This is, the Finale!
I'm not even going to say another word.
Besides, I hope you enjoy.
They were still in the air when it started.
It started like an itch, at the back of his mind, but then it changed, becoming far worse. Aang collapsed, groaning to his knees, as he felt the avatar state trying to connect to him.
"Aang!" Nearly everyone shouted in unison, those on Appa moving towards him. The light was flickering in his eyes and tattoos, and he could feel both him and Korra trying to fight it. It was almost like telepathy, rather, a sharing of ideas. Korra was being poisoned, and if either of them died in the avatar state, so would to other.
"It's Korra!" He managed to say. "They're poisoning her."
The avatar state flickered in and out, and he started to see what Korra was seeing, while she also saw what Aang was seeing.
He was in the caves, facing Zaheer, Ghazan, Ming-hua, and two other red lotus members.
"Get ready," Zaheer. "As soon as she's in the avatar state, take her out."
Ming-hua formed daggers of ice at the ends of her arms, and Ghazan stomped, turning the floor into a sea of lava.
"Wait!" Zaheer said, as they both continued to flick in and out of the avatar state.
"Why isn't she staying in the avatar state?" Ghazan asked,
"It's not just her fighting it." Zaheer said. "Give it time though, they can't hold out for long."
"Go, find the airbenders." Aang managed to say to the people around them, as they landed. "I'll be fine." Tenzin stayed, sitting next to Aang, and the others ran into the caves.
On Korra side they both continued fighting the poison, and though the poison wasn't in Aang, he could feel Korra's pain. The avatar state flickered, and the red lotus members started turning into their worst nightmares. While Korra saw Amon, Unalaq and Vaatu, Aang saw different enemies, enemies he hadn't had to face for a long time.
Zaheer's face crumbled away and he grew hair and a beard, turning into Ozai. "Little boy, you are weak, just like your people!"
Ghazan's face changed, and he turned into Zhao. "How does it feel to be the last of your people?"
Min-hua changed, her face growing into that of a maniac. Azula. "You'll never survive, give up."
"There's no use fighting," Ozai said. "Give up."
"Give up." They chanted. "Give up. Give up!"
In another part of the cave, the airbenders were chained, where they were trying to find a way to escape. And they were helped.
They continued to fight the poison, flickering in and out of the avatar state.
And then they sort of lost it, both of them going full into the avatar state.
"Now!" Zaheer commanded. "Destroy them!"
Ming-hua shot on of her water arms forward, to be blocked by a blast of fire from them. They pulled on the chains, and, with a little earth bending, one of them came lose, a boulder on the end of it. They swung it at Zaheer, who jumped backwards. They dragged it across at Ming-hua, who got thrown into a wall as they smashed it. They spun the chain with airbending, wrapping it around Korra's arm. They blasted forward with airbending, whipping up the lava and giving Ghazan a nice bunch of lava to avoid. Together they broke the chains on her feet and swung backwards with a blast of air, then forward with fire bending, landing where Zaheer had stood as the chains brock around her second shackle.
Korra landed within a small crater of earth bending, bringing up several large boulders. They brougth them out and hit them out with airbending, Ghazan and Ming-hua dodging, just as Bolin, Mako and Tonraq ran in.
"Korra!"
Zaheer flew through a hole to the outside.
Korra followed with burst of fire from her feet.
They stopped seeing through each other's eyes.
On his side of reality Aang wavered, then stood up, his tattoos blazing white hot.
"Dad?" Tenzin said, as a ball of air formed around Aang.
"Son, stay safe."
Aang rose into the air, a ball of air surrounding him. He flew into the sky, as he had once done under a comet.
Zaheer flew out of the caves, dodging a boulder from Korra, only to run into a blast of fire from Aang, which he blocked. Korra came up from the other side, catching him around the stomach and flying higher into the sky. Zaheer flipped them and pushed them apart with a blast of air, sending Korra into a pillar. Zaheer turned to fight her, and ended up dodging a fire ball from Aang. He retaliated, hitting him.
Korra slid down the side of a pillar and shot forward, earth bending a huge chunk of a pillar at Zaheer, which he dodged. Aang hovered between two pillars and brought the tops of them off, sending them crashing together where Zaheer had been.
Korra came up from behind, jumping from pillar to pillar with short rocket burst, sending another boulder at him which he dodged, flying around to Aang, who sent it back at Zaheer, who it hit, even with a little air cushion. Zaheer landed on the flat top of a pillar, and flipped back, just as Korra and Aang landed.
"You cannot win!" They shouted as one. "Your movement will not survive!"
The fight continued, Aang and Korra teaming up against Zaheer, who found it hard to fight both of them. He flew through the air, dodging boulders from both of them.
They had him on the run flying through the pillars, until they came to an open area.
