I sighed as we all stepped out of the chopper, and grabbed my medical bag. The whole time I was still on earth after my house guest left I had been studying medicine, Na'vi culture, the plants and animals, and the different poisons that are in almost everything. Grace said something about Norm grabbing his pack, and I walked over to where Trudy was sitting in her pilots seat. "Hey watch yourself, I saw some banshee's flying around on the way in." I said through the collar that they gave me. She nodded in response, and I saw Grace talk to her on the other side of the chopper. Afterward she walked over to Jake and pushed his gun down. I smiled, and walked over to Norm. "Hey man, watch yourself, there's some rather unsavory things out there." I said to him, and his eyes got a little bigger than usual. I laughed and patted him on the back. "Don't worry, we got a jarhead to protect us." I said just as Jake tripped over a log. Norm sighed and I couldn't help but smile. "Well I hope the termites don't get us." Norm said before running to catch up, and I waved by to the chopper. Grace sniggered and said. "She's not leaving, we're gonna be a while." I looked over at her and she continued on. Norm talked along the way, but I wasn't paying attention. Instead, I was making sure I had a suture kit ready for Jake who was stumbling over everything that was held to the ground. At one point her fell, and I pulled him up, "Have you ever thought about picking up your feet?" I asked and he frowned. "Just let me be, and I won't soap you in your bunk." He said before pulling himself out of my grip. I smiled, shook my head, and rechecked the suture kit. We stopped along the way to do some science stuff, and I broke off to relieve myself of some unwanted pressure.
When I came back Jake was gone, and Grace looked pissed. "Where's the idiot?" I asked, and she huffed. "He's being chased by a Thanator, we gotta look for him." I grabbed my bag and we hightailed it towards the chopper. We looked all day, but we didn't see anything. "Come on corporal said we can't do night ops." Trudy said as we turned back towards Hell's Gate. I opened my eyes in my link, and sat up. "Fuck!" I heard Grace yell, and I looked over to where she was smoking. "Don't worry, he'll make it." I said. "As long as he doesn't fall and kill himself on his own weapon." I mumbled, and Grace looked over at me. "He probably won't survive the night." She said before going over to the monitors. I rubbed my head, walked over to Norm, and patted him on the back. "Hey man, don't worry to much about it, he'll be fine." I said before going up to the woman on the monitor that I had met before. "Hey, what's Jake's status?" I said as I walked up to her. "All in all he will live, a few cuts and a little swallowed water but he's fine." I leaned down, and looked at the screen. "For now at least." I said as I flipped through all of his bodily conditions. Sure enough he was fine, but I wasn't sure for how long. "You take a break, I'll watch him for a while." I said, and she smiled up at me. "Oh, but could you bring me some coffee please?" I asked as I sat down. She nodded before taking off, and I leaned back. I stayed for a long while, eventually though, Grace came over to me. "You should get some rest, if he survives we'll let you know." She said, and I shook my head. "No, if I can't help him there I'm gonna watch over him here." I said before flipping over to a face reading. Just as I did something hit him in the face. "Woah, we got something happening." I said as I flipped over to a full body scan.
Nothing else happened for another thirteen minutes before he fell from a high place, and bruised a rib. "Something else is happening!" I yelled to the others, and they ran over to me. After checking all of his vitals, I cam to the conclusion that he would live. "The moron probably tripped over something again." I said as I flipped back to his heart rate and brain waves. For a while I stayed like that, watching him vitals until his link came out of its hold. We all rushed over, and Grace flung open the lid. She checked his eyes for dilation before he started to move. "Is your avatar safe?" She asked, and he smiled. "Yes it is, and you wont believe where it is." I smiled, and while they were talking I slipped out and went to bed. The next day when I woke up, I found out that he had made it into the Omaticaya clan. So, for the next few weeks they started to teach Jake about the customs of the Na'vi clan. While they were doing this, I just sat on the sidelines until I heard that we were going on a visit. "When?" I asked, trying to hide the excitement in my voice. "In a few days, you might want to freshen up on your Na'vi." Grace said before taking a sip of her coffee. I nodded, and finished eating my breakfast. As we walked into the link room, Max stopped us. "Hey, I just saw Jake discussing something about the Hometree." He said, and Grace sighed. Shaking her head, she went past us and into the Link room. "Max, get confirmation to go to the Hallelujah mountains, Dillon get your gear ready, Norm," She looked over at him with all seriousness. "Don't breath a word to Jake about this, leave it to me." I smiled, and got my medical gear ready for travel. After making sure the adrenaline wasn't mixed with the platelets, I zipped everything up before taking a seat. After a while Jake came in, and linked up. I sighed before picking up a holopad to check his connection. The woman, who's name was Judith, had given me the file for jakes and everybody else's avatar medical evaluations. After checking everyone, I sighed and thought to myself. "I guess this is where things get interesting."
