DISCLAIMER: TRANSFORMERS IS OWNED BY HASBRO AND AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER IS OWNED BY NICKELODEON
Transformers: Avatar Chronicles
Chapter 14: The Day of Black Sun part 1
To say that the days leading up to the invasion were eventful would be a slight understatement. First the group ran into some crazy old lady who taught Katara the arts of bloodbending, then a mere two days before the invasion Aang experienced multiple nightmares of his inevitable encounter with Ozai (as well as one where a talking Appa and a talking Momo engaged in a sword fight with a crowd of talking sheep bearing witness...yeah.) And now, today was the day. The invasion. The group had campped out close to the location where Optimus and Hakoda agreed they would meet with the kids and the four Autobots. While they waited, Warpath and Sokka were observing the plans for the invasion one last time. Sokka was obviously anxious and slightly nervous as he wipped sweat from his forehead before Katara handded him a hot cup of tea, to which Sokka accepted. Suddenly Aang leaped up to the group from below before Momo scurried to his shoulder.
"Top of the morning Momo!" Aang exclaimed.
"Sounds like someone slept well," Katara said.
"Like a baby moose-lion!" Aang replied before getting in a battle stance. "I'm ready to face the Fire Lord."
"So what's your strategy for taking him down?" Toph asked. "Gonna get your glow on and hit him with a little Avatar State action?" Aang's once cheerful nature was now replaced with a look of disappointment when he realized something.
"I can't," he responded. "When Megatron shot me, my 7th chakra was locked, cutting off my connection to all the cosmic energy in the Universe." Everyone just looked at him, confused.
"Uh, what?" Warpath asked.
"All I heard was blah blah spiritual mumbo jumbo blah blah something about Space," Toph remarked before the group spotted something foggy near the horizon.
"Sokka, ya think that fog'll delay the invasion?" Warpath asked, slightly concerned, but then Sokka's eyes widened with joy as he spotted something coming out of the fog. Five modified Water Tribe boats, with Hakoda and Optimus on the one in the center, as well as a large Cybertronian ship hovering above them.
"No, that IS the invasion!" Sokka proclaimed with joy.
*QUE TRANSFORMERS PRIME OPENING THEME*
The group immediately went down to the port before Aang and Toph earthbended some docks so that everyone could meet up. The second Hakoda stepped off his ship, Katara and Sokka immediately ran to him with Katara, instantly hugging her father.
"You made it Dad!" Katara exclaimed.
"Were you able to locate everyone I told you to find?" Sokka asked.
"I did, and we also found more Autobots with them thanks to Optimus," Hakoda replied as Prime and Ratchet stepped off the ship.
"It was all Ratchet's doing actually, we would have never been able to find everyone had he not perfected our communications device," Optimus corrected.
"However, I'm a little worried Sokka," Hakoda admitted. "Some of these men aren't exactly the warrior type." Right on que, the swampbenders known as Due and Tho immediately exited the Cybertronian ship, excited and full of energy.
"Whooo-wheee! This place sure ain't nothing like a swamp," Due said before he started to point at a rock. "What'd ya reckon that is Tho? Some sorta exploding Fire Nation exploding trap that would eat ya?"
"It's just a rock Due," Tho answered.
"Well, I'll be," Due responded.
"Is it just me or are those fellas a little loose in the leaf head?" Hakoda asked, slightly skeptical.
"I just wish they would wear pants," Bato remarked.
"Pants are an illusion, and so is death," the third swampbender known as Hue responded while scratching his abdomen. What got the Autobots' attention however was the ship that the swampbenders exited from.
"Is that who I think it is?" Ironhide asked before the ship started to transform into the Autobot guardian, Omega Supreme. The kids' jaws dropped to the floor when they noticed the towering Autobot that stood before them.
"DESIGNATION: OMEGA SUPREME," Omega said in his booming voice when Aang suddenly remembered something.
"You're the guardian that Alpha Trion mentioned, you were damaged in a fight with Megatron, right?" Aang asked.
