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New Iacon Chronicles: The Advent of Unicron

Chapter 7: Reunion


At Air Temple Island, Pabu peeked his head from out of a corner of the building before getting into a stalking position. The fire ferret then pounced onto Naga's tail as the polar bear dog slept. She was not phased by this, but then something caused her to awaken and perk her head up towards the sky, seeing Pepper, Bumblebee and Rodimus in his helicopter mode heading to Air Temple Island, Korra, Jinora, Opal, Ikki and Meelo on the sky bison's saddle.

"Naga!" Korra excitedly called, causing Naga to sit up and wag her tail before running towards the courtyard, Pabu still holding onto her tail. As Pepper landed and Poki and Ikki's flying squirrel landed on the roof of a sheltered pathway nearby, Korra immediately jumped off the saddle, cushioning her fall with airbending before Naga nudged Korra's belly with her snout, lifting her off the ground as Korra leaned against the top of Naga's head. The polar bear dog growled happily as Korra continued to embrace her.

"I missed you so much girl," Korra said as Rodimus transformed into his robot mode and Bumblebee landed on the courtyard.

"Mom! Dad! We're back!" Meelo called as he and Ikki ran towards their parents as Bumi advanced towards Korra. "And we got Korra!"

"Well, aren't you a sight for sore eyes!" Bumi said as he embraced Korra and lifted her off the ground while Bum-Ju perched onto Bumi's shoulder, chirping happily. "Bum-Ju and I sure missed you."

"It's so great to see you again Bumi," Korra replied. "And you too Bum-Ju." The bunny spirit thrilled happily in response as Ikki and Meelo embraced their parents.

"Well done, kids," Tenzin said. "I'm proud of you all for finding Korra."

"Proud enough to get me my tats?" Meelo smugly asked.

"No," Tenzin answered in a deadpanned response while Pema chuckled at Meelo's reaction. Tenzin then approached Korra and enveloped her in a hug.

"Welcome home," he said.

"I missed you Tenzin," Korra responded as Opal, Bumblebee and Rodimus walked towards them.

"Now, I hate to get right down to business, but I want to hear what happened in Zaofu," Tenzin stated, causing both Korra and Rodimus to look away sadly.

"Way to ruin the moment," Bumi remarked.

"There is no Zaofu," Rodimus responded. "As we were leaving, we saw the domes collapsing in on themselves. The city was completely burned to the ground." Hearing this caused Tenzin, Pema and Bumi's jaws to drop in shock.

"Kuvira must have invaded the city while we were busy with her," Opal suggested, quick to place the blame on Kuvira.

"Believe me, this wasn't Kuvira," Roadbuster's voice suddenly said as everyone turned to see Roadbuster and Bulkhead approaching them. "There weren't any Earth Empire soldiers there."

"It was an infestation of Cons as far as the optics could see," Bulkhead added.

"I think I know who's responsible," Rodimus said. "Somehow, someway, Megatron is alive. And he's working with Unicron." Now, everyone's jaws dropped in shock upon hearing that bombshell.

"With an army that huge, he could conqure the entire world," Bumblebee said.

"And he has the power to," Rodimus replied.

"What do you mean Rodimus?" Korra asked. Rodimus' optics then closed as he began to open his chest, revealing that the Matrix was gone.

"Oh no..." was all Tenzin could say.

"How did this happen?" Bulkhead asked.

"When Megatron stole the Matrix, I could feel Korra in pain as she was fighting Kuvira," Rodimus answered. "I chose to save her instead."

"You mean you risked the Matrix for me?" Korra asked.

"I couldn't just let you die Korra," Rodimus answered. "Besides, if you died and the Matrix was in Megatron's possession, we would have no chance against Unicron."

"Hey, where's Bolin?" Bumi asked. "He's not still on Kuvira's side, is he?"

"I can't believe he would stay with her after she captured Mom and Elita," Opal answered with a look of worry. "But we don't know where he is."


*QUE TRANSFORMERS PRIME OPENING THEME*


Meanwhile, Bolin was panting as he was stuck piggybacking Varrick, still in his armor, through the forest where they crashed.

"Why...did you have to power that thing with spirit vines...if you were just going to blow the rest up!?" Bolin asked as his legs began shaking and he stopped walking. "How about you use your own legs for a while?"

"You know, when I fled New Iacon with Zhu-Li, she carried me twenty miles in one day," Varrick answered. "And that was after she sprained her ankle!"

"Well, Zhu-Li's not here, okay!?" Bolin angrily shouted as he dropped Varrick to the ground.

"That's fine," Varrick responded in a dejected manner. "Leave me here. Let the worms gobble me up. I deserve it."

