Phantom was proudly examining the results of his work. Drawing on aromor was an interesting free time activity he never thought he would do. While Omashu was being rebuilt after capture, Danny was customizing his suit. Leather parts were replaced by thin and soft tunic dyed in black color with white outlines. He made it extremely light by using thinner steel, since he preferred agility over strength. There were black chestplate with a white flaming 'DP' symbol on it and several others, protecting knees, elbows and other important parts.

Despite the fact that Danny was the one to lead and finish the assault, Ukano was appointed a governor. Not that the half ghost complained, he had other things to do, but the general seemed extremely content with his new post. Phantom was confident he had earned the man's respect and sympathy. Again, he was the governor because of him. Danny insisted that the message hawk needed to be sent immediately. If the Fire Lord received a message so soon, he sure would have been impressed. Ukano listened and did as was requested. Now, Danny just waited for response.

Once he finished, Phantom got up from his seat, leaving the set of armor on its stand. Until something interesting happens, he had to entertain himself somehow, so he went out of the room. The ghost teen was wearing his NASA hoodie and blue jeans, which had gone through fresh cleaning. What a joy - The King of Undead walking around in clothes smelling like mountain flowers. Hopefully it was just his sensitive sense of smell, and everyone around won't be able to feel it.

Phantom went outside and looked down at the city. In his opinion, constructing new buildings was a money waste, especially gigantic statue of the Fire Lord. After all, the war was still going on, and shall the Earth Kingdom retake Omashu, Danny doubted they would spare all those architectural 'marvels'. Suddenly, Danny heard someone behind him, so he looked back.

"Ah, governor, I thought you were sleeping," Phantom commented.

"Well, I'm not. My family is about to arrive, and I wanted to be awake to greet them."

"Oh, really? You didn't tell me about your family."

"This matter wasn't really brought up, Your Majesty."

Even despite Danny's request, Ukano and other officials still called him by title, not by name. Phantom had dealt with it by then.

"Sir, may I ask you about a favor?" The governor asked.

"Uhm, alright, what do you need?"

"Well, the resistance is still out there, and it worries me that their escort might not be enough. Surely a person of your power can protect them..."

Of course, just like on any conquered territory, not everyone just dropped their weapons and surrendered. The resistance was led by Captain Yung, and it was Danny's mistake to just let usual soldiers take him away. The man had escaped captivity by beating his escort, but Phantom followed a famous quote of a French king, 'Après nous, le déluge'. He didn't care what happens after he gets out of this city, so he had to keep order only until he leaves the city. He didn't root for the Fire Nation because of their ideology, but it was still his only hope on getting home, so his position was neutral at its best.

Danny shrugged. "Sure, I don't have anything to do anyway."

Ukano smiled, "Thank you. I think you can meet them at the gates."

The ghost nodded, before turning away and walking off to put on his armor. After doing so, he slowly walked down the rocky path. The night streets were empty, except for several patrols. Curfew was in effect, but it didn't concern the half ghost. And since everyone now knew who that strange kid in strange clothes was and tended to ignore him. Not that Danny liked all fear he was causing, but as Makiaveli said, fear is more useful than love. The second was hard to earn and required time Phantom lacked.

Soon Danny's hearing caught girlish screams. Raising his eyebrow, the ghost teen went to its source. What could possibly scare someone so much? Phantom entered another street and saw three teens standing near one of the walls, two boys and one girl, along with a strange animal - a mixture of lemur and bat. The girl, as well as the older boy were wearing dark blue robes and had tanned skin. The last kid was more unusual. He looked to be around thirteen, was bald, with blue arrow markings on his head and palms. The boy was wearing yellow robes with a short poncho-like orange cape, while holding a wooden staff. He was also giving him a strange chill down his throat, like if his ghost sense was being blocked.

Phantom leaned against the building behind them, before coughing slightly. This got an immediate reaction from them. The smaller kid hid behind the older ones before wrapping a clothing around his head. Weird.

"Soo," Danny started. "What are you doing out here after curfew?"