"ASSUMPTION: CORRECT," Omega answered. Katara meanwhile was trying to overcome the shock she was feeling when someone came up to her.
"Hi Katara," said the earthbender known as Haru. Katara immediately recognized his voice and went to embrace him.
"Haru, it's so good to see you," Katara said. Behind him were the Autobots Cliffjumper, Mirage, Jazz and Prowl as well as Haru's father, Tyro. Aang walked up to the group with Toph and Breakaway so Aang could introduce Toph to Haru and Breakaway could introduce the Autobots.
"Toph, this is Haru," Aang said.
"And guys, these are the Autobots Cliffjumper, Mirage, Jazz and Prowl," Breakaway said.
"Pleased to meet you all, especially you young Avatar," Prowl responded. "Haru and Tyro has told me great things about you, as well as you Katara. Haru has told me that you helped him and his father to take back their village."
"You helped us find our courage Katara," Tyro added. "Now we're here to help you." Suddenly, Toph sensed something, slightly alarmed.
"No way, is that-" she said, getting into a defensive stance before the former earthbending wrestler The Hippo embraced her with The Boulder and the Autobots Bulkhead, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker behind him.
"Hippo happy to see Blind Bandit!" The Hippo exclaimed happily.
"You guys here for a re-match?" Toph angrily asked.
"Negatory," The Boulder responded. "The Boulder and The Hippo no longer fight for others' entertainment. Now, with the Wrecker Bulkhead, we fight for our Kingdom!" Toph's eyes widdened with joy when The Boulder said the word 'Wrecker,' remembering who the Wreckers were.
"Another Wrecker!?" she exclaimed.
"Yep!" Bulkhead responded. "Boulder and Hippo told me about ya kid, and needless to say, you'd make one fine Wrecker!"
"Sweet!" Toph responded with a grin on her face before suddenly an explosion was heard and smoke was coming from one of the boats.
"Five silver pieces says Wheeljack's in there," Ironhide said to Warpath.
"You're on," Warpath responded before they saw, no surprise, the Autobot scientist Wheeljack emerge from the ship, coughing and covered with orange goo. Warpath simply grumbled as he handed the silver pieces to a smirking Ironhide. Shortly after, The Mechanist emerged, coughing and covered in orange goo as well, and then his son, Teo, riding on his wheelchair, accompanied by Pipsqueak, The Duke, and the Autobots Powerglide, Perceptor and Inferno walked off the boat as well, with Inferno trying to put out the fire.
"Was that a new invention?" Sokka asked.
"Yeah," Wheeljack replied. "And surprisingly the capabilities of peanut sauce are quite explosive."
"You're making peanut sauce bombs?" Sokka asked before Pipsqueak, with The Duke on his back, came up, both with peanut sauce covered on their faces.
"They're destructive," Pipsqueak said.
"And delicious!" The Duke added before they licked the sauce from their faces. Momo then jumped up onto Pipsqueak and tried to lick his face to the amusement of both boys who responded by laughing.
"Were you able to complete work on the plans I sent you?" Sokka asked The Mechanist.
"With the help of Wheeljack and Perceptor, yes, and I think the Fire Nation will be quite surprised," The Mechanist responded while Teo rolled up to Aang and took a metal pole like object from his wheelchair.
"Aang, my dad, Wheeljack and I made this for you," he said as Aang took the object and blue wings popped from the sides.
"A new glider!" Aang exclaimed with joy. "This is amazing!"
"We constructed it from some of the strongest metals on this planet," Wheeljack explained.
"And as a special feature, I added a snack compartment," The Mechanist added as he placed his head under a handle and pulls it, causing peanuts to tumble out of the compartment and into his mouth.
"Oh, well, I'm sure that will come in handy," Aang said.
Meanwhile, back at the Capital City prison, the warden was busy filing his nails, sitting next to Iroh's cell.
"I bet you're tired to be in that cell old man," the warden said insultingly to Iroh. "Well too bad. You're never stepping outside these walls again." Just then a female guard walked in with a tray of food.
