“Although the Hundred Year War has long passed, we are not living in a time of peace. These revolutionaries who call themselves "Equalists" are not interested in equality at all. They just want to wage war against benders. Chief Beifong was supposed to protect Republic City, but she was powerless to stop Amon's attack on the arena. She has failed us all. If we are to survive these dire times, our law enforcement needs new leadership.”

Upon hearing Tarrlok’s announcement over the radio, Korra immediately shut of the radio fuming with anger from the announcement Tarrlok made. “I can’t believe this guy, he is putting all the blame on Lin, but it wasn’t her fault!” She shouted as she growled and unleashed a fire blast at the radio, destroying it. “That no good, sneaky little weasel snake!”

“Okay Korra, we get it, you’re a little ticked off with what Tarrlok said and all he’s done to trick you… and-“ Before Twilight could continue, she saw a furious face on Korra as she turned towards her, rethinking her statement as she cleared her throat. “Scratch that, you’re very furious with all he’s done, but that’s no reason to take it out on the radio.” She told her.

Sighing a bit, Korra sat down feeling more depressed than angry for what happened. “This is just one nightmare after another.” She told her and the others.

“Ya think? We’re all shocked from what happened during the match… even when Amon attacked.” Applejack told her as she looked to the arena. “He’s more cunning than a rattlesnake…” She phrased of how she saw Amon.

Chi approached after being back from the arena. “You think that’s bad, you should have seen the bill for the damages to the arena. Not to worry though, it’s not being directed towards you Korra.” She assured her of the fact.

“Thanks Chi, it helps a lot…” Korra told her as she slumped down on the floor. But she soon thought of something and looked to her. “By the way, how are Mako and Bolin?” She asked her.

“They’re in the middle of packing and getting ready to move out of the arena… has Tenzin decided to take them in?” Chi asked her.

“Yeah, he’s getting some rooms ready for them, and for the air acolytes to gather there things.” Korra told her.

“Well we better head on over to check up on them, to see how they’re doing.” Rainbow Dash suggested as she made a lightning blade disappear.

“I would be happy for them to come here and live with us… it might give Korra a chance to be closer to him.” Fluttershy smirked as she teased Korra a bit.

Korra at the moment was immediately blushing from the idea as she turned to her. “In case you forgot Fluttershy, he’s currently with Asami, things are confusing enough as is, and I don’t need to be rushed into a relationship right now.” She told her.

“Oh come now darling, there is plenty of time for you to seek out a relationship with someone. I mean you have more than that Asami will.” Rarity told her.

“She got beauty, but so do you, but you don’t need make up to show it. She may have long raven black hair, but yours is more elegant than hears, if you wore it down more.” Rarity pointed out earning a look from Korra as she cleared her throat. “Plus, you are more bold and athletic, you care more for your friends than some silly company like Future Industries, and to finish my point, you’re the Avatar! That is something that intrigues Mako the most.” She told her.

“I wish I could believe that Rarity, but right now, I just want to focus on helping my friends.” Korra told her and looked to Twilight. “One teleportation spell please.” She asked her as Twilight smiled and summoned her magic, up using her teleportation spell to teleport them to the arena.

At the Pro-bending Arena, theglass dome is still broken in places and construction scaffolding is in place around it. Some cars are parked near the entrance, which is blocked off by a police barricade. Korra appeared on the bridge to the arena and looked to it, they walked towards it and duck under the yellow tape heading inside. In their apartment, Mako puts a red shirt into a box. “I still can't believe they're shutting this place down.” he told his brother.

“Yeah. We had some good memories here, didn't we?” Bolin asked him as he packed.

Liu was helping with packing their stuff and looked to them. “I know things are rough at the moment, but it will get better.” He told them.

“Well, thanks for the help anyway Liu, we really appreciate it.” Mako told him.

At that moment, Korra rushed in excitedly with the others. “Guys! Great news. You don't have to go back on the streets. I talked to Tenzin and made all the arrangements. You can come live on Air Temple Island with me!” she told them feeling happy.

“Isn’t that great? You will be much closer to us, and we’ll see each other all the spring!” Pinkie squealed with a big grin.

“Oh, we'd love to, but...” Mako hesitated to even mention it… but his brother didn’t.

“Asami already invited us to live in her dad's giant mansion!” He told them happily, but Korra and the girls had a look of disappointment on their faces, quickly earning Liu Kang’s attention as he knew they just broke. “From here on out, it's gonna be the lap of luxury for us.” Bolin told them.

“Great… it can’t get any worse…” Twilight muttered quietly, but Asami popped out from behind them.

Twilight tensed up as she slumped in deep depression. “And it just did…” she told herself.

“I was hoping you would stop by.” Asami told them as she climbed down the ladder after letting go of Pabu.

“We were just leaving.” Korra told her and turned toward Mako and Bolin, waving. “So, I guess I'll see you guys around, some time.” She told them.

“Why not tomorrow? I'd love to have you come visit the estate.” Asami offered her invitation to her and the girls. “The other Earth Defenders are welcome to join you if you like.” She asked.

“Guys, I can speak for myself…” Korra told them and looked to Asami. “I don't know. I have some ... Avatar stuff to do.” She told her.

Meanwhile Bolin was holding up Pabu and talks as him with a high-pitched voice and an accent. “Come on, Korra, we all deserve a little rest and relaxation after all this craziness. We could swim in Asami's pool.” He told her as he made Pabu do a swimming stroke with his paws. “It'll be fun!” He said happily.

Fluttershy at that moment giggled at seeing how adorable it was. “Well, I guess it wouldn’t hurt.” She stated as she looked towards Korra. “What do you say Korra?” She asked her.

Letting out a bit of laughter, Korra knew Bolin wouldn’t quit. “All right, Pabu.” she told him.

Asami walked next to Mako and looked to them. “Great, we'll see you tomorrow.” She told her.

“Yeah, looking forward to it.” Twilight told her in a… somewhat cheery voice but with a forced smile. They started heading back down the stairs while Asami, Mako, and Bolin, who is still using Pabu as a puppet, wave goodbye. As they headed outside, Twilight’s forced smile vanished as she scowled at the idea. “Can you believe her?! UGH!!! What does Mako see in that girl?! Korra, you’re not seriously considering on going to her place are you?” She asked her.

“I have to Twilight, I know not all of us like her, but she’s helping out Mako and Bolin. In her own way.” She told her as she looked to see Raiden appear with Smoke. “Lord Raiden, I see you’ve returned with some help.” She pointed towards Smoke.

“Yes, this is Sub-Zero’s closest friend and ally, Smoke… of the Lin Kuei.” He introduced him seeing him approach her.

He bowed to her in respect for who she is. “It is an honor to meet you Avatar Korra. I have heard much about you.” He told her.

“As I have known much about you Smoke…” She bowed in return and looked to him. “But why do you call yourself Smoke…? If you could pardon my curiosity.” She said to him.

“This is why…” Smoke summoned his power of smoke and his body began to vaporize into such as he disappeared without a trace. Korra looked around surprised trying to find the Lin Kuei assassin. He soon rematerialized behind her, patting her shoulder as she yelped in surprise as she turned around and saw him standing behind her. “As blood runs in my veins, smoke has become my life…” He told her.

“Wow, I never want to mess with a Lin Kuei for as long as I live.” Korra stated to herself knowing she’d be dead in the next few seconds against Smoke.

“I am still working on bringing allies from Earthrealm, some are tied down at the moment with work. Smoke meanwhile volunteered to accompany me back to this realm, to be the eyes and ears for Kuai Liang.” Raiden told them as Rainbow Dash walked up to him.

“She is progressing, I’ve never met someone as skilled as she is… I can honestly consider this a blessing in my life.” Smoke told her with a smile behind his mask.

“Yeah well, just hope that blessing doesn’t become a curse, because she does have a few bad reps when she visited Ponyville once or twice.” Rainbow Dash advised him.

He chuckled a bit and folded his arms. “I’ve taken my chances plenty of times.” He told her.

“Now, I will head to the Air Temple, Celestia is probably waiting for me. Also Korra, be sure to meet with Lin Beifong and Tenzin at the police station, they will require your help in interrogation.” Raiden told her as Korra nodded and he looked to the others. “You all join her, this will require all your skills.” He told them.

“We’re on it Lord Raiden.” Twilight said to him as the thunder god vanished through lightning, leaving Smoke with them.

Meanwhile at a company called Cabbage Corp, a police truck driving by disrupts a flock of lizard crows and rides through the factory entrance. Metalbender cops break through the windows and rip open crates to find Equalist propaganda and electrical gloves. Lin and Stryker looked through the merchandise seeing a lot of things wrong with the image. “Looks like our intel was good.” Said Lin.

“Yeah, there's enough evidence here to bury Cabbage Corp for an eternity.” Stryker told her as he picked up one of the gloves. “But it doesn’t make sense… why would a company that runs cabbages supply Equalists…? It doesn’t make a lick of sense.” He stated.

“Look, it doesn’t matter why, all that matters is the evidence that points to the company.” Saikhan told him as he walked passed him. “You may be a good cop Stryker, but you’re not part of our justice system.” He told him as he headed out.

Stryker wanted so badly to punch the guys lights out, but Lin grabbed his arm. “Don’t try it, the last thing I need is a good cop getting locked up for assaulting his superior officer.” She told him.

“Saikhan is a good cop, strictly by the book, but he can be a bit headstrong at times.” Lin informed him and looked to the gloves. “But you may be right though, something about this doesn’t add up.” She admitted to him.

“So, we still gonna close this place down?” Stryker asked her as Lin thought it through, she knew that this may have been a set up, but she needed solid evidence of it. But as of this very moment, Lin had none to tie those who stored the Equalist equipment in the Cabbage Corp.

Once outside the Cabbage Corp building with a statue of the cabbage merchant in front, reporters shout questions to Lin, while a belligerent Lau Gan-Lan is being escorted out by Saikhan and taken into custody. “This is an outrage! I'm innocent!” He told Saikhan as he tired to resist.

“Yeah, yeah. That's what they all say…” Saikhan told him as he pushed him.

The reporters surrounded Lin and Stryker. “Is it true that Cabbage Corp is conspiring with the Equalists?” asked one of the reporters.

“The evidence points in that direction, but the investigation is ongoing. For the time being, we have frozen Mr. Gan-Lan's assets and are closing Cabbage Corp.” Lin informed the press of what will be happening with the corporation.

Lau Gan-Lan of course, did not like the idea of it and tears brimmed in his eyes. “No! Not my Cabbage Corp!” he yelled as he was dragged away by two officers, and put in the police vehicle. Stryker meanwhile looked around the area trying to figure out what it was they weren’t seeing. He looked at the corporation curiously and headed back to storage to figure it out, gaining Lin’s attention as she followed after him.

He walked into the storage area where they found the Equalist contraband and carefully looked around the area, trying to find some clue as to what really happened. Lin walked up to him and looked as well. “If you are really a good cop, then you should have signed onto be a detective.” She told him.

“I know, but something about this just doesn’t seem right… why would a man like Lau Gan-Lan want to work along side the Equalists?” He asked her.

“His grandfather had a few cabbage stands taken down but several benders during the war, even by Avatar Aang when he was visiting Omashu.” Lin stated to him.

“Well, that… but it can’t be a personal grudge, no this couldn’t have anything to do with the Avatar, or benders. I may be a good cop, but even I have my gut feeling.” Stryker told her as he kneeled down to the ground seeing several scuff marks on it. “And my guts telling me this was a set up…” He told her.

“There’s no doubt in my mind… but who would want to set up an innocent man like Lau Gan-Lan…?” He asked in thought, unaware a shadowy figure was watching them from the shadows. It’s eyes squinted as it stepped back, but as it made a step on metal, Lin could hear the creaking and turned sharp throwing a cable towards them. The dark figure avoided the cable and leaped down to the ground, showing himself to be a man in a black suit, with gold trim, and a mask that looked like a black panther. Stryker’s eyes widened as he whipped out his pistol and shot at the individual, but the bullets bounced off his suit as gold energy surrender him and her charged towards him. The two cops panicked as the enemy got closer, claws extended as he went to strike them. Lin quickly blocked it only to see her armor get damaged as the claws managed to reach her arms, and she yelped from it as her arm was bleeding. “Lin!” Stryker shouted as he charged towards the attacker, the individual leaped and threw a high moon kick towards the cop.

