A timely withdrawal can be a victory
Big Reveal. Counselman Tarrlok locked Avatar Korra away so that she wouldn't reveal his secret. While she was investigating about Aang's visions, the former Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, and her friends and allies, began searching for her until they discovered the truth about Tarrlok. When he was ready to flee with Korra, he ran into Amon who ended up using his special ability on him. He almost captured Korra, but managed to escape and with the help of her companion, Naga, she made it back to the others safely.
It was a cloudy day in Republic City.
Korra was asleep in her bed, with Mako sitting to the side watching over her.
Mako put his hand on hers, unaware that Asami was at the door watching her before leaving with a sad expression.
Nearby, Ahsoka saw about Asami and although she was happy to have Korra back, she was also sad about Asami's situation.
Meanwhile, Tenzin entered his room, where Pema was sleeping with the children.
He sat on the side of the bed and put his hand on his pregnant wife's belly.
Soon after, they woke up.
"Daddy, you're home. We waited up for you. Is Korra okay?" asked Jinora.
"Yes, she's fine, sweetie." said Tenzin before hugging his middle daughter.
"I was scared. I thought she wasn't coming back." said Ikki.
"I'm sorry you were scared, but everything is going to be fine now. I promise." said Tenzin.
Shortly thereafter, Korra let out a slight moan as her eyes began to open.
For a while, she saw everything blurry until her vision cleared.
She let out a slight groan as she sat up and rubbed her eyes.
"Did you sleep well?"
Korra snapped her eyes open before turning her head to see Ahsoka looking up at her with a smile.
"Ahsoka. What… What happened?" asked Korra.
"Don't you remember? Tarrlok kidnapped you and if it wasn't for Naga, who knows what would have happened to you." said Ahsoka.
"Oh yes, I remember. Remind me to give her a special award for saving me." said Korra with a smile.
"You got it." said Ahsoka.
That's when Mako opened the door and realized that Korra was awake.
"What? Oh, come on. I've only been gone a few minutes." said Mako.
Korra arched an eyebrow in confusion.
"Mako didn't leave your side at any time. He's been by your side since you arrived on the island." said Ahsoka.
"W-Well of course. Some crazy guy had just kidnapped her and… I didn't want anything to happen to her, so I…" began Mako nervously before Korra burst out laughing lightly.
"Thanks for sticking by me, Mako." said Korra with a smile.
"You're welcome." said Mako with a smile.
"Well, I'll go warn the others. You can keep watching her if you want, bodyguard." said Ahsoka sharing a slight laugh with Korra before leaving.
Meanwhile, Asami was in a room using her tools on Kaxey.
"Can you hurry up a bit? I hate sitting around doing nothing." said Kaxey.
"Do you want a quick job or a well done one?" asked Asami annoyed by the droid's complaints.
It was then that Ahsoka entered the room.
"How's the repair going, Asami?" asked Ahsoka.
"Well, aside from the patient being a complainer…" began Asami throwing a scowl at the droid who crossed her arms. "It's finished." said Asami before getting up. "Try it."
Kaxey stood up with a bit of difficulty before getting fully upright without any trouble.
"Check it out. You're really good at this one." said Kaxey shaking her leg to check it.
"I'm glad you're better, Kaxey and thank you Asami. I don't know what I would have done without you." said Ahsoka.
"You're welcome, but I'm also grateful to you. If you hadn't brought the missing leg with her, it would have taken a hell of a lot longer." said Asami.
"Yeah and I don't feel like being a droid with a peg leg." said Kaxey.
"Oh, right. Korra has woken up." said Ahsoka.
"That's nice." said Asami.
Despite what was going on between her and Mako, she was happy that her friend was doing better.
Later, Team Avatar, Tenzin, Pema and Lin were in the mess hall, where Korra was gorging herself on food.
"Mmm. Mmm. The food tastes amazing, Pema. I'm finally starting to feel like myself again." said Korra.
"We're so thankful you're home safe." said Pema before getting up to pick up the dishes.
"Let me help." Asami said getting up to help the pregnant woman.
"Korra, I realize you've been through a lot, but I need to know everything that happened." said Tenzin.
"Well, first off, Tarrlok isn't who he says he is. He's Yakone's son." said Korra revealing her discovery, leaving the two adults dumbfounded.
"Yakone?" asked Ahsoka in confusion.
