WOW. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE IT TO SOZIN'S COMET. I HONESTLY THOUGHT THIS STORY WOULD PROBABLY CRASH AND BURN BEFOREHAND BUT THANKS TO YOUR KIND WORDS AND SUPPORT FOR THIS STORY, I WAS ABLE TO PRESS ON. ANYWAY, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO WRITE THE FINALE, AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT YOU'RE GONNA LIKE WHAT I HAVE IN STORE. THAT SAID, AS ALWAYS, TRANSFORMERS IS OWNED BY HASBRO AND AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER IS OWNED BY NICKELODEON.
BTW, IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW, THE TRANSFORMERS PRIME MOVIE PREDACONS RISING HAS BEEN LEAKED EARLY AND I SUGGEST YOU SEE IT BEFORE IT'S POSSIBLY TAKEN DOWN
Transformers: Avatar Chronicles
Chapter 22: Sozin's Comet Part 1
On Ember Island, in front of Fire Lord Ozai's beach house, Aang was busy practicing his firebending while the rest of the Gaang, as well as their new ally Mai, Smokescreen and Warpath were watching. Aang appeared to be doing decently, but Zuko thought otherwise, for he was standing beside Aang, observing Aang with his arms crossed sternly.
"More ferocious!" Zuko commanded. Aang then tried to firebend with more ferocity and with an intense look of concentration in his eyes.
"Imagine striking through your opponent's heart," Zuko added.
"Ugh! I'm trying!" Aang responded in an aggitated manner as he stopped firebending.
"Now let me hear you roar like a tiger-dillo!" Zuko instructed. Aang then responded by stretching his arms and roared, but it was rather pathetic as it was soft and only weak streams of fire came out from his palm and mouth. He then grinned sheepishly at his failed attempt.
"That sounded pathetic!" Zuko lashed out. "I said roar!" Aang then tried again, this time with more ferocity as larger flames came from his palms and mouth. Momo, out of fear, hid behind Zuko's leg, while Zuko nodded in approval.
"Is he always like this?" Smokescreen asked Mai.
"Not always," Mai responded while shrugging. Katara then grabbed two sliced watermelons with straws in them.
"Who wants a nice, cool glass of watermelon juice?" she asked. This immediately got Aang's attention as he began to run to Katara.
"Oooh, oooh, me me me!" he responded before Zuko came and grabbed Aang by the back of his robes.
"Hey! Your lesson's not over yet, get back here!" Zuko commanded despite Aang's protests.
"Come on Zuko," Suki said as Sokka sat beside her and drank some of the watermelon juice. "Just take a break. What's the big deal?"
"Fine..." Zuko responded as he released Aang, who didn't hesitate to run up to the others. "If you want to lounge around like a bunch of snail-sloths all day, then go ahead!" With that, he turned and walked away in anger.
"I'll go talk to him..." Mai dryly said as she got up and followed Zuko.
"Maybe Zuko's right," Sokka said. "Sitting around the house has made us pretty lazy. But I know just the thing to change that." With that, he got up and excitedly removed his outer coat.
"Beach party!" he declared.
*QUE TRANSFORMERS PRIME OPENING THEME*
Needless to say, they were having a blast. Katara was busy surfing in the ocean with an ice block she waterbended, Suki was Sun bathing on a towel while watching Sokka was carrying seaweed in his arms to a different location, and Aang was with Smokescreen constructing a sand sculpture of Appa.
"Check out our Appa sand sculpture," Aang said as the real Appa grunted at the sight.
"Not bad, but I've been working on my sandbending," Toph said as she stretched and cracked her fingers. "You're gonna love this." With one step, an area of sand immediately turned to a miniature replica of Ba Sing Se. Smokescreen just whistled in an impressed manner while Aang walked towards it, scruntinsing the details.
"Wow, you even made a little Earth King and Bosco," Aang said, also impressed with Toph's sandbending skills.
Sokka meanwhile was busy with a sand sculpture as well. Aang, Toph and Smokescreen walked up to the sight.
"Try and top that Sokka," Toph dared while Sokka finished up his sculpture.
"Ta-da!" Sokka said as he revealed his sand sculpture, which looked like a blubbering blob monster.
