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New Iacon Chronicles: Wrath of The Fallen
Chapter 2: Rebirth
At Air Temple Island, the air acolytes were pulling a Future Industries airship toward the loading dock while Korra, Tenzin, Bumi, Kup, Kya, Chronia, Pema, Jinora, Ikki and Meelo watched as it landed. The doors then slid open and revealed Asami and Knock Out.
"Did someone order a fully-equipped Future Industries airship?" Knock Out asked.
"It's perfect," Korra answered as Asami and Knock Out walked down the ramp. "Thanks Asami."
"I figured if we're going to Ba Sing Se to search for airbenders, we should do it in style," Asami replied.
"Yay! Airship!" Meelo said.
"I wanna see!" Ikki said as she formed an air scooter and rode inside.
"Come on, Poki," Meelo said to his leamur before following Ikki on an air scooter.
"While you guys are gone, Pema, Chromia and I will hold down the fort," Kya said before picking up Rohan and bouncing him up and down lightly. "Who's excited to spend some time with your Auntie Kya?" Suddenly, Rohan threw up all over her, much to her displeasure.
"Oh..." was all she said.
"Aww, he likes you," Pema said while Kya waterbended the vomit off her clothes. Then, hearing footsteps, Korra turned to see\ Rodimus walking towards them and immediately ran to him.
"Hey Rodimus, you ready to go?" she asked, only for Rodimus to lower his head.
"Korra, I'm not going with you," he sadly said, causing Korra to look up at him, sad and confuced.
"But, why?" she asked.
"I have to stay here and help Cerebros and New Iacon through what's going on," Rodimus answered. "I'm sorry."
"No, it's okay," Korra responded. "I understand. I'm just really gonna miss you."
"I'm gonna miss you too," Rodimus replied. "But with Megatronus now free I'm not letting you go alone." Then from behind him, Wheeljack walked forward.
"Wheeljack's gonna keep an eye on things and help finish your sword training," he explained before suddenly getting something from his comlink. "Yeah? Uh-huh...Okay I'll be there. Cerebros needs me for an upcoming press confrence. Goodbye Korra."
"Goodbye Rodimus," Korra said before Rodimus transformed and rolled off. As Wheeljack boarded the ship, Mako then came up to Korra with a map in his hands.
"Mako, I'm so glad you're here," she said.
"Of course Korra...Avatar...Avatar Korra," Mako awkwardly responded before suddenly standing up straight and speaking in a professional tone. "Once I received your message I proceeded to contact various locations within the Earth Kingdom as ordered by you...the Avatar."
"Right, the Avatar thanks you for your loyal service," Korra responded, humoring him. "Did you find any more leads?"
"There are reports of airbenders popping up all over the Earth Kingdom," Mako answered. "I marked the villages on this map. You guys can take it with you."
"Actually, I was kind of hoping you could come too," Korra responded.
"Really?" Mako asked while Arcee drove up and transformed next to him. "Um, it's probably better if I sit this one out."
"I know things have been weird between us since we broke up, but you're a part of Team Avatar and we can't do this without you," Korra replied.
"Come on partner, it's better than sleeping under a desk all night," Arcee added.
"I'm sorry, I can't," Mako responded before walking off.
"I'll miss you sweetie," Pema said to Tenzin before kissing his cheek.
"I'll miss you too," Tenzin replied. "Once we find the airbenders, I'll send word. You can join us at the Northern Air Temple then." Suddenly, Ikki and Meelo came out of the airship on their air scooters.
"Hey! How come Jinora gets to go with you but we don't!?" Ikki asked. "That's so not fair!"
"Yeah, what this girl said!" Meelo added. "Not fair!"
"Because if airbenders show up here, they're going to need some guidance from you two," Chromia answered, gaining their attention. "It's a very important job."
"Really?" Ikki asked. "Me? A teacher? Yay!"
"Those maggots will bow to me!" Meelo added.
"Go easy on them, son," Tenzin advised.