"He was the biggest crime boss in the city. He had his ways of escaping the law without trouble until my mother, Councilman Sokka and Avatar Aang were able to stop him and convict him." said Lin telling the story of Tarrlok's father.
"However, before they could lock him up, he used the bloodbending to take them all down, but my father was able to stop him in time and took away his powers forever. He hasn't been heard from since." said Tenzin telling the story of the former bloodbender.
"It all makes sense now. That's how Tarrlok was able to bloodbend us without a full moon." said Lin.
"But how did you escape? And where is Tarrlok?" asked Ahsoka.
"Yeah, where is he? I want to pay him back for making him lose a leg!" said Kaxey pounding her fist with her palm.
"Amon captured him, and took his bending." said Korra revealing the fate of the waterbender councilman.
That surprised everyone present.
"What?" asked Tenzin surprised by the revelation.
"Yeah, he showed up out of nowhere. He almost got me, too." said Korra.
"That's disturbing. Attacking a councilman and almost kidnapping the Avatar is the most daring thing Amon has done so far. I have a feeling the next time he attacks, it will be something worse." said Ahsoka, making everyone present nervous, as that meant something terrible was coming soon.
Soon after, Asami was in the kitchen helping Pema in cleaning cutlery.
"AGH!" groaned Pema in pain.
"Pema, are you all right?" asked Asami with concern.
"The baby is… just kicking, really hard, is all. I'm fine." said Pema.
"Should I get Tenzin?" asked Asami.
"No reason to worry him, it's nothing." said Pema.
At that moment, Mako came into the kitchen with a teapot.
"Can I get some hot water? Korra needs more tea." said Mako.
"You're a firebender. Boil it yourself." said Asami reluctantly, confusing the firebender.
Pema turned her gaze to both teens and immediately understood what was going on.
"I'm... gonna step out in case you two wanna talk." said Pema leaving the kitchen with an 'Ow!' expression.
"Is there something we need to talk about?" asked Mako with confusion.
"I've noticed how you treat Korra. How you acted when she was missing. You have feelings for her, don't you?" asked Asami with a frown.
"What? No! She was taken by a crazy bloodbender! How did you expect me to act?" asked Mako.
"I like Korra. But you've been keeping the truth from me this whole time." said Asami.
"The truth? About what?" asked Mako still confused.
"You're really going to make me say it?" asked Asami.
"Yes! Because I don't know what you're talking about!" said Mako eagerly to know the reason for the conversation.
"The kiss, Mako. I know." said Asami, to the firebender's surprise.
"I… Well I… Bolin told you, didn't he?!" asked Mako.
"Don't blame your brother for what you did. Do you have feelings for Korra or not?" asked Asami.
"Look, things are crazy right now. Can we deal with our relationship problems later?" asked Mako wanting to leave that topic for another time.
"Well there might not be any relationship to worry about later." said Asami coming out of the kitchen very angry.
"Asami!" said Mako before lowering his head in disappointment for not knowing how to sort out his feelings.
Later, Tenzin was outside, planning to leave when he stopped to talk to Lin, who was behind him.
"Lin, um, I, I… I need to ask you a favor. It would mean the world to me… but I-I know it could be a… a potentially awkward situation; furthermore,..." began Tenzin not knowing how to ask such a favor of his old friend.
"Spit it out already!" said Lin wanting to know what that favor will be.
"Will you stay here and watch over Pema and the children while I meet with the council? With everything that has happened lately, I want to be sure my family is in safe hands." said Tenzin.
"Of course I'll help, old friend." said Lin with a smile and putting her hand on his shoulder.
"I didn't realize you two were out here." said Pema arriving on the scene with Meelo sleeping in her arms.
"Pema! Y-y-yes, Lin has agreed to help out around here and keep an eye on things while I'm away." said Tenzin.
"Thank you! I could use the extra pair of hands." began Pema just as Meelo woke up and passed him to Lin. "Would you mind giving him a bath? He's filthy."
Tenzin and Pema each went their separate ways, leaving poor Lin with Meelo.
"This is not what I signed on for!" exclaimed Lin.
"Thank you, Lin! Oogi, yip yip." said Tenzin slapping the reins of the flying bison, sending it flying off toward the city.
Lin stared in disgust at the child she would have to babysit.
Meanwhile, Oogi flew up to the roof of the city hall.
Tenzin headed for the door, ignoring the cleaners who were cleaning the glass of the building's dome.
