Chief Bei Fong
To say that the chief of police was angry would be an understatement. When she got back from the council to find that her HQ in flames and her prisoners in a riot she all but caused a major earthquake. It took every available officer to get the rioting prisoners under control and nearly three dozen water benders just to put out the fire. Now looking at the ash covered men that had been pulled out from the fire. The very same men she had ordered to guard Kei in her absence, she was now deciding how to punish them after she yells at them some more.
"One person! I asked you to guard one prisoner! One I had personally trapped to a table and he manages to not only get past you two morons but nearly burn down the station on his way out!"
"Well! What do you two have to say for yourselves?"
The guards exchange a glance as if trying to decide which one was going to throw the other under a bus to save himself.
"… Well chief before he left he did say it was nothing personal."
Not a second later a series of marble columns shattered into pieces and the guard that had said that was lying unconscious on the ground with a bloody nose.
"I don't care if you have to work till your feet bleed and fall off just get every prisoner counted for and every officer you can find looking for that kid I want him back here before nightfall am I clear!"
"Yes chief!" the still conscious guard says saluting before running down the hall.
"If that kid can do this much damage in the day this city is doomed when the moon rises."
Kei
Well here I am sitting in a surprisingly decent parlor having tea with the leader of the triads in the middle of the day. When Zolt got wind that I was here he had gathered his men and came to greet me.
"So Kei was it? I don't mean to sound suspicious but why now do you decide to accept my offer?"
I take a sip and enjoy the strange yet earthy taste of the tea before setting back down on the cup.
"Don't jump to any conclusions Zolt I'm only here because I'm out of options and because I'm very close to my goal."
"And pray tell just what caused you to run out of options"
"You know that massive blaze at police headquarters today?"
"Yeah what of it."
"That was me leaving my cell"
The room instantly fills with gasps and whispers and some whistles of astonishment as Zolt's men hear my news. And Zolt being a legendary gang leader didn't let any emotion show but I could see the glint of ratification in his eyes.
"Well as it turns out that little fire of yours caused every police officer in the city to be so close to headquarters that we were able to pull off the jobs in the more guarded and wealthy parts of the city. So I think we can all agree that we could use someone of your talents. Besides I had heard you could use black flames is that true?"
I open my palm and a summon a small black flame in the center
"Well I'll be dammed, I thought only prodigies or fire nation royalty could use colored flames and only blue flames at that."
"Yeah I'm full or surprises but if we could get down to business that would be great I'm kind of sort of time."
"Why you got somewhere to be? The chief will have your wanted posters all over the city the only way out is to fly."
No but in less than a few hours the moon will be up and I'll transform into a killing machine you power hungry fool. I can't reveal my secret to a gangster that would no doubt use me as his own personal attack dog given the chance.
"Let's just say I tend to lose control and go a bit berserk at night so I will be needing a very secure room preferably something that locks from the outside. You get me that I'll make sure Amon doesn't get within sixty feet of you."
A smile breaks out on his face as he whispers something to one of his guards before sipping his tea.
"Kei I do believe we have a deal."
"Good but it's been a long day and I'd like to get a bit of sleep"
"Of course, boys show my new bodyguard to his quarters"
Two of his thugs walk me down the hall making glances back and forth to each other when they thought I wasn't looking. It seems for the time being I'll have to be weary of everyone. Like that old wolf taught me the only thing a predator has to fear is another predator. Oh well I guess for the time being I can play the part of bodyguard, but really Zolt to me you're nothing but bait to lure out Amon and all I have to do is wait.
We descent a flight of stairs before coming to a door with a couple deadbolts on it.
"This used to be some sort of panic room before we talked the last residents into vacating if you know what I mean"
The room was nothing more than a solid metal cell with a bed a clock and what looked like a trap door in the far side of the wall but from the dust covering the room it must not have been used in ages.
"Sorry it's not much but it's the only thing in this base besides the boss's room that's secured."
"This will do"
I close the door behind me and wait for the sound of the deadlock going into place before letting out a breath of air and moving myself into the bed for a couple of hours of sleep before nightfall.
As usual my dreams were nightmares of the village on fire and people screaming as they try to run or fight. But it always ends the same way them dead and me waking up hands on fire. The clock beside me told me I had been out longer than I thought. When I try to move out of the bed my legs buckle and I fall to the ground. My eyes refuse to focus and my senses were going crazy. I tried to focus my hearing but this deep underground it was nothing. But my sense of smell could detect the scent of charred air and electricity.
"Looks like they got here sooner than I thought. Must be capturing the benders upstairs."
The sound of locks being removed gets my attention I do the only thing I can think of and play possum when the door opens.
"Looks like the drug did its work on him. He might be a strong bender but he's still just human, take him as well boss said to get all of them."
I let my body go limp in their grip to appear as If I asleep so I can figure out what's going on.
Asami
"Korra are you sure you want to do this?"
"Positive I can't just sit back I have to do this. Besides the chief asked us to do this."
Great idea chief, not a day has passed since Korra got out of the hospital and you ask her to infiltrate an equalists rally believing she and I can get in if we say her she got her injuries from a bender attack. Now as we pass the people in the crowd as we enter the rally in our disguises I get the feeling it's going to turn out badly.
"Korra I not it's not the best time but I have to ask are you okay? You've been a little different lately"
The look of horror on her face doesn't escape me as she looks me in the eye.
But before she can answer the lights dim the people stop talking the roof opens to show the glow of the moon and the center stage begins whirling up to reveal a bunch of elite looking equalists and their prisoners fallowed by Amon who was greeted with a wave of cheer as he heads to the microphone.
"Thank you for coming to watch the extermination of this bender filth. But seeing as I am a fair man I will give the benders a chance to fight for their bending and their lives."
The crowd cheers as Zolt and his men are set loose against Amon who defeats them within seconds, that is all but Zolt and wild looking kid who looks up into the sky before falling to his knees and starts thrashing on the ground. A hand grasps mine and I look to see Korra eyes closed holding her head in her hand as if trying to block out something.
"…I need to get out of here Asami I feel…wrong"
I let out a gasp when she lifts her head and I see that her eyes weren't blue but a dark angry yellow. She falls to her knees and starts to thrash as well. The sound of lighting and laugher get my attention as I try to haul Korra up and I look to see Zolt trying and failing to blast Amon.
It's over in mere seconds as Amon closes the gap and in a rapid movement gets Zolt trapped on his knees as he puts his hand on his head and throat as the lighting dissipates before vanishing completely.
"Now you are nothing, your turn boy"