Revenant 18+

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The Colonel was stood in front of you, his wide shoulders blocking your view of the two smaller men ahead with masks strapped to their faces, one with his chest puffed and arms crossed.

You tried to ignore the goosebumps that arose on your skin every time the tuff of fur on his tail brushed against the side of your thighs.

'I'm over it!' You bit your lip to hide your smile as the angry man's strange accent reached your ears, despite your face being hidden. 'I've got quotas to meet.'

'You wanna hunt? Let's hunt.'

You furrowed your eyebrows at the Colonel's low and ominous tone, your eyes bouncing over to Spider who had the same expression as you.

When your gazes met, he simply shrugged before turning back to the railing he was leaned over, clearly deciding this wasn't a fight he wanted.

'What? Here?! Not here, there's too many villages-'

'No, no!' A new voice cut in sharply, passionate even.

You saw the Colonel shoulders stiffen, his head tilting just enough to acknowledge the interruption. Carefully, you leaned to peek around his slim waist, eyes landing on the man outwardly defying him.

'Respectfully sir..' You watched the man swallow hard in regret, nervous under the Colonel's rigid attention.

'Uhm, you don't understand the distinct bonds between the Tulkun and the ocean Na'vi, it'll.. it'll be like murdering a member of their family!'

Your stomach plummeted when his words registered.

They were going to hunt the Tulkun.

'Colonel! You can't!' Your voice tore out of you, fist clenching tight when he didn't even turn to look at you, dismissing you entirely as if you were nothing more than background noise.

Your breathing turned shallow, panic clawing its way up your chest as every pair of eyes swung to look at you - all except for the one that mattered most.

'Colonel!' You tried again, lifting your bound hands and knocking them into his back.

Still, he didn't budge.

A noise of pure frustration ripped from you as your ears flattened, lips pulling back into a deathly snarl.

'See my point?' The man with the accent from before spoke up again, 'We start hunting here, the hostiles will come after us.'

You hissed, fury burning hot beneath your skin and a horrible state of hopelessness creeping in close behind as you continued to try and cut in.

Your pleas only fell on deaf ears, dissolving into nothing.

'Exactly, one hostile in particular.'

Your claws dug painfully into your palms as the Colonel's voice rang out, your gaze boring into the back of his head - into him.

'If you hunt them, my people will kill you!'

You wanted him to look at you, to see the pure rage tearing through your system, to feel the weight of what he was about to do.

You needed it.

To you, nothing could ever justify this level of destruction. Nothing could excuse the heartbreak he was preparing to unleash.

'Lyle, take her inside.'

Your chest constricted, watching as the blue soldier near Spider turned to you, his face blank as he walked over to you.