Still Breathing

Chapter 5. Enemy

"I wake up to the sounds of the silence that allows." ~ Imagine Dragons

Erica heard ringing in her ears as she was waking up. "Erica, can you hear me?" The voice was echoing in her ears as she saw a bright light in her eyes. She felt a slight twitching coming from the sides of her heads as she heard the sounds of snapping.

"How are you feeling?" One of the doctors asked as Erica sat up and looked around the room. She reached out in front of her and thats when she saw her giant blue hands.

"I'm feeling great." She spoke with a chuckle as she felt the twitching at the sides of her head again. When she reached up to figure out what it was, she felt the soft pointy ears at the sides of her head.

The ears, they felt even cooler than Erica imagined them to. As she was fascinated by her ears, she felt something wrap around her shoulder. When Erica looked down, she laughed when she saw her tail.

The Doctors around the Avatar also began to laugh as they continued to test her responses and reflexes. "You seem like you're having a good time." Erica turned to see Sierra walking into the room with a bag.

"Wanna try standing up?" Erica nodded at the Doctors question as she turned to place her feet on the ground, slowly reaching her full height. At that moment, Erica realized just how small humans were compared to Na'vi. Although it felt weird, she couldn't help but feel that this was the form she was always meant to take.

Sierra handed Erica the bag as she instructed the Doctors to unhook Erica from the machines she was hooked up to. She lead Erica towards I giant private room, motioning for her to step inside.

"There's clothes in that bag. Hurry up and get dressed, the Colonels waiting for us." She winked at Erica before closing the door. Erica let out a sigh as she opened the bag. Inside was a giant pair of khaki short and a cammo shirt that matched with the military style that the rest of the blue team would be wearing.

As she threw on the shirt and shorts and looked at herself in the mirror, she couldn't help but feel that it didn't look right.

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Erica and Sierra walked through the home base for the humans. It was huge and she couldn't believe that they'd been able to do this in only a year. Erica noticed Quaritch standing alongside a women with a robotic body as she slowly approached him.

When the Colonel turned to face Erica, his eyes widened for a moment as he looked her over. There was something so familiar about her, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Erica noticed this and she felt herself starting to panic. Trying to keep her composure, she took a deep breath as she got closer to Quaritch. She tried her hardest to bring out the cocky personality she developed as she walked towards him with a smirk, arms out to the side as she shouted at him. "Watcha think, Colonel?"

His face was still focused on her face as he studied it. She looked so familiar to something or someone, and it was driving him insane. Quaritch shook off the feeling, clearing his throat as he returned the smirk. "Look at you! You look just like a military girl!"

Quaritch handed Erica a green vest once she was arms distance from him. Erica happily took the vest, throwing it over her shirt and zipping it up. A women behind the Colonel cleared her throat, gaining the attention of the two Avatars.

"Right sorry. Erica this is General Ardmore. General, this is Erica Lambton." Quaritch introduced the two females to each other, gesturing between the two of them. Ardmore reached her robotic arm out to Erica's who brought her hand to the Generals.