*QUE TRANSFORMERS: ARMADA THEME*
Later, as Mako was about to board a speedboat back to New Iacon, Bolin caught up with him.
"Mako, wait a sec," he said.
"Korra already asked, bro," Mako replied as he turned to face his brother. "I can't just leave New Iacon. I have a life here and a job."
"A life?" Bolin asked. "You sleep under your desk. And what's a more important job than helping the Avatar rebuild an entire civilization?"
"It's not just that," Mako responded. "I feel like I've been drifting apart from everyone."
"Well, drift back!" Bolin said. "We need you. Come on, Mako, we're going to Ba Sing Se where Dad grew up. What if I meet our grandma for the very first time?" Hearing this, Mako turned his head to think about what Bolin said.
"Alright, I'll come with you," he said. "I guess I gotta call Bei Fong. She's NOT going to be happy."
Soon the airship departed for the Earth Kingdom as Pema, Kya, Chromia, Ikki and Meelo waved goodbye.
"Bye! We'll miss you!" Meelo called out. But then, as the ship made it over the water, a figure emerged from behind the rocks in the island far away from the others' location, revealing itself to be Sixshot holding a long sniper rifle. He aimed the rifle at the ship before firing a tracking device at it while from behind him emerged the five Combaticons and Astrotrain. Sixshot then turned to face them.
"Follow them and make sure you're not seen," he ordered before Astrotrain transformed into his space shuttle mode and the Combaticons boarded inside while Sixshot continued to watch the airship, the thoughts of sweet revenge flooding through his mind.
Inside the massive airship, Korra, Wheeljack, Mako, Arcee, Bolin, Blaster, Asami, Knock Out, Tenzin, Jinora, Bumi and Kup all sat around a large table with a map of the Earth Kingdom in the center.
"As of now, these are the towns where we've gotten reports about airbenders," Mako said. "It looks like we can hit up most of them before we get to Ba Sing Se."
"We're going to bring the Air Nation back from the brink of extinction after nearly two hundred years," Korra enthusiastically said.
"And it's all because of you, Korra," Tenzin responded, which caused Korra to smile.
Meanwhile, in a large boat in the middle of the ocean, White Lotus sentries were guarding a wooden cell that contained an earthbender known as Ghazan, a man with long black hair and blue tattoos on his back and arms, who was currently doing pull-ups using the wooden braces of his prison. Soon, a speed boat decorated with the White Lotus emblem and colors headed towards the boat.
"Finally, our shift change is here," one of the guards said as he and another guard walked down to the dock of the boat. Upon seeing that there was only one guard there however caused him to grow suspicious.
"Hey, where are the other guards?" he asked, before the driver of the boat turned his head and the guards' eyes widened in shock. "Zaheer?" Suddenly, Zaheer used his airbending to propel himself out of the speed boat to avoid the fire that was coming towards him before airbending them overboard. More sentries began to exit the guard tower, but then an invisible object landed in front of them, revealing itself to be Thrust who blasted three of them to oblivion once he got out his null ray blasters. Ghazan meanwhile tried to watch what was going on while Zaheer avoided a waterbending attack and jumped onto Ghazan's cell, throwing a handful of rocks to him before knocking out another sentry. Thrust then blasted more sentries before a firebender launched himself onto his back, only for Thrust to deploy a small Minicon known as 'Thunder' from his back, which knocked the sentry down before firing a missile launcher from his back, blowing the sentry away. Inside Ghazan's cage, he began to earthbend the rocksin a constant circle before the friction immediately turned it into lava, which he used to slice a section of his wood prison. He then kicked the section off, crushing a sentry before using his lava to take down the final two guards. Once everyone was taken down, Ghazan and Zaheer clasped their hands while Thrust and Thunder stood behind Zaheer.
"It's nice to see you again, Ghazan," Zaheer said.
"Thanks for busting me out," Ghazan responded. "Who's the squidhead?" Hearing Ghazan's remark prompted Thrust to glare down at him.
"His name is Thrust," Zaheer answered. "He's with me."
