"They have chosen you. Eywa sees you, little human."
"Chosen? Like Harry Potter?"
☽◯☾
In which the daughter of General Ardmore is forced to choose between blood or bond when she falls for the...
CHAPTER NINE "The only real things in life are the unexpected things. Everything else is just an illusion..."
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
☽◯☾
When thenext morning rolled around, following a restless night's sleep, Nix was greeted by a blue post-it note on the back of her bedroom door. It was from her mother, telling her to head down to the bio-lab.
Although Nix was quite hungry from skipping dinner last night, she chose to postpone breakfast to see what her mother wanted.
Upon entering the laboratory in the Ops Center, Nix saw it was bustling with scientists, all working in different sections as if preparing for something grand.
Over by the holographic computers stood a familiar face. Thalia Parvin, a doe-eyed ecology scientist who happened to love Pandora just as much as Nix.
"Lia!" Nix called out with a wide smile. She maneuvered around the labcoats and their equipment to reach the older woman.
"Hey, Nix, did you get your mom's note?" Thalia paused her work to acknowledge her.
"I did," she nodded. "You wouldn't happen to know what it's about, would you?"
"I do, actually..." A mischievous mien overtook the scientist's face. "Here, I'll show you. Follow me."
A puzzled Nix trailed Thalia through the metallic laboratory, skirting the giant microscopes and the plethora of freeze dryers before arriving at an open squared arch.
Nix followed the copper-haired scientist through the arch and down a spiraling hallway that led into another section of the bio-lab. She realized she had never seen this part of the laboratory before.
Immediately after entering the room, blue light reflected off of Nix's wide eyes. Her chin dropped ever so slightly, stunned by the sight before her.
There were three large amino tanks filled with blue suspension fluid. But what surprised Nix were the bodies floating within... Na'vi bodies—only they weren't Na'vi. They were avatars.
"Wh—" Nix glanced at Thalia, utterly bamboozled. "What is this? I mean, why are they—"
She cut herself off when the avatar body on the far left jerked and twisted.
"You're allowed to get closer," Thalia encouraged with a kind smile.
Nix hesitated for a moment, glancing between the tank and the scientist. Autonomously, her feet began to carry her over. As she stood beside the glass tank, the blue liquid sparkled across her body like little reflective waves.
