"Well? Are you going to show me what's inside that thing or not?" He had gone on and on about what the contents of that thermos thing could accomplish, yet the idiot had yet to actually show me what he had. The whole problem with the damn ghost boy was getting on my nerves and I wasn't in the mood to be toyed with.

"I would, but that would get us both killed at the moment." For the millionth time, I glared at the idiot.

"Do you honestly expect me to believe you have something worth my time in that thing if you can't show it to me?" Idiot. This guy was a fucking idiot. I was about ready to electrocute his sorry ass.

"No, I really don't, but do you honestly have a better option?" That was the last straw. Flames danced around my finger tips for only a split second before they were fired off at this idiot.

He was unfazed as he put up some sort of pink shield around him. What the hell? Only the ghost kid had ever been known to pull a stunt like that and I only found out about that hours ago.

I was on my feet in an instant. "Who and what the hell are you?"

The idiot chuckled. "Well, since you asked oh so nicely, girl." Another shot was fired at his head, but he moved out of the way with inhuman speeds. Damn.

He scoffed. "You'll learn not to do that soon enough."

"And you'll learn not to insult the Fire Nation princess sooner."

He smirked. It was by pure luck alone that I hadn't blown up on him yet. Something about him rubbed a nerve the wrong way, no matter what words came out of his mouth. "I introduced myself as Vlad Masters, but I suppose that was only half the truth." Black rings formed around his waist and moved to opposite poles of his body, leaving a ghostly figure in his place. This was a very interesting development.

"Vlad Plasmius is my chosen name, though for you, I'll let either do. As for what I am? A being far superior to any mortal, a half-ghost hybrid."

"A hybrid? Just like the ghost boy?" Real threatening and powerful, Azula. Don't let your guard down.

"Yes. The ghost brat, has been a pain in my neck for a while now and I would be more than willing to form a deal with you to get rid of him." His red eyes made it difficult to read him for any real motives, not something I liked.

I smirked anyway. "And how do you suggest we take him out?" I was willing to listen to this plan, but I by no means was willing to trust him. Not yet.

"Daniel's powers are untrained and he's inexperienced. Oh sure, he can keep them under control most of the time, but he tires rather quickly because he's yet to learn how to maximize his stamina. Your job would be to send in several of your benders to tire him out. Then," he held out the...thermos thing, "we release this on him."

"You still haven't told me what's supposedly in that thing." I forced agitation into my voice, though it was by no means fully real. He had me hooked. Damn it, I needed to get my head clear or I'd end up making a deal without fully thinking through the consequences.

"This, Princess," I smirked, he'd finally gotten that down at least. "is the one thing Daniel has fought tooth and nail to never see again." I allowed him to come closer as he explained just what was contained in the thermos.

An evil little grin appeared on my face as he went through his explanation. Oh, this was going to be good.

Alright, I am finally going to get this on an update schedule. No more neglected updates! This will be updated every other week somewhere in the Tuesday/Wednesday time frame.

Comments and feedback are as welcome as always! :D

Invisible One