"Breakfast," she said, which caused the warden to stand up and head out the door.
"Careful Ming," he said to the guard. "Don't get too close. His stench will knock you right out." He then cackled like a madman and exited the room while Ming looked at him, annoyed, before walking to Iroh and handing him his breakfast.
"I snuck in some white jade tea," she said to Iroh. "I know you like rare teas."
"Thank you Ming," Iroh said as he takes the cup of tea. "Ever since I was put here, you have been very kind to me."
Back with the invasion force, the Water Tribe warriors and Earth Kingdom soldiers were having their meals and Ratchet was busy repairing Ironhide's wounds while Sokka, with scrolls in his hand, gulped nervously.
"Don't worry, you'll do great," Hakoda said to his son before Sokka took a deep breath and walked to a platform.
"Good morning everyone!" he said before tripping suddenly and dropping his scrolls. He immediately got up and picked up his scrolls.
"Uh..." he said nervously before begining his speech. "So, as you know today we're invading the Fire Nation. I mean I know you know that...because otherwise why else would you be here?" He then clumsily dropped more scrolls, so he picked them up again and placed them on a board. "The Fire Lord's palace is here." He then pointed to a map...the wrong map. He then nervously flipped through maps. "Uh no, uh wait, uh wait, uh wait," He then finally got the correct map and pointed to it. The soldiers and Autobots just looked at him, confused. "It's here, and uh there's an eclipse today, and Aang's gonna fight the Fire Lord and Optimus' gonna fight Megatron, and the firebenders won't have any fire to use for us so that's good for us and um...I'm sorry, let me start at the beginning." Unfortunately, he meant THE beginning, as he rapidly started talking about what happened, all the way back to when he and Katara discovered Aang.
"Katara and I discovered Aang frozen in an iceberg. Now I didn't like Aang at first but I grew to love him over time. Then we went over to the Southern Air Temple where Aang used to live and then we met Suki, who is a Kyoshi warrior. She made me dress like a woman and then she kissed me-"
"Primus, this kid could give Blur a run for his money," Cliffjumper remarked.
"Wow, when he says beginning, he means beginning beginning," Katara quietly said to Aang.
"-and then Aang's friend was a crazy old man and then Katara got Haru arrested and then now he's grown a mustache and if you look in the front row you can see him-"
"Thank you Sokka," Hakoda said as he and Optimus Prime walked up to the platform and Hakoda reassuringly placed a hand on Sokka's shoulder. "It's okay, why don't you take a break?" Sokka, disappointingly obliged and walked off the platform.
"Let us just clarify a few points for everyone," Optimus said as the group of warriors suddenly took interest.
"Today is the Day of Black Sun, and we want to thank you all for your self sacrifice and your courage," Hakoda said. "There's two steps to the invasion. A naval stage and then a land stage. To gain sea access to the Fire Nation capital, we'll have to get past our first major obsticle, here" He then pointed to an area of the map.
"These are the Great Gates of Azulon, and no doubt the Decepticons have enhanced it with their technologies," Optimus added.
"Next," Hakoda said as he flipped to another map. "We hit the land and we hit hard. We must fight past their battlements and secure the plaza tower. Once we do that, it's up to the royal palace. At that point, the eclipse will begin."
"Excuse me," Bulkhead said while raising his hand. "Isn't the point of this to invade DURING the eclipse? Why invade them
when the firebenders can still fight?"
"The eclipse will only last 8.3753193 seconds Bulkhead," Perceptor responded.
"And that's not enough time for the whole invasion, and the royal palace is heavily guarded by firebenders and Decepticons, so that's where we'll need the eclipse's advantage the most." Hakoda added. When this is finished, the Avatar will have defeated the Fire Lord, Optimus will have defeated Megatron, we will have control of the Fire Nation capital, and this war will be over!" Everyone immediately cheered for Hakoda, except for Sokka, who still looked downcast.
Afterward, everybody geared up. Katara waterbended water into her pouch, Toph put on a wrist guard and a Dai Lee like hat,
Hakoda put on his armor, Appa had his armor put on him, the Autobots charged their weapons, and Aang shaved his head.
