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Chapter 2

Neteyam's POV

There was something bothering me about that 'dangerous' forest these Metkayinan people were warning me about. Dad have strictly warned us to listen despite the temptation and I'm trying my very best to stop my siblings most especially, my brother Lo'ak from disobeying that order. We've brought enough shame to the family.

But I always find my self staring at that forest. Missing our former home, yes, but there's more.

Until one day, when I was riding my Ilu alone, I saw a small figure standing from there. At first, I couldn't believe what I saw, but then, it started to become clear. It's a sky person.

It's a female. Unlike those sky people that I've known for years who wear clear glasses of mask that cover their whole face to breathe, this one is wearing a black mask that only covers her nose and mouth. The only feature I could see is her eyes. Staring at the sea, examining something.

She didn't see me but she left and vanished between the trees.

I knew I had to follow her and do something. What exactly? Honestly, I don't know. I was too drown with curiosity.

Then next things happened so fast and I just found myself in pain and slowly fainting to the ground.

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The first thing that I felt was my soul being forcefully dragged back to life and I had to open my eyes in shock and cough so many times. After being internally tortured, pain in my chest started occurring because of my sudden action.

"Aghh-" crisis started and I don't know whether to continue coughing to relieve my inernals or to stop to put an end for the pain in my chest.

But in the end, I decided to calm down. My eyes were shut trying to feel my whole, body.

After few minutes, I finally calmed down and memories started to come back. I opened my eyes only to see that I'm curled in a small white bed with a mask on my face.

What's crazier is a sky person standing in front of my bed staring down at me, in disgust.

"You." I uttered when I saw the last woman I've been with before I've been knocked down.

Unlike before, she's not wearing her black mask so I could see her face now. She looks young, like spider, and It's very odd for me because I've never seen a young female sky person person before. But that's my least concern for now.

"Me what?" she asked sarcastically.

"What happened to me?" I check my self and found white cloth wrapped around my chest where the wounds were.

"You almost saw your God. But you survived..." she walked back to go to a table where I guess the medicines were placed. "...unfortunately." she continued.

"Why? I don't understand. I was just bruised by an animal but I lost my consciousness. And it's not even that deep."

She turned to look at me with an angry expression pasted on her face. "Yea, that's why I told your stupid ass to get the fuck out, because this place is not for outsiders. Those venomous animals smelled you and attacked you. You could have died, which in my dismay you did not. Now you're in my place and I don't know why I even healed you." she burst out, shook her head as she turned around again to clean the mess on the table.

I looked down. "Thank you for saving me."

Her body stopped from doing anything and looked at me in disbelief.

"Okay, umm, I'll just go home. I need to get home before eclipse." I looked for any windows inside her small place but found nothing.

"It had passed. You've been out for about 15 hours and sun is about to rise." She explained which shocked me.

"What?!" I burst out. Mom and Dad's gonna kill me. "I really need to go." even with pain in my chest I got up and was ready to run when something hard on my wrist stopped me from running away.

"What the.." I looked at my hand and saw a round metal connected to a chain glued to the wall. "What's this? Take this out, I need to go." I tried to break it but it didn't bulge a bit.

A sarcastic smirk played on her face. "And risk my place? No."

Anger occupied my head. "You need to let me out of here. I'm not telling about your place, I promise. Please. They may be looking for me now, furious, and I'm telling you, they will not stop."

"What? Am I supposed to believe you and let you out?"

"I'm telling you, by not letting me out immediately, you're risking your place even more." I was hesitant to say anything further, but I was eager to be freed. "My father, he's a warrior. He was the Olo'eyktan of my former clan and he's not gonna stop until he finds me. And I'm sure that they're targeting this place maybe not now but soon enough. And I'm warning you, he would kill you. THEY would kill you if they found that your specie lives here. He's toruk makto."

With my last sentence, her eyebrows raise. "Shit. You're Jake Sully's son?"

I was not shocked that she knows my father so I nod. "Yes. And you don't want to experience his wrath."

But she didn't seem to hear what I said. Suddenly, she laughed. Laugh that sounds amused and challenged. "I can't believe it. I kidnapped his son. But I don't get it. You don't look like him. You look... stupid."

I rolled my eyes and try to maintain my temper. "I'm not stupid." I whispered doing my best not to oppose her insult. "I'm a warrior like him. And once I get out from here, you wouldn't like it."

She laughed. "Warrior? Yea. You almost got killed by a wild animal in a 2 second battle."

I gritted my teeth in annoyance and in embarrassment. "It was a surprised attack and I have no weapon."

"You expect your enemy to schedule a fight for you to prepare?"

I was taken aback by her statement. I was speechless.

When she noticed that I wasn't able to answer back, she a sky people's cloth with long sleeves and put it on her. "I don't care who your parents are. You're staying here where I know you wouldn't spill about my place." she said walking away.

"Wait, where are you going? Let me out of here! What am I supposed to do here? You can't use me for anything."

She laughed as if it was the dumbest thing she have ever heard. "I know that fact. And I'm still thinking what to do with you. Probably starve you to death? I don't know and I don't care. Plus, I'm not actually really fond of 9ft tall blue cats so who knows?" she said as she wore her black mask then opened the door and walked outside.

"Hey! Hey!" I shouted trying to call her but she never returned.

Cats?? What's that?