Chapter 6 – The Day When Thunder Failed

Pro Bending Arena, Republic City, Midgard

Only ten minutes left before the final match of the season began, the awaited Fire Ferrets vs. Wolfbats was about to begin. The arena was full, sold-out. Thankfully enough, Amon had not threaten to attack the game, but as a precaution Chief Bei Fong had ask the Council's permition to install her Metalbending police as guards and two airships to watch the skies. The public did not mind the extra protection; they were excited to see the final.

Inside the locker room that was given to the Fire Ferrets, the team prepared for their most important match.

"Alright guys, it has been a hard road but I believe if we work together and fight hard, we can beat them." Mako said.

"Yeah!" Bolin and Korra both confidentially yelled.

"Then let's do it!" Mako said.

Thor and Asami entered the room as soon as the Fire Ferrets finished their motivational session.

"And then I told him, "brother, that's not a cow."" Thor finished saying his joke which made Asami laugh.

"Hey guys, ready for the final?" Asami said to the Fire Ferrets.

"Like ever! I can't wait to kick some Wolfbat butt!" Bolin surely said.

"Thy will indeed do so, Bolin the Eager." Thor said.

"Hey Thor, are you going to watch the match?" Korra curiously asked.

"Aye, I will. It will be a unique experience." Thor answered. "Good Luck, Korra."

Thor said as he and Asami left the locker space as the Fire Ferrets were summoned for their last seasonal match. Korra was still thinking about what Thor said the night before back at the Air Temple. But she had to focus on the match if they had to win. The three teammates stepped towards the bridge that let them to the arena, they were cheered on.

The match went back and forth, the Wolfbats won the first round almost swiftly, the second round was a surprise. It seemed as the Wolfbat captain, Tahno, had knocked the Ferrets off the arena, but Korra held Mako from falling and pulled him back to the arena. He made it up, ending the round in a draw. It had to be decided who should win the round, so the waterbenders of each team met in the middle of the arena, Korra of the Fire Ferrets and Tahno , captain of the Wolfbats. Korra adroitly won the tie-breaker, making the Wolfbat captain angry and frustrated. The third round was pitiful, it was clearly obvious that the Wolfbats were cheating, but the official let them do it. The Fire Ferrets were easily defeated and it seemed that the Wolfbats were champions for another season until…

Several people in the crowd took out weird looking gloves, and hid their faces with cloths and hid their heads with hoods. Thor was wandering how could the official not notice the obvious cheating if even the announcer did, he noticed how his mortal friend, Tenzin and the Chief of the mortal police were arguing on how it was all rigged. Then the mighty Thor saw the police officers falling from all the exits and the announcer panicking. His friend Tenzin being electrocuted along with the Police Chief by a hooded man, Thor stood up and saw the people panicking and screaming. Then one of the hooded men came where he was and tried to electrify Thor, but when he tried Thor avoided the electricity and took a hold of the man's wrist, quickly snapping it. He proceeded to punch him in the gut, knocking him out. Now he was more worried, if the police could not handle this, he would.

The Odinson saw that the cheating Wolfbats were also worried as they were alone in the arena, then out of the middle of it, a man with a mask and several leather wearing ones appeared. Thor did not recognize who this man was, but he immediately knew that he had orchestrated this. Thor jumped out of the stands and unto the water below; he went in to find Korra and her friends. He felt that the water had been electrocuted, he had a bad feeling. He swam towards the lower part of the arena, and there he found them, roped.

"Thor!" Bolin screamed. Thor quickly went in to untie them.

"Shhh." Thor told him. "The man that did this wears a mask and has many leather wearing henchmen."

"We know who he is, he is Amon." Korra said.

"We have to go up, we have to stop him!" Mako said.

As he finished saying that, they all heard a splash. They saw that the Wolfbats were thrown off the upper part of the arena; Amon had done something to them. Amon finished his ominous monologue and the whole roof of the arena exploded revealing an Equalist air ship, Amon made his dramatic escape.

"I'm going after Amon!" Korra said as she ran out of the lower part of the arena and created a tornado-like thing with the water around her, propelling her towards the roof. Thor used his elemental control and did a high-jump back to the stands. Korra's water tornado failed as it did not go high enough and she began to fall back into the arena. Thor saw this and he propelled himself with his air control and catches her.

