Falling for the Olo'eykte

✧Chapter 12: Sky people

Azura's POV

I was sleeping peacefully on Neteyam's chest when all of a sudden I felt someone shaking me slightly to wake me up. "Azura" I heard Neteyam whisper into my ear, "Wake up" he continued while stroking my hair. I was so comfortable cuddling him that I didn't want to move. "Come on lor syulang" Neteyam insisted with a desperate tone, "We have to leave".

Rubbing my eyes I slowly opened them as I lifted my head from Neteyam's chest, "What happened?" I asked him still half asleep. "Let's go" he said nervously while he sat pulling my body with his, making me sit down too. Confused by his behaviour I wondered what was making him act this way. "Neteyam" I whispered his name to make him look at me. "Why are you so desperate? We have all day to return home" I  tried to calm him down but he shushed me "Listen".

All of a sudden I heard the roar of helicopter propellers become stronger as time passed. Realising what was happening,  I understood Neteyam's concerns. "Sky people" I said in a low voice as I looked up at the sky to observe the large metal machine that caused the leaves on the trees to move violently. Turning to face Neteyam I saw how he stared worriedly at me, "Where do we go?" he asked.

Deep in thought, I remembered a place where we could hide from them. "Come on, follow me" I instructed him as I stoop up and walked towards the edge of the waterfall. I took Neteyam's hand in mine to pull him towards the back of the waterfall where a small cave was hidden. It was the perfect place to hide from the humans, the water would hide us from their sight while the sound of it colliding with the lake would allow us to not be heard.

What were they doing so close to my clan's territories? I wondered. If they were this close now it wouldn't take them too long to find the Kelutral. The thought of my people being in danger made a shiver run down my back. I needed to get out of here as fast as I can to warn them. The fact of not being there to protect them and my brother made my worries worsen.

Once we were inside we heard people coming close to where we were laying not long ago. Suddenly the voices of the humans filled my ears, "They've been here colonel" one of them said out loud. Through the water, we could see the figures of four avatars inspecting the area in search of any sign that could lead them towards us. They were wearing human clothes as they carried assault rifles with them.

Facing Neteyam I began to whisper so we wouldn't be heard, "How do they know we have been here?". "They must have been tacking us" he replied while he thoroughly watched every movement of the sky people. "We have to get out of here soon Neteyam. We can't let them reach the Kelutral, if they do they won't hesitate to hurt your family or my people. I will not allow that"

Sensing my concern Neteyam reached out for my arms and began to caress them slowly. "We won't let that happen. I promise that as long as I am here nothing will harm your people". His words calmed me down, but I couldn't stop thinking about how dangerous these humans were. They had already hurt my people once, if it happened again I wasn't sure that they would recover from it.

"Sully!" we both heard a deep voice shout, "I know you are here. Come out of your hiding place and let's talk man to man". Seeing that Neteyam didn't play along, the man decided to push him farther. "Or would you rather I talk with your youngest sister?" he asked teasingly to irritate the male beside me. It seem it had worked since Neteyam's face changed completely into an angry expression.

"Stupid Quaritch" he mumbled disgusted, looking down at me he said "Doesn't matter what you hear, don't you dare move from here". He moved in order to get out of the cave, but before that could happen I held his arm to stop him. "There are four armed avatars out there and you are just one. Besides you are armless, if you go out they will kill you" I told him while resting my hand on his cheek.