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It is 5 years after the war on Pandora and Jake Sulley has been having dreams of a gruesome future lead out by the sky people of 5 years past. The Na’vi live in small camps scattered around the planet. Little does he or anyone actually know, the Pandora Mining Federation lead by General Connor Leshner who has a vengeance against a certain na’vi for killing his brother, Colonel Miles Quaritch, is planning to come and mine out the metals under where hometree once stood, and colonize Pandora because Earth has only a few year left to live.

Pandora
It was raining. A faint pat-pating of running feet could be heard. Shots of gunfire echoed in the distance. Dead bodies strewn all across the ground, surprised and terrified expressions occupying their faces. There were na’vi he knew very well, na’vi he had not yet come to know, covered in their own blood. He screamed for his mate, one he had sworn to be with for the rest of his life, and then he found her.
Jake woke with a start. It was that same damned dream he had had for what was now countless nights. He was covered from head to toe in a cold sweat and had a high fever. The dream had only started as a blip on the subconscious, a minor thought to pop into his head every once and a while. But lately, it had gotten worse, more vivid, more violent, more painful.
He looked around, then sighed. Everything was as he had left it the night before. His mate was breathing softly in the cool early-morning air, unawakened by Jake.
“Neytiri, are you awake?”Jake said, nudging her with his elbow. Her eyes opened slowly, then a look of annoyance came across her face.
“Jake, do you have any idea what time it is?” She said. She waited for a response, but got none. She looked him over and her annoyance turned to worry. “What’s wrong, Jake,” she asked,” did you have that dream again?”
He nodded.
She rolled her eyes. “Jake, you gotta get over this whole thing.” She wrapped her arms around him and nuzzled his neck. “Besides,” she said,” Its not real and you know it, now lets go back to sleep.” She laid down and started breathing softly again. He laid back down and closed his eyes.
He nealt over Neytiri’s dying body. She looked up and whispered, “get out of here.” She then took her terminal breath and stopped altogether.
With tears in his eyes, he ran with the sounds of gunfire and war becoming louder behind him. He made a promise to himself in his own heart that he would escape. He made a promise to the na’vi he would escape. He made a promise to Neytiri he would escape. A bang, then a plot of dirt erupted behind him. Another one, and he was thrown from his feet.
He quickly recovered from the shock and kept running. He felt a quick piercing in his back and he was again pulled from his balance. He threw his arms out in front of him and tumbled into the dirt. Jake put a hand where the piercing shot hit him, and felt dizzy at the sight of his own blood. His vision dimmed and he lost the feeling in his arms and legs.
Was this how it was going to end? He had time to look up at the name of the man before being silenced by the pull of a trigger.
His eyes opened. Gen. Leshner.
The Maritime
Connor Quaritch, overseeing general of the PMF, looked from the viewing platform of his ship, The Maritime, at the moon of Pandora. His mission, extract the minerals of Pandora and eradicate the na’vi and traitors who destroyed the militia and foothold we had on Pandora. Now it was time to take revenge. We had the ships, the weaponry and the manpower to destroy every single lifeform on that God-forsaken planet. He was given the charge to destroy them, by the leader of their dying planet, President Dooley.
He shook his head. He wasn’t looking forward to setting one foot on this planet, or a moon, didn’t really make much difference to him, as it didn’t to everyone else on this ship. He didn’t really want to die, or lose a limb or two for that matter, but they had taken something from him that could not be replaced, could not be remade, something he would give his life to avenge. They took his brother.
“All personnel make preparations for landing procedures, we shall be making touchdown at 0800.”
He took one more look at the moon and started walking back to his room. He passed a young corporal who was still wet behind the ears. He patted him on the shoulder and gave him a quick half-smile. He smiled back and kept walking. He got to his room and stood outside the door, thinking to himself, going to be a lot of unneeded casualties, maybe a few justified deaths. Deaths can never be truly justified to me, even in cases of vengeance; when anyone truly thinks about it, but I have to avenge my brother.
