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Transformers: Avatar Chronicles
Chapter 19: The Boiling Rock part 2
Once all the prisoners were out of Astrotrain and the situation involving Chit Sang was taken care of, Shockwave walked up to them with two Vehicons behind him.
"Line them up for the warden!" one of the guards ordered as all of the prisoners, including Hakoda, Bumblebee and Ironhide walked into a straight line in front of Shockwave while multiple guards surrounded the prisoners. Meanwhile, Sokka rushed up to get a better look and to confirm that his father was there. He felt relieved when he found that his assumptions were correct.
"Dad..." he said to himself as he rushed from the stairs and nudged aside some of the guards. "Excuse me, coming through. The Warden wants me over there, sorry." Once he was close enough, Shockwave walked toward the prisoners.
"Welcome to the Boiling Rock," he said. "I am confident that you have heard horrible rumors of this facility. I assure you, they do not have to be true, so long as you obey me." He then noticed that Hakoda was not looking at him.
"Look at the warden when he is talking!" one of the Vehicons ordered.
"No," was all Hakoda said before the Vehicon walked to him, but then Shockwave motioned him to stop.
"Do nothing," he ordered. "The flesh creature wants to look at my feet, so take a look." He then grabbed Hakoda and forced his head to the floor. Sokka could only look at the scene and gasp in shock.
"I know exactly who you are, Hakoda of the Water Tribe," Shockwave coldly stated to Hakoda, who was still on the ground. "Quite strong willed for a human. Not to worry, I will take care of that in time." With that, he then started walking back to where he was, only for Ironhide to tilt his foot to the side, causing Shockwave to trip and fall to the ground. Sokka snickered at the sight while two Vehicons went to Shockwave's aid, only for him to shove them aside as Shockwave got up himself.
"Get these prisoners out of my sight," Shockwave ordered as he walked back inside the prison while the guards forced the prisoners inside.
*QUE TRANSFORMERS PRIME OPENING THEME*
After being placed in his cell, Hakoda just sat down on the mattress, when suddenly the door opened and Sokka walked inside. Again though, like Suki, he assumed that he was just another guard.
"Thank goodness you're okay," Sokka said before Hakoda suddenly jumped out of his mattress and got into an attack position.
"If you take one step closer you'll see just how 'okay' I am," he threatened.
"Dad, it's me," Sokka said as he lifted the visor. Hakoda, now knowing it was his son, lowered his arms and teared up, smiling to him.
"Sokka, my son," he said as he ran to hug Sokka.
"You know Sokka, you should be more careful with that guard outfit on," Hakoda warned to his son. "I almost punched you in the gut."
"Yeah, I ran into that problem earlier," Sokka responded as he rubbed his neck.
Meanwhile, Bumblebee and Ironhide were placed in a cell specifically built for Autobot prisoners when the door opened and Warpath walked inside. Fortunately, Warpath was much easier to identify due to the giant cannon on his chest.
"W-warpath!?" Ironhide exclaimed silently.
"(What are you doing here?)" Bumblebee beeped.
"Long story short, Sokka's here to try and see if his dad was here and spring him out. I came with," Warpath answered.
"So where's Bato?" Sokka asked his father back in their cell. "Where's everyone else from the invasion?"
"The others are being held at a prison near the Fire Nation palace," Hakoda answered. "They singled me out as their leader and sent me here. The other Autobots should be there too, except Optimus. I don't know where he is, but they said he's still out there. But before I left I met some young women who said they knew you. The Yoshinama Fighters?"
"You mean the Kyoshi Warriors?" Sokka asked.
"That's right," Hakoda answered.
"Their leader Suki is here and she's gonna escape with us," Sokka responded.
"Good, we'll need all the help we can get," Hakoda replied as he laied a hand on his son's shoulder.
"Also, Warpath is here too," Sokka added. "He's over at Bumblebee and Ironhide's cell. Oh, and you know Prince Zuko?"
"The Fire Lord's son?" Ironhide asked as Warpath explained to them what was going on.
"Yeah, he's with us too," Warpath answered.
"(Wait, he's WITH you?)" Bumblebee asked, not believing what Warpath just said.
"Yeah, I know, I could hardly believe it too," Warpath responded. "After all the kids told me about him, I didn't trust him one bit, but tell you guys the truth, he's actually proven himself and we never would have found you guys without him."
