Amity's intro
Water. Earth. Fire. Air.
Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed her most, she vanished. A hundred years passed, and me, Willow
and Gus discovered the new Avatar, an airbender named Luz. And although her airbending skills are great, she has a lot to learn before she's ready to save anyone.
But I believe Luz can save the world
The camera shows a wide-view of the desert. Team Avatar looks in every direction over the vast ocean of sand for Appa. The camera halts as Luz and Boscha come into view. Luz turns around to face Boscha angrily.
(Enraged.) "How could you let them take Appa?! Why didn't you stop them?!" Luz asked with rage
Cut to close-up of Luz's angry face.
(Defensively.) "I couldn't! The library was sinking! You guys were still inside and-" Boscha didn't finish
Luz interrupts Boscha as she walks over to her.
(Still enraged.) "You could've come to get us. I could've saved him!" Luz yelled
(Turns to face her slightly.) "I can hardly feel any vibrations out here. The sandbenders snuck up on me and there wasn't time for –" Boscha didn't finish
(Snaps at Boscha harshly.) "You just didn't care! You never liked Appa! You wanted him gone!" Luz yelled
Luz looks extremely furious at Boscha as Amity walks over to her. She puts her hand on her shoulder to try and calm her down.
"Luz, stop it. You know Boscha did all she could. She saved our lives." Amity said
Camera moves to Willow, who is still looking out into the desert.
"Who's going to save our lives now? We'll never make it out of here." Willow said
Luz irately walks away from the rest of the group.
"That's all any of you guys care about, yourselves! You don't care whether Appa is okay or not!" Luz yelled
"We're all concerned, but we can't afford to be fighting now." Amity said
(In a cold, hard tone.) "I'm going after Appa." Luz said
Luz flies off with her glider. Amity calls after her, running to the place she took off.
"Luz, wait!" Amity said
Cut to a view from the sky, showing Luz flying away from the rest of the group who stand by the large crater created by the disappeared library. Cut back to Amity, who is still looking in the direction Luz took off.
"We'd better start walking. We're the only people who know about the solar eclipse. We have to get that information to Ba Sing Se." Amity said
The group starts walking in the same direction as Luz took off to, with Amity leading the way, followed by Gus, Willow, Eda and Camila. Boscha closes the ranks.
"You think if we dig out the giant owl, he'll give us a ride?" (gets her ear pinched by Camila getting leaned forward by it.) "ow, ow, ow! Just curious!" Willow said
Cut to Lilith and Kaldo riding on their ostrich horse. Kaldo fake-moans in pretend pain at every step the ostrich horse takes, clasping his left arm.
"Maybe we should make camp." Lilith said
"No, please, don't stop just for me!" Kaldo said
Switch to a front view of Lilith and Kaldo. Kaldo theatrically lets out several more groans of pain. Lilith pulls at the reins, annoyed by the performance displayed by her lieutenant. As they dismount, the ostrich horse is alarmed by something. Lilith immediately takes on a firebending form, ready to defend herself.
(Annoyed.) "What now?" Kaldo asked
The Rough Rhinos ride through the thicket at both sides of the road Lilith and Kaldo were traveling on. Mongke's rhino steps the ground forcefully breaking the surface. Mongke is shown pulling back the reins. Lilith keeps up her defensive position, looking at the men that surrounded them. Kaldo's face clears up as he stands up and places a hand on Lilith's shoulder.
"Colonel Mongke! What a pleasant surprise!" Kaldo said
"If you're surprised we're here, then the Dragon of the West has lost a few steps." Mongke said
The Rough Rhinos prepare themselves for battle, each readying their own weapon of expertise.
(Surprised.) "You know these guys?" Lilith asked
"Sure. Colonel Mongke and the Rough Rhinos are legendary. Each one is a different kind of weapon specialist." (The camera cuts to each member of the Rough Rhinos.) "They are also a very capable singing group." Kaldo said
Cut to Mongke, who has his fist raised, ready for firebending.
"We're not here to give a concert. We're here to apprehend fugitives!" Mongke said
(While rubbing his arm.) "Would you like some tea first? I'd love some. How about you, Kahchi? I make you as a jasmine man. Am I right?" Kaldo asked
"Enough stalling! Round 'em up!" Mongke commanded
Camera shows an overhead view of the situation. Cut to Ogodei swinging his ball and chain at Kaldo, who kicks it away. The chain wraps itself around the leg of Kahchi's rhino. Kaldo tumbles over the ground, dodging two fire blasts. He rises back up and hits the rhino in the rear, making it dash away, yanking Ogodei off his rhino and dragging him along. Kaldo waves goodbye as he watches them go.
