The wolf of awa'atlu

Chapter 11

~ Ni'awtu's nightmare~
All that could be heard were loud shouts and yelling as ni'awtu rode the thanator through the forest behind her were the sky people soldiers that had been protecting a nearby testing facility they were currently experimenting on young na'vi children they had captured while scouting the forest this was ni'awtu's first search and rescue mission was what Jake called it her role distract the enemy while Naymir rescued the children but ni'awtu didn't just want to distract them she wanted revenge they owed her a debt one that would be paid in blood and a hundred times worse as she continued to race through the forest she then took a hard right turn ahead she could see the large over growth of helicoradian and just a few inches away she stopped the large beast and detached their bonds then taking of into the trees above the patch the trap was already set she had learned about the attack from a friendly na'vi that had been Traveling across pandora mostly the forest and larger land areas not including the islands as the soldiers approached the plants they stopped looking from side to side the one that had seemed to be the leader pushed a slightly less bigger Man towards them he was obviously the weaker one as the man began walking towards the plants ni'awtu slowly creeped from branch to branch positioning herself to be just in the middle of the flowers but still in a spot where she could see the soldiers slowly walk through the plants as every time they touched one it seemed to disappear they got closer and closer to where she was and soon enough they were right below her the moment they all stepped on the rather hollow ground almost all fell through all but the leader and the one who lead the rest now right now was her chance she leapt down from the branches with a soft thud and the rest of the plants disappearing " there she is get her" yelled the leader with a panicked action and shaking hands the weaker of the two grabbed his gun and pointed it at her but with a swift motion and a whipping of her tail both guns were tossed to the side " how dare you first you people take my brother to that place and then you dare lay a hand on him" she roared that was another reason why this was so important to her they had captured her younger brother sezu while he was playing/watching over tuk but they had wandered into a area already being searched by the sky people sezu had risked his life to get tuk out of danger and in turn had been captured and brought to the awful place ni'awtu was angry beyond even eywas imagination and now was her chance for revenge she let out a hiss and lunged at the leader knocking him over and punching him repeatedly he struggled under her as he tried taking grasp of her legs to flip her over engulfed in rage with one of her enemies in her hands she paid no mind to the other a mistake as he jumped on her back and began choking her she stopped her assault and got up attempting to shake him off but to no avail then she took her tail and wrapped it around him tightly and pulled though her spikes weren't in attack position the pressure and roughness of her tail pulling on his torso was painful enough to cause him to release her tightening her grip on him she flung him into a nearby tree she didn't look back to see if he was dead or knocked out all she knew was that he was hurt badly and wouldn't be up anytime soon hopefully not at all she turned her attention to the other he had regained some sense enough to take her on enough to be smart and take out his army knife but she was ready grabbing the dagger on her side and flaring out her tail she was more than ready for a fight they both slowly circled each other neither wanting to make the first move but ni'awtu couldn't care at this point mind already a prisoner of rage and bloodlust so she took the first move she lunged forward knife in hand not to stab but to swipe he had quickly jumped back clearly not all together as a slow red line appeared on his cheek ni'awtu persisted she swung her tail at his side he had tried backing out of the way but her tail was already very long and she was still very close to him the swing though applied with much force had caused a large bruise on his side and with the weight of her tail being flung at a fast speed had sent him flying straight into a tree all that could be heard over the forest were two loud cracking sounds two of his ribs were broken and he could feel one sticking his lung as he breathed he needed to do something and fast as he picked himself up on his arms he noticed the guns that had been tossed aside as he heard ni'awtu approaching probably to finish him off he didn't hesitate to grab one and be still waiting for her to be barely a few inches from him and as he heard the crunching of a branch he swiftly turned around and pulled the trigger but it wasn't ni'awtu he shot it was Naymir whose body then in what seemed like slow motion began to fall what followed after was an ear piercing scream from ni'awtu and the dying last breath of the soldier " what did you do why oh eywa why h-how could you- naymir why" ni'awtu pleaded as she cradled Naymir to her chest she knew why  she would always know why it was because he loved her and he would have done anything if  it meant she was protected even though she didn't need it I guess this time she needed it as ni'awtu continued to cry slowly the voices that would accompany the nightmare cursing her and telling her that she should've been the one to die that Naymir would've been alive had she followed instructions or better yet had taken care of the asshole quicker and with that slowly all around her faded to black
              ~ end of nightmare~