The older boy, who was covered in red dots, pointed an accusing finger at the ghost teen, who kept a neutral expression on his face. "And what are you doing so late on the street?" He asked.

Phantom's eyes flashed green for a moment, making the boy yelp and jump backwards.

"I'm the one asking questions here. And believe me, I have full rights to walk around this city," Phantom smirked. Danny glanced to the side, "Hello, officer."

Three soldiers walked closer, and the kids seemed nervous. However, soldiers were more scared at seeing the ghost.

"S-sir!" They stood still, as one of them stepped/was pushed forward.

"Who are those?" He asked.

Phantom looked at the stunned kids, humming in thought. "I don't know, I have just asked them. This one doesn't seem healthy, though."

The girl was the first one to speak. "Uhm, yes, it's pentapox. My brother is very ill."

Danny raised an eyebrow and approached the teen. Those dots seemed a bit paler than they were just a moment ago. "It's very infectious," the girl added.

"Oh, so that's why you hold him like a ragdoll," Phantom said sarcastically, before the girl let go of her brother abruptly.

"We need to get a doctor."

"Because the best time to find him is in a middle of night," Danny continued, not buying a single word. "You are coming with me."

"Sir, are you sure of that?"

"Is that questioning of my decision I hear?"

"N-no!"

"Good, now, return to your duties and move along."

The soldiers nodded and hurried to get behind the corner. Once they were out of sight, Danny sighed.

"Listen up, I'm going to let it slip for now. Get to your doctor or wherever you went and don't let anyone see you. But if I catch you again, I'll throw you down the pit personally, am I clear?" He asked as his eyes glowed again.

He received multiple nervous nods.

With that Phantom continued his way. For some reason, he suspected they hadn't just forgotten about curfew. Still, if Danny subdued the revolt publically, he would have added some points to his illusion of loyalty. Besides, he could make a punishment softer than it could be without him. While in the city, Phantom could boss everyone around, including decisions concerning executions. Until Azula arrives, if she ever does. The princess had the same level of authority.

In his thoughts Danny didn't notice how he got to the front gates. Since there weren't any earthbenders in their disposure, the governor ordered to demolish the wall and build the normal metal gates, along with hanging a huge banner above them. Once there, Danny informed the guards about recent development, and they came under his direct command. Soon, a carriage entered the gates and stopped. Phantom made a few steps forward.

Two females stepped out of the carriage. The first one was a mid aged woman, who Danny guessed was Ukano's wife. She was holding a baby boy in white shirt, who was largely awake. Next to her was a teen girl, with black hair tied in one of those Asian styles, with the most stony face Danny had ever seen. Phantom coughed to call their attention.

"Good evening, ma'am," he nodded in greeting, putting hands behind his back.

The woman smiled slightly. "Hello there, young man, who are you?"

"Call me Phantom, the governor has requested my presence here. I am to be your escort. Follow me."

"Can't we just get there inside the carriage?" The girl asked.

"Mai," the woman whispered angrily for her rudeness.

Danny turned around and looked at the girl. "Don't worry, who am I to stop young lady from being smashed by a rock?" He shrugged nonchalantly.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, but didn't argue. The escort consisted of several guards to the sides and behind, while Phantom walked in front. His eyes were glowing green to see better in surrounding darkness. No one saw neon dots from behind his back, however.

Mai sighed. "There are no words to describe my hate for this place," she mumbled.

Her mother looked at the girl, shifting a hold on cooing toddler. "Mai, your father was appointed a governor. You should be proud."

Danny rolled his eyes unknowingly to them. Ukano became a governor because one Ghost Prince was nearby.

"This place looks so dull. I bet nothing interesting seems to happen."

Phantom appeared near her immediately. "You do realize what you have just done?!" He whisper yelled.

"What?" She asked in genuine confusion.

Phantom looked around. "Because each time when someone says this, something nasty happens!" He blew up. "Like that pile of rocks falling down on us!"

