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"Water."
A man wearing Nothern Water Tribe clothes weaves a stream of water from the ground as he twirls it around him before thrusting it to the side.
"Earth."
A man wearing Earth Kingdom attire kicks the ground, bringing up a large rock as he punched it to smithereens.
"Fire."
A woman wearing Fire Nation attire crouches down as she summons hot flames from under her feet, before leaping up as she did a spinning high-kick that spreads the fire around.
"Air."
A man wearing Air Nomads clothing lands on the ground gracefully as he did a circle with his hands, and summons a gust of wind.
"My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days. A time of peace when the Avatar kept the balance between the Water Tribes, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads." Katara's voice was heard as we see a glimpse of each individual nation, and people living in harmony. "But that all changed when the Fire Nation attacked," Katara says as we see hundreds of Fire Nation ships invading other cities and burning them to the ground.
"Only the Avatar, mastered of all four elements. Only he could stop the ruthless firebenders." Katara says as we see the Avatar standing on top of a pillar as he grinned, and his glowed blue as he proceeds to perform multiple bending techniques at once. He started out by summoning a Tsunami, then splitting a mountain in half, generating giant torrents of fire by his hands and feet, and summoning an air sphere around him that levitated him off the ground. "But when the world needed him most...he vanished," Katara says as the Avatar suddenly vanished, and we fast forwards a hundred years later. Where we see the decimation left by the Fire Nation as they burned everything sight without mercy. Not caring who gets in their way as long as they achieve victory in the war.
"A hundred years have passed, and the Fire Nation is nearing victory in the war." Katara says as we then see a younger version of Katara and Sokka standing by their home. Watching in sorrow as their father and fellow tribesman left to fight in the war. "Two years ago, my father and the men of my tribe journeyed to the Earth Kingdom to help fight against the Fire Nation, leaving my brother and me to look after our tribe. It was peaceful for a while until we meet a stranger who fell from the stars, a young alien soldier that was hoping to seek shelter on Earth. His name is Naxon Ecojifan."
"We took him in, and he told us about the war going on his home planet Elysium. And how the Ventis, a race of hostile aliens led by the great and powerful general Tes'lar, effectively dominated them. But Naxon hasn't lost hope as he and his uncle formulated a plan to prepare a base for the Detonans on Earth. Once the base was constructed, and the Detonans were all reunited. Naxon and his people will come out of the shadows to win the war once and for all. Amazed by his willpower had given me hope that maybe someday our war will soon come to an end when the Avatar returns. Some people believe that the Avatar was never reborn into the Air Nomads and that the cycle is broken, but I don't. I still believe that somehow the Avatar will return to save the world.
{Book 1: Water. Chapter One: The Boy in the Iceberg}
"Hey, Sokka. Can you pass me the hammer, please?" Naxon asked while wearing traditional Southern Water Tribe clothes as he was busy making repairs on his space pod. It has been three weeks since Naxon had landed on planet Earth, and so far, everything was going great. Naxon had spent the one week recovering from his injuries and getting to know the villagers. And then spent the next two weeks trying to fix his space pod with a reluctant Sokka's help. "Sokka, man. I need that hammer." Naxon says, noticing that Sokka hasn't moved an inch as he turns around, and saw Sokka ignoring him as Naxon sighed. "Fine, I will get the hammer," Naxon says with a huff as he sits up and grabs the hammer that was laying on Sokka's side. "Thanks for the help, by the way." He sarcastically says before going back to his work as Sokka grins.
"Hey, so you said that you needed my help fixing your Fire Nation Ship, not be your fetching boy," Sokka says before turning back to his work.
"I've only asked for your help because your the only person in the village that has any experience with tools and fixing things," Naxon says to Sokka while hammering something into place. But he wasn't looking into what he was doing, and accidentally broke something that caused him to be shocked. "Aah! Dammit!"
"Hey, you okay?" Sokka asked, feeling slightly worried for the young alien as Naxon shook off the pain.
"Yeah, but I accidentally broke the Anti-Gravity thrusters," Naxon says as Sokka pursed his lips.
"Which is a bad thing...right?"
"It won't be...if I had the right materials to fix it. But since we're on a frozen village, I don't think I can get any materials to fix this thing," Naxon says as he tossed his hammer away, and dusts off his hand. "Welp, I guess I have to do things the hard way and get to the Nothern Water tribe without flying. How long will it take me to get there on a boat? 3 days? A week?" Naxon asked as Sokka stared at him incredulously.
"Dude, the North Pole is on the other side of the planet."
"...So, maybe 2, 3 months tops?"
"Try for 2 years," Sokka says as Naxon groans.
"Great." He says just as Katara showed up.
"Hey, Naxon. Once you are done fixing your ship, do you mind getting more firewood?" Katara asked as Naxon sighs.
"Sure, fine, whatever. Better take my mind out of this, and figure out a way to get to the other side of this planet later." Naxon says while grabbing an axe as he jumped out of the ship, and walked away.
"What's with him?" Katara asked, confused by his grumpy mood as Sokka shrugs.
"Oh, he's just mad that we couldn't fix the ship, and now he has to go on a long journey to the Nothern Water Tribe the old fashioned way."
"Oh, poor guy," Katara says while giving the retreating form of Naxon a concerned look as Sokka scoffs.
"Whatever," Sokka says as Katara groans.
"Naxon has been here for weeks, and you still don't trust him?" Katara asked while rolling her eyes at her brother's paranoia as Sokka jumped out of the ship.
"We've only known him for a little while, Katara. I know that he is claiming to be an alien or whatever, but what if he is lying to us?" Sokka asked as Katara sighs.
"Sokka, Naxon is not a Fire Nation spy. If he was one, don't you think the Fire Nation would've invaded us by now?" She asked as Sokka narrowed his eyes.
"Their biding their time, Katara. Until we dropped our guard and bam! Hundreds of Fire Nation troops storm into our village, and it's all thanks to Naxon!" Sokka says as Katara shakes her head at her brother's stubbornness, and walks off. "Hey, where are you going?"
"I'm going to get ready for our fishing trip later, and getting away from your crazy conspiracies," Katara says as Sokka huffs.
"It's not crazy stories! Naxon is a Fire Nation spy! I can feel it in my bones!" Sokka says while running after his sister.
"What am I going to do?" Naxon asked himself while walking back to the village with a stack of wood in his hands. "It would've been much easier and faster to reach the Northern Water Tribe with my ship, but since it's busted, I have to settle by going there on a boat, but it will take years to get there! And, by the time I've arrived, my uncle and our team will show up with no base around. I have to find a way to fix this problem." Naxon says as he sees the village up ahead, and was about to head towards it when suddenly he noticed a glint in the snow.
Curious, Naxon walks over to the glint, and noticed that the patch of snow seems to be glowing blue. Confused, Naxon drops the stack of wood as he begins digging through the snow, and after a few seconds of digging. Naxon came across a blue coin that seems to be radiating with a blue aura, and had the symbol of a triceratops on it.
"What the heck is this?" Naxon says as he reached out for the coin, but the minute he touched the it. Naxon let out a loud gasp as his eyes turned white, and he back fell on the snow as he slowly went unconscious. While Naxon laid knocked out on the snow, the coin emitted a fierce glow as we zoom out into space, and we see a small ship flying close to Earth. Inside the vessel, we see a 9-feet-tall Ventis sitting in the cockpit, navigating through cosmos as he sighs with a bored look on his face. The Ventis driving the ship looks slightly different from the rest of his species as he is far taller and bulkier with black skin, red eyes, and mandibles for a mouth. He is the Elite of the Ventis Empire.
"Computer, how long will it take to reach our destination." The Elite Ventis asked as the ship beeped.
"2 months, 3 days, and 4 minutes in counting, boss." The ship's A.I. responded with a robotic voice as the alien groans.
"Great." He says sarcastically just as the alarm of his ship rang out. "Computer! Report!" The Ventis said while standing up as the computer opened up a hologram of planet CV-52
"Sir, I have picked up a massive energy surge from the planet CV-52! The energy reading is unlike anything I have ever seen before!" The A.I. says as the Ventis narrowed his eyes at the hologram.
