So Avatar Roku described the events since Aang's disappearance 100 years ago.
"Well, why didn't you do anything to stop this? I thought you were the Avatar back then." Freddie asked.
Avatar Roku sighed. "I tried. But I let my friendship with Fire Lord Sozin get the better of me. You see, Sozin had suggested to me that we invade the rest of the world, but I refused. When I was traveling in the Earth Kingdom, I saw Fire Nation colonies everywhere."
"I ran up to Sozin telling him to stop this madness. When he dueled me, I won instantly, while blowing up half of his throne room at the same time. But I didn't kill him…I spared him because he was my friend."
"When Sozin initiated his attack on the Air Nomads, I once again attempted to stop him. But he outnumbered and overpowered me, and I vanished. When Sozin's comet returns in one month's time…Fire Lord Sozin will be utterly impossible to defeat, even if Aang goes in the Avatar State."
"But why'd you ask us to come here?" Carly asked.
"Because once you take a look around, you will notice that your society is more developed then this society. Your people have ideas that are generations away from the people here. You can think of a strategy to invade the Fire Nation homeland and penetrate the Castle through the element of surprise…"
"But…how?"
"I have a little army set up for you. It is small in number but its destructive force is unbelievable. You'll just have to find it." And with that, Avatar Roku faded away.
Freddie ran up to where Roku had stood and swiped at the air. "Damn! What are we supposed to do? We'll get killed here. This is like WWII."
"Well, we do have a map. Maybe we could come up with some plan." Sam suggested.
"We never volunteered for this." Freddie said.
"Technically, we did." Carly piped up. "The game Roku asked us to play."
"Oh yeah…Well I suppose we'd better beat the game. I still can't believe this is real." Freddie replied. "It's getting dark. I suppose we'd better set up camp. Somehow."
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Aang was up in the ship's cabin, where Hakoda was still trying to master how to maneuver the ship correctly.
"Damn!" He yelled and pounded the wall. "What kind of mechanism is this?" He yelled in frustration.
"Dad! Calm down." Katara said. "Maybe we should ask Shyu if he could help…"
Aang intervened. "Not yet. Shyu's been on the run for quite a while. He's really tired. Even I could sense it. And Toph could too, even though we're on metal."
"Dad. Just calm down, take deep breaths, and you can do this."
"Right…we can…"
Suddenly, Longshot, Pipsqueak, Duke, and Smellerbee (aka The Freedom Fighters) burst into the room. "Jet's acting all crazy again! I don't think that anti-hypnotizing thing worked!"
Katara immediately ran out the door to see if her waterbending skills would work in this particular healing situation. This left Aang alone with an uncomfortable silence, along with Hakoda.
"So, Aang…I hear you have a crush on my girl." Hakoda said casually.
Aang blushed. "Well…Let's not talk about that right now."
"Avoiding one's problems is not going to lead to anywhere." Hakoda replied.
"I-I sorta do." Aang scratched his head.
"Well?" Hakoda pressured.
"I-I do-don't really know." Aang said.
"I don't want Katara to be in a relationship with a confused boy." Hakoda joked.
"I-I…" Aang said, blushing furiously.
"Calm down. I'm just playing with you." Hakoda laughed.
Aang let out a sigh of relief. Hakoda turned serious again. "But I do want you to protect Katara at all costs."
"I will." Aang promised.
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Carly, Sam, and Freddie had managed to find a cave with a fire still burning in it. When no one came by to claim the cave, the threesomes decided to take it for themselves. They suspected Roku had set this up.
Carly had unrolled the map. "What do you suggest we do? We have small concentrations of allies in these points of the Earth Kingdom, along with Bumi and the Earth King on the run somewhere. We also have allies here in the North Pole."
"That's where all of our allies are. But we are hopelessly spread out." Freddie pointed out.
"We need to find a way to gather them all together in one, secure location." Carly said.
"But how? Sozin's comet is returning in just a little more than a month. How are we supposed to do that? We have no method of transportation except for our feet." Sam said.
"That's why we need to find Aang." Carly said. "But before we do, we need to come up with a strategy to present to the Avatar."
"We'll sleep on it." Freddie replied.
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Aang flipped and tossed around in his bed. He was once again traveling through the endless mazes of the Spirit World. Suddenly, something splashed out of the water and Aang sent a rock hurling at it.
Roku deflected it effortlessly. "Thinking of overcoming your past-life, Aang?" Roku chuckled.
Aang paled. "You didn't have to scare me."
"Just needed some humor in all this seriousness."
"But we haven't even thought of a plan to overcome the Fire Nation yet, and the comet is scheduled to return in a few months." Aang said helplessly.
"I have found a small group of non-benders. Three in exact. They have ideas that none of you have ever thought of, and although they may seem outrageous, follow them. Those ideas will lead you to victory." Roku replied.
"Who are they?" Aang asked.
Roku's voice began to fade. "There will be a leader, and thinker, and a reviser."
"Who are they?" Aang asked again.
"You will find them soon enough." Roku completely faded, and Aang woke up.
