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Transformers: Avatar Chronicles
Chapter 6: The Awakening
It had been several weeks since the fall of Ba Sing Se, and Aang is just now awakening from a deep coma. His eyes slowly open as he starts groaning in slight pain. He looked around to see that he was in the quarters of a ship and he was laying on the bed. He slowly sits up, still in pain and quite dizzy, as he keeps looking around.
"What happened?" he weekly asked as he kept looking around, and what he saw on the walls horrified him. Fire Nation insignias. This wasn't just a ship he was on, he was on a Fire Nation ship.
"Oh no!" he exclaimed as he started running, still in pain. He slowly opened the door and used his staff as a cane as he walked through the hallway, trying to find a way out. He reaches a corner when he sees a large Fire Nation soldier with a rather small one.
"You hear something?" the large soldier asked his partner. Aang instinctively used his airbending to send a gust of wind to knock the two soldiers down.
"He's awake!" said the tall soldier as Aang ran down the corridor. The two soldiers then started to run after him.
"Stop! Wait!" the tall soldier said as Aang weakly ran down the corridor and starts climbing up the ladder to the deck. Once he was on the deck, Aang couldn't take the pain anymore and collapsed to the ground. He then sees two Fire Nation soldiers...feeding Momo?
"Momo?" Aang said confusingly as he looked up to his leamur-bat companion. The two soldiers kneeled down, and it was Hakoda and Bato. Aang then got up while Momo flied to his shoulder as Aang looked around and then heard a familiar voice.
"Twinkle-Toes! That's gotta be you!" Toph exclaimed happily as she and Katara, who were wearing Fire Nation attire, as well as all of the Autobots ran up to him. To Aang's surprise, there were three Bots he's never seen before. A tall white and orange bot, one that clearly turned into a jet, and one that looked as though he had scuba gear on him.
"Aang! You're awake!" Katara exclaimed happily.
"Are you sure?" Aang asked while rubbing his eyes. "I feel like I'm dreaming." He was then caught off guard when Katara runs up and hugs him tightly.
"You're not dreaming, you're finally awake!" Katara answered as she let go and someone in full Fire Nation armor walked up to Aang.
"Aang! Good to see you back with the living buddy!" the soldier said as he...hugged him slightly? And that voice obviously made Aang realize who was under the armor.
"Sokka?" Aang asked weakly as he starts to feel dizzy.
"Uh-oh, somebody catch him, he's gonna-" Toph started, but Aang fainted before she could finish and Katara runs up to try and catch him, but he falls to the ground.
*QUE TRANSFORMERS PRIME OPENING THEME*
Meanwhile, on Azula's ship which was heading back to the Fire Nation, Zuko looked upon the horizon on the deck as Mai walked up to him.
"Arn't you cold?" Mai asked her boyfriend.
"I've got a lot on my mind," Zuko replied. "It's been so long. Over three years since I was home. I wonder what's changed. I wonder how I've changed." Mai's response was to simply yawn slightly.
"I just asked if you were cold, I didn't ask for your whole life story," Mai joked slightly. Zuko's response was to turn away a bit before Mai walked closer to him and wraps her arms around him.
"Stop worrying," she said before pulling Zuko to share a kiss. Afterward, she lets go and walks away, back inside the ship.
Meanwhile, Aang had awakened again and was being breifed as to what was going on.
"Why are we on a Fire Nation ship?" he asked as a blanket was being placed on his back. "Why is everyone dressed this way? Who are those three?" he then motions to the three new Autobots.
"And why am I the only one who's completely out of it?" he added before Optimus came forward.
"You have been in a deep coma for quite some time Aang," Optimus answered. "Since then, we came across a group of Autobots stranded on an island."
"When we saw that Optimus was onboard your ship, we had Breakaway signal a flare, and now here we are," the white and orange bot explained.
"But for now he needs to take it easy," Katara said. "Aang got hurt pretty bad."
"Very well," Optimus replied. "I will have introduce our three new comrades later." With that, he and the three Autobots moved down into the cargo bay of the ship.
"Oh, and I like your hair Aang," Katara added, which caught Aang off guard.
"I have hair!?" Aang exclaimed before feeling the top of his head, and sure enough, she was right. Aang had a full head of short black hair. "How long was I out!?"
"A few weeks," Katara answered as Hakoda came up to them.
"Everything okay?" he asked.
"We're fine Dad," Katara replied while turning her head away from her father. Hakoda then went up to Aang and offered his hand to shake.
"I'm Hakoda, Katara and Sokka's father," he said. Aang tried to get up to shake his hand when Katara stopped him.
"He knows who you are, I just called you 'Dad' didn't I?" she said somewhat harshly.
"...I guess you're right," Hakoda replied, somewhat hurt.
"Nice to officially meet you Chief Hakoda," Aang said, offering his hand, to which Hakoda kneeled down and shook.
"It's an honor to meet you," Hakoda responded.
"Great, great, now you guys have finally met, so would you mind giving us a little privacy?" Katara asked her father, again somewhat harshly and now a bit agitated, while glaring slightly at him.
"...Of course," Hakoda answered with his head down as he walked off.