"Up thee go!" Thor said as he used his peak human strength and air control abilities to push Korra up into the hole in the roof. She made it, and the Chief of Police went to help her. Thor fell into the water, unharmed. He saw that Korra managed to get to Amon and pulled him back onto the glass ceiling of the arena building. He pushed himself up with the water and air around him, masterfully managing to get to the roof.

"It's been so long since I had battle, which one of thee would want to fight me?" Thor asked two of the Equalist looking at him in awe. But they snapped out of their surprise and ran at the former God of Thunder. They tried to chi-block him but the poking did not work, his Asgardian/Elder God physiology was not the same as a human's, his chi-patterns were different.

"Thy dare to poke me, Thor, as I was a child?" Thor madly said. "Thee be in for a reckoning!"

Thor rushed at the Equalists, using his mighty arms to grabbed them and throw them of the roof and into the bay. He turned to see Korra having trouble with Amon who was just laughing and evading all of her attacks while she was getting tire.

"Korra!" Thor yelled as he ran towards Amon, he tackled the equalist leader into the glass ground.

"Yield, evil one!" Thor said as he held Amon.

"Thunderer, finally we meet." Amon said calmly.

"How do thee know of mine name, wicked one?!" Thor interrogatively yelled

"I have my ways, Thunderer." Amon replied. Korra was exhausted of her brawl with Amon, she saw the Equalist air ship was still hovering on top of them. The man who attacked them back in the Revelation event jumped down from the airship, wielding his electrified combi sticks. Korra saw that Lin was too far away fight equalists to help her.

"Damn…" Korra murmured

Thor was about to punch Amon's face in when suddenly his might strength was beginning to fail him, his grip on Amon's throat was weakening. He was dumbfounded; he knew that even as a mortal he had peak mortal strength.

"What is it? You haven't worked out today, Thunderer?" Amon surely said.

"This is impossible!" Thor said. He was kicked on the chest by Amon , and was hurled a couple of feet away.

"Heed my warnings Avatar, do not try to stop me. Come Lieutenant we're leaving." Amon said as he was carried off the roof of the arena. The Lieutenant stopped his equally matched fight against Korra and followed Amon's orders. The other Equalists were beaten by Lin Bei Fong and arrested. Everything calmed down and Lin brought Korra and Thor back inside the arena, on the stands. The people inside had been evacuated.

"Korra, Thor! You guys are okay!" Bolin ran at them and bear hugged them.

"Yeah, we are fine." Korra said.

"What happened up there?" Mako asked.

"Amon escaped, we failed." Thor responded. "It is over."

"No. I fear that this is just the beginning." Tenzin said as he looked towards the ruined arena. "A war is coming."

As they left the arena, leaving Bolin and Mako with Asami, the once mighty God of Thunder was still shell-shocked

"Thor, you okay?" Korra asked Thor as they rode Oogi, Tenzin's flying bison.

"Nay, I have failed today. I had that fiend on my hands and my strength failed me. I have failed." Thor said as he looked at his right hand, turning it into a fist.

"You did all you could Thor, we did all we could. It's not your fault." Korra tried to cheer him.

"Maybe I should stop using my brawn all the time; maybe I should use my head." Thor said as Oogi landed on the Air Temple.

As they headed back in to rest, the hammer of the heavens, Mjolnir, flickered.

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"My message has been sent to all of Republic City, they now know not to mess with me." Amon said.

"Good, my friend. Your terrifying political actions are indeed progressing." Loki the God of Mischief and Fire said. "But what about of thy technological progress?" Loki asked.

"It's doing fine, my partner has given us our tools to be equals to the benders." Amon replied. "I faced your brother today, Loki."

"Thou saw Thor? Fantastic, how was it?!" Loki curiously asked.

"He almost had me; it was if a mad train pushed me into the ground. His brute force, even as a human, is amazing." Amon said. "If I did not have my last resort option, I would've been dead now."

"Interesting indeed, my brother was defeated today. That will definitely hurt his enormous ego. Thou still have the Destroyer if thee need to use it. Good-bye Amon." Loki said as he vanished.

Amon sat on his seat and began thinking to himself. 'Phase One has been completed, now it's time to begin Phase Two.'

In the shadows, there it stood, the invincible Destroyer itself, waiting to be used.