Crystal Sully: Avatar Story

Excursion and Rescue

Crystal's POV

It's the day after Uncle, Norman and I first linked with our avatars. My Uncle and I ran out of the lab. He was so happy to be able to walk again and move his legs. Me, I was just happy about testing my new body. We meet Grace's avatar and she gave us each a juicy fruit. Which tasted amazing. We were given proper gloves. Then spent the rest of the day getting used to our new bodies. Before unlinking for the night.

But today we're going on an excursion to collect tree samples from the jungle. Uncle Jake was going to be a guard and I'd take photos. While Norman collected samples with Doctor Grace. Once we linked we went to the hanger where we meet our pilot Trudy and a soldier with a gun. We all got into the aircraft and Trudy flies us into the jungle.

We landed and got out along with the soldier. "Stay with the ship. One idiot with a gun is enough" Grace tells him.

"You're the man, Doc" he tells her before she lead the rest of us farther in.

"Do you think we'll meet any Omaticaya?" I ask Grace.

"Maybe" she says. Just then Uncle Jake points his gun at a prolemuris and I take a picture of it. "It's a prolemuris, they're harmless" Grace tells him as it swings away. "Relax marine, you're making me nervous" she says making him lower his gun.

"How will they know if we're here?" Norman asks her.

"They're probably watching us now" she states. We soon pass the old school where she taught Na'vi children English. But it looked like no one had been there in months.We then reached a collection of tree roots and she puts a probe into one while I take photos. Standing next to my uncle. I take a picture of Norman and Grace as my uncle examines a spiral plant.

I follow him hoping to see more creatures. He touches a plant and it disappears into a tube. Curious I touch one to and it does the same thing. Smiling happily we start to touch more of them until they all disappear suddenly. To reveal a juvenile Hammerhead Titanothere.

I take a photo while my uncle aims his gun at it. "Don't shoot!" Grace shouts approaching us with Norman. But staying out of sight of the Hammerhead. "Don't shoot, you'll piss him off" she tells my uncle.

"It's already pissed off" we tell her as I hide behind my uncle.

"Jake, that armor's too thick. Trust me. It's a territorial threat display. Do not run or he'll charge" she explains.

"What you want us to do then? Dance with it?" he asks her. While lowering his gun.

"We just have to hold our ground" I tell him holding his hand standing beside him.

"She's right" Grace tells him. The hammerhead goes to charge us, but we run forward yelling at it. It roared backing away, but why do I feel like it's not scared of us?

"Ha, ha! Yeah, come on! What you got? Oh yeah! Who's bad? That's right. Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about, bitch" Uncle Jake says.

"You shouldn't say the 'B' word" I tell him. But he ignores me.

"That's right, get your punk ass back to mommy. Yeah? Yeah, you got nothin'. You keep runnin'. Yeah, why don't you bring back some of your friends, huh?" he suggests. Just then a Thanator jumps over our heads and lands in front of us. The herd roars at it as it turns to face us, I take a picture while uncle asked Grace what to do.

"Run!" I shout grabbing his hand again. We take off running and the Thanator chases us. We hide under and tree roots, Uncle Jake shoot at it when it tried to grab me through the roots. We then run towards a cliff and jump off it into the water below. We swim to shore.

"Now what?" I ask my uncle.

"We find a safe place for the night" he states. "Stay close to me" he instructs. I nod my head and then frown at my ruined camera. At least the photos I took, a copy was sent straight back to the lab. Though it is a shame, I could get more pictures now.

(That night)

Uncle Jake has made a spear out of a long tree branch. He'd place his coat around the other end and dips it in the sap of a tree. As we hear hyena like cackling around us. I believe they're viperwolves, but won't know for sure unless I see one. Jake manages to lit the torch and swings it around to a reveal dog like creatures. I was right, they are viperwolves. A whole pack.

When they attack he starts to defend us. But we get separated and a wolf is about to attack him. When an arrow is lounged into it's sound and it fulls to the ground dead. A young Na'vi women appears and starts to attack the wolves driving them away. As my uncle returns to my side.

Once the wolves were gone my uncle thanks the woman. But she ignores him kneeling over a dead wolf. "Oeru txoa livu. Ma oeyä tsmukan, ma oeyä tsmukan" she tells it. (Translation: Forgive me my brother, my brother). I then hear a whimper and approach a wounded wolf.

I kneel beside it and stroke it's neck soothingly. "Tutee am sorry" I tell it gently in Na'vi as the woman kneels beside me. (Translation: I am sorry) She takes out a knife and stabs it through the heart. Ending it's suffering.

"Oeru txoa livu, ma oeyä tsmukan. Hu nawma sa'nok tivul ngeyä tirea. Oeru txoa livu" she prays. (Translation: Forgive me, my brother. May your spirit run with the Great Mother. Forgive me). She retrieves her arrow and my uncle squats down beside us.

"That was pretty impressive. We would have been screwed if you hadn't come along" he tells her. But she ignores him and stands up before walking away. My uncle calls after her as we follow her.

A/N

Picture above of Hammerhead Titanothere and Thanator. Picture on the external link of Neytiri praying for dead Viperwolf.