Prologue
For years, I have been ensnared inside this husk they call an avatar, unable to return to my human body, like the other avatar drivers that work for the RDA. However, I'm not exactly an employee of the RDA, I'm Project Blue Stripes. A secret genetic experiment, that looks to transfer completely the human conscious into an avatar, without being able to return to the body. This is achieved by killing the human body while the driver is in their avatar. Moreover, as far as I know, I'm the only one who has completed this process successfully. Because as the tell me on a frequent basis I'm special.
Special. Yeah right. Being special means that you should not be locked away from the outside world. Being stuck inside a small cold metal holding cell for the last six years of your sixteen years of life. Being tortured on a regular basis by bumbling scientists, carrying out experiments on the capabilities of the Na'vi, and my own gift -an affinity for Earth, that was enhanced by becoming a hybrid of a Na'vi and my human self. This practically signed me up to be an animal rather than a being with intelligence on this dying planet.
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I woke with a start. A loud thumping sound coming from the large metal door, -that led to the halls of the lab, the location where they experimented on me- echoed around my dark holding cell.
'Get up J01," yelled a male voice through the one of the movable slots in the door, allowing a small amount of light to invade the darkness in my cell.
I ignored him, and rolled over on my thin metal bed with its thin matrass, not wanting to face whatever plans they had for me today. Then as I was expecting, the bracelet on my arm shocked me, causing an animalistic hiss to escape my lips. Again and again I was shocked, as I continued to ignore direct orders. The shocks gradually got more intense as time passed. Finally I heard a click, as my guard opened the door to my cell, and the light erupted into my dim living space, making me squint, as I already stood ready to take him on.
"Must we go through this every morning J." He said holding out an energy-draining whip.
"You would if you had to endure what I do everyday, and don't call me J or J01. I have a name!" I snarled at him.
"I know that Jessica" he said looking me in the eye, relaxing his stance.
That was it. The distraction I needed, and I launched myself at him. He may be stronger, but I was taller, and him being caught off guard increased my chances of winning in a fight. I landed on top of him, my instincts kicking in as I managed to kick the whip out of his hand. I had him almost pinned down when I lost my grip on his arm and he delivered a sharp uppercut into my stomach, winding me. Taking this opportunity, he pushed me off him with such a force it sent me into the opposite side of the hallway that connected my holding cell with the lab. As I struggled to breathe, I spotted a small pot plant in the corner of the room. Perfect. I stretched my arm out towards it, beckoning it to bend to my will. I could feel its energy enter my body telling me I had control of it. I retracted my arm and its green shoots etched forward. I looked back over to my guard who now was on his feet; whip in hand ready to subdue me as he walked towards me. I beckoned the plant to wrap around his legs, to which it obeyed.
"What is this?" he cried at me.
"The reason why I'm a science experiment," I answered him and encouraged the plant to pull back, knocking him to the ground.
I got up and walked over to him, I towered over him. He looked up at me with fear.
"I'm not going to kill you." I explained to him, as I kicked the whip out of his hand.
"All I want is freedom," I said flicking my arm and more shoots bound is hands together.
As I leaned down to grab the key card from around his neck, I heard the cock of a gun behind me. I quickly straightened up and put my hands on my head.
"Step away for him" said the man behind me. I took two large steps backward and turned to face him.
"Now release him," he ordered me. "Or I will kill you."
I flicked my hand and the shoots retracted from his body.
"You all right Hank" sail the man holding the gun.
"Yes." Replied Hank and he slowly got to his feet.
"Apologise now creature," commanded the man holding gun.
"No," I cried defiantly.
"Well this should teach you some manners," he said pushing a button on his wrist remote.
Instantly, I was succumb to a painful blast of electricity from my shock bracelet, which made me fall to the ground it was the extreme. Then I heard a gunshot and something pierce the skin on my back. Everything went black.
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Slowly the tranquiliser wore off and I regain consciousness. It took a few second for my eyes to adjust to the bright light and I knew instantly where I was. The Lab. I was on my back, arms and legs bound, staring up at the ceiling. What were they going to do to me today?
"Is J01 secure?" I heard a male voice ask.
"Yes Dr Morgan," replied another.
