Losing Game ~ Lo'ak Sully

.+Chapter Twelve+.

    "Drop the weapon," One of the avatars tells him. "Put it down." He hissed at him and hold his ground. Tuk and I are still trapped under the net as an avatar charged at him.
     "Lo'ak!" I scream out as he swings his dagger at the avatar to which he just pins him to the ground and takes the knife out of his hand.
    "Stay down," he says. The avatars finally open the net and Tuk and I hold out our daggers at them.
    "Put the weapon down," one of the men say as I swing it at him. He quickly stops me, taking my knife away. I look over and Tuk yells as her knife is forced out of her hand by force.
    "Don't hurt her!" I yell at the woman and bare my fangs, hissing at her.
    "Hey! Hey, what are you doing? Stop!" I look over to see Spider running at us. "Stop don't hurt them." He gets held back by the Sky People.
    "Spider!" Lo'ak yells as avatars pin him to the ground.
    "Bro, you okay?" Spider asks.
    "Yeah. Great, cuz. Never better," Lo'ak responds as his face is pushed on the ground.
    "Reya?" Spider looks over to me. I just give him a nod to let him know that I'm not hurt. I see Quaritch get off of his ikran.
    "Get back to the bridge," He tells Spider and the Sky People rush him off. "Keep him there!"
    "I'm going, I'm going!" Spider tells them as he shoves them off.
    "Yeah," Quaritch says looking over at Lo'ak. He just hisses at him. "I remember you. Cuff 'em to the rail. All of em." He points over to the rail at the ships edge. One of the avatars drags me off of my feet and over to the rail, forcing me down on my knees.
    He binds me to the rail and they others are put into the same position.
    "Be brave," Lo'ak tells Tuk. I look over to him and move my bind over slightly to latch onto his hand. He gives me a reassuring smile, but I can see the worried look in his eyes that he's trying to hide.
    "Hey, I remember you too, pretty girl," Quaritch says to me and I glare at him. "You lied to me. You said that you weren't Sully's kid. If you weren't his you would be here, now would you?"
    "I didn't lie. I'm not his," I hiss. "I'm his." I nod over to Lo'ak.
    "Oh, I see," he responds with a smirk. "You got yourself a little boyfriend." Lo'ak hisses at him.
    "Husband actually," Lo'ak corrects the avatar, but before he can respond we hear yips and howls in the distance and look over to see the Metkayina clan, along with Neytiri and Jake headed for us.
    "Na'vi in bound," One of the avatars says warning the others around him. "Spread out. Weapons up"
    "Dad!" Tuk exclaims, a smile forming on her face. I look over to Lo'ak with a smile and he smiles back. The animals and their riders stop in the water a good distance away, waiting for the right time to attack.
    "It's Sully," an avatar says and Quaritch quickly takes Lo'ak's comms. "300 yards."
    "Jake, tell your friends to stand down," Quaritch demands. "You want your kids back, you come out alone. You know better that to test my resolve." He picks up a gun and hold it to the back of Lo'ak's head. I gasp.
    "Lo'ak! No!" I yell out at Quaritch, before another avatar points a gun at my head.
    "Shut up!" she yells at me, pressing the gun harder on my head. I see Lo'ak tense as I wince and glare at the woman.
    "I took you under my wing, Jake," he continues. "You betrayed me. You killed your own. Good men. Good women. I will not hesitate to execute your kid and his little woman over there. "Offer's fixin' to expire. What's it gonna be?"
    I see Jake put his gun to the side and start to slowly ride out towards the ship.
    "Easy shot," one of the male avatars says holding up his gun. Quaritch puts his gun down.
    "You hit him now, they attack," he responds. "Wait til he's on board." Lo'ak growls at the man, but before Jake can get to the ship Payakan emerges from the water, jumping above the ship and landing on the deck. The Sky People start shooting at him but all of their shots are deflected by the tulkuns thick armor. We see Jake and the clan headed for the ship on their skimwings ready to attack. Payakan dive back into the water after making sure his work is done.
    "Sully's inbound," Quaritch warns everyone. "I want eyes on!" The avatars quickly rush off to their places. We see the fight commence in front of us only being able to watch until the ship jolts forward and starts to move at full speed. Spider. The ship continues to glide on top of the water until we fly up into the air as it hits a rock and comes back down.
    We hit the ground hard and Lo'ak looks over to me and Tuk making sure we're okay. I nod at him and he nods back letting me know he's okay. The ship stops and I look up to see the turbines on fire. We try to break free of our cuffs, but it's no use. They aren't budging. We see Neteyam jump up on the ship and we all smile, knowing we've been saved.
    "Neteyam!" Tuk yells relieved.
    "Hey baby brother," he says as he cuts me loose. "Need some help?" I rub my wrists as he moves over to Tuk.
    "Shut up," Lo'ak responds. "Come on. Get us loose." Neteyam cuts Tuk's binds.
    "Tuk, go," he tells the girl. "Get to safety." Tuk runs and jumps off the ship, diving into the water and out of harms way.
    "Bro, hurry up!" Lo'ak complains and Neteyam moves over to him.
    "Who's the Mighty Warrior," Neteyam teases and I giggle a little bit seeing Lo'ak's face. "Come on. Say it."
    "Bro!" Lo'ak couldn't help but laugh.
    "Come on. Let's go," Neteyam says to the both of us and we start to walk off. We look back to see Lo'ak walking the other way.
    "Lo'ak!" I yell at him before he crouches down and grabs a gun from one of the deceased avatars.
    "They've got Spider," he reminds me. "We've gotta get him. Leyreya you go and get to safety. I'm not taking no for an answer."
     "Well, you better be because I'm coming anyways," I hiss at him for even suggesting the fact I leave him behind.
    "Fine, let's go." he groans. I grab another gun before Neteyam reluctantly follows with a groan. We run into the ship before climbing into the rafters, waiting for the perfect moment to ambush the Sky People. We see them pass, holding Spider by the arm and forcing him to go with them. We quickly jump down and push them away from him. I shoot one of them with my gun and he falls to the ground. I look over to see the rest of the guys already out due to Neteyam, Lo'ak, and Spider. They missed one and he grabs his gun, point it at Lo'ak. But Lo'ak beats him to it, shooting him first.
    "Bro, come on," Spider says.
    "Let's go," I tell Lo'ak and Neteyam waves at us to follow him. We do so until Sky People spot us and start to shoot.
    "Go!" Spider says running while Lo'ak and I put our guns up.
    "No!" Neteyam shouts, pushing us out of the way. We hide behind a wall, nowhere to go as we get shot us. Lo'ak points his gun around the corner and starts to shoot at them, hitting a few.
    "You guys go!" Lo'ak tells us. "I'll cover you!"
    "No, Lo'ak!" I yell at him and he kisses me.
    "I love you," he tells me and gives Neteyam a look. Spider and Neteyam run quickly pulling me with them, not giving me any time to react. I get thrown into the pool with them jumping after me and Lo'ak following shortly. As we surface Neteyam and Spider start laughing and I look around worriedly for Lo'ak. They high five and I see Lo'ak emerge from the water and I immediately know something is wrong. Tsireya comes beside us with her ilu.
    "Get on!" she tells us.
    "Come on, Lo'ak!" Neteyam tells him as I rush over to him and see the blood. I gasp and hold him in my arms.
    "You skxawng," he says to him. "I'm shot."