Vachir shoots a lit arrow at Lilith. She quickly reacts by knocking the arrow away and releasing a fire blast, burning a hole in the surprised archer's bow.
Mongke joins the fight by directing some fire blasts at Kaldo. Kaldo deflects each and every one of them. As Mongke is busy with Kaldo, Lilith runs up and jumps on the back of the Rhino. With two spinning fire kicks, she sends Colonel Mongke flying.
Kaldo runs up to the ostrich horse, jumps on and rides toward Lilith, who awaits him, standing on the Rhino of Colonel Mongke. As she jumps on, Yeh-Lu immediately starts the pursuit. He throws a grenade at the fleeing ostrich horse. It explodes right in front of it, but Kaldo and Lilith ride through the explosion's smoke.
"It's nice to see old friends." Kaldo said
"Too bad you don't have any old friends that don't want to attack you." Lilith said
(Grasping his shoulder again as he racks his brain in search of an answer.) "Hmmm ... Old friends that don't want to attack me …" Kaldo said in thought
Cut to Amity, Gus, Willow, Eda, Camila and Boscha, all exhausted and dehydrated, still wandering through the desert. Willow stops to take King off her back and uses his wings to create some shade, causing Boscha to crash into her.
(Annoyed.) "Can't you watch where you're …" Willow started (Her eyes widened in comprehension as she saw who bumped into her.)
"No." Boscha said (pointing to the middle of her forehead.)
"Right. Sorry." Willow said
Amity turns around to encourage the others.
"Come on guys, we've got to stick together." Amity said
Willow's clothes stick to Boscha. She tries to free herself by pushing her away.
"If I sweat anymore, I don't think sticking together will be a problem." Willow said
An irritated Boscha places her hand on Willow's face and pushes her to the ground, freeing them both.
"Eda, can I have some more water?" Boscha asked
"Okay, but we've got to try to conserve it." Eda said
Eda bends six small blobs of water out of her pouch and into the mouths of Amity, Gus, Willow, Camila, Boscha and King. Willow circulates the water in her mouth before swallowing it.
(As she points to her mouth.) "We're drinking your bending water?" (She tries to define the taste of the water, smacking her lips. Disgustedly, she exclaims.) "You refilled it in the swamp! Urch!" Willow exclaimed
"It does taste swampy." Boscha said
King lets out a sad cry in protest of the water's flavor, after also smacking his lips. Eda sadly puts the cork back on her water sack.
(Sad tone.) "I'm sorry, it's all we have." Eda said
"It'll have to do until we find more." Amity said
"Not anymore! Look!" Willow shouted
Amity looks in the direction of Willow's pointing. She walks over to the cactus and cuts off a piece with her machete. She happily drinks the fluid that's inside while King crawls over to her.
(Worried.) "Willow, wait! You shouldn't be eating strange plants! Especially from a cactus! It'll give you side effects if you drink it!" Camila said
She walks over while Amity, Gus, Eda and Boscha follow as she runs toward Willow. She and King are quenching their thirst with plenty of cactus juice. She cuts open another part of the cactus, excitedly offering its content to a skeptic looking Camila.
"There's water trapped inside these! Try some Gus" Willow said
(Backing away from Willow and the cactus.) "I don't know …" Gus said
[While cactus juice drips off his chin.] Suit yourself. It's very thirst-quenching, though." Willow said
She gives the others a big smile like a true saleswoman. Cut to close-up of her left eye as her pupil dilates rapidly. She tries to shake off the feeling by rapidly shaking her head. She starts to trip.
(In a strange echoing voice.) "Drink cactus juice. It'll quench ya! Nothing's quenchier." (She crawls over the ground as a caterpillar before jumping back to the front, pushing her face toward the camera with a big smile.) "It's the quenchiest!" Willow said deliriously
Amity gives Willow a very uncomfortable look. She grabs her cactus juice and pours it down on the sand.
"Okay, I think you've had enough." Amity said
"That would be the side effect I'm talking about" Camila said
"Who lit Boscha on fire?" Willow asked deliriously
Amity wants to react to Willow's comment, but is distracted by a sound in the sky. She looks up to see King flying around in circles, increasing his speed, before plummeting into the ground, head first. Amity picks up and cradles the unconscious animal.
