(Rewrite) Transdimensional Troubles

Chapter 8: Talks and too little fights

Phantom turned the wall intangible and pushed everyone inside. However, once he looked there, Danny whistled.

"Oh, a party I haven't been invited on," he said dryly at seeing everyone there, starting from the Avatar and ending with Zuko.

Everyone prepared to fight. Phantom dropped Toph on the ground, not gently, but not harshly either. Danny looked as calm as ever. He was indeed outnumbered, but the faint sounds of the earth rumbling told that he soon wouldn't be alone. Phantom needed them to escape and don't cause suspicion. A little fight was in order, that he could do. Danny made an inviting gesture, teasing the opponents.

Once everything was unleashed, everyone suddenly discovered that Phantom was nowhere to be seen. Only his laughter was heard, echoing through the cavern. He loved messing with everyone like this.

Danny waved his hand invisibly and stepped back, going through the wall. Toph was suddenly released as the ice disappeared. They couldn't see a smug grin on Phantom's face. Although he himself couldn't see their dumbfounded expression, the half ghost could feel it. His bipolar actions kept confusing them and making the others question his own sanity. Oh, he was sane, or at least Danny hoped he was. Maybe there was a couple of mental issues he needed to heal even still. He also hoped that his merciful and prolonging-the-conflict actions wouldn't backfire somehow.

Phantom heard some rumbling, which showed that there was a movement about. Why would they make another hole if he had clearly seen another one? It in turn could imply that the ground distortions were coming from somewhere else. The only other earth benders around were the Dai Li. Now that was curious. Danny decided to wait for a short while, until there will be an indication of fighting. It would mean that he should step in, otherwise, if it was not a fight, he would be making things embarrassing and possibly dangerous for his plans.

Nevertheless, Phantom followed in parallel with the sounds. He ended up in a dead end. Knowing that there weren't any real dead ends and that a wall always had a tunnel behind it, Danny jumped through. The half ghost was in the ruins of the old city. He had spent many hours in the place. Not this exact spot, but he had time to explore the remnants of old. There wasn't much to look at, though. The locals' predecessors weren't the best architects. But he was getting carried away. Danny immediately jumped to the side from the rock. Collateral damage.

He ran to the epicenter of the fight, getting there in almost no time. He froze the water tentacle on his way, then shattering it into pieces. The shards fell all around, leaving a thin icy fog.

"Having fun?" He asked Azula, who failed to hit Katara.

"Where have you been?!" The princess growled.

"Walking through this endless tunnel."

Danny grabbed a huge rock in the way, surrounded by green glow, it was hurled back at the earth bending girl.

"First you let us run, then try to kill us?!" Katara exclaimed, swinging the water like a whip.

Azula looked at the half ghost. The latter didn't look at her, knowing that he should not waver a second.

"Let you run?"

Phantom charged green blasts, throwing them forward.

"Please, I am not a fool to let you escape by distracting me."

He was alone, after all. While it was unknown how the fight would end, but he could be held back long enough for the rest to run off. His phrase still left the princess suspicious, but she had even more pressing issues. She would confront him about the thing later, Danny hoped she would take his explanation.