of the city. If one could listen they could almost hear a powerful yell from the skies,

"HAVE AT THEE!"

Eight Sentinels guarding one of the internment camps, two at each gate. Suddenly two of the guards were knocked out by an invisible force. Two more were caught by large and rubbery hands then slammed into the ground. Two more were set on fire and forced to flee into the nearby stream. The final two were grabbed by two orange rock covered hands.

"It's clobberin' time!" A deep voice roared as the two were slammed into the gate, allowing the prisoners to flee.

Inside the city many Equalist mech-tanks had managed to get in, alongside plenty of foot soldiers. Before the men could open fire on the Sentinels, they were blasted by extremely powerful electrical blasts, coming from Iron Man himself and smaller but just as powerful blasts from the Wasp.

"Pretty shoddy workmanship, but there's some potential there. I could definitely improve on it if I had the chance." Tong noted as he took on the mech-tanks. The rest of the tanks were thrown around on by the 50 foot tall Giant-Man.

"Hard to believe it isn't Professor Po? We're superheroes, beating up bad guys, and I'm loving every second!" June said as she flew up to the Giant Man's head.

"At least one of us is having fun." He replied in a half hearted tone as he tossed a couple of tanks into the woods. Below Po was Nomad taking on the foot soldiers. He slung his new circular shield into several, knocking them out, before catching it. He held his shield in front of him as he charged toward a large platoon of Equalists, all firing at him, bashing all of them across the face and taking them down. Soon all that was left was a lone, rather skinny, young Equalist. He held his electrical glove at Nomad, who simply said,

"Really? Let me give you one word of advice son, get out of here and never look back." The young man hesitated before he quickly jumped to his feet and ran off. Kuzon smiled slightly, as he saw a little of himself in that young boy. He certainly hoped he was right as he'd hate to see him in this kind of brawl again. He then heard more soldiers surrounding him, so he readied his shield and charged once again into the fray.

Elsewhere in the city, a man with claws and a younger man wielding a staff and exploding cards were taking on the Sentinels that dared to recapture their innocent prisoners.

"RAAAARGH!" The clawed man roared as he sliced and diced through the bending army.

Spider-Man and Daredevil had made it to the Equalists main weapons depot.

"Hey where'd Deadpool go?" Daredevil asked the arachnid hero.

"I don't know and that fact alone scares me." Spider-Man replied as the weapons depot suddenly exploded in a gigantic mushroom cloud of flame and smoke. Out of the smoke flew a charred but alive Deadpool.

"Mission accomplished." The red clad lunatic said as he laid on the ground, smoking slightly, as he gave a thumbs up.

"He just killed who knows how many people." Spider-Man said as he and Daredevil turned to glare at the mercenary, who leapt up and said,

"Well it's been a time and a half, but I gotta get going. Toodles!" Deadpool then disappeared in a puff of red smoke, leaving two very confused heroes.

Dr. Shizuo Bana was inside an alleyway in the city. He wanted to make sure he was away from his allies when he let the beast out, as he wasn't entirely sure how much the Hulk had changed from the meteorite's radiation. As he skulked around he soon discovered a few platoons of Equalists and Sentinels in mid battle. A straw bolt of fire from a Sentinel struck his arm and fell over in pain. Suddenly Shizuo began to turn green as he grew into a nine foot tall behemoth. Soon a loud roar erupted from the alleyway, enough to cause the opposing forces to stop and look to the darkened alleyway. Soon a dumpster was thrown into the middle of the street as a large green beast walked out into the light. The Sentinels and Equalists both opened fire in fear of the monster. After a moment they stopped, only to see the beast had not been harmed in the least.

"Stupid men try to hurt Hulk? Attack Hulk?! HULK SMASH STUPID MEN!"

Korra blasted planes down as Thor zapped them with lightning. A plane shot at at the Asgardian, who did not take kindly to the assault.

"FOOLISH MORTAL! HOW DARE YOU STRIKE THE SON OF ODIN?!" The Thunderer roared as he threw mighty Mjolnir at the plane.

Korra then spotted a large war balloon and flew toward it. She busted into the control room, taking out the pilot. The others opened fire, blasting away at the masked girl, they froze when they saw she wasn't harmed in the slightest.

