Authors Note: This chapter is going to explain what has happened to Bo when Khai was on that parcel errand and had his little encounter with John and Shana (why he became so dark), sorta like those fillers nobody likes, haha. Tell me what you think, please read and review!
"Like I said sir, no bodies had been recovered from the "sand storm" incident in district 10 earlier today", said an Equalist soldier.
"Impossible, I've received Intel that there had been three HVT's (high value targets), sand benders, in that area, how the hell did we lose them. I thought we had spies all over?", replied Bo. Bo and the soldier had been walking through Equalist central office, the biggest Equalist outpost in his own district, in Kyoshi Way. They continued walking down a narrow hallway, passing rooms left and right. Some used for prison cells and operation rooms. Other used for torture.
Bo had been wearing the black robe and the metal red and black armor underneath. He carried his mask in an inside pocket of his black robe.
"We did sergeant, but we had another mission received directly from Amon's top captain, to intercept those spies with another deception mission to influence public opinion over to the Equalist party", the soldier stuttered a bit, he didn't like arguing with his superiors especially when they were in a bad mood. They passed another room on the left, this time moans could be heard from a prison cell, one one them was obviously being starved, but Bo didn't look back.
Bo mind struggled, he hated it when other soldiers interfered with his orders, by taking an others, but he had no choice but to follow them. Damn, him! The bombing at the entrance of the sand pits must have been what the spies were doing instead but that was much earlier then the HVT mission, how come they didn't return to their original duties?, Bo thought to himself.
The two Equalist soldiers opened a door to the main room of the central office, there were cubicles, desks, and tons of people. Some of which were talking on radio's from one another, discussing about anything they could do to convert people to their party. If they weren't doing that, they were probably working on ordering imports from other nation/colonies.
The main room was noisy as hell, everybody was under stress from Amon, the leader of the whole Equalist party, the president and beyond. Orders and HTV missions were being given out like food to a dog. "Come with me private, lets not talk at my desk this time", Bo said. They both entered an interrogation room on the opposite side of the main room, naturally it was a separate room so they could have privacy.
"Interesting choice.", said the private, sarcastically. The private sat down at the metal table. In fact that was the only thing there, Bo had pushed a button over near the wall where they came in so the only people so who could hear the had to be on the inside. Bo closed and locked the door.
"Sorry, the noise from the outside really irritates me, I can't file one piece of work, without getting a damn migraine", Bo said irritably, massaging his temple with his fingers.
"It's fine sir, but why am I here again?", said the private. Bo inhaled and exhaled slowly relieving some pain from his headache and stared at her for a moment. Bo finally gave in, "Look Ty ce last night on patrol, you were in the sand district correct?". Ty ce nodded slowly almost afraid of where this was going. "Alright so where were you after that?", Bo said propping his head up with his fist.
Ty ce caught on quickly and lashed out at Bo, "I knew it! This is just a damn interrogation!". Bo was about to reply calmly but she interrupted. "I knew it, God I just knew it! Why didn't I see this coming before, I should have known that after that giving you my finger prints this was just another fucking liability issue!", she said rising to her feet and pacing back and forth. Wow, I honestly thought that the finger printing would have been a dead give away, however it is a precaution for all new recruits, like herself. Bo thought.
"Look, Ty ce, this is not what you think it is", Bo began to say. Ty ce's fist slammed against the table. "NO you listen, I joined you Equalists to get away from the constant bullying your people are doing to my family and you have the nerve to blame me for a crime I didn't commit!" Ty ce said throwing up her arms in anger.
Bo let out a long grieving sigh and tried to explain but Ty ce wouldn't let him get a word in. "Private sit down now!", Bo roared. Ty ce's facial expression instantly dropped and she slowly sat down clenching her fists. "Nobody's blaming anybody here Ty ce we just ant to know wher-", a knock at the door silence Bo and he turned around revealing both the faces of his lieutenant, who used to be his sergeant while he was a private and another officer accompanied him.