Stryker blocked it as he pulled out a baton and swung it against the attacks face hitting him. He stumbled a bit and shook his head as he looked to the cop. “Good move… but you’ll need more than a stick to stop me.” He told the cop as Stryker charged at him in anger. As he struck at him with the baton again, the golden energy surrounding the attacker unleashed a burst of power against the cop, knocking him down in the ground. Stryker groaned from it as he rolled onto his back as the attacker walked up to him. “You should count yourself lucky that I choose to spare your life officer… but next time you won’t be so lucky.” He told him as a shot was fired and hit him in the head, but was still alive and saw Lin with Stryker’s gun. “She’s got some spunk… but I’ll deal with you guys later.” He leaped away avoiding the gun shots as he ran off.

Seeing him gone, Lin got up and helped Stryker get on his feet with her earthbending. “You okay…?” She asked him.

Still feeling like he got hit by a Sato Mobile, Stryker groaned a bit more to get his head on straight. “I think I’ll be all right… just a little winded.” He said to her as he took his pistol from her. “Where did you learn to aim like that…?” He asked her.

“I was watching you.” Lin admitted to watching him on the training grounds of the Republic City Police Department as she looked out. “Just who was that man…? Another follower of Shinnok…?” She asked him.

“No, I never saw him before, and the Special Forces archives have nothing about a guy in a black cat suit.” He said as he looked towards her. “I’ll check in with Raiden and the others… you get back to the station and get patched up.” He told her.

But Stryker wasn’t going to let her stubbornness get in the way. “That wasn’t a question officer… as your superior, I’m giving you an order.” He told her with a stern look. He was of course at a higher authority, no matter what realm he was in. Lin sighed in defeat knowing this to be true, and headed off to get back to the station to get her arm looked at. Just few of many scars she got… but it didn’t bother her one bit. Or did it?

Republic City Police Department

At the station, Korra and the girls along with a few defenders were waiting at the station for anything from the witnesses that are currently being interrogated. Korra of course was anxious to find out, and Twilight used her magic to hold her in place to stop pacing. “Korra, I know you’re anxious… but you need to get a grip.” She told her.

“She’s right Korra, you will only make yourself more stressed if you continue to do that.” Kratos advised her.

“Sorry guys, I just can’t help it, it’s just so frustrating!” She shouted.

Korra and the others looked to see that it was Tahno, sitting on a bench after what had happened back on the arena. “Tahno?” She looked at him surprised. Tahno is seen with his hair a mess and bags under his eyes, still saddened over losing his bending to Amon.

“Jeez man, you look like you’ve been through the Netherrealm and came back.” Rainbow Dash said to him.

“At least you’ve learned your lesson…” Rarity told him only to get an elbow jab from Applejack. “Ow! What?!”

Korra walked over and sat down on the bench beside Tahno. “Listen, I know we're not exactly best friends, but I'm sorry Amon took your bending.” she told him.

“In fact we all are… sure you were a stuck up jerk when we met, but you didn’t deserve that.” Johnny said to him.

“I've been to the best healers in the city. Whatever Amon did to me, it's permanent.” Tahno informed them of what he had been through. Korra looked at him and felt sorry for him… but an idea soon popped into her head and she looked to Pinkie and walked over to her and whispered into her ear. Pinkie listened and relayed the message to Twilight, who nodded at the idea and used her magic to make two duplicates of her in front of Tahno who looked to them surprised. The two Pinkies and the one in the middle stood as the two clones had two jump ropes and they began whirling them over the original as she started shuffle dancing over them. She even leaped and landed on her hands, pushing up as she landed on her feet repeatedly and went back to shuffling. Tahno was quickly amazed as he let out some laughter and looked to her. “That’s amazing, I had no idea she could do that…” He told Korra.

“Well the magical duplicates are Twilight’s, Pinkie of course is just being Pinkie… she used to be the best party planner in her realm before she joined the Special Forces. But she is always good for a laugh… just don’t let her hair go flat.” She warned him knowing she would put want to see that herself. “I know we haven’t known each other that much Tahno, but if you weren’t such a jerk then, maybe we would have hung out… as friends.” She told him

Tahno chuckled a bit more and smiled at the thought of it and looked to her. “I appreciate it Korra, thanks… but what would also make me feel better. Is that you gotta get him for me.“ he told her as referred to Amon.

Korra nodded to him knowing it may help him find some peace. Soon at that moment, Lin and Tenzin approached them, causing Korra’s eyes to widen from seeing Lin’s bandaged arm. “Oh my god, Lin, are you okay?!” She asked her concerned.

“I’m fine kid, it’s just a scratch…” Lin told her. “But apparently we got a new player in town… some guy were a black cat costume. We’ll discuss it later.” She told her as she looked to Hiroshi. “Mr. Sato, if you remember anything else about what you saw during Amon's attack, be sure to let us know.” She told him.

“I'm happy to help any way I can. I want these Equalists to pay for what they've done.” He replied and nodded to Korra and Tahno as he walked away. Twilight and her friends sensed something about him, something they didn’t like.

While Tenzin looked to Tahno getting his attention. “We're ready for you now.” He told him as He and Lin walked away.

Tahno got up and looked to Korra and her friends. “See you around… "Ah"vatar.“ He told her with a small smile.

“See you then, chump.” She told him as Tahno smiled and walked away following Tenzin and Lin.

Twilight smiled along with her friends and looked to Korra. “Korra, that was the nicest thing you have ever done for him.” Fluttershy told her.

“We’ll, I couldn’t let him be all mopey. I mean the guy lost his bending, can you blame me?” Korra asked her.

“Not in the slightest.” Applejack told her with her arms folded and a smile on her face.

“We all feel sorry for any bender who lose their bending abilities… we have to do everything we can to help them.” Chi told her as she shape shifted into a cat, landing in Korra’s lap.

The Avatar smiled and patted her head hearing her purr. “Thanks for having my back guys… this means a lot to me.” She told them.

Liu Kang approached them with Kitana. “We better get back to the island, I’m sure we can still work on rooms for Mako and Bolin should they change their minds about the Sato Estate.” He told them.

“Don’t get your hopes up darling… if I know big bachelor’s, which I do… they will have a beautiful home, big rooms, comfortable beds, and food that will easily make you salivate.” Rarity told him as she immediately thought of food that made her salivate.

“She’s right, even if we build the rooms, Mako and Bolin won’t change their minds.” Kitana told Liu.

“Can you blame them…? Asami was just faster in the attempt… but something does seem strange about Mr. Sato.” Kratos looked to where he went. “I’m sensing something odd about him… but familiar.” He told them.

“I have no way of proving it, but he is hiding something, emotionally.” He responded to her.

Sighing at thinking about him, Korra knew that they were close… she just never imagined they would get even closer. “Well, besides that… we better get going, don’t want to keep Pema waiting.” She told them as Kratos used his magic to open a portal for them as they walk into it. Unaware someone, wearing a hat and trench coat, was watching them from the shadows and secretly snuck into the portal as they weren’t looking.

As they arrived, Pema walked to greet them. “How are things at the station…?” She asked them.

“So far, it’s been rough… not to mention crazy when we came across Tahno.” Korra told her.

“He may have been a delinquent… but we can sympathize with him.” Raiden told them as he approached with Stryker. “But right now there is something you all must hear.” He told them as he looked to Stryker.

“When Lin and I were at Cabbage Corp, I went in to investigate more, but me and Lin got ambushed.” He told them.

“No… someone new, he was wearing a black skin tight suit, and a panther mask with gold trim. He left four gashing scratch marks in Lin’s arm, manage to cut right through her armor like it was nothing. I don’t know who this guy is, but I’m going to take him down.” He told them.

“His name is N’Jadaka…” an unfamiliar voice called out as they turned and saw the stranger in the hat and trench coat. “And he is not to be apprehended by you.” He told them.

“Oh yeah…? Well I’d like to see you try and stop me pal.” Stryker told him as he shot his taser gun at him, but the stranger caught them in time as sparks flew from them. He removed his hat and coat revealing his black panther uniform. But instead of gold, there was silver trim, and purple energy glowing around him.

Korra saw it, and glared as she raised her leg and slammed it down, causing the earth to rise beneath him. But the unknown warrior leaped from the rising earth mound and back flipped landing on his feet. Liu Kang charged towards him and threw fast punches towards him, but the panther warrior blocked his attacks and ducked under an overhead swing and kicked him in the abdomen. Johnny unleashed a shadow kick towards him, only to see the warrior grab Liu and throw him towards him, slamming him against the actor.

Chi snarled like a wild dog and changed into a wolf, charging towards him as she tried to bite him on his shoulder. The warrior avoided it and blocked her next bite and struck her muscles, hitting their nerves as Chi grunted and hit the ground. “I… I can’t move!” She exclaimed.

“Chi blocker, figured you’d be working for Amon.” Korra unleashed a fire blast as Kratos leaped over her and swung his axe at him. But the warrior managed to kick the axe out of his hands and it chopped into a tree, but the war god pulled out his blades and swung them at him. The warrior used his agility and stamina to avoid his blades feeling the intense heat they were emitting.

Kitana at that moment unfolded her war fans along with Twilight and they used their powers to raise the wind beneath him, keeping him suspended in the air. The warrior struggles but looked to them as they kept their power going. “Had enough…?” Twilight asked him with a smirk, but the warrior beat his chest unleashing the energy that he had been building up, blasting everyone away as he landed on the ground and stood up.

But as he did, he felt an icicle pointing at his head and he glanced back seeing Korra holding it behind him. “Think before you make a big-“ Before she could finish, the warrior managed to dash and snatch the icicle and hold it towards her instead, literally catching her by surprise. “Okay, didn’t see that coming.” She told herself.

“That will be quite enough…” The warrior told them as the others showed up.

Korra was surprised to hear it as she made the icicle turn into water. “Hold up, first you attack us, then you want to surrender?” She asked him.

“I am not surrendering, Avatar Korra… I have simply seen enough.” The warrior told her as he found he was surrounded. “I merely wished to assess your abilities, first hand. As for this, Amon you speak of… I don’t even know him.” He told her as his mask disappeared showing his true face, a young African as he held his arms behind his back. “My name is T’Challa… King of Wakanda, but you will come to know me as the Black Panther.” He introduced himself to them.

Sonya pulled up a hologram of Africa to search for Wakanda, but there was no such nation in Earthrealm. “Hate to break it to you pal, but Wakanda doesn’t exist.” She told him.

“At least not on your Earth.” T’Challa told her as he walked up to Raiden. “There is much we need to discuss of your new enemy.” He told him in regards to their new enemy.

As everyone sat int the temple, all in a circular form, T’Challa stood in the middle as they all looked upon him. “My Earth is similar to yours, but different in others… where I am from, I am king. Wakanda is a country that divides itself from the rest of the world. My people do not trust outsiders, but I came to trust a group of heroes that helped me take back my throne.” He explained to them.

“You have yet to tell us about N’Jadaka, how does he play into all of this?” Tenzin asked him.

Hearing their questions, T’Challa touched the kimoyo beads around his wrist that formed a large hologram of N’Jadaka. “He is of Wakandan descent… his alias is Eric Stevens, but by others, he went by another name… Killmonger.” He told them as he showed them footage of his previous battles. “He has trained hard all so that he could get to me and my family.”

Silence filled the room as T’Challa looked towards him with a serious look. “He is my cousin…” He told them earning surprised looks from everyone. “My father sent my uncle N’Jobu to America, but what he did not realize, was that my father had him watched. He then found that N’Jobu had stolen our greatest treasure from our land. Vibranium…” he projected the mineral to show them. “The strongest metal ever discovered, it came from a meteorite that crashed into Earth, before the time of man. Over the years, the five tribes fought over it… but a man, a shaman warrior, much like our Matokan friend here.” He gestured to Nightwolf. “Received a vision from the Panther Goddess Bast, who blessed him with the power of the panther itself. Enhanced strength, speed, agility… thus, he became the first king, the first Black Panther.”

They were amazed of the history he was giving them, but it aroused so many questions. “If the Vibranium was indeed your greatest treasure, why does Killmonger want it…?” Twilight asked him.

Making the hologram disappear, T’Challa made his suit appear again. “Vibranium is made for many things, clothes, jewelry, and vehicles, even my armor.” He explained as Twilight was fascinated by it and wanted to touch it, but the panther warrior smacked her hand. “Please refrain from touching it.” He told her as she moaned feeling depressed as she sat down next to Flash. “But the metal can also be used to make weapons.” He showed as his claws extended.

