Losing Game ~ Lo'ak Sully

.+Chapter Thirteen+.

"No, no, no, no, no," I repeat as tears start to fall from my eyes. I put my hand on his cheek. Neteyam and Spider swim over to us, grabbing him from my arms as he starts to go under.
"Keep him up," Neteyam tells Spider.
"I got him," he responds. The put him on the ilu, setting him in the front as Neteyam gets on in front of him making the bond. I get on behind Lo'ak to support him and Tsireya and Spider hold onto the sides.
"Hurry, go, go, go!" Spider yells as we glide through the water as fast as the ilu will carry us.
"They have Kiri and Tuk," Tsireya tells us.
"We can't go back," I tell her in my panicked state. I look at Lo'ak's back and see an exit wound and that's when I realize. I'm going to lose him. We make it a small island of rocks and Jake spots us, meeting us there. He rushed over as we get Lo'ak off of the ilu.
"Dad, help. It's Lo'ak!" Neteyam yells over to him. "Here take him!" We all get off of the ilu and try to support Lo'ak in the water.
"Oh no!" Jake yells out.
"It's Lo'ak! He's hurt!" Neteyam panicks.
"Come on!" Jake takes Spiders hand, pulling us all up and onto the rock.
"Hurry please!" I cry out. Lo'ak starts to cough from him state and I look at him with a pained face.
"Watch his head," Neteyam tells us as we lift him up and lay him down on the rough surface.
"Okay," Jake says as he flips him over. He sees the exit wound. "Oh, no. Put pressure." He grabs Neteyam's hand and puts it on the wound. I grab onto Lo'ak's hand and squeeze it to let him know that I'm here with him. He looks over at me and gives me a small smile, but I can't seem to smile back this time.
"Dad, I..." Lo'ak starts.
"It's okay. I'm here," Jake responds, taking his other hand. Neytiri lands her ikran and quickly rushes over to us.
"No, no, no, no, no," She pleads.
"Lo'ak please..." I cry out. "Please don't leave me. We're supposed to be outcasts together. I can't be one alone, not without you. I love you." I cry as he takes his hand from Jake and places it on my cheek.
"I love you too. We were just a losing game. My love I..." He stops talking as his eyes stand still and his hands drop from my face. His heavy breathing stops and we all realize that... he's gone.
"Lo'ak," Neytiri says in denial.
"No. No, no, no. Lo'ak," My tears become heavier as I scream and Neytiri joins me.
"Lo'ak!" Neytiri screams, holding his face as she sobs. "Oh, Great Mother. No, Great Mother."
"Please," I plead out, struggling to keep myself together. "Oh, my love. No!"
"My son!" Neytiri wails out. I look down at my blood stained hands and that's when my expression becomes emotionless and my face hardens.
"Where are your sisters?" Jake asks Neteyam, but he just stares at him, still in shock. "Your sisters. Where are they?"
"I don't know," he whispers out.
"Where are they?" Jake shouts.
"They're on the ship," Tsireya answers with tears in her eyes. "They're tied up on the ship."
"They're... They're at the moon pool," Spider speaks up. "At... At the well deck. At midships."
"What?" Jake asks confused.
"Come on," Spider tells him, taking his hand and dragging him towards the water. "I'll shows you. Come on. I'll show you."
"Come on. Let's go," Jake kneels down next to Neytiri. "We gotta go. Come on, let's go. Let's go"
"No," Neytiri still cries out for her youngest son. She screams out in pain for the loss of her child.
"Listen to me. Listen to me," Jake pleads with her. "They have our daughters. They have our daughters." I look over to him with my still emotionless expression, realizing what he's saying. "I need you with me. and I need you to be strong.
"Right now," he continues. "Strong heart. Strong heart." When she listens to what he says her face starts to match mine as we both become fueled with anger. She grabs her bow and gets up as I hear a screech in the sky. I look up to see Azra swooping down and landing on the rock as if she knew I needed her. "Let's go get our daughters."
I stand up with them, ready to go and they look over at me. Jake knew he couldn't stop me if he tried when he sees the anger I held in my eyes so he doesn't attempt to. Neytiri and I meet eyes and we both nod, knowing we share a burning passion for the same thing. Quaritch dead. We both walk over to our ikrans and hop on. I see my bow attached to the saddle where I always keep it and take it in my hands getting it ready. Without another word, I make the bond and ascend into the air and away from the dead body of my mate.