DISCLAIMER: TRANSFORMERS IS OWNED BY HASBRO AND AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER IS OWNED BY NICKELODEON
Transformers: Avatar Chronicles
Chapter 7: Entering the Fire Nation
In the Decepticon lair, Knock Out rushed down the hallway to report to Megatron. Recently, something had been discovered under Ba Sing Se, and what they found could change the tides both of the wars. When he finally spotted Megatron, he immediately kneeled before his master.
"Rise Knock Out," Megatron said. "Report..."
"Lord Megatron, we have just made an amazing discovery under the Earth Kingdom's capital!" Knock Out reported as he rose.
"Oh? And what is it that you found?" Megatron asked. With that, Knock Out pulled out a crystal, but unlike the crystals under Ba Sing Se, this one had a blue tint and glowed with energy. Megatron's optics widened, not believing what Knock Out had found.
"It can't be..." Megatron said.
"Yes my liege," Knock Out replied. "Energon..."
This was of course reported to Ozai, as Megatron held the crystal in front of him with Knock Out and Starscream beside him.
"This is the lifeforce of all Cybertronians," Megatron started. "It powers everything that we build as well as keep us functional. With this as our energy reserve, the Autobots and your enemies will not stand a chance!"
"What do you propose?" Ozai asked.
"It's simple really," Starscream answered. "Basically, allow Knock Out to govern Ba Sing Se and turn it into a giant energon mine so we can harvest as much as we can, as well as use the earthbender citizens to mine it out. I also request that we construct a few mines in the Fire Nation in case we find any here." Ozai thought this proposition over. This could cost millions, but if this 'energon' is as powerful as Megatron says it is, then it is too good of an offer to decline.
"Very well then," Ozai answered. "We will allow your plan for your mines to go forward, but this material had better not disappoint Megatron."
"Oh I assure you Ozai," Megatron replied with a wicked smirk. "It shall not..."
*QUE TRANSFORMERS: PRIME OPENING THEME*
Soon night fell upon the Fire Nation, but Zuko was having a hard time sleeping. He tossed and turned on his bed, his thoughts running across his mind until he awakened. He then got up and grabbed a robe, then headed outside.
Zuko soon made it, the robe's hood concealing him from most who saw him, to the entrance of the capital city prison, a maximum security prison where his uncle was being held. Once he was close to the entracne, a guard on the roof saw him.
"Who's there!?" the guard asked. Zuko, seeing the guard, walked away while the guard shrugged it off and went back to his post.
Meanwhile, the Gaang and the Autobots were hiding out in a cave. Sokka was keeping guard in a somewhat overblown and paranoid manner, Aang, Katara and Toph discussed their next move, and the four Autobots were finishing repainting Breakaway while discussing new codenames to conceal their identities.
"Alright, so it's official," Ironhide declared. "I'll be 'Barricade,' Warpath'll be 'Demolisher,' Bumbblebee'll be 'Wasp,' and Breakaway'll be 'Ramjet.'
"Got it Ir-I mean, Barricade," Breakaway replied.
"(But how are we gonna explain how we got here?)" Bumbblebee asked.
"We'll just say we were caught in the space bridge explosion and ended up in a different part of this world," Ironhide answered.
"Sh! Keep quiet!" Sokka exclaimed quietly.
"Yeah, we wouldn't wanna bird to hear them chatting in here and turn us in," Toph sarcastically added.
"Hey!" Sokka exclaimed. "We're in enemy territory. Those are ENEMY birds." He then pointed up to a group of toucan puffins standing on a rock above him, one of which jumped onto Sokka's head and squaked, much to Sokka's dismay. The Gaang responded by chuckling slightly.
"You know, as fun as "cave life" sounds, we can't just stay here until the eclipse," Warpath said.
"Yeah, besides, does anyone wanna sit in the dirt and eat cave hoppers?" Toph added before smacking the stone in the wall causing a few cave hoppers to jump out of it. Momo then races to grab one and starts eating it, much to the Gaang's disgust.
"Warpath and Toph are right," Katara said. "We need to do what the Autobots are doing and disguise ourselves so we can lay low in the Fire Nation."
"I'll scout the area to see if I can find anything," Breakaway added before transforming into his jet mode and blasting away from the cave.
Minutes later, Breakaway returned with his report. There was a house a few yards from here and the people who lived there were drying their clothes. The Gaang decided to go there and have a look.
