It was very early in the morning.
In the basement of an unknown house there was some sort of large metal box with some vents at the top and the only light in that basement was from a lamp that was hanging over the metal box.
It was then that the door to the basement at the top of the stairs opened and Korra could be seen paralyzed and moaning a little from the pain, as Tarrlok was behind her and lifting her into the air with the bloodbending as they advanced down the stairs.
Tarrlok continued to carry the Avatar until he got her into the metal box.
"What are you doing?" asked Korra as she whimpered a little before Tarrlok released her from bloodbending and quickly locked her inside the metal box. "Tarrlok! You can't keep me in here forever!" shouted Korra as she banged on the door of the box from inside.
Unfortunately, Tarrlok left the basement, leaving the Avatar locked in there.
After leaving the house where he locked Korra, Tarrlok got into his vehicle and drove off back to the city, revealing that this house was in the middle of some snowy mountains, far away from any civilization.
A short time later, on Air Temple Island, the phone was ringing in the room where Tenzin, Pema and Meelo were sleeping peacefully.
Meelo was the first to get up at the ringing of the phone and, stepping over his father, waking him up in the process, picked up the phone.
"Who is this? It's six in the morning! This better be important!" said Meelo before his father took the phone from him to speak.
"Councilman Tenzin here." said Tenzin before the person on the other end of the line said something that made his eyes widen in horror. "What?!"
Later, Tenzin arrived at the council meeting room where several policemen were investigating the site and Chief Saikhan was next to Tarrlok, who was sitting while a waterbender dressed his wounds.
A photographer was taking pictures of various areas of the site where there was an electrified glove and bolas wrapped around a pillar.
"What happened? What was Korra doing at City Hall?" asked Tenzin approaching Tarrlok for answers.
"As I told Chief Saikhan, Korra came to my office late last night. She was upset that I arrested her friends, specially the dinosaurs. She asked me to release them and… that's when the Equalists attacked. I tried to protect Korra, but we were outnumbered. Then, I was electrocuted." said Tarrlok.
However, what actually happened was that he left those tests behind and injured himself with the electrified glove to cover his tracks.
"When I came to, the police had arrived. But Korra was gone. I'm so sorry. Chief Saikhan, mobilize the entire police force. We have to find the Avatar." said Tarrlok.
Elsewhere, Lin was in her room sleeping peacefully when suddenly, the radio came on.
"We interrupt your regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you this special report." began the announcer as Lin woke up. "Late last night, Equalists attacked City Hall." gave the announcer, causing Lin's eyes to widen in surprise before she turned up the volume on the radio to hear everything perfectly.
"Subduing Councilman Tarrlok and capturing Avatar Korra. Details are still coming in, b…" the announcer said before Lin turned off the radio and got out of bed.
She opened a locker where she kept her police uniform and after taking off her shirt, she used metalbending to put on her uniform.
After that, she glanced at her police badge and remembering that she was no longer affiliated with it, she took it off.
At the police station, Asami was lying on the bed in her cell when suddenly, the door folded like paper and was ripped out of place by Lin.
"Hope you got enough beauty rest. Come on, I'm busting you out." said Lin.
"Thanks. I owe you." said Asami following the former police chief.
In another cell, Bolin was sobering up while his brother was on his back to give him privacy.
"Are you done yet?" asked Mako impatiently.
"Cover your ears! I can't go with you listening." said Bolin.
Mako groaned as he covered his ears with his hands just as Lin ripped off their cell door with metalbending.
"Asami!" said Mako happy to see his girlfriend free before they both hugged and kissed.
"Ahh!" cried Bolin out of embarrassment for the people present as he went about his business. "A little privacy, please." said Bolin with a red face of embarrassment.
"Are you all right?" asked Mako.
"I'm fine! It's so good to see you." said Asami.
"Hate to break up your lovers' reunion, but Korra's in trouble. Amon captured her." said Lin to the horror of those present, especially Mako.
"No. No, she can't be gone!" said Mako in shock.
"Come on, we have a hero to free and an Avatar to rescue.." said Lin stepping aside to let Mako and Asami pass.
