Water.
Earth.
Fire.
When I was 16, I learned that I could control all three elements, and that it was my duty to keep the world in harmony and balance.
But before I could do that, I had to learn to control the final mystical fourth element: Air. But those who know of it died a long time ago.
The chief of my tribe told me that someone still lives who knows the art of Airbending, but he lived in Republic City, where crime and hate for the benders grow strong.
So I journeyed to the city, hoping to find the last piece of my destiny.
I am Avatar Korra, and I am ready to take on the world.
A great battle is taking place!
The clouds are lit red, and the ground is nothing but the rubble of mountains.
"XAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH"
A giant spider-like monster, taller than 50 houses, roars as he tears mountains apart.
The monster turns to see where his opponent has gone.
"I'm right here, you eight-legged freak." yells a voice from behind.
The monster turns, to see a lowly man, in Fire Sage clothes, down on the ground looking straight at him.
The monster roars straight into his face.
"XAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH"
"I don't care how ugly you speak to me, I'm not going anywhere." says the Fire Sage.
The giant spider monster prepares to impale him with his legs, until the Fire Sage's eyes begin to glow a light blue.
"I am the one you have been fighting, you stupid arachnid." says the Fire Sage. "I am Avatar Zhuan!"
Zhuan raises his arms, and the row of volcanoes behind him erupt to the skies.
The giant spider tears apart the ground below him, but Zhuan rockets to the sky as burning magma burns the spider's legs.
"XAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH"
"Can't you say anything else?" says Zhuan.
He lands on top of the spider, and begins to burn it's back with continuous flames.
"YOU ARE DEAD ZHUAN, YOU WILL ALL DIE. ALL YOUR PASTS, AND ALL YOUR FUTURES. THE AVATAR LINE WILL NOT SURVIVE."
"That sounds very optimistic coming from you." says Zhuan, as he bails from the spider's back as it begins to roll around in the ground.
"IT IS A PROMISE. WHEN YOUR KIND IS GONE, I WILL TAKE OVER THE FOUR NATIONS."
Zhuan sits down for a rest as the spider continues to roll around.
"And tell me, how will you ever manage to do that." he says, completely relaxed. "What are you going to do, kill me? You can't break the cycle like that."
The spider realizes Zhuan is no longer in his back, so he stops rolling and faces him.
"NO, NOT KILL YOU. BUT THE NEXT BEST THING."
The spider escapes back into the Spirit World, retreating from the fight.
Zhuan wonders what exactly the spider meant.
Korra and the gang try to restart the train.
"How the heck does this thing work?" says Xiao.
"It works with fire, duh." says Meelo.
He Firebends into the boiler, hoping to start up the steam engine. He keeps going for a few minutes.
"I don't think it's working." says Korra.
The metal composing the steam engine begins to glow red.
"Hey! Wait! No! Stop Meelo!" yells Di.
Meelo stops sending fire to the boiler.
The boiler begins to melt.
Wei Tung begins to panic.
"Look at what you did, you dimwitted hothead!" yells Wei Tung at Meelo.
"Who are you calling dimwitted?" yells Meelo back.
Wei Tung tries to reconstruct the boiler using Metalbending.
"No, you don't have it right, that part was round, and that part was flat." says Li.
"No, that part was the round part, it was the other one that was flat." says Xiao.
"It's not going to fit that way, you idiot!" says Di.
"Guys, stop it, we have to figure out how to get this thing running again." says Korra.
"I don't know how it works!" says Meelo.
"Yeah, we figured that much." says Wei Tung.
"Oh yeah, well you are fat!" says Meelo.
Everyone gasps.
Xiao laughs.
"Guys, stop it." says Korra. "How is steam made?"
"By heating up water." says Xiao.
Everyone gasps again.
"You knew that, Xiao?" says Li.
"Wow, Meelo. Xiao was smarter than you!" says Di.
Everyone laughed, including Xiao.
Xiao suddenly gets the joke. "Wait a minute, what is that supposed to mean!"
"Don't listen to them, Xiao." says Korra. "We have to get water!"
"Don't forget coal!" adds Xiao.
Mayor Sho goes back to his room.
His butler follows him. "Do you need anything else for today, Mr. Sho?"
"No, no. I'm fine." says Mayor Sho.
The butler leaves, and Sho looks at himself in a mirror.
"Tenzin….." he says. "…..the most successful specimen."
Avatar Zhuan returns to his home town in the Fire Nation.
It was a weird day. No one cheered him when he came back. They said hello from time to time, but they were totally indifferent to what he had just done.