"I don't know about this," Aang said. "These clothes belong to somebody."
"I call the silk robe!" Katara said as she surprisingly darted to the silk robe she saw.
"But, if it's essential to our survival, then I call the suit!" Aang said before he darted to the clothing he saw as well. Toph responded by doing the same while Sokka looked through the clothing slowly and like a teenage girl in a shopping mall. He eventually decided on something and went to join the others.
Soon the four of them changed into the clothing they took. In addition to the suit, Aang got a headband and put it over the arrow tattoo on his forehead.
"Ta-da! Normal kid!" he proclaimed. Toph meanwhile contemplated on a pair of shoes she got.
"Hm...I should probably wear shoes, but then I won't be able to see as well," she said as she sat down. "Sorry shoes." She then pushed her foot against one of the shoes until the sole launched off the shoe and into Sokka's face.
"Finally, a stylish shoe for the blind earthbender," Toph remarked.
"How do I look?" Katara asked after she got dressed. Aang of course was in awe at her beauty and blushed slightly before noticing something.
"Uh, your mom's necklace," he reminded her.
"Oh, oh yeah," Katara sadly said as she took her mom's necklace off for the first time in years. "I guess it's pretty obviously Water Tribe, isn't it?"
Eventually they went into town alongside the disguised Autobots. Katara went up to a stand to purchase a new necklace while Toph puts on a crown and Sokka wears a top-knot. Aang meanwhile hid Momo inside his shirt.
"Isn't there a better way to hide him?" Breakaway asked. "Don't you have some kind of compartment or something to keep him in?"
"I wouldn't be doing this if I did Bre-I mean, Ramjet," Aang said, quickly remembering the Bots' new codenames. "Anyway, I use to visit my friend Kuzon here a hundred years ago, so everyone just fallow my lead and stay cool, or as they say in the Fire Nation, stay flamin'." Even Warpath couldn't help but groan slightly at that, but that wasn't the end of his awkward remarks. The Gaang and the Bots then started to walk through town.
"Greetings my good hotman!" Aang said to a civilian who was eating meat on a stick.
"Uh, hi," the man confusingly said. "I guess..." Sokka just shrugged at him while they passed. The group then walked up to a meat stand.
"Oh, we're going to a meat place?" Aang asked.
"Come on Aang, everyone here eats meat. Even the meat!" Sokka responded before pointing to a hippo cow eating a piece of meat swarming with flies. Even the Bots were slightly grossed out by that.
"Uh, you guys go ahead," Ironhide said as he backed away.
"Yeah, I'll just get some lettuce out of the garbage," Aang added as he turned around while the rest entered the meat place. While looking for something, he kept greeting several random people (or hotmen as he called them) until two Fire Nation soldiers and a Vehicon approach him.
"It's over, we caught you," the male soldier declared much to Aang's shock. What also shocked him was that there was another Decepticon here, but how?
"Who me?" Aang asked, trying to play innocent.
"Couldn't be more obvious you don't belong here," the Vehicon added. "Next time ya play hooky, try taking off your school uniform." Aang, slightly relieved but also worried, looked at his clothes to see that he was indeed wearing a school uniform. The Vehicon then grabbed him and dragged him away.
A few yards away at a local school, Aang was thrown into a classroom by the Vehicon, only to see a class of children looking at him, and Blitzwing behind the desk.
'They made them teachers now!?' Aang thought. Blitzwing looked down at Aang, not ammused.
"Let me guess, a new mind ready for molding?" Blitzwing asked as he crossed his arms.
"Yes sir," the Vehicon replied.
"Uh, that's right!" Aang added, hiding his fear inside him. "Let the molding begin!" Blitzwing just glared down at him. Something was off about this one. He didn't act like other Fire Nation children.
"You don't seem to be from here..." Blitzwing said, which shocked Aang, thinking his cover was blown. Blitzwing then walked around him, still observing him before he reached a conclusion.
"You look like someone from the colonies," Blitzwing concluded, much to Aang's relief.
"Y-yeah, the colonies! Uh, of course, the Fire Nation colonies in the Earth Kingdom!" Aang replied to the triple-changer.
"Well, that would explain a lot, but here, we bow before our Decepticon allies," Blitzwing said. Aang responded by bowing, but Blitzwing just glared at him more. Aang was confused at this until a girl across from Aang motioned that he was bowing the wrong way. Aang quickly catches on and bows the right way.