"Is that a...blubbering blob monster?" Aang asked. Told ya.
"No!" Sokka said as he stompped the ground defensively. "It's Suki!" That revelation caused Aang and Toph's jaws to drop in shock while Smokescreen fell to the ground, laughing.
"Oh ha-ha, very funny Smokescreen," Sokka sarcastically said. "Let's see you do better."
"Frankly Sokka, I think I can do a better sculpture with my optics closed and by hands tied to my back," Smokescreen remarked.
"Suki, we'll all understand if you break up with him after this," Toph added, trying to surpress her laughter.
"I think it's sweet," Suki responded, to which Sokka ran up to his girlfriend and grabbed Suki by the shoulders, kissing her cheek.
"But it doesn't even look like-" Aang began before a blast of fire hit the sand sculpture, destroying it instantly. Aang quickly shielded himself from the impact while Smokescreen got his blaster ready. To their shock, they saw Zuko running and jumping off a cliff, firebending at Aang. Aang narrowly missed the blasts and ran away from the beach with Zuko following him.
"What the frag are you doing!?" Smokescreen shouted as he fired stun blasts at Zuko.
"Teaching him a lesson!" Zuko replied as he tried to firebend at Aang before one of Smokescreen's stun blasts hit Zuko, knocking him out.
When Zuko awakened, he saw everyone standing in front of him, demanding answers.
"Zuko, have you gone crazy!?" Mai asked.
"What's wrong with you!?" Katara asked. "You could have hurt Aang!"
"What's wrong with me!?" Zuko asked as he got up. "What's wrong with all of you!? How can you sit around having beach parties when Sozin's Comet is only three days away!?" The rest of the group simply looked upon Zuko with guilty expressions on their faces.
"Why are you all looking at me like I'm crazy?" Zuko asked.
"About Sozin's Comet..." Aang said as he stepped forward. "I was actually going to wait to fight the Fire Lord until after it came."
"After?" Zuko asked in disbelief.
"I'm not ready," Aang explained. "I need more time to master firebending."
"And frankly, your earthbending could still use some work too," Toph added.
"So...you all knew Aang was going to wait?" Zuko asked the others.
"Face the facts Zuko," Mai said. "If Aang tries to fight Ozai in this state, he's going to get killed."
"The whole point of fighting the Fire Lord before the comet was to stop the Fire Nation from winning the war, but the fact is that they've pretty much won already," Smokescreen added. "They've taken over Ba Sing Se, captured most of the other Autobots, and on top of that they have the Decepticons as their new allies. Things can't get any worse."
"You're wrong Smokescreen," Zuko suddenly said as he remembered a war meeting that changed his life forever. "It's about to get worse that you can even imagine. The day before the eclipse, my Father asked me to attend an important war meeting. It was what I dreamed about and wanted for so many years. My father had finally accepted me back.
Zuko was walking inside his father's throne room where his father was waiting for him. His sister was beside him with Ravage at her side, and Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave and Shockwave were with the generals that surrounded a table that had a map of the Earth Kingdom spread out on it.
"Welcome Prince Zuko," Megatron said. "We have been waiting for you." Zuko then took his seat beside his father, and the war meeting had officially begun.
"General Shinu, your report," Ozai commanded to one of the generals.
"Thank you sir," Shinu replied as he stood up and bowed his head in acknowledgement. "Ba Sing Se is still under our control. However, earthbender rebellions have prevented us from achieving total victory in the Earth Kingdom."
"Bah! If your pathetic excuses for soldiers would not get in the way, I'm sure that we co-" Starscream began, only to be punched in the face by Megatron.
"You will speak only when spoken to Starscream," Megatron commanded. "Do I make myself clear?"
"Y-yes, my master," Starscream said as he got up, cursing the tyrant in his mind.
"Anyway, what is your reccomendation general?" Ozai asked.
"Our forces are spread too thin, but once the eclipse is over and the invasion defeated, we should transfer more domestic forces to the Earth Kingdom," Shinu responded.
"Hmmm..." Ozai said as he turned to notice his son slouching, appearing as though he was uninterested. "Prince Zuko, you've been among the Earth Kingdom commoners. Do you think that adding more troops will stop these rebellions?" All Zuko did was drop his head and think of a response that will not repeat the same incident that happened three years ago.