"So do you guys have an escape plan?" Ironhide asked.
"Well, we HAD one, but some of the other inmates came in and fragged everything," Warpath responded, secretly cursing Chit Sang under his breath. "I don't know if there's another way out of this island."
"Come on buddy, no prison can hold three Autobots," Ironhide replied as he placed a hand on Warpath's shoulder.
While that was going on, Chit Sang was immediately placed into the interrogation room, strapped to a metal chair, when the door opened and Shockwave slowly walked inside.
"Comfortable Chit Sang?" Shockwave asked.
"If you're trying to get me to talk, forget it, I'm not a squealer," Chit Sang immediately replied as Shockwave walked around him.
"I have not made any attempt to make you talk Chit Sang," Shockwave corrected. "I merely asked if you were comfortable."
"Well...yeah," Chit Sang admitted as he smiled. "Actually I am pretty comfortable." That of course didn't last as Shockwave proceeded to kick the back of the chair, causing it to fall and for Chit Sang's head to slam against the floor.
"Still comfortable?" Shockwave asked as Chit Sang groaned in pain.
"No..." Chit Sang weakly responded.
"And as for your previous statement, I have many ways to make you 'squeal,'" Shockwave added, which caused a chill to run up Chit Sang's spine as the door closed.
Meanwhile, Warpath, after making sure no one was following him, walked up to Zuko's cell door and whispered into the opening.
"Zuko, you in there?" Warpath asked.
"I'm here," Zuko replied from inside the cell.
"I got done talking with the Autobots and Sokka got done talking to his dad," Warpath stated. "We all came up with an escape plan together, but I needed to confirm one last thing."
"I'm all ears," Zuko replied when Warpath siddenly heard two Vehicons walk up to him.
"You there," one of them said which immediately got Warpath's attention. "What are you doing here?"
"I-I was just telling this fleshling what I thought of him and the rest of his kind!" Warpath answered, shouting the last few words at the door.
"Frankly I wouldn't mind if you continued, but we need him," the other Vehicon responded. "We have orders straight from Shockwave."
"Well can't I just have thirty seconds to rough him up?" Warpath asked. The response he got was for both Vehicons to chuckle in amusement.
"I like this kid," the second Vehicon said to his companion. "Alright, thirty seconds." Once he heard that, Warpath immediately entered Zuko's cell.
"Take that! And this!" Warpath shouted from inside the cell.
Inside the cell, Warpath kept punching the wall to stimulate a fight going on while Zuko pretended to grunt in pain with each of Warpath's punches.
"Suki told me you told her of this 'Inmate Zero' kept in Shockwave's lab," Warpath whispered with each punch.
"Yeah, what of it?" Zuko asked.
"What do you think it is?" Warpath asked.
"I'm not sure," Zuko answered. "Whoever it was appeared to be forzen so I couldn't get a good look. All I know is that he's big and has red eyes."
"Sounds like a really tough Autobot the Cons caught, perfect," Warpath responded.
"Why's that?" Zuko asked.
"The plan's gonna need a BIG distraction," Warpath answered when the Vehicons suddenly opened the door. Once he saw them, Warpath suddenly tackled Sokka to the ground, making sure he didn't hurt him, before the Vehicons forced him off him.
"Yeesh kid, don't you think that's enough?" the first Vehicon asked as the other one grabbed Zuko and dragged him away.
"What are you doing?" Zuko asked. "Where are you taking me!?"
Zuko was then dragged to the interrigation room before beeing tossed into the chair in the center. The Vehicons then shut the door.
"I didn't do anything wrong!" Zuko exclaimed. Suddenly, he heard the one voice that he had hopped he didn't have to hear.
"Come on Zuko, we all know that's a lie," Mai said as she walked out of the shadows, glaring at Zuko.
"Mai..." Zuko said as his eyes widdened in shock.
Back with Chit Sang, after enduring an hour of torture, he was bruised and cut to where he was barely containing the truth from Shockwave. Said Decepticon then motioned to a Vehicon to give him a needle filled with a glowing orange liquid.
"Wh-what is that?" Chit Sang asked as Shockwave grabbed the needle and flicked the tip of it, walking to Chit Sang.