"Locate the energy surge." The Elite Ventis says as the A.I. beeped, and did a full planetary scan.
"Scanning...scanning...scanning...found it. The energy surge comes from a frozen continent on the south side of the planet. The natives call it...the South Pole." The A.I. says, showing the image of the south pole as the large Ventis saw a blue dot beeping. "Should we investigate, sir?"
"Hmmm, yes, set a course for Planet CV-52, it could very well be one of the rebel escapees General Tes'lar warned me about." The Elite Ventis says as he programs the coordinates on his ship. "Besides, the energy surge could provide a threat to our empire...or if I could control it, it could be our greatest weapon." The Ventis says with a sinister grin as his ship took off towards planet Earth
[Dream Sequence]
"Ugh, why do I feel like I went 10 rounds against a Ventis?" Naxon asked himself while sitting up from the crystal-like floor...wait, crystal-like floor!? Naxon quickly stood up from the floor as he surveyed his new surroundings tentatively, and noticed that he was placed in a room made entirely of crystals, and waterfalls. "Where am I?" Naxon says as he took a step forwards, and noticed something warbling in one of the crystals.
Curious, Naxon walks over to the crystal, and noticed an image appearing like a vision. The vision showed aliens of different races going to war with each other as both sides suffered heavy losses. But hope came when a humanoid alien appeared out of nowhere, wearing blue body armor and helmet as he held out his hand and summoned a blue trident in his hands. The mysterious warrior closed his eyes in concentration as he twirled his trident around, and slammed it on the ground, producing a blue shockwave that pushed both armies back.
Another vision appeared, showing the armored alien again as he was talking with both generals of the armies in an alien language that Naxon never heard of. They seemed to argue a few times throughout the conversation, but in the end, the conflict has been solved as both generals shook hands. They expressed their gratitude to the armored alien, who nodded to them before running off. The next vision showed the blue armored alien fighting against an unknown race of aliens with other armored people in all shapes and colors.
The final vision showed the group of armored aliens fighting against a giant monster, and they seemed to be loosing. As a last-ditch effort, the blue armored warrior planted a bomb inside of the creature's body and pressed the trigger as it blew the monster up, along with him as his friends mourned for him.
"W-What's going on?" Naxon asked himself before noticing a figure walking close by, and Naxon gasped as he realized that it was the armored warrior he saw earlier. "Hey, wait!" Naxon says, desperate for answers as he chased after him, but before he could grab him, a flash of light occurred
[End of Dream Sequence]
Naxon gasped while sitting up from the snow as he took deep breathes and stared at the glowing coin in his hands in confusion.
"W-What was that? Was that a dream? No, it felt too real to be a dream." Naxon says before looking down at the coin curiously as he noticed that it stopped glowing. "What is this thing? It's definitely no ordinary coin."
"Naxon! Naxon!" Katara yelled, searching for her alien friend as Naxon spotted her walking a few feet away.
"I will have to figure out what this thing is later when I'm alone," Naxon says as he hides the coin in his pockets, and stood up. "Katara! I'm over here!" Naxon yelled as Katara spotted him and ran over to him.
"Where were you? You had us worried sick. You haven't come back in like 3 hours. Even Sokka as starting to get worried." Katara says as Naxon blinks in shock.
"I was out for that long?" Naxon asked himself before shaking his head as he turned to Katara.
"Sorry about that, Katara. I guess I passed out on my over to the village." He says as Katara stared at him sternly.
"I told you something like this was going to happen when you were rebuilding your ship for the last couple of days, but of course, you didn't listen to me," Katara says before sighing. "But nevermind that, me and Sokka are going fishing right now. Want to you join us?" She asked as Naxon nodded.
"Sure, I will be right there," Naxon says as Katara nodded, and walked off. While she was gone, Naxon pulled out the blue coin as he stared at it thoughtfully before shaking his head as he pocked the coin, and followed after Katara.
An hour later, at the icebergs, we see the teens sailing out in the sea on a canoe as Sokka stood up and looks down at the water with fierce determination as he held a spear in his hand.
"It's not getting away from me this time," Sokka says while glaring at the fish that was swimming near the boat as he tightens his grip on his spear. "Watch and learn, guys. This is how you catch a fish." Sokka says to Naxon, and Katara, who both looked bored as Katara glanced at the ocean, and an idea popped into her head.
"Hey, Naxon, want to see something very cool?"
"Sure," Naxon eagerly says Katara leans over the edge of the canoe, and hesitantly removes her left glove. With a look of concentration/apprehension, Katara took a deep breath as she begins to motioning with her exposed hand, and a globe of water containing some fish bursts out of the ocean.
"Whoa, so cool! No matter how many times I see that it never ceases to amaze me." Naxon says as Katara smiled at him, and turned to her brother.
"Sokka, look!"
"Shhh. Katara, you're gonna scare the fish away!" Sokka says. Completely unaware of what was happening behind him as he was still focused on his fish. "Mmmm...I can already smell it cooking." Sokka says with a look of pure bliss on his face as drool ran down his mouth.
"But, dude, look! You're sister caught several, and by using her water magic!" Naxon says while pointing at the floating water above them as Katara rolled her eyes.
"It's not magic, Naxon. I keep telling you, it's bending."
"Eh, the same thing," Naxon says before noticing Katara visibly struggling as the blob of water above them rippled. "Um, are you alright?"
"Y-Yeah, it's just that, I never used my bending for this long before," Katara says as she struggles with the blob of water and it floats closer to Sokka. The older teen raises his spear to strike a fish as he accidentally bursts the bubble of water, and gets drenched while the fish falls back into the ocean.
"Hey!" Katara indignantly exclaimed as Naxon laughed at Sokka's grumpy face.
"Ugh! Why is it that every time you play with magic water, I get soaked!?" Sokka says, turning to her very exasperated as Katara rolled her eyes.
"I keep telling you boys it's not magic! It's waterbending, and it's-"
"Yeah, yeah, an ancient art unique to our culture, blah, blah, blah. Look, I'm just saying that if I had weird powers, I'd keep my weirdness to myself." Sokka says.
"You're just jealous that your little sister has powers, and you don't." Naxon teased Sokka flinched, and turn to him with a glare.
"I'm not jealous! I'm perfectly happy living my life without weird powers!" Sokka says as Katara placed her hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow at him.
"Oh, you're calling me weird? I'm not the one who makes muscles at myself every time I see a reflection in the water!" Katara says while smiling smugly at her brother, who was staring at a reflection of himself with a confident smirk as he flexed his 'muscles'.
"Yeah, dude, I'm an alien, and even I think that's weird," Naxon says. The happy look on Sokka's face vanishes upon hearing his sister's and acquaintance remark as he slowly turns to them, and was about to make a sarcastic response. When suddenly, the canoe shudders as their boat was caught in a rapid current, and it was pulling them towards a jumble of big icebergs. Which blocks the end of the narrow passage, formed by the towering walls of ice. The boys quickly reacted as they grabbed a couple of oars and tries to paddle the canoe away from any of the floating chunks of ice. Sokka and Naxon had managed to gain just enough speed to keep the boat from being crushed by two icebergs as Katara looks up, and her eyes widen in panic.
"Watch out!" Katara yelled while pointing as the boys looked up and screamed as they noticed that their boat was about to be pinned by several small chunks of ice.
"Sokka! We need to row in sync to dodge the icebergs! Are you with me?" Naxon asked as Sokka nodded, and the boys worked together to dodge the icebergs.
"Go, left! Go, Left! Go, right!" Katara yells commands to the boys as the icebergs moved closer together, narrowing the path for the group as the boys had managed to stay clear of some of them. But Katara's constant yelling distracted them, and the boat accidentally veers to the right with the current and becomes pinned by three large chunks of ice.
"JUMP!" Naxon shouted as everyone jumped out of the boat, and landed on a glacier as three large chunks of ice destroyed their canoe. The teens panted in exhaustion as Naxon sat up, and he looks around as he saw that they were surrounded by small ice chunks, and a massive shard of ice was placed behind them.
