Hello there, Skylinemaster here with a new chapter of the Rise of the Equalizer.

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Noatak walked silently along the beaten path, the sun above obscured by the dense canopy of trees above.

The forest was stunning to say the least, in Noatak's mind.

He could never imagine the wide variety of life that exists here. All he knew was the Northern Water Tribe, and its frozen tundra.

He glanced at everything in the forest as he walked towards the old fishing village. At the end of the forest, he realized that he was on a hill, overlooking the fishing village.

Bamda

The wooden sign said in several languages. Noatak recognized the scripts as those used in the Fire Nation, Earth Kingdom, and Air Acolytes. The fourth and last language was the familiar Water Tribe script.

He surveyed the fishing village. Sure enough, it was abandoned. There were no people out and about, no fishing vessels out on the horizon.

He frowned as he walked down the hill. It looks like the village just up and left one day and never came back.

Noatak reached the edge of the village, stopping briefly as a sense of dread came over him.

It was then that he realized why the village was abandoned.

He could see scorch marks on the buildings, gritting his teeth as he walked and saw more of the same.

Relics of the Hundred-Years War.

Firebenders must have attacked this village. It would make sense with Fire Lord Sozin wiping out the Air Nomads and since this village is nearby, he exterminated it as well.

Noatak clenched his fists as he thought of the village's fate.

Bending, the source of the world's pain and suffering.

And yet, the cure.

Noatak looked down at his hands, thinking of what Guru Pathik said during the opening of the Sound Chakra.

"The cure. Bending to take away bending. That's why I am here."

Noatak said softly to himself.

The resolve firmly in his mind again, he walked along the main street. He looked around, a simple village this must have been during the war.

At the end of the main street, he saw the pier on his left side, and headed to it.

His luck was there as he saw a perfectly good canoe, and stepped into it.

Noatak wiped off some sweat from his brow before taking a deep breath.

His arms moved in circles, propelling the canoe forward. He smiled, thinking back to the uphill sled races that he would have with his brother, Tarrlok.

His concentration wavered for a moment, causing the water to stop. Noatak quickly pushed out all thoughts and resumed his waterbending, sending his canoe forward once again.

It was only twenty minutes by boat to the mainland, which didn't even make Noatak break a sweat.

Noatak stopped the canoe on the beach and pulled out the map from the knapsack.

Northwest to the city of Henglong, a city on the coast.

He narrowed it down to two routes, one through the Youshan forest, the other along the coast.

The Youshan forest path would be faster, but the coast would be better. Noatak didn't understand why he thought the coast would be better, but he just did. Perhaps it was some innate desire to be close to a large body of water the entire time.

Noatak decided on the coastal path, and walked on the beach.

The sun was high in the sky as Noatak stopped for a rest. He had been walking for several hours now and thought it would be a good time for some food. He put his knapsack in front of him, looking at all the contents for the first time.

7 peaches, 4 bananas, 3 bags of nuts, 1 map, 1 sleeping bag, and a tent.

It was at that point, that he noticed he did not have money.

He wondered how he was going to buy a train ticket, but ignored it in favor of a more pressing matter, his growling stomach.

Noatak ate one peach and a banana before setting off again. He looked up at the sun, realizing that he had several hours left of walking before he would need to settle down for the night.

Noatak pitched his tent on the beach, admiring the moonlight shining down on him.

He stared at the moon and its reflection in the water. Waterbenders are most powerful at the full moon, and Noatak felt it as the moonlight washed over him.

A brief smile appeared on his face before he headed into his tent. He went into his sleeping bag, remarking that it wasn't as warm as the Northern ones were with their fur linings, but quickly ignored that.

Soon he was fast asleep.

Now, Noatak was not a light sleeper by any means. His father would make sure of that, occasionally forcing Noatak and Tarrlok out of bed in the middle of the night for some waterbending training.

Noatak became awake, still closing his eyes. He could hear voices, three distinct ones whispering to each other from outside of his tent.

A slight smile appeared on his face as his body remained motionless.

The footsteps came closer to his tent, and silently sneaked into the tent. Noatak could hear them rummaging his knapsack.

It was then that he decided to attack.

He jumped out of the sleeping bag and started to bloodbend them. He threw them out of the tent and followed them onto the beach.

They stood up, getting into fighting stances. It was with the moonlight that he could see their faces.

Three men, dressed in the green colors of the Earth kingdom. They wore simple, but expensive looking shirts.

Two of them were tall, one was short and fat. The short one and one of the tall men were balding. The two tall men had dark brown eyes while the short one had blue eyes.

Noatak noticed the weapons in their sheaths. These men were swordsmen.

"Are you benders?"

Noatak asked, long releasing his blood bending on the three men.

"Yes, and we're gonna kill you."