Meanwhile, Zuko stood near his bed, removing the pin that fastened his crown and allowing his hair to fall back. He then removed his armor and set it on his bed before walking to a table and starting writing a letter.
While that was going on, Sokka just stood on a cliff, looking down at his Water Tribe headgear, when Aang flew up to him with his new glider.
"We've been looking everywhere for you," Aang said. "The boats are ready to leave."
"I messed up Aang," Sokka said, still disappointed with himself.
"What?" Aang asked, slightly confused.
"The invasion plan was my moment of truth, and I completely flopped it," Sokka answered. "I just fell apart." Aang then walked up and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Sokka, that speech wasn't your moment of truth," Aang explained. "That was just public speaking and nobody's really good at that."
"My dad and Optimus are," Sokka responded. "They explained the plan perfectly and inspired everyone, like a real leader should."
"Look, your moment of truth isn't going to be in front of some map," Aang said before pointing to the horizon. "It's going to be out there, on the battlefield."
"You seem so confident about everything," Sokka said to his friend. "How do you know we're going to win?"
"Because I already failed the world once at Ba Sing Se," Aang answered. "I won't let myself fail again."
Meanwhile, Starscream walked up to Azula's throne to ensure that the plans were in motion for Megatron's downfall.
"Megatron will no doubt be in his throne room overseeing the invasion, and Optimus will likely try to attack him during the invasion," Starscream explained. "So I need you to sneak up behind him AFTER his fight with Optimus is finished and shoot him with your lightning bending."
"I don't need to be explained things like I'm a small child Starscream," Azula coldly replied. "I'm more than capable of doing this little task you require me to do."
"Of course you are..." Starscream muttered under his breath. "Just be ready after the eclipse is over." With that, the seeker walked out of the room, cursing the princess under his breath.
Back with the invasion force, the five ships, containing the humans and the other Autobots, as well as Seaspray, were sailing at sea while Omega Supreme hovered over them in his ship mode. Bato looked into the horizon with his telescope and saw a statue of Firelord Azulon.
"There they are," Bato said. "The Great Gates of Azulon."
"But I don't see any gates," Warpath said. All that was there was the statue as well as two Predacon dragons to the left and right of the statue of Azulon.
"Waterbenders, provide us some cover," Optimus commanded. With that, Katara and the swampbenders started bending a fog cover big enough to cover the ships and Omega Supreme.
"Keep it up, we're almost through," Hakoda said, but then an alarm blarred as nets were deployed from the dragons' mouths and attatched to Azulon's hands, allowing two nets to block the boats from the Fire Nation. Then the dragons breathed fire at the nets, setting them on fire as Cybertronian turrets were deployed from the bases of the statues. Sokka looked at the sight in disbelief as Fire Nation speed boats which contained firebenders and Vehicons, sped to the boats and the turrets opened fire on the Water Tribe boats.
"Seaspray, buy us some time!" Optimus commanded.
"You got it boss!" Seaspray gargled as he sped to the boats and opened fire while trying to dodge fire blasts and laser fire.
"Omega, take out the turrets!" Optimus commanded the giant Autobot. "Keep an eye out for my signal!"
"YOUR VOICE: HEARD," the titanic guardian said as the turrets in his ship mode opened fire at the turrets.
"Everyone else, below deck, quickly!" Optimus commanded as everyone on the boats went below deck.
"Let's hope Jackie's invention works," Bulkhead mumbled as he went below deck. Once everyone was below deck, Seaspray went underwater as the speed boats approached the Water Tribe boats and the firebenders boarded the boats, but much to their shock, no one was there.
Underwater, five submarines slipped by the gates with Appa swimming beside them with an air bubble over his head and Seaspray in his robot mode swimming beside him. Unknown to the firebenders and the Cons, the invasion force boarded five submarines built into the ships and detatched them.
"You really outdone yourself this time son," Hakoda said to Sokka.