Suddenly, Tenzin felt a tingle that made him duck in time to dodge an incoming electric whip disc before leaping to the side to dodge two others.
As it turned out, those cleaners were equalists who lunged to attack Tenzin.
The airbender threw an air disc at them, but then two cleaners threw ropes that wrapped around his wrists and pulled on them to immobilize him.
The third cleaner jumped to kick him in the head, but Tenzin jumped to the side to dodge it.
The cleaner landed on the ground and tried to attack him again, but Tenzin dodged all of his attacks while the other two tried to immobilize him by pulling on the ropes binding his hands.
In the end, Tenzin rose up spinning in circles on a tornado that hit the cleaner while dragging the other two with it.
With the wind from the tornado, he knocked one down while the other two lost their grip on the rope and flew off onto the roof of another building.
Just as Tenzin landed, undoing the tornado in the process, the council messenger arrived on the scene.
"Ah, I'm so relieved to see you!" said the council messenger approaching the airbender.
"The other council members. Are they all right?" asked Tenzin.
"I'm afraid not! I just received a call from Chief Saikhan. They've all been captured!" said the council messenger, leaving the airbender aghast.
"This can't be happening." said Tenzin in horror.
"The leadership of Republic City is in your hands now." said the council messenger.
Tenzin was left pondering the situation he was in when suddenly explosions began to sound throughout the city.
Flying through the air were several Equalist airships, but to their horror, they had guns that shot plasma beams at the city.
"It is a tragic day indeed!" said the council messenger in horror and despair.
On the island, Lin and the young airbenders also saw the explosions and enemy airships in the city.
"All right, kids, time to go inside." said Lin.
As Jinora and her siblings returned inside the temple, Team Avatar came running to the scene.
"We heard explosions, what's going on?" asked Korra.
"Republic City is under attack." said Lin, causing the team to gasp in horror.
"Looks like Amon has decided to strike the big blow." said Ahsoka.
"And I'm sure my father has too." said Asami.
"We can't just stand here. Tenzin is in city." said Korra.
"Then we have to go help him." said Mako.
"Kaxey, you stay here on the island and protect Pema and the children." said Ahsoka.
"Normally, I would refuse to babysit, but given the situation, there's no choice." said Kaxey.
"All right! Team Avatar, go!" exclaimed Bolin pointing to the city with a smile.
Meanwhile, on an Equalist airship, Hiroshi Sato was looking at an old photo of his family with nostalgia and regret, as he still felt hurt at having to fight his own daughter.
He put the photo away and stood next to Amon and the boy.
"I've dreamed of this day for so long." said Hiroshi looking out the window of the airship with the masked man.
"Yes, the time has come for the Equalists to claim Republic City as their own." said Amon.
While the city was still under enemy attack, a ship carrying Korra, Mako, Bolin, Asami and Ahsoka arrived at the port and they quickly disembarked.
"Where did you say you parked the car?" asked Asami looking for Team Avatar's satomobile at the same time as the others.
"Or my bike?" asked Ahsoka looking for it.
"It's right around here somewhere." began Korra before looking to the side to find what they were looking for. "There it is!" said Korra pointing in that direction where they saw the skidding bike next to a lamppost with a rope tied to the satomobile that had crashed into a stop pole.
Both vehicles had several traffic tickets on them.
"Well, that's one way to park." said Ahsoka as she and the others reached the vehicles.
"Hey, you guys got arrested and left me alone with the vehicles! I didn't know how to drive a satomobile so I had no choice but to drive Ahsoka's bike. I was lucky I knew how to drive it a little bit." said Korra trying to defend herself from her little car accident.
"With everything that happened, it's not bad, but as soon as all this is over, I'll give you driving lessons without fail." commented Ahsoka.
"But how are we going to pay for all these parking tickets?" asked Bolin taking the fines from both vehicles.
His answer came as Mako took the fines and burned them with his firebending.
"Relax, the city is under attack. The police have more important things to worry about." said Mako.
Asami opened the rear trunk to take out her electrified gauntlet and blaster gun.
"This'll come in handy." said Asami placing her weapons before sitting in the driver's seat.
Mako was about to sit in the front passenger seat when…
"Why don't you sit in back? With Korra." asked Asami grudgingly.
"I think I will." said Mako with a frown.
Needless to say, Korra was worried about how the relationship between Mako and Asami was going.
Mako sat next to her while Bolin sat in the passenger seat.
