Wolf and Cat

Instincts

Eclipse had set in. While waiting for it to get dark the colonel was busy with Lyle watching the dashcam footage from the amp suit, the recoms were still holding onto the children in captive. Nick was sitting down in the bushes, still in sight by the recoms.

The darkness made the forest light up with its bioluminescence, even the avatars lit up, white bright dots covered there faces like a constellation. Nick was barely visible in the dark with his dark brown fur, it still tinted of grey so that made him blend in more. Now standing the recoms held onto the kids and we're watching for any movement, they knew they'd come, but when?.

Resting on the ground, Nick could see in the dark but not as well as the Na'vi, so naturally he was put on edge, relying on his hearing and instincts to protect the crew. Lycans are extremely loyal and protective creatures, even through he didn't like some of the recoms, in this moment they were all his, and it would be his mission to protect them, but would they listen to him? He didn't know.

"Watch our six" Quaritch muttered.
Nick could only hear the silence of the forest, Viperwolves howling and barking in the distances, bugs chittering and other animal noises that were familiar. Any time someone spoke, which was rare, Nick would hear it all.

Sitting up against a tree staying hidden, there was a sudden sound in the air, "yùH... "yùH.."
this sound hadn't been heard before, the recoms didn't react to it. The wolf sat up and looked at the children's faces, there ears twitched and there eyes slowly looked around, they looked at each other, and very slightly the older Na'vi boy nodded to another kid. A thundering drum rum in Nick's chest, almost like a war drum it was heavy and loud to his chest, they were in danger. Keeping himself hidden Nick looked around, he looked at Zhang who held the older Na'vi girl, she was muttering her prays to ewya, and Zhang had repeatedly told her to shut up while tugging at her hair. Looking at Zhang Nick's chest thudded, there was a sudden shift in the environment, The wolfs ears rung and his ears lowered, without thinking he leaped up and ran to Zhang, running over in such speed he was hunched down running on his arms and legs, trying to catch as much speed as possible. Standing up in front of Zhang Nick held up his arm and caught an arrow in the speed of light. Zhang took a moment to register that Nick was suddenly in front of him holding an arrow that would of hit his head. "With me!" Yelled quaritch, he ran to Nick and Zhang, pushing the human boy behind him. Immediately Quaritch opened fire in the direction the arrow came from, Nick dropped the arrow and pushed Zhang with the Na'vi girl to the side. He watched the forest looking for any movement while the recoms were shooting. During the open fire, The Na'vi activated the smoke bombs on the recoms front vest, they than bit  the recoms arms in order to get free, once let go they ran into the forest. This was a bad situation now not having bait or protection, Nick twitched his ears and looked over at everyone, fike had run off following the shooter, Nick sniffed out and tried to find him.
Standing behind a tree Quaritch looked at the arrow on the ground, reloading his gun. "That you misses Sully? I recognise your calling card" referring to the yellow and black feathers on the arrow, same ones that were pierced into the skeleton. "Demon! I will kill you as many times as I have to" a female Na'vi called out.

Nick looked around for Fike, and he found him aiming his gun at the Na'vi woman, what he didn't notice was a different Na'vi boy aiming his bow behind at him. Nick let out a loud growling bark.

