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The Southern Raiders

Katara: 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 HIM MOST, HE VANISHED.

100 YEARS PASSED AND MY BROTHER AND I DISCOVERED THE NEW AVATAR...

AN AIRBENDER NAMED AANG.

AND ALTHOUGH HIS AIRBENDING SKILLS ARE GREAT

HE HAS A LOT TO LEARN BEFORE HE'S READY TO SAVE ANYONE.

BUT I BELIEVE AANG CAN SAVE THE WORLD.

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YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS WAR HAS PUT ME THROUGH.

ME PERSONALLY.

THE FIRE NATION TOOK MY MOTHER AWAY FROM ME.

I'M SORRY.

- YOU MIGHT HAVE EVERYONE ELSE HERE BUYING YOUR TRANSFORMATION

BUT YOU AND I BOTH KNOW YOU'VE STRUGGLED WITH DOING THE RIGHT THING IN THE PAST.

SO LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.

YOU MAKE ONE STEP BACKWARD, ONE SLIP-UP, GIVE ME ONE REASON TO THINK YOU MIGHT HURT AANG

AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR DESTINY ANYMORE.

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[BIRDS CHIRPING...]

[SNORING]

[YAWNS]

[APPA GRUNTS]

[APPA GROWLS]

Zuko: WATCH OUT!

[GRUNTING]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

KEEPING ROCKS FROM CRUSHING YOU.

OK, I'M NOT CRUSHED, YOU CAN GET OFF ME NOW.

I'LL TAKE THAT AS A THANK-YOU.

COME ON, WE CAN GET OUT THROUGH HERE.

[MOMO CHATTERING]

[GROANS] WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

GO AHEAD, I'LL HOLD THEM OFF.

I THINK THIS IS A FAMILY VISIT.

ZUKO, NO!

COME ON, WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

YOU MEAN IT'S NOT OBVIOUS YET?

I AM ABOUT TO CELEBRATE BECOMING AN ONLY CHILD.

[SHOUTS]

[APPA GROANS]

Aang: I CAN'T GET HIM TO GO IN THERE.

APPA HATES TUNNELS.

AANG, THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN FLY OUT OF HERE.

Aang: WE'LL HAVE TO FIND A WAY.

WE NEED TO SPLIT UP.

TAKE THE TUNNEL AND GET TO THE STOLEN AIRSHIP.

NO.

THE FIRE NATION CAN'T SEPARATE OUR FAMILY AGAIN.

IT'LL BE OK.

IT'S NOT FOREVER.

I CAN CLEAR THAT AWAY AND WE CAN FLY OUT THROUGH THERE.

UM, THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF FIRE IN THAT GENERAL DIRECTION.

WE'LL GET THROUGH.

LET'S GO.

[APPA GROWLING]

[MOMO CHATTERING]

[APPA GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

[APPA GROANING]

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING]

[APPA GROANS]

SHE'S NOT GONNA MAKE IT.

OF COURSE SHE DID.

[APPA GROANS]

Aang: WOW, CAMPING... IT REALLY SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES AGAIN, DOESN'T IT?

IF YOU REALLY WANT IT TO FEEL LIKE OLD TIMES, I COULD, UH...

CHASE YOU AROUND AWHILE AND TRY TO CAPTURE YOU.

[LAUGHTER]

HA-HA.

[SIGHS] TO ZUKO.

WHO KNEW AFTER ALL THOSE TIMES HE TRIED TO SNUFF US OUT

TODAY HE'D BE OUR HERO.

All: HEAR HEAR.

I'M TOUCHED.

I DON'T DESERVE THIS.

YEAH, NO KIDDING.

WHAT'S WITH HER?

I WISH I KNEW.

Sokka: WHAT'S WITH HIM?

THIS ISN'T FAIR.

EVERYONE ELSE SEEMS TO TRUST ME NOW.

WHAT IS IT WITH YOU?

OH, EVERYONE TRUSTS YOU NOW?

I WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO TRUST YOU, REMEMBER?

BACK IN BA SING SE.

AND YOU TURNED AROUND AND BETRAYED ME, BETRAYED ALL OF US.

WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE IT UP TO YOU?

YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW?

HMM, MAYBE YOU COULD RECONQUER BA SING SE IN THE NAME OF THE EARTH KING.

OR, I KNOW, YOU COULD BRING MY MOTHER BACK.

OOPS.

WRONG TENT.

SORRY, DO YOU NEED TO TALK TO SOKKA TOO?

NOPE, NOT ME.

WELL, HELLO.

UH, ZUKO, YES, WHY WOULD I BE EXPECTING ANYONE DIFFERENT?