The short one smirked as he launched several sharp ice crystals from his fingertips. Noatak dodged them, his eyes widening as the ground started to shake beneath him.

His suspicions were confirmed. The two tall ones were Earthbenders and the short one was a Waterbender. He smirked, as the plan formulated in his head.

Noatak waterbent a stream of water out and dumped them on the two Earthbenders. He froze the water, encasing the two Earthbenders in blocks of ice before turning his attention to the waterbender.

Noatak tilted his head at the waterbender, who had an amused look on his face.

"Another waterbender? The boss could use someone of your skills."

He said, his arms down by his side.

Noatak shook his head at that.

"Sorry, I don't work for thieves."

The waterbender's expression turned evil at that.

"What a shame."

The waterbender's arms started to move, but nothing happened. The waterbender became frustrated as he tried to thaw the ice his friends were in, only to see the ice reinforced.

"I wouldn't think of it as a shame. Congratulations, you get to be my first test."

Noatak said as the waterbender's arm ceased to move and became locked in place. His whole body became rigid as he was forced onto his back. Noatak felt the power through his arms as he bloodbent with his arms instead of his mind. His father always did say to mask his psychic bloodbending.

"W-what are you, a bloodbender?"

The waterbender said in a panicked voice, realizing who they just tried to mug.

"You just happened to choose the wrong person to stumble upon today. It is as if a Wolf decided to take on a Dragon. "

Noatak said in a calm voice, as he walked up to his body.

"No please, whatever you are doing…"

Noatak gagged him by turning water into ice over his lips.

"The fire one should work."

He remarked, crouching down and putting a hand on his stomach. He felt the chi flowing through the chakra in the stomach.

Noatak knew from healing lessons that chi flows alongside the blood and can occasional pass through the same organs.

He focused on the veins that lead to the chakra in the stomach, and forced blood into those veins. He then hardened the blood, preventing any chi from moving through.

"Get up."

Noatak ordered.

The waterbender jumped up and tried to attack him.

"What?"

He tried again, moving his arms but nothing happened.

Noatak smiled as a face of despair appeared on the waterbender's face.

"It works. I cured you."

Noatak turned away from the now nonbending bender as he froze him in a block of ice.

"If you'll excuse me, I have to cure your friends as well."

"Get up."

Noatak said to the unfrozen Earthbender. He blocked the chi vein that lead to the Air Chakra, which is the heart.

The Earthbender tried to move the earth, but couldn't.

Noatak smiled as he unfroze the other Earthbender, forcing him down to his knees. Noatak placed his thumb on the forehead of the Earthbender, feeling the chi flow through his head. He smiled as clogged chi veins leading in and out of the Light Chakra.

Noatak pushed the now former bender away before he moved the frozen former waterbender near his two friends. He unfroze the waterbender and they all stared at him, horrified and in shock.

"What did you do to us?!"

"How'd you block our bending?!"

"Monster!"

Noatak smiled at the insults and contempt of his muggers.

"Oh, you call me a monster, how ironic. How many people have you harmed and killed with your bending?!"

He said, his voice getting increasingly angry. A sinister smile appeared on Noatak's face as a thought popped into his head.

"I can't have you tell everyone about what happened, about me."

He bloodbent all three of them and held them in the air.

"We won't tell anyone!"

"We swear!"

"I don't want to die!"

Noatak chuckled at this.

"A man says anything on the brink of death. I really want to believe you. The truth however, is that, I don't believe you, silence."

Noatak said, freezing their mouths shut.

"I've always wondered this, the human body is such a wonderful machine. The body needs blood, so what happens if it doesn't get any?

He said, forcing the veins and arteries to rupture inside of their bodies, causing severe internal bleeding. He dropped all of them to the floor and started to ransack their bodies. He found several coins and paper bills each of their bodies.

The bills were wet, so Noatak bent the water out of the bills and placed the money in his pocket.

Noatak then stared at the bodies. He crouched down, feeling each body to see if there was a pulse. Sure enough, all three were dead.

He flung each body into the ocean with bloodbending and then stared at the sky. The moon was low in the sky, so morning was almost there. Noatak went back into his tent and took the money out of his pocket.

"I guess I don't have money issues anymore."

He simply remarked before placing the money in his knapsack.

I hope that this was a rather logical reason as to how Noatak can take away bending. He is essentially forming blood clots in their bodies at vital places, preventing the chi from moving into Chakras. It was the most reasonable explanation as to how to take away bending. And it is just his first time, he'll learn more along the way.

Noatak is much more ruthless in this fic than in canon, and he'll be more of a Deadpool type of hero than a Captain America or Superman type.

To Edboy: Let's just say that Noatak might visit Korra a bit earlier than 170 AG. Make of that what you will.

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Until next time, Skylinemaster out.