He entered his room and took a look at his bed, deciding he wasn’t tired, and hopped on his computer. He looked up records of the traitors, Jake Sulley-undeceased; Dr. Grace Augustine-deceased; Norm Spellman- undeceased; Trudy Chacon-deceased; and the list went on. He had a picture of the one who had killed his brother. A picture and a name. A name and picture of a na’vi. The name and picture of the na’vi who had killed his brother. The name and picture of Neytiri. He circled her name and put a big X through the middle. This was his target. This was going to be the one
he would target. This would be the one he was going to kill. He picked up the piece of paper, stood up and went over to his bed. He sat on the bed and laid back, memorizing the picture so he would know what to be looking for. He fell asleep shortly after.
Pandora
Jake fought the urge to go back to sleep. He lay awake next to
Neytiri just staring at her soft face. He wanted to talk with her, talk to her about his dreams, how she was in them, because he had never before told her that had died in these nightmares. She stirred and turned over. “Jake, you should really get some sleep, you are the leader of the omiticaya and you need your rest. She turned towards him and smiled.
He sat up and stroked her hair. “I guess I am just being silly,” he said,” anyway, I need to tell you something, about the dreams I’ve been having. You see,” he stopped, as if he was choosing his words carefully, “There was a detail I left out of my dreams, you see, well…”He stuttered. Jake couldn’t tell her she may die in the near future. He sighed. “Nothing, just go back to sleep, I’m going to take a walk. He stood up and started walking. She stood up and followed him.
“C’mon Jake, just tell me, you know I can learn by myself.” She took the end of his hair and linked it to hers before he had a chance to stop her. Neytiri thought nothing of it first, then the whole dream flashed before her eyes. Her mouth gaping, she was unable to move as she saw the bodies of the hundreds of na’vi dead or dying, her own body covered in the blood. She fell to her knees and covered her eyes.” Jake, is… is this what you have seen every single night?”
He detatched the link between them and she fell unconscious. He picked her up and strode her back to where they lay. He put her down and continued his walk. He sat down some 30 meters away and pondered everything that had happened since the war. He thought back to Neytiri’s miscarriage 3 years ago and her sorrow when she found out it was, and he was somehow able to relate it to this exact moment. Life being taken, he couldn’t bear it. He decided to go back to sleep; maybe get help later.
The landing station
Connor checked his gun before takeoff. The whole army was flying to the last known location of the na’vi leader. He checked the barrel of his rifle as the ships took off. He looked down the scope and waited, unable to wait for the shot. “What’s the ETA on our landing?,” he spoke into his mic,”I have a score to settle.” The pilot hesitated, choosing whether to tell the general when they were landing or not. “About thirty minutes general, give or take.”
He looked back at the general and felt a pity for the man. The pilot had been there when the first group landed on Pandora, under the orders of Colonel Quaritch, and he thought the colonel had gone insane, but he was in no place to decide the choices of others. He was just here to do a job.
“Ok, were here,” the pilot said, decreasing the power of the gyros, good luck fellas.” The soldiers on the transport got off and started in the forest, putting on silencers and thermal scopes. Connor used an ACOG scope instead so he would make sure to get his target. They moved into the dense jungle.
Pandora campsite
Jake seemed more cautious than usual. I guess I am just jumpy, he thought. He stopped moving, In front of him was the dead body of a na’vi. He knealt and checked the cause of death and found 2 holes in its chest. He stood up and ran as fast as he could back to the camp. He was screaming at the top of his lungs. He made it to the outer edge and found the guards dead with one hole in the head in each. He ran through the camp, looking for survivors among the dead, looking for Neytiri.
He ran around the trunk of a tree and was grabbed, someone putting a hand over his mouth. Do you want them to kill you to,” Neytiri hissed,” If not than you can shut your damned mouth.” She let go of him and he turned to face her,” how’d you get out?” he asked. “I saw them after following you, but I was too late to stop them from slaughtering our people. C’mon we have to get out of here.”
Pandora campsite outskirts
Connor held up his fist. He put it down and peered down his scope. He saw bodies of the na’vi. His target wasn’t here, so he started moving through the camp. He and his three men started searching for survivors and found 2 women, a child and 4 warriors. They strode them out to the middle of the camp and shot them.
