"Earth" "Fire" "Air" "Water" "Only the Avatar can master all four elements and bring balance to the world." "The Air Nation has found its first recruit." "Team Avatar's search for airbenders in the Earth Kingdom led them to Kai, an orphan with a shady past." "Meanwhile, Lord Zuko is on the trail of three fugitives that might present a great threat to the avatar." "Unaware of the danger, Korra continues searching for more airbenders." "Next stop, the walled city of Ba Sing Se." "More legerity, uncle Bumi!" "Remember, you must be fast and evasive." "Don't worry about me, young lady." "I've been in some fights." "Haha." "You're just a little brat, so I'll go easy on you." "I don't want to hurt a boy" " Ow, ow!" "Argh!" "Uncle Bumi, you have to work on your posture changing." "Kai, that was... excellent." "Thanks, Jinora." "You're a great teacher." "Did I lose my wallet?" "Give me that, little thief!" "It's so exciting to be on a diplomatic mission to Ba Sing Se." "What's the Earth Queen like?" "I don't know her, but I heard she can be very... demanding." "Here it is, Mako!" "We're here!" "Here's where dad grew up!" "Come see!" "Look, look!" "Alright, calm down." "I'm looking." "How many airbenders will we find?" "Euggh." "The lower sectors look afwul." "Yeah, I can smell it from up here." "No wonder dad left." "Hello, middle sector!" "Wow!" "Now that's how I like it!" "Avatar Korra, Master Tenzin, it is a pleasure to welcome you and your retinue to the upper sector of Ba Sing Se." "I am Grand Secretary Gan." "Thank you." "Ahhh." "It has that upper sector aroma." "Oh, the queen hates animals." "We must hide them away." "Well, I can hide Pabu in my shirt." "They will be a bit more difficult." "Come with me." "I'll take you to your rooms." "When you meet the queen, you'll have to make a reverence." "That's very important." "And don't look at her straight to the eyes, she can't stand that." "If you are served food, don't eat before her." "Actually, I have to taste her food first, then she eats later, then you eat... or better yet, don't eat anything." "Her rules are horrible." "You have no idea." "And it's me who gets in trouble when people don't follow them so please, for my sake, try not to upset Her Majesty." "We're here." "Oooh, very elegant." "Please, make yourselves comfortable." "And keep the animals in the back courtyar- hmph, Avatar Korra, if you could follow me." "We wouldn't want to keep Her Majesty waiting." "Your Majesty, I want to introduce you to Avatar Korra." "You're ruining the fish pond!" "It's getting too much shade from those bushes!" "Guards, take that buffoon away and find someone who knows what they're doing!" "You, pull up everything and start over again!" "I'm surrounded by incompetents..." "Oh, finally I receive the Avatar's visit." "Let me guess: you want something." "Well, actually, Your Majesty, I expected that you" "Why, I don't think you're in position to ask favors from me." "Not after everything the last Avatar did to the Earth Kingdom." "He and Fire Lord Zuko took advantage of my father's weakness and stole our lands to build their own little empire." "The so-called United Republic is Earth Kingdom territory." "Well, I don't..." "I don't know if I could do something about that." "It may not be important to you, but what's left of my kingdom is falling apart." "Roving bands of barbarians are attacking villages across the country, and now some of subjects refuse to pay their taxes." "I'm very sorry for your troubles, but the truth is" "That bush is supposed to be a swan-eel, not a turtle-duck." "Has anyone seen Kai?" "Kai?" "!" "Kai?" "!" "Little bro?" "!" "He's not here." "I haven't seen him since we landed." "I knew that boy was bad news." "He was only waiting for an opportunity to escape again." "We have to find him." "What for?" "We obviously don't matter to him." "But he's my new little brother." "Maybe he's lost and scared." "It's true that he's a boy and he's our responsibility." "Besides, he's the only one we've recruited and we can't lose him." "Alright." "Bolin and I will look for him." "No!" "To your left!" "Your OTHER left!" "Do you too have these problems with your servants?" "I don't have servants." "But, Your Majesty, the reason behind our visit is gathering all the airbenders that appeared in the Earth Kingdom and we would like you to help us in finding those in Ba Sing Se." "Airbenders in Ba Sing Se?" "Where did you hear that?" "We were informed about it before leaving Republic City." "Hmmm... okay." "Before even thinking about helping you, I need you to do something for me." "Oh." "Of course." "What is it?" "I keep a vault full of tax money in a town to the south." "The barbarians have stolen my two most recent collections." "Go, pick up my money and bring it here." "Yes, Your Majesty." "Kai!" "Are you fishing?" "Under the bridge?" "Here, sir." "Let me help you." "Thank you, young man." "What a strange sudden breeze!" "Yeah." "That was very strange." "Thanks for your help." "Kai!" "Get back here!" "Kai, it's us!" "Mako and Bolin!" "Your new family!" "Sorry." "Excuse me." "No, no, don't move." "What are you doing out there robbing people?" "I was just practicing my airbending." "Yeah, right." "We're going." "You're in trouble." "So your little brother, huh?" "Yeah." "He's a lovable rogue, right?" "Reminds me of MY little brother." "This is the Lower Sector Express." "Next stop:" "Bo Kong Station." "Alright." "Let's see if we can board a train back to the upper sector." "Passports and tickets." "We'll pay you." "Wait." "Where's my money?" "Nah." "Kai couldn't" " Oh, no!" "Alright, get out of here before things get worse." "Bad news is, we're stuck here." "Good news is, you can to the toilet anywhere you want." "Are you sure we don't need to bring more people to collect the money?" "There are royal guards standing by at the vault." "I doubt something happens." "I think Her Majesty just wanted to order me around." "I think I twisted my back sleeping here." "It's been long since we spend the night in a pile of garbage." "Eh, it's just like I remember it." "I bet the others are worried