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༺chapter sixteen༻

strong heart

"bro! that was insane!" lo'ak laughed raising his hand giving spider a high-five. Amiryat coughed struggling to breathe while trying to keep her head above the water. "Neteyam." She managed to cough out, kicking her legs.

Neteyam turned to the trembling voice behind him, the teen suddenly lost color in his face as his heart dropped shaking his head rapidly, wrapping an arm under her keeping her above the water, "no, no, please great mother, no." Neteyam mumbled watching Tsireya swim over on her ilu. lo'ak froze in his spot, watching his sister struggle to breath seeing her blood flow out from her chest, suddenly remembering what was happening. "No, Amiryat Amiryat!" The young teen mumbles, swimming towards them.

"Lo'ak! Help me!" Neteyam yells to him trying not to panicked even more as he hopped on the ilu.

lo'ak without hesitation took his sister limped body and carefully laid her across Neteyam's lap with the help of spider, pressing down on her chest. "that's so much blood." Spider could only cry out.

Tsireya came around connecting to her ilu, tears blurring her vision but she quickly went to focus. "Go, go!" She says as they all grabbed onto the ilu racing to a land.

When arriving Jake found the kids rushing up onto the rock with his first born in Neteyam arms, his son looked terrified with blood staining his hands and tears streaming down his face, Jake's throat closed up not liking what was happening. "Dad! Dad! It's Amiryat— she's been shot!"

Neteyam and Lo'ak together carefully laid her down on the rock, she winched bitting her tongue. "careful, bro! watch her head!" Jake dropped to his knees cupping the side of her face. "Dad—" Amiryat cried sobbing, "it's hurts so much!"

Jake clenched his jaw sniffing, he wished that it was him instead of her. "Shh, I know baby, I know— keep your hands there." He took Neteyam's hands laying them over the wound where the blood was effusing.

"Dad, I- im sorry im so sorry." She sobbed wheezing but each time she did it only caused her more pain, Jake stoically smiled down as his yellow eyes swam with tears smoothing her hair gently. "No, no, don't, it's okay, you hear baby, it's okay, just breath!"

Amiryat clutched onto her fathers hand, scanning at the faces as they hovered over her, her pinky finding lo'ak' interlocking them with a tight grip, from where she laid she couldn't see her mother' ikran landing and a mixed feeling develop in Neytiri' stomach.

"No, no, no, no, Amiryat." Neytiri couldn't believe what she seeing, her first born struggling to catch her breath, "mawey ma ʼite" (calm my daughter) She cried out, cradling her face gently, praying to ewya with every bone in her body that she will be okay.

"Dad... I—" Amiryat couldn't fight the pain anymore,  staring into her fathers sorrow eyes, Neytiri watch her eyes dilated then her eyes closed with a final breath. Lo'ak sniffed watching the light disappear from her eyes, clutching her hand to his chest remembering the last conversation he had with her, god how much he wished to change that moment. Neteyam exhaled pushing back with his bloody hands pressed on his knees.

"No! no, no! Amiryat!" Neytiri screamed cradling her daughter further into her chest. "Not my daughter! Please! ma Amiryat!" Jake nibbled onto his bottom lip, letting the tears finally fall, his chest heaved remembering every single detail he had of her, now it was nothing but memories.

"Can you hear me, corporal?" His voice came through Jake' ear piece, Jake drained eyes stayed on his crying mate' back as she cradle their daughter in her arms. "Yeah, I think you can. I got your daughters," Jake blinked glancing to the ship. "Same deal as before, you for them."

Neteyam sniffed rubbing Amiryat cold hand on his cheek, hoping that it would bring some warmth. "Where are your sisters?" Jake turned to his sons, Neteyam met his glaze. "Your sisters! Where are they!?" He yells.

Lo'ak gulps suddenly forgetting how to speak. "Where are they!" He shouted once again. "Oh the ship." Tsireya cried meeting his dull yellow eyes. "They are tied up on the ship."

"They are at the moon pool." Spider said getting his attention. "On the well deck, amidships. Jake frowns not understanding a word the human was saying. "Come, I'll show you." Spider took his hand.