"Can I get some of that cactus?" Boscha asked
(Wrapping her arm around Boscha's shoulders.) "I don't think that's a good idea. Come on, we need to find Luz." Eda said
Eda leads Boscha away as Amity carries King in her arms. Willow stays behind, staring blankly at the sky. Gus and Camila went back and pulled Willow along by her arms. Cut to an overview shot of the endless desert.
(In awe.) "How did we get out here in the middle of the ocean?" Willow asked deliriously
"It's gonna take a while until the effects of the cactus wears off." Camila said
Gus sighs as the scene cuts to Luz flying over the desert in search of Appa. She blows her bison whistle.
"Appa!" (She glides down and lands on a dune.) "Appa!" Luz shouted
The camera circles around Luz. While she stares across the horizon, it begins to dawn on her that she is not going to find her friend out here. The tears welled up in her eyes.
"No …" (Yelling.) "No!" Luz yelled
Overcome by anger, she slams her staff on the ground, creating a large mushroom-shaped cloud of sand. Dust that was kicked up by Luz's blow washes over Amity, Gus, Willow, Eda, Camila and Boscha as they climb over another dune.
"What is that?" Eda asked
"What? What is what?" Boscha asked
(Raises her arms in the air.) "It's a giant ... mushroom." (Very excited.) "Maybe it's friendly!" Willow said deliriously
"Yeesh, she must've had too much cactus." Gus said
"Let's just keep moving. I hope Luz's okay." Amity said
As Amity leads the others away, Willow starts to worship the mushroom by waving her arms up and down, back and forth.
"Friendly mushroom! Mushy giant friend!" Willow said deliriously
"Come on." Camila said (grabs Willow by the back of her collar and pulls her along.)
Cut to the village with the Misty Palms Oasis at the border of the desert.
"Yeah, a barefoot teen girl and her friends passed through here a few days ago." a man said
"Did they give you any indication where they were headed ?" Yu asked
"Maybe you could give me a little incentive ?" the man asked
The man makes the money sign with his fingers.
"Are you suggesting I break your fingers ?" Xin Fu asked
The man quickly hides his hand behind his back and points with the other one toward the desert.
"They went in the desert! Too bad there's almost no chance they survived." the man said
"That's okay, 'cause she's wanted dead or alive." Xin Fu said
The man quietly backs away from Xin Fu and Yu
"No, she's not! I'm certain her father wants her alive." Yu said
"Hey, look. Fire Nation wanted posters!" Xin Fu said
Yu follows Xin Fu's lead and examines the wanted posters. A poster of Lilith and Kaldo is surrounded by posters of Luz, the Blue Spirit, Jeong Jeong, and Chet.
"So?" Yu asked
Xin Fu looks at Lilith and Kaldo as they walk toward the tavern.
"So, look who's here." Xin Fu said
Cut to Amity, Gus, Willow, Eda, Camila and Boscha. It is nearly twilight and they are still walking in a single file through the desert. A shadow passes over their heads and Luz lands behind them, kicking up a small cloud of sand. As the sand clears, Luz is still down.
"I'm sorry, Luz. I know it's hard for you right now, but ... we need to focus on getting out of here." Amity said
She walks over to her and puts a hand on her shoulder to comfort her. She pulls away.
(Hopelessly.) "What's the difference? We won't survive without Appa. We all know it." Luz said
(Encouraging.) "Come on, Luz. We can do this if we work together. Right, Boscha?" Amity asked
"As far as I can see and feel, we're trapped in a giant bowl of sand pudding. I got nothin'." Boscha said
(Hopeful.) "Willow? Any ideas on how to find Ba Sing Se?" Gus asked
Willow and King lie side by side on their backs, arms and legs stretched out. Willow smiles blissfully.
[Pointing up at the sky.] Why don't we ask the circle birds?" Willow asked deliriously
Amity, Gus, Eda and Camila direct their gaze to the sky and see four buzzard wasps circling above their heads. Amity looks at every other member in the team. Luz still sits down sulking and Boscha staggers a bit. Willow chuckles a bit while King lazily claws at the buzzard wasps.