"The people of the Earth Kingdom are proud and strong," Zuko finally said. "They can endure anything as long as they have hope." Ozai took what his son said into consideration before responding.
"Yes, you're right," he replied before a look of prue evil came upon his face. "We need to destroy their hope."
"Well, that's not exactly what I-" Zuko began before his sister interrupted him.
"I think you should take their precious hope, and the rest of their land, and burn it all to the ground," Azula suggested. "And I believe that our esteemed Decepticon scientist may have some ways of doing just that."
"Is that true Shockwave?" Ozai asked.
"Yes Fire Lord Ozai," Shockwave answered as he turned to face the generals. "When I first arrived here, I began work on two projects that I am confident will make our victory inevitable. The first, is Project Retribution." With that, he tossed a small orb onto the table, showing a hologram of a giant, Mechagodzilla like Decepticon called 'Trypticon.'
"This is Trypticon," Shockwave began. "The largest Decepticon ever conceived. Weapons all over his body and able to generate fire that he can blast from his mouth, he would be perfect for the task that the princess has suggested."
"Hmmm...interesting," Ozai said with a wicked smirk on his face. "What is the second project?"
"This next project shall make you all but invincible Ozai, Project Nemesis," Shockwave answered before the hologram changed to what looked like Optimus Prime, but with a much duller, almost rust covered paint job, and with the Fire Nation insignia on his chest as opposed to an Autobot symbol.
"This replica of Optimus Prime acts like a suit of armor," Shockwave explained as the hologram opened up from the chest area. "You simply board inside it, and once sealed inside, you will not only still be granted your firebending capabilities, but you will also gain all of the strength and abilities of Optimus Prime himself. The best part, though you will be given all of his strengths, you will not be given any of his weaknesses." Ozai, clearly impressed, laughed maniacaly as the hologram switched off.
"Yes...this is perfect!" he said as he got up and walked onto the table. "Sozin's Comet is almost upon us, and on that day it will endow us with the strength and power of a hundred Suns. No bender or Autobot will stand a chance against us."
"What are you suggesting sir?" general Shinu asked.
"When the comet last came, my grandfather, Fire Lord Sozin, used it to wipe out the Air Nomads," Ozai answered. "Now, I will use its power and Shockwave's projects to end the Earth Kingdom. Permanently! From our airships and this 'Trypticon,' we will rain fire over their lands. A fire that will destroy EVERYTHING. And out of the ashes, a new world will be born. A world in which ALL the lands are Fire Nation, and I am the supreme ruler of everything!"
"I wanted to speak out against this horrifying plan, but I'm ashamed to say I didn't." Zuko continued as the others looked upon him in pure shock over what he had explained to them. "My whole life I struggled to gain my Father's love and acceptance, but once I had it, I realized I lost myself getting there. I forgotten who I was."
"By the Allspark..." Sunstreaker said.
"What barbarism..." Ultra Magnus added. "To willingly destroy an entire nation and cause the deaths of millions."
"If not billions," Mai responded. "I always knew your father was a bad man Zuko-,"
"But this is different," Smokescreen finished for Mai. "This plan of his is pure evil."
"And yet he sees himself as a necessary evil," Katara added as she fell to her knees, shaking her head in despair. "I can't believe this."
"What am I gonna do?" Aang asked, still in disbelief.
"I know you're scares, and I know that you're not ready to save the world," Zuko answered as he walked up to Aang. "But if you don't defeat the Fire Lord and Megatron before the comet comes, there won't be a world to save anymore."
"Why didn't you tell me about your dad's crazy plan sooner!?" Aang asked as he began to walk away.
"I didn't think I had to," Zuko responded. "I assumed that you were still going to fight him before the comet. No one told me you decided to wait!"
"This is bad," Aang said as he placed both of his hands in despair, dropping to his knees and shaking his head. "This is really, really bad."
"Aang, you don't have to do this alone," Smokescreen said as he walked up to Aang with Katara, Toph and Zuko.
"Yeah, if we all fight the Fire Lord and bucket head together, we got a shot at taking them down," Toph added.
