The Thanator closed the gap on Jake, as it made a swift strike, aiming for his neck. The mighty beast sent vibrations through the concrete of the base's structure as it moved.
"Try to aim for the breathing receptacles around its neck! It's the only place where our bullets can do damage!"
Grace shouted, as the rest of the strike teams took the advice of the scientist, pounding the beast with a barrage of ammunition and rifle fire.
Surprisingly, the beast was still putting up a resilient fight, despite it being surrounded by 30 Na'vi.
"I remember taming one of these when we fought the RDA!"
Neytiri screamed over the hellfire of bullets slamming the beast towards cover.
"Really? So why is this one so aggressive?"
Grace soon piped up over Jake's question.
"In that instance the RDA were the perceived threat to all wildlife on the planet, these creatures viewed us as allies to help protect the planet!"
"And now?"
Grace gave a snarky expression.
"Well now we intruded on his territory and interrupted the poor bastard's beauty sleep!"
Jake smiled.
"Ah, that makes more sense, thanks for the biology lesson Grace!"
"Anytime Jake! But let's try to focus on the animal that's trying to have all of us as a full course meal BEFORE asking asinine and irrelevant questions, okay?!"
"Fair point!"
Soon the Thanator was collapsing from exhaustion.
Norm noticed a weak point near the beasts' jugular.
"Jake! Try to wrap around to my end, I think I've found a way to take down this thing right now, before we waste all of our ammunition!"
Jake nodded, and immediately and swiftly made his way over to Norm, using the distraction of covering fire from the other Na'vi warriors to avoid being detected and noticed by the beast.
Soon both Avatars crouched.
"Alright, you see the jugular? Right now it's exposed and one of the main arteries is vulnerable. Try to use your knife to sever it and it should provide a near instantaneous death for the creature and end it's suffering."
Jake nodded and turned, but before he did, he quickly turned back with a slight smirk.
"Since when did you devise tactics for battle?"
Norm returned the smirk.
"Well, let's just say learning from you and being shot at by the RDA taught me a few valuable things about staying alive and not ending up six feet under in an unmarked grave!"
Jake smiled, and soon sprinted towards the Thanator, unsheathing his blade to prepare for the final blow to finally finish off the apex predator.
Jake leapt into the air and quickly grasped onto the lower portion of the Thanator.
Without further hesitation, Jake located the main artery of the creature, and quickly severed it. Blood quickly sprayed out in a dramatic fashion onto Jake's face and the concrete floor below.
The beast soon collapsed onto the ground, with every member of the strike team surrounding the corpse to pay their respects to the creature's passing into the realm of Eywa.
After a few moments of silence and silent expressions of respect, the group soon converged on the main item of their violent and dangerous expedition to the RDA facility: The Power Generator for the natural shield.
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Avatar: The Retribution
FanfictionSince the pushback of the RDA was successful, and the death of Colonel Quaritch, Jake Sully has taken the mantle of being the leader of the Omaticaya clan. Rebuilding and foraging a new beginning for the tribe is paramount, and it needs to occur in...
