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New Iacon Chronicles: The Advent of Unicron
Chapter 1: After All These Years
It had been three years since The Fallen and the Red Lotus' defeat, and they had been quite kind to New Iacon. Air Temple Island is now a headquarters for the new team of airbenders, the park Korra and Hot Rod had visited when they first arrived was now Avatar Korra Park, with a statue built in her honor, and spirits and humans were finally coexisting in an area that the vines had covered, now known as the Spirit Wilds. But Rodimus, who was at the moment standing on a cliff in Air Temple Island, looking upon the city, knew that it would all be going straight to Hell, for he knew that Unicron would soon come for him and Korra, as well as try to destroy the entire planet. It seemed as though to him that anytime peace would finally come, it was simply the calm before another storm began to rage. For everytime a threat was defeated, a new one would arise. After the defeat of Ozai and Galvatron came Amon and Zarak, then Starscream and Azula, and then The Fallen and the Red Lotus.
"Can there ever truely be peace?" he asked himself. But this was not the only thing that concerned him. Korra had been gone during those years as well. Gone to the South Pole to recover from her fight with Zaheer. He could easily remember the last time he saw his friend before she departed.
A massive ship was preparing to leave Air Temple Island. Korra, still wheelchair bound, looked upon all of her friends, knowing she won't be seeing them for a while.
"Now don't take this the wrong way, but I can't wait for you to leave," Bolin said as Asami walked behind Korra.
"How else is she supposed to take that but the wrong way?" Rodimus asked as he crossed his arms and glared at him.
"I mean because I've never had a pen pall before," Bolin answered as he reached into his pocket and handed Korra a green envelope. "I'm going to write you so many letters, and just to get the ball rolling, here. Spoiler alert. Pabu and I already miss you." In response, Pabu shrilled adorably as Korra took the letter.
"Thanks, that's sweet," Korra replied, giving a small smile.
"You sure you don't want some company in the Southern Water Tribe?" Rodimus asked. "Asami and I are happy to come with you."
"The world needs its Prime more than ever right now Rodimus," Korra answered. "Besides, I'm only going to be gone a couple of weeks. A little time alone will be good for me."
"Now, I don't want you to worry about a thing while your gone," Tenzin reassured as he rested a hand on Korra's back. "Your recovery should be your number one concern. Jinora, the airbenders, Rodimus and I have everything under control."
With that, Rodimus watched as the ship left with Korra, Naga, Tonraq, Senna, Kya and Ratchet watched as the boat left the docks, the others waving goodbye to Korra. Rodimus swore that he saw Korra looking away sadly when she stopped waving back.
"I should have gone with her," Rodimus said to himself, remembering the last time Korra left. Her screams still haven't left his cortex. However, tomorrow she'll finally be coming home. Remembering that, Rodimus smiled slightly as he left the cliff, knowing that he'll finally see his best friend once again.
*QUE TRANSFORMERS PRIME OPENING THEME*
The next morning, a crowd was gathered at a new train terminal with a statue of Fire Lord Zuko in front of it, as Cerebros addressed them, with Asami, now with a different hair style and outfit, and Knock Out standing beside him. The crowd included Tenzin and his children, who have each grown out their hair, as well as Rohan, who sat on his father's shoulders, and Mako and Arcee standing beside a young man clad in stylish street clothes, posing in front of the camera. Behind Cerebros, Asami and Knock Out was a group of Autobots who transformed into trains known as 'The Railbots.'
"And of course, my biggest thanks goes to Asami Sato and Future Industries," Cerebros said. "Ladies and gentlemen, the world is entering a new age of peace and prosperity. Soon, Prince Wu will take the Earth Kingdom throne, and thanks to our updated rail system, New Iacon and the Earth Kingdom will be united like never before." With that, the crowd applauded as Cerebros held out a ribbon taut which Asami cut with a large pair of scissors.
Afterward, Asami and Knock Out were speaking to a reporter when Prince Wu approached Asami.
"Hey there, Asami right?" he asked as the reporter left and Asami and Knock Out both looked at him with a hint of annoyance. "Great train house. Maybe you can give me a personal tour sometime, what do ya say?"