"Yeah, congratulations Sokka," Toph remarked sarcastically, about to throw up. "You managed to make a worse way of travel than flying and driving." She started to gag before The Duke took off his helmet and offered it to Toph.
"Helmet?" he asked before Toph grabbed it and threw up in it.
"Well I just came up with the idea, The Mechanist and Wheeljack did all the work," Sokka said.
"Maybe, but it was YOUR idea to use waterbending to make the subs sink and float," Wheeljack said, motioning to Katara and Hue waterbending the subs into motion.
"Though your designs were a bit difficult to decipher," The Mechanist said as he pulled out a drawing of a whale with people inside it in a cartoonish style.
"With the limited materials though, there was one problem we couldn't fix," Perceptor explained. "The subs have only a limited oxygen supply, so you'll need to surface for air before we land on the beaches."
Meanwhile, Ming was delivering a tray of food to Iroh's cell.
"Lunchtime General Iroh," she said before kneeling down and whispering. "And this time, I brought you an extra bowl of rice."
"Thank you Ming," Iroh responded. "Your little gestures of kindness had made my days in prison bearable." He then looked at her, slightly concerned. "I think you should take the rest of the day off."
"What?" Ming asked, slightly confused.
"You don't look well," Iroh responded. "Maybe you should go home and rest."
"No, I feel fine," Ming replied.
"Trust me, it is better that you are not here this afternoon," Iroh said, rather seriously. Ming responded by nodding and reluctantly leaving the room.
While that was going on, the subs had resurfaced and everyone was getting ready for when they landed in the Fire Nation. The Duke was washing his helmet after Toph had vomited in it while The Boulder and The Hippo were stretching. Meanwhile, the four kids met with each other.
"So, this is it huh?" Aang asked.
"Are you ready for the Fire Nation to know that the Avatar's alive?" Sokka asked.
"I'm ready," Aang responded with determination. Sokka then grasped his arm, wishing him luck, before the Gaang and Momo gathered around for a group hug.
"I hope you kick some serious Firelord butt Twinkle Toes," Toph remarked before Hakoda came up.
"Everyone, listen up," he commanded. "The next time we resurface, it'll be on the beaches. So stay alert and fight smart. Now break time's over, back in the subs." Toph and Sokka walked back inside while Aang and Katara stayed and stared at each other before looking away. They both tried to speek.
"You go first," Aang said.
"We've been through so many things together and I've seen you grow up so much," Katara said. Aang couldn't help but blush slightly. "You're not that little goofy kid I found in the iceberg anymore. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I'm really proud of you."
"Everything is going to b different after today, isn't it?" Aang asked.
"Yes, it is," Katara answered.
"What if...what if I don't come back?" Aang asked with slight uncertainty.
"Aang, don't say that," Katara replied. "Of course you'll-" Aang suddenly cut her short, much to the surprise of Katara, with a kiss. After a few seconds, they parted and Katara blushed slightly as she looked awat sadly. aang then deployed his glider and flew off as Katara watched him go.
"Katara, what are you doing?" Sokka asked which snapped Katara out of her dazed mood. "It's time to submerge."
"What? Right, I'm on it," Katara responded as she went inside the sub.
While that was going on, Optimus looked upon the sight on the sub next to their sub when Prowl walked to him.
"You seem so confident Optimus," he said. "How do you know we'll win?"
"I don't Prowl," Optimus answered. "No one can predict the future. However, if we don't do this, we'll risk the lives of millions when Sozin's Comet arrives. That's a risk that I am not willing to take."
"I understand Optimus," Prowl responded before he went back in the sub. Optimus looked towards the horizon for a few seconds before walking back into the sub.
At the same time that was going on, Zuko walked inside Mai's house with his cloak on, holding the letter he had written, before looking at a picture of him and Mai together for a few seconds, then looked away.
"I'm sorry Mai," Zuko said as he placed the letter on the pillow of Mai's bed.
Meanwhile, Aang was flying to the Fire Natikon when he hears his stomach growling. He then pulled the handle to allow peanuts to fall into his mouth.