(Grabs her head in annoyance.) "Ugh ... We're getting out of this desert, and we're going to do it together! Luz, get up. Everybody, hold hands. We can do this. We have to." Amity said
She takes one more look at the buzzard wasps in the sky before pulling Luz along by her staff. Luz holds onto Camila's hand, Camila then holds onto Eda's hand as she holds onto Gus' hand who then holds onto Boscha's hand and she holds onto Willow's in turn. A big grinning Willow pulls King along by his tail, who lazily tries to fly in the other direction.
The sun is setting as they all stagger up a large dune, with Amity still in the lead.
"I think we should stop for the night." Amity said
The rest of the group sighs and falls down from exhaustion.
"Is there any more water?" Boscha asked
"This is the last of it. Everyone can have a little drink." Eda said
Willow crawls toward Eda with King riding on her back when she begins to bend the water out of her pouch. King leaps forward at the water, causing it to fall in the sand.
(Theatrically panics, grabbing her head in despair.) "King, no! You've killed us all!" Willow shouted deliriously
Eda calmly holds her hand over the moist spot of sand and begins to bend the water back into her pouch, before giving it to Boscha to drink.
"No, he hasn't." Eda said
[Relieved.] Oh, right. Bending." Willow said deliriously
"Willow, let us see the things you got from the library." Gus said
She immediately backs away and defensively grabs her back full of scrolls.
(Paranoid.) "What?! I didn't steal anything! Who told you that?" (Pointing an accusing finger at King.) "It was you! You ratted me out!" Willow shouted deliriously
"Willow, we were there." Camila said
Camila takes the bag from Willow and start to examine the scrolls.
(Sadly.) "It doesn't matter. None of those will tell us where Appa is." Luz said
"No, but we can find out which way Ba Sing Se is. We can use the stars to guide us." (She pulls out a map of the stars.) "That way we can travel at night when it's cool and rest during the day." Camila said
She turns around and sighs at the sight of the rest of the group. They are all lying there, exhausted from the long walk and their grief for the loss of Appa.
"Just try to get some sleep. We'll start again in a few hours." Amity said
Fade to Lilith and Kaldo sitting at a table in the tavern at the Misty Palms Oasis.
"No one here is going to help us. These people just look like filthy wanderers." Lilith said
"So do we." (Pointing at something behind Lilith.) "Ah, this is interesting. I think I found our friend." Kaldo said
As Lilith turns around to see where Kaldo is pointing at, the camera pans over her shoulder to reveal an old man sitting at a Pai Sho table.
"You brought us here to gamble on Pai Sho?" Lilith asked
"I don't think this is a gamble." Kaldo said
Lilith and Kaldo walk toward the Pai Sho table. The camera zooms toward Xin Fu and Yu, who are sitting on a bench at the other side of the tavern. Xin Fu jumps up with the intention to grab them, but Yu places a hand on his shoulder to restrain him.
"Let's take them now!" Xin Fu said
"This place is full of desperate characters. If they find out we're collecting a bounty, we might have to fight them all just to keep our prize. Patience." Yu said
Cut to Kaldo and Lilith approaching the Pai Sho table.
"May I have this game?" Kaldo asked
(Gesturing Kaldo to sit down.) "The guest has the first move." (Kaldo places the lotus tile in the center of the board.) "I see you favor the white lotus gambit. Not many still cling to the ancient ways." the old man said (He cups his hands toward Kaldo.)
"Those who do can always find a friend." Kaldo said
He copies the gesture of the old man, also cupping his hands toward him.
"Then let us play." the old man said
The old man places a tile on the board, quickly followed by a tile placed by Kaldo. Seemingly without even looking at what the other person is doing, the two men quickly place their tiles on the board. Lilith sits down and watches intently as the two men place one tile after the other. When they are done, their tiles form the shape of a lotus flower.
"Welcome, brother. The White Lotus opens wide to those who know her secrets." the old man said
"What are you old gasbags talking about?" Lilith asked
"I always tried to tell you that Pai Sho is more than just a game." Kaldo said
Kaldo rolls a tile over his knuckles and clutches it.
Cut to a shot of Xin Fu and Yu. Xin Fu ran out of patience and jumped up.
"I'm not waiting all night for these geezers to finish yapping!" (He walks over to the Pai Sho table, followed by Yu.) "It's over! You two fugitives are coming with me!" Xin Fu said
(Quickly places himself before Kaldo and Lilith, preventing Xin Fu and Yu from reaching them.) "I knew it! You two are wanted criminals with a giant bounty on your heads!" the old man said
"I thought you said he would help!" Lilith said
(Places a hand on Lilith's shoulder to reassure her.) "He is. Just watch." Kaldo said
(To Yu and Xin Fu.) "You think you're going to capture them and collect all that gold?" the old man asked
"Gold?" a man in the bar asked
Every person in the bar looks up when they hear the word 'gold'. Some of them stand up, pulling a knife, ready to attack.
