The gift of Eywa

chapter 13: beginning of the end

Bio lab- morning

Max and the lab staff are glumly packing files and equipment, all while under ther watchful eye of the armed sec-ops troopers. Me Jake Grace and Norm stare bleakly at eachother. "They bulldozed a sacred site on purpose. They're fabricating this war to get what they want."

"I can't belive it." Norm says, stunned at the new information told by Grace. "Yup. That's how it's done. When people are sitting on the shit you want, you make them your enemy. Then your justified I taking it." Jake says completely empty.

Trudy runs into the lab, breathless, wearing full flight gear and carring her helmet. "Sec-ops rolling the gunship. Their gonna hit hometree." "What! When?"I shout in outrage. 'Their are children and family's living in their, and what, there just going to kill them and call it collateral damage.'

"Now we're spooling up now! I gotta go!" "My god." Grace says in shock. I guess even she didn't think they would go this far. I walk furiously to the door as Jake and Grace follow.

I see selfridge survey the airfield as he turns to see the three of us charging at him. "Parker, wait stop. These are people you-" "they're fly bitten savages who live in a tree. I don't know about you but I can see alot of trees. They can move."

"For gods sake there are children there. Babies." Everybody was taken aback by my outburst, I guess they didn't think I had it in me to shout and sound so mad. The thick tension is broke when Jake decides to speak up. "Look selfridge, you don want this kind of blood on your hands. Let me try to talk to them. They trust me."

I think he is considering Jake's proposal. Selfridge and a escort of two armed troopers accompany me Jake and Grace to the links.  Us three enter or until as Max and Norm prep the system. "You've got an hour. Unless you want those children to be in there when a axe comes down, you get them to evacuate. One hour." I lower the upper clamshell as Norm starts the sequence.

The entire clan is gathered around with Eytukan and Mo'at presiding. I look around feeling the gaze of the people on us. I decide to leave the talking to Jake as he speaks in clear na'vi. I simply do not have the heart to tell the people who have trusted us that human kind is coming to destroy our home.

As Jake tells them about the plan of the destruction of the hometree, he also reveal that he was warking with Quaritch. And its did not have a good reaction. Tsu'tey and Neytiri turn to me with a betrayed look as I turn away, unable to face them. "Bind them"

The hunters grab me at I don't resist as the others seize Jake and Grace. 'I can't help but feel that I deserve this... I'm sure there is something I could of done to deter fate from this outcome.'

Jake, Grace and I are lashed up to a post at the front entrance of the hometree. The people look ups as the c- 21 dragon gunship and its escorts arrive over the trees. The down blast from their rotors creates a maelstrom of flying leaves and debris.

Tsu'tey and the other hunters holds knives to our throws, but their mistaken to think that they would stop the attack on the cost of our life. We aren't like the Omaticaya, their people are united and care for eachother as one. Humans are selfish and fant give a shit.

Jake yells on the top his lungs, pleading for them to flee before it is too late. Eytukan glares at Jake before grabbing Tsu'tey, "take the ikran. Attack from above." Causing the male to grab other hunters and runs your to the root if the home tree.

Looking up I can somehow see on of the dragons stub wings 40mm rocket launcher to open up with a barrage of leaping fires to flash down and- "Everybody run!" I scream at the top of my lungs.