Pandora campsite
Neytiri watched them shoot her people and she couldn’t stand back. She pulled her bow from her back and strung it, put an arrow on the string and drew it back and let it go. It got a marine in the back and he fell to the ground dead instantly.
General Quaritch
He watched the arrow sail into the marine’s back and drew his knife. He told the marines to open fire and they did. He ran towards the figure in the tree and lunged.
Neytiri dodged and drew her dagger. She blocked the knife and pushed him back. He threw the knife and it got her in the shoulder. In shock, she stumbled and fell backwards, blood seeping from the wound. Jake, was watching the whole thing, but was unable to help her because he was being pinned down by gunfire. Both marines needed to reload, so he took that opening. He threw the knife into one of their throats and hit the other one in the head with a rock, dazing him, then stabbing him with his own knife.
Connor knealt down in front of Neytiri. “You know who I am? You know who I am, you little b***h? I am the brother of the man you killed.” He grasped the knife in her shoulder and pulled it out.” I am going to take much enjoyment out of this, he raised the knife and he started the downward thrust, but with the last of her strength, grabbed his wrist.
“You are a crazy man, he was trying to kill me, it was all self-defense.” Tears formed in her eyes and a trickle of blood formed at the corner of her mouth. She coughed and her strength disappeared and her arms went numb. He shook her arm off and plunged the knife deep into her chest. Her eyes went wide and she thrust herself forward, then her eyes rolled back into her head and she took her last breath. Jake watched this all unfold and with a newfound rage deep in his heart, he lunged himself at the general and tackled him and raised his knife.
“You… killed her, you murdered her! You b*****d!” his knife hand was trembling and tears were rolling down his cheeks. “ Why did you kill her ?!? I loved her! Was your brother really worth your own life? Was your brother worth her life? He plunged the knife into the dirt next to where the general lay without trembling, and Jake started punching him without mercy. The general just smiled.
“Kill me, I have fulfilled my mission. Now you know how I feel, now you know how it feels to lose the one closest to you. You loved her, I loved my brother now you know it.” Hearing this made Jake furious. “ He plunged the knife into Connor’s ribcage, a few inches away from his heart.
“ You seem pretty angry, I know how you must feel. Too bad you can’t do anything.” He took a breath and went unconscious from the pain.
“ Goddess Eywa, commit my brothers, sisters and mate to you.” He took one more look at Neytiri.” Please make sure she ends up ok, please goddess Eywa. If there is anyway to bring her back, then please make it happen, I would give my own life if you did that. He journeyed to the tree of souls carrying General Quatrich and Neytiri.
Tree of Souls
Jake linked up with the tree of souls. “Eywa, answer me, is there any way you can bring her back to life?” He waited, but no answer came.
Then suddenly, ”Jake Sulley, I have heard your prayer, and offer you a decision. You must make a decision, you can either get your mate back, but she shall be barren, or you must choose your unborn child.” There was no answer, and then,” if you want to save your wife, and your child, then you must give your own life, or that of someone else.
“She… She was pregnant?” Jake lost his balance and fell backwards. He stood up and faced the tree again.
“May I interrupt?” said Connor,” I will give you my life if you promise me something.”
“What?” Jake said, aggravated,” what can you possibly want in exchange for your own life?
“For you to never harm another human without provocation, and I will be happy.”
“Thank you, but first call off all your men, the ones ravaging the other villages.”
“Already done, now just hurry up, I’m bleeding out here.”
Small tentacle-like roots wrapped around Connor and Neytiri transferring Connor’s life-force into Neytiri . Nothing happened for a few minutes, then Neytiri opened her eyes, slow at first, then all the way. She sat up and Jake wrapped his arms around her, tightly.
“Jake I have something to tell you… I am with child..”
“I know, I know Neytiri, just stay here with me, so we can raise it together.” He started crying and she pushed him away. “What’s wrong with you, you act like I was dead or something.” She gazed at him inquiringly. He wiped his eyes. “Oh, nevermind. Let’s just go home.