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

| Chapter 18 |

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Italics: (Na'vi language, Metkayina sign language, and Jake's inner thoughts)

A/N: Okay I apologize in advance, just saying-
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Everything turned into mayhem before they knew it. Payakan was still splayed on the main deck of the SeaDragon while all soldiers shot at him from every direction. Although, even if that was the case, because of Payakan's plated skin, none of the bullets penetrated his skin. The Tulkun roared and lifted his sentient tail, and broke a small platform above him with soldiers shooting at him. The men were sent flying and the platform bridge broke completely.

Meanwhile, Scoresby was already commanding the ship to move at an angle where the hunter could shoot the Tulkun with the harpoon. "Switching rounds! Let's go! Go! Go!" Scsoresby yelled out as the boat rounded a corner, turning to be right in front of Payakan. The Tulkun roared, opening his mouth, giving Scoresby the perfect opportunity to shoot.

"Get in there! Go! Go Go!" Scoresby yelled out, feeling the boat turn at a perfect angle, and the hunter took this as his chance to release the harpoon. The anchor was launched while Payakan still had his mouth open, but the Tulkun was smart enough to close his jaw and turned his head to use his hardened skull to deflect the shot. The harpoon instead shot right toward one of the inner structures of the ship, damaging it completely with an explosion.

As men continued to fire at Payakan, the Tulkun roared victoriously and felt like he had done his job. Payakan began to inch himself closer to the edge and eventually submerged himself back into the water. On his way down the ship, Payakan's tail hovered dangerously over the soldiers. "Down!" Lyle yelled, telling everyone to lie down or they'd be crushed. On his way down, the Tulkun's tail managed to break a crane that was on the edge of the ship.

Watching this happen, Scoresby was absolutely speechless at what the Tulkun just did. He stayed in place with his eyes wide. "Bloody hell," The man exclaimed with shock. Garvin was in absolute awe. This is the type of behavior he had been wanting to study on Tulkuns for ages, and he finally got to see it in person with his own eyes, right in front of him.

Jake, Tonowari, Ronal, and the rest of the Metkayina warriors were approaching the ship on their Skimwings, crying out war calls that showed just how determined they were. Jake had his gun raised high in the air, while Tonowari and Ronal had their spears raised high. Scoresby was watching the army of Metkayina approach, so he gave out immediate orders.

"Open fire! Open fire!" Scoresby yelled, and the soldiers manning the rifles began to quickly and relentlessly shoot bullets at the incoming warriors. The machine gun sent bullets at lightning speed, but before the ammunition could reach the group, Jake, Tonowari, Ronal, and the others all had their Skimwings tuck their wings to their sides and dived into the water in a torpedo shape. Quaritch snarled at the strategic attempt of trying to avoid the barrage of gunfire shot at them.

"Sully's inbound! I want eyes on him!" Quaritch yelled out, walking last to Lo'ak, Tuk, and Tsireya who were still cuffed to the railing. The kids watched Quaritch walk away, waiting for the perfect opportunity to try and set each other free. Lyle turned to the other Avatar soldiers to relay orders. "Come on! Saddle up!" He yelled out as the Avatars began to all get on their own Ikrans, including Quaritch as well.

After the soldiers on the Ikrans took flight, a helicopter appeared from behind the ship and through the clouds, beginning to shoot from above at the warriors below the water. Fortunately, the water stopped the bullet's speed so none of them were able to do any real damage to the Metkayina below the surface.

You wanted to do your part, and you wouldn't stop fighting until your children were safe. You rode on Aio from above, diving down through the clouds with unmeasurable speed as you hook your feet on the holsters of your saddle, stood up, aimed your arrow, released it, and let it strike right through the windshield of the helicopter, which consequently instantly killed the man since it shot right in his chest.
You yipped victoriously and smiled, flying away on Aio from the impact as the helicopter veered to the side and crashed on a rock, exploding right behind you. It was quite an impressive sight for anyone who was watching.