"Wow. I really can't get hurt!" Was all Korra could say, amazed by her new found power. She then began punching the Equalists into walls, in some cases through walls. She blasted them with energy and through them around like rag dolls as they tried in vain to stop her. Soon no one was left in the room.

"That was too easy." Korra said as she dusted off her gloved hands.

"Well now. Another hero, how quaint." An all too familiar voice said. Korra turned and saw Amon himself, though in a different outfit than the last time she saw him. He wore a black tunic, hood, and cape, with silvery armor underneath, though his usual mask remained.

Korra flew at him, punching him into a wall. Amon simply got up, his armor protecting him. He then punched Korra hard in the gut with his iron fist, knocking the wind out of her as he kicked her hard in the side, sending her flying into the adjacent wall.

"This armor increases my strength ten fold and can protect me from anything you can dish out. You have no chance 'hero'." Amon said as he blasted Korra with an electric glove, but this did nothing. Korra smirked and gave a blast of her own, putting Amon through the wall of his ship.

"Hmm. Interesting. It's a good thing we're alone in this room. Seeing as you're stronger than I had anticipated, it seems I don't have to stop holding back." Amon said as he waved his hand and slammed Korra into the wall. Korra was surprised, but began to fight against the invisible force that held her.

"You're a bloodbender! Why?! Why would you fight against benders?!" Korra yelled as she fought hard against the force. Amon, though amazed someone could resist him so, replied,

"Power. It's always been about power. I will be the only bender in existence! No one will stand against me, just as soon as I kill off you so called 'superheroes'."

Suddenly Korra felt her blood stop flowing. She felt like she was having a heart attack as her eyes began to fill with fear as she began to black out.

"RELEASE THE FAIR MAIDEN VILLAIN!" A voice as loud as thunder roared as a hammer struck Amon and sent him flying through the craft and out the other side. That was the last thing Korra say before losing consciousness. Thor quickly grabbed Korra before flying out. With a strong wind be blew the ship to the outskirts of the city and then destroyed it with a blast of lightning.

Below the Equalists saw Amon's lead balloon crash and burn. With their leader gone, the Equalists surrendered.

"NO! This can't be over! It can't end this way!" One Hiroshi Sato roared as he received news that the Equalists had surrendered. He over turned his desk in rage.

"Actually it can. Sorry to spoil you're day." A calm and collected voice said from behind Sato.

"Who the hell are you?" Sato growled out. Behind him was a middle-aged man, slightly balding, with a pleasant look on his face.

"Oh, I'm Special Agent Co-Tsun. I work with the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division." Agent Co-Tsun said casually as he flashed his badge.

"The what?!" Hiroshi snarled as he readied his electrical gloves, waiting to blast the man at the next opportunity.

"Yeah, that's a bit of a mouthful I admit. Just call us SHIELD." Co-Tsun said as Hiroshi looked at him curiously.

"Us?" Sato queried as agents in blue armor burst through the windows and through his office door, aiming rifles at him.

"Yeah, you're under arrest for aiding a known terrorist group. Don't worry about your company though, that'll go to your oldest kid, so there's that." Co-Tsun said as the agents took Sato away.

The Sentinels were celebrating their victory, when a dark blue balloon ship floated over the city,

"Attention all Sentinels. This is Director Lin Beifong. By order of the United Republic you are hearby ordered to disband and release all prisoners. Failure to comply will result in immediate incarceration pending a trial for treason."

A voice over a loud speaker ordered

"...orra?! KORRA!" The Avatar awoke to Kuzon shaking her awake. He looked dirty, tired, and his mask had been ripped off.

"Did we win?" Was the first thing out of Korra's mouth. Kuzon smiled and said,

"We won."

Amon laid broken and bruised, even through his armor.

'I failed. How could I fail?!' He thought furiously, but his thoughts were soon interrupted by the sound of someone walking up to him.

"I gave you a powerful gift mortal and you squandered it. I gave you the power to create chaos, but you chose instead to follow a plan and schemes of your own. I will not kill, you as you may still be useful, but I now take back my gift." A man standing in shadows said as he then waved his hand and a green glow came from it, followed by Amon's body glowing green and having the green glow move to the man's hand.

"I shall heal thee as well, but just enough so that you will not die. I want you to feel the pain of your failure. Loki does not tolerate failures."

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