"Uh ... Maybe we shouldn't." Yu said
Camera shows a close-up of a grinning Xin Fu. As he moves toward Lilith and Kaldo, two men jump in front of him to block his path. With a reverse roundhouse kick, the earthbender bends a rock from the ground and easily pushes them out of his way.
Yu readies himself for battle. He sinks the first person to charge him into the ground. Meanwhile Xin Fu kicks two sandbenders away while he is lifting another one up in the air and holding a fourth one back with his other hand. After he kicks another sandbender away, he twists his waist, sending the two men he is holding flying. One of them crashes into the wall behind the bar.
When there is no one left to fight, Xin Fu and Yu realize that their prey has escaped during the chaos. Xin Fu growls in frustration and slams his two fists on the ground, erecting a giant pillar of earth under a downed sandbender, shooting him out of the window and against a palm tree.
Cut to a scorpion walking over a rock. The camera shows how King is patting the sand he used to cover up Willow while she is sleeping. He jumps away as Gus approaches Willow to wake her up.
"Come on, get up. We need to go." Gus said
Willow drowsily sits up and smiles like a drunken idiot. Boscha also erects herself, smacking her lips.
"Yesterday my mouth tasted like mud. Now it just tastes like sand. I never thought I'd miss the taste of mud so much." Boscha said
Amity goes to Luz to wake her up, but she gets up before she can touch her.
"I'm awake. I couldn't sleep." Luz said
"Well, we need to get moving if we want to get out of this sand pit." Amity said
Luz and Amity spot something large in the sky. She quickly sits up. Cut to a shot of a large, bison-shaped object floating by the bright, full moon. Luz's expression brightens up in an instant.
(Joyfully.) "Appa!" Luz said
"Appa ? But why would Prince Loe need him ? He's the moon!" (Grabs King's tail, using it to rub his cheek.) "He flies by himself!" Willow said deliriously
A closer shot of the floating object reveals that it is just a small desert cloud.
(Sadly.) "It's just a cloud. Wait! A cloud!" (Offers her pouch to Luz.) "Here, fly up and bend the water from that cloud into my pouch." Eda said
Luz gives Eda an angry look before snatching the offered water pouch out of her hands. The group gazes at her as she quickly passes two times over the cloud. The few remains of the cloud evaporate. She throws the pouch at Eda when she lands and she peeks in.
(Disappointed.) "Wow ... there's hardly any in here." Eda said
(Lashes out.) "I'm sorry, okay! It's a desert cloud, I did all I could! What's anyone else doing?!" (Pointing her staff at Amity.) "What are you doing ?!" Luz asked in rage
She returns her attack with a shocked look on her face.
"Trying to keep everyone together. Let's just get moving. We need to head in this direction." Amity said
Amity looks at Eda's charts once more and leads the group in the chosen direction. They are walking silently through the desert, until Boscha trips and falls flat on her face. Luz, Amity, Gus, Eda and Camila are looking at Boscha, while Willow and King just stand there, staring blankly to the sky. Boscha sits up and rubs her right foot.
"Ow! Crud! I am so sick of not feeling where I'm going!" (Pointing toward the little rocklike shaped object she tripped over.) "And what idiot buried a boat in the middle of the desert ?" Boscha asked
"A boat ?" Camila asked
Amity runs over to inspect the object.
"Believe me, I kicked it hard enough to feel plenty of vibrations." Boscha said
Willow turns around, swinging like a string puppet, to see what Amity is so excited about. Amity begins to rub off the sand of the object that appears to be made of wood. Luz steps forward, suggestively holding up her staff. As soon as Amity backs away, Luz swings her staff around, creating a mighty gust of wind, revealing a large wooden boat with white sails. Amity crawls aboard and examines it.
"It's one of the gliders the sandbenders use! And look! It's got some kind of compass on it!" (Tapping the compass.) "I bet it can point us out of here! Luz, you and your mom can bend a breeze so we can sail it. We're going to make it!" Amity said
Shot of Willow laughing childishly while burying King in the sand.
Cut to a shot of a small village at the edge of the desert, where Lilith and Kaldo follow the Pai Sho player into a flower shop.