Stryker recognized them all too well from earlier. “Yeah, Lin was on the receiving end of claws like those.” He told him.

“N’Jadaka stole the necklace of the golden panther and stole a large shipment of Vibranium. With the help of this man.” T’Challa shared an image of the supplier. “Ulysses Klaw… a black market arms dealer, he stole dozens of Vibranium as well as Vibranium weapons, and gave them to my cousin, so he brought them to this alternate dimension. With a teleporter that allowed him to cross over… how he managed to get his hands on such technology is beyond my knowledge.” He told them as he made the projection disappear. “Killmonger now resides in this dimension, and is no doubt with Amon as we speak.” He told them as Korra’s eyes widened.

Tenzin rubbed his beard in thought and looked to Mimir. “Mimir, do you think it’s possible that Amon will accept this, Killmonger’s help…?” He asked him.

“Oh aye brother, if he will provide weapons that are far beyond this dimension… then we are in for a world of hurt.” The head told him. This immediately had everyone worried, because Amon will take any form of help, no matter who they are, or where they come from.

At the Equalist hideout, Killmonger was being brought before Amon as he looked around the place, seeing all the chi blockers and new recruits that support his cause. Kano walked up to Amon and Artemis who were discussing their next plan. “Amon, sorry to interrupt, but we got an uninvited guest.” He told him as Amon turned his attention to the black and gold panther.

Killmonger took a look around and turned his attention to Artemis who equally looked to him as his helmet deactivated itself showing his true face as he winked at her and looked towards Amon. “Nice place… a bit old school, but I can respect the tech you got here.” He told him.

“Glad you asked… but first can you get you Pit Bull off of me? His breath already stinks just from being near him.” He pointed to Kano who glared at him and was about to pull a knife on him, but Amon held out his hand stopping him as Kano scowled knowing he wanted to kill the disrespectful little punk. But he let him go and backed away from him as Killmonger rubbed his wrists and looked to Amon. “I’m here to help… I can supply you with something no one in this dimension has.” He told him.

Killmonger smirked and looked to her. “Weapons… I know you have some already, but you ain’t got nothing compared to this.” He told her as the Equalists brought over the crates her had with him. He walked over and opened one of them, showing Vibranium weapons. “Vibranium sonic spears… very light, but very powerful. They can even take out those airships in a manner of seconds.” He tossed on to Amon seeing him catch and examine it.

Even Kano took the opportunity to examine the weapons and inspected a pair of arm cannons. “These look promising…” he stated as he gained Killmonger’s attention.

“Those are high powered, sonic cannons, they are strong to force your opponents to become disoriented, or rendered unconscious. I know because I was on the receiving end of those.” He told them and looked to the rest of the weapons he brought, as well as the minerals he had with him. “Sword, spear, shield, firearm, suit, take your pick… it is all Wakandan tech… best and highly advanced, with my supplies, you could upgrade your next line of weapons.” He told them.

Looking at the spear, and curious as to how powerful it is, he turned towards a target range looking at the target in the middle. He twirled the spear and threw it as hard as he could, as the spear reached the middle target, the spear combusted and unleashed a blast that reached two other targets. The Equalists were amazed but also terrified of such power these weapons possessed. Amon however, was more than please as he looked towards Killmonger. “These may be affective against the Metalbender Airships… you still haven’t given me your name stranger.” He told him as he looked towards the warrior.

The panther warrior smirked as he crossed his arms. “I went by many names pal… Eric Stevens, N’Jadaka, but my most favorite…” he paused as his mask formed over his head. “Is Killmonger…” He told him as Amon smirked in response and walked up to him, holding out his hand.

Killmonger took his hand and shook it, knowing he had been accepted. “Welcome to the Equalists…” Amon told him as he looked towards Artemis. “Artemis, be a dear, and escort our friend to his quarters. We will learn much from his supplies as we can.” He said as he looked to Killmonger.

Killmonger’s mask disappeared showing a smirk on his face. “Please, take all the time you need. But be careful… Vibranium is strong stuff.” He warned him as he looked to Artemis. “After you miss…” he told her as the goddess sneered and walked off leading him to his quarters.

Seeing him go, Kano walked up to Amon and looked to him. “I can tell by the look of a man, and he looks like trouble. Want some of my boys to watch him?” He asked him.

“Yes… can’t have a new supplier go rogue on us should things go wrong.” Amon told him and looked his direction. “Make sure he is constantly watched, I don’t want him planning anything.” He told him as he walked away, while Kano looked to the hallway where he and Artemis went off to.

“You needn’t worry about that…” Said a voice as both Amon and Kano looked to see a slim dark figure approaching. It was Nightmare Moon, the Goddess of Dark Moon. “This Killmonger may indeed prove to be a valuable asset… but his services will be limited, to an extent.” She told them.

A smirk formed across the dark goddesses face as she looked towards the hallway. “That will only depend on how things shall progress.” She told him.

Meanwhile as Artemis lead Killmonger, she couldn’t help but glance towards him, starring at him and his suit feeling the energy it was emitting. This however did not go unnoticed. “You know it’s considered rude to stare.” He told her, causing her to look away hiding her surprised face. “Well don’t stop now, I’m used to the attention, and the company.” He said to her with a smile.

“It will be more unpleasant company, should you start flirting with me.” She told him as a way to warn him.

But this only made Killmonger chuckle as he looked towards her. “I never imagined that I would literally meet the Goddess of the Hunt… but I kind of imagined you more without the lower half” he gestured to her lion half.

“It was how I was born, but I can choose a human form if I wanted.” She told him with a firm tone.

“Not that I have a problem with it… I’m just curious as to how you got involved with Amon and his gang.” He wondered as he looked to her. “Being a noble huntress, I thought you’d be out in the woods, hunting… but here you are, hunting these… benders, rather than going after fair game.” He pointed out.

But just from mentioning it, put Artemis in a rage as she turned and grabbed him by his neck, pinning him against the wall. “Word of advice, if you want to avoid provoking a predator, then don’t poke at it with a stick. And I will choose not to claw your face off!” She warned him.

“Enough, Artemis…” said a familiar voice as Artemis looked to her right, seeing Athena appear before her. “Remember the reason you came her sister… as long as Kratos lives, you will never be at peace for what he had done to our father.” She told her.

But the hunting goddess growled and released Killmonger and turned to her. “I don’t need a reminder Athena, you told me that it was without honor and mercy, I will finish what he started. So do yourself a favor little sister, and stay out of my way…!” She warned the fallen goddess.

And Athena smirked at her knowing her hatred was unbound. “Of course… anything for my sister.” She told her as she bowed with a grin and vanished.

Rubbing his neck, N’Jadaka looked to Artemis. “I’m sensing some rather bad blood here, your brother killed your own father…?” He asked her.

Growling a bit, Artemis took the chance to calm down and look to him. “Kratos didn’t just kill our father… he killed every one of the Olympian Gods, all to finally avenge himself for the family he murdered. He sought atonement, but we denied it to him. Robbing him of his chance to have peace…” She told him.

Sensing something in her tone, Killmonger knew there was more to her than he gave her credit for. “You regret doing that to him, don’t you…?” He asked her only to receive a snarl and a sneer as Artemis turned away from him to hide it. “Look, I get it… I was in the same boat as you. My father was killed by my own uncle, murdered in cold blood, panther claws in his chest. I was just a kid when it happened… but I grew up to become strong, all so I can get revenge on T’Chaka, but someone beat me to it. So I settled with the next best thing, his son… I beat him, became king… but all for what…? I almost had a near death experience. Trust me when I tell you, revenge will not bring back those you lost.”

Hearing his words, Artemis only focused on getting him to his room, and opened the guest room for him. “This will be where you will be staying until then… as for what happens between me and my brother, it is none of your concern.” She told him as she stormed off. Killmonger watched her go, sensing she was secretly trying to hide how she was feeling… but he wasn’t going to push her, so he went into his room and closed the door. Meanwhile, Artemis walked through the hall, only to feel her legs weaken, and she leaned against the wall and kneeled onto the ground feeling sadness ebbing away at her heart as tears ran down her face, and she cried in her arms, to let it out so she could find a form of relief.

Back on Air Temple Island, the defenders needed to discuss what to do with T’Challa, for the king awaited outside for their decision. “Head… what do you think of T’Challa…?” Kratos asked him being the first to speak.

“Well from a certain view, he is no god, but he is a very skilled warrior. Strong in skill, wise as a king, it is without a doubt, he can be trusted.” Mimir told him.

“That may be…” Rainbow Dash interjected. “But he could be hiding a secret motive, so there’s no telling how this will turn out, because I for one don’t want to take any chances with him.” She told them.

“There’s a surprise, you’re the first person to even say so, let alone suggest we throw him out.” Korra pointed out.

“What Rainbow’s getting at here, is that he can be trusted, but we just need to earn his trust.” Applejack said to her.

“She’s right… as much as I admire the idea of learning new technology, we have to be sure we can rely on him.” Twilight told her as she looked to Princess Celestia. “Princess Celestia, you’ve been through dimensional travel with the mirror, what can you tell us?” She asked her.

“In my days when traveling with Starswirl through different dimensions, he and I did discover many different realities, and high we both changed in form. But we never came across the world T’Challa came from, nor even heard of it.” Celestia told her fellow comrades.

“Even I have been through such travels… along with my comrades.” Raiden interjected. “Our Earthrealm was in danger of fusing with another, similar to ours… but with heroes and villains so powerful, we were lost to rage.” He explained as he looked to Celestia. “This was after I had met Princess Celestia, when Shao Kahn still drew breath, and his soul merged with a god of the other dimension named Darkseid. It was due to the combined might between me and the hero known as Kal-El, we were able to defeat the monster of our own making, Dark Kahn.” He told them.

“And I was MIA when it happened, but listen… if this guy is legit a hero, then who are we to doubt him?” Johnny asked them.

“You might be right Johnny, but we have to be vigilant about this. We don’t know whether or not he’s an ally or not.” Sonya told him.

“I’m with Sonya on this, we may have just met him, but we can’t just welcome him as one of us just yet.” Fluttershy said to them.

“Even with his skills, he could be both helpful, and dangerous.” Scorpion agreed with him.

“Even so, it may even be possible that with T’Challa, we might fair a better chance against Killmonger and his arsenal.” Chi said to them as she looked to Kung Lao.

“We just might… we won’t be able to stand a chance against them without him.” He agreed with his sister.

Kratos meanwhile nodded a bit and looked to them. “Even as a formal general of Sparta, I think we can use his expertise for such and enemy like Killmonger.” He told them.

Tenzin thought about it but looked to Korra. “Korra, this is your decision… you are after all the Avatar. What ever you decide, we will be behind you.” He told her.

Korra thought about it for the moment, she knew that Vibranium isn’t something to underestimate, nor mess around with. In the wrong hands, it could result devastating and dangerous consequences. She looked out to the door, finally deciding what to do as she got up and walked towards it, with Twilight and company. She opened the doors and saw T’Challa standing before her, expecting an answer. “I know you were listening, so I’ll get straight to the point… we don’t trust you, yet… but we will need your help in fighting your cousin if we are to prevent this war from happening. So don’t let us down, or I swear I’ll be there to put you down if you so much as betray us.” She warned him.

“Then I will assure you… no harm with come to you, or your comrades.” T’Challa assured her that his intentions are pure. But like all know, trust must be earned, no matter how good their intentions may be. It will be tough, but they will find a way to make it work.

At the Sato estate the next day, Korra along with Twilight and her friends, Liu, Kung Lao, Kitana, Mileena and T’Challa, decided to pay a visit to the mansion as they looked upon it, Mileena meanwhile, was not impressed. “Wow… this brings back nightmares.” She told herself.

“Believe me Mileena, I don’t want to be here as much as any of us.” Kitana told her and turned towards her. “But we’re here, and there is nothing we can do about it.” She told her as a way to suck it up.

“Oh come on, I’m sure it’ll be fun! There might even be a buffet table, and a large pool we can take a dip in. I even took the chance to pick out my own swimsuit!” Pinkie pulled it out, showing how much it looked like Ty Lee’s when they went to Amber Island during the war.

The girls chuckled as Liu and Kung Lao rolled their eyes from it, but Sunset walked up and lowered the swimsuit for her. “Pinkie, you can’t just hold out a swimsuit like that, trust me.” She told her.

