| abstract | - "The Ultimatum" is the thirteenth episode of the seventh season of the American television comedy series "The Office" and the 139th overall. It was written by Carrie Kemper and directed by David Rogers. It originally aired on January 20, 2011. It was viewed by 8.26 million people.
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- Having been released from their cell by Zaheer, Mako and Bolin stumble from the palace onto the main porch, where they witness the chaos that has fallen on the city: citizens are looting everything, even entering the palace to find valuables, and the royal guards, rather than try to stop them, are opting to join the citizens instead, as they know where the most valuable items are kept. Rather than join the looters, Mako and Bolin choose to follow Zaheer's order, to give Avatar Korra his message. Needing an airship to find her in the desert, they commandeer an airship, the last one on the ground, but find people already on board, trying to tear out the controls. Bolin yells out directions to a random room in the palace, claiming the Earth Queen's gold is stored there, and the people eagerly swarm from the cockpit. The earthbender takes control of the airship and, although the takeoff is rough, he manages to get them airborne. As the two fly over the Lower Ring, filled with rioting and spreading fires, Bolin notes that their family is still on the ground. Mako takes the controls from Bolin, certain he can fly better than his brother; finding the house, uncomfortably close to a roaring fire, they touch down on the roof of their family's house, and Bolin enters it to direct the family to climb aboard. However, Yin stubbornly refuses to abandon the home in which she raised her entire family; unable to convince her to leave, Bolin takes her over his shoulder and carries her out. Before they exit the apartment, Yin grabs her portrait of Hou-Ting. As their house is destroyed by the fire, the entire family escapes, and the airship flies out of the city. Mako tells his family to help him look for any sign of Korra in the Si Wong Desert, trying to track where the airship carrying her had crashed. By the time Tu locates the wreckage, most of the family has become bored of searching; however, they become slightly intrigued upon hearing the news. Bolin notices some tracks that lead away from the wreckage, which they follow to the Misty Palms Oasis. As they arrive, Bolin instructs his family to split up and scour the town. As he speaks, Pabu climbs on his shoulders, causing Bolin to tell him that they would need his help as well. Mid-sentence, Bolin suddenly realizes that he is talking to Pabu, who was not with him on the airship, and becomes ecstatic to be reunited with his pet; twirling the fire ferret around, he hugs him warmly, before giving him a kiss, much to his grandmother's confusion and disgust. Tu suddenly warns his family that a "giant dog-beast-thingy" is approaching them, causing them all to scatter. Mako, however, who is disinterestedly watching his brother, is caught off guard and tackled to the ground by Naga, who immediately starts to lick his face. Having heard the commotion, Asami and Korra come running out of the nearby tavern and are instantly noticed by Bolin. The brothers run up to the girls, with Bolin enveloping Asami in a bear hug, lifting her off the ground in his enthusiasm, while Mako warmly hugs Korra. He suddenly releases her, apologizing for his actions and saying that he is relieved to see her again. Tonraq, Lin, and Lord Zuko quickly emerge from the tavern as well. Mako and Bolin are excited to meet Zuko, while Yin mistakes Asami for the Avatar. Mako corrects his grandmother that the Avatar is Korra, prompting Yin to ask Mako why he is not dating either of his nice friends. An awkward silence follows Yin's question; after a short moment, Asami breaks it, asking Mako and Bolin what happened to them. The firebender informs them that they were captured and imprisoned by the Earth Queen, only to be freed by Zaheer. Mako then relays Zaheer's message