Korra stared for a long moment, just to make sure what she was seeing was real. But yeah, it was. The scenery of Air Temple Island had disappeared and in its place was a view of a vast desert from the top of a tall and scraggly mountain peak. Korra froze for a second, her mind unable to understand what just happened.

"Spirits?" she called out. "Is this you?" Had she somehow journeyed into the Spirit World by mistake? That had never happened before. It took extreme concentration to do it in the first place. And this didn't look like any part of the Spirit World she recognized. Then again, she hadn't explored much of the place. But there were usually spirits moving around that she could see. Now, there was nothing but an empty wasteland ahead of her.

Taking a deep breath, she sat down and crossed her legs, concentrating on breaking whatever connection had sent her here. But when she meditated and looked inside, she found nothing. It wasn't just a lack of a connection, she couldn't find anything to connect to in the first place. She couldn't feel the Spirit World. Which was weird since she had to be in it? Or did she?

Korra reopened her eyes, taking another look at her surroundings. As she took in the vast wasteland around her and the scraggly peak she was on, she knew she wasn't in the Spirit World. But then, where was she? And why couldn't she feel the Spirit World? She should still be able to make a connection.

She pinched herself, but nope she was awake. She stood back up, assessing the situation. Ok, so she somehow had wound up in a desert in the middle of nowhere with no clue as to how she got here. Had she been drugged and kidnapped? Maybe. That made the most sense, honestly. But whoever had done it had been exceptionally good. But then why bring her here? And just leave her here? What was so special about this place?

She never did get to answer that question because at that moment, she felt the mountain shake. Not a lot, just a little tremble. But it was enough to get her attention. She frowned and peered at the ground again. A second, later there was another tremble, the dirt shaking. She crouched down to get see if she could try and feel it when she suddenly heard an enormous bellow from somewhere below her.

"What the?" she muttered, running to the edge of the cliff. She looked down but couldn't see anything, just sharp, jagged rocks. Then, out of the shadows she saw a vague shape rise in the air and then come back down. A second later, she felt the tremor reach her and her eyebrows flew up. Whatever was down there was packing a serious wallop. She wasn't entirely sure if she wanted to go down there and see what it was. But, then again, Tenzin always did say her curiosity got the better of her and today was no different. Besides, this might lead to a clue as to how she got here.

She spun her arms in a circle, summoning the winds around her to lift her up and drift her down to a small landing. She continued down, air swirling around her as she hopped her way from rock to rock. As she got closer, the tremors got louder but now she could make out other stuff. More bellows of rage but also cursing as well as taunts from someone else. It was a fight.

"Stay still you little ferret!" the loud voice bellowed again.

"Why would I do that?" another voice asked. "Why would I stay still just so you can smash me? I have to know if you asking that actually works." There came another loud tremor and then a few seconds later, "ha, missed me again!"

"RAWWRRR!"

Korra rounded the last corner, readying a stance to enter the fray when she stopped, gaping at the sight in front of her. A few minutes ago, she had decided she wasn't in the Spirit World. Now she had to go back on that as she took in the massive humanoid figure. He was over fifteen feet tall wielding a club nearly as long as his own height. He did have an overgrown belly but that did nothing to take away from his massive arms and savage teeth. As he lifted the club up again, Korra saw that he had one eye in the middle of his forehead as opposed to two. Also, strangely, he was wearing a large shirt that for some reason read GRAND SHEEP EXPO 2001. Korra didn't know what that meant and honestly didn't really want to. She didn't really see the other person as they kept ducking between the rocks to dodge the giant's strikes. But she could see that every now and then the person lunged and attacked the giant's feet with their sword, causing the giant to swear and swat at them but they disappeared too quickly.

Korra blinked, still trying to take it in. She had for a second thought that she might be in the Spirit World but now she realized that couldn't be true. As weird as the giant was, he wasn't some spirit. She could tell. He was real, flesh and blood. She didn't know if that was better or worse.

"Hrah!" the monster yelled, smashing through a stone formation next to him with his club. "Come out and fight. You cannot hide from me! You will pay for taking me here!"

Korra frowned at those words but she didn't have time to dwell on them as the second voice interrupted. "I didn't take you here, you giant pile of cow dung! I was brought here as we-"

Apparently, the second voice had made a mistake as soon as the girl talked, the giant focused on her voice and whirled around to her. He may have been overweight, but he was apparently very fast. He grabbed at the ground and cried out in victory as he pulled out a struggling girl in armor up in the air.

"Ha, I got you!" he roared in triumph. "No one defeats Polyphemus! I am the greatest cyclops of all! Now, tell me who you are and now tell me how you brought me to this strange place."