"This is a finalized version of the Extremis steriod," Shockwave answered as he forced Chit Sang's arm down. "I have finally conducted a formula that will not cause the test subject to turn to ashes. However, the painful beginning process could not be reversed, and you have seen what happened when I injected the drug into my test subjects." Chit Sang's eyes then widened in horror as the needle inched closer to his arm.
"I'm giving you one last chance Chit Sang, tell me who conducted that little escape plan, or suffer the consequences," Shockwave warned.
"O-okay! Okay!" Chit Sang replied. "There was someone else that was with me on the plan. It's a Con, disguised as a Con, only he's not a Con. He's the mastermind. he came up with the plan."
"Thank you for your cooperation," Shockwave coldly said as he grabbed Chit Sang and dragged him out of the room.
Back with Zuko, Mai just looked down at Zuko, still glaring at him while Zuko hung his head in shame, still sitting down on the chair.
"How did you know I was here?" Zuko asked.
"Because I though I knew you so well," Mai harshly answered before unscrolling a letter in front of Zuko. "But the truth is, I guess I don't know you at all. All I get is a letter? You could have at least looked me in the eye when you ripped out my heart."
"I didn't mean to-" Zuko started, trying to explain what was going on, but Mai immediately interupted him.
"You didn't mean to?" Mai harshly asked before walking behind Zuko, reading his letter. "'Dear Mai, I'm sorry that you have to find out this way, but I'm leaving.'"
"STOP!" Zuko shouted, which immediately caused Mai to stop. "This isn't about you, this is about the Fire Nation!"
"Thanks Zuko, that makes me feel all better," Mai sarcastically yet angerly responded before tossing the letter at Zuko's head.
"Mai, I never wanted to hurt you," Zuko said as he stood up to face her. "But I have to do this to save my country."
"Save it?" Mai asked. "You're betraying your country."
"Look at what happened to the Fire Nation when these giant freaks showed up!" Zuko said. "I thought my father alone was tainting my country's honor, but since Megatron arrived, the Decepticons have made things worse than ever! You said it yourself before I left. You didn't trust them either." Mai could only just look to the side, sulkily, but knowing that she did say those words.
Meanwhile, Suki was readying herself for the plan, practicing her fighting moves, when Warpath walked into the door.
"Warpath, what's going on?" Suki asked.
"We don't have much time," Warpath said as he kneeled down to Suki's level. "We're escaping today."
"How?" Suki asked.
"I noticed that there was a gondola that goes to and from the prison," Warpath explained. "They must use that when anyone arrives using a zeppelin. We'll use that to escape."
"What?" Suki asked, slightly confused.
"Sokka, Hakoda, the other Bots and I came up with a plan together," Warpath explained. "We're gonna commandeer the gondola and use that to escape."
"We'll never make it onto the gondola," Suki responded. "There's too many guards."
"Hakoda thought about that," Warpath explained further. "He said we'll need a distraction. That's why Sokka and I are gonna go into Shockwave's lab and free this 'Inmate Zero,' and hopefully convince him to go on a rampage."
"Okay, let's say by some miracle this all works and we make it on the gondola. Shockwave will just cut the lines," Suki replied, still sceptical.
"Shockwave will likely be too busy trying to contain Inmate Zero," Warpath explained. "Besides, Bee's a great shot, so he'll shoot anyone who comes close to the lines." Suki then nodded once, accepting the plan before Warpath sneaked out of Suki's cell, only for two Vehicons to spot him.
"Hey, you!" one of them shouted, which caused Warpath to freeze immediately. "The warden wants to see you."
"Oh, uh, maybe I could schedule another time with him?" Warpath asked. "Maybe tomorrow? Okay, thanks guys." He then tried to run off before the Vehicons grabbed him and dragged him away.
Outside, Shockwave observed a line of Vehicons standing in front of the him, ones that clearly turned into different forms, when Warpath was forced into the scene and beside the guard farthest to Shockwave's right.
"One of you is an imposter who underestimated me," Shockwave stated as Chit Sang walked beside him.
'Frag, frag, frag, frag, frag!' Warpath thought, thinking his cover was blown.
"Said imposter will now know that their futile attempts are illogical," Shockwave continued before turning to Chit Sang. "Who is it?" Chit Sang then pointed to, thankfully, one of the Vehicons. The same Vehicon that gave him a hard time in the courtyard.