"No way mister, you're not getting off that easily," Bolin replied. "You're responsible for that weapon Kuvira's trying to make. Which, may I remind you, could hurt a lot of people!"

"No, don't remind me!" Varrick replied as he curled into a fetal position. "I know, I'm a horrible, horrible person!"

"Okay, look, Kuvira fooled us both into doing her dirty work and I'm not happy about it either," Bolin stated in a much more calm manner. "But you know how we're gonna make it up to the world? By getting back to New Iacon and warning everyone what she's up to. So I want you to take my hand and march with me out of this forrest!" The words obviously got to Varrick as he gave a wry smile and grabbed Bolin's hand as he pulled him up.

"You really have a way with words, kid," he said. "No wonder I made you a mover star. All right, I'll take the driver's seat for a while. Hop on."

"Great, my feet could use a break," Bolin replied as he got on Varrick's back, causing him to tremble as he tries to walk.

"Okay, oh boy," he said. "Here we go." He then grunted and took one slow step forward, only to activate a net trap, catching them and flinging them both upwards, hanging from a tree branch.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" Bolin shouted.


Back at New Iacon, Asami was reading a magazine inside a building while jazz music was playing when Korra approached her, now wearing her Water Tribe outfit, gaining Asami's attention.

"I hope you haven't been waiting long," Korra said as Asami, with a smile, stood up and embraced her.

"Only three years," she responded. "It's so good to see you again."

"You too," Korra replied.

"And I'm loving the hair," Asai complimented, causing Korra to blush slightly.

"Thanks," she said. "You're looking snazzy as always."

"Come on, Mako got us a table at the restaurant," Asami said as she and Korra walked inside.


Inside the restaurant, Mako was leaning against a pillar beside an empty table along with Arcee when Korra and Asami approached him.

"Korra!" Mako said as he walked towards her.

"Hi Mako," Korra responded before the two of them embraced, only for Wu to come in between them when they pulled apart, stunning Korra.

"Hello there, Prince Wu, rightful heir to the throne and this guy's boss," he said as he nudged Mako's ribs. "I bet he's told you a lot about me."

"Nope, not a thing," Korra replied in a deadpan tone, only for Wu to drape an arm on her shoulder much to her shock.

"Then we have SO much to talk about," he said as he pushed her to the seats of the table and he sat down next to him as a waiter approached the table. "You are going to love the food here. I know the chef personally." He then turned to the waiter as he grabbed a greenish-blue drink in front of him.

"Let's start with a round of your spicy octopus fritters," he said as Korra had an unamused look on her face. "And keep the cucumber-aloe water flowing. Gotta keep this princely skin hydrated."

"I thought it was just going to be the three of us," Asami irritably whispered to Mako.

"Sorry, I couldn't ditch him," Mako replied. "But he promised to be on his best behavior."

"Hey, pop into the Avatar State for me," Wu said to Korra as he rested his elbows on the table and leaned towards her. "I want to see your eyes glow."

"What?" Korra asked. "No." All Wu did was simply whine slightly in response.

"So can you go into the Avatar State?" Asami asked in a concerned tone. "I was worried when you told me you couldn't."

"Wait, when did she tell you you couldn't?" Mako asked, causing Korra and Asami to glance at each other nervously all while Wu slurped his drink noisily. "What's going on with you two?"

"I wrote to Asami and Rodimus while I was away," Korra answered in an apologetic manner. "I asked them not to tell you. I'm sorry."

"Well, why didn't you ever write to me?" Mako asked. "Or Bolin?"

"I don't know," Korra answered as she looked down, ashamed. "I guess I didn't know what to say."

"A 'hello' would have been nice," Mako replied as he crossed his arms and leaned back into his seat.

"Mako, if it makes you feel any better, she didn't write me either," Wu said.

"Why would she-" Mako was about to ask in an annoyed tone. "Never mind."

"I'm sorry I didn't stay in touch, but I'm back now, and I want to know everything about what's been going on with you two," Korra said, trying to keep her concern over everything that happened back at Zaofu, with Megatron and the Matrix being taken, hidden. The last thing she needed to do on her first day back here was scare her friends.

"Well, I kind of have some big news," Asami responded, glancing down. "I went to visit my father for the first time. He'd been writing me letters and I guess I finally felt ready to try and forgive him."

"You sure you can trust him?" Korra asked, concerned. "He might just be manipulating you again."

"You don't think I know what my own father is capable of!?" Asami lashed out, causing Korra to raise her hands up in an appeasing gesture.

"No, no I didn't mean-" Korra replied.