"Knock Out and I do like the idea of putting you on a train and sending you far, far away," Asami answered, causing Wu to chuckle.
"That's-that's funny," he said. "I like funny dames. Maybe I should introduce myself, I'm Prince Wu, future king."
"We're aware of who you are," Knock Out dejectedly said.
"Don't let my reputation intimidate you," Wu replied before turning back to Asami. "I'm still human just like everyone else, only more human, like extra-human, or hmm, super human."
"Super-human?" Asami asked in a skeptical manner.
"So, what do you say?" Wu asked suggestively. "Can I show you a low-key night out with this super-human soon to be king?" Noticing the slightly offended look on Asami, Knock Out was about to retract his buzzsaw only for a voice to interrupt him.
"Prince Wu, President Cerebros has some really important...king stuff to talk to you about," Mako said as he and Arcee approached Wu.
"Now?" Wu asked before sighing. "Fine. Think about my offer. I'll be back." With that, he blew a kiss to Asami much to Knock Out's disgust before walking away.
"He's a real charmer, huh?" Arcee dryly asked.
"He's...something," Knock Out answered. "How can you two stand being his bodyguards?"
"Well, we just remind ourselves that once he's back on the throne, we go back to being detectives," Mako answered.
"And that works?" Asami asked.
"Well an hour of bashing our heads into the wall helps too," Arcee answered prompting a chuckle from Asami. "You know, just to get the stress out."
"It's good to see you two," Asami replied. "It's been too long. You hear from Bolin lately?"
"I haven't talked to him for a while, but he's coming in a few days for the coronation," Mako answered. "And Bei Fong told me that Korra is getting in tonight."
"I can't wait to see her," Asami responded with a smile. "It's gonna be weird having the old Team Avatar back in the city after all these years."
Meanwhile, Rodimus, Cerebros, Tenzin, Lin, Prowl, Wu and the leader of the Railbots, 'Moonshadow,' were at the entrance of the train station.
"After your coronation, we'll escort you back to Ba Sing Se," Moonshadow said to Wu.
"Right, about that, are we all positive that the Earth Kingdom is safe enough for me to return?" Wu asked. "I don't have to remind everyone what happened to my great aunt three years ago?" To emphasize the point, he grabbed his throat and simulated choking, sinking down to the floor. Lin clearly wasn't amused before Wu stopped abruptly and placed his hands together in a respectful bow.
"May she rest in peace," he said.
"Prince Wu, I assure you that Kuvira has the Earth Kingdom pretty much stabilized at this point," Cerebros said.
"Err...define 'pretty much,' Wu uncertainly requested.
"Well, the roving bandits have mostly been dispersed," Rodimus answered.
"Mostly?" Wu asked.
"Don't worry kid, the chances of you being assassinated are almost zero," Lin replied, only for Wu to raise his eyebrows as perspiration dotted his face.
"Almost?" he asked.
Back at the Earth Kingdom, a village in the state of Yi was going through the aftermath of a raid when the sound of a jeep caught everyone's attention. The townspeople quickly scattered as the jeep drove through the dirt road, three bandits on it, before it stopped in front of an empty shop. The occupants then exited the vehicle and walked inside while a woman stood up from behind the counter.
"Get out of here," she said as two of the bandits searched through broken cabinets. "We don't have anything left." Suddenly, the leader bended a trail of earth towards the counter, smashing it and revealing a few sacks of belongings.
"Now you don't have anything left," the leader said to the frightful shop owner as he and the others grabbed the sacks and made their way to their jeep, only for something in the skies to catch their eyes: an older Lefty carrying Opal and Kai, now wearing glider suits, with Windblade flying beside them. Then the bandits heard something behind them and saw a red and yellow Cybertronian all terrain vehicle driving towards them while Opal and Kai lept off of the bison and swung their arms open, revealing wing like fabrics as they glided towards the bandits. The driver of the jeep quickly drove down the road only for Kai to speed past the vehicle, thrusting his legs towards it and letting out a gust of air that caused the jeep to tip over and throw the bandits out before Opal caught up to them and cushioned their fall. Kai then began securing them with a rope while Windblade landed beside them and the Cybertronian vehicle caught up to them and transformed into Blaster.