"Then we are ready to proceed with today's experiment to see how poison affects the creature's nervous system," stated Dr Morgan.
I felt a needle enter the skin on the underneath of my elbow. I braced myself for the pain when I heard the smashing of glass, and a voice commanding the scientists to stop what they are doing. I managed to lean forward to see what was happening.
Dr Morgan rushed forward towards the soldier and demanded, "What are you doing here?" the frustration he was experiencing was evident in his voice.
"This project has been closed due to the experimentation on this human," The soldier said pointing at me. "And thus violates basic human rights."
"It's not human though, it's a hybrid of human and Na'vi DNA..." Dr Morgan began.
"Hey I was human once," I shouted at the soldier. "They killed my human body when I was a child. I'm a human soul stuck in this body."
"Well there you have your answer," said the soldier solemnly.
"Who has authorised this raid?" demanded Dr Morgan, not looking to give this project up without a fight.
"The United States Government" answered the soldier leaning over Dr Morgan and presented a document to him. "Now release her," he yelled to the assisting scientists.
Dr Morgan's assistances readily moved around the room turning off machines, pulling needles out of my body and eventually releasing the metal bounds that glued me to the table. As I sat up, I stretched my arms and legs out before getting to my feet.
The soldier gestured me to follow him out of the room. I obeyed, not knowing what might happen to me now. As we got out into the passageway where the elevator was located, a group of soldiers surrounded me. It agitated me slightly to be surrounded by men with weapons. The soldier pushed a button near the elevator door and after 30 seconds, the doors beeped open. I followed him as he entered the elevator though I had to duck down to get into the small space. The doors beeped closed and the small room began to move upwards.
"What's your name girl?" asked the soldier politely.
I gulped "Jessica Cooper, sir" I answered.
"Age?"
"Sixteen"
"You're no older than my daughter Nina," he said "And to experience all the pain no child should have to go through at your age."
"It wasn't a pleasant chapter in my life, but I tried to rebel on many occasions and ended up in more pain more than the experiments ever did to me" I explained to him. "May I ask what will happen to me, sir?"
"It's the government's decision, my orders were to collect you and take you somewhere safe." He answered. "Most likely they'll send you to Pandora, because it would please everyone you're with others who are like you..."
He was interrupted by the beep of the elevator and the doors opening. I left the elevator first and quickly was surrounded by more soldiers in the lobby of the RDA headquarters. I looked around; it had been so long since I had seen the outside world. All of the humans in the room had stopped and were staring at me, it's like they have never since an avatar, or even a Na'vi before. I was about to say something when the soldiers urged me on towards the exit. Yet another tight squeezes to get through.
The outside world was exactly how it had always existed in my mind, a cast iron suburbia, of silver and glass, no green in sight. The toxic air entered my lungs making me cough. The people around us stopped what they were doing and just stared at me. Right now, I would prefer to go to Pandora than live on this desolate planet. My thoughts were interrupted by the cries of a small girl running towards my escort with a woman following behind her.
"Look mama, it's a Na'vi." She squealed excitedly, stopping a few feet away from me.
"Casey stop," cried her mother as she picked up the little girl still shouting in her arms and walked away from us quickly, the look in her eyes suggested that she was fearful of me.
"Jessica come," said the leader of the platoon of soldiers that surrounded me.
I brushed off the thought and obeyed the soldier as they led me to an unmarked van, idling a few feet from where we were. It was going to be another tight squeeze to get in the back of it when we eventually made it over to it. I really hate being 10 feet tall on Earth.
After everyone filed into the back to the truck and the doors were closed behind us, the engine roared to life and the van began to move.
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Everyone sat there in silence for the entire trip. I was glad to finally here the engine of the van slowing down, signalling we had arrived at our destination. Patiently I waited for the van to stop, as I hate being cooped up in a small space, then the doors were opened at last. Everyone scrabbled out before me. I crawled forward quickly and quickly disembarked out of the van only to be surrounded by my escort again.
We had been directed to what looked like a launching station I observed as I followed behind the captain of the platoon, therefore I guessed that everyone had decided to send me to Pandora after all. I guess I would be nice to escape this dying planet and the bad memories.
I sighed.
Well here goes nothing...
Hi guys this was a little idea I thought up after seeing Avatar for the first time.
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