"You don't get to disappear for THREE years and then act like you know what's best for me," Asami interrupted.

"It's not like I planned to be gone that long," Korra stated. "I wanted to come back, but I never felt ready until now." Suddenly, Wu slammed his empty glass on the table, catching everyone's attention as he stood up.

"As much as I'm enjoying this little catch-up, my royal bladder is about to explode," he stated before snapping his fingers and bringing his elbow up. "Mako, come on, I need you to stand guard."

"I'm not gonna hold your hand every time you have to empty your royal bladder," Mako responded in an annoyed tone. "Go to the bathroom on your own for once!"

"Arc-" Wu was about to ask Arcee, only for her to flash a glare that basically told him 'f**k off.' "Fine, fine." With that, Wu dejectedly walked to the bathroom.

"Do you always go to the bathroom with him?" Korra asked.

"We don't go 'with him' with him, one of us just stands there in the general vacinity while he-" Arcee defended, equally as annoyed as Mako, only for her to stop. "Just forget it."

Wu then walked inside the gleaming, gold and polished bathroom with an attendant standing near the sinks with a towel draped over his arm.

"Good afternoon sir," the attendant said. "Perhaps a spritz of cologne to freshen up?"

"Make it double buddy," Wu answered as he stretched both arms out happily. Suddenly, the attendant brought the towel up to his nose before spraying a red fog out of the cologne bottle, causing Wu to open his eyes in shock as he coughed.

"Mako, help! Wu down!" he shouted only to collapse onto the floor. "Wu...down." With that, he lost consciousness.


Back with Bolin and Varrick, Bolin continuously tugged on the net in hopes of freeing him and Varrick, but it was in vain.

"Ugh, I wish Pabu was here," Bolin said. "He could just chew us out of this."

"You know who else had incisors sharp as a knife?" Varrick asked before looking down sadly. "Zhu-Li." Suddenly, footsteps could be heard and both of them looked down to see a group of people walking towards them.

"Well, look what we caught," a woman named Ahnah said. "Wonder if they were tracking us after we escaped."

"Hello fellow travelers!" Bolin said. "I don't suppose you could help us out of this net?" Hearing this, Ahnah and a man named Baraz shared a look of doubt before Ahnah glared up at Bolin.

"Why would we free a couple of lowly Earth Empire soldiers?" she asked.

"Lowly?" Varrick asked. "We were part of Kuvira's inner circle!"

"WERE!" Bolin emphesized. "Not anymore! We jumped ship. Please just let us out."

"I think I know someone who knows just what to do with a couple of Kuvira's top men," Baraz responded as heavy footsteps caught Bolin and Varrick's attention before something caused the rope to snap and send them falling to the ground. The two of them looked up to see a pissed off Grimlock glaring down at them, his sword in his hand.


Meanwhile, Korra, Mako and Asami were handed a platter of seafood and unusual delicacies by the waiter, and still Wu had not returned.

"I wonder what's taking Wu so long," Mako said as he stood up. "He's not one to miss out on lunch. I'll go check on him."

He then walked inside the now empty bathroom, first checking a bathroom stall.

"Wu, you in here?" Mako asked before opening the door and peering in, only to find nothing. "Come on, your octopus fritters are getting cold."

Outside the bathroom, Korra, Asami and Arcee waited when Korra turned to see an open doorway, showing the bathroom attendant wheeling a trolley of dirty laundry away.

"I'll be right back," she said as she went to investigate.

She followed the attendant to the loading bay of the restaurant to see him tipping the laundry into a truck while his colleague kept the door of the truck open.

"Excuse me, did you happen to see if Prince Wu came out this way?" Korra asked the attendant.

"Sorry miss, haven't seen him," the attendant answered, only for Wu's voice to come from the laundry and for his head to poke out of the pile.

"Mmm, I'm in laundry," he said drowsily as he rolled down the pile. Korra the turned to the attendant, angered, only to be shoved upwards by earthbending from the attendant. A slab then sent Korra to the deiling as the attendant ran into the truck and closed the doors as Korra landed on the ground while Mako, Asami and Arcee rushed to her. The truck then screeched and pulled away as Korra pushed herself off the ground.

"They've got Wu!" Korra said. "Get to Knock Out, I'm going after them!" With that, she began to rush towards the truck as it veered sharply into the busy streets. She attempted to bend a trail of earth towards it, only for it to skid and regain its course and continue on. Suddenly, Knock Out, in his now convertable vehicle mode, with Asami driving him, along with Arcee in her vehicle mode, with Mako driving her, drove up to Korra.

