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- EARTH.

FIRE.

AIR.

WATER.

ONLY THE AVATAR CAN MASTER ALL FOUR ELEMENTS

AND BRING BALANCE TO THE WORLD.

[dramatic music]

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- THE EQUALISTS ARE ON THE ATTACK.

THE LIEUTENANT AND HIS CHI-BLOCKERS

INVADED AIR TEMPLE ISLAND AND FORCED TENZIN

AND HIS FAMILY TO FLEE.

IN THE DARING ESCAPE, LIN BEIFONG SACRIFICED HERSELF

AND SAVED THE AIRBENDERS.

BUT SHE WAS CAPTURED, AND AMON TOOK HER BENDING AWAY.

NOW TEAM AVATAR IS IN HIDING AS THEY AWAIT HELP

FROM GENERAL IROH AND THE UNITED FORCES.

- IT IS A GLORIOUS DAY,

MY EQUALIST BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

AMON HAS TORN DOWN THE TYRANNICAL BENDING GOVERNMENT!

HE HAS DECLARED BENDING ILLEGAL.

AND HE HAS THE AVATAR ON THE RUN.

OUR GREAT LEADER HAS A VISION FOR THE FUTURE.

ONE DAY SOON, BENDING WILL NO LONGER EXIST

AND WE WILL LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE IS FINALLY EQUAL!

THE UNITED FORCES ARE ON THEIR WAY RIGHT NOW

TO TRY AND STOP THAT DREAM.

BUT WE WILL PREVAIL!

[cheers and applause]

- CAN YOU BELIEVE HIROSHI? "THE AVATAR'S ON THE RUN."

I'M NOT RUNNING FROM ANYONE.

LET'S GO BACK UP THERE AND KNOCK SOME HEADS. THEY'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT HIT THEM. - RELAX.

GENERAL IROH'S COMING WITH AN ENTIRE FLEET

OF BATTLESHIPS.

THEN AMON WILL BE THE ONE WHO'S RUNNING.

- I HATE THIS "BEING PATIENT" STUFF.

- [squeaking]

- YOU TWO WERE GONE A WHILE.

- WE WERE DOING RECONNAISSANCE.

- WHATEVER.

- WELCOME BACK!

HOPE YOU WORKED UP AN APPETITE, 'CAUSE DINNER IS SERVED.

- THANKS SO MUCH FOR LETTING US HIDE OUT WITH YOU

THE PAST FEW DAYS.

- HONORED TO OBLIGE.

MY ASSOCIATES AND I HARDLY OPPOSE AMON'S SO-CALLED

"EQUALIST" POLICIES.

WE GOT BENDERS AND NON-BENDERS LIVING TOGETHER DOWN HERE.

BUT DO YOU SEE US FIGHTING? NO, SIR-REE.

WE'VE FIGURED OUT HOW TO HARMONIOUSLY CO-EXIST.

- YOU ARE A WISE AND NOBLE HOBO.

MMM.

THIS IS THE BEST TASTING STREET GRUEL

I'VE EVER HAD.

SERIOUSLY.

- I CULLED IT FROM THE FINEST DUMPSTERS

THE CITY HAS TO OFFER.

- [chokes]

BLAGH!

[coughing]

- [squeaking]

- CAN'T SLEEP EITHER?

- NO, I HAVE THIS AWFUL PIT IN MY STOMACH.

- ME TOO.

- IT'S SO CRAZY.

A FEW MONTHS AGO I WAS IN THE SOUTH POLE,

PRACTICING FOR MY FIRE BENDING TEST.

AND NOW I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ALL-OUT WAR.

- I KNOW. WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EACH OTHER THEN.

AND NOW, I CAN'T IMAGINE MY LIFE WITHOUT YOU IN IT.

YOU'RE THE MOST LOYAL, BRAVE, AND SELFLESS PERSON

I'VE EVER KNOWN.

- I THINK YOU'RE PRETTY INCREDIBLE TOO,

BUT YOU ALREADY KNEW THAT.