"It's safe to come out everyone," Kai said to the townsfolk as Opal clipped the wings back to her suit. "The airbenders are here." Suddenly, the governor of the state ran up to them.
"You finally made it!" he said. "So, where are the rest of you?"
"Actually, it's just the four of us, but we're going to do everything we can to help," Opal answered. "I'm Opal, and these are Kai, Windblade and Blaster."
"Nice to meet you," Blaster said.
"What?" the governor asked in disbelief. "I called Master Tenzin because my state has been under siege by bandits for months. They blocked all the roads, cut off our supply lines, and all he sent is you four?"
"Us four just took care of those three bandits for you," Windblade argued.
"There are hundreds more where they came from," the governor responded. "My citizens are going hungry. Our entire state is on the brink of collapse."
"Unfortunately, the Air Nation is spread thin right now," Opal replied. "We're all you have."
Meanwhile, a bullet train sped through a railway line in the countryside. Inside, Bolin, now in Zaofu clothes with his hair slicked back, approached Bataar Jr, Varrick, Zhu Li and Waspinator with Rattrap beside him. Also in the room, Kuvira and Tarantulas were glancing at a map of the Earth Kingdom.
"We just got some good news," Bolin reported with a salute. "Two more Earth Kingdom states have agreed to join us."
"Excellent. Thank you Bolin," Bataar Jr replied as he took a file from Bolin before approaching Kuvira. "We're ninety percent there Kuvira."
"That's great!" Varrick added as he slapped his knee as he sat on a couch with excitement. "Zhu Li, dish out some of that special celebration tea!" Zhu Li responded by walking off as Kuvira metalbended two magnets in the shape of Earth Kingdom regions onto the map, filling the space where the territories are as Zhu Li offered a cup of tea to her.
"None for me," she said as she turned to the others. "I won't celebrate until the Earth Kingdom is one hundred percent reunited." Suddenly, the train's brakes are engaged as everyone else yelled out in surprise as they lost their balance and Waspinator fell to the ground, his head bashing against the wall, but Kuvira stood tall and proud, unfazed when the train stopped and she took a step backwards to look out the window.
"Why have we stopped?" Tarantulas asked in his comlink.
"It appears there are some rocks blocking the tracks," Blitzwing answered on the other side before a sparking noise could be heard.
"It had to be those damned bandits!" Blitzwing suddenly shouted in an angry tone before the sparking noise could be heard again.
"I want to be the one to take them out!" Blitzwing said in a somewhat childlike yet mentally unstable voice. "Can I!? Can I!? Ooh, can I please!?"
"Just shut up and have a team investigate!" Tarantulas suddenly shouted.
"No need," Kuvira said before giving a smug smile. "I will take care of the bandits myself."
Outside, Kuvira climbed out of a hatch and stood at the top of the train. Looking around, she saw a group of bandits on top of the cliffs. The bandits immediately earthbended a board underneath their feet and surfed down the cliffside, sending rock chunks Kuvira's way along with other bandits from both sides of the canyon. However, she simply side stepped to let one fly past her harmlessly before extending her arms out, catching the second boulder and flinging it away before intercepting more. She then rapidly metalbended strips of metal towards both sides of the canyon. One of them wrapped around one of the bandits' eyes and ankles, causing him to lose balance and fall off his platform. Another bandit was taken out using the same method as Kuvira continued to send strips towards the bandits, taking more and more down. Two bandits tried to send a massive boulder towards her, only for her to send two strips to it and spread her arms, causing the boulder to split in two and completely miss her. The bandits tried to get away only for Kuvira to quickly subdue them using her metal strips. She then moved her arms around, causing groups of the bandits to come together like magnets due to the metal strips. Once all of them were subdued, Kuvira looked down upon them with an emotionless look in her eyes, not even breaking a sweat.
The bandits were then lined up on the track, their hands forced onto it using the metal strips as Kuvira stood on the track with two guards along with Crosshairs and Blackarachnia standing guard beside her from both sides. Kuvira then opened her arms and metalbended the bands off of the bandits faces and back into her armor. A female bandit then looked up at her subduer.