"Get in!" Asami said as Korra hopped onto the seat next to Asami as Knock Out and Arcee quickly sped off. The two of them weaved in between the other vehicles on the road as they sounded their horns at them before they gained on the truck. Suddenly, it sharply turned right into another road and one of the kidnappers opened the passenger's seat door, leaning his body out and punching his arm upwards. A wall of earth was bent behind them, causing Arcee and Knock Out to quickly swerve to avoid a collision.

"We're losing them!" Korra exclaimed.

"Hang a right at the next block," Arcee advised. "We'll cut them off on seventh." Suddenly, Knock Out began accelerating, passing a crowded intersection, breaking briefly but continuing to move forward as Mako had an irked look on his face.

"You missed the turn! Where are you going!?" Mako exclaimed.

"I know these streets better than you," Asami answered. "I BUILT some of them." Knock Out and Arcee then headed onto a flyover, following the truck as it drove on the street bellow the overpass. Korra then looked down at it and stood up.

"What are you doing!?" Knock Out asked. "Sit down!" Instead, Korra jumped off of Knock Out, bending a gust of wind around her before landing on the truck. She then stood up and metalbended a hole on top of the truck, only to find that Wu was not there.

"Where is he!?" Korra asked the attendant as he drove the truck before she jumped inside and airbended him away from the driver's seat. Korra then slammed her foot on the brake, causing the truck to screech on the asphalt before halting close to a huge spirit vine while Knock Out and Arcee pulled up behind the truck. Mako and Asami got off of them before both Autobots transformed as Korra pulled the attendant out of the truck.

"Wu's not here," Korra said. "This guy was the only one in the truck." Suddenly, Mako grabbed him by the vest, slamming him against the truck.

"Where's the prince!?" he asked.

"Halfway to our Great Uniter by now," the attendant answered before pulling a fake tooth from his mouth and biting down at it, the foam forming in his mouth confirming it was a cyanide pill much to Mako's shock. "Hail...Kuvira." With that, the attendant fell to the floor, dead, as an Elite Guard vehicle drove to the scene, sirens blaring.

"They must have moved Wu to a different vehicle when we lost sight of them," Asami suggested as the car pulled up to them, two metalbenders taking care of the body while Mako ran to the driver.

"Tell Chief Bei Fing that Prince Wu is missing," he said. "Put out an all points bulletin. We'll keep looking." With that, the vehicle drove away.

"Where do we start?" Arcee asked. "There are thousands of cars in the city and he could be in any one of them."

"Or they might try smuggling him out on an airship," Mako added, not noticing Korra approaching the spirit vine.

"Or maybe by boat," Asami added.

"He could be anywhere!" Mako exclaimed as he threw his arms up in the air. "Ugh! The one time I don't watch him pee and this is what happens!" It was then that he noticed Korra walking to the spirit vine, concentrating before placing her hand on it, causing the vine to glow. As Korra's eyes opened, she saw an unconscious Wu on the floor of a satomobile that was pulling up to the Central Train Station.

"They're taking Wu to the train station!" she said.

"Are you sure?" Asami asked. "How do you know?"

"I'll explain on the way, let's just roll out!" Korra answered. "We're running out of time!" With that, Knock Out and Arcee transformed and Korra, Asami and Mako got on them before driving off quickly.


Meanwhile, Bolin, Varrick, Grimlock and the others were standing by a stream, Ahnah bending some of the water in it into a pouch on her hip.

"So how did a bunch of water and firebenders end up in one of Kuvira's reeducation camps?" Bolin asked.

"Call it what it is," Ahnah answered. "A prison."

"Kuvira's been purging states of anyone who's not of Earth Kingdom origin and locking them up," Baraz added. "We'd still be there if Grimlock hadn't help us escape."

"Purging?" Bolin asked.

"What are you acting so surprised for?" Grimlock growled. "You must have known what she was up to, being part of her 'inner circle' and all."

"No, I swear," Bolin responded. " And-and the inner circle thing lasted, like, less than a day."

"Will you at least tell us where you're taking us!?" Varrick irritably asked.

"The border checkpoint," Baraz answered. "You're gonna help us talk our way past some Earth Empire soldiers."

"And once we're through, we'll see about letting you go," Ahnah added. Hearing this, Bolin and Varrick looked at each other before dashing forward. Varrick then jumped up while Bolin stomped his feet on the ground, creating a rolling carpet of earth to trip the prisoners off their feet before turning it into lava in front of them.

"Ha ha! Lava time!" Varrick said. as Baraz and Ahna scooted away from the lava. "Bet you didn't expect that!" Suddenly, Grimlock yelled out and got out his sword, setting it on fire while Bolin stood up and snapped the heated bindings on his wrist before getting into a bending stance.

