Shells | Lo'ak Sully

Part 17 - Out for Blood

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Ni'teya had little information going into this. All she knew was that Lo'ak had been taken, not knowing where but knowing by who. Quaritch had him somewhere on the ship, probably tied up like the rest of them were.

So, in order to get Lo'ak back she had to go through Quaritch, too.

The truth was, Ni'teya had known what she was going to have to do long before. In fact, the day back at the forest where she'd made her escape from the Sky-People, she'd noticed something interesting. She had noticed Quaritch's face when he saw Neytiri's arrows. She could see his fear, his terror and fright, it was all there, plain. She could sense his uncomfortable and frightened aura, realizing that he was scared of something other than the arrows. No, he wasn't scared. He was petrified of Neytiri.

So, if Ni'teya was going to effect him at all, she had to become his greatest fear.

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She was circling the boat's exterior, popping up every now and again to check for a way in. The light was dying out, eclipse nearing, allowing Ni'teya to be invisible to the Sky-People on the ship. She circled around to where she'd freed Kiri, Tsireya and Tuk, discovering many more guards out on the deck, obviously trying to avoid another incident as such. Security around the entire perimeter had been doubled, actually; Making Ni'teya's challenge of finding a quiet way in almost impossible.

Ni'teya was clinging onto that almost, feeling confident that there had to be something, anything, anywhere that would give her an idea of what to do.

Eclipse arrived, Ni'teya still not having found a way in, getting bored of waiting. The more bored she got of looking at that ship, the more she wanted to rip it apart. However, there was an upside to that fact. The more Ni'teya thought about ripping the ship apart, the less cautious she became of it. It was clear to her that she wasn't going to find a way in anytime soon, so she'd just have to make one.

Her face hardened as she concentrated, mapping her route inside. She took out two small thorns from her satchel, one for each guard that was standing in an entryway; The entryway which had the least amount of guards and the one which looked too isolated for any of the others to hear noises coming from it.

Climbing out of the water, Ni'teya chose to attack side-on as they were both looking straight ahead of them, hiding herself behind a large pole before beginning. She put one thorn in each hand, breathing in deeply before leaving her hidden position, darting the first thorn through the closest Sky-Person's protective-glass helmet, smashing it, going directly into their eye, waiting for the next one to come into view so that she could repeat. As the first guard fell, the other guard's helmet showed itself, allowing Ni'teya to shoot the second thorn into this one's head this time, causing a domino effect.

After checking for reinforcements, which never appeared, Ni'teya went to collect the two thorns from the faces of her victims, deciding they could come in useful again later. She headed through the entryway, sneaking up the wall and dangling from the huge pipes that lined the entire ship. She crept around with stealth, checking room by room for Lo'ak, who was nowhere to be seen. Ni'teya knew however that they wouldn't kill him, they'd use him instead, meaning he was definitely somewhere.

After a few more rooms had been checked, Ni'teya carried herself back through the way she'd came, stumbling upon a group of both Na'vi and Sky-People, walking around below her, making her have to climb on top of the pipes instead of beneath them. They were talking about something, Ni'teya not being able to hear exactly what they were saying, however that was necessary. She'd already recognized one of the Na'vi to be Quaritch, and knowing he was the one who took Lo'ak, she thought why not follow him in hopes that he'd lead her straight to him thoughtlessly.