His hand glowed green and he fired without even throughly looking. Green blast hit the rocks which were indeed falling down the hill. They blew up on contact, leaving a dust cloud. Phantom's eyes saw movements on the next level of the city. And precisely, that bald kid from before, who was staring back at him with wide eyes. Alright, Danny had given them a chance.

"Soldiers, stay on guard," he ordered, before seeing that Mai already ran after them.

As his palm slid over his face, Danny quickly followed. Instead of using the ladder, he jumped on the next level ten meters above. The kids started running, and Phantom started to pursue them. The girl in blue robes threw a stream of water at him, revealing that she was a waterbender. Danny froze the water and jumped to the side from newly formed shards. She couldn't bend without water, and coating it in ectoice was a perfect way to get rid of it.

The girl stared in shock at that.

Mai caught up with the ghost teen and now they two ran after them. To Danny's surprise, she had seemingly endless amount of small blades down her sleeve, literally. Phantom kept firing ectoblasts, but the escapists kept avoiding the fire, besides, Danny wasn't aiming that precisely.

One of Mai's blades hit the bald boy's staff. Then he made a slash in the air, and a gust of wind hit a construction forest, crumbling it down on the pursuers. Phantom stopped, raised his hands and the debris was engulfed in green glow. Then he swiped his hands and the debris flew at the criminals. But then, a stone platform slid down, together with them.

"Damn it," Danny cursed.

Mai sighed. "Are you not going to follow?"

Phantom looked at her. "Not now, at least, we better return to your mother, I don't have any trust in the guards. But," he grinned deviously. "I think we have found the Resistance hideout."

Meanwhile, the gaang landed on the underground, right on their butts. In front of them stood Yung, regarding them with a stern look.

"Greetings, Avatar," he bowed slightly. "It is an honor to meet you."

"Uhm, who are you?" Aang asked, jumping on his feet.

"Captain Yung, the leader of the Resistance. Please, follow me."

Without any other option, the kids followed the captain through the poorly lightened corridors.

"Who was that guy?" Sokka finally asked in exasperation. "What kind of bending was that?!"

"He prefers to be called 'Phantom'," Yung spat as if the name was poisoned. "He claims to be the 'Ghost King'."

Sokka snorted. "Seriously?! We have ghosts now?" He whined.

Yung sighed. "I wouldn't have believed it myself. But his power simply does not belong to this world. Have you seen his eyes? Deathly green, cold and dead."

"What kind of power?" Aang asked.

"Well, he can freeze water," Katara responded.

"And create ice from nothing," Yung added. "I don't know how he brought the entire army inside the city without leaving a scratch on the wall. His green beams depend on what he wants, to bring down a building or knock out the enemy. He also can move objects with look, he lifted people and enormous rocks like they were nothing but feathers. Our soldiers were thrown around like ragdolls, they were absolutely defenseless."

The kids' jaws dropped at the long list of powers this 'Ghost King' possessed. Yung ignored their looks as they entered the atrium. There were many people wearing their old armor. Some were recovering from their wounds. All of them looked up and saw their leader, along with the Avatar.

"The Fire Nation took us by surprise," Yung told him. "We were ready to defend our homes, our freedom by the cost of our lives. But when I asked King Bumi what to do, he said 'Nothing'. He surrendered, leaving us all to that ghoul's mercy."

Aang was silent at first, but then he found his words. "No, Bumi couldn't just give up."

"That's exactly what he has done. But we are not going to. We will continue to fight."

"Maybe he wanted you to live another day?" Aang reasoned. "What's the point of dying here when you can unite with the Earth Kingdom forces, fight together and free Omashu later?"

Yung contemplated the decision. "But how are we going to get through the patrols?"

"I have an idea."

On the next morning Danny woke up late. Thankfully, late for him meant normal time for the governor and his family. Phantom preferred to eat alone, so he just picked the food he could get there and now. He didn't need much after several months of pecking and eating what luck mercifully gave him. Just a few fruits and a bowl of what the locals called 'fireflakes'. They tasted like shit, but at least those flakes were more healthy. He was eating on a rooftop of the palace, enjoying the view on the city. Suddenly his eyes caught rather peculiar scene. He blinked in surprise, putting away the bowl. Phantom got up on his feet and stepped on the edge of the roof.