"Please wait Ty, this won't be long", Bo said standing up. He walked out of the room locking the door behind him. "What going on", Bo said. The lieutenant looked mad as hell however it was the office who spoke first. "Sergeant Bo, we're going to need to speak to you privately for a couple minutes. "May I ask what for?", Bo said giving a confused gaze at them. "Well it looks like you basically did, so shut up and follow. Officer Ky fae your dismissed!", ordered the lieutenant. he was wearing short sleeved light steel plated armor, it had been covered with a basic civilian clothes (he obviously just started his shift) consisting of a grey trench coat, black pants, and combat boots.
The officer saluted and left leaving Bo's angry superior leaving the building followed by Bo. They left the building and went onto the sidewalk the scorching heat tailing them. We walked around the block and past the main entrance. There was shouting and chaos on the front step of the central office, "Down with Equalism!", they shouted, protesters..this should be interesting. The lieutenant didn't seem to care, he let out a pathetic laugh, "worthless protestors" he mumbled under his breath. We kept walking until we reached the center of the chaos.
Equalists had blocked the entrance of the building and streets, "Long live the White Lotus!", some shouted. One of them noticed them two walking towards them, and tried to attack the Lieutenant. I noticed his left hand clenched but not all the way, almost as if he was concentrating on something, which is unusual because he usually just went to defend instead of thinking. He caught him arm and bent it backwards bringing the protestors elbow up to his ear and forcing him to the ground. He then proceeded with slamming his heel into the protestors noes, breaking it.
A stream of blood ran down his chin as he laid there in pain. The lieutenant signaled two guards over, and rushed over quickly as the protestor was on the ground.
"Are you all right sir?", asked a guards. He was dressed in the regular Equalist assault uniform which was just metal red and black armor, the mask and robes were a promotional uniform.
"I'm fine private, just haul this piece of shit to the prison cells, he's under arrest for assault to a superior", he then proceeded to walk in the middle. "You are trespassing on Equalist property, this is your last chance to leave before you White lotus filth are under arrest", he announced to them. Some had back off but most of them laughed. They shouted back at them raising their fists in anger. "Fuck you Equalist!", someone had shouted from the crowd, to afraid to come out.
The Lieutenant showed almost an evil grin. He pulled out an hand held bomb from his inside. He threw it up and down in the air repeatedly catching it and smiled evilly, this caught the attention of the protestors and silenced them. Bo looked shocked , he knew the Equalist party wanted full "freedom" for everybody from the benders but this seemed out of line. Bo swallowed hard, seeing his superior do this made him wonder why he was given such a serious look before, and he was just toying with these people.
"Alright move aside, or you'll be arrested!", He said walking through the crowd. Bo wiped the sweat from his brow, his armor had been cooking him from the inside. Usually he hadn't been outside in his robes and armor unless he was called for a mission, but now he had just been a walking oven. Three protestors got in the way of the Lieutenant, they wore sand tribesman clothes, and had a fierce look in their eye. "I said stand aside, Lotus trash!", ordered the Lieutenant.
"I don't think so you Equalist shit heads! Return the city over to the White Lotus then we'll let you walk where ever you want", said the protestor, spitting on the Lieutenant's boot. The crowd of people got closer influenced by the increased moral of then three brave protestors. Brave or stupid, Bo just wanted to get out of this heat. "Back away all of you!", shouted Bo. They just got closer, signalling more Equalist soldiers would have been useless, our sight from them was blocked so it didn't matter. Using the bomb intimidation trick wouldn't work either, since we're in the middle of the blast radius, it would be suicide.
Insults and swears were thrown from all over the crowd getting louder and the addition of the Lieutenant's voice wouldn't help, only makes things more chaotic. Bo could tell he was getting impatient, he had dealt with this sort of thing before, but now this was just pestering him. "I'll say this one more time back up or suffer major consequences!", roared the Lieutenant, this time was more serious then the other. He drew a scimitar sword, that had been hanging from the inside of his trench coat.