Ahsoka got on her bike.
"Everything all right?" asked Korra with concern.
"Yeah, everything is terrific." said Mako sarcastically.
Asami and Ahsoka started both vehicles before steering it forward down the road.
Meanwhile, at the police station, Saikhan was coordinating the situation.
"Chief! Air unit seven was just taken out by an Equalist airship. They've crashed into the harbor!" said a member of the communications team.
"Send a river rescue unit." ordered Saikhan.
"Chief, all the river rescue ships have been sabotaged!" reported another member of the communications team.
"What?" asked Saikhan surprised at how the situation was getting worse.
Just then, Tenzin entered the room and addressed the police chief.
"Chief Saikhan." said Tenzin catching the police chief's attention.
"Tenzin, am I glad to see you. I was afraid you'd been captured too." said Saikhan.
"I'm the only Council member left. What's the status?" asked Tenzin.
"Amon has launched simultaneous attacks across the boroughs. The police are trying to regain control but we're spread too thin." said Saikhan.
Tenzin stroked his beard as he thought of a solution.
"I need to send a wire." said Tenzin.
"To whom, Councilman?" asked the first member of the communications team.
"The general of the United Forces." said Tenzin seeing that there was no solution but to ask him for help.
In the corridors of the police station, the policemen were running from one side to the other when, suddenly, smoke came out of the vents and began to cover the corridors.
The policemen began to cough from the smoke before falling unconscious on the floor.
"Councilman, your wire has been sent." said the first member of the communications team.
"Chief, the phone lines just went dead!" said the second member of the communications team, to the surprise and horror of the police chief and the airbender.
Suddenly, the police station alarm began to sound before the lights and alarm went off, leaving the room in darkness.
Saikhan grabbed a pair of flashlights.
"Catch." said Saikhan tossing the other flashlight to Tenzin and turning them on to give the place some light.
That's when the same smoke from before started pouring out of the vent.
"Saikhan, the vents." warned Tenzin before the police chief quickly used metalbending to close the vent, though there was still a bit of smoke in the room, so there were a couple of coughs.
Tenzin turned around to shine the flashlight on the door, only to find that smoke was coming in from the bottom.
"We need to evacuate immediately. Everyone stay close to me." said Tenzin.
Outside the room, Tenzin was leading the group out of the room through the smoke-filled corridors while creating a dome of air to protect them.
They finally made it out of the commissary, but when Tenzin undid the air dome, he and the others gasped in horror as they found themselves surrounded by several mecha tanks, with three of them carrying some sort of platform in their right hands.
"Not these mecha tanks again!" exclaimed Tenzin in frustration.
The mecha tanks holding the platform raised the arms that held them and suddenly the policemen were drawn to them, signaling that they were some sort of magnet.
Tenzin quickly created a rope of air with which he grabbed Saikhan before he reached the magnet and they began a tug-of-war game between the magnet and the airbender.
But unfortunately, the magnet's strength was superior to Tenzin's and he ended up unraveling the air rope, causing Saikhan to be pulled towards the magnet.
The mecha tanks that trapped the policemen put them into a van and Tenzin got into position to fight the other mecha tanks.
One of them launched a grappling claw, but Tenzin neutralized it with an air bullet before launching a pair at the mecha tank, managing to push it back.
Two other mecha tanks launched their grappling claws, but Tenzin blocked them with airbending as the commissary officers retreated.
One mecha tank advanced toward Tenzin and tried to strike him, but the airbender jumped to dodge it.
However, the mecha tank took advantage of that to throw a grappling claw at him that grabbed him and pushed him to crash into the wall and drop him to the ground, but he was able to cushion his fall with airbending before he fell to the ground.
He raised his head and groaned slightly as he watched the van holding the cops drive away.
"Saikhan, no!" groaned Tenzin.
He then turned his gaze to one side to see a police blimp being shot down before turning his gaze to another side to see a group of Equalist soldiers emerge from another van to stop the officers with their guns pointed at them before other soldiers threw their bolas at them.
Tenzin felt desperate as he had no more strength to fight, they had captured and shot down the entire police force in the city and the Equalists were slowly winning.
Before he fell into unconsciousness, he saw in a blur as the mecha tanks approached him.
Soon after, the Team Avatar's satomobile and Ahsoka's bike were speeding through the streets until they reached city hall.
In the middle of the ride, Bolin created a pair of ramps for the satomobile.