"You're...Kuvira," she said with wide eyes.
"And you're the bandits who have been causing chaos where I am trying to establish order, aren't you?" Kuvira asked.
"We're sorry, we didn't know this was your train-" the bandit tried to respond, only for Kuvira to send a band to wrap around her mouth.
"Don't talk over me," she sternly said before letting the band fall off the bandit's mouth.
"Please, take mercy on us," a male bandit pleeded.
"Stop groveling as if this is the worst day of your life," Kuvira replied. "This is a good day. I'm going to give you all the opportunity to rehabilitate yourselves and become productive members of your nation. Right now, you're lost, but pledge your loyalty to me, and I'll give you a new purpose in your lives. Of course, if you don't want to join, you could always stay right here. Hopefully someone saves you before the next train speeds through, but I wouldn't count on it."
"No, we'll join," the male bandit responded. "Don't leave us here."
"We pledge our loyalty to you, Great Uniter," the female bandit added, causing Kuvira to smirk wickedly. Watching all of this, Crosshairs was secretly disgusted with this, and he wasn't alone. The other Autobots that joined Kuvira's forces all believed that she could give Megatron a run for his money.
"No wonder the Dinobots left," he muttered, unaware that the entire scene was being watched by a small, purple, robotic bat.
Far away, a purple and black Cybertronian that clearly transformed into a t-rex due to his entire right hand being the t-rex head, watched all of this on a large monitor as he sat on a hovering chair.
"Spider spins her web...Yesssss," he said before smirking and activating a screen that showed the locations of the bandits via tracking devices. "But I spin them larger." Suddenly, the doors behind him opened and he turned to see a aqua green and red female Predacon approach him.
"What is it you want now Ripclaw?" the Cybertronian asked with disinterest.
"Why did we waste our time in sending those bandits after this 'Kuvira?'" Ripclaw asked.
"Why, to observe her of course," the Cybertronian answered.
"Shouldn't we be focusing on our ACTUAL targets?" Ripclaw asked.
"We cannot simply go after Prime and the Avatar," the Cybertronian answered. "No. Unicron wants his chessboard wiped clean of ANY potential threats. We don't want a repeat when he sent The Fallen to do this task. Do I also need to remind you of how you-"
"Not...another...word," Ripclaw growled, sending a death glare to him, which he simply ignored.
"Tell Soundwave to have Ratbat return to us," he ordered.
"As you command, Lord Megatron," Ripclaw mockingly responded before leaving. Once she was gone, Megatron turned his attention back to the monitor.
While that was going on, back at New Iacon, inside a hotel, two butlers opened up a door to reveal Prince Wu, wearing a top hat and twirling a cane as he walked out of the suite, with Mako and Arcee behind him.
"I don't know why we're leaving so early if you're just getting a haircut," Mako stated. "The dinner at Air Temple Island isn't until later tonight."
"Because I'm not just getting a haircut, it's a spa day," Wu responded. "We're talking minimum four hours."
"Are you serious?" Arcee asked as they approached an elevator. "What in the Pit are you having done that takes FOUR hours?"
"A rejuvenating tea leaf skin wrap," Wu excitedly answered as the elevator opened and the three of them got inside. "Have you ever gotten one of those Mako?"
"Yeah, I'm not interested," Mako answered.
"Oh, you will be," Wu replied as the elevator began its descent and Arcee's right optic began twitching in annoyance with every word Wu said. "So while your hands soak in a bubbling milk bath, your feet are in a tub full of these little suckerfish that literally eat your calluses away. Gobble them right up. Crazy, huh?"
"That's disgusting," Mako dejectedly responded as he, Arcee and Wu exited the elevator and into the hotel's lobby.
"Then they scrape your skin with blocks of sea salt, lube you up with seaweed infused aloe, wrap you in tea leaves, put you in a hot box for four hours and bam, you're done!" Wu continued as they began exiting the hotel as a crowd formed outside, some cheering and some booing at the prince. "Mako, Arcee, look at all my fans! They must be in town for my coronation."