"Alright! Team Avatar is back!" Sokka declared while raising his fist enthusiastically. "Air! Water! Earth! Fire! Knives! Aliens! Fan and sword!" With that last one he picked up a fan shaped leaf and handed it to Suki while thrusting a large leaf into the air.
"Fighting the Fire Lord is going to be the hardest thing we've ever done together, but I wouldn't want to do it any other way," Aang said before the rest of the group laughed and engaged in a group hug, except for Zuko and Mai that is.
"Get over here you two," Katara said to the two lovers. "Being part of the group also means being part of group hugs." Mai just rolled her eyes while Zuko looked to the side before caving in and joining them. Then Appa came in and got tackled to the ground by the sky bison.
Afterward, Aang and Zuko met up in the courtyard to continue their training while Katara, Bumblebee and Momo sat at the side, spectating.
"There's only one technique you need to know before facing my father: How to redirect lightning," Zuko said to Aang, who was grinning in anticipation. Zuko then demonstrated how it was done.
"If you let the energy in your own body flow, the lightning will follow it," he continued. "You turn your opponent's energy against them."
"That's like waterbending," Aang responded before begining to mimic Zuko's movements.
"Exactly," Zuko replied. "My uncle invented the technique himself by studying waterbenders."
"So, have you ever redirected lightning before?" Aang asked.
"Once...against my father," Zuko answered.
"What did it feel like?" Aang asked.
"Exhilarating...but terrifying," Zuko replied.
Ozai started bending lightning and shot it at Zuko, but surprisingly, he caught it by the tips of his fingers and launched it back at Ozai, causing him to fly back into the wall and start a fire. Zuko took this time to escape as Ozai glared at his son.
"You feel so powerful holding that much energy in your body, but you know that if you make the wrong move, it's over," Zuko continued.
"Heh, well, not OVER over, right?" Aang asked nervously. "I mean there's always Katara and a little spirit water action...am I right?"
"Actually I, used it all up after Megatron shot you," Katara responded matter-of-factly.
"Oh..." Aang responded in a dissapointed manner.
"You'll need to take the Fire Lord's life, before he takes yours," Zuko stated.
"Yeah...I'll just do that..." Aang nervously replied.
Once that was said and done, the group moved to an isolated area to discuss their battle plan.
"Gather round Team Avatar," Sokka said as he placed a carved watermelon thatresembled a jack-o-lantern onto a wooden sculpture with a red cloth draped over it. "In order to take out Megatron and the Fire Lord, or in this case, the 'Melon Lord,' our timing has to be perfect." With that, he kneeled down and drew some lines in the sand.
"First, Suki, Warpath and I will draw his fire. Then, Katara, Zuko, Mai and Bumblebee charge in with some liquidy hot offence while Magnus, Ironhide, Arcee, Springer, Blurr and Sunstreaker take out any Vehicons and while the Melon Lord and Megatron are distracted, Aang swoops in and BAM! He delivers the final blow!"
"Err...what about me?" Toph asked when she realized Sokka didn't mention her.
"And me?" Smokescreen added.
"For now, you two are the Melon Lord and Megatron's forces," Sokka answered.
"So I get to chuck flaming rocks at all of you?" Toph asked with enthusiasm.
"And I get to fire non lethal rounds?" Smokescreen added.
"Whatever maked the training feel more realistic," Sokka answered.
"Sweetness," Toph responded with a smile on her face.
Thus, the training for the final battle had begun, and it goes without saying, Toph was having fun.
"Mwahahahahahaha!" she said with Smokescreen next to her, sitting on a stone throne, as seaweed covered boulders surrounded them and a ring of fire surrounded the boulders.
"Lord Smokescreen, emperor of destruction," Smokescreen remarked in a slightly mocking Megatron impersonation.
The rest of the group meanwhile were hiding behind rocks in their designated groups, waiting for the right moment to strike. Then Sokka, now in his Water Tribe wolf armor, motioned for them to go and everyone, minus Aang, made their way toward Toph and Smokescreen when Toph earthbended Fire Nation soldier and Vehicon dummies out of rock and made them charge toward them. The Autobots blasted the Vehicons with ease as Smokescreen fired non lethal rounds at them to simulate an aerial strike. Sokka, Suki and Warpath then took care of the soldiers that were advancing toward them before a flaming boulder came in and the three of them dodged it in time, with Sokka just a few inches away from it.