"It is an honor to welcome such a high-ranking member of the Order of the White Lotus. Being a GrandMaster, you must know so many secrets." the old man said
(Annoyed.) "Now that you played Pai Sho, are you going to do some flower arranging, or is someone in this club going to offer some real help?" Lilith asked
"You must forgive my commander. She is not an initiate and has little appreciation for the cryptic arts." Kaldo said
The Pai Sho player leads Kaldo toward a door with a peephole in it. He knocks two times. A man slides open the small window in the door and peeks through.
"Who knocks at the garden gate ?" the florist asked
"One who has eaten the fruit and tasted its mysteries." Kaldo said
Kaldo smiles as the door opens to let him and the Pai Sho player through. When Lilith attempts to follow them, the door slams shut in front of her. She looks at the door with a pout when Kaldo opens the small window.
"I'm afraid it's members only. Wait out here." Kaldo said
An annoyed Lilith frowns and crosses her arms as she rests against a nearby table. She leans over to sniff the plant on the table.
Switch to a shot of the desert where the sand-sailer is making great speed. Amity navigates it through the desert, while Luz and Camila drive it forward using strong gusts of wind.
"The needle on this compass doesn't seem to be pointing north, according to my charts." Eda said
Eda places her charts over the compass. Willow sits beside her, dangling her legs over the edge and holding King by the tail, who glides in the opposite direction.
(Dreamily.) "Take it easy, elderly lady. I'm sure the sand folks who built this baby know how to get around here." Willow said deliriously
Eda looks annoyed at Willow. When she focuses her attention back toward the horizon in front of her, she gasps in comprehension when she sees a giant rock in the distance.
"That's what the compass is pointing to! That giant rock! It must be the magnetic center of the desert." Eda said
"Well, what a coincidence." Gus said
(Ecstatic.) "A rock ?! Yes! Let's go!" Boscha shouted
(Hopeful.) "Maybe we can find some water there!" Amity said
(Darkly.) "Maybe we can find some sandbenders." Luz said
Luz and Camila continue to send gusts of wind into the sails of the glider, directing it toward the rock. Switch to a shot of the glider at the base of the rock. The sun's already rising when team Avatar reaches the top.
"Ahhh ... Finally! Solid ground!" Boscha said
Boscha happily lets herself drop flat on her back, moving her arms and legs back and forth, creating a rock angel. After she is done, the group starts to explore the caves that decorate the top of the rock. They enter a round tunnel. The cave's surface is covered with a yellow, gooey substance.
(Breathes deeply.) "I think my head is starting to clear out the cactus juice. And look!" Willow said
Willow dips her hand in the yellow goo and tastes it, sharing her find with King. They both spit it out and Willow makes a disgusted gagging noise.
"Tastes like rotten penguin meat! Awww, I feel woozy." Willow said
(Irritated.) "You've been hallucinating on cactus juice all day, and then you just lick something you find stuck to the wall of a cave?!" Camila asked
"I have a natural curiosity." Willow said
"It's a thing with her." Gus said
"I don't think this is a normal cave. This was carved by something." Boscha said
"Yeah ... Look at the shape." Luz said
(Close-up of her feet.) "There's something buzzing in here." (Camera pans up to her.) "Something that's coming for us!" Boscha said in panic
The camera shows how the group runs out of the cave, back into the open. Luz and Boscha scream as the first buzzard wasp emerges. Luz pulls Boscha down as it flies over their heads. A second wasp dives directly toward the camera.
Cut to a shot of the giant rock from a distance, followed by a shot of the hive as more buzzard wasps swarm out and surround the group. Luz blasts the first wasp to come near them away with a strong air current.
A second wasp lands on a nearby rock. The moment it touches it, Willow turns around to send the wasp flying again, shooting up the rock from underneath it.
Another buzzard wasp flies between Eda and Camila. Boscha hears it fly between them so she lifts the rock beside her and throws it in the general direction of the sound. The giant rock is only inches apart from crushing Gus.
(Surprised.) "What are you doing? That rock almost crushed me!" Gus said
"Sorry, I can't tell where they are in the air with my third eye!" Boscha said
A loud buzzing signals the passing of another wasp. Willow readies her machete and runs after it.
"I got this one." Willow said
She ferociously swings her weapon back and forth at the camera.
"Willow, there's nothing there!" Amity said
The camera pans back. She lowers her machete, looking around in search for her imagined foe.
