[Aang walks into someplace at the Southern Air Temple and finds it littered with skeletons wearing Fire Nation uniforms]
[horrified] Firebenders? They were here?
[He spots a skeleton wearing Air Nomad robes and the necklace Gyatso used to wear]
[he sinks to his knees and begins crying, Sokka comes in]
Hey Aang, you find my dinner yet? [he sees Aang crying and walks up to him] Aang, I wasn't really gonna eat the lemur, okay? [he notices Gyatso's skeleton] Oh man... Come on, Aang. Everything will be alright. [He puts his hand on Aang's shoulder] Let's get out of here.
[Aang's eyes and tattoos begin to glow white as he enters the Avatar State, Sokka gasps. Back in the sanctuary, the eyes on the statues of the previous Avatar's begin to glow as well, alarming Katara]
Aang! [she turns and runs to find Aang]
[The eyes of different Avatar memorials begin to glow throughout the nations, including a temple in the Fire Nation]
Send word to the Fire Lord immediately: The Avatar has returned!
[Back at the Southern Air Temple, the wind begins to pick up around Aang]
Aang, come on! Snap out of it! [He yells as he is blown back by a gust of wind created by Aang]
[Aang blows the roof off of the place he and Sokka are in as his bending gets more and more powerful]
[to Sokka] What happened?!
He found out firebenders killed Gyatso!
Oh no! It's his Avatar Spirit. He must have triggered it! I'm gonna try and calm him down!
Well do it! Before he blows us off the mountain!
[Katara begins struggling to move towards Aang, and watches as the wind carries him up into the air]
Aang, I know you're upset, and I know how hard it is to lose the people you love! I went through the same thing when I lost my mom! Monk Gyatso and the other airbenders may be gone, but you still have a family! Sokka and I, we're your family now!
[Aang begins descending back to the ground, and the wind begins dying down and then stops completely. When he lands, Sokka and Katara walk up behind him]
Katara and I aren't going to let anything happen to you, promise.
[Katara grabs Aang's hand and the light fades from him. He tiredly collapses to the ground and she holds him]
It's okay. It wasn't your fault.
But you were right. And if firebenders found this temple, that means they found the other ones too...I really am the last airbender...
[Katara hugs Aang tighter and Sokka puts his hand on his shoulder]
When Prince Zuko saw it was his father, who had come to duel him, he begged for mercy.
ZZuko (flashback)
Please, Father! I only had the Fire Nation's best interests at heart! I'm sorry I spoke out of turn!
OOzai (flashback)
You will fight, for your honor.
ZZuko (flashback)
[bows to the floor] I meant you no disrespect! I am your loyal son!
OFOzai (flashback
[advances on his son] Rise and fight, Prince Zuko!
ZZuko (flashback)
...I won't fight you!
OOzai (flashback)
You will learn respect... and suffering, will be your teacher!
LJLt. Jee
I always thought that... Prince Zuko was in a training accident.
It was no accident. After the duel, the Fire Lord said that by refusing to fight, Zuko had shown shameful weakness. As punishment, he was banished and sent to capture the Avatar. Only then could he return with his honor.
LJLt. Jee
So that's why he's so obsessed. Capturing the Avatar is his only chance he has of things returning to normal.
Things will never return to normal. But the important thing is, the Avatar gives Zuko hope.
[after Aang is captured in chains by the Fire Nation, he is confronted by Admiral Zhao]
So this is the great Avatar, master of all the elements. I don't know how you managed to elude the Fire Nation for a hundred years, but your little game of hide-and-seek... is over.
[angrily] I've never hidden from you. Untie me and I'll fight you right now!
Uhh, no. [acts smarmy] Tell me, how does it feel to be the only Airbender left? Do you miss your people? [Aang looks down sadly] Oh, don't worry. You won't be killed like they were. [Aang snaps angrily again] See, if you die, you'll just be reborn, and the Fire Nation will have to begin its search for the Avatar all over again. So I'll keep you alive... but just barely.
[As he leaves the room, Aang airbends with his breath, knocking Zhao off his feet]
[angrily] Blow all the wind you want! Your situation is futile. There is no escaping this fortress, and no one is coming to rescue you.
[Aang attempts to convince Jeong Jeong to teach him firebending]
Master, I need to learn firebending.
Only a fool seeks his own destruction.
[sits down] I'm the Avatar. It's my destiny to— [Jeong Jeong cuts off Aang's sentence]
Destiny? What would a boy know of destiny?! If a fish lives its whole life in this river, does he know the river's destiny? No! Only that it runs on and on out of his control. He may follow where it flows, but he cannot see the end. He cannot imagine the ocean.