"Watch it Toph!" Sokka complained while shaking his fist.
"I am not Toph, I am Melon Lord!" Toph declared in a slightly joking manner. "Mwahahahahahahaha!" She then earthbended a rock over the ring of fire and ignited it before sending it to Zuko, Katara, Mai and Bumblebee, who dodge it easily. Then more stone dummies came to them, but with a combination of firebending, waterbending, knives and laser blasts, it was nothing they couldn't handle.
"Now Aang!" Sokka commanded as more rocks were being hurdled over them. Aang then came in, leaping from a rock and ready to strike at the Melon Lord, but when he landed, he stopped his staff from striking it just a few inches away. He then pulled his staff back, just standing there.
"What are you waiting for!?" Zuko asked. "Take him out!"
"I can't," Aang unwillingly responded as he shoke his head.
"What are you doing?" Smokescreen said as he got up and walked to Aang. "If this was the real deal, you'd be ashes by now!"
"I'm sorry, but it just didn't feel right," Aang replied. "I didn't feel like myself." Ultra Magnus, who sighed unapprovingly, then got out his hammer and walked to the scarecrow of the Melon Lord and smashed it to bits. Aang could just close his eyes and grimace at the act.
"There," Ultra Magnus said dryly. "Better?" Aang didn't say a word. He just looked at the remains of the scarecrow in disbelief.
Later that night, the group decided to take a break in the beach house's courtyard. Aang just sat down, looking at his untouched dinner, while the rest of the humans were eating without any restraints. Then Katara came in with a scroll in her hands.
"I have a surprise for everyone!" Katara stated.
"I knew it!" Toph suddenly replied. "You did have a secret thing with Haru!" Katara just glared slightly in response while the others, minus Aang, just gave expressionless looks at Toph.
"Who's Ha-never mind," Arcee said.
"Uh...no..." Katara answered. "I was looking for some cooking pots in the attic and I found this." She then unscrolled the scroll to reveal a painting of an infant, obviously of Fire Nation heritage, smiling happily with his arms in the air on the beach.
"Look at baby Zuko! Isn't he cute?" Katara asked. The others, except Zuko, Mai and the Bots, responded by laughing, while Zuko just looked away with his eyes closed.
"Oh lighten up, I was just kidding," Katara said, trying to cheer him up.
"That's not Zuko...that's Ozai," Mai corrected, which obviously shocked the others, even the Bots.
"But, he looked so sweet and innocent," Suki stated.
"Looks can be deceiving," Smokescreen replied. "Megatron was once a good friend of Optimus. Little did anyone know that he would become a tyrannous warlord."
"And that sweet little kid grew up to be a monster, and the worst father in the history of fathers," Zuko added.
"But he's still a human being," Aang stated, which got everyone's attention.
"You're going to defend him?" Springer asked, shocked with what he had just said.
"No, I agree with you," Aang corrected as he stood up to face the others. "Fire Lord Ozai is a horrible person and the world will probably be better off without him, but there's gotta be another way."
"Like what?" Zuko asked.
"I don't know," Aang responded. "Maybe we can make some big pots of glue and then I can use gluebending to stick his arms and legs together so he can't bend anymore."
"Yeah, then you can show him his baby pictures and all those happy memories will make him good again," Zuko sarcastically said while the others snickered at Aang's dumb idea.
"Do you really think that would work?" Aang naively asked.
"No!" Zuko shouted, to which Aang dropped his head and sighed in response.
"This goes against everything I learned from the monks," Aang stated. "I can't just go around wiping out people I don't like..."
"Sure you can," Sokka replied. "You're the Avatar. If it's in the name of keeping balance, I'm pretty sure the Universe will forgive you." That clearly got to Aang, for he then turned and bursted out all of his anger.
"This isn't a joke Sokka!" he yelled. "None of you understand the position I'm in!" Katara was about to try and calm him down when Ultra Magnus suddenly got up, clearly angry, and walked to Aang.