"What!?" the Vehicon exclaimed as he grabbed Chit Sang by the shirt before he was dragged away while Chit Sang raised his hands nonchalantly. "Shockwave, he's lying! You gotta believe me!"
"Send him to the interrogation room," Shockwave ordered as he walked inside while Warpath breathed a sigh of relief.
Once in the interrogation room, Shockwave simply paced in front the Vehicon, strapped to the chair and surrounded by guards, while he kept begging for Shockwave to believe him.
"I'm telling you, it wasn't me!" the Vehicon exclaimed.
"Everything points to you Number 24601," Shockwave explained coldly. "You threw Chit Sang in the very cooler they used to escape. Clever, but highly illogical."
"What!? That was a coincidence!" Number 24601 exclaimed before a guard walked to Shockwave.
"Shockwave, there's someone to see you," he said before Shockwave turned to face him.
"Who gave you orders to interrupt my interrigation?" Shockwave coldly asked, before every human guard bowed to who was at the door: Princess Azula, with Ty-Lee beside her.
"I did," Azula coldly stated.
"Ah, Princess Azula," Shockwave said as Azula and Ty-Lee walked into the room. "It is an honor to to welcome you to the Fire Nation's most exemplary prison. I did not expect your arrival."
"Who is this?" Azula asked, obviously reffering to Number 24601.
"A Vehicon who was involved in a reacent feeble escape attempt," Shockwave answered.
"It wasn't me!" Number 24601 exclaimed as Azula observed him.
"You're wasting your time," Azula stated before she headed for the door. "He's innocent."
"How do you know?" Shockwave asked.
"Because I'm what we call a 'people person,'" Azula said as she walked out of the room.
After being dismissed, Warpath walked up to the door to Shockwave's lab where Sokka was waiting.
"Where have you been?" Sokka asked.
"Long story," Warpath responded before he opened the doors to the lab. Sokka tried his best not to scream when he saw the horrific sight that is Shockwave's lab as he walked to the cryogenically frozen Inmate Zero.
"Let's hope this works," Sokka said as Warpath flipped the switch and the ice surrounding the inmate started to slowly melt, and Warpath's optics slowly widen in horror as who Inmate Zero truly was was reveiled before him.
"Sokka, we better run," Warpath said.
"But what about negotiating him to-" Sokka began before Warpath interrupted him.
"Trust me, we don't need to actually tell him to go on a rampage," Warpath said. "Now let's, ZOOM! get the slag outta here!" With that, the duo ran out of the room and the doors closed behind them. A few seconds later, the door was bashed off and a large Cybertronian started walking through the steam. Slowly, it was revealed that Inmate Zero was the Dinobot leader know as 'Grimlock,' and he was seathing with rage.
"Shock...wave..." he growled as he started running down the hallway with his fire sword in hand.
"WARNING, INMATE ZERO HAS ESCAPED!" the intercom blasted. "SUBJECT IS PRONE TO VIOLENT OUTBURSTS! PROCEED WITH CAUTION!"
Once Shockwave received the news, he was not pleased. Though his face did not show so, his movements clearly indicated as such. Azula and Ty-Lee, who were walking beside him, immediately noticed when he crarged his cannon arm and started walking away.
"Where are you going?" Ty-Lee asked.
"I'm going to do what I should have done a long time ago," Shockwave coldly responded.
Meanwhile, Mai and Zuko could feel rumbling as a guard ran to Mai.
"Ma'am, Inmate Zero has escaped," he stated. "I'm here to protect you."
"I don't need any protection," Mai responded.
"Hah, believe me, she doesn't," Zuko remarked.
"I'm sorry, but I-," the guard started before Zuko immediately firebended the guards feet and rushed out of the room. The guard attempted to shield Mai.
"Get off of me!" Mai ordered as she shoved the guard aside before she noticed that Zuko had shut and locked the door, locking her inside. Zuko took the time to gaze into Mai's tear filled eyes before he ran off.
Meanwhile, after meeting up with Sokka and Warpath, Zuko helped them get Hakoda, Suki, Ironhide and Bumblebee out of their cells before they started running to the gondola.
While that was going on, Grimlock was going ballistic, slashing and smashing Vehicons left and right, when he noticed footsteps from behind him. He turned to see Shockwave, advancing to him with his cannon charged.