“We’ll guys, let’s get in and get this over with.” Korra told them as she walked towards the door and knocked on it. The door opened revealing the Sato Mansion Butler. “Ah, Avatar Korra, we’ve been expecting you.” He told her and took notice of her friends. “But we didn’t expect to have such a large group.” He told her.

“Don’t worry good sir, we’re just here to check up on Mako and Bolin, see how they’re doing.” Liu Kang told him.

“Ah yes, they’re doing just fine, but come in, come, come, they’re waiting for you in the pool area. I will lead you to them.” He let them in and closed the door behind them. “Right this way please…” He told them as he lead them to where the pool is. Mileena followed them as she walked passed a maid with dark skin, and shoulder length hair, but was unable to see her face. But she did however catch her scent… her nose twitched from the smell as it smelled almost familiar. She glanced towards the maid trying to get a good look at her face, but the maid had already started walking away to continue the chores around the house. Mileena felt tense, but she followed her allies to catch up with them.

At the moment, the maid turned around, revealing herself as Tanya in disguise as she pulled out a medallion, revealing an astral projection of Rain. “They’re here…” she told him.

“No… but Mileena is with them, and she caught my scent… I need to get out of here.” She told him.

“You will do no such thing… you will remain there and look after our client.” Rain ordered her to stick to the plain.

Much to her dismay, she hated the idea of playing house maid. “Fine, but when the storm comes, I’m going to make sure you’re caught in the middle of it.” She put the medallion away and continued her work.

Meanwhile at the pool, Pabu jumps off a large statue into a pool squealing. Bolin stands at the top of the statue, while Asami sits on the side of the pool, and Mako stands in the pool right next to her. “Earthbending bomb!” he shouted as he dives into the pool doing a belly flop, splashing Mako and Asami in the process.

The butler escorts Korra and her comrades to the pool as Bolin resurfaces. “Avatar Korra and company... has arrived.” He announced gaining their attention.

Wasting no time, Pinkie quickly switched out of her uniform and changed into her swimsuit in a manner of seconds. It’s Pinkie logic, don’t ask… she quickly made her way to the pool and jumped into the air. “CANNON BALL!!!” She splashed into the water causing those inside to shield themselves from the waves.

“Glad you made it!” Asami said to her and noticed T’Challa. “And who might this be?” She asked.

“Ms. Sato… it is a pleasure to meet you. My name is T’Challa, King of Wakanda.” He introduced himself as he approached.

Bolin surfaced from hearing it. “You’re a king?!” He panicked and bowed to him while submerging his face into the water.

Chuckling at it, the king patted his head. “There’s no need for that, besides, in Wakanda, our guests don’t need to bow.” He told him.

“Oh, well, that’s good, because I don’t want to end up drowning myself.” He told him with a nervous grin, and snapped out of it. “But hey, welcome to paradise.” He told him and the others as he puts his hands behind his head and floats on his back and Pabu climbs onto his belly.

Korra sat down on a bench by the pool, while the girls sat on the pools edge. “Looks like you guys settled right in.” She said with a slightly sarcastic tone.

Mako swam towards her along side Asami. “Pretty much…” he turned to Asami. “Except someone forgot to ask her father if we could stay here.” He pointed out to her mockingly.

“Yeah, but I smoothed it over with him. It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.” She told him as she swam beside him and looked towards T’Challa. “Also, I’ve never heard of Wakanda… is it a new nation?” She asked him.

“As a matter of fact, yes… I had it established here in the Earth Kingdom, but my people prefer to keep our home separated from the rest of the world. We wish for peace and quiet these days.” He told her.

“Can’t say I blame you… I’d love to see it one day.” She told him as Bolin gets out of the pool next to Korra with Pabu on his shoulder.

“This is the greatest place in the world! Watch this, watch this.” He told Korra as he speaks in a formal voice. “Fetch me my towel, good sir.” He asked the butler.

“Yes, Master ... Bolin.” the Butler said to him as he grabs a folded up towel and walks toward Bolin.

Pabu climbed to Bolin’s head as his owner turned towards Korra and the others.“Master Bolin! Ha, I love this guy.” He said to Korra as he held out his arms. “Now pat me dry.”

“As you wish.” He rolls up the towel and pats down Bolin as he moves to allow him to do that.

Twilight watched with the others as she looked to Kitana with her eyebrows arched. “He’s definitely Johnny’s double.” She told her as she nodded in agreement.

Once the butler was finished, Bolin pointed to Pabu who was still wet. “Don't forget Master Pabu.” he told him.

“Wouldn't dream of it, sir.” He told him as he puts the towel over Pabu, who is still sitting on Bolin's head, and rubs him dry. A moment later, Pabu's fur becomes bushy as he squeaks. As the butler turns around, Bolin jumps into the water again right away and the butler looks annoyed.

Even T’Challa couldn’t help but roll his eyes at it. “Even Tony Stark had more dignity than him.” He muttered.

“Least he doesn’t have to deal with a teenager.” Rainbow Dash told him as she looked to the pool. “Or two…” she muttered.

Meanwhile Korra looked to Asami a bit dismayed, but tried to hide it. “So, what do you have planned for us today? Let me guess, shopping, makeovers ...” she asked in trying to guess their activities.

Bolin jumped onto Mako, pushing him into the water; raising his hand excitedly. “Ooh, Ooh! I vote makeovers!” He called out as Mako returns the favor as he yelps.

“While I am one for makeovers, I could show you some of my own.” Rarity offered to Asami.

“Thanks Rarity, but I can handle my own makeup.” Asami told her as she climbed out of the pool and looked to Korra. “I had something a little more exciting in mind.” She told her.

At a race track, two Satomobile race cars are shown going at top speed of any normal Satomobile ever made. Asami, Korra, Mako, Bolin and the whole group are sitting in the stands, watching them race one another. “Pretty cool, huh?” Asked Asami as she looked to the others.

“This is where Future Industries test-drives their Satomobiles. Ever been behind the wheel?” Asami asked her.

Chuckling at hearing it, T’Challa looked to her with his arms crossed. “Then maybe you might have better luck with a hover bike. One of my sisters best inventions.” He told them with a smirk.

She didn’t know how to respond, sure she was the girl who got to Mako before she did, but to get into a Satomobile? That’d be something… but of course Rainbow Dash had to boast. “Come on Korra, sure her cars are fast, but they’re not as fast as me.” She proudly boasted.

Asami at that moment felt defensive of her fathers inventions and walked up to her. “Is that a challenge, Rainbow Dash?” She asked her with her hands placed on her hips.

A chuckle came from Liu Kang as he looked to Korra. “Go for it Korra, I want to see how this plays out.” He told her.

Korra smirked as she got up and looked to Asami. “Let’s do it!” She told her as they headed to the track. Asami and Korra got into one of the Satomobiles as Rainbow Dash merely stretched beside them, earning Korra’s attention as she put on a helmet. “You sure you’re up for this Rainbow?” She asked her.

“Hey, you worry about yourself when you and Asami are eating my dust.” Rainbow cackled as she got into a running position. “Besides… I don’t need a fancy sports car to prove I’m the fastest person alive.” She told her.

Only to earn a scowl that formed into a smirk from Asami. “Ooh, it’s on now.” She muttered as both she and Korra put on their goggles. The race starts as a man in blue waves a white flag in front of the cars. Rainbow Dash immediately dashed ahead with Asami falling behind first, but she smiles and catches up fast as Mako, Bolin and the others cheer from the sidelines. She overtakes the other mobile, her back wheel grazing the wall. Rainbow Dash looked behind her as she ran, Asami tries to catch up, but Rainbow Dash wasn’t going to let her win as she had lightning coming off her feet and ran ahead faster. Asami had the same thought as she picked up speed and drove towards her, Rainbow Dash was surprised of this development as she quickly made her way towards the finish line with Asami in tow. It was neck and neck, both racers were close to the finish, and with a quick flash of the camera, there was no telling who won the race! But the final image will be shown in a couple hours.

They made their way towards the pit stop and Asami stops the car and both girls get off. “That was amazing! I didn't think we'd make it.” Korra cheered out feeling thrilled as Rainbow Dash showed up next to her.

“Easy there Avatar Korra, the winner will be decided when the image of us is shown. But I know for a fact I won.” Rainbow boasted, but looked towards Asami. “And I’ll admit, I never thought I’d meet someone who can keep up with me… well, besides Lightning Dust of course.” She pointed out as she shrugged her shoulders. “But Asami, you sure got a lot of determination.”

“Thanks, glad you think so. But keep in mind, even if you did race me with powers beyond my understanding, well, you can't be afraid to mix it up sometimes.” She told her.

Rainbow Dash chuckled and playfully punched her shoulder. “I’ll keep that in mind.” She told her.

“I gotta admit, I had you pegged wrong. I thought you were kind of ... prissy.” Korra told her but raised her hands quickly. “Eh-No offense!” She pointed out.

But that merely got Asami to laugh. “It's all right, people usually assume that I'm daddy's helpless little girl, but I can handle myself. I mean, I've been in self-defense classes since I was this high.” she gestured to how high she was as a child, next to her waist. “My dad made sure that I would always be able to protect myself.”

Liu approached the, with the others. “Smart guy, your father is a wise man, having you take those self-defense classes, it helps strengthen the body as well as the mind.” He told her.

“Thanks Liu, I’ll tell him you said that.” She told him as she looked to Twilight and the others. “So, what’d you girls think of the race?” She asked them.

“I do admire the machines capabilities, but you might want to work on the accelerator. Push it a few more notches, you might even be able to beat Rainbow Dash.” Twilight told her as she patted the engine. “While I am not really a mechanic, I’ve been around some pretty impressive machines in Earthrealm when me and my friends visited the Special Forces.”

A chuckle came from Kitana as she folded her arms. “If Sonya were here, she’d have you court marshaled. Princess or not.” She told the young princess with an amused look on her face.

“Like she hasn’t tried before.” Rarity interjected and walked towards Asami. “But I will admit darling, you were quite graceful out there, I’m not one for roller derby’s myself, but this was quite thrilling.” She told her.

“Thanks Rarity, and by the way, I think I’ll take you up on the makeover offer.” Asami said to her with a smile, who in turn smiled back as the group headed back to the mansion. As they followed, Mileena could help but feel that they were being watched as she looked back seeing no one in sight. Normally one would be paranoid, but she knows something was off, even by a mile.

T’Challa took notice as he walked beside her. “Something is troubling you… care to share what is going through your mind?” He asked her.

“You might not have noticed, but someone’s been watching us since we got here. I don’t know who, or why, but I have a feeling someone doesn’t want us snooping around.” She told him.

T’Challa carefully looked around knowing she wasn’t wrong, even he felt eyes burning in the back of his head. “Then make it seem that you haven’t noticed… if there is anything I’ve known, is that the hunter, will always become the prey.” He told her as he followed the others.

Back at the mansion, Bolin was literally in a hurry as the entered through the front door. “Emergency, emergency coming through, beep beep!” He shouted as he runs toward the bathroom with his hands covering his groin.

Korra turned towards Asami. “Uh, is there another bathroom I can use?” She asked her.

“We have a lady's powder room upstairs.” She told her as she stood next to Mako. “First door on your right. You can freshen up in there.” She directed her.

Just at that moment, Kitana noticed Mileena looking around like an animal on the hunt. “Mileena, what are you doing…?” She asked her.

Looking around, Mileena knew something was off and she turned towards Asami. “Tell me something Asami… just how long have you been harboring an Edenian?” She asked her, catching her off guard.

“W-What…? We weren’t harboring anyone, let alone an Edenian.” Asami defended herself.

“My nose doesn’t lie little one… this entire house has the scent of an Edenian spy.” She told her.

“There’s no Edenians here, I swear.” Asami protested against the tarkatan halfbreed and turned towards Kitana. “Does your sister often accuse those who are purely innocent?” She asked her.

“Normally my sisters senses wouldn’t lie, but if she is telling the truth, then we need to know.” Kitana told her.

But Asami simply sneered at the halfbreed of an Edenian, and walked up to her. “Let’s make this clear… you might be a royal, but in my house, you are my guest. I will not be treated like a criminal, harboring a fugitive. If you can’t accept that, then maybe you should leave.” She told her.

Mileena growled under her veil knowing that little miss sunshine was a glutton for punishment, she didn’t care that she was engaged to Mako. She was about to let her have it, but Kitana quickly stopped her and looked towards Asami. “I apologize for my sister, but we will discuss this matter later. For now we will make sure she is on her best behavior.” She told her, while Asami had a look on her face that spoke “You better…”. Mileena glared in return as she folded her arms.