"Look, I'm sorry for what happened to all of you, but as I've been trying to explain, we don't work for Kuvira anymore!" Bolin stated.

"Yeah, if our handsome mugs get recognized trying to go through that checkpoint, we're goners!" Varrick added.

"If you really are fugitives, you better listen up!" Baraz replied. "We've been scouting this region for days. There's a wall stretching along the entire border and patrols guarding every part of it. That checkpoint is our only way out."

"It's not worth the risk Baraz," Grimlock stated, not putting his sword away. "How do we know they won't turn us in?"

"If he wanted us gone, we'd be at the bottom of a pool of lava right now," Baraz answered. "If any of us want to get out of the Earth Empire alive, we'll have to trust each other." Glaring at Varrick and Bolin, Grimlock slowly put his sword away while Bolin cooled the lava down into purnice.

"All right, where's this checkpoint?" Bolin asked.


Back at New Iacon, Knock Out and Arcee sped through the streets of the city towards the Central Train Station.

"So how do you know where Wu is just by touching some spirit vines?" Knock Out asked.

"I learned how to connect to people's energy through them," Korra answered.

"Who taught you that?" Asami asked.

"A Quintesson," Korra answered.

"Wait, what?" Knock Out and Arcee asked at the same time.

"Long story," Korra answered as they pulled up to the train station. The humans got out of the Autobots as they transformed before Asami opened the trunk to Knock Out and quickly put on a lighter, transportable version of her armor. With that, they ran into the crowded train station.

"Which train is Wu on?" Mako asked.

"I don't know!" Korra answered as she perspired nervously.

"Split up and start looking," Arcee suggested before she and Mako, Asami and Knock Out, and Korra all went in different directions.


While that was going on, Bolin and Varrick, now clean shaven and Varrick out of his armor, walked towards the border checkpoint with the prisoners and Grimlock all behind them, all of them cuffed. Stationary mechasuits looked down at them from the top of the gate while three soldiers stood their ground in front of it.

"Follow my lead," Bolin whispered to Varrick before both of them came to a stop and saluted with the head soldier.

"Good afternoon sir," the head soldier said. "Can we help you?"

"You sure can," Bolin answered, acting tough. "We captured these escaped prisoners and a fugitive. We need to get them to a secure facility."

"Where'd they escape from?" the head soldier asked.

"Camp 14," Bolin answered.

"Then why are you bringing them through here?" the head soldier asked. "Camp 14's back the other way."

"You think we don't know where Camp 14 is!?" Bolin asked as he stepped forward. "KUVIRA wants them transferred."

"Then I'll need to see the transfer order," the head soldier stated, only for Varrick to approach him, jabbing a finger to his chest and speaking to his face.

"Listen, pal, I had to fight off two badger-moles, six wolf-bats and eighteen hog-monkeys to get these guys, so sorry if I don't have the paperwork!" he exclaimed. "I was too busy cramming it in a hog-monkey's mouth while it was trying to eat me! I am in sore need of a shower and I have blisters that are the size of cantaloupes and twice as juicy! So you can let us through, or you can give me your name and rank and I'll pass it on to Kuvira! You know what happens to soldiers who question her orders, don't you? BAD stuff!"

"Let them through!" the head soldier ordered, cold sweat running down him as the other two metalbenders metalbended the gate down. Bolin, Varrick, the prisoners and Grimlock then walked inside, past a guard post station as one of the staff manning it glanced over to them. Bolin walked by tensely while Varrick gave a smile and the soldier's jaw dropped as he looked over to three wanted posters of Bolin, Varrick and Grimlock before rushing out.

"Wait! Stop them!" he shouted. "They're traitors to the Empire!" The escapees quickly dashed forward, only for the mechasuits to jump off their posts and land in front of them. Seeing them, Grimlock roared out in rage before running at one of them, tackling it to the ground before tossing it at a tree.

"There's no way I'm going back to prison!" Baraz exclaimed as he firebended the rope around his wrists and kicked a wave of fire at the soldiers that surrounded them, who bended stone walls to protect them before they launched rocks at them while they began freeing each other and fought back. A mechasuit then sent a torrent of flame at Bolin and Varrick before Bolin bended a stone wall in front of them while Varrick crawled away. A suit then ran towards Baraz, only for Grimlock in his t-rex mode to run to it and grab it with his jaws before tossing it at another suit.

