04x04 - The Calling

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- Earth.

Fire.

Air.

Water.

Only the avatar can
master all four elements

And bring balance to the world.

- After korra failed to
return to republic city,

Everyone's been worried
about her fate.

So tenzin tasked jinora,
ikki, and meelo

With finding the avatar.

Unbeknownst to the kids,

Korra found refuge in
the swamp with toph,

Who discovered there was still
metal poison in her body.

But when toph tried removing
it, korra resisted.

Will the airbender
kids find the avatar

And help her return to action?

- Tenzin, are you sure
you can't go with them?

- Meelo!

- Raiko asked me to stay here

And help figure out a
diplomatic solution

To this kuvira problem.

- Mom, we'll be fine.

Grandpa aang and his friends
were around our age

When they traveled the world.

- Well, at least I
won't have to worry

About you starving out there.

- Mom, we're going
to be in the wild,

Living off the land.

We don't need your food.

- But I made your
favorite treat.

- Sweet buns with
happy faces on them?

Well, I guess we're not
officially on the road yet.

Aw, this one is smudged.

I can't eat this.

- You know, sometimes, things
get smudged in the wild.

- Were you able to get
a read on korra yet?

- No, but once
we're further out,

I'll be able to hone in
on her spiritual energy.

We should be able to find
her within a few days.

- Good luck, and be careful.

Remember, jinora's in charge.

- I answer to no man

Or girl, even if she
does have tattoos.

- Meelo.

- Now, let's move out, soldiers.

- Pepper, yip yip.

- Finally!

I've been holding
my pee for an hour.

- If you get through to
korra, tell her I said hi.

Do you feel anything yet?

- What's taking so long?

- Ikki, I can't concentrate
if you keep talking.

Why don't you go play with
one of those spirits?

Jinora's spirity
powers are broken,

And she doesn't know
where korra is.

- My powers are not broken.

I just need more
than two seconds

And some quiet.

- While you try to pull
yourself together,

Poki and I are going
to go into town

And find out if
anyone's seen korra.

- Sounds like a good plan to me.

- Enough chitchat.

You can hold the picture
of korra I drew.

- Wow.

I didn't know you could draw.

- You don't know a lot of
things about me, sister.

Let's roll.

Have you seen this woman?

- Well, aren't you an
adorable little thing?

- I'm not adorable.

I'm dangerous.

- Dangerously cute
with those cheeks.

- Aww.

- This never happened.

Let's split.

- The avatar?

We still have one of those?

Haven't seen her, kid. Sorry.

Man!

- Can I trust you?
- I guess so.

- I'm on a top secret
mission to find the avatar.

Have you seen her?

- I haven't, sorry.

Top secret mission, huh?

- Yeah, it's been
pretty dangerous.

I've seen some things.

- Really? What kind of things?

- Crazy things.

- Cool.

- I'm meelo.

What should I call you,
other than beautiful?

- I'm tuyen. Nice to meet you.

- Ooh! Meelo found a girlfriend.

- Go away, ikki!

- Jinora's been looking for you.

We're moving on.

- Looks like you got to
get back to your mission.

Good luck, meelo.

- Thanks a lot, ikki.

You drove away the
love of my life!

Jinora, ikki!

It's korra!

- Where, where, where,
where, where, where, where?

- It's just a photo of korra.

- At least it's something.

- Pretty neat, huh?

She came by here about
six months ago.

- Looks like someone
just drummed up

A good old-fashioned lead.

Then where did she go?

- Oh, I don't know,

But she wasn't looking too good.

- Ikki, this is all your fault.

- What? I didn't do anything.

- Exactly, you need to
start pulling your weight.

That goes for you too,
so-called leader.

- Remember when he used
to be so nice and sweet?

- No.

So...

What's the plan for today?

- You're looking at it.

- But we didn't do
anything yesterday

Or the day before that.

I know!

Tell me the story about how
you taught aang to earthbend.

- What's there to tell?

I threw some rocks
at the avatar,

He got all whiny, and
sokka fell in a hole.

- I thought there'd be
more to it than that.

What about the time you guys
took down the firelord?

That must have been epic.

- Oh, yeah.

It was hot, I was on a blimp,

And I think a giant
turtle showed up.

