DAMN I'M QUICK NOW AREN'T I? FOUR CHAPTERS IN THE COURSE OF THREE DAYS. HOWEVER, I THINK I MAY NEED ANOTHER BREAK BEFORE I CONTINUE THIS STORY. REST ASSURED THOUGH, IT WILL LIKELY BE A SMALL ONE. ANYWAY, AS ALWAYS, TRANSFORMERS IS OWNED BY HASBRO AND AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER IS OWNED BY NICKELODEON
Transformers: Avatar Chronicles
Chapter 16: The Western Air Temple
It had been a while since the failed invasion of the Fire Nation, and the Gaang, along with Appa, Powerglide, Warpath, Haru, Teo and The Duke were walking through a rocky wasteland with the Sun blazing above their heads. Most of them had their heads bowed down dejectedly.
"This is humiliating," Katara said, finally breaking the scilence.
"What's humiliating?" Powerglide asked. "Getting our exhaust ports royally kicked or having to walk all the way to the Western Air Temple?"
"Both," Katara answered.
"Sorry guys, but Appa gets tired carrying all these people," Aang explained.
"I wonder how the rest of the troops are?" Teo asked.
"Probably on their way to a prison right now," Warpath responded.
"Seems like my dad just got out," Haru admitted. "Now he's going back in."
"I miss Pipsqueak," The Duke said.
"I miss not having blisters on my feet," Sokka joked in a dry manner.
"What are blisters?" Powerglide asked. Before Sokka could answer, Toph sensed something that gave her a relieved grin on her face.
"Hey, we're here!" she reported. "I can feel it!" However, the group stopped at the edge of a cliff, not seeing any temples.
"I think your feet need to get their optics checked Toph," Warpath remarked.
"No, she's right," Aang said which stunned the group. "We are here." Unknown to everyone except Aang and Toph, the temple was built upside down, underneeth the cliff.
"Wow, it's amazing!" Toph complimented.
Meanwhile, a rope descended and Zuko climbed down it, landing on the surface of the temple floor. He looked upon the
sight of the temple as he remembers when he and his uncle went here in search of the Avatar a week after his banishment.
"What a stunning view," Iroh said.
"The only view I'm interested in seeing is the Avatar in chains," Zuko dryly responded with a bandage placed on the scarred side of his face, for it had only been a week after Ozai and Zuko's Agni Kai.
"You know, the Avatar hasn't been seen for a hundred years," Iroh explained. "The chances of finding him here are very slim."
"First, we'll check each of the air temples," Zuko said with great determination. "Then we'll scour the world, searching even the most remote locations until we find him."
"Prince Zuko, it's only been a week since your banishment," Iroh said with great concern for his nephew. "You should take some time to heal and rest."
"What else would I expect to hear from the laziest man in the Fire Nation!?" Zuko replied, raising his voice. Iroh's reaction was to just look down and sigh in defeat, then walk away.
"The only way to regain my honor is to find the Avatar, so I will," Zuko added.
Zuko's flashback was cut short when a light blue blur came in and took him.
Back with the group, the Gaang and the Bots were observing the foundation of the temple.
"It's so different from the Northern Air Temple," Teo said. "I wonder if there are any secret rooms."
"Let's go check it out," Haru said as he, The Duke and Teo enthusiastically join them. Aang was about to join them when he was blocked by Katara holding his staff.
"You guys go," Katara said as she rested a hand on Aang's shoulder. "I think we need to talk about some things."
"I'll race you Duke," Haru said, much to the annoyance of THE Duke.
"I told you, it's THE Duke," he corrected as they followed Teo who was rolling away in his wheelchair while Aang felt dissapointed that he couldn't join them.
"Why can't I go?" Aang asked.
"We need to decide what we're gonna do now," Katara answered rather seriously. "And since you;re the Avatar, maybe you should be a part of it." Aang hesitantly walked back to the rest of the group, setting his glider against a rock and sat down, crossing his arms.