to Korra: the Red Lotus is traveling to the Northern Air Temple, planning to exterminate the new airbenders unless she hands herself over to them. Tonraq muses that Zaheer could be bluffing, but Mako is adamant that Zaheer does not bluff, reiterating that the Red Lotus leader has already assassinated the Earth Queen. Korra declares that they need to radio Tenzin to warn him about the impending arrival of the Red Lotus. After Lin reveals that Zaofu has a radio transmitter strong enough to reach the temple, the team sets course for the Metal Clan and radios Suyin from their airship to inform her of Zaheer's plan. As they arrive at Zaofu, Suyin informs them that they have a strong signal to the Air Temple, but no one is answering. Suyin begins to worry about Opal, but Lin calms her down by telling her that everything is going to be all right. Korra tries to contact Tenzin again herself, and is unsettled to receive no answer. Suyin recommends sending an airship filled with Zaofu's full force security to back-up Tenzin and the airbenders; however, they realize any airship they sent would be far too late to help. Korra suggests that she meditate and visit the Spirit World, knowing that Zaheer likes to do the same. Though Lin protests, she is certain that Korra will be all right, and Asami volunteers to guard her. In the meantime, while Tonraq helps Suyin ready the airship, Mako and Bolin keep in touch with the radio to wait for a response from the Air Temple, and Yin takes a nap. Korra enters the Spirit World and calls out for Zaheer to face her; seeing a silhouette nearing her, she initially assumes it is Zaheer, but is surprised to discover it is Iroh. Korra asks him why he is there, to which Iroh says that he was just looking for a new teapot for his collection, and happened to stumble upon Korra in his search. Iroh asks her why she looks troubled, and Korra tells him about the airbenders' situation. After Korra tells Iroh that she has no idea what to do, and that she desperately wants to somehow consult her past lives for guidance, Iroh advises her to talk to Zuko; during Aang's life, Zuko was one of his closest friends and advisors. Korra is thankful for Iroh's wisdom; before leaving, she tells him that she was glad to find him, rather than the person she intended to look for. Returning to the physical world, Korra seeks out Zuko, who is preparing to return to the Fire Nation to protect his daughter. When Korra asks him for help, he tells her that he often advised Aang and that he would love to do the same for her. He informs Korra that rebuilding the Air Nation was Aang's biggest dream and that he would have done anything to protect the new airbenders. When Korra asks if he would have given himself up, however, Zuko also remarks that in troubled times, Aang knew better than anyone that the world needs the Avatar. Korra thanks Zuko for his guidance and tells him that his uncle was right about him; Zuko is surprised to learn that Iroh is in the Spirit World. Interrupting suddenly, Mako informs Korra that they finally made contact with the Air Temple; specifically, Meelo has picked up the receiver on the other end, and Bolin is unable to convince him to find Tenzin. Only when Korra takes the microphone and addresses Meelo as his "commanding officer" does Meelo finally put Tenzin on the line. As soon as Tenzin answers, Korra warns him of Zaheer's imminent arrival, only to discover seconds later that Zaheer has already arrived. Tenzin goes to warn the others to evacuate; he finds Bumi and Kai, and orders them to round everyone up immediately and head for the bison stables, but the airbenders, Tenzin and his family included, are cornered by the Red Lotus in the courtyard. Zaheer tells them that they will not be harmed if they cooperate. He also offers his compliments to Tenzin, the first true airbending master he has had the chance to meet. Tenzin realizes he and the other airbenders are being used as leverage against Korra, and he rejects Zaheer's offer. When Zaheer says they do not have a choice, but Tenzin, begging