Wow, what a day.

- Okay, you're terrible
at telling stories.

- You're terrible at
listening to them.

- Quit making all that racket.

If you're so antsy
to do something,

Why don't you go and collect
some mushrooms for dinner?

- You got it.

- Take the path till you see
the boulder with a hole in it.

Then go to your left.

Oh, and make sure you get
the big, slimy ones.

They're the tastiest.

- Hey, where's all the
food mom gave us?

- I threw it in the river.

- You did what?

That food was supposed
to last us two weeks.

- Hey, keep it down!

I'm trying to meditate.

- Yeah, keep it down, ikki.

- Meelo threw away all our food!

- From now on, we
hunt for our meals.

- Meelo, we're vegetarians.

We don't hunt.

- Enough whining.

Poki and I will go
find some grub.

My name's meelo.

I like to throw away food

And fart at
inappropriate moments.

I'm jinora.

I'm so above it all

Because I'm meditating
all the time.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

I didn't see you there.

- Wait!

You dropped your breakfast!

- Hey.

Does this mean we're friends?

- You're trespassing.
Hold it right there.

- All right, little airbender.

Tell us what you're doing
in the earth empire.

Are you spying?

- No. I swear I'm not a spy.

I've been traveling with
my brother and sister.

It's our first big mission,

And my dad, tenzin,
is counting on us.

But if we don't find the avatar,

He's going to be
really disappointed.

- Can I talk to
you for a second?

This girl is tenzin's kid,

And she's looking
for the avatar.

Do you know what that means?

- No, but try this macaroon.

- Get that out of my face!

Look, if we capture these
three airbender kids

And bring them to kuvira,

I bet we'd get a
big-time promotion.

- You mean we'd get
out of this dump?

- Sorry, little lady.

It looks like we got
off on the wrong foot.

So you're out here with
your brother and sister.

Where's your campsite?

- Why do you want to know?

- We just want to get the
family back together again.

Maybe we could sit
everybody down

And have a nice
plate of macaroons.

- Where did you get those?

- I found a whole sack of
food down by the river,

And with each delicious snack

Comes a lovely,
handwritten note.

This one says, "you're
my handsome little man."

That is so touching.

- My mom wrote those notes.
That's our sack of food!

- Enough with the cute notes!

Where are your
brother and sister?

- Who cares?

I don't want to see them.

I'd rather hang out
here with you guys.

Hit me with one of
those macaroons.

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- Are you okay?

- Yup, totally fine.

I hope you're hungry,

'cause we found some...

We found some berries.

- Ugh.

Looks like you got
some bad berries.

So much for living off the land.

- They're fine.

I just ate too many of them

Because they're so...
So delicious.

- Did you run into ikki
while you were picking

Your poisonous berries?

- Uh, no.

What, did she run
off or something?

- I think so.

- Great, now I got to go
find the avatar and her.

This mission is getting
worse by the day.

- This isn't only
your mission, meelo.

I thought we were doing
this as a family.

- It seems pretty
lonely out here.

Where is everybody else?

- I don't want to talk about it.

- Aww, he's just upset

Because kuvira's taking
all the troops to zaofu,

And we had to stay here.

- Well, it's the last city left,

And then the whole
empire will be united.

And you know there's gonna
be a huge party afterwards.

- It's tough to
be left out, huh?

I know exactly what
you're going through.

- You do?
- Yeah.

My brother and sister are always
leaving me out of fun stuff.

I mean, we're supposed
to be looking

For the avatar together,

But they won't even let me help.

- Well, that's not fair.

Maybe we can help you out.

So where have you
looked for her?

- We've been traveling
down the west coast,

And the only lead
we have is some guy

Who said he saw her
six months ago.

- Well, we have troops
pretty much everywhere.

If anyone saw her, they
would have reported it.

- What about this place?

- Oh, that's the swamp.
No one goes there.

- Don't get discouraged, ikki.

You're a valuable
member of the team,

And you have a big heart.

I know you're gonna find her.

Now, let's get you
out of those ropes.

- You're welcome, ikki.

- Why did you do that?

- We're saving you. Let's go.

- I had everything
under control.

I just found our food,

And I have an idea
where korra is.