Jake stood up glancing at his wife upon hearing Quaritch voice. Jake pressed down on his micro-choker. "Yeah I hear you." Jake rasped pushed lo'ak back kneeling down to his wife trying to pull her off their daughter.

"Listen to me, listen to me, hey, they have our daughters." Jake sniffed forcing his mate away from your body.  "They have our daughters. I need you with me and I need you to be strong. Right now."

Neytiri blanched turning to him leaving the warmth behind, Neteyam cried clutching onto Amiryat hand kissing her knuckles. "Strong heart." Neytiri coldness body stood up, her eyes went blank at the thought of losing another daughter, "Let's go get our daughters." she picked up her bow moving away to her Ikran and took off.

Jake watched her fly away from them, glancing down at his two boys and the unmoving body that belonged to his daughter. "Stay with your sister." Jake order them. "Dad I want to go with you." lo'ak began ignoring that his hands were stained with his sisters blood.

Jake glanced down from you to his son. "You've done enough" Jake knew his choice of words were wrong, but there was no turning back from them, He joined  spider and they took off on the ilu. Lo'ak turned to Tsireya then to Neteyam. "Stay with her." He touched her cheek then pulled away. "No!" She cried.

Neteyam ignored that they all left, as he reached forward laying a hand on his sisters chest, crying at the sight of his sister no longer breathing. "Im sorry, ryat." He cried dropping his head down on her chest when something cut him off guard, he felt a very faint thump, moving back he felt her chest making sure he wasn't hallucinating.

"Tisreya, reya! She has a heartbeat!" Tsireya tearful eyes immediately moved closer to Neteyam's side, "Oh my eywa! She's must have passed out from the blood lost." Tsireya sniffed thinking of her brother, there was hope.

"Quickly, we must get her to my mother." Tisreya said calling the ilu from the water, Neteyam picked up Amirtay taking her to the ilu and Tsireya sat infront of him pulling away from the rock going straight to the village.

Mother!"

Tisreya ran up the sand shouting for her mother, the pregnant na'vi walked out from her hunt cradling her swollen stomach seeing the sight before her. "She has heart! Please help!" The young girl was pleading her mother.

Neteyam walked into the beach struggling with keeping her up with his hands, Ronal could see the blood all over his hands, Ronal immediately sent the na'vi men to take Amiryat from the boys arms, "please be careful!" The older boy yelled falling down to his knees, holding his head between his hands praying to his great mother.

"She will be okay, my mother knows what she's doing." Tsireya informed him, wiping away the tears from her face, Neteyam only nods resting his bloody hands on his thigh with a sniff. Tsireya took a notice of the blood, "come, we should get rid of the blood."

Tsireya stepped forward kneeling down before him, pressing her hand on his beating chest, "Neteyam." she utters softly, Neteyam sniffed with trembling lips. "I thought we lost her," he glanced up tears welling up. "It's my fault, she warned me and I didn't listen."

Tsireya wasn't there but she shook her head taking his hand. "No, no, this is not your fault, it was them, the sky people did this to her, okay? They will suffer in your family's hands."

Neteyam glanced down at his shaking hands, Tisreya gripped both of his hands pulling up from the ground. "Come, it will be okay."

it's been hours since the eldest brother has seen Amiryat or his parents, they haven't heard anything from Ronal or Norm, after they cleaned up, Neteyam took it upon himself to call the scientist to help them, Ronal was very hesitate to let him near Amiryat but she didn't really have any other choice.

"Heartbeat is steady..." Norm had removed his gloves along with his glasses sliding them over his head, Amiryat laid on a mat with a soft quilt on her upper body, "...patient has fallen into a... coma."

Neteyam stood by the doorway, with Ao'nung. The Metkayina boy had gotten the breaking news from Tsireya, he nearly ran over her when he heard what happened, he hadn't stopped crying since, nose was slightly red from the sniffing, eyes weren't as bright.

"What's a coma." Ao'nung spoke up from the monitor beeping with Amiryat's heart rate, Norm glanced to Max then turned to the na'vi moving away from the girl. "Uh, it's where someone has been severely injured and that effects the body, and we don't know if she will ever waken."

Neteyam shivered at his words, he watched closely as Amiryat chest moved very slowly for his liking, it was dark outside now, the people was been praying for the young warrior, in hopes she will wake in time.











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