"Are you mad at your dad or something?" Aang asked Katara.
"What?" Katara asked, still keeping the glare she gave her father, which quickly disappeared after that. "Not at all, why would you say that?" Aang just shrugged at her question when he felt a sudden jolt of pain return to him and groaned slightly.
"Maybe we should go upstairs," Katara suggested while helping Aang up. "You need a healing session."
When they reached his room, Katara began to run a healing session on Aang's wound by bending water from two bowls and placing the water onto Aang's wound.
"Tell me where your pain feels most intense," Katara said as she moved her hands across Aang's back. His response was to groan slightly in pain and squeeze his eyes shut.
"A little higher," Aang told her. Katara did just that, and then Aang's eyes widened as he enters a flashback and saw exactly what happened.
Aang opens his eyes, which were glowing intensly. He had mastered the Avatar State. Then the crystal that protected him exploded with spiritual power. Everyone shielded themselves from the bright light emitted from the explosion. Optimus and Bumblebee awoke to witness Aang levitating upward, his tattoos and eyes glowing white, witnessing an incredible sight. Katara too looked upward, smiling with hope returning to her.
"Wow, you're definitely in the right area there," Aang told Katara.
"I can feel a lot of energy twisted up around there, let me just see if I can..." Katara replied as she pulls the water away from Aang's scar when Aang arches back in pain and has another flashback.
A purple blast of energy strikes Aang's body. Everyone turned to see who the culprit was, and it was Megatron, smiling wickedly with his shark like teeth showing and his fusion cannon emitting smoke. He had fired at Aang with his cannon's full power, not just a stun blast like before with the other Decepticons.
After his flashback, Aang's eyes widened after knowing what had happened that put him in a coma.
"I went down!" Aang exclaimed. "I didn't just get hurt, did I!? It was worse than that! I was gone! But you brought me back."
"I just used the Spirit Water from the North Pole," Katara explained. "I don't know what I did exactly."
"You saved me," Aang responded as he turned to face her. Katara then put her hand on Aang's cheek.
"You need to rest," she said as she got up and walked out to leave Aang to rest.
Meanwhile, Azula's ship docks at the enterance to the Fire Nation and the cargo door opens to reveal the Decepticons. The tyrannous mechanical beings then walked out of the ship and observed their temporary home. Upon seeing the tall well built structures, namely the palace, they were quite impressed.
"It's no Kaon, but I suppose it will do," Starscream remarked. Then a messenger walks up to Megatron.
"The Fire Lord wishes to see you Megatron," he reported.
Inside the throne room of the Fire Nation palace, Fire Lord Ozai sat on his throne, waiting patiently for Megatron to arrive. Then the Decepticon leader walked through the archway and stood before Ozai.
"You wished to see me?" he asked, not near as fearful as others who would report to Ozai.
"Yes," Ozai responded, still sitting on his throne. "I wanted to truly see if the reports of 'giant mechanical beings' assisting my daughter and my son in conquering Ba Sing Se."
"As you can see, the reports were quite true Fire Lord Ozai," Megatron responded. "Is that all?"
"I also understand that Azula has made an alliance with you," Ozai continued. "I merely wanted to see if it is an alliance that is worth keeping by asking a few questions."
"Very well then," Megatron said.
"First of all, I would like to know exactly what you are Megatron, and where you came from," Ozai said to the Decepticon warlord.
"We are intelligent robotic organisms from the planet Cybertron," Megatron began. "Our kind is divided amongst two factions: the Decepticons, us, and the Autobots."
"I have heard of these 'Autobots' and that you are at war with them," Ozai said. "Why is that?"
"Us Decepticons believed that Cybertron would be stronger if as opposed to seperated into two sides, it was united as one, where everything is Decepticon domain," Megatron answered. "I understand that your grandfather thought much of the same about this world, and thus is the reason why you are at war as well?"
"Yes," Ozai answered. "Fire Lord Sozin believed in a stronger world where all the land is Fire Nation, but his old friend, Roku, thought otherwise, preferring a weak, unstable and divided world of four nations, so he disposed of him when given the chance."
"This 'Roku' reminds me of the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime," Megatron added. "Perhaps the Fire Nation and the Decepticons arn't so different after all."
"Perhaps, but one last question," Ozai replied. "How would this alliance benefit the Fire Nation?"
"Advanced alien technology, millenia beyond what anyone could ever comprehend," Megatron answered. "Your nation may be strong now, but we can help make it, invincible. All we ask in return is material and energy so we can find a way to return to Cybertron, and that you assist us in destroying the Autobots." Ozai thought this over for a few seconds and smirked slightly at Megatron's proposition.
"I admire the way you think Megatron," he complimented. "Very well, this alliance shall continue." Megatron as well smirked, knowing that the Autobots will be finished.
"Very well then," Megatron said as the two of them bowed in respect and Megatron walks out of the throne room.
Outside, a ceremony was going on for commemorating the fall of Ba Sing Se. Azula's advisers, Lo and Li, were delivering a speech on a high balcony at the royal plaza, in front of an archway filled with flames and facing a large crowd of Fire Nation citizens.
