Book Five: Resurrection

Chapter Four: Setbacks

Korra slowly opened her eyes. She looked around with her blurred vision. She exclaims in shock and immediately jumps up. "ASAMI!" She growls as she sets her hands on fire and scans the room for Night Walker.

Just then, a voice from across the warehouse calls. "Cool your jets, kid. They're gone. Not a trace left...OW! Easy, hun!" He exclaimed at Zhu Li.

She huffed and places the ice on his forehead again. "I can't help you if you won't hold still."

Korra walked to them. "Where did they go?" She asked in an angered tone.

Varrick twitched at the sudden pain of the ice and answered. "How the heck should I know? I was out cold at the time. I got the bump to prove it. OW!" He points to his head.

Korra grunts and stomps out the warehouse entrance. "You're no help at all Varrick! I'll go find her myself!" She huffed.

Varrick squinted his eyes as he watched her leave. "Oh, I'll show you what kind of help I can be." He jumps up off of the remains of his water car and points. "Zhu Li! Do the thing!"

Zhu Li looked at him in confusion. "Which thing are you speaking of?" She asked.

Varrick grinned at her and raised his eyebrows.

"Oh...that thing." They walked all the way across the room.

It was a bright early morning and Korra ran through the streets hastily. "Where could they have taken her?" Korra said frustrated she ran around the city for clues.

"Searching for something lady?" an old man spoke from the alley way.

"Not now!" Korra shouted and began to walk off.

"Wait, for only a couple minutes of your time I could sell you something valuable." the old man croaked.

Korra turned to shout at the old man but her face was filled with shock "Where...where..did you get that?" Korra pointed to a glove within the old man's arm.

"Oh this, well I can sell it to you for only 100..." Korra cut off the man mid sentence by grabbing his throat and with the other hand was set ablaze by her bending

"Ill ask you one more time, where did you get that?" She snarled.

Startled, the old man began to croak and squeak "I only heard a sound, I heard something fall from the end of this alley way, and I picked it up." Korra groaned and threw that man against the wall running out the alley way. The man coughed and pulled out a walkie talkie from his pouch "She's heading towards the burnt house now."

Korra blinded by rage bumps into Beifong.

"Korra, There you are!" Beifong shouted

"Beifong, we need to find Asami, she's been taken.."

Beifong cuts off Korra "This wouldn't have anything to do with the gang uprising now would it?"

Korra's face fills with realization "Now that you mention it, I believe they were called Plague. They raided Asami's warehouse some time ago!"

Beifong turns and looks at the burnt building "Well, we had a prisoner until Mako and Bolin accidently let him loose, they."

Korra gasped. "Mako! Bolin! Where were they, We need to get the team back together and..."

Beifong grabs her shoulder quickly "Calm down, Korra!" She shouted "If we want to find Asami we need a clear cut strategy first, Mako has been working at his place piecing together what clues he has, you should go there and gather more intel. As for me I'm going to check on what may be left of this house."

Korra sighed gripping a hold of her anxiousness "Well, good luck with that…" She began to run over to Mako's.

"Why, what could they be after?" Mako turned to Bolin playing with Pabu. "Hey, I'm serious!" He barked.

Bolin jumped in surprise and put his hands behind his back.

"You gonna help me or not?" Mako grunted.

Bolin sighed and stood up. "I'm just not as good at this stuff as you. How am I supposed to know what their motive is." he huffed.

Mako shook his head. "I could of sworn I saw some type of...logo on those guys' uniforms. I just can't make out what it was." He grabs a pencil and paper from his desk and begins to draw.

Meanwhile from the top of a building across from them, three mysterious men sneak there way towards the apartment building. As they continue their trek, one speaks into his walkie talkie. "We've spotted them. Should we subdue them?"

A familiar voice answers with a chuckle. "Nah. Get in close enough for them to see you. Might as well make it look like they know what they're doing." "Yes, sir. Over and out." The man puts his walkie talkie back in his pocket.