"Uh, I don't know if all of those people are your fans," Arcee stated, only for Wu to pose with two fangirls leaning over the barricade. He was so caught up that he didn't notice two people clad in green hiding something behind their backs. However, Mako and Arcee saw this and Mako quickly ran up to Wu and picked him up.
"Wu, we have to get you out of here!" he said as Wu exclaimed in surprise while Mako brought him to a limo before one of the people in green threw a pie over the barricade, just when Arcee got out a crossbow and fired a stun blast that sent her to the ground. She then transformed and drove off along with the car as more pies were being thrown.
"What just happened out there!?" Wu asked, still in a dodging position.
"I think those were Kuvira supporters in the crowd," Mako answered before Wu gasped as he looked down at his robe, seeing that he was hit by one of the pies.
"Oh no!" he exclaimed. "Mako, I've been hit! It's a gusher!"
"That's not blood, it's strawberry pie," Mako dryly responded.
"Oh yeah, you're right," Wu replied. "But that was close. I don't know what would've happened if you weren't there."
"You would've been hit by a pie," Mako replied. "It's not that big of a deal."
"Or I could've been killed," Wu argued. "I don't know what I'd ever do without you." Mako simply looked out the window when Wu suddenly became concerned again.
"Wait a second, did you say strawberry pie?" he asked before grabbing his throat and kneeled down on the floor. "I'm allergic to strawberries! I don't think I can breathe! Get me to the hospital, Wu down!"
"You're allergic to bee stings!" Mako corrected.
"Oh, right," Wu responded. "I always get those two mixed up."
Back at the state of Yi, Opal, Kai, Windblade and Blaster were feeding Lefty when something caught Kai's eyes.
"Look!" he said as the others turned to see a train was pulling in. "A train ade it through."
"Maybe they brought food and supplies!" Opal replied as the four of them ran up to the train station, pushing through the crowd as two men in Zaofu uniforms, along with Crosshairs, Skywarp and Thundercracker exiting the train before Bolin and Rattrap exited along with them.
"Hey, what's your boyfriend doing here?" Kai asked Opal, who immediately grew concerned.
"If he's here, he must be with Kuvira and my brother," she replied. "This isn't going to be good."
"Hey Bolin!" Blaster called out to his old friend which gained his attention before beaming a smile upon seeing him and Kai.
"Blaster! Kai!" he replied as Kai dashed to Bolin before he lifted him up while Blaster ran up to both of them. "Wow, you are a lot heavier than you used to be, you're really growing up."
"What's up with your new hair?" Kai asked.
"Yeah, makes you look like a stiff," Blaster added.
"Eh, our 'Great Uniter' thinks it makes him look intelligent and professional," Rattrap answered before Opal came up to Bolin and messed the back of his hair, making him look like his old self.
"Don't believe everything she says Rattrap," she said as Bolin turned to Opal with a surprised look on his face.
"Opal, I can't believe you're here too!" he said as he embraced her. "I missed you so much."
"I missed you too," Opal responded as Kuvira, Bataar Jr and Tarantulas approached them from behind.
"Look who it is," Bataar Jr said, causing Opal and Bolin to release each other as Opal glared at her brother and Bolin quickly slicked his hair back to a neat style. "It's good to see you again, little sister."
"What a wonderful surprise," Kuvira added. "A happy reunion for my favorite couple."
"How's mom doing?" Bataar Jr asked.
"Like you care," Opal bitterly answered. "She still hasn't forgiven you."
"You know, for someone who claims to be so enlightened, Mom can really hold a grudge," Bataar Jr replied.
"I guess when her son betrays her-" Opal was about to say when Kuvira interrupted her.
"Please," she said before stepping forward. "Opal. We're not here to bicker with you about something that happened three years ago. We're here to help this town, just like you."
"We've heard how you help towns," Windblade said as she stepped forward. "By conqueing them."
"I know the rumors about me can be pretty nasty, but I am giving everyone in this nation a better future," Kuvira replied. "And with Bolin's help, and my fiance and Tarantulas' ideas, we're laying the groundwork for the people to achieve their own greatness."