Bolin was about to leave as well, but then, Lin used metalbending to zipper up Bolin's pants zipper, much to his embarrassment.
"Your fly was down." said Lin before continuing on her way.
"Thanks for catching that." said Bolin following her with a reddened face.
Izuku was still sitting on the floor of his cell.
He could have broken free at any time, but doing so could mean more trouble for Korra and Tenzin.
"Izuku, are you all right?!" asked Mako, to the green-haired boy's surprise.
"Mako, is that you?" asked Izuku.
"Listen, let's get you free." said Mako from behind the door.
"Why? What happened?" asked Izuku.
"It's Korra. She's been kidnapped by Amon." said Mako.
That made Izuku's eyes widen in horror.
When he had that feeling last night, he was afraid it was really true, but after what the firebender said, there was no doubt.
Korra was in danger.
Outside the cell, Lin was about to use metalbending to push the door aside, but then, they saw from the grate a flash of green sparks and before they could ask about it, there was an explosion inside the cell.
Quickly, Lin pushed the door aside and the four of them saw on the cell wall a hole leading to the outside and standing in front of the hole was Izuku, who had broken free from his restraints with his Quirk.
"Wait, Izuku!" said Mako trying to stop the green-haired boy, but he took a huge leap outward and landed on the roof of one building before jumping onto another.
Lin and the others stood around watching the light-haired man walk off into the distance.
"But where is he going?" asked Bolin in confusion.
"Isn't it obvious? He's gone to look for his sister." said Asami.
"Let's leave it at that. There's nothing we can do about it now." said Mako.
"Looks like the kid couldn't wait and we can't wait either. Let's go." said Lin.
Izuku used his Quirk to jump back and forth across the city.
He couldn't shake that uneasy feeling.
It was just like when the League of Villains kidnapped Katsuki and he couldn't do anything to stop it.
He and his friends may have rescued him in the end, but that wouldn't have happened if it weren't for the professional heroes and All Might.
Even though he was in another world with its rules and laws, he couldn't stand by and wait for the authorities to investigate and search for her.
Even if he was going to act against the law, even if it would cause him to be considered a criminal, there was only one thing he cared about more than anything else and that was saving his 'sister'.
"Korra, I'm going to save you. I promise." thought Izuku with pure determination.
Back at the house in the mountains, Korra banged on the door of the box relentlessly, intending to open it with sheer force, but she hadn't even put a dent in it.
"Somebody! Help! Please!." cried Korra pleading for help, even though she knew no one would be there to hear her. "Please." said Korra in desperation as she sat leaning against the walls of the box.
It was then, when she remembered something Izuku said.
"If you're having those visions, it's possible that Aang's spirit is trying to tell you something. Something important." said Izuku in Korra's memory.
Determined to find out the meaning of those visions, Korra began to meditate and concentrate on the visions she has been having.
For a while, nothing happened, but then, her mind went into the visions, but this time, they weren't small images or memories.
It was a complete memory, as if she was seeing it in person.
Flashback
Aang was staring into nothingness when he heard footsteps behind him and turned around.
"What are you doing here, Aang? I told you, I have this under control." said Toph along with several police officers.
"Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't get involved, but if what those victims said is true, we're not dealing with a normal criminal." said Aang.
"Fine. Follow me, Twinkle Toes." said Toph accepting her friend's joining the mission as they marched off somewhere.
"Toph, I'm forty years old. You think you could stop with the nicknames?" asked Aang.
"'Fraid not." said Toph with a smile before Aang followed her and the policemen.
Now the group was inside an empty restaurant, except for one table where the mystery man from the visions was dining with two bodyguards on either side.
"It's over! You're under arrest, Yakone!" said Toph pointing a finger at the mystery man.
"What is Republic City coming to? Used to be, a man could enjoy his lunch in peace." said Yakone with a smile.
Suddenly, Toph threw a metal rope at him which tangled in the hand holding chopsticks, losing his grip on them.
Toph then pulled on the rope, pulling Yakone forward, knocking over the table in the process, before being grabbed by a policeman.