to differ, attacks the Red Lotus unexpectedly, momentarily stunning them. While they are down, Tenzin orders Jinora to lead the airbenders to safety while he, Bumi, and Kya keep Zaheer, Ming-Hua, and Ghazan at bay. After almost being shot by P'Li's combustionbending, Tenzin, while he and his siblings prepare for battle, tells the other airbenders to avoid her line of sight while. While Tenzin, Kya and Bumi engage Zaheer, Jinora and the other airbenders try repeatedly to try to cross the bridge leading to the bison, but each attempt they make is blocked by a blast of combustionbending by P'Li. Back at the courtyard, Tenzin and Zaheer's duel seems evenly matched initially, but Tenzin, as a fully trained master, begins to overwhelm Zaheer. Kya, in the meantime, struggles to do the same to Ming-Hua, whose agility and experience give her a clear advantage over Kya; although she manages to counter some of her attacks and blast Ming-Hua off the edge of the balcony, she finds herself outgunned when Ming-Hua reemerges with six water tendrils as opposed to her usual two. Bumi is absolutely no match for Ghazan: the novice airbender is able only to dodge the lavabender's attacks. Even when he ultimately resorts to wrestling and even biting Ghazan, he is still unable to gain an advantage. Standing back to back, Kya and Bumi realize that they are going to lose. Kai decides to distract P'Li by flying around on Daw's glider, attempting to buy time for the airbenders to reach the bison. While his method works for a short while (he is even able to land a blow against her), he is shot by P'Li and falls limply downward and out of sight before the eyes of a horrified Jinora. A combustionbending blast close to the remaining bison spooks them, leading them to fly away on their own and stranding the airbenders on the ground. Forced to the edge of the stone courtyard, Bumi and Kya are thrown off the side of the cliff by Ghazan; Bumi manages to grab a hold of a ledge and catches his sister, but P'Li sees them and prepares to fire at them. Kya tells Bumi to let go, knowing the chances of dying in the fall, while significant, are still better than those of taking a direct hit from P'Li. Bumi lets go, and they plummet down the face of the cliff; while they are battered into unconsciousness by rocks and branches, they survive the fall. Bumi's and Kya's narrow escape leaves Tenzin as the only one still in the fight. He battles Zaheer throughout the temple, maintaining the upper hand in the fight, but before he can land the final blow, P'Li attacks him, as do the rest of the members of the Red Lotus. He manages to fend off the entire Red Lotus team for a short while, but is quickly worn down, becoming severely injured. Although he is wounded and exhausted, he refuses to surrender: Zaheer tells him to quit, knowing that Tenzin has no chance of defeating them all, but a battle-weary Tenzin defiantly states that, if he must, he will continue to fight them until he dies. When the master tries to resume his attack, Zaheer and his companions brutally pummel him with blow after blow, intending to beat him into submission. Hanging by his foot from a tree on the cliffside, Kai is awoken by a baby sky bison. Freeing himself and jumping onto the bison's back, he thanks it for saving him, and the two fly back toward the besieged temple.
- Ye Songnian, el jefe de Phoenix Corporation, Violó a su empleada, Zheng Wenyu, que ya estaba embarazada del hijo de su marido en ese momento.Unos meses más tarde, tanto Wenyu y la segunda esposa de Songnian, Suzhen, dieron a luz a sus hijas en el mismo hospital y debido a la negligencia de las enfermeras, las identidades de las niñas recién nacidas fueron intercambiadas.Wenyu se da cuenta de que su hija biológica sufre de cardiopatía congénita, y como el deseo de una madre para su hija recibe la mejor atención médica junto con el odio hacia Songnian, decidió aprovechar la situación al perpetuar el error. Asi, Ye Yuchen y Fang Songqiao, cuyas identidades fueron intercambiados, crecieron en dos ambientes diferentes.