Zaheer flew up higher, and they followed, but with fire bending Korra could only go so far, but Aang followed him. He threw a blast of air at the man, dodging the return blow and then he flew forward, hitting Zaheer in the chest and dragging him down.
Zaheer flew away from him, hounding Korra as she hovered on her fire rockets with blast of air. Aang kicked out, sending a blast of air at Zaheer that hit him in the back, sending him toppling to the ground, just as Korra hit the ground and tumbled from Zaheer attacks. Zaheer shot up into the air again, at Korra.
Before Aang could get there though, Zaheer sent her tumbling painfully of the cliff. Aang flew next to her and then they both turned, bringing a small chunk of the mountain with them. They threw it at Zaheer and he narrowly avoided it, just as it hit a cliff, sending up a huge cloud of dust. Zaheer flew up and out of it, back at them, where they were next to a small spring.
Aang and Korra both took a stance and punched forward, sending a huge wave of water into the air, surrounding Zaheer in a bubble. He struggled in the water as they brought him down, but then he held himself firmly up and a wave of air came from inside him, bursting the bubble of water.
They both waved their arms about, sending smaller blasts of water at him which he narrowly dodged several times, until one hit him and the foot and turned to ice, weighing him down. They shot forward, and both reached to blast him with fire and air, but then the poison started to take its toll on Korra and they both collapsed, sending themselves tumbling down the cliff and onto a small ledge. Zaheer continued to fall, the ice weighing him down until he hit it, breaking it, and he went shouting back up, to land on the pillar.
Aang and Korra both stood up, Aang's air ball reappearing, but Korra collapsed again, and Korra collapsed, her pain causing Aang to go to his knees, his air ball disappearing.
"Even you two can't fight the poison and me." Zaheer said.
"Yes we can!" Aang shouted, standing up, his air ball reappearing, as Korra fought the poison. Aang punched forward with a boulder, and Zaheer sidestepped it, sending a blast of air back at Aang.
They flew up, fighting each other, as Korra tried to fight the poison. Aang spun, sending a huge blast air out and he hit Zaheer squarely, both of them landing on a pillar. Zaheer looked up, breathing heavily.
For a moment in time, nothing happened. Everything was still. Then Aang yelled a cry of war and stomped forward, sending earth bending forward that Zaheer narrowly avoided by rising up. Aang followed him, hounding him with blast of fire and air, which he blocked and avoided, hounding him, until by happenstance they ended up back by Korra, and even she couldn't suppress the poison. Aang fell to the ledge, the poison overtaking them both.
"As I said," Zaheer said from where he floated. "You can't fight me and the poison."
Far below, Jinora decided to make a difference.
And in the caves, two brothers fought Ming-hua and Ghazan.
Aang and Korra both struggled to get to their feet, and Zaheer flew overhead sending them tumbling on another ledge, and then over the ledge, down the cliff and far onto a pillar. Korra fell heavily, only just managing to cushion herself, but Aang managed to land on his feet, although he collapsed to and the air ball surrounding him disappeared.
Neither of them was able to get up.
Zaheer floated above them. "The poison has done its work. The avatar cycle will be over momentarily. When Avatar Korra dies in the avatar state you both will, as will all the avatars." He said, moving his arms to bend, lifting Korra up with airbending. A ball of air formed around her head, sucking out her breath.
"NO!" Aang shouted, and he shot a blast of air forward, sending Zaheer tumbling backwards some, breaking his concentration, and giving Korra a chance to breathe.
Then he collapsed again and Zaheer repeated the process, just as the wind started to pick up.
A huge tornado of air was forming.
The airbenders….
The air washed away the bubble around Korra and Zaheer shot forward, trying to grab her. He tried to drag her up, fighting the wind, and then Aang opened his eyes, and he shot up in his ball of air, pulling Zaheer down. He fought against them, but nobody can beat a bunch of airbenders and two avatars.
Their grip's slipped though, and Zaheer began to fly out. Korra whipped the chain still around her arm and it caught him around the ankle.
They landed with an earth bending crunch, as the tornado disappeared.
Aang managed to stay standing, but he feel to his knees as Korra collapsed. Their families rushed forward, as Su and Lin encased Zaheer in a small earth bending pyramid. Tonraq held Korra in his arms, as the poison pulled away at both of them.
"Korra, sweetheart," He said, pleading. "It's me, dad. Please hang on."
Korra reached forward with half lidded eyes, but her arm fell. And her eyes closed.
"Dad?" Tenzin and his siblings all asked.
Zaheer was chuckling maniacally. "What are you laughing about?!" Lin demanded.
"You're too late!" Zaheer shouted. "The poison's been in her system to long. It'll kill both of them. The red lotus has won!"
"You can save them!" Jinora said, standing up and speaking to Su. "The poison is metallic."
Su rushed forward to Korra. He put her hand on Korra and then nodded. Su gently waved her hand over Korra, pulling at the poison, bringing it up and out of her mouth, to be cast aside in the dirt. In both of them, the avatar state faded.
