Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender is created by Michael DiMartino & Brian Konzieko and owned by Nickelodeon.
Based on "The Day of Black Sun Part 2" originally by Aaron Ehaze.
Aang glided forward with Appa and Katara behind him. He glided toward the small war balloons. A firebender shot two fireballs at Aang, who banked and rolled to avoid the attack. He then threw his glider forward, closed it, grabbed the end of it, and pierced straight through the fabric of the balloon. Air leaked from the war balloon and it went down as Aang glided on towards the zeppelins. Katara was in Appa's saddle. Katara stood up and bent the water out from her flasks. With a swift rotation of her arms and body, Katara made a clean, horizontal cut through a war balloon. She and Appa flew on, and after a brief moment, the top of the war balloon fluttered away and the bottom part dropped.
Appa, Katara, and Aang flew up toward the zeppelins as countless fireballs were shot of them. Aang, Appa, and Katara kept flying and a few fireballs hit Appa and he growled in discomfort, but his armor protected him. Appa tried to fly in close, but was driven back by the force of the fire blasts. Firebenders stood on small platforms under the body of a zeppelin. They were in harnesses attached to supports above them. They shot fire blasts at Appa as he flew past them. Katara created a shield of water to block the oncoming fireballs. Aang glided in the background.
"We can't keep them all back. They're too many of them!" Katara exclaimed.
"Let's join the others," said Aang. He barely dodged another fireball. Aang and Appa flew over the capital and back towards the ocean.
Meanwhile, Zuko went to the Fire Nation prison his uncle was in, only to discover his uncle already escaped.
Zuko realized he'd need to meet up with the Avatar and his friends.
Zuko went to the air base. He snuck past the soldiers and commandeered a war balloon.
Sokka ran down the slope toward the plaza, the others followed behind. He stopped and looked up at the zeppelins high in the air, as they slowly made their way toward them. The bottom of one of the zeppelins revealed bomb bay doors that opened up. Aang, Appa, and Katara land behind Sokka.
"Try and find cover! I think we're about to see some bombs," said Sokka.
Everyone huddled together as Toph bent a large slab of stone above them. They looked up at the zeppelins as large red, cylinder shaped bombs dropped from them. As the bombs hit the ground, they exploded. The bombs impacted the stone shields protecting the invasion forces. Toph protected them. The slab cracked and began to fall, but Toph bent two stone supports up from the ground to keep it standing. The caterpillar tanks quickly made their way down the slope as bombs went off all around them. The Boulder, The Hippo, and other earthbenders were knocked off balance by the explosions. The zeppelins passed over, which stopped the raid. Sokka, Aang, Toph, and Katara came out from under the stone and looked up at the zeppelins as they flew toward the beach.
"Why aren't they turning around to attack us again?" Katara asked.
"They're headed for the beach. They're going to destroy the submarines!" Aang answered.
"How are we all going to escape?" Sokka asked.
"We're not," Hakoda answered.
"Then our only choice is to stand and fight. We have the Avatar, we could still win!" Sokka replied.
"Yes, with the Avatar we could still win on another day. You kids have to leave. You have to escape on Appa together," said Hakoda.
"What? We can't leave you behind. We won't leave anyone behind," said Katara.
"You're our only chance in a long run. You and Sokka have to go with Aang somewhere safe. It's the only way to keep hope alive," said Hakoda.
"The youngest of our group should go with you. The adults will stay behind and surrender. We'll be prisoners but we'll all survive this battle," said Bato.
"I've got some experience with the Fire Nation prisons. It's not going to be easy but we'll get by," said Tyro.
"They're at the beach already!" Sokka announced.
The swampbenders tried to stop the zeppelins from destroying the submarines, but were unsuccessful.
On Appa's saddle, Toph and The Mechanist, who carried Teo, rose up to Appa's back on a platform of stone that Toph bent. Toph hopped in the saddle and The Mechanist placed Teo down in it, hugged him in goodbye.
Everyone said their goodbyes.
Aang addressed the invasion group, "Thank you all for being so brave and so strong. I'm going to make this up to you."
Katara jumped into the saddle and Aang sat down. Momo climbed on to Aang's shoulder and Appa took off. Appa flew away.
Azula watched from inside zeppelin.
"Should we follow them, Princess?" The Captain asked.
"No. They're too fast. It doesn't matter. They'll be back," Azula replied.
They looked back at the zeppelin as they flew away. Aang turned back to the front.
"I know just the place for us to go where we'll be safe for a while. The Western Air Temple," said Aang.
Appa flew forward, while Zuko followed in his war balloon.
To Be Continued...