"Fair enough," he bluntly replied. "So, what's the new plan?"
"Well, if you ask me, the new plan is the OLD plan," Sokka answered. "You just need to master all four elements, and confront the Fire Lord before the comet comes."
"Oh, yeah, that's great," Aang sarcastically responded before picking up a pepple and tossing it to the air nonchalantly. "No problem, I'll just do that."
"Aang, no one said it's gonna be easy," Katara said.
"Well, it's not even gonna be possible!" Aang shouted. "Where am I suppose to find a firebending teacher?"
"He does have a point," Powerglide responded. "Last I checked those hot heads hated us." Katara thought to herself while that was going on and came up with an idea.
"We could look for Jeong Jeong," Katara suggested.
"Yeah right, like we'll ever run into Jeong Jeong again," Aang bluntly responded.
"Who's..." Toph started to ask since she didn't know who this Jeong Jeong was. "Oh never mind. If it's important I'll find out." With that, Aang got up and grabbed his glider.
"Oh well, guess we can't come up with anything," he said. "Why don't we just take a nice tour around the temple?" He then proceeded to run off the cliff with his glider unfolded and flew off with Momo beside him.
"This kid speaks my language," Powerglide said before transforming and flying after Aang, leaving Katara, Sokka, Toph and Warpath.
"What's up with him?" Toph asked.
"There's gotta be somebody who can teach him firebending," Sokka said.
In an isolated area of the temple, the blue blur from earlier dropped Zuko and revealed itself to be the Autobot 'Blurr.'
"What was that for Zippy!?" Zuko asked which earned him a scowl from Blurr.
"FirstOfAllHuman, TheName'sNotZippy!" Blurr responded with unbelievable speed. "AsAMatterOfFact, IDon'tBelieveI'veMetAnotherBotNamed- -Zippy, SoOneCanOnlyAssumeThatYouCameUpWithZippyInRefferan ceToMySpeedWhichMayBeTechnicallyAcurate, ButLacksACertain- -Creativity." Zuko just looked up at Blurr, gawking in disbelief.
"Uhhhh..." was all he could say for now.
"MoreToThePoint, TheName'sBlurr," Blurr continued. "I'mAnAutobotIntelliganceAgentSlashMemberOfTheElie teGuardSentToThisPlanetAfterA- -SpaceBridgeExplosion. AfterScourgingThePlanetIFoundMyColleguesGettingAmb ushedByDecepticonsAtTheGate, DecepticonsInTheAir, DecepticonsOnTheWall, DcepticonsDecepticonsDecepticons! IfWeShootEmOutTheAirThenThey'reStillAtTheWall, IfWeShootEmOffTheWallThey'reStillAtTheGate, SoWHereDoesThatLeadUs, Nowhere! That'sWhere! SoWeTookShelterInThisVeryStrangeTemple, IDon'tBelieveI'veEverSeeATempleBuiltUpsi-"
"SHUT UP!" Zuko shouted with his hands in his ears, to which Blurr glared at him. "Uh, I mean, could you repeat the last part?"
"WhichLastPart?" Blurr asked.
"Everything after 'The Name's not Zippy,'" Zuko answered before Blurr got a transmission.
"Blur, come in," said a gruff voice that symbolized authority through the comlink.
"YesSirYesSir, IHaveTheIntruderWi-" Blurr began before being interupted.
"Never mind that, we have a group of intruders that just arrived here," the voice replied. "Bring the human with you, he may know who they are."
"GotIt! OkayHumanComeWithMe!" Blurr said before grabbing Zuko, despite his protests, and speeding off.
Meanwhile, Aang was flying through the temples with Powerglide beside them as Appa, with the rest of the kids, and Warpath flew towards them.
"Aang, can we talk about you learning firebending now!?" Katara asked Aang, who feigns deaf.
