Part 26: Payakan

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The next morning you woke up before Neteyam and left the room. You saw Kiri, Jake and Neytiri.

Ingo - Good morning!

J and N - Good morning.

Kiri - Morning.

You sit down next to Kiri.

Kiri - Ingo, do you want to go swimming after breakfast?

Ingo - Sure.

You 2 had breakfast and left for the beach.
About 30 minutes after you left Neteyam, Lo'ak and Tuk woke up and went to Neytiri and Jake.

N, L and T - Good morning.

Neytiri - Morning.

Neteyam - Mom, have you seen Ingo? When I woke up she wasn't in bed.

Neytiri - Yes. She left with Kiri.

Neteyam - Ok.

Neytiri - Come and have breakfast.

After they had breakfast they went swimming with Tsireya and Rotxo. (You didn't see them) After swimming for about 2 hours, you 2 were tired, so you went to the beach for a break. Kiri is lying in the water and just chilling, and you are lying on the sand. You fell asleep and didn't see Ao'nung and his friends (without Rotxo) picking on Kiri, in the water. While she is going to you, they continue to annoy her and the noises woke you up. They surround her, so she couldn't leave, and started taking her tail and hands. You sat up, saw them and got angry. You stand up, walk to them and push Ao'nung away from her. It was a little too hard so he fell on his butt.

Ingo - Leave her alone!

He stood up.

Ao'nung - Here's another freak. And this one has brought a lot of shame to herself and Toruk Makto. Even to her own brother.

You look at him so mad and put your hand on your stomach.

Ingo - Never call me or my friend freaks again, understand? And this is not a shame. It's a blessing.

Ao'nung - Whatever you say freak. (His friends went behind him and laughed)

You are getting soo angry and Kiri saw it. She put her hand on your shoulder.

Kiri - Ingo, leave them. They are not worthy.

You 2 turn around and start to leave. Then Ao'nung said something.

Ao'nung - On Neteyam's place, I would have left you already. This is so embarrassing.

You had enough.

Ingo - That's it!

You turned around, walked up to him and punched him 3 times. It was so hard that he fell to the ground and his nose started bleeding. He stood up, hiss at you, run toward you and pushed you. Kiri came to you and helped you up.

Kiri - You skxawng! She's pregnant.

Ao'nung - This bitch started it! She punched me and now my nose is bleeding!

Ingo - If you ask me, it wasn't enough.

At this moment Lo'ak, Rotxo, Tsireya, Cairo, Tuk and Neteyam just got out of the water and walked to the beach. Still in the water, laughing, become Lo'ak was telling them a joke, he heard from Jake, they saw Ao'nung pushing you and you falling on the ground. When Neteyam saw this he got mad and run toward you.

Ingo - I don't understand something. Why are you treating us like garbage, but you are best friends with my brother?

He just looks at you and before he could say something Neteyam walked up to him and pushed him away from you.

Neteyam - (angry) Why did you push her?!

I and K - Neteyam?

Cairo shouted from behind you.

Cairo - Ingo! Kiri!

You 2 turn around and see everyone running toward you.

Cairo - Are you both ok?

Kiri - Yes we are.

Ingo - But he (Points at Ao'nung) will die if he calls you freaks again.

Neteyam - Are you talking about my brother and sisters?

Kiri - Yes.

Neteyam and Lo'ak looked raging mad, so you decided to intervene before things escalate.

Ingo - Ok, we are leaving before someone does something stupid.

You all entered the water, called your ilus and swam to the end of the reef, where you sat on some rocks and started talking.

Ingo - Lo'ak, yesterday you said, you are gonna explain what happened to you.

Lo'ak - Yes.

Neteyam - So, tell us what happened?

Lo'ak - When Ao'nung left me in the ocean, I was attracted by a very big, predatory fish. I couldn't escape it, so I hid in some corals. It found me and tried to break them. I came out on the other side of them. I tried to reach the surface because I couldn't hold my breath anymore, but I passed out. When I woke up I was lying on an animal. It was the one you told us about once. They are your spirit animals.

Tsireya - A tulkun?

Lo'ak - Yes. This one.

Tsireya and Rotxo looked at each other confused.

Tsireya - Bu the tulkuns haven't returned yet.

Rotxo - And they never travel alone.

Lo'ak - This one has a missing wing.

T and R - Payakan.

Ingo - You know him?

Tsireya - Lo'ak, he's an outcast. He has killed sky people and na'vi. Not here, but in the north. You are lucky you are alive.

Lo'ak - No. He saved my life! He's my friend.

Rotxo - Lo'ak you shouldn't go to him. He's dangerous.

Lo'ak - No, he's not!

Ingo - If he saved his life maybe you don't know everything about him.

Tuk - If it wasn't for him our brother would have been dead.

Neteyam got up and stood behind Lo'ak. He put his hands on his shoulders.

Neteyam - My little brother. The warrior who came face-to-face with the killer tulkun. (He laughed)

Lo'ak hiss and got up.

Lo'ak - If you don't believe me, fine!

He called his ilu and left. Tuk turns to you.

Tuk - But I believe him!

Ingo - Me too, Tuk.

You look mad at Neteyam.

Ingo - And you call yourself a big brother.

Neteyam - My love...

Ingo - Let's go Tuk. Let's cheer you brother up.

You call your ilu and before Neteyam could say anything, you and Tuk got on your ilu and left.

Neteyam - (he sighed) Oh Eywa...

Rotxo - Bro, you are in trouble. (He laughed a little)

Neteyam - (sarcastic) Thanks! I didn't know.

Tsireya - You know, my father says: never make a pregnant woman mad.

Neteyam - Yeah. I'll remember it.

Kiri- Let's go home they'll be back soon.

Neteyam - Ok.

Kiri - Cairo? Do you wanna stay with us for dinner?

Cairo - Sure. Thanks for inviting me.

Neteyam - You are always welcome.

They left...

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