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A/N: A Fox In Middleton will be up later today or tomorrow at the latest as that's still being Beta'd.

Beta: Chaos-PSD.

Book Five

Epilogue

Chapter II

Gang Crackdown!

Police are on the move! Lin's Police Force and Naruto's Task Force work together to get the Triple Threat Triads and Creeping Crystal Triads off the streets all while stopping their gang war. Can they overcome the odds and stop these gangs before they take over?

Republic City.

"Republic City a metropolis in turmoil. Like a wild moose-lion, crime runs rampant. Innocent citizens go about their days, oblivious to the fact that a shadowy force threatens their very existence. The city's only hope lies with two brothers..."

Mako and Bolin are sitting in a wagon truck, and Bolin is giving his narration as they drive. "Both are on a search for justice... and themselves."

"Okay, enough with the narration. We're not filming a mover." Mako sighed as he drove.

Bolin clenches his fists in excitement at that idea. "But maybe we should! Varrick could make a docu-mover about us. We could call it: Mako and Bolin: On the Beat. or how about, Good Cop, Bad Cop?"

"Let me guess, I'm the bad cop in that scenario?"

"Well, I certainly can't be. I'm a boyish charmer. You're the brooding, mysterious, older brother. I'm sorry, but you're not a good enough actor to play against type." Bolin smiled at that

"Neither are you. You think being Nuktuk was a stretch?"

"Hey! That role had a lot of range!"

"Skoochy! The kid we're out here looking for?"

Mako pointed as they looked at the steps to the entrance of an apartment building, where several street children, Skoochy included, were loitering around. As the wagon approaches, one of the children notices it and points at it.

"Coppers! Everyone split!"

The street kids take off running in every direction as the wagon screeches to a stop, and Bolin jumps out of it.

Bolin earthbends a wall spanning the width of the alley from the ground, right in front of Skoochy. "Nowhere to go now!"

"That's what you think!" Skoochy keeps on running, before jumping up and grabbing onto the top of the wall with one hand, quickly climbing over it and waving to Bolin as he does so. "See ya around, slowpoke!"

"Aw, come on!"

Skoochy lands on the other side of the wall to find himself facing Mako, who had come around the other end of the alley to cut him off. "Not so fast, kid."

Mako grabs Skoochy by the front of his shirt and holds him against the wall. "Hey, hey, hey! Hands off the duds."

"It's been a while, Skoochy. How have you been?"

"Doin' fine until you two mooks showed up."

As they talk, Bolin earthbends the wall out of the way and comes over to the pair. "Oh, good, you got him. He gave me the slip!"

"What do you want, anyway?" Skoochy asked Mako.

"Word is you might know where the Triple Threats' new hideout is."

"And how would I know that? Been livin' on the straight and narrow these days."

Mako dropped Skoochy before looking down. "Yeah, right. Then where'd a street rat like you get such nice clothes?"

"I found 'em."

As Mako questions him about being involved with the Triple Threats. Skoochy continually denies it, until Bolin runs out of patience and shouts at him to stop lying and answer the questions. Mako tells his brother to calm down and persuades Skoochy to help them by relating his involvement with the Triple Threats, and telling Skoochy that people could die if the police do not find Tokuga.

Skoochy tells them that the Triple Threats are based in an abandoned warehouse at the docks, before running off. After he leaves, Bolin apologizes to Mako for getting angry and remarks that he had it backward on which of the brothers was the good cop and the bad cop. Mako just says that they should find Tokuga and that he will call Lin for backup.

Construction Site.

Asami sat at her desk and looked over a blueprint. Suddenly, three people move past the window, before Asami turns away from her blueprint to look out the window. "Hello...?"

Still looking out the window, Asami pulls open one of the desk's drawers and reaches inside with her right hand. She blushed as she touched one of their toys before moving to the right just as Creeping Crystal members came to the door and opened it. Jargala's two subordinates enter the office first, followed by their boss, who walks in wearing a diagonally-draped green dress and sits on the edge of Asami's desk, crossing her legs as she does so. Asami's right-hand remains in the desk drawer as she narrows her eyes at Jargala, clearly unhappy with her intrusion.

"Can I help you?"

Jargala smiled at her. "Actually, we're here to help you, sweetheart. This is quite the construction project you're overseeing. It would be unfortunate if you weren't able to complete it."

"Don't threaten me. And don't call me sweetheart." Asami hissed before one of the men spoke.

"Do you know who you're talking to? Jargala Omo, leader of the Creeping Crystals. Show some respect."

"It's alright. She didn't mean anything by it." Jargala said to her man before looking at Asami. You've got moxie, a quality woman in this city could use more of it, am I right?"

"What do you want?"

"I'm offering you a chance to work with me.

"Thanks, but I'm not looking for any new business partners."

Jargala got off the desk and started backing away. "Think of it more as a professional courtesy. Tokuga and the Triple Threats are making a play for all the turf on this side of the river, including the land we're standing on right now. Now, the Creeping Crystals are happy to provide you protection in exchange for a small, monthly fee."

Asami stood up and said, "I already told you..." She then falls into a combat stance, now wearing an electrified glove on her right hand. "Not interested."