"Well, that was fun." He sarcastically says as Katara glared at the boys.
"You call that left?" Katara bitterly says Naxon narrowed his eyes at her.
"Well, maybe if you weren't distracting us with your constant yelling, we would've gone to the left!" Naxon says as Katara sat up, and glared up at him.
"Hey, I was just trying to help! It's not my fault that you guys are bad at sailing!"
"You don't like our steering? Well, maybe you should've waterbended us out of the ice." Sokka says while waving his hands around mockingly.
"So, it's my fault." Katara indignantly says as Sokka groans.
"I knew I should've left you home! Leave it to a girl to screw things up!" Sokka says as Naxon eyes widen in surprise, and he looked at Sokka like he was an idiot.
"You did not just say that! Do you want to die?" Naxon asked as Sokka stared at him, confused.
"No, of course not, why would you say that?"
"Because of that," Naxon says as he pointed at Katara, who looks absolutely livid.
"Oh, I see what you mean," Sokka says as Katara points at him accusingly.
"You are the most sexist, immature, nut brained...ugh! I'm embarrassed to be related to you!" Katara yells in disgust while swinging her arm up and down in rage. Unaware that she was unintentionally using her waterbending to create big waves of water behind her as the iceberg that they were standing swayed back and forth.
"Uh, Katara?" Naxon says as he saw what Katara was doing, and tried to stop her, but Katara continued ranting.
"Ever since mom died, I've been doing all the work around camp while you've been off playing soldier!" Katara yelled as Naxon eyes widen in surprise. Not knowing that their mother was dead as Katara accidentally hurls a wave directly into the towering iceberg behind her and with a loud splitting crack. A hook-like fissure arcs up its surface and out its side, leaving a spray of ice where it's ending. Sokka, who wears a somewhat disinterested expression, glances briefly in his sister's direction and does a double-take as he saw the big crack in the iceberg.
"Uh, Katara?" Sokka says, his voice subdued by fright as he points at the iceberg behind her, but Katara was too angry to listen.
"I even wash all the clothes! Have you ever smelled your dirty socks? Let me tell you not pleasant!" Katara yells out that last word as she unconsciously waterbends once again, causing two new splits in the chunk of ice.
"Katara! Calm down! You're breaking the ice!" Naxon says as Katara glared at him.
"Stay out of this!" Katara screamed before turning to her brother. "And, another thing-"
"Katara, really listen to him, settle down!" Sokka says as Katara's eye twitched.
"You aren't even listening to me! That's it! I'm done helping you! From now on, you're on your own!" Katara screamed as she sends out a big wave that impacted the iceberg and sends several fissures that snake their way up the glacier, splitting it completely in half.
The boys stared up at the nearly crushed iceberg with terrified looks on their faces as Katara raised an eyebrow at their expressions, and turns around. Katara gasped in shock as the two halves of the glacier begin to fall away from each other, and collapsed into the water as a huge wave radiates outward towards them. The teens held on to the iceberg below them for dear life as the wave pushed them back before subsiding as Sokka turns to his sister.
"Okay, you've gone from weird to freakish, Katara," Sokka says as Katara was too astonished by what she did to smack him upside his head.
"You mean I did that?" Katara says as Naxon smiled, and patted her back.
"You sure did, buddy. What you did was amazing! You have to be the greatest waterbender I've ever seen!"
"I'm the only waterbender you've meet." Katara amusedly says.
"True," Naxon admitted as he looks down at the ocean and blinks in confusion as the water begins to glow with a bright bluish hue. Naxon stared at the glow with a transfixed look, not noticing the coin in his pocket glowing as he reached out to touch the mysterious glow.
"Naxon, look out!" Sokka says, grabbing the hypnotized kid as he pulled Naxon back, just as a big, roughly spherical iceberg breaks the surface of the water.
The teens stared at the iceberg in renewed terror as the giant glacier rises above the surface, revealing its massive form as it glowed brightly. Mesmerized, Naxon and Katara walked closer to it, and Sokka halfheartedly stretches out his hand, as if to stop them, but was too scared to try. The teens narrowed their eyes at the iceberg as they saw a figure with glowing tattoos in the shape of arrows on his head/eyes sitting in the middle of the glacier in a lotus position. The teens raised their eyebrows in confusion as they stared at the figure closely, and jumped back in shock as the stranger opened his glowing eyes to glare at them.
"He's alive! We have to help!" Katara yells.
"On it!" Naxon says as he and Katara grabbed Sokka's club from his hands, and ran towards the direction of the strange boy sealed in the iceberg.
"Katara, get back here!" Sokka yelled as he grabs his spear from the ice and runs after the teens. "We don't know what that thing is!" Sokka yells as Katara and Naxon reached the iceberg, and Katara repeatedly strikes it as she tries to break the ice, but fails.
"Here, let me help." Naxon as he took hold of Sokka's club, and together they strike the iceberg.
With their combined strength, the club breaks through the surface of the ice as a gust of wind escaped from the iceberg, and it throws the teens back. The group watched in shock as small fissures quickly snake their way over the whole iceberg, and a massive explosion occurred. The entire orb of ice destroys itself as a beam of light bursts from the core of the iceberg and rockets into the sky. Naxon breathes out in wonder as he stared at the beam transfixed before noticing the coin in his pocket glowing as well as he grabbed it. And gasped as he saw a figure of a man with a large beard and red robes. Naxon shakes his head to get rid of the vision as he and the others continued staring at the beam of light.
A few miles away from them, we see a large ship riding across the sea as a teenage boy standing on the deck as he saw the beam of light and blinked in shock. The teenager is a 16-year-old boy with dark brown hair pulled back into a ponytail, light skin, and golden eyes. He also has a scar that covers half of his face on his right eye. His outfit consists of a Fire Nation military uniform. His name is Zuko, the prince of the Fire Nation.
"Finally! Uncle, do you realize what this means?" Zuko asked as he turns around to face an old man, who was sitting on a small table as he was playing a game of Pai Sho by himself. The old man has amber-colored eyes with long grey hair pulled back into a ponytail, light skin, and an obese body. His outfit consists of a Fire Nation military uniform. His name is Iroh, the former general for the Fire Nation, and Zuko's uncle.
"I won't get to finish my game?" Iroh answers calmly while looking over the tile that he's holding as Zuko turns around to face the light.
"It means my search is about to come to an end," Zuko says as Iroh sighs uninterestedly and places his tile on the table. "That light came from an incredibly powerful source!" Zuko says while gesturing at the light as it dwindles and slowly disappears. "It has to be him!"
"Or it's just the celestial lights," Iroh says with continuing disinterest and an air of skepticism. "We've been down this road before, Prince Zuko," Iroh says as he looks at the tile in his hands, depicting the symbol of airbending. "I don't want you to get too excited over nothing. Please, sit. Why don't you enjoy a cup of calming Jasmine tea?"
"I don't need any calming tea! I need to capture the Avatar!" Zuko furiously yelled at his uncle. "Helmsman, head a course for the light!" Zuko ordered as the helmsman nodded, and turns the ship around. Iroh sighed before going back to his game but was too distracted by his thoughts to play.
"Maybe, Zuko is right. Maybe the Avatar did return." Iroh thought to himself before narrowing his eyes as he placed down a tile on the board. "And, if that's true, then that means he will appear as well, but I wonder if the world is ready to face someone that is just as powerful as the Avatar, and lives in the stars." Iroh thought to himself as he looked up at the sky in deep thought, his game long forgotten as he wonders if the Avatar and the Blue Spectator had returned.
We then cut back at the iceberg, where we see the boys protectively clutching Katara as the gust of wind began to settle. And, light still encircles the remains of the former mountain of ice, now reduced to a hollowed-out crater. The boys let go of Katara as the figure emerges slowly from the iceberg, and the group stared at it in wonder/fear as the stranger looks down at them with its glowing blue eyes.
"Stand back!" Sokka shouted, getting over his fear as he points his spear at the mysterious stranger threateningly. Just as the circle of light finally dissipate as the figure stops glowing, and moans in exhaustion as it faints.