"Much better," Blitzwing said before returning to the desk. "So, what is your name?"
"Uh, Kuzon," Aang answered, using his friend's name to cover himself up.
"Well 'Kuzon,' seeing as though you're new here, let me explain why I am here," Blitzwing said. "Per Lord Megatron's request, I, as well as some of the Vehicons here, have been given the task of explaining Decepticon technology to you fleshlings, as well as teaching you how to use them, so that one day you may become much more advanced soldiers for your Nation. Wheather or not you blow yourselves up in the process, I don't care. One less insuficiant soldier for this army." Aang listened to all of this, shocked at Megatron's and Blitzwing's total disregard for human children.
Soon the bell rang and class was dismissed. As the children rushed out of the building, Aang looked into his shirt to talk to Momo.
"This is awful Momo!" Aang said quietly. "Ozai and the Decepticons are forcing children to become soldiers and use their technology without ANY regard for their safety! We have to tell the others!"
"Don't let the headmaster catch you with that monkey," said someone from behind Aang. Aang quickly hid Momo as a reaction as he turned to see the girl from earlier who corrected his bowing technique.
"What monkey?" Aang asked while trying to play innocent again.
"Don't worry, I'm not a tattletale," the girl responded. "My name's On Ji. I like your headband by the way." Aang smiled slightly at On Ji's compliment before a taller male student bumps Aang while walking past him, then walks to On Ji and puts a hand around her shoulders.
"On Ji, you don't have to baby-sit the new kid," the generic school bully remarked.
"Wow, you must be one of those popular kids I've been hearing about," Aang said while bowing slightly.
"That's right," the student replied. "Now listen, friend, I know you're from the colonies, so I'll say this slowly." With that, he walked up to Aang and poked his chest.
"On Ji, is, my girlfriend," he said slowly. "Don't forget it." He then spots a bulge in his shirt, clearly showing Momo wants out, but the boy just shrugs it off as nothing, but not before signifying that he's watching him, and left with On Ji.
"It was nice meeting you," Aang said as he waved to them before another student approaches him.
"I don't believe it," he said. "He didn't beat you up. Not even a little!"
"I guess I'm just lucky," Aang responded.
"We were on our way to play hide and explode, you wanna come?" the boy asked.
"Uh, sounds fun, but I need to head back home," Aang answered, remembering what was going on here as he rushed back to the cave.
Back at the cave, the rest of the Gaang and the Autobots were worried sick. They haven't seen Aang since he left to find some food.
"Do you think they caught him?" Breakaway asked.
"I think we would know if they caught him Breakaway," Sokka answered.
"Yeah, Twinkletoes doesn't go down without a fight," Toph remarked. Then they heard someone skidding down the roof and saw Aang land to the ground outside.
"Where have you been!?" Katara asked, demanding answers. "We've been worried sick!"
"Sorry, it's just that after school I-" Aang started when the rest of the Gaang, especially Sokka, exclaimed their shock when Aang said 'school.'
"AFTER WHAT!?" Sokka asked.
"I kinda accidently enroled in a Fire Nation school, but I need to go back," Aang answered, which only shocked Sokka more.
"Enroled in WHAT!?" he asked.
"I found something horrible is happening," Aang said while lowering his head. "The Decepticons are teaching Fire Nation children how to use their weapons and technology to become future soldiers, and with no regard for their safety." The children and the Autobots' eyes widened in absolute shock.
"That's awful!" Katara exclaimed.
"I knew the Cons were evil, but this is just plain vile," Ironhide added.
"(They've gone too far this time, we have to stop these dispicible actions,)" Bumbblebee beeped.
"But how?" Katara asked. "If we act too quickly, it might blow our cover,"
"Maybe we could have Aang go there after school, then make the weapons defunct, and Ozai would have no need for this anymore," Warpath suggested.
"It's too risky Warpath," Katara answered.
"But it might be our only choice," Sokka added. "We have to convince Ozai that children can't create, let alone use these weapons." With that, everyone huddled together to further discuss this plan.
Meanwhile, at the Fire Nation, Zuko had successfully infiltrated the capital city prison and started walking to his uncle's cell when the guard from his last attempt noticed and raised his staff.
"You again!?" he exclaimed. "Stop where you are!" Then Zuko raised his head and the guard saw exactly who he was, backing away in fear and confusion.
"Prince Zuko?" he asked. Suddenly, Zuko grabbed him and pinned him to the wall.
