The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender (2026) Movie Script
Whoever gets to the temple first wins!
Why'd you hang? No fair!
Oh, perfect timing!
I don't mind giving me a lift.
Yasuo! This isn't the best time.
I'm getting old, you know.
My body doesn't move like it used to.
I'm kind of in the middle of something.
You are so heavy!
Heavy? Me?
I eat nothing but vegetables.
Pie is not a vegetable!
I'm gonna lose the race!
Race? What race?
We won! We won!
We won! We won! We won!
Aang, as an airbender, it's important
that you know when to show restraint.
Even if you have the power to win,
you are the Avatar.
A lot of people are
going to rely on you.
The Avatar!
He's gone! He ran away!
What? I'm here!
Where's the Avatar?
Where's the Avatar?
I'm here!
I'm here!
I'm here.
Hey, Momo. Hi, Appa.
Was I asleep for long?
Okay, okay. I'm awake already. I know,
I know. We've got a job to finish.
Let's continue our journey.
Back to our old home.
This may not have been our best trip, but any
airbender relic we find makes it all worthwhile.
This could be the oldest
piece in our collection.
Sonam. I miss you.
Momo, go outside with Appa.
Now!
Why are you doing this?
Please, stop!
I don't want to hurt you.
Where is it? Where is it?
Nope, that's not it!
Hey! Those are antiques!
Found it!
Sonam, why are they after you?
That's a thousand years old!
Yes!
Give it to me!
Why don't we just talk?
Maybe I can help.
We don't need your help, Avatar!
We're done living in a world where Benders
have all the power and we have none!
Who are you?
We're the Denied!
The Denied?
Just kill him already!
No!
He'll bring the whole place down!
You... saved me.
Kalik! Wrap him up! Let's go!
We've got to get to Republic City.
Appa!
Yip-yip!
Water.
Her tribes gather
strength from the moon.
And flow with the tides.
Earth.
A kingdom of unshakable will.
Reliable and strong.
Fire.
A nation capable of
great destruction.
But also...
Of great warmth.
Air.
Peaceful nomads with
the power of a hurricane.
But the spirit of a gentle breeze.
For generations, the Avatar,
the one master of all four elements,
kept the nations in balance.
But when that responsibility fell
to me as a child, I ran away.
I was caught in a deadly storm.
But my Avatar spirit preserved
me in a sphere of energy
where I stayed for a hundred years.
I woke to discover
that the balance preserved by the Avatar
had been destroyed by war.
The air nomads were gone.
All but one.
Me.
I could no longer run from
my responsibility as the Avatar.
I found allies from every nation.
Benders.
And non-benders.
Katara taught me how to water bend.
Toph trained me in
the ways of the Earthbenders.
Zuko, once my worst enemy,
became my firebending teacher.
Sokka, showed me that bravery is the
most important part of being a leader.
We became a family.
And together,
we ended the Hundred Year War.
Then, we began the hard work
of rebuilding the world.
For so long,
the nation stood apart, alone.
And we all suffered as a result.
But here, on this ancient site, we created
a place where all people are welcome.
Bender and non-bender alike.
Working together in peace
to build the future.
Though there are still those
who would seek to divide us,
we remain united.
As a council representative,
I am honored to be here today,
celebrating the anniversary
of Republic City
and the opening of Unity Tower.
A symbol for all people.
I missed you too, old friend.
Katara!
You're hurt.
Take a deep breath.
And...
Exhale.
I've heard that Denied
are growing in numbers,
but they've never done
anything like this.
Attacking the Avatar?
Yeah.
They were incredible fighters.
Even without bending.
Oops.
Ow!
Be honest.
You're enjoying this.
Aang, this is serious.
Whatever this map they took was,
if they were willing to
kill the Avatar to get it,
what else are they willing to do?
I don't know.
I'm worried about you.
You're spending more
and more time at the Air Temple.
Alone.
It's... how I hold on to my past.
I know how hard this is for you.
When I was attacked,
all I could think about was that...
this could be it.
I'm the last airbender.
If I die,
my culture dies with me.
You may be the last airbender.
But you're not alone.
Aang,
none of this would exist without you.
You made the city possible
with your heart and your mind.
Because of you,
all of the nations live here.
Together.
All except mine.
I know.
But the people here still
need your protection.
You're an airbender.
But you're also the Avatar.
Avatar.
You're right.
Whoever this Sonam person is,
I need to find out more.
Aang.
Avatar Roku.
It is good to see you again.
How can I help you?
In your lifetime,
did you ever hear of
an ancient airbender named Sonam?
I have not.
But you have many past
lives to call upon.
Perhaps one further back in
the Avatar cycle can help you.
Thank you, Avatar Roku.
I'm sorry.
I've never heard of Sonam.
Perhaps earlier.
You're not here.
Not here.
Back.
Avatar.
I'm sorry.
Um...
Hello?
Is there anyone here?
Hello?
Who calls upon Avatar Szeto's
vast wealth of knowledge?
Oh, hello.
You look like an Avatar from
a time quite distant from mine.
Please, please,
tell me about your era.
What are people wearing?
Are sandals still a thing?
Uh, yes.
Oh, why?
Why, after so many years, open toes,
seeing someone else's crusty cuticles?
Disgusting!
Right.
Anyway,
I have come for your guidance.
You see, I was attacked.
It was not me.
Okay?
Wasn't me.
I know that.
I think it might have something to
do with an airbender named Sonam.
Hmm. Sonam.
It sounds familiar.
Sonam.
Where have I heard that name before?
Aha!
Sonam was the youngest daughter of the owner of
the possum chicken shop at the corner marketplace.
Wait.
That was my ex, Sonam.
If only she didn't have
those humongous toenails.
Disgusting.
This is going nowhere.
Sonam?
Sonam?
Sonam?
Well, thank you for your time.
I must continue my search.
Oh!
Sonam!
You're asking about
the legend of the lost Avatar.
Sonam was an Avatar?
Indeed, she was.
She was the Avatar in
the golden age of airbenders.
Legend said she had a staff that could
channel the vast energy of the spirit world.
Granting its keeper unlimited power.
Is...
Is that even possible?
We'll never know for sure.
Many avatars have tried to communicate
with her, but they couldn't.
She disappeared so completely
that it was as if she never existed.
And perhaps it's better that way.
Maybe such a staff was too
dangerous for anyone to possess.
Yes.
Even the Avatar.
But...
But that's exactly
why I need to find it.
The people who attacked
me discovered a map.
It must lead to the staff.
Avatar Szeto.
Please.
You have to tell me where it is.
The legend says that Sonam disappeared
with her staff on the peak of Mount Baihu.
Katara.
I'm sorry to leave so suddenly, but I
found out what the Denied are after.
Sonam had a staff of immense power.
And in their hands,
it could be a devastating weapon.
They have a head start.
There's no time to waste.
You take Appa and Momo
and gather up the rest of the team.
We're gonna need some help.
Next on the agenda, a Fire Nation naval vessel came into conflict
with an extremist group of non-benders called the Denied.
They've been robbing ancient sites.
Your Majesty!
An urgent message has
arrived from Republic City.
How impudent.
Can't you see Fire Lord Zuko's...
Chamberlain.
There's only one person who can send a message
urgent enough to interrupt the Fire Lord's counsel.
Is it from the Avatar?
Yes, my Lord.
Read it to me.
Yes, my Lord.
What are you doing?
Read it quickly.
Yes, Grand Chamberlain.
Flameo Hotman,
how's ruling the Fire Nation?
I hope the boring Chamberlain you mentioned
in your letters isn't still annoying you.
Anywho, to cut to the chase,
I need your help.
Can you please come immediately?
Oh, and don't forget to
bring some firecracker buns.
Allow me to present Sokka Cycle.