"Cute weapon. You know how to use it?"

"I'm happy to give you a demonstration."

Both Creeping Crystal members have gone into fighting stances of their own, but Jargala turns away from Asami and heads toward the door. "Maybe next time. Come on, boys, let's go."

"We're leaving?"

"Obviously Miss Sato isn't thinking straight. Let's give her a couple of days to reconsider my generous offer."

Jargala and the two Creeping Crystal members leave the office, shutting the door behind them as they go. As soon as they are gone, Asami sits down and breathes a sigh of relief.

Triple Triad.

Five triad members, including Shady Shin and a gray-haired balding man, are currently in the middle of a card game.

"Word is, that spirit really did a number on him..."

"Doesn't even look human anymore, from what I hear..."

The balding man looked up at that. "Like some kind of freak... Raise. One hundred yuans."

"I fold."

Shin sighed and dropped his cards. "Me too. Zhen wins again."

Shin and the other triad members lay their cards down as Zhen gathers a large pile of chips from the center of the table. "Tokuga got what was coming to him if you ask me. When that kid took over the Triple Threats, he promised us all that this triad would rule Republic City – but so far, all we've done is lose ground to the Creeping Crystals and nearly get wiped out by a bunch of spirits."

Shin glanced over at that. "But I heard Tokuga's working on a big score. I bet he'll come through

"If you believe that, you're more naive than I thought, old friend. Sure, I had my problems with the way Zolt and Viper ran our triad in the past, but I never doubted they had my back. Can anyone say the same about this new kid? Right now, Mushi and Ping are in the slammer and Tokuga's done squatting to get them out."

"Zhen has a point."

"Tokuga left them high and dry." Two spoke up after.

"I mean, what do we really know about our new leader, anyway? He joined up a few months ago, fresh off the boat. We don't even know why he came to Republic City or who he might be running from."

"Yeah, but Viper vouched for the kid," Shin said as a shadow got to the door.

"Exactly. And now Viper's dead.

Shin's expression becomes troubled, and he can think of nothing to say. Unbeknownst to the triad members, Tokuga walks into the doorway of the bar, having evidently overheard the conversation.

"You want to be next, old-timer?"

Zhen's expression turns to horror as he recognizes the voice, and he quickly jumps up from his chair as Tokuga's tentacle arm lunges toward him. "Where are you going? He asks as he grabs Zhen around the neck with his tentacle, before lifting him and slamming him down onto the table. "Sit back down!" The table splits in half from the impact, while all of the triad members previously sat at it back away in alarm. Tokuga reaches out with his tentacle and wraps it around Zhen's neck once again.

"Take a good look, everyone. This is the new face of your leader. So you better get used to it, because I'm not going anywhere. "

Outside, Mako, Bolin, Lin, and two metalbender cops at the docks, peeking at the warehouse Skoochy told Mako and Bolin about from around the corner of a wall.

Lin pulled a walkie-talkie up. "Everyone gets in position. I'll lead the recon team. Don't make a move until I give the go-ahead."

"Got it," Naruto said before he ran across a beam on the top with Zira.

Lin's team heads toward the warehouse and makes it to the warehouse doors. Lin uses seismic sense to check the interior of the warehouse. "I picked up at least a dozen people on the lower level. Get ready to move."

"Should've brought more men." Naruto landed on the roof in a roll before going to a window.

Lin and her team move down into the lower level of the warehouse, Mako bending a small fire in his hand to light their way. They then get to a door and Lin kicks it down. "Police! Everyone, freeze!"

"Er, chief?"

The room lit up and revealed it was filled with clothed mannequins wearing sinister-looking masks. "Either Skoochy lied or they found out we were coming." Naruto sighed as he came in on the other side. He then saw wires on the back before yelling. "BOMB!"

He created a wall as the others ran out.

BOOM!

"Tokuga was one step ahead of us. But I won't let him outsmart us again." Lin said to her team. "Sweep what's left of the room. See if Tokuga left behind any clues where he might be hiding."

As Lin gives these orders, Mako and Bolin have already left the room and are making their way back up the stairs. "They're not going to find anything down there. But there's still one last lead we haven't followed up on yet."

"Wonyong Keum? But Beifong said-!"

"I don't care what she said. Tokuga almost killed us. If Wonyong knows something, then he's our only shot at tracking down Tokuga."

Triple Triad.

"But in order for our takeover to be successful, I need to know you're all behind me. Victory will only come through unity."

Tokuga said still holding Zhen.

"We're behind you, boss. A hundred and fifty percent." Shin said as the others nodded.

"Yeah, I'm on board!"

"We all are! Triple Threats rule!"

Tokuga lifted Zhen off the floor and looked at him. "And what about you, Zhen? Are you willing to evolve with us, or do I need to put you down like an old dog?"

"(Cough!) I'm... I'm with you!"

Tokuga nodded at that. "Good. Now prove it. I have an important job for you."

To Be Continued.

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A Fox In Middleton will be up later today or tomorrow at the latest as that's still being Beta'd.

Next to be updated will be A Fox In Middleton then Shinobi on Board.

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