"And the new skills?" Ghazan asked.
"I have Harmonic Convergence to thank for that," Zaheer answered. "I was given a gift. I believe it's a sign that our path is a righteous one."
While that was going on, the airship soon docked near a terrace farming village and the group disembarked to find the mayor making his way to them.
"Avatar Korra!" he said. "Oh, it is such an honor to have you come to our humble village."
"Thanks," Korra responded.
"I hate to get down to business, but is the airbender here now?" Tenzin asked.
"Kuon and his family will be joining us shortly for a special dinner," the mayor answered. "Please, right this way."
Afterward, the group was joined by the airbender, Kuon, along with his family and the mayor, seated with a spread of food, including energon cubes for the Autobots.
"Kuon has been the talk of the town ever since he got airbending," the mayor said. "He's like a local celebrity."
"I just want to say that it's an honor to meet a fellow airbender," Tenzin said to Kuon.
"Oh I still just think of myself as a simple farmer, who can airbend!" Kuon replied as he spread his arms out, only for a gust of wind to send a pie right at Bolin's face. "Oh, I'm so sorry. I still don't have any control."
"No worries, I love pie," Bolin responded as Pabu came up and took the pie dish from the table. "And so does Pabu."
"Well, you're so much more than just a farmer now," Tenzin said to Kuon. "Harmonic Convergence changed everything. You represent the future of a culture that is being reborn. You're going to help us rebuild the Air Nation."
"I'm...gonna to do what now?" Kuon asked. "The only thing I'm planning to rebuild is my barn."
"But you must come with us to the Northern Air Temple," Tenzin responded.
"Well, I can't do that," Kuon retaliated. "I have a family and a farm."
"Of course you can come," Tenzin replied. "This is of the utmost importance! Your wife will understand."
"Wait, what?" Kuon's wife asked. "No, I do not understand."
"Daddy, where are you going?" Kuon's daughter asked. "Why does the bald man want to take you away?"
"No one's going to take Daddy away, sweetheart," Kuon's wife reassured.
"Actually, this bald man does want to take him, but it's for an important cause," Korra replied. "Your dad is an airbender, and he should learn about his culture."
"I think there's been some sort of misunderstanding," Kuon said. "I'm not going with you. I might be able to airbend, but I'm no Air Nomad! I'm no monk!"
"Okay, uh, maybe we should just have some dessert, huh?" the mayor asked. "Who's up for dessert?"
"Sir, you must understand," Tenzin said. "You're an airbender now, and there are thousands of years of culture you must learn about. Skills you must master." Before Kuon could respond however, Arcee suddenly started talking.
"Tenzin, if he doesn't want to come with us then we shouldn't try to force him to," she said. "Force is what the Decepticons used to draft their armies, although granted we're not beating this guy with a bloody pulp, but we Autobots had a choice in fighting the war back on Cybertron." Taking Arcee's words in and realizing his mistake, Tenzin looked down in slight shame before Arcee turned to Kuon.
"Sir, we won't force you to come with us and apoligize for wasting your time," she said. "I think it's best we leave now."
Later that night, after the airship departed the village, Kuon and his family were fast asleep. Suddenly, a bomb went off in their house, destroying it completely and turning it to a burnt ruin, no doubt killing everyone inside. The neighbors all got out of their houses and watched in horror when Sixshot and the Combaticons emerged from the flames.
"Burn this village to the ground, then we head for the next airbender," Sixshot commanded. "We can't have any witnesses."
"You heard him Combaticons!" Onslaught said before the five of them charged into the village and opened fire all while Sixshot turned around to watch the ruins.
"Ah, I just love a smoking ruin, especially one I created," he said. "Soon Tenzin, once I have destroyed any and all hope of your race re-emerging, I will come for you, and your entire family." He then transformed into his 'Winged Wolf' mode and took to the skies, opening fire on the village.
"In my head I saw that playing out very differently," Korra said as the airship continued to fly away from the village.
