Another Dead Hero- Huh, haven't done a collab with anyone in a good long time, but yeah, this was a fanfic idea I had for a good while (Before Book 3 actually), but never had the chance myself to do it. But then I saw AvatarPipTook's fanfics and enjoyed them. So much so, I wanted to work with her and knew she would help me get this idea turned into a story, while giving her own ideas and suggestions. May be my idea, but she gave enough to make it hers too, so I got PipTook to thank there. We would have had this out sooner, but we had to wait for Book 4 to end, boy did that change some parts in the story up... R&R!

AvatarPipTook- I was excited to have someone want to write with me so I took the chance to. Boy, it's been fun writing this with ADH. Anyways, neither of us owns the 'Legend of Korra' characters.

Just a warning, this one is unlike anything else I've written. Both of us kinda forgot to install a filter on our language. If swearing offends you, then you probably shouldn't read this. Oh, and blood. Lots of it. I hope you enjoy this story.

It was a simple dark night in Republic City. The moon was out, slightly covered by clouds, but still lighting up parts of the city along with the Spirit Portal. Many of its citizens have gone to sleep, but some still linger away from their beds at this time. Some of them simply mind their own business, some who patrol the area, some with unsavory plans... and one with one goal in mind...

"Hey Kan, 'nother round!" A voice ran in one of the many bars the city held, one simply known as "Kan's".

The voice belonged to a tall and lanky looking guy with long black greasy hair, who couldn't be more than twenty-nine years old and had the attitude of an ignorant drunk zebra donkey.

"We're going for the record!" He laughed as did his three buddies, all various sizes and heights. But they all had something in common, besides being drunken morons. They all were Triad members.

"We're three drinks in Okashi and already I's not doing well!" One of them, a heavy set one with a shaved head said to the tall lanky one, known as Okashi, who laughed as did the other two.

"Really? Big boy can't hold his booze?! Come on Shu. Don't be a pansy about it. You better keep going and drink till you can't feel feelings anymore!"

"Oh, well by the spirits, 'cuse me for being a... a... what was the term again?"

"Lightweight?" The other two members said, both identical twins as they both had dark brown mohawks and tan skin, in contrast to the other two's lighter skin tone. One of them, Go, had a goatee while the other, Kho, had a soul patch.

"What the triplets said..." Shu slurred as both twins looked at each other in a deadpan sense. "Speaking of which, why are you two not drinking?"

"We've told you..." Go began to speak.

"We don't indulge in drinking..." Kho finished before both proved their points by sipping their glasses of water.

"Bunch of sissy asses..." Okashi snickered as the young waitress working the shift handed him and Shu their shots. "Thanks dollface..." He said, smacking her ass, getting a harsh comment from her as she left to go serve another drink to some guy in the dark corner of the bar, before looking at his boys. "We should be fucking celebrating, we not only managed to rob two stores, but also managed to evade those metalbending jagoff cops, which as we all know, not an easy thing to do. So as far as I'm concerned, we've earned the right to celebrate. Let's not waste it..." He said, about to down his shot before he noticed something. "Son of a..."

"What?" Shu asked, noticing Okashi's look.

"Your six o'clock Shu..." Okashi said as the other three looked, seeing a seedy guy with what looked to be with his girl of the night at his side, seeming to try charming her, somewhat managing too as she smiled as both decided to begin leaving. "It's that guy, Piadu, the one who owns the Mover Theater on 15 Novack Road."

"The one who skimped out on our cut?" Kho noted to which Okashi downed his shot.

"The very same. Come on boys, it's time to talk to Piadu about the rent..."

The other three could tell party time was over and back to business, so they paid for their drinks and followed the Mover Theater owner and his lady friend into an alley, making sure they weren't seen.

"So, I know Varrick, the guy who invented Movers. Maybe I can put in a good word for ya'... If you return the favor..." Piadu said, clearly having one thing in mind.

His date, a young Earth Nation girl who clearly hadn't gotten past the legal limit yet, smiled knowing what this meant. "Oh, do I now?" She said before noticing something off behind Piadu. "Ah... where did that wall behind you come from?"