Twilight watched them glare at one another and chuckled nervously. “I’m gonna check on Korra, see if she’s gonna be okay.” She quickly took off to check on her, knowing full well she has a knack for curiosity. As she headed down the hall to the powder room, she saw an enormous cloud of powder flying through the air and rushed to the room and opened the door. “Korra, you okay—?” She looked seeing she was messing around with the powder sponge, causing her to snicker. “Really…?” She asked her.

Coughing a bit, Korra turned to face her. “What? Can’t a girl experiment every once in a while?” She asked her.

Sighing from hearing that question, Twilight placed her hands on her hips as she shook her head and looked to her. “Yeah, you have been hanging out with Rarity too much.” She told her.

Realizing this, Korra began to understand that she was right. “Dang it, I need to stop taking her advice…” She told herself and started dusting herself off. “Come on, let’s get back to the others.” She told her as she began walking with her to head down stairs, but they soon stop to hear the sound of voices.

“No, no! No, I assure you, everything is going exactly as planned.” Korra and Twilight look around and sneak toward the room where the voice is coming from. “Uh-um, yes ... luckily, the Cabbage Corp investigation has bought us enough time.” Korra and Twilight look into the room through the keyhole and see a person sitting in a chair. “Trust me, by the end of the week ...” The person stands up and the two see it is Mr. Sato. “We'll be ready to strike!” He hangs up causing Korra and Twilight to hurry away.

Running with her, Twilight looked to her panting. “Please tell me I’m not the only who heard that.” She told her.

Upon heading down the stairs, Asami and the others noticed they were running in a complete hurry. “You're leaving? But I-I thought ...”

They quickly turned towards her. “Uh, sorry! I forgot, I'm supposed to airsit, I mean babybend, I-I mean-“

“What she means is, she needs to babysit the airbender kids. See you later! Come on guys!” Twilight told her friends and quickly headed out. Most of her friends were confused, as were Liu Kang and Kitana. But they followed after her and Korra to catch up to them, Mako of course felt concerned for Korra, because he never saw her so frantic before… it immediately got him wondering if he made the right choice.

Meanwhile as the group caught up with Korra, they took the opportunity to ask. “All right sugar cube, would you care to tell us exactly what the heck happened?” Applejack asked her, demanding a straight answer.

“Yes Korra, please explain, why are you and Twilight in such a hurry to leave?” Fluttershy asked her as she tried to keep up.

“Believe me, I would be doing this unless it were for a good reason. We need to talk to Tenzin and Lin.” She told them as they rushed out the door. Unaware that Tanya had watched them leave, and sneered knowing that they found out and headed upstairs.

In the city, Raiden had brought Kratos along to meet with Korra and the others, but she already informed Tenzin and Lin of what happened, but they were still curious as to what was going on. “Okay Korra, for what purpose have you arranged this meeting?” Raiden asked her.

“She and Twilight told us everything, even we found it hard to believe.” Tenzin told him as he looked to Korra. “So, you think Mr. Sato manufactured those gloves for the Equalists then framed Cabbage Corp?” He asked her.

“Well, I don't exactly have proof, but I know what I heard. Sato's up to something.” Korra told them.

“She’s right, I’m a key witness to what he said. The tone of his voice told us everything.” Twilight said to them.

Lin thought about it for a moment and looked to Stryker. “He does have the means ...” She said to him and looked towards Tenzin. “And he has a motive.” he told him.

Tenzin thought about it and realized she was right. “That’s right.” He responded.

“Twelve years ago, the Agni Kai Triad robbed Sato's mansion. A firebender killed Sato's wife during the break in.” Tenzin explained to him and the others of the tragic night at the Sato Mansion.

Korra and the others were saddened from hearing this, it hit them like a ton of bricks. “That’s terrible.”

“I’ll say… just imagine what Asami would have felt if she lost both her parents.” Applejack thought about it.

“She would have gone full-on Equalist… in theory anyway.” Rainbow Dash responded and groaned. “Can’t believe this!” She shouted in frustration.

“It was tragic. It's possible that he's been harboring anti-bending sentiment all this time.” Tenzin told them.

“Maybe we should look at Mr. Sato a little more closely.” Stryker advised them.

“A wise decision… we can’t take any chances should he truly be one of Amon’s allies.” Kratos told them.

“It’s worse than that…” Mileena stepped up. “I have a feeling he’s under his protection, by a traitor to Edenia.” She turned to T’Challa. “Can you project my memories…?” She asked him and saw him nod as he used his kimoyo beads to scan her brain waves and project them in the air showing Tanya. “This is Tanya, a former ally of Edenia, now an Outworld spy and assassin. I didn’t see it at first, but I know her smell. She was disguised as one of the hand maidens working at the Sato Mansion.” She informed them.

“My nose never lies… if she is there, then there is no doubt that Mr. Sato is hiding something.” Mileena told them.

Raiden looked towards Kitana. “What say you Kitana…? Do you believe Hiroshi Sato is harboring an Edenian, as well as supplying the Equalist?” He asked her.

“My sister may have been wrong about many things, but if Tanya was really there, and she caught her scent, she will most likely try to make a quick get away.” Kitana told him.

“I believe her…” T’Challa spoke up as he approached. “I knew the first moment when we arrived, we were being monitored. They were keeping an eye on us to ensure we weren’t snooping around.” He told them.

“Then we need to go to the Sato Estate, first thing in the morning, make sure Tanya or any other spy won’t get any ideas about leaving.” Korra told them as she looked out.

The next day, the police walk to the door of the mansion as the butler opened it seeing them all walk in with Korra and the others, along with Tenzin, Lin, and Stryker. Tenzin and Lin walk upstairs with Stryker while Korra walks behind them, passing Mako and Asami. But Mako managed to stop her to get her attention. “What's going on? Why are they asking Hiroshi more questions?” He asked her.

“I overheard him on the phone yesterday. Asami, I don't know how to tell you this, but I think your father might be involved with the Equalists.” Korra informed them.

But Asami was in utter disbelief of what she heard. “What? I don't believe this.” she stormed off the see the police and interfere.

Only to see Rainbow Dash get in the way at lightning speed. “Sorry honey, but daddy dearest is in a meeting, please wait until-“ before she could finish, Asami went to push passed her, but Rainbow quickly grabbed her arm. “Asami, I’m telling you, you don’t want to interfere wi- WHOA!” She feels Asami throw her over and slammed onto the floor next to Mako’s feet. “Ow… okay, she’s actually pretty good. For a rich girl…” she muttered.

Meanwhile Mako turned towards Korra feeling upset. “You spied on Hiroshi?” He asked her as she stepped back.

But Twilight stepped up and pressed a finger to his chest. “Listen Mako, me and Korra both know what we heard, and saw, if you were there, you would know something was off with this guy, so don’t blame Korra when Hiroshi stabs you in the back.” She told him.

But Mako groaned and looked to her. “What's your problem?” He asked and stormed off to catch up to Asami.

T’Challa walked up to them in his suit covered by a trench coat. “He’s certainly hard headed.” He pointed out.

In Sato’s office, Lin and the others stood before Hiroshi as he sat behind his desk. “Mr. Sato, we just have a few follow-up questions for you.” she told him.

Only to hear the doors open and saw Asami enter the room. “My father is innocent. Just because we're not benders doesn't mean we support those awful Equalists.” she told them as she walked and stood next to her father.

“Equalists? Is that what this is about? I can assure you I have nothing to do with those radicals.“ he assured them.

But Korra and Twilight were far from convinced as Korra pointed at Hiroshi. “I overheard you on the phone. You said the Cabbage Corp investigation bought you time, and you're getting ready to strike. Explain that!” She dared him to find a good excuse for it, only to hear him laugh.

He laughed for a few seconds and looked towards her. “This is all just a misunderstanding, resulting from the young Avatar's overactive imagination. My number one competitor was knocked out of the game. It's providing me an opportunity to strike the market with a new line of Satomobiles. It's just business. Nothing nefarious.” He assured both her, and Lin as well as the defenders that were in the room.

But Twilight approached him as she slammed her hands on her desk. “The way you said it says otherwise… I know the kind of tone you used in your conversation. You might be able to fool everyone with your calm demeanor… but I’m not a fool Mr. Sato.” She told him as she noticed a bead of sweat forming on his forehead and she smirked.

“Twilight, that’s enough! Leave my father-“ Before Asami could push her away, Twilight used her magic to form a transparent barrier to block her.

“Twilight, that’s enough.” Celestia approached with Raiden. “I understand we are all suspicious of Hiroshi, but he deserves the benefit of a doubt.” She told them.

“In order to put all suspicions to rest, might we have a look into your factories and warehouses?” Raiden asked him.

Asami sighs in annoyance, hands on her hips, but Hiroshi Sato raises his hands to stop her from speaking further. “If you feel it's necessary, you're welcome to search all of Future Industries.” he told them.

Upon arriving in Future Industries, police and news reporters were in front of the building. “Is it possible, presidents of Cabbage Corp and Future Industries both have Equalist ties, or did Hiroshi Sato frame his longtime rival, Lau Gan-Lan?” Asked a reporter as Korra stands beside Naga as she sniffs the boxes, Twilight and the other Equestrian Warriors searched the boxes trying to find some form of evidence to prove Hiroshi isn’t innocent. “Or did Chief Beifong just plain arrest the wrong man?” Lin breaks open a box to see the contents, Liu and the Defenders searched through the boxes, and T’Challa did his own search of the area trying to find something. “So far the investigation has yielded no evidence to incriminate Sato.” The metalbender cops check inside the boxes, but found no evidence.

Outside of the factory as the metalbender cops are lifted into the police airship while Lin and Tenzin watch. Korra rides in on Naga, and jumps down to approach them. “I can't believe we didn't find anything.” she said to them.

“As much as I don’t agree, there’s just not enough evidence to prove he isn’t.” Stryker told them as he saw Asami approaching with Mako.

And she was definitely annoyed with what she was watching. “Okay, you did your search. Now you can all leave.” She told them.

Lin meanwhile glared knowing she was spoiled, even Rainbow Dash shared the glare. Meanwhile, Mako signaled Korra to walk over and talk with him alone as they stepped away from their comrades, which gained the attention of Twilight and her friends as they listened in. “So, I hope you're convinced now.” he said to her.

“No, I'm not! I don't care how cooperative Hiroshi is being, I know he's lying.” Korra told him.

But Mako was feeling more irritated by hearing it. “Why are you doing this? Are you that jealous of me and Asami?” He asked as he pointed at her.

Which caused her to slightly gasp. “What?” She shook her head from that idea. “Don't be ridiculous! That has nothing to do with it!” She protested.

“If you don't drop this, consider our friendship over.” Mako told her bluntly as Twilight and the others gasped in shock of it.

Korra stared at him feeling hurt from what he said, but knew that deep inside… he wasn’t being true to his word. “You don’t mean that… I can see it in your eyes that you want to believe me, but you are struggling between what’s right and wrong. You might not believe me now, but I know later you may realize things aren’t what they seem. I'm sorry. Hiroshi is not the man you think he is.“ She told him as Korra huffed and stormed off back to Asami, one arm wrapping around her shoulder, and leaves as Korra sighs and turns away. A worker in the background slides the factory's door shut and turns to see Korra, Lin and Tenzin were standing near Korra, who strokes Naga with the other defenders as the worker approaches her. He places a note in Korra's hand as he walks past her. Korra, surprised, looks around to see who handed her the note, to no avail. She opens the note and reads it. Looking at it with surprise, she turns to Lin and Tenzin. “I think you guys should hear this. "If you want to find the truth, meet me under the north end of the Silk Road Bridge at midnight." I don’t know who gave me this note, but he might have valuable information we’ll need.” She told them.

“We have no choice, we need to meet this person if we are to find the truth about Hiroshi.” Twilight told them.

At the Silk Road Bridge, later that night… Korra and the group walked to the meeting place and looked around. Jax with his newly upgraded Vibranium bionics, curtesy of T’Challa, looked around cautiously. “Somethings not right about all this.” He told them.

“I don’t like it either my friend, but at least we have the numbers.” T’Challa said to him.

“Still gotta thank ya for the upgrades… it’ll definitely come in handy should we run into any Equalists.” Jax said to him only to hear something and looks to where it was coming from.

“Psst, over here.” The worker from before called them over seeing them approach. “Listen, I joined the Equalists because I believed in what Amon said. I thought he could make life better for us nonbenders. But I didn't sign up for this… this war.” He told them.

