The thief
Two figures dashed acros the rooftops, swift, agile and as close to silence as anyone could be in that situation. The shorter of the two figures suddenly drew up, signalling to his ally to do the same. The smaller of the two was wearing a simple black hooded top, and an equally dark balaclava to cover his mouth. He pulled the balaclava down and whispered
"Wait here." He recieved a short curt nod from the white robed man to his right. He then ran forward, leapt to an adjacent roof, slowed and crawled to the edge to eavesdrop on the two men meeting in the shadow of the alley.
"You have the letter?" barked the guard, from the way he was dressed he was obviously an imperial firebender
"Keep your voice down" replied the second figure in a low menacing tone
"What does it matter to you, you've got your money now, this need never bother you again."
"I don't want to attract any attention, I need to disappear without being seen, those are my orders."
"From who? I thought thieves didn't answer to anyone"
"From the Firelord himself, would you argue? He doesn't want any of his enemies spotting the kind of people he consorts with with."
"No, I wouldn't want people to think I did business with you either."
"What's that supposed to mean." The second man's voice got angrier.
"Merely that you are viewed by most as a criminal." he paused "Some might refer to you as scum"
"You speak from experience, I have heard rumours of your past, very dodgy but our new Fire Lord has forgiven has he?"
"Of course"
"So if I were to make him aware of it there would be no problem?" the first man flinched at these words, the second man then continued
"So he doesn't know as much as you say then, well well well I hope I don't accidentally make some form of reference to it. Could be very embarassing for you."
"Do you need some sort of incentive to keep your mouth shut?"
"Money's always nice." The second man smirked.
"I had something else in mind." With that the imperial bender leapt forward and punched fire at the second man's head. He was taken completely by surprise and killed instantly.
"You had it coming, I better not leave this body here." the killer bent down to pick up the body of his victim, as he did so the hooded figure leapt from the roof and powerfully punched the guard in the back of the head, before kicking him in the temple to knock him unconscious. He rummaged through the imperial firebenders pockets and found the letter destined to the Fire Lord. Climbing back to his friend he was welcomed sarcastically
"You kept me waiting."
"They like to talk."
"My help was not necessary."
"No, there are complications, no doubt I will get the blame for the dead criminal as well as the unconscious guard."
"I wouldn't want to be him tomorrow from what you've told me of the Fire Lord's temper."
the pair laughed, then disappeared into the darkness. When they were at a safe distance the smaller figure pulled down his hood and began to read the letter
Dear Fire Lord Zuko, I know where to find your mother...