"Your Princess Azula, clever and beautiful, disguised herself as the enemy and entered the Earth Kingdom's capital," Li began.
"In Ba Sing Se, she found our new allies, the Decepticons, and her brother, Zuko, and together, they faced the Avatar," Lo continued.
"And the Avatar fell, and the Earth Kingdom fell!" both of them proudly declared.
The Decepticons and the Fire Nation army were positioned outside the wall, ready to attack and secure their victory. Rumble and Frenzy, who were on top of the wall, activated their pile drivers and forced a portion of the wall to collapse.
"Decepticons, transform and rise up!" Megatron shouted as he raised his fist upward and transformed into a Cybertronian jet. The other Cons then transformed and followed Megatron to the city with the army close behind.
"Our new allies quickly overtook the entire city," Li declared. "They went to Ba Sing Se's Great Walls, and brought them down!" the last part, Lo proclaimed with her twin sister.
The Fire Nation troops, some on top of rhinos, Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage and Knock Out marched through the residential section of the city, not caring about the citizens' reactions, not even a man and a woman, holding their crying child, close together while the woman sobbed silently.
"The armies of the Fire Nation surged through the wall and swarmed over Ba Sing Se, securing our victory!" Lo proclaimed.
The palace was then surrounded by Fire Nation tanks and Cybertronian jets, securing the Fire Nation's capture of the Earth Kingdom capital.
"Now the heroes have returned home!" both sisters announced before Li took over again. "Your princess, Azula!" Upon hearing her name, Azula walked through the archway, now in her royal armor, and to the edge of the balcony, looking over the crowd cheering for her.
"Our new ally, Megatron!" Lo announced. Upon hearing his name, Megatron, along with Starscream and Soundwave walked through the archway and to the edge beside Azula, looking upon the cheering crowd.
"And after three long years, your prince has returned, Zuko!" Lo and Li announced as Zuko, sullenly gazing over the cheering crowd, walks to the edge of the balcony beside three the Decepticons. But while the celebration was going on, something sinister inside the mind of Starscream was forming.
'If I am to gain control of the Decepticons and finally rid myself of Megatron, I need to ally myself with one of these children,' he thought to himself. 'The boy seems powerful, but judging upon his sorrow expression, he's not entirely proud of his accomplishment. A sign of weakness that will inevitably destroy him. The girl however, strong, cunning, and does not feel at all guilty of her actions...she'll be perfect,' With that thought, he couldn't help but smirk to himself.
'Enjoy the next few weeks Megatron,' Starscream thought. 'They shall be your last!'
Back at the Fire Nation ship, Aang was being briefed as to what was going on. Sokka was sitting on a crate while everyone else surrounded him, the humans eating bowls of noodles.
"After what happened in Ba Sing Se, we had to get you to safety," Sokka started. "We flew back to Chameleon Bay where we found my father and the other Water Tribe men. The Earth king decided he wanted to travel the world in disguise, so he set off alone, well not completely alone. Soon the bay was overrun with Fire Nation ships. Rather than fight them, we just sent in Warpath."
"It's a miracle the ship wasn't torn to pieces," the white and orange bot joked dryly.
"Since then, we contacted Optimus and met up in The Serpant's Pass," Sokka continued. "We passed a few Fire Nation ships, but so far, but none have bothered us."
"After crossing The Serpant's Pass, we saw an Autobot flare light up the sky," Optimus said. "We sailed there and found the three Autobots before you." He then motions his hand to the white and orange bot.
"Our medical officer, Ratchet," Optimus said before moving his hand to the air bot. "One of our finest airmen, Breakaway," Finally, he motioned his hand to the bot in what looked like scuba gear. "And the Wrecker known as Seaspray."
"Pleased to meet you young Avatar," Ratchet said. "Optimus has told me a great deal about you."
"Pleased to meet you Ratchet," Aang responded before turning to Optimus, remembering that he said Seaspray was a 'Wrecker.' "Optimus, what's a Wrecker?"
"The Wreckers are a special task force composed of some of our strongest soldiers," Optimus answered.
"And when you have a Wrecker on your side, you don't call for back up, you call for clean up!" Seaspray proclaimed in a slightly gargled voice. Aang smiled slightly at Seaspray's enthusiasm before turning back to Sokka.
"So, what now?" he asked.
"We've been working on a modified version of the invasion plan," Hakoda answered.
"It's SOKKA'S invasion plan," Katara harshly corrected.
"...Yes, Sokka's plan," Hakoda replied. "We won't be able to mount a massive invasion plan with out the Earth King's armies, but the solar eclipse will still leave the Fire Nation vulnerable."
"So we're planning a smaller invasion," Sokka continued. "Just the Bots and a rag-tag team of our friends and allies from around the Earth Kingdom. We already ran into Pipsqueak and The Duke." He then motioned to the large and short Fire Nation soldiers, the large one being Pipsqueak and the short one being The Duke. The Duke was on Pipsqueak's shoulder eating his noodles.
"Good to see you again Aang," said Pipsqueak.
"And the best part is," Sokka added. "The eclipse and the Bots arn't even our biggest advantages. We have a secret." He then leaned forward slightly to whisper to Aang.