The bodyguards tried to act, but were also grabbed.
"What's the big idea?" asked Yakone as the policeman put his hands behind his back.
"We have dozens of witnesses, Yakone. We know what you are." said Aang.
"Take him away." ordered Toph before a couple of cops took the criminal away.
"I've beaten every trumped-up charge you yahoos have brought against me! And I'll beat this one, too." said Yakone with a confident smile.
Korra opened her eyes as soon as she finished with that memory from the past.
"Whoa. I finally connected with you, Aang. But, what are you trying to tell me? A way out of this box would be nice." said Korra before turning her attention back to the visions to try to figure out their meaning.
Meanwhile, Tenzin was in the middle of a call when Lin and the rest of Team Avatar walked in, much to the airbender's surprise.
"I have to go. Call me back the minute you hear anything." said Tenzin before hanging up the phone to attend to his 'guests'. "Lin? W-w-what are y… What are y… You should be in the hospital! And you three! You should be in prison!" said Tenzin.
"I figured you could use our help finding Korra." said Lin monotonously.
"Wait, where's Izuku?" asked Tenzin noticing the lack of the green-haired boy.
"He left on his own as soon as he heard about Korra." said Lin.
"What?" asked Tenzin surprised by the green-haired boy's act.
"That doesn't matter now. Do you have any leads?" asked Mako.
"I've been on the phone all morning, but nothing yet." said Tenzin approaching the group surrounding his desk.
"We need Naga! She can track Korra." said Mako knowing of the polar bear dog's scenting abilities.
"I'm afraid her polar bear dog is missing as well." said Tenzin to his and everyone's chagrin.
"Then where do we start?" asked Bolin.
"My guess is the Equalists are hiding underground in the maze of tunnels beneath the city." said Lin.
"Underground… just like my father's secret factory. Figures." said Asami with her arms crossed and a frown on her face, as she still feels bad about her father's betrayal.
"Yeah! Yeah, that makes sense! When those chi-blockers had me in their truck, it sounded like we drove into a tunnel!" said Bolin having a brief flashback to when he was captured by the Equalists.
Hearing that, a click went off in Mako's head.
"I know where to start looking! Come on!" said Mako with a smile before walking out of the room with the rest of Team Avatar following him, leaving the two adults behind.
"Wherever Amon is keeping Korra, I bet that's where my officers are too." said Lin remembering the ones taken on the night of the Sato Mansion raid.
"Let's bring them all home, Lin." said Tenzin.
Later, the group was on top of Oogi who was flying towards the square where Korra, Izuku and Mako had their first confrontation with the Equalists.
Once he landed, they all climbed down.
"The truck with Bolin took off down this alley." said Mako before running in said direction with the others following in his wake.
"Which way?" asked Asami as the group stopped in the middle of an intersection.
"Hmm. This way kinda… smells familiar." said Bolin.
Lin used seismic sense to scan the area, managing to find in that way, something interesting.
"There's a tunnel nearby." said Lin pointing in a direction they all went.
On the way, they went down a ramp into a canal.
"There!" shouted Mako as they all saw an entrance to a tunnel that was closed by an iron gate, but what caught their attention, were the footprints in the area, left by the snow.
"Motorcycle tracks." said Lin examining the tracks closely.
"Yes, and Korra has to be in there… somewhere." said Mako.
At that moment, Lin used metalbending to lift the gate.
Izuku continued his search throughout the city until he landed on the roof of a building near the city limits.
He looked around quickly, searching for any clue to Korra's whereabouts or any Equalist base, as it was suspected that they had kidnapped her.
"Damn it. I can't find her anywhere." said Izuku in frustration at making no progress in the search. "*Sigh* Maybe I should meet up with the others. They might have some clue."
Suddenly, just as he was about to turn around to leave, he noticed something out of the corner of his eye and turned his gaze down to see something white and large running through the streets heading towards the outskirts of the city.
Izuku let out a gasp of surprise, as he recognized that something perfectly.
"Naga!" shouted Izuku jumping off the building to land in front of the polar bear dog, causing her to stop.
