HEY! Now, don't get all excited over nothing just yet guys, cuz I'm not going to promise this will update again will soon. It was originally just something I jotted down at work one morning when we were particularly slow (I answer phones at a rental place, take notes, make appointments, etc...) Anyway, Gaia is a character I came up with around the third episode of the show, but never decided exactly what he was or what he was really after.

This was created after I figured that out, but obviously I'm not going to tell you anything else in case I DO decide to do more with this -_-

Okay, enough banter. Read, enjoy, leave me your words of wisdom.

P.s. I write thoughts in bold because I can. Deal with it :D


Hin yelped as he was shoved backwards, nearly colliding with the counter behind him. It took all his skill to stay on his feet, all his brains to convince his feet to stay rooted to the floor, as the red clad Triade slammed his fist into his jaw. This is normal, it's common, Hin convinced himself as he wiped blood from his lip. But still no one does a damned thing, he hissed deep within his own mind, standing to his full height once again. His heritage cast him with Earth nation colors, dark brown hair and pine green eyes. His build was thick and muscular, but he didn't have the earth bending to back him up against Triades. All he could do, for now, was what they asked of him.

"You gonna get the money or not?" asked the firebender, his hand suddenly engulfed in a small but threatening flame. Hin glared but nodded, turning away from his attackers, and then headed into the back room where the store safe was.

The backroom was small, stacked with cardboard boxes and heavy wooden crates, and even a few metal shelves where small supplies and product were kept. In addition to its pathetic size, the room was horribly dull in appearance. The walls and floors made of the same pale grey stone, and the only window in the room was puny, letting in only meniscal amounts of sunlight.

There was no back door for him to escape through, no secret passage, but it wouldn't have mattered either way. They would find him, burn down his business, and then probably kill him afterwards. It was the way of Republic City, the way of the world even, and Hin had learned to accept it. He would have liked to beat the living daylights out of the Triades, but he just didn't have the power…

He had unlocked the safe, reaching inside for the Yuons the Triades wanted, but his concentration was broken at the last second when the sound of broken glass filled his ears. He jumped up and ran back into the main room, finding the Triades engaged in combat with a newcomer.

At first, he thought they were an Equalist, but the uniform was too dark to belong to a member of their ranks. They wore an ash black petticoat with grey buttons, a chocolate brown scarf tied around their waist with a tail hanging down. Their wrists were covered in tan bandages, sealing off the ends of their coat, the black pants they wore flaring about their ankles, but there was one feature that drew his attention directly in.

Upon their face was a blank white mask with two, round eyes that appeared completely black.

The fire bender shot off a large blast of fire, his fist shooting forward as a wide grin ran across his face. It looked as if the flames would engulf the stranger, but they stepped right into the blast. Their hands dove into it then shot out to their sides, dispersing the flames. They continued forward, their stride never faltering, and their hands coming back to their center. The fire bender stepped back, attempting to pull away, but the white masked intruder was faster and meaner. Hin flinched as the the masked man's hand shot forward, harshly into the center of the fire bender's collarbone. The triade gagged weakly, falling back as the flow of air into his body was disrupted; on the ground, he was an easy target, and the masked man slammed his foot into the fire bender's jaw, sending him flying back into the counter.

Their was an earth bender with the red triade, and he rushed forward with the look of a wild animal present in his eyes. The phantom intruder turned briskly, their face meeting just inches from the earth bender's, and Hin thought him to be frozen for a moment. A fist shot forward and Hin cringed as the earth bender screamed in agony, his attacker's fist holding his shoulder as they implanted their knee firm into his ribs, breaking them. He let them fall forward and lay on the floor, twitching for a few moments. "It's different from this end, isn't?" asked the masked boy, his voice deep. "It's different being bullied, being the one beneath someone else's heel?" They grabbed the earth bender by the hair, yanked them up, and then threw them across the room as if they weighed nothing.

"Tell the rest of the triades, tell everyone in fact, that karma has sent a messenger to collect her dues," the masked man said and then started towards the door. "And I am taking interest," he stopped then, his back to Hin. "I apologize to you, sir, for the damage to your store."

"T-That's fine, no problem at all," he choked on his words, unsure of what to think of this masked man. "Who are you?"

"Who?" they echoed, their head turning as to show their pale, featureless face. "...You may call me Gaia," he looked forward again and then, so simply as he came, was gone.