"Okay...leaving inconspicuously. Perfect." Hope said. "Wait...where's David, Ling and the SEALED Members?"
"I think they were talking about taking a different way." Leonora said.
With said group…
"Okay Ling. Start talking. Where are you taking us?" David asked.
"I heard you talking about the titans earlier. You and I share a goal. We both want payback against them." Ling said.
"Payback? Ah, that's right. Volca thrashed the cities here." Marco said.
"And not long ago, Nocturne had turned my own bodyguard against me back in that world I was before Hyrule." Ling said.
"I see. It's only natural you'd bear a grudge after that." Nagi said.
"What's that have to do with us?" David asked.
"I didn't want to say anything...but after meeting Volca and Nocturne...there was a rancid chi similar to theirs when we were in Ba Sing Se." Ling said.
"You mean there's another one here?" Yoko asked.
"I'm saying it could be one of the two you were looking for. Their names were Centurion and Grimoire right? I'm saying it could be one of them." Ling said.
"I had a feeling that was the case." David said.
"You said that this Grimoire is capable of resurrecting the dead, right?" Himeno asked. "If so, he's vital to Centurion's plan."
"The resurrection of Titanmon, and making a clean slate of the multiverse." David said.
"Isn't he going a little too strong with that? I mean, sure… A lot of humans are like he proclaims them, but…" Marco said. "Couldn't there have been a better way?"
"In fact, I'm kind of seeing David and Centurion as kind of dark reflections of each other." Himeno said.
"Hmm. I think you might be right. They do have similar ideals although Centurion's are more twisted." Yoko said.
"That's what will make our eventual confrontation all the more tragic." David said. "Ling...you can sense them right?"
"Yes. I can." Ling said. "But in return...I want you and all of your allies to keep the promise your friend made to me. After all this is over, you'll tell me all you know about Immortality."
"You might not like some of the stuff we tell you, but you got it." David said.
"Then we leave right now. We're going to Ba Sing Se." Ling said.
"Out of the frying pan and into the freezer. We might not get good reception after that jailbreak." Marco said.
"We already committed one crime, no argument if we do another." Himeno said.
"She's right. We may be wanted in there now, but we need to stay vigilant. The moment we drop our guard, is the moment they catch us." David said.
"Then we better not waste anymore time." Ling said.
Back with the others, as David and his group ventured to Ba Sing Se, our other heroes had set out to a small desert town where Aiwei was supposed to be hiding in.
"So, this is the place. The Misty Palms Oasis. Doesn't seem like all that of an Oasis to me." Hope said.
"Eh, I've seen worse towns." Ty said.
"Ditto on that." The Baneful and Vampiric Girls all said at once.
"Okay...we still need to find Aiwei." Connor said.
"I think I saw him go into that hotel nearby. But we can't just pounce him or else he'll run." Tails said.
"Indeed." Altera said.
"So...we'll spy on his room from separate hotel rooms and keep watch." Applejack said.
So they did, although the stakeout took longer than expected.
"Has he come out of his room yet?" Stoj asked.
"Nope. Looks like we'll be here for a while." Sectonia said.
"Okay, screw this. I'm going in there." Ranma said marching out.
"Ranma, wait…. Ah, god damn it!" Ty said as Ranma kicked the door down…
Only to see Aiwei was meditating, not fazed in the slightest.
"He's not even moving…" Erica said.
"He is in the Spirit World." Medusa said.
"And how exactly would you know that, Medusa? We didn't mention it." Volta said.
"Because physically he is here, but spiritually, he is somewhere else." Medusa said. "Reincarnated Eidolon, remember?"
"Oh, right." Volta said.
"We need to go after him. Revali, you think you can open a portal to the Spirit World without the other champions here?" Hope asked.
"Revali left a while ago, Hope. But...I can certainly take some of you there." Urbosa said.
"Okay. I'm going. Coming, Jude?" Hope asked.
"You know I wouldn't miss out on it." Jude said.
"We're going too!" Elize said.
"I will tag along as well." Spade said.
"I suppose I could go as well." Merlin said.
"I can only take five with me...so this should be plenty." Urbosa said sitting down. "I can't teleport you all through a portal but I can take your spirits in with me. While we go there, I will be placing a protective barrier around us. Nothing gets in, or out."
"Say hi to Milla for me, okay Jude?" Leia asked.
"I know for sure you two will be happy to see her." Hope said to Elize and Teepo.
"Of course! We haven't seen her in forever!" Teepo said.
"It will be quite interesting to meet the Lord of Spirits herself." Spade said.
"I'll be right behind you guys." Korra said getting on Aiwei's bed and meditating.
"Just in case Zaheer's cronies come for us, stand guard." Hope said sitting down.
"You got it." Sectonia said.