"Me Grimlock SMASH!" he shouted before charging at a group of soldiers, who quickly dispersed before two mechasuits jumped at him. However, Grimlock then turned back into his robot mode and thrashed them off. Baraz then sent out two fire blasts while Ahnah created an ice slick underneath a suit that was running towards Grimlock. The suit began sliding over the ice before a fire blast knocked it into the air, however, its heel landed on the ice as spikes shot out from the back of its legs, anchoring it on the ice. The mechasuit then shot out an electric attack, causing Baraz and Ahnah to jump out of the way before the suit sent out a torrent of fire at Baraz, who blocked it with his firebending. While that was going on, three suits ran towards Bolin as he bended rocks at them before bending a wave of lava their way. One of them lept over it and was about to attack Bolin when Grimlock jumped at it, bashing it with his shield before stomping it to the ground. He was about to jab his massive sword at it when it kicked him off of it and sent an eletric blast his way, which he dodged. Suddenly, it and another suit sent out two wires at his arms before anchoring to the ground, causing him to thrash around and roar in rage. While all of this was going on, Varrick watched this from the gateway before looking inside the office, seeing a power genorator.

"Hahaha!" he said before grabbing a screwdriver from the desk and lifting the lid from the generator. He then threw a nearby table over and removed one of its metal legs before grabbing a roll of wire from the floor and wrapping it around the table leg. Back outside, Bolin bended a wave of lava at a mechasuit, which easily dodged it and jumped over another before slamming a fist down at Bolin, who rolled to the side and knocked the suit over with a wave of stones. Another mechasuit then stepped forward and shot electricity at Bolin, who propelled himself upward on a stone pillar to avoid it. Varrick meanwhile plunged the leg, now wrapped in a wire that connected it to the power generator before running back inside as Bolin and Grimlock were knocked to the ground, Grimlock plunging his shield in front of Bolin as three suits sent torrents of fire their way. Varrick then clamped two ends of the cable to two terminals on the generator's battery.

"Boy, I sure hope this works," he said before turning the power switch on, the table leg emitting an EMP blast that immediately shut down the suits, causing them to collapse. "Hahaha! I still got that Varrick touch." With that, Varrick ran outside towards Bolin while Grimlock continued to fight the soldiers.

"We're clear, come on!" Varrick said as Bolin looked on as the escapees continued to fight, Ahnah bending out water as Baraz lifted up an unconscious waterbender.

"Varrick, wait!" he said, causing Varrick to stop in his tracks. "We can't leave them!" With that, he ran out in front of the escapees and Grimlock, jumping and swinging his elbow which created a pool of lava that erupted in front of him. He then sent it at the soldiers,, who quickly fell back to the gateway.

"Retreat!" the head soldier shouted as Bolin sent the lava at the gateway behind the soldiers, partially melting the metal wall and blocking the entrance.

"Thanks kid," Grimlock said. "You didn't have to come back."

"Yeah, I kind of did," Bolin responded. "Let's go."


Back at the train station, Mako and Arcee looked through the windows of a departing train.

"The 4:15 bound for Omashu is now leaving on track number six. All aboard!" the condurtor said as Mako and Arcee did not see anything and ran off. Korra was also looking around when Asami and Knock Out approached her.

"If we don't find Wu soon, we might never find him," Asami stated before Korra kneeled down and touched the floor, feeling the vines underneath the building. She then turned to a train that was closing its doors and began to depart.

"He's on that train!" Korra said as she and the others ran to it, quickly getting on it before it left.

"How do you know for sure he's here?" Knock Out asked as he and the others walked through the car.

"I don't," Korra answered. "But I had a feeling, okay?"

"And we're just suppose to trust 'Avatar feelings?'" Mako asked.

"You wouldn't have to if you had guarded the prince like you were supposed to!" Korra answered, unaware that two of Kuvira's supporters were sitting across from each other. The group then entered the darkened luggage car.

"Oh, so it's MY fault Wu disappeared," Mako responded.

"It's certainly not mine!" Korra exclaimed as a large suitcase began to tap from the inside.

"Guys, shh," Asami said. "Listen." Mako then closed the door and opened the suitcase, revealing Wu as he sat up, his arms flailing and blubbering with fright.

"Wu! Wu, it's me," Mako said.

"Mako?" Wu asked. "Where am I? Am I dead?"

"No, you're on a train," Arcee answered. "We're gonna get you out of here." Suddenly, the doors opened to reveal the Kuvira supporters, one of them throwing metal strips at Korra, who dodged and deflected them before throwing out a strong gust of wind at them, lifting them up and knocking the into the ceiling. However, a third supporter ran towards them as Asami turned to the other door at the other side to see more of them approaching them. Korra then quickly metalbended the door shut and metalbended the ceiling of the train open.