"I should have terminated you when I had the chance you insignificant beast," Shockwave growled as Grimlock grabbed his sword.
"Time to die Shockwave!" Grimlock yelled as he charged at the scientist. Shockwave immediately fired a charged blast from his cannon, but the Dinobot was quick to react as ge grabbed his shield and blocked the projectile before bashing Shockwave's head with it, which did push him back a few steps. Shockwave then used his cannon arm to try and bash Grimlock back, but Grimlock immediately grabbed the cannon and punched Shockwave in his metal gut repeatedly before lifting him up by his cannon arm and tossing him to the wall. Grimlock then got his sword and charged again, but Shockwave was quick to act as he kicked Grimlock in the face, then grabbed his head and bashed it against the wall. Grimlock was on the ground when Shockwave pointed his cannon arm at him.
"Had enough?" he asked coldly.
"You...wish..." Grimlock growled as he got up and punched Shockwave in the face.
Back with the group, they were closer and closer to the gondola, not encountering any resistance since they were busy trying to take out Grimlock.
"We're almost there," Suki stated as they made it to the gondola, not knowing that a lone Vehicon in a guard tower spotted them and activated his comlink.
"Sir, there's a group of prisoners at the gondola," he reported. "I believe they may be trying to escape."
Shockwave meanwhile was tossed to a wall by Grimlock when he recieved the report.
"Repeat transmission," he weakly said.
"A group of prisoners may be trying to escape using the gondola," the Vehicon repeated. Shockwave then immediately got up, hiding his rage, before noticing Grimlock charging at him. He then fired a charged blast from his cannon to blast Grimlock into a wall before he was buried in rubble. Vehicons then surrounded the scene before Shockwave ran off. A few seconds later, the pile or rubble exploded and revealed Grimlock, now in his Cybertronian T-Rex form, roaring and blasting fire
from his mouth, incinerating all in its path.
"SHOCKWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE!" he roared in anger as he charged off, still in his T-Rex form.
Shockwave meanwhile lifted up a panel from his cannon arm as he ran through the hallways and pressed a few buttons.
Back in Shockwave's lab, six test tubes opened to reveal six firebender prisoners with cracks all over their bodies which were glowing a hellish orange, as well as with large computer-chip like objects that controlled their minds. They then awakened from their slumber and ran off to their objective.
Meanwhile, with the group, Suki opened the gondola door and motioned for everyone to get inside.
"Everyone in," she said as she boarded the gondola. Then Sokka, Zuko, Hakoda, Ironhide and Bumblebee ran inside while Warpath pulled the lever down, allowing the gondola to advance to the other side. Warpath then kicked the lever off, making it impossible for the gondola to stop before he jumped up to the gondola and grabbed on to the roof. Ironhide then came up and helped him up.
"What are you doing?" Sokka asked.
"I'm making it so they can't stop us," Warpath answered.
"Way to think ahead," Sokka replied.
"We're on our way," Suki said, but then something on the platform caught Hakoda's eye.
"Wait, who are they?" he asked. Everyone then rushed up and much to their horror, it was Azula, Ty-Lee and Shockwave, with six Extremis prisoners surrounding Azula.
"That's a problem," Zuko responded. "It looks like Shockwave perfected his Extremis steroid. And to make matters worse, that's my sister and her friend with them." Azula then motioned to Shockwave, who pressed a few buttons, commanding the Extremis soldiers to start firebending with their hands to the ground, and their enhanced firebending propelled them to the top of the gondola. Then, Azula got out a pair of handcuffs and used the same technique to propel herself to the wires, locking the handcuff to the wire before she firebended off one hand while holding onto the cuff with another, sliding her across the wire while Ty-Lee jumped to the wires and started running across them.
"This is a rematch I've been waiting for," Suki stated.
"Me too," Zuko added before the group, minus Hakoda and Bumblebee, went up to the roof where the soldiers surrounded them as Azula and Ty-Lee jumped to the roof, Azula facing Zuko while Ty-Lee faced Suki. Everyone got in an attack position, staring each other down before Azula made the first move, firebending with her feet towards Zuko. Zuko immediately blocked the firebending before an Extremis soldier firebended to Sokka, who immediately dodged the flame and got his energon sword out, easily cutting the soldier's arm off, but the soldier appeared unphased, with a wicked smirk on his face, much to Sokka's shock, as the soldier punched his face, sending him back a few steps and leaving a burn mark on his face. The soldier was about to attack again when suddenly...