I SHOULD PROBABLY TRY TO GET SOME SLEEP.

- ME TOO.

GOOD NIGHT.

- GOOD NIGHT.

- [groans]

- YOU WILL NOW BE CLEANSED OF YOUR IMPURITY.

- [groans]

- NEXT.

- [whimpers]

- COAST IS CLEAR.

- ONCE THE UNITED FORCES ARRIVE,

WE NEED TO BE READY TO HELP IN ANY WAY WE CAN.

- THEY'RE HERE. - [gasps]

WHOOPS.

- HMM.

AMON HAD TO KNOW WE WERE COMING.

SO WHY AREN'T WE MEETING ANY RESISTANCE?

- WAIT A SECOND.

WHERE ARE THE EQUALIST AIRSHIPS?

I DON'T SEE ANY MECHA-TANKS EITHER.

- SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.

[boom]

IT'S A TRICK!

WATER AND EARTHBENDERS, DETONATE THOSE MINES!

[muffled explosions]

WHAT IS THAT SOUND?

[low buzzing]

[buzzing increases]

- WHAT NOW?

[engines rumbling]

- WHERE DOES HIROSHI FIND THE TIME

TO KEEP INVENTING NEW EVIL MACHINES?

[whistling]

- INCOMING!

[screaming]

- [gasps]

- HUNH!

[screams]

- [deep breath]

[screams]

- AAAAH!

- [gasps]

[water bubbling]

- [gasps, coughs]

- IT'S ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT YOU.

- [coughing] AVATAR KORRA...

YOU SAVED MY LIFE.

THANK YOU.

I WAS PREPARED TO DEAL WITH SATO'S MECHA-TANKS,

BUT NOT THESE NEW HIGH-SPEED AIRCRAFT.

- I KNOW.

EVERY TIME WE THINK WE HAVE AN ADVANTAGE,

AMON OUTSMARTS US.

- NO MATTER WHAT OUR PLAN IS, HE ALWAYS HAS A BETTER ONE.

- AMON IS WINNING SO FAR,

BUT WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE FIGHT YET.

- I LIKE THIS MAN'S CONFIDENCE.

SO HOW ARE WE NOT OUT OF THE FIGHT?

- A SECOND WAVE OF REINFORCEMENTS

IS ON THE WAY.

BUT I NEED TO WARN THEM.

DO YOU STILL HAVE A WAY TO GET A MESSAGE OUT? - I KNOW JUST THE MAN FOR THE JOB.

[click] - AND WHO IS

THE RECIPIENT OF THIS TOP-SECRET MESSAGE?

- COMMANDER BUMI.

SECOND DIVISION OF THE UNITED FORCES.

[knuckles cracking]

- TENZIN'S BROTHER? - YES.

A BIT OF A WILD MAN.

BUT THE BRAVEST COMMANDER YOU'LL EVER MEET.

- READY, SIR!

- FLEET AMBUSHED AND DESTROYED BY EQUALIST AIRCRAFT.

RETREAT TO RED SAND ISLAND UNTIL MY SIGNAL.

DO NOT APPROACH CITY UNTIL YOU RECEIVE THE ALL-CLEAR.

[beeping]

NOW COMES THE HARD PART.

WE NEED TO GROUND THOSE AIRCRAFT,

OTHERWISE BUMI'S FLEET WILL NEVER BE ABLE

TO RETAKE THE CITY.

- THEY FLEW IN FROM THIS DIRECTION.

THE AIRFIELD MUST BE SOMEWHERE OVER THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE.

- EVERYONE GET READY.

WE LEAVE AT DAWN.

- IT'S TIME TO TAKE DOWN MY FATHER.

- WAIT.

I'M SORRY, BUT I'M NOT GOING WITH YOU TOMORROW.

- WHAT? - WHY NOT?

- I'M SICK AND TIRED OF HIDING FROM AMON.

IT'S TIME I FACE HIM.

- THAT'S NOT A GOOD PLAN. WE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER.