"You," he finished, which left Aang confused.
"Me?" he asked.
"This may come as a shock to you Aang, but as of now, this world believes that you are offline," Optimus said.
"Offline?" Aang asked.
"He means dead," Sokka corrected, and yep, that bombshell did indeed shock Aang.
"The world thinks I'm dead!?" he exclaims as he runs to the railing of the side of the ship, then turns back around. "How is that good news!? THAT'S TERRIBLE!"
"Aang," Breakaway said as he stepped forward. "One of the key things they taught me in flight school is 'stealth.' With this we'll have the element of surprise on our side."
"No no no no no," Aang retaliated. "You have no idea Breakaway. This so messed up!" Just then, they hear a foghorn from a short distance.
"(Incoming!)" Bumblebee said as a Fire Nation ship closed in on them. Even worse was the fact that Thundercracker and Skywarp were on the deck.
"I'll handle this," Aang said with confidence. "The Avatar is back!" He then gets his glider ready, only for the pain to jolt back to him as he clutches his side and falls to his knee, but tries to get on his glider.
"Aang, wait!" Katara said as she rushed up to him. "Remember, they don't know we're not Fire Nation." Aang thinks for a minute while sweating before reluctantly retracting his glider.
"Everyone just stay calm," Hakoda instructed. "Bato and I will take care of this." Him and Bato then got Fire Nation guard helmets on to further conceal their identities.
"Signal us if you require assistance," Optimus instructed as he and the other Autobots, as well as Appa, got in the cargo pit and The Duke and Pipsqueak have a tarp placed over them. The children in the meantime went through then stairs to join them.
"I hate not being able to do anything," Aang whispered.
"Join the club," Warpath whispered back before Katara shushes both of them.
"Hopefuly you won't need to," Toph whispered to Aang.
When the two ships stopped parallel to each other, the enemy warship readied a bridge to walk to the deck of the Gaang's warship as a Fire Nation officer, two soldiers and Thundercracker walked to the deck.
"Commander, why are you off course?" the officer asked Hakoda. "All Western Fleet ships are suppose to be moving toward Ba Sing Se to support the occupation."
"Actually, we're from the, Easter Fleet," Hakoda nervously responded. "We have orders to deliver some cargo."
"Ah, Eastern Fleet," the officer replied. "Well, nice of Admiral Chan to let us know he was sending one of his ships our way."
"I'm sure Admiral Chan meant no disrespect sir," Bato said.
"I mean, how hard is it to write a quick note and send a hawk our way!?" the officer asked, aggravated.
"Next time, we'll send two hawks to be sure you get the message," Hakoda said. The officer and Hakoda then bow as the three firebenders and the seeker walked back to their ship before Bato and Hakoda walk off.
"Can I blow 'em up now?" Thundercracker asked the officer, aching to blow something up since he got here.
"And why should I allow that?" the officer asked, confused about the Decepticon's violent intentions.
"Because sir," one of the soldiers added. "Admiral Chan has been on leave for two months on Ember Island."
"What!?" the officer asked. "Why doesn't anyone ever tell me anything!? Something's not right. They should've known that. I think this is a captures ship." He then turned to Thundercracker to give his next order.
"Just stay quiet until we're safely across the ramp, then sink this ship!" he commanded.
"Just say the word, and I'll leave no trace," Thundercracker remarked, but fortunately, Toph heard everything as she climbs out of the stairway.
"They know!" she declared as she metalbends the bridge apart, sending the firebenders and the Con down to the ocean bellow them.
"Autobots, prepare for battle!" Optimus ordered his comrades as he got out of the cargo pit with the others, and the battle commenced.
Outside the Fire Nation palace, Zuko was kneeled down next to a pond wearing his royal attire. He had yet to see his father and was nervous, so to try and ease the tension, he decided to go and feed some turtle ducks. He teared a piece of bread and threw it at a mother turtle duck and her ducklings, who gladly accepted the bread crumbs, but then a shadow loomed over them and they panicked and swam off. The shadow was Azula's, who walked up to Zuko to check on him.
"You seem so downcast, has Mai gotten to you already?" she asked. "Though actually, Mai has been in a strangely good mood lately."
"I haven't seen Dad yet," Zuko answered. "I haven't seen him in three years, since I was banished."
"So what?" Azula asked.
"So I didn't capture the Avatar," Zuko answered.
"Who cares?" Azula asked while gesturing her hands upward slightly. "The Avatar's dead." Zuko then turned his head away at that statement. Now Azula knew he knew something she didn't. "Unless, you think he somehow, miraculously survived." Zuko kept looking away from his sister as he remembered something from the catacombs of Ba Sing Se.
"This is water from the Spirit Oasis from the North Pole," Katara explained. "It has special properties, so I've been saving it for something important."
The Avatar could have somehow survived Megatron's sudden attack, but he couldn't risk loosing the one chance he has at getting his honor back.
"No..." he answered to Azula. "There's no way he could've survived." Azula looked into Zuko's eyes, to which Zuko responded with a glare. There was no question to Azula that he was lying, but she decided to play along with this for now.
