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| - On the morning of the invasion, Aang cheerfully greets everyone. Katara notes he seems well rested. Aang confidently believes he can face the Fire Lord. Toph asks Aang if he is going to use the Avatar State against him, but Aang explains that his seventh chakra was locked when Azula struck him with lightning, so he cannot use it. A fleet of Southern Water Tribe ships appears on the horizon under the cover of a cloak of mist. Together with Toph, Aang creates some makeshift docks in the cove. Sokka and Katara greet their father, Hakoda, and Sokka asks whether he was able to bring the people he requested for the invasion. Hakoda replies he did, but he is unsure about some of them, in particular the Foggy Swamp Tribe waterbenders, whom Bato wishes would put some pants on. Emerging off one of the boats, Huu declares mystically that pants are an illusion, as is death. Due believes a rock he sees in the water is some sort of Fire Nation trap. Off another ship, Haru greets Katara, sporting a newly grown mustache. She hugs him and Tyro thanks her for helping them find their courage when they were imprisoned by the Fire Nation. Toph senses The Hippo and The Boulder approaching and prepares to fight them. They instead tell her they are done with the earthbending tournament and want to help fight for the Earth Kingdom. There is a small explosion on one of the ships, and everyone rushes to see what happened. The mechanist, Teo, Pipsqueak, and The Duke emerge. The mechanist was working on a new type of bomb using peanut sauce, but it proved to be a failure. Pipsqueak and The Duke remark the bombs are destructive and delicious. Teo presents Aang with a gift, a brand new glider staff that contains a secret snack compartment. At the Fire Nation prison, Warden Poon continues to taunt the imprisoned Iroh. Ming, a young female guard, appears with his breakfast and sneaks in some white jade tea for him. After the other guard leaves, Iroh expresses his gratitude for her kindness. Everyone gathers to hear the invasion plan, Sokka attempts to brief the force about the invasion, but his nervousness gets the best of him; he gets more and more anxious until he loses track of his speech and begins to tell the entire story of how he met Aang. Hakoda takes over for him and confidently rallies the small army. He explains the plan to storm the beach and reach the palace before the eclipse. That way, when the eclipse begins, they can take on the firebenders that guard the palace, and Aang can defeat the Fire Lord while he is powerless. After that they will have control over the Fire Nation Capital, and the Hundred Year War will be over. Everyone cheers and prepares to depart; Appa wears armor and Aang shaves his head. Sokka, who is embarrassed of his behavior earlier, is reassured by Aang that he will have a chance to prove himself out on the battlefield. Meanwhile, Zuko begins writing a farewell note to Mai in his bedroom. The invasion force heads to the Great Gates of Azulon. Although under the cover of mist, as they approach the gates, an alarm goes off and a large net rises from both sides of the gate, blocking the path. As the net catches fire, groups of firebenders infiltrate the ships and are shocked to discover that they are all empty. The invasion force pass the gate in submarine-like ships propelled by waterbending. The subs have a limited air supply so they have to resurface before they reach the beach. Ming once again visits Iroh with his supper, sneaking in extra rice. Iroh reveals to Ming that her gestures of kindness have made his imprisonment bearable. He also comments that she looks ill and insists that she should go home. When she insists that she is fine, Iroh starkly explains that it would be better if she were not present that afternoon, at which Ming appears to understand. After resurfacing, the gang gets together one final time to wish each other good luck before parting ways. Aang and Katara say goodbye in private. Katara reveals she is proud of how much Aang has grown since they first met. Aang, realizing how big this day is and that there's a chance that he may not survive, decides that now was the time to make his move. He kisses Katara, confidently snaps out his glider, and flies away to face the Fire Lord, leaving her blushing and looking sadly toward the horizon. Katara subsequently hops on Appa and creates a bubble around his head so that they can breathe underwater; Appa dives into the water as they commence their attack. In the meantime, after mentally apologizing to Mai and leaving her the note in her bedroom, Zuko is shown sitting in front of a painting of his mother. He confesses his earlier mistakes and promises aloud that he will do what is right and gets ready to leave. After the subs evade capture at a gate armed with harpoon gun-type weapons, they finally arrive at the beach near the capital. Storming the plaza, new caterpillar-like tanks powered by earthbenders are released from the subs and face off against tundra tanks, as ground fighting ensues, followed by other warriors, benders, and eight supply trucks. The earthbender tanks are highly resilient and easily defeat the Fire Nation guards. After noticing a threat from towers shooting missiles, Katara, Sokka, and Hakoda attack them with Appa. While Katara and Sokka take out one tower, Hakoda destroys another one, but is injured in the process. Katara and Sokka take their father a short distance from the battle. Katara attempts to heal Hakoda, but he is still unable to join the battle anytime soon. Sokka pledges to his father and sister that he will lead the battle in his father's place and flies off on Appa. He lands among the troops, which have been split up in mild disarray. He reorganizes them into wedge formation and orders them to charge up to the palace. As the invasion breaches the wall of the capital city, things are looking well. However, when Aang enters the capital city, he finds it completely deserted of people. When he reaches the Fire Lord's throne room in the palace, Ozai is nowhere to be found. In anguish, Aang falls to his knees and yells, "Fire Lord Ozai, where are you?"
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