Flames launch you into the sky where you
can drop water bombs on your enemies.
Then skis pop out to help
you stick the landing.
Pretty great, right?
Eh, boring.
Why would you need a sled
when you can just waterbend?
Oh, oh, oh! Like me, like me!
Keep in mind, there are still plenty
of folks like me who can't bend.
Why would Avatar Aang
partner with a non-bender?
Why? I'll tell you why.
I saved him from the iceberg.
My boomerang flew by his side while I
carried away enemies with my trusty blade.
I even took down the whole
Fire Nation airship armada.
And on top of all that,
I was more popular than him.
You're such a liar, Sokka.
It's from the Avatar.
Wow! Really?
Oh, so now you think I'm cool?
All right, metalbenders.
Let's see if any of you tenderfoots can
at least make me use my hands.
Greatest Earthbender in the world!
And I'm bored.
Master Toph,
there's a bird on your head.
And?
It looks like it has a message.
Read.
It's from Avatar Aang.
He needs your help.
It's the den-
The Denied?
Where is he?
Mount Baihu?
Sonam?
Could that be you?
Who are you?
You made it!
You couldn't wait a day before
running off to get yourself killed?
I thought you were here
looking for a staff.
Who's this guy?
An airbender.
How did he hold up
an entire mountain?
His chi is strong,
like nothing I've ever felt.
Hey Avatar, you think this guy beat your
record for longest frozen airbender?
Yeah.
How long do you think
he was in that ice?
I don't know.
His tattoos look... ancient.
He's been in there a long time.
He smells good for an old guy.
Ew!
What?
My senses tell me this
guy is pretty attractive.
Someone else confirm.
This is serious.
What does attractive even mean?
Just give me a straight confirmation.
Is he attractive?
He's very attractive.
Huh?
What?
He is.
It's all in the bone structure.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey.
Easy.
Earthbender!
No, no, no.
We're all friends here.
It's okay.
Someone woke up on
the wrong side of the mountain.
Where is she?
Where is Avatar Sonam?
You knew Sonam?
Who are you?
I don't know how to explain it,
but you've been asleep
for a long time.
I'm the Avatar now.
I'm Aang.
If you're the Avatar,
then...
Sonam.
Well, Sonam might be long gone,
but on the bright side,
you woke up at the perfect time.
Everyone will be amazed
to see another airbender.
Aang's not the last one anymore!
What do you mean?
Last.
The Air Nomads.
They've been wiped out.
There's only me.
Sonam's staff.
Do you have it?
It's our only hope now.
What do you mean?
I thought it was a weapon.
The staff is no weapon.
It is a gift.
It is a gift.
With it, Sonam was able to channel the
vast power of the spirit world.
It was this power
that allowed Jurana to flourish.
The greatest city in the world.
An air nomad utopia.
Where Sonam presided over
a golden age of balance.
And where I devoted
my life to serving her.
In return, she raised me up.
And used her staff to give me,
a lowly non-bender.
The power to bend the air.
I was the first,
but I would not be the last.
She filled the skies with airbenders.
And we flew by her side,
spreading peace across the world.
Aang? Are you okay?
Sonam used the staff to
give people airbending.
If we found it...
I could bring airbending
back to the world.
This is incredible!
There haven't been airbenders
for over a hundred years!
This is everything
you ever wanted, Aang.
We could heal the greatest atrocity
my nation committed in the war.
This could be the final step
to rebuilding the world.
Not if the Denied get there first.
They have the map.
Who are the Denied?
A group of violent non-benders.
They... they must be after
the staff to give themselves airbending.
Then there's no time to waste.
There's only one place it could be.
Ready your bison. We'll need to
travel across the endless ocean.
On the other side of the world?
But there's nothing out there.
There's an island. The journey will
not be easy. But we can make it.
Then let's get going.
The skies are no place
for a water child.
Water child?
Um... I know you just woke up after thousands
of years, but we do these things together.
Trust me. We're stronger this way.
Welcome to Team Avatar.
What's your name?
Taga.
My name is Taga.
Just think of it
as a big metal air bison.
We will travel ancient
paths through the sky.
Ones that our people learn by following the great
air bison herds that long ago taught us airbending.
Air currents known only to us,
encircling the great sphere of existence,
allowing us to travel where we wish,
giving us our name. The Air Nomads.
What's he doing?
He's really feeling that air.
He's navigating by instinct.
What if his instincts are just wrong?
Who needs instincts when
you've got muscles like that?
Or what if his brain is
messed up from being frozen?
Like me?
Uh... no! No!
He was frozen for 5,000 years, okay?
You were frozen for, what, a hundred?
Okay, that's nothing.
Your brain is... fresh.
Maybe he is a little old-fashioned,
but look at him.
He's so in tune with his element, he can travel
across the entire ocean with no map, no instruments.
There's so much I can learn from him.
I'd give anything to be able
to see my air bison again.
And now... to see only one remains.
Aang...
You said our people were wiped out,
yet you survived.
How?
I had just found out
I was the Avatar.
But the responsibility...
it was too much.
So I ran away.
And while I was gone,
the Fire Nation attacked.
They were looking for me.
If...
If I'd just been there...
Sonam would say,
Air nomads are formed from the mist.
We walk the world
for a moment in time.
Then we return to the eternal wind.
Ankiyatsu taught me that.
We carry the same weight.
A grief no one else could
possibly comprehend.
But you and I can heal the past.
Let me show you how
powerful our element can be.
When airbenders work together.
This is how Sonam taught me.
To feel the energy that tethers us.
The bond between us.
Can you feel it?
Use it!
This is amazing!
Yes!
Woo-hoo!
Oh, yeah!
Human Boomerang!
He's actually flying.
So are we.
Whoa, that's my best friend!
That's my best friend!
No, you throw me!
No, you throw me!
The idea this was possible!
This is only the beginning.
I can't believe it.
Airbenders will fill the sky again.
We have been given a great gift.
The chance to redeem ourselves.
You were destined to find
me on that mountain, Aang.
How did you end up there?
The Earthbenders had attacked Jurana.
Sonam and I fought fearlessly,
side by side.
We drove them back to Mount Baihu.
And that's the last I remember.
She must have saved your life.
Only an Avatar could have
put you in that sphere.
Aang, can I ask you something?
Of course.
If the Fire Nation
destroyed the Air Nomads,
how can you suffer
the presence of the Fire Lord?
Zuko is a friend and an ally.
He turned against his own
father to help me end the war.
Yet he wears the crown himself now.
Fire, by its nature, burns, Aang.
Our kind have always suffered at
the hands of the other elements.
That's why we built Republic City.
To show the world that if
we listen to each other,
we can all live together.
In peace.
And once we bring back Airbenders,
it'll be complete.
When everyone stuck to their own,
the whole world was
nearly torn apart.
And besides, Katara,
Sokka, Zuko, Toph,
they're my family now.
I want to live in a world
where we can all be together.
You remind me so much of Sonam.
It's the Avatar.
And this time he's got
his friends with them.
That's the Fire Lord's airship.
How'd they get ahead of us?
They don't even have the map!
We can't risk him getting
to the staff first.
Kill him!
But he spared our lives.
And how many countless were killed in
the hundred years waiting for his return?
Where was he when
your family was wiped out?
If we want anything to change,
we need what the Benders have.
Power.
Crushing the ship?
Katara, stop!
We're here.
The Immortal Storm.
Oh no.
There has to be another way around!
No, together you and I can
clear a path for the ship.
But we have to go now.
Aang, trust me.
Maybe now's a good time to turn back.
I don't think that's
an option anymore.
Where are they going?
The engine's out!
We're losing air pressure!
Katara, talk! Come with me!
What about me?
Take the wheel!
What?!
I've only ever crashed
Fire Nation airships!
