I was pretty bored being stuck in this room all day. It feels like forever ago I was abducted by Amon and Hiroshi. I always imagine what my brothers, Asami, and Korra are doing. Probably thinking of a plan to stop Amon and this entire movement. I know they'll want to rescue me, but with Amon planning to strike at any moment, that should be their top priority... I just wish I were with them.
"Hey," Derrick, one of the younger and nicer Equalist greets me as he walks into my room- or should I say prison cell?
"Oh, hey," I greet him back with a smile.
Maybe I shouldn't be befriending anyone who works for Amon, but Derrick is the only one who actually treats me fairly ok. He has shown me more compassion than I ever expected. I still don't expect him to one day set me free, but I'll take whatever I can get here. Derrick was put in charge to watch over me. He really gets me whatever I want. Since the incident... walking is hard, impossible, I think. That night, they practically fried my spinal cord. I know I'm probably being dramatic, but sometimes it feels that way.
I think a lot about what my mother said, to be strong, but it's hard. It's scary here. Amon is evil, and when Derrick is gone, the guards are not very nice either.I actually feel like I'm more scared of them than Amon sometimes. I just.. I want to go home, and I want my brothers, they'd never hurt me. Amon didn't lie when he said he'd break me. I definitely feel broken.
While I'm here, Amon gives me little trinkets and parts to build with. He says I need to keep my mind fresh and ideas flowing if I'm going to be creating weapons for him one day. I tell him every time that I'm not going to join his side, but he says I have no choice, and sometimes he just gets really mad... And well, it's not pretty. But jokes on him, I've rebuilt one of Hiroshi's gloves that he created for the Equalist, only this time, it's 10x stronger. I plan to use it when I escape, I'm just waiting for the right moment. It's just very nerve wracking knowing that I'm going to have to fight my captors sooner or later. I know what I said, I know my brothers and our friends would never just leave me here... But I have to do what I gotta do. They shouldn't have to worry about rescuing me, so I'll do it myself.
"It's time to get going," Derrick says happily.
"Where are we going?" I ask.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, it's moving day! And guess what? You're getting a roommate!"
"I'm confused, what's going on?" I ask worryingly.
"Today is the day! Everything we've worked for is finally paying off. Amon has taken over the air temple, and we're going to take out the United Forces, then-"
"Please, don't."
I feel sick. If Amon took over Air Temple Island, then what happened to Tenzin and his family? What about Korra? They said she escaped, they said the Avatar was not in their custody.
"I'm sorry," he says. "I didn't mean to upset you."
...
When I realized who my 'roommate' was, I thought my mind was playing tricks on me, but nope- It was councilman Tarrlok... and he was a disaster. He was forced into a cell while I had the rest of the Air Temple attic to myself. They didn't think I'd be capable of escaping in my condition.
...
"What are you doing here?" I ask Tarrlock. "You look awful."
He arrested me! He arrested me and Asami because we aren't benders. To think, he actually proved Amon right because he used his bending to take advantage of people who can't.
He is not a nice man.
"So he got you, too?" He says lowly. "Of course he did."
"What's going on? Have you been working with Amon this whole time?" I ask.
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Elegance (An LOK Story)(Major Editing in Process)
Fanfiction"Earth. Fire. Air. Water. When I was a boy, my father, Avatar Aang told me the story of how he, and his friends,, heroically ended the Hundred Year War. Avatar Aang and Firelord Zuko transformed the Fire Nation colonies into the United Republic of...