Ivory Hill had spent the majority of her adult life running. Throughout her twenties and the first part of her thirties it was from bombs and bullets. Now, at thirty six years old Ivory was running from something that she could never truly escape fr...
Dawn's golden fingers spread through the sky as Grace scrambled through the narrow link room, holding a plate of eggs and a large mug of coffee. She was still groggy with sleep. "Oh no you don't," the woman slammed the link unit that Jake was trying to get into closed with her elbow and stuck the plate under his nose. "You need to eat. Neytiri will still be there when you've finished."
Jake huffed and began to shovel scrambled eggs into his mouth, barely pausing for breath.
Grace grinned, sinking down onto the windowsill beside Ivory who seemed to be asleep, her head lolling back against the window pane. "Ivy? Coffee."
Ivory opened her eyes immediately.
"Here." The redhead grabbed the mug that she had left on the control panel and gave it to Ivory.
"Thanks." Ivory yawned. "I'm exhausted after last night." She brushed the sleep from her eyes and gulped her coffee, wincing as the hot liquid scalded her throat.
Jake smirked at Grace. "You been havin' fun Doc?"
"I hate you." The dark haired woman muttered, setting her cup down on the patch of windowsill next to her.
"Aw come on Vee, we're buddies."
"Just shut up and finish your breakfast before I force it down you." Grace chided, unable to keep herself from smiling.
"Alright, I'm done." Jake practically threw his empty plate and mug at Grace in his desperation to go back to his Avatar body.
Grace took them from him and put them down on the windowsill, getting up and heading over to the link operation panel. Jake hurriedly forced the lid open and transferred himself out of his wheelchair and into the unit. The man pulled the lid shut. "There we go." Grace muttered to herself, pressing a few buttons on the screen. "Norm?" She shouted.
"What?" Norm appeared in the doorway several seconds later, looking slightly dishevelled.
"Seriously Norm? Again? Can't you and Trudy keep your hands off each other for five minutes?" Grace grumbled.
"Trudy isn't here. Quaritch called her back to Hell's Gate as soon as it was light."
Fear flashed in the redhead's eyes for a second before it was replaced with her usual steely expression. "Can you operate my link?"
Norm groaned. "Can't-?"
"No. Now are you going to do what I've asked or not?"
"For God's sake, fine."
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Ivory and Norm were sat together in silence when the communication console crackled into life.
"Loveshack this is Samson One Six inbound hot to your position. I have Colonel Quaritch with me and-" Trudy's voice was cut off abruptly.
