An Excerpt from My Amon!Red Lotus Fic!!
I sucked in my breath, hoping Amon couldn't register my racing heart. Did bending even work in this place?
"She should be coming anytime soon, Noatak." the man smiled, his thin lips reaching from ear to ear.
Amon scoffed. "My lieutenant is always punctual." he said, looking straight at me.
The Spirit World was everything I had imagined it to be - ethereal, otherwordly, enchanting, alluring, deceiving.
Just like the man that was talking to me. Zaheer, he said his name was.
He had asked me to join his "Red Lotus" organisation. In return, he could organise a place to stay, protection from the government and a very sweet thing - redemption.
Apparently, they were dedicated to freedom. Apparently, they were going to remove all corrupt leaders from their planet. Apparently, that would be what I want. Apparently, my mission for equality would be achieved in these processes. No more favouritism, no more discriminate laws.
Zaheer was a non-bender. Yet, he worked side by side with benders to achieve his goal. While he was currently in prison for trying to kidnap the Avatar and raise her as his own, he would soon be freed. He could sense it, and I didn't doubt him.
I felt a swell of jealousy at this mysterious man. How he could bring benders to justice without being one? He didn't have to lie about who he was? He was purely motivated for good reasons.
Unlike me, who had gone too far with lies and power.
And Zaheer knew this. So he offered me a chance to redeem myself. To prove that I was truly striving for equality, not power.
The only condition was that both my brother and my lieutenant would be enlisted too.
"My lieutenant would never agree to this!" I exclaimed. "Do you even know who she is?"
"Of course. I've been keeping tabs on her through my connections." he murmured. "She's promising."
I sighed. Fear had been welling deep inside of me since our last encounter. A lot of it was remorse, too. I was afraid that she could be more powerful than me. I was afraid at what she was capable of, if the rumours Tarrlok said were true. If she had really killed them all. But I was regretful of the pain I had caused her. Forcing her to bloodbend, bloodbending her myself, betraying her...and what had she really done? Lie to protect herself knowing that I would attack her if she told the truth? Now, that was hardly a sin. And also, a part of me was drawn to her in a way I couldn't explain.
"I know." I said. "She might even be more powerful than me. But how are you going to meet with her and convince her to join?"
"I have summoned her. She should be coming anytime soon, Noatak."
I scoffed. "My lieutenant is always punctual." I turned around, sensing her presence. I locked my eyes with hers.
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