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Oliver's POV

I was at my home, listening to the radio while getting ready to go to the club when I heard knocking at my door. I raised a brow at this and finished buttoning my shirt before going to answer it. To my surprise it was Korra, clearly infuriated at something...or maybe someone. I let her inside and closed the door behind me, still trying to figure out what to say. Since I had lost Jason she hadn't spoken to me, and I didn't exactly picture her making the first move to talk to me. Something was up.

"Is there something wrong?" I asked.

"You're damn right there is!" she snapped. I furrowed my brow. "You're damn fiancé, Helena, is back and she went to my house and threatened my family!"

"Helena is back?" I asked confused.

"Don't you dare pretend like you didn't know," the Water Tribe girl warned. She was really pissed off. "The killings have started again, and you're going to tell me you didn't notice?"

"Actually no, I didn't," I replied. I was being honest. I'd been a bit preoccupied. "You said Helena threatened you. How?"

"She threatened to harm my parents or my son if I didn't help her," Korra growled. "I don't know what I was thinking when I decided not to finish her off!"

"You want me to kill the girl that I once called a fiancé?" I asked, my eyes narrowed.

"I think you would've if it had been someone else!" she answered. "She's a stone cold killer, Oliver!"

"And what exactly does that make you and I?" I questioned. "You're going to tell me that you don't know what it is to want revenge? What would you do," I added. "If Amon was right here, right now."

"That's beyond the point, Oliver," Korra replied. "I help get the city the justice that it deserves. I'm trying to stop a maniac from killing thousands."

My jaw clenched and I lowered my gaze. "You're right," I said. "I can't kill her. But maybe if I help her get to Zolt, I can contain the dama-"

"What did you just say?" the girl asked incredulously. "Did you just say you were going to help her?" I didn't say anything. "You help her, and you lose me forever, Oliver."

"Korra!" her body guard called running inside.

"What is it, Howl?" Korra asked, diverting her attention to him.

"It's Jason," he answered. I felt my blood run cold and I quickly looked at the Water Tribe girl to see her pale considerably. "She has him. She has Jason."


Korra's POV

The minute Howl informed me what was going on, I ran out of Oliver's apartment. Both he and the sentry yelled for me to wait for them but I didn't listen and ran straight to the docks. I looked for the ferry but I found it already halfway to the island. I looked around and seeing there was no way of getting to the island anytime soon, I jumped into the bay, swimming home.

I could feel my muscles tire as I continued my swim but I didn't have time for that. I had to get to the island; I needed Howl to be wrong.

I reached the island and ran over to my home, jumping around everything that got in my way as I entered my home, finding everything out of place, just like the day I had lost control. The chairs and table were broken, being testimony to the fight that had occurred.

"Korra!" my mom called as soon as I came in.

My dad was next to her, holding her close to him. I could see the bruise under his left eye and the scrapes on his knuckles. He had fought back and so had my mom if the cut on her hairline was anything to go by.

"Where's Jason?" I asked, my voice trembling.

Both my parents gave me a look of anguish and despair and I shook my head, backing away. No. He wasn't gone.

I ran into my room, looking under the bed and all the other spots he used when we played hide-and-seek. When I realized he wasn't there I moved to his room and found it a complete mess, burns on the walls and on some of the bed sheets.

I fell to my knees, my nails digging into my scalp as the realization hit me. Jason was gone. They took him…actually, not they…she. My jaw clenched as I realized who was responsible for my son's disappearance.

"Sweetie, I'm so sorry," my mom said with a sob, kneeling down next to me, soothingly rubbing my back.

"I tried to stop them," my dad added. "But I couldn't."

I got up, blinking away the tears that threatened to come. I didn't have the luxury of breaking down, I needed to get my son back. I made my way outside, my body humming with determination.

"Korra!" my parents called.

"Chief Bei Fong is on her way," my mom said. "She'll-"

"No," I answered coldly. "I'll get him back."

And I would. That was a promise.


Helena's POV

I really wished I didn't have to take matters into my own hands but I was desperate. I could not allow Zolt to get a second chance at life. He didn't deserve it. My parents hadn't been offered that luxury. But he had, and all in exchange for a few names. That was the city's justice. I scoffed bitterly.

Justice.

There was no such thing. There was just revenge; an eye for an eye. Justice didn't exist. It was just a fairy tale told to children to give them hope that the wrongs of this world could be fixed. But the world we lived in was cruel and unforgiving.

"Let go of me!" the boy yelled, trying to get out of my assistant's hold.

