"I've got some new info, doc." Dariusz said, trotting along on the giant roots several meters above the ground. The forest of Pandora around him turned into the breath taking mosaic of green, blue and purple spots of bioluminescence on the pitch black background of the night. The avatar running across the jungle was almost invisible, as his faintly glowing bioluminescent dots weren't bright enough to draw up his silhouette, but it was enough for him to not stand out in relief to the glow of the forest.

"That's great, if it's a good info" Dariusz heard Gabriel's voice. "So, what have you managed to... Hold on a second..." Scientist's voice was more muffled, as if he was talking in the different direction than the microphone. "Where the hell are you going, Charlie?" The sound of the hermetic lock of the steel doors of the station module in the background could be heard. "Whatever, we won't need him now anyway, maybe he had to handle himself or something." The head scientist got back to the microphone "So, what do you have?"

"First is the good news: one of my targets, Kux'Ri, is already dead for three years. The bad news is that the second one can be in two different places."

"And that is?"

"One is the so called Tree of Souls. I hope you know where it is, because I have no idea. The second one are that Floating Mountains. It is said to be the place where a bigger Na'Vi camp is located and Tarik can be there too."

"About the Tree of Souls, you would know about it if you listened to the guy who was talking about the Na'Vi history back on Earth. You've got all the data about it in your PDA. The Tree of Souls is the most sacred place for all the Na'Vi, so it can be heavily guarded. The floating mountains are also described on your PDA, quite deserted place, I must. I'm a bit surprised that some Na'Vi made a camp over there, but it can be true... What is it, Greg?" Gabriel again turned his head from the microphone, talking with a bit irritated voice.

In the background of the transmission, a second voice could be heard - quite young, male shuttle pilot, helping at the communication devices in the lab modules.

"Sir, we've got a strange scanning of the radar and some... weird stuff going on the thermovision map around our base."

"Dar, hang on a minute, I'll be back in a few moments" He said straight to the microphone "What exctely did you mean by ''weird stuff''?"

"Just look. Warm spots all around the place. These aren't animals, they would be brighter and they just appeared from nowhere."

"Maybe it's some aparatus, that just turned on?"

"Yeah, it looks like, but we don't have any that small devices around here, esspecialy in such number around the base..."

"Wait, and what is THAT?"

"Looks like... I think it's a human, sir."

"Maybe it's that moron, Charlie."

A beeping sound of an other communicator being turned on came to Dar's ears through the small speaker.

"Charlie? What the hell are you doing out there?... So what?... What "New Friends"? What are you talking about Na'Vi?... You are our engineer, you can't go... No, I can't give you our only Samson, that's just stupid... Stop talking nonsense about that Na'Vi!... Yea, sure, dream on. I'm waiting for you, if you won't come here in about..."

The second transmission was ened by the same sound as it began. Gabriel spoke again.

"He just said "boom" and rang off. What a dumba*s... Hey, wait a second... I think..." Dariusz couldn't see Gabriel's pupils spreading out in a matter of a second. "Oh my f*cking God! The whole base is mined! To all personnel, evacuate the base now! I repeat, evacuate the f*cking base IMMEDIATELY! The whole station is going to blow..."

The noice of a suddenly cut off radio transmission was the last sound he heard.

He felt to his knees. Then, to the ground.

The soil smelled with fresh dew.