Reacting quickly, Naxon ran in to catch the unconscious stranger as Katara runs up to them to check on him. And now that they have a closer look, they can see that the mysterious person was actually a 12-year-old boy with a bald head, arrow tattoos on his head/arms, light skin, and grey eyes. He wears traditional Airbender clothes, and his name is Aang. Naxon and Katara stared at Aang worriedly, before sweatdropping as Sokka starting poking the boy with the bunt end of his spear.
"Stop," Naxon says, annoyed as Katara places the boy gently against the base of the crater, and the boy slowly wakes up. The boy gasps in awe as he beholds the beauty of the Southern Water tribe girl, who stares at him in relief with her beautiful deep blue eyes as her hair loopies sway in the wind.
"I need to ask you something..." The boy says with a weak voice as Katara nodded. "Please...come closer." He says as Katara leans in.
"What is it?" Katara curiously asked as the boy stares at her emotionless for a few seconds before his face lighten up as he smiled at her.
"Will you penguin sledding with me?" He asked with a happy/hopeful tone as Katara stares at him awkwardly.
"Uh, sure...I-I guess." She says as Naxon stared at the boy, confusedly.
"You just woke up from being frozen on an iceberg, and that's the first thing you would say?" Naxon asked as Aang elegantly rises to his feet in one swift motion, surprising the trio a bit as he shrugs at Naxon.
"Sorry, waking up from suspended animation makes my head a little foggy," Aang says as he looks around and confusedly blinks when he realized where he was. "Hey, what's going on here?" Aang asked as Sokka shakes off his shock, and grabs Katara as he pushes her back, and aimed his spear at Aang, threateningly.
"You tell us! How did you get in the ice? And why aren't you frozen?" Sokka asked as Naxon and Katara stared at him in disbelief for his sudden aggressive behavior.
"Does he automatically hates anyone he first meets?" Naxon asked as Katara gave him a sheepish look.
"We don't get a lot of visitors." She says as Naxon nodded.
"I'm...not sure," Aang admitted while pushing the spear away as Sokka groaned.
"Oh, don't tell me that you're alien too. We have enough of those here already." Sokka says as Aang glanced at him with childlike curiosity.
"What's an alien?" He asked.
"An alien is a being who is not native from your home planet," Naxon says, answering Aan's question as the bald-headed boy turned to him. "For instance, I'm an alien because I was not born on Earth," Naxon says as Aang eyes widen in surprise.
"Really? Then where were you born?" Aang asked as Naxon was about to answer his question, when suddenly, a gruff growl fills the air as Aang perks up, recognizing that noise as he scrambles up the ridge of ice. And beams as he saw what looks large, furry creature that seems to be a mix between a bison and manatee, and has the same arrow-shaped markings on his forehead as the boy. "Appa!" Aang happily exclaims as he slides down the ice, and flew in the air as he landed Appa's head. "Hey buddy, are you all right?" Aang worriedly asked, noticing Appa's lack of reaction as he hangs down to look at its eyes, which are closed as Aang frowned. "Wake up, Appa," Aang says as he opens one of Appa's eyelids, but they immediately closed once he released the eyelid. Getting more worried, Aang jumps down and tries to lift Appa's enormous head as the others appeared.
"Hey, dude, what are you doing...?" Naxon says before trailing off at the sight of Appa, who finally starts to react to Aang's actions as he happily licks the young boy.
"Ha, ha! You're okay!" Aang says while joyfully smiling as he hugs the bison's nose. Appa groans as he stands up on his six legs and stretches himself.
"What is that thing?" Naxon asked while staring at Appa in amazement.
"I was wondering the same thing myself," Sokka says while staring at Appa with his jaw dropped as Katara stares at Appa in shock.
"This is Appa, my flying bison."
"Right, and this is Katara, my flying sister." Sokka sarcastically says while pointing at Katara, who gave him an odd look as Appa suddenly began to inhale deeply. Aang realized what was going to happen as he ducks, and Appa lets out a loud sneeze as he sends out a giant ball of green slime.
"Whoa!" Naxon yelped as he and Katara ducks down and managed to avoid the disgusting projectile. But Sokka wasn't so lucky as he got hit, and was completely covered in snot. Sokka squeals in disgust and begins to frantically wipe the snot off his body, and Naxon and Katara laughed uncontrollably.
"Don't worry, it will wash out. So, do you guys live around here?" Aang asked as Naxon was about to answer, but Sokka stops him.
"Don't answer that!" Sokka says as he points his spear accusingly at Aang, who was surprised by his sudden aggression. "Did you see that crazy bolt of light?! He was probably trying to signal the Fire Navy!" He says as Katara rolled her eyes, and pushes his spear away.
"Oh yeah, I'm sure he's a spy for the Fire Navy. You can tell by that evil look in his eye." Katara sarcastically says as Sokka glanced at Aang, who shoots the trio an earnest grin as Naxon placed his arm over Sokka's shoulders.
"Sokka, buddy, not everyone you meet is a Fire Nation soldier. You need to learn to relax." Naxon says as Sokka shot him a dirty look.
"You're the last person to tell me to calm down, alien boy," Sokka says, pushing him off as Katara turned to Aang.
"The paranoid one is my brother, Sokka. The other one is Naxon, he is an alien refuge that is staying with us for a couple of weeks. I'm Katara, what's your name?" Katara says as Aang smiled.
"I'm A..." Aang says, before grimacing as he felt like he was going to sneeze. "...a-a-a-Achoo!" Aang says before sneezing as he flew into the air, creating a gust of wind as he landed back on the ground, unharmed. "I'm Aang." He says while sniffling a bit as everyone stared at him in shock.
"You just sneezed...and flew ten feet in the air!" Sokka says in total disbelief as he points up at the sky.
"Really?" It felt higher than that." Aang says while looking questioningly toward the sky.
"Now, I'm worried about what will happen if he toots," Naxon whispers to Sokka, who nodded as Katara gasped incomprehension.
"You're an Airbender!" Katara says, surprising the boys as Aang nodded.
"Sure am!" Aang proudly says.
"Giant light beams, flying bison, airbenders, I think I got midnight sun madness. I'm going home where stuff makes sense." Sokka as he turns around to leave...only to realize that he and the others were stranded on a frozen block of ice, with no way going home.
"Oh, yeah, forgot that our boat got thrashed. How are we going to go back to the village?" Naxon says as Aang perks up.
"Well, if you guys are stuck, Appa and I can give you a lift," Aang says while airbending himself onto Appa as Naxon and Katara smiled while Sokka frowns.
"Really, dude? Thanks for the help." Naxon says, appreciative of Aang's help as Katara beams.
"We'd love a ride! Thanks!" Katara says as she and Naxon ran over to Appa, and started climbing him.
"Oh no! I'm not getting on that fluffy snot monster!" Sokka says while crossing his arms as Naxon looks down on him from Appa's saddle.
"Well, it's either this or swim back home," Naxon says as Katara appears beside him.
"Or stay here and freeze to death? Which one do you pick?" Katara asked as Sokka opens his mouth in defiance. Ready to retaliate...but he cannot think o anything as he bows his head in defeat, and reluctantly climbed onto Appa's saddle. Sokka sulks as Katara and Naxon bounced in excitement, wanting to fly as Aang grabs the reins and turns to them with a grin.
"Okay, first-time flyers, hold on tight! Appa, yip yip!" Aang says before whipping the reins as Appa growls in response and moves his tail up and down as he takes a huge jump into the air. Surprising the teens with how high he jumped as Appa soars through the air...before belly-flopping into the water as he begins trudging through the water slowly. "Come on, Appa. Yip Yip!" Aang says while whipping the reins rapidly as he tried to get Appa to fly. But failed as Naxon and Katara shared an awkward glance at each other, and Sokka had an unimpressed look on his face.
"Wow, that was truly amazing," Sokka says as Katara shoots her brother an angry glance, and Aang had a sad expression on his face. Seeing this, Naxon was quick to comfort him as he sat next to the young Airbender.
