Ch 8 Rescuing Korra
"Can you do a blood transfusion?" Khan asked.
"It's possible. We'd need supplies from the hospital. Why?" Tenzin asked.
"I'm gonna give Lin some of my blood." Khan said.
"Is that safe?" Tenzin asked.
"It is. I donated my blood twice before, and it worked. It saved a little girl from an illness, and brought a man from the dead. Literally. It'll help Lin." Khan said.
"Alright. How much do you plan on giving Lin?" Tenzin asked.
"About a pint. Give or take." Khan said.
The operation was set up. Khan extracted a pint of his blood and put it in several syringes. He grabbed the syringes and injected them into Lin, at several points of her body. Neck, heart, back, legs. Lin woke up, feeling refreshed.
"I feel great." Lin said, stretching herself.
"You want to know the secret?" Khan asked, sitting on a chair, legs crossed.
"What is it?" Lin asked.
Smiling a creepy smile, Khan gave his answer.
"You got one pint of Khan inside you." He said.
Lin screamed in horror, as she realized that a megalomaniac had injected his own blood inside her.
"How do you feel?" Khan asked, completely calm.
"Well, other than the fact I could go nuts any second like you, I feel perfectly fine." Lin said.
Tenzin came to the both of them, and said that Tarrlok had wanted to meet with him.
"Korra's been captured." Tenzin said.
Khan and Lin headed to the prison, well Lin headed there and Khan dragged along.
"Why are you going there?" Khan asked.
"Korra's friends should help us search for her. Since I'm off the force, I'll have to do things my own way." Lin said.
Khan looked in the direction of the mountain he scouted last night. He wondered if Korra was there. A high possibility existed.
Returning to the island with Mako, Bolin, and Asami, Lin opted to recruit Tenzin.
"What are you doing Lin? You should be resting. And you three, you should be in prison." Tenzin said, confused.
"I figured you could use our help finding Korra." Lin said.
"Do you have any leads?" Mako asked.
"Nothing." Tenzin said.
"We need Naga. She can track her scent." Mako said.
"Her dog's missing somewhere as well." Tenzin said.
"Where do we start?" Bolin asked.
"My guess is the Equalist are hiding underground in the maze of tunnels underneath the city." Lin said.
"Underground. Just like my father." Asami bitterly spat.
"You'll get nowhere with that. Vehicles drive all over the streets 24/7. Last place she was last night was City Hall. We start from there." Khan said.
"Do you know where Korra is?" Mako asked.
He seems desperate for her. Then again, I tried to smuggle my augments to safety from Admiral Marcus. I know how he feels.
"Not a clue." Khan lied. Khan quickly thought his plan to scout the mountains, and then it hit him. It was snowing last night. Hard. Any tracks and trails Tarrlok made were covered up, so even if Khan investigated the mountain, he wouldn't find Korra at all. And he'd be alone to fend off wild predators, not something he wanted to do at the moment.
"Wherever Amon is hiding Korra, that's where my officers are." Lin said.
"Lets bring them all home, Lin." Tenzin said, determined.
Arriving at the City Hall, they searched for tracks leading from the building. They found some tracks leading from the garage and followed it. Into the city, thanks to the multiple cars driving on the roads, the tire tracks were blended together.
"There's a tunnel nearby." Lin said, using her seismic sense. The group headed towards the tunnel and inside. It was a vast cavern. Khan wondered how many tunnels were under the city. It would prove an ideal place to hide weapons, refugees, hostages, or even to build stuff you didn't want the government to find. The possibilities were endless.
Approaching multiple tunnels, they decided to enter them. Khan noticed that Mako harshly told Asami off. Of course, it didn't bother him. He still wondered about Korra and whether if he should go after her.
His thoughts were cut short when they arrived at the end of the tunnel.
"My officers are here." Lin said, walking up a set of stairs.
"What about Korra?" Mako asked.
"She's not here." Khan said.
"What do you mean?" Mako asked.
"Korra is the Avatar. The greatest threat to the equalists. We're inside trying to rescue her. There's hardly any guards in here so far. Why would they leave such a wanted prisoner unguarded, knowing that others would attempt to rescue her?" Khan asked.
"You have an idea?" Asami asked.
"Either Korra's not in this complex, or the Equalists never captured her in the first place." Khan said.
Tenzin noticed two equalists attempting to attack them, only to blow them away with airbending. Mako quickly interrogated one, and found out that Korra was never captured by the equalists.