"Maybe we should have stayed and tried harder to convince him to join us," Wheeljack suggested.
"Or we could've thrown him into a potato sack and forced him into the ship," Bolin suggested.
"That's how they got me to join the United Forces," Bumi added.
"No, we can't coerce people...or...throw them in potato sacks," Tenzin responded. "They must come freely. But not to worry, there are plenty of other airbenders out there who will be happy to come with us once they find out what the Air Nation's all about."
"When your son becomes a master, he'll get tattoos all over his body, just like me," Tenzin enthusiastically said to a mother and her son, which promptly caused the mother to shut the door to her home abruptly.
"There's nothing more nutritious than our vegetarian diet," Tenzin said to a burly man who was chewing on a huge drumstick. Hearing this caused his eyes to widen and slam the door on Tenzin.
"I can tell that you're going to love wearing our ancient airbender robes," Tenzin said to a beautifully dressed woman. "They're very breathable." Again however, the woman turned her back and shut the door on him.
"You'll never have to worry about your worldly possessions again because you won't have any."
"You'll get to shave your head!"
"Your best friend will be a giant bison!" Unfortunately, the results were the same.
Later, inside a sparring arena in the airship, Korra held her sword up while she wore a helmet that had a visor that covered her eyes. Wheeljack stood behind Korra with a small probe in his hand.
"Why do I have to wear this Wheeljack?" Korra asked. "The visor's so thick I can't see a thing!"
"Master Yoketron taught me back on Cybertron that a master swordsman can't just rely on sight," Wheeljack answered. "So today we're gonna learn how to let some of your other senses kick in, namely hearing. I'm gonna activate a probe that has it's blaster setting on low so it should just sting you a bit."
"Whatever you say Sifu Jackie," Korra remarked. With that, Wheeljack released the probe and it floated in front of Korra. However she felt confused as to where the probe was when it suddenly stung her with a minor laser blast, causing her to exclaim lightly.
"Try and close your eyes and focus on your hearing," Wheeljack suggested. Korra did so and heard the probe's humming before blocking the next laser blasts with her sword. The probe then sped behind her and tried to fire, only for Korra to get out a sword hilt and channel water into it before turning it to ice and blocking the laser.
"There ya go," Wheeljack said, impressed. "Now you're getting the hang of it." Korra then took the helmet off and Wheeljack noticed a look in her eyes.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"I guess I'm still a bit disappointed that none of the airbenders want to join us," Korra admitted.
"Maybe we should try a bit of what you humans call 'tough love,'" Wheeljack suggested, allowing his Wrecker side to come out slightly.
"No, that would just make things worse," Korra replied. "Arcee was right. These people do have a choice in this matter and if they don't want to join us then who are we to try and stop them?" Wheeljack then noticed a different look in Korra's eyes, one that suggested fear.
"Something else up?" he asked.
"Well...yeah," Korra answered. "It's about this dream I keep having."
"About the planet being destroyed?" Wheeljack asked.
"Yeah," Korra answered. "It keeps getting worse. I see these robot lifeforms being completely wiped out by that thing with my very eyes, and I can do nothing to stop it. The worst part is, what if it's not a dream at all? What if it's a warning that something terrible is coming?"
"Hey, come on kid," Wheeljack said with a reassuring smile. "You guys have tangled with Equalists, dark spirits, Decepticons and Predacons. I'm sure whatever it is that might be coming you can kick their tailpipes too. Plus, you got a former Wrecker on your side now. That and Rodimus would send me to the scrap heap if you so much as get a cut." Korra couldn't help but chuckle and smile at what Wheeljack said.
Soon the entire group met back up in the table to discuss what to do now.
"Ugh! I really thought I had that last guy," Tenzin said. "Who doesn't want a bison as their best friend?"
"Well, maybe you gotta do more to get them excited," Bumi suggested. "You need to add a little razzle dazzle."
"Yeah, razzle dazzle," Bolin replied. "We could put on some sort of airbending street performance."
"I was going to say we could cover Tenzin's robe in sequins, but that's even better," Bumi replied.