Korra and Aang opened their eyes.
"Dad?" She said weakly. "You're alive?"
"I'm here for you; I'm never going to let you go." Tonraq said, hugging his daughter.
"Tenzin, Kya, Bumi." Aang said. "You're all okay."
"No!" Zaheer shouted. "NO! You don't understand, the revolution-"
Aang stood up, faltering a little bit, but he stood up. "I'm taking your bending away. Airbending should never be used in the way you have used it. I'm taking it away, so you can never hurt another person with it." He announced, and silence fell and he walked over to Zaheer. He placed his left hand on Zaheer's chest and his right on Zaheer's temple. Aang opened his eyes, in the avatar state, and for a few moments they glowed, and then stopped and Aang stood straight and tall. "This is the end." He said.
Several weeks later Aang stood on Air Temple Island next to Katara (who had recently come up from the South Pole), the rest of his family, Korra's family, Toph's daughters, Zuko, and the president. Asami and Korra came up, Korra in a wheel chair.
The poison had done much more damage to her, as well as that big fall, which she hadn't managed as good as a landing as Aang had.
Zuko and Aang both bowed to Korra and she dipped her head, as her mother ran forward to embrace her. He father walked over to her. "You look beautiful sweetie." Tonraq said.
"You're doing better every day." Aang said.
"I'd like to official welcome you both back to Republic city." The president said to Aang and Korra. "We may not have left on the best terms. Avatar Aang, I wanted to blame you and Korra for all our problems, even though you had nothing to do with many of them. I am deeply sorry."
"We should go inside," Asami said. Ikki and Meelo ran over to Korra.
"I can help!" Ikki said.
"I want to ride with Korra!" Meelo said, sitting in her lap. Asami pushed the wheelchair forward. "Jinora's already inside. It smells like shoe trees."
"Sandalwood Meelo." Ikki said.
"I've got this," Lin said, bending a platform of earth up the stairs for them.
"She's not looking good." The president said.
Aang frowned. "Neither would you if you'd been through what she has."
"She'll be fine," Tenzin said. "We just need to give her time to heal."
"Of course," The president said. "I'm just saying, with the Earth kingdom in complete disarray since the loss of the queen…"
"And even with Zaheer locked up again we still don't know how many red lotus members are out there." Zuko said.
"Exactly."
"Well, I'm here now." Aang said.
"No offense Avatar Aang," The president said. "But you are just one man."
Aang was thoughtful as they walked in.
Inside, incense burned in the hall. Aang stood in front of all the new airbenders, with his friends off to the side of the stage.
"Jinora," He began. "Come forward." The girl stepped forward, in a yellow robe with a hood. She knelt. Aang turned to the crowd. "Today marks an important time in history. Today, we welcome the first airbending master in a generation. And I couldn't be more proud of my granddaughter." Jinora smiled. "When the balance of the world hung in the balance, when the existence of the avatar was threatened, when our people's future was threatened, Jinora never lost hope. She saw the strength of the air nation; she saw what we could do. Thanks to her leadership, I see a very bright future for the air nation, and for the world. Of course there would be no nation without avatar Korra. During harmonic convergence she changed things, and somehow, the world began anew for us. And she was even willing to lay down her life for ours. There's no way we can ever repay her. But we can, we will, follow in her example of service and sacrifice. So the air nation will reclaim or nomadic roots, together roaming the earth to find where there is discord and pain, to bring peace and balance. But unlike my, our, ancestors, we will serve people of all nations." Avatar Aang turned to avatar Korra. "Avatar Korra, I vow that I will lead my people in your example and bring balance to the world." He bowed, and she dipped her head. He turned back to Jinora. "Now, let us anoint the master who will help lead us into the future," He said, walking to Jinora, and pulling back her hood.
He stood, her new air master tattoo running down her bald head, and unfasted the robe.
Aang could feel tears threatening. She looked so similar to…to…him. When he was just a hundred and twelve years old.
The airbender moved in unison, moving the air with the incense, in a spiral and then up, through many wind chimes. Jinora tuned to Aang and hugged him, surprising Aang, but just for a moment.
No one noticed though, the single tear that fell from Korra.
So I hope that was okay?
By the way did you know that the voice actress of Azula also played Ming-hua?
Okay, I was trying to do something different in the caves. I just tried to pick out some villains from avatar that would work.
I'm sorry if anyone's mad for some reason because I took Zaheer's bending away. Airbending shouldn't be used for violence.
Okay, so that's the end of this season. I'm not sure when, if ever I'll get around to the fourth season, but I hope you enjoyed this. (I'm working on starting a crossover between stargate and avatar, so that might come up soon, but I need to take a break from stuff with Korra.)
Hope you're having a wonderful day,
Avatar Lizzy.