Okay, let's see. Here's our rudder, this
is the elevator, there's our ballast,
and there's the giant tornado
that's going to kill us all!
Move off!
Follow my lead!
Work with me just like I showed you!
We can harness...
Yes! That's it, Aang! Keep going!
Aang and Taga are destroying tornadoes, but
there's too many! And they're everywhere!
Just steer the ship. Don't lose Aang!
It's not that easy,
especially when everything is sideways!
Okay, left!
I did it!
Right!
I'm losing sight of them!
We have to go back!
Trust in your friends! They won't
make it if we don't clear a path!
Crash into the sea!
When I give you the signal,
pull the lever next to the wheel!
Katara?
Sokka! Now!
Here we go!
I was clearing
the tornadoes to make a path!
The ship almost crashed, Aang!
We could have died!
And what if you got yourself killed?
You're the Avatar!
This is too risky!
We need to turn back now!
No! We're almost there!
We just need to get to
the eye of the storm!
Aang, no! This is too dangerous!
The staff is out there!
The Denied are after it!
Do you really believe that they could
make it through the storm?
We're nearly there!
That staff can bring back my people!
I understand how much
you want that, but...
You don't understand! None of you do!
Aang...
We push forward!
If we generate enough air,
we can push our way through!
We're alive?
We made it through!
Thank you, Taga!
It was you, Aang.
We're here because of you.
Yeah, we're having a good time, too.
You could've told us we were
flying into the Immortal Storm.
I know it was dangerous, but...
We had to risk it.
We?
I don't remember when
we took a vote on that.
There wasn't time.
I had to make a call.
Friends, please. Don't blame Aang.
This is all my fault.
I knew this would be difficult.
But Aang believed in
your strength as a team.
And I'm honored to be a part of it.
I forgive you, Taga.
Yeah.
Everyone. Look.
These islands.
They were... lion turtles.
Whoa!
It's beautiful.
Long before my time, the lion turtles
granted the gift of bending to humans.
These are their final
resting grounds.
This is where Sonam came
to learn their ways.
I am certain
that she left her staff here.
Where should we start looking?
Aang.
You must connect with her.
But...
No one can connect with Sonam.
The spiritual power of the lion
turtles is still concentrated here.
Let it guide you.
We'll set out immediately.
Actually, Taga.
We could really use your help here.
If the Denied are close behind,
we need to be ready.
Yeah.
And we're gonna need more
than Toph's metal bending to fix the...
My bending got us through that storm.
What did you do?
Steered with his feet.
Repairs can wait.
Aang needs me.
Taga.
Please.
Stay and help my friends.
I'll be okay on my own.
As you wish.
We will begin repairs
for our voyage home.
Everyone?
I know I've asked a lot
of you on this journey.
But we're about to accomplish
something that will change the world.
What?
What?
What?
Sonam?
This is turning out to be
a nice little vacation.
Aside from all
the people trying to kill us.
And the tornadoes.
We're supposed to be fixing the ship.
You're doing great, buddy.
Has anyone seen Taga?
Yes, we've all seen Taga.
He's so gorgeous.
Geez, I get it.
Oh, I see what you mean.
He wandered off that way.
No, maybe that way?
Taga!
Where are you going?
Aang needs to be protected.
I agree.
I know my ways may
seem unusual to you.
But I assure you.
Everything I do, I do for Aang.
For Aang?
Or for the staff?
You have no idea all that we've lost.
You've never known
a world with airbenders.
I know Aang.
He may be the last of his kind.
But he's the reason
this world knows peace.
His values as an air nomad
have brought balance to chaos.
It's because of Aang that the water tribes,
Earth Kingdom and Fire Nation now work together.
Striving for harmony.
A peace we once thought unattainable.
You speak of peace.
There will never be
peace among the elements.
There never was.
Your precious Republic
City is built on lies.
It's built on hope.
Do you have hope, Taga?
Saving my people requires
more than just hope.
It requires sacrifice.
I saw you try to crush
the Denied's airships.
You were ready to kill them.
I know what kind of
airbender Aang is.
But what kind of airbender are you?
Well getting us here.
There is great strength in him.
But weakness as well.
Weakness?
Yes.
You.
No.
Brother.
Taga.
It's real.
We can finally bring back airbending.
Let's go tell the others.
We can do this.
Me and you.
I can't do this without my friends.
Earth killed my people.
Fire killed yours.
The staff is the only way
we can create a new air empire.
One capable of defending itself.
No.
We can build a new future, Taga.
But it has to be for everyone.
The staff doesn't belong to everyone.
It belongs to us.
What... what have he done?
As long as they were around, you'd
always put them ahead of our people.
Don't you see?
This is how we redeem ourselves.
It doesn't matter that you ran them.
As long as you stand with me now.
Now.
Aang, listen to me.
This is the only way.
You're a stranger to your own.
Just like Sonam.
I'll do this with you by my side.
But if I must build a new
air empire alone, so be it.
You.
We have to turn back!
No!
We keep trying to push through!
Sonam's staff.
Denied!
The Avatar is dead.
If you wish to build a new world where
you have the power, I can give it to you.
No!
Katara!
Katara!
They're gone.
It's all my fault.
It's always been my fault.
Ever since I ran away.
No Avatar has ever fallen into such
shame as to join me here in my sorrow.
Why do you grieve so, friend?
Avatar Sonam?
Taga murdered my friends.
And now he has a staff.
Taga?
No.
No, I...
I stopped him.
I hit the staff.
What have you done?
You're the one
who gave him airbending!
How could you give
power to a monster?
The Taga I gave bending
to was a different man.
It was a different time.
The airbenders were
the peacekeepers of the Four Elements.
We used our power to mediate
all conflict with non-violence.
But we were the fewest in numbers.
For many years, we existed in
a beautiful balance of great prosperity.
But the world began to shift.
The earthbenders formed their own kingdom,
separating from the other elemental tribes.
The balance of the world was at risk.
It was my duty to act.
So I learned how to channel the energy of the
spirit world, just as the Lion Turtles did.
To give people
the power of airbending.
My most devout pupil, Taga,
was the first to receive it.
I sent my new peacekeepers out
to help calm the growing unrest.
But they were not prepared for the
brutality of the new earth kingdom.
Taga watched as his brothers
and sisters were all slaughtered.
His heart darkened by
the violence of war.
He now saw everyone who wasn't
an air nomad as the enemy.
Taga begged me to use the staff to create an
army and to kill all who would do us harm.
I refused.
So he stole it.
When he connected the staff to the temple,
his energy was so corrupted by grief and rage
that the power of
the spirit world consumed him.
Taga became something
more than human.
Too powerful to kill.
It took all my energy to finally
trap him high above the clouds.
And no one would find him.
I reclaimed the staff.
But I was fatally wounded.
Before the earth kingdom
could invade Jurana,
I sent the remaining air
nomads into the mountains.
And I hid my temple in the spirit world
where no one could access its power.
And then I locked the staff away.
Where only the Avatar could find it.
I died.
Hoping that one day,
another Avatar would create more airbenders
and restore balance to this world.
And that Avatar is you, Aang.
You have to get my staff before
Taga connects it to the temple.
There's still time.
Don't let my regret become yours.
My friends and I fought
hard for this peace.
I won't let him start another war.
Help me find a way back.
Sonam?
What's happening?
No!
No! Don't go yet! Please!
Not yet! No!
Aang!
Aang!
Katara!
Aang!
Aang!
Come on!
Aang!
Aang!
Katara!
I was so worried.
Aang!
Sokka!
I knew you'd pull through, buddy.
Hey Aang.
Zuko!
Momo!
Welcome back, Twinkle Toes.
Toph!
You're okay.
I...
I thought you were all dead.
We were.
But...
Katara saved us.
