Hello again, here comes another chapter.
Chapter three : No one gets another chance
"Why does this always happen to me?" Rick groaned as his AMP was lying on its back.
This has to be his worst day ever. First he cannot find this goddamn place, then he cannot goddamn fight of one na'vi and then three more of them appeared. And then this thing happened. He tried to stand, but then he encountered two problems, every AMP suit have something called "turtle problem". This meant that it is insanely hard to get up from lying position without anyone helping you. And then there was problem which consisted of four ultra pissed off na'vi from which he tried to escape.
But then he heard laughter coming from outside, "okay scratch that, two of them are laughing. So there are only two of those pissed." He thought. But then completely unfamiliar face appeared in front of his window. It belonged to Na'vi which no longer occupied his roof, but instead of that it occupied his front window. And it looked at him quizzically.
"Yeah, go on and laugh your blue ass off" he said annoyed at that na'vi, which started laughing after he finished that sentence. After that na'vi left the view, Rick tried to get up, this although being extremely funny as the AMP waved its arms around trying to roll to it's side .Only resulted in more laughter from na'vi and more of that AMP-shut-down problem. After it switched off and AMP stopped moving, those two English talking na'vi came over and looked at pilot through the front window.
"That was some sweet maneuvering" Male said mockingly.
"Rub it in, wont you" Rick replied, now he was completely at their mercy.
"Seriously man, who and why are you out here with this old AMP and with training ammo?"
Jake asked, mocking smile still on his face.
"Here we go again. I am Private first class, Rick No one. And I am here because RDA sent me here few days ago, I just arrived and was about to report to them when I got attacked." Rick said to that male, who immediately started laughing again, this time even harder
"What's so funny?" Rick asked, instantly regretting he asked.
"You really are no one "Male said laughing, but then continued " And you got left behind!" he continued laughing, this time so hard that he removed himself from the view, maybe trying to walk that laughter off?
"Great, he is going to make fun of me before he kills me" he thought, but if there was any chance that he might survive this. He was willing to play along
"I get this joke far too often." Rick said slightly annoyed.
"Jake means that you were left here by RDA" That strange female explained.
"Yeah and then you're going to tell me that they packed up and left without me" Rick said but then he heard more of that crazy laughter he heard from Jake. "Jake is pretty weird name for na'vi…" Rick thought but his thinking got interrupted by Jake appearing once again in his view
"That's exactly how it happened" he said, tears forming in his eyes after laughing so hard.
"Look, I know that you are probably enjoying this, but could you kill me without all that "You're all alone!" stuff you're throwing at me now?" Rick spoke his mind "Why are you even bothering with that crap? I mean, you're going to kill me aren't you?" he asked.
Jake looked at Ney'tiri
"Oh you're in a hurry to die then?" Jake asked mockingly once again.
"You know, I don't feel like dying. But if I can choose my death, I would rather die swiftly instead of being told that I am all alone here and that everybody left and that nobody really loved me anyway and all those lies, I mean why would they even leave? There is too much unobtainum to be leaved." Rick explained
"You don't believe me then?" Jake asked, rising his eyebrow and then getting an idea, "Then I'll have to show you" he finished. Ney'tiri then looked at Jake quite surprised.
"Jake what are you doing?" she asked him.
"Look at him, he is harmless and he didn't know that RDA left. And he seems like a good guy to me" Jake answered.
"Can I get a translation please?" Rick asked.
"Nope" Jake answered and then continued
"We might find use for him. I mean just look at him, he just got stuck here without even realizing it yet." Jake continued explaining things to Ney'tiri
"We'll see," Ney'tiri answered.
"So" Jake started once again in English
"So?" Rick asked, half annoyed half curious.
"We will show you the truth, get out and come with us. We'll give you a ride back to Hell's gate." Jake said with mischievous smile on his face.
"Well I would accept this offer, but there is something." Rick started. Once again getting that confused look out of those two na'vi.
"What?" Jake asked
"First of all, my mom always told me not to go anywhere with strangers." He said with straight face, and Jake smirked "And the second less important one. I cannot wear my exopack because it is all pointy now" and he pointed at arrow impaled exopack above him.