"Hey, don't worry about it, buddy. Being frozen in that iceberg for so long must've made Appa too tired to fly. I'm pretty sure with some rest, he will be soaring through the sky in no time." Naxon says as Aang's sad expression fades away, and he smiled.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Aang says as Appa continues to make his way through the icy sea, flapping his tail in the water. Meanwhile, with Zuko, we see the young teen standing on the helm of his ship, brooding as his uncle approached him.
"I'm going to bed now," Iroh says as he yawns and stretches his arms as Zuko ignores him. "Yep, a man needs his rest," Iroh says as Zuko continues ignoring him, and he sighs as Iroh decided to deliver his request more clearly. "Prince Zuko, you need some sleep. Even if you're right, and the Avatar is alive, you won't find him. Your father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all tried and failed."
"They failed because their honor didn't hinge on the Avatar's capture. Mine does. This coward's hundred years in hiding are over." Zuko says while glaring into the distance as Iroh shakes his head, and walks away as his nephew continue brooding. Back with the teens, we see Appa still swimming in the ocean as it was night time and everyone, except for Aang and Katara had fallen asleep. The baldheaded-boy lies lazily on his back as the young waterbender crawls to the front of the saddle to have a better look at the boy.
"Hey," Katara says while resting her head on her arm as Aang smiled.
"Hey. Whatcha thinkin' about?"
"I guess, I was wondering, you being an Airbender and all, if you had any idea what happened to the Avatar?" She asked as Aang flinched and sat up.
"N-No, I didn't know him. I mean, I knew people that knew him, but I didn't. Sorry." Aang says while smiling weakly at katara as the young girl slants her eyes in disappointment for a second before smiling again at Aang.
"Okay. Just curious. Good night."
"Sleep tight." Katara went to asleep as Aang uncomfortably turns around, and a look of guilt crosses his face. Unknown to the teens, Naxon was awake the whole time as he eavesdropped on their conversation, and noticed Aang's guilty face. Naxon was thinking of saying something but decided against it, since it was late and everyone was tired, so he went back to bed.
[Dream Sequence]
Naxon opens his eyes and blinks in confusion as he realized that he was back in the crystal room again.
"This place again?" Naxon asked before being blinded by a flash of blue light as he squints his eyes, and saw the same blue armored warrior appear in front of him with his back turned to him. "You again! Who are you?" Naxon says as the mysterious warrior didn't say anything, and started walking away. "Hey, wait! I have questions!" Naxon screams while holding out his hand as the warrior continued walking. "No, wait! Come back!" Naxon says as he stood up, and ran after him as he was about to grab his arm, but he was blinded again by a flash of light
[End of Dream Sequence]
Naxon gasped, waking up from his vision as he breathed heavily and stared at the glowing blue coin in his pocket in confusion.
"What is going on with you?" Naxon asked as he stared at the coin for a few seconds before sighing as he sat up from his bed and walked out of his tent as he saw Katara walking by. "Hey, Katara. What are you doing?"
"I'm going to wake up Aang and introduce to him the village. Want to come?"
"Sure, let's go," Naxon says as he and Katara walked over to the tent where Aang was sleeping in and opened the flats as they saw the boy sleeping on his bed.
"Aang? Aang, wake up." Katara says Aang shoots up, throwing the covers of his body as he gasped for air. "It's okay, we're in the village now," Katara says as Aang panted, but slowly calmed down as the young teen points at the door. "Come on, get ready. Everyone's waiting to meet you." Katara says before walking out of the tent as Aang happily gets out of the bed and starts to dress up.
"Hey, are you okay? You look like you had a pretty bad nightmare." Naxon says as Aang flinches, and flashes a fake smile.
"Yeah, don't worry, I'm fine." Aang lies through his teeth as Naxon looks unconvinced. But didn't say anything as Aang puts on his shirt, and Naxon noticed Aang's blue arrow-shaped tattoos.
"Hey, so not to pry, but what's up with the tattoos?" Naxon says as Aang turns to him while buttoning up his pants.
"Oh, these are my airbending tattoos. I got them when I mastered my airbending." Aang says while grabbing his staff as Naxon stared at him in surprise.
"You mastered your bending at such a young age? That's really impressive." Naxon says as Aang blushed embarrassedly and rubs his head.
"Oh, it was nothing, really," Aang says as Katara pokes her in the tent.
"Come on, Aang. The village is waiting for you." Katara says, and before Aang could react, Katara grabs him by his arm and drags him out of the tent.
"That girl has no patience," Naxon says while shaking his head amusedly as Katara pokes her head back in.
"I heard that." She says while glaring at him playfully as she grabs his arm, and pulled him outside, passing by Sokka as the young teen was sharpening his boomerang. "Aang, this is the entire village. Entire village, Aang." Katara says while pointing to the line of Villagers standing in front of them as Aang bows respectfully, and the villagers stared at Aang in wonder/surprise.
"Uh, why are they all looking at me like that?" Aang asked, feeling slightly uncomfortable as Naxon patted his back comfortably.
"Don't worry, buddy. I had the same reaction when I first showed up two weeks ago." Naxon says as Kanna steps forward.
"Sorry about that young man, it's just that no one has seen an Airbender in a hundred years. We thought they were extinct, until my granddaughter, grandson, and guest found you." She says as Aang blinks in shock.
"Extinct," Aang says in disbelief as Katara and Naxon glanced at each other warily, and steps forward.
"Aang, this is my grandmother," Katara says, changing the subject of the conversation as Kanna smiled at him.
"Call me, Gran-Gran." She says as Sokka walks towards Aang, and abruptly snatches his staff out of his hands and starts to examine it.
"What is this, a weapon? You can't stab anything with this!" Sokka says as Naxon glares at him, and snatches the staff from his hands.
"Dude, don't just snatch someone else's property," Naxon says before handing the staff back to Aang.
"Thanks, Naxon," Aang says before turning to Sokka. "And for the record, the staff is not for stabbing. It's for airbending," Aang says as he opens his staff into a glider, making Sokka gasped in fright and the little kids to gasp in wonder.
"Magic trick! Do it again!" A little girl excitedly says as Aang smiles in amusement.
"Not magic, airbending," Aang says as he moves his glider around him, visually demonstrating what he is talking about. "It lets me control the air currents around my glider, and allows me to fly," Aang says as Naxon gasped in excitement.
"You can fly?" Naxon asked as Aang nodded. "That's so cool!" Naxon says as Aang nodded with a smile.
"Ya know, last time I checked, humans can't fly!" Sokka says as Naxon frowns at him.
"Man, who invited the party popper?" Naxon asked as Sokka glares at him, and Katara briefly chuckled.
"Oh, yeah? Check again!" Aang says, accepting Sokka's challenge as he grabs hold of his glider and pushes himself off the ground. Everyone gasped in awe as Aang soars across the sky like a bird, and did a few loop-de-loops as he laughs.
"He's flying!" A village girl says in admiration.
"It's amazing!" Another village girl says as Naxon turns to Sokka with a smirk.
"You must feel really stupid right now," Naxon says as Sokka glared at him, and he angrily grumbles. Aang's shadow passes over Katara, who is smiling broadly at the flying boy. Intending to further impress the villagers, Aang flies sideways and closes his eyes as he grinned...before yelping as he crashed head-first into the village's watchtower. "Ooh, that's gotta hurt!" Naxon says while laughing a bit as he saw Aang struggling to extricate his head from the icy watchtower.
"Don't laugh." Katara scolds her friend as Aang managed to successfully remove his head from the watchtower, but in the process, he accidentally destroyed it, much to Sokka's horror.
"My watchtower!" Sokka screamed as Katara and Naxon rushed over to Aang, and pulls him out of the snow.
"That was amazing!" Katara says as Aang beams at her praise.
"But maybe next time, look where you're flying," Naxon says as Aang nodded and rubs his neck sheepishly as Sokka runs towards his watchtower, and tried to rebuild it, but failed.
"Great. You're an Airbender, Katara's a Waterbender, together you can waste time all day long." Sokka says, annoyed as he stalks off, and Aang stares at Katara in surprise/admiration.
"You're a Waterbender?"