"It sounds ridiculous, but it might work," Korra responded.
"I'm willing to try anything at this point," Tenzin added.
"Yes! That is the kind of enthusiasm I like to hear," Bolin responded.
Meanwhile, in a prison within a volcano, several White Lotus sentries were guarding a cell that was placed directly above a pit of lava. Inside the cell was an armless woman named Ming-Hua, sitting down with her head facing the ground before suddenly hearing something.
"We're under attack!" a sentry yelled.
"Look out!" another yelled, causing Ming-Hua to look up in interest, seeing the blasts caused by firebending and airbending. She then saw Zaheer, still dressed as a sentry, airbending two sentries off their platforms while Ghazan took out two more. Then something landed on top of Ming-Hua's cage. She looked up to see Thrust deactivating his cloaking field and crushing a barrel filled with water. Once the water reached Ming-Hua, she immediately waterbended two tentacle like arms to occupy the space where her arms should be. She then used them to knock the door to her cage open and climbed up it before launching herself to a platform and throwing a sentry off. Then she dodged a fire blast and propelled herself to a higher platform and froze the end of one of her arms into an angled piece of ice, using it to hook the neck of a sentry and hurl him off the platform. At the same time, she grabbed another sentry and slammed him on the metal platform. Thrust then landed next to her while Zaheer and Ghazan ran up to her.
"I never thought I'd be so happy to see your ugly mugs again," Ming-Hua remarked before turning to Thrust. "Who's the new guy?"
"Name's Thrust," Thrust answered. "A pleasure to meet you Ming-Hua."
"I'm flattered," Ming-Hua then said to Zaheer. "You busted me out before that girlfriend of yours."
"We're getting her next," Zaheer answered. "Thrust." Thrust then activated a holographic map of the North Pole.
"P'Li is currently being held in a prison complex deep within the North Pole," he began. "I trust that once news of your escape comes out, Lord Zuko will try to gain assistance from Eska and Desna, as well as the Avatar's father."
"Is that all?" Ming-Hua asked.
"No," Thrust answered. "The Maxials known as Optimus Primal, Dinobot, Rhinox and Silverbolt are currently guarding her."
"So what's the plan?" Ghazan asked.
"First we allow Zuko to arrive at the prison so that he doesn't catch us by surprise, then, we strike," Thrust answered.
Back with Team Avatar, the airship landed at a village by a cliff side while a crowd gathered in front of the ship, Bolin and Blaster addressing them.
"Ladies and gentlemen, come and witness the amazing airbenders!" Blaster said. "An airbending show that will be guaranteed to leave your breathless!"
"First up, the tattooed master himself," Bolin said. "You know him as the son of Avatar Aang. He shaves every hair on his head, every single day. It's the one, the only guy with an arrow pointing to his nose, Tenzin!" With that, Tenzin lept off of the steps of the ship and airbended a large wheel around him, riding it in front of the awed crowd, who began cheering once Tenzin was done.
"Now, now, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet," Bolin said to the crowd. "I have some serious news. We've heard that an escaped firebending convict has been spotted near here. Now, I don't want to panic anyone, but if you see a FIREBENDER with a RED SCARF..."
"I see him! He's right there!" someone in the crowd said before Mako, not looking too happy, stepped forward.
"I am the escaped convict, and you will all reap my fire," he flatly said before shooting a small flame upward while the crowd gasped.
"Oh no!" Bolin said. "Who will help us!?"
"I will!" Korra answered. "With my airbending skills!" She then airbended a tornado under Mako, taking him by surprise before dropping him and bending another tornado under him.
"Whoa! Aah! Oh! Aah! Aah! Hey! Let me go!" Mako panicked. "This is not what we rehersed! KORRA!" Korra couldn't help but chuckle in amusement along with Asami and Knock Out while Oogi took flight and flew above the crowd.
"With the power of airbending, even this beast can float like a feather!" Blaster addressed before Bumi airbended a few blasts.
