Calm Before The Storm, Jake Sully

019, Sweet Moment.

♯┆calm before the storm  .ᐟ
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It was a sweet moment that didn't last long. The loud crash of crumbling trees and grass creasing beneath something heavy woke Denahi from her slumber. Her eyes dilated to adjust to the sudden sun, limbs sore from her activities that night. But, she couldn't revel in the feeling as she watched a huge, demon machine coming her way.

"No, no!" A sense of doubt filled her chest. Although she was sore and in pain, Denahi was quick to squat down to Jake's unconscious body on the ground. "Jake! Ma'Jake! Wake up!" Tears began to stream down her face because she knew his human form hadn't returned to his Avatar.

And when she turned around, the Tree of Voices began to become destroyed. Flattened to the ground under that machine. "Wake up, please, Ma'Jake!" She tried to pull him.

The weight of his Avatar was too heavy. Her shaking hands pushed at him again. "Come back to me, Jake..." And that he did. Jake's eyes snapped open. What he wanted was a beautiful sight next to the blissful Denahi. But instead, he got caught by her sobbing.

Instant protection kicked in all over his body as his hands stroked her back, "What is it? What's wrong?" That was when Jake heard it. The chaotic commotion behind them.

"Oh, shit!" Jake exclaimed before standing to his stable feet. He pushed Denahi out of the way, afraid of her being hurt. "Go. You have to get out of here," Jake warned her, she nodded her head and moved from the scene.

But, she couldn't leave him. She hid behind a tree and watched Jake climb atop the machine. Banging on it and shouting for them to stop the destruction. Nothing good can last too long for her.

The humans had to ruin everything. Her family, her mating and now her home. "Jake!" She shouted to catch his attention. Jake found a rock and smashed it against the camera, leaving the machine blind.

He climbed down the machine, looking through the trees to find his mate. "Denahi?" He called out to her, Denahi revealed from behind a tree, Jake running to her instantly.

His arms wrapped around her waist as she clung onto him, sobbing. He spun their bodies so she couldn't see all the destruction. Cursing to himself because of it.

This was her home. And he did this to her.

"Hey, hey. It's okay. It'll be okay," Jake comforted her, stroking his hand through her soft hair. "Our ancestors... My parents," Denahi cried more before her knees buckled.

Before she could even land on the ground, Jake held her up. Keeping her strong. But, after what she had said, Jake realised that the Tree of Voices is where she could spend her memories with her parents once again.

And he had destroyed them.

"I'm sorry, baby, so sorry," He repeated multiple times. He wanted to do anything to help her. He hated seeing her like this. Tears continued to roll down her cheeks, nose becoming blocked as she struggled to capture her breath. Her heart breaking.

And this would be the last time.