[GULPS, COUGHS]

SO WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?

YOUR SISTER, SHE HATES ME, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY.

BUT I DO CARE WHAT SHE THINKS OF ME.

NAH, SHE DOESN'T HATE YOU.

KATARA DOESN'T HATE ANYONE.

EXCEPT MAYBE SOME PEOPLE IN THE FIRE NATION.

NO, I MEAN, UH, NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE GOOD BUT USED TO BE BAD.

I MEAN BAD PEOPLE.

FIRE NATION PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL BAD, WHO'VE NEVER BEEN GOOD AND PROBABLY WON'T BE EVER.

STOP.

OK, LISTEN...

I KNOW THIS MAY SEEM OUT OF NOWHERE

BUT I WANT YOU TO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR MOTHER.

WHAT?

WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT?

KATARA MENTIONED IT BEFORE WHEN WE WERE IN PRISON TOGETHER IN BA SING SE

AND AGAIN JUST NOW WHEN SHE WAS YELLING AT ME.

I THINK SOMEHOW...

SHE'S CONNECTED HER ANGER ABOUT THAT TO HER ANGER AT ME.

IT'S NOT A DAY I LIKE TO REMEMBER.

[LAUGHING]

I'M GOING TO FIND MOM.

Sokka: MANY OF THE WARRIORS HAD SEEN THE BLACK SNOW BEFORE

AND THEY KNEW WHAT IT MEANT...

A FIRE NATION RAID.

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING]

Sokka: WE WERE BADLY OUTNUMBERED, BUT SOMEHOW WE MANAGED TO DRIVE THEM OFF.

AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAME, THEY JUST LEFT.

I WAS SO RELIEVED WHEN IT WAS OVER

BUT THAT'S BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW YET WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

I DIDN'T KNOW WE'D LOST OUR MOTHER.

WAIT, CAN YOU REMEMBER ANY DETAILS ABOUT THE SOLDIERS WHO RAIDED YOUR VILLAGE?

LIKE WHAT THE LEAD SHIP LOOKED LIKE?

YEAH... SEA RAVENS.

THE MAIN SHIP HAD FLAGS WITH SEA RAVENS ON THEM.

THE SYMBOL OF THE SOUTHERN RAIDERS.

THANKS, SOKKA.

NO PROBLEM.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

[SIGHS] THOUGHT HE'D NEVER LEAVE.

SUKI?

[WHISTLING]

YOU LOOK TERRIBLE.

I WAITED OUT HERE ALL NIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I KNOW WHO KILLED YOUR MOTHER.

I'M GOING TO HELP YOU FIND HIM.

I NEED TO BORROW APPA.

WHY, IS IT YOUR TURN TO TAKE A LITTLE FIELD TRIP WITH ZUKO?

YES, IT IS.

OH... WHAT'S GOING ON?

WE'RE GOING TO FIND THE MAN WHO TOOK MY MOTHER FROM ME.

Zuko: SOKKA TOLD ME THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED.

I KNOW WHO DID IT, AND I KNOW HOW TO FIND HIM.

UM, AND WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU THINK THIS WILL ACCOMPLISH?

[SCOFFS] I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND.

WAIT, STOP, I DO UNDERSTAND.

YOU'RE FEELING UNBELIEVABLE PAIN AND RAGE.

HOW DO YOU THINK I FELT ABOUT THE SANDBENDERS WHEN THEY STOLE APPA?

HOW DO YOU THINK I FELT ABOUT THE FIRE NATION WHEN I FOUND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO MY PEOPLE?

Zuko: SHE NEEDS THIS, AANG.

THIS IS ABOUT GETTING CLOSURE AND JUSTICE.

I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK IT'S ABOUT GETTING REVENGE.

Katara: FINE, MAYBE IT IS.

MAYBE THAT'S WHAT I NEED.

MAYBE THAT'S WHAT HE DESERVES.

KATARA, YOU SOUND LIKE JET.

IT'S NOT THE SAME.

JET ATTACKED THE INNOCENT.

THIS MAN, HE'S A MONSTER.

KATARA, SHE WAS MY MOTHER TOO.

BUT I THINK AANG MIGHT BE RIGHT.

THEN YOU DIDN'T LOVE HER THE WAY I DID.

KATARA...

THE MONKS USED TO SAY THAT REVENGE IS LIKE A TWO-HEADED RAT VIPER.

WHILE YOU WATCH YOUR ENEMY GO DOWN, YOU'RE BEING POISONED YOURSELF.

THAT'S CUTE, BUT THIS ISN'T AIR TEMPLE PRESCHOOL.

IT'S THE REAL WORLD.