"Look what can be done in only a few short weeks of practice," Bolin added while Jinora flew above the crowd on her glider.
"Now now, don't ya'll worry, she may be young, but she's in complete control," Blaster said as Jinora landed softly on a tall stone pillar. The crowd then resumed cheering while Team Avatar regrouped.
"Ladies and gentlemen, if you or anyone you know is an airbender, please send them our way!" Bolin addressed. "Master Tenzin and Avatar Korra would love to teach them all they know!" With that, the crowd dispersed, that is, except for a young boy who ran up to them.
"Hey!" the boy called. "Hello. If you're looking for airbenders, you just found one." The boy then thrust his palms out and airbended two blasts.
"I wanna join you guys," he added, much to their delight.
"Well it's about time!" Blaster replied.
"We got our first recruit," Korra said to Tenzin before turning back to the boy. "Just to be totally clear, we're going to be heading to Ba Sing Se, then the Northern Air Temple to live as nomads and rebuild the Air Nation. All that sound good to you?"
"Yeah, Ba Sing Se, rebuild the temple, Air Nomad whaddyado-I'm in," the boy answered. "Let's go right now."
"This is gonna be so great!" Bolin said as he jumped in the air. "You are gonna love it...uh...ah...Real quick, what's your name?"
"Kai," the boy answered. "So when do we hit the road?"
"Hang on a second Kai," Tenzin answered. "Where are your parents? We can't have you come with us without their permission."
"My parents are...gone," Kai responded, sadly and with his head down.
"You're an orphan?" Wheeljack asked.
"It happened about a year ago," Kai answered. "My hometown was raided by outlaws, but my parents fought back against them. I was so scared, but they told me not to worry. They would protect me. And they did. My parents saved me and the entire village, but they died in the fight. Mom and Pop meant everything to me. They were my whole life. Ever since then, I've been on my own and on the run. Those same outlaws are still after me."
"Well, you don't have to be on the run anymore," Bolin reassured. "Right guys? Tell him."
"I'm so sorry about your parents," Tenzin said, placing a hand on Kai's shoulder. "I know we could never replace them...but we're here for you."
"We'll keep you safe," Korra added. "Come on." As everyone started to board the airship, Bolin placed his arm around Kai's shoulders.
"When you board this airship, you're going to leave your old life behind and start a new path," he said. "That's big brother advice. Just think of me as your big brother." Smiling, Kai then boarded the airship with Bolin, but then Arcee paused and looked outside as a group of motorcyclists headed their way.
"Guys, I think we have trouble!" she said. Outside, the leader of the motorcyclists got off of his motorcycle and took his helmet off, walking up to the ship before taking off his goggles.
"Release the boy or we'll take him by force," he threatened as the others came behind him and earthbended one rock each, ready to strike.
"The outlaws," Kai said worriedly "They're after me! Let's get outta here!"
"We are not running away from anyone," Korra responded before the airship door opened and she walked out. "If you want Kai, you'll have to go through me!" The motorcyclists then launched their rocks at Korra, only for her to slice through them with her sword before she airbended the cyclists to the ground. The leader then got back up only for Korra to block his attacks and get out her sword hilt, channeling rocks to it and plunging it to the ground, bending an underground snake and knocking the leader back to a fountain. Korra then walked up to him and pointed her earth sword at him.
"Your days of harassing an innocent boy are over," she declared. "You outlaws are going to prison."
"Outlaws? Innocent boy?" the leader asked, surprised before motioning to his badge, visibly shocking Korra. "I'm a sheriff and these are my deputies. And this kid is a thief. Whatever he told you is a lie. We've been chasing him for months."
"Where's Kai?" Korra angrily asked.
"Here," Arcee answered as she walked to the group, holding Kai by the collar of his shirt. "I found him slipping away."
"I was going to the bathroom," Kai argued.
"We have one on the ship," Arcee retaliated. "Also, where did you find this?" She then tossed a sack filled with gold and jewels to the ground.
"I told you, I found that on the road!"