He looked up at me and I nodded with a sigh, instructing him to let the child go. The man did as he was told and the boy turned towards him, beating him with his little fists and I could help but laugh at that. Feisty, just like his mother.

"What's your name?" I asked the child. The boy turned to look at me, his brow furrowed in stubborn anger. "Look kid, you and I are going to be together for quite some time, so we might as well familiarize ourselves."

"My momma is going to get me," he answered, his little arms crossed over his chest.

I sighed. "I'm sure she is," I replied.

"Let him go," a voice commanded with a fierce growl.

I raised a brow and picked up the boy right away, using him to shield me as the Blue Spirit came into view, dao blades in front of her. I had to admit her response time was pretty quick. She must really care for the boy.

"If I'd known you would have responded this quickly I would have kidnapped the boy sooner," I said with a smirk.

"Let the boy go," she repeated.

"This is your last chance," I replied carefully. "Help me and I'll return him without a scratch."

"I won't help you in your quest for blood," the spirit answered.

"Very well," I said, handing the boy to my assistant. "Take care of the brat."

The Spirit went towards him and he dropped the boy before engaging in hand to hand combat with the vigilante. I watched quietly from the sidelines, amused by how well the man kept up with the girl. But she was better. The Blue Spirit cornered him, ready to finish him off and I sighed before stepping in. I launched a kick at the mask causing it to come right off as the girl fell on the floor.

I could see the shock on both the boy's face and his surrogate mother's. I couldn't help but grin. So she hadn't shared her little secret with her son. Their eyes locked and I looked at my assistant. I'd had enough of this game.

"Finish her off," I said.

He nodded and grabbed her by the neck, intending to strangle her. The boy yelled and went over to him, pounding his little fists against his leg.

"Let my mom go!" he yelled.

My assistant pushed him away and the Blue Spirit threw her head back, connecting with his face with a crack and making his nose bleed. She kneed him in the gut but the man punched her face, knocking her down. He picked up a crow bar and made his way towards the boy, who looked visibly afraid.

I really wished it hadn't gone this far, but I had a mission of my own.

He raised the bar but before he could deliver the blow, a pair of dao blades pierced his body. The man looked down, seeing the blade tips piercing his chest and he made a sound before falling to his knees, lifelessly slumping to the floor. My jaw clenched and I retreated. I needed to get out of here.

Just as I was out of the building an arrow brushed by me, landing on the door. I smiled and turned around, finding another familiar vigilante with a green outfit.

"Oliver."


Oliver's POV

After Korra left I asked Howl to go to headquarters to see if she would go there. I didn't want her to do something she'd regret. The sentry, however, stayed as I walked over to a bookshelf, pulling out a book so that it slid to the side, revealing the hidden door there. I punched in a security code and the door opened and I grabbed my suit, my bow and arrows before shutting it once again. I quickly changed my clothes, the sentry pacing back and forth, glaring at me. He blamed me for the boy's disappearance.

"And what do you think you're going to do?" Howl growled.

"What I should have done in the first place," I answered, putting on my hood and leaving through the open window.

I jumped from roof to roof, trying to figure out where Helena could be hiding. I wanted to get there before Korra because I knew she was in a rage. She would take down anyone who stood in her way even if they weren't involved and that meant innocent lives being lost. As I jumped over a warehouse, a familiar motorcycle came into view. I skidded to a stop and hopped down, going through the already open door. I silently cursed. Korra was already there.

As I walked inside, I saw the Water Tribe girl sink her dao blades into the man that towered over Jason, a crowbar in hand. I started towards her until I saw my ex-fiancé head towards a door and I knocked an arrow, firing it so that it brushed right by her, sinking into the door. She turned towards me, a smile on her face.

"Oliver."

I approached her, another arrow ready to be fired and aimed at her heart. There was nothing in her to save anymore. She was a cold blooded killer. I saw that now.

"You won't kill me," she said confidently. "You're not a murderer, remember?"

"But you are," I replied. "And if I let you go…that blood will be on my hands." Her confident demeanor didn't change. "I'm sorry," I added, firing the arrow.

She caught it in her hand, moving to the side and laughed humorlessly as she snapped the arrow in half. My eyes widened. I had shown her that trick.

"I practiced that move," Helena revealed. "I thought I might need it someday." I didn't answer, remaining frozen in place. Her face suddenly changed to hurt and I saw her eyes water. "You would have killed me?" she managed to say.

I gave her a small nod and she punched forward, barely giving me time to block it. I grabbed her hand and kneed her in the gut but she managed to punch my face, making me topple back. I stood up right away watching her open the door before glancing over at Korra.

My heart broke as I saw her on her knees in front of Jason, sobbing.