The Will of Two Worlds (Avatar Female OC)

85. Thousand Pieces

For the record.... I'm sorry. :P

I was breathing heavily as Solros flew low, flying among the higher trees for cover as his vibrant white stood out greatly on everything. I could hear distant gunshots and missiles being launched, but with Trudy injured and in front of me and the damage both Solros and I have taken, I knew I need to give us a small rest. With the semi clear area and Solros on lookout, I examined my arm as did my best to look over my shoulder, wincing as I noticed the decently painful looking burns, but only a small amount of blood was running down my back.

I could deal with that. I looked out behind Solros ans was pleased to see his tail nor his back is burned, merely the thicker part of his wing, which still looks painful. Then, of course, there's the bullet in his leg.

I looked down at Trudy finally, and found her about to pass out. I studied her arm worriedly, seeing she had torn up the bottom of her tank top and wrapped her arm tightly, but blood was steadily escaping around the wounds. I noticed the her good hand was oddly pressed tightly to her mask, making me frown.

"Trudy, are you alright?" I asked as she looked up. I noticed quickly why her hand was tightly held to her face. My eyes widened as I noticed a crack in the thick plastic protection over her face and she was trying to keep the suction in place for air.

"Are you still getting air?" I asked worriedly as I studied how her hand was held tightly to the crack, wondering if I could use anything to plug the crack in her exopack, I looked around, wondering how far the trailer is away from here before realizing the worst of the fight is very nearby the trailer, I could get Trudy there without exposing it's hidden location. I looked towards The Tree of Souls, thinking of the clay I saw the Tawkami using in bowls the night before, or maybe Mo'at could help?

"I am still getting air, through this mask is a bitch and I can feel a bit of lightheadedness kicking in." Trudy said in her colorful vocabulary as I looked back down at her.

Things just got worse from there.

I heard the approaching loud helicopter blades and looked behind us, my eyes wide with horror as I noticed the Dragon right back on our tail, sticky mix gone. I stared at the clear glass in shock, seeing no sign of the arrow I shot or the nasty mix that is supposed to be near impossible to get off.

"But- how-" I stuttered, eyes widening as I noticed the missile launcher aiming at us.

"Solros, up! Up, now!" I shouted, grabbing onto Trudy again and hoping she can hold her hand over the crack in her mask until we get Quaritch off our tail. Solros roared both in agreement and pain as he forced his damaged and pained wing to blast us up into the sky and away from the missiles being launched below. I looked down at Trudy, seeing here eyelids fluttering, making me increasingly more worried, the exopack may still be pumping oxygen, but the ammonia in the air is seeping through between her fingers and causing her to get lightheaded, I can't trust that she will be able to hold herself up as I fight. That lease me with one arm and I can't shoot with one arm.

I looked down at Solros and could feel the exhaustion in his every move, his wings flapping as hard as he could but his energy was running low and the pain was making it harder and harder for him to making fast maneuvers or fly fast at all. I also can't expect Quaritch to fall for the same move twice and, with the use of my sticky arrow, he will know now that I have explosive arrows on hand and plan accordingly. I glanced back at the Dragon, running out of options as I started to panic.

I looked around as Solros dodged another missile and saw that we were flying too low to use the floating mountains to our advantage and Solros is too big to dodge and weave among the trees just below.