The spiritual power of these waters
strengthened my healing abilities.
You're incredible, Katara.
Where's Appa?
Taga must have taken him.
I'm sorry.
No.
I can't believe I trusted him.
We'll get through this.
So let me get this straight.
He's pulling Sonam's temple out of the
spirit world to gain unlimited power.
And let me guess,
you want us to stop him?
Sure, only problem is your air bro
crushed our ship and stole your bison.
Also, there's a massive
typhoon surrounding us!
I don't say this very often,
but Sokka's right.
Thank you.
Yep, we're stuck. And there aren't enough lion
turtles for all of us to have our own island.
So, I'm calling this one.
I'm naming him Snappy.
Aw, Snappy is the best one.
I know.
We may not know where Taga is.
But we know what he's looking
for is in the spirit world.
And lucky for us, we're stuck in the most
spiritually charged place on the planet.
So I may be able to open
a portal to get us there.
If I can summon an old friend.
The ocean spirit.
This portal smells an awful
lot like the fish market.
I'm gonna go check on Snappy.
Face your death with honor.
I'm sorry.
I know I got us into this, but...
I promise you I'll fix it.
We'll fix it.
Together.
We're gonna die!
We're gonna die!
We're gonna die!
We're gonna die!
Ah!
Ugh!
What?
Where's my power pony?
Uh, were my hands always this small?
Ah!
It's baby Toph!
Baby Toph!
What?
The hog monkey?
Ah!
Oh, people!
Gran Gran?
That's your sister, you meathead!
Give me Toph.
There, there, Toph.
Oh no, Zuko!
What happened to your beautiful face?
You look like a dried sea squid.
Ugh.
No, Zuko!
Tired?
What's going on here?
Ow, ow, ow, ow!
The spirit world is out of balance.
And so are we.
That's going to Taga.
He's pulling Sonam's
temple into our world.
We're running out of time!
Toph!
Pretty good landing.
Whoa!
Humans!
I love humans!
Two brothers, their little sister,
has an ugly couple.
A couple?
Not a couple!
Whoa!
Looks like I touched a nerve.
Oh, look at this one!
Hello!
Ow!
Toph, no!
Bad Toph!
We don't bite strangers!
Great spirit!
Excuse me!
Did you just come from
that temple in the sky?
I certainly did!
It was my favorite hidey hole
until that dark, yucky energy
started corrupting this whole face!
Please.
We need your help getting up there.
It's my duty to stop this.
I'm the Avatar.
Ooh!
The Avatar!
Let me have a squeeze at you.
Okay.
Now with this eye.
And this eye.
And this eye.
And this eye.
Oh, don't forget this eye.
Hey, hey!
Can we hurry up?
Sniff check!
Oh, that's Avatar
material right there.
Yes, it is!
Oh!
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
It appears the universe has brought us
together for a very important mission.
Yeah?
To flee!
I'll be alive!
Wait!
Come back!
We're going to go away!
Stop!
Please, great spirit!
Both of our worlds are in danger!
No, no, no, no, no, no!
I am not going back up there!
Hmm, well, when you put it like that,
it does make more sense.
Upon reflection, I've decided I shall
help you and your humanly friends.
What did he say?
Nice work, Momo.
All right, in here go!
By the way, no eating anything you find
in my teeth, as I'm saving that for later.
Ready, set, and set it, rat!
One, and the two,
and the you know what to do!
Bluff!
I know we haven't known
each other very long, but...
I love you!
You don't have to say it back!
Why are my eyes teary?
Was I crying?
No way!
Look!
What?
What is it?
It's Republic City.
We can't let him destroy
everything we built!
We won't.
Give me the staff, Taga!
I see I underestimated you, Avatar.
Your friends are
stronger than I thought.
But you're too late.
They're denied.
You see?
I did what you wanted, Aang.
I returned airbending to the world.
What's the plan?
We'll deal with the denied.
You have to get the staff.
I will rebuild Jurana on
the ruins of our enemies.
Just as they did on ours.
A new air empire will rise.
Kill them all.
Aang!
Aang!
Aang!
Aang!
Aang!
Aang!
Oh yeah!
Peace!
You care so much about your ideals,
that you let your people die!
I will do anything to
make sure they survive!
My cabbages!
My cabbages!
My cabbages!
My cabbages!
Don't do this!
You have the power now.
You can decide how to use it.
I'm not like you.
The world hasn't been good to me.
The world is what we make it.
Get away from her!
Taga, stop!
You betrayed me!
You betrayed our culture!
I gave you every chance
to see the truth!
Couldn't you be in the Fire Nation?
I'm fighting for
the peace of all nations!
Big talk from someone who sits on a throne
built on a century of war!
And there's no Avatar
here to save you.
Suck a psycho!
Let's see if your fancy new bending can
beat some good old non-bending know-how.
You just got denied!
Good luck saving your city!
We have to save
as many people as we can!
I know your pain!
I know what you've been through!
You don't know.
I watched as all of my brothers
and sisters were slaughtered.
And the Fire Nation burned
the Air Nomads to ash!
Where were you?
You!
You ran!
The full power of the spirit
world flows through me!
This is what strength looks like!
You should've run away like
you did all those years ago.
Little Avatar.
I...
Won't...
Run.
Then at least you'll die knowing
you're not the last airbender!
We could've been brothers!
We could've done this together!
It didn't have to end like this!
It's Aang! He's got the staff!
Yeah! Kick his butt, Mega Aang!
No! Something's wrong!
The power is corrupting him!
I dreamt of bringing the Air Nomads
back to the world as peacekeepers!
They could've been a beacon of
light for the world to follow!
But you ruined it!
You twisted my dream
into a nightmare!
Finally...
You have the power
the Air Nomads need!
Maybe there is hope
for you after all!
No!
No!
No!
Do it!
Use the staff!
Show me you have the strength
to bring our people back!
No!
Do it!
No!
No!
Aang...
You will do so many great
things as the Avatar.
But you must be prepared to do
what frightens you the most!
Your people...
Your home...
We are always with you!
No!
My power!
No!
No!
You fool!
Why?
Why?
Why did you break it?
We could've fixed everything!
We can't erase the pain of the past.
We couldn't save them.
But it's our duty!
To protect our people!
Not at the cost of betraying
everything they stood for.
No!
No!
It's time to let go.
You have to forgive yourself.
I have to forgive myself too.
Air Nomads are formed from the mist.
First...
We walk the world...
For a moment...
In time.
Then we return...
To the eternal...
Wind.
Hey, Katara.
Hey, Aang.
Seriously?
You do realize you're falling, right?
Hey, if you ever get
tired of relying on Appa,
I could hook you up with
one of these, babies!
Oh!
I don't know if airbending
will ever return.
But I know now that the true
power of the Air Nomads...
Was never their bending.
It was their values.
And that's a power
I can pass on to others.
Avatar Aang.
You are the true embodiment
of the Air Nomads.
Thank you for giving up
the power that I could not.
You give me hope for
the future of our culture.
It's amazing, isn't it?
The first new air
temple in centuries.
Republic City is finally complete.
A city for all nations.
Just like you promised.
I never could have done
this without you, Katara.
Hey, everybody.
Sorry I kept you all waiting.
Are you ready for our big trip?
As my new acolytes, you'll be helping me
preserve our culture for future generations.
So...
Who wants to search for artifacts
at an ancient, abandoned temple?
Yay.
I'm only going to make sure you don't try
to release another beefy old airbender.
Yeah, I'm done with bad boys.
Avatar Sonam told
me about this place.
So it's very possible that no one's
been here in hundreds of years.
Oh!
Is this an Airbender relic?
I think that's just a rock.
But I love the enthusiasm.
Keep your eyes open.
They never know what
we might discover here.
Oh.
I thought they were extinct.
