— pay —

iii. back into the shadows

YOU WERE STEALTH.

your body moved trough the forest like there was nothing around you, like you were one with the dark.

not even your silhouette could be seen as you moved from a spot to another, using the shadows and the noises from the other wild animals to your advantage.

it had been a long time since you had used your skills to this extent, food was a lot easier to caught than this — especially with the help of toruk.

you had found the others, the fours kids trapped by the hands of those marines.

your gaze had hardened, your ears moved back and forth as you tried to hear them.

you sniffed the air, the smell of wet filled your nostrils as your legs pushed you a couple of steps further.

kiri grunted and it reached your ear just enough to make your fangs came out from under your lip.

you circled them even thought they didn't know it, to them you were simply a shadow crossing their path.

until there was a distant yipping which made your gaze quickly scan the forest, your pupils landed on neytiri's figure hiding behind a tree.

you reciprocated the call and your eyes met, you saw the kids shoulders tense as they slowly turned around to communicate to each other.

they knew you two where there.

something running behind the avatars made all the marines quickly turn around — tuk looked at kiri for reassurance and a nod was enough to let her know that it was simply you.

another noise left your mouth, your tongue clicking as your fingers curled around the knife.

something dark casted over one of the watchers, it was you again, it was always you.

if they thought that they were safe then they were already dead.

their unmoving body fell down in silence; the night was still peaceful,

the night was still yours.

their guns were a hard contrast to the beauty of pandora, especially at night, but they didn't scare you as much as they probably should have.

kiri started to chant in na'vi, her voice passing trough your ears as you danced from one man to another, bringing them all down without a sound.

"shut up" the marine spoke in a different language then yours, but the harsh tone made your fingers grab the handler of the knives even tighter.

but the girl wouldn't back down, she kept on chanting as her mother tried to find the moment to let the tension of her bow break.

the man repeated the words from before, this time gripping the girl's hair, thankfully an arrow passed trough his skull.

the other avatars started to shout orders and calls — you hated their voice, you hated them — they tried to save themselves, but to you they were already dead

you heard lo'ak call his sister names as the avatars started to shoot at anything that could move.

but they didn't know about your presence, they didn't know that you were there.

two more man fell down, dead.

neytiri called for her son as she tried to protect herself, you hid too, waiting for the guns to stop shooting.

until the smell of gas reached your nostrils, then the noise of it hissing.

between screams, chaos, gas, and more, you succeeded on grabbing two arms, they were lo'ak's and tuk's.

you pushed them in front of you, so they could run free and still be in your view.

their mother covered your back, shooting arrow after arrow at whoever came to close to her children.

"keep moving" you ordered the two sully as you turned back, diving into the shadows.

they were left alone, with no many choices other than keeping on running.

so that's what they did.

you noticed two men trying to use the dark to attack neytiri, and another heavy growl left your throat.

the dark was your ground, not theirs. — and also no one could attack his family in front of you.

so you jumped at their throat, you dagger digging inside their neck, finding the perfect spot to make their death silent.

as the mother of the sully and one of the soldiers talked to each other — which was pretty weird, especially since their language was still kind of difficult to you.

you knew that there were probably more avatars trying to have a clear shot at her, and it was your job to stop them all.

so as you searched around, emitting no sound, you found a familiar silhouette that made you fasten your movements.

neteyam shot the enemy down, one single arrow passing trough his heart.

a shout of 'na'vi!' made you jump at him, your arm going around his shoulder to drag him down with you, shielding him from the rain of bullets.

"ouch" you heard him mutter in your ear as your hands landed around his head, your body laying above his "you scared me!" he muttered against your neck.

you rolled your eyes before you grabbed his shoulder, forcing him to get up on his feet while you run to hide behind a three.

you scanned his body, a worried look that he knew far too well overtook your features.

"i'm fine, i'm good" he reassured, slightly tilting his head to find your purple eyes glistening in the dark.

you nodded back "good", then you tried to take a look at all the soldiers, the noises from their guns ringing in your ears.

you turned back, your focus landing once again on the omatikaya at your side.

he nodded, he was with you.

of course he was, he couldn't even remember how it was before.

when you weren't there to cover his back, when he feared everything he didn't know, when you weren't part of his life.

you pushed him forward, using your body to hid the two of you into the shadows, your presence was still a secret to the other warriors.

when they were distracted and you were finally far enough you went back to run at his side.

you earned a hard glare as he scolded you for being too reckless, and you ignored it instead knowing that he was far worse then you at that.

your legs made you run even faster, trying to loose the men following your tracks, waiting for the ringing to quiet down.

and you didn't stop, not until you knew that you were safe.

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sa talks:
TELL A FRIEND TO TELL A FRIEND...
SHE'S BAAAAACK
my children, i hear your calls!!!
i finally decided to bring you peace and let you rest, so here's a new chapter ( not my best work i'll admit it ) to confirm that i'm actually back.
i hope that i'll never let you starving for this long ever again. lots of love ❤️
thank you for all the feedback and for keeping on waiting for me, it means the world to me <33