Do we look like we're going anywhere?
They are all surprised when Lin announces herself, agreeing that they should stay and fight. Varrick looks hopeless as he tells the group the Hummingbirds have been destroyed; but Asami is already stroking her chin. She speaks up and reminds Varrick that they still have a couple prototypes back at Future Industries' Headquarters. So, Korra instructs Suyin to take Bataar Jr. and anyone else not fighting today to Future Industries with Asami and Varrick. Everyone else is to regroup for a new plan.
The train station is shaking and releasing debris. Pema tries to calm the crowd, but the train conductor and Cousin Tu put the crowd in a panic with the news that no train is coming, but Kuvira's army is. It's Wu to the rescue, mounting the bench and telling the crowd he's going to get help, and taking Tu with him. Pema's in charge. This crowd of bored city dwellers can't possibly be worse than Meelo.
On the way to Future Industries, Meelo spies a store selling a lot of paint. And he gets an idea for his latest art project. It involves his fellow air benders, loaded up with balloons, presumably full of paint, flying towards the Colossus. The Colossus fires on them, and they dodge, regrouping after her laser cannon shakes them up a bit. But they regroup around Kuvira's head, where her big robot hand can't go, and release the paint balloons all over her windshield.
Paint in the hole?
Eyesight blocked, the rest can move in on the ground. Lin quickly determines it's made of platinum, so metal bending the robot's outsides is out. Bolin jumps in, lava bending pools of sticky, hot lava under the Colossus' feet. And Wei and Wing metal bend cables around it's lower legs, so they can take it out AT-AT style. They tip it over, but Kuvira's got clean windshields and quickly recovers the Colossus' footing. She sends another laser cannon blast at the team, spreading them out to land hard on the street, Kuvira's Colossuss still intact.
Korra decides to regroup at Future Industries. Lin decides they need help, and leaves for who knows where. Varrick and Asami are still testing the Hummingbirds, doing whatever last-minute fixes they can. Daw, one of our first new airbenders, launches himself in to announce that Kuvira's Mecha Suits are headed their way. Varrick doesn't have the Hummingbird ready, but he's handled Mecha Suits before, and his idea just might take out the Colossus too. He just needs a bigger metal pole, and a lot more juice. He happily climbs the tower over Future Industries, and Zhu Li faithfully follows him. Varrick rewards her with a story about his favorite farm pet, Mrs. Beaks. Zhu Li is appropriately confused by Varrick's serious tone and useless story, until he confides that he did love his pet, but he took her for granted.
Lucky for us, Zhu Li's head is in the game, and she spots the Colossus and Mecha Suits coming for them, yanking Varrick away as he triggers his electromagnetic pulse. It's wildly successful with the Mecha Suits, but the Colossus is still coming. Varrick commands Another Thing from Zhu Li, but she's all out of Things. Kuvira, still up and coming, decides to have Varrick tracked, by his electronic signal, sure that's where her enemies are.
Bataar wakes up to his mother, faithful to him when Kuvira tried to kill him. He's disappointed at the betrayal by his love and leader, and suitably repentant. When Varrick's electromagnetic pulse doesn't take out the Colossus, Bataar Jr. confirms that since the Colossus runs on Spirit Energy, not electricity, it can't be electomagnetically knocked out. He's sorry, but he designed the Colossus to be indestructible and unstoppable. He's out of ideas. Good thing Lin has returned with help.
Hiroshi Sato, specially freed from prison by Lin, reminds them that they need to take advantage of their smallness compared to the Colossus. What's really small but can defeat an organism many times bigger? A virus. They can't bring the thing down. But they could get inside.
Using his powers for good!
He and Asami figure out how to equip Future Industries' own Mecha Suits with plasma saws, and then fly the Hummingbirds, with the Mecha Suits, to spots on the Colossus where they could cut an opening for Team Avatar to slip in to. Korra agrees to have the rest of the team divert Kuvira's attention from the Hummingbirds.
Pema is down to her last kiddy song, singing away to bored civilians. They're about to compare buttons, when giant, tame Badger Moles appear, ridden by Wu and Tu. They can't ride the Badger Moles, but the Moles are earth benders, and Wu sings to them, his old buddies, to start them at digging a tunnel to escape by. The civilians are reluctant, but Wu starts singing to the Badger Moles, to dig away. As they create the beginning of a tunnel, we can hear Kuvira's army outside.
It's either this or Kuvira
Korra's team is preparing to fight. Bataar gives them one direction- get to the engine room, and pull two levers at the same time. The Hummingbirds finally look ready to go. And Kuvira's Colossus approaches. Korra meets it in the Avatar state, blasting around on torrents of air and fire, heaving boulders ripped from the street at the Colossus. Air benders zip around, as Korra gets more boulders. Kuvira readies to fire, but before she can, the air benders suddenly zoom down, pointing the cannon at the ground. Kuvira and Meelo have a moment, the little airbender pressed against her windshield and smiling weakly at her before zooming away to avoid being swatted.
Hi there, wanna' be my friend?
Kuvira fires again, this time almost hitting Jinora and Tenzin. Iki swoops in to catch Jinora, landing on a nearby roof, while Meelo struggles with his dad, saving their landing at the last second.
Now Bolin acts, ripping up a building near the Colossus while the metal benders slowly work the steel structure over. Kuvira is surprised when a whole building falls on her. She's down for a minute, but smiles as her Colossus slowly stands, to Korra's horror.
Ha ha, thought ya' got me
Wu is singing while the Moles dig and slowly evacuate the remaining civilians underground. He's singing an homage to Grandma Yin when Kuvira's soldiers, still in their Mecha Suits, call a halt to the whole thing, demanding that the civilians surrender as prisoners and Wu stop singing. Wu decides to go full drama king, literally offering himself up to the soldiers, if they'll let the civilians go. All he asks in return is one last song. It's a song so bad the Badger Moles tunnel away, and the soldiers wish they had any other mission. Wu's still sure of himself, and his Badger Moles, especially when they pop in, crushing the Mecha Suits and knocking out the soldiers. Wu and his buddies have saved the civilians!
Wu's first victory!
Hiroshi successfully tests the plasma saw, now mounted inside the lower pilot seat of the Hummingbird. Asami and Hiroshi spend a moment, thankful that no matter what happens, they've found each other again. Varrick and Zhu Li, to co-pilot the other Hummingbird, have their own moment. Varrick needs to attach something to Zhu Li. A ring, to her finger. She happily agrees to do The Thing for the rest of their lives, leaping into his arms as he rallies them to their hopeless mission. To Zhu Li, flying into danger is her romantic fantasy.
Our love can defeat any superweapon!
Wei and Wing and Lin swoop around the city on cables, distracting Kuvira, while the Hummingbirds approach. Zhu Li takes Varrick to the small of the Colossus' back, hoping Kuvira can't reach there, only to find out she can. The Hummingbirds evade Kuvira's swatting, and Korra lauches water from the river onto the Colossus, freezing it and the Colossus in place. Zhu Li and Varrick lose the other Hummingbird, but Hiroshi and Asami manage to land. Hiroshi is making good progress, but Kuvira is quickly freeing her arm. She'll get to the Hummingbird before Hiroshi can finish the hole. Hiroshi realizes he can stay and finish the cut, but it will mean the Hummingbird gets smashed, and somebody will have to die. And Hiroshi decides that will be himself, ejecting Asami before Kuvira smashes the Hummingbird into bits. But he finishes the hole, and Korra sees. She, Mako, Bolin, Lin and Suyin manage to bend their way up and into the hole, looking out from inside the suit. Asami floats in the air, realizing she's just lost her father.
We did it?
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