It looked like a scene from a horror movie. A crowd of slow people, and a big one at that, was moving towards the city gates. Narrowing his eyes, he saw red spots on their skin.

"Not again!" He exclaimed once he saw the guards running away and letting them through the gates. Oh, not on his watch.

Phantom phased through the roof and landed in his room. He quickly phased on his armor, taking off the clothes the same way and stormed out of his room. He threw open the last doors, which led to the front balcony. From there the entire city was like on a palm. Everyone present saw him, and they immediately wished they didn't.

"Ukano, what the hell is going on?" Danny asked.

The governor broke into sweat. "I-it's Pentapox, Your Majesty. W-we can't let the infection spread further."

"Really? Let me show you what kind of infection is that," Phantom growled, before dissappearing from sight.

A few seconds later he already stood between the cowering guards and the approaching crowd. Yep, they sure looked like zombies.

"Alright, show is over, go back home and no one will get hurt," he threatened loudly.

They didn't listen and kept going forward and moaning.

"S-sir, they seem really ill!" One of the guards behind called.

Phantom's look became as cold as ice. "Oh, really? Doctor Phantom is about to give them a medicine."

One of the ill was really brave. He actually approached very closely, outstretching his hands and moaning. Suddenly he found himself lifted in the air with a hand gripping his neck.

"Do this again and I'll snap your wimpy neck in half," Phantom growled, before letting go.

The man fell on the ground and panted for air. People around seemed scared, accidentally letting go of facade. And Danny noticed that.

"My, my, boys, would you look at that!" Phantom grinned. "Looks like good enough scare heals the disease just fine."

The resistance members became pale.

"Hm," Danny hummed, tapping on his chin and putting another hand on his waist. "I wonder why so many people wanted to leave the city, unless...they have a reason to. Get them."

With no other option, those who could fight immediately attacked. It proved to be a mistake. A few minutes later the resistance members were lying on the ground unconscious, beaten by the Ghost King alone. Phantom looked up at Ukano through the entire city and saluted him. One of the soldiers approached the ghost teen once Danny called for him to come closer.

"Pursuit those who managed to get through. They can't be far away."

"Yes, sir, but what about them?" He pointed his spear at the downed bodies.

"Take these to the dungeons. Not a single hair must fall down their heads yet. If someone harms the prisoner, I'll do the same with him but five times more painful."

"R-right away, sir."

A few seconds later Phantom confronted the governor.

"You better hope your soldiers bring back the escapists, governor. I'll keep quiet about the accident, but I won't be able to cover up the results of your mistake."

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Ukano sighed slightly.

Danny shrugged. "Don't mention it. I'm known to give second chances," he said and walked off. "Just don't fail again."

By the evening Phantom was ready to tear out his raven hair from his subordinates' uselessness. He didn't notice the audience he was having.

"Bad day?" Mai asked.

Danny snorted and got up from his seat. "You telling me. This soldiers are a useless cannon fodder. They can't even find a bunch of criminals!"

"Speaking of whom, father requests your help. My brother was kidnapped."

Phantom froze and looked at the teen girl. "How?"

"I don't know. Just go."

Danny's lips formed a thin line, but the ghost teen still went out of the room. He found the governor on the same balcony, near his crying wife. Phantom coughed in order to get attention. Ukano looked up.

"My Lord, thank goodness you are here. You probably know about what happened."

"That the guards failed to see a could-be assassin into your own room?" Danny's eyes fell on a crying mother and he sighed. "I'll search for him, got any ideas?"

After a moment of silence Ukano responded. "To offer them an exchange. We will give them the King," he said slowly, expecting Phantom's neutral expression to change to any side.

Danny tapped on the ground with his foot and hummed in thought. "While I can understand your desperation, this is a really hard bargain..." he saw crestfallen expressions. "But, fine, I'll bring them the message. We better be off without a powerful earthbender hanging above our heads."