Lin grew curious as she looked at him. “What do you have on Hiroshi Sato?” She asked him.

Growling in anger, Applejack formed a bears paw and slammed it against a wall. “That no good, lying sonuva-“ she let out a bears snarl ripping the wall apart with one swing.

The worker flinched from it and looked to them lifting his collar to hide his face. “There’s more, some guy named Killmonger gave us some new weapons to use in this war, that it will help turn the tide. And there are rumors he's working on something even bigger. Some new kind of weapon.” He informed them.

“We searched all of Future Industries and found nothing.” Tenzin told them of their dilemma.

Twilight grew curious as she looked to him. “Where, and why wait until now to tell us?” She asked him.

“It's right underneath the Sato Mansion... I only waited, because I thought we were doing the right thing.” He told her. Twilight knew something was off about this, she didn’t trust him, even if he was being cooperative with them. But this was the best lead they had so far. They needed to do something about Hiroshi, even if it meant hurting Asami to do so.

Later that night as they traveled by airship to the estate, they knew this was going to be the toughest decision of their lives. “Raiding the Sato Mansion is a risky move with Tarrlok breathing down your neck. If we're wrong…” Tenzin paused at the thought of even mentioning it to Lin.

“I know. I can kiss my job goodbye. But protecting Republic City is all I care about. We can't let Amon get his hands on this new weapon.” Lin told him.

Stryker reached over and touched her shoulder. “We won’t… there is no way we’ll let him get his hands on it, what ever it may be.” He told her and looked out. “This is literally the best job you can even ask for… it will be hard for all of us if you lost it.” He said to her.

“I appreciate the comfort Stryker… but let’s focus on the job.” Lin told him as he nodded his head and looked to the estate that wasn’t too far ahead.

While in the Sato Mansion, the brothers with Asami sitting down in the living room; Bolin is eating from the bowl of fruit while Mako takes out a LP from the cover and shows it to Asami. The metalbender cops burst into the living room, causing Bolin to raise his arms in fear. But Asami was both surprised, and angry that they once again showed up in their home. “What are you doing here?” She demanded to know.

“We have a reason to believe that there's a factory hidden below the mansion.” Lin informed her.

Growing more irritated, Asami had just about enough of this as she narrowed her eyes. “I think I would've noticed if there were a factory underneath my house. The lies you people come up with just to persecute my father.” she told them.

But Rainbow Dash walked up to her sharing a glare. “Hate to break it to you sister, but your old man is a heartless, selfish, scheming little LIAR!” She shouted at her.

“Ohh, you did not just call me that, little miss perfect!” Rainbow sneered at her.

She groaned as she was about to pull out her own hair. “You are such a child!” She shouted.

Rainbow chuckled victoriously and looked to her. “You’ve been defeated, don’t get heated, get your stank face treated.” She rhymed towards her.

This immediately made Asami angry as she clenched her fists. “Rhyme one more thing, I DARE YOU!” She dared her as everyone looked towards Rainbow Dash.

“Oh don’t worry, it’s okay, I’m done… because my rhyming is depleted!” Rainbow finished her taunt.

Which caused Asami to growl in anger. “THAT’S IT!!!” She went to tackle Rainbow Dash, but a wall of ice blocked her path as Rainbow Dash smirked and stuck her tongue out at her as Sub-Zero approached in his grandfathers armor, with Smoke following into the room.

“That’s enough Ms. Sato… now tell us. Where is your father?” He asked her.

Sighing in defeat, Asami folded her arms looking to them. “In his workshop, behind the house.” She told them and gestured to the wall of ice. “You mind…?” She asked him to lose the wall of ice in the living room.

Heading to the workshop, the entire police force surveillance’s the area, keeping an eye out for Equalists that may be in the area. They set up guards around the area as they all walk toward the place. The metalbender cops burst into the workshop to find no one in the room. Asami walked in, looking around. “Dad? Hello?” She looked for him, but no sign of him anywhere in the workshop.

“He’s not here…” Jax looked around and touched his communicator. “Sonya, you got anything?” He asked.

“Johnny and I are checking the outside with Pinkie and AJ, not really finding anything. We’re on our way in to help search the inside.” She responded.

One of the officers approached Lin to give his report. “Chief, the estate's been secured. No one has left the workshop since we arrived.” he informed her.

Lin thought about it for a moment but looked to the others. “Perhaps we just couldn't see him leaving.” She told them as she walks into the middle of the room with her hands behind her back. She raises her leg and metalbends her left sole, removing it to expose her bare foot to perform her seismic sense.

Seeing it, Fluttershy was both curious, but confused. “Korra, what is she doing?” She asked her.

“It’s a little something called seismic sense, Toph Beifong used it to see the world around her, and taught Lin how to use it, even Aang when he was just a boy. She is currently checking the room to see what hidden secrets it has, hopefully it will reveal something.” She told her as she watches Lin.

After checking the area, Lin stood up and looked towards them. “There's a tunnel beneath the workshop running deep into the mountainside.” She told them.

But Asami was slightly angry, and didn’t believe it. “What? There's no tunnel.” She told them, only to see Lin look to the floor and metalbends to remove the metal layer, exposing the stairs and an elevator going down as they walk toward it.

Seeing it shocked, Asami couldn’t believe what she was seeing. Rainbow Dash leaned over to her with a proud smirk. “Told ya so…” She told her.

Bolin looked at it and whispered to Asami. “Do you think your dad knows about this tunnel?” he asked her.

“I don’t understand. There must be an explanation.” Asami said after bolin asked her about that her father knows about the tunnel.

Korra turned towards Asami feeling somewhat sympathetic. “Maybe you don't know everything about your father. I'm sorry.” She told her.

“We all are, we’re sorry you had to find out like this.” Liu Kang said to her.

Black Panther approached her and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. “If it is any consolation… I didn’t know my father killed my uncle when I was young, and left my cousin behind. But the only way to let go of the pain you are feeling right now, is to let it go.” He told her as he pulled his hand away.

Meanwhile Lin looked to her officers. “Officers, into the tunnel. Be cautious.“ She advised them as her officers walked toward the stairs. Mako, Bolin and Asami start walking toward it until they are stopped by Lin. “Uh-uh, you three stay up here.” She told them as she turns to Officer Song. “Officer Song, keep an eye on them.” She told him. Song salutes her as Mako, Bolin and Asami look at the group.

As they walk down, Korra turns her head and looks at the three in sadness as Mako turns his head away with guilt. She knew this was hard for him, but she turned towards Fluttershy and touched her shoulder. “Fluttershy, why don’t you stay here and look after Mako and the others.” She told her.

“I know you’re a great fighter, probably one of the best, but right now, they need a friend with them. Please Flutters…? For me…?” She asked her. Fluttershy looked towards them seeing how guilty and depressed they were about the situation at hand. She looked back towards Korra, and nodded her head to her, walking back to Mako, Bolin, and Asami.

Seeing it and smiles at her, Korra walked onto the elevator and felt it going down. Scorpion walked up to her and looked ahead. “It was a wise decision, choosing Fluttershy to stay behind.” He told her.

“Thanks… I’m just happy, and sad about out this. I can’t imagine what’s going through Asami’s head right now.” She told him as she looked ahead.

“It will take some time… but right now, let us focus on the mission” He told her as Korra nodded looking down the tunnel. As the elevator takes the group down until it stops and they cautiously walk into a massive room that has posters of Amon hanging up. There are large robotic machines on the sides.

Lin looked at the machines carefully as she looked around the room. “Not your average backyard workshop.” She pointed out.

“I’ll say… this place is far behind Special Forces by a mile.” Applejack told her as she looked around.

T’Challa looked around carefully and looked to the robotic machines. “That’s not all…” He pointed towards them.

Korra walked and was looking at the large robotic machines. “And I'm guessing those are the new weapons.” She asked as Lin and Tenzin also look at the machines.

“Hiroshi was lying all right, but where is he?” Suddenly, a metal wall shoots up to block the entrance.

The defenders looked towards it shocked. “Aw heck, this cannot be good!” Jax exclaimed.

Meanwhile the three upstairs hear the noise along with Fluttershy. “What was that?” Asked Bolin.

“We need to get down there and see what's going on.” Mako told them as he was about to go rushing in.

“Absolutely not. You're staying put until the chief comes back.” Officer Song instructed in a strict tone.

Fluttershy stepped up to him. “Don’t you care what happens to your chief of police, or your fellow officers?” She asked him.

Seeing this, Mako and Bolin looked to each other, hatching a plan as Mako looked to the Officer. “All right, we'll stay put. But could we wait outside or something? It's so dusty in this workshop.” He told him as Fluttershy began to catch on to what he was trying to do.

“Okay, but don't blame me if I start sne-” Mako began pretending to have a little twitch in his nose. “If I start sn-sn-sneez-“ he tried to hold it in.

The Officer looked to him confused, trying to figure him out. “What's your problem, bub?” He asked him.

Fluttershy walked to Mako putting her arm around him. “Please Officer, he is highly allergic to dust, he can’t handle this much at once.” She told him.

“But I'm about to-“ Mako tried to hold it in as Song approaches him and Mako firebends his sneeze, causing Song to move back and trip over by Bolin's earthbent rock. Fluttershy used her form of Pegasi magic to form her wings and flap them causing a gust of wind to hold him in mid air and allow Bolin to jump on him and they tie him up to a barrel as he struggles. “Sorry pal, we know you were just doing your job.” Mako told him.

“Yeah, just stay put until the chief comes back. That's sounds very familiar doesn't it, why? Because you said it.” Bolin told him to make it funnier as the four walk toward the stairs.

But Mako stops Asami by putting his hands on her shoulders. “Asami, you should stay here. We'll check it out.” He told her.

“I have to find out the truth about my father.” She said to him feeling determined.

“I understand. That's why I'm going down, to find out for you. Please.” Mako pleaded to her to remain here where it was safe.

Asami wanted to protest, but she felt a gentle hand on her shoulder and saw Fluttershy. “I understand you want to know the truth, but it will be too dangerous, and we may be facing some of the most dangerous criminals from Earthrealm. I know, because I speak from experience.” She told her.

Hearing this Asami knew that she was right, and she nodded her head in disappointment. “All right.” She replied to her as Fluttershy and the brothers walk down the stairs. “Be careful.” She told Mako as she clasps her hands together tightly as she looks down with uncertainty.

Meanwhile, down in the factory, Lin tries the bend the seemingly metal wall, but to no avail. “Come on Lin, metalbender the wall!” Johnny told her as a way of not giving up.

“She can’t Mr. Cage… in fact, I'm afraid you won't be able to metalbend that wall, Chief Beifong.“ Said Hiroshi from the speakers of the robot as green lights are turned on around them, causing them all to shield their eyes from the glares. “It's solid platinum.” He informed them as the robotic machines come to life and approach the group. “My mecha tanks are platinum as well.” He told them as he revealed himself in the mecha tank. “Not even your renowned mother could bend a metal so pure. Not to mention I added a little extra Vibranium, courtesy of Killmonger here.” He gestured to him as he approached.

Seeing him, T’Challa sneered at him angrily from behind his mask. “N’Jadaka!” He snarled.

“Sup cousin…” Killmonger greeted him as Artemis and The Lieutenant along with Tanya appeared before them.

Glaring at seeing her Kitana and Mileena were down right furious. “Tanya, finally decided to crawl out from under that rock you’ve been hiding under?” Kitana asked her as she unfolded her war fans.

“As much as I loathed being in those maiden clothing’s, it’s good to be myself again.” Tanya responded.

“And still nothing but a back stabbing traitor.” Twilight told her with a sneer and a glare.

Korra glared at Hiroshi with much anger and hate towards him. “Hiroshi, I knew you were a lying, no good Equalist! Come out here and-”

“And do what, young Avatar? Face the wrath of your bending? No. I think I'll fight from inside here where my odds are a little more ... equal.” he told them.”

“That source was a set-up! You lured us down here!” Lin accused him as the mecha tanks come closer to surround the benders.

Liu glared at him as his fists were surrounded with dragon fire. “You’re a coward Hiroshi Sato, there is no honor in your heart, not even an ounce of love for your daughter!” He told him as he held his glare towards him.

“That is where you’re wrong Liu Kang, I am doing this for my daughter, so I can avenge her mother’s death!” Hiroshi shot a grappling line towards him only to see him disappear and become smoke. “What?!” He looked around for him.