Khan headed out of the tunnels, and ran into a bunch of equalists. 3 mecha tanks and a dozen equalist soldiers faced him. Taking a deep breath, Khan ran forward and stabbed one of the mecha tanks, killing the pilot. He ripped the cockpit open and climbed inside, just as the other tank ambushed him, severing one of the arms.
Khan got out of his damaged mech, grabbed the severed mech arm, and threw it at the mech destroying it. Khan pulled out his sword and dove into the equalist soldiers. He slashed and cut his way thru. Despite their best efforts, Khan killed most of the equalists, causing the rest to flee.
"What took you so long?" Khan joked.
"How did you kill them all?" Bolin asked.
"Superhuman." Khan replied.
As they headed towards City Hall, Khan headed towards the mountain range. He double timed it through the snow, reaching a cabin. Having no idea if Korra was in there, and knowing that Tarrlok had captured Korra, he waited for his return.
And return he did. Khan hid in the shadows as Tarrlok ranted to Korra.
"My life is ruined thanks to your friends." Tarrlok growled.
"So your blood-bending secret is out. I know how you did it. You're Yakone's son." Korra said.
"I am. But I had to create a new identity. My father tried to rule the city thru its rotten underbelly. My plan was perfect. I was to be the city's savior." Tarrlok said.
Khan was hearing the whole thing. He was deeply reminded of Admiral Marcus. Holding important people hostage to get his goals. Wait a minute. What about this Amon problem? Tarrlok is taking away our only trump card against Amon. Wait. Our?
Tarrlok came up and was violently thrown against a wall.
"The hell?" Tarrlok wondered. He got up and saw Khan.
"You've never faced a bender like me." He gloated as he blood bended Khan.
It didn't work. Khan continued walking forward, not affected in the slightest.
"Who are you?" Tarrlok asked, in horror.
Khan didn't answer, but grabbed Tarrlok's head and crushed it. A sickening crack and squishing noise was heard, as Khan killed Tarrlok, gruesomely.
A screeching noise is heard from outside, and Khan opens the door a hair, and sees Amon and some of his equalist. Knowing he can't fight them off he goes after Korra.
"Khan?" Korra asked, seeing Khan opening the door.
"Amon is here. We'll get out." Khan said, taking Korra and tossing her over his shoulder.
Khan ran up the stairs and thru the cabin, breaking thru the equalists.
"Who was that?" an equalist asked, seeing Korra escape.
"It was Khan." Amon said.
Khan ran down the snowy slope eventually tumbling down. He picked up Korra and ran into Naga. The two mounted the polar bear dog and made their way to the city.
"Naga, go faster." Khan said, hitting the animal on the ass.
"She's tired." Korra said.
"I can get out and run faster than this!" Khan declared.
To prove his point, Khan jumped of Naga and carried Korra over his shoulder. And he ran as fast as he could, which is fast.
That night, they were found by the rest of the gang.
"Korra! Thank god." Tenzin said.
"Where's Tarrlok, how'd you escape?" Lin asked.
"Back off. Give her some room." Mako said, shoving them aside and taking Korra. Khan noticed Asami looking with a pained expression.
Later, Khan was interrogated by Tenzin and Lin.
"Where'd you go after the tunnels?" Lin asked.
"I headed up into the mountains near the city." Khan said.
"Why?" Tenzin asked.
"When Tarrlok captured Korra, I saw the whole thing, he followed him into the mountains. Rather than attempt a rescue at night, I waited until daytime. When Korra wasn't found in the tunnels, I headed towards the mountain, the other location where she'd be." Khan said.
"Fair enough. What happened to Tarrlok?" Lin asked.
"I killed him. Plain and simple." Khan said.
"Why?" Tenzin asked.
"Tarrlok wanted to use the police under Saikhan has his private military force. To destroy the equalists and appear as the city's savior. I heard him say that. When Korra and her friends proved to be a thorn in his side, he got rid of them. Bolin, Mako, and Asami thrown into jail. Korra captured and imprisoned in an abandoned cabin in the mountains. But when his blood-bending was discovered, he attempted to create a new identity, using Korra as a hostage. Rather stupid if you ask me, because Amon is still out there." Khan said.
"Okay. But why'd you kill Tarrlok?" Tenzin asked.
"You know, he attempted to recruit me as well as Korra for his Gestapo project. He wanted to exploit my savagery and intellect. I don't like being used. And taking Korra hostage is not a
good move, since Amon is still out there. So I removed him out of the equation." Khan said.
Tenzin and Lin sighed. A psychotic superhuman madman was fighting with them.