fourteen

༺chapter fourteen༻

perfect little soldier

Word got around about Ronal spirit sister being killed, it was her worst nightmare come to live, Amiryat immediately went back to the village after rethinking the words she spat to her father, she wanted to apologize to him and to tell him she didn't mean it.

"My spirit sister and her baby have been murdered by the sky people."

Ronal cried to her people, Amiryat pushed through the crowd enough to hear them hiss in anger, she spotted her father among with Neteyam, Kiri and their mother. "The war has come to us!" Tonowari yells. "We knew about the hunting of our tulkun people but it was over the horizon far away.

Amiryat gasped turning to her mother, the woman quickly took her daughters hand into her own. "Now it is here!" The crowd around them hissed loudly.

"You have to understand how the sky people think." Jake spoke above them all, he didn't want them to fall into a trap. "They don't care about the great balance."

The crowd spat, everyone now staring at Jake. "The sky people are not gonna stop, this is only the beginning. You've got to tell your tulkuns to leave! You gotta tell them to go far away!" Jake shouts.

"Leave?" The pregnant na'vi woman spoke. "You live among us, and you learned nothing!"

"We will fight to protect our brothers and sisters." A na'vi shouted thrusting his spear up to the sky. They watched as the crowd chanted with agreement.

"No, no, no." Jake shook his head turning back to Tonowari. "If you attack, if you fight. They would destroy you! They would destroy everything you love!" Amriyat gripped her mothers hand as the crowd grew louder.

"Stay calm, listen to my father!" Neteyam says holding the tracker that Ronal spirit sister had when she was killed. "Damn it!" Jake took the tracker from Neteyam moving to show the people, everyone grew quiet.

"Tell the tulkuns, that if they are hit by one of these, they are marked for death." Amiryat glanced to her right, spotting Ao'nung with his head down to his feet. "Call for me and I'll silence it."

"Saving their lives that's all that matters, right?" Jake glanced to his family that stood in the crowd. "Saving your family."

Tonowari glanced down at her wife, he knew Jake Sully was right, nothing matter but their loved ones even those who aren't even here. "Tell the tulkun, they must leave."

Amriyat could see from the corner of her eye lo'ak moving away from the people, he's was going to payakan, so she quickly followed him. "No way you're going out there baby brother."

Neteyam surprised Amriyat as they both arrived stopping lo'ak. "I have to warn payakan about the sky people." Lo'ak tells him.  

Neteyam shook his head moving closer to lo'ak. "No, you've got to keep your skxawng ass here."

"He's outcast, there's no one else to warn him but me." Lo'ak tried to reason, though he wasn't going to listen and stay when he can save his life. "Bro," Neteyam touch his head. "Why do you always have to make things to hard."

Lo'ak glared smacking his hand away. "No, you mean why can't I be the perfect son like you." Neteyam nearly flinched at his words, he stepped back shaking his head lightly, Amiryat cocked her head quietly whispering his name.

"The perfect little soldier. Well I'm not you!" Lo'ak yells as Neteyam stepped back to him ears pointed up, glaring slightly down at him "okay? I'm not you."

Amiryat stepped between the two brothers, pushing Neteyam became when she turned to baby brother.  "Lo'ak come on, you can't do this."  She pleaded with her eyes, "with everything that is going on.. your going to risk you life for Payakan, I know you want to protect him but— it isn't safe." Amiryat shook her head. lo'ak wished to scoff in her face, shaking his head moving closer to her. 

"I would risk everything for him, he has done nothing wrong, when will you stop falling into dads feet," lo'ak spat gripping the satchel in his hand. "He actually listens to me."

Amiryat eyes glistened at his words tilting her head. "Don't, you don't get to say that, not when all I do is stick up for your ass whenever you get in trouble, you wouldn't be alive if Neteyam or I weren't in your lives." She tells him briskly wiping the fallen tear.

Neteyam made a move to stop their bricking only for Lo'ak to push him back. "I don't need you to stick up for me, okay? Why do you think dad hates me because of you!"

Amriyat lips trembled but quickly pressed her lips into a thin line, she refused cry infront of him, she never ever felt so alone after his words. "Don't say you care because we all see that you are different since we left home, yeck! Even Neteyam sees it."