"KABLAM!" Warpath shouted as his chest cannon blasted the soldier to ashes.
"Thanks Warpath!" Sokka said as he went to assist Zuko.
"Don't mention it buddy!" Warpath replied as he moved on to a second soldier. Meanwhile, Suki charged at Ty-Lee and tried to punch her, but Ty-Lee was quick to act, for she blocked the attack and attempted to use her chi-blocking to get the drop on her. Fortunately, Suki was able to block the attack as she continued to try and punch her while Ty-Lee kept trying to chi-block Suki. Then Ty-Lee suddenly flipped away and went through the inside of the gondola and to the other side of the roof, behind Suki. She attempted to chi-bock her, but Suki was quick to dodge it and their fight continued.
Meanwhile, two Extremis soldiers advanced towards Ironhide, who got his liquid nitrogen hose ready and sprayed them down with with it, immediately freezing them. Ironhide then smirked to himself before another soldier fired a blast at it, damaging it much to Ironhide's surprise. The soldier was about to finish him off before Suki noticed and punched Ty-Lee aside and kicked the soldier off the gondola and into the boiling lake, which killed him instantly. Ironhide then gave Suki a smirk before he moved on to the next soldier.
Back with Zuko, Sokka and Azula, Azula kept firing at Zuko, but he keeps blocking it with his firebending. Sokka then ran up with his glowing energon sword and tried swinging it at Azula, but the princess ducked down in time and retaliated with a fire blast, to which Zuko immediately blocked and responded with a fire blast of his own. Azula easily dodged it and smirked to herself, but her smirk immediately turned to a look of shock as Sokka tried to stab her with his sword. Azula responded by moving back before Zuko firebended at his sister's feet. She responded by jumping and landed on the endge of the roof in a push up position, balancing herself with only her hands, before moving her legs across her body and firebending out of them. Zuko and Sokka responded by moving to the side, not knowing that the blast had blasted a soldier in the chest, killing him.
The last soldier advanced toward Suki, firebending at her constantly, when Sokka took notice and swung his sword at his neck, decapitating him and killing him instantly. Suki and Sokka then exchanged a look before Sokka went back to assist Zuko.
Back with Shockwave, he noticed that all six of his Extremis soldiers were killed easily. Shocked and angered, he called for a squad of guards to come in and activated the console in his cannon arm to try and activate a ground bridge, when a knife came in and damaged the console, much to Shockwave's dismay. He and the other guards turned around, and to their shock, the culprit was Mai.
"What are you doing!?" Shockwave asked.
"Saving the jerk who dumpped me," Mai dully responded before the area behind her exploded and Grimlock, in his T-Rex form, charged out of it and roared at Shockwave.
"Shockwave...you're finished!" Grimlock growled.
"Kill the traitor!" Shockwave ordered the guards. "I'll handle Grimlock!" The guards then advanced to Mai and firebended at her, only for Mai to smirk and get out two knives, throwing them at the guards and pinning them to the wall. Grimlock meanwhile transformed into his robot mode and tackled Shockwave to the ground, only for the scientist to kick him off of him and start shooting at him. While that was going on, Mai was sliding across the ground, taking out more and more guards with her knives, before dodging Grimlock's body flying right at her. Grimlock then immediately got up, only for Shockwave to punch him to the ground again.
Back at the gondola, the noise distracted everyone as they turned to see what was going on.
"Who is that!?" Sokka asked while Zuko just watched in shock.
"It's Mai!" Zuko exclaimed. Azula on the other hand was no so much shocked as she was furious that her friend was betraying her.
"What is she doing!?" she muttered before she activated a comlink in her ear. "Astrotrain." With that, Astrotrain flew in and opened his doors before Azula and Ty-Lee jumped inside. Azula gave a death glare to Zuko before closing the doors and before Astrotrain flew to the scene. Then the gondola reached the station and opened its doors before the group ran out of the gondola.
"Okay, we made it, now what?" Warpath asked. Then he noticed that Zuko had stopped in his tracks, thinking.
"Zuko, what are you doing?" Sokka asked.
"My sister was on that island," Zuko stated.