"Enough with the lies kid," Mako scolded. "I want the truth."
"The truth is, HE'S the outlaw," the sheriff answered. "He spent his entire life as an orphan until he got adopted by a real nice family about six months ago. And how did he repay them? By taking their entire life savings. We've been after him ever since."
"Is that true?" Korra asked Kai.
"The person who stole that stuff was the old me," Kai answered. "Once I got airbending, I changed. I don't know how to explain it, but I feel like airbending chose me for a reason. Like I'm a new person. I'm sorry!" However, the deputies then grabbed him and dragged him away.
"Please!" he pleaded. "You have to listen to me!"
"Are...are you taking him back to the orphanage?" Bolin asked.
"No, he's headed to jail," the sheriff answered, which prompted Korra to look down and think for a moment.
"Wait!" she said, causing the lawmen to stop. "You guys got the family's life savings back. Now let us take Kai."
"Do you really want our first new member of the Air Nation to be a liar and a thief?" Tenzin asked.
"He just needs some guidance, Tenzin," Korra answered. "And who better to give it to him than us?"
"Do you want this kid or not?" the sheriff asked while Tenzin scratched his beard in thought before answering.
"Yes," he answered. "You can release the boy into our custody." The deputies then let go of Kai, who ran up to hug Korra.
"Thank you!" he said.
"Don't make me regret it," Korra replied.
"Welcome to the family, little bro," Bolin said while he and Jinora joined in on the hug and Bumi hugged Tenzin, much to his annoyance. As the lawmen drove off, everyone headed back onto the airship, only for Mako and Arcee to stop Kai.
"I just want you to know, I'm going to be watching you, kid," Mako said as he bent down to Kai's level. "I know exactly what you're all about because I've been there before. You don't have me fooled."
"Whoa, hey, lighten up," Kai responded. "I'm turning over a new leaf. Making a change. Don't you worry about me."
"If I had a yuon for every time Starscream said that," Arcee muttered while Kai walked up the plank to the airship where Jinora was.
"Hi, I'm Jinora," she said, blushing slightly. "If you need any help with airbending I could show you what I know."
"Thanks," Kai replied. "That's real nice of you."
"Jinora! We're leaving now," Tenzin called before she and the others boarded.
Meanwhile, in the Fire Nation, at the prison formerly known as The Boiling Rock, an Autobot master swordsman known as 'Drift' walked outside, where Zuko was waiting.
"All Insecticons are accounted for Zuko," he said.
"Good," Zuko responded. "That swarm cost me assisting New Iacon after reports of my sister re-emerging as a spirit came in." Suddenly, a White Lotus sentry came up to them.
"Lord Zuko, we have a problem," he said.
Soon, Zuko and Drift made it to the prison where Ming-Hua was formerly held.
"They came out of nowhere," the sentry said. "I'm so sorry Lord Zuko."
"How could you let this happen?" Zuko scolded.
"They caught us by suirprise," the sentry answered. "A Decepticon is now among them, and Zaheer is an airbender now."
"No!" Zuko exclaimed. "This can't be. Do you have ANY idea the power these criminals possess? Individually, they can take down any bender. Put them all together, they could take down the entire WORLD. And now you're telling me a Decepticon is in their ranks AND that their leader is an airbender?"
"We can track them," the sentry suggested.
"We don't have to," Drift responded. "We know exactly where they're going." The three of them then walked through a brightly lit doorway.
"Notify the new chiefs of the Northern Water Tribe that an attack on their prison is imminent," Zuko ordered as they approached a massive red dragon. "And send word to Lin Bei Fong in New Iacon. The Avatar must be protected." The dragon then lowered its head so that Zuko and Drift could climb on.
"Where are you going?" the sentry asked.
"To stop them," Zuko answered before the dragon let out a roar and spread its wings, taking off and flying away from the Fire Nation, all while an invisible being watched them, chuckling.
"All according to plan," it said before flying off.
*QUE LEGEND OF KORRA ENDING THEME*