The family waited around anxiously until eclipse had ended, quickly making their way back to where they first met the men earlier, but when they arrived...there was a third man with them. "Who is that?" Vialo growled.
"Don't worry. He's on our side." Chris replied softly.
"Your side?" Vialo continued.
"Yes, we don't want to hurt the natives on this planet. We want to help save the Na'vi, but it's hard when the majority are against you." Chris admitted.
"What is na...your...what is your name?" Vialo questioned the third man.
"Umm my name is Matthew, Matthew Reed but you can just call me Matt." He replied awkwardly.
"Matt, why are you always so awkward?" Nick groaned.
"Shut up, I am not!" Matt barked.
"Can you two not fight right now?" Chris pleaded with the two men, who just nodded in response. "So...where should we talk?" Chris asked.
"Here." Vialo replied quickly.
"Here?" Chris stated nervously.
"Why? Is this place not to your liking?" Vialo questioned in annoyance.
"No! Not at all!" Chris awkwardly chuckled. "It's just, we may be heard here." He confessed. "Could we move a little further into the forest?" Chris asked.
Vialo looked at her sister who allowed Vialo to bring them to a cave, deeper into the forest. "Okay. Speak." Vialo ordered. Chris nodded and quickly began his explanation. The three men went on for what felt like an eternity, explaining everything they were sent to Pandora to do. How there were others like them...not many but others nonetheless that were against the mistreatment of the native Na'vi people. Chris went into deep detail on how they were in Na'vi bodies called avatars, and Nick tried his best to help translate things Vialo couldn't.
"That's why we are here." Chris exclaimed. "That's everything." Chris finished reading Vialo's facial expressions.
"You said that the avatar bodies are controlled back at that base by human's?" Vialo asked from pure curiosity.
"Yes, that is how they are controlled normally." Chris agreed.
"Is that the case for the three of you?" Vialo pried.
"Umm well...it was." Chris stated awkwardly. "That volcano eruption...we were there." Chris admitted.
"What do you mean?" Vialo questioned.
"We were working there that day." Nick chimed it. "Our job is to test the surrounding areas and make sure there are no pockets of magma hidden under the ground's surface, we have machines that we use to figure all of that out." Nick added.
"The demons." Vialo hissed.
"Is that what your people called them?" Matt exclaimed with a soft smile. "Because if it is, you wouldn't be too far off." He joked nervously and surprisingly Vialo laughed with him for a moment as she translated it for her family.
Chris smirked watching Vialo and her family let down their guard a little. "Yes, but on that day, we saw a significant change in the levels." Chris continued. "So we went to our...Olo'eykte, but she ignored us." Chris hissed. "She said we were being dramatic, and continued the excavation." Chris paused, rubbing his hands over his face trying to stay calm.
"Vialo." Tatal exclaimed, gaining the groups attention.
"Yes?" Vialo replied in confusion.
"Txo tìpuslltxe lu sraw ngaru tsakrr oel ke kin futa ngal plltxe teri tsaw." Tatal exclaimed softly.
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Avatar: The Return of The Songbirds
Science FictionLooking back on the past holds nothing but pain and heartache for me and my family now. We were once a part of the beautiful Tìk'nui clan, but my people were better known as the songbird clan. We were neighbors to all and to no one at the same time...
