Today was the day, the day that the solar eclipse would come and the avatar would make a feeble invasion attempt. Colonel Charles Monroe, the man who would now in a few hours be risking his and his soldier's lives to defend a place he didn't even know existed until the boat ride over here. He was now an older man his hair which was now all silver had been kept in a drill sergeant cut for the last fifty years. This man who had made many great military victories was only a colonel by choice he had been offered countless promotions all of which he declined pondered why he didn't come back with about ten thousand men and just take over this entire continent. He had only been given two hundred marines, 2 tanks 9 light armored vehicles to defend it instead.
An offshore aircraft carrier radioed in saying they were all fueled up and ready to provide support in a moment's notice "excellent" the colonel replied through the radio. The colonel was offered control over some five hundred fire-nation troops but he declined Monroe was content with working with his soldiers alone who were better and on average were about twenty times more combat effective than firebenders. He knew the fore lord offered the reinforcements only to make these new soldiers appear weaker than they actually were, both the fire lord and his daughter were very predictable. Thinking of the princess reminded him that her father didn't trust her new toys; the Dai Li .The colonel was to replace the men wearing green dresses with his own more effective, more loyal and better dressed men. Pulling out his radio and calling into it "attention all units this is Monroe Azure squad you are to relocate into the bunker I'm sending a fire nation soldier will bring you there. To all other units our sub is telling us that the hostile forces are en route eta twenty minutes stay sharp this will be tough Monroe out." He was lying about this being difficult but if his men got overconfident the consequences may be tide turning.
It had been about a month ago when the fire-nation had discovered his people and their land, leading admiral of the fire navy fleet was simply amazed by the advanced technology this new fifth nation had possessed the admiral had quickly contacted the fire lord about this new land and a few messages later after being offered a reward they couldn't resist; more land. This new people of a land called Triton were to assist with repelling an upcoming invasion. Using assault weapons, tanks and helicopters this would be a breeze. His scouts had already informed him that the invasion force had departed in a mere 3 submarines. His instructions were clear –there were four high value targets that were to be captured not killed, everyone else was to be shot on sight-. This was going to be just too easy. His men were the best trained and equipped soldiers in the world.
His submarine dubbed The Atlantis radioed in "sir this is Atlantis" the colonel decided to have a bit of fun "oh hey it's the captain he's in Atlanta" "no this is The Atlantis" putting emphasis on the s "oh you're in the Atlantic is it warm?" "You are an asshole sir" "Duly noted captain what have you got for me?" "We would like to confirm the HVTs are in the center submarine should we destroy the other two?" "No, we are going to send a message with them, artillery units I want you to immediately destroy the outer two subs when they beach leave the center one intact got it?" "Yes sir!"
Katara could not believe it the war would soon be over their plan was perfect and best of all they had Aang as a secret weapon. Thanks to the eclipse the fire nation will be defenseless and it was all about to be over. Before getting back into the sub she kissed her mother's necklace for good luck. end of chapter one