- You do? Then let's get going.

- Hold on.

- Sorry my brother and
sister knocked you out.

Nice chatting with you.

Macaroon.

- There you are.

You got my dinner yet?

- No, this swamp,

It did crazy things to my mind.

I had visions

Of all the times my
enemies hurt me.

- Yeah, I figured something
like that might happen.

- What?

You wanted me to
see those visions?

You are one twisted old
lady, you know that?

- Look, I know you
want to get better,

And so does the swamp.

It can sense you're
out of balance.

It'll teach you what
you need to learn,

If you're open to listening.

Okay, swamp. I'm all ears.

- You said you saw
your past enemies.

Now, why do you think that is?

- I don't know, because
they've made me

And a lot of other
people suffer.

- Sounds like you're carrying
around your former enemies,

The same way you're
still carrying around

That metal poison.

You ever consider maybe you could
learn something from them?

- Sounds like the swamp's
messing with your mind too.

- My mind is just
fine, thank you.

Listen, what did amon want?

Equality for all.

Unalaq? He brought
back the spirits.

And zaheer believed in freedom.

- I guess.

- The problem was, those guys
were totally out of balance,

And they took their
ideologies too far.

- Okay, fine.

But that doesn't explain
why they keep haunting me.

- Because you need
to face your fears.

You can't expect to deal
with future enemies

If you're still
fighting the old ones.

- Maybe you're right, but how
am I supposed to move on?

- Boy, you avatars sure
need a lot of hand-holding.

Get up.

We're going to the
banyangrove tree.

- Those soldiers said there
weren't any troops here,

And I figure if korra's
not feeling good,

She might come to a spiritual
place like this to get better.

- There is an enormous amount
of spiritual activity here,

But I don't feel korra.

- Well, that's what we get
for listening to ikki.

- Guys, we just got here.
Let's at least look around.

- I'm sorry, ikki, but
I'm with meelo on this.

I don't think we're
going to find her here.

Let's go, pepper.

All: Aah!

- Why did those stupid vines
pull us in here anyway?

- Because they want us here.

I'm telling you, korra's
got to be close.

- I don't know, ikki. I
still don't sense korra.

- Well, you haven't sensed her

The entire time we've
been looking for her.

- Next time I go on a mission,
it's going to be boys only,

Just poki and me.

- It's beautiful.

- The roots of the
banyangrove tree

Spread out for miles
in every direction,

Connecting this whole swamp.

Your problem is you've been
disconnected for too long,

Disconnected from the
people who love you

And disconnected from yourself.

- I'm tired of listening to you!

- Korra. I know where korra is!

Both: Yeah!

- I can't believe it!

I saw jinora, ikki, and meelo.
They're here!

- Good.

Hopefully, they're
here to take you home.

All: Korra!

- Oh, we missed you
so much, korra.

- I missed you so much too.

How did you find me
all the way out here?

- Jinora sensed your energy.

- But we never would've been
here if it weren't for ikki.

- I never would've stormed
off and found those soldiers

If it weren't for meelo.

- I was trying to toughen
up these ladies,

But I guess it was
a team effort.

- I love your hair.

- It's so you.

- I-I'm so sorry.

This is meelo, jinora, and ikki,

Aang and katara's grandchildren.

- Your grandpa was a
real pain in my butt.

- Wait a minute,
cranky, old, blind...

You must be toph!

- Oh, I like this one.

- You need to come home, korra.

Kuvira is taking over
the earth kingdom.

- You have to stop her.

- I don't know. I'm not
the avatar I used to be.

I can't even go into
the avatar state.

- Please, korra.

- The world needs you back.

- All right, I'm ready.

- I'm not bending it out of you.

You got to do this on your own.

- Close your eyes.

Clear your mind.

And don't freak out
like last time.

Now, focus your energy.

Find the metal.

Let it move through your body.

- That fight is over.

Release the fear.

- Well done, korra.

- The avatar is
back in business!

- I feel so much lighter.

Thank you so much
for helping me.

I'd like to give you a hug
now if that's okay with you.

- All right. You earned it.

- Bye, toph!
- Bye, see you later.

- It was so nice to meet you!
- We're gonna miss you!

- Finally, some peace and quiet.