𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐀, ᵃʳⁱᵉˡ!ʳᵉᵃᵈᵉʳ ˣ ⁿᵉᵗᵉʸᵃᵐ

ᶜʰᵃᵖᵗᵉʳ ᵉⁱᵍʰᵗ: 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝.

A strong pain in + my memories
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"What do we have here" a taller na'vi, who must be the boss, arrived at the scene, Ariel and the others were arrested by the soldiers from behind.

He analyzed them until he stopped at Spider, looked in seconds before his partner spoke:

Colonel look!" He showed Ariel's body, also showing her hands, Ariel squirmed uncomfortably and barked softly at the movement "She's half-breed, or should I say legendary, she's also a very different color than the na'vis here, and by the way, her big hair" He kicked Ariel's tail forward, showing her mermaid tail to all of them, she hissed in pain and Kiri restrained herself from attacking them "And some kind of unknown na'vi"

"This one too" A soldier held a crying na'vi child, Tuk was also crying but very scared of the boy, he was being held by his hair "he also has scales and very beautiful skin"

The colonel approached Ariel and Flounder, looking at their hair and faces, saw Ariel's black eyes and Flounder's blue, making him frown, then shifted his gaze to Lo'ak.

"Show me your hands" He ordered.

Lo'ak looked at him and raised his hands, but curiously, one finger in the middle.

"You're his, aren't you?" The Colonel chuckled earning a snarl from Lo'ak.

He grabbed Lo'ak's hair and forced him to his feet, the teen grunting in pain, but still keeping his eyes on the adult.

"Where is he"

Lo'ak whispered "Sorry I don't speak English, with idiots"

The colonel snapped "Where is your father" pulled Lo'ak's hair, making him cry out in pain.

Ariel cried as she tried to go to him to help, which forced the soldier to pull more of her hair.

"You really want to play like that, don't you" The Colonel grabbed a knife, Kiri and the others started screaming for the adult to stop, this made Ariel panic,

Ariel bit the soldier's arm and tried to run to them, but then the soldier took it and did something more brutal to all the na'vi in the world.

He saw Ariel's hair begin to glow in line with his emotions, a braid that glowed brighter at the end, he grabbed his knife as well, attracted the attention of the other na'vi, Kiri was terrified.

Ariel felt the pain of her life, a pain she thought she would pass at that moment, her brain shutting down and just buzzing in her ears, her body stopped and Flounder started to scream crying for her, but the woman who was holding him, squeezed him by the hair, he fell silent.

Kiri screamed, but was silenced by the soldier tugging on her braid.

Ariel's braid was ripped in half.

The soldier took the braid and gave it to the colonel, the braid sparkled with the hand of each prisoner, it sparkled with the blood they saw in gold, this interested the colonel.

"Her hair still shines, maybe if we took her blood, it would change to another one, as well as the scales" The soldier pointed through the scales that were trembling nervously with what had happened.

Kiri was crying and barking at Ariel, Tuk and Flounder were whimpering with worry, Lo'ak tried to wake her up with his barking at Ariel, and Spider tried to quickly free himself, but failing, they were just as worried about Ariel as they were about themselves. they were about themselves. they were about themselves. they were about themselves.

Ariel was passed out, but even unconscious she felt a lot of pain from head to body, just ringing in her ears, hearing nothing.

"PLEASE DON'T HURT HER! LEAVE HER ALONE!" Spider caught the colonel's attention, gave a braid to the soldier beside him, put the braid in a vial so that the golden blood would not flow.

"What's your name, kid?"

Spider took a deep breath "Spider, Socorro.."

The colonel bent down to him, rushing for the soldier to release him, he was speechless.

"Miles?" he says indignantly.

"No one has ever called me that" Spider spat.

"I thought they sent you to earth"

"They don't put babies in cryo, idiot"

The Colonel glared at him before getting up and putting the knife in his pocket.

"What are we going to do, Colonel?" The soldier asked holding Spider.

"Iron skies, blue 1, leader, we're waiting for the change"

"For knowledge: we caught valuable prisoners and a special legitimate species, which can be worth even a lot of money"

The leader waved to the soldiers and they threw people to the ground, pinning them down and telling them to shut up, Flounder tried to call Ariel but always got a snarl from the soldier who was tying him up.

Ariel still hasn't regained consciousness.

Came the eclipse, came the rain, the younger sullys waiting for their parents to rescue them while being blessed by armed na'vis, Ariel was half awake but still very dizzy.

Everyone was waiting for their country, but it seemed that Kiri, Tuk and Lo'ak knew they were there, he looked at Spider, who shook his head slowly and sighed heavily.

Kiri started to pray in Na'vi, being interrupted by the soldier who pulled her hard, but she continued, until the soldier pulled her braid once more, an arrow hit her head, drew everyone's attention and they started shooting.

Lo'ak freed himself and released the poisonous oxygens from the pockets they kept in the soldiers' vests, he bit the arm of the na'vi that held him and freed himself, Tuk also did the same thing, freed himself and joined Flounder and followed Behind Lo'ak, the boy walked over to Ariel, still facing her body, scooped her up in his arms, and run.

Spider who tried to follow Kiri was hit by the bomb below, causing a jolt and he fell onto the rocks below, rolling until he landed on the bottom.

Kiri tried to get down, but her mother arrived and grabbed her, forcing her to run away without him.

"C'mon C'mon!" Lo'ak called the children back, holding Ariel tightly in his arms, but then her father and older brother appeared.

"Calm down! It's us! We're all good, are you okay?" Jake asked as he analyzed each one, Neteyam walked over to Lo'ak who was carrying Ariel, his younger brother handing her over.

"Ariel!" He tried to wake her up, Ariel was just with her eyes half closed, looking at Neteyam, he hugged her, relieved and crying softly to be with her again.

Flounder was crying while hugging Tuk, he tried to calm down but his heart was pounding, also clinging to Tuk with a lot of fear around him.

Neytiri and Kiri arrived, Neytiri took the children and hugged them tightly, thanking Eywa that they were fine, Kiri went to her father and hugged Lo'ak together.

"They took Dad, they took Spider!" Kiri was crying on her father's shoulder, Jake was stroking her head to calm her down.

As they calmed down, Flounder broke free to look at Neteyam who was holding Ariel's body "They cut it"

Jake looked at Flounder and crouched down "What boy?"

Flounder's tears rolled "They cut Ariel's braid" Jake widened his eyes and looked at Neytiri, she had her hand over her mouth, going to Neteyam who was crying softly.

"Oh my Eywa, Ariel…" Neytiri grabbed her face, it was so cold and looking very tired.

"We need to go back home, let's treat her quickly! Let's go" He ordered the others to go ahead, he went to Neteyam "Son give me her-"

"NO! No, let me take her, please" Neteyam pleaded with his father, who sighed and nodded.

"I'm sorry I wasn't in that moment with you, Ariel"

Publication on 6.14.23