Shortly after that, Naga began to lick the green-haired boy's face, causing him to laugh.
"Haha. It's good to see you too, precious." said Izuku pulling her aside to pet her before giving her a serious expression. "Tell me, do you know where Korra is?" asked Izuku, as he knew that with Naga's nose, he would have a better chance of finding her.
Naga answered him with a bark.
"Then you have to lead me to her. We need to find her as soon as possible." said Izuku climbing onto Naga's back before the polar bear dog proceeded to run in the direction of the mountains.
"Hang in there, Korra. We're on our way." thought Izuku.
The group entered the canal, with Mako providing light with some flames in his hands.
They continued walking until they reached a point where the path split into several tunnels.
"Let's try this way." said Mako.
"And what if Korra's not down there?" asked Asami.
"Then we pick another tunnel until we find her!" said Mako before he proceeded to follow the path he pointed out.
Asami frowned at that, as she could see how much the firebender cared about Korra.
As the group walked through the tunnel, Asami, who was behind them with Bolin, decided to find out a certain topic.
"Hey, is Mako all right? He seems really worried about Korra." said Asami to Bolin.
"Yeah, we all are!" said Bolin.
"I know, but, he's your brother." began Asami before leaning a little towards the earthbender and covering one side of her mouth with the back of her hand. "Do you think he likes Korra as more than just a friend?"
"Haha. W-What? No! That's, just gossip, where'd you hear that? Crazy talk is coming out of your mouth right now. Heh…" said Bolin with a smile, trying to pretend he didn't know anything, but Asami noticed from the start and put her hand on his shoulder.
"What do you know, Bolin? Come on, spill it." said Asami.
"Nothing! I mean, there was this one time during the tournament when Mako and Korra kissed, but…" said Bolin revealing that romantic act.
"They… kissed?" asked Asami in shock at the revelation.
"Believe me, I was upset too, but, I'm over it. I don't think it meant anything." said Bolin.
"I doubt that." Asami said sadly before continuing on her way.
Suddenly, the group heard behind them the sound of a vehicle engine and when they turned around they saw a pair of lights approaching them.
"Hide!" said Lin as Mako extinguished the flame in his hand and the group moved to the side to hide behind a pillar.
From their hiding place, they could see a pair of Equalist bikers running down the tunnel.
Suddenly, one of them pulled a small lever that caused a hidden door to open in the middle of the tunnel through which the bikers entered before it closed.
Once the coast was clear, the group approached the area where the hidden door was located.
Lin slid her hand along the wall and when she found what he was looking for, she used metalbending to activate the opening mechanism behind the door, causing the hidden door to open.
Once done, the group entered the secret grotto, the door closing shortly after.
Eventually, they came to a room full of vehicles, along with a couple of Equalist soldiers loading some crates into a vehicle that was connected to the rails of a tunnel.
"That tram goes to the training camp." ordered one Equalist soldier before other soldiers led the vehicle the boxes were in out of the room down the tunnel.
Shortly after, another vehicle arrived from the other tunnel from which another Equalist soldier got out.
"Everything was delivered to the prison, sir." said the newly arrived Equalist soldier.
"That's where they must be keeping Korra." said Tenzin.
"We need to get down that tunnel." said Lin before making a 'follow me' gesture with her hand.
They quickly got into the vehicle and drove it down the tunnel it came through.
On the other side of the tunnel, a pair of Equalist soldiers were on guard duty when an alarm sounded that someone was arriving.
That's when the vehicle the group was in appeared, only to find it empty, much to the soldiers' confusion.
"It's empty!" said one Equalist soldier.
"Yeah, I can see that." said the other Equalist soldier.
Suddenly, a pair of metal ropes wrapped around them before they were pulled into the tunnel.
Soon after, the two soldiers were bound and unconscious.
Lin, Mako and Tenzin climbed up some stairs.
"You, keep an eye on them." said Lin to those who remained behind before using seismic sense to survey the area for anything important. "My officers are inside."
"What about Korra?" asked Mako with concern.
"I don't see her yet." said Lin.