"Oh, thank you," the governor's wife jumped from her seat and hugged him.

"And how are you going to find them?" Mai suddenly asked from behind him.

Danny grinned, stepping on a railing. "They have to warm near a campfire which can be seen from above."

He saluted and jumped down. A white flash and a quick streak of white was everything the family saw. Phantom flew out of the city and on top of one of the close mountains. He made a few calculations. Despite not being good at math, counting that should have been simple. With their average speed of two mph and approximate time of seven hours, they couldn't be further than fourteen miles away. Could be less, but not more.

So he started searching, flying from one mountain to another. Finally, Phantom noticed several dots of light in a very secluded area. Figures why no one could find them. Danny turned human and approached the camp, invisible. He saw the governor's son, what was his name? Tom-Tom? Something like that. The girl from before was busy playing with the toddler. Phantom lied on a rock and dropped invisibility.

"Am I interrupting anything?" He asked.

Everyone jumped in surprise and their heads snapped in direction of his voice. They prepared to fight if necessary.

"How did you find us?!" Yung asked.

Danny shrugged, getting into sitting position. "You are pretty easy to spot from up there."

"What do you mean?" Aang stretched his forehead.

"Hello, I'm one of the most powerful ghosts in existence, did you expect me not to be able to fly?"

Phantom jumped from the rock, ignoring stunned looks from an audience.

"How many soldiers with you?"

"None, I'm not here to fight," Danny raised his hands in surrender.

Everyone blinked in surprise, but didn't lower their guard.

Phantom's eyes fell on the toddler. "Kidnapping a child, how noble of you."

"We didn't do that, it was an accident!" Katara exclaimed.

"You accidentally stole a boy from his own room," Danny deadpanned. "Anyways, even despite the fact I can wipe you all out, the governor offered to ransom the kid. You give him the boy, we give you your wacky king. Simple as that."

The gaang looked at each other, but Yung's anger was evident.

"How do we know it is not a trap?"

Phantom's look remained neutral. "Look at your men. Ask them about their wounds and learn that none of them were inflicted after the battle. If I give a word, I keep it. However, the princess comes tomorrow and she has the authority to go against our agreement. So you better think quickly, because she most certainly will do that. Nasty brat, she is."

"You aren't much different," Yung spat.

"Captain, you hurt my core," Danny said dramatically, putting a hand on his chest. "I may be a walking dead, but I haven't lost my humanity. What bad thing have I done to you except beating you up? I haven't killed a single soldier of yours."

"You don't look...ghostly," Sokka noted, making Danny cross his hands.

"Well, sorry for covering up my true appearance. I am not in the mood to show it, so you'll have to deal with how I looked like before a very painful death from vaporization. Being hit by electricity equal to several lightings is not fun."

"Why are you helping the Fire Nation?" Katara asked.

Phantom shrugged. "It's mutually beneficial. The Fire Lord agreed to help me, and I help him in exchange."

"He will betray you."

Danny chuckled. "He won't be able to until I get what I want. It goes against his interests. Anyways, if you agree, meet near that ugly iron statue. Try to run, and I'll find you, burn down your transport and slaughter you all. My patience is very big, but it has own limits," his eyes fell on Aang, and the Ghost King gained a strange look.

"Hello, Raava, how nice to meet you in person," Phantom mumbled, but everyone heard it.

"Uhm, who are you talking with?" Aang asked confused.

"With a spirit inside your skull, kiddo. Where do you think you took all your unique magic, dear Avatar? If she gives you all her power, it will be an interesting show. I will be honored to fight one of the Ancients."

Phantom nodded and vanished in the air, leaving a confused crowd behind.

On the next morning Danny was leaning on the wall in a far corner of the room. It was an interesting sight, how a fourteen years old princess was bossing around. The second Azula arrived, she started doing her usual things. Along with her was another girl. She had long brown hair, tied in a brand and brown-gray eyes. Danny wondered how Azula could make friends at all, much less with a peppy and upbeat girl. Phantom didn't have much interaction with her, Ty Lee was too busy with her friend Mai. Talk about attraction of opposites.