“Confused…? You didn’t really think we’d come here without a little backup did you?” Liu asked him as he reappeared with Smoke standing beside him along with Kratos. “We even brought along the God of War to help us in this fight.” He told him as Smoke and a Kratos stood ready for combat.

Hiroshi glared at them as he held out his hand towards them. “Get them!” He ordered the other Equalists in their Mecha Tanks and their allies to attack them. Sub-Zero avoided them as he shot icicles at them, and Scoprion threw his spear at them, but the icicles shattered on impact and the spear bounced off as Hiroshi chuckled. “Thought you could break through with just a few icicles? You’re as pathetic as I thought.” He told him.

“You shouldn’t underestimate me, and this will not bring peace to your wife.” Scorpion responded.

“I am doing what no one could, the loss of my wife was harder on me than it was for Asami. That is why I joined to Equalists!” Hiroshi told him.

“I could prevent innocent non-benders from suffering like my family has!” Hiroshi responded angrily.

But Scorpion glared at him as he formed his signature katana’s. “Crime took my family too Hiroshi.” He told him.

“But you chose to abandon your vengeance!” Hiroshi shot a grapple line towards him, but the grandmaster avoided it and charged towards him.

Meanwhile Artemis snarled and charged towards Kratos and slashed at him with her claws, the war god pulled out his axe and blocked her attacks to avoid getting injured by her. But she was faster from when he last faced her in fair and even combat, this… this was something else. “Artemis, you and I had no quarrel then, why are you doing this?!” He demanded to know her reasons for hunting him.

“You know the reason why… you killed our father!” She slashed at him, only to see him side step and slash at her side with one of his chaos blades, and throw his axe towards her, but she knocked it away and smacked him down with his tail. “My home was destroyed because of you!” She shouted at him.

Getting up from the ground, Kratos rubbed his face from the impact and looked to her. “Zeus got what was coming to him, he was the one who betrayed me Artemis.” He told her as he swung his blades at her. She avoided his attacks only to feel one of the blades snare its chains around her left paw, Kratos pulled hard and threw her against a wall. “All of this was planned out… not by me, not the Oracle, but the very goddess we called sister.” He told her.

“You lie! Athena told me it was your blind rage that destroyed everything!” She argued as she slashed at him with her claws. Kratos blocked them with his axe to and dodged the next strike as he punched her in her stomach, landing several shots against her diaphragm, and kneeing her in the chest causing her to back away. She grunted from it and panted looking towards him. “Killing you… will finally bring me peace.” She told him.

Surprised of hearing it, Kratos soon saw the pattern of what was happening. “Did she tell you these lies…? I may have killed Zeus out of vengeful hate, but it was through Athena’s schemes that made it possible, if anyone is to blame, it is her! You will not find peace going down this road, I know because I speak from experience!” He told her.

Artemis looked at him for a moment, but she shook her head. “I’m sorry Kratos… but I have to destroy the monster that she created.” She told him as she pulled out her bow.

Seeing it, Kratos held out his hand as the leviathan axe returned to him. “I know… but I am her monster no longer.” He told her as he charged towards her and she unleashed a barrage of arrows at him. He avoided some and formed a shield to block them as he leaped into the air, yelling as he swung his axe at her as she blocked his powerful attack as ice fell from the axe.

Meanwhile, T’Challa blocked Killmonger’s attacks, avoids his claws and grabs his arm, elbowing him in the face as he kneed him in the chest, knocking him back as he stumbled holding it. Killmonger groaned from it and looked to him, nodding his head to him. “Not bad cousin… you really got better last we fought.” He told him.

“I don’t understand N’Jadaka, why give Vibranium to the equalists? Don’t you realize that they will betray you first chance they get?!” He asked him.

“Oh, I’m well aware… Kano and his Black Dragon clowns had kept an annoying watch on me since I first arrived. But have something special in mind for them once this is over, but before that happens, I’m gonna have a little fun with you cousin.” He charged at him to claw him up, but T’Challa formed his own claws, blocking his attacks and striking him away as he unleashed a high moon kick, slamming it to his neck. Killmonger stumbled but grabbed hold of his leg and struck at his thigh, causing him to scream from it and tossed him down as he leaped into the air and went to stomp on him.

But the king was not out of the fight as he avoided the attack and smacked him in the face and leaped in the air unleashing his Vibranium energy attack, knocking him down. Meanwhile Twilight and her friends had the lieutenant surrounded, but he wasn’t going to let them get the better of him this time. Applejack was the first to try and attack him as she unleashed hard punches against him. The Lieutenant avoided them as he blocked her attacks with his kali sticks, smacking them against her side that made her crying in pain from it, but she managed to land a hard elbow against the back of his skull as he let out a painful grunt, and he activated his electric energy and smacked it against her causing her to scream and fall to the ground feeling it was at high voltage. “Applejack!” Rainbow shouted and her eyes glowed that forced her to drain the power from his electric generator. “Big mistake pal!” She charged and formed lightning blades going to strike him, the Lieutenant took his kali sticks blocking her attacks. Even without power, he still had skill to take her down as he stunned her by hitting her across the head and slides a kick, tripping her over and smacking her head again knocking her out.

“You ruffian!” Rarity formed ice from thin air and unleashed them against him, only to see him avoid them as the ice pierced through the clothes of Twilight, Pinkie, and Sunset causing them to panic as they got pierced to a wall, narrowly missing their skin as they shot glares at her.

“Sorry!” She apologized and went to melt the ice, but one of the Mecha Tanks shot a bolas at her and snared her, sending and electric charge through her body that caused her to scream from it in agony.

Upon hearing it, Sub-Zero looked seeing it eyes widen. “Rarity!” He yelled only to get struck by Hiroshi and hit the ground hard. He screams as a bolas snared and shocked him as he tried to get up. Jax saw it happening and rushed towards him to get it off him.

But as he grabbed it, he felt the electricity flow around his arms, but it only concentrated around his arms that surprised him, but he quickly ripped the bolas off and looked at his arms, seeing the energy flowing through them. “Yeah, these suckers work.” He helped Sub-Zero up. “You okay?” He asked him.

“For now, go help the others.” He told him as he ran to help Rarity. Jax turned towards one of the Mecha Tanks as it shot a grapple line at him. But he managed to catch it and send the energy in his arms flowing towards the tank and force it to back away and slam it against the walls of the hanger. He smirked knowing he’s definitely gotta thank T’Challa for the upgrade.

But as he was about to walk away, the Mecha tank got up and was about to strike him. Till out of no where, Sonya blasted at the glass frame, causing to to shatter as Johnny leaped onto the tank gaining the Equalists attention as his eyes widened. Johnny gave him a smirk and kicked through the metal frame that held the glass, kicking the Equalist in the face, knocking him out as he pulled his leg out and looked to Jax. “You need to watch your six major.” He told him.

“Yeah? Watch your own.” Jax advised him as Johnny turned sharp seeing a bolas flying towards him. He dodged it by spreading his legs and ducking under it. Meanwhile Artemis swung her bow at Kratos as their weapons clashed with one another. The war god blocked her weapon with his axe as he looked around carefully for any sign of Athena, he needed to focus on the fight as Artemis swung her tail and smacked him off his feet, knocking him over as he hit the ground.

The goddess of the Hunt approached him with the intent to kill as she pulled out a dagger and went for the throat. But Kratos blocked it as he tried to keep it from reaching him. “Just let go Kratos… you have nothing to live for now. Just let me finish this, and you and I will finally be at peace.” She told him.

Struggling from it, Kratos soon noticed the tears in her sisters eyes knowing that this isn’t the goddess he once knew. He kept one hand on her blade as his other hand reached towards her face and touched it as he wiped away the tears. This surprised Artemis as all the strength she put into stabbing him faded. “I know you believe you are doing the right thing… but the moment I killed our father… I knew Athena had a higher motive for allowing me kill him. The power she trapped in Pandora’s Box… was still inside me. With it, she could have restored herself to life, ruling over mankind. I couldn’t let her have it… that is why I gave it to the world instead.” He told her as he caressed her face. “If you help her, Artemis… then this world, and Earthrealm will be lost.” He told her.

Artemis was filled with sadness and confusion rather than hatred and anger… she didn’t know what was right and wrong anymore as she looked to his allies. Meanwhile Hiroshi Sato shoots out a grappler to capture them. Lin, Korra and Tenzin evade it. Another mecha tank attacks the metalbender cops but they dodge, shooting out cables to wrap around its arms, holding it down. Two more metalbender cops run up and metalbend to hold off another mecha tank. Lin and Kitana run forward, dodging the grappler and as Lin earthbends herself up into the air. Kitana threw her war fans towards the glass as they pierced through narrowly missing the pilot as she used her magic to bring them back to her. While Lin metalbends daggers from her wrist armor, and lands onto the head of the mecha tank. She breaks the glass further by stabbing the front even more, missing the Equalist inside who dodges. She keeps stabbing, making the machine move backward and fall over.

While Lin attacks the mecha tank, Hiroshi Sato moves his own mecha tank forward towards Twilight as she struggled to get the ice off of her. But as he advanced, Liu Kang and Korra firebend at him to no effect. Tenzin airbends Hiroshi Sato back and Korra as looks over her shoulder at the unexpected help. As he airbends, the metalbender cops have a difficult time holding the other mecha tanks down, their cable spools starting to spark and overheat with the effort. As they are pulled forward by the tank, they raise the earth with their bending in an attempt to find more foothold to withstand the pull. The mecha tanks wrap the cables around their arms and conduct electricity, electrocuting the officers until they lose consciousness and release their grip. Lin and Kitana attempted to deliver another blow, but are grabbed from behind with a grappler, knocking them forward and against a metal support beam. They were subsequently flung across the room and lands hard on the ground, where they remain unconscious as well. Stryker saw it and panicked. “Lin!” He rushed towards her and Kitana only to get snared by a bolas and shocked as he screamed in pain from it and hit the ground.

Tenzin, Liu and Korra help each other as they use their airbending and firebending respectively to push Hiroshi Sato's mecha tank into the corner. Furious, Hiroshi Sato shoots a grappler in Korra's direction. Korra repeatedly back flips to avoid the attack. Having moved out of the path of the weapon, she earthbends a rock out of the ground and launches it at Hiroshi. At that moment, she is grabbed and shoved forward by another mecha tank's grappling hook, knocking her unconscious by slamming her against a large metal pipe. “Korra!” Liu and Tenzin yell out as Tenzin uses his airbending to cushion Korra's fall, who grunts as she connects with the floor.

Twilight quickly used her magic to teleport herself and the others out of Rarity’s little accident as she got them in. She rushed over to Korra and checked her. “Come on, Korra. Don’t you even think of taking a dirt nap on me.” She told her while Tenzin and Liu Kang fought against Hiroshi. Liu Kang shot blasts of dragon fire towards him, but not even they were enough to break through the armor. Hiroshi went to smack him with the mechs arm, Liu quickly ducked under it and leaped landing a kick against the head of the mech, causing it to back away as Liu shot a stronger blast at the chest of it. But as the fire flowed against the Mecha Tank, Hiroshi felt the heat of the dragons fire, and quickly shot a bolas at him and snared him as he hit the groundwater electricity started stunning him.

Seeing the fight between them… Artemis looked towards T’Challa and Killmonger as the Wakandan king avoided his claws and grabbed hold of his arm, elbowing him in the side and kicked against the back of his knee forcing him to kneel, but the soldier avoided a punch from him as he grabbed his arm and shoulder, throwing him over and slammed him on the ground. He went for a punch to his face, only T’Challa managed to block it as he rolled backwards and kicked him in the face as he got up and leaped up and went to kick him. Killmonger found that he built up enough energy to unleash, and upon impact, her unleashed the nerdy against T’Challa, knocking him back as he hit the ground feeling a bit of pain from it. “You are a good fighter cousin, I ain’t gonna lie… but you’re on the losing side in this war.” He told him.

“That is not how I see it Killmonger.” T’Challa replied to him as he tried to get up, but his cousin kneed him in the face knocking him back down. He groaned from it as he tried to crawl away. “No matter what you do N’Jadaka… you… will never be king.” He told him as his cousin punched him in the face.