The first group reached the cell area, but as soon as they rounded a corner, they were met by two Equalist soldiers who drew their bolas before throwing them, but Tenzin launched a stream of air that neutralized the bolas and threw the soldiers against the wall, knocking them down in the process.
As Lin continued on her way, Mako approached the soldiers, grabbed one by the collar of his suit, lifted him up and removed his mask.
"Avatar Korra. Where are you keeping her?" asked Mako wanting answers right away.
Lin finally reached the cell where the policemen who had been captured by the Equalists were dejected and depressed.
Using metalbending, Lin bent the railings to make a hole through which they would escape.
"Chief Beifong?" said one of the policemen in mild surprise.
"I'm too late. That monster already took your bending, didn't he?" asked Lin, receiving a nod from the policeman. "I'm so sorry." said Lin disappointed for not being on time. "Come on, let's gets you out of here." said Lin before leaving the cell with the imprisoned policemen.
"I'll ask you one more time." began Mako lifting the Equalist soldier higher before covering his fist with fire to threaten. "Where is she?"
"We don't have the Avatar, and the Equalists didn't attack City Hall. Tarrlok's lying." said the Equalist soldier.
"What?" asked Mako confused as he pulled the soldier down to his level.
"I scanned the entire prison." said Lin arriving on the scene with the policemen. "Korra's not here."
"Why would Tarrlok make up a story about getting attacked?" asked Mako not understanding what was going on.
"Because he has Korra. He fooled us all!" said Tenzin realizing the truth.
Suddenly, an alarm went off all over the place and the group ran off to meet up with the others.
"Let's go, people!" shouted Bolin as he and the others jumped into the vehicle to get out of that area as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, as they were in the tunnel, Mako turned his head to see another vehicle approaching them from behind and what was worse was that there were several Equalist soldiers in it.
Bolin pushed his brother out of the way and used earthbending to cause the tunnel walls to collapse between them and their pursuers.
"Try to chi-block that, fools!" said Bolin.
Unfortunately, Lin discovered that at the end of the tunnel the lieutenant and a large group of Equalist soldiers were waiting for them.
"We've got more company!" said Lin before using metalbending to bend a metal beam above her into the shape of a ramp. "Hang on!" shouted Lin as the vehicle they were in slid up the beam upwards and Lin used earthbending to open a hole in the roof, allowing them to reach the floor above, where the vehicle slid a bit before stopping.
After that, Lin opened a hole in the roof that led to the outside.
Back at the mountain house, Korra continued her deep meditation to find out more about these visions.
Flashback
In the council meeting room, Yakone's trial was underway.
"Yakone has ruled Republic City's criminal empire for years. Yet he has always managed to stay out of the law's reach, until now. You will hear testimony, from dozens of his victims, and they will tell you, Yakone has maintained his grip on the underworld by using an ability that has been illegal for decades. Bloodbending." the prosecutor said.
"The prosecution's entire case is built upon the make-believe notion that my client is able to bloodbend at will, at any time on any day. I remind the council that bloodbending is an incredibly rare skill and it can only be performed during a full moon. Yet, the witnesses will claim that my client used bloodbending at every other time except during a full moon. It would be a mockery of justice to convict a man of a crime that is impossible to commit." said the defense attorney.
Yakone stood all the while with a smile of victory, as he seemed to have freedom in his pocket.
Later, the board members returned to the courtroom after they had been debating on their final decision.
"Councilman Sokka will now deliver the verdict." said the bailiff announced as Sokka stood up and turned to the crowd.
"In my years, I have encountered people born with rare and unique bending abilities. Why, I once bested a man with my trusty boomerang who was able to firebend with his mind. Why, even metalbending was considered impossible for all of history until our esteemed Chief of Police, Toph Beifong, singlehandedly developed the skill. The overwhelming amount of testimony and evidence has convinced this council that Yakone is one of these unique benders and he exploited his ability to commit these heinous crimes. We find Yakone guilty of all charges and sentence him to life in prison." said Sokka as he banged the gavel as a sign that the session was over.
The defense attorney crumpled up a piece of paper before throwing it away in frustration at his defeat as Yakone rose from his seat with a sinister smile.