- Knight Rasaan stepped out of the door of his personal quarters down the end of a long courtyard where his troop of Death Knights trained. The moonlight hit him like daylight would hit a normal person; half blinding him making him stagger forward. As he regained his senses, he heard the clanging of blades from down the courtyard. He could feel his bracer on his left wrist click into place. He could taste the ash in the air and he could smell the rotting of corpses nearby. In any other area, this place could be what people described as hell on Azeroth, but in Icecrown, this was a normal day. As he looked down the courtyard, many a Death Knight, the early risers were fully donned in shadow black armour, though their capes were on the side of the sparring are. Each held aloft a dull but fierce looking blade and in a blur of speed, they swung their blades in killing sweeps at their opponents who, in return, did likewise. Rasaan spotted a Lich overlooking a certain sparring area. In the small square black dirt cornered out by white chalk, a naga raised itself to full height and swung his blade at the air before him, practising. Rasaan paced over casually, fixing the other black bracer to his arm. He reached the Lich and despite common etiquette, did not stand to attention. He stood and watched, like around twenty Knights as a large Tauren walked into the ring. The Tauren stood tall and walked with a grace uncommon among normal Death Knights. He held in his right hand a large sheath and as he stepped into the ring, he drew his sword from it before throwing the flimsy black covering aside. His blade was like all the others, with glowing blue runes upon the side, but it was large to fit the Tauren’s strength and build. Both Knights stared at each other through the black winged helmets upon their heads. The Tauren’s was cracked from a blow given by Rasaan in a duel a few weeks ago in which Rasaan had spotted skill beyond normal Death Knights. In complete sync, the Knights raised their blades to cover their face vertically before bowing. Then, with slow style, went into their battle stances and in a whirl of speed, they began to fight. The naga leapt over the Tauren swinging downwards with tremendous speed but in equal speed, the Tauren swung upwards as he ducked, slamming his blade against the naga’s in a crack of steel on steel. As the Naga landed, he rolled forward before spinning to face the Tauren, his blade held aloft. In his roll, the Naga failed to spot the Tauren. The Tauren had ducked but with extraordinary speed, spun into his own roll. He rose and ran. He lowered his head and blade towards the Naga and as the Naga rose, he struck. They rolled. They tumbled. The Naga shrieked. As they slowed, the naga lay beneath the Tauren. Pushing upwards, he rolled the Tauren off him before spinning upwards his blade in hand. As he turned, the Tauren was already upon him, slamming his shoulder into his chest. His sword flew across the training ground. The Tauren held his arms down. Looking up, the Naga could see his blade. He lunged from under the Tauren towards his final hope of winning, his weapon. He freed himself from the crushing Tauren and grabbed his blade. He jumped. He span, he saw the Tauren and swung. With no weapon, the Tauren ducked under the blade. He swung his arms and sword clanged against bracers. The Naga swung downwards clumsily and the Tauren clasped his bracers together, catching the sword between them. He twisted and the blade swung out to the side, clanging against the floor as the crowd held their breath in suspense. The Tauren stared at the Naga who was breathing heavily unlike the Tauren who had slow, calm breaths. He stepped slowly towards the Naga who, unable to hold his nerve, lowered himself into what could be classed as a kneel, bowed his head in surrender. “That Tauren has skill beyond brilliant.” Spoke the Lich, Nul’renak. His voice was chilling and as per usual, sent a chill down Rasaan’s spine. Renak spoke casually and even with a hint of amusement as he watched the Tauren raise his blade to the cheers of the crowd. “Maybe he could be your Guard Captain on the new Necropolis?” “I told you last time, I am not doing it.” Rasaan’s face became bitter as he spoke to the Lich. “I don’t see why I should have to do favours for you.” “Because you have to. I asked you nicely first to give you a chance to shine, but it seems I might as well revert back to normal rank over rank, hm?” The Lich turned and pressed his bony palm against the chest of Rasaan’s armour and a flash of white light blew Rasaan no less than thirty feet away. The Knights all over the courtyard turned to stare bewildered at this outbreak and those who were still asleep in their quarters ran out to watch their master slide across the floor, a white mark upon his chest plate. “This is what happens if you disobey an order given by a Lich! You are our slaves! You are under command of the Lich King and you will do as I command as he asks me! Your valorous Master was asked to do something but he refused! I will give him one last chance, unlike if any of you disobey me!” Raising his hand, Renak stared at Rasaan who had raised his head to stare back. In a flash of light, Rasaan caught fire. A blaze of white fire swept across him, causing him to scream in pain. Nul’renak clenched his fist, exstinguishing the fire sweeping across the writhing Knight master. “Rasaan, the Necropolis is yours. You will take it and await orders. You will do as I command, when I command. You are no different to any other of this scum. Mindless. You are at my command.” Nul’renak turned and floated away towards the steps to the Citadel. Rasaan glared at his back through blurred eyes, grunting and half squirming from the pain. A few of his Knights rushed to help him to his feet but he still collapsed to the ground, defeated. 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