Mako puts down the pencil to show Bolin "Does this look familiar to you?"

Bolin strained his eyes closely at the paper "Sea Prune Stew!" Bolin said with a gasp. Mako facepalmed in frustration.

Suddenly a loud banging was heard from the door, Bolin naturally got up to answer

"Bolin wait, it could be the enemy!" Mako yelled and Bolin froze

"Oh, no not so soon!" Bolin panicked as the knocking became more fierce.

A loud shout was heard from the door "Mako! Open up!"

Mako surprised mumbled to himself "Korra?"

Bolin sighed looking at Pabu "Phew, just the avatar come to help us solve this case!" Bolin leaned in to open the door only to have it slam into his face.

"There you are, wheres Bolin?" Korra said unable to keep herself contained.

"Right...Here." Bolin groaned in pain. Korra looked at his bruised nose. "Oooh...uh, sorry, Bolin."

The earthbender held his nose and tried to keep his painful cries silent for now. "You're...fine."

She walked up to Mako. "Mako. I need your help. You're the most capable person I know.

"What is it Korra?" Mako said in concern.

"Asami she's been taken by this new gang, who wear black uniforms and call themselves Plague."

Mako was quick to blurt out "Bolin and I were trying to piece together their whereabouts actually, tell me everything that happened!"

Bolin looked over and pointed "Um, guys did you say black uniforms?" They all looked over to the window to see two Plague members performing what seems to be a scene from Romeo and Juliet while being suspended in mid air.

"That's them!" Korra and Mako yelled simultaneously. The two members caught in shock release their ropes falling down at a faster rate, Mako and Korra break through after them.

"Yup, well no need to thank me or anything…" Bolin groaned while setting Pabu down to chase after the two. A squad of three Plague members run out to the streets and run in different directions. "Let's split up! That way we can at least catch one of them!" Bolin shouted.

"No we need to stick…" Mako was cut off by Korra.

"Alright!" Korra agreed and dashed towards one of the members heading close to the sea, Bolin chased after the member lagging behind and running through the alley ways, Mako groaned and started to chase a member climbing and running off of rooftops.

Korra began bending earth to try and slow down the member but could not manage to land a hit do to how agile he was. Boxes and trash cans were thrown behind him to slow Korra down but Immediately Korra began to fire bend the debris away. The suspect took a hard left into an alley and right out to and area overlooking the seas. There sitting on a broken box of cabbages was him, Night Walker.

"Congratulations, you win, you're the first to bring me the Avatar!" Night Walker clapped.

The member quickly took off the mask to show the face of a girl who looked to be from the fire nation "So, does that mean you will give me the medicine?" the girl cried out.

"Uh, medicine?" Night walker asked in a confused tone.

"You said if i brought you the avatar you will give me the medicine for my family!" she pointed at Korra.

"Oh! right yes, well you see our Master's plan is of top priority right now so i wont be able to fulfil this uh, wish…" Night walker stood up and began to pace towards the girl.

"No, no, please there is still a little time left please!" the girl began to beg at Night Walkers feet.

"Now, now don't cry…" he groaned "It's a shame, really. You were quite pretty, but we can't have members with their own motives getting in the way of this mission now can we?" Night Walker sighed.

The girl looked up and gasped in confusion "What...What do you.."

Night walker picked her up and threw her into the sea "Aaaand out we go!" He groaned.

"What is the meaning of this!" Korra roared.

Surprised and excited Night walker looked back to see the fury in Korra's eyes. "Oh, sorry about that little hiccup, that won't happen again.." Plates of metal slide through the sleeve of Night walker to form a sword.

"Where's Asami, and what does she have to do with this mission of yours!" Korra yelled bending rocks up beside her.

"Y'know you'd think by now you would have guessed this whole time i was trying to get you into a trap, but i guess geniusness isn't apparent in everyone.." Night Walker sighed turning his back to Korra.