Suddenly, Yakone used bloodbending with his eyes to bend Sokka's arm backwards, making him scream in pain.
Not only him, but he also used his power of bending on all the council members, making them groan in pain as their bodies became paralyzed.
Toph decided to act fast and threw a metal rope at him, but Yakone turned his gaze towards her to use bloodbending on her as well, paralyzing her in the process.
Yakone laughed evilly as he turned his head back to see Aang in the same situation as the other people in the room as he tried to reach out to catch him.
Korra groaned a little from the pain, as it was as if she was living the experience herself.
Meanwhile, at the town hall, the group met with the other council members who were being guarded by Saikhan.
"Thank you all for meeting us on such short notice." said Tenzin.
"Chief." said Lin to the new police chief.
"Lin." said Saikhan to the former police chief.
"Have you news of Avatar Korra?" asked Tarrlok approaching them from behind.
"We do. You kidnapped her, Tarrlok!" said Tenzin pointing his finger at the waterbender councilman.
"I am shocked you would accuse me of such an evil act!" said Tarrlok with false surprise. "I already explained: Equalists attacked us and took her!"
"But there were no chi-blockers here last night. You planted the evidence, didn't you?" asked Tenzin.
"That is a ridiculous accusation!" said Tarrlok.
"It's true! He took her!" said the council messenger who was peeking out from behind a pillar on the upper floor, drawing everyone's attention. "I was here when Avatar Korra arrived last night, but Councilman Tarrlok ordered me to leave. I was on my way out when I saw Tarrlok bring her down to the garage."
Briefly, a flashback was shown in which the council messenger was seen hiding as he watched Tarrlok lock Korra in the vehicle before driving off.
"That is nonsense! Everyone knows you're nothing but a squeaky-voiced liar!" said Tarrlok trying to defend himself.
"Why did you wait until now to 'fess up?" asked Lin crossing his arms.
"I was terrified to tell because…" began the council messenger before finding the courage to confess. "Because Tarrlok is a bloodbender! He bloodbent Avatar Korra!" said the council messenger revealing the great truth.
Everyone present let out a gasp of horror at that revelation.
"Don't make this worse for yourself. Tell us where you have Korra." said Tenzin taking a position of bending, along with Lin.
Tarrlok stepped forward and Tenzin threw a blast of wind while Lin threw a metal rope, but then, their bodies suddenly froze as they groaned in pain, as did everyone present.
Tarrlok used his bloodbending until they were all unconscious.
Faced with the situation, Tarrlok had no choice but to flee the scene.
Sometime later, most of the group began to wake up from their unconsciousness.
"Wake up!" shouted Lin slapping Tenzin, managing to wake him up completely.
"Ughh! Man! I had this awful dream that Korra was taken by this evil bloodbender. So weird." said Bolin having woken up.
"Bolin, that really happened. He knocked us out." said Asami.
"Are you serious? Where is he? Is he here right now?" asked Bolin looking around for the bloodbender.
"Tarrlok is long gone. I'll alert the whole force." said Saikhan before leaving with the rest of the council members.
"We've only been out for a little while. Maybe we can still pick up Tarrlok's trail." said Lin.
"It could lead us to Korra! Let's go." said Tenzin before the group went to try and find some clue as to where the bloodbender went, hoping that would lead them to Korra.
Back with Korra, she was trying to look beyond what happened after the Yakone trial.
Flashback
Despite still being handcuffed, Yakone was able to use bloodbending on everyone present.
He then had Toph grab the handcuff key and then lifted her towards him before using the key to remove the handcuffs.
After rubbing his wrists, he moved his arms so as to render everyone present unconscious except Aang, who was still trying to stay conscious despite the paralysis and pain.
Yakone turned around before using bloodbending to lift the Avatar up and put his hands behind his back.
"Yakone. You won't get away with this!" said Aang.
Yakone laughed evilly at his winning situation.
"Republic City's mine, Avatar. I'll be back one day to claim it." said Yakone before throwing the Avatar down the stairs, knocking him down in the process, which he took the opportunity to flee.