"Well, sort of. Not yet." Katara replied nervously.
"She is still training to control her powers, but I say she's doing great so far, I mean she was the one that freed you from the iceberg, you know from after throwing a hissy fit." Naxon teased as Katara blushed in embarrassment.
"I did not throw a hissy fit!" Katara says while punching his shoulder as they laughed, and Aang stared between them, feeling slightly jealous as Kanna appeared.
"All right, no more playing. Come on, Katara, you have chores." Kanna says as she leads Katara and Naxon away from Aang, and the Waterbender turned to her grandmother excitedly.
"I told you, he's the real thing Gran-Gran! I finally found a bender to teach me!"
"Katara, try not to put all your hope in this boy." Kanna calmly says as she glanced at Aang, who was planning with the village kids as she stares at him suspiciously. "I can that the boy is hiding something, I don't trust him."
"But, he's special, I can tell! Katara says as she clenches her fist and closes her eyes in hope. "I can sense he's filled with much wisdom," Katara says as she opens her eyes and glances back toward Aang as the young Airbender got his tongue stuck to his staff.
"See? Now my tongue is stuck to my staff." Aang says, his voice slightly muffled as one of the small village boys starts to yank his staff. Pulling Aang along with every movement as Aang cried out in discomfort, and the village kids laughed.
"Yep, he is definitely filled with wisdom," Naxon says, amused before going serious as he crossed his arms. "But I have to agree with Gran-Gran, something about Aang feels...off," Naxon says as Katara was about to complain, but he stops her. "Now, I don't think he's evil or anything because let's face it, the kid doesn't have an evil bone in his body. But I have a feeling that he is hiding something, something pretty big," Naxon says, staring at Aang suspiciously before walking towards him. "I'm going off to train, and keep an eye out on Aang," Naxon says to the girls before turning his attention towards Aang as he grabs the boys tongue and unsticks him from his staff.
"Thanks Naxon," Aang says as Naxon smiled.
"You're welcome, kid. Anyway, I'm off to train, want to join?" Naxon says as Aang perks up.
"Sure!" Aang says as he and Naxon left the village.
"Computer, where is the source of the energy source located?" The Elite Ventis asked as he finally made it to Earth and hovered in the atmosphere as his ship was in stealth mode.
"The location of the energy surge is a hundred miles away, sir." The ship's A.I. beeped as the Elite Venti nodded.
"Good."
"Sir, I will also like to report that last night on Earth, there was another energy surge that was equal power to the last energy surge." The ship's A.I. says as the Elite Ventis stood up, alarmed.
"What!? Why didn't you tell me?!" The Elite Ventis says as the ship beeped.
"I tried to sir, but you said, and I quote, 'Fuck off, you buckets of bolts and let me sleep'." The ship's A.I. says. Somewhat sarcastically as the alien blushed embarrassedly.
"Yes...well...where is the other energy surge located?" The Elite Ventis asked, changing the subject as the ship beeped.
"Yes, sir, and what's more than that, I know who the source of the energy surge is." The ship's A.I. says. Gaining the Elite Ventis attention as a hologram of Aang waking up from the iceberg with his eyes and tattoos glowing as Naxon, Sokka, and Katara stares at him in shock. "The energy surge came from the young boy with glowing eyes." The ship's A.I. says as the alien scoffed.
"You mean that puny primate produced that much power? I find that hard to-Wait a minute!" The Elite Ventis says before his eyes widen as he zoomed into Naxon's image, and his face grew in anger. "I recognized who that brat is! It's Tarkal nephew! So, this is the planet he is hiding on, huh?" The Elite Ventis says before sinisterly grinning. "Well, I think its time that I paid Tarkal's nephew a little visit." The Elite Ventis says as he grabs the controls of the ship, and flew down towards Earth.
Meanwhile, on Earth, we see Zuko facing two Fire Nation soldiers as Iroh sat in a small chair a few feet away from them. Observing the match carefully as he crossed his arms.
"Again," Iroh sternly says as Zuko opens the fight by spreading his arms in the direction of the two firebenders, showering them with his flames.
His adversaries block his attack with ease as Zuko shifts his weight to duck under a retaliation blast of the firebender to his left. The firebender, to his right, jumps forward to aim a blast at Zuko's feet, but the prince propels himself out of the way. The Young teen twists around in mid-air as he directs another fire blast at the firebender that retaliated first, and blasted the other firebender with his feet. Both soldiers jumped out of the way of Zuko's flames as the prince lands, and stretches his fists out towards his adversaries, ready for another attack.
"No!" Iroh yelled, surprising his nephew as Zuko lowers his arms, and Iroh walks over to him. "Power in firebending comes from the breath, not the muscles," Iroh says as he moves both his hand up in front of him to emphasize the breathing motion before stretching out his left arm out as if he was sending a fire blast. "The breath becomes energy in the body. The energy extends past your limbs and becomes...fire!" Iroh shouted as he directs a fire blast at his nephew that evaporates just before it would scorch him. "Get it right this time," Iroh says as Zuko walks towards him and glared down at him.
"Enough! I've been drilling this sequence all day. Teach me the next set! I'm more than ready!" Zuko says as Iroh shakes his head.
"No, you are impatient," Iroh says as he sat down on his chair, and glanced up at the angry face of Zuko without fear. "You have yet to master your basics. Drill it again!" Zuko clenches his teeth in anger as he turns around and suddenly directs a power fire kick towards the soldiers. Who tried to stop the fire blast, but was thrown back by its power.
"The sages tell us that the Avatar is the last Airbender," Zuko says, his suppressed anger very apparent in his voice as Iroh does not look pleased with his nephew's attitude. "He must be over a hundred years old by now. He's had a century to master the four elements! I'll need more than basic firebending to defeat him! You will teach me the advanced set!" Zuko orders his uncle as Iroh stared at him emotionless before sighing as he reluctantly nodded.
"Very well," Iroh says as he looks down, and his expression changes completely to delight as he picks something up from the ground. "But first, I must finish roast duck," Iroh says as he quickly munches down the roast duck, much to Zuko's dismay as he shakes his head at his uncle's antics.
"So, this is where you train?" Aang asked, surveying the frozen land before him as Naxon stretched. Naxon had taken Aang to a secluded area near the Southern Water Tribe to train peacefully. When Aang had asked why couldn't he work out in the village where it's more convenient. Naxon told him that he couldn't concretate with Sokka trying to show him up every time he tried to work out, and keeps failing, so he decided to train somewhere else.
"Yep, every day for the past 2 weeks," Naxon says before finishing with his warm-ups as he grins. "Okay, time to start," Naxon says as he started building a snowman at a fast pace, surprising Aang as the bald-headed boy stared at Naxon, confused.
"What are you doing?" Aang asked.
"Training, of course," Naxon says while finishing building the last snowman as he turned to Aang. "Obviously, I can't spar with the villagers, or Katara yet since she hasn't mastered her powers yet, so this snowman will make do for now." He says as Aang tilted his head.
"What about Sokka?"
"Ah, no offense, but that boy never really trained seriously in his life, so I don't think he can keep up with me, but he does have potential. I would help him become a real fighter, but he says that he doesn't need my help. I guess he still doesn't trust me yet."
"Why is that?" Aang asked as Naxon shrugs.
"Oh, on the accounts that I'm an alien, and he thinks I'm a Fire Nation spy." He says as Aang raises an eyebrow.
"Why would he think that?" He asked as Naxon flinched, and sweated nervously.
"Uh, I will tell you later, but now is training time," Naxon says as he stood in the middle of the snowman. Their angry faces glaring into Naxon's soul as the alien soldier smirked, and stood in a fighting position.
"Good luck, Naxon!" Aang says while sitting down as he cheered for his new friend.
Naxon's face slowly grew tense as he ducks down and springs into action! Aang blinked in shock as Naxon bounced across the battlefield, punching threw countless snowman heads with ease as he kicks a snowman's torso before karate-chopping another snowman's head off its body as he crouches down, and leaps towards a snowman. Not noticing the coin in his pocket glowing blue as Naxon jumped far ahead than he anticipated, and the next thing he knew, he was 30 feet in the air!
