Chapter 2: The first visit

Femke's POV

the elevator pinged as it stopped on the lowest level of the prison I was in at the moment. I took a deep breath and stepped out of the elevator and towards the guards who immediately got into my way.

"what are you doing here?"

One of them growled at me with stern look. I grinned and took my stances as well. I knew I could get these guys down with one blast if I wanted to, but I was here with a mission, so I couldn't make them mad at me... Because then I would never be able to see P'li...

"cool down, I'm here in order of the white lotus to see miss...P'li..."

I grinned because it rhymed. The men looked at each other surprised, because this was the first time that someone other than the Firelord ore the Chief came to visit P'li, and I knew for sure that they were suspecting that I wanted to bust her out of this place... this... Hell... it was so cold here that Firebending should be impossible here... there was snow and ice everywhere! And then there was the problem that she most likely doesn't knows were the elevator was located, plus the fact that there were to many guards around her prison. Even if she managed to open the door herself it would be impossible for her to escape, because there were to many guards who would be able to subdue here in no time.

"that, plus the fact that she must be exhausted and starved all this years..."

I thought as I looked to the spot above me, were Firelord Zuko, Master Katara,and the chieftains Sokka and Unalag still were. They looked over the railing and nodded to the guards. The guards saluted and immediately brought me to a flat elevator that led to the platform with the prison.

"Who's coming to visit me? I never got any visitors since the 4 years I'm here!"

a hoarse voice exclaimed from out of the cell. I looked through a small barred window in the door and saw a young woman of about 32 years sitting there. She had long black hair, that felt tousled alongside her long pale face. She also had bags under her eyes, probably because of the lack of sleep she would get thanks to the bitter cold.

"My name is Femke... I'm here to visit you indeed... but I have a certain...reason for this visit..."

I started a bit unsure as I kept looking at her face. She looked so weak and helpless, al tangled down with chains like a wild animal...And then that strange metal plate on her forehead... why was that there any...

"Her name is P'li and she is a combustion bender, which means she can bend fire with her mind!"

Chief Sokka had told me before we got here!

"Duhu! that metal plate on here forehead was meant to keep her from combustion bending the crap out of everyone!"

I thought as I took a few steps closer to the cell so I could see the rest of her as well. her thin body was all chained down to the wall, and she was wearing rags all over her body, most likely fireproof to keep her from Firebending to warm herself up a little...

"You can go now if the chieftains send you to break me... I'm NEVER going to tell you what the plans of our group were!"

She said looking at me with a grin on her face. I shook my head and smiled at her kindly. I knew I lied when I would say I wasn't send by them... but I had to do something to earn her trust, only then she would tell me what her team was up to...

"They only asked me to talk with you...because you must be very lonely in here.."

I said trying to keep a smile on my face. The combustion bender looked at me with a strange look now, before she started to launch, not a sweet launch because she was touched, but she just threw back her head and launched evilly... I frightens me to the core, but I had to stay strong now! She must have a weak point... focus on finding that... don't let her intimidate you...

"what's so Funny?!"

I snapped at her now. P'li stopped launching now and looked at me with a evil grin.

"You don't really think I believe you just came for a friendly visit... right? I'm no IDIOT! I know your here with THEM trying to break me down! but I WON'T! I will NEVER betray Zaheer..."

The name "Zaheer" came very soft out of her mouth and I knew she had a certain... respect... for the man...

"maybe they were in love before they got caught... in that case it's very good possible that THAT'S her weak point"

I thought smiling. I knew I had to play this smart... that way I would be able to break her down.

"well, I was going to offer you freedom in exchange for information, but I guess your not interested so..."

I said as I slowly made my way back to the flat elevator. I knew this trick worked very well with other prisoners we've been visiting and I just knew for sure that it was going to work this time as well.

"No wait!"

She called after me when I was about to step on the elevator, sounding very desperate. I smirked, walking back as slow as I had walked to this spot smirking to myself.

"That old slowly walk away trick always does it"

I thought as I stood before the little window again and peeked threw it to look P'li in the eye, so I could clearly see the desperation in her eyes as we spoke...

P'li's POV

"well, I was going to offer you freedom in exchange for information, but I guess your not interested so..."

the strange looking woman said as she started to make her way towards the moving platform that had gotten her here, ore at least I thought she was taking her leave, since I couldn't feel the warmth of her body so well in this enormous cooler. But my guts instincts told me she was faking her leave in order to make me change my mind. At one hand I was happy she was leaving, but at the other hand I really wanted to know if she would really be able to free me, if so, I could bust out Zaheer and the others myself and then we could try to capture the avatar again when no one was paying attention to her. At some point she must go somewhere without protection...right?