NOW THAT I KNOW HE'S OUT THERE...

NOW THAT I KNOW WE CAN FIND HIM...

I FEEL LIKE I HAVE NO CHOICE.

KATARA, YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE.

FORGIVENESS.

THAT'S THE SAME AS DOING NOTHING.

NO, IT'S NOT.

IT'S EASY TO DO NOTHING, BUT IT'S HARD TO FORGIVE.

IT'S NOT JUST HARD, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

SO YOU WERE JUST GONNA TAKE APPA ANYWAY?

YES.

IT'S OK, BECAUSE I FORGIVE YOU.

THAT GIVE YOU ANY IDEAS?

DON'T TRY TO STOP US.

I WASN'T PLANNING TO.

THIS IS A JOURNEY YOU NEED TO TAKE.

YOU NEED TO FACE THIS MAN.

BUT WHEN YOU DO, PLEASE DON'T CHOOSE REVENGE.

LET YOUR ANGER OUT, AND THEN LET IT GO.

FORGIVE HIM.

OK, WE'LL BE SURE TO DO THAT, GURU GOODY-GOODY.

- THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING, AANG.

YIP-YIP.

[APPA GROANING]

- YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PRETTY WISE FOR A KID.

- THANKS, SOKKA.

USUALLY IT'S ANNOYING, BUT RIGHT NOW I'M JUST IMPRESSED.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO CAN I BORROW MOMO FOR A WEEK?

WHY DO YOU NEED MOMO?

[HUMS]: I DON'T KNOW.

Zuko: WE NEED TO FIND THE FIRE NAVY COMMUNICATION TOWER.

ALL THE NAVY'S MOVEMENTS ARE COORDINATED BY MESSENGER HAWK

AND EVERY TOWER HAS TO BE UP TO DATE ON WHERE EVERYONE IS DEPLOYED.

Katara: SO ONCE WE FIND THE COMMUNICATION TOWER

WE BUST IN AND TAKE THE INFORMATION WE NEED.

Zuko: NOT EXACTLY.

WE NEED TO BE STEALTHY AND MAKE SURE NO ONE SPOTS US.

OTHERWISE, THEY'LL WARN THE SOUTHERN RAIDERS LONG BEFORE WE REACH THEM.

[DOOR CREAKS]

OK, SOUTHERN RAIDERS.

BAM, ON PATROL NEAR WHALE TAIL ISLAND.

WHALE TAIL ISLAND, HERE WE COME.

[APPA GROANS]

YOU SHOULD GET SOME REST.

WE'LL BE THERE IN A FEW HOURS.

YOU'LL NEED ALL YOUR STRENGTH.

OH, DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT MY STRENGTH.

I HAVE PLENTY.

I'M NOT THE HELPLESS LITTLE GIRL I WAS WHEN THEY CAME.

I'M GOING TO FIND MOM.

MOM!

Mother: JUST LET HER GO...

AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION YOU WANT.

YOU HEARD YOUR MOTHER... GET OUT OF HERE!

MOM, I'M SCARED.

GO FIND YOUR DAD, SWEETIE.

I'LL HANDLE THIS.

Katara: I RAN AS FAST AS I COULD.

DAD, DAD!

PLEASE, I THINK MOM'S IN TROUBLE!

THERE'S A MAN IN OUR HOUSE.

KYA!

Katara: BUT WE WERE TOO LATE.

WHEN WE GOT THERE, THE MAN WAS GONE...

AND SO WAS SHE.

YOUR MOTHER WAS A BRAVE WOMAN.

I KNOW.

THERE, SEE THOSE SEA RAVEN FLAGS?

Zuko: IT'S THE SOUTHERN RAIDERS.

LET'S DO THIS.

SO THERE I WAS, AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS...

[SCREAMS]

[SCREAMING]

[APPA SNORTS]

[SCREAMS]

[MAN GRUNTS]

THIS IS IT, KATARA.

ARE YOU READY TO FACE HIM?

[ROARS]

WHO ARE YOU?

YOU DON'T REMEMBER HER?

YOU WILL SOON, TRUST ME.

WHAT'S...

[GRUNTING]

HAPPENING TO ME?

[GROANS]

THINK BACK.

THINK BACK TO YOUR LAST RAID ON THE SOUTHERN WATER TRIBE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

PLEASE, I DON'T KNOW.

DON'T LIE!

YOU LOOK HER IN THE EYE AND YOU TELL ME YOU DON'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID.

IT'S NOT HIM.

[GRUNTS]

HE'S NOT THE MAN.

WHAT?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S NOT?

HE'S THE LEADER OF THE SOUTHERN RAIDERS.

HE HAS TO BE THE GUY.