"Now...we depart." Urbosa said as a dome surrounded the six as lightning stormed around them before they appeared in a strange meadow. "We've arrived to the Spirit World."
"So, where's Milla? Is she here?" Hope asked.
"I only went to where Aiwei was. I don't know if Milla is even here." Urbosa said.
"Speaking of Aiwei…" Korra said as he was standing in the meadow at the far end. Zaheer appeared after that.
"Just what happened in Zaofu? I thought you said we had no problems." Zaheer said.
"I didn't expect a Titan to appear so suddenly. But I was surely not followed, all evidence against me was destroyed with my library." Aiwei said.
"Where's your physical body? There's a loose end." Zaheer explained.
"In the Misty Palms Inn, but I assure you, I wasn't…." Aiwei started.
"You're the loose end." Zaheer said grabbing Aiwei.
"Hey!" Hope said as Zaheer disappeared with Aiwei for an instant, then returned.
"It seems Aiwei was wrong, he was followed." Zaheer siad.
"What did you do to him?" Spade asked.
"Don't worry, I didn't kill him. He is just going to wander in the Fog of Lost Souls...for all eternity." Zaheer said.
"Just what are you and your group planning to do with Korra?" Spade asked.
"Is now really the time for asking questions? We have him where we want him." Korra said.
"Bending doesn't work in the spirit world and neither do your abilities." Urbosa said.
"So from Spade's question… who are you guys, and what is it you want with Korra?" Hope said.
"We are a long forgotten society of like minded people...the Red Lotus." Zaheer said.
"Red Lotus…. So there isn't just a White." Merlin said.
"We were what the White Lotus was suppose to be. But when the 100 year war ended, the White Lotus made themselves the Avatar's bodyguards and servants to corrupt officials." Zaheer said.
"Oh and I suppose you trying to kidnap Korra was suppose to make things better for freedom huh?" Hope said.
"That was Unalaq's idea." Zaheer said.
"So he did play a hand in it all." Jude said.
"He was a member around the same time I joined. We had plans for the spirit portals. However him becoming a dark avatar and throwing the four of us in prison was not part of them." Zaheer said.
"So he turned on you, just so he could follow his own ideal path." Hope said.
"Yes. But...that's in the past now. With Harmonic Convergence...now is a time of change." Zaheer said. "You've all encountered corrupt officials before. Wouldn't it be better if such dangerous individuals were...did away with."
That's not what we do. We don't kill anyone." Hope said.
"How do you explain your multicolored friend killing a corrupted artificial being? Or your Devil Hunter ending their leader?" Zaheer said.
"Shut your damn mouth!" Spade said.
"Spade, easy!" Hope said. "I hate to admit it, but part of me knows what he's saying is right. We have taken some lives, but not many."
"You and the others only did it because there was no other way right?" Spade asked.
"Then there is your universal government, they are the worst of it. They constructed a prison to hold dangerous criminals while the old one had no problems and only one jailbreak. Then how about their officials reprimanding your hunter comrade for failing to stop the Elements. Then there is the construction of that Hero Coalition...a mistake that caused chaos on multiple worlds until they went too far and messed with a god." Zaheer said.
"Wow… He's really breaking everything down…" Elize said.
"You see, those problems are what causes the balance to be upset. What we are trying to advocate will restore that balance." Zaheer said.
"How can you be so sure any of what you do will work?" Hope asked.
"What you are talking about is just...chaos." Merlin said.
"Chaos is necessary if there is to be balance. You know who said that? Guru Lahima. An Airbender." Zaheer said.
"You're sick in the head." Spade said.
"If I didn't know any better… I'd say you're the exact opposite of Jude. Kind of anyway." Elize said.
"Is she right, Jude?" Hope asked.
"She is. I've heard about the Red Lotus while I was in Fennmont. They sought to create a world where humans and spirits can coexist, just as I do. However, the big difference is the means we use to do so." Jude said.
"You can look at it any way you want, Dr. Mathis. The difference is, we have already won. See you back in the physical world." Zaheer said as his spirit vanished.
"Wait, what?" Hope said as Korra returned to the Physical world. The others phased out to see Urbosa's barrier still active, but Korra was missing, and so were Asami, Mako and Bolin.
"What happened?" Hope asked.
"That Lavabender and the Waterbender with no arms came. Somehow, they figured out where we were." Erica said. "The Lavabender diverted us from Mako and Bolin, and they took them hostage."
"We fought them off for as long as we could but they got away." Zoro said.
"Dammit! Do you know where they went?" Spade asked.
"Ba Sing Se. That's probably where whoever took Korra and Asami are headed." Akane said.
"Then that's where we're heading next." Al said.
"We'll need to hurry then." Zexi said. "We're off!"