ʙᴀʀʀɪᴄᴀᴅᴇꜱ: ᴠᴏʟ. 2 | Jake Sully X Reader (Book 2)

| Chapter 4 |

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Italics: (Metkayina sign language, and Jake's inner thoughts)
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After a long time of traveling in aircraft towards a region in Pandora, that's close to the forest, Quaritch and the rest of the Avatar soldiers arrived at Bridgehead City. It was a fortified base that was built shortly after a few acres of forest were demolished by the Sky People and it left a big empty space.

Bridgehead City is a larger RDA HQ compared to the organization's previous base, Hell's Gate, back at the forest. Prior to the Battle of the Hallelujah Mountains, the RDA's operations headquarters were corporate-run with a security presence, like Parker Selfridge, However, now under the leadership of General Ardmore, there is little division between what is military, civilian, and corporate RDA.

Inside the ship, Quaritch was dead silent with a menacing and angry look in his eyes as he breathed in the air from the masks he and his comrades were wearing. All he had in his mind was how he would destroy Jake and you, nothing more. He was looking for revenge, and he would do anything to get what he wants.

Upon entering and flying over the base, the giant aircraft hovered and began to descend to the runway where other ships were located. The space itself was filled with construction, machinery, and equipment that was brought by humans from Earth. Small hovercrafts were flying around, supervising everything.

When reaching the runway, the ship where Quaritch was started to descend, and when it finally landed and its wheels touched the ground, the group started to prepare to leave the aircraft. When they were ready, the back ramp of the ship opened, and all soldiers, including Quaritch and a few humans who were assisting, walked out with their air masks on. The moment they stepped outside, the soldiers were met with loud yelling and racket from the entire base. It was sure a busy place.

"Go! Go! Go! Inside the terminal!" A sergeant in charge of overseeing the arrival of Quaritch and his group yelled, but the Colonel was completely unphased and kept walking. "Masks off," Lyle said when he saw Quaritch stop walking to remove his air mask, letting out a soft hiss. The Colonel breathed in the air, and then exhaled, continuing to walk forward.

Shortly after, Quaritch and his group of soldiers were being escorted through the base to meet with the General of the division. She would be the one in charge of helping with Quaritch's plan to get rid of you and Jake. It became harder to find him as the years went by, so the Colonel decided it was time he took things to an entirely new level.

As Quaritch walked along the base, following the lead of a human soldier, he was gazing at the weaponry that was being stored or created. There were even more Ampsuits here and many of the same artifacts the RDA had back when Jake had first arrived.

Eventually, the soldier leading them brought the Avatar crew to a woman who was wearing a robotic suit that mimicked her movements. She was using that suit to train against a punching bag as Quaritch arrived at the scene. "Colonel. It's the General," The soldier said to Quaritch, and he nodded, turning to the woman who was still relentlessly hitting the punching bag.

She eventually stopped and noticed Quaritch's presence, not turning to look at him just yet. The Avatar walked up to the woman in the robotic suit and as he saluted. She turned to face the Colonel, exhaling a bit. "General Ardmore," Quatitch said sternly, waiting to be greeted by the woman. They were both still of high rank, but respect went a long way.

"Nice to meet you, Colonel. I hear good things" General Ardmore said, extending out her robotic hand over to shake his hand. "But, a lot has changed since your last tour here. Walk with me," She started, turning around to start heading the other way. Quaritch turned his head to look at his group and gestured with his head to follow, which they did.