"I am Dame Liza Guerra of Freestone," the girl replied, still struggling fiercely to break free from the cyclops's grip but making no headway, her sword swinging uselessly in her arms. "And I have no idea how you got here. I have no idea how I got here! I just appeared out of nowhere and the next thing I know is you attacking me. Now let me go or you'll be really sorry!"

"You don't know?" Polyphemus asked, his tone a little softer.

"No, you thick, fat son of a lurker."

"Huh," Polyphemus nodded, taking that in. He then shrugged. "Oh well. Then the only use for you is a snack." He then opened his mouth wide, lifting Liza up.

"What?" she shrieked, struggling even harder. "I'm going to make you pay for this. I'm going to carve you up on the way down. I'm going to-"

Exactly what she would do, Korra wouldn't find out. She had finally shaken off her daze and decided to join in. She leapt off from the rock she was on, landing right in front of the giant. "Hey!" she yelled out, stopping him. "Put her down!"

"Another one?" Polyphemus asked, looking down at her, his large eye narrowing as he did. "Well, more food for me then."

"Not gonna happen, buddy," Korra replied. "You see, I didn't bring a sword." She then punched out with her arm and her powers responded, the earth in front of her shooting out and striking the giant in his eye. Polyphemus roared in rage and pain, stumbling back and crashing into several more rocks. He lost his grip on Liza and she instantly broke free, stabbing the cyclops in his hand as she dropped down and landed on her feet.

"You good?" Korra asked as she came up to her.

"Oh yeah," Liza replied, cracking her neck as she eyed the cyclops getting back up.

"You will pay for that!" Polyphemus yelled. "You cannot defeat me! I am the mightiest cyclops of all, greatest of the great! I have defeated Nobody!"

Korra frowned. "That's a weird thing to brag about."

Polyphemus lifted up his club, ready to bring it down on them. Liza instantly moved but Korra stayed where she was, readying her power. As the cyclops lifted the club to its highest point, she moved, punched upwards with her arm and the earth once more obeying her. This time, she summoned it up from right beneath the giant's legs, the rock shooting up directly between them right in the sensitive spot.

"WAAAHHHHH!" Polyphemus cried out, dropping his club and gripping his sore spot as he sank down to his knees. But Korra wasn't done yet. As the cyclops was down, she lunged forward and shot out another large rock that struck him right across his face. He roared in pain again, scrambling back as he tried to escape from her.

Korra stepped back, watching him carefully when she saw Liza staring at her with wide-eyed astonishment. "Whoa!" the girl exclaimed. "That was some powerful magic."

Korra frowned. What was magic? "Thanks," she said, a little uncertainly. "I'm Korra."

"Liza, but you probably already knew that. Now, shall we finish this beast off?" the girl turned to Polyphemus who was struggling to get back on his feet.

The giant glared down at Korra with a fury but as he did, Korra noticed something. His eye was badly scarred and webbed with cataracts. And the way he was looking at them, constantly blinking and straining.

"A godling," he muttered. "You took me by surprise. But you will not do that again. No one gets the best of Polyphemus. Not even Nobody!" Korra still had no idea what that meant. "I am the greatest cyclops for a reason."

Liza opened her mouth to say something but Korra stopped her, holding up her finger to her mouth. Liza frowned but nodded, still grasping her sword tightly. Korra then subtly flicked her fingers and caused some stones a ways away to click together, making it sound like someone moving over there.

Polyphemus instantly moved, inhumanly fast, even for someone of his size. He pounded his fists into the rocks that Korra had shifted and grunted, feeling nothing. Korra's eyes widened in realization. He really was blind. Or at least pretty close to it. He moved via sound, listening for his enemies' movements. She looked over and saw Liza had come to the same conclusion, looking a little amazed by it.

"Tricky godling, very tricky," Polyphemus said, moving his head around for them. "But it won't help you. I am the son of the great god Poseidon himself, lord of the seas! And I will not be bested by some tiny demigod. Many have tried and none have succeeded."

Korra frowned. Demigod? Poseidon? What was he talking about? But it didn't matter right now. As much as she would like to fight this monster until the end, she got the sense that he wasn't exaggerating in one aspect. He didn't look too bothered by having a rock shoved in his face or having a pillar of rock strike him between the legs. It would take a lot to take him down and Korra wasn't willing to risk that. She jerked her head at Liza to back away. Liza gave her a look, gesturing to her sword, but Korra shook her head in response. A sword wasn't going to kill him, unless they managed to hit him in exactly the right spot.

"I know you're still here," Polyphemus announced. "I can smell you. Your stench fills this area, and it smells delicious. Good enough to eat." He chuckled loudly at that and Korra felt her stomach flop at that in disgust. "You cannot escape me. I will find you and will swallow you whole."