"Whoa! What's happening!?" Naxon yelled while soaring through the air as Aang watched him go with jaws dropped, but he composed himself as he saw Naxon falling towards the snow. Using his airbending to boost his speed, Aang ran across the icy terrain as he throws out his arm, and summons a gust of wind that caught Naxon, and gently sets him on the ground.
"That was close, are you alright?" Aang asked as Naxon breathed heavily, but nodded.
"Yeah, I'm alright."
"Good. So, what was that? How did you jump 30 feet in the air? Is that like an ability that your people have?" Aang asked.
"No...not that I know of," Naxon says as the coin in his pocket glowed again, catching Aang's attention.
"Dude, why are your pants glowing?" Aang asked as Naxon digs into his pocket, and takes out the coin as Aang stares at it mystified. "What is that?" Aang asked as Naxon shrugs.
"I'm not quite sure. I found it this morning when I was getting some firewood, at first I thought it was a coin, but when I touched this thing, it showed me this weird vision."
"A vision?"
"Yeah, it showed me a man wearing blue armor fighting against numerous alien beings that I've never seen or even heard off before." Naxon says as Aang stares at the coin again, and couldn't help but that he had seen it somewhere.
"Hmmm, weird. May I see?" Aang says while holding out his hand as Naxon nodded and handed him the coin. But the moment their hands touched, the teens gasped as they caught a glimpse of a man with a long white beard riding on a dragon with the blue armored alien from Naxon's vision as they laughed together. Seemingly having a good time as Aang and Naxon were brought back into the real world, and jumped back in shock.
"W-What was that?" Naxon asked, slightly shaking as Aang looks down in disbelief.
"That was Avatar Roku riding on his dragon."
"And that was the blue armored warrior from my visions."
"Why were they together? How did he get to Earth? And, how has no one heard of him?" Aang asked as Naxon shakes his head and stood up.
"I don't know, kid, but maybe we should discuss this later. I'm not really in the mood to train anymore. Let's go back to the village." Naxon says as Aang nodded, and was about to walk away, but Naxon stops him. "Also, can you not tell anyone about what happened in the last few minutes? I want to find out what the hell is going on with this coin before telling anyone." Naxon says as Aang nodded.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone," Aang says as Naxon smiled.
"Thanks, little man. Come on, let's go." Naxon says as Aang nodded, and left. After walking for a few minutes, the boys entered the village as Aang runs off to find the bathroom, and Naxon continues walking as he saw Sokka training his future soldiers.
"Now men, it's important that you show no fear when you face a firebender," Sokka says with a stern expression as he brings out his club and holds it proudly. "In the Water Tribe, we fight to the last man standing! For without courage, how can we call ourselves men?" Sokka asked as he stares down at the six uninterested the little boys.
"I gotta pee!" A Southern Water Tribe boy says as Sokka grew angry.
"Listen! Until your fathers return from the War, they're counting on you to be the men of this tribe, and that means no potty breaks!"
"But I really gotta go!"
"...Okay, who else has to go?" Sokka says with a sigh as every child raised their hands, and Sokka facepalmed in frustration. "Just go," Sokka says as the kids ran off.
"Sokka, aren't you acting a bit harsh with them? I mean, they're just kids." Naxon says as Sokka glares at him.
"I don't think you noticed, but we are in a war, and I need to train them to become warriors before the Fire Nation shows up, and burned down our village! I thought out of all people, you would understand the seriousness of war!" Sokka says as Naxon's face hardened, and Sokka blinks in surprise as Naxon glares at him.
"Yeah, I do. My war may not have last as long as yours, but we have suffered just as much if not more. That's why I think that it's important that the kids have as much fun as they can because it can be taken away in a snap." Naxon says as Sokka frowned, feeling bad for what he said to Naxon as he was about to apologize when his sister showed up.
"Naxon, there you are. Where's Aang? I need to talk to him." Katara says.
"Oh, he's using the bathroom," Naxon says while pointing behind him as Aang appears from an outhouse igloo as he pulled up his pants.
"Wow! Everything freezes in there!" Aang says with an amused smile as Sokka soldiers laughed, and the older teenager growled in annoyance.
"Katara, can you get Aang out of here! This lesson is for warrior only!" Sokka says while pointing angrily at Aang as he was about to walk away when he hears the sound of playing children. Turning around, Sokka saw the village children sliding down Appa's tail as it propelled them into the air, and Aang caught them as they laughed. "Stop it! Stop it!" Sokka angrily yelled while rushing forward as the kids walk's away sadly, and Aang stares at him, confused. "What's wrong with you?! We don't time for fun and games with the war going on!"
"Sokka, we talked about this-"
"Naxon, stop." Sokka interrupted as he sighed and gave the alien soldier a soft look. "Look, I know that kids need to have fun, especially during times like this, but Aang is acting as if there was no war going on." Sokka as Aang stares at him, puzzled, and slides down from Appa's head.
"What war? What are you guys talking about?" Aang says as everyone stares at him in disbelief.
"You're kidding, right?" Sokka asked as Aang looks at him questioningly. But then his face lights up as he catches the sight of what appears to be a hybrid of an otter and penguin waddling close to them.
"Penguin!" Aang exclaims enthusiastically as the animal was startled by Aang's outburst and quickly waddles off. Aang grinned as he raced after the penguin while using his airbending to enhance his speed as the teen watched him go with unreadable looks on their faces. Not sure what to think of Aang's reaction.
"He really seems oblivious about the war," Katara says as Naxon nodded.
"Yeah, he does. Come on, let's go after him." Naxon says as Katara nodded, and they ran after Aang, following the trail that he left in the snow as Sokka stayed behind to continue training his soldiers. After a few minutes of running, the teens had made it to the penguin habitat, where hundreds of penguins are seen walking or sliding down icebergs. Katara and Naxon looked around and found Aang chasing after the penguin that he saw earlier.
"Hey, come on, little guy. Wanna go sledding?" Aang asked before jumping at the penguin, but the animal evades his attempt as Aang belly flops into the snow.
"Having fun?" Naxon asked, amused as Aang grinned, and quickly erects himself with his airbending.
"I have a way with animals," Aang says as he stretches out his arms and imitates the sound/movement of the animals around them, causing Naxon and Katara to laugh.
"Hehehe, Aang. I'll help you catch a penguin if you teach me waterbending." Katara says.
"You got a deal! Just one problem..." Aang says as he tries to grab the tail of a penguin, but the hybrid animal evades him as he face-planted on the snow. Shaking his head, Aang stood up into a sitting position and gave the Waterbender an apologetic look. "I'm an Airbender, not a Waterbender. There's not much I can do to help you." Aang says as Katara looks disappointed, and he was quick to try to cheer her up. "Isn't there someone in your tribe who can teach you?" He asks as she shakes her head sadly.
"No. You're looking at the only Waterbender in the whole South Pole," Katara says as Naxon patted her back to comfort her.
"I tried to help her master her magic powers, but nothing seems to really work," Naxon says as Katara sighs.
"I told you waterbending is not...oh, whatever," Katara says with a defeated look as Aang stood up.
"This isn't right. A Waterbender needs to master water." Aang says as he thinks for a moment, and an idea popped into his head. "What about the North Pole? There's another Water Tribe up there, maybe they have waterbenders who could teach you."
"That actually sounds like a good idea, what do you think Katara?" Naxon says as Katara looks unsure.
"Maybe, but we haven't had contact with our sister tribe in a long time. It's not exactly, 'turn right at the second glacier', it's on the other side of the world!" Katara says as Aang smirked.
"But you forget, I have a flying bison. Appa and I can personally fly you to the North Pole." Aang says as Naxon perks up.
"Hey, Aang, I was wondering if I could come with?" He asked as Aang gave him a confused look.
"Uh, sure, but why?"
"Well, I have to go to the North Pole and warn the Nothern Water Tribe of the Ventis Empire. And, to set up a base there as well." Naxon says.
"Oh, then sure you can come," Aang says as Katara bits her lip nervously.