"I don't know what the monks have taught you Aang, but back on Cybertron, we were taught that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few!" he shouted at Aang. "What you're doing right now is risking the lives of EVERYONE that inhabits the Earth Kingdom! And you have the nerve to say that you'd rather spare the life of a monster than to save the lives of the millions of lives he threatens!?" Aang, snapped. He then got out his staff before Magnus could say another word and airbended him to the ground in anger.
"When ANY of you figure out a way for me to beat the Fire Lord without taking his life, I'd love to hear it!" he shouted to the others before walking away while Magnus got up and walked away as well.
"Aang, don't walk away from this!" Katara said as she began to follow him, only for Zuko to stop her.
"Let him go," Zuko instructed. "He needs time to sort this out by himself."
"I'll go talk to Magnus," Smokescreen volunteered as he got up and followed Ultra Magnus.
Later that night, Aang was meditating in a section of the house in front of four candles and some offerings when Momo came gliding up to him.
"Hey Momo," Aang said as he patted the lemur bat's head. "I don't suppose you know what I should do." All Momo did was make a sound in response.
"I didn't think so," Aang responded before resuming meditation while Momo lied down on his side.
Meanwhile, Ultra Magnus stood on a cliffside, watching the waves crashing in the ocean, when Smokescreen came up from behind and cleared his throat.
"Permission to speak sir?" he asked.
"Permission granted soldier," Ultra Magnus answered.
"Sir, I agree that the only sensible solution to this is for Aang to kill Ozai, but you need to understand what Aang is going through," Smokescreen began. "All his life he's been taught that everything can be resolved peacefully, when you and I both know that that's not the case. This is something new that's abruptly come to him, and he's not ready." Magnus simply sighed in response before turning to Smokescreen.
"I suppose you're right Smokescreen," he admitted. "I guess my actions were uncalled for. I just didn't think of what was going through Aang's mind."
"We shouldn't be stressing him to do this," Smokescreen advised. "We should be letting the situation sink into him and let him come to his senses."
"Spoken like a Prime," Magnus responded with a smile before he and Smokescreen walked back to the beach house.
Later that night, Aang was fast asleep with Momo snoozing beside him, when a mysterious chanting noise could be heard and what looked like an island appeared to slowly advance to the beach house. Hearing the chanting, Aang and Momo woke up and started to slowly walk to the island.
The next morning, everyone was getting ready to depart for the Fire Nation.
"Okay, that's everything," Sokka said as he loaded the last of the equipment onto Appa's saddle when Toph noticed something.
"No, it's not," she replied. "Where's Aang? Everyone then realized she was right. Aang was nowhere to be found. Everyone then departed to search around for Aang.
"Aang? Aang!" Zuko shouted as he and the others ran inside the house.
"Come on lazy bones, let's go," Toph said.
"Yoohoo, yooho, yoohoo, AangAangAang, comeoutcomeoutwhereveryouare!" Blurr shouted. Nothing. That's when Sokka noticed something on one of the balconies.
"He left his staff," he said as he picked it up. "That's so strange."
"Aang's not in the house," Zuko declared. "Let's go check the beach."
They did just that, but this time, they noticed something in the sand.
"Look! There's his footprints," Sokka stated as he followed the footprints, only for it to lead to the shore. "The trail ends here."
"So...he went for a midnight swim and never came back?" Suki asked.
"Maybe he was captured," Mai suggested.
"Not likely," Springer said as he went up to check the footprints. "Doesn't look like there was a struggle."
"I bet he ran away again," Toph suggested.
"Uh-uh, he left behind his glider and Appa," Sokka stated.
"Then what do YOU think happened to him oh sleuthy one?" Toph asked in a slightly mocking manner.
"It's pretty obvious," Sokka answered as he held up his finger in an 'I got it' manner. "Aang mysteriously disappears before an important battle? He's definitely on a Spirit World journey."
"But if he was, wouldn't his body still be here?" Zuko asked.
"Oh yeah, forgot about that," Sokka dissapointingly said as he slumped downward.
"Then he must be on Ember Island somewhere," Ultra Magnus declared. "Let's split up and look for him."