"What!? The wind is too loud in my ears!" he replied. "Check out this loop!" He then maneuvers his glider into a perfect loop.
"That's nothing, watch this!" Powerglide said as he did the same loop, but barrel rolling at the same time as well.
"Aang, I think we should be making some plans about our future!" Sokka suggested as Appa, Warpath, Powerglide and Aang landed on a platorm.
"Okay, we can do that while I show you the giant Pai Sho table," Aang responded excitedly. "Oh, you're gonna love the all-day echo chamber!"
"I think that'll have to wait," Toph relied rather seriously as she points behind her as Appa moved aside to reveal Blurr, along with four other bots with him, weapons drawn, while Blur was holding Zuko. The Gaang reacted in shock as they saw their old rival and got in a battle stance, but Powerglide and Warpath gasped in disbelief and immediately saluted to the tallest bot of the bunch.
"What are you doing?" Aang asked, confused.
"Kids, meet the second in command of the Autobots, Ultra Magnus," Warpath answered. Magnus, seeing that there were Autobots with the intruders, lowered his giant hammer.
"Autobots, lower your weapons," he ordered his four allies. Blurr, along with the other three Bots, 'Arcee,' 'Smokescreen,' and 'Springer,' responded by doing just that.
"Who are you, and what are you doing with Warpath and Powerglide?" Arcee asked, wanting to get to the point.
"My name's Aang, and I'm the Avatar," Aang responded.
"Didn't you get Optimus' message?" Powerglide asked, which immediately got the attention of all five of the Bots.
"Didn't get WHO'S message?" Springer asked in disbelief.
"Optimus is alive?" Smokescreen asked.
"Yeah, why?" Warpath asked. "Didn't you get his distress call?"
"No, OurCommunicationsWereMostlyDisabledWhenWeGotHereWi thTheExceptionOfShortRangeComlinks," Blurr replied, to which caused the kids' mouths to drop to the floor.
"What was it he was trying to send?" Ultra Magnus asked.
"The Decepticons allied themselves with a powerful human faction known as the Fire Nation," Warpath explained.
"That would explain the humans that shot fire at us when they saw us," Smokescreen remarked.
"But Optimus has allied himself with a group of humans that shared his belief in freedom, and had the strength and talents to end both their war and ours," Powerglide continued.
"Where is this group of humans?" Ultra Magnus asked.
"You're looking right at em, sir!" Warpath answered, motioning to the four kids.
"Hi," Aang said while smiling and waving nervously at Ultra Magnus.
"They seem rather...small," Ultra Magnus said. "How exactly are they capable of acomplishing such feats?"
"They can control this world's natural elements to their advantage," Powerglide answered while Katara, Aang and Toph each demonstrated their talents while Magnus and his troops watched in awe.
"Wow..." Smokescreen said.
"Not bad," Arcee said with a smirk.
"Then where is Optimus?" Ultra Magnus asked. Upon being asked that question, the group lowered their heads in sadness.
"He got captured by the Decepticons, along with every other Autobot that was with him except me and Powerglide," Warpath answered.
"You let Optimus get captured!?" Arcee asked while glaring at the group.
"He let himself get captured," Aang responded.
"What happened?" Ultra Magnus asked.
"The reason Optimus sent the distress signal was to alert the Autobots of the eclipse that happened a few hours ago," Powerglide answered. "The eclipse rendered the firebenders powerless for eight minutes, and we planed out an invasion of the Fire Nation, but they were ready. The Firelord was nowhere to be found during the eclipse and once it was over, the Cons had Devastator, Bruticus and Abominus go after the invasion force. Optimus volunteered himself along with the other Autobots and the adult humans to stay behind while Warpath and I helped the kids get to safety, and now, here we are."
"I see..." Ultra Magnus responded with his head down.
"But there is some good news," Warpath added. "During the invasion, Megatron somehow was killed."
"Well, that is good news," Springer replied. "Now the Cons are leaderless."
