HEAR ME. - neteyam

XII

"Dad! Dad help!" Lo'ak yelled once they reached land. Jake ran as fast as he could to the na'vi teens.

Naluáh coughed leaning back into neteyam.
His whispered words of endearment not helping the stretching pain in her Chest.

"Hurry!" Tsireya cried.
"Here! Take her!" Neteyam cried pushing her body towards Jake.

"She hurt!" Lo'ak yelled.
"No duh" Naluáh tried to ease the situation.
"Watch her head!" Neteyam hissed Turning to lo'ak.

The five pulled the girl up onto the rocks as she coughed and withered in pain.
Naluáh gasped shallowly when the cold rock met her back.

"It's okay Lou, I've got you" neteyam whispered.

Spider grabbed hold of his flashlight, flashing it against Naluáhs back when Jake lifted her up.
"Oh no" Jake gasped, he then grabbed neteyams hand from Naluáhs wrist, placing it on her open wound.
"Put pressure" he continued.

"Oh god" her chest heaved, she felt neteyams cold tears as they met her chest.
"What happened" neytiri cried rushing over to huddled group.

"Looks like I got to meet your parents after all, huh teyam?" She tried laughing, it coming out more as a choking noise.
"Bows not the time to joke" neteyam scolded, tears still flowing.

"I want to go home—too Khalo" Naluáh finally realized what was too happened. She was going to bleed out—die.

She was facing her biggest fear. And she was making neteyam face his aswell.
Another choked out sob left neteyams throat as he placed his forehead against Naluáhs.

"It's okay—it's okay" neteyam tried to comfort her. "Neteyam—neteyam I—" Naluáhs eyes dilated, her final breathe leaving her chest like a baby taking its first steps.

Slow. Long. Gut clenching.

Neteyam felt his whole world calapse in that moment. He watched the girl he had fell in love with—leave him. He was facing his biggest fear. Being alone.

"Naluáh? Naluáh, please open your eyes" he cried. The rest watched as the boy cried for the girl.
Neytiri raised a hand to her mouth before she was pushed away by a small figure.

"Lou Lou? Lou get up" Khalo screamed shaking the girls body.
"Lou I won't pull your tail anymore—I promise, please just wake up. I'll be good, I swear" Khalo cried as his body was pulled away from his frail sisters body.

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Neteyam followed spider and Jake back into the ship. A pained look still raised along his face.

Tsireya stayed behind with Khalo and his father. Mourning the loss of Naluáh.

The three rose slowly from the ships opening, eyeing each avatar and sky person.
"Go" Jake whispered. Neteyam following his que, leaving spider behind.

"Where are they?" Neteyam hissed, the feeling of betrayal entering his eyes when he looked at spider.

"The middle deck. Where they launch the subs." Spider gulped looking away from neteyam and to Jake.
"There's like a pool in the center" he shrugged.

"Stay here" neteyam and Jake said in unison to spider.
"The girl didn't have to die. She brought that on herself" quaritch said. Neteyams ears twitching as the words were spoke.

Neteyams eyes grew hard as he stared down where quaritch had took his sisters captive.
"Let's get this over with before, you, lose a kid." Quaritch laughed.

Neteyam grabbed the grenade that was on jakes belt before pulling the safety pin and throwing it, Jake grabbing his arm, pulling his away.

"Get down!" The men yelled.
Jake and neteyam took this as there que too strike the men.

Neteyam didn't fight for his father, or his brother or even his sisters. He fought for Naluáh in hope that she would watch him and know that she didn't die—atleast not to him.
She was still living—in him.

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