And so it begins...again.

Yes, I survived the festive season, and no, you're not imagining things. This is the sequel to AVATAR: Last of the Black Core (It really should be A.V.A.T.A.R.: Last of the Black Core, but I can't seem to get the full stops to stay in the title.), so if you haven't read that one yet PLEASE READ IT FIRST!!!

Before I go on, I feel I have to stress that while the enemy of these stories is the German Unified Nation (G.U.N.), the enemy is actually a kind of Nazis. More specifically, they're like Nazis-like government that was born from an alternate Nazi Germany (So they have people in thier armed forces from many countries across Eurasia and Africa, the G.U.N. held territories). I have nothing against Germany and Germans as a whole. Sorry if I appear to be over-stressing this, but I just feel it to be nessisary in case of misunderstanding.

Now, for the disclaimer:

DISCLAIMER

I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender, it's characters, locations, basic plot etc. They are not mine, and never will be. I am simply borrowing them for my story. I do however (Bet you don't see this a lot on fanfiction!) own all Mechs discribed (although admittedly most are inspired by previous machines from various animes), as well as all original charcters, locations, vessels, etc that are either not part of the real world or not a part of the Avatar franchise, as well as the advanced plot points story itself (so not the basic story). Avatar belongs to Mike, Bryan and Nickelodeon. Song titles seen on the unoffical OST below also belong to their respective owners (But there's usually quite a lot by the end, so I'm not gonna list them.

Whew! Now that that's done:

If you've read the first fic, you'll know I usually post a unofficial OST with the prologue that shows the kinda songs I listen too while writing these fics. It's mostly music from Gundam Seed and 00, but it's just there to help you envision what I'm trying to create here. I just update as I go along though, just to warn you.

A.V.A.T.A.R.: HUNT FOR THE COURIOUR (Season 2) OST

01. Opening Theme (Destiny-Giniro no Olynssis OST, Track 01 (Possibly)) (TV Size, see Youtube with the follow on the end: /watch?v=8qDOVfR6oRs for reference)
02. Ending Theme (Friends-Gundam 00 OST III, Track 23)
03. Azura's Theme (Ash Like Snow-Gundam 00 Single-Ash Like Snow, Track 01)
04. Maia's Theme (Pride-Gundam SEED DESTINY COMPLETE BEST, Track 03)
05. Tasha's Theme (Honoo no Tobira-Gundam SEED DESTINY Insert Song-Honoo no Tobira [FictionJunction YUUKA], Track 01)
06. Docks at Dawn (A Morning In Norkia, Last Exile OST Vol. 1, Track 02)
07. G.U.N. Approches (Power Attack-Gundam 00 OST III, track 12)
08. Song Of Those That Glow (Stand a chance-The Big O OST I, Track 03)
09. Assault (Saiki Ikusa-Mobile Suit Gundam Seet Original Soundtrack IV, Track 13)
10. Ty Lee's Song, Forever More (Akatsuki no Kuruma ~acoustic version~-Akatsuki no Kuruma [FictionJunction YUUKA], Track 03)
11. Seeing Reason (Kaisou-Gundam Seed Original SOundtrack I, Track 23)
12. The Very Long Night of Artirius Meridiano and Ty Lee Ming (Affection, Gundam 00 OST III, Track 09)
13. Sozin's Angels (GAIA x CHAOS x ABYSS-Gundam SEED DESTINY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK I, Track 10)
14. Insert Song, Unlimited Sky-(Eternal Blitzkrieg Launching) (Unlimited Sky-Gothic Melting Ice Cream's Darkness "Nightmare", Track 19)
15. Avatar Vs. Eternal (Decisive Battle-Gundam 00 OST IV, Track 26)
16. Finding The Path (Yurameku ki no Sana, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Original Soundtrack III, Track 15)
17. Alistair Vs. Tali (Youki to Bishoumi-Gundam Seed Destiny Original Soundtrack I, Track 16)
18. Dark Revelations (Shinnen no Michibiki-Mobile SUit Gundam Seed Destiny Original Soundtrack IV, Track 26)
19. Defective (Kuuchuu Shiseir-Gundam Seed OST II, Track 02)
20. Bandit's Theme (Kougeki Taisei-Gundam Seed Ost II, Track 12)
21. Help Has Arrived! (Sentou Butai-Gundam Seed OST II, Track 30)
22. The New Path (Lost My Peices-Toradora! OST, Track number unknown)

Who is Tasha you might ask? You may well ask, but you're just gonna have to read and find out!