Ni'awtu jolted upwards cold sweat sticking to her skin as her breath came out in short ragged puffs tuk laid beside her they had played all day and had taken a short nap before the dinner well it was supposed to be short tuk started to stir on her side but the smaller girl only turned over and scooted closer to the older one it was tuks habit to cuddle and though the island was hot ni'awtu's warmth was always a comfortable factor for tuk ni'awtu used her tail to grab the blanket and pull it over the smaller figure then stood walking to the little opening that led directly to the water she gussed they were ment to use it as an entrance when they got used to the way of the water but for now she stared at the glowing fish and bioluminescent marine plant life that calmly went about their life as she hid half her face behind her knees soon enough she heard footsteps and then Jake walked in making instant eye contact as nini was still on high alert after her nightmare he instantly knew something was wrong yes they were in a different environment one ni'awtu had no experience being in but never would she be this sensitive to protect something well more like someone as she looked away he awkwardly but carefully walked towards her " so then tell me what that was all about I mean I know we're not exactly in your comfort zone but I'm sure you wouldn't need to be that tense" he said taking a seat right next to the girl nini wasn't one to talk about her troubles more like the type to solve it her self or bottle it up but well this wasn't really easy to bottle up and she definitely wasn't gonna be able to just solve it so she explained what happened she hadn't needed much detail about the story just about how she felt and the voices but all Jake did was sit and listen and already she felt a bit better enough to feel less on edge " I see if I'm being honest you just feel guilty you knew there was a better choice one where Naymir would still live and in a sense you blame yourself for Naymir's death and feel guilty about letting a loved one die protecting you " Jake explained to her what he said sounded right how many times did she overreact or get overprotective of the sully's and her family after what happened she just wouldn't be able to live with herself if she let another person she loved get hurt or worse die for her so as she mulled over the thoughts racing through her head there was only one she could focus on at the moment " Jake do I really have to go to dinner I'm not really hungry and I'm sure no one will even know I'm gone" she pleaded with Jake ni'awtu was actually planning on looking for a little cave or a hole under a tree to use as a nursery/training area for the little thanator which was currently with nyx at first she was worried that nyx would attack or even kill the small thing but the moment she truly let them meet with no intervention from her did she realize nyx actually saw the small creature as her own child and decided that the little thing and it's huge counterpart would be fine together but once she looked at Jake she knew there was no getting out of the damned dinner I mean sure it was a great way to all bond but since they landed they were met with nothing more than hatred and hostility which in her opinion was the worst kind of first impression as the two became silent watching the sea the rest of the sully's came bustling in lo'ak and neteyam were pushing and shoving each other playfully they had gone to explore what little forest the island had kiri had been off somewhere from the slightly damp look of her top and bottom in the water was what she assumed and neytiri was back from somewhere she was already off somewhere when she and tuk started playing neytiri did say where she was going but ni'awtu was to busy to truly pay attention a mistake in her mind she should've kept track of where neytiri went though she was a grown woman ni'awtu wanted to protect her too
With everyone at the house just before dinner like Jake wanted ni'awtu woke tuk up so that they Could get the unpleasant evening out of the way as they all approached the area that was already well lit by the torches and round tables one for each family most were already there but since they were essentially not so welcomed yet important "guests" so we were granted the chance to share a table with you guessed it the chief and his family I begged neytiri and Jake to just stay in the marui and for them to just bring me some food later but to no luck I dragged my feet on our way to them " sully's and ni'awtu I'm glad you're here I half expected for you to stay in from the long journey " tonowari happily exclaimed though compared to him and his daughter his wife and son whom didn't seem all to delighted with our presence but still Jake gave us the look that said play nice oh please like we needed a reminder as we all sat down tonowari motions over to somewhere then many women of the tribe started to bring food to all the tables now I'm not one to judge others choices in food but it a little hard to eat when the food is starring back at you " is there a problem ni'awtu ?" Came tonowari's voice I honestly didn't want to voice my problem with watching my food watch me but judging from fish faces smirk the look I gave to the poor thing was visible " no I'm fine but since you're asking do you always keep the head on the fish." I asked I was just curious though we do keep fish heads in my clan we usually give it to or sisters and brother counter parts or if it's a celebration we give it to the elders since it's believed that it helps their insights but never eat it ourselves " yes we do it has plenty of meat and the eyes are very tasty why you scared of it nini" Aonung answered for his father sliding the cursed thing closer to me I couldn't keep a straight face when he did so my face formed one of discomfort however the small ouch and cursing of Aonung was a pleasure to my ears after " if you would like we can remove it if you are uncomfortable with it" came tsireya's  sweet voice after giving her brother a proper slap to his head " no it's fine I'm just not used to it being eaten commonly among the tribe" I replied at this her eyes lit up obviously interested in the different customs of my tribe " then tell us what is it that you would do in yours" came ronal's booming voice I wonder if the child in her stomach felt that " well it would be considered part of the feed for our beasts or if was a special time our elders would eat them to receive blessings" I answered turning to receive my leaf plate neytiri had already made for me " I can understand giving it to the beasts for feeding but why is it that the elders only eat it for blessings" ronal asked looking puzzled to why only they ate the head i didn't want to go into to many details about our clan so I simply replied that they were special connections to eywa the rest of the dinner was a bore the adults were talking about training and what jobs neytiri and Jake were to do around the island while us teen plus tuk were talking amongst ourselves well mainly tsireya talking while Aonung was sulking pushing his food around and taking bites here and there All in all a boring night after the dinner we headed back to the marui but I didn't want to go back without checking up on nyx and solace so I told a small lie saying I was going to take a walk and left into the forest