"Well, then I'm sure you have nothing to worry about," Azula said before she leaves Zuko alone to his thoughts.
Underneeth the palace, Megatron was overseeing construction of his new base. Ozai allowed the use of his slaves and construction workers to assist the Decepticons with any construction processes. Then, Knock Out came in from the archway to his master.
"Lord Megatron, now that we are at the Fire Nation, what do you suggest our next move be?" Knock Out asked as Megatron turned to face him.
"I cannot risk the Autobots' numbers increasing Knock Out," Megatron stated. "We will need to build a space bridge and use it to send in reinforcements."
"But my liege, the resources the Firebenders have are much more primative that our materials," Knock Out explained. "We can only build a smaller space bridge than the one on Cybertron, and even then, we'd have to recharge it with every use!"
"I did not ask for drawbacks Knock Out," Megatron growled as he bent down to get face to face with Knock Out. "I asked that a space bridge be built, no matter the setbacks we may encounter, understood?"
"Y-yes my lord," Knock Out answered nervously as he walked out to tell the workers of their new assignment. Then Megatron had a wrist device activate on his arm.
"I only have enough energon to make one transmission to Cybertron," he said to himself. "One will be enough."
Back on Cybertron, in the Decepticon city of Kaon, reconstruction of the capital building was going on when every Decepticon on Cybertron received a transmission.
"Attention Decepticons," the transmission played. "Despite what rumors you may have heard during my disappearance, your lord and master is alive and well. The space bridge sent me, as well as a small group of Decepticons, to a primitive world, lightyears away from Cybertron. I send this transmission to report that as I speak, we are currently constructing a small space bridge with what materials we have here. I require a platoon of Vehicons, as well as Dreadwing, Airachnid, Astrotrain and Blitzwing to meet at these coordinates in exactly two days. 528, 491. There we will open the space bridge and you will be sent to this world to join us. The rest of you will search the planet for anything of value and report to us once we have constructed a long range transmitter. Do NOT disappoint me Decepticons." With that, every Decepticon in the city immediately got to work.
Meanwhile, the firebender soldiers on the ship intercepting the Gaang were loading oil covered rocks on catapults. They then used their fiebending to light them on fire before launching them to the ship while Thundercracker and Skywarp fired missiles to increase the damage. They were capable of hitting the hull on the side of the ship, but fortunately no punctures were made.
"Load the Toph!" Toph ordered before Pipsqueak got a large disc shaped boulder ready and dropped it in front of her. Toph then earthbended the disk and launched it to a catapult, destroying it, but then Thundercracker and Skywarp transformed into their jet modes and started flying to the ship.
"Breakaway, draw their fire away from the ship!" Optimus ordered the Airialbot.
"Yes sir!" Breakaway replied before transforming into his jet mode and chased after Thundercracker and Skywarp, firing at them and distracting them from the ship as they turned around and went after him. While that was going on, a catapult fired another projectile, but then Warpath ran in and charged his cannon.
"KA-BLAM!" he shouted while he fired his cannon at the projectile, destroying it instantly.
Inside the ship, Sokka, Aang and Ratchet were listening to the chaos. Aang tried to run in but Sokka grabbed him and just shook his head, much to Aang's displeasure as he starts banging his head against his staff.
The intercepting ship then readied a ballista and fired the harpoon at the ship's hull, puncturing it, but Seaspray, who was in his hovercraft mode and in the water, used his lasers to cut the harpoon's chains before it did more damage while Katara, who was standing close to the ship's edge, exhaled mist to the hull and instantly froze it, sealing the hole to prevent the ship from sinking.
"I'm gonna give us some cover!" Katara declared as she waterbends a huge section of the ocean and forms a cloud of fog to cover them somewhat. It was enough to engulf both ships in a cloud of mist, but then a projectile came in and destroyed what stone ammunition Toph had to earthbend. The Autobots on the ship retaliated with firing half blindly at the ship.
Back with Sokka, Aang and Ratchet, Aang couldn't take it anymore.
"I can't just stand by and do nothing!" Aang exclaimed as he started running out the door.
"Aang, no!" Sokka replied as Ratchet ran up and grabbed his staff in time.
"As an Autobot medic, I highly suggest you get more proper rest before you become fit for combat!" he ordered sternly.
"And you have to stay secret," Sokka added as Ratchet escorted Aang back inside. "Just let us handle this."
"Fine," Aang replied bluntly as he and Ratchet went inside when Sokka was suddenly engulfed with a gust of smoke due to an explosion, and even worse, the mist cloud was disappearing, along with any chances of cover. Another projectile hits the back end of the ship's deck and catches on fire, to which Katara put out with water from the ocean.
"How we doin'?" Toph asked Sokka.
"Things couldn't get much worse," Sokka replied. Right on que, a giant sea serpent emerges from the water, towering over the ships and screeching.
"Leaking lubricants!" Ironhide exclaimed.
"The Universe just loves proving me wrong, doesn't it?" Sokka asked.
"You make it too easy!" Toph replied. The serpent was about to strike when a laser blast hits him. The serpent turns and believes it came from the intercepting ship.