"Everyone out!" Korra said.

"I'm not going up there!" Wu replied, only for Korra to glare at him in annoyance and for her to fling him out of the car with a gust of wind, landing on the car behind before she, Arcee and Knock Out jumped after him and helped Mako and Asami up. The group then began to hop across the cars, only for two supporters to launch themselves onto the car they were on with metal cables. One of them tripped Mako before he could firebend at them, only for Knock Out to send an electrical blast from his staff at them, which they quickly evaded. Asami then saw two more come up from behind and lowered her faceplate before kicking one supporter's hand away before he could metalbend and sent a repulsor blast at him, launching him to the other car as the second supporter began bending the roof towards her in an effort to trap them. The supporters on the other side followed suit as the group backed away from the metal, only for Korra to airbend a whirlwind around everyone.

"Jump!" she said before she and the others jumped to the ground that was bellow a bridge before hitting the ground, cushioned by Korra's airbending as the train passed by. Korra gave a sigh of relief as Mako helped Wu up.

"You all right?" Mako asked.

"Yes!" Wu answered before hugging Mako. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! You and Arcee are definitely getting a raise buddy."

"You should be thanking Korra," Mako responded. "We never would have found you without her."

"I owe you my life, Avatar," Wu said to Korra, bowing. "If only there was some way to repay you. Ooh, I know. How about I take you out for a night on the town?"

"Really?" Korra dejectedly asked. "You're asking me out right now?"

"So...I'll put you down for a 'maybe?'" Wu asked.

"How about a never?" Korra answered before walking to Asami, Mako, Knock Out and Arcee. "Not exactly what I imagined for our first day back together."

"But it was kind of like old times," Asami replied. "Except for the getting on each other's nerves part."

"Actually, that is like old times for me and Korra," Mako responded.

"I'm sorry things got so tense earlier," Korra said.

"It's all right," Asami responded. "I guess after being apart for three years, there's bound to be a bit of an adjustment period."

"Yeah, but it's great to have you back," Mako added.

"There's no place I'd rather be," Korra replied before the three of them shared a group hug, to which Arcee and Knock Out smiled at. Wu attempted to join in, only for Korra to push his face away.

"Mmph, you guys are the greatest friends a guy could have," Wu said before they broke the group hug.

"So what are we gonna do with him?" Korra asked. "It's too dangerous to take him back to the hotel."

"Whoo, you're telling me!" Wu responded. "I need a cushy safe house somewhere."

"I think I know just the place," Mako replied.


Later, they took him to Asami's estate as the evening approached.

"Nice digs Mako," Wu said. "You didn't tell me you came from money."

"I don't," Mako corrected. "This is Asami's place. She was nice enough to let my family stay here after they fled Ba Sing Se." Suddenly, the doors opened to reveal Yin.

"Mako! It's so wonderful to-" she said, only to stop and gasp at the sight of Wu. "Are you..."

"Grandma, this is Prince Wu," Mako replied. "He needs to stay with you and the family for a little while."

"It's an honor, Grandma Mako," Wu said as he kissed her hand, causing her to faint and for Mako to catch her.

"She loves royalty," Mako stated.

"I think I'll fit right in here. Thanks for looking out for me, Mako," Wu said before running inside. "Now where's the bathroom!? I have been holding it all day!"


After today's rather stressful events, Asami was within Knock Out as he drove around the streets of New Iacon on a simple cruise around the city. They weren't going to any place in particular, they just enjoyed the time together. Asami would either use these drives to either clear her head or to brainstorm for new ideas for upgrades to her armor or for further advancements for her company and Knock Out loved to just drive around the city and show off his paint job to the people and bots who they passed by. Although he had learned to be less vain over the years, he still couldn't help himself but to flaunt his crimson red paint to the public like he was Primus's gift to the universe every once and awhile.

"So, you wanna head back to Air Temple Island now?" Knock Out asked his friend. "We've been driving for almost two hours now, I'm sure Korra misses you by now."

"Nah, let's keep driving for a few more minutes," Asami replied before bringing something up in her robotic friend's words.

"What do you mean 'Korra misses me?'"

"Well you two have been apart for awhile and I'm sure you have a lot to catch up on," Knock Out elaborated. "And plus I'm sure you two have a relationship to work out."

"W-what?!" Asami yelped in surprise, blushing as she did. "I-I don't know what you mean!"

"Come on Asami, do I have to say it?" Knock Out said. "I've seen how you two have been acting around each other lately. Even back when the whole mess with Zaheer and The Fallen was going on, I was noticing a spark between you and Korra."