"Your fiance?" Opal asked in a shocked manner.
"You haven't heard?" Kuvira asked. "Your brother and I are getting married."
"Isn't that...great sweetie?" Bolin nervously asked.
"I know things got heated with your family when Baatar and I left Zaofu, but don't you think it's time to forgive and forget?" Kuvira asked Opal when a voice got her attention.
"What are YOU doing here?" the governor of Yi asked as Kuvira turned to face him.
"Hello, Governor," she said as she took a step forward. "I was wondering if you and I could talk privately."
Back inside the train, the governor was inside the map room, sitting down at a table while Kuvira looked out the window.
"So, have you had time to rethink my generous offer?" she asked.
"Generous?" the governor asked as he looked at a contract on the table in front of him. "You want to take everything. How is that generous?"
"Governor, your state has been overrun my bandits," Kuvira answered as she walked up to him. "They have you outnumbered and out-supplied. The question's not if they'll take over, it's WHEN. Unless you sign our deal. Agree to the terms and you'll have the full force of my army backing you. You will remain in charge, just under my supervision. I will save your life, and the lives of your citizens. I think that's pretty generous." The governor's response however was to shove the treaty and a bottle of ink off the table in an act of defiance as he stood up to defend himself.
"I know how you manipulate states and force them to join up under you," he stated. "I know the only reason you want this region is because it's rich in ore and energon. They might call you 'The Great Uniter,' but you're destroying everything! I'll never turn the great state of Yi over to you!" Having had enough of this, Kuvira steeled herself with determination and walked close to the fearful governor, resting a hand on the back of the chair and leaning in.
"You have a lot of pride, but it cannot protect your people," she sternly stated. "Your pride will not stop the hordes as your city crumbles to the ground, and your pride certainly will not feed your hungry when all that is left is rubble!"
"Leave!" the governor ordered. "Get out of my state!"
"You will perish, unless you take my generous offer," Kuvira warned.
Afterward, Opal, Kai, Blaster and Windblade could only watch as the governor stormed out of the train carriage, Kuvira exiting afterward with the treaty still in her hand.
"It's time to go," she reported. "We're not wanted here."
"What happened?" Bolin asked.
"It appears we can't make a deal right now," Kuvira answered before walking away.
"Wait, aren't you guys gonna stick around and help?" Kai asked, only for Kuvira to hand the contract to him.
"Here's the contract," she answered. "We'll wait at the border for one day. You get the governor to sign it, and you'll have all the help you'll need." With that, she stepped inside along with Tarantulas and Bataar Jr.
"Well, we did all we could, let's get outta here," Rattrap said to Bolin before stepping inside as well, only for Opal to stop Bolin from following.
"Don't, please!" Opal pleaded. "You can't turn your back on these people!"
"I'm not," Bolin responded. "I want to help, but if the governor wants us gone, there's...there's nothing I can do. I'm sorry." He then leaned in to embrace Opal, only for her to shove him away.
"Hey! Opal, please," Bolin pleaded.
"Leave if that's what you're going to do!" Opal snapped before turning her back at Bolin. All he could do was sigh and walk into the train with the guards, Crosshairs, Skywarp and Thundercracker. All Blaster could do during all of this was shake his head at his friend's actions, knowing he just wanted to help, but feared he was doing it the wrong way.
"You know, we might not need their help after all," Windblade reassured Opal as the train began to pull away. "The roads may be impassable, but not the skies. You and Kai can use Lefty to fly to the nearby villages and pick up some supplies and I can provide cover."
"You're right," Opal determinedly responded. "We can save this town ourselves."
Later, Opal, Kai and Windblade flew to a farm in the state and gathered some supplies, putting them on Lefty's back before speaking to the farmer.
"Sorry we couldn't give you more, that's all we could spare," he said.
"Every little bit helps," Opal responded. "Because of you and the other farmers around here, we have more than enough food to feed the town until we can get some reinforcements." With that, the trio bowed to the farmer, who returned the gesture, before taking to the skies, Opal and Kai on Lefty and Windlbade in her jet mode.