"Whadya know? It did come in handy," Aang said after eating the peanuts.
While that was going on, Hakoda raised a periscope to look at the surface and saw that the beach was close by.
"Everyone in position," he ordered. "Earthbenders, into your tanks. This is going to be a rough ride." Toph and the other earthbenders got into positionn as the subs approached the gate. An alarm sounded as various battlements shot harpoons at the subs, but Powerglide and Breakaway shot out of their sub and shot at the battlements, taking them out one by one. The subs then swam to some sealed holes in the walls.
"Ready the torpedo," Hakoda ordered as a torpedo encased in ice is loaded by two engineers. "Launch!" Hue then waterbended the torpedoes so they could be shot from the subs and destroy the gratings on the wall. The subs then went through the holes as everyone gets into position to attack. The subs then resurfaced and swam to the beach where a platoon lead by Blitzwing and Astrotrain were waiting.
"Assume positions!" Astrotrain ordered as the firebenders and Vehicons there got ready to attack. The subs then landed on shore and their bases retracted.
"Alright guys, let's go BLAM! zing em!" Warpath yelled as he and everyone else ran out of the subs, emitting battle crys, and with caterpillar tanks beside them.
"ATTACK!" Blitzwing yelled as the platoon ran in to attack the invasion force.
Meanwhile, Megatron was sitting on his throne in the underground Decepticon base, watching the invasion, smirking with his sharp teeth showing, thinking he has things under his control.
Back with the invasion force, the chaos had begun. Projectiles were thrown left and right from the battlements, multiple Water Tribe and Earth Kingdom soldiers clashed with firebenders and the Autobots were shooting down Vehicons. Powerglide and Breakaway in the meantime were shooting down the battlements, but only two Cybertronian jets wern't enough to take out dozens of battlements, so a truck loaded with rocks made its way through the battlefield, releasing three rocks which Toph, The Boulder and The Hippo used to earthbend at a battlement, destroying it in the process. Blitzwing tried shooting the truck by transforming into his tank mode, but Warpath came in in his own tank mode and shot at him.
"Hey, Blitzwing, TANK YOU!" Warpath joked before laughing at his own joke as Blitzwing turned back to his robot mode and fell back.
"Release the tanks!" he commanded before a group of Fire Nation tanks, as well as Vehicons who took the form of said tanks, made their way to the battlefield, shooting at their enemies, but they couldn't stop the caterpillar tanks from crushing a battlement and two Vehicon tanks. More tanks then came in from behind the invasion force when a group of Vehicon tanks surround Cliffjumper, who was surprisingly smirking at his situation.
"You smell what the Cliff is cookin!?" he yelled before replacing his hands with cannons and shot at all the Vehicons with ease, destroying them instantly.
"Nice one Cliff!" Jazz complimented as he kicked down a Vehicon.
"You know what they say Jazz, 'Mess with the Cliff and you get the horns!'" Cliffjumper responded before shooting at more Vehicons. Meanwhile, two of the swampbenders spot a Fire Nation tank coming at them and react by bending water from a truck and use it to slam the sides of the tank causing it to spin uncontrollably and crash into another tank.
"We're a man down!" Tho said as he noticed one of them was missing. "Where in tarnation is Hue!?" They then use waterbending to hurtle a sreaming Vehicon into the water when suddenly a swamp monster comes from the water, blocking the attacks from the firebender tanks, then uses an enlongated arm to rip a Vehicon into pieces and then grabbed a tank and hurled it into a battlement, then Due started surprisingly waving to the monster.
"Hey Hue!" Due said. "Where you been?" Then a hole appeared in the middle of the body, revealing that Hue was inside, controling the monster.
"Communing with nature," Hue answered. "Takes a while to collect this much seaweed." He didn't have time for more small talk with his fellow swampbenders though as he quickly covered his face before a fire blast hit him. Then more firebenders came to the battlefield on komodo rhinos, launching catapults attached to the creatures' backs. Two rhinos then moved in to Sunstreaker who was busy taking out Vehicons and the firebenders on the rhinos threw chains to each other, then used them to trip Sunstreaker and cause him to fall. A Vehicon was ready to finish him off, pointing a laser cannon at him when Sideswipe came in and shot a hole in his spark, then tossed him at an incoming tank Vehicon.