With a loud yell Korra bent the two stones at Night walker only to have him slice through.

"That's right, get angry, let's see what the Avatar is really made of!" he rushed in for a slash but Korra dodges back and air bends him into a wall, he quickly gets up and jumps into the air. Korra fire bends up at him, but Night Walker blocks the the flames with his sword.

"Hrm, your persistent.." Night Walker grips his sword and more metal plating is added to it, its form changes to a wider and longer model.

Korra earth bends a blast of five large stones at him. Night walker slashes through three at a time moving slower but with more force launches a blow on Korra, Korra quickly gets up but feels shock from the blow seconds after "Darn it!" she mumbled Korra began to launch large balls of fire at Night Walker trying to keep him occupied as she thinks up a strategy.

"Fire again huh? Guess ill just need to be a bit quicker!" Night Walker dodges to the side and while gripping his sword's plating is quickly removed off and his sword was long but very thin. Night Walker chuckled and turned to Korra "On guard!" Night Walker taunted.

Korra shouted and rushed towards Night Walker with a boulder and tried to ram him, she looks behind her to find him leaning against his sword. "Tsk Tsk Tsk, that big boulder you got there is slowing you down, you need to move faster." Night Walker teased.

Korra tried to move forward but felt a sudden pain in her right calf, Night Walker looking over with a smirk shouted "Much faster." Korra enraged bent a huge wall of fire and simultaneously Night Walker bites the tip of a tube and throws it at her, the sound of an explosion fills the air.

"What was that?" Mako grunted while chasing down the member into an alley. "I've got you now!" Mako jumped in after only to land into an ambush of more than seven men. "Or..not" Mako mumbled.

Four rushed in from his left and three from his right, Mako kicked and punched exhausting fire from both sides. Two men strike from above and land a blow to his side. In response Mako lightning bends the two but suddenly feels a shock to his body when the member he was chasing after water bends a barrel of liquid onto him. Caught off guard all the members rushed in and tied him in chains.

The member Mako had been chasing removes his mask to reveal a short female who seemed to be from a water tribe. She pulled out her walkie talkie and spoke "This is Charlie coming in, Beta are you in the clear?"

A sudden silence is filled in the air and in comes a response "Negative, Squadron Beta has been wiped out. The target is heading for Night Walker as we speak!"

The girl sucked her teeth and looked over to Mako "Carry him over the rendezvous point I'll go take care of this problem." She took three men with her and rushed over to the main street leading to the sea.

From behind she heard a voice "Ulva! He went through the alley way here!" Ulva immediately turned bringing with her a near by barrel into the alley way "Dangit, Anju all you had to do was trap the target, you're both earth benders. I don't see the problem!" She shouted.

"One word, Lava bending.." The other exclaimed.

They both turned into a dead end where Bolin was searching for a way out. "Well, lets see how this little mouse-gerbil gets out of this one!" Ulva cried out as they both bended at Bolin.

A couple minutes pass by and two separate teams walk over to the area over looking the sea. "We captured the targets." Both girls said.

"Great, ah great get these two champs over to the new HQ and prep them to meet our masters!" Night Walker dusting off debris from his sleeves.

"Where's our sister?" Ulva stuttered looking around.

Night Walker looked back in confusion "Oh, yes right. She uh... headed over early cause she brought me the avatar. Y'know, it's a shame actually. I didn't think that the 'ALMIGHTY AVATAR' would be this easy to beat." He looks over to the sea and sighs. "But I guess she'll sleep with the fishes now." He pouts and sighs. "Man! I really wanted to fight her at her peak in her.." Suddenly, the waters behind him become unsteady and a sphere of air, water fire and earth emerge, Korra's eyes began to give off a radiant glow "Avatar..State!" Night Walker finished. He exclaimed with great excitement and looks to Ulva and the others. "Hurry! Take Mako, and Bolin to the portal, I'll take this one!"