And then Jake's smirk has all but evaporated. This problem was making things more complicated. "But if you can help me to get me on my feet, I can try to start this thing again and walk back to Base "he said "where I will prove you wrong"
"I don't know, if we help you on your feet. You could get us even dirtier than before" Jake said pointing at his colorful body and at his colorful companion.
Rick just rolled his eyes. "Just kidding" Jake said after awhile and called Zirina who was trying to get all that sticky paint off her and Tsanten who was happily helping her.
With four of them, they should be able to lift this AMP from its current position described as "lying moron" to position called "standing moron".
"We will lift this AMP and then follow it" he told them his plan. Zirina thought about protesting, but he was Olo'eyktan and this demon was definitely interesting one. But Tsanten protested "Why are we doing this? He is just another Tawtutte who wants to destroy our home!" and that make Jake frown "First, before I became one of The People, I was Tawtutte too. And he was left here by RDA, that means they either thought of him useless or dangerous for them" he explained. He didn't lie. He believed that they thought that he was either useless. Or they just completely forgot about him.
Tsanten was convinced and then they've tried to lift him. It was a hard work, but with combined strength they've lifted him enough for him to sway into standing position.
But that lasted only for a few seconds. Because it was not started it was pretty much just a dead weight. And that prevented from any stabilization and thus making it to fall right onto its nose
"OOOF!" Rick grunted in pain as he hit the ground once again.
"Screw it!" Rick yelled after a while, while Jake and his group just stared at once again lying AMP.
But then there was an ear devastating sound. Jake knew that sound. It was sound that old MK-3 and MK-4 AMP s made when starting. They've got a several nicknames for their loud starting noises, "Hurricane" being one of the best and "Mother-in-law" being the worst.
And then miracle has occurred, something less frequented than someone rising from grave.
This day will be forever marked in Rick's diary. And that miracle was
"Whoa? What the hell?" Rick yelled utterly confused about the miracle. Engine started after first push of "ignition" button.
"This never happened before" he said silently, watching in awe as his controls went from red to green and he lifted himself from the ground, then picking his weapon which was still attached to him and somehow survived the crushing force of falling AMP.
"So do you really plan to go with me to Hell's gate? You will probably get shot by auto-defense." Rick asked Jake with serious face on him.
Jake just smiled and whistled, calling ikrans down. They reluctantly landed, but were eager to get out of there because of that noisy AMP.
"There is no RDA in there to shoot at us, just two of our friends are there."
Jake insisted.
"So you guys are just going to tag along?" Rick asked, as if he was not so happy with that idea.
"Look man, I am Jake sully. The leader of Omaticaya and it is my duty to protect my people. Right now, you're the last RDA soldier in here. The only one who can pilot AMPs left on Hell's gate. And we were just about to move to our new home. If getting you on our side means taking you to Hell's gate, thus preventing you from shooting us with paintball gun is all it takes. Then I'm game" Jake explained.
Rick didn't know what to say. This na'vi was delusional leader of local clan. And he was convinced that there is no RDA. And that Rick could be house-mover. This thing got more bizarre every second.
"…Lets go" Rick said and started walking.
"Good idea, but hell's gate is that way though" Jake said with smile on his face.
"… Whatever" Rick replied annoyed and changed his course.
"go ahead, I will be right behind you" Jake said and Rick nodded and went on ahead.
"I needed to check on Max and Norm anyway, why not take him along" Jake thought and then turned to Ney'tiri
"You'll return to Sacred tree with Tsanten and Zirina and tell others to prepare for move to our new home" he told her and then touched her forehead with his, this being na'vi version of kissing. Then he went to his ikran and bonded with him, just to tell him to follow Ney'tiri. After that he ran after Rick who didn't get so far.
Ney'tiri did as she was told and went back with Tsanten and Zirina.
Ok I agree this chapter was less funny and shorter than I usually do. But I needed to separate Ney'tiri and Jake, so those two can get some private time… ok that sounded awful.
Well you'll see what happens next in another chapter! :-)
