Upon defeating Korra in a duel at City Hall, Tarrlok placed the Avatar in the back of a police truck and drove her to his hideout hidden in the mountains surrounding Republic City. Tarrlok told Korra that no one would ever find her there and that she would never see Republic City again. Once they arrived at the hideout, the councilman carefully used bloodbending to entrap Korra in a metal box that was inside the cabin and returned to City Hall as soon as he had finished his task.