"Jump!" shouted Asami as they all exited the satomobile which used the ramps to launch itself towards the battlefield, knocking over a couple of mecha tanks in the process as it exploded.
Seeing that her bike wasn't needed to fight some beskar robots, Ahsoka got off of it and joined the others who jumped in to fight the remaining mecha tanks advancing towards them.
One mecha tank threw its grappling claw at Mako and grabbed him, shocking him with electricity in the process, causing him to groan in pain, but Mako endured the pain, grabbed the rope and used lightning generation to absorb the electricity and throw him back at the mecha tank, disconnecting it in the process.
Bolin erected a block of earth beneath him which he used to dodge a grappling claw from another mecha tank before creating a huge block of earth which he threw at it, knocking it down in the process.
Korra grabbed the surrounding snow to create two water whips as she advanced towards the mecha tank that threw its grappling claw at her, but Korra dodged it with a leap as she continued to charge towards it.
Using the ramp Bolin created earlier, she jumped over the mecha tank and while in the air, she introduced water into its exhaust pipes, causing it to short-circuit and then, slammed her fist into the ground and used earthbending to erect several earth platforms underneath the mecha tank that knocked it down.
A mecha tank shot its grappling claw at Ahsoka, but she activated her lightsabers and dodged the claw before cutting the rope.
The mecha tank, who had the magnet in its hand, activated its magnet, causing the lightsabers to feel attracted to it, but Ahsoka kept her grip on them and tried to stop them from being attracted.
Seeing that it would be useless, Ahsoka decided to let herself be pulled by the magnet as they continued to grab their lightsabers.
When she reached the magnet, she stuck her lightsabers into it, managing to disable it before jumping away from the mecha tank.
After that, Ahsoka stretched her arms towards a mech tank and used the Force to lift it up a bit.
With a groan of effort, she sent the mech tank crashing into another, knocking them both down in the process.
A pair of Equalist soldiers were carrying Tenzin, who was still unconscious to the van when the first one received an electric shock from Asami.
Several Equalist soldiers rushed forward to fight her, but Asami proved agile enough to engage each of them and knock them down with her electrified gauntlet.
One tried to attack her from behind with a blaster gun, but Asami was quicker as she turned, drew her pistol and shot a stun beam that knocked him down.
"Ugh. Thank you." said Tenzin having woken up from his unconscious state before launching himself into battle.
Mako was engaging the last mecha tank, throwing fireballs at it while dodging its blows.
The mecha tank threw his grappling claw at Tenzin who was closing in on him, but he dodged it before getting underneath the mecha tank.
Once he stood there, he launched a powerful blast of wind that sent the mech tank flying towards the roof of a building.
The entire battle was being watched by Hiroshi through a telescope.
"Tenzin has escaped once again. I can't stand to see Asami fighting alongside those benders or that alien." said Hiroshi to the masked one.
"We'll capture them before long and you will have your daughter back." said Amon.
Back on the ground, Team Avatar managed to take down all the enemies.
"Are you all right?" asked Korra to Tenzin.
"I'm fine. Thank you, kids. Another moment later and I would have been on my way to Amon." said Tenzin.
"Uh, guys… Look." said Mako pointing to the horizon, where they could see an Equalist airship approaching Air Temple Island, much to the Airbender's horror.
"Oh, no." said Tenzin in horror.
"We must get back to the island! Hurry!" said Ahsoka.
Wasting no time, they all ran with all their might with the intention of returning to the island and saving Tenzin's family before it was too late.
The entrance ramp of the island's airship opened to reveal the lieutenant along with several Equalist soldiers.
Suddenly, the airship fired a grappling rope that snagged on the island's floor and the soldiers used it to lower themselves down.
The White Lotus sentries saw that and rushed forward while Lin, Kaxey and Tenzin's family also watched from another side of the island.
"Everyone, hide inside and remain calm." said Lin.
Suddenly, Pema started screaming in pain.
"Mommy, what's wrong?" asked Ikki with concern.
"The baby's coming!" cried Pema to the great surprise of everyone present, as that was neither the time nor the place for such a thing.
"Oh, no!" said Jinora.
"Not now, baby!" said Meelo.
"Wasn't there another time for it? Wasn't there?!" asked Kaxey.
Two air acolytes quickly took Pema to a room so she could rest, leaving the children, the droid and the former police chief behind.