He aimed his curved blade so it was diagonally across all three protestors that stood in his way, the others instantly backed up, "Now move, or die it's up to you lotus scum!", the Lieutenant roared. Bo got an evil grin on his face. The protestors went silent after the Lieutenant drew his blade, other whispered amongst each other as other just gawked at the sight of the curved sword.
"Sand tribesman, weaponry an affective solution to all your problems", Bo said trying to get on the Lieutenants good side. However he wasn't amused, what had amused him was the scared expressions on the faces of his enemies. All protestors back away letting the two Equalists past. "Shut up sergeant Bo I'm still not done with you", replied the Lieutenant.
Bo was silent the rest of the way, ashamed even though he had no idea what he had done. They left the group of protestors which had began to shout against the Equalist party once they we're a far enough distance away, and at the same time Lieutenant had sheathed his sword. They rounded another corner into an alleyway revealing the disgusting trash and waste of the poor.
The homeless wandered these ally's searching through dumpsters and trash cans looking for any scrap they could feed themselves to survive the night. It was also a good protection against the harsh sun. The two hadn't gone far into it, they walked until they founded a large spacious area, still within the alleyway, however along the brick walls was a garage door.
"Forgive me sir, but what exactly are we doing here?", Bo said. The Lieutenant didn't speak right away instead his was looking back and forth, as if he was searching for something.
"Over here dad", a voice rang out. The two looked up and saw a kid, no younger then Khai. He sat motionless on a nearby fire escape. His thick blonde hair got in the way of his eyes a little and he starred emotionless at Bo. "Is that him?", he said still eying Bo.
"Yes Jun, please come down and.. examine him.", The Lieutenant said. So they were father and son, but this still confused Bo, what the hell did they mean by "examine him?".
Bo backed up slowly as Jun hopped down, wearing a grey shirt, long blue pants, and sandals. They cornered him against the wall. "Bo, your what I need to test out my sons "gift". I've watched you throughout your time getting up the ranks but I feel your to soft", The Lieutenant said. Bo had the most confused look on his face now, what the hell were they talking about?
"Sir I'm not sure what you me-", Bo stared to say, however out of the corner of his eyes he could see a swift movement coming straight at him. He didn't move in time to avoid Jun fist slamming against his neck. Bo's head shot up and yelled in pain, as Jun removed the hand an empty syringe could be seen in his hand.
"Wha-what.. the hell, did you j-just inject me with", Bo sputtered out, sliding against the wall onto the ground. His hand caught up against his neck and a slight trickle of blood seeped through his fingers.
"Bo, your weak, your spineless, and your not strong, not yet anyway. My son Jun here has been perfecting his medical solution for years and we needed the final test subject, these ally rats just keep dying", the Lieutenant said now giving a slight smirk. Bo turned to Jun to see he was not smiling but glaring at him. It was clear this kid didn't get around much.
Bo still sat on the ground, he could feel the medicine coursing through his veins all over his body until he started to go numb. "Don't worry Sgt. Bo, I've perfected this solution so death won't be an option for you. However extreme power will be a side effect", Jun said. The Lieutenant gave a weird look to Jun. "Relax, It's a new form of adrenaline I've invented, last longer and more controllable. Maybe now Bo if you can control that fail of a brother, Khai, toughen him up a little. I see how he is in class, never to get to his feet, he's weak just like you", Jun said.
"You said it's controllable, Jun?", said the Lieutenant, still giving Jun a weird look. "Yes, once injected the formula has the ability to cover the brain effecting everything without actually damaging it. He's basically your servant.. at least until it wears off. I'll try to get rid of the passing out part in the beginning, that could be dangerous for business if your soldiers actually want to get stronger during battle", Jun said, chuckling at the situation.
The Lieutenant pulled out a dagger from the other side of his trench coat pocket and tossed it in front of Bo, "You might want this to intimidate Khai, your fathers told me what weakling he is". Bo started to get faint his vision blurred and he started to loose his hearing, temporarily of course.
"Here you might want this", Jun said. He knelt down and put the Equalist mask over Bo's face, revealing who Bo really is.. or who he is going to become.