"I'm going in for a visit, you're gonna stay and guard here, and NO ONE is going to know about this," he ordered as he dropped the guard and continued to his uncle's cell.
Inside his cell, Iroh merely sat down and looked down to the ground, thoughts of betrayal running through his head, when Zuko opened the door and approached the iron bars that separated him from his uncle.
"Uncle, it's me," Zuko said as he lowered the hood on his robe. Iroh merely turned to face the wall, not wanting to see his nephew, who betrayed him at Ba Sing Se, then looked down to the ground and glared slightly.
While that was going on, the bounty hunter Zuko hired was walking through the Fire Nation with an eagle on his shoulder, searching for his target when a laser blast suddenly hit the eagle, killing it instantly. Slightly shocked, the bounty hunter turned to see Dreadwing, holding his cannon.
"Your services are no longer required bounty hunter," he coldly said. The bounty hunter then inhaled and fired a blast from his third eye at Dreadwing which hit him dead on, but barely hurt him. The bounty hunter was astonished that his attack barely hurt this thing as he attempted to retreat when Dreadwing blasted his metal arm and leg off, causing the hunter to fall to the ground. Dreadwing then stepped over to him and placed a bomb on his back, then transformed into a jet and flew off before the bomb exploded, killing the hunter and destroying everything in a half mile radius.
"No one shall stand in the way of my revenge!" Dreadwing declared as he blasted into the horizon, searching for his target.
In the Gaang's hideout in the cave, the children and the Autobots were going over the plan to infiltrate the school and disable the weapons the Decepticons have forced Fire Nation kids to create.
"Alright, so here's how it's gonna go," Ironhide said while handing Aang a small comlink. "Aang will infiltrate the school after class has been dismissed. Once the coast is clear, he'll then find and enter the weapons storage area. We'll guide him in disabling the weapons through the comlink I gave him."
"What's a comlink?" Sokka asked.
"Back on Cybertron, we used these to communicate through long distances," Ironhide answered.
"So instead of using a messenger bird, you guys just speak into that thing?" Toph asked.
"Correct Toph," Ironhide answered.
"I don't know about this," Katara said. "We could risk getting caught by the Fire Nation and the Cons."
"Katara, those Fire Nation children are in danger of getting themselves killed," Aang responded. "As the Avatar, it's my job to keep this world safe." Katara thought about Aang's statement before coming to a conclusion.
"Alright, let's do this," she said. "But be careful Aang."
"Don't worry Katara, what's the worst that can happen?" Aang asked.
Back at the Fire Nation, a hooded Zuko was standing before the bars that seperated him from the prison cell of his uncle Iroh, who was still facing away from his nephew.
"You brought this on yourself you know?" Zuko asked. "We could have returned together. You could have been a hero!" Iroh did not respond to Zuko's statements and simply turned slightly further away from him, still not wanting to speak with him.
"You have no right to judge me Uncle!" Zuko responded. "I did what I had to do in Ba Sing Se, and your're a fool for not joining me!" Again, Iroh did not respond.
"You're not going to say anything!?" Zuko asked before kicking a metal stool upward in frustration, then using a fire punch to blast it to pieces. "You're a crazy old man! You're crazy! And if you wern't in jail, you'd be sleeping in a gutter!" With that, Zuko stormed off and slammed the door shut while Iroh looked down, hut by what his nephew had just said.
The next morning, Aang attended Blitzwing's class as scheduled in order to not cause any suspision among him. When Blitzwing entered the room, every student except Aang stood up. Aang quickly caught on to this and stood as well.
"Alright, as required by this slagging nation, you are required to recite the Fire Nation oath," Blitzwing explained, clearly not a fan of these Earth customs. Then each student turned to a painting of Fire Lord Ozai and bowed to it, except Aang of course, who caught onto it later and quickly copied their movements. The students then recited the oath, except, once again, Aang.
"My life I give to my country, with my hands I fight for Fire Lord Ozai and our forefathers before him," the class said.
"...Fire Lord...forefathers," Aang said as he tried to catch on.
"With my mind I seek ways to better my country, and with my feet may our March of Civilization continue," the class continued.
"Firebenders...Fire Lord...wah blah blah blah," Aang said at the same time which caused the class to snicker as they sat down. Blitzwing on the other hand rubbed his optics with his fingers, clearly annoyed.
"This is going to be a LONG day, isn't it?" he asked to himself.
