Project tiftanglen || Neteyam

5

The ride was quiet, a bit awkward, i could practically feel the thoughts and panic rolling off of Jake sully's shoulders, he too kin a boy, he was the Olo'eyktan, thats all i know, i hope he lets me stay, even if its the tiniest hut among the entire group of navi, i just don't want to go back.. There. We rode through calm clouds, Kreyp releasing noises deep from her throat, they were of happiness, i could feel her pleasant mood, her enjoyment of the warm pandoran air from the bond. The hallelujah mountains came into view in all their glory, ive seen them before, but this was a new experience, knowing that im gonna be led to the navi stronghold that the people back at base have been looking for for ages made me giddy like a child, i was never going back there, but the fact that if they ever caught me they knew what kind of torture to use to get the location out of me made me nauseous. The brain is stupid, it makes things up to be far bigger then they actually are, my brain was stupid, yes, but i've lived hell, i was right to be paranoid, i was right to feel a sudden burning down my que- Kreyp screeched Sully turned to us, seeing my conflicted stance, i coughed and said

"Aren't you trusting me way too much? I could leak yor stronghold position, the humans they- they know how to get information out of me-" He looked at me conflicted

"I've seen war, ive been fucked over by the world, something tells me you've been to"

It was a simple answer, a shortened version of the many words he probably had swirling around in his head, yet they reached so deep. I sighed, picking up the speed of my ikran to be in the same line as him.

"Thank you."

The rest of the flight was quiet, neither of us uttered a word, but it wasn't awkward as it was before, it was comfortable. When we reached the stronghold people ran to us, I saw an enraged woman, most likely mrs' Sully run to him, looking at me with confliction, like i was at the bottom of her shoe sticking it to the ground. Sully spoke up

"This is Tarian. He was found near old home tree, hes a run away" At that some navi gasped, some gaped at my ikran with a newfound confusion on how i have one,  walking closer to me, touching my braid, examining my arm with slight fear of what this weapon could bring, i feared them seeing my que would be my downfall. I smiled awkwardly as Sully continued talking

"He will stay here for some time, there are reasons why I trust him, but I trust he wants his privacy, maybe he will tell you himself one day. He will train to become one of the people much like i did. Neteyam, you will help him." The boy who chased me emerged, scowling slightly. So this was Neteyam. The woman near him scowled, looking at me then at him

"What are you thinking, majake, he is one of them! " I went to wave at her, realising thats not what na'vi do i quickly brought my hand to my forehead, moving it down slightly, directing it at her and unclenching my hand, opting for my non metal hand. Her eyes widened seeing my fingers, eyes darting to Sully, he nodded. What the hell is happening, my brows, or what i had instead of brows furrowed, I looked at the people around me, who had now noticed that i didnt have the 5th finger, i had 4 like them. Sully looked at me, motioning with his hand for me to follow and walked off, the people splitting to allow him passage, I followed soon after, Neytiri trailing behind us slowly. He led me to a tent full off human seeming things where sat a long faced man dressed in similar clothing to mine. He looked at Sully, cocking his head to the side.

"Norm, this is Tarian" 'Norm' looked at me, eyes passing my shoulder, wincing at the brand

He looked at my hand, quickly standing up and walking towards me i hissed lightly, hiding it behind my back

"Thats amazing! What can you do with it? Can you-" he was cut off by jake

"Norm do this later, show him the computer"

"Right, come Tarian" My name rolled off his tongue weirdly, he pulled me towards him, in front of him was a computer with the RDA logo, a screen I was familiar with.

"What the hell- where did you get this-" Jake sighed in relief

"So you know what it is?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you know how to get in?"

So thats why they needed me, i scratched my head, i was trained for this specifically, i was well versed and high up in the ranks, my name alone could get you a nice entrance to the websites. I pushed past them, walking near the computer.

"What do you need?" They all let out relief filled sighs

"We just need access and help navigating it." I could do that, anything to get back at the cynical motherfuckers back at base.

I grinned wickedly, typing in my register code.

"My name alone can get you a lot, but its only so much, Im afraid."

I clicked the mouse on a small sign on the screen, It light up.

/

/

/

Cliffhanger, hah, suffer, im apologising in advance, i most likely wont post tomorrow, but if i do, still expect a good update on wednesday. I feel like Jake trusted him too early, but its late and im tired, Hi future EB whose sobbing out of cringe editing this

-EB