Book 4: Skeletons in the Closet

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Earth. Fire. Air. Water. Only the Avatar can master all four elements and bring balance to the world.

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.
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The episode opens with an aerial view of Republic City filled with several Equalist airships. The camera pans down to a shot of City Hall, with Equalist airships and mecha tanks around it. Hiroshi Sato is standing on the front steps, addressing a large crowd.

Hiroshi: It is a glorious day, my Equalist brothers and sisters! Amon has torn down the tyrannical bending government!

Cut to an aerial shot of the Pro-bending Arena with mecha tanks around it.

Hiroshi: He has declared bending illegal!

Cut to Aang Memorial Island and the statue of Aang wearing a large Amon mask; Equalist banners are from Aang's staff. The camera zooms out to show that the island is covered in fog.

Hiroshi: 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!

The crowd cheers loudly in response. Near the back, two chi-blockers look at each other, one male, the other female, before they turn and walk away. They push aside a clump of bushes in Republic City Park and enter a small clearing with a large rock in the center.

One earthbends the rock aside, revealing a hole, and both jump inside as the rock slides back over. Cut to the chi-blockers, who have removed their masks and revealed themselves to be Korra and Mako, walking down a dim hallway.

Korra: 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 'em.

Mako: Relax. Ryu's cousin is coming with an entire fleet of battleships. Then Amon will be the one who's running.

Korra: I hate this "being patient" stuff.

Cut to Asami,  Bolin, and Ryu who was also wearing a chi-blocker uniform who are sitting on crates. Asami and Ryu is watching in amusement as Bolin plays with Pabu. She glares as she hears Korra and Mako approaching, before she, Ryu, and Bolin stand up and walk over to greet them.

Asami: You two were gone a while.

Mako: We were doing reconnaissance.

Asami: Whatever.

Gommu gets in between the two groups. To Korra and Mako.

Gommu: Welcome back! Hope you worked up an appetite, 'cause dinner is served.

Cut to Gommu stirring a pot of stew and pouring some into a dish.

Korra: Thanks so much for letting us hide out with you the past few days.

Cut to Ryu, Korra, Mako, Gommu, Bolin, and Asami sitting at a table. Mako and Asami hold bowls of stew.

Gommu: Honored to oblige. My associates and I heartily oppose Amon's so-called "Equalist" policies. [We got benders and nonbenders living together down here, but do you see us fightin'?

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