"Not exactly Springer," Powerglide replied. "Now that bucket head bit the dust, Starscream's taken control."
"No doubt that son of a glitch was somehow responsible for Megatron's demise," Arcee responded before hearing Katara clearing her throat.
"Alright, now that we've met, I have one question: What is HE doing here!?" Katara asked, obviously reffering to Zuko.
"YouKnowThisGuy?" Blurr asked.
"Unfortunately," Sokka coldly responded before Blurr set him down, the Gaang now back in their battle stances. Then Appa proceeded to lick Zuko, much to his disgust, and to Aang's confusion.
"I know you all must be surprised to see me," Zuko said.
"Not really, since you've followed us around the world," Sokka bluntly replied.
"Right...Well, uh...anyway," Zuko replied, visibly uncomfortable. "What I wanted to tell you is that I've changed, and I uh, I'm good now. And, well, I think I should join your group. Oh! And I can teach firebending...to you." Aang just lowered his staff while a baffled Katara kept her eyes on Zuko in case he tried anything.
"You want to WHAT now!?" Toph asked while Sokka just stood there, dumbfounded. Smokescreen was about to say something when Ultra Magnus placed his hammer in front of him, gesturing his head to say 'no.'
"This is THEIR situation, not ours', let them handle it their way," Magnus commanded.
"You can't possibly think that ANY of us would trust you, can you!?" Katara bluntly said to Zuko. "I mean, how stupid do you think we are!?"
"Yeah, all you've ever done is try to hunt us down and capture Aang!" Sokka added.
"I've done some good things!" Zuko argued. "I mean, I could've stolen your bison in Ba Sing Se, but I set him free! That's something." Appa then proceeded to lick him again.
"Appa does seem to like him," Toph said.
"He probably just covered himself in honey or something so that Appa would lick him," Sokka replied before swiping his arms aside in a 'no' gesture. "I'm not buying it."
"I can understand why you don't trust me, and I know I've made some mistakes in the past," Zuko said before looking to the side in shame.
"Like when you attacked our village?" Sokka reminded him.
"Or when you stole my mother's necklace and used it to track us down and capture us?" Katara added with her fists clentched.
"Look, I admit I've done some awful things," Zuko admited as he lowered his head and pressed a palm against his temple. "I was wrong to try and capture you, and I'm sorry that I attacked the Water Tribe, and I never should have sent that assassin after you. I'm gonna try and stop him." The Gaang clearly wasn't pleased, but the last two sentences made their eyes widden in shock.
"Wait, YOU sent Dreadwing after us!?" Warpath yelled, which confused Zuko since he never even knew who Dreadwing is.
"What?" he asked. "Who's Dreadwing?"
"That giant freak attacked us at Piando's house and nearly killed us!" Toph said as she pointed a finger accusingly at Zuko.
"Why aren't you saying anything?" Zuko asked Aang, who looked down to the side, pondering. "You once said you thought we could be good friends. You know I have good in me." Aang just remained in deep thought, not saying a word, then looked to his friends. Sokka just shook his head at Aang while Katara, Toph, Powerglide and Warpath remained still. Aang then looked back at Zuko, reaching his decision.
"There's no way we can trust you after everything you've done," he said, which caused Zuko's eyes to widen in shock. "We'll never let you join us."
"You need to get out of here, now," Katara said.
"I'm trying to explain that I'm not that person anymore!" Zuko said, frustrated and starts walking towards them, when Warpath, without warning, stepped in with his chest cannon charged.
"Get out of here and don't come back!" Katara shouted, giving Zuko one last chance to leave. "And if we ever see you again...well, we'd better not see you again!" Zuko just closed his eyes in defeat as he starts walking away in shame.
"Well, now that that's over with, I say we should get better aquainted with each other," Smokescreen suggested, trying to ease the tension.
Zuko in the meantime made camp in a forest close to the temple. Needless to say he was quite frustrated.