- I'M NOT WAITING FOR HIM TO HUNT ME DOWN.

MY GUT'S TELLING ME IT'S TIME TO END THIS.

ON MY TERMS.

- KORRA, THIS IS NOT A MISSION YOU SHOULD BE HANDLING ALONE.

- SHE WON'T BE. I'M GOING WITH YOU.

- YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

- YES, I DO.

- [sighs]

MY GRANDFATHER WOULD RESPECT THE AVATAR'S INSTINCT.

SO WILL I.

- LOVE YOU, LITTLE BRO.

- LOVE YOU BACK, BIG BRO. - [sniffling]

- KORRA, AMON IS A NASTY DUDE. BE CAREFUL.

- I WILL.

GOOD LUCK.

IF YOU'RE GOING INTO THE MOUNTAINS,

YOU SHOULD BRING NAGA.

- [grunts] - TAKE GOOD CARE OF BOLIN

FOR ME.

- ASAMI.

I'M SORRY THINGS GOT SO MESSED UP BETWEEN US.

BUT WHATEVER HAPPENS TODAY, I WANT YOU TO KNOW

HOW MUCH I CARE ABOUT YOU.

- I CARE ABOUT YOU TOO.

- GOOD FORTUNE AND SUCCESS TO YOU, VALIANT HEROES.

- THERE'S AMON!

- WE NEED TO GET INTO THE TEMPLE.

THEN, WHEN HE RETURNS...

- WE AMBUSH HIM.

- WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING HERE?

- UH, WE WERE JUST TRANSFERRED.

- WELL, YOU'RE GETTING TRANSFERRED AGAIN.

AMON WANTS EXTRA SECURITY AT THE ARENA TODAY.

- THE ARENA? FOR WHAT? - THE RALLY.

YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ABOUT THIS.

- WE'LL BE THERE, SIR!

I KNOW ANOTHER WAY IN.

LET'S HIDE IN THE ATTIC.

- UH, WE'RE NOT ALONE UP HERE.

- TARRLOK?

- I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU'RE HERE TO RESCUE ME?

- WE HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE HERE.

ARE THERE OTHER PRISONERS ON THE ISLAND?

- NO, I'M THE ONLY ONE.

- AND WHAT MAKES YOU SO SPECIAL?

- I'M AMON'S BROTHER. both: [gasp]

- AMON IS FROM THE NORTHERN WATER TRIBE.

HE IS A WATERBENDER AND A BLOODBENDER, JUST LIKE I WAS.

- WHAT?!

- DID YOU KNOW THIS ALL ALONG?

- NO, NOT UNTIL AFTER HE CAPTURED ME.

- HOW DID YOUR BROTHER END UP BECOMING AMON?

- IT ALL BEGAN WITH MY FATHER, YAKONE...

WITH THE HELP OF HIS FORMER GANG,

HE ESCAPED PRISON AND UNDERWENT SURGERY

TO CHANGE HIS APPEARANCE.

HE ASSUMED A NEW IDENTITY AND SETTLED DOWN

IN THE NORTHERN WATER TRIBE.

THAT'S WHERE HE MET MY MOTHER. A WARM, CARING WOMAN.

BEFORE LONG, THEY STARTED A FAMILY TOGETHER.

- [laughs]

- AMON WAS THE FIRSTBORN, UNDER THE NAME NOATAK.

I WAS BORN THREE YEARS LATER...

NOATAK WAS A GOOD-NATURED KID, ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR ME.

THOSE WERE THE GOOD YEARS, BEFORE MY BROTHER AND I

DISCOVERED WE WERE WATERBENDERS.

AT FIRST WE WERE EXCITED BY OUR NEW ABILITIES,

BUT OUR TRAINING BROUGHT OUT A DIFFERENT SIDE OF MY FATHER.

- TARRLOK, YOU BETTER SHAPE UP

OR YOU'LL BE OUT HERE IN THE COLD ALL NIGHT

UNTIL YOU GET IT RIGHT.

- I'M TRYING, BUT-- - TRY HARDER!

