Aang and his friends, including the newly joined Suki, Hakoda, and Chit Sang, are sleeping in the Western Air Temple. The sun rises and Aang awakens in time to see a bomb being launched their way. He deflects it using airbending and it explodes harmlessly in the air, causing the others to awaken. Several Fire Nation airships, led by Princess Azula, rise out of the mist below and begin barraging the temple with more bombs.