"I guess my head's not as clear as I thought." Willow said
Cut to a close-up of a crouched up King. In the background, Amity backs up a few steps in Luz's direction.
"We have to get out of here! Gus and Eda are completely out of water to bend!" Amity said
"Yeah! No water! No bending!" Eda said
A buzzard wasp swoops in from the sky and snatches up a screeching King as it flies away from the hive and the benders.
"King! I'm not losing anyone else out here." Luz said
Full of anger, she takes off on her glider in hot pursuit of King and the wasp. Amity, Gus, Willow, Eda and Camila watch her go.
"Come on, we're going down." Amity said
They descend along a narrow ledge. Gus leads Boscha by hand.
"Boscha, shoot a rock right there. Fire!" Gus said
Gus places Boscha in the right direction. Boscha kicks up some rocks and shoots them forward. The incoming buzzard wasp is shot down, taking several blows to the head. Willow cheers, swinging her machete in the air.
"Yeah! You got it! She got it, right ?" Willow asked
"Yes. Now let's move." Eda said
"And fast!" Camila yelled
Gus leads Boscha on as they start to run along the ledge.
Shift to a close-up of Luz. She is still chasing the buzzard wasp that took King. A grave expression casts shadows on her face. She dives, emerging again straight underneath the wasp. As she turns, she directs a strong gust of wind at the wasp with a kick of her leg. The gust forces the wasp to release King out of its clutches. King tumbles down, but quickly regains control and begins to soar next to Luz. Luz looks from King toward the rising sun at the horizon. With an embittered glare, she notices that the wasp is getting away. Luz glides down, flying close to the ground. Using the speed of her descent, she closes her glider and swings her staff down. A powerful wall of air splits the sand, racing toward the escaping wasp. The animal is hit in mid air, knocking it to the ground. With a dark glare, Luz stares at the downed wasp for a moment before walking back in the direction of the giant rock. King follows her quickly, frightened by this merciless outburst of power.
Cut back to a shot of the giant rock, where buzzard wasps circle around Amity and the rest, who've reached the sand-sailer at the base by now. Gus looks over Toph's shoulder, acting as her eyes.
"On your left!" Gus said
Boscha reacts immediately and shoots a rock at her left. The buzzard wasp takes the rock full in the chest, shrieking on impact before tumbling down.
The camera pans out, showing many more wasps hovering in the air. Suddenly, gigantic pillars of sand rise from the ground and scare off the swarm. Amity, Gus, Willow, Eda, Camila and Boscha lower their arms they had lifted to shield their heads from the sand. As the wind blows the dust away, the camera pans to the left, revealing several sandbenders. Luz lands before Amity, Gus, Willow, Eda, Camila and Boscha, ready to face the sandbenders.
Cut back to a shot of the flower shop in the desert village, where a sleeping Lilith is startled by the squeaking of the door. Kaldo steps through as Lilith takes on a defensive stance.
"What's going on? Is the club meeting over ?" Lilith asked
"Everything is taken care of. We're heading to Ba Sing Se." Kaldo said
Kaldo and his friend bow to each other in respect.
"Ba Sing Se? Why would we go to the Earth Kingdom capital?" Lilith asked
(Calmly.) "The city is filled with refugees. No one will notice two more." the old man said
"We can hide in plain sight there. And it's the safest place in the world from the Fire Nation. I couldn't even break through to the city." Kaldo said (Happily shrugs his shoulders.)
A bell signals that someone has entered the shop. A young man approaches the group, holding up some papers.
"I have the passports for our guests, but there are two men out on the street looking for them." the White Lotus Member said
Xin Fu and Yu can be seen through a small window in the door of the flower shop. They are holding up a wanted poster that depicts Kaldo and Lilith to a man walking by.
"You seen these guys ?" Xin Fu asked (Kaldo and Lilith look at each other, cautiously.)
Shift back to a shot of the base of the giant rock, where the leader of the sandbenders confronts Team Avatar.
"What are you doing in our land with a sandbender sailer? From the looks of it, you stole it from the Hami tribe." the leader said
"We found the sailer abandoned in the desert. We're traveling with the Avatar." (She gestures at Luz. the leader's eyes widened a bit at this information.) "Our bison was stolen, and we have to get to Ba Sing Se." Amity said
A young man to the right of the leader takes a step forward and aggressively addresses Amity.