"I apologize," Ukano said from his place, kneeling before the princess. "You come to Omashu at difficult time. At noon, we are making a trade with the resistance to get Tom-Tom back."

"Yes, yes," Azula interrupted from her throne. "I'm so sorry to hear that," she said in a tone which clearly told otherwise. "But really, what did you expect by just letting citizens leave?"

Ukano glanced at Phantom, who noticed his look and shrugged. Danny had told him he won't be able to cover up some things.

"My father has trusted you with this city, and you are making a mess of things!" The princess got up from his throne.

"Forgive me princess," Ukano kneeled even further.

"You stay here and let ME handle the hostage trade, so you don't have a chance to mess it up. And there is no Omashu, I'm renaming it in honor of my father, the city of New Ozai."

The pafos of her statement was broken by a snicker from the far corner of the room.

"Sorry!" Danny called.

"You are not coming with us for that," Azula snapped.

"Sure thing, princess," Danny shrugged nonchalantly. "Just don't break anything. The governor had spent a lot of effort in city's reconstruction."

The princess snorted and left the room, her two friends following behind. Once they were out of hearing range, Phantom sighed and shook his head.

"I can only picture this ending badly," he muttered, before deciding to go invisible anyway.

He flew to the meeting place, landing on a metal coffin hanging high in the air. It was a small prison for King Bumi. Only his head was sticking out to avoid suffocation and to be able to feed and give him food. Thankfully Danny was not the person to do that. Soon he could see the approaching opposite groups. Danny flew further as the coffin was being lowered.

"Hi, everybody!" Bumi greeted loudly.

"Have you brought my brother?" Mai asked.

"Yes, he is here," Aang responded from another end of the platform. Sokka was holding Tom-Tom with a piece of clothing on his chest.

Danny couldn't hear what Azula was whispering to her friend, but judging from the girl's expression, it was nothing pretty. Mai stepped foraward.

"The deal is off!" She said, and Bumi was pulled up again.

"See you later!" The king shouted.

Aang ran forward and jumped in the air, avoiding Azula's blue fire. The princess followed the boy by burning down the rope and using quickly unrolling mechanism to get up the construction forest. Mai and Ty Lee meanwhile engaged in combat with Katara and Sokka. Well, the last one was running away, not being able to fight with a toddler in his arms. Danny needed to get the boy before he could be harmed. Phantom jumped down and landed on the platform. He avoided throwing blades, ice shards and gusts of water. While Danny was running after Sokka, he tripped Katara on his way.

Ty Lee attempted to get Tom-Tom herself, but Katara managed to get up quickly and use the water to grab and swap again the acrobatic girl. Sokka ran to the ladder and slid down. And once he turned around, the teen saw Phantom standing in front of him with a grin.

"Hello there," Danny said.

Sokka attempted to run, but fell on the ground. He turned around not to fall on the boy, but still landed on his back. One small icy lump was enough for that. Sokka suddenly found an icy blade near his throat. Danny phased Tom-Tom out of Sokka's grip using his free hand, and looked at the teen.

"I only need the baby, so I'll pretend you managed to get away. And you better make it fast enough to make it believable."

"Why are you doing this?"

"Because I want to defeat the Spirits' champion myself. So he better stay alive until then."

Sokka got up and was about to kick the half ghost, but was thrown down a few levels lower into a stack of hay with a flick of Danny's hand.

Phantom wasn't interested in finishing the fight. The girls' failure was going to increase his own reputation. After all, Azula had refused his assistance. Danny made himself and Tom-Tom invisible, much to confusion and amusement of the latter.

When Phantom returned, he handed the boy to his parents. To say they were happy would be an understatement. Soon later, the girls had returned, and of course, Danny was there to greet them.

"Had fun?" He asked teasingly.

Azula glared at the teen. "You will leave the city and follow me."

Danny grinned even wider. "Aww, you need me, I'm touched."

"You better run," the princess' hands set on fire.

Phantom had a lot of fun afterwards.