The original airbenders.
Oh, could I...
Why'd you hang? No fair!
Oh, perfect timing!
I don't mind giving me a lift.
Yasuo! This isn't the best time.
I'm getting old, you know.
My body doesn't move like it used to.
I'm kind of in the middle of something.
You are so heavy!
Heavy? Me?
I eat nothing but vegetables.
Pie is not a vegetable!
I'm gonna lose the race!
Race? What race?
We won! We won!
We won! We won! We won!
Aang, as an airbender, it's important
that you know when to show restraint.
Even if you have the power to win,
you are the Avatar.
A lot of people are
going to rely on you.
The Avatar!
He's gone! He ran away!
What? I'm here!
Where's the Avatar?
Where's the Avatar?
I'm here!
I'm here!
I'm here.
Hey, Momo. Hi, Appa.
Was I asleep for long?
Okay, okay. I'm awake already. I know,
I know. We've got a job to finish.
Let's continue our journey.
Back to our old home.
This may not have been our best trip, but any
airbender relic we find makes it all worthwhile.
This could be the oldest
piece in our collection.
Sonam. I miss you.
Momo, go outside with Appa.
Now!
Why are you doing this?
Please, stop!
I don't want to hurt you.
Where is it? Where is it?
Nope, that's not it!
Hey! Those are antiques!
Found it!
Sonam, why are they after you?
That's a thousand years old!
Yes!
Give it to me!
Why don't we just talk?
Maybe I can help.
We don't need your help, Avatar!
We're done living in a world where Benders
have all the power and we have none!
Who are you?
We're the Denied!
The Denied?
Just kill him already!
No!
He'll bring the whole place down!
You... saved me.
Kalik! Wrap him up! Let's go!
We've got to get to Republic City.
Appa!
Yip-yip!
Water.
Her tribes gather
strength from the moon.
And flow with the tides.
Earth.
A kingdom of unshakable will.
Reliable and strong.
Fire.
A nation capable of
great destruction.
But also...
Of great warmth.
Air.
Peaceful nomads with
the power of a hurricane.
But the spirit of a gentle breeze.
For generations, the Avatar,
the one master of all four elements,
kept the nations in balance.
But when that responsibility fell
to me as a child, I ran away.
I was caught in a deadly storm.
But my Avatar spirit preserved
me in a sphere of energy
where I stayed for a hundred years.
I woke to discover
that the balance preserved by the Avatar
had been destroyed by war.
The air nomads were gone.
All but one.
Me.
I could no longer run from
my responsibility as the Avatar.
I found allies from every nation.
Benders.
And non-benders.
Katara taught me how to water bend.
Toph trained me in
the ways of the Earthbenders.
Zuko, once my worst enemy,
became my firebending teacher.
Sokka, showed me that bravery is the
most important part of being a leader.
We became a family.
And together,
we ended the Hundred Year War.
Then, we began the hard work
of rebuilding the world.
For so long,
the nation stood apart, alone.
And we all suffered as a result.
But here, on this ancient site, we created
a place where all people are welcome.
Bender and non-bender alike.
Working together in peace
to build the future.
Though there are still those
who would seek to divide us,
we remain united.
As a council representative,
I am honored to be here today,
celebrating the anniversary
of Republic City
and the opening of Unity Tower.
A symbol for all people.
I missed you too, old friend.
Katara!
You're hurt.
Take a deep breath.
And...
Exhale.
I've heard that Denied
are growing in numbers,
but they've never done
anything like this.
Attacking the Avatar?
Yeah.
They were incredible fighters.
Even without bending.
Oops.
Ow!
Be honest.
You're enjoying this.
Aang, this is serious.
Whatever this map they took was,
if they were willing to
kill the Avatar to get it,
what else are they willing to do?
I don't know.
I'm worried about you.
You're spending more
and more time at the Air Temple.
Alone.
It's... how I hold on to my past.
I know how hard this is for you.
When I was attacked,
all I could think about was that...
this could be it.
I'm the last airbender.
If I die,
my culture dies with me.
You may be the last airbender.
But you're not alone.
Aang,
none of this would exist without you.
You made the city possible
with your heart and your mind.
Because of you,
all of the nations live here.
Together.
All except mine.
I know.
But the people here still
need your protection.
You're an airbender.
But you're also the Avatar.
Avatar.
You're right.
Whoever this Sonam person is,
I need to find out more.
Aang.
Avatar Roku.
It is good to see you again.
How can I help you?
In your lifetime,
did you ever hear of
an ancient airbender named Sonam?
I have not.
But you have many past
lives to call upon.
Perhaps one further back in
the Avatar cycle can help you.
Thank you, Avatar Roku.
I'm sorry.
I've never heard of Sonam.
Perhaps earlier.
You're not here.
Not here.
Back.
Avatar.
I'm sorry.
Um...
Hello?
Is there anyone here?
Hello?
Who calls upon Avatar Szeto's
vast wealth of knowledge?
Oh, hello.
You look like an Avatar from
a time quite distant from mine.
Please, please,
tell me about your era.
What are people wearing?
Are sandals still a thing?
Uh, yes.
Oh, why?
Why, after so many years, open toes,
seeing someone else's crusty cuticles?
Disgusting!
Right.
Anyway,
I have come for your guidance.
You see, I was attacked.
It was not me.
Okay?
Wasn't me.
I know that.
I think it might have something to
do with an airbender named Sonam.
Hmm. Sonam.
It sounds familiar.
Sonam.
Where have I heard that name before?
Aha!
Sonam was the youngest daughter of the owner of
the possum chicken shop at the corner marketplace.
Wait.
That was my ex, Sonam.
If only she didn't have
those humongous toenails.
Disgusting.
This is going nowhere.
Sonam?
Sonam?
Sonam?
Well, thank you for your time.
I must continue my search.
Oh!
Sonam!
You're asking about
the legend of the lost Avatar.
Sonam was an Avatar?
Indeed, she was.
She was the Avatar in
the golden age of airbenders.
Legend said she had a staff that could
channel the vast energy of the spirit world.
Granting its keeper unlimited power.
Is...
Is that even possible?
We'll never know for sure.
Many avatars have tried to communicate
with her, but they couldn't.
She disappeared so completely
that it was as if she never existed.
And perhaps it's better that way.
Maybe such a staff was too
dangerous for anyone to possess.
Yes.
Even the Avatar.
But...
But that's exactly
why I need to find it.
The people who attacked
me discovered a map.
It must lead to the staff.
Avatar Szeto.
Please.
You have to tell me where it is.
The legend says that Sonam disappeared
with her staff on the peak of Mount Baihu.
Katara.
I'm sorry to leave so suddenly, but I
found out what the Denied are after.
Sonam had a staff of immense power.
And in their hands,
it could be a devastating weapon.
They have a head start.
There's no time to waste.
You take Appa and Momo
and gather up the rest of the team.
We're gonna need some help.
Next on the agenda, a Fire Nation naval vessel came into conflict
with an extremist group of non-benders called the Denied.
They've been robbing ancient sites.
Your Majesty!
An urgent message has
arrived from Republic City.
How impudent.
Can't you see Fire Lord Zuko's...
Chamberlain.
There's only one person who can send a message
urgent enough to interrupt the Fire Lord's counsel.
Is it from the Avatar?
Yes, my Lord.
Read it to me.
Yes, my Lord.
What are you doing?
Read it quickly.
Yes, Grand Chamberlain.
Flameo Hotman,
how's ruling the Fire Nation?
I hope the boring Chamberlain you mentioned
in your letters isn't still annoying you.
Anywho, to cut to the chase,
I need your help.
Can you please come immediately?
Oh, and don't forget to
bring some firecracker buns.
Allow me to present Sokka Cycle.
Flames launch you into the sky where you
can drop water bombs on your enemies.