YOUR BROTHER WAS NEVER THIS SLOPPY.

- DAD, HE'LL GET IT. HE JUST NEEDS TIME.

- DON'T TALK BACK TO ME, SON. EVER!

- EVEN BACK THEN, MY BROTHER WANTED EVERYONE

TO BE TREATED FAIRLY AND EQUALLY.

WHEN I WAS SEVEN, MY FATHER TOOK ME AND NOATAK

ON A HUNTING TRIP, FAR AWAY FROM OUR HOME.

HE TOLD US HIS TRUE IDENTITY WAS YAKONE,

REPUBLIC CITY'S MOST NOTORIOUS CRIME BOSS.

AND THAT HE WAS ONCE A BLOODBENDER OF RARE SKILL.

- WHAT'S BLOODBENDING?

- THE MOST POWERFUL AND FEARED FORM OF BENDING IN THE WORLD.

IT WAS DECLARED ILLEGAL, THANKS TO THAT COWARD KATARA.

OUR FAMILY HAS THE STRONGEST LINE OF BLOODBENDERS IN HISTORY.

YOU BOYS HAVE THIS POWER INSIDE OF YOU.

AND I WILL TEACH YOU TO MASTER IT.

- WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR BENDING, DAD?

- THE AVATAR STOLE IT FROM ME.

THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT YOU OUT HERE--TO LEARN YOUR DESTINY.

YOU TWO WILL BECOME BLOODBENDERS OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.

WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, YOU WILL CLAIM REPUBLIC CITY--

AND YOU WILL DESTROY THE AVATAR.

YOU MUST AVENGE ME.

THAT IS YOUR PURPOSE IN LIFE.

- THE GOOD DAYS WERE BEHIND US.

EVERY FULL MOON, OUR FATHER TOOK US ON

ANOTHER SUPPOSED "HUNTING" TRIP, WHERE HE SECRETLY TRAINED US

IN BLOODBENDING.

WE KEPT THE TRUTH FROM OUR MOTHER.

[animal groans]

[groaning]

- STOP! YOU'RE HURTING IT!

- TOUGHEN UP, TARRLOK.

YOU'LL NEED A THICKER SKIN FOR THIS.

[animal groans]

VERY GOOD, SON. VERY GOOD.

- A FEW YEARS LATER, MY FATHER TAUGHT US

TO BLOODBEND ANYTIME,

WITHOUT THE NEED OF THE FULL MOON.

WE PRACTICED CONSTANTLY,

AND I HATED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

[growling, barking]

[whining]

I HAD NO STOMACH FOR MANIPULATING HELPLESS ANIMALS.

MY BROTHER, HOWEVER, SEEMED TO REVEL IN HIS NEWFOUND POWER.

- [inhales]

[whining]

- HE WAS A PRODIGY, MASTERING MY FATHER'S

PSYCHIC BLOODBENDING TECHNIQUE BY THE TIME HE WAS 14.

[whining]

- [gasps]

- THAT'S THE WAY IT'S DONE.

THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO STRIVE FOR.

- EVEN THOUGH NOATAK WAS MY FATHER'S FAVORITE,

IT WASN'T ANY EASIER FOR HIM.

HE CARRIED THE BURDEN OF ALL YAKONE'S

EXPECTATIONS AND DEMANDS.

SOMETHING CHANGED IN NOATAK OVER THE YEARS.

THE LOVING BROTHER I ONCE KNEW BECAME COLD AND DETACHED.

[thunder rumbling]

OUR FATHER PUSHED US TO EXTREMES.

AND ONE DAY, HE MADE US BLOODBEND EACH OTHER.

- NOATAK, GO.

- [inhales]

- [groans]

[screams]

- EXCELLENT.

- UHH! [panting]

- TARRLOK!

YOUR TURN.

- NO, I WON'T DO IT.

- BLOODBEND YOUR BROTHER, TARRLOK!

- THAT FELT AWFUL!

I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT TO ANYONE!