Underwater, Seaspray swam away from the enemy ship and back to his own.
"Have fun with our new entree!" Seaspray gargled before bursting out into laughter.
The serpent then swam underwater and emerged, wrapping its body around the vessel.
"Frag this! We're outta here!" Thundercracker exclaimed as he and Skywarp flew off and back to the Fire Nation.
"Hey! What about us!?" a Firebender soldier asked.
"Fend for yourselves fire fleshies!" Skywarp replied as they flew off while the serpent The Gaang took this opportunity to sail away from the enemy.
"Thank you The Universe!" Sokka exclaimed.
"This kind of stuff happen to you often Toph?" Ironhide asked his friend.
"All the time," Toph remarked as she elbowed Ironhide's leg as a friendly gesture.
The ship eventually docked in a nearby Fire Nation town. Aang was in his room, laying on his bed, looking upward at the ceiling. Then the door oppened and Toph, Sokka and Katara entered his room. Aang sat up to see his friends.
"Hey Aang, we're going into town to find some dinner," Toph said. Just then, Aang clutches his stomach as it growled, indicating that he was hungry.
"Well, I am pretty hungry," Aang responded. "Maybe dinner's a good idea." Sokka then went forward with a headband.
"Here, tie this around your head," Sokka suggested, to which Aang just glared slightly at. "It'll cover your arrow."
"I'm not going out if I can't wear my arrow proudly!" Aang replied as he layed back down.
"Aang, come on, be practical," Sokka responded when Katara came forward.
"You guys go ahead without us," she suggested. "We'll catch up with you." With that, Sokka and Toph walked out of Aang's room as Katara walked to Aang, who was still laying down on his bed.
"I think I understand why being a secret bothers you so much," she said as she placed a hand on his shoulder. "You don't want people to think you failed."
"You're right, I don't," Aang replied. "But the problem is, I DID fail."
"Aang, that's not true," Katara said reassuringly.
"It IS true," Aang said as he stood up. "I was in Ba Sing Se, I was there, but I lost, and now the Earth Kingdom is fallen for good."
"It's not for good," Katara said as she got up. "Remember, there's still a plan: the invasion."
"And I hate the invasion plan too!" Aang replied in anger as he quickly turned to grab the Fire Nation tapestry over his bed and rips it down, knocking his staff down in the process. "I don't want you, or anyone else risking your lives to fix my mistakes! I've always known that I would have to face the Fire Lord, but now, I need to do it alone."
"Aang," Katara began before Aang stopped her.
"Katara, please, just go, please" Aang said. Katara then hesitantly and sadly turned around to walk out.
"Is there anything you need?" Katara asked before she left. Aang just looked down and closed his eyes.
"I need to redeem myself...I need my honor back..." he answered.
Back at the Fire Nation, Zuko walked down the long hallway to his father's throne to finally see him after three years. Inside his mind, his thoughts ran rampant. Would his father accept him? Would he regain his honor even after not capturing the Avatar? There was only one way to find out. Once he reached the archway, he took a deep breath and pushes the curtain aside to see his father on his throne, in the shadows, with a wall of fire surrounding him.
Meanwhile, Katara was walking to Aang's room with a tray of food.
"I brought you some food," Katara said, but to her shock, Aang was gone. Her eyes instantly widened as she dropped the tray and immediately ran off.
Aang had left the ship in secrecy and was flying away on his glider through the clouds, trying to overcome the pain he was
still in.
Zuko immediately got on his knees and bowed when he approached his father for the first time in years.
"You have been away for a long time," Ozai said to his son. "I see the weight of your travels ha changed you. You have redeemed yourself my son." He then gets up and walks through the fire and the shadows and to his still bowing son, who looked up to see his father.
"Welcome home..." Ozai said.
Meanwhile, Aang was still gliding through the clouds when his pain started to come back to him. He clutched his chest and started to plummet to the sea, but immediately gains control and continues gliding.
On the bridge tower of the ship, Katara ran to her father, Bato, Optimus and Bumblebee to alert them of Aang's disappearance, tears in her eyes. Seeing his friend in this state, Bumblebee knew that she needed some time to speak with her father.
"(We'll leave you two alone,)" Bumblebee beeped as he, Optimus and Bato walked off to leave Katara and Hakoda alone.
"What's wrong Katara?" Hakoda asked as his daughter came up to him.
"He left," she replied.
"What?" Hakoda asked, somewhat confused at Katara's answer.
"Aang," she answered. "He just took his glider and disappeared. He has this ridiculous notion that he has to save the world alone, that it's all his responsibility."
"Maybe that's his way of being brave," Hakoda said, trying to make things seem better than it already is, but that would only make Katara feel worse.
"It's NOT brave, it's selfish and stupid!" Katara replied in anger. "We could be helping him, and I know the world needs him, but doesn't he know that we need him too!? How could he just leave us behind!?" Hakoda just looked to his right to let the words sink in as he realizes that this may not be just about Aang leaving them behind.
"You're talking about me too, aren't you?" he asked, remembering when he had to leave the Southern Water Tribe to help fight in the war.
