Avatar the Way of Water (My Version)

Return of the Tulkun

Ronal waved some special smoky palm leaves over their noses. Lo'ak and Sylwa's heads slowly rose up. "Take it easy," ushered Kiri, already awake helping Sylwa whilst Neytiri tended to Lo'ak.

"My head hurts," moaned the boy twin.

"Quite complaining," criticised Neteyam, earning a glare from their mother. "What?"

"How long were we asleep?" Sylwa rubbed her eyes.

"17 hours?" Tuk answered nervously.

"Seventeen?!" they breathed, horrified as ever.

"But you're okay now," assured their mother. Tuk hugged Sylwa and then Lo'ak. "Easy Tuk. Give them space. Thank you," she said to Ronal who nodded and walked off. The twins were surprised. Months ago, when they arrived, she didn't like them. Or Kiri. And yet she had helped them. Before they could say a 'thank you' to her, she disappeared out of the tent.

Jake turned his head to the sky outside. It was mid-afternoon and Max and Norm were outside, sending him remorseful faces. He knew what he had to say to them. "Guys..." he addressed the woken-up twins and Kiri. "There's...no easy way to tell you three this but...none of you can connect to the Spirit tree again,"

They were flabbergasted. "What?" Kiri breathed in tears. It meant she'd never be about to converse with her biological mother again.

"It's too dangerous for either of you,"

"But dad..." Sylwa tried to argue.

"I'm not taking any chances again. Kiri, you could have died underwater from that seizure. And you two could have drowned. Again,"

"But we didn't," Lo'ak argued. "Our friends were there,"

"And if they weren't?" he didn't want to raise his voice but already he was becoming irritated by his youngest son's disagreement and tone of voice. "It's for your own good. I'm sorry you three. But none of you make that connection again. I don't want either of you risking yourselves in danger like that,"

The three were distraught and much to Jake's dejection, they stormed out of the hut, leaving him to sigh sadly. Neytiri placed a hand on his shoulder, facially telling him that it had to be done. The trio walked to the sea cliff and sat down with their legs over their cliff edge, sighing and watching the sun in the distance, reflecting on everything they had been through. "I'll never be able to speak to my birth mother again," cried Kiri.

Sylwa shuffled over and hugged her tightly. "One day you will," she hoped.

"What was she like?" asked Lo'ak curiously.

"She was so sweet and gentle. I saw her in both her avatar form and her human form. I thought...talking to her would give me answers,"

"To what?" asked Sylwa.

"Like...why am I different from you and everyone else? What does the Great Mother want from me?" Kiri wiped her nose. "I asked her who my birth father was. But...total loss,"

"Kiri, you're part of our family no matter what," said Lo'ak kindly. He and his twin gave Kiri and big group hug and she felt warm and safe in their arms as before. A while later they heard footsteps and they turned to see their siblings with the chief and general's children joining them.

"You guys doing okay?" asked Roxto.

They nodded. "Apart from the fact that we can't connect to the tree again," lamented Lo'ak angrily, pulling his knees up. "And Sylwa and I didn't even suffer a seizure,"

"You two still could have drowned as well," Neteyam said seriously.

"He only wants you three to be safe," comforted Tsireya.