Outside the town hall, Yakone grabbed a carriage pulled by an animal and slapping the reins, the animal ran off as it pulled the carriage.
Inside the town hall, Aang was still unconscious until, suddenly, his tattoo began to glow and he snapped his eyes open, showing it as bright as his tattoo.
A sign that he had entered the Avatar State for a moment before the glow went away.
Quickly, Aang exited the town hall on a huge sphere of air which he used to reach Yakone.
Yakone let out a gasp of horror when he saw Aang at his side and before he could react, Aang launched a cutting wave of wind that sliced through the animal's reins, causing the carriage to fall and slide a bit before coming to a stop.
Aang circled the air sphere around the carriage in search of the bloodbender.
He waited patiently until suddenly the carriage door opened and Yakone peeked out before using bloodbending to attack Aang and make him undo the air sphere, causing him to fall to the ground.
Yakone got out of the carriage and approached the fallen Avatar, who looked up to see him.
"This time I'm gonna put you to sleep for good!" said Yakone ready to finish the Avatar off.
Yakone used bloodbending to lift him into the air while he was paralyzed and groaning in pain.
Yakone intended to make his limbs spin completely around to break them, but then, Aang entered the Avatar State again, managing to break free from bloodbending and emitting a breeze of wind that surprised Yakone.
Aang landed on the ground before using earthbending to lock Yakone up, leaving his head outside the earth prison.
"Nooo..." moaned Yakone as Aang put his right thumb on the bloodbender's forehead and left hand on his chest.
"I'm taking away your bending, for good." said Aang.
Yakone groaned in despair and horror as Aang entered the Avatar State to take away his bending powers permanently.
Yakone was knocked unconscious after that as Aang backed up a bit as he gasped in exhaustion.
"It's over." said Aang.
As the memory completely ended, Korra's eyes widened as she understood what the former Avatar was trying to tell her.
"Aang… this whole time… you were trying to warn me about Tarrlok." said Korra discovering the truth.
It was then that she heard the basement door open.
"My life is a disaster now, thanks to you." said Tarrlok approaching the metal box.
"So your little bloodbending secret's out?" asked Korra with a cheeky grin. "And I know how you bloodbent me without a full moon. You're Yakone's son." revealed Korra.
"I was his son, but in order to win Republic City, I had to become someone else. My father failed because he tried to rule the city from its rotten underbelly. My plan was perfect. I was to be the city's savior. But you, you ruined everything!" said Tarrlok admitting his evil plans and his ancestry.
"Tarrlok, the jig is up and you have nowhere to go." said Korra.
"Oh no. No, I'll escape and start a new life. And you're coming as my hostage." said Tarrlok as he climbed the stairs.
"You'll never get away with this!" shouted Korra banging on the door of the box.
Tarrlok was suddenly horrified when, as he emerged from the basement, he ran into Amon, the lieutenant and several Equalist soldiers.
"Amon!" said Tarrlok in horror at the sight of the masked man.
Korra heard this and gasped in horror at it.
"It is time for you to be equalized." said Amon as his minions drew their weapons to attack.
"You fool! You've never faced bending like mine." said Tarrlok with a smirk of arrogance before using bloodbending to take down the lieutenant and the soldiers.
Amon began to advance towards him, scaring the bloodbender who tried to do the same to him.
Despite Amon being paralyzed for a moment, he broke free of bloodbending and continued on his way as Tarrlok, horrified by this, backed up until he ran into the wall.
"What? What are you?" asked Tarrlok.
"I am the solution." said Amon before grabbing Tarrlok's right arm, placing it over his back before placing his right hand on the back of his neck and the other hand on his forehead.
"AAHH!" shouted Tarrlok, whose scream could be heard even in the metal box.
Tarrlok was knocked unconscious after losing his powers forever to the masked man.
Just then, Amon's subordinates woke up and stood up.
"I'll take care of him. You four retrieve the Avatar. Do not underestimate her. Electrocute the box to knock her out before you open it." said Amon carrying Tarrlok on his shoulders.
"My pleasure." said the lieutenant.