"No, wait!"

I now called after her, trying to make my voice sound desperate so she would immediately come back to me. If she was as naive as I thought she was, she would fall for this act immediately, and I was right, she was very Naive, because not match later she peeked threw the window again and looked at me with a smirk, thinking she had won me over

"The fool will never suspect what's coming next"

I thought as I got up a little so I could look at her face better. I wasn't able to get up fully, because I was still chained this damn wall, but I could at least get on my feet a little so I was a bit taller then she was.

"What do I need to tell you to earn my freedom?"

I now asked with the same desperation in my voice as before. I only had to trick her into opening that door and putting of my chains and metal clip and then... It was combustion time...

"You have to tell me everything you know, who were your friends, what were your plans with the young avatar if you had managed to kidnap here... everything..."

She halfly whispered halfly told me with the same grin on her face.

"The fool thinks he won! Perfect! She will never see an attack coming now"

I thought while keeping in a evil grin. I had to keep my face straight now, as long as she didn't suspected anything she would free me and then... she would GET IT!

"I don't tell you anything... I don't know that match... Zaheer was the mastermind... I only did what he wanted me to do..."

I said as while I kept looking at the ground. I didn't know in how far she was able to read my thoughts, so I had to think of other things, because she had to believe me in order to get this plan to work.

"what did he tell you, if he didn't told you everything? "

The strange girl now asked me with a bright smile on her face.

'" spirits please, don't tell me she can read my thoughts"

I thought desperately. This plan wouldn't work if she could feel that I was lying, and then... then I would never see Zaheer ever again...unless I would tell her the truth that is... but then I would betray Zaheer, and spirits knows what will happen to me then...

"Well, he only told me that disorder is the only order that this world needs...and some other things he once read in an old book from a guy named... Guru... Laghima..."

I said, thinking over this answer carefully. I figured I could effort to tell her THIS match. Because that still wouldn't explain what would have happened to the avatar if we had managed to capture the avatar.

"And the avatar? what had been her position in this all?"

The girl now asked smiling. I growled under my breath, cursing the spirits for bringing this girl to me that could obviously read my thought.

"I'm NOT going to tell you THAT! now release me at once! I kept my promise!"

I demanded her while trying to walk towards the door as far as the chains let me. But the Girl walked away probably grinning to herself because she had been able to trick me into telling her this.

"Sorry I can't... and you didn't told me EVERYTHING, you didn't told me what the role of the avatar had been IF you had been able to capture her... so you tell me that ORE you will stay in there for some more time..."

She said while walking towards the elevator in a slow pace again. This time I wasn't fooled by it and I cursed under my breath when she stepped on the flat elevator that would bring her back to the surface without looking back

Femke's POV

"Sorry I can't... and you didn't told me EVERYTHING, you didn't told me what the role of the avatar had been IF you had been able to capture her... so you tell me that ORE you will stay in there for some more time..."

I said as I slowly made my way to the elevator again, hoping she would call me back again, but this time she didn't. Instead I heard her curse under her breath, while I stepped on the flat elevator that would bring me back to the other side and then to the surface without looking back at her.

"this is so weird... I could see a spark of good in her eyes, why didn't she showed it when she had the chance?"

I Thought as I reported my findings to the chieftains, the Firelord and the water bending master. The chieftains looked very disappointed when I reported I hadn't been able to get out of her what they had been planning to do with the avatar when they had been able to capture the avatar, the waterbending master Katara on the other hand, didn't looked so surprised when she heard this

"I think she might need some time to get to trust Femke... Maybe if she would be able to visit here a couple of more times she would be able to accomplish that...If you want that is..."

Katara said while she looked me right into the eye with a questioning look. I immediately nodded firmly, I wanted nothing more then to help them break the combustion bender down...

"And get the spark good out, that I saw today"

I added in my mind as we all left the prison back to the jeep and then back to the royal palace ...

That was the end of the second chapter of my newest story!

A/N

Since Zaheer is the mastermind I think he wouldn't tell his friends everything in case things like this would happen, they would just follow and trust their leader, like we have seen in the movie (they only had to look at each other to make a plan)

P'li's love for Zaheer could indeed be a weak point from here side, but I'm not sure if I'm going to let her character break threw her like the white lotus wanted er ore that they just became friends and that's why she's going to tell them and desert from the red lotus.

Anyway I hope you all liked it

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