"I don't know if I can come, guys," Katara says as the boys turned to her. "I mean, I don't know. I've never left home before." Katara says as the boys gave her reassuring looks.
"Don't worry, Katara, you don't have to think about leaving the South Pole right now. You can decide later, and I'm not leaving until you come into a decision."
"But what about your mission?" Katara says as Naxon smiled at her.
"You're my friend, Katara. I now we have only spent a few weeks together, but I feel like we have formed a bond with each other, and I don't want to leave your side unless you choose whether you leave or not. And, if you choose to stay, I won't hold it against you." Naxon says as Katara smiled.
"Thanks, Naxon," Katara says as Aang looks between them, feeling slightly jealous again, but didn't say anything as he smiled at Katara.
"Yeah, you can make a decision later, Katara. But in the meantime, can you teach me to catch one of these penguins?"
"Sure," Katara says with a giggle as she cleared her throat. "Okay, listen closely, my pupil. Catching penguins is an ancient and sacred art. Observe." Katara says as she pulls a fish out of her sleeve and tosses it at Aang. The bald-headed boy catches the fish with an uncomprehending look on his face, before laughing joyfully as the penguins immediately begin crowding him and pulled him down amidst their ranks.
"Ancient and sacred art, huh?" Naxon asked with a grin as Katara smirked at him before turning to Aang as the young boy was having the time of his life with the penguins.
We then see the teens sliding down an iceberg, by using penguins as makeshift sleds, as they were having a friendly race with each other. Aang grinned as he uses another iceberg as a ramp to propel him into the air, and soared over his friends as he landed ahead of them. Katara and Naxon glanced at each other before smirking as they followed Aang's idea and used an iceberg to propel themselves into the air as they landed next to Aang and laughed.
"I'm pretty sure this is animal cruelty, but I don't care! This is so much fun!" Naxon yells as Katara laughs gleefully.
"I haven't done this since I was a kid!"
"You still are a kid!" Aang says as the teens ride through a tunnel of ice, and Katara was in the lead.
"Come on, boys! I'm not even breaking a sweat!" Katara says with a smirk as Naxon turned to Aang.
"We can't let her beat us, Aang! We will never hear the end of it from her and Sokka!" Naxon says as Aang nodded, and an idea popped into his head.
"I got an idea!" Aang yelled as he leaped off his penguin, and landed gracefully on Naxon's penguin as Aang's penguin slide off to freedom.
"What are you doing?"
"Trust me!" Aang says as he turns around, and used his airbending to increase their speed as they raced past Katara.
"No fair!" Katara yelled as the tunnel leaves out on an open plain of ice, and the boys flew out as they landed on the snow.
"Winner!" Naxon and Aang yelled as they high-fived each other and laughed as Katara showed up.
"Cheaters," Katara mumbles under her breath as they got off their rides, only to blink in shock as they saw a large metal ship on the shore as it was held in place by a large protrusion of ice.
"Whoa! What is that?" Aang says in awe as Katara glares at it in anger.
"A Fire Navy ship, and a bad memory for my people," Katara says with venom laced in her tone as Naxon stares at the ship, uneasy.
"Well, that thing doesn't look creepy as hell," Naxon sarcastically says as Aang begins to approach the wreckage.
"Aang, stop! We're not allowed to go near it! This ship could be booby-trapped!"
"If you want to be a bender, you have to let go of fear," Aang says as Katara ponders over that remark for a moment.
"Aang, I don't know man this feels wrong," Naxon says as Aang waves off his concern and jumps into the ship. "Well, he certainly made his decision. Want to come?" Naxon asked as Katara bit her lip nervously but nodded as she and Naxon followed after Aang, and entered the ship. The teens had spent the next hour exploring the ship as they saw various rooms containing destroyed hammocks, chains, bones, and even a room stocked with weapons.
"This ship has haunted my tribe since Gran-Gran was a little girl," Katara says with her voice echoing through the room as the boys paid attention to her. "It was part of the Fire Nation's first attacks."
"Okay, back up. I have friends all over the world, even in the Fire Nation. I've never seen any war." Aang says as Katara and Naxon stares at him, warily.
"Aang...how long were you in that iceberg."
"I...I don't know. A few days, maybe? Maybe a month?" Aang uncertainly says as Naxon shakes his head.
"I don't think so, dude. Katara says the Airbenders have been extinct for a century, and since you're an Airbender…" Naxon says as Aang thought about what he said, and gasped.
"Wait, are you saying that I've been on that iceberg for a hundred years!? That's impossible! Do I look like a hundred-twelve-year-old man to you?"
"Think about it, Aang. The War is a century old. You don't know about it because you have been frozen in ice the whole time!" Katara says as Aang backs away in shock, and slumps to the floor.
"Huh, now that I think about it. Katara told me that the Avatar has been gone for a hundred years, and Aang has been frozen in ice for a hundred years. The Avatar was reborn as an air nomad, and Aang is clearly an air nomad. Does that mean that Aang is the-"
"A hundred years! I can't believe it." Aang says, interrupting Naxon's thoughts as the alien soldier noticed how distraught Aang was because of the news. And decided to put his theory on hold to comfort his friend as Katara did the same.
"I'm so sorry, Aang. Maybe, somehow, there's a bright side to all of this." Katara says as Aang smiled.
"Well, I did get to meet you, and, you too, Naxon," Aang says as Katara smiles at him warmly, and Naxon patted his back.
"And, we're glad to meet you two, baldy," Naxon says as Katara offers her hand to Aang.
"Come on, let's get out of here," Katara says as Aang grabs her hand, and she pulls him to his feet.
"Yeah, this place gives me the creeps." Naxon says as they exit the room, and ventures down a hallway as Aang accidentally trips over a thin rope, and metal doors slide downward as they trapped the teens inside.
"Uh, Katara? What's that you said about booby traps?"
"I just thought she was exaggerating," Naxon says as the gears and engines of the shipwreck suddenly powers up, and a flare is fired and explodes in the sky.
"Uh, oh," Aang says as he notices a hole in the roof, and quickly grabs a surprised Katatara bridal style. "I can only carry one person at a time, so try to keep up!" Aang says to Naxon as the alien boy looks down at the coin in his pocket, and nodded as Aang turned to Katara. "Hold on tight!" Aang says as he enhances the power of his jump with his airbending as he jumps several feet into the air, and flew out of the hole.
"Okay, I hope this works," Naxon says while pulling the coin out of his pocket as it glowed blue, and he took a deep breath as he then jumps. Naxon laughed in surprise as he jumped way higher than a Detonan and a Human can as he jumps through the hole that Aang went through and landed outside of the ship. "I can't believe that worked!" Naxon says in disbelief as he then jumps off the vessel while making sure that Katara didn't see him using his newfound abilities as he followed after Aang.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, we see the ship of the Elite Ventis parked under two large glaciers as the large alien was using his computer to track down Naxon's whereabouts. After a few hours of searching, the computer had managed to locate Naxon when a flare exploded near them. The Elite Ventis zoomed in to where the flare was detonated as he saw Naxon jumping out of a big metal ship with his friends, and he grinned.
"Ah, there you are you little brat. Your days of hiding are finally over." The Elite Ventis said as he activated his ship, and it took off as he activated his stealth mode, and flew after the teens, but unknown to the alien. Prince Zuko had managed to locate them, thanks to the flare they sent earlier as he followed every moment the trio makes via his telescope.
"The last Airbender, I've finally found you," Zuko says as he saw the teens landing on the ground as Aang sets Katara down, and they begin to walk away. "Quite agile for his old age." Zuko hums before turning to a soldier. "Wake up, my uncle! Tell him that I found the Avatar!" Zuko says as the soldier nodded, and went to wake up Iroh. Zuko peeks through his telescope again to see the teens running as Zuko follows the direction they are running towards, and discovers a small village on the horizon. "As well as his hiding place," Zuko says while squinting his eyes at the direction of the Southern Water Tribe as he continued watching the teens run.
And, done! I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, and be prepared for the next one because that's when things get really interesting.
Anyway, as always, I will catch you all later.