"Argh! I can't believe how STUPID I am!" he exclaimed. "I am! I mean, what was I thinking!?" He then placed his hand on his forehead in frstration. "Telling them I sent an assasin after them!? Why didn't I just say Azula did that!? They would have believed that! STUPID!"
Back with the group, the kids and the Bots were standing near the doors of a chamber, discussing what just happened.
"Why would he try to fool us like that?" Katara asked while walking into the chamber.
"Obviously, he wants to lead us into some kind of trap," Sokka answered.
"This is just like when we were in prison together in Ba Sing Se," Katara added before her, Sokka and Toph readied sleeping bags while Aang held a jar. "He starts talking about his mother, and making it seem like he's an actual human being with feelings."
"Just like how Starscream would try and earn someone's trust," Arcee said.
"Yeah, one minute he'll tell us a sob story about how Megatron abuses him, then BAM! he strikes," Warpath added.
"The thing is though, with Zuko, it worked," Katara admited. "I did feel sorry for him. I felt like he was really confused and hurt."
"But when the time came, he betrayed you," Springer said.
"And we paied the price," Katara added. "We can't trust him."
"I kind of have a confession to make," Aang said which got everyone's attention. "Katara, Sokka, remember when you two were sick and I got captured by Zhao?"
"And you made us suck on frozen frogs!?" Sokka replied in an outraged manner. "How could I forget!? I had a wart on the flap that hangs down from the back of my throat for a month!"
"Sokka, I looked at it and told you there was nothing there!" Katara said, visibly annoyed.
"I could feel it!" Sokka argued. "It's MY throatal flap!"
"Anyway, when Zhao chained me up, it was ZUKO who came in and got me out," Aang continued. "He risked his life to save me." Katara then stepped forward, obviously not believing what Aang just said.
"No way, I'm sure he only did it so he could capture you himself," Katara argued.
"Yeah, face it Aang, you're nothing but a big prize to him," Sokka added.
"You're probably right," Aang admitted.
"And what was all that crazy stuff about setting Appa free!?" Katara asked. "What a liar."
"Actually, he wasn't lying," Toph said, which got everyone's attention.
"Well whoop-de-doo, at least we can't add animal cruelty to the list," Powerglide sarcastically remarked.
"I'm just saying that considering his messed up family, and how he was raised, he could've truned out a lot worse," Toph replied with a slight bit of empathy.
"So you're saying we should give him a fraggin medal for not being as much of a jackass as he could have been?" Springer remarked.
"All I know is that while he was talking to us, he was sincere," Toph replied. "Maybe, you're all just letting your hurt feelings keep you from thinking clearly."
"Easy for you to say!" Katara responded. "You weren't there when he attacked us with pirates!"
"Or when he burned down Kyoshi Island!" Sokka added with his fists clentched.
"Or when he tried to capture me at the fire temple!" Aang added.
"Why would you even TRY to defend him!?" Katara asked, her anger for Zuko growing.
"Because Katara, you're all ignoring one crucial fact," Toph answered before she repeatedly jabs her finger on Aang's chest. "Aang needs a firebending teacher. We can't think of a SINGLE person in the world for the job. Now one shows up on a silver platter and you won't even think about it!?"
"I'm not having Zuko as my firebending teacher," Aang responded, which turned Toph's look from anger to shock.
"You're darn right you're not buddy," Sokka added.
"Well, then I guess that's settled," Katara said with her arms crossed.
"Be that as it may, we should still bring him here," Ultra Magnus said, which visibly shocked everyone.
"Why would you even think of that!?" Sokka yelled, which earned him a glare from Ultra Magnus, which visibly scared him. "Uh...sir."
"Imagine if your assumptions are correct Aang, Katara and Sokka, and he is still with the Fire Nation," Ultra Magnus explained. "What's to stop him from reporting our location to Starscream and having the Decepticon armada after us?"