The White Lotus sentries stood at the top of some stairs as the Equalist soldiers rushed toward them.
As they climbed up the stairs, the sentries proceeded to launch water, ground and fire attacks at them, but suddenly, a grappling rope from another airship crashed in the middle of the stairs, down it came more Equalist soldiers and among those who came down, was the lieutenant.
Lin stood with Kaxey in the middle of the square, patiently waiting for the enemy.
"Will you be able to move? You just got your leg back." said Lin.
"Oh, I didn't know you cared. Anyway, bad leg or not, I'm not going to let those bastards take those kids and the one about to be born." said Kaxey.
"I'm starting to like you, Kaxey." said Lin with a smile, surprising the droid in the process, as she had never called her by her name before.
Putting that aside, the two focused on the battle to come.
There was an ominous silence for a few more seconds until they saw the lieutenant arrive with several Equalist soldiers.
Quickly, Lin threw two metal ropes that grabbed two Equalist soldiers and then slammed them into each other before tossing them aside.
One soldier tried to attack her, but Kaxey grabbed him and threw him into a collision with another Equalist soldier.
A couple of Equalist soldiers pulled out their guns and began shooting, but Lin erected a wall of earth to protect them.
"Damn it. I'd forgotten they had those things." said Lin.
"Well, if you can't beat them, join in." said Kaxey pulling out a pair of guns.
Peeking over the side of the wall, Kaxey began shooting shots in stun mode, but the Equalist soldiers managed to dodge the shots as they continued shooting.
It was then that Lin decided to act and used earthbending to erect a small rock that caused an Equalist soldier to stumble, something she took advantage of to throw a metal rope with which she grabbed the gun before throwing it away from him, something Kaxey took advantage of to knock him down with one shot before doing so with the other.
Shaking off the shots, Lin went down the earthen wall without noticing that another Equalist soldier tried to attack her from behind or so it seemed, as, with a stomp, erected an earthen block with which she struck the soldier under the chin.
A couple of soldiers tried to knock Kaxey down, but she punched one in the face while the other she kicked in the stomach, knocking them both down in the process.
Finally, with a groan of exertion, Lin slammed her palm against the ground, erecting three blocks of earth that struck three soldiers.
While the fighting was going on, Pema was in a bed being tended to by two elderly air acolytes.
"The children, where are they?" asked Pema with concern.
"Don't worry. They're in the other room, totally safe." said an elderly air acolyte woman.
Lin threw two metal ropes at the lieutenant which he wrapped around his electrified sticks before shooting an electric shock through the ropes which struck Lin, making her scream in pain before falling to her knees.
Kaxey lunged towards him to fight with her bare hands, but the lieutenant managed to dodge each attack before striking her with his electrified sticks, making her moan slightly from the pain.
"Sorry, but that just tickled me." said Kaxey before punching the lieutenant in the face, knocking him back.
Kaxey tried to punch him again, but the lieutenant dodged the punch before hitting her again with his electrified sticks, having the same result as the previous one before Kaxey kicked him in the stomach, making him groan in pain as he held the damaged area.
"I can be like this all day." said Kaxey ready to keep fighting.
"Then we'd better increase the power level." said the lieutenant with a grin before pushing a button that made the sticks emit more powerful sparks.
Kaxey lunged to hit him again, but the lieutenant dodged again before slamming the tips of his electrified sticks into the droid's chest, blasting him with an electric shock so powerful it made Kaxey scream in pain.
When the shock stopped, Kaxey fell to her knees on the ground.
"You… bastard." said Kaxey.
"Normally, a power like that would have killed a normal person, but I remembered that you're not a person, just a useless machine." said the lieutenant advancing until he was standing in front of her and preparing his electrified sticks to strike her.
"She's not a useless machine!" began Jinora flying to the stage with her glider before landing on the ground and launching a wave of wind with her stick that launched the lieutenant across the building. "She's my friend!"
"Jinora?" asked Kaxey in surprise, both at the sight of the young airbender and at her words.
"You shouldn't be out here!" said Lin.
At that moment, Ikki appeared on a large air scooter with which she knocked down a couple of soldiers.
"Get off our island!" demanded Ikki as she hit more soldiers with her air scooter which she undid before standing next to the droid, the former police chief and her older sister.
"Girls! You need to go back inside this instant!" said Lin having stood up and getting ready to fight.
"Ha. I'll give you that. They've got guts and I like that!" said Kaxey getting up.