"Wall?" Piadu said, clearly confused by this, turning to see that the girl was right, there was a rock wall behind him, even know they just came that way. "What the heck?"

"What the heck indeed..." Okashi's voice rang, making both see that the Triad member was sitting on the top of the wall, giving an evil smile. "Was wondering that too, you know, when we noticed our cut didn't come in..."

Suddenly Shu came up and grabbed the girl, freaking her out, making her scream as Piadu knew what this meant. "Ah, thanks for walking me around. I think I know my way-" He said, about to run away, leaving his date behind before his hand was caught and frozen against the stone wall by Go, who had his now empty glass of water. "Okay, can tell you're a little-" The Mover owner tried to explain, pointing at the gang leader with his free hand before a sharp pain ran through it as did the ice icicle now sticking out of it, making him scream. "AH!"

"Oh, he's more than a little mad..." Kho noted, also having his empty glass of water in hand, having just did the deed.

"Try very mad." Go finished for his brother.

"Thanks for the twin magic there." Okashi said, coming down from the wall, landing on his feet, stumbling a bit. "Ah, damn! My foot, I'm okay..." He grunted a bit in pain before getting back into form, bending some of the stone from the wall into his hand, making a makeshift knife and waving it around. "So, again, our "Rent", you know, so we don't mess up your theater. Where is it? Do you got it on you?"

"A-Ah, ah, the money, I have the money... well, not all of it-" Piadu said before he felt a small painful jab in his shoulder, thanks to Okashi's stone knife, it's owner giving a look of mock confusion.

"Oh, well, where is it? 'Cause if I recall right, you owe us, what? 3,800 Yuan?"

"5,000 Yuan actually." Shu noted, holding his hand over the girl's mouth, so her screams would be muffled as she struggled more. "And please stop struggling. I don't wanna hurt a pretty face."

"Oh, right, five grand. Thanks Shu." Okashi said, giving a smile to his partner before replacing it with a serious, if mad look to Piadu. "So... yeah, five grand you owe us, and that fancy wine you and the clearly underage date of yours were having, how much did that cost? 'Cause I'm pretty sure that shit wasn't cheap."

"Look, give me a week and I'll pay you!" Piadu begged, feeling the pain rise up more as Okashi jabbed his shoulder wound more with the knife. "AH! Give me time! I'll pay you!"

"Oh, I'm sorry, you're bankrupt now, but not in the case of currency good sir..." Okashi note before taking out the knife, making Piadu sigh, thankful the knife was out of his shoulder. "But of your life on the other hand..."

Before the Mover Theater owner could respond, the stone knife of Okashi's was slammed into the back of his neck and out the front, making his eyes open in shock and give off blood filled gurgles as he slumped over dead, still frozen against the wall as the young girl screamed (Or at least a muffled one as Shu's hand was still over her mouth) at the sight, trying to escape. Go and Kho took out the dead man's wallet and search through it.

"Sixty Yuan..." Go noticed as he pulled out the Yuans, confused at the amount.

"I think our recently deceased pal planned to skip out on the bill." Kho noticed.

"Eh, win some, lose some." Okashi noted before seeing the girl, an idea coming to mind. "Oh the other hand, I think we might have some entertainment for tonight, right boys?" He said, look of evil in his face which the girl realized what that plan was and that made her scream more as the others grinned. "Shu, hold her down. Go, keep out for any cops and Kho, you wait your turn..." he said, turning to the brother's before noticing something... completely amiss, "Ah… Go, where's Kho?"

Go looked to his side, Kho wasn't there, which was impossible, he was just there! "Brother?"

"The hell?" Okashi noted before a drop of something dripped onto the girl's face which Shu noticed.

"Woah, Okashi..." Shu said, fear slightly in his voice as he looked at the drop as did Okashi and Go as the girl rubbed it on her finger and looked at it. It was red and sticky... like blood.

Before the three Triad members and the girl could make another move, something big fell onto some nearby trash cans hard, rolling over to the ground next to them. It was Kho, or, what resembled him as his head looked to have been split in two vertically, the sight making the girl scream and shocking the three gang members.

