As much as I wish I did, I do not own avatar.
Promises
A teenage boy is laying on a gurney in front of a cryo chamber identical to the ones used by the RDA aboard their spaceships, but instead of a large chamber on a ship, this one is located in a clean white tile room in a hospital. He looks to be about 16 years of age, but he is obviously not healthy. His skin is very pale, having not seen much direct sunlight of any sort. His black hair is very lank and thin, his limbs are thin and wasted looking, His breathing is labored, and he suffers from continual tremors.
"W-w-whats going to h-happen to me?" he softly asked a young doctor leaning over his bed. "W-will I w-wake up again?"
"Of course you will" the young doctor promised "And when you do, we will get you all fixed up. You'll be running around in no time. Who knows maybe you'll even fly someday." the doctor smiled reassuringly.
"I could fly? d-do you promise?" the boy looked hopefull until the tremors made him grimace.
"I promise" the doctor said "I will make healthy enough to fly, no matter what I have to do."
the doctor stepped back as the orderlies lifted the boy into the chamber and strapped him in.
"goodbye" said the boy, and it was all the doctor could do to keep the smile on his face as he waved.
7 Years Later
'What a place to wake up to after a 6 year nap' thought the doctor as he pulled himself back to awareness after cryosleep. He was in a small, dirty, empty cargo room, that was retrofitted with a pair of crytubes. He smiled as he turned to the the crew member that was standing on his left. But when he saw the expression on the crew members face, his smiled died.
"Whats the matter?" he asked
"Somehow the RDA managed to piss off the natives enough that they kicked the RDA off world" the crew member responded with a frown. "The captain is not really sure what we are going to be allowed to offload. And that includes you Dr. Werner." the crew member gestured that they should exit the room.
"Oh crap, that's just perfect. Wait, why would you offload anything at all if there's no humans left on planet?" DR. Werner looked puzzled as he followed the crewman down the hallway toward the command deck.
"Oh sorry they didn't kick quite everyone off planet, the scientists are still there and a number of soldiers and other personnel were left. I'm not sure why they have been left though."
"The scientists are still there? Good, that means the avatar project should still be here." Dr. Werner looked relieved as they floated into an elevator and took it up a few levels.
The doors opened to the bridge and the doctor entered to the low voice of Captain Victor speaking with someone at the communications console of to the left of the bridge. The captain looked up as the sound of the door opening.
"Ahh, there you are doc, I was just talking about you. Come over here, Dr. Joseph Werner, meet Comm Specialist Andrea Kresnov." he said as he pushed off the console and made a beckoning gesture.
As the doctor sits down a late 20's brown haired woman on the screen speaks up. "So you want to come to the surface? I'm not sure if that's going to be possible at the moment. It's only been nine months since the fight and the Omitacaya are still very wary about any new people."
"Well I'm not a member of the RDA, In fact I'm not really supposed to be on this ship. I guess you could call me smuggled cargo." the Doctor said with a slight grin. "I brought some stuff that I had hoped to bribe Mr. Selfridge with, I can give you that."
"Well its not exactly up to us entirely, its part of the arrangement that we have with the Na'vi. They get the ultimate decision on who and what we are allowed to bring down." said the Kresnov.
"well is there anyway I can talk to them? I have a rather pressing need to speak with the geneticists that worked on the avatar program, particularly the ones in charge of the avatar bodies themselves." Dr. Werner said with a frown.
Kresnov's face took on a puzzled look, as she wondered at his strange request. "Well give me the short form of the story and I can ask, If they decide to talk I'll let you know."
Dr. Werner leaned back in the seat as thought about how to sum things up. "Lets just say I have a young teenager that is very sick with me and I believe I can cure him with help from some of the scientists here. Or if not cure him then at least allow him to live for a few more years."
Kresnov's eye's lit up with undisguised curiosity. "Ok I'll make sure to get back to you as soon as I have a reply. And Captain, I have a feeling that we will gladly take the majority of your cargo off your hands if your amenable"
The Captain grinned "Hey they paid me to deliver it to the base, never said who had to be in charge of the base."
The woman smiled "Until tomorrow, Captain, Doctor."
Dr. Werner turned to the captain without standing up. "So what do you do for fun on this ship?"
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