In a dream, Aang wanders the ruin of the Southern Air Temple. Finding the statue of Monk Gyatso, he discovers that the statue has changed, having morphed into a doppelganger of himself in the Avatar State. As Aang sees Sokka and Katara huddling behind a rock, his doppelganger attacks him, throwing him backward. He finds himself in the Fire Nation Avatar Temple; as the doors to the inner sanctum open, the doppelganger appears within, splitting the floor and causing Aang to fall through the crack. Landing on the deck of a Fire Nation ship, he looks up, finding himself face to face with the doppelganger, which has fused with La and taken the form of a giant koi fish. As the monstrous creature slashes at him, Aang wakes up, horrified and gasping.