"So...you and Bolin doing okay?" Kai asked Opal.
"I don't know," Opal answered. "It's really tough having a long-distance relationship, and I can't stand that he's working with Kuvira."
"I can tell," Kai responded. "But it does seem like he found his calling doesn't it? He loves helping people."
"Maybe," Opal answered. "It's just...he's changed a lot since he's been around her."
"He's growing up," Kai replied.
"I just hope we're not growing apart," Opal responded. "Speaking of long-distance relationships, how are you and Jinora doing?"
"Actually, we're doing fine," Kai answered before the roar of a plane engine cut him off. "You hear that?" Both of them looked behind and saw that a plane rapidly flew out of the clouds and towards them.
"It's more bandits!" Kai exclaimed.
"On it!" Windblade responded before transforming and flying towards the plane, which quickly dodged her swinging her sword and flew upward. As she gave chase, another plane rose from the clouds and flew towards Opal and Kai, a bandit on the left wing firing a grappling hook at the supplies.
"We're hooked!" Kai stated as the bandit attached himself to a zipline and pushed off, sliding down the rope. Air blasts from Opal tried to knock him off, but to no avail as he landed on the supplies, getting a dual bladed sword to slice the harness attached to the netting. Kai then ran forward and knocked him back with a gust of wind, but the bandit was able to hold onto the net. However, Kai then sent an air kick that knocked him off of the bison, only for him to still be secured to the zipline as he swung around before landing on Lefty again. He tried to slice Kai with his blade, only for him to leap upward to dodge it and send an air blast at the bandit, which he dodged as well. He continued to try to slice Kai before the airbender lept back to Opal, sending a blast of air at the bandit. However, he dodged and swung his blade, cutting Kai's airbender suit, and much to Kai and Opal's horror, the supplies were being reeled back to the plane.
"No!" Kai exclaimed as he ran towards them, only to fall off of Lefty.
Back with Windblade, she was busy dodging bullets from the second plane before turning around and flying towards it. But then she saw the pilot ejecting from it and causing the plane to crash right at her, sending her plummeting to the ground.
Back with Kai and Opal, Kai continued to fall as the plane made its escape with the supplies. He tried to deploy his suit's wings, only for the portion that the blade sliced to blow him off course. Seeing this, Opal quickly lept off of Lefty and propelled herself towards Kai, grabbing his arm and opening the wings of her suit, slowing their descent before Lefty came down and caught them. With a grunt, Lefty then began descending to where Windblade had crashed.
Back at the village, the governor, Blaster and the townsfolk waited at the entrance as Lefty landed on the ground and Windblade transformed into her robot mode, revealing dents and dirt all over her body.
"What happened?" Blaster asked as Opal, Kai and Windblade approached him and the governor.
"Where's all the food?" the governor asked.
"We were ambushed in mid air," Windblade sadly answered. "We lost everything."
"It might be time to make a tough call," Kai added as he handed Kuvira's contract th the governor, who turned to his hungry and desperate people. Seeing he has no other choice, he took the contract and hesitantly signed it.
"Here," he said as he handed it back to Kai. "Tell Kuvira to save my people."
"For what it's worth, I think you made the right decision," Windblade responded.
"Did I ever really have a choice?" the governor depressingly asked before walking away.
Meanwhile, at Air Temple Island, Prince Wu was talking to Cerebros inside the dining room while Mako, Arcee and Lin stood off to the side and Tenzin and his family, along with Asami, were at the table.
"When Korra gets here, I bet she's not even gonna know who I am," Meelo smugly said.
"Why is that?" Ikki asked.
"Because Meelo the Boy, has turned into Meelo the Man!" Meelo answered as he flexed his muscles, obviously not impressing Ikki.
"Right, you're completely unrecognizable," she sarcastically said.
"You've never had the tea leaf wrap!?" Wu asked Cerebros. "Wou have no Idea what you're missing. The face massage alone is to die for."
"We're not even the same species Wu," Cerebros dejectedly stated. "We don't get 'massages.'"
"Ugh, this coronation cannot come soon enough," Mako said.