Then skis pop out to help
you stick the landing.
Pretty great, right?
Eh, boring.
Why would you need a sled
when you can just waterbend?
Oh, oh, oh! Like me, like me!
Keep in mind, there are still plenty
of folks like me who can't bend.
Why would Avatar Aang
partner with a non-bender?
Why? I'll tell you why.
I saved him from the iceberg.
My boomerang flew by his side while I
carried away enemies with my trusty blade.
I even took down the whole
Fire Nation airship armada.
And on top of all that,
I was more popular than him.
You're such a liar, Sokka.
It's from the Avatar.
Wow! Really?
Oh, so now you think I'm cool?
All right, metalbenders.
Let's see if any of you tenderfoots can
at least make me use my hands.
Greatest Earthbender in the world!
And I'm bored.
Master Toph,
there's a bird on your head.
And?
It looks like it has a message.
Read.
It's from Avatar Aang.
He needs your help.
It's the den-
The Denied?
Where is he?
Mount Baihu?
Sonam?
Could that be you?
Who are you?
You made it!
You couldn't wait a day before
running off to get yourself killed?
I thought you were here
looking for a staff.
Who's this guy?
An airbender.
How did he hold up
an entire mountain?
His chi is strong,
like nothing I've ever felt.
Hey Avatar, you think this guy beat your
record for longest frozen airbender?
Yeah.
How long do you think
he was in that ice?
I don't know.
His tattoos look... ancient.
He's been in there a long time.
He smells good for an old guy.
Ew!
What?
My senses tell me this
guy is pretty attractive.
Someone else confirm.
This is serious.
What does attractive even mean?
Just give me a straight confirmation.
Is he attractive?
He's very attractive.
Huh?
What?
He is.
It's all in the bone structure.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey.
Easy.
Earthbender!
No, no, no.
We're all friends here.
It's okay.
Someone woke up on
the wrong side of the mountain.
Where is she?
Where is Avatar Sonam?
You knew Sonam?
Who are you?
I don't know how to explain it,
but you've been asleep
for a long time.
I'm the Avatar now.
I'm Aang.
If you're the Avatar,
then...
Sonam.
Well, Sonam might be long gone,
but on the bright side,
you woke up at the perfect time.
Everyone will be amazed
to see another airbender.
Aang's not the last one anymore!
What do you mean?
Last.
The Air Nomads.
They've been wiped out.
There's only me.
Sonam's staff.
Do you have it?
It's our only hope now.
What do you mean?
I thought it was a weapon.
The staff is no weapon.
It is a gift.
It is a gift.
With it, Sonam was able to channel the
vast power of the spirit world.
It was this power
that allowed Jurana to flourish.
The greatest city in the world.
An air nomad utopia.
Where Sonam presided over
a golden age of balance.
And where I devoted
my life to serving her.
In return, she raised me up.
And used her staff to give me,
a lowly non-bender.
The power to bend the air.
I was the first,
but I would not be the last.
She filled the skies with airbenders.
And we flew by her side,
spreading peace across the world.
Aang? Are you okay?
Sonam used the staff to
give people airbending.
If we found it...
I could bring airbending
back to the world.
This is incredible!
There haven't been airbenders
for over a hundred years!
This is everything
you ever wanted, Aang.
We could heal the greatest atrocity
my nation committed in the war.
This could be the final step
to rebuilding the world.
Not if the Denied get there first.
They have the map.
Who are the Denied?
A group of violent non-benders.
They... they must be after
the staff to give themselves airbending.
Then there's no time to waste.
There's only one place it could be.
Ready your bison. We'll need to
travel across the endless ocean.
On the other side of the world?
But there's nothing out there.
There's an island. The journey will
not be easy. But we can make it.
Then let's get going.
The skies are no place
for a water child.
Water child?
Um... I know you just woke up after thousands
of years, but we do these things together.
Trust me. We're stronger this way.
Welcome to Team Avatar.
What's your name?
Taga.
My name is Taga.
Just think of it
as a big metal air bison.
We will travel ancient
paths through the sky.
Ones that our people learn by following the great
air bison herds that long ago taught us airbending.
Air currents known only to us,
encircling the great sphere of existence,
allowing us to travel where we wish,
giving us our name. The Air Nomads.
What's he doing?
He's really feeling that air.
He's navigating by instinct.
What if his instincts are just wrong?
Who needs instincts when
you've got muscles like that?
Or what if his brain is
messed up from being frozen?
Like me?
Uh... no! No!
He was frozen for 5,000 years, okay?
You were frozen for, what, a hundred?
Okay, that's nothing.
Your brain is... fresh.
Maybe he is a little old-fashioned,
but look at him.
He's so in tune with his element, he can travel
across the entire ocean with no map, no instruments.
There's so much I can learn from him.
I'd give anything to be able
to see my air bison again.
And now... to see only one remains.
Aang...
You said our people were wiped out,
yet you survived.
How?
I had just found out
I was the Avatar.
But the responsibility...
it was too much.
So I ran away.
And while I was gone,
the Fire Nation attacked.
They were looking for me.
If...
If I'd just been there...
Sonam would say,
Air nomads are formed from the mist.
We walk the world
for a moment in time.
Then we return to the eternal wind.
Ankiyatsu taught me that.
We carry the same weight.
A grief no one else could
possibly comprehend.
But you and I can heal the past.
Let me show you how
powerful our element can be.
When airbenders work together.
This is how Sonam taught me.
To feel the energy that tethers us.
The bond between us.
Can you feel it?
Use it!
This is amazing!
Yes!
Woo-hoo!
Oh, yeah!
Human Boomerang!
He's actually flying.
So are we.
Whoa, that's my best friend!
That's my best friend!
No, you throw me!
No, you throw me!
The idea this was possible!
This is only the beginning.
I can't believe it.
Airbenders will fill the sky again.
We have been given a great gift.
The chance to redeem ourselves.
You were destined to find
me on that mountain, Aang.
How did you end up there?
The Earthbenders had attacked Jurana.
Sonam and I fought fearlessly,
side by side.
We drove them back to Mount Baihu.
And that's the last I remember.
She must have saved your life.
Only an Avatar could have
put you in that sphere.
Aang, can I ask you something?
Of course.
If the Fire Nation
destroyed the Air Nomads,
how can you suffer
the presence of the Fire Lord?
Zuko is a friend and an ally.
He turned against his own
father to help me end the war.
Yet he wears the crown himself now.
Fire, by its nature, burns, Aang.
Our kind have always suffered at
the hands of the other elements.
That's why we built Republic City.
To show the world that if
we listen to each other,
we can all live together.
In peace.
And once we bring back Airbenders,
it'll be complete.
When everyone stuck to their own,
the whole world was
nearly torn apart.
And besides, Katara,
Sokka, Zuko, Toph,
they're my family now.
I want to live in a world
where we can all be together.
You remind me so much of Sonam.
It's the Avatar.
And this time he's got
his friends with them.
That's the Fire Lord's airship.
How'd they get ahead of us?
They don't even have the map!
We can't risk him getting
to the staff first.
Kill him!
But he spared our lives.
And how many countless were killed in
the hundred years waiting for his return?
Where was he when
your family was wiped out?
If we want anything to change,
we need what the Benders have.
Power.
Crushing the ship?
Katara, stop!
We're here.
The Immortal Storm.
Oh no.
There has to be another way around!
No, together you and I can
clear a path for the ship.
But we have to go now.
Aang, trust me.
Maybe now's a good time to turn back.
I don't think that's
an option anymore.
Where are they going?
The engine's out!
We're losing air pressure!
Katara, talk! Come with me!
What about me?
Take the wheel!
What?!
I've only ever crashed
Fire Nation airships!
