Toph turned around and punched Vitani in the chest.
"What did I tell you about helping me?!" Vitani growled as the girl sat on his arms.
"Get the fuck off of my damn arms!" Toph stood up. Vitani huffed and puffed as he tried to keep from screaming. Bright red blood where the force of her falling tore the skin, glided over the rough black charred places. Toph growled and listened. She kicked a rock at him. He moved his head as the rock went flying by.
"I told you I am no damsel." Vitani glared at her.
"You didn't tell me a damn thing." Toph frowned.
"Which one are you?" Vitani stood up cradling his arms.
"The fucking mean one." Toph nodded.
"Oh. Sorry. Maybe you shouldn't sound so much alike." Vitani looked up at the hole she had fallen from as she healed it up.
"We don't sound alike. I cuss, Ki doesn't." Toph rolled her eyes and shook her head.
Sokka rolled his head back opening his eyes weakly. He blinked into the light and frowned. His eyes focused long enough to see that there was a bunch of bars in front of him. He looked around. It wasn't a cage, but it was a prison. He stood up the chains around his wrist no letting him move. He looked at the floor, Zuko and Haru were also both chained. Sokka tore his hand upward trying the chains.
"Sit down. Those chains won't break." Sokka froze and looked out at the empty room. A table sat in the middle. A pair of black boots were propped up on the table crossed at the ankle. The boots uncrossed and the man put them down. He leaned forward his black hair spilling over his shoulders, and his yellow orange eyes piercing the dusty room. Sokka frowned.
"Who the hell are you?" The man smiled and leaned back in his chair crossing his arms over his chest.
"Denivian." Sokka cocked his eyebrow.
"Are you a bad guy? And can you let me out?" The man smiled and stood up. Black leather pants were tucked into the knee high soldier boots. A sleeveless long jacket swept the floor, a brilliant red lining. He walked over to Sokka and smiled. His face was young, but his eyes were fierce.
"Bad sort of runs in the family. And no I can't let you out." Sokka shrugged.
"It was worth a try...family...wait you aren't Xia's big brother are you?" The boy smiled crookedly. He pushed his feathered bangs behind his ears. Sokka eye's grew wide as he looked over the man's neck. Rings were set in his skin down his neck to his collar bone, a black ribbon criss crossing through it.
"I'm not big brother. I'm baby brother." Sokka frowned.
"Wonderful. Just how many siblings are there?" Denivian smiled.
"Let's see, there's me, Dexia, Deria, Deryn, Derei, and Delix." Zuko pushed himself up shaking his head.
"Have a problem with 'De' do we?" The boy's orange eyes turned to look at Zuko.
"It's sort of our father's calling card. My self and Delix, big brother, are the only two that have the same mother you see. It's hard to stay away from a fire nation woman. The triplets have an earth kingdom mom, and well Dexia, he's water." Zuko shook his head.
"You're father was just a..." Denivian smiled broadly.
"A traveling sperm donor. Why do you think we killed him?" Sokka's eyes grew wide.
"Excuse me?" The man smiled, an innocence of his youth showing through.
"Lix and myself put our whore of a father out of the way." Sokka frowned and then cocked his eyebrow.
"Is all of your family deranged?" Denivian walked back over to his chair and feel into the seat.
"No. I am actually the normal one. Xia actually was a good guy. The triplets were going to kill him at one point until he turned." Haru sat up and leaned against the wall.
"Why are you telling us all this?" Denivian pulled a small knife from his boot and started cleaning his nails.
"You're asking aren't you?" Zuko looked up at the boy.
"You'll answer any question we have to ask?" Denivian looked up at the boy with a smile. He slid the knife back into his boot and propped his feet back up on the table. He brought a hand up, a flame flickering to life. He extinguished the flame and re-lit it as he looked at the boy.
"All you have is but to ask." Haru frowned and looked over at the boy.
"How do we kill him?" Denivian's eyes brightened. He let out a soft laugh and shook his head.