I NEVER WANT TO BLOODBEND AGAIN!

- YOU'RE A DISGRACE, A WEAKLING.

I'LL TEACH YOU A LESSON, YOU INSUBORDINATE--

UNH!

- STAY AWAY FROM HIM. - HOW DARE YOU BLOODBEND ME!

- WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

YOU'RE THE WEAK ONE.

- UNH! AAH!

- YOU ALWAYS SAY BLOODBENDING IS THE MOST POWERFUL THING

IN THE WORLD, BUT IT ISN'T-- THE AVATAR IS.

HE TOOK YOUR BENDING AWAY.

WHAT COULD BE MORE POWERFUL THAN THAT?

- I MADE YOU WHAT YOU ARE!

YOU'RE MINE!

- WE'RE YOUR SONS, NOT YOUR TOOLS OF REVENGE!

LET'S GO.

WE CAN RUN AWAY FROM HIM, FOREVER.

- RUN AWAY? BUT WHAT ABOUT MOM?

WE CAN'T JUST LEAVE HER.

- HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT YOU. YOU ARE A WEAKLING.

HUNH! - AAH!

- NOATAK! DON'T LEAVE, PLEASE!

NOATAK!

MY FATHER AND I SEARCHED FOR DAYS,

BUT WE NEVER FOUND A SIGN OF NOATAK.

WE THOUGHT HE PERISHED IN THAT STORM.

MY MOTHER WAS NEVER THE SAME AFTER THE LOSS OF MY BROTHER.

MY FATHER STOPPED TRAINING ME.

WITH NOATAK GONE, HIS HOPES FOR REVENGE WITHERED,

AND HE PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS LATER.

- THAT'S ONE OF THE SADDEST STORIES I'VE EVER HEARD.

- AVATAR KORRA, I AM TRULY SORRY

FOR ALL THAT I DID TO YOU.

I THOUGHT I WAS BETTER THAN MY FATHER,

BUT HIS GHOST STILL SHAPED ME.

I BECAME A SOLDIER OF REVENGE,

JUST LIKE HE WANTED ME TO BE.

AND SO DID MY BROTHER.

THE REVOLUTION MAY BE BUILT ON A LIE,

BUT I THINK AMON TRULY BELIEVES BENDING IS THE SOURCE

OF ALL EVIL IN THE WORLD.

- HOW DID YOU FIGURE OUT AMON IS YOUR BROTHER?

- WHEN HE TOOK MY BENDING,

THE SENSATION WAS SOMEHOW FAMILIAR.

I LATER RECOGNIZED IT AS MY BROTHER'S BLOODBENDING GRIP.

- SO HE SOMEHOW USES BLOODBENDING

TO TAKE PEOPLE'S BENDING?

- I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DOES IT, BUT THEN AGAIN,

I'VE NEVER ENCOUNTERED A BENDER AS STRONG AS NOATAK.

- HOW IN THE WORLD DO WE BEAT HIM?

- WE CAN'T.

ANY ATTACK WE THROW AT HIM HE'LL REDIRECT WITH HIS MIND.

THAT'S HOW HE'S BEEN ABLE TO CHALLENGE ANY BENDER.

- SO MUCH FOR OUR AMBUSH. IF WE STAY HERE, WE'RE TOAST.

BUT THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO BEAT HIM.

- HOW?

- THIS WHOLE TIME, AMON HAS BEEN

ONE STEP AHEAD OF US.

BUT FINALLY WE HAVE THE ADVANTAGE--

WE KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT HIM.

IF WE EXPOSE HIM AS A BENDER

IN FRONT OF ALL HIS SUPPORTERS...

- AT THE RALLY...

- WE COULD TAKE AWAY HIS TRUE POWER.

AND UNDERMINE THIS WHOLE REVOLUTION!

- THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

WE CAN'T JUST LEAVE HIM HERE.

- GO. AMON CAN'T KNOW ANYONE SPOKE WITH ME.

DEFEAT HIM. PUT AN END TO THIS SAD STORY.