"...Never thought about that actually," Sokka admitted.
"I hate to go looking for a fight, but Magnus is right," Aang said, disappointingly. "I don't think we have a choice."
"Maybe we should just invite him back here," Smokescreen suggested. "He already offered himself up as a prisoner once."
"Yeah...get to him and say he'll be our prisoner, then we'll jump him and REALLY make him our prisoner!" Sokka said. "He'll never suspect it!"
"You are a master of surprise Sokka," Katara sarcastically remarked.
Unknown to them however, Dreadwing stood upon a ledge, glaring at the team and prepped himself to fire his gattling gun, when he felt a fire blast from behind. He then turned to see Zuko there, taking a battle stance. Dreadwing then growled at his attacker and grabbed him before tossing him towards the group.
The group were about to depart when the heard someone screaming and suddenly Zuko flew to Toph and knocked her down. The group were about to attack him when Zuko saw Dreadwing coming up to the group.
"Behind you!" Zuko said. When they turned, Dreadwing swatted them away and the Bots got their weapons ready.
"Dreadwing!" everyone except Zuko exclaimed as they got ready to strike.
"More Autobots?" Dreadwing asked. "Good...that means more for me to slaughter in the name of my brother..."
"Dreadwing, listen to me!" Ultra Magnus demanded. "There's more to Skyquake's death than you know!" Dreadwing however didn't listen as he charged at Ultra Magnus, but Magnus reacted in time with a swing of his hammer and knocked him out.
"Smokescreen, ready a cortical psychic patch," Ultra Magnus ordered, to which the other Bots were shocked about.
"May I ask why sir?" Springer asked.
"There was more to the death of Dreadwing's twin than he knows," Ultra Magnus answered. "Powerglide, Warpath, you two stay with the humans. The rest of you, with me." He then took Dreadwing's body to an isolated location while his troops followed. Zuko then stood up and aproached the Gaang.
"I can't believe I'm saying this...but thanks Zuko," Aang said, still in shock that he came back to try and save them from Dreadwing.
"Listen, I know I didn't explain myself very well," Zuko said. "I've been through a lot in the past few years, and it's been hard. But I'm realizing that I had to go through all those things to learn the truth. I thought I had lost my honor, and that somehow my father could return it to me. But I know now that no one can give you your honor. It's something you earn for yourself, by choosing to do what's right. All I want now is to play my part in ending this war. And I know my destiny is to help you restore balance to the world." This time, Aang believed Zuko's words.
"As much as I believe your words Zuko, I still need to ask my friends if it's okay if you join us," Aang said. "Toph, what do you think?" After a few seconds Toph came to a conclusion.
"Go ahead and let him join," she said.
"Sokka?" Aang asked. Sokka just shrugged before giving his response.
"Hey, all I want to do is defeat the Firelord and Starscream," Sokka answered. "If you think this is the way to do it, then I'm all for it."
"Powerglide?" Aang asked the aerialbot.
"Eh, go ahead," Powerglide responded.
"Katara?" Aang asked. It took a bit more time for her to come with an answer, as Zuko waited anxiously for it, before she finally gave her conclusion.
"I'll go with whatever YOU think is right," Katara said to Aang, who smiled at Katara.
"Warpath?" Aang asked the rookie Bot. It was just him now, and frankly, he didn't trust Zuko one bit. However, the plan was for Aang to learn firebending, and it seems like Zuko was the only option.
"Fine," Warpath answered dryly.
"I won't let you down, I promise!" Zuko responded excitedly. With that, the group walked away.
Meanwhile, Dreadwing awoke in the Sea of Rust, where a massive battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons took place. Dreadwing's optics widened when he saw someone who looked almost exactly like him except with a green and red paint job.
"Skyquake!?" Dreadwing exclaimed. His twin could not hear him however, as he sneaked up to Optimus Prime and got his sword out.