The sound was obviously unheard of and a shock to everyone who heard it, Nick never barked, in fact he'd curse you out if you ever mentioned that about him regarding his species. The Na'vi boy turned his head in shock, accidentally he swerved and shot the bow, luckily it hit a tree, staring at the boy Nick saw a much larger Na'vi with dreads push the boy out of view and they both disappeared.
Fike turned around and ducked near a log, "what the hell?!"
"I saved your fucking life! Shut up and stick with the group" Nick's tone was deep and serious, Fikes ears lowered at the sudden change of tone in his friend.
"Get to the group dammit"
As fike stood up there was shooting from the forest and not from the crew, it was aimed at them. Nick pushed Fike to move along and they ran back to the group.
Running back to the group it was a warzone. Walker laid dead with an arrow in her chest, the recoms were shooting into the forest.
There was a aching scream from another recom off in the forest, someone who wandered off, like fike. Nick looked around. Quaritch, Ja, Zdog, Fike, Zhang, Lyle, prager, we're accounted for, but four other recoms were unknown and including Walker, dead. "Stop your fucken shooting! Your not gunna hit anything it's thick forest-" before Nick could finish he quickly turned around, his heartbeat drumming since it first started, his ears prickled down. An arrow shot towards Nick flying straight to his heart, He grabbed it at intense speed with one hand, looking at the arrow then where it came from, he locked eyes with a Na'vi woman in the distance. Fike still stood beside him, looking in the same direction he opened fire. The Na'vi woman ran and disappeared to the forest. "She's running" yelled Nick. Quaritch followed to where the Na'vi were last seen, he loaded his gun with death charges and shot them where he figured they were. Quaritch and Lyle ran off towards the Na'vi running, everyone else tried following while shooting and firing death charges.

A sting of shock touched Nick's chest and into his head, the prey was running, and they tried hurting his pack. The wolf lowered himself down and began shifting the positions of his bones, crackling and churning his skin shaped with the bones and moved along with them, groaning followed the crackling of the bones as this was an excruciating shift, Nick hadn't done  this since earth. Standing up in his primitive wolf form he began running after the sound, he could hear screaming after the death charges were shot, that's where he'd go. Quickly running up a large log covered in moss and wet dripping rain, he saw three Na'vi, the woman, the older girl, and the human boy. Without thinking Nick ran over as fast he could, growling from his snarling lips. Suddenly a death charge exploded right as Nick was close to the enemy. The human boy fell off the log and the wolf's light weight caused him to fall forward and bump into the Older Na'vi girl.

They both fell down the log and down a hill, opposite to that hill the human fell down, all of them meeting a hard painful fall.
The girl groaned and tried keeping herself up by her arms, now laying on the ground. The wolf rolled over to get a grip, not noticing the girl was lying halfway on him. She realised what she was trying to grab to lean herself up was fur, she shrieked and sat herself back. The wolf turned his head, but instead of a growl or snarl, he looked her in the eyes, there was a feeling to them, almost a desire or strong pull, it felt like instinct, but it was extremely intriguing to him. The Na'vi stared back in a huff of fear, but slowly she calmed down, there eyes didn't move off each other. Slowly the wolf lowered and laid himself down in front of her, showing obedience and submission, he lowered his head to her to show he was no threat. Nick couldn't think, there was no upper rank telling him what to do and everything in his body and instinct was telling him to obey the pull her eyes did to him. The girl lowered her head back and gently put her hand on his head, she slowly patted him. They both kept there eyes on each other.

On the other side of the hill, the human boy laid covered in dirt and blood, he hit his head and was in pain, he didn't move. Quaritch walked over and leaned over him, assessing the situation. A voice over his comms coming from the General. "Everyone fall back now!"
Quaritch turned his head to the crew while picking up the boy and hanging him across his shoulders. "Fall back!" And they turned towards the ship.

Nicks comms and clothes had come off when he shifted, or that would have obstructed the shift. The Na'vi woman ran over to them both, she hissed and drew her bow aiming it at the wolf. The girl shielded the wolf with her body, "mother no!". They spoke back and fourth Na'vi with each other, Nick wasn't paying attention. He moved his head and began licking the girls arm as it was stretched in front of his face. "He's safe mother please"
The woman drew back her bow looking at the creature, tail wagging as he licked her daughter with no bad intent. She had never seen this creature before, it had no queue, it would have to be alien she figured.

A large male Na'vi ran up to them, along came the small girl, and the two Na'vi boys. Nick kept his eyes away from them, only looking at kiri, his head was more clear and he didn't trust himself to look at the other Na'vi without bearing his teeth, he needed to look friendly, incapable of harm if he was to be aloud to live. The Na'vi hugged each other and muttered there prayers to ewya. Nick wasn't paying attention. The ships bright lights and loud noises disappeared, Nick was now left here. The male with the dreads looked at the wolf, his facial expression was full of shock.