"Yeah, and she's likely right behind us, now let's go!" Ironhide responded.
"What I mean is she must have come here somehow," Zuko corrected as he ran to the edge of the rocks and spotted Azula's airship docked at the shore. "There, that's our way out of here."
Back at the island, Grimlock was pinned down to the ground by Shockwave and his cannon arm was pointed straight at his head.
"Time to die you worthless abomination," Shockwave growled as his cannon starts charging up.
"I...am not an abomination...I...AM...KING!" Grimlock roared as he bashed Shockwave's eye, cracking it. The scientist then exclaimed in pain and gets up off of Grimlock, allowing him to turn into his T-Rex mode and use his tail to bash Shockwave over the edge, causing him to fall into the boiling lake. Grimlock then roared into the sky and turned back into his robot mode, before jumping toward the cliff on the other side, using boosters on his feet to help him reach it. He then climbed up to the top and ran off.
Meanwhile, Astrotrain landed next to Mai, who was being held by her shoulders by two guards. The doors then opened, and a furious Azula walked out with a frightened Ty-Lee behind her.
"Leave us alone," Azula ordered. The guards responded by letting go of Mai before bowing and walking off. Mai said nothing as Azula glared at her.
"I never expected this from you," Azula stated as Ty-Lee looked back and forth at Azula and Mai, her mind running rampant over what to do. "The thing I don't understand is why. Why would you do it? You know the consequences."
"I guess you just don't know people as well as you think you do," Mai responded, unintimidated. "You miscalculated. I love Zuko, more than I fear you." Then, Azula snapped.
"No, you miscalculated!" she shouted. "You should have feared me more!" Azula then got ready to lightningbend while Mai got a stiletto out. Azula then stepped forward, ready to end her former friend's life, when Ty-Lee came in and jabbed Azula in the back, paralyzing her and causing her to fall to the ground, gasping and with a look of pure shock. Ty-Lee then ran up to a stunned Mai.
"Come on, let's get out of here!" Ty-Lee said, but she was too late, as a squad of Vehicons and guards surrounded them, the Vehicons' weapons drawn out while two guards helped Azula up.
"You're both fools!" Azula exclaimed as the guards held onto her.
"Your orders Princess?" one of the Vehicons asked.
"Put them somewhere I'll never have to see their faces again, and let them rot!" Azula commanded in anger.
While that was going on, Shockwave emerged slowly from the boiling lake, weakly walking to the building, yet fuming with anger from the inside.
"This isn't over Grimlock," he muttered as he walked inside.
Later that night, the rest of the group were shocked to see a zeppelin landing at the Western Air Temple, and even more shocked to see Zuko, Sokka and Warpath walk out of it.
"What are you doing in this thing?" Ultra Magnus asked.
"What happened to the war balloon?" Katara asked.
"It kind of got destroyed," Zuko answered.
"Sounds like a crazy fishing trip," Smokescreen remarked.
"Did you at least get some good meat?" Toph asked.
"We did," Sokka answered. "The best meat of all. The meat of friendship and fatherhood." He then moved aside and the rest of the group were in shock to see Suki, Hakoda, Ironhide and Bumblebee walk out of the ship.
"Dad!" Katara exclaimed with tears in her eyes as she ran to her father and hugged him.
"Hi Katara," Hakoda happily said to her daughter.
"Ironhide!" Toph exclaimed as she ran up to hug her Autobot companion's leg.
"Hey kiddo," Ironhide softly said to his earthbending friend.
"How are you here?" Katara asked her father before turning to Sokka. "What's going on? Where did you go?"
"We...kind of went to a Fire Nation prison," Sokka responded to which Zuko and Warpath nodded in response before Sokka joined his sister to hug their father.
At the middle of the ocean, Cyclonus flew over the spot where Megatron was released into the sea and immediately plunged downward until he reached the ground and transformed. He then looked down at Megatron's corpse before he got out the dark energon crystal he found.
"Hail Megatron!" Cyclonus shouted before he plunged the crystal into Megatron's spark. Slowly but surely, his paint turned from a dark grey to a dark purple, similar to the color of the crystal while curved horns grew from his shoulders and two horns grew from the side of his head. His optics then shot open, now purple as opposed to red, as memories of his last moments came to him before shooting a death glare.
*QUE AVATAR ENDING THEME*