Eventually, the school day ended, and most of the children rushed out, except Aang, who sneeked back inside once he believed the coast was clear, however, On Ji's boyfriend spots him and starts to follow him.
"Alright, I'm in," Aang said to the comlink.
"Good, now make your way to the weapons storage room," Ironhide responded through the comlink. It took a while, but soon Aang did find a door that said 'Cybertronian Weapons Storage.' Aang opened the door to see hundreds of Cybertronian weapons inside.
"Whoa..." Aang said, in shock at the weapons' technological superiority.
"Alright, now we nee-" Ironhide could not finish when a fire blast nearly hit Aang. He turned to see On Ji's boyfriend standing there with a cocky smirk on his face.
"Busted," he remarked.
Later that day, Aang was ordered by the headmaster of the school to attend a meeting with his parents. Of course the problem was that Aang did not have any. Fortunately, Sokka and Katara were willing to disguise themselves as his parents and met up with Aang in the headmaster's office where two Vehicons were there standing beside him, guarding him.
"Thank you for coming Mr and Mrs..." the headmaster begun when Sokka responded trying to impersonate a middle aged man.
"Fire, Wang Fire," he responded before pointing to Katara. "This is my wife, Saphire."
"Saphire Fire, nice to meet you," Katara added. The Vehicons just looked to each other and shrugged.
"Mr and Mrs...Fire, your son has been enrolled here for two days and he's already causing problems," The headmaster claimed. "He's mocked our anthem, disrupted music class, and has been found sneeking into our weapons storage room."
"My goodness!" Katara responded, trying to act shocked. "That doesn't sound like our Kuzon."
"That's what any mother would say Ma'am," the headmaster responded. "Nonetheless, you're forewarned; if he acts up one more time, I'll have him sent to reform school...by which I mean the mines. Are we clear?"
"Don't you worry Mr Headmaster, I'll straighten this boy out somethin' fierce!" Sokka answered before turning to Aang and shouting in a fairly over the top way: "YOUNG MAN AS SOON AS WE GET HOME YOU'RE GONNA GET THE PUNISHMENT OF A LIFETIME!" which visibly alarmed Aang, Katara, even the two Vehicons.
"That's what I like to hear," the headmaster responded before Aang, Sokka and Katara got up and left.
"Something's very odd about Wang," one of the Vehicons said to the other.
Back at the Fire Nation, Zuko and Mai were sitting on a cliff side together, watching the sunset.
"Orange is suck an awful color," Mai remarked, which caused Zuko to snicker.
"You're so beautiful when you hate the world," Zuko said to his girlfriend.
"I don't hate you," Mai replied.
"I don't hate you too," Zuko responded before the two of them pulled into a kiss, which seconds later, is interrupted by Azula clearing her throat. The lovers then turn to her, clearly annoyed.
"Zuko, could I have a word with you?" Azula asked her brother.
"Can't you see we're busy?" Zuko answered before kissing Mai again. Azula then thought up a lie so that Mai could leave them.
"Oh Mai, Ty-Lee needs your help untangling her braid," Azula said. Mai believes it and stands up.
"Sounds pretty serious," Mai said before leaving, while throwing an angry glance at Azula behind her back.
"So, I've heard you've been to visit your uncle fatso in the prison tower," Azula said to Zuko, who stood up in anger.
"That guard told you!" he remarked.
"No, Buzzsaw did," Azula replied. "As did you, just now." Zuko simply admitted defeat, knowing he can't fight what he said, nor Buzzsaw's report, and sat back down.
"Okay, you caught me," he said. "What is it you want Azula?"
"Actually, nothing," Azula answered. "Believe it or not, I'm looking out for you. If people find out you've been to see Uncle, they'll thing you're plotting with him. Just be careful Dum-Dum."
Back at the cave, the Gaang and the Bots met back to discuss what to do next.
"That was WAY too close," Katara exclaimed.
"What are we going to do now?" Aang asked.
"I don't know, security's been tightened up since the incident, so we can't just barge in there again," Breakaway answered.
"Unless," Warpath added. "We make a distraction!"
"But how are we going to make loud enough noise to get the guards out of the school?" Sokka answered. Just then, Aang thought of something.
"How about the all Fire Nation kids here for a secret dance party?" Aang asked.
"Yeah, then the guards will hear all the noise and come here!" Ironhide added.
"(Giving us a chance to infiltrate the school and disable the weapons!)" Bumblebee beeped.