Korra had to quickly think of an idea to avoid being captured by the Equalists, but there seemed to be no way she could free herself from the box or escape electrocution until she saw her right armband.
"It's payback time." said the lieutenant, who was in the basement with the Equalist soldiers, before striking the metal box with his electrified sticks, sending a shock throughout the object as Korra could be heard from outside screaming in pain.
What was actually happening was that Korra had used her armband as a rope to keep herself hanging from the bars above.
Despite this, some of the electricity hit her, but it was much less compared to what it would have been like if she had touched any part of the box.
The lieutenant continued to throw electric shocks at the box until the bulb in the chandelier above it exploded.
"Open the box." the lieutenant said as an Equalist soldier opened the box and they all saw Korra unconscious. "Tie her up."
But before they went to do so, Korra, who had pretended to be unconscious, launched from her foot a burst of fire so powerful that it hit all the enemies.
Korra stepped through the fire, which melted soon after, before ducking to dodge an incoming bolas and then slamming her fist into the ground, thus launching an earth wave that knocked them completely down, something she took advantage of to quickly escape.
Amon was putting Tarrlok into the van when he heard a rumbling in the house behind him and turned in time to see Korra come out of the house through the door.
Korra stood in front of Amon and reacting quickly, threw snow blades that turned into ice blades, but Amon dodged them before charging towards her and Korra wasted no time in trying to escape.
Amon passed through the smokescreen generated by the attack and chased after the Avatar, but Korra kept running until she ran into a slope down which she slid.
Fortunately, Amon stopped before reaching the slope just as the rest of his minions reached his side.
"I thought I told you not to underestimate her." said Amon.
Meanwhile, Korra was sliding down the snow as if she were on a board, but a branch caused her to fall backwards and slide into a tree, knocking her unconscious in the process, in the middle of a forest, during a small storm.
Shortly thereafter, a pair of Equalist soldiers came sliding into the same spot.
They were about to grab the Avatar when...
"Manchester Smash!" shouted Izuku coming down towards them with his leg stretched out.
Although the Equalists dodged the attack, Izuku's blow to the snowy ground caused a wave of snow to hit them, knocking them down in the process.
Once he was sure there were no more enemies nearby, he focused on a much more important matter.
"Korra, are you all right?!" asked Izuku raising the Avatar's head slightly as Naga approached them.
Naga licked her face, managing to get him to wake up.
"Izuku, Naga." said Korra surprised to see them.
"Thank goodness. We got here in time." said Izuku happy to have saved her.
"You came looking for me." said Korra.
"Don't worry. Everything will be all right. Because I'm already here." said Izuku with a toothy smile, which Korra returned before falling asleep.
Izuku stood up as he carried Korra bridal style before laying her down on Naga's back.
"Let's go home, Naga." said Izuku as he climbed onto the polar bear dog's back.
Without further ado, Naga proceeded to head back to the city with her two passengers.
In the middle of the night, in Republic City, Oogi was flying over the city with the group on his back.
It was then that they heard a howl.
"That sounds like Naga!" said Mako before Tenzin pulled the reins of the flying bison to go in the direction the howl came from. "Down there!" shouted Mako when they saw Naga.
Naga stopped in front of Oogi who landed on the ground, allowing the group to get off of him.
"Korra!" shouted Tenzin as Korra woke up. "Oh, thank goodness." said Tenzin as he and Lin walked over there.
"Where's Tarrlok? How did you get away? And how did you find her, Izuku?" asked Lin.
"We'll talk about that later. Now give her some space." said Izuku climbing down from Naga as he picked up Korra in a bridal position and carrying her towards Oogi.
In the middle of the way, Mako approached them and smiled at the sight of her friend safe and sound.
Meanwhile, Asami looked sad at how Mako was acting towards Korra.
"I was so worried. Are you all right?" asked Mako.
"I'm fine. I'm glad you're here." said Korra turning her gaze to the firebender with a smile.
Izuku climbed on top of Oogi with Mako and let Korra sleep in her seat.
"You're safe now." said Mako brushing a few hairs away from the Avatar's face.