The Mute Warrior [James Cameron's Avatar Reader Insert]

Chapter Four

(Y/n) woke up, realizing she fell asleep during her documentary, checking her surroundingsto see that the scientists were already out and about, doing their work. (Y/n) checked the time on her watch and saw that it was almost noon.

She bolted up and stopped her documentary (which was still recording at the time) before going to the link chamber, where she was going to meet up with Grace and the others because they were going to collect some samples today, deeper in the wilderness than they usually did.

(Y/n) managed to get to the link room as everyone was getting into their pods. She managed to get to her pod where her friend Lynna Belmont stood, rolling her deep brown eyes, shaking her head slightly, her black hair swaying in its ponytail.

"You're almost late, (Y/n)." She stated with a soft smile. "You should stop staying up so late. You're beginning to worry me."

(Y/n) gave her an apologetic smile before laying in her pod as Lynna got it ready. She was ready to go into her Avatar body.

When (Y/n) met up with the others at the scorpion gunship Trudy piloted, she was in a tank top that was (f/c), tan shorts and boots. Her hair was loose/tied back, just as she liked it with needs that she put in. She didn't have her pack on her since she decided she wasn't going to collect samples this time, but watch everyone instead.

As she got to the scorpion, she waved to Grace and Trudy before sitting in the back with Jake and Norm. As everyone got in and the scorpion began ascend, (Y/n) decided to sit on the floor and dangle her legs out the door o get a good view of the trees and the surrounding area from above. She liked the feeling of the wind on her legs as they feel weightless.

Soon enough, they landed in a clear area that they could land in with lots of lush vegetation and high trees. As soon as they landed, (Y/n) was already out and looking around in awe. She began walking around the area as Jake, Crace, and Trudy's gunman got out and surveyed the area. Grace reminded Norm to grab his pack as the Scorpion began to shut down. (Y/n) was looking into the trees and the tiny creatures that were in them. She knew what they were called, of course, she just didn't find a reason to name them. She then turned and began following everyone as they began to walk towards a small hidden trail that had a hermit bud at the enterance.

They were surrounded by the sounds of nature and (Y/n) felt herself embrace the sounds into herself as they continued walking. She managed to catch up to Jake and soon caught sigh of a Prolemuris. Jake pointed his gun at it before Grace told him that they're not aggressive.

Soon, they began walking farther and farther before they got to a big tree and decided to collect its sample.

(Y/n) stood next to Jake, being separated by a hermit bud. She heard shuffling and a sigh come from Jake and she looked in his direction. She tilted her head as she saw him walk away and decided to follow him to a small clearing covered with helicoradians. She stayed behind him and looked at the multiple sizes there were.

Jake began to walk closer to them, tilting his head ever-so-slightly out of curiosity. He lifted his hand and went to touch one when it suddenly shrank to the ground quickly. Jake backed up a foot, a little surprised. (Y/n) looked behind her, towards Grace and Norm. She then looked back at Jake to see him approach yet another helicoradian. He lifted his hand to touch it and it shrank like the last one. This time he laughed while taking a step back.

He then touched another one, and it shrank. This time all of the remaining helicoradians shrank as well, reveling a Hammerhead Titanothere. (Y/n) clenched as it trumpeted, backing up until she bumped into a tree. Jake pointed his gun at it as Grace and Norm quickly ran to the scene, hiding behind nearby trees.

"Don't shoot. Don't shoot, you'll piss him off." Grace said cautiously.

"It's already pissed off." Jake stated, glancing in her direction for a second before looking back at the threat.

"Jake, that armor's too thick. Trust me."

Jake backed up before pointing his gun above him. The Hammerhead Titanothere trumpeted again before knocking down nearby trees, snarling as it stared at Jake.

"It's a territorial threat display. Do not run, or he'll charge."

"So what do I do, dance with it?" Jake asked, staring at Grace.

"Just hold your ground."

(Y/n) looked at Norm as he quickly glanced at her before looking back at the Hammerhead Titanothere wide-eyed.

It growled as it analyzed Jake, daring him to make a move. It suddenly charged, trumpeting. Jake charged, yelling, hoping to scare it. Just feet apart, the Hammerhead Titanothere stopped, screeching. Before lowering its head.

Jake nervously laughed. "Year? Come on! What you got?" It whimpered, backing up an inch. "Oh yeah, who's bad. That's right."

(Y/n) heard the silent drag of claws on bark and she paled, her heart momentarily stopping. Jake boasted a little more as (Y/n) dragged her eyes to her right- she nearly fainted. The Hammerhead screeched a bit as it turned around and ran to the others that were behind it.

(Y/n) looked at Grace, who was watching her, wide-eyed. She looked back at Jake as the creature next to her snarled, catching Jake's attention. He turned around and his eyes widened, his ears flattening. The thanator roared loudly before jumping over Jake, landing between him and the Hammerheads, who stood their ground.

The thanator turned back at Jake.

"So what about this one? Run? Don't run? What?" Jake asked Grace nervously.

"Run, definitely run!"

Jake hesitated before turning around and running, grabbing (Y/n)'s hand since she was frozen in fear.

(Y/n) ran as fast as she could with Jake dragging her, maneuvering through trees and narrowly being missed by the thanator. (Y/n)'s hand managed to slip through Jake's hand just before he slid beneath a tree. (Y/n), knowing she won't slide quick enough, decided to climb from the root of the tree and to the second lowest branch with the help of the knife from the holster on her waist.

Jake began shooting at it as it began to claw at the roots before it managed to get his gun in its mouth and broke it. Jake crawled out of a hole nearby and (Y/n) jumped from the tree, rolling slightly when she landed before quickly getting up and following Jake.

She managed to get in front of him before she heard a roar and Jake grunt as he was pushed on the ground, the thanator having a hold on his pack. (Y/n) turned around and almost had a heart attck- the thanator was throwing Jake around like he was dead weight. Jake quickly unfastened himself from the pack before being tossed and landed on the ground with a grunt.

(Y/n) quickly helped him up before they began to run again as the thanator began to chase them again. They neared the end of a cliff and saw a waterfall leading to shallow water. Jake jumped right in as (Y/n) hesitated for a fraction of a second before jumping.

The cold wind blew in their faces before they were suddenly engulfed in the piercing cold water.

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I'm sorry the chapter's short, but that's only because I made multiple parts of this draft on seperate files/papers, and it just took me a while to think 'hey, let's just take these drafts and find a way to make them all join together.' The next chapter will be when they get out of the water.