"We're just good friends Knock Out, that's all," she defended.

"Asami, no one who owns a million yuan company offers to just drop everything and go live in the South Pole with their best friend," Knock Out explained. "And who did Korra write to other then Rodimus? You of course!" Asami said nothing at first. She didn't want to bring this subject up at all.

"Look, my point is that considering everything that's happened to you over the years, I think you deserve some happiness in your life," Knock Out said. "So why not tell Korra how you feel?"

"Because…I'm afraid she doesn't feel the same way about me," she answered in a somber tone. "After I broke up with Mako and my farther was thrown in prison, I felt so distant from everyone I just wanted to stay in my giant empty house and work on my armor, but when I saw Korra again, I felt this…light well up inside me-like it was something I'd been missing forever. I can't explain it Knock Out, but I'm too scared of her rejecting me to say any of this to her!"

"Asami, you've known Korra since she first came to New Iacon, she would never hurt you like that," Knock Out gently reasoned. The young woman took in what the Med-Bot had said. Perhaps it was time to admit her feelings to the Avatar.

"Your right Knock Out, I'm going to tell her," she said warmly with a smile. "But not yet, with everything that's going on with Kuvira, I don't want to put more stress on Korra by throwing a relationship on her as well."

"Alright, as long as you tell her," he replied. "But you might want to make it soon, you may not have a lot of time because of, you know, the whole 'Unicron coming to kill us' thing."

"And Knock Out, thanks," Asami added.

"Hey, what are friends for," Knock Out answered. "Now let's head home."

"Yeah...Korra's waiting for me," Asami said with another warm smile.


Meanwhile, night fell as Bolin, Varrick, Grimlock and the escapees walked to a dock that contained a large, rickity boat. Most of the escapees were already on board while Bolin and Varrick talked to Baraz and Ahnah.

"I know it might not mean much coming from a guy wearing this uniform, but I'd like to apologize for what Kuvira's put you through," Bolin said.

"I appreciate that," Baraz replied.

"Guess this is where we part ways," Bolin said.

"It's been a blast!" Varrick added.

"We're heading north too," Ahnah responded. "Why don't you come with us? It's the least we can do after you saved our necks."

"On that hunk of junk? No thanks, I'm allergic to drowning," Varrick answered, only for Bolin to elbow his ribs. "Oof! I mean, uh, we'd love a lift!" With that, Bolin hopped into the boat while Varrick slowly stepped in unsteadily, causing the boat to rock. He then fell into the boat before Baraz, Ahnah and Grimlock joined them.


Back at New Iacon, Rodimus was in a meeting with Cerebros, Tenzin and Izumi, discussing what had happened back at Zaofu and his encounter with Megatron.

"No doubt what Megatron did to Zaofu will cause him and Kuvira to go to war," Izumi stated.

"And I assume that they both will want to try to invade New Iacon," Rodimus stated.

"What makes you so sure Rodimus?" Tenzin asked.

"Unicron will want Megatron to try and go after Korra, and given his ways as a war lord, an invasion will be his solution," Rodimus answered.

"What about Kuvira?" Izumi asked.

"Your father, Aang and Optimus built the United Republic out of Earth Kingdom territory," Rodimus answered. "I believe she will try to take it from us."

"Either way, it looks like both sides are about to reach their endgame," Cerebros stated. "But I fear what lengths Kuvira will try to go to try and defeat Megatron."


Meanwhile, at the swamp, Baatar Jr. placed a small spike connected to a meter onto the root of the Banyan Grove Tree. The meter went to the max before he took the meter out and approached Kuvira, who was standing on top of a giant tree root.

"This area is overrun with spirit vines and they appear to be even more powerful than the samples we took from New Iacon," Baatar Jr. reported.

"Perfect," Kuvira replied. "Harvest these vines until there's nothing left. With this power in our hands, we'll crush Megatron and finally unite the Earth Empire." With that, Baatar Jr. left, leaving only Kuvira as she felt a sharp pain in her chest. She clutched it before reaching into one of her pockets and pulled out a dark energon crystal before jabbing it into her, the pain going away as soon as she did that. Suddenly, in her vision came the image of Unicron devouring a small dwarf planet, but as it came, it faded. Thinking it was nothing, she shook it off and walked away, but the vision was in fact reality. For far outside the Earth's orbit...

Unicron had entered the Solar System.


*QUE LEGEND OF KORRA ENDING THEME*


CREDIT FOR THE SCENE WITH KNOCK OUT AND ASAMI GOES TO MY FRIEND WHO WROTE A FEW OF THE CHAPTERS IN AVATAR CHRONICLES.