Pulling away from him, Killmonger looked at his cousin knowing one thing for certain. “You’re right… Wakanda was a good try, but maybe I’ll have better luck in this world. Build a new Wakanda… and start a new line of weapons dealing.” He told him as he got blasted away by wind and hit the wall of the hanger by Tenzin. He is now fighting off Hiroshi Sato and an Equalist using his airbending and an air wheel to evade their attacks. He jumps up, but Hiroshi Sato shoots bolas combined with an electric disk. Tenzin is ensnared with it and grunts in pain as he is electrocuted. He roughly lands on the ground, unconscious. Hiroshi Sato exits his mecha tank and climbs down. As Hiroshi lets his gaze travel over the warehouse, seeing the unconscious Lin, Tenzin, and Korra, as well as several unconscious defenders.

“Well, I'd say that was a near flawless test run.” Hiroshi said to himself and looked to those still conscious. “If you value your friends lives… I suggest you surrender now.” He told them as he aimed a bolas towards Kitana as she began to stir. “Otherwise… there will be severe consequences.” He warned them.

“Liu was right, you really are a coward!” Jax was about to go charging at him.

But Sonya quickly stopped him. “Don’t… we’re out gunned, and your new upgrades won’t be enough to stop him.” She told him.

“I’d listen to her Jax… besides, we need to think smart, even if it sounds weird coming out of me.” Pinkie told him. Looking to the others, Jax knew they’d ere overmatched… he groaned in frustration and stood down looking to Hiroshi with a glare.

“There… that’s better.” Hiroshi stated as he stepped out of his mech and turns to the Equalists, pointing to them. “Load everyone into the transports and deliver them to Amon!” He told them as he looked towards Twilight. “And there better not be any surprises from you Princess Twilight.” He told her as the Princess of Friendship glared at him for what he was doing, and what he was going to do.

Artemis watched as Kratos pulled away and she looked to him, sensing something was definitely wrong, till suddenly… she appeared. Nightmare Moon appeared along side Athena as she looked to Artemis. “Sister… still haven’t finished him have you?” She asked her.

“I… I’m going to, just…” Artemis struggled to find the words, but before she could say anything, Athena blasted her down to the ground, causing her to scream from it.

“So disappointing… I thought you out of all our siblings would be able to finish what he started. But you are just as weak as I was. You can’t even bring yourself to kill the one person who destroyed everything we stood for. Maybe I was right to trust in your judgement, Nightmare Moon.” She said to the Dark Moon Goddess as the girls looked to her shocked.

“Nightmare Moon? Impossible… you were purged from Luna’s soul.” Twilight stated to her.

“Indeed I was… but as I was released from her, I found myself in a weakened state, only the shadows kept me alive. That was when I met Lord Shinnok, he helped me gather the strength I needed, to take my revenge upon you for thwarting my plans. There can be only one goddess of the moon… and that goddess, will be me!” She shouted as darkness surrounded the room.

Pinkie felt is as a chill went up her spine. “Boy, she’s definitely different from when we last saw her.” She told her as she got tied up.

“Yes, and she doesn’t have Luna as a power source anymore, she is her own living being.” Scorpion told them as he followed the others to the trucks that were nearby.

Meanwhile, A hole is earthbent from the ground, and Bolin pops up from underneath along with Mako and Fluttershy. They look around until they notice with horror the metalbenders being dragged into the trucks. “Oh no.” He muttered.

“Follow me, I can get us there quietly.” Fluttershy told them as she led them quietly towards the trucks. Bolin and Mako sneak around the factory with her, getting closer to Tenzin, Lin and Korra and the others.

Meanwhile, Artemis groaned from the pain she received as she looked to Athena. “Sister… why…?” She asked her demanding to know why she would do this to her.

“You’ve been growing weak from your emotions dear sister… that is something that I cannot tolerate. Kratos will die this day, but by my hands when I receive physical form.” She told her with a grin. “Then you will be next, for the Goddess of the Hunt, has spent her last days here.” She said to her as Artemis’ eyes widened in horror.

Seeing them, Sunset smiled in relief. “Took you guys long enough.” She told them, only to get shushed.

“Keep it down, we got to get you guys outta here.” Mako told them as he hoists Korra onto his back, while Bolin does the same with Tenzin after untying the bola wrapped around him. They are about to grab Lin to drag her away as well, but are spotted by Hiroshi Sato and the Lieutenant.

Seeing it, Mako drops Lin's arm. Bolin does the same and uses Tenzin's arms to express his surprise. “Hello, Mr. Sato. Wow! What a really swell, scary factory you have here under your giant mansion.” He told him trying to act calm.

But Mako glared at Hiroshi with much anger in his eyes. “Sponsoring our team, supporting the Avatar. It was all just a big cover.” He put it all together as he sneered at him.

“Yes, and the most difficult part was watching my daughter traipse around with a firebending street rat like you!” Hiroshi yelled as he conducts electricity from the gloves as he and the Lieutenant approach them.

Fluttershy glared at them with her wings spread out like an angels. “I can’t believe you would do this, even to Asami!” She yelled him.

“My daughter is the least of your worries… you should be more worried about yourself.” He was about ready to stun them.

“Dad, stop!” Hiroshi turns around in surprise seeing his daughter standing before him. Asami closed her eyes and turns her head away before looking back at her father in sadness. “Why?” He asked him.

“Sweetie, I wanted to keep you out of this as long as I could.” Unaware to his knowledge, Korra and some of the defenders regain consciousness. “But now you know the truth, please, forgive me. These people…” He pointing at the Fire Ferrets. “These benders. They took away your mother, the love of my life. They've ruined the world, but with Amon we can fix it and build a perfect world together. We can help people like us, everywhere!” He told her as he takes off one of his gloves and offers it to Asami. “Join me, Asami.”

“Asami don’t, if you join them, you will only make the world more miserable.” Fluttershy told her as she kept her distance. “I know that in your heart, you know this is wrong. Benders may have taken your mother away, but you don’t feel hatred towards them like your father. His grief is all that keeps him from forgiving society for what happened.”

“Stay out of this!” Hiroshi yelled at her and looked to Asami. “Asami, my daughter… who will you listen too…? Some stranger from another realm…? Or your beloved father…?” He asked her as he held out the glove.

Asami looks at her father with uncertainty, but she hesitatingly steps toward him. She looks at the glove with fear, trembling as she reaches for it. The Fire Ferrets look at her in sadness as she grabs the glove off her father, slipping her hand into the glove. Fluttershy saw it and shook her head in disappointment, even Mako was filled with disbelief of what he witnessed. “No…” He muttered.

Asami looked at the glove then to her father. “I love you, dad.” She told him, Rainbow Dash had regained consciousness and witnessed it. She sneered at her and was about to charge, but to her surprise. She electrocutes her father until he loses consciousness, revealing it was a ruse. The Lieutenant attacks her, but she uses self-defense techniques to easily defeat him with his own electrified kali stick. Mako and Korra are stunned at the fact that she took them down so easily by herself. Lin regains consciousness as the mecha tanks notice them.

“Let’s get out of here!” Mako yelled out to everyone as he lead them with Bolin to the hole they came out of, only to see Nightmare Moon get in their way.

“You’re not going anywhere!” She glared with glowing eyes… she summoned a spear through magic as Athena appeared beside her and went to blast them with her magic. But before they could unleash their fury, Nightmare was snared by a blade of chaos, and Kratos along with Scorpions help, pulled away as she was slammed against the wall. Artemis leaped towards Athena and shot several magic arrows at her. Each one hitting the specters shoulders and the final one blasted her away. Nightmare looked to her surprised and she shot a glare to her. “What are you doing?!” She asked her.

Glaring at the Dark Moon Goddess, Artemis finally understood what her brother was trying to tell her as Korra and her allies escaped down the hole. “I am doing what I think is right.” She told her as she morphed to her human form as she launched an arrow to the ground, causing it to explode in front of them as she and Kratos fell into the hole, right before the mecha tanks attempt to capture them, Bolin earthbends the hole shut, keeping them from getting to them.

Letting out a sigh of relief, Korra looked to Artemis then to Kratos. “Care to explain about this?” She asked him.

“Would you rather I killed her instead?” He asked her as she shook her head. “Then let’s have this discussion later, we need to move before they dig their way through.” He told them as he lead them through the tunnels to escape them.

Once escaping in the police airship floating away from the Sato mansion. Asami looks down at her former home in dismay as Lin was lying down with Tenzin and Stryker at her side. “My metalbenders are on their way to Amon, and it's all my fault. Tarrlok's right, I've failed as chief. First thing in the morning, I'm handing in my resignation.” She told them.

“He’s right Lin, you can’t just turn in your badge like this.” Stryker agreed with him as he told her.

“I'm not giving up. I'm gonna find my officers and take Amon down. But I'm gonna do it my way, outside the law.” Lin told them. Stryker looked at her concerned and looked down as he stood up and walked away to let her rest.

Meanwhile Liu rubbed his body still feeling pretty paralyzed from the electric shock he got from that bolas as Kitana approached him and helped him. “These Mecha Tanks are far beyond anything we’ve ever gone up against… we are out of our league on this one.” She told him.

“You’re right… they’re a lot stronger with, or without their Mecha Tanks.” Liu told her and looked to Artemis. “And what of you…? What will you do?” He asked her.

Being silent, Artemis lowered her gaze and turned towards them. “I can’t run away, nor can I hide from Athena. She will hunt me down till I am finally caught, and brought before her on my knee’s.” She told her and looked to Kratos. “I want to believe in second chances… but I know I don’t deserve it.” She told him.

But Kratos placed a hand on her shoulder. “Artemis… it is something that you must earn. But you are more than welcome to stay on Air Temple Island with us.” He told her as he looked to Tenzin. “If Tenzin will allow it.” He stated.

Looking to the goddess, Tenzin stood up and walked to her. “Though you have much to answer for, I will give you full pardon, and permission to live with us on our island home.” He told her.

She smiled and bowed to him. “Thank you.” She said to him as she turned out to the city.

Seeing it as she rubbed her limbs, Rainbow looked to Twilight. “Twilight, you sure it’s a good idea?” She asked her.

“Rainbow, she was betrayed by her own sister, the fallen Goddess of Wisdom… she has no where else to go. But we’ll keep an eye on her, just to make sure she doesn’t try anything.” She told her as she looked towards Artemis. “Still… to be in the presence of the Goddess of the Hunt without her trying to kill us.” She was almost close to geeking out, but she looked to Mako as he approached Korra. “Oh, check it out.” She whispered as she pointed to them, as the others looked towards them.

He walked up to her with an apologetic look on his face. “I'm sorry I didn't believe you. But Asami's dad being an Equalist is not an easy thing to believe. Even now.” he told her.

“I know. I'm sorry this whole thing happened.” Korra told him as he looked him in his eyes.

Seeing it and couldn’t look away at how beautiful they were, Mako smiled a bit but pulled himself out of his little day dream. “So ... does your offer to live in the Air Temple still stand?” He asked her.

Smiling at hearing it, Korra nodded her head. “Of course it does. And Asami's welcome, too.”

Mako was happy to hear it as he smiled at her. “Thank you so much.” He said to her in a grateful tone.

She smiled at him, but her smile faded as she reached and placed a hand on her shoulder. “After everything she's been through, she's going to need you, Mako.” She told him as Mako nods his head and walks toward Asami to comfort her. Korra looks at them in sadness before turning away as the airship floats above the city.

Seeing it happen, T’Challa looked towards her and walked up to her. “You care for him, don’t you?” He asked her.

Sighing at hearing it, Korra glanced to him. “Am I really that easy to read?” She asked.

“But there is no shame in that Korra…” Twilight walked up to her and nudged her. “Besides, it’s what makes you human.” She said to her with a smile.

“She is correct… love and affection are fine qualities that make us who we are. But if we choose to become machines of war, then all the humanity we had will be lost.” T’Challa said to her.

Nodding in agreement. Liu Kang walked up to her. “And thankfully, you have not.” He told her.

Korra smiled and looked to them. “Thanks guys, but…” Korra lowered her head but looked to Mako with Asami. “He may have already made his choice.” She told them.

“Do not give up on him yet.” T’Challa advised her as she looked to him surprised. “I have seen the way he looked at you, it is a clear sign that he has feelings for you. Even if he is with another woman, give him time to decide.” He told her as he walked to rest with the other defenders after what happened during the ordeal. Korra watched him with the ponies and looked to Mako, placing her hand over her chest feeling her heart. She felt how hard it was beating, and looked to Mako as a smile formed across her face as she had a slight blush on her face and she looked out, knowing to take the Wakandan Kings advice to heart. For the future… is never really certain.

Mortal Kombat Legends: Heroes Rising

by KnightGomora1994

The Aftermath