"Need a hand bro?" Sideswipe asked his twin before grabbing his hand and helping him up. The other soldiers on the rhinos in the meantime were charging at Sokka and the Water Tribe soldiers. Sokka went up to one and used his energon sword to slice the soldier's spear in half, then jumped up and kicked the soldier off the rhino, taking control of it, when he spots a group of soldiers surrounding Hakoda.
"Dad, look out!" Sokka shouted. Hakoda immediately responded by blocking a fire blast with his shield as a soldier charged at him with a spear, to which Hakoda blocked, but then a soldier knocked his shield from him. He then got his own spear and knocked the soldier's spear from him and grabbed it. Now with two spears, he uses his weapons to knock away the other soldiers and jumped onto Sokka's rhino when a group of tank Vehicons surrounded him. Then Optimus came in and sliced them with his sword.
"Omega Supreme, now!" Optimus commanded into his comlink before a loud transforming sound was heard and Omega Supreme walked onto the battlefield.
"OMEGA: ACTIVATED," he said as he got his right hand ready. "POWER: OPTIMAL." His giant fingers then spun as energy was produced in his right hand. "MISSION: DESTROY DECEPTICONS." His hand then fired a powerful beam which obliterated any Decepticon that came in contact with it.
Meanwhile, Megatron observed the sight from a monitor in his throne room, but rather than acting concerned, he smirked sinisterly instead.
"I have been anticipating your arrival, guardian," Megatron said before turning to Soundwave. "Soundwave, activate the energon cannon!" Soundwave nodded in response and started typing on his console.
Back at the battlefield, Omega was busy blasting Decepticons to Kingdom Come when, from the gate to the Fire Nation capital, a large cannon was being deployed. Omega aimed his hand at it, but was too late as the cannon let out a powerful purple beam of energy at Omega's legs, causing him to collapse into the battlefield, crushing a few Vehicons and soldiers.
"Omega!" Optimus yelled in concern as Ratchet and Wheeljack ran up to him.
"SITUATION: CRITICAL," Omega reported. "CANNOT, CONTINUE."
"Ratchet, Wheeljack, tend to Omega's injuries," Optimus commanded. "Prowl, Cliffjumper, Bumblebee, ensure no firebender or Decepticon can endanger the process."
"Yes sir," Prowl said as he and the other Bots went up to Omega and Optimus went back to slicing Vehicons, when Powerglide and Breakaway were shot down by jet Vehicons, allowing the battlements on the walls to proceed with their onslaught, destroying a truck and a caterpillar tank, as well as taking out Hue's seaweed monster.
"Sokka, we've got to take out those battlements," Hakoda said as he looked at the above situation. "It's our only chance." Sokka looked up to the battlements when he suddenly thought of something.
"I've got an idea," he said before he, Hakoda and Katara got on Appa and flew off with Warpath beside them flying with his jetpack. Sokka then gets out his energon sword and sliced a projectile from a battlement, then Hakoda uses two grenades to destroy another, then Warpath uses his chest cannon to blow up another one, and finally Katara breaks a barrel full of water attached to the side of Appa and bends the water into another battlement, then instantly freezes it. Appa and Warpath then land between two battlements and the three humans dismount off of Appa.
"You three take out that battlement," Hakoda orders while pointing to the battlement on the right. "I've got this one. Watch each other's backs." He then runs towards his battlement while the siblings and Warpath ran to theirs. Warpath then blasted the door to the battlement and Katara immediately freezes the guards inside with waterbending before Sokka climbed the ladder and destroys the catapult with his sword. The trio quickly run out of the battlement before it exploded just in time to see Hakoda enter his battlement through the roof with his club. A fight ensued before something exploded and Hakoda audiably grunted in pain. Katara, Sokka and Warpath impatiently waited for Hakoda to leave the battlement for a few seconds before Hakoda opened the door, holding his side and moaning, staggering a few steps before collapsing.