"How could you leave us Dad?" Katara asked while starting to cry. "I mean I know we had Gran Gran and she loved us, but...but we were just so lost without you." Katara couldn't take it anymore and turned away from her father while sobbing and placing both of her hands on her face. Hakoda responded by walking up to her and placing a hand on her shoulder.
"I'm so sorry Katara," he said. Then Katara turned to hug her father and cry on his chest.
"I understand why you left," she begun. "I really do, and I know that you had to go, so why do I still feel this way!? I was so sad and angry, and hurt."
"I love you more than anything," Hakoda responded. "You and your brother are my entire world. I thought about you every day I was gone, and every night when I went to sleep, I would lay awake missing you so much, it would ache." The two of them continued to hug while Katara was still in tears. Upon seeing this sight, Breakaway transformed into his jet mode and flew off. Katara heard this and ran up to the railings of the deck.
"Breakaway!" she shouted to the Airialbot. "What are you doing!?"
Breakaway had flown miles away from the ship when he recieved a transmission from Optimus.
"Breakaway," Optimus began. "Your energon signature is five miles away from the ship! Where are you going?"
"I'm going to find this kid Optimus," Breakaway answered. "He means too much to this world to get himself killed and he may be our only hope to winning this war."
Back at the Fire Nation, Zuko was still on his knees in his father's throne room as Ozai paces back and forth in front of his son.
"I am proud of you Prince Zuko," he declared. "I am proud because you and your sister conquered Ba Sing Se. I am proud because you have found us our valuable new allies. I am proud of you because when your loyalty was tested, by your treacherous uncle, you did the right thing, and captured the traitor. And I am proudest of all of your most legendary accomplishment...you slayed the Avatar." Upon hearing that, Zuko's eyes widened. Megatron was the one that slayed the Avatar, not him.
"What did you hear?" Zuko asked his father.
"Azula and Megatron told me everything," he answered. "They said they were amazed and impressed with your power and ferocity at the moment of truth." Zuko just looked away slightly at his answer and learning of his sister and Megatron's lie.
Meanwhile, Aang was still gliding over the ocean, still trying to keep control of his glider despite the pain he was in, when he spots an island with a blockade of Fire Nation ships.
"Blockade," he said to himself as he turned around and tried to fly in the other direction when he drops his glider and passes out due to the intense pain. He would have landed in the water and drowned, but then Breakaway swooped in, turned into his robot mode and caught him before transforming back to his jet mode with Aang in the cockpit.
Back at the Fire Nation, Zuko walked up to the enterance of his sister's room when Ravage, who was guarding Azula, got in an offensive position and snarled at Zuko.
"Heal Ravage, I'm here to see my sister," Zuko said. Ravage recognized the voice as Zuko's and walked out of the way. Zuko walked inside Azula's room to see Azula on her bed sleeping.
"Why'd you do it?" Zuko asked.
"You're going to have to be a little more specific," Azula replied, still lying on her bed with her eyes closed.
"Why did you and Megatron tell Father that I was the one who killed the Avatar?" Zuko asked.
"Can't this wait until morning?" Azula asked, clearly tired and wanting to get some sleep.
"It, can't," Zuko sternly answered. Azula merely sighed and opened her eyes while sitting up on her bed.
"Fine," she replied. "You seemed so worried about how Father would treat you because you hadn't captured the Avatar, so I convinced Megatron to give the credit to you. I figured, if I gave you the credit, you'd have nothing to worry about."
"But why?" Zuko asked as Azula got up out of bed.
"Call it a generous gesture," she answered. "I wanted to thank you for your help, and I was happy to share the glory." Zuko however learned never to trust Azula, no matter what.
"You're lying," he declared as Azula walked past him.
"If you say so," she nonchalantly replied.
"You have another motive for this," Zuko said. "I just haven't figured out what it is."
"Please Zuko," Azula responded while stretching her arms before walking back to him. "What ulterior motive could I have? What could I possibly gain by letting you get all the glory for defeating the Avatar?...Unless, somehow, the Avatar was actually alive. All that glory would suddenly turn to shame, and foolishness, but you said it yourself, that was impossible." Zuko just glared at his sister and turned to leave Azula's room while she layed back down on her bed.
"Sleep well Zuzu," she said before closing her eyes and going to sleep while Zuko walked down the hallway, not aware that he was being watched by a drone with yellow tips on its wings named "Buzzsaw," a new drone Soundwave created following Laserbeak's destruction. Buzzsaw silently followed Zuko wherever he went, spying on his actions.
While that was going on, Breakaway was flying with an unconsious Aang, trying to fly back to the ship when he realized his energon was running low, and the rain storm wasn't helping much.
"Frag!" he exclaimed. "If I don't find somewhere to land so I can recharge, Aang and I are goners!"
Meanwhile, inside Aang's mind, he was worrying about the state he was in.
'I'm not gonna make it...I failed...' he thought to himself, but just then, the spirit of the previous Avatar, Roku, appeared before him.
"Roku?" he asked.
"You haven't failed Aang," the former Avatar said to him.
"But everyone think's I'm dead again," Aang responded. "They think I've abandoned them and I'm loosing this war. I'm letting the whole world down."