"Tell me about it," Arcee replied. "I can't wait to go back to being a detective."
"Right, um, yeah, about that," Lin awkwardly said.
"What?" Mako asked.
"I don't know how to tell you this," Lin answered. "You're going back to Ba Sing Se with the prince." Hearing this, a look of dread and horror consumed Arcee and Mako's faces as Arcee grabbed Lin by the collar of her armor.
"No! You can't make us go with that arrogant jackass!" Arcee exclaimed.
"I tried to get you out of it, but it's over my head," Lin responded. "Wu personally asked Cerebros. He said he doesn't know what he'd do without you."
"This doesn't make any sense!" Arcee stated. "We're citizens of New Iacon! We work for the Elite Guard!" Suddenly, an air acolyte came into the room.
"There's a Southern Water Tribe ship pulling up to the dock," he reported, immediately gaining everyone's attention.
"Korra!" Ikki and Meelo simultaneously said as they ran off while Tenzin had a smile on his face.
Back at Yi, Kuvira's train pulled back into the town. Soldiers that wore armor similar to Nazi Stormtroopers marched into the town as mech like armors with the symbols of Zaofu emerged from the train. The citizens were handed food and supplies, the hungry were being fed, and some of the children were even playing with one of the mechs while the pilot of it ensured their safety. Then, Kuvira, with Sideswipe and Blackarachnia standing guard, entered the town with the governor looking on.
"The state of Yi is now under the full protection of my army," she announced, gaining a thunderous applause before she turned to the governor. "Proclaim your loyalty, if you wish to keep your post." Hesitantly, the governor bowed to her.
"I pledge my loyalty to you, Great Uniter," he said without emotion before a banner unfurled at the gates and Kuvira stood with pride. More applause could be heard as Opal watched, seeing Bolin handing out supplies to the people. Seeing her, he smiled out to her, only for her to walk away sadly, a look of sadness also in Bolin's face.
"So this is how liberty dies," Windblade said to Blaster as they watched. "With thunderous applause."
Night fell upon Air Temple Island, as a Southern Water Tribe ship docked and Tonraq, now with some grey in his hair, stepped out and Rodimus stepped forward to him while the others stood behind him.
"It's good to see you again Tonraq," he said with a smile. "We're all excited to see Korra again."
"What do you mean?" Tonraq asked with a perplexed expression. "Isn't Korra already here?"
"What?" Rodimus asked, equally confused. "No, we thought she was coming with you."
"Korra left the South Pole six months ago," Tonraq explained. "She's written me letters. She said she was here in New Iacon." Hearing this, Rodimus' optics widened with fear.
"Oh no..." was all he could say as one question was on his mind: Where is she?
His answer was far away in the Earth Kingdom during an Earth Rumble tournament. Inside the ring, Korra, now with her hair much shorter, brought her arms in front of her to block a large chunk of earth. Panting, she was unable to avoid another that hit her head from the side while another jutted out to her stomach. She cried out in pain as her opponent sent two smaller pieces of rock to push her down to the ground. However, Korra then got back up in a defensive position.
"Is that all you got?" she taunted before her opponent sent a boulder towards her, which she dodged before swinging her foot to send another rock at her opponent, which she also dodged. She sent more and more rocks Korra's way before Korra bended a wall at her opponent. She quickly bended a slab of earth to protect herself before launching up to the wall and sending a rock that knocked Korra back to the ground. Korra was about to get up, only for her to collapse from exhaustion.
"We have a winner!" the ring announcer declared as Korra's opponent flexed her muscles in victory.
Once the crowd dispersed, Korra sat on the stands, removing the wrappings from her arms as her promoter walked to her.
"Here," he said, throwing a wad of cash at her. "For your lackluster participation."
"Thanks," Korra responded as she picked up the money and stood up, carrying a gym bag.
"You know, you liik very familiar," the promoter said. "Yeah, you kind of look like that Avatar girl."
"I get that a lot," Korra replied as she turned to walk away.
"Whatever happened to her anyway?" the promoter asked.
"I wouldn't know," was all Korra said in response.
*QUE LEGEND OF KORRA ENDING THEME*