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ii. smile and worry

CHASING EACH OTHER — with or without ikrans — had soon become part of your daily routine.

it didn't mattered where you were, or what time of the day it was.

it was something that the two of you needed to do, to make things always feel the same.

and it happened a lot more then you realized, at first people would worry, and be suspicious of the absence of the first child.

but after some times everyone became accustomed with it, and the na'vi stopped questioning it.

that's why when neither you nor neteyam were around that day, his parents weren't worried about him.

firstly because he was with you, your tribe's name enough to scar away the angriest of the predators; and even if someone would have been crazy enough to try something they knew that you wouldn't have let anything happen to their son.

secondly because they knew that you two were just enjoying some alone time — lo'ak had used that term to tease the two of you more then once, and now the words alone made you want to punch him in the face — around pandora.

but as much as you both liked it, and trust me you liked it a lot, you still had some things that needed to be done.

patrol being the first on that list.

the humans weren't something that you could forget about during the day, even if you wanted too, they were always there in the back of your mind, probably plotting something that jake would crumble in seconds.

that meant that you knew that in every moment they were ready to re-attack.

so you and neteyam sadly left your alone time aside to meet up with his parents, looking around the base to see if there were any unwanted tourists.

lo'ak was supposed to be with you four, but his father had grounded him and he had had to say goodbye to his flying friend for some time.

nothing seemed off place, everything looked and felt normal.

you were ready to go back to your really important activities, until a voice buzzed in your ear, lo'ak's voice to be exact.

"devil dog, devil dog" he called over the comms "this is eagle eye, over."

he was whispering, and if the fact that he was using the comms wasn't enough to tell you that he was in danger his tone would have helped you finding that out.

jake brought his hand to his neck, answering his son "eagle eye. send your traffic."

"i got eyes on some guys." spoke lo'ak "they look like avatars, but they're in full camo and carrying ars. there's six of them. over" as he described them your eyes moved to neteyam.

unknown to you, behind you, jake was sharing the same glance with neytiri.

the difference between you two was that you looked at him only for a couple of seconds before your gaze moved back on the front.

you pushed your body in a more comfortable position.

toruk shook his head in worry, feeling your emotions running trough his veins, his heart beating faster to match yours.

there was something wrong.

something much bigger then whatever situation lo'ak was in.

jake kept his eyes on neytiri as he asked his son only one question "what's your pos? over." he tried to stay calm and rational, to make sure his children were okay.

but you knew that a parent would always worry, you could feel it and see it.

you heard lo'ak make a strange sound, something that he did only when he was caught doing something that he shouldn't.

you knew where he was just from that.

you huffed in worry even before he had answered, and neteyam looked at you with big, confused eyes.

"we're at the old shack." his brother murmured, almost with shame.

your ears perked up when you heard spider sighing in the background and suddenly his we echoed in your head over and over.

you and jake must have had the same thought because a moment later he talked "who's 'we'?"

his younger son took a moment to answer "me, spider, kiri..." his breath stopped, and you knitted your 'eyebrows' "and tuk."

you called neteyam with just a sound from the back of your throat, he met your eyes and he watched you as you tilted your head to the side.

you signaled him where you were going.

he nodded back, just once, and it was enough to make you lay on toruk's head as he dived down.

the wind made your hair fly against you face, but your only focus was on being fast, faster then you had ever been.

you flew trough the mountains, under other ikrans, over the forest.

you did you best to be as fast as you could.

the voices in your comms were just a background noise that you didn't care enough to hear.

you looked in front of you with dark eyes as a shadow casted upon you.

the eclipse.

someone else would have been worried about the dark, and all the creatures that could hide in it, waiting for the perfect time to attack.

but you lived in the dark.

it was your ground, your home.

you were the worse of those creatures that someone else would've been afraid of, you were the one that set behind a bush waiting for the perfect moment to attack and push the dagger trough the thick skin of your pray.

you were the dark.

and as your skin started to blend with the now black sky, and the purple of your orbs took an unsettling shine, a creepy expression appeared on your face.

maybe, if you had held a mirror in your hands instead of a dagger, you would have been more worried about how much you looked like the old you.

but in that moment, without the mirror and without your anchor.

( neteyam )

you couldn't worry about how scary you looked or how much fear you would have brought to some.

SAVE THEM, SAVE THEM, SAVE THEM, save them...

that was the only thing in your mind.

a whistle left your mouth and toruk followed your orders like a trained dog, not making even a small noise.

the last shadow and the shadow killer riding his back.

a deadly duo that no one hoped to find in front of them, night nor day.

the worst duo that was ever created on pandora, the worst combo that nature could offer to her defenseless inhabitants.

they would've been okay.

because you were coming, and you were bringing the darkness with you.

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