Aonung x Reader (enemies to lovers)

- Resurrection -

I have never been on a Tulkun before, it felt a lot different from a small Ilu. I could telling from looking at Loak that Payakan made him happy, and that made me happy. I sit close to Kiri, resting my head on her shoulder as we wait to arrive at the boat.

"Payakan says we must swim to the boat now and get our family off of it, He will take it from there" Loak explains.

"What does that mean?" Kiri asks.

"He won't tell me, we don't have time let's go" Loak stands up immediately and grabs a knife he grabbed off of the Ship.

"I'm going to kill Quaritch!" I hiss.

"No! You'll risk getting killed! Payakan will handle him. Trust me, I want to too" Loak mumbles.

"Fine"

Kiri and I join him, diving in the water and heading towards the Boat, Payakan swam deeper until almost invisible. I'd never been out this far, and the thought of disobeying Mom again scared me. But I had to do this, for Neteyam. I look back and see Tuk being cradled by Tsireya, who was crying. Even Aonung shed a tear. 

I looked ahead of me, the Boat was close now. I could hear Mom and Dad fighting machines above us. All three of us creep onto the Boat and around a corner. I peek over and wait until Spider makes eye contact with me. Once he does, I gesture him to come to us and he does.

"You guys gotta get out of here!" Spider grunts, "They won't even let me go, I have to return before someone notices".

"No Spider, we have a plan. Stay with us" Kiri begs.

"What plan?" Spider asks.

Kiri pulls him aside to give a brief explanation. I look back and see Loak trying to get a hold of our parents. He manages to get Dads attention and quickly informs him on what to do. Dad scolds him for following after them but nods. Loak runs back to us. 

"Are you trying to get yourself killed?" I asked.

"Don't worry Y/N, Dad will bring Mom with him. They are going to leave with us" Loak says.

"How will we get Mom off?" I question.

"If Dad has to drag her, he will" Loak assumes.

"Are we ready?" Kiri wonders.

"Wait-" Spider remembers "I need to grab an oxogen tank If i'm going to live with you guys".

We all nod, deciding to wait a minute. We are hiding behind a wall, invisible to everyone else. But not for long, someone was going to find us if we didn't leave. We sit there, still waiting for Spider as a few more minutes pass by.

"Where the hell is he?" I hiss.

"Give him time!" Kiri groans.

"We are running out of time! Mom and Dad are about to jump off soon" Loak grunts loudly.

We continue to stay, only when Mom and Dad jump off do I panic. We had to go, now. 

"I'm going and you two are coming with me. Spider knows his way out" Loak decides.

"We can't leave him here! What about Payakan, he'll die!" Kiri chokes.

"Kiri.. We don't have a choice, we must jump!" I respond.

By now we had to pull Kiri off of the boat, we could only trust that Spider could escape in time. I look back one last time to see Quaritch isn't there, only a small pool of his blood. And more dead bodies around it. Once we make contact with the water Kiri swims away with us, tears in her eyes. We reunite with everyone on the rock and wait for Payakan to do what he promised Loak.

"He isn't out yet.." Kiri cries, Mom pulls her into an embrace.

I look at the Boat, to scared to face my older Brother who would still be laying on the rock.

Everyone gasps loudly at what we see. Payakan had shot from the ocean and flopped onto the Boat, water sprayed everywhere around him. The Boat doesn't break, but more humans run in every direction, some getting slapped by the Tulkuns tail and flying into the ocean.

Payakan wiggles his way off the Boat and slips under the water, only for a tracker to be shot at him. It stabs into his back, I hear a loud wail coming from the creature, but it dives underwater and swims away with force. A minute later the Boat shoots in his direction, Payakan was pulling the Boat. We all sat in silence watching what was happening in the distance.

I cover my mouth as I see the Boat heading directly for a large rock. I herd faint sounds of screaming and people jumping off the sides. The Boat finally came in contact with the rock, it made a loud crashing sound, my eyes widened. Soon after the same Boat lights up in flames. Kiri starts crying more, convinced Spider is dead.

I turn my head and hear a few cheers from the ocean Na'vi back on the Island. It was finally over. We all take a breath of relief until we glance back at Neteyam, who hadn't moved an inch.

"We can take him to my Mother, she will perform a ritual to try and bring him back" Tsireya explains.

"It's only ever worked for our ancestors but we will give it our all" Tsireya continues.

I smile, my family grabs Neteyam gently and lays him on an Ilu, Dad brings him to the Island carefully. We all follow behind, It felt so good to return to the Island, safe. The flames had gone out, leaving charred Maruis, but it was nothing we couldn't work together to repair. 

By now the sun had come up.

 Ronal runs up to us as soon as we touch the docks.

"Mother he is not breathing, we must perform the ritual" Tsireya says.

"We will try" She replies. 

People from every angle rush over and lift Neteyam from the water, they take him away. Ronal runs after them. They had no time to lose.

I hop out of the water along with the rest of my Family. We follow the group of Na'vi carrying Neteyam, desperate to see what they will do.

Can they bring him back to life?

keep reading to find out 🫢 I know some of you were sad about Neteyam so I tried to finish this chapter sooner than usual <3

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