Calm Before The Storm, Jake Sully

034, Have To Go.

This conversation should've never happened.

Tears dropped down Denahi's face.

Her heart had fell into her feet.

"This thing— this Quaritch. Whatever he is! He can walk right in there.. He can walk right under Eywa's nose!" Jake explained.

Denahi was struggling to process the information.

She had killed him.

Took pleasure in watching him die.

He was gone, no longer their threat.

This man they watched fall to the ground, dead, was now back.

Stronger than ever.

"Jake, please! We cannot leave," Denahi begged, watching Jake come closer to her.

Denahi had more here than Jake did.

"This is our home. This is where my parents are buried.. Kata! We cannot leave. I will not leave," Denahi continued to speak.

Jake's ears dropped at that.

He noticed the way she began to fidgit.

Fingers playing with the other hands nails.

She was nervous— scared of the future.

"He's hunting us. He's targeting our family," Jake curtly responded.

Denahi looked up at him.

He wasn't targeting them.

"He isn't targeting us, he is hunting you. And, I will not allow that but we cannot leave the forest, Ma'Jake! It is all I have— all we have," Denahi said.

Jake looked down to the ground.

He knew what.

But, hearing it come from Denahi's mouth was confirming everything he didn't want to believe.

It is his fault.

"He had our children— he had them under his knife!" Jake said, playing the action.

Leaving here would be leaving everything.

The memories of Mukata, and her parents.

Their voices.

Would she be able to connect and see them again, in another place?

They were buried here.

In her home.

"I am afraid I will never see them again..." Denahi whispered.

Her ears had fell to the ground, so did her eyes.

Sadness contorting her expression.

Jake placed his palm onto her shoulder, the other landing on her stomach.

Reminding her of their new family member.

If Quaritch knew she was pregnant, Denahi would become the main subject to lure Jake in.

And, he'd follow— Jake would do anything to protect her, and his child.

"Look, I got nothing. I got no plan. But, I can protect this family, that I can do," Jake shouted.

Denahi nodded her head.

She understood.

She didn't want to understand, but she did.

"I know one thing. Wherever we go, this family is our fortress," He added on.

"Ma'Jake..." The defeat in her voice was loud.

Jake pressed his lips to her head before quickly hugging her flesh.

She sighed into his chest.

Allowing his comfort to consume her.

"Momma?" Malhua's little voice could be heard.

Malhua watched as Denahi had been crying, instant worry washing over her.

"I am okay, little one. I am okay," Denahi repeated before Jake picked Malhua up to their level, allowing her to join their hug.