"You dare accuse our people of theft while you ride in on a stolen sand sailer ?!" the young man asked
Close-up of Boscha's misty, blue eye, narrowing as she hears the young man's voice.
(Scolds his son angrily.) "Quiet, Ghashiun! No one accused our people of anything. If what they say is true, we must give them hospitality." the leader said
"Sorry, father." Gashiun said
Boscha's eye widens in shock.
"I recognize the son's voice. He's the one that stole Appa." Boscha said
"Are you sure? " Eda asked
"I never forget a voice." Boscha said
Luz's tunic flutters around her as she charges forward, threateningly brandishing her staff toward Ghashiun.
(Furiously.) "You stole Appa! Where is he? What did you do to him?" Luz asked in anger
Ghashiun cowers back.
"They're lying! They're the thieves!" Ghashiun said
With an angry frown and a growl of frustration, Luz smacks her staff on the ground, obliterating one of the sandbender's sailers with a powerful blade of air.
(Enraged.) "Where is my bison ?!" Luz asked in anger
The scene changes again to the flower shop, where a man exits the door, pulling two big flower pots on a wooden wagon. After he leaves, Xin Fu and Yu walk toward the door. Xin Fu slams the door open with such ferocity that an overhanging plant comes crashing down. He shoves Lilith's and Kaldo's wanted poster under the nose of the florist.
"Hey you, where are these men ? I got a tip that they're in your shop." Xin Fu said
(Calmly.) "As you can see, no one is here but us." the Florist said
"We know all about your secret back room." (To Xin Fu.) "Kick it down." Yu said
Xin Fu charges the door like a mad bull and knocks it down along with the surrounding wall, with one mighty kick.
"Hey! That room is for flowers only!" the Florist said
"Some unlucky soul has an incomplete Pai Sho set." Yu said
Yu picks up a lotus tile that lies in the center of the room and shows it to Xin Fu, who angrily knocks it out of his hands.
"Let's go back to finding the girl." Xin Fu said
The scene switches to the man pulling the wooden wagon with the two large pots over some dunes. Lilith's and Kaldo's head emerges from underneath the flowers. They briefly peek around before sinking back into their pots.
Cut back to the desert where Luz is confronting the sandbenders.
"You tell me where he is, now!" Luz yelled
To emphasize her order, Luz sends a second strong blast of air toward another sailer. The sandbenders watch in shock as it blows up.
(To Ghashiun.) "What did you do ?!" the leader asked
"I-It wasn't me!" Ghashiun said in panic
(Points directly at Ghashiun.) "You said to put a muzzle on him!" Boscha said
(Enraged.) "You muzzled Appa ?!" Luz asked in rage
Immediately, Luz's eyes and tattoos start to glow as she enters the Avatar State. With a swing of her staff, she destroys the last of the sandbender's sailers. Ghashiun had begun to realize his grave mistake.
"I'm sorry! I didn't know that it belonged to the Avatar!" Ghashiun said in panic
(With the voices of all the Avatars.) Tell me where Appa is!" Luz said in rage
(Frightened.) "I traded him! To some merchants! He's probably in Ba Sing Se by now ... they were going to sell him there." (The sandbenders raise their hands as if to ward off the Avatar's bright, angry glare.) "Please! We'll escort you out of the desert! We'll help however we can!" Ghashiun said in panic
The wind around Avatar Luz starts the swirl, as her anger is reaching its peak. Willow pulls Boscha along with her as she starts to make a break for it, running away from her enraged friend.
"Just get out of here! Run!" Willow shouted
Luz drops her staff. The wind around her forms a fast moving sphere, knocking up sand high into the sky. As everyone runs away, Amity stays put, staring sadly at the ground. The sandstorm engulfs her and Luz completely, obscuring them from the sight of the others. They brace themselves as the whirlwind swoops over them.
Luz's air sphere slowly lifts her up in the air, her teeth clenched and her hands cramped with rage. Amity grabs her right arm, preventing her from rising any further. The terrible face of an outraged Avatar looks down upon her, only to be met by Amity's sincere, sad expression. She pulls her back to the ground and presses her close against her chest. Gus, Willow, Eda, Camila and Boscha lower their arms as the wind becomes less violent. Tears are streaming down the Avatar's glowing eyes. Amity tries her best to hold on as her own tears well up. The air sphere slowly dissolves away as Luz leaves the Avatar State. Her rage subsides to make room for pure, heartbreaking sadness as the scene fades to white.
Fade to credits.