"I'm going with Zuko!" Toph suddenly said as she immediately grabbed Zuko's arm, confusing everybody. "What? Everyone else went on a life changing adventure with Zuko, now it's my turn." Mai's response was to raise her eyebrow in suspicion.
With that said, they split up. Katara, Suki, Mai, Bumblebee and Smokescreen decided to check among the streets of Ember Island. All they found however was a crowd of 14 year old boys clammoring over Ma'gann Fox, who was dressed as Katara, much to the dismay of the others. (especially Katara)
Sokka, who rode on Appa, and Warpath meanwhile flew around the beaches in search of Aang, but came up empty handed.
All the while, the rest of the Autobots split up to search around the island. None of them however could find Aang once they regrouped.
"Find anything?" Arcee asked as Sunstreaker, who was covered in white spots, and Powerglide came back from their search.
"Yeah, I found out that I hate these 'seagulls' that fly around here..." Sunstreaker sarcastically answered.
"Were either of you able to find Aang?" Ultra Magnus asked.
"Negative sir," Powerglide answered. "Nothing but sand and seagulls as far as the optic can see."
"Then here's hoping that the others were able to find him," Ultra Magnus replied.
Finally, Toph, of course was with Zuko, was searching through the island as well, telling Zuko about her life.
"And then, when I was nine, I ran away again," Toph continued.
"Uh-huh," Zuko responded, almost as if he wasn't listening, obviously disinterested of what he was hearing.
"I know I shouldn't complain, my parents gave me everything that I ever asked for," Toph admitted. "But they never gave me the one thing that I really wanted. Their love. You know what I mean?"
"Look, I know you had a rough childhood, but we should really focus on finding Aang," Zuko finally said as he continued walking through the beach.
"This is the worst field trip ever," Toph said in a disappointed manner, blowing her fringe in irritation.
Giving up on their search, everyone met back at the beach house with empty hands when they noticed Sokka and Warpath land in front of them.
"I'm guessing by all the long faces you didn't find Aang either," Warpath said.
"No...it's like he just...disapeared," Zuko replied when Toph stood up, remembering something.
"Hey, wait a minute, has anyone noticed that Momo's missing too?" Toph asked. What came next, no one could ever expect.
"Oh no! I knew it was only a matter of time!" Sokka said with an exaggerated look of horror on his face before he suddenly ran up to Appa. "Appa ate Momo!" Everyone else just looked at Sokka as though he was crazy...which isn't all that farfetched to be honest.
"Momo! I'm coming for you buddy!" Sokka shouted as he tried to open Appa's mouth.
"Sokka, have you gone crazy?" Warpath asked. "Appa didn't eat Momo, he's probably with Aang."
"That's just what Appa wants you to think!" Sokka responded as he started climbing inside the sky bison's mouth when Appa suddenly closed his mouth, causing Sokka's legs to flail around as if, well, he was in the inside of a giant bison's mouth.
"Get out of the bison's mouth soldier," Magnus ordered as Sokka slowly slid out of Appa's mouth, covered in his saliva. "We have a real problem here. Aang is nowhere to be found and the comet is only two days away.
"What should we do Zuko?" Mai asked as all of the humans turned to him.
"I don't know," Zuko answered. "Why are you all looking at me?"
"Well, you are kind of the expert in tracking Aang," Katara replied as Sokka stood up and tried to rub Appa's saliva off of him before slipping and falling back into it, groaning in disgust.
"Yeah, if anyone's got experience hunting the Avatar, it's you," Toph added. Zuko responded by looking downward, wondering what to do, when suddenly, an idea came to him.
Later that day, everyone left Ember Island towards a destination that they did not expect, the Earth Kingdom.
"Zuko, why are we heading for the Earth Kingdom?" Mai asked as the humans flew on Appa with Springer, Warpath and Powerglide flying beside them.
"Just trust me," Zuko answered as they continued flying.
Back at the Fire Nation, Ozai, Azula and Galvatron were ready to join with the invasion force. Galvatron was standing on the dock to Ozai's battleship, with Soundwave and Cyclonus beside him, as he saw two palanquins come towards the dock. One had Ozai inside it, grinning sinisterly for what is to come. The other had Azula, sitting cross legged and looking rather impatient. Suddenly, she threw the vail open and shouted to the four palanquin bearers that were carrying her palanquin.
