The last Gravity bender ch. 7
I OWN AND REGRET NOTHING!
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Wendy really hadn't known what to expect when she got that note from Dipper telling her to meet him at the top of Yurtle mountain.
When she gets there she sees Dipper holding a weird horn. "Dipper, why are we-
BWOOM!
Dipper blew the horn loudly. Wendy once more tried to ask- "Wait for it." Interrupted Dipper suddenly.
boom
Wendy felt the earth shake...she turned around...and her breath was taken away. It was a giant turtle! It was like the size of a small mountain! Quickly Dipper grabbed Wendy's hand and dragged her to a giant mushroom and had her jump on it with him-
SPROING!
Wendy found herself flung through the air, she cries in terror...only to land on a soft, similar mushroom on the turtles back.
She looks up and sees Dipper preparing a candle-lit picnic on the turtles back. Wendy smiles and joins him. "I'll give you this Dipper...this is certainly the most interesting date I've ever been on." She says warmly.
Dipper beams. Okay, keep it cool man...your on a date with Wendy...and she's liking it! Your in the zone, don't blow this! Shouts Dipper to himself...
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The Minotaurs looked down upon the giant turtle that walked past. "That's the girl that called us wimps?" One of them asked The Lieutenant.
He nodded. "Yes...you know what I think would convince her otherwise? Beating her boyfriend to death." He said simply.
"YOU HAD US AT BEATING SOMEONE UP!" They shouted as one as they ran toward the turtle. The Lieutenant shook his head. It's sad how easy that was...
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Lin Beifong had not been having the best couple of months...she didn't know why, but things had completely fallen apart in Republic city.
First, Amon won the hearts and respect of many by taking away the Triads bending. Then he blew up the pro-bending arena...all of this- Although horrible, had been pretty straightforward...then things started to get weird...
First, it started with witnesses and informants...they forgot valuable information...They remembered everything else...only forgeting what they needed to fight the Equalists. At first Lin just thought that they were being coerced...but further interrogation made her realize that they weren't playing...They genuinely could not remember!
Things got weirder still when she started finding dazed people wandering the streets...prominent Benders; businessmen, veterans, athletes, celebrities, politicians, inventors...
All of them found themselves forgetting how to bend! Or that they ever used to bend! They also couldn't remember important dates, Safe combinations, bank account numbers, weapon schematics...
All of it forgotten!...it's then that she began to notice problems among her own men! They were making more and more blunders! Rookie mistakes! Even her most experienced were messing up!
She talks to them about it...and is shocked to find they'd forgotten a lot of even their most basic training!
Meanwhile, Tarlock was using all these problems to gain even more power! Declaring even stricter restrictions on all non-benders.
Predictably, this just drove more people to the Equalists side...
Predictably, this all reached a boiling point a week ago. After being forced to fire several dozen of her men for gross incompetence(again). A depressed Lin gave herself the rest of the day off and walked home-
ZAP!
Lin ducked at the sound of the weird noise. She turned around and saw Equalists wielding strange devices that seemed to shot lightning! Fortunately, she could sense they were made of metal, so she was able to rip them from their hands.
Sadly, the rest of their armor and weapons were made of platinum...and they had reinforcements...and a Mech-tank!
Clearly, they'd decided not to take any chances with her! Fortunately-
"Hey, leave them alone!" Two kids who she would later learn were named Bolin and Mako; saw her plight and came to the rescue.
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Together, they were barely able to escape. Learning that the boys were more or less living on the streets, she offered them a place to stay. After toying with one of the 'strange devices'...she realized it could erase memories(this was discovered when she accidentally caused Bolin to forget how to sit)!
Sadly, this revelation came at a cost. Lin could only assume that knowing their ace in the whole was exposed, forced the Equalists to move up their time table.
Numerous Equalist groups attacked seemingly random spots in the city. Tarlock summoned all of his forces and set to ambush them...only to be ripped to pieces within minutes...
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Tarlock desperately tried to keep his entrails from pouring out of his body. He looked around in disbelief. His task force...the Police...the militia...Gone all gone. What had started as his moment of triumph...had now become a massacre.
Tarlock looked up just as Amon walked over to him, proudly carrying one of those 'things' that had caused more death in a few minutes...then he'd seen his whole life!
"Wha- What are those things? How could such monstrous instruments exist!?"
Amon pressed the device to Tarlocks forehead. "This 'thing'...is a gun. Take a good look at it. For as it ended your men, so too shall it end the age of the Bender!
BANG!
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Lin was the only one to survive that whole debacle...the Equalists were quick to assume control of the city. She, bolin, and Mako fled. They had hoped that the United Forces would retake the city...those hopes were quickly dashed when the combined attack of a new type of aircraft and a strange light that shrank things destroyed the entire U.F. Fleet!
Thankfully Tenzin's family had been out of town at the time. After Korra went missing. They'd moved down there to help the search. She and the boys also decided to pitch in...
Which is what led to her being dragged through the snow by a crazy polar bear dog that was currently running at high speeds across the frozen tundra. "Naga's got the scent! Hold on!" Shouted Tonraq as he and the others ran after her. "Like I have a choice!" Shouts Lin between snow being shoved down her throat, for indeed her hand was frozen to the leash.
And so the chase continued...Right toward a mysterious crack hovering in mid-air...
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Wendy sighed at the sight of the flaming remains of the once beautiful giant tortoise...that they had to blow up to kill off the rampaging minotaurs that interrupted their date.
She then goes over to bandage the badly wounded Dipper. Dipper sighed. "I'm sorry I ruined everything." Said Dipper somberly.
Wendy gave him a weird look. "Wha? Dipper, this wasn't your fault! It was those jerks fault! I was having a great time until they showed up! Honest! Best date ever!"
Dipper again sighed. "And that's another thing! I was completely useless throughout the whole fight!"
Wendy rolled her eyes. "You were only 'useless' because you pushed me out of the way and took the trampling that was meant for me! Not to mention you were the one with the idea to blow up the tortoise to take them all out! Dipper, you really need to stop being so hard on yourself! Your awesome!" She then gives him a kiss for emphasis!
Dipper blushes. Then coughs nervously. "So...uh...would you be up to giving me another chance...'date-wise'?"
Wendy smirks. "You know it!...Although maybe just go to the arcade next time?" She asks. Dipper winces as he feels his ribs groan. "Sounds good to me."...
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Amon smiled down at defiant General Iroh...who was currently shrunk and stuck inside his equally miniaturized command ship...which was in a bottle.
The Lieutenant came up to him. "Sir, it was just as you predicted. They were so busy fighting the minotaurs, they didn't notice me at all when I snatched this-
He pulls out Dippers journal. "Odds are, they'll believe it was lost during the explosion."
Amon nods as he takes it. "Keep an eye on them just in case." He smirks as he looks down at the new journal. One journal was enough to bring down a city...what can two do for me?...
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TO BE CONTINUED?
AN: It's scary when a villian acts competent, isn't it? Especially in a kids show! That's what makes them great! What an age we live in, am I right?
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