[feels unsure] Okay... But it's the Avatar's duty to master all of the bending disciplines.
To master the bending disciplines, you must first master discipline itself. But you have no interest in this, so I have no interest in you. Now, get out.
Please, I have to learn. This could be my only chance. [Jeong Jeong lashes back at Aang]
Are you deaf?! How can I teach you if you refuse to listen?! Before learning firebending, you must learn water and earth. Water is cool and soothing. Earth is steady and stable. But fire... fire is alive. It breathes, it grows. Without the bender, a rock will not throw itself! But fire will spread and destroy everything in its path if one does not have the will to control it! That is its destiny! You are not ready! You are too weak!
[the candles suddenly burn out and relight to show Avatar Roku standing before Jeong Jeong]
Avatar Roku! No, no! [bowing his head in respect] I did not mean that!
I have mastered the elements a thousand times in a thousand lifetimes. Now, I must do it once again. You will teach the Avatar firebending.
[coming out of his vision] Yes, yes... I will teach you.
[Katara and Yue observe the Fire Navy ships on the horizon]
[upon seeing Aang flying towards them] Aang!
[Yue and Katara run over to where Aang has landed Appa. He slides off and sits on the ground, looking scared and exhausted]
I can't do it... [to himself] I can't do it.
I must have taken out a dozen Fire Navy ships, but there's just too many of them. I can't fight them all!
But... you have to! You're the Avatar.
[Back inside the warriors' base. Hahn and Sokka sharpen their axes against grindstones]
HHahn
[smugly] Let me tell you, Soh-ka, I've courted a lot of girls, but Yue is the finest. And she comes with the most perks.
[annoyed] PERKS?! What does THAT mean?!
HHahn
I mean, Yue's nice and everything, but the points I'll gain with the chief aren't bad either.
Princess Yue is WASTED on a self-absorbed weasel like you!
HHahn
Whoa, hang on. What do you care? [Sokka closes his eyes sorrowfully] You're just a simple rube from the Southern Tribe. What would you know of the political complexities of our life? [smirks] No offense.
[Sokka snaps, screams angrily at Hahn and tackles him; the two begin rolling around on the floor in a struggle]
You're just a jerk without a soul! No offense!
[Katara, Aang and Yue gaze upon the full moon at night]
The legends say the moon was the first waterbender. Our ancestors saw how it pushed and pulled the tides, and learned how to do it themselves.
I've always noticed my waterbending is stronger at night.
Our strength comes from the spirit of the moon, our life comes from the spirit of the ocean. They work together to keep balance. [Aang begins to brighten up]
The spirits... Maybe I can find them and get their help!
The Avatar is the bridge between our world and the spirit world. Aang can talk to them!
Maybe they'll give you the wisdom to win this battle.
Or maybe they'll unleash a crazy amazing spirit attack on the Fire Nation! [he looks at both Yue and Katara] Or wisdom. That's good, too.
[Zhao has captured Tui the Moon Spirit in a bag, causing the Moon to turn red and the Waterbenders to lose their power.]
[to his guards] I am a legend, now! The Fire Nation will, for generations, tell stories about the great Zhao, who darkened the moon. They will call me Zhao the Conqueror, Zhao the Moon Slayer, Zhao the Invincible! [Momo suddenly lands on Zhao's face and starts pulling on his sideburns] Ugh! Get it off, get it off!
Don't bother. [he raises his fist, aiming at Tui]
[drops his staff] Zhao! Don't.
It's my destiny: to destroy the Moon, and the Water Tribe.
Destroying the Moon won't hurt just the Water Tribe. It will hurt everyone... including you. Without the Moon, everything will fall out of balance! You have no idea what kind of chaos that would unleash on the world!
General Iroh. Why am I not surprised to discover your treachery?
[sharply] I'm no traitor, Zhao. The Fire Nation needs the Moon, too! We all depend on the balance. [takes up a fighting stance] Whatever you do to that Spirit, I'll unleash on you tenfold! Let it go, NOW!
[Zhao reluctantly returns Tui to its pool, then yells in fury and Firebends, killing Tui and causing the Moon to vanish. Iroh yells in rage and attacks Zhao and his guards with Firebending; he easily defeats all four of the guards, while Zhao runs away. Aang and his friends watch, stunned, as Iroh picks up Tui's body.]
...There's no hope now. It's over.
[Aang enters the Avatar State]
[speaking with the voices of all past Avatars]... No. It's not over.
[Aang steps into the Spirit Oasis, fusing with La, the spirit of the Ocean.]