A couple of soldiers prepared to fight, but then…
"Taste my fury!" shouted Meelo launching himself at them from above and hitting a soldier with a blast of wind from his butt.
"Meelo! Be careful!" shouted Lin worriedly at the young airbender, but Meelo was able to knock down several soldiers with powerful blasts of wind before creating around him a wind sphere which he blew up to hit two incoming soldiers.
"I don't think it will be necessary to worry about him." said Kaxey.
Later, the group was with the White Lotus sentries and in front of them were the bound and defeated soldiers.
"Take these Equalists and lock them in the temple's basement! Nice work, kids." began Lin congratulating the young airbenders when they heard the growl of a flying bison.
"Dad!" exclaimed Jinora happy to see her father and running to where he was going to land with her siblings behind.
Oogi landed in the middle of the spot and Team Avatar and Tenzin got out of it, with the airbender hugging his children soon after.
"Oh, thank goodness you're all right!" said Tenzin thankful that his children were safe and sound.
"We caught the bad guys." said Meelo who stood over his father's head.
"You let them fight? Do you realize what could have happened?" asked Tenzin angrily to his old friend.
"We would have been toast if it weren't for your kids." said Lin with folded arms.
"Instead of scolding them, you should be congratulating them. These kids sure know how to fight." said Kaxey.
Tenzin glanced at his three children, feeling quite proud of how strong and skilled they had become.
"Go on, be with your wife." said Lin as Tenzin and his children went inside the temple.
Inside the temple, Tenzin was walking quietly when suddenly he heard a baby crying, causing him to start running with extreme concern.
"Pema!" said Tenzin worried for his wife.
Soon after, he arrived in the room where she was resting and a smile of pure happiness graced her face when she saw her fourth child in her arms.
"Tenzin." said Pema looking at her husband who sat next to her as she continued to look at the baby in her arms.
"I'm here, Pema." said Tenzin.
"Our new son." said Pema before passing the baby to Tenzin who stroked the baby's chin, making him open his eyes and look at him.
"Hello." said Tenzin greeting his new son.
At that moment, Jinora and her siblings peeked through the door, which their parents noticed.
"Come, meet your new brother." said Tenzin.
"A brother? Well it's about time!" commented Meelo as he and his sisters entered the room and walked over to see their baby brother.
"Welcome, I'm Ikki, and this is Jinora and Meelo. We have a super great family and we're so happy that you're a part of it." said Ikki to the baby who smiled as he looked at his older siblings.
"What're you gonna name him? Can I pick?" asked Jinora to her parents.
"We already chose a name." said Pema as she and her husband shared glances.
"Rohan." said Tenzin with a joyful smile.
The whole scene was being watched by Lin, Korra, Mako and Ahsoka, who were smiling at the family reunion.
"I'm so sorry to interrupt." began Korra getting the family's attention. "But more airships are coming." said Korra to the family's concern.
"This place is no longer safe. I'm afraid we won't be able to stay here much longer." said Ahsoka.
"Everything's not gonna be fine, is it, Daddy?" asked Ikki.
Tenzin took a look at his children, his wife and his new born son and came to a tough decision.
All to protect them all.
Outside the temple, Tenzin, Lin and the rest of the team met up with Bolin and Asami who were contemplating something in the sky, which was a pair of Equalist airships heading for the island.
"What do you want to do, Tenzin?" asked Korra.
"I need to protect my family, and get them as far away from this conflict as possible. If Amon got his hands on my children… I hate to even think of it." said Tenzin.
"If you're leaving, then I'm going with you." said Lin.
"But..." began Tenzin trying to deny the former police chief's offer.
"No arguments. You and your family are the last airbenders. There's no way in the world I'm letting Amon take your bending away." said Lin with firm decision.
"Thank you, Lin." began Tenzin before focusing on the Avatar and the green-haired boy. "Korra, I want you to leave this island and hide for the time being."
"I'm not giving up." said Korra indignantly at the airbender's request.
"It's not a surrender, but a strategic withdrawal, right?" asked Ahsoka knowing there would be a backup plan.
"Exactly. I sent word to the United Forces. They will be here soon. And once my family is safe, I will return." said Tenzin explaining his intentions.
"With so many reinforcements, we may turn the tables in our favor." said Ahsoka.
"What you're saying is, we need to be patient." said Korra.