Finally, below is a list of all episodes that (at present) I am going to try and adapt. The name of the chapter is the first one, followed by the name of the episodes in brackets.

THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS SPOILERS (Even if it's only little ones) IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE, SCROLL DOWN!!!

Season 2
201 Angels Over the Atlantic (The Avatar State)
202 Together, Alone (The Cave of Two Lovers)
203 Return To New York (Return to Omashu)
204 I don't Need Eyes To See (The Blind Bandit)
205 Zuko Alone (Zuko Alone)
206 The Chase (The Chase)
207 The Ship (The Library)
209 Altegor's Teeth (The Drill)
210 The Diaries of Adam Kroy (The Tales of Ba Sing Se...Sort of)
211City of Walls and Secrets (City of Walls and Secrets)
212 Below the Basin (Lake Laogi)
213 Eyes Forced Open (The Earth King)
214 The Matter of Choice Part I (The Guru)
215 The Matter of Choice Part II (The Crossroads of Destiny)

List is subject to change. If anyone wants to write up any episodes I haven't mentioned, or if there's a specific chapter you have ideas for, give me a shout. I need all the help I can get!

Anyway, for what it's worth, enjoy the prologue. It's just a basic recap really, before things get interesting ;).Hopefully the first chapter will be out by the end of January.

Enjoy!

Dearing


A.V.A.T.A.R.
(ARMOURED VEHICULAR ALL TERRAIN ASSAULT RANGER)
HUNT FOR THE COURIER

PROLOGUE

They called them…Rangers.

Designed to be the keepers of the peace. No nation would have been able to stand up to their military might. It had been hoped by their makers, the armed organisation known as the Black Core, that these biped machines of war would be a deterrent against armed conflict, the horrors of the last Great War still fresh in many people minds.

They never realised what a futile effort their hard work had been.

On April 30th, 1949, the recently reformed German Unified Nation, under the rule of Führer Robert Sozin, used the COMET System, a massive alien superweaon against the United Kingdom, wiping the small cluster of islands completely off the map and throwing the world into chaos.

In the hours that followed, the event history knows as the Day of Blood, G.U.N. forces swept across most of Eurasia, Africa, Japan and Australia, their forces taking city after city in the wake of the bedlam they had created before being pushed back to the boarders of the Eurasian continent.

In the course of this day of bloodshed, the Black Core was almost completely wiped out. With it's precious Rangers still in the production stage, many of their soldiers never stood a chance against G.U.N.'s onslaught, with only the men and women stationed within the boarders of America and Canada remaining safe from the wrath of the Nation.

So began the Second Great War, and so it continues even a hundred years later.

Now Rangers are common place throughout the world, with the German Unified Nation, New Soviet Union and United States of America and Canada each having their different variations of the Black Core's original design.

No one really knows what happened to the Black Core officers that survived within the States. Some say they disbanded; unable to save the world from the war is found itself fighting. Others think the Core still exists, underground, waiting for the right moment to strike out against the enemy of earth.

I don't know what happened to those soldiers who sat nice and safe behind the allies' boarders, but I know the story of one Black Core Officer that survived G.U.N.'s assault.

His name is Alistair Aang, a twenty year old Flight Lieutenant from England.

From first looking at him, I doubt you could see the weight that lies on his shoulders, for you see, he is the pilot and courier of the world's first Ranger, the one they call Avatar.

Eighteen metres and forty-three point six metric tons of fighting machine clad in onyx armour, the only known Ranger to be powered by the mysterious crystalline substance known as Avatarium.

It is this pilot and this Ranger alone that the current Führer of G.U.N., Julius Sozin, truly fears. Not just the raw power that it can potentially unleash, but the simple symbol it represents. A symbol of hope and freedom from oppression, and the eventual ending of this long bloody campaign.

It is for this reason that Sozin has made it a top priority of G.U.N. to hunt Alistair and the Avatar down, to put an end to the threat it represents, leaving the Nation to dominate the world when Summer's End arrives.

But I know Alistair, and I know he will not allow the Earth to fall to dictatorship.

And with me and Sokka at his side, I firmly believe he will end this war and G.U.N.'s hold on most of the planet, once and for all.