Lo'ak huffs shaking his head, he couldn't take back his words he knew that. "He's my brother! I'm going." He told Neteyam walking away to his ilu.

"Oh, he's your brother?" Neteyam flared his eyes following after him wrapping a hand around lo'ak arm bringing him back. "No, I'm your brother."

Amriyat moved closer to where they stood finding Tsireya, Ao'nung and Rotxo coming over to them. "Lo'ak!" The sea girl watched worried as Lo'ak jumped into the ocean. "Come on, he's going to Payakan."

Neteyam says calling for his ilu, Amiryat sucked in a breath instantly joining them into the water, Ao'nung couldn't help but worry for his beloved when he saw how sad her face was. Amriyat tsk finding her younger sisters as she passed, they tagged along with them.

"Lo'ak!"

The boy turned to the voice of his sister, seeing that everyone else had followed him. Her heart dropped finding the tracker on payakan. She scrambled off the ilu jumping on the tulkun as she and lo'ak tugged on the tracker.

"Call dad! You gotta call dad!"

Neteyam told lo'ak as Ao'nung and Tsireya jumped on Payakan, helping to remove them tracker but it was a struggle, Amriyat pushed her wet hair back catching the sight of the ship. "It's getting closer!" Tsireya cried tugging at the tracker.

Amiryat slipped down from payakan when an idea popped in her head, she moved towards her ilu unwrapping the string. "Here, tie it around it." Amriyat tossed them string.

Ao'nung caught it tying the string, he tugged at it making sure it wasn't loose. "Go, go!" He says, hopping onto the ilu she order him to more forward as the rest of them tried to yank it off. "It came out!" Amriyat sighs in relief taking the tracker. "Get out of here, I'll draw them away!"

She met Ao'nung gaze forcing a smile wanting to reassure his worries, she dove into the water quickly dragging the weapon with her watching as the light of the tracker blinked rapidly. As soon as she was as a great distance she released the weapon into the ocean.

Amriyat yelped as a bright machine came her way, she swam through the seaweed having a difficult time getting rid of it, the machine plunged into her ilu knocking her off the creature, she looked around swimming away into an open plant.

"Crap." She gasped holding onto the flower, kicking her feet she leaned back when a small figure sprung up. "Tuk!" Amiryat reached for her, taking into her arms. "TukTuk, are you okay?" 

Tuk nods exhaling leaning in her embrace, when a two figures decide to join them, "lo'ak! Tsireya? Are you hurt?" Amiryat cupped his face gently, glancing at the girl, he pants nodding. "It is coming. We have to go."

Tsireya warns them, spotting the flashing lights. Amriyat turned to Tuk. "Hug me and don't let go." The young girl wrapped herself around Amriyat locking her arms around her neck, they all one last breath of air before diving back in the water.

Amriyat held the back of Tuk' head as they swam, her heart throb against her sisters seeing that they were now surrounded by the swimming machines, there was no way out unless they went up.

A bubbled scream escaped Tuk seeing a giant net coming their way, it captured them inside but lo'ak was the only one who managed to get out, Amriyat looked around at a ikran in the water, she has never seen that before.

The ikran feet began to lift them out the water with lo'ak being dragged along with them, Amriyat dropped her arms from Tuk as they came up out from the water. "Hold on!" Lo'ak took his knife from his hip, cutting through the net.

"Lo'ak, there's not time, it's too late." Amriyat tells him meeting his glaze, he tried to reach for her hand through the net, when they moved closer to the ship touching down onto the hard surface, Amiryat hissed removing the net with her knife in hand.

"Drop your weapon!" The avatar yells to her, she only hissed gripping her knife. A avatar woman approached her from behind wrapping a strong hand on her hair tugging back. "You're the bitch who stabbed me."

Amiryat cried as her braid was pulled dropping the weapon, she watched her siblings and Tisreya get tied to the edge of the railing. The avatar woman snapped a red band on her hands. "Hold on, hold on."

A voice she recognized and belong to the man she deeply hated. Quaritch, hissing at the man as he came to her view. "Don't tell me Jake Sully had more then three kids," he scoffed as a shiver ran down his spine at the familiar glare, quickly shuffling back. "An exact copy." He mutters. "Tie her up."











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