"You're learning well." said Tenzin with a small smile which Korra returned.
Later, Team Avatar found themselves in front of a pair of flying bison, Tenzin and Lin's family standing atop one of them as the airbender bade them farewell.
Korra gave her airbender one last hug.
"Stay safe, Korra." said Tenzin with his hands on the Avatar's shoulders.
"You too." said Korra.
"May the Force be with you." said Ahsoka.
"Tenzin, if we're leaving, we'd better do it now." said Lin before Tenzin climbed on top of Oogi.
"Oogi, yip yip." said Tenzin causing the flying bison to take flight along with the other flying bison.
Team Avatar stood and watched as the flying bison flew away, but alas, the equalist blimps had also arrived and began to chase them as a third blimp stopped over the island before shooting a grappling rope that snagged right where the team was standing.
Down the rope came a pair of Equalist soldiers, but White Lotus sentries stood between them and the team.
"Go! We'll hold them off!" said one of the sentries.
"Everyone, climb on!" began Korra as she and the other humans climbed on top of Naga while Ahsoka and Kaxey got on the bike. "Let's go, girl!" said Korra as the polar bear dog and the bike bolted away from the site, leaving the sentries behind who were completely surrounded by the Equalist soldiers.
As they raced down the mountain, Bolin spotted something troubling.
"Mustache guy!" exclaimed Bolin pointing to a spot where they saw the lieutenant sliding down the mountainside and jumping towards them.
But then, Ahsoka used the Force to send him to the beach below.
After that, Naga and the bike jumped into the water and Korra created around everyone an air bubble that would allow them to breathe as they swam away from the island, straight to the city.
Meanwhile, Oogi was flying as fast as he could with the intention of getting away from the pursuing blimps, but the blimps were going even faster than he was.
"They're gaining on us!" reported Lin.
"Faster, Oogi!" said Tenzin slapping the reins of the bison which sped up the flight.
Suddenly, one of the airships shot out a retractable net, but Lin destroyed it with a metal rope before tangling her rope with that of the net and standing up.
Lin looked at the family who looked worriedly at the scene in front of them.
Then Lin changed her worried expression to one of pure determination.
"Whatever happens to me, don't turn back!" said Lin.
"Lin, what are you doing?!" asked Tenzin turning his head to look at her with a frown, not liking what she was proposing.
Lin ran across Oogi's back before jumping off of him and using the metal rope to swing and launch herself onto the airship's roof.
She then used metalbending to shatter the metal roof of the airship, causing an explosion that caused it to fall.
She then used metalbending to launch herself at the other airship and proceed to do the same to it, but in the process, a boleadora wrapped itself around her and her legs, causing her to fall before suffering an electric shock that knocked her unconscious.
It was then, when the remaining airship turned around and retreated, a thing that was seen by Tenzin and his family, who looked shocked by the sacrifice of the former police chief.
"That lady is my hero." said Meelo.
"Yes, she is." said Tenzin regretfully.
Thanks to what Lin did, Oogi was able to get much further away from the area.
At the entrance to the city sewer, Team Avatar stood watching sadly as the Equalists took over Air Temple Island.
Mako put his hand on the Avatar's shoulder in an attempt to comfort her.
"Korra, we should go." said Ahsoka before the team went into the tunnel, with Mako having her arm around Korra, which annoyed Asami.
That night, while it was raining on the island occupied by the Equalists, Lin was forced to kneel on the ground and when she raised her head, she saw in front of her Amon, the lieutenant and several Equalist soldiers.
"Tell me where the Avatar is and I'll let you keep your bending." said Amon offering a way out.
"I won't tell you anything, you monster." said Lin.
"Very well." said Amon before standing behind Lin, who closed her eyes, preparing herself for what was coming, and placing his left hand on the back of her neck and his right hand on her forehead, thus snatching her bending powers from her.
After that, Lin fell unconscious to the ground.
The next morning, a man was on a ship looking at the horizon.
Shortly thereafter, another man approached him from behind.
"General, I just received a wire from the Avatar. She says Amon and his forces have gained control of the city. How do you want to respond?" the man asked.
"Tell her we will be arriving in three days' time. And that I look forward to winning back Republic City, together." said the first man.
"As you wish, General Iroh." said the second man with a military salute before walking away.
The camera zoomed out, showing, not only the ship General Iroh II was on, but also many other ships nearby, heading for Republic City to help Team Avatar and take on Amon.