Happy Holidays! My gift to you is another chapter of The Avatar's Brother. Kind of a dark chapter.
I do not own Avatar the Last Airbender.
"We can still win this war." Stated a man strongly. This man was standing before several others around a small conference table. The man who was speaking was an strong presence in the room, and he had everyone's attention. He was average looking, except for his eyes.
"How can we continue to fight with our great leader gone, and the princess in an asylum?" asked a rather large man.
"We still have soldiers in the earth kingdom. The southern water tribe is no threat, and we can begin a blockade of the northern tribe."
"What about the white lotus members who conquered Ba Sing Se?" asked another man.
"We shall let them revile in their victory for now. I have a small army getting ready to attack them."
"And what of the avatar's friends?"
"I have someone working on that as we speak." Said the man with a grin. The man's eyes seemed to glow with fire for a second, to short for anyone to notice.
"How can we defeat the earth kingdom Ashi?" asked Long Feng.
"Well, Feng, the earth kingdom is still weak from the war, and now they will be celebrating their victory."
"How does that help us?" asked another man sitting to the Long Feng's right.
"They will be completely unprepared for any attack. All we have to do is prepare a strong enough one to break them."
"Again, I have to ask about the Avatar's friends! Zuko will surely ascend the throne, and will move our troops out of the earth kingdom!"
"I have already said that I have a man working on that." Replied Ashi.
"What exactly is this man going to do?" asked another man.
"He will cause a…. distraction…to keep the Avatar's friends….occupied. I have installed a figurehead to control the fire nation troops while Zuko is away."
"If the enemy was to unit completely, what could we do to stop it?" asked Long Feng.
"I have a man working on that too."
"Who is this man?" asked Yutaka.
"An old….friend." replied Ashi, grinning again. "Speaking of old friends, I have another appointment coming up in a few minutes. I think this is as good as any time to conclude our little chat. We will meet again in two weeks. Stay out of the lime light until that time." Everyone stood up and began to walk out. Ashi walked to the corner of the room, and stood there apparently thinking.
The room was empty, and Ashi stood in the same place. He remained still for a few minutes, not moving at all.
Suddenly smoke appeared a few inches away from Ashi's figure. Dark black smoke hovered in the same spot. A man appeared as the smoke cleared away. This man was tall and muscular. Hit shoulders were broad. His entire body looked strong. His hair was messy and long, and his eyes were brown. He had the beginnings of a beard.
Ashi had not so much as flinched the entire time this was happening. He turned to the other man.
"You're late,' Ashi accused.
"I do not care much for time," replied the other man. His voice was deep and powerful.
"Did you find the anything useful?"
"I found three things."
"Which are?" asked Ashi impatiently.
"I discovered a cauldron, three soldiers, and some bad news." The man continued.
"What good will three soldiers do? And the cauldron?" asked Ashi.
"The bad news is troubling, but nothing I can't deal with."
"I care not for bad news."
"Apparently the…Avatar's…friends have discovered a new threat to our plans," said the man. Avatar was spat and seemed to bring the man great pain.
"How much of a threat?"
"Not to much, but I will deal with him."
"Whom?"
"An alien."
"Hmmm." The two men stood in silence for a short time. "And what of the other two things?"
"The three soldiers will be used to distract the….friends, and eliminate our threat."
"I'll take your word for it. And the cauldron?"
"It is an ancient weapon, but it must be prepared."
"Prepared?"
"There are a few….ingredients that are involved. One of them will be fairly difficult to obtain. Our new friend can help us. I will try to get the other ingredients soon."
"And where will the cauldron be kept?"
"I have it stashed away somewhere."
"What does it do?"
"It is better that you don't know yet. It will ruin the surprise."
"Tell me!" screamed Ashi.
"You must learn patience, or else you might have to learn the hard way. Like I did." Said the man dreamily.
"Fine." Answered Ashi huffily.
"How are our servants doing?"
"They are getting more and more difficult to control. The man, Long Feng, is getting rebellious. I am sorry to hear about Ozai and Azula."
"Yes. They were great students of mine. Our plan would have succeeded if it hadn't been for my…"
"The fallback plan is working to your specifications."
"Yes well, the other plan was beginning to fall apart. Ozai began to think to highly of himself."
"This will work."
"At least I have gotten my revenge over…him."
"It is great that we will no longer have to work under that idiot's eye. His removal was a gift from the spirits."
"We both have much work to do." With that the man disappeared in a flash of smoke. Ashi stood there thinking again.
Who is this mistery man? Sorry, kind of a filler chapter. Next chapter will get back to Saru and the gaang. Hope you liked it!