"What is that thing, Jake?" asked a puzzled Neytiri.

"Oh, well in this body I can't use my legs because of an injury during a uhh…battle on Earth." said Jake.

Neytiri gazed at him with a sad look on her face; he was looking down on his legs, she could tell he felt so small, so pathetic, so weak. The once great Toruk Makto and her mate was now once again a small human And just to add insult to injury, he was also crippled.

"So you use this to move?" she asked.

"Sadly, yes" he responded. He crawled over to the chair and tried to get up onto it. He pulled as hard as his frail body could but it was no use, he was too weak.

Jake fell to the floor, tears coming from his eyes, he couldn't stand for his mate, his love, to see him like this.

Neytiri picked him up off the floor as if he was as light as a feather. She placed him in the chair and kneeled down in front of him.

"Jake, I care not for what form you are in, you are my mate, and I love you."

Neytiri placed her hand on the handprint Jake had put on her earlier, in his Avatar body, and then touched Jake's chest. Her hand was warm and took up Jake's entire torso.

"We need to get to Hell's Gate," Jake said.

"What is this Hell's Gate you speak of?" asked Neytiri

"It's a place where I can link with that body outside, if I can, we can force the humans out once and for all."

"Yes, we should go, one of the warriors will bring your other body."

"How will I get there then, this chair won't help much out there?"

There was no need for a verbal answer, all Neytiri did was just lift him up.

She lifted Jake out of his chair and he asked about it.

"You won't need that anymore my Jake, I'll make sure of it." She tenderly gave his a kiss on the forehead.

"Thank you, Neytiri, for saving me, and for accepting me, even like this." Said Jake.

"Don't forget Jake, I am your mate, I will always be here."

She leaped out of the trailer with her mate in her arms.

"How far is it to Hell's Gate," she asked.

"About 300 Kilometers from here", he replied.

"Is that far?" she asked with a confused look or her face, not knowing the units of measurement on Earth.

"On foot it is very far, it could take us a while, could we use an Ikran to speed things up?"

An overwhelming feeling of dread came across Neytiri's face, she was reminded of her Banshee, Seze who was shot down and killed in the battle.

"Hey what's wrong Neytiri, is their something about your Ikran?"

"Yes, it was shot down, by one of the skypeople in a machine."

Jake couldn't help but notice that Neytiri started to cry, the tears poured down her face like a sad rainstorm. But she kept walking, as if it didn't affect her at all. Jake didn't want to bring it up again, as it was a sad subject.

"Get some rest my Jake, you deserve it."

"You do too Neytiri, I'm sorry I have to put this burden on you." Jake said in an apologetic voice.

It was a beautiful image, Neytiri rocked Jake to sleep as she walked through the Pandoran jungle, as if he was a newborn, which is ironically, what she first compared him to when they first met. Jake fell asleep in his mate's arms and she cradled him gently.

About 6 hours passed and Jake woke up, still with Neytiri, she was still walking, but she had looked very tired and worn out, almost as if she was going to pass out.

"Please stop Neytiri, we can continue later, we need to rest, please"

"No, we must continue."

"Neytiri, please, just lets stop and take a break, a long one."

Neytiri finally agreed and she placed him down gently upon a rock near a river. She bathed in the river and got completely wet. Jake looked on. His mate…she looked incredible, like a goddess, her body was perfect, her unbraided hair swaying about and her beautiful face. If only he could walk to her and kiss her. She walked over to him and laid down with him.

"Hold you breath"

He did, and she took off his mask, and she gave him a kiss, a kiss that showed she still loved him. Jake looked at her in shock as he put his mask back on. How could she still love him?

NEYTIRI POV

I could tell how he was feeling. He loved me, and I loved him. But he still felt as if now that he was in his human form, I was somehow better than him. I needed to show him that that wasn't the case.

"My Jake, your spirit is beautiful, and no matter how small you feel, I will always be here, and I will love you."

JAKE POV

I couldn't believe it. A beautiful Na'vi princess who hates skypeople, can love me even like this. It was fantastic. Pandora, the Na'vi, Neytiri, everything was spectacular.

Then she did it. She smiled that beautiful smile, a smile that would make the biggest polar ice cap on earth just melt in a flash.

She took his frail little body and put it up against hers and she put both of them up level to each other. She put her forehead to his and wrapped her arms around him, and went to sleep, sheltering him as well.