He kinda liked it, honestly. Piece is a nice change of pace after fighting a mountain sized spider that promised to end the Avatar cycle.
He went to his house, awaiting his family. He busted in the door, yelling "I'm back!".
His kids run to him with glee.
"How was your day, daddy?" says one of them.
"Did you make a lot of people happy?" says another.
"I sure hope so." says Zhuan.
"I'm sure they did. Who doesn't love magic?" says one of them.
"Yeah…." says Zhuan, until he realizes what he said. "Wait, what?"
Xiao Earthbends a ton of coal into the boilder, with Li Waterbending water from the river into the water tank.
"Now, Meelo!" says Xiao.
Meelo Firebends a stream of flames into the boiler, heating it up.
Suddenly, the train jolts.
"It's working!" says Korra.
"Then put it in reverse!" says Di.
Wu Tang slams the throttle into reverse, and the train begins to backtrack to Republic City.
"We did it!" says Li.
They all get on the train.
Korra and Meelo climb to the top of the wagons to look where the train is heading.
"So, are we really going to do this?" says Meelo.
"Yes." says Korra. "How can I be the Avatar if there is unrest in the world?"
The train speeds up at full speed towards the city.
"Where is he!" yells Zhuan.
He arrived on the Spirit World, and is now yelling at Enma, a monkey spirit.
"Lower your tone, and I may be able to help you." says the monkey. "Who are you looking for?"
"Shoxah. I want to know where Shoxah is." yells Zhuan.
"Shoxah? That spider? He came in not long ago, he should to the West of here." says Enma.
Zhuan calms down. "Thank you." he said.
"Hey, didn't you just beat him up? For an Avatar with the ability to go to the Spirit World at will, you may be taking this too far." says the monkey.
Zhuan doesn't listen to him.
The train speeds along in reverse towards Republic City.
"Is there anything to eat in this train?" asks Xiao.
"Considering we were never even supposed to come back from this trip, I doubt it." says Di.
Wu Tang pops his head out from the window to yell at Korra and Meelo over at the roof.
"Anything yet?" yells Wei Tung.
"Nothing yet!" says Meelo back. "The track is all clear!"
Suddenly, they hear the whistle of a train.
Everyone pops their head out the windows.
"Did you do that, Wei?" asks Korra.
"No…" says Wei Tung.
They all turn around.
Another train is heading straight into the gang's stolen train!
Everybody screams.
"Turn around!" yells Meelo.
"This is a train, it only goes where the tracks go." says Wei Tung.
"Well, these tracks are being used by another train! And it's heading for us!" yells Meelo.
Wei Tung attempts to put on the brakes, but the train will never be able to stop in time.
"We have to jump." says Korra,
"What?" says Li.
"JUMP!" says Meelo.
They all jump from the train. They roll around the ground, until they stop in a ditch. They get up just in time to watch the two trains collide with each other in a huge explosion.
"AVATAR ZHUAN. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU!" says the giant spider monster.
"Enough, Shoxah. I know you did something to my family, to everyone in my town. My kids no longer believe I am the Avatar. No one sees me as more than an entertainer. Even my own wife no longer sees the magnitude of what I am! What did you do?" says Zhuan.
"I JUST GAVE YOU A TASTE." says Shoxah, as he tries to hold his laughter.
"A taste of what?" asks Zhuan.
"OF HOW I WILL DESTROY THE AVATARS." says Shoxah.
"What?" says Zhuan.
"WHAT IS AN AVATAR, IF NO ONE BELIEVES HE OR SHE EXISTS? THAT TASTE WAS JUST FOR SHOW." says Shoxah.
"What did you do?" asked Zhuan, now very angry.
"WHAT I DID WAS, AS TIME PASSES, PEOPLE WILL SLOWLY STOP BELIEVING IN THINGS LIKE AVATARS." he continued. "SOON, THERE WILL BE A TIME WHERE NOT ONLY YOU ARE HATED, BUT THEY WILL NOT EVEN THINK OF YOU AS ANY MORE REAL THAN AN UNICORN."
Zhuan's mouth drops.
"THE PROCESS HAS ALREADY STARTED. EVEN IF YOU KILL ME NOW, THE WORLD WILL STILL DEFEAT YOU IN THE FUTURE" says Shoxah.
Zhuan becomes enraged and starts to fight Shoxah to the death.
Korra and the gang emerge from the rubble.
"Everyone from the trains are safe, Korra." says Meelo.
"Then, let's go." says Korra, as she sees Republic City in the distance.