Okay, let's see. Here's our rudder, this
is the elevator, there's our ballast,
and there's the giant tornado
that's going to kill us all!
Move off!
Follow my lead!
Work with me just like I showed you!
We can harness...
Yes! That's it, Aang! Keep going!
Aang and Taga are destroying tornadoes, but
there's too many! And they're everywhere!
Just steer the ship. Don't lose Aang!
It's not that easy,
especially when everything is sideways!
Okay, left!
I did it!
Right!
I'm losing sight of them!
We have to go back!
Trust in your friends! They won't
make it if we don't clear a path!
Crash into the sea!
When I give you the signal,
pull the lever next to the wheel!
Katara?
Sokka! Now!
Here we go!
I was clearing
the tornadoes to make a path!
The ship almost crashed, Aang!
We could have died!
And what if you got yourself killed?
You're the Avatar!
This is too risky!
We need to turn back now!
No! We're almost there!
We just need to get to
the eye of the storm!
Aang, no! This is too dangerous!
The staff is out there!
The Denied are after it!
Do you really believe that they could
make it through the storm?
We're nearly there!
That staff can bring back my people!
I understand how much
you want that, but...
You don't understand! None of you do!
Aang...
We push forward!
If we generate enough air,
we can push our way through!
We're alive?
We made it through!
Thank you, Taga!
It was you, Aang.
We're here because of you.
Yeah, we're having a good time, too.
You could've told us we were
flying into the Immortal Storm.
I know it was dangerous, but...
We had to risk it.
We?
I don't remember when
we took a vote on that.
There wasn't time.
I had to make a call.
Friends, please. Don't blame Aang.
This is all my fault.
I knew this would be difficult.
But Aang believed in
your strength as a team.
And I'm honored to be a part of it.
I forgive you, Taga.
Yeah.
Everyone. Look.
These islands.
They were... lion turtles.
Whoa!
It's beautiful.
Long before my time, the lion turtles
granted the gift of bending to humans.
These are their final
resting grounds.
This is where Sonam came
to learn their ways.
I am certain
that she left her staff here.
Where should we start looking?
Aang.
You must connect with her.
But...
No one can connect with Sonam.
The spiritual power of the lion
turtles is still concentrated here.
Let it guide you.
We'll set out immediately.
Actually, Taga.
We could really use your help here.
If the Denied are close behind,
we need to be ready.
Yeah.
And we're gonna need more
than Toph's metal bending to fix the...
My bending got us through that storm.
What did you do?
Steered with his feet.
Repairs can wait.
Aang needs me.
Taga.
Please.
Stay and help my friends.
I'll be okay on my own.
As you wish.
We will begin repairs
for our voyage home.
Everyone?
I know I've asked a lot
of you on this journey.
But we're about to accomplish
something that will change the world.
What?
What?
What?
Sonam?
This is turning out to be
a nice little vacation.
Aside from all
the people trying to kill us.
And the tornadoes.
We're supposed to be fixing the ship.
You're doing great, buddy.
Has anyone seen Taga?
Yes, we've all seen Taga.
He's so gorgeous.
Geez, I get it.
Oh, I see what you mean.
He wandered off that way.
No, maybe that way?
Taga!
Where are you going?
Aang needs to be protected.
I agree.
I know my ways may
seem unusual to you.
But I assure you.
Everything I do, I do for Aang.
For Aang?
Or for the staff?
You have no idea all that we've lost.
You've never known
a world with airbenders.
I know Aang.
He may be the last of his kind.
But he's the reason
this world knows peace.
His values as an air nomad
have brought balance to chaos.
It's because of Aang that the water tribes,
Earth Kingdom and Fire Nation now work together.
Striving for harmony.
A peace we once thought unattainable.
You speak of peace.
There will never be
peace among the elements.
There never was.
Your precious Republic
City is built on lies.
It's built on hope.
Do you have hope, Taga?
Saving my people requires
more than just hope.
It requires sacrifice.
I saw you try to crush
the Denied's airships.
You were ready to kill them.
I know what kind of
airbender Aang is.
But what kind of airbender are you?
Well getting us here.
There is great strength in him.
But weakness as well.
Weakness?
Yes.
You.
No.
Brother.
Taga.
It's real.
We can finally bring back airbending.
Let's go tell the others.
We can do this.
Me and you.
I can't do this without my friends.
Earth killed my people.
Fire killed yours.
The staff is the only way
we can create a new air empire.
One capable of defending itself.
No.
We can build a new future, Taga.
But it has to be for everyone.
The staff doesn't belong to everyone.
It belongs to us.
What... what have he done?
As long as they were around, you'd
always put them ahead of our people.
Don't you see?
This is how we redeem ourselves.
It doesn't matter that you ran them.
As long as you stand with me now.
Now.
Aang, listen to me.
This is the only way.
You're a stranger to your own.
Just like Sonam.
I'll do this with you by my side.
But if I must build a new
air empire alone, so be it.
You.
We have to turn back!
No!
We keep trying to push through!
Sonam's staff.
Denied!
The Avatar is dead.
If you wish to build a new world where
you have the power, I can give it to you.
No!
Katara!
Katara!
They're gone.
It's all my fault.
It's always been my fault.
Ever since I ran away.
No Avatar has ever fallen into such
shame as to join me here in my sorrow.
Why do you grieve so, friend?
Avatar Sonam?
Taga murdered my friends.
And now he has a staff.
Taga?
No.
No, I...
I stopped him.
I hit the staff.
What have you done?
You're the one
who gave him airbending!
How could you give
power to a monster?
The Taga I gave bending
to was a different man.
It was a different time.
The airbenders were
the peacekeepers of the Four Elements.
We used our power to mediate
all conflict with non-violence.
But we were the fewest in numbers.
For many years, we existed in
a beautiful balance of great prosperity.
But the world began to shift.
The earthbenders formed their own kingdom,
separating from the other elemental tribes.
The balance of the world was at risk.
It was my duty to act.
So I learned how to channel the energy of the
spirit world, just as the Lion Turtles did.
To give people
the power of airbending.
My most devout pupil, Taga,
was the first to receive it.
I sent my new peacekeepers out
to help calm the growing unrest.
But they were not prepared for the
brutality of the new earth kingdom.
Taga watched as his brothers
and sisters were all slaughtered.
His heart darkened by
the violence of war.
He now saw everyone who wasn't
an air nomad as the enemy.
Taga begged me to use the staff to create an
army and to kill all who would do us harm.
I refused.
So he stole it.
When he connected the staff to the temple,
his energy was so corrupted by grief and rage
that the power of
the spirit world consumed him.
Taga became something
more than human.
Too powerful to kill.
It took all my energy to finally
trap him high above the clouds.
And no one would find him.
I reclaimed the staff.
But I was fatally wounded.
Before the earth kingdom
could invade Jurana,
I sent the remaining air
nomads into the mountains.
And I hid my temple in the spirit world
where no one could access its power.
And then I locked the staff away.
Where only the Avatar could find it.
I died.
Hoping that one day,
another Avatar would create more airbenders
and restore balance to this world.
And that Avatar is you, Aang.
You have to get my staff before
Taga connects it to the temple.
There's still time.
Don't let my regret become yours.
My friends and I fought
hard for this peace.
I won't let him start another war.
Help me find a way back.
Sonam?
What's happening?
No!
No! Don't go yet! Please!
Not yet! No!
Aang!
Aang!
Katara!
Aang!
Aang!
Come on!
Aang!
Aang!
Katara!
I was so worried.
Aang!
Sokka!
I knew you'd pull through, buddy.
Hey Aang.
Zuko!
Momo!
Welcome back, Twinkle Toes.
Toph!
You're okay.
I...
I thought you were all dead.
We were.
But...
Katara saved us.
The spiritual power of these waters
strengthened my healing abilities.