"I don't think you can. Takes a hell of a lot to get close to him when he gets mad." Zuko rolled his eyes. Of course that was too easy. He wouldn't answer the questions without sarcasm. Zuko nodded then looked over at the man.
"How old are you?" The boy frowned and cocked his head to the side.
"Why ya interested there, sexy? See something you like?" Zuko frowned and looked at Sokka. But looked back to Denivian when he started laughing. "Seventeen, princey." Denivian sat forward in the chair and looked to the far side of the room. His face was blank for a moment as he listened and watched. A small figure appeared in the door. Denivian's smile curled over his face.
"Come on, Xiyan." Sokka and the other two turned to look at the small girl as she walked in. She had cocoa colored hair and piercing blue eyes. She wasn't more then eight years old, but it was already apparent she was going to be a heart breaker. The girl crawled up into Denivian's lap.
"Is daddy really going to die?" She said looking up at Denivian. The boy smiled warmly and pointed over at Sokka.
"That all depends on his sister." Xiyan turned to look at Sokka. She slide off of her uncle's lap and walked over to stand next to the cage.
"Why does your sister want to kill my dad?" Sokka blinked down at the girl with wide eyes. He turned to look at Haru. He pointed down to the girl.
"Is she yours?" Haru frowned at Sokka. Sokka shrugged. "Sorry, it's just that I thought he liked men." Denivian started laughing.
"He does. He's head over heels in love with long hair there. I haven't seen him like this. He's actually going to go through a fair fight, instead of just killing all of you. It's amazing, really." He shook his head. Xiyan frowned and jerked her leg up kicking Sokka in a tender spot, causing Denivian to jump.
"I ask you a question!" Sokka let out a puff of breath and lowered himself to the ground. Denivian jumped up and grabbed the girl by the hair and flung her backwards. He turned around and pointed a finger at her.
"No." He staid sternly and looked back at Sokka. "Dude, you okay?" Sokka gagged and gagged again in response. Denivian shook his head, trying not to laugh. "Xiyan, go back home." He said pointing. She puffed up her cheeks and stomped her foot crossing her arms over her chest.
"Ass hole." Denivian blinked at her before he kicked some dirt in her direction.
"Git!" Zuko frowned and looked at the guard.
"Why are you playing guard dog?" The man turned and looked at him with a questioning glare.
"The girls were very specific on how they wanted their new concubines to be treated." Zuko frowned and pulled on the chains around his wrist.
"We wouldn't be very good for them.." He said and turned to look at Haru. "He's already been spoiled to the taste of Xia. He won't want any other. " Denivian cocked his eyebrow at Haru. He cut Zuko's tactics off when he looked down to Sokka.
"Regardless. My brother cut you up pretty bad, but I heard Yina got a hold of you herself." Sokka looked up at Denivian and saw a darkness flash across her eyes. Sokka nodded. Denivian shook his head and walked back over to his table.
"The bitch would bend over backwards for him and he just ignored her." Haru frowned and looked over at the man.
"She was psychotic." Denivian looked over at Haru and nodded.
"Yeah. Who do you think I got to do my ribbon?"
Aang stumbled back from where the albino threw him into the room. He threw a gust of air at him and watched as the man side stepped it.
"Quite a quick tempa ya got der." Aang frowned and watched the man carefully, but the man didn't make a move to attack.
"Are you stalling?" Aang said straightening up. He was genuinely curious. The man shook his head.
"Ain't no need to stall. Ya need to git yer friends from out der prison." Aang blinked in confusion.
"What?" The man turned his dark pink eyes to glare at Aang.
"Can't ya understand?" Aang thought for a moment then shook his head.
"No..you have a funny accent." The man frowned and threw a fireball at Aang. Aang jumped backwards.
"Wouldn't be funny ifen it were yers. Now I's tellin ya to git ya ass out de room, and go git yer friends."
"You're letting me go?" The man shook his head.
"I gots no use fer ya. Ya just saved me de trouble of getting out myself. Ya didn't actually tink I was born disa way? Did ya?"