"If anyone is to blame for the state of the world, it is me," Roku replied. "I should've seen this war coming, and prevented it. You inherited my problems and my mistakes, but I also believe that you are destined to redeem me, and save this world."
"I don't know," Aang said while absorbing Roku's words when suddenly, a bright light flashed before him. What came out of the light was an elderly Autobot with what looked like a long metal beard on him, and whose appearance aspired great wisdom and courage.
"W-who are you?" Aang asked the Cybertronian.
"Young Avatar, my name is Alpha Trion, the archivist of Iacon and mentor to Optimus Prime," he answered. "I have come to tell you that you have already saved this world, and you will again, multiple times, but you cannot give up hope. If you loose all hope, then the Fire Nation and the Decepticons will conquer this world, and may even spread they're tyranny to other worlds, costing the lives of billions." Aang let Alpha Trion's words sink into him as he reaches a conclusion and his look of hopelessness turns into a look of determination.
"You're right Alpha Trion," Aang said. "I won't give up."
"Then return to your world, and light this world and our world's darkest hour, until all are one," Alpha Trion responded before a bright light engulfed the three of them.
Aang then awoke from his unconsious state to find himself inside the cockpit of a Cybertronian jet.
"Well, look who just went back online!" Breakaway said in an enthusiastic manner.
"B-Breakaway?" Aang asked.
"Yup!" he responded as he sees a volcanis island close by and starts to descend to it while sending a transmission to Optimus.
"Optimus, come in, I found Aang!" he reported. "Meet us in these coordinates."
The ship eventually docked to the island in the morning. Once the Gaang spotted him, Katara ran up to Aang and hugged him.
"You're okay!" she proclaimed as Toph, Sokka, Momo and Appa gather around for a group hug.
"I have so much to do," Aang said as his friends broke the group hug.
"I know, but you'll have our help," Katara responded.
"You didn't think you could get out of training just by coming to the Fire Nation, did you?" Toph joked to Aang. Meanwhile, Ironhide, Bumblebee and Warpath walked up to Breakaway, all of which sported different color schemes and Decepticon insignias. (imagine them in their Shattered Glass color schemes with Decepticon insignias)
"Uh, what's going on?" Breakaway asked.
"We're splittin' up," Ironhide answered. "Prime's gonna go with Hakoda along with Seaspray and Ratchet to find some more allies for the invasion and we'll join up with them on the day of the eclipse. We're hoping he finds some more of our lost soldiers along the way too."
"Okaaay, but why the new looks?" Breakaway asked.
"We're gonna have to lay low in the Fire Nation in the meantime, and we're gonna need disguises Breakaway," Sokka answered.
"(You should probably do the same thing,)" Bumblebee added.
"Oh!" Breakaway exclaimed before sighing in relief. "I thought you joined up with the Cons while we were gone!" Just then, Toph sensed something coming out of the water.
"Hey, what's-" she started before she picked the object up, and it was Aang's glider, burnt and broken.
"Oh...it's your glider," she said to Aang while she handed it to him.
"That's okay," Aang replied. "If someone saw it, it would give away my identity. It's better for now that no one knows I'm alive." With that, Aang slammed his glider into the lava, letting it burn before walking away.
Meanwhile, far away from the Fire Nation palace, Zuko was walking through a group of coal mining facilities, hooded to hide his identity, when a tall man with a metal arm and right foot and what looked like a third eye tattoo on his forehead stepped from the shadows.
"You're sure you wern't followed?" Zuko asked the metal man, to which he didn't respond. "I've heard about you. They say you're good at what you do, and even better at keeping secrets. The Avatar's alive. I want you to find him, and end him." But unknown to them, Buzzsaw was watching and recording everything before flying off to report this to Megatron and Azula.
In the underground Decepticon lair, Azula and Megatron were walking down the hallway so Azula could observe the new Decepticon arrivals, thanks to the space bridge the Cons constructed, and assign them with a task.
"So, the Avatar's alive..." Megatron said. "I must say, I'm quite impressed. No one has been able to survive a fully charged blast from my fusion cannon up until now."
"Be that as it may Megatron, we still need to end him if we are to win this war," Azula responded before they entered a room with the four new arrivals. A helecopter/spider hybrid femmebot known as "Airachnid," a tan and purple tripple changer named "Blitzwing," a dark grey and purple triple changer called "Astrotrain," and a giant blue and gold seeker known as "Dreadwing."
"Well then, make your choice Princess," Megatron said as he motioned to the four Decepticons. Azula carefully observed them before she pointed to Dreadwing.
"You, come here," she said to the seeker. Dreadwing responded by walking to the two of them and kneeling in front of Megatron.
"Ah, a wise choice Princess," Megatron said before turning to the seeker. "Rise Dreadwing,"
"What is your bidding my leige?" Dreadwing said in a deep, slightly growling while he rose.
"You are to terminate this bounty hunter that Prince Zuko has hired, locate the Avatar as well as his Autobot allies, and end them..." Megatron commanded.
"With pleasure my master," Dreadwing responded. "The Autobots shall pay for what they did to Skyquake!"
*QUE AVATAR ENDING THEME*