"BROTHER!" Go cried out, rushing over to his brother's corpse.

"What in the name of the fucking spirits did THAT?!" Shu asked, wondering what could have done that.

Okashi wasn't having any of it, using his bending to make up a stone axe. "Don't know, don't care. He's dead. Come on Go!"

Go, holding his brother's corpse cried, seeming not to listen, Okashi called out to him again, getting his attention. "I shall avenge you brother..." He said, standing up and looking at his partner's, not noticing what suddenly appeared behind him, but both Okashi and Shu saw it.

"GO! Behind you!" Shu yelled out as they saw what looked like a lone figure suddenly grab Go as the waterbender turned around, but then both seemed to vanish into the shadows as Go's screams faded away.

Both of the remaining member's rushed over to the dark area, but neither Go or the figure was there. "WHAT THE FUCK?! WHAT WAS THAT?!" Shu yelled, looking at Okashi scared.

"It's gotta be a trick. There must be a hidden passage… must be some trick to it..." Okashi tried to register, trying just to figure out what they just witnessed before suddenly Go's burst out from another shadowy spot in the alleyway, his chest looking to be ripped open as Go's face was frozen in horror.

"Must be a trick my ass!" Shu called out to his partner, looking at his eyes. "I know what's going on!" He realized to which Okashi looked.

"Well, tell me!"

"I thought it was just rumors, but-" He stopped, looking behind Okashi, who turned and saw the lone figure once more, but both had a better look at him... Or somewhat as it looked like a homeless man in his late-forties, clad in dark clothing, shirt, pants, boots, gloves, even a hooded jacket as he had long dirty black hair and beard. And he had what looked like a bloodstained katana in hand with a sheath on a sling on his back. But they seemed to notice some sort of bandage over his right eye and ear area and one lone eye staring at them, as if asking for them to make a move.

Shu was frightened at this, he didn't expect this, but Okashi, trying to hide his fright, pushed at him. "Well, what are you waiting for, knock his lights out and let's run!"

"Hell with that man!" Shu responded, not wanting to.

"DO IT!" Okashi yelled, pushing the big guy towards the figure who stood still. Shu turned to Okashi who signaled him to proceed, then turned back to the figure and gulped.

"Don't make me hurt you man..." The scared Triad member said, getting no response. "... Dangit..." He groaned and rushed over to the figure, delivering a punch to his face. But it was oh so short lived as the figure no sold the punch, turning his face to look Shu in the eyes, his own eye slowly turning from a calm hazel to a glowing red as he put away his katana. "... Ah... Take your best shot?" Shu weakly said.

And that the figure did, punching Shu in the face so hard, it not only snapped his neck, but turned it in a 180 degree angle, making Shu's face look right a horrified Okashi before the figure poked Shu's chest with his finger, making the corpse fall backwards onto the ground.

That was it for Okashi, who tried run away, only to bump into the figure, confusing and horrifying him as suddenly what seemed to be black tentacles, almost like they're made of shadows came out from the darkest parts of the alleyway, grabbing the member by his hand's and lifting him up. "AH! STOP! PLEASE! Spare me man, spare me. Want cash? Take all that is mine and their money. Just spare me!"

The figure looked into his eyes with his own eye, it still glowing red. "... Nah... ." The figure asked, his voice bit raspy, age clearly heard before suddenly a lash was heard cracking, making Okashi gasp in shock, looking down and seeing that he was missing the lower half of his body as it slumped onto the ground, his entrails slowly drooping out of his wound.

Okashi, almost at death's door, just was able to look at the figure face as he gave one last gasp or two as the figure shook his head "Not worth it."

Then the tentacles let go of the upper half of Okashi, it fell hard on the ground as the tentacles seemed to vanish into the shadows. It almost seemed like they slinked towards the figure, who decided to walk away, but after hearing a quick whimper, he turned to the direction of the source and saw the girl, frightened at the killer.

But the figure simply kneeled down.

"... Go home..." Was all he said before walking away, leaving the girl to watch him as he seemed to walk into the shadows and seemingly vanish into them...