[GRUNTING]

IF YOU'RE NOT THE MAN WE'RE LOOKING FOR, WHO IS?

YOU MUST BE LOOKING FOR YON RHA.

HE RETIRED FOUR YEARS AGO.

YON RHA, YOU LAZY PIECE OF WORK, I NEED SOMETHING.

YES, MOTHER.

WHAT IS IT?

THE TOMATO-CARROT FROM YOUR GARDEN ARE TOO HARD FOR MY GUMS.

I NEED SOMETHING SOFT AND JUICY.

WOULD YOU LIKE SOMETHING ELSE FROM THE GARDEN?

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO...

FORGET YOUR STUPID GARDEN!

GET YOUR GRIMY HEINIE TO THE MARKET AND BUY ME SOME REAL FOOD.

[THUNDER RUMBLING FAINTLY]

[WIND CHIMES RINGING...]

HELLO?

DID YOU SEE SOMEONE?

HELLO?

IS SOMEONE THERE?

THAT WAS HIM.

THAT WAS THE MONSTER.

[THUNDER RUMBLING...]

NOBODY SNEAKS UP ON ME WITHOUT GETTING BURNED.

[GRUNTS]

WE WEREN'T BEHIND THE BUSH.

AND I WOULDN'T TRY FIREBENDING AGAIN.

WHOEVER YOU ARE, TAKE MY MONEY, TAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT.

I'LL COOPERATE.

DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?

NO... I'M NOT SURE.

OH, YOU BETTER REMEMBER ME LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT.

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A CLOSER LOOK?

YES, YES, I REMEMBER YOU NOW.

YOU'RE THE LITTLE WATER TRIBE GIRL.

[THUNDER CRASHES]

JUST LET HER GO AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION YOU WANT.

YOU HEARD YOUR MOTHER.

GET OUT OF HERE.

MOM, I'M SCARED.

GO FIND YOUR DAD, SWEETIE.

I'LL HANDLE THIS.

NOW TELL ME... WHO IS IT?

WHO'S THE WATERBENDER?

THERE ARE NO WATERBENDERS HERE.

THE FIRE NATION TOOK THEM ALL AWAY A LONG TIME AGO.

YOU'RE LYING.

MY SOURCE SAYS THERE'S ONE WATERBENDER LEFT IN THE SOUTHERN WATER TRIBE.

WE'RE NOT LEAVING UNTIL WE FIND THE WATERBENDER.

IF I TELL YOU, DO YOU PROMISE TO LEAVE THE REST OF THE VILLAGE ALONE?

MM.

IT'S ME... TAKE ME AS YOUR PRISONER.

I'M AFRAID I'M NOT TAKING PRISONERS TODAY.

[GULPS]

[THUNDER CRASHES]

SHE LIED TO YOU.

SHE WAS PROTECTING THE LAST WATERBENDER.

WHAT?

WHO?

ME!

[GRUNTS]

[WHIMPERS]

I DID A BAD THING, I KNOW I DID, AND YOU DESERVE REVENGE.

SO WHY DON'T YOU TAKE MY MOTHER?

THAT WOULD BE FAIR.

I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT KIND OF PERSON COULD DO SUCH A THING.

BUT NOW THAT I SEE YOU, I THINK I UNDERSTAND.

THERE'S JUST NOTHING INSIDE YOU, NOTHING AT ALL.

YOU'RE PATHETIC AND SAD AND EMPTY.

PLEASE SPARE ME. [WHIMPERS]

BUT AS MUCH AS I HATE YOU...

I JUST CAN'T DO IT.

[YON RHA WHIMPERING...]

[APPA GROANS]

KATARA, ARE YOU OK?

- I'M DOING FINE.

ZUKO TOLD ME WHAT YOU DID.

OR WHAT YOU DIDN'T DO, I GUESS.

I'M PROUD OF YOU.

I WANTED TO DO IT.

I WANTED TO TAKE OUT ALL MY ANGER AT HIM, BUT I COULDN'T.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE I'M TOO WEAK TO DO IT OR IF IT'S BECAUSE I'M STRONG ENOUGH NOT TO.

Aang: YOU DID THE RIGHT THING.

FORGIVENESS IS THE FIRST STEP YOU HAVE TO TAKE TO BEGIN HEALING.

BUT I DIDN'T FORGIVE HIM... I'LL NEVER FORGIVE HIM.

BUT I AM READY TO FORGIVE YOU.

Zuko: YOU WERE RIGHT ABOUT WHAT KATARA NEEDED.

VIOLENCE WASN'T THE ANSWER.

IT NEVER IS.

THEN I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WHEN YOU FACE MY FATHER?

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