"Come on slowpokes, faster!" she shouted. The bearers desperately try to pick up the pace, despite them struggling with the weight, as Azula went back inside her palanquin, still looking rather displeased. Meanwhile, Ozai had made it to the dock and walked out of his palanquin and toward Galvatron. Upon seeing him glare down at him, Ozai reluctantly bowed to his superior. Then Azula ran up the dock and immediately kneeled before her father and the Decepticons before her.
"Sorry I'm late," she said. "Good palanquin bearers are so hard to come by these days. So, is everything ready for our departure?"
"There has been a change of plans Princess," Galvatron suddenly said, which visably shocked Azula.
"What?" she asked.
"We have decided to lead Trypticon and the fleet of airships ALONE," Ozai explained. "You will reamain here in the Fire Nation with Shockwave."
"But, I thought we were going to do this together..." Azula said, still in disbelief.
"The decision is final Azula," Galvatron replied, glaring down at the princess as she got up and angrily looked at her father.
"You...you can't treat me like this! You can't treat me like Zuko!" she said.
"Azula, silence yourself," Ozai commanded.
"I suggest you listen to your father little one," Galvatron responded.
"But it was my idea to burn everything to the ground! I deserve to be by your side!" Azula shouted before Galvatron stomped his foot down, causing a minor earthquake.
"SCILENCE!" he commanded. Clearly intimidated, Azula simpli looked to the side and closed her eyes in defeat.
"Listen to me," Ozai suddenly said. "I need you to watch over the homeland. It's a very important job that I can only entrust to you."
"...Really?" Azula asked as she opened her eyes and looked back to her father.
"And for your loyalty, I've decided to declare you the new Fire Lord," Ozai added. Azula could hardly believe what was happening as she started smiling.
"Fire Lord Azula?" she asked. "It does seem appropriate, but...what about you?"
"Fire Lord Ozai is no more," Ozai answered. Suddenly, a hatch from behind him opened and the armor that Shockwave had dubbed 'Project Nemesis' had risen up before opening up in the chest area.
"Just as the world will be reborn in fire, I shall be reborn as a new instrument of destruction, and as supreme ruler of the world!" Ozai continued as he stepped backward towards the armor and got into it as the hatch slowly started to close. "From this moment on, I shall be known as..." Once the armor closed, he raised both of his arms proudly as the eyes in the head of the armor lit up and a giant flag behind him lowered to reveal a Decepticon insignia on fire.
"...NEMESIS PRIME!" Ozai declared, now in a voice that was a mix of his and that of Optimus Prime's. Then, every citizen and soldier of the Fire Nation immediately kneeled before Nemesis Prime.
Back with Team Avatar, they had landed outside a three story building and all of the humans walked inside while the Autobots waited outside, not wanting to cause attention.
"And the reason you brought us to an Earth Kingdom taverin is what now?" Katara asked before Zuko pointed to a young woman wearing all black and getting in a fight with multiple men twice her size. Surprisingly, the young woman was kicking their asses with ease.
"June," Zuko answered as June continued to flawlessly take out her opponents, all the while holding a cup of hot tea.
"Oh yeah, that wierd bounty hunter with the giant mole," Sokka said as he remembered who this 'June' was.
"Mole? Her skin is flawless," Mai said as she observed June.
"No, she has this giant mole creature she rides around on," Sokka corrected.
"Her shirshu," Zuko explained. "It's the only animal that can track Aang's scent anywhere in the world. It's the one shot we have of finding him." As he was saying that, June was busy fighting someone when she suddenly threw her cup of tea into the air and threw the man over her shoulder when he lunged at her. Once he landed hard onto the ground, June grabbed her cup of tea without spilling any of it.
"I don't know who this June lady is, but I like her!" Toph said with a big smile on her face.
Meanwhile, in a forested area, Aang had awakened from his slumber as Momo awakened as well.
"Hey Momo," Aang said, clearly still sleepy. "I just had the strangest dream." It took him a few seconds that he was not in Ember Island and survayed the surroundings.
"Wait...where are we?" he asked.
*QUE AVATAR ENDING THEME*