Snippet #2526940

(sorry for the late post, been busy. hopefully the extra length makes it up :3)

----About one year ago----

Daniel waited outside the hospital, waiting to hear about his cousin. She was his last blood relative ever since that night, so many years ago. The night the rips opened, and he got his superpowers. It was all he could think about right now. That and his cousin. He got strange looks, a 14 year old alone sitting in a hospital. He had gotten stranger looks though when he was 12.

He had established a good medical insurance for his cousin. He was making a lot of profit in this city, between the banks and the forgery. He was fairly well known by his alias, Donny Reed, but no face went to that name. Well, there was, but not his. The ID got checked by the police already, but no one could ever put a finger to him. The police nnearly got him during an undercover operation, but they never saw him. One detective got close, but he didn't get a good enough look for a description, or to realize he was under 18.

That is when a man sat down next to him. "You have a beautiful cousin. Don't worry, she will live. I made sure of that, after bending a few rules".

Daniel looked at him. "Who are you with, what do you want, and how did you find me?"

"A mutual client is how. My name is Korra, and I run a business with less then likable means. What I want is simple, a fair trade. Family for family. In the envelope under your seat is a picture of my sister, and details on her last known location. I want you to find her, rescue her, and bring her to me. Do this, and I release your cousin. Understood, Danny?"

"Fine. But only my friends call me Danny. And if you so much as harm her..."

"Don't worry. I just spent quite a bit of money to save her life. She would have died without that transfusion. I gave her my blood too, we were compatible. I care for my family, like you care for yours. But I find people can only be trusted if they prove their loyalty or if you have leverage. My contact information is in that envelope as well as a phone that can only call my number, or one of my lieutenants in case I am busy. Good luck".

----The Present----

As Daniel approached the drop zone, he made sure his sidearm was reachable. He trusted Korra more then other criminals, but he knew not to trust a friendly face. SOLO could be anywhere and anyone. The only people he knew SOLO wasn't was Korra or his cousin. Korra had plenty of reason not to like SOLO.

The crime rate appeared to drop when SOLO came into the picture. But Korra suspected, and Daniel agreed, that this didn't nessisarily mean it was gone. The crime rate is determined by reported crimes that were officially put into the system. And while the crime rate dropped, the number of arrests didn't make as much of a change. There was another explanation for the decrease: Someone was taking out the competition and trying to gain more control of the city.

As Daniel approached the drop zone, he was glad this was almost over. He looked over to Nami. "We are almost to your brother. I am sure he will be happy to see you".

"But you wont be happy to see him".

"If you mean I shouldn't trust him, I don't. And I wouldn't if he was planning to betray me or not".

"Not Korra. Korra isn't the one you should fear. What you should fear is what you threaten".

Daniel looked confused. "What, is your power Precognition or something?"

Nami looked out the train window as they approached the subway station that they would meet Korra near. "I...know things. I don't see or hear, I just know things. Random things. Most of it is unhelpful, like which tooth Hitler got first. But I know some things that people want to, and every so often I know another new thing".

As they got there and they stepped off the station, she looked back at Daniel. Daniel was fairly confused. "Then who should I fear? And what do you mean 'I threaten'?"

As they got out of view and entered an abandoned part of the subway station, Daniel saw Korra. And his cousin. "I don't have that name, but I have another. Gabriel. He may be a friend or a foe, but either or he could be an ally. Good luck, and when you ask don't go left".

Daniel watched as Nami passed his cousin and soon she was with Korra and he was with his cousin. They nodded, and then walked away. "Is it over?"

"I hope so".