"Alright, here's how it'll go," Aang began. "I'll go and invite all the children in the school while the rest of you decorate the cave. Then while the party's going on, the Bots will hide in the back of the cave and one of us and one of the Bots will take care of the weapons."
"I'm in," Toph said. "I can sense if anyone's coming so we can hide before they find us. You with me 'Hide?"
"I'm in," Ironhide responded.
Soon the Gaang prepared for the party. Toph earthbended a stage while Sokka placed and lighted candles.
"I can't believe we're having a dance party," Sokka said. "It seems so...silly."
"Don't think of it as a dance party, but as a cultural event celebrating the art of fancy footwork," Aang responded.
"They're coming!" Toph reported as she felt several kids approaching the cave. "Everyone stop bending!" The Gaang did just that while Aang tries to hide Appa and Toph runs to the back.
"Sorry buddy, you should probably wait out back with the Bots," Aang said, to which Appa grumbled in response. "I know, you got fancier feet than anybody. And six of 'em!"
Out in the back of the cave, Appa and Toph walked up to the four Bots.
"The party's starting," Toph reported. "Hide, you and me head for the school and wait for the guards to leave."
"Got it," Ironhide responded before he and Toph ran to the school.
Back in the cave, the party had officially begun. A group of students got up on the stage and started playing their instruments as the guests filter into the cave.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the Flamey-o's!" Aang exclaimed as he jumped up onto the stage. "Yeah, this ought to get everybody moving." Much to his disappointment though, all of the students just stood shyly at the edge of the cave.
"Now what do we do?" one of the boys asked.
"This is when you start dancing," Aang answered.
"I don't think my parents want me dancing in a cave," another boy responded.
"Yeah! What if someone finds out!?" a panicking student exclaimed before running to the left.
"Oh boy..." Aang said. "Listen guys, dancing isn't something you think about. It's a form of self-expression that no one can ever take away from you."
"Maybe it was different in the Colonies Kuzon, but we don't do that here," the first boy responded.
"Sure you do, you have for generations!" Aang replied. "It just so happens that I know several classic Fire Nation dances." He then starts to demonstrate one for them.
"A hundred years ago, this was known as the Phoenix Flight," Aang explained, which gained a few 'Ooh's and 'Aah's from the students. Then Aang demonstrated another. "And this was the Camelephant Strut."
Over at the school, the guards and the Vehicons started to hear some loud music coming from far away.
"What the-" one of the guards remarked.
"I think it's coming from over there," one of the Vehicons said before the guards and Vehicons ran to where the noise was coming from. Seeing this as their que, Toph and Ironhide emerged from a bush and ran inside.
Meanwhile, back at the Fire Nation, Zuko returned to his uncle's cell, sliding food to him.
"I brought you some komodo chicken," he said. "I know you don't care for it, but I figure it beats prison food." Iroh did not turn to face his nephew, much like in Zuko's last visit.
"I admit it, I have everything I always wanted, but it's not how I thought it would be." Zuko said. "The truth is, I need your advice." He then grips the bars, desperately needing his uncle's wisdom.
"The Avatar is alive," Zuko claimed. "I KNOW he's out there, and I'm loosing my mind. Please Uncle, I'm so confused, I need your help." But much to his dismay, his uncle still did not respond.
"Forget it!" Zuko shouted. I'll solve it myself! Waste away in here and rot for all I care!" With that, he stormed off again while a tear slides down his uncle's face.
While that was going on, Toph and Ironhide had successfully infiltrated the school and were heading for the weapons storage room. The dark halls were illuminated by Ironhide's shoulder lights. Suddenly, Toph sensed something.
"Ironhide, something's coming," Toph said. With that, she and Ironhide hid in a hallway while a janitor cleaned the hallway.
"That was close," Ironhide remarked. However, he failed to see Blitzwing walking behind them, as well as spotting them.
"Intruders!" Blitzwing shouted as he readied his weapons for a showdown.
Back at the cave, Aang was still showing his dancing techniques when he went up to On Ji and offered his hand. She responded by blushing and accepting. Aang then pulls her to the middle of the cave and starts dancing with her.
"Wow, they look pretty good together," Sokka remarked.
"Eh, if that's what you like..." Katara responded, barely hiding her envy as she looks away.
"Yeah, that's it!" Aang said as he danced with On Ji. "That's the sound of happy feet!" Then the rest of the students got the idea and started dancing with them.