"I guarantee I'll choke you on the way down," Liza muttered as she and Korra made their escape. Korra held up a finger again, tempted to shush her but she knew that would just make more noise. Fortunately, Polyphemus hadn't heard it, too busy rummaging around and growling under his breath.

Korra kept walking as quietly as possible. She wanted to rise up on the winds now and sail away but she wouldn't be able to move fast if she was carrying Liza and that cyclops had already proved he could move pretty fast if he wanted to. She wanted to get as far away from him as she could before making any such moves.

Unfortunately, Polyphemus could also be smart when he wanted to be.

"If you will not come to Polyphemus, then he will make you reveal yourself!" the giant roared and then smashed his hammer around, crashing through the rocks surrounding him and sending them flying everywhere. Liza cried out as she was struck in the shoulder and Korra raised her hands, deflecting a few before summoning an earthen wall around them. But it was too late.

"Found you!" Polyphemus bellowed and charged straight for them.

"Move!" Korra yelled, pushing Liza out of the way as she hurled several rocks at the rampaging giant but he just brushed them off this time, more prepared. Liza yelled and ran straight for him, sword raised but he simply reached down and grabbed her, lifting her up and squeezing tightly.

"You are like feisty girl!" he laughed. "But she died with Nobody. I didn't get to eat that day. Today will be a feast."

"How about a barbecue, you overinflated moo-sow!" Korra yelled at him as she rose with the winds into the air before summoning all the power she had and unleashed it directly into the cyclops's face as a blaze of burning fire. She kept up the torrent while also keeping herself aloft, focusing as much firepower as she could on the giant. His face had disappeared into the inferno and Korra was just about to stop when his hand whipped out from nowhere and wrapped around her, cutting off her bending.

"Ha, two feisty girls!" Polyphemus exclaimed. "Silly girl. Cyclops are immune to fire. Was like a breath of fresh air."

"Naturally," Korra grimaced, struggling to break free. But his grip was too tight that her arms and legs were trapped together, unable to move. In frustration, she managed a small kick of wind beneath her but that was it.

"Do you worst, monster!" Liza cried out from next to her. "I guarantee I'll carve up your throat on the way down."

"We'll see," Polyphemus grinned savagely before opening his mouth wide again, lifting them both up. Korra winced as she saw his disgusting teeth and salivating tongue as well as the dark chasm of his throat that she would soon be sliding down. She concentrated, preparing for one massive concentration of power when suddenly a rock flew by her, landing directly in the giant mouth and going straight down the throat.

Polyphemus choked, dropping both Korra and Liza as he clutched at his throat. Korra quickly whipped out a wisp of wind that lowered her and Liza safely to the ground. She then turned to see who their savior was and gaped again at what she saw. It was a figure at least twice her size and looked like he was covered in strange orange rocks. Except his eyes, nose, and mouth all appeared on the head, which meant those rocks were his actual skin.

"Yeah!" the humanoid said. "Nothin but net. That's how you do it!"

Polyphemus, it seemed, had managed to swallow the rock and was now looking murderously at the new figure. "I have had enough of eating rocks. Sheep are good eating. Satyrs are better eating. Demigods are also good eating. Rocks are not good eating. I will eat no more rocks!" He then lifted his hammer and slammed it down with full force on the figure.

Korra winced but when she looked again, her eyes widened as she saw the figure had caught it and was barely straining from the effort. He then yanked the club out of the cyclops's hands and threw it aside. Before Polyphemus could react, the figure latched onto his finger and pulled him down hard until they were eyelevel.

"You know what time it is, ugly?" the figure asked, raising his fist. "It's clobberin' time!"

He then punched the cyclops with all his strength right across the chin. Polyphemus fell backwards with a crash, demolishing several more rocks beneath him, his eyes rolling up as he moaned in pain.

"That's right," the figure nodded. "You just got laid out by the ever lovin' blue-eyed Thing. That's something to tell your grandkids about."

And we're back. Hope you liked all the new characters coming in. Some quick character descriptions:

Korra comes in after the last comic released, Ruins of the Empire.

Polyphemus is the one from the Percy Jackson books.

That was indeed the Thing aka Ben Grimm of the Fantastic Four and this version is the comic version, not one from either of those god awful movies.

Liza Guerra is a character that I don't think many of you have heard of if any. She's a protagonist in the series The Adventurers Guild which is a great series by the way. She was the leader of the new recruits and a total badass so I really wanted to bring her in. If you haven't read those books, I highly recommend them.

Til next time, keep reading stuff and please leave a review if you can.