Bound to you (Neteyam x reader)

Chapter 2 - The Raid

War. A salty taste lingering in the air. Dark clouds hovering above my head. Looking up, I could no longer make out the beauty of my surroundings. I was bound to feel and see the end. The end of nature, the end of peace, the end of life as I knew it. Beads of sweat were forming on my brow, muscles aching due to the metal I was lying on. Everything was blurry. I tried to recognize my surroundings, to no avail. My ears were ringing. Even though I could feel my eyes widening, my vision remained blurry. Foggy strokes of various shades or orange and grey painting the background, I tried to scream but only a whimper came out, throat burning. I brought my hands in the line of my eyesight, I could distinguish the faint blue shape of my fingers, however as I tried to bring them to my face, I could not feel anything, neither my hands nor my face. Every single part of my body was numb. Tears scattered my face, cheeks and neck completely wet. I started sobbing.

"Y/N !"

"What's happening to her?"

The voices seemed so close but so far away, muffled by the non-existent cotton in my ears. My eyes flew open. A loud gasp escaping my lips. I could make out faint shapes of blue in front of my face.

"Mo'at, what happened?"

I felt soft hands touching my forehead, and then caressing my hair. The air on my face was hot and sticky but my whole body felt cold. I fully gained back consciousness with a light sob.

"Hey hey, baby you're alright." As I heard my mother's soft voice, I started sobbing harder. I didn't know why, but it relieved the pain from my nightmare, the weight on my chest. The feelings were releasing themselves in the form of salty tears falling freely from my eyes.

"You were asleep y/n. We tried to wake you up, but you were not reacting at all. What did you see?" I tried to answer Mo'at but as I started reminiscing the feeling of what happened came back in a rush and the weight on my chest only grew.

"Maybe it's best if we let her rest for a moment." Answered my mother for me.

It's been a few hours now. Cheeks still wet, I was able to regulate my breathing and calm myself down. Not a sound was heard in the pod. The air was thick, and the light noises from outside were concealed by my thoughts.

"I saw the end, mom." I started, feeling my waterline fill with tears once again. My mom turned around from the small space where she was preparing food. "I saw the war, everything was burning, everything hurt." Not a sound. Everything was absorbed by the silence. My mom did not react. She only looked at me with a pained expression, not moving.

"I'm scared" I continued, voice breaking and hands shaking. I curled on my side, bringing my knees to my stomach. I do not know if I spoke more for myself or for my mother. But I know that I cried because of the war, because of the fear of losing people I knew and cared about, because of the destruction of everything around me, even though it was only a dream, or a nightmare more so.

Upon hearing those words, my mother directly abandoned her task at hand to come and wrap her hands around my body, soothing words being whispered in my ear.

"It's only a dream, baby. Don't worry, everything will be alright."

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The nightmare was pushed on the back of my mind. It never left but I tried not to think too much of it. I needed to have my head straight today, Jake organised the raid of a maglev train which was one of the most important supply lines for the RDA. I was set to be on the air team as a spotter along with Lo'ak and Neteyam.

" Please be careful y/n"

"Always am, and I'll be with Lo'ak and Neteyam, I'll be alright." I reassured my mother with a slight smile. I gave her a hug and promptly made my way to the meeting point in High Camp. Everyone was energetic, running around, getting ready, sharpening knives and finishing touching up their arrows.