"Alright go with that! Everybody freestyle!" Aang proclaimed as the students kept dancing. (though not much dancing as it was trying to imitate a Transformer's transformation) Aang then ran over to Katara and offered his hand to her, inviting her to dance. She responded by looking away nervously.
"I don't Aang," she said. "These shoes aren't really for dancing and I-I'm not sure how to-"
"Take my hand," Aang said with a smile.
"Okay," Katara replied, smiling back as she takes his hand and the two start dancing.
Outside the cave, the headmaster, several guards and three Vehicons walked towards the enterance.
"It IS a dancing party!" the headmaster exclaimed before turning to On Ji's boyfriend. "You did the right thing by telling me Hide."
"Anytime headmaster sir," Hide replied while bowing to his superior.
Back at the school, Ironhide and Toph ran through the halls, dodging Blitzwing's laser blasts while Ironhide shot back from behind. The two of them turn and see the door to the weapons storage room.
"There it is!" Ironhide said to Toph as they quickly enter before Blitzwing could see them. The duo then barricade the door in hopes of keeping him out.
"That won't hold for long!" Toph exclaimed. "We need to disable these weapons now!"
"How am I going to do that in time unless-" Ironhide replied before spotting a box of Cybertronian mines. "Toph, I have an idea!"
Back at the hallway, Blitzwing walked through the hall, trying to find Ironhide and Toph.
"So, we're playing a human game now, huh?" he proclaimed. "Well allow me to introduce the Decepticon version: 'Hide and go Shriek!'" He then starts bashing the doors open one at a time before closing in on the weapons storage room.
"Game over!" he declared as he busted the door down, only to find nobody there and the windows open. Even worse, dozens of mines were beeping, seconds away from detonation. The sight of the latter caused Blitzwing's optics underneath his visor to widen.
"Scrap!" he exclaimed before the mines went off, the weapons destroyed, and Blitzwing sent flying backwards.
Meanwhile, back at the party, the students seemed to be having a blast dancing to the Flamey-O's' music.
"This is incredible!" one of the students proclaimed. "It's like my inhibitions just disappear!" That was cut short however as he sees the headmaster enter the cave.
"Okay, they're back again," he said as everyone else stopped dancing.
"He's the one we want!" the headmaster declared to the guards and Vehicons as he pointed at Aang. "The boy with the headband!"
"Uh-oh," Aang said before running away through the crowd as the guards and Vehicons chase him. One of the soldiers spots someone with a headband and grabs him.
"Gotcha!" he declared, but sees a different boy there and is instantly confused.
"Looking for me?" the boy asked.
"That's not the one!" the headmaster exclaimed. "He's here somewhere. Don't let him leave the cave!" Then a Vehicon spots someone with the headband, but sees a female student there instead.
"Yes?" she asked. Then they looked around and saw more and more students wearing the same headband. The headmaster then goes after who he thinks is Aang, shoving the students away, but again, it was someone else.
"Looking for someone?" the student asked. The headmaster looked around in horror as every child were wearing headbands. Meanwhile, Aang, Katara and Sokka had made it to the back and Aang earthbends the back shut, which caused one of the student's jaw to drop in astonishment.
In the back of the cave, Ironhide and Toph were running to the group.
"We gotta go, now!" Ironhide declared as the Gaang gets on Appa and flies off with Breakaway and Warpath flying beside him while Bumblebee and Ironhide transformed and rolled out.
Back at the Cons lair, Megatron, who had been given the news as to what happened, was less than enthused as he stomped on Blitzwing's head.
"Is there NOTHING that will give me the advantage I need against the Autobots!?" Megatron roared before Knock Out came in.
"Lord Megatron, a Vehicon back on Cybertron has reported back," Knock Out reported. Megatron then stopped beating Blitzwing and truned to Knock Out.
"For his sake and your sake Knock Out, I hope it's something of importance," he said.
"Actually, he didn't find something, he found someONE," Knock Out said as he moved away from the entrance to the lair. Then, rumbling footsteps could be heard as out of the darkness emerged a giant, dark purple Decepticon who's emotionless face only consisted of one glowing red eye and who's left arm was nothing more than a giant cannon. Megatron's optics widened in shock, for he knew who this Decepticon was.
"Shockwave..." he said before starting to chuckle evily. "Just the tactical advantage I need."
*QUE AVATAR ENDING THEME*