Korra rushed in with what seemed to be a tsunami of water behind her.

"Here it comes!" Night Walker Gripped his sword adding plating to it shaping it into a curved blade. The rush of water viscously washed the gang into the center of the main road. Night Walker rushed in trying to land a blow but is immediately launched into the air by a great pillar of rock. In pain, he reaches for a tube on his belt, but before he could put it to his mouth, he was air bent straight into the ground by Korra.

"This, is a bit more than expected…" he groaned as he flipped back onto his feet. Korra launched a wall of fire which Night Walker dodged. She launched a great stone which he slashed through, but before landing a blow, the young plague leader was blown back by an incredible wind into the ground.

Night Walker groaned and struggled to keep his eyes open, "Alright time to get creative!" He croaked as he rolled over and clenched his sword to modify its shape back into a long wider model.

"Time to make some sacrifices!" he chuckled as he used half of the platting for the sword creating a chestplate of armor thus giving his sword's appearance as if it's been cut in half.

Night Walker got up and began to walk towards the avatar. With a roar, Korra breathed out fire but was blocked by Night Walkers sword allowing him to slowly move closer. Korra created a great whirlwind causing him to go airborne. She then summoned water from the sea behind her to create a large ice spike with her bending and launched it towards him.

Night walker clenched his sword and the metal plating now separates, creating two thin but long swords. The spike reached his chest plate and broke.

Night Walker pushed himself up and looked at Korra and grinned. He huffed and with a swirling sharp edged swing, landed a barrage of quick hits onto Korra.

Korra growls airbends him away. Night Walker tumbles but finds his way to his feet. He charges again with his sword held high. Korra separates the ground, leaving a huge crater. Night Walker leaps over it, but Korra catches him in the air with water. She swings him onto a nearby car crushing it.

Night Walker's chest plate broke and he began to take deeper quicker breathes due to his exhaustion, he looked over to see Korra ready to strike with all four elements in her possession, his smirk faded into a sigh and a frown.

Night Walker threw down his swords and ripped off what was left of his armor. "Fine! You want Asami right! I'll tell you where she's hiding, or where I put her I should say.."

Korra began to walk closely towards Night Walker.

"So this is the Avatars true power…" he sighed.

Korra then launched another stone knocking him in place into a building.

A couple minutes go by and hot water is splashed onto Night Walkers face. "Where is she?" Korra fiercely yelled.

Night Walker looked over to see members of his gang tied up and the three Sisters tied across from them. "Great, now they know I threw her over…"

Korra grabbed him by the hood. "Talk!"

"Right! Okay. Asami. She is at our newest HQ. All you have to do is take me with you and whoever you choose to bring into the new spirit portal." He groaned.

"And why would she do that!" Mako shouted.

"Why do you guys have to shout, the fighting's over…" Night Walker groaned.

Korra yanked him by the hood again this time choking his throat "Enough Games." Korra snared.

Night Walker smirked and looked over at Mako. "Because A, you don't know how to get there and B, there's a passcode lock that only I know."

Mako turned to Korra and they both walked over to Bolin. "Do you think we should trust this guy?" Bolin asked while tending to his injuries.

"If he knows where Asami is then we have no choice but to listen." Korra groaned.

"Whoa. Take it easy, Korra. We're all pretty badly injured we should take him over to Chief Beifong first before we do anything risky!" Mako quickly responded.

The three looked at each other in agreement. Korra walked over to Night Walker "Well, lets see how you like spending your night in jail, and constantly interrogated."

He looked up at Korra and smirked. "On another note, you've got to admit it was fun fighting don't you think?"

Korra bended more hot water into Night Walker's face and walked off. "Agghh" He groaned, he looked over to his see his metal platings and swords. They slowly dismantled and slid back into his sleeves. "Hmph, well there's been a setback but were getting right back on track aren't we…" Night Walker chuckles to himself and passes out.