Ch 9 the beginning of the end
Next morning, Korra was eating like none other. Considering she was imprisoned for a day with no food, she was starving.
"Korra, we need to know what happened." Tenzin said.
"I was captured by Tarrlok, rescued by Khan, and we almost ran into Amon." Korra said.
"You ran into him?" Tenzin asked.
"Yeah. And Tarrlok is Yukone's son." Korra said.
"That explains it. How he was able to blood bend us." Lin said.
"If Amon knew where you and Tarrlok were, he's entering his endgame." Tenzin said.
"Yeah. Checkmate." Khan said, eating some food.
"What do you think he's gonna do?" Lin asked.
"If I was him, capture all the leaders of the city. Throw the police force into chaos, and fortify the place so I can stop any reinforcements from coming in." Khan said.
"Glad you're on our side." Korra said.
"Chances are that's his plan." Khan said.
Khan watched as Tenzin headed inside the city. Khan had the feeling it might be the last time he saw Tenzin.
"You alright?" Pema asked.
"He might not come back. I have a feeling the equalists are already taking control of the city." Khan said.
"If that's true, stay here with me. When they attack the island, I'll need all the muscle I can get." Lin said.
"Hey Lin, mind sharpening my swords and knifes?" Khan asked, showing Lin his arsenal.
"That's a lot of blades." Lin said. With a wave of her hand, all the weapons were sharpened.
"Thanks." Khan said.
Soon, the air was perforated by the sound of propellers and engines cutting thru the air. Equalist Zeppelins, and a lot of them, were over the city, dropping bombs and other weapons on various targets, paving the way for the equalist take over.
"Well, they took the city over." Khan said.
"Don't count the police force out." Lin said.
"Then were are their zeppelins?" Khan pointed out. Lin had nothing to say in response.
The sound of footsteps was heard, as equalists ran up the stairs, intent on capturing the island.
"Everyone inside. And Pema, you need to stay calm." Lin said, knowing that Pema was heavily pregnant.
Pema screamed in pain and doubled over, clutching her stomach.
"Pema, I said stay calm." Lin said.
"The baby's coming!" Pema said.
Lin had a 'holy shit! Glad I'm not married to Tenzin right now' look. It was also a 'are you fucking shitting me? Right now!?' look.
The equalist infantry came into sight, led by the Lieutenant. Lin grabbed two with her cables and tossed them off the island. She knocked more away with her earth bending, proving she wasn't the chief of police for no reason.
Khan was no slouch either. Running into the equalist mass, he punched, kicked, and stabbed anything in his way. The equalist began to back off, but Khan started throwing his knives at them. He ran towards one and tossed him towards his comrades, knocking them all down. Khan quickly killed them with his sword but heard screaming and a crackle of electricity.
"Payback." The Lieutenant muttered, as he raised his electric staffs to deliver the final blow. He then screamed in pain, as Khan drove his sword right thru him, killing him for good.
"Get up." Khan said, picking up Lin.
"Thanks." Lin said.
With a bayonet in hand, Khan went amongst the dead equalists, and started pulling out gold teeth.
"We're rich, Lin. He's got a bucket load of gold in his mouth. How much is gold worth nowadays?" Khan asked, as he began to rip the gold teeth out.
Khan continue the gruesome affair, even when Korra and her friends arrived.
"What are you doing?" Mako asked.
"Gold teeth. Want some?" Khan asked, opening a small pouch, showing several blood stained gold teeth.
"No. I'm fine." Bolin said.
Khan grabbed one equalist, who was still alive, badly wounded. Khan cut away the mouth and cums and continued the break the gold tooth out, despite th e man's struggling.
"Spirits, put him out of his misery." Korra said.
"Piss off." Khan said. And finally ripped the gold tooth out, making the man scream in agony. Khan broke his neck, silencing him.
"Where'd you come from anyway?" Korra asked, disgusted.
Khan noticed two more equalist zeppelins heading towards the island. Going thru his options, he couldn't fight all of them by himself. And he knew these equalists were much better fighters than the white lotus guards on the temple. Running seemed to be his only option.
"Korra, I want you to hide for the time being." Tenzin said.
"I'm not running." Korra said.
"I'm not asking you to. I sent a message to General Iroh of the united forces. He'll be here soon, and we'll turn the tide against Amon." Tenzin affirmed.
"Okay. Man, this patience thing sucks." Korra muttered.
"Tenzin, I hate to break it to you, but we need to leave now." Lin said, on the bison.
With the airbenders and Lin escaping on the bison, Korra, her friends, and Khan escaped on Naga. Well, Korra and her friends. Khan ran behind them.
Soon, the equalist had full control of the island and captured all the white lotus guards. The gang hid in an underground tunnel, and before walking in, they surveyed the scene one last time.
"This is unbelievable." Korra said.
"Believe it. It's happening right now." Khan said.
"Boy, you're a rush of comfort." Asami sarcastically said.
"I've no time for fools who refused to accept reality, especially when it's happening right in front of their eyes." Khan said, pulling out his swords, and walking in front of them.
That night, Lin was brought towards Amon, captured from trying to take down the equalist zeppelins.
"Tell me where the Avatar and Khan is. And I'll let you keep your bending." Amon said.
"I'm not telling you anything, you monster." Lin spat.
"Very well." Amon said.
Lin sighed in resignation, as her bending was taken away by Amon.