You're incredible, Katara.
Where's Appa?
Taga must have taken him.
I'm sorry.
No.
I can't believe I trusted him.
We'll get through this.
So let me get this straight.
He's pulling Sonam's temple out of the
spirit world to gain unlimited power.
And let me guess,
you want us to stop him?
Sure, only problem is your air bro
crushed our ship and stole your bison.
Also, there's a massive
typhoon surrounding us!
I don't say this very often,
but Sokka's right.
Thank you.
Yep, we're stuck. And there aren't enough lion
turtles for all of us to have our own island.
So, I'm calling this one.
I'm naming him Snappy.
Aw, Snappy is the best one.
I know.
We may not know where Taga is.
But we know what he's looking
for is in the spirit world.
And lucky for us, we're stuck in the most
spiritually charged place on the planet.
So I may be able to open
a portal to get us there.
If I can summon an old friend.
The ocean spirit.
This portal smells an awful
lot like the fish market.
I'm gonna go check on Snappy.
Face your death with honor.
I'm sorry.
I know I got us into this, but...
I promise you I'll fix it.
We'll fix it.
Together.
We're gonna die!
We're gonna die!
We're gonna die!
We're gonna die!
Ah!
Ugh!
What?
Where's my power pony?
Uh, were my hands always this small?
Ah!
It's baby Toph!
Baby Toph!
What?
The hog monkey?
Ah!
Oh, people!
Gran Gran?
That's your sister, you meathead!
Give me Toph.
There, there, Toph.
Oh no, Zuko!
What happened to your beautiful face?
You look like a dried sea squid.
Ugh.
No, Zuko!
Tired?
What's going on here?
Ow, ow, ow, ow!
The spirit world is out of balance.
And so are we.
That's going to Taga.
He's pulling Sonam's
temple into our world.
We're running out of time!
Toph!
Pretty good landing.
Whoa!
Humans!
I love humans!
Two brothers, their little sister,
has an ugly couple.
A couple?
Not a couple!
Whoa!
Looks like I touched a nerve.
Oh, look at this one!
Hello!
Ow!
Toph, no!
Bad Toph!
We don't bite strangers!
Great spirit!
Excuse me!
Did you just come from
that temple in the sky?
I certainly did!
It was my favorite hidey hole
until that dark, yucky energy
started corrupting this whole face!
Please.
We need your help getting up there.
It's my duty to stop this.
I'm the Avatar.
Ooh!
The Avatar!
Let me have a squeeze at you.
Okay.
Now with this eye.
And this eye.
And this eye.
And this eye.
Oh, don't forget this eye.
Hey, hey!
Can we hurry up?
Sniff check!
Oh, that's Avatar
material right there.
Yes, it is!
Oh!
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
It appears the universe has brought us
together for a very important mission.
Yeah?
To flee!
I'll be alive!
Wait!
Come back!
We're going to go away!
Stop!
Please, great spirit!
Both of our worlds are in danger!
No, no, no, no, no, no!
I am not going back up there!
Hmm, well, when you put it like that,
it does make more sense.
Upon reflection, I've decided I shall
help you and your humanly friends.
What did he say?
Nice work, Momo.
All right, in here go!
By the way, no eating anything you find
in my teeth, as I'm saving that for later.
Ready, set, and set it, rat!
One, and the two,
and the you know what to do!
Bluff!
I know we haven't known
each other very long, but...
I love you!
You don't have to say it back!
Why are my eyes teary?
Was I crying?
No way!
Look!
What?
What is it?
It's Republic City.
We can't let him destroy
everything we built!
We won't.
Give me the staff, Taga!
I see I underestimated you, Avatar.
Your friends are
stronger than I thought.
But you're too late.
They're denied.
You see?
I did what you wanted, Aang.
I returned airbending to the world.
What's the plan?
We'll deal with the denied.
You have to get the staff.
I will rebuild Jurana on
the ruins of our enemies.
Just as they did on ours.
A new air empire will rise.
Kill them all.
Aang!
Aang!
Aang!
Aang!
Aang!
Aang!
Oh yeah!
Peace!
You care so much about your ideals,
that you let your people die!
I will do anything to
make sure they survive!
My cabbages!
My cabbages!
My cabbages!
My cabbages!
Don't do this!
You have the power now.
You can decide how to use it.
I'm not like you.
The world hasn't been good to me.
The world is what we make it.
Get away from her!
Taga, stop!
You betrayed me!
You betrayed our culture!
I gave you every chance
to see the truth!
Couldn't you be in the Fire Nation?
I'm fighting for
the peace of all nations!
Big talk from someone who sits on a throne
built on a century of war!
And there's no Avatar
here to save you.
Suck a psycho!
Let's see if your fancy new bending can
beat some good old non-bending know-how.
You just got denied!
Good luck saving your city!
We have to save
as many people as we can!
I know your pain!
I know what you've been through!
You don't know.
I watched as all of my brothers
and sisters were slaughtered.
And the Fire Nation burned
the Air Nomads to ash!
Where were you?
You!
You ran!
The full power of the spirit
world flows through me!
This is what strength looks like!
You should've run away like
you did all those years ago.
Little Avatar.
I...
Won't...
Run.
Then at least you'll die knowing
you're not the last airbender!
We could've been brothers!
We could've done this together!
It didn't have to end like this!
It's Aang! He's got the staff!
Yeah! Kick his butt, Mega Aang!
No! Something's wrong!
The power is corrupting him!
I dreamt of bringing the Air Nomads
back to the world as peacekeepers!
They could've been a beacon of
light for the world to follow!
But you ruined it!
You twisted my dream
into a nightmare!
Finally...
You have the power
the Air Nomads need!
Maybe there is hope
for you after all!
No!
No!
No!
Do it!
Use the staff!
Show me you have the strength
to bring our people back!
No!
Do it!
No!
No!
Aang...
You will do so many great
things as the Avatar.
But you must be prepared to do
what frightens you the most!
Your people...
Your home...
We are always with you!
No!
My power!
No!
No!
You fool!
Why?
Why?
Why did you break it?
We could've fixed everything!
We can't erase the pain of the past.
We couldn't save them.
But it's our duty!
To protect our people!
Not at the cost of betraying
everything they stood for.
No!
No!
It's time to let go.
You have to forgive yourself.
I have to forgive myself too.
Air Nomads are formed from the mist.
First...
We walk the world...
For a moment...
In time.
Then we return...
To the eternal...
Wind.
Hey, Katara.
Hey, Aang.
Seriously?
You do realize you're falling, right?
Hey, if you ever get
tired of relying on Appa,
I could hook you up with
one of these, babies!
Oh!
I don't know if airbending
will ever return.
But I know now that the true
power of the Air Nomads...
Was never their bending.
It was their values.
And that's a power
I can pass on to others.
Avatar Aang.
You are the true embodiment
of the Air Nomads.
Thank you for giving up
the power that I could not.
You give me hope for
the future of our culture.
It's amazing, isn't it?
The first new air
temple in centuries.
Republic City is finally complete.
A city for all nations.
Just like you promised.
I never could have done
this without you, Katara.
Hey, everybody.
Sorry I kept you all waiting.
Are you ready for our big trip?
As my new acolytes, you'll be helping me
preserve our culture for future generations.
So...
Who wants to search for artifacts
at an ancient, abandoned temple?
Yay.
I'm only going to make sure you don't try
to release another beefy old airbender.
Yeah, I'm done with bad boys.
Avatar Sonam told
me about this place.
So it's very possible that no one's
been here in hundreds of years.
Oh!
Is this an Airbender relic?
I think that's just a rock.
But I love the enthusiasm.
Keep your eyes open.
They never know what
we might discover here.
Oh.
I thought they were extinct.
The original airbenders.
Oh, could I...