"For the glory of Megatron!" Skyquake shouted ad he charged at Optimus, who reacted by kicking him to a collapsing wall, which tumbled onto him, killing him instantly. Dreadwing's optics widened in shock, watching his twin's demise as everything turned to black.
"What is the meaning of this!?" Dreadwing exclaimed before Ultra Magnus walked to him. Out of rage, Dreadwing got out his sword and charged at him, only for him to go through Magnus, much to his surprise.
"Where am I?" the seeker asked.
"This is my mind Dreadwing," Ultra Magnus answered. "These are my memories."
"Impossible, unless," Dreadwing responded before peacing together the pieces of the puzzle. "A cortical psychic patch?"
"Correct," Ultra Magnus responded.
"Why did you do bring me here Magnus?" Dreadwing asked.
"As I said, there was more to Skyquake's death than you knew Dreadwing," Ultra Magnus answered. "His death was mearely an unfortunate consequence of war, and he died honorably, as a warrior." Dreadwing just looked down, taking Magnus' words in.
"But then the Decepticons disgraced his honorable death," Ultra Magnus continued before they were again at the Sea of Rust, and Dreadwing saw Megatron walking to Skyquake's corpse with a dark energon crystal. "Dark Energon was rumored to revive the dead, so Megatron wanted to test that." What Dreadwing saw next consumed his face with horror. Megatron proceeded to jab the crystal into Skyquake's spark, and Skyquake started to glow a dark purple before standing up in a very zombie like fasion. Then everything went black again and Dreadwing fell to his knees, gasping in disbelief.
"Release me..." Dreadwing said after a few seconds.
"Dreadwing, please, join with the Autobots and end this meaningless conflict," Ultra Magnus said before Dreadwing rose upward.
"Betraying my kind does not mean accepting yours," Dreadwing responded. "I will follow my own path, allied to no one...so I ask again...release me."
"Very well then," Ultra Magnus said before the psychic patch was disconnected.
Meanwhile, Sokka was showing Zuko to his room in the temple.
"So here you go, home sweet home...I guess, you know, for now," Sokka said, still not believing that this was happening "Uh...welcome aboard?" Zuko turned ans smiled slightly before Sokka turned and walked out of Zuko's room.
"Okay, this is really, really wierd," he said as he walked off.
Katara in the meantime was walking to Zuko's room. She didn't trust him one bit and was going to give him his only warning, when Warpath blocked her way.
"Let me guess, you're going to tell me to lay off Zuko too?" Katara bluntly asked.
"Frag no..." Warpath responded, not in is usual energetic, positive mood which surprised Katara. "Let me handle this." Katara just nodded, not wanting to get in his way and walked away.
Zuko meanwhile was unpacking when he pulled out a small picture of Iroh and started to have another flashback.
"If I have to, I will spend the rest of my life hunting the Avatar," Zuko said as he stood on the platform of the temple. "I know it's my destiny to capture him." Iroh then walked up and placed a hand on his nephew's shoulder.
"You know Prince Zuko, destiny is a funny thing," he said. "You never know how things are going to work out. But if you keep an open mind and an open heart, I promise you will find your own destiny someday."
Zuko smiled slightly, remembering his uncle's words before he heard heavy footsteps and turned to see Warpath entering his room. Zuko was about to say something when Warpath interrupted him.
"I don't care that you somehow got the others believing your 'transformation,'" Warpath said in a more rugged and venomous voice than usual before he walked to Zuko. "I've seen Bots back on Cybertron that convinced us that they fight for us, but in the end, they ended up stabbing us in the back. So I'm only going to give you one warning. Just ONE slip up, ONE step backwards, give me just ONE reason you might hurt my friends, and you and your 'destiny' go...kapowie." With that, Warpath leaves an intimidated Zuko to take those words in.
Meanwhile, Dreadwing stood on the edge of a cliff as a thunderstorm raged on and yelled to the heavens in anger.
*QUE AVATAR ENDING THEME*