"Dad!?" Katara exclaimed before she, Sokka and Warpath went up to Hakoda to check on his condition.
"Dad!" Sokka yelled with concern for his father's well being.
While that was going on, Sokka was kneeling in front of a picture of his missing mother, Ursa.
"I know I've made some bad choices," he said to the picture. "But today, I'm going to set things right." With that, he grabbed his two broadswords and backpack before looking at his mother's portrait one last time, threw on his cloak, and walked away.
Back at the battlefield, Appa landed away from the ensuing battle as Hakoda, Sokka and Katara dismounted to the ground. Sokka laid his wounded father on the ground before Katara waterbended from her pouch and attempted to heal Hakoda's wound.
"How does that feel Dad?" Katara asked.
"A...a little better," Hakoda said weakly before attempting to sit back up. "I need...to get back...to the troops." The pain was too much however as he started moaning in agony.
"You're hurt badly," Katara said. "You can't fight anymore."
"Everyone's counting on me...to lead this mission Katara," Hakoda responded. "I won't let them down." He tried to get up before falling back to the ground in pain.
"Can't you heal him any faster?" Sokka asked his sister.
"I'm doing everything I can," Katara answered before going back to healing his father. Sokka just closed his eyes, thinking about the situation when he came to a bold decision.
"I'll do it," was all he said.
"No offence Sokka but you're not exactly Mr. Healing Hands," Katara responded, thinking that's what Sokka ment.
"No," Sokka replied before standing up. "I'll lead the invasion force."
"Don't be crazy Sokka," Katara said.
"Maybe I am a little crazy but the eclipse is about to start and we need to be up that volcano by the time it does," Sokka replied.
"You can do this," Hakoda said to his son, believing in him. "I'm proud of you son."
"I still think you're crazy, but I'm proud of you too," Katara said to her brother, who smiled encouragingly before putting his head gear on and mounting Appa.
"Yip yip," he said to the sky bison, who grunted and soared to the sky.
The chaos in the battlefield had only escalated as tanks were either destroyed or encased in ice and Vehicon body parts were everywhere, but the projectiles kept on coming. Then Appa landed in front of a Vehicon, using his horns to knock him back. Sokka then dismounted Appa and raised his voice.
"Listen up everyone!" Sokka said to the invasion force who stopped and listened to what Sokka had to say. "I want the tanks in wedge formation! Warriors, Autobots and benders in the middle!" With that, the soldiers, tanks and Autobots went into action. "We're taking that tower and heading for the royal palace!" Once the tanks were in wedge formation, Warpath came up to Sokka and transformed into his tank mode.
"Then climb aboard Sokka and hold on tight! They don't call me 'Warpath' cause I'm gentle!" Warpath said as Sokka climbed onto Warpath and went inside.
"CHARGE!" the rookie bot shouted as he started moving in full speed to the tower.
Meanwhile, Aang had made it to the city as he landed on the roof of a house, but much to his surprise, the streets were empty.
"That's strange," Aang said as he jumped from the roof and ran to the palace, blasting the doors open with his airbending.
"The Avatar is back!" he declared, but was shocked to see that the palace was empty too. "Hello? Anybody home?"
Back with the invasion force, the firebenders and Vehicons were starting to fall back when they couldn't hold off the incoming tanks that were pressing forward to the entrance to the capital city. Warpath then blasted a hole in a wall, allowing the invasion to press forward.
"The Fire Nation is falling back!" Tyro declared as the invasion pressed forward and Sokka opened the hatch on Warpath's tank mode, observing what was going on.
"Sokka, we're on our way to victory!" Bato declared.
Meanwhile, Aang airbended through the drapery to the throne room, but much to his shock and disbelief, no one was there. Not even Ozai. Aang just fell to the ground in disbelief.
"No...no no NO!" he shouted. "Firelord Ozai, WHERE ARE YOU!?"
*QUE AVATAR ENDING THEME*