Chapter 42- Fight For The Temple

"I can't believe it, why would he hide this from me? And why would he be on the enemy's side?" Teo rambled as you, Teo, and Aang marched over the the mechanic's workshop.
"Don't worry Teo, he may have been working for the Fire Nation, but he was doing it for the safety of you, don't forget that. It was wrong, but that's what a father should do, protect you even if it'll hurt you," You explained, feeing your dad's bandana. Teo simply nodded as you opened the door to the mechanic's workshop.

"When are they coming?" You asked the mechanic, as he sighed and looked up.
"Soon, very soon," He revealed.
"You can't give them more weapons." Aang demanded.
"If I don't give them what they want, they will destroy this place!" The model of the hot air balloon caught fire and crashed.

"How can I be proud of you when your inventions are being used for murder?" Teo asked his father, he looked very upset with him, which made you place a hand on his shoulder.
"I need some time to think." Then a bell was heard from somewhere.
"You need to leave, go!" He yelped.

"We're not leaving!" Teo argued, but you felt dread in your stomach, making you push Aang back a little.
"Then hide, quickly!" He pushed you three out of sight where a hatch opened and you saw a war minister from the Fire Nation. Twig slightly hissed, which made you cover his mouth.
"You know better than to keep me waiting. Give me what you owe us so we can be on our way," The war minister demanded.

As the two were about to leave, Aang jumped in the way and glared at them.
"The deal's off," He said.
"Or else you'll be sporting a good burn mark on your arms," You also said, standing next to Aang.
"You two, don't get involved!" The mechanic pleaded.
"If I don't get what I came here for, the Fire Nation will burn this place to rubble!" The war minister scowled.

"You best get out of here old man, or else," You spat out and threw a rock in his face.
"Then the destruction of this temple will be on your heads!" He yelled, and went back down the lift. Aang quickly closed the hatch with his bending.

"I'd like to see him try,"

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"Dumb Fire Nation, I'm a fool for ever stepping foot in that place," You growled lowly, as Twig kept rubbing his head against your neck. You and the gaang, with the addition of Teo, were standing on the bridge trying to figure out what to do.
"(Y/N), what are we going to do? How can we possibly keep them all away?" Katara asked you.

"Not sure, but I bet Air boy has a plan," You replied.
"You bet I do. We have something they don't. Air power." Aang smiled with determination.
"We control the sky. That's something the Fire Nation can't do. We can win!" You and Sokka look at each other and grinned.

"I want to help," You turn to see the mechanic walking over.
"We'll need it," Teo smiled at your words and the people later stood within the mechanic's workshop.
"We finally got the war balloon working, thanks to Sokka. This boy's a genius!" The mechanic said, which made the two compliment each other.

"See, the problem with the old war balloon was you could get it air-borne, but once it did, it just kept going. You could put a hole in the top, but then all the hot air would escape. So the question became, how do you keep a lid on hot air?" Sokka explained.
"Ugh, if only we knew," Katara sarcastically said, making Aang, Teo, and you laugh.

"A lid is actually the answer. If you control the hot air, you control the war balloon." Sokka smiled at the little model.
"That's pretty cool," You mumbled with stars in your eyes.
"Okay, we've got four kinds of bombs; smoke, slime, fire, and-" Sokka got cut off.
"Stink! Never underestimate the power of stink!"

"I'll say, I swear Twig is Fire ferret,"

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You, the gaang, and the people stood at the entrance of the temple, and a girl spotted the Fire Nation climbing up.
"They're coming!" She said.
"You all ready to overthrow this messed up monarchy?" You asked them.

"Yes. But where's Sokka with the war balloon?" Katara asked while looking around.
"We'll have to start without it." Aang rolled them and they quickly took off, you using your best earthbending to throw boulders at them. You saw the gliders and Aang taking them out with the slime bombs and Katara on Appa giving them more ammo.

But then chains shot into the sky and you saw tanks climbing up the mountain.
"That's not good," You mumbled as you took Twig and ran over to where the chains were, using lavabending to melt the metal and taking the tanks out? But then more chains coming shooting out, and it was too cold for your lava to be stronger.

"Dang it! If only I could bend metal!" You groaned, and jumped off the cliff to land on Appa.
"Those things can't be stopped," You called out as more tanks kept coming.
"I think I know how they work. I remember my dad tinkering with the counterbalancing system. Something to do with water." Teo explained as he flew next to you and Katara.

"Water? Can you get me close to one?" Katara asked, and nodded, leading Appa to the ground, where Aang and the tanks were. As Katara and Aang kept using their bending, you kept throwing the bombs at the tanks, aiming as Twig kept handing you them. The tanks kept coming as Appa knocked some over and had Aang and Katara on him. You flew Appa to the Air Temple entrance and looked at the empty bag.

"Fresh out of bombs!" You told them as Katara looked around.
"Come on Sokka. Where's that war balloon?" She mumbled, then suddenly, a giant red war balloon came into view, with Sokka and the mechanic in it.
"That's what I'm talking about Boomerang!" You shouted with excitement as they dropped the slime bombs onto the Fire Nation.

It wasn't enough though, and you and the other people tried your best to take the chains off the cliff.

BOOM

A sudden explosion was heard and seen, making you jumped and shielded Twig and Momo so they won't get hurt. A few seconds later the smoke cleared and you saw the Fire Nation retreating. You all cheered, but then you saw Sokka and the mechanic going down, so Aang used his glider to fly over and saved them both.

"Next time, tell a warning before you go on a genocide path Boomerang!"

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You know what? I'm really glad you guys all live here now. I realized, it's like the hermit crab. Maybe you weren't born here, but you found this empty shell and made it your home. And now you protect each other." Aang told the people as he petted the little hermit crab on his hand.

"That means a lot, coming from you." Teo thanked him with a smile.
"Aang you were right about air power. As long as we've got the skies, we'll have the Fire Nation on the run," Sokka grinned, and the people cheered in victory.

"Ya know Glider?" You walked over to Teo and smiled, giving him a little head pat.
"You're one of a kind, so I hope that we'll see each other soon," You give him a kiss on the head, makin him blush.

"A-ah! Thank you (Y-Y/N)!" He stammered, fiddling with his wheels.
"Oh, look at that! My boy is growing up!" The mechanic chuckled, making you laugh and Teo embarrassed.

The gaang watched on with jealousy, feelingile they should get a kiss from you too.

'Why do you make me feel this way (Y/N)?"
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