about us." "I'm worried about Kai." "He's a little boy, and he's all alone out there." "Maybe he's very scared." "Your breakfast, master Fang." "Keep the change." "I love Ba Sing Se." "I'm very hungry." "Maybe we can get something for breakfast with the old fruit stand trick." "Come on!" "Remember how we did it?" "I push you against the stand." "You yell, I pretend I'm fainting." "I won't be part of this." "Besides, look at this fruit." "It's disgusting." "Nobody would steal it." "Hey, you want to steal my fruit?" "!" "No." "I said no one would steal this rotten fruit." "Oh, my fruit's too lowly for you?" "It's the best fruit in the block!" "So... you want me to steal it?" "Just try it buddy." "Go ahead." "I'm lost." "Are we stealing the fruit or not?" "I knew." "Thieves!" "What's going on?" "Dad, these fruit thieves insulted our fruit." "Bolin?" "Mako?" "How do you know our names?" "Yeah." "I mean, I'm famous and all, but how do you know his?" "You look a lot like Zan." "You, you won't believe who these guys are!" "They're your cousins!" "My brother Zan's sons." "Lord Zuko." "Uncle." "What a great surprise." "Finally something interesting happens." "Ruling the tribe is boring." "You'll enjoy this." "We have to check a secret ice prison in the western tundra." "Your father sent us a letter with your names on it years ago." "It was the last we've heard of him." "Then we saw you in the sports section with your probending team." "And Bolin, we love your Nuk Tuk's movers." "They're great fun." "Yeah, well, they aren't really comedies, but..." "Meh." "I could be a probending player or an actor or something like that, if I lived in a mansion in Republic City like you guys." "You don't know what it's like living in the street." "You gotta be tough!" "Mako and I grew up on the streets." "We were bums, we joined a gang, then we lived in a gym." "Hey, everyone!" "Look who's here!" "Zan's sons!" "Mako and Bolin!" "It can't be." "Come on in." "Welcome." "Is it true?" "After all these years?" "Guys, this is your grandma:" "Yin." "Aw, it's wonderful at last to meet my grandsons lost so long ago." "Where is Zan and your mother?" "You mean, you don't know?" "I'm sorry." "They were murdered when we were children." "I don't like this at all." "Let's do this quickly and leave." "Are you here to pick up the tax money?" "You can load it into the airship." "I think we're alone in this." "Maybe we should have brought the others." "Stay away from the gold, ladies, and we won't hurt you." "Sorry to disappoint but we're talking this gold back to Ba Sing Se." "Ah, we like girls with spirit." "Get ready!" "Retreat!" "Retreat!" "You're on the wrong side, Avatar!" "That gold belongs to the people, not to the queen!" "Why do I feel he's right?" "Why did no one tell us we had a secret prison where we could lock people away?" "I'd like to lock my tailor in here." "He never sews the cuffs right." "They have too many... creases." "We built this place together with your father in secret for a very special prisoner." "She's a powerful firebender called P'Li that can create explosions with her mind." "Ironically, I once hired a man with a similar power to kill the Avatar." "It didn't work." "Don't feel too bad." "I tried to kill Korra when she ruined my wedding." "It happens." "Let's focus on keeping this woman a prisoner." "Intense cold prevents her from firebending." "Certainly, there's no way anyone could escape from here." "That's what we thought of the three other prisons." "Something exciting must have happened." "No one interesting had come to pay me a visit for thirteen years." "Don't get used to it." "He's escaped, right?" "Mmmm..." "I can feel the heat already." "This is great!" "We've never had a family and now we have one, two, five... eleven... a big family!" "Yay!" "Why did dad leave from Ba Sing Se?" "Oh." "He always had great dreams." "He wanted to go out and meet the world." "Your grandpa thought that was ridiculous." "He wanted his son stayed working on the fruit stand, but he was determined to go." "They had a huge fight." "That was the last time they talked to each other." "Oh." "I'm sorry, mom." "Come with me." "I have something to show you." "This is the only letter we received from Zan." "It says he married a beautiful Fire Nation girl and had two wonderful sons." "He sent this photograph of his family in his birthday." "Look, Mako." "Dad's wearing your scarf." "I'm so sad I never met your mother, but you have her eyes." "Looking at you, I know she must have been a great wife to my son." "He'd wanted you to have this." "Your Majesty, the Avatar has returned with the tax money." "Finally." "Put in the vault." "They're doing just that in this moment." "So, now, Your Majesty, if I could meet the airbenders in the city..." "The Dai Li searched thoroughly but it seems your reports were wrong." "There are no airbenders in Ba Sing Se." "So you can gather your little group and resume your journey tomorrow." "You forced me to do the dirty work of extorting your citizens for your dumb palaces and gardens and now you simply want to kick me out?" "!" "We're not leaving until we find the airbenders." "We know there are some here." "Get her out of my sight!" "This isn't over yet!" "I'll find those benders!" "You know, Zan would be so proud of you!" "Travelling around the world with the Avatar?" "He would've loved that." "Actually, we have to go back with the Avatar to the upper sector." "We're looking for airbenders in Ba Sing Se." "What?" "What's wrong?" "A neighbor began airbender a week ago." "A few days later, some Dai Li agents showed up and took him away." "No one's seen him ever since." "They say the Earth Queen keeps them locked somewhere and that she's using them for experimenting." "You!" "Don't speak like that of Her Majesty." "May her reign live on." "We must get to the upper sector and tell Korra." "I hope Kai is okay." "Here, sir." "Let me help you." "Hey!" "What's going on?" "!" "I didn't do anything!" "I'm with